He goesen to to say, i have not included every detail from my conversations with the president , but to the best of my recollection, i have tried to include information that may be relevant to the committee. So here with me tonight to discuss all of that is david gerdy, ma lee ka henderson, anna, and michael. Also scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. Bush. Lets get into it, james comey describing his first meeting with President Donald Trump on january 6th, at trump tower two weeks before the inauguration. He was breaking the news to president elect, the president elect of a classified dossier full of salacious allegations by russian operatives. Here is what comey says. I first met then president elect trump on friday, january 6th, in a Conference Room in trump tower at new york. I was there with leaders to brief them and his new National Security team on the findings of an ic assessment concerning russian efforts to interfere in the election. At the conclusi
Congressmen Steve Scalise, the third highest ranking republican in the house in Critical Condition in the hospital tonight where the president and the first lady just visited. Congressman scalise suffered injury to his internal organs and will require more surgeries. Our dr. Sanjay gupta will join us on the latest on his condition in just a moment. First, the hospital treating congressman Steve Scalise has released a new statement. He suffered a single rifle shot to the left hip. The bullet traveled fracturing bones, injuring his internal organs and causing severe bleeding. He was transported in shock to medstar Washington Hospital center, a Level One Trauma Center where he had surgery. He remains in Critical Condition. Hell require additional operations. I want to bring in now dr. Sanjay gupta, our chief medical correspondent on cnn. This medstar Washington Hospital center just released an update on his condition and it reads, the congressman sustained a single rifle shot to the right
Private conversations with President Trump yet denying he was invoking executive privilege. Democrats accusing him of standing in the way of the russia investigation. We have a lot to get to tonight but i want to begin with cnns political analyst, political director and the staff writer at the atlantic and contributor john dean and the other of conservatives without conscience. President trump hit the road to talk jobs in milwaukee but all eyes on capitol hill. Things got testy. Take a look. Mr. Comey said there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he wouldnt talk about them. What are they . Why dont you tell me . There are none. I can tell you that for absolute certainty. This is a secret innuendo being leaked throughout about me and i dont appreciate it. So, what did we learn, gloria, from the attorney general with his interactions with the fbi director . We learned that hes mad these stories have been leaked and he believes he did nothing wrong. And whe
World. Plus, why President Trump is once again taking aim at the obama white house. They didnt know what the hell they were doing. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin the fallout from the president s frenzied, fuming tweet. After pledging sol dwart the u. Krs, the president rimmed into the mayor, he tweeted, pathetic excuse. He had to think fast on his no reason to be alarmed statement. That is the second nile two days that President Trump has mischaracterized the mayors comments that there is, quote, no reason to be alarmed. Khan wasnt talk about the terror attack. He was talking about increased Police Presence. Just like terrorists constantly finding new ways to disrupt us, harm us, attack us, the police and all of russ finding new ways to keep us safe. Londoners will see an increased Police Presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed. The white house was pressed on
Trumprussia probe got under way, President Trump himself acknowledged that he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. And after james comey took center stage last week, now the president directed his anger at Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. And at special counsel robert mueller. We also know now that Vice President mike pence has hired a lawyer to help him handle russiarelated questions. Lets put things in order with my panel. Joining me now is ambassador nicholas burns. A former undersecretary of state for political affairs. He is now a professor at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. Max boot, a senior fellow for National Security studies at the council of foreign relations. He is a former adviser for mitt romneys 2012 campaign. And New York Times reporter and msnbc contributor yamiche alcindor. Let me start with you, yamiche. We finally get the president admitting he is under investigation. We went for a long period of time with statements and charg