trump's first state of the union address. [applause] >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. thank you. [applause] mr. ryan: members of congress, i had the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] pres. trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans. less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. of optimism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heights of vic

trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans, less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land. each day since, we have gone timism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship. we have endured floods and fires and storms. but through it all, we have seen the beauty of america's soul and spine.el in america's each test forged new american heroes to remind us who we are, and show

night off and we start with the bomb shells that have shaken the white house and enraged donald trump. steve bannon quoted in a new book, ripping trump aides, calling the trump tower meeting with russians, quote, treasonous. a furious trump hitting back saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job. he lost his mind. the white house is said to be reeling from the revelations. >> does he feel betrayed by steve bannon? does he regret hiring him? >> i think the president's statement is extremely clear. what his position on mr. bannon is. that i know the book has a lot of things so far of what we've seen that are completely untrue. >> the author of that book, fire and fewer, is standing by. one person who knows the truth about all of this is bob mueller. in the book, steve bannon identifies where he thinks the trump team is vulnerable in the rush probe. starting with the trump tower meeting. even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad expletive, you should have called the fbi immediately. bannon saying how

now on bbc news: panorama. donald trump's first year in office has been one of the most controversial in american history. this american carnage stops right here right now. we're going to have a strict ban and have extreme vetting. donald trump has bombed the hell out of isis. he declared terrorists losers. rocket man. why have you been retweeting anti—muslim videos. don't be rude. president trump firing fbi directorjames comey. you are a fake news. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. employment is up the stock market is soaring. president trump referred to africa as a shithole. in a series of tweets the president said he is very smart and a genius. if he doesn't call himself a genius, no one else will. but i'm president and they're not. but what do his voters make of his first year, panorama have been following four of them to find out. i think trump has made america better, despite half the country does bts realise that. if they try to get trump out of office illegally i believe there will be a revolt in america. i voted for trump, but it's been a h

president trump's time in office, the us government could be forced to shut down on friday, as congress tries to come up with a bill to keep federal agencies funded. the house of representatives has passed a temporary measure, but it's looking unlikely the senate will approve it. a huge storm has caused havoc across north—west europe. there are reports of at least eight dead — many, in the netherlands and germany, hit by falling trees and debris. one man died when his van was blown to the other side of the road. the storm has now crossed to poland. now on bbc news, panorama. donald trump's first year in office has been one of the most controversial in american history. this american carnage stops right here right now. we're going to have a strict ban and have extreme vetting. donald trump has bombed the hell out of isis. he declared terrorists losers. rocket man. why have you been retweeting anti—muslim videos. don't be rude. president trump firing fbi directorjames comey. you are fake news. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. nobody knew that healthcare could be

result of a survey on u.s. and japanese public opinion about north korea. announcer: president trump spoke of the american farm bureau federation annual convention in nashville. he talked about the economy, the tax reform bill, deregulation, and rural development. following his remarks, he signed two executive actions examined -- aimed at expanding broadband internet access in rural america. agricultural secretary sonny purdue introduces the president. sec. perdue: ladies and gentlemen, you are in for a real treat this afternoon. thank you for showing up. the last sitting president to speak to the american farm bureau federation was president george h.w. bush 25 years ago. so it is an indication of what this president thinks about your organization and u.s. people and what you do for the united states economy. just think about it -- a year ago -- you remember what it was like a year ago? washington was accustomed to writing regulations that strangled growth and freedom. one year ago, washington was accustomed to political correctness that smothered the truth. one year ago, washington

reactions tonight. one, donald trump's own lawyers trying to walk that promise back in a hurry. and two, donald trump's conservative partisan allies telling him if he's confident that he can go into this interview with bob mueller and come out ahead, he's wrong. take a listen to long-time trump aid roger stone. >> under no circumstances should he grant mr. mueller an interview, it's a suicide mission. it's a very clear perjury trap. >> another warning from talk show host rush limbaugh. >> there are conflicting opinions on whether or not trump has to talk to mueller, whether he should, or he shouldn't. if you ask me, don't do it. i don't care what format, what circumstances, don't do it. there's nothing to gain. >> nothing to gain according to limbaugh and this coming in right now. donald trump's criminal defense lawyer john dowd is telling nbc news, forget what you have heard over the last 24 hours, he is the one who will decide if donald trump sits down for an interview or not and dowd says he apparently hasn't made up his mind. and another white house lawyer ty cobb said that he will

