the trump campaign and allegations of collision with the russians, sarah huckabee sanders tried to flip the script on a number of occasions and say, well it was hillary clinton campaign and democrat national committee. now, i don't think this is any small thing, brooke. when you have the white house, keep in mind the campaign is over, the election is over, when the white house is suggesting that there is collusion, that there was collusion going on between a defeated rival, political opponent and a foreign government as this white house is doing. that's one thing for one campaign to say it about another. but this is the white house saying that. that's why i tried to ask the question, multi part question, why is it that the president thought to be involved in this u ran um one deal to try to have that gag order lifted on the key informant in the fbi investigation. no real answer there. although kellyanne conway spoke to that earlier this morning on cnn. then also the president tweeted that the only collision that existed in the election was between hillary clinton and russians. when

says otherwise. david: looking at the white house press briefing, sarah huckabee sanders could be speaking to reporters at any moment. kevin cirilli, let me ask you about george papadopoulos. the one we know the least about. what have we learned about him in the role he was playing in this investigation? lost kevin. let me put that question to craig. that wase information released by robert mueller suggests that mr. papadopoulos is required -- is cooperating with the fbi. there -- they are outlined in a dramatic or document where he is talking about being first approached by a professor than by a female russian connected person. and then ultimately by someone from the russian foreign ministry. it sounds like mr. papadopoulos did not tell the straight story they first time, thought better and went back to the fbi. he faces charges. it does suggest he is cooperating. what he said was the russian government was eager to speak directly to donald trump and his campaign, that there were senior people inside the trump campaign, not named, who were interested in taking the meeting. when w

presid comments. and you would be wrong. wrong because press secretary sarah huckabee sanders picks up right where trump and kelly >> does general kelly still stand by the statement that he made yesterday, that he felt she was grandstanding and she was taking credit -- >> absolutely. general kelly said he was stunned that representative wilson made comments at a building dedication honoring slain fbi agents about her own actions in congress, including lobbying former president obama on legislation. general kelly pf you're able to make a sacred act like honoring heroes about yourself, barrel. >> she wasn't done with that. she went on to add this >> if you want to get into a debate with a four-star marine general, i think that's something highly inappropriate. >> with all due respect, it is absolutely appropriate to question anyone when their facts are wrong. and when they refuse t admit it. that goes for a general turned chief of staff, a press secretary, and a presi the united states. sadly, the truth is that lately it seems no one who stands at that podium is able to admit that. to ad

story. >> yes. >> and sarah huckabee sanders making case today as she did yesterday that none of this has anything to do with the president and the campaign. i think it would be easier for them to make a case if there hadn't been more than the manafort gates part of the story revealed yesterday. but after the papadopoulos revelations, and after the revelations of his emails with key members of the president's campaign, and after revelations that perhaps this person was wired or has been corroborating with prosecutors, i don't see how you can actually she that yesterday proves that this has nothing to do with the trump campaign. because what papadopoulos did was take this inside the trump campaign. and that was the importance of his testimony. >> and not only that, you can hear the reporters kept coming back to the sam clovis point. what of the key contact within the campaign, i think the campaign supervisor was how he was dubbed in the email exchange with papadopoulos. and this is an individual who the white house wants to be serving as deputy of agriculture chief scientist, righ

been there. it is just not there as of yet. trish: we'll wait to see whether sarah huckabee sanders can shed anymore light on it. good to see you guys, as we wait for the press secretary, everyone, secretary of state rex tillerson said he never considered resigning this was a big controversy this week with nbc news reported he did look at it. president trump siding with his diplomat tweeting, tillerson never threatened to resign. this is fake news put out by nbc news. low news reporting standards, no verification from me. tillerson has been subject of much speculation after this nbc news report claimed that vice president mike pence had to talk mr. tillerson out of resigning, that he called the president, quote, a moron. fox news military analyst general jack keane joins me right now with his impressions on this story and what do you think? >> well, first of all i've been around rex tillerson couple times, discussing national security, foreign policy didn't know him before. he got the job. i am impressed. is well-seasoned of the he is comfortable on the world stage. a great representati

last night in las vegas. sarah huckabee sanders was visibly emotional this afternoon and said it was too early to declare this an act of terror. when the president went on television this morning, his main goal was to try to console the people who had been injured, console the survivors of those that had been killed and calm an anxious nation. listen here. >> in moments of tragedy and horror, america comes together as one. and it always has. we call upon the bonds that unite us, our faith and our family and our shared values. we call upon the bonds of citizenship, the ties of community and the comfort of our common humanity. our unity cannot be shattered by evil. >> the first time that something like this has happened on president trump's watch. he's had more than his fair share of disasters. by the way, shep, we should point out, it took the second question for the issue of gun control to come up. as i said in the beginning, a major federal investigation going on with alcohol, tobacco and firearms to find out how this man got ahold of the weapons that he did and why he was in the po

