that vision a reality. thank you vy much. now we re going to go grab some shovels and break some ground. ank you, everybody. [ applause ] you have been watching,f course, forrresident back obama at the cemonial groundbreaki of his presential centern the cy of chicago. you can see t present, t first dy heang down to those shovels rht there for that photo-op. shaq brewster is in chicago for this. the former president has been talking more about this, he had the exclusive ierview on abc this morning in which he said he was confident that this place, this location wld be an asset to the cmunityn whic it ts. he tked i hispeech tre about wanting to see this as a forward-looking hub for
inkers, fornnovators all over the countr reporter: right. at s exactly right, hallie. and that s sething you heard phasized when you heard from the yor ere. you heard them emphasize the investme that it s bnging to the south sidef chicago, this jackso park are and that is why you re hearing the president emphasize this point. one thing that you notice is with this presidential museum, they emphasis it s a presidential center. d it will have the 235 buding that wilbe the corner store of this cenr. but this is going to be a very active space with sledding hills, different forums, a recording studio on the campus, athletic fields that will be here. ey re reallymphasizing the idea of the community coming in and beingart of thisenter as they re basing it here in the south side. we also know that president obama is emphasizing inclusion not only when the center is
are leaking? they may be his relatives. that s the key thing. the leaking is the problem. why are people leaking? and people leak for a reason. and what this administration, what we see in this administration is that you have leaking that has been weaponized. it is used as a way to further an agenda which is not wholly clear by anyone at this point. all we know is it s getting outside the administration and somebody s got to figure out how to stop that. i think the president can have a hand in that. i ll give you 15 seconds. that was a little grenade you justdropped. what didou mean by that? i interviewed theormer editor in chief of the washington observer. and she said to me, jared kushner might not speak in public, for years, he knows how to speak in private. president trump being someone who has a very close relationship with the man who
different things. in fact, the president will be meeting with acting director mccabe later today to discuss that very thing, the morale at the fbi, an offer to go to the fbi if he feels that s necessary and appropriate. meanwhile the new york times reporting in recent weeks a virginia grand jury just across the potomac from the white house, issuing subpoenas for the records related to lieutenant general michael flynn. nbc news reporting just days before his firing, director comey asked the justice department for more resources to handle the russia probe. with me former assistant fbi director who worked for former director james comey until 2014, and nbc news national security correspondent ken delaniey. first what can you tell me about this report that theormer fbi director asking for more resources for the russia investigation? well, greta, this is coming from senior lawmakers who are now on the record saying that
u.s. cabinet. earlier today right here on msnbc i spoke with a colleague of yours, congresswoman barbara lee from california about the wiretapping claims and here s what she had to say. president trump needs to apologize to president obama because in one of his tweets he said bad guy, sick guy. we have to remember that president trump is the founder of the birther movement. he has done this over and over again, trying to delegitimize our first african-american president and at some point he needs to keep his views to himself, but minimally, he needs to apologize. so do you agree with congresswoman lee there? does the president need to apologize to former president obama directly? ? i ve been saying that publicly for over a week. it was a reckless statement. he charged theormer president wi a criminal act. he had no evidence to support it, and it s very much like the