devout critic of trump and that for a time his book cracked the top 100 on three separate amazon best seller lists. and the third thing that shows up in a search of fire and furey, fury of fire. so remember to click carefully. that is all we have tonight. the beat with ari melber starts right now. good to see you back in the saddle. >> great to be back and i law enforcement good drag on story. >> half dragon. it is season ten of "game of thrones." >> chuck todd, thank you very much. we begin with breaking news. steve bannon is out at breitbart is this is also a busy news day, a potential breakthrough in the russia probe, transcripts detailed from a hearing with, yes, the now famous firm behind the trump russia dossier are out tonight and russian blackmail came up. also there is a former trump campaign adviser live here on what the trump legal team will be doing as they brace for what could be a grilling by bob mueller himself and another extraordinary moment today that i have something to say about later, the cameras rolling for that supposedly bipartisan policy planning meeting

saw him as a pariah. >> and the battle he won. >> donald trump was somehow finding a way to connect with the people who mattered at that moment. >> tonight, drawing on frontlinecritically acclaimed film "the choice," "president trump." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> narrator: on election night 2016, donald trump watched as his world suddenly changed. >> you see in these pictures donald trump sort of wearily and warily looking at the screen. and h

. trump, is moving at lightning speed and accomplished more in his first year than most presidents do throughout their term. [cheers and applause] sec. perdue: listen to this -- he's liberated the american economy by eliminating 860 rules and regulations, cutting 22 regulations for every new one, and a $5.5 trillion tax cut. [applause] sec. perdue: creating 2 million jobs and 85 record highs in the dow jones. three -- two straight quarters of gdp growth 3% or over, and the american optimism is booming. he's restored confidence and respect for our world leadership and rebuilding our military. america has stopped apologizing for being the greatest nation on earth, and we are being respected again around the world. isis is crushed by allowing its generals to do what they knew how to do in the field. here in america, ladies and gentlemen, it's also ok to say, once again, merry christmas. [cheers and applause] sec. perdue: and you know what, as the old song goes, we've only just begun. i want to tell you what an incredible honor it is to serve in the cabinet of a president who is bold, dec

up by the time he got to the fourth amendment because donald trump's attention span was spent. unfortunately for the president, it is the fifth amendment that has now become the most important part of the constitution to many of his staff under investigation by a special prosecutor. such is the picture of the president of the united states delivered in a new book today. by michael wolf called "fire and fury,: inside the trump white house." the president's reaction today to what steve bannon says about him in that book came down to this. he lost his mind. the president whose mental health received a negative diagnosis from 27 psychiatrists and mental health professionals in a book published last year is defending himself against this new book by offering a mental health diagnosis of steve bannon. he lost his mind. but this is just day one of the publicity generated by this explosive book which also shows rupert murdoch hanging up the phone after a conversation with president trump and saying, what an f'g idiot. no word on donald trump's reaction to that yet. has rupert murdoch

11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. at the white house, where a trump friend may now be a trump foe. explosive quotes from steve bannon in a new book, "michael wolf's "fire and fury." we got an early copy of it, and it reads exactly like something that will draw fire and fury from the trump white house. especially on this. bannon, the former white house chief strategist, called that now infamous 2016 meeting at trump tower between donald trump software jr. and the russians "treasonous." a reminder the president has claimed he knew nothing of the meeting at the time but bannon appears to suggest otherwise. "the chance that.net jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father's office on the 26th floor is zero." and according to the book, bannon didn't stop there. he said of the president's namesake, "they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv." he also had thoughts about son-in-law jared kushner. wolf has more writing that campaign staff believed "not only would donald trump not be president, he probably should not be." and to say that trump knew nothing, nothing at al

