Says, President Trumps vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of washington is moving closer to reality in the pentagon and white house, where Officials Say they have begun to plan a Grand Military Parade later this year showcasing the might of Americas Armed forces. Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a January 18th Meeting between trump and top generals in the pentagons tank, a room reserved for topsecret discussions, marked a Tipping Point according to two officials briefed on the planning. So theres where we begin. Lets bring in our leadoff panel on a tuesday night. Phillip rucker. White house bureau chief for the Washington Post. Shannon pettypiece for bloomberg news. And the Pool Reporter on duty at the white house today. So, todd, id like to begin with you. Talk about the president s demeanor, the kind of Bluster Index compared to other days
youve spent on the beat and the mood around him in the west wing. It wa
It does not sound like me on the phone and it was not me. Team trump distancing himself from a former member of his own circle circle, a butler publicly called for president obama to be shot and hung outside the white house. And as to his taxes he plans to release them eventually. Until then what is your tax rate . Its none of your business. You will see it when its released. I fight hard to pay as little tax as possible. And will all this help win over the gop and be the top man on the hill. We wo behind the presumptive nominee, donald trump, paul ryan says theres no endorsement but he and donald trump are sewing seeds of unity and any disagreement is due to donald trump not being a politician at least thats what ben carson told my colleague. Take a listen. Donald trump is no at politician, does not use political speak, is not poli polished. The same problem that i had. You know, the people understand you but the media certainly doesnt. Even as trump and ryan are seeking common ground
Introducing the easiest way to get gillette blades noo text blades to gillette on demand text to reorder blades with gillette on demand. And get 3 off your first order hello, everyone, im alex witt. Just a bit past 1 00 p. M. In the east. We begin with a live picture of the white house. That is where officials as well as President Trumps personal lawyer are pushing back on a report that the president is having his legal team look into his pardoning power. Heres what they said as they made the rounds this morning. We have not and continue to not have conversations with the president of the United States regarding pardons. Were not researching the issue because the issue of pardons is not on the table. Theres nothing to pardon from. Is the white house prepping pardons for everyone . The answer is no and i discussed this with the president directly. Thats another part of the hoax. His point is exactly what he says at the end of that tweet. Which is why are we talking about theres nothing
Mike flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. He walked out of that same course a convicted felon a sign in the crowd today that red lock him up muellers first conviction against someone who worked inside trumps white house. The plea agreement stems from phone conversations, flynn had with Russian Ambassador sergei kislyak. After the election, but before President Trump took office. He lied to fbi agents who interviewed him about those conversations, through this process, there may have been many questions about whether flynn was ordered to make those phone calls or did so on his own. Flynn had contacted the russians at the urging of two top transition officials. Three people familiar with the matter say one of the people referenced in the document is jared kushner. The other is k. T. Mcfarland who served as deputy security adviser from january to may. Heres how the president answered kristen welkers questions about whether he was involved. This goes two days back after flynn was fire
This is utter madness. Womens march are taking place all across the country on the oneYear Anniversary President Trumps inauguration. Our country so much bigger and kinder than one man in the white house. Mr. President took office 863,000 new jobs. What exactly are you missing. Pete as far as the music department, its opposite day. Shutdown day two. Rachel they are negotiating. Some interesting stuff. Dean kaine, welcome again today. Tranfour thank you. Great to be here. I wish i could do that because i would. Pete of course you would. Dean just a character i play on tv. Trans am wearing purple in honor of the vikings. Shes a green day fan. Rachel they didnt kneel. Pete i will try not to be insufferable. I will try to bring my eight game. Rachel your mind has to be on the shutdown. Train to the schumer shut down . The Republican Party especially in the Republican Party trying to make the case that the shutdown command. The point has been so powerfully made time and time again is theres