waiting for this white house daily brooiefing to begin and we hear from sarah huckabee sanders from the podium let's talk. cnn and national security analyst. cnn political commentary and national political reporter for clear politics. let me start with you, errol, now sara murray put it or how the sound bite was as far as papadopoulos coffee boy. how is papadopoulos fetching coffee when we have something to show the connections he has very high within the trump. >> i'm glad you played the audio of the excellent guy. photos hit the web showing him at high level meetings with donald trump or one of his foreign policy advisers during the campaign. we should also keep in mind that michael caputo, he's a coffee boy. on the other hand only one person involved was under oath. only one went to court and said i did all of these things and tell you all about it. and he's been talking about it for months now. so if you want to have a swearing contest between the white house crew and somebody who swore under oath what he did, we'll see how that plies out in court. >> so i'm wondering if i'm papadop

congresswoman calling her wacky. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders explaining why he did that. >> it should have ended yesterday after general kelly's comments but it didn't. it continued and it's still continuing today. still the bulk of the coverage on most every tv you turn on and most every newspaper you open up today and the president responded to those continued accusations and continued mischaracterizations of his comments. >> so what exactly happened in niger? the short answer is we don't know all of the details yet. the pentagon and the fbi are now investigating. more on the fbi's involvement in this in a minute. but here's what the military has told us so far. on october 4th, four u.s. soldiers were killed when ambushed by a group affiliated in some way with isis. there are several terror groups in the region, military saying they were working with the nigerian army and getting a lay of the land meeting with local leaders. on that wednesday, 12 u.s. soldiers went to a village near a place called tongo tongo in niger neared mauli board mahli . during that meeting they were a

. thanks. >> dana: all right. that was sarah huckabee sander, the white house press secretary, briefing for the first time after the massacre that occurred last night in las vegas. doing a very important job and an emotional one. we're going to talk about that in a moment when john roberts comes to us from the white house briefing room. we'll also have ari fleisher, the white house press secretary, press secretary on 9/11. and what it's like to prepare to speak to the nation after a major horrific event such as the one in las vegas last night. in addition, the white house is dealing with a lot of devastation from the virgin islands to puerto rico. recovery still in florida and texas because of the hurricanes. now the president also going to vegas this week. shouldering a lot. we'll continue to talk about that. we have ari fleisher standing by. but let's bring in john roberts. one of the things sarah was asked initially was, what was the president's reaction? she didn't have a ton to tell us in terms of details. i thought the president's statement today was so emotional. the tone was exactly

press briefing. it is set to start in 30 minutes. it will be the first time sarah huckabee sanders takes questions on camera this week, and she has a lot to answer as president trump faces mounting criticism over his call with the widow of an american soldier killed. a call a democratic congresswoman who was with the family detailed this morning. >> he said, well, i guess you knew something to the effect he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but i guess it hurts anyway. she was in tears. she was in tears. and she said, he didn't even remember his name. >> the president defended that call on twitter, saying the congresswoman's account was totally fabricated and that he has proof. later, he was asked about that proof. >> with the woman, with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman, did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people aren't too surprised to say that. >> what was the proof, mr. president? >> let her make her statement again and you'll find out. let her make her statement again and you'll find out. >> so what really happened on that call, and is the presid

. >> hi, everyone, i'm nicole wallace, you have been watching sarah huckabee sanders who with no irony came out to talk against grandstanding and petty men. his insults from the podium from retired senator jeff flake and senator bob corker. bob corker locked in a knife fight with president trump over his comportment in office and conservative gop senator jeff flake, one of the few republicans in the senate willing to criticize the president, today announced that he would retire instead of face re-election in this political climate. >> i'm aware that there's a segment of my party that believes that anything short of complete and unquestioning loyalty to a president who belongs to my party is unacceptable and suspect. if i have been critical, it's not because i relish criticizing the behavior of the president of the united states. if i have been critical, it is because i believe it is my obligation to do so. and as a matter and duty of c conscien conscience. >> that is one of the men sarah huckabee sanders called petty. we'll get to our reporters in just a moment. but first a look at how

sarah huckabee sanders was asked about this. how is the white house characterizing this? >> reporter: the white house's strategy is very clear. officials trying to distance the president and his campaign from the indictments and from george papadopolos pleading guilty today. sarah huckabee sanders saying that george papadopolos was an unpaid volunteer. she made the point, look, he only sat in on one key meeting there. of course, the reality is, if you look at the court papers, there were a number of e-mails exchanged between george papadopolos and campaign officials over several months. as it related to setting up a meeting with russian officials. now, of course, the court documents also stress that never happened. so sarah huckabee sanders sort of highlighting all of those points that i mapped out and when it comes to paul manafort and rick gates, she makes the case that all of these charges have to do with stuff that happened before the campaign. which is, of course, soon. you're going to see the white house hit that point over and observer again. she was asked, when was the last t