report, the trump-russia investigation. >>> the following is a cnn special report. [ applause ] >>> only being a politician for a short period of time, how am i doing? am i doing okay? i'm president. hey, i'm president. you believe it, right? >> a shadow hangs over the white house. >> why so many lies? >> this is not normal. >> the most explosive evidence yet in the russia investigation. >> the urgent questions. >> was it appropriate for you to meet with the russian officials? >> is it true that mr. manafort owed you millions of dollars? >> how is all of that not collusion? >> at the heart of the trump-russia mystery. >> i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person i deal with has. >> but there were secret contacts. >> breaking and stunning news. release of an e-mail chain. >> it came from russians. >> some denials that defy facts. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> it's disgusting, so phony. >> i didn't take any money from russia, if that's what you're asking. >> a shocking dismissal. >> the president of the united states has terminated

next hour president trump will speak at a farmer's convention there in nashville. a live sneak peek of where he'll be. he's expected to praise his tax cut policy. the speech comes on the heels of another self-promotion, his recent tweets declaring how smart he is. president trump is trying to douse this fire and fury over whether he can lead the nation. the new white house expose revealed even the president's inner circle has concerns over whether he is mentally fit, mentally competent to run the country. the president's tweets indicate this, though, quote, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. crooked hillary clinton also played these cards very hard and as everyone knows went down in flames. i went from very successful businessman to top tv star, to president of the united states, parenthesis, on my first try. i think that would qualify as not smart, but genius, dot, dot, dot, and a very stable genius at that. boris sanchez is in nashville where the president is set to speak. boris sanchez are we expecting this controvers

rocking the white house with the one problem caused by donald trump's own words. the other breaking, a report from the "wall street journal." donald trump's lawyer arranging a $$130,000 payment for the adult star's silence to stop her from discussing it. i have more on that as our top story and the white house's response in a moment. in this segment. also, i want to update out this continuing fallout over donald trump's report comments referring to countries like haiti and other african nations as s-hole countries. unlike many other scandals, the reaction has been widespread and at times, bipartisan. >> in the course of his comments, i've said things which are hate-filled, vile. >> i read those comments later last night. the first thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> you cannot speak the words of tolerance and peace and love and on balance and then put down a group of people. a nation of people. because of the color of their skin. what part of the world they may come from. >> that's the widespread comments pouring in. here's the other story rocking the whit

before donald trump took office. president trump was handed an already healthy economy by his predecessor. like many things in his life, he inherited the healthy economy. here are two words we won't hear president trump say tonight about the economy -- thanks, obama -- because much of the growth in 2017 was created by president obama's policies and by many measures the growth under president obama was better than under president trump. under president obama, employment was driven from over 10% down into the fours. the tightening of the labor market began to -- the stock market that president trump often touts on twitter, it was booming under president obama as well. in president trump's first year, the economy created 2.06 million jobs. that's less than the 2.24 million jobs created in 2016, the last year of obama's term. again, president trump -- president obama created more jobs in his last year. sorry. president trump, president obama created more jobs in the last year of his term than you created in the first year of yours. so if you're going to pat yourself on the back, g

former white house chief strategist steve bannon. he called donald trump jr.'s meeting with russians as treasonous. >> saying they're going to crack don junior like an egg. >> steve bannon is basically saying, russia's not a witch hunt, russia is not a hoax, this investigation is real. >> president trump escalating his feud with north korean leader kim jong un. >> comparing the size of his nuclear button with the dictator of north korea. >> a wild day on twitter for the president. >> language that many people noted seemed better suited for the playground than the presidency. >> what we really ought to be focusing on is not that nonsensical tweet but this tiny sliver of an opening diplomatically. >> south korea and north korea have some communication for the first time in years at the same time that we see the president talk like this. >> we have two maniacs with nuclear warheads bragging about who has the bigger button. >> every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. for me that time is soon approaching. >> after 42 years in washington. >> hatch's decision paves the way for f

trump and steve bannon go to war. >> it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse every day. >> he levels explosive accusations in a new book. >> did the president's son, donald trump jr., commit treason? >> tonight, fallout from "fire & fury" including an irate president. >> i think furious, disgusted would probably certainly fit. >> an inner circle describing trump as an idiot and a dope. and an intense trump family soap opera behind it all. >> i don't think that any of us necessarily got the shy gene. >> as republicans try to block the release of the fusion gps transcripts, why steve bannon says the mueller investigation is, quote, all about money laundering. >> i have no dealings with russia. >> "all in" starts now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm joy reid in for chris hayes. according to the author's note in journalist michael wolff's new book, wolff got nearly unfetterred access to the trump white house, taking up what he calls, quote, something like a semi-permanent seat on a couch in the west wing. over the course of several months, wolff conducted over 200 inter

