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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 that s just something we are all going to have to get used to. good derek everyone. a busy day. i m 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 it s about a 20 minute ride from that airport in south philadelphia back into center city, whe ....
the state department. putting iran on notice, is this trump s new red line? hi, erin. definitely being presented as a hard line on iran. maybe somewhat blurry one at this point. but the white house is saying that it is dedicated to holding iran accountable after this latest missile launch. and it is considering a whole range of options in a response and, yes, that does include a military one. a tough line on iran at the white house today. as to have day, we are officially putting iran on notice. reporter: national security adviser michael flynn offering a cryptic warning after iran tested another ballistic missile sunday. the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran s malign actions including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms. reporter: the new administration making its clear it believes the missile launch violated a u.n. resolution. flynn s comments today follow its missile program. but prior t ....
altogether, the industry supports over 9 million jobs nationwide. these are jobs that natural gas is helping make happen, all while reducing america s emissions. energy lives here. as you know, alongside the first public trump russia hearings in the house monday morning, in the senate monday morning will be the first supreme court nomination hearings for neil gorsuch. to get ready for those gorsuch hearings, sunday night 5:00 p.m. eastern, a special look at go such and those hearings hosted by ari melbur. you should watch this. he s sitting in for lawrence because he works too much. thank you. thank you for the plug. as for working too much, the old saying, look who s talking. i feel it. thanks. have a great weekend. donald trump has doubled down on his unsubstantiated accusation that president obama done in this office, in 50 days. trump has done more in office the way a toddler helps out in the kitchen. health care! health care for all! health care for all! i ....
this was the last day before the trump presidency s 100th day. and congress put in less than half a day because there is no trump agenda item alive in congress right now. there is no bill moving anywhere in congress now. no legislative vehicle that is a trump agenda item. we have never seen a 99th day like this for a president. every president s busiest legislative year is the first year. it s when their power of persuasion over the congress is at its highest. and it only goes down after that. what a president accomplishes in his first year is usually most of what the president will accomplish in his first term. this is so clear historically that when bob woodward chose to write a book entitled the agenda, he decided to focus entirely on a president s first year. and he picked a president with a loaded first year agenda, bill clinton. at this point in bill clinton s first year, the congress was working overtime. at the same time, congress was working on nafta, a giant tax bi ....
or prove he s been putting out false information about his predecessor. how is the white house preparing? reporter: hi, ana. they seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. we heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that press conference with germany s chancellor angela merkel and in an interview last week. shown sho white house press secretary sean spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. but spicer also claimed that the british intelligence service helped president obama spy on ten-candidate trump in trump tower. that claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u.s. national security official. and so, but the white house doesn t seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. and as you noted, he is expected really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. there doesn ....