Unusual White House Press briefing appearance. Absolutely stuns me, and i thought, at least that was sacred. And deadline day do you really want amazon setting up shop in your hometown . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington and welcome to mtp daily. We begin tonight with a vicious cycle of mistrust. Folks, President Trump has conditioned a lot of us not to believe what he says, whether its his position on a Bipartisan Health care deal or an account of what he told the family of a fallen soldier. The president has not earned the benefit of doubt or frankly lost it with many folks and plenty of folks in his inner circle including leaders in his own party frequently telling us not give him the benefit of the doubt, whether on russia, iran, voter fraud, free press and so on it causes a lot of chaos at times. When that chaos collides with a heart wrenching issue like grieving military families, the result can be extremely difficult to wat
Perilous it is for republicans to challenge President Trump. And then there were 31. Another prominent House Republican decides not to run for reelection. One more sign that a big blue wave may be building. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in boynton beach, florida. About a stones throw from maralago if youre wondering, on the map. Welcome to another day of the russia investigation. The president has gone from 100 speaking with Robert Mueller to this afternoon, seems unlikely. The president asked about reports that his lawyers are in talks with muellers team about an interview, or perhaps ways to avoid one. Are you open to meeting with him . Would you be willing to meet with him without condition or would you demand that a strict set of parameters be placed around any encounter between you and the special counsel . Again, john, there has been no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russians, or trump and russians. No collusion. Ive been i
Embrace survivors and possibly 13 russian nationals have been face their rage. National choirer success, indicted for meddling in the 2016 election. Plus, melania skip as ride with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein made the announcement inquirer bur snid when you go to the supermarket, it is one thing calling it Information Warfare against the United States. Still a hoax . To be out there promoting his President Trump has called the president. And the way the magazine bought allegations of russian agenda. It is another to cover tim her story so no one would ever interference a hoax and a stories that would hurt him. We noticed the response hear it. Saying, this is an old story. Welcome to the lead. It is more fake news. We begin with the breaking news. Of course he mentioned that as 13 russian nationals and three always. The president said he never had Russian Companies indicted today a relationship with mcdougal. By the special counsel for meddling in the 2016 not that there was
Our top story, the russia probe that u. S. President donald trump has repeatedly dismissed as a hoax has led to real federal indictments against 13 russian operatives. The charges paint a vivid picture well funded russians pretending to be americans. They set up fake social media accounts and spread dirt about hillary clinton. They championed donald trump and even communicated with unwitting members of his campaign. The president s initial reaction to the indictment said nothing about the attack on u. S. Democracy. Instead, he tweeted about himself and repeated again, quote, no collusion. Later he released this statement, its time we stop the outlandish partisan attacks, wild and false allegations and farfetched theories which only serve to further the agendas of bad actors like russia and do nothing to protect the principles of our institutions. In unsealing the indictments friday, Rod Rosenstein described the russians as meticulous and well funded. The defendants allegedly conducted
Independent voters are excited for someone entirely new to run for president. Biden comes in second followed by Bernie Sanders and beto orourke. And 70 of those same voters say Hillary Clinton should not run again. President trump going after democrats as we have more of that . No why dont. Is that just a poll. The teleprompter is working very well today. Maria harf. Even if biden were upset he wouldnt say so. Its obvious that is going to have to meet with lots of democrats before 2020, right . Yes. I actually dont think, i mean joe biden is an adult. He has been in politics a long time. He and barack obama are very close. I dont think he is probably very upset about this. Its interesting though in that poll 59 want someone new. I think we see that in poet parties, right . Thats how we got donald trump. But joe biden was at 53 . Joe biden knows he is very popular in the party. Is he popular among independents and barack obama is going to have to meet with lots of people i do do think y