pictures inside the white house press briefing room. we should see sarah huckabee sanders any moment now. but let's talk about what we know will be brought up including the president wanted gag order lifted that prohibited this informant at the time of talking about a fbi investigation into russian efforts to gain efforts in uranium industry in 2010. with me is czechoslovakia republic, ethics. so ambassador eisen, always a pleasure, welcome back to the show. first, your thoughts on this reporting. we know that the gag order was lifted. that this was the doj's call. but what do you make of just the fact that the president wanted to influence doj to do this? >> brooke, thanks for having me back. and it's pretty extraordinary to have a president make his wishes known when you have a criminal matter of this kind going on in doj. there are rules in the white house and in the doj that are designed to protect political influence. i never heard of a case like this when i was policing this type of thing in the white house for obama. it's extraordinary. and of course it raises the specter that

, at least try to figure them out. maybe sarah huckabee sanders will have some answers for us when she holds a press briefing in about 30 minutes. for now though let's try and debrief with our team of reporters. you can see peter alexander standing by in the corner of your screen there. he is at the white house press briefing room. ashley parker is a white house reporter for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. i'm katy tur, the camera's still on my face, but i promise the rest of those folks are going to join us in a moment. there's also nick johnston, the editor of axios. there you guys are. nice to see you. peter, we're learning the president is furious about rex tillerson and our exclusive that he called the president a moron. what are you hearing from your sources at the white house? >> yeah, the president who prides himself on strength doesn't want to be portrayed as a weak guy certainly when it comes to his intellect as evidenced by our reporting that rex tillerson used that word moron to describe the president after a pentagon meeting this past summer. that

of power over man for the. charles: sarah huckabee-sanders during the daily briefing echoing the most of obvious point. this is an investigation into russian collusion and the media made it about russia and donald trump. >> today's announcement has nothing to do with the president, the president's campaign or campaign activity. the real collusion scandal as we have said several times before has everything to do with the clinton campaign, fusion gps and russia. charles: we are probably not going to see the headlines read that. but that has to be the main thing that stands out here. man for the is a big name. these are big dollar denominations they are talking about. but connecting it to the election we haven't seen anything on that. >> there has been none of that. we have had hours than hours of congressional investigation and 10 months of this. and it's couple with nothing. no collusion was the headline today and it's interesting to see some networks go wall to wall coverage with this when last week when hillary clinton's iranian deal was allegedly exposed. and rosatom who bought

matter? >> that was referenced at the briefing today and sarah huckabee sanders had a response. >> general kelly said he was done, that representative wilson made comments at a building dedication honoring slain fbi agents about her own actions in congress including lobbying former president obama on legislation to it as general kelly pointed out, if you are able to make a sacred act like a honoring american heroes all about yourself, you are an empty barrel. if you don't understand that reference, i will put it more simply. as we say in the house, all hat, no cattle. >> reporter: have you seen the speech? most of her was effusively praising fbi agents. what she was talking about, what she did in congress, she was not talking about securing $20 million. >> she said there was a lot of grandstanding. he was done she took the opportunity to make it out herself. >> my goodness. jesse, did you see what that was? she was talking about her ability to get the building names for two slain fbi agents, not the funding. when you are reading that, you are deceiving the audience. >> i'm not

ask sarah huckabee sanders for the details. it does come amid the feud with bob corker. the president clearly not backing down. we just heard the audio for the first time this morning of the interview done with the "new york times" in which he says he believes the president could be putting the united states on a path to world war iii. the president saying failing "new york times" set liddle bob corker up. the "new york times" very clear that senator corker was well aware and on board with having that conversation taped. but all of this the back drop to the briefing today. we should say that the president pressed on whether alienating corker might derail efforts to get tax reform passed. the president disputed that and said he believes that americans want tax reform so ultimately he thinks he can get it done. >> you're on capitol hill. you are in charleston, south carolina which is inveeable to be honest. you have been talking to lindsey graham. lindsey graham hasn't always been a big fan of the president but today it seems like he is trying to smooth over the tensions between the pre

doesn't seem sarah huckabee sanders can produce that proof. >> reporter: yes. the proof is in a recording. no tape recordings on this conversation. sarah huckabee sanders made that clear and insists other was in the room with the president during the course of that conversation. including the general. chief of staff john kelly, who was present at the time. i was struck by the fierce choice of words by sarah huckabee sanders and pushing back against what really has become a political fight over the gravest of obligations for all presidents. the contacts they maim, outreach, with gold star families. families of the american service members who have given their lives for this country. sarah huckabee sanders said of the congresswoman's language that it was appalling and disgusting. she said the president was respectful that he was sympathetic and used the word "disgraced" to describe the characterization much in her idea, her words, by the media and sort of the way this story has been presented. they say the president as she insisted, general john kelly sort of a character witness t

