There on scene. Luckily all 143 people on board survived. But we begin with President Trumps very first conversation with Vladimir Putin since release of the Mueller Report. The president tweeting this morning that he had a very good call with the russian president after acknowledging yesterday that, quote, the russian hoax was among the topics they discussed. But it was what the president didnt say to putin that has his krizices sounding the alarm bells. Did you tell him not to meddle in the next election. Excuse me. Im talking. Im answering this question. You are very rude. So we had a good conversation about many different things, okay. Did you ask him not to meddle in the next election. We didnt discuss that. Really we didnt discuss it. Mike vaquero is following the developments at the white house. Good saturday to you, mike. So why did trump initiate yesterdays phone conversation with putin in the first place . Are we learning anything about that . Reporter we heard our very rue Kristen Welker of nbc news asking those questions of President Trump in the oval office about what the president described as an hourlong conversation and why was the call initiated . There are a number of frontburner issues around the world that these two leaders have to discuss. There is no question about that. North korea and the situation in ukraine where president putin or sources favorable to Vladimir Putin continue to occupy Eastern Ukraine and trade and north korea and the situation in venezuela, the crisis there but it is what they didnt talk about. 13 russian individuals, three Russian Companies indicted by bob mueller over the course of that 22month probe and all President Trump and president putin talked about in President Trumps accounting was how it was over and that mueller found, quote, unquote, no collusion and no conspiracy. Even though bob mueller pointedly said that the Trump Campaign expected to benefit from russias efforts over the course of the 2016 campaign. Sheer more from that oval Office Exchange with our reporter. Mr. President did you address the election meddling issues that came up in the Mueller Report with mr. Putin today . We discussed that he actually sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that it started off as a mountain and it ended up being a mouse. But he knew that because he knew there was no collusion whatsoever. So pretty much that is what it was. Perhaps most significantly, kendis, 2016 is behind us but Law Enforcement officers, top intelligence officials within the Trump Administration say that russia is still at it. They plan to do it all over again in the 2020 elections. Still, it didnt come up in the conversation according to President Trump. Including the person he selected for the head of the fbi. Reporter christopher wray. And are we getting reaction from congress to trumps lack of concern over the whole russian meddling. Reporter what weve heard is consistent all along and keeping with and jiving with the investigations orn going now. Disbelief among democrats, particularly after the performance of bill barr before the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Last week. Obviously the house in a threat from jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, a 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow deadline for bill barr to produce an unredacted Mueller Report and the Justice Department not expected to comply with that as theyve stonewalled every request from house democrats. So still a standoff coming to a head. Even more so in the coming hours, kendis. Mike vick arrow there at the white house. Bring in james floent. And the youthor of russian roulette and Frank Figliuzzi and Msnbc National Security analyst. Welcome to you both. David, let me start with you. What is your read on why the president was not confronting putin about the russian meddling in the Upcoming Elections . This is like the 107th time that trump has not confronted putin. Go back to the helsinki meeting in 2018, when he got out there and said putin said he didnt do it and i have no reason to disbelieve him despite everything in the Intelligence Community coming out at that point in time and now we have the Mueller Report that said that russia engaged in a quote, sweeping and systematic attack on the u. S. Election. And trump says nothing about that. He is transfixed on one matter, whether you can prove that he conspired directly with putin. There is no proof of that but there is a lot more to the scandal and the russian attack. It is not a hoax. Yes this comes through in the report. He feels tainted by any questions about the russians helping him in 2016. So he acts like a child, puts his handed over his ears and eyes and said i cant see that or hear that and then he has this long talk with putin and despite what the fbi said, they are going to be at it again. He doesnt bring it up once. He cares more about his own psychology than protecting american democracy. Frank, what is at play here . You cover counterintelligence and after seeing the president s readout of what took place yesterday during that hourlong conversation, what is your thinking out of all of this . Well, weve all been kicking around the theories as to why the president simply wont confront putin on this issue and weve all heard the theories. There are three floating around. I would like to add a fourth today. The first one that were familiar with is that he claims putin over his Intelligence Community. The second theory is that hes fearful that as soon as he acknowledges the sweeping assistance he got from russia, he delegitimizes his election. The third is that he wants to leave open the possibility that this will help him again, that russia and or other countries may come to his aid in his reelection but ill add a fourth theory, kendis, which is that he actually is also setting the groundwork that if the election reelection doesnt go his way, he will claim that that election was illegitimate, hacked, the result of some foreign nation interfering and so we these all combine to an environment where he simply has little or to no interest in defending and shoring up the security for our next election. Where this leaves us from a counterintelligence perspective is hes again wide open to compromise by some other nation, be it china, north korea, iran, pick your nation, that wants to let him think that theyre about to help him or have helped him with his reelection. At that point the other country owns him and we have a president essentially controlled by a foreign power. Ed, do you think that phone call and the results of it reenforced all of those four points . If that is for me, kendis, an hourlong call with Vladimir Putin that does not address the central National Security concern around russia is essentially a joke. The president has chose in his own personal interest over National Interests and it is now up to the American People through congress to demand answers from their local county, state, registrar of voters, secretary of state, ask the question what are you doing to secure the 2020 elections and see what they answer. And that is a key question right there. As we get ready for 2020, indeed. And david in the meantime what, are the implications that would you say for trump not actually openly addressing the threat with putin there. Well, we had this story that came out a couple of days ago that when