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but why did it take so long for him to speak out? has the white house been playing politics? interpretses against president trump s policies spreading to town halls across the country. and congressional republicans are getting an earful. cnn s kyung lah is covering the town halls for us. and she joins me now live. kyung, hello to you. anger erupting at these town halls across the country. tell me what s going on here. reporter: this is a tide we ve been seeing growing over the past month, month and a half. it really hit a fever pitch this week as these congresspeople, the members of congress head home in their first congressional recess to face their constituents. senator joni ernst s town hall. it didn t start well. iowa constituents anger often drowning out the senator. as the senator left happy retirement, joni! reporter: the jeers followed her all the way to the parking lot and into a car. shame on you! shame on you! reporter: overflow town hall c ....
meetings. unfortunately no trust. however, at least seven other people in that room. senator graham, also senator dick durbin, democrat, whose account if true means the president s denials are a lie. you ve seen the comments in the press. i have not read one of them that s inaccurate. to no surprise, the president started tweeting this morning denying that he used those words. it is not true. he said these hate filled things. and he said them repeatedly. senator lindsey graham was also in the room and an according to his statement, he said this. i said my piece directly to him yesterday. the president and all those attending the meeting know what i said and how i feel. i ve always believed that america is an idea not defined by its people but by its ideals. with me now is cnn chief creditor responsibility jim acosta. and jim, the president held this event earlier today honoring dr. king ahead of mlk monday. we know dr. king s nephew was there. and you talked to him ....
kremlinology style coverage and speculation about who is in favor and who is out of favor and who has been able to move their desk closer to the oval office and who might some day be fired and who is angling. the government is not supposed to be conducted like the gong show, right? it has been a weird 24 hours in the news because of this word that went out prfrom the white house last night. h.r. mcmaster was to be fired. why did the white house put that word out last night? i don t know. and neither do you. but you should know that right before the white house put out that word last night, this is the last public thing that national security advisor h.r. mcmaster did yesterday afternoon. russia is also coproviding political cover for assad s crimes, from february 24th to february 28th, russia conducted 20 bombing missions every day in the eastern guda and damascus areas. russia also twocondemned russiar using chemical weapons. this morning, the united states, france ....
fire the national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster. i have little no appetite at all for kremlinology style coverage and speculation about who is in favor and who is out of favor. who has been able to move the desk closer to the oval office. who is angling for what job. the government is not supposed to be conducted like the gong show. it has been a weird 24 hours in the news because of this word that went out from the white house. about the national security advisor was to be fired. why did the white house put that word out last night? i don t know. neither do you. but you should know that right before the white house put out that word last night, this is the last public thing that national security advisor h.r. mcmaster did yesterday afternoon. russia is also providing political cover for assad s crimes, from february 24th to february 28th, russia conducted 20 bombing missions every day in the eastern guda and damascus areas. syria. thwarting efforts to hold the re ....
at the state department. rex tillerson is out. we ve just learned so too is a very vocal top aide who contradicts the white house s version of events. cia director mike pompeo, the president s pick to replace tillerson. a lot of reports of how and when the call came down to replace the secretary of state. a lot of versions about why as well. admittedly, a decision that appears to have been a long time coming. yet with the president touting the end of the house russian investigation in big bold capital letters today. not to mention that big photo op trip to california. why now is an equally big mystery laying in the rubble of tillerson s firing. let s start with our reporters. nbc s peter alexander is at the white house. msnbc s garrett haake is on capitol hill. let s start with you, mr mr. alexander. break down the why, the when and the how of it, if you can, as we understand, the facts to be, at 1:01 on the east coast. first, the why this happened now. certainly a st ....