before. i have never read about anything like this before happening in american politics, in government. as far as we know, nothing like this has ever happened before. but the new york times says tonight that it has, and the consequences remain to be seen. all right. let me spell this out. you may have read over the last couple of weeks newly reported revelations about the justice department under donald trump secretly obtaining the communications of a number of reporters, journalists from cnn, from the washington post, from the new york times. reporters communications seized by the trump justice department secretly. and those communications that the trump justice department went after, they were all from 2017. the trump administration was frantically trying to find out who the sources were for those reporters when they were writing stories about the early days of the trump administration and the 2016 campaign. now, the reason this has come out now, the reason all of t
seen. let me spell this out. you may have read over the last couple weeks, newly reported revelations about the justice department under donald trump secretly obtaining the communications of a number of reporters, journalists from cnn, from the washington post, from the new york times, reporters communications seized by the trump justice department secretly, and those communications the trump justice department went after, they were all from 2017. the trump administration was frantically trying to find out who is sources where for those reporters, when they were writing stories about the early days of the trump administration and the 2016 campaign. the reason this has come out now, the reason all these stories, first washington post then cnn, that we know the new york times, the reason it s come out has been, i think, in part, because of the change in administration. the reporters who had their communications searched by the justice department which was hunting for their sour
present republican leaders speaking out against him. the question remains, what is the future of the gop? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early the show that is kicking off another week of live coverage right here on msnbc. i am kasie hunt on this monday, april 12th. we will start with the news. protests erupted last night in minnesota after the police-involved shooting of a black man during a traffic stop. it happened in the city of brooklyn center, about ten miles north of minneapolis, where tensions are already high amid the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin. family has identified the victim as 20-year-old dont a wright. according to the brooklyn winter police department officers were attempting to make a traffic stop just before 2:00 p.m. when they say they noticed the driver had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. officers tried to take him into custody but police say he got back into his vehicle and that s when when of
welcome to prime time week, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. he is tall, lean, and blond, with dazzling white teeth, and he looks ever so much like robert redford. he dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most elegant clubs, and at only 30 years of age, estimates that he is worth more than 200 million. that is how the new york times described donald trump in 1976. if you asked donald trump then and now, he d say his most valuable asset was his brand. and for decades, the name trump has been synonymous with wealth. trump promoted himself to the world as a business genius, want to be rich? be like trump. you walk down the street sometimes, and people will touch you just for the good luck. i ve never figured that out of never really understood it. but it s something that s been happening. and i took great offense that. and now i guess not to get at considered a compliment. i don t know what it is. but perhaps they re going into a
week, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. he is tall, lean, and blond, with dazzling white teeth, and he looks ever so much like robert redford. he dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most elegant clubs, and at only 30 years of age, estimates that he is worth more than 200 million. that is how the new york times described donald trump in 1976. if you asked donald trump then and now, he d say his most valuable asset was his brand. and for decades, the name trump has been synonymous with wealth. trump promoted himself to the world as a business genius, want to be rich? be like trump. you walk down the street sometimes, and people will touch you just for the good luck. i ve never figured that out of never really understood it. but it s something that s been happening. and i took great offense that. and now i guess not to get at considered a compliment. i don t know what it is. but perhaps they re going into a deal, or they re going up t