briefing we heard from press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who said the president was joking when he said he wanted to compare i.q. with secretary of state. interview published this morning, that comes after the reports last week that tillerson called him a moron over the summer. now in this interview the pre was asked if he had undermined his secretary of state. and as we just heard, he said, no, he does not under cut people. but when asked about that he said he with like to compare i.q. scores with him. but now that's just a joke. but we have seen these two men in very public disagreement over the last few days. after rex tillerson told some reporters that he had a line of communication to north korea, the president swiftly gt on twitter and said rex should stop wasting his time trying to negotiate with north korea. when he said rex he was referring to rex tillerson. so we have seen this really public display of tension between these two men even though the white house is maintaining that he has confidence in his secretary of state. we did hear from the president the other day.

republicans basically attacking the congresswoman as well. you saw sarah huckabee sanders do it the day before general kelly did. and then so general kelly comes out to use his credibility to attack the representative's credibility. and i think he has not done himself any good because most of what he says was just plain wrong. he in his statement and in some ways he seemed to be relishing these attacks on the congresswoman. essentially was saying he was stunned about something that never happened, right. he was stunned that she stood up and said things, but none of that ever really happened. he also seemed to miss the enact that she was given a standing ovation after she finished speaking. you saw the white house today say well, he wasn't really talking about necessarily that speech. he was talking about other things she had done where she appeared to be grandstanding. but again, if you look at what he said from the podium of the white house, he was talking about that speech. so, i mean, it's really puzzling, i mean, that he miss remembered this entire event, you know, and you had sande

into a fullyly automatic machine gun.n. at the white house, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said it was not the time to talk about gun control. >> there is a time and place for a political debate, but now is the time to unite as a country will stop there is currently an open and ongoing law enforcement investigation. a motive is yet to be determined and it would be premature for us to discuss policy when we don't fully know all of the facts orr what took place last night. amy: on twitter, journalist naomi klein responded -- "don't talk about guns after a massacre. or climate change after storms. or austerity after firetrap buildings burn. talk when no one listens." on capitol hill, republican leaders called the massacre a moment for national mourning and prayer, even as lawmakers advanced a pair of bills that would liberalize gun laws. one measure that could pass the house as early as this week would remove longstanding restrictions on silencers. [gunfire] amy: the bill to allow silencers comes despite the fact that concertgoers at sunday night's music festival were alerted to th

sarah huckabee sanders answered those questions. >> can you clarify the president's comments? was he referring to military action when he said calm before the storm? >> as we've said many times before, i know the president has, as i have from this podium on quite a few occasions, we're never going to say in advance what the president's going to do. and as he said last night, in addition to those comments, you'll have to wait and see. >> but how seriously should the american public or american adversaries for that matter take these comments? is this a joke? was it serious? >> i think you can take the president protecting the american people always extremely serious. he's been very clear that that's his number one priority, and if he feels that action is necessary, he'll take it. >> you said the president wants to preserve an element of surprise, why would he dangle hints about his actions in the first place? >> i don't believe he did. >> all right. today's press briefing also touched on a question that hassling erred in the news this week amid nbc news reporting about the escalating t

hour coming up. we're moments away from white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who will talk about the tax plan and the investigation into the russian investigation. welcome to the teleagainst -- welcome to the intelligence report on this halloween. this is a very, very big week for the country, for our markets, for the economy as president trump tells reporters he wants to pass the bill by thanksgiving. he has put in a deadline on all of this. we'll give you the latest straight ahead. >>> former trump campaign manager paul manafort indicted on multiple charges, tax fraud, money laundering conspiracy against the united states, all stemming from transactions years before the 2016 campaign. will this be a distraction? or will the president push forward with a pro-growth agenda? does that literally no pun intended, trump all? the russian dossi and sketchy uranium one deal saying quote, the american people have the right to know what the government does. they do. why isn't the congress investigating democrats in all of this? we'll tackle it. first new details on uranium one.