all book about life inside the trump white house continues. former chief strategist steve bannon saying his comments in the book about donald trump jr. are inaccurate and bannon is expressing regret in not responding sooner, writing this. donald trump is both a patriot and a good man. he has been relentless in his advocacy in his father that helped turn our country around. i regret that i delayed. that from a statement from steve bannon. president trump is drawing a line in the sand, calling allies to make clear they must choose between him the president and the former white house. the president has just returned from his weekend at camp david. bannon did not just say his comments were inaccurate, but went after paul manafort. we have excerpts and it's not until days later that we got a direct response from former white house chief strategist steve bannon as to what he is quoted as saying in the book and directs his comments about the 2016 meeting about campaign officials and quoted as calling it around unpatriotic and treasonous meeting and he said the comments were not directed

tonight as we go on the air, the trump white house is in open confrontation with three countries either warmed nuclear weapons or in the case of iran, nuclear ambitions. that's how 2018 begins. donald trump fires off tweets at the most delicate moments. one, iran which froze its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions, now facing its largest protests in eight years. a broad uprise go in its sixth day focused on the economy and other issues. trump used using the opportunity to blast randle's leaders and at the same time, obama's work. two, north korea. trump antagonizing the country's leader calling him rocket man on the same day that we are told a missile test is possible in the coming days. this just the month before the winter olympics gets underway in south korea. and a day after kim jong-un claimed he had the power to strike the u.s. with nuclear womens. and the third country in donald trump's cross hairs today. donald trump accused the country of lies and deceit. >> pakistan has played a double game for years. they work with us at times and they also harbor the terro

, rachel. >> there it is, tonight it's donald trump versus dick durbin on who's telling the truth. most americans don't really have to hear more than that to decide who is telling the truth. even though most americans don't know who dick durbin is. 63% of americans say donald trump does not tell the truth. that poll came out on thursday. the day senator dick durbin, who was the only democrat in a meeting in the white house with a president. in a meeting he revealed the president referred to all 54 counts in africa and haiti as shithole countries. the president did not deny saying those words. he had all day, thursday, friday, saturday to deny saying those words and the president did not deny them. the white house did not deny it. they did not put out a statement saying the president did not say those words. none of the republicans in the room denied that the president said those words. and so, on thursday night, that was, in effect, confirmation that the president said those words. in fact, reporting quickly emerged on friday indicating that the president made the kind of nighttime phon

probe developing now. president trump has just come out and denied collusion with russia claiming incorrectly that his view has been determined by everyone. >> there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians, or trump and russians. no collusion. when i watch you interviewing all the people leaving their committees, the democrats are all running for office and they're trying to say this. they all say there's no collusion and there is no collusion. absolutely no collusion. everybody knows it. >> it has been determined that there is no collusion and by virtually everybody. >> by virtually everybody he meant of course not everybody. trump didn't just repeat the defense. he did something notable. he back tracked from past claims that he would be happy to talk to bob mueller's investigators. now he says we'll see. >> well, again, john, there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians or trump and russians. no collusion. when i watch you interviewing all the people leaving their committees, the democrats are all running for office and they're trying

americans watching at home. the white house says the first lady, melania trump, who we just saw, it will have more than a dozen guests with her tonight. they include the head of an organization that helps thousands of hurricane victims, a firefighter who rescued dozens of people from a wildfire in southern california, and a police officer and his wife who adopted a baby from a couple addicted to opioids. as always, one member of the president's cabinet will not be in the house chamber tonight just in case this year's designated survivor is the agriculture secretary with sonny purdue. shortly after the president speaks we will get a democratic response, this night from the massachusetts congressman joe kennedy the third, the grandson of the former senator and attorney general robert kennedy, now a congressman from massachusetts. we will bring you that speech life following tonight's state of the union address. let's listen has the sergeant at arms for the house of representatives, paul irving, introduces the president of the united states, and he will shortly. while we wait, let's go

