The gunman. President trump calls to arm nations teachers and also slams the deputy who was on duty. What he did, he trained his whole life. Theres an example. When it came time to get in there and do something, he didnt have the courage or something happened, but he certainly did a poor job. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A lot of news today. Thanks for joining us. Breaking news, another bombshell in special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation. A source familiar with the proceedings telling us that former Trump Campaign aide rick gates is expected to plead guilty today, an indication gates is cooperating with the special counsel. This comes a day after Robert Mueller filed a 32count indictment against both gates and former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort, charging both men with additional crimes,
number of counts, some limited conduct that would vastly reduce his prison exposure. We believe this plea is happening in washington, d. C. As you mentioned, there
the president is now on defense after this last week. last weekend, trump riling up his base and angering many by tweeting what some are calling a racist remark about four congress women of color, calling them unamerican. in response to his attacks, supporters erupted into sind her back chants, now the president is thinking he did nothing to lead the rally cry against ilhan omar. this also comes after his about face. just yesterday, praising the crowd for echoing his criticism against minority democrats. julia crave n host of real talk.
united states and australia to try to resolve the cases of a number of refugees and so again, this is a difficult political challenge for president trump and look, australia is one of our closest allies. we rely on them particularly when it comes to our presence in asia and this is a relationship that president trump will need to work on, both for his own benefit but also more importantly for the benefit of the country. all hang in here because we will be back in a moment on call to arms. president trump riling up that crowd at cpac calling for more guns in the schools. this as the australian prime minister is about to arrive and australia had a very different approach after a school shooting. we will talk about that when we come back. oh! there s one. manatees in novelty ts? surprising.
because any time from now to eternity, a pardon could be put under consideration. donald trump has certainly stirred the pot before about the power pardon. he likes the say it is broad and unilateral. we now know that donald trump is talking to his lawyers about pardons. the big question is, could donald trump pardon himself? i have a tree falls in the forest question for you. if the president issues a pardon, do we have to know about it? last week, the washington post reported that president trump s legal team was exploring whether or not he had the power to pardon aides, family members or potentially himself. so by now, we are all accustomed to president trump riling people up about pardons. those moments were from the summer. today the difference is that trump is so late to the game, it doesn t matter that much. if there were going to be a surgical strike with this power in the russia probe, if he