Kirstjen Nielsen, before she was ousted as secretary of homeland security, wanted to bring up the issue to trump and talk about russian efforts to penetrate the election again in 2020. Mick mulvaney, the chief of staff, said dont do that. Dont bring this up in front of trump. It gets him too mad and he thinks youre questioning his election. So it goes back to the point that he doesnt focus on this. And as frank or anyone who worked in the u. S. Government could tell you, if you dont have the president making something a priority, it makes it harder for the gigantic federal bureaucracy to do anything that is extensive. To deal with securing our elections chrks are run locally through states and county entities would require a really massive effort of coordination and you would have to get the president really pushing that, making sure all of the different federal agencies are working with the different state and local agencies. He has no interest in doing that. So it is not just another trump stunt or a quirk of his psychology, or whatever you want to call it, this really means that were not doing everything we need to to make sure foreign adversaries or someone else doesnt do this again. And frank, it does appear as if they discuss a number of different things. They discuss north korea with putin yesterday on the phone call. The discussion took place before south korea announced that the north fired off several shortrange missiles off the norths eastern coast and today trump was tweeting about it saying anything in this very interesting world is possible. He said that there will be a deal between him and north korea at some point. He believes in kim jongun. What do you believe in, frank . So i believe hes over his head when hes negotiating with these World Leaders and i think clearly that putin has an advantage over him in controlling the geopolitical scene. So if he believes putin over our Intelligence Community on one thing, then hes likely to believe putin over our Intelligence Community on other things like the degree to which north korea is still progressing in their missile and Nuclear Program so in the face of reality we have a president who wants to perpetuate the appearance of winning. He has to win even as we watch missile missiles being launched by an adversary he said is no longer doing such a thing. Putin is a former kgb officer and highly trained in deception and manipulation and has trump right where he wants him with regard to north korea and other situations and trump is just being duped almost on a daily basis. Frank, well leave it there for now. Were going to see you later on in the hour. David corn thank you for joining us on this saturday. Sure thing, kendis so breaking news right now out of jacksonville, florida, the ntsb is planning to give us an update on the charter plane that slid into a river in florida. That boeing 737 remains in the water as investigators begin analyzing the scene. Authorities say all 143 people on board are alive and accounted for. Joining me now is aviation journalist jeff wise, the author of the taking of mh370 and thank you for being here with us. My pleasure. So we know the ntsb is there on scene and plan to investigate three key factors, human, whether the pilot experienced machine function, plane systems, maintenance and environmental weather, geography and many of those categories right there. Why are they focusing on those things right there . Well, basically, listen, the reason were all really interested in this incident is because it involved a 737. We hear so much about 737s lately. The two fatal crashes, the grounding of the 737 max fleet. I think the most important thing to point out is this plane was not a 737 max and it was an older model with not the dangerous features from boeing and so when the ntsb is looking to ascertain the cause of the accident, they are looking at the factors that were present. And the most pressing one is the fact that this took place near or actually in a pretty intense thunderstorm. That is not someplace that any pilot wants to be. But among the other factors that you mention, there is look, let me back up and say, accident investigators never want to jump to conclusions. Even if there is something that looks like an obvious cause, they want to approach it with a clean sheet of paper and say, look, even if this other thing seems like an obvious cause, could there be other factors, maintenance or maybe the pilot was did lack the training that he should have had and so forth. So what you listed were sort of a major category they are looking at as they try to approach it with an open mind. And of course there are many people there in jacksonville calling this a miracle. And as you see it right there, this plane virtually in tact, 143 people on board were able to get off of it safely. Though you are an aviation expert, what do you make of this whole scenario and how it played out . I always find it curious when something really bad happens and people say it is a miracle it wasnt worse. First of all in aviation, we dont want to rely on acts of god to get passengers where they are going safely. We should have planning and correct procedures to be followed. I think when people hear about a plane winding up in a river they think about the famous miracle on the hudson where that really was a crazy story where a plane took off and it lost both engines at low altitude. That really could have been a much worse scenario. Here we have really something that shouldnt have happened, frankly. It looks like, at first blush, like a plane that landed in really severely bad weather. It was unable to come to a stop before the end of the runway. Thank goodness nobody was hurt. Or killed certainly but i wouldnt call it a miracle, i would call it a shotty show all in all. Well find out what the ntsb is calling it when they have a press conference later on this afternoon. Well bring it to you live. Jeff wise, our thanks to you. Thank you. Still ahead, economic boom. A new report puts the Unemployment Rate at the lowest level in nearly 50 years. Could it be the president s secret weapon for getting reelected next year . G reelected next year if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong . Life is full of make or break moments. Thats why its so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. 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Joe bidens campaign believes his appeal to working class voters makes him a strong general election candidate but his appeal among africanamerican voters is why we may underestimate his strong as a candidate in this nomination battle. If you remember the 2016 nomination, Hillary Clinton won the nomination because she absolutely trounced Bernie Sanders in the early state wheres africanamerican voters made up a majority of the electorate and won more than 70 of the vote here in the South Carolina primary. And if you look at some of the Early National polls like the cnn poll, joe biden is at 50 of the vote among minority voters, even in this very crowded field that includes some strong africanamerican candidates. Now one advantage joe biden has among africanamerican voters is his close connection to barack obama. Those eight years in the white house with him. And we heard him talk about that relationship every step of the way in iowa earlier this week. 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