today around 6:00 p.m. this is what we are waiting for, the official statement from sarah huckabee sanders this afternoon. >> thank you so much, kristen. let's go to nbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, bring us up to speed on what stood out to you and what to expect with the court appearance from paul manafort. >> reporter: stepping back here to summarize it, i think you can get lost in the weeds of what the actual counts are, but the theory of the indictment is that manafort engaged to earn millions of dollars in fees from politicians in ukraine and lobbied for the government in the u.s. lobbied members of congress, lobbied the administration for ten years, but it says they failed to register as foreign agents if they were representing a foreign government. and failed to report millions of dollars to the irs. instead, they funneled the money to offshore accounts. they put $7 million through and he spent $3 million. there's nothing in the charges directionally act the russians or last year's election. and another interesting thing i think is that robert mueller was appointed special

lawn. john? >> trace, good afternoon. the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, was asked about niger and the investigation and what happened in the incident a couple weeks ago. refused every time to answer the question in specificity citing the ongoing review. any time a u.s. service member is called in an operation. certainly sarah huckabee sanders had plenty to say in regard to the feud that is ongoing between the white house and florida democratic congress woman frederica wilson. yesterday you'll remember the chief of staff john kelly came out and ripped congresswoman wilson up one side and down the other for listening in the condolence call the president made to the widow of sergeant johnson and making it public. kelly suggested in 2015 when wilson was speaking at the dedication of the new fbi field office in miramar, chefs making it about her and how she got funding for the building. we have since determined that she was not talking about funding, but she was bragging a little bit about the fact that she got the building named for the two fbi agents that were killed in the

huckabee-sanders. we are learning more about tales of bravery sunday night, as a gunman rained down hundreds of bullets on innocent people. police learning more about that shooter, as people fight for their lives in hospitals. abc's marci gonzalez has more, from las vegas. more than 24 hours after the shooting, new details are emerging about the after the shooting, new details are emerging about the alleged shooter. relatives say stephen paddock, a retired accountant, had never shown any violent tendencies -- while law enforcement says he had kept a low profile -- with no record, besides what's said to be a minor citation several years ago. the 64-year-old was living in retirement community about 80 miles from las vegas with a woman, said to be his girlfriend. paddock's brother says he was a multimillionaire real-estate investor, who did not have ties to any extremist organisations. still-- they were unable to explain why paddock would open fire on thousands of innocent people. police say paddock's girlfriend is out of the country- and is not suspected to be involved. back here-- we

huckabee sanders. really big week until i am sure what they will say is many of the questions have to be answered by the attorneys and not the white house. we will see if they stick to that. long before 12 days, five countries, extremely grueling, 12-14 hours ahead depending on where he is. the biggest part of it is probably china here he will visit china at a time where north korea is extremely dangerous now. tests, and thele two presidents need to talk about what to do about that. the white house is telling us the big push will be president trump asking the chinese president to more to help curtail north korea. this is what the united states president always asks the president. here we are. we are still in the same boat. to figure out a way to get them on board and to do a bit more. he has a variety of other meetings. having toeconomics, summits. it is surprising he is going this long to this many places. go, youfore we let you mentioned the announcement of the fed chairman. stories in the paper that one of those could be the governor, jerome powell. what have you heard? we hear

. >> reporter: sarah huckabee sanders calling the comments petty. >> when he gets hit, he's going to hit back. >> senator flake will sit down for a live morning on the "today" show. you can watch it starting at 7:00 right after news4 today. >>> meanwhile, new revelations tonight after that controversial dossier detailing possible connections between the trump campaign and russia. nbc news confirms what the "washington post" reported, that hillary clinton and her campaign and the national democratic committee helped fund the research that went into it. it's not clear if any information in that dossier was actually shared with the clinton camp or the dnc. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tweeted tonight, calling this the real russia scandal. >>> well, we saw a pretty nice afternoon. one more nice afternoon today. a temperature of 73 degrees in the d.c. area, 73 hagerstown. but look at the highs in the west tonight. only in the 50 wait until you see thursday. tracking our next system, it's going to bring some rain just in time for the weekend. i'll tell you when to expect that

. professor, fits thank you very much. at the white house press breeferg sarah huckabee sanders says can you point to a particular point where senators cork error flake did not vote. >> they could do not that. >> the white house issued an end of year deadline for lawmakers and we heard some details today fox5 ronica cleary has that angle tonight. what is going on in. >> hey, jim and shawn. it's funny, i like the way you put that about a side show. i have to wonder, i don't know if i'm giving too much credit, not enough credit, is it like look at this fighting all over here while we on the other side don't pay attention to tax reform and maybe we can just push it through andic ma it p can't help but wonder. we just spent the first eighth minutes of our show talking about the battles of the gop and this is nothing new for this administration when at the end of the day the whole point of today and the whole point of what republicans say they're focused on before the end of the new year is supposed to be tax reform. something that most republicans, if not all of them should be able to get be