trump allegedly called hate he, el salvador and some african countries s-holes. the president reportedly suggested bringing in people from places like norway and all hell broke loose on cnn. >> the president seems to harbor racist feeling about people of color from other parts of the world. >> he just showed -- the president has racist views. how long do we have to dance around that issue? >> a white blank from norway can come here but a black dude can't. what does that tell you in americar today that one generation calls you [bleep]. what does that tell you, don? that tells me we are no different than we were a generation ago and we are no different than we were when weed called a chinese man a [bleep] and a man from guatemala a [bleep]. jesse: what the president said was offensive, crude and not helpful. but the president wants what's best for america like an immigration system based on merit, not skin color. putting america first is not racist, it's patriotic. but the real story is how the left particularly cnn covers tough talk. the obama called libya an f show. was he racist? and ca

president trump himself. the white house is divided between attempts to assert order and slide into chaos. first on the order side, tonight nbc news is reporting interesting news, trump's lawyers negotiating with mueller and fbi investigators about this interview, key questions, trump interviewed directly by mueller, not automatic. legal standard for president to be interviewed. leverage in the fight. where potential interview can take place, optics can be hugely important. and of course, topics. as for length, if you know donald trump, it's a key issue how long you negotiate for interviewing someone who knows how to filibuster. they want to assert discipline over inherptly unpredictable russia probe. at the same time there's the other story everyone has heard of, chaos rocking the white house, former trump aides turning on each other in the number one book in the nation. author michael wolff had a clear response to denials from trump aides. >> they're all lying. i mean they're all in a situation -- in a situation now where donald trump has come to think that this book is a mortal threat.

jake tapper. amidst the stormy and capricious seas that president trump is battling caused by the shocking allegations and vicious quotes in the new book "fire and fury, inside the trump white house" a book that is raising serious questions about the president's capacity to lead. a new squall of a different sort has emerged this evening, breaking news in the russia investigation. coming out a short time ago in the "new york times," part of the investigation by special counsel robert mueller focused on whether president trump obstructed justice. the "times" reported that president trump ordered don mcgahn to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself from the russia investigation because the president wanted sessions to protect him. the "times" reports "mr. mcgahn was unsuccessful and the president erupted in anger saying he needed his attorney general to protect him." mr. trump said he expected his top law enforcement official to safeguard him the way he believed robert kennedy as attorney general had done for his brother john f. kennedy and eric holder had done for barack obama. mr

trump white house as dysfunction a.m., with a president described by his own staff as an idiot surrounded by clowns. a [ bleep ] fool with a staff that questioned his fitness for office and his mental stability. president trump reacts. >> i consider it a work of fiction. >> calling himself a very stable genius. >> i went to the best colleges, or college. >> and the white house pushes back hard. >> complete fantasy, disgraceful and laughable. mistake after mistake after mistake. book full of lies. that's one of the most ridiculous things. >> author michael wolff defends his reporting. >> the one description that everyone gave, everyone has in common, they all say he is like a child. >>> plus, the break with bannon. in the book president trump's former chief political advisor, steve bannon, lashes out at the president, his staff and his family. the president's response, when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. this morning my exclusive interview with the controversial author of "fire and fury," michael wolff. >>> also, the russia investigation. two republican

president saying sloppy steve is trying to make amends. president trump calling oscar wolf a fraud as he stands by his comments on "meet the press." >> this is worse than anybody thought. if i left out anything, it was probably stuff even more damning. >> it's that bad? >> that bad. >> a never ending story with the president's tweets. will the administration turn the page on questions about the commander-in-chief's mental state? >>> we begin with breaking news of transformation from sloppy steve bannon to, sorry, steve. steve bannon apologize together president about remarks he made in "fire & fury." donald trump jr. is both a patriot and good man, relentless in the advocacy for his father and agenda that helped turn our country around. his support is unwaivering for his agenda and i'm the only one to preach the message of trump and trumpism and stand in the breach for the efforts to make america great again. that apology shortly after wolf's latest defense on "meet the press". he uses this in the metaphor, the wall. >> i think the entire narrative of this presidency and this candi

