President s actions for making sure we put a system in place. Our team of correspondents and analysts are here to break it down. Lets start with nbcs Hallie Jackson. She was inside that Briefing Room talking to sean spicer, asking him a couple questions. Talk to me specifically about the town halls, though. Donald trump tweeted theyre liberal activists. What is the white houses official line . Reporter well, you just played it. Sean spicer saying these protests may be loud but not many. You heard sean spicer say, hey, listen, we believe some of these folks showing up at republican town has around the country may be a little confused about what kind of coverage they actually have. So, the white house not not particularly concerned about these sort of Grassroots Energy of protests you are seeing at these town halls, which have become a big story with members out on recess, out on break this week. Donald ump would always talk about how loud his supporters were. How it was a silent majorit
The firing o james comey. Also more unflattering stories out today in the New York Times and Washington Post. They detail trumps tense relationship with the former fbi director, with tales of unpleasant hugs. Lets start with Peter Alexander at the white house. What is the white house hoping to get out of this first stop to saudi arabia . They cast this as a historic opportunity as this official described it to me. Its an opportunity, this trip is, with stops at the vatican, israel, and saudi arabia to try to unify the worlds major religions as they describe behind a common objective, saying its an effort to bring these communities together in an effort to rise above more petty differences. So that was a sort of striking language. This positive Foreign Policy focused agenda right now. I asked this official about the tough rhetoric this president used throughout the course of the campaign, everything from the muslim ban and the suggestion that he thinks islam hates us, and the official s
I just think if there was any validity to it it would have came out years ago. Alabamians weigh in on their senate race amid new poll numbers and concerns about the president s nod to roy moore. Plus looking out for the little guy or not . The new political fight over who will lead an agency tasked towards protecting consumers. And we begin with new word out of the white house from chief of staff john kelly. Hes pushing back on a report that he wants ivanka trump and Jared Kushner out by the end of the year. Kelly telling the New York Times last night that there was honestly never a time when i contemplated getting rid of jarryd and ivanka. Kellys comments were in response to a Washington Post report on Jared Kushners shrinking profile since he came on board and also in light of recent developments in the russia investigation. The post says kushners once sprawling white house portfolio, which came with walkin privileges to the oval office, has been diminished to its original scope unde
Senate. Judge moore is a good man. Judge moore is a righteous man. They tried to destroy judge moore like i told you they would. I urge everybody to get out, call all your friends. At some point we got to stop looking like i had yodiots to t nation. And taking it to the top. More than 50 women lawmakers demand an investigation into Sexual Misconduct accusations against President Trump. As the president hits back at his top critic in the senate, calling her a lightweight and total flunkie. It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. I will not be silenced on this issue, neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday. And good day, erv veryone. Im andrey mach he wia mitchell election that has led to the explosion of Sexual Misconduct allegations well beyond alabama and roy moore. Today President Trump under fire with his own past with a precedented twitter attack against senator justice hillenbrand. President trump today tweeting his support for roy moore and sl
Keep the peace. Let me speak with some folks here. Excuse me, where are you from . Im from san antonio. Reporter were live right now on msnbc. We just wanted to know, why did you decide to come here to mcallen, texas, today . I was actually coming down because i was bringing them down tomorrow and i wanted to check out what was going on and i knew there was a protest, so i thought i would check it out. When you saw the bus come out with the kids, there were some tense moments, what went through your head . Why did some of these protesters go ahead and try to stop that bus . Give me a sense for the outrage here. I think as a mother myself, its heartbreaking to think of families being separated from each other. I think its heartbreaking to think of those children without their parents and how scared they must be, not able to speak english or know whats going on in this country. Reporter what was your reaction to the president s executive order this week, stopping the separation of famili