york this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: welcome back. we will listen to sarah huckabee sanders at the white house press briefing. . more a day of reflection, a day of mourning. a day of gratefulness for those that were saved. i think there will be certainly time for that policy discussion to take place. that's not the place that we are in at this moment. certainly there is a time for that to happen. >> before he was elected president he did have a different view on guns than he had during the campaign. does he believe he could lead a bipartisan effort on that at some point? at what point would that be appropriate? >> that is something we can talk about in the coming days. one of the things we don't want that is try to create laws won't stop these kinds of things from happening. if you look to chicago where you had over 4000 victims of gun related crimes they have thee strictest gun laws in the country. that certainly hasn't helped. when the time comes for the that conversation to take place we can look for things that have that real impact. can you tell us about his visit tomorrow and do yo

sarah huckabee sanders read a portion of the statement from the podium there, and she did say something the next day about the white house being sorry for the loss, but not the president himself. that the difference here. and, of course, it was only after this became very public and there were many public calls about the loss of these troops and success questions as to why president had not commented that the president finally did make comments in his name. >> all right. jim sciutto reporting that for us. thank you very much. >>> with us now, democratic senator chris coons of delaware. he's a member of the foreign relations and judiciary committees. senator, are you concerned how this niger mission unfolded? >> i am, wolf, and i'm asking for a classified briefing about exactly what happened in niger. we've got many american trooped deployed in the region who are part of a multinational effort against both boko haram and isis and aqim. i've got some concerns about the operational details of the incident as they've been reported publicly and i'm looking forward to getting a more robust br

here's an exchange with sarah huckabee sanders that happened on friday. >> i think we are seeing now that if there was any collusion with russia, it was between the dnc and the clintons and certainly not our campaign. if any collusion took place, it would be between the dnc and the clintons. >> talking about evidence of collusion with hillary clinton, sara, no the president made a charge that hillary clinton -- >> i think i've addressed that pretty thoroughly. mike, go ahead. >> so are you saying? >> i'm saying that i'm calling on your colleague. >> reporter: so that back and forth and the sort of new line from the white house through sarah huckabee sanders the press secretary is about something many of viewers have heard about over these months, the steele dossier, christopher steele, a british operative, a dossier of unflattering opposition research about candidate donald trump. what has now been learned is that a conservative publication in washington that was in the never trump category paid a firm to begin the work on that and later it was the dnc and hillary clinton campaig

for white house staff in the days ahead. if ever i'm in legal trouble, i am firing sarah huckabee sanders, she does not give an inch. —— i am hiring sarah huckabee sanders. judging by the tweets over the last 2a hours, this is causing a certain amount of heartburn over there, isn't it? of course. any time you have an individual turn themselves into the fbi, one of our top law enforcement agencies here in the us, who is the president's campaign manager, that's going to because of heartburn. from a legal perspective, these indictments, in my view, show that the fbi and of course the special counsel office are probably going to try to flip these two individuals. they will try to find a way to find someone they will try to find a way to find someone further up the chain, much closer to president trump, than these two. so yes, if i were a lawyer associated with the president 01’ lawyer associated with the president or his white house staff, i might be having a tough go of it today. let's pull out a couple of bits from the papadopoulos indictments, because sarah sanders they're saying there wa

. >> shepard: that was the end of that. here's what sarah huckabee sanders said about it at a briefing here in the last hour. >> the president never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent. he made a joke. nothing more than that. he has full confidence in the secretary of state. they had a great visit earlier today and they're working hand and hand to move the president's agenda forward. >> shepard: sanders suggested reporters should get a sense of humor. the president went after the tennessee senator bob corker who repeatedly blasted president trump in a "new york times" interview. the president tweeted, the failing "new york times" set little bob corker up by recording his conversation and was made to sound a fool. that's what i'm dealing with. it's common for news outlets to intervie interviews. corkers aides record it it and it was said on the reporting to "the new york times" by the senator, i hope you're recording this. he was. the chief white house correspondent, john roberts is live on the white house lawn. good to be back. >> good to be back. secreta

daily briefing today to distance itself from paul manafort. sarah huckabee sanders saying he was wrangled to get delegates and left soon after. he was the campaign chairman through the summertime but left as you'll remember because the story that came out about the ukrainian ledger that allegedly showed millions of payments to manafort. manafort told me at the time that there was nothing to that but he was stepping down as the campaign chairman because he didn't want to be a distraction to the trump campaign as they were going into the general election. listen to what sarah huckabee sanders said a short time ago about the fact that this did appear to occurred before manafort joined the campaign. listen here. >> today's announcement has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the president's campaign. the real collusion scandal has everything to do with the clinton campaign, fusion gps and russia. there's clear evidence of the clinton campaign colluding with russia to smear the president, to influence the election. we've been saying from day one there's no evidenc

carefully again. i want to remind viewers, sarah huckabee sanders will be smoking momentarily. we'll start when she begins. lots on the table. what did the president mean when he doubled down today on the calm before the storm? reporters asked him in the ceremony in the oval office, being national manufacturing day. he said you will find out what this calm before the storm is. so, she will likely get asked about that. she will also be asked importantly what rich edson was talking about. whether or not rex tillerson is in fact going to stay on. we'll be live with the press secretary after this. who knew that phones would start doing everything? entertaining us, getting us back on track, and finding us dates. phones really have changed. so why hasn't the way we pay for them? introducing xfinity mobile. you only pay for data and can easily switch between pay per gig and unlimited. no one else lets you do that. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit or go to xfinitymobile.com. trish: market still