special edition of "hannity." president trump's first year, we q are quickly now approaching 12 months since donald trump first took the oath of office. and tonight, for the full hour, we will focus on president trump's big moments, his battle against the fake newn media, and we will show you the highlights from the two big sitdown interviews that we did with president trump. he is known to fire up the crowds. tonight, we are going to start with highlights from those rallies. wrt take a look. ♪ ♪ >> it is so great to be here in florida, my second home, with you. this is a state i truly love. this is the state where we all had great victory together. thank you. >> it's now been one month>> since my inauguration. and i am here to tell you about our incredible progress in making america great again. and i am also here to tell you about our plans for the future, and they are big, and they are bold, and it's what our country is all about. believe me. i'm here because i want to be among my friends and among the people. this was a great movement.em a movement like has never been se

" starts now. >>> breaking tonight, fire and fury. open warfare. president trump versus steve bannon. trump says his one time strategist lost his mind. bannon calling don junior and jared meeting with russians treasonous, an explosive new account of what's happening inside the west wing and the reaction, total melt down. "the 11th hour" begins right now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news het quarters here in new york. i'm nicolle wallace sitting in for brian williams. day 349 of the trump administration, a day in which donald trump and steve bannon face-off in a war of harsh words and accusations. bannon one of the architects of trump's populous agenda during last year's campaign went onto serve as chief white house strategist before being dismissed in august of 2017. he's leveling stunning charges in a new book by michael wolf called "fire and fury." the author's account based on more than 200 interviews and a visit to the white house. among them is this quote from bannon about that trump tower meeting between donald trump, jr., jared kushner, paul manafort and several f

trump. >> get out. >> become this donald trump? >> i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> there were 36 years between those two moments, years in which a young developer transformed himself into a president. by now dramatic pronouncements about donald trump. >> why is it lie after lie after lie? >> have become commonplace. >> this is the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president. >> the truth is trump's time in office has been chaotic. so it's crucial that we understand exactly how this man became president. >> you may say it was russia or hillary or comey, but there's an even larger question. how did this utterly unusual candidate win the nomination against 16 formedable rivals? how did he even get close to winning the presidency? >> go out tomorrow and vote. >> 63 million americans voted for him, and tens of millions remain fiercely loyal. this is the story of the deeper reasons why trump won. we begin with the most fundamental aspect of his character. donald trump is a performer. >> life is acting to a certain extent. life is not all sincerity. life

year, same old donald trump. not a day goes by without any new media storm over a presidential comment, tweet or announcement that had democrats decrying him at an fit for office and republican, well... what? what do they feel and do about their de fa cto do they feel and do about their de facto party leader? my guest is michael steele, a former chairman of the republican national committee should the party stand with or dump trump? michael steele, welcome to hardtalk. it is great to have you here. i want to ta ke it is great to have you here. i want to take you back to that date in november 2016 when it became clear donald trump was going to be the next president of the united states. for you as a long and loyal republican, how did you feel? i guess the emotion would be, here we go. let's strap in and get ready. i had worked with donald trump in the past, i know what kind of campaign he had run over the past 1.5 years. i had predict the his eventual win early on. but not in neutral fashion. early on. but not in neutralfashion. this is a quote from you after you observed one of the lat

how bizarre today's news is. president trump issued a statement like no presidential statement ever before in american history, lambasting his former campaign and white house senior strategist steve bannon in no uncertain terms. this comes after the release of explosive excerpts from a new book claiming to reveal the interworkings of the trump campaign and white house. what could be the most consequential revelation, bannon seeming to tell the book's author he thinks that meeting between jared kushner and paul manafort with others who were billed as being from the russian government, that that meeting was unpatriotic and treasonous. the president apparently being told about that excerpt unloaded today. in an official white house statement blasting his former consignifica associate saying, quote, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. and then the president got nasty. all these bomb shells and trump world an ick details are in the upcoming book "fire and fury" by michael wolff. wolff conducted more than

