west getting harassed by the labor department. there is relief coming. this is good for our country. this means we re going to transition from speaker paul ryan now saying this was an enormous feat by donald trump to hillary clinton, you see the media in place now. i understand that john podesta s just walk the into the room as well. kristen welker, andrea mitchell, are both on location there. as we await seeing hillary clinton on camera for the first time. we see congresswoman sheila jackson lee there being patted on the back. the face of this campaign in many ways. i think we have kristen welker standing by. are you there? i am here. i m outside the venue where i can tell you that throngs of her supporters, her volunteers, have been streaming into this hotel throughout the morning. many of them still teary eyed, hugging each other, still it uned stunned by the fact she did
qatar now. officials say birth doergdahl i good physical health. he is able to walk. a nonviolent exchange happened right near the pakistani border in afghanistan. it still remains a mystery exactly how bergdahl was captured five years ago. it happened on june 30th, 2009. he is the only american soldier who has been held prisoner in afghanistan. let s go right to the white house. nbc s kristen welker standing by with further details. i believe you have information from the defense secretary chuck hagel? i do. he just put out a statement. we just got it a moment ago. it says, a few hours ago the family of the sergeant was informed by president obama the long wait for his return will soon be over. he is now under the care of u.s. military after being handed over by his captors in afghanistan. we will give him all the support he needs to help him recover from this ordeal. we are grateful he will soon be
what president obama said yesterday in that friday afternoon news conference? reporter: well, there s certainly been a lot of anger from the lawmakers, russian lawmakers in the russian parliament. today, many calling president obama s warning last night of consequences and costs against russia an insult, even saying that it crossed a red line and it led lawmakers to recall today the russian ambassador in washington. and it s clear that the already cool relations, perhaps cold war-like, between russia and the u.s. over issues like syria and iran and edward snowden and missile defense, certainly got a lot worse now over ukraine. back to you. nbc s jim maceda for us in moscow, thank you. there has been some activity today at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. nbc s kristen welker standing by for us. kristen, i understand we saw
ahead of time by governor christie. sources tell politico the aides did not run that zokment by the governor before they sent it out. let s go to the white house and nbc s kristen welker standing by for us. a good day to you. we have the president signing this farm bill. even with democrats criticizing it has to come with cuts to food stamps. what is the president saying? reporter: the president is highlighting the fact that this bill represents a compromise. you will recall that lawmakers fought over the farm bill for the past two years of the main sticking point was really this issue of food stamps. republicans wanted to see cuts as big as $40 billion. democrats said that s a non-starter. the figure that they agreed upon, $8 billion in cuts over the next decade. if you break that down that s about $800 million or 1% of that program. the president also highlighted the fact that farmers are saying that this is basically a victory for them because it
she s toast. but anything can happen. that s why they play games. i thought the broncos were going to win but the seahawks did. you and a lot of folks lost a lot of money on sunday. wayne slater, thank you, always appreciate you. to the white house now, president obama set to wrap up a busy week in east lansing, michigan, home to michigan state university where he ll be signing off on what s become quite rare in national politics these days, a bipartisan bill. he s going to sign the farm bill in michigan worth nearly a electrical dollars. joining me for a preview of tomorrow and more, kristen welker standing at 1600 pennsylvania. we ll get to the farm bill in just a moment. i want to start with immigration reform. after speaker boehner talked about the lack of trust with this white house on that issue, this is what president secretary jay carney said a few moments ago. i think that the challenges within the republican party on this issue are well known and