. low news and reporting standards. this afternoon, the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked about nbc's reporting that tillerson insulted the president. let's watch. >> was the president upset that his secretary of state didn't deny calling him a moron in his public remarks yesterday? >> look, as the secretary of state said, this is a petty, ridiculous accusation and frankly, i think it's beneath the secretary of state to weigh in on every rumor out there. his spokesperson, however, did come out and clarified that the secretary of state had never used those words. >> and what's your response to those who say the president has undercut the secretary of state? sara, just quickly? >> i think the premise of that question is absolutely ridiculous. the president can't undercut his own cabinet. the president is the leader of the cabinet. he sets the tone. he sets the agenda. >> for more, i'm joined by nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, also joining me, "the new york times," glenn tlush, former republican national committee share, michael steele, and "

anybody. thank you very much. >> you see him there with henry kissinger. sarah huckabee sanders forced to answer questions about the feud. we have got it all for you. garrett haake is in south carolina with lindsey graham someone who also feuded with the president from time to time. so, sarah huckabee sanders made it seem like everything is fine between the president and the secretary of state. to hear him tell the story, he never unt cuts anybody and he is not fighting with anyone. why this disconnect. >> also, rex tillerson is really, really smart. the disconnect comes from what you are hearing from folks who are close to the president and the secretary of state privately and then sort the front that is put forward in situations like for example, this press briefing here. when you look at the questions that sarah huckabee sanders got. remember, this was the first briefing since the sort of weekend of headlines, you could say on not just rex tillerson but bob corker as well. the press secretary taking questions on both of that. let's start with tillerson. that is significant. both had

today following your third-quarter results. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders addressing the president's plan for leadership of the federal reserve. moments ago, she said a trump announcement on the fed will still be coming soon. we have been hearing on that. it will be in coming days. julia: and weeks. scarlet: and weeks, but now in coming days. placing johnlk of taylor and jerome paulo -- jerome powell at the fed. she says several options also remain for the federal reserve. we will keep you posted as we get more headlines erie it --. julia: -- headlines. julia: and a slowdown in north america. we will discuss in today's commodities clause. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuver

disinformation in this country to impact our democratic institutions. here's how sarah huckabee sanders responded to a question about the constant attacks from the white house on the media calling all of us fake news while russia is still actively spreading news that is demonstrably false through social media and other means. >> i think that the president has a great frustration with the fact that a lot of times you have inaccurate information that's being presented as factual. a lot of times you have opinions that are being presented as news. and they're not. and i think that that is a real concern and something that certainly should be looked at. >> is there a distinction between erroneous reports and reporting that he finds offensive and the type of fake news that we saw pushed during the election by russian intelligence? does he see a distinction there? >> we see a problem with any stories that are inaccurate or untruthful being presented to the mesh peopamerican people as. >> also speaking about the fraying relationship about the relationship between tillerson and trump. >> is he upset his s

. the white house and sarah huckabee sanders that they have done nothing wrong that papadopoulos was the one this the wrong. the white house was the one that handed over the e-mails that papadopoulos was sending to campaign officials. and they are the ones that enabled special counsel probe to continue and for these e-mails and this information to come to light. with that, it is the end of my time here at msnbc for this hour only. not forever. ali very well she. >> good you corrected that i would have had tweets. i do come in here early just to spend time with you, not the take your air time. i don't know how much you remember about this but i remember when i first learned that george papadopoulos was among a whole bunch of names named to trump's advisory team, i remember thinking there was very little known about this guy. >> i spoke to barry bennett who was on the carson campaign before he was with trump. and i asked him how he brought him on. he said papadopoulos e-mailed him, had his cv out, he was somebody who had worked with the hudson institute. bennett called his contact there, g

the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said, no, it's the president keeping the country from chaos. >> let's play the, change wh ext senator corker's comments. let's watch. >> earlier this week senator corker said that secretary mattis and general kelly and rex tillerson are keeping the white house from chaos. do you have any response to senator corker's statement? >> i think the president is the one keeping the world from chaos. he has an incredible team around him that's helping him lead that effort. >> curtis, i was in las vegas earlier this week when the president landed there, and most of us were expecting to see general kelly, his chief of staff with him. it turns out that this whole tillerson situation had caused general kelly to stay back and try and manage that. rex tillerson came out and made a statement, didn't entirely deny nbc's reporting that he had called the president a moron but did say he hadn't considered o resigning but now there are reports that even general kelly has been mulling over resigning. >> that's interesting. i remember the night th

