If the administration was standing by that tweet which sean spicer said the president is, then why could congress then need to investigate if this information already exists . The Press Secretary talked a little bit about the issu i have to listen to the vshage again, the transcript, but he talked about credibility and the idea there is a separation of powers as well. We also talked a little bit about the idea that hey we are in tax season, tax day is just over month away. Will the president release his returns from this most recent year . The president secretary said he would got back to us. And then is the president still under audit for past returns . The Press Secretary confirming he indeed is. A separation of powers, and they dont want to be perceived as directing congress to investigate in a certain way. Harold ford is this going to dog them much longer . It will. The question by halle and the other young lady spelled i out. I think the health care the governors will be the ar ab
Hallie jackson, thank you. Right now on msnbc, tale of the tapes. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for President Trump to turn over any recordings he may have of his krfrgconversati with ousted fbi director james comey. Plus, recording history. New reports say President Trump has for a long time secretly recorded phone conversations when he was in private business. The reporter who broke the story will tell us what the president s former Associates Say and what it could mean for staffers now. And breaking right now, cyber chaos. The largest cyber attack ever is spreading by the minute, stealing information and demanding ransom from Hundreds Of Thousands of users across more than 150 countries. What you need to do to protect yourself. Good morning, everyone. Im Chris Jansing in beautiful washington, d. C. This morning, democrats are ratcheting up their pressure on President Trump on not one but two fronts. For starters, demanding any takes the president may have of
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I think in many ways our institutions are under assault, both externally, and that is the big news here. Russian interference in our election system. And i think as well, our institutions are under assault internally . Internally from the president . Exactly. In high gear add in the meantime, jeff sessions, the Attorney General, and his deputy interviewed eight candidates, the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, john cornyn, alice fisher who was in the Justice Department years ago. Judge michael garcia, Federal Judge from virginia, henry hudson. Adam lee who is the head of the fbi virginia. Mike rogers from michigan, he is supported by an association of fbi agents paid a lot of people think he has the inside track. They interviewed former bush security advisor frances
umbrella of the u. S. Global health fund which will probably by a factor of at least ten, probably more increase the amount of money that is covered by that policy. Heather just another monday on capitol hill. Very
Up to donald trump against torture. We have a very clear position on torture. We do not sanction torture. We do not get involved with that and will continue to be our position. And moments ago the Mexican President announcing that his meeting planned for next week with President Trump has been canceled. We are on the same page with the white house. How surprised are you every time there is a new tweet from the president . This is going to be an unconventional presidency, i think you know this by now casy. And i think we are going to see unconventional activities like tweets and thats just something we are all going to have to get used to. Good derek everyone. A busy day. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. President trump just arriving in philadelphia. You see Air Force One there. We are expecting his remarks to house and Senate Republicans later in this houn. He will go its about a 20 minute ride from that airport in South Philadelphia back into center city, where he is going to be meet
Work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what i saw congress doing. A member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the United States and in his way tried to express that opinion, he was a brave man, fallen hero, he knew what he was getting into because he enlisted. He was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be, exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken, that was the message. Kellys own son robert was killed fighting for the us in afghanistan in 2010, Donald Trumps Chief Of Staff describing the agonizing process of notifying a Family Member of a loved ones death and the pain those loved ones go through and live with. Typically the only phone
calls a family receives are the most important phone calls from their buddies. In my case after my son was killed his friends were calling us from afghanistan telling us what a great guy he was. Those are the only phone calls that really matter. Kelly said he was upset by will financ