Says, President Trumps vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of washington is moving closer to reality in the pentagon and white house, where Officials Say they have begun to plan a Grand Military Parade later this year showcasing the might of Americas Armed forces. Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a January 18th Meeting between trump and top generals in the pentagons tank, a room reserved for topsecret discussions, marked a Tipping Point according to two officials briefed on the planning. So theres where we begin. Lets bring in our leadoff panel on a tuesday night. Phillip rucker. White house bureau chief for the Washington Post. Shannon pettypiece for bloomberg news. And the Pool Reporter on duty at the white house today. So, todd, id like to begin with you. Talk about the president s demeanor, the kind of Bluster Index compared to other days
youve spent on the beat and the mood around him in the west wing. It wa
Hello, everyone, im kate bolduan. Im john berman. So did isis shoot that Russian Airliner from the sky . Moments ago the head of u. S. Intelligence said it was at least a possibility. Does isis have the ability to shoot down an airliner . Its unlikely, but i wouldnt rule it out. I wouldnt rule it out. The russian passenger jet broke apart over the sinia peninsula saturday killing all 224 people on board. The russian government are dismissing claims of responsibility but the company that flies the plane, metrojet, says the only reasonable explanation is, quote, an external influence. But the airline also says its too early to draw any conclusions about this being linked to terrorism. Joining us now from cairo is Senior International correspondent arwa damon, whos been watching this all very closely. Arwa, they recovered the flight data recorders. Whats happening now . Reporter they have, but we dont know when theyre going to be able to extract the information from them. You were speakin
Never been deeper. Harris the president attending meetings at the u. N. Today. Pushing for what he sees as crucial reform to cut down on bureaucracy and red tape. Chief correspondent, john roberts with me today. Always good to see you. We are right here. I am feeling a bit of a snow melt, because that was a frosty relationship between the Prime Minister and barack obama. Different with donald trump. We have seen this a number of times. A couple times at the white house. We saw today, saw it in israel. Benjamin netanyahu is a big fan of President Trump despite all of that pandering and talk with the campaign about what kind of an ally is President Trump to israel. Is he committed to israel . He wanted to start update u. S. On a good foot and who better to have a bilateral . The president would like to send a signal to the world that he would like to forge middle east peace. Less is into how they got off on that bilateral meeting a short time ago. Thank you very much. It is great to have
Promote a Government Shutdown if congress does not crack down on illegal immigration. Even as negotiators worked on a deal to keep the government funded past the deadline of midnight thursday. If we dont get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, gang members, and were just talking about ms13, there are many gang members that we dont even mention. If we dont change it, lets have a shutdown, well do a shutdown and its worth it for our country. Id love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. If we have to shut it down because the democrats dont want safety, unrelated but still related, they dont want to take care of our military, shut it down. Well go with another shutdown. The president s threats come on the same day white house chief of staff and former general john kelly also weighed in on immigration policy. Kelly praised trump for his offer to reinstate daca. Heres how he described undocumented immigrants wh
Well, good evening ronce again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 383 of the Trump Administration and these past 48 hours have been Something Like a ror shark test for this white house. To begin with, the president today threatened a government showdown, seemed almost to promote a Government Shutdown if congress does not crack down on illegal immigration. Even as negotiators worked on a deal to keep the government funded past the deadline of midnight thursday. If we dont get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, gang members, and were just talking about ms13, there are many gang members that we dont even mention. If we dont change it, lets have a shutdown, well do a shutdown and its worth it for our country. Id love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. If we have to shut it down because the democrats dont want safety, unrelated but still related, they dont want to take care of our military, shu