campaign adviser, unnamed. he wasn't just operating as lone ranger, as sarah huckabee sanders seemed to be suggesting the white house briefing. he was consulting with top campaign officials about his meetings with these russians and efforts to coordinate. we know that was going on, but the document is silent on whether he conveyed this offer of dirt from the russians to the trump campaign. >> and kristen welker at the white house, following their reaction today. again, when we got the news for people who weren't watching the second-by-second developments this morning, the thing that struck me in terms of the president's reaction, we initially got the news of manafort and gates. former campaign chairman and his deputy. then donald trump, when that news came out basically tweeted out, look, this is old stuff. didn't have anything to do with the campaign. no collusion. then, after that, you had the papadopoulos news, all of these implications we're discussing here. is there any indication that is affecting at all how the white house is going to be responding to this given that the papadopo

today was how sarah huckabee sanders basically, was trying so hard to put this distance between themselves and mueller's actions. they would have been able to do that in some ways if it had been manafort and gates. if it had just been the first things we had learned this morning. when the papadopoulos plea comes out, it changes that equation, it makes making that argument that manafort and gates were businessmen off on their own, doing their own thing. it wasn't part of the campaign, that would have been an easier sell, even though they did run the campaign, being the campaign chairman and deputy. the papadopoulos thing gives us a whole new chapter into development in this story, where we learn more about how interested the trump campaign was in trying to get stuff from russia, this is the third instance about where we learned they tried to do this. it seems the documents that were unsealed, the campaign officials knew about this, they knew what was going on at the time. that's what really changes today and puts the white house in a difficult position. it's a very hard argument

question is why is it appropriate for him to -- >> sarah huckabee sanders, about 24 minutes into the briefing, leaving as always. fast-moving, lots of topics covered, withdrawal by this administration of coverage under obamacare for birth control on the same day the president welcomed hispanics to the white house. they ended applications for so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. but i think the bulk of this questioning is people trying to figure out about this -- i guess you'd call it an unprompted cliff-hanger from the president last night. take a listen. >> -- this represents. maybe it's the calm before the storm. >> calm before the storm. what did this mean? last hour, the president was asked to clarify, and here's what's happened. >> mr. president, what did you mean by "calm before the storm indication? what d what did you mean by that? >> you'll find out. >> we'll find out? >> thank you. >> we'll see. >> so nothing more either from the president himself or from sarah sanders about what he meant to a country already on edge for so many reasons. it's just part of a cloud of uncertainty surroun

bottom of the hour. and that's when we expect to also see sarah huckabee sanders. they like to line these things on top of each other. sanders is going to get asked about a lot of things, not to mention chief of staff john kelly who was on fox news last night in a rare interview where he defended confederate status and the character and intentions of robert e. lee. i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doing okay. then it hit me... managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor, i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease even after trying other medications. in clinical studies, the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to a

inside this west wing. >> i think it scares the hell out of some people. what sarah huckabee sanders says today was not believable that this had nothing to do with the campaign n when she was asked the critical question, which is the indictment says that campaign officials encouraged papadopoulos to continue these conversations, to take these meetings. all she can say was, i'm not aware of those conversations and move on. she was much less demonstrate uf and much less emphatic saying this is all nonsense. she wouldn't answer that question because that's the key question. inside that white house then the cameras are not on and privately in their offices, they've been nervous for a long time. if it was just the manafort and gates indictment this morning, they maybe feel temporarily like they dodged a bullet. you're exactly right. the papadopoulos indictment changes the game. he was arrested in july. how long has he been having conversations with other people that bob mueller is aware of. >> and my conversations with them today, they said, i want to get to manafort, but what they said about

no collusion between russia and top. was collusion are hc. this afternoon sarah huckabee sanders picked up on the president's theme. >> i think that our position hasn't changed since day one, and i think we are seeing now that if there was any collusion with russia, it was between the dnc and the chin tons and certainly not our campaign. >> well, sarah huckabee sanders is referring to the dnc and lawyers for the clinton campaign hiring fusion gps to do opposition research on candidate trump. as for the collusion are russia, she's alleging there, that's anyone's guess, but keeping them honest when it comes to the president's claim that it is now commonly agreed there was no collusion between his campaign and russia that to put it charityably is a matter of opinion. it's definitely the line that's been coming from team trump for quite a while. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. >> did any adviser or anybody in the trump campaign have any contact with the russians who were trying to meddle in the election? >> of course not. >> so there has been absolutely no collusion. it's been s