Erin burnett. Shocking claims of a tabloid hit story. The subjects of the president december garaging and widely condemn tweets allege they were threatened by top people inside the white house. They say they were encouraged to apologize to the president for their coverage of him in return, they say, trump would get a nasty story about them to go away. The alleged story, a tabloid hit job. Trump himself appears to acknowledge some of this, but insists thats not how it went down at all. He tweeted, watched lowrated morning joe for the first time in a long time. Fake news. He called me to stop a National Even quirer article. I said no. Bad show. We should know trump is friends with the tabloids publisher. The paper said today there was no involvement on its part. But this could cause trouble for a president already on the ropes with embarrassed members of his own party. Is this a case of blackmail . Did trump issue a threat to gain more favorable Media Coverage . Has he created another pr
Super poligrip, helping you enjoy the foods you love. Good morning, im alex whitt here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Right now on msnbc live, new twists today in the Stormy Daniels saga for the president and for his onetime attorney Michael Cohen. A new threat from the porn stars representatives. Another late tweet from the president on russia and collusion allegations. Hes claiming victory of sorts after a gop report is released. But a leading democrat says not so fast. The investigation is nowhere near complete. Religious war on capitol hill. Or has the chaplain of the house of represent i have beens has been based on politics because of something he said during a prayer . On the border, a developing standoff as hundreds of migrants await their fate. Hoping to get into the u. S. Theyre with the Trump Administration is saying this morning in a live report next. A live picture of the white house where the president is reigniting his feud with yet another red state democrat t
Well then gee, something there. I dont know if thats the right song to have played. Maybe we should have played journeys lovin, touchin, squeezin. Theyre a long way from where they were the first time. The death grip and they shook hands for about 45 minutes while the rest of the world uncomfortably looked on and now we look on while they uncomfortably kiss each other. Its a great way to start the morning. With us, joe, weve got associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius, politics editor for the daily beast, sam stein. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. Kasie hunt. And republican commentator, susan del purse yoe. And the author of the newly released novel big guns. Mika a little under the weather this morning, but man it was an incredible day, not just because of what we saw right there but because of a series of other events, and comments that the president made in washington yesterday. David ignatius, this is obviously a Critical Alliance for th
It was Michael Avenatti the lawyer for Stormy Daniels who first revealed cohens ties to the Company Columbus nova, which is associated with a Russian Oligarch named viktor vekselberg. The u. S. Based company deposited 500,000 into a shell company, its run by vekselbergs cousin. Vekselberg is a close ally of putin. According to the New York Times, both cousins and trotter and vekselberg have been questioned by special Counsel Robert Mueller impa. Michael cohens lawyer wrote, this document is concerning for a number of reasons, including the number of blatantly incorrect statement its contains. Nbc news has reviewed financial documents that appear to support avenattis claims. Yesterday in a statement the company denied that vekselberg was involved with the payment and said the firm was wholly owned and controlled by u. S. Citizens. They added after the inauguration, the firm hired Michael Cohen as a Business Consultant regarding potential real estate issues and other ventures. Mother jon
On the set we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, Jon Heilemann stand beside her and guide her they could give him a prompter. Politics analyst for the daily beast. And the former aide to george w. Bush white house and state department, elise jordan is with us. New poll numbers from nbc news Melania Trump makes an appearance after a long absence. And the president has some interesting tweets about that. Interesting would be he was horrified that the thought that people were wondering. Joe scarbrough had an interesting repast. I liked it. It was brassy. Jon heilemann, it was shocking. Donald trump is correct. I mean john, who in the world would be so cruel, so hateful, who would be so despicable, who would be so utterly lacking in character, to suggest, to to make something up about someone having a facelift for the sole purposes of trying to damage or humiliate them. I know that i mean its nice to finally be able to agree with the president , this guy that ive known f