Of extraordinary Political Drama on capitol hill, as the republicans tried and failed to put their health ca re tried and failed to put their Health Care Legislation to a vote, early morning, The Big Question was, did they have the support to get the bill across the line . After intense last minute discussions between Speaker Paul Ryan and donald trump, just minutes before the planned vote, the president called the speaker and told them to pull it. A little earlier, donald trump had this to say we had no democrat support, no votes from the democrats, they were not going to give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. Give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to dolj give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. I have been saying for the last year and a half, the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode, it is exploding right now. Many state have big problems, almost all states have big problems. I was in tennessee
To say its been a busy week is an understatement. Before we go, a quick programming note. Msnbc is teaming up with the Global Citizen festival to help bring an end to extreme poverty. The Global Citizen festival is tomorrow. There will be performances by janet jackson, Janelle Monet and john legend. Catch it all here starting at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. Thank you for watching. Deadline white house with Nicolle Wallace starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Breaking news this afternoon on the Supreme Court nomination fight that has gripped the nation. Republican senator jeff flake dropping a bombshell on his Senate Judiciary Committee Colleagues saying he would only vote yes on Passing Kavanaugh Out Of Committee if the fbi investigates dr. Christine blasey fords allegations of Sexual Assault before any final Confirmation Vote on the floor. Flake will not support final confirmation until the fbi concludes its limited investigation. Here was that announcement. Weve had
Decision, we are told, to draw down troops in afghanistan leaving Afghan Forces that the u. S. Had promised to support to the hands of the taliban and isis in afghanistan had to be two issues that were troubling jim mast t jim mattis significantly. His Code Of Ethics is you do not walk away from your friends on the battlefield. Mattis tonight simply may have run out of runway room ahead of him that he felt he could use in dealing with the president. He had been sidelined. He had been his advice on these matters had been rejected clearly. And mattis had had a strategy that simply wasnt working. He was trying to keep a low Public Profile and never say anything that would be contradictory to the president of the United States. He knew that this would infuriate trump. He knows that President Trump doesnt like to see other people
out there in public speaking. That it is all reserved for the president. So mattis over the last two years had had a strategy. You dont see him on camera holding p
Gotcha sorry. [laughter] i wanted to ask you about public confusion, connected with Attorney General barrs release of your report. I will be coding you are in march 27th letter. Sarah, in that letter and at several other times did you convey to the Attorney General that the introductions and executive some summaries accurately i have to say the letter itself speaks for itself. And those were your words and that . Continuing with your letter, you are to the Attorney General that the summary letter the department sent to congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of march 24th did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this offices work and conclusions. Is that correct . Again, i rely on the letter itself for its terms. Thank you. What was it about the reports context, nature, substance that the attorneys letter did not capture . I think we captured that in the in the March 27th Responsive letter. This is from the letter. Im directing you to the letter its
house cannot be consistent about where this controlled substance was found raises profound questions about what they re trying to cover up. one more point i will make briefly is that this is a national security issue. if you have any illicit substance that could smuggled so easily into the white house, what does that say about the ability of this administration to keep this country safe? and if this individual who had these drugs had access to high level state secrets, then that individual be compromised. that individual could be turned into an asset because they re committing a crime and that could be used against them to turn against united states. yeah, it s been amazing to watch them blow off this idea. well, if you can get cocaine into the white house, why couldn t you get something more serious that could hurt people there, including the president, into the white house? but the blame game for the cocaine continues. and i mentioned jake sullivan. he offered today a new group of