for the pentagon and budget office today about that hold on the ukrainian military aid package, two more key witnesses are expected to testify this week. the president spent the weekend firing off dozens of tweets. as republicans struggle to defend his actions. when i asked the president about that, he completely denied it. he adamantly denied it and vehemently angrily denied it. he said i wouldn t do that. reporter: not a single white house official went on television on sunday leaving the task up to republican lawmakers who struggled with this shaky defense. you really think he was serious about thinking that china is going to investigate the biden family? even the white house hasn t claimed trump was kidding when he suggested china should investigate the biden. i don t know how to [ inaudible ]. reporter: and cnn confirmed during a senior staff meeting mick mulvaney predicted if president trump does get impeached by the house he will
without punching back so what we re seeing now, the president this weekend firing off a couple of tweets at his former adviser, anthony scaramucci, the former white house communications director who has recently been critical of the president. here s what the president tweeted to merit that response he said anthony scaramucci who was quickly terminated 11 days from a position he was totally incapable of handling now seems to do nothing but television as the all-time expert on president trump. like many other so-called television experts he knows very little about me other an the fact this administration has probably done more than any other administration in its first 2 1/2 years in existence. anthony who would do anything to come back in should remember the only reason he s on tv and it s not for being the mooch. put aside he did appear on national television before he went to work for president trump, you know, scaramucci has recently been critical of the president. for much of the p
that s going to do it for me. ali velshi will be back here tomorrow. deadline white house kwith nicolle wallace starts right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. a topic that was once only whispered about and often pinned on gop senator bob corker s lone public pronouncement that donald trump locked the competence and stability to be president, well, it s now a topic that donald trump tweets about. the stakes higher than ever for his presidency with nbc news reporting today that initial talks are under way about a trump interview with special counsel bob mueller as part of his inquiry into whether trump s campaign colluded with russia. against that backdrop, trump spent the weekend firing off missiles like this one. now that russian collusion after one year of intense study has proven to be a total hoax on the american public, the democrats and their lapdogs, the fake news
north korea could be preparing for a new missile test. u.s. officials say they see continued activity. this comes as the state department is condemning the latest round of north korean missile tests, north korea over the weekend firing four ballistic missiles, three of them landing in the sea of japan. let s go to the pentagon, barbara starr is there with more. tell us about what john mentioned, what they re calling continued activity at these sites. what does this mean? reporter: well, good morning. if you thought the weekend firing of four extended range firing of scud missiles is a problem, we re in for more. u.s. officials are seeing signs of continued activity at the
or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. general kelly, now secretary kelly, he s really doing the job. you re seeing it, the gang members, bad, bad people. i said it, day one and they re going out, or they re being put in prison, but for the most part get them the hell out of here, bring them back to where they came from. president trump back in campaign mode over the weekend firing up a crowd of florida supporters with his get tough message on deportations. joining me is marco lopez, former chief of staff of the