. president trump offering congressional democrats what he calls a humanitarian deal on the border under the ongoing government shutdown. this happened just a couple hours ago, but top democrats rejected the president s proposal even before he took to the podium. nbc s kelly o donnell joins us from the white house. walk us through what we heard. reporter: one of the that happened is after the president had his public remarks and laid out his proposal, a group of reporters we were able to talk with the vice president and jared kushner, secretary nielsen of homeland security, and the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney to get a sense of not only what s in the proposal but what comes next. one of the things that jared kushner told us is they recognize there were people who said where does the president really stand, what will he get behind and support. they claim the vice president saying they took ideas from
she may need some votes. i will perform a wonderful service for her. i like her. can you believe it? i like nancy pelosi. i mean, she s tough and she s smart, but she deserves to be smoker and now they re playing games with her, just like they will be playing with me with it s called presidential harassment. that was president trump offering to help nancy pelosi in the speakership. joining us now author and writer for the new york times magazine robert draper. he is out this morning with a new piece on nancy pelosi s fight to be the next house speaker entitled nancy pelosi s last battle. very good to have you on, robert. is the challenge from within the party or from the president himself or both, which which is the greater challenge? well, i mean, the greater challenge is outside of the party with president trump. i mean, first of all, mika, she s not she doesn t want or need votes from the republicans.
deadly storm he dismisses the puerto rico death toll and takes an undeserved victory lap around an island still suffering. taking issue with the methodology of the study is one thing but dismissing those numbers as an attempt to victimize him, that s another. on twitter this weekend, the governor of puerto rico pleaded with president trump offering to walk him through the scientific process that led to the updated death toll. there s no reason to underscore the tragedy we ve suffered in the aftermath of hurricane maria. i hope you consider sending a message of support to say you stand with all of the u.s. citizens in puerto rico that lost loved ones. it would be an act of respect and empathy. on election night, mr. trump pledged to be a president for all americans. puerto ricans are americans, too, mr. president. how does writing about president trump compare to writing about president nixon? the reporter who has done both, bob woodward, will be here next.
insisting he only lost the popular vote because three to five million people voted illegally and on and on and now in the middle of another deadly storm he blithely dismisses the puerto rico death toll and takes a victory lap around an island that is still suffering. taking issue with the methodology of the study that approximated 3,000 deaths is one thing but dismissing the numbers as part of an attempt to victimize him is another. the governor of puerto rico pleaded with president trump offering to walk him through the scientific process that led to the death toll. quote, there is no reason to underscore the tragedy we have suffered in the aftermath of hurricane maria, governor rossello roe, quote, i hope you can consider showing support to stand with all of the u.s. citizens in puerto rico that lost loved one, it would be an act of respect and empathy. on election night, mr. trump pledged to be a president for all americans. puerto ricans are americans, too, mr. president. how does
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