Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. That is something we have heard him say over and over again. Then we learned he cancelled the meeting. President trump tried to cast it as a mutual decision. Bottom line, this is a rift in a relation with one of the United States closest allies, its Third Largest Trading Partner. What happens next . The administration floating the idea of a possible 20 tax on imports from mexico and, hallie,
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Much of the world. One thing has worried me over these months, these he two super power egos would get into a test of whose is big we are the world itself is the stakes. None of that today. None of it, lets pray, ever. Thats hardball. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in President Putin and i have been discussing thank you, thank you. Russia says the american president he accepted a full denial of Election Interference. Both sides have agreed to put it behind them. There was not a lot of relitigating of the past. What we know about everything that happened. Vladimir putin met the donald trump Behind Closed Doors. It is a forgery. The trump russia
for russia, the United States. It is an honor to be with you. The two leaders appeared chummy throughout the day. President trump even sharing a laugh with putin who has been accused of having journalists killed about, the american reporters covering their meeting. Thank you. The two met Behind Closed Doors for more than
Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of h
Resigned tonight. The robust way he stood up to the Trump Administration and to trump himself on ethics issues and the president s unprecedented financial conflicts of interest. His name is walter shoeb. He said he was not forced out of the Office Of Government Ethics. He basically says hes leaving because the u. S. Governmentestics rules are not Strong Enough to allow him to stand up to what this president and his family are doing so he is leaving his jb at the Office Of Government Ethics in order to try to strengthen the rules from the outside. Very interesting resignation today. Weve got more on that story ahead. Theres a lot going on. Weve got a big show tonight. I said at the very end of last nights show weve got a scoop to share with you tonight. This is that scoop. Inhouse on your staff weve been talking about this as and inside, kind of an insideout
story. Not your typical news story, not your particular scoop. But i think its important. One of the few times weve ever had a sco
Everything i have been a able to decipher up to now, half the benefits go to the top 1 . I have been in congress a long time. I remember another president who was able to railroad a tax code through the congress during the 1980s. And the Wall Street Bankers the corporate president s took that money and outsourced our jobs from the region of the country that i represent. So theres no requirement that money be invested in america. Even if they get it. So its a really lopsided to the top to the same class that is has cause sod many of the problems were facing today in regions like i represented. Frankly, as a member of the defense committee, i have to say were a nation at war and for any president who be sort of hanging out at a tax cut to the very wealthy at a time were at war, there isnt a veteran in his family. I think its really dangerous
and no matter who they are, trump or the establishment character like mitch mcconnell, they are obsessed with the estate tax. They call it the death