Indefinite detention. The Trump Administration announces new rules to reverse Court Rulings limiting the amount of time migrant families can be held at the border. And we have breaking news. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The president is leaving the white house for a speech to the veterans of foreign wars. Hes been taking questions for about 20 minutes now about a firestorm of criticism on a lot of issues, including his decision to cancel that trip to denmark over greenland. The future of gun reform legislation and nerveness over the economy. Joining me now as we await the tape to be played back from the south lawn, usa today Washington Bureau chief susan page, Michael Crowley, who covers Foreign Policy andu eugene robinson. The president out there on the south lawn and talking. Well matter mohear more about has to say. Hes apparently taken a shot at the Prime Minister of denmark. This was an invitation by danish royalty to come for an official visit which was supposed to
This trade war seems to be a precipitating event that is raised down and uncertainty and increased pessimism among investors. And a bridge too far . Republican leaders under pressure to expel steve king after his comments seeming to normalize rape and incest. What if we would go through all the family tree and pull those people out that were products of rape and incest, would there be any population left if we did that . He should resign or people should fire him i think. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is opening a new battlefront against the socalled squad. Under pressure from President Trump, apparently, israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today reversing himself and barring democratic congresswomen ihlan omar and Rashida Tlaib this weekend. It would show great weakness if israel allowed repomar and rep tlaib to visit. They hate israel and all juniew people. Joining me now is nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker, robert costa, Nati
Field where five of his competitors are women. Im not going to box myself in, but should i become youll know ill be looking to women first. And a very good wednesday to you. Im Kristen Welker in washington. Well get to andrea live in poland with more on her exclusive conversation with the Vice President in just a moment. But we do begin with some promising signs from the white house. Three sources familiar with the president s thinking tell nbc news this morning they anticipate President Trump will sign the bipartisan border deal struck by congressional negotiators to avoid another partial Government Shutdown. White house insiders warn that nothing is official until pen meets paper. Can you acknowledge here and confirm that he will sign it . Again, we want to see what the final piece of legislation looks like. Its hard to say definitively whether or not the president is going to sign it until we know everything thats in it. There are some positive pieces of it. But one way or another,
Reports that contrary to cohens testimony, his then attorney raised the possibility of a pardon with attorneys for the president and his company. Thats according to sources familiar with those discussions. The journal says the discussions occurred after the fbis april 2018 raid on cohens office, home and hotel room. The president s lawyers dismiss the idea of a pardon at the time. Joining us now to discuss all of this, ari melber, barrett berger, a former federal prosecutor in new york. Robert costa, and National Political reporter for the Washington Post. Great to have you with us, ari. Theres an interesting twist to all this. Its changing the narrative a little bit in terms of what we saw unfold last week when Michael Cohen said he did not ask for a pardon. He would not even accept one. It seems now that the story is shifting at least, or the narrative is shifting. The journals reporting that cohens lawyers were potentially discussing this pardon. People can ask for pardons at any st
In new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Michael cohen, what he brought this week . A member of the intel house will talk to me to tell me why the new documents matter so much. What does the departure of the sixth director mean Going Forward . And the president paying respects to an alabama home that was hit so hard. Why was he seening bibles when there . Happening now, three major stories. Growing fallout over the sentencing of former Campaign Paul manafort. Democrats facing a growing backlash over congresswoman ilhan omar and 2020 hopefuls are making their case across the country. After touring the damage in alabama, the president signed bibles. His team sed says people in a Baptist Church asked him for his autograph. Before leaving, the president signed with manafosided with ma. Many believe it was a lenient sentence for multiMillion Dollar crimes. I feel badly for Paul Manafort. The judge said there was no collusion with russia. I dont even discuss it. The only one discussi