Thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. And we happy to have you here. I will say just one note before we get started tonight. I know things might look a little different than usual, that is just because i am doing the show tonight from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. I am at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that im doing for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveler [laughter] i am not great at this. Just before i start the show tonight, i just want to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that weve been at so far, and all the moderators who have been onstage with me. Thanks in particular to everyone who has come up to one of these events and has been, there is been thousands of people so far, which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there at so many events and so many different cities to meet people who value this show, who love msnbc. Ive heard a lot of love from my msnbc colleagues. So, its been fant
On the Border Detention Centers to try and find some answers. Now, every president , every party has left their fingerprints on the state of our Immigration System today. The reagan administrations Amnesty Policy Drew Widespread Backlash and still gives some nservatives pause today. The Bush Administration had its faults. The administration struggled to handle a spike in migrations amid mass deportations. But at the moment, the Current Administration is separating families from their children at our bor with mexico, not because of a law, but because this administration has chosen to do so. So far despite nearly 2000 children being separated from their families, whats missing from this story are a flood of images of these Young Children. It was images of children, after all, that spurred the president to change course in syria. So far, this young toddler has become the face of this policy. Stop and look at her for just a moment. And remember that there are thousands thousands of other f
Muir is next. Im kristen and he. Tonight, the president punts, holding his own event. After disinviting the champion Philadelphia Eagles, instead many in the crowd today for the president , white house staffers. Calling it a celebration of america, after he learned only a handful of eagles players were going to come. And tonight, the controversy of this image. The player praying before a game, speaking out now after this image was used to make it look like the eagles were kneeling during the anthem. The urgent alert at this hour from authorities. Volcanic debris is coming down yet again. And new images tonight, families trying to outrun giant plumes of ash. Some buried alive. The heartbreaking headline here in New York City tonight. A name known to so many, designer kate spade, famous for her handbags and womens accessories, found dead inside her apartment. The letter she left behind. New tonight, what the judge
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Being with me. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump is spending the weekend at the golf resort in bed minu bedminister, new jersey. The news of a booming economy and the president fulfilling a Campaign Promise overshadowed by the latest bombshell in the russia investigation. The man who once said he would take a bullet for trump is now telling special counsel mueller the president knew about that infamous 2016 Trump Tower Meeting ahead of time. This is something the president has repeatedly denied. And now the president is doubling down on that denial. Cnns White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joins us live from new jersey near the president s golf club where he is spending the weekend. How is the president handling
this . Reporter President Trump is settling in for a weekend facing many Unanswered Questions about that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting involving his son, donald trump, and a russian lawyer. Trump refused to answer questions about those claims from his attorney Michael Cohen. T
[shouting] quiet, quiet. Thats the democrats law. We can change it tonight. We can change it. You are the president. We need their votes the democrats [everyone talking at the same time] chambers of commerce. Excuse me, by one vote. We dont need it. You need 60 votes. We have one vote. Excuse me, we need a one vote. We have a one vote edge we need 60. We need 10 votes. We cant get them from the democrats. What about executive action. Wait. Wait. You cant do it through executive action. [everyone talking at the same time] can we do one question at a time . Wait, one question at a time. The children, the children can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and immediately. The democrats forced that law upon our nation. I hate it i hate to see separation of parents and children. Martha so we now know there are almost 2,000 of these children and House Democratic leader nancy pelosi firing back. She called the president today shameful. Watch. He is using dreamers whether they are dreamers or