. >> good evening. welcome back. tonight the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration. the irony lost on no one this is also the first day of the government shut down. senate adjourned for the night. no solution as of yet. in the meantime there is a big black tie gala to celebrate the one year anniversary. it is underway right now. president trump obviously very much wanted to be there for the celebration, but he is not. he is in the white house missing his party. he taped a short video to play at tonight's fundraiser which says in part, there shouldn't be a shut down and it is. it's caused by the democrats. but we will end up winning another victory. his day was filled with scenes like this that he saw on his television screens and heard outside his window. the women's march that essentially was an anti-trump march. those marches were repeated in cities across the country. an anniversary in sort of its own way. trump directing a tongue and cheek tweet for the protesters. get out there now and celebrate the historic milestones and success and wealth creation that has taken place

democracy now! pres. trump: i just signed, prior to walking in, in order directing secretary mattis to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep inn the detention facilities guantanamo bay. of thed his first state union address, president trump threatens to start sending more prisoners to guantanamo and get the military prison open indefinitely. this comes as trump repeatedly links immigration with terrorism. pres. trump: in recent weeks, two terrorist attacks in new york were made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. in the age of terrorism, these programs present risks we can just no longer afford. amy: and while 2017 was the second warmest year on record, trump never mentioned climate change or global warming. pres. trump: we have ended the war on american energy, and we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal. amy: today, we will hear excerpts from the state of the union and get response from maru mora villalpando, a leading undocumented immigrants rights activist who attended the state fears sheon as she faces deportation. we will also hear from ilhan omar

several big developments in the trump russia investigation tonight. first, there's brand-new reporting from are the "washington post" that special counsel robert mueller is seeking to question president trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser michael flynn and fbi director james comey. according to two people familiar with his plans. it suggests mueller's investigation is intensifying focus on possible efforts by the president or others to obstruct or blunt the special counsel's probe. meanwhile, nbc news has confirmed reporting from the "new york times" that the special counsel questioned jeff sessions last week and also interviewed james comey late last year. the highest profile figures to join a growing list of witnesses called to speak to the special counsel's team. among them, former campaign adviser george papadopoulos and michael flynn are both cooperating with investigators. . the probe proceeded on three fronts, looking at possible collusion between the trump campaign and moscow, possible obstruction of justice and trump's reac

influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election. a year later, donald trump and his republican allies appear to be and pending less attention on investigating the crime than they are on following three people. the political victim of the crime, hillary clinton. now the subject of two trump doj investigations. one into her foundation. the other into her e-mails. the special counsel investigating the crime. robert mueller. under increasing attack from the right. and the breaking news tonight. the expert spy who helped expose the crime, christopher steele, author ofrt new infamous trump-russia dossier. two people leading the probe are calling for criminal charges to be brought against him in a letter to the justice department, senators chuck grassley and lindsey graham say they have evidence that steele made false or misleading statements to authorities. alleging these allegations are not about whether the claims are true. democrats saying they were blind sided. the top democrat on the judiciary diane feinstein said she wasn't even consult. the man behind the dossier a year after he said

bring down president trump. >> any attempt by this president to remove special counselor mueller from his position or to pardon key witnesses in any effort to shield them from accountability or shut down the investigation would be a gross abuse of power. >> the white house has repeatedly said that president trump will not fire mueller. mr. trump told "the new york times" in an end of the year interview, that he expects mueller to be fair, yet, in that same interview, he insisted 16 times that there's been no collusion. >> there has been no collusion, no collusion, there's no collusion. and there is no collusion. there was absolutely no collusion. >> it's something he's said often. >> i guess the collusion now is dead because everyone found that after a year of study there's been absolutely no collusion. there's been no collusion between us and the russians. >> we don't know what mueller has found. what we do know is this. according to the intelligence community, prior to election day 2016, russia infiltrated the democratic national committee's computer systems and the e-mail account o

! >> tonight, "lathe nige night i age of trump." november 8th, 2016. >> thank you. >> the late show's stephen colbert was hosting a live election night special, a seemingly dream gig for the comedian who believed he'd be documenting history, the dawning of a hillary clinton presidency. he began the show upbeat. >> you don't need to chant my name. america doesn't have dictators -- yet. >> here you have a guy, a host ready to tell a certain number of jokes that he expects are going to come out in the way he wants. and instead the show starts to turn. >> bill carter is the author of "the war for late night." >> so he's like in between. he doesn't know which way to go. >> when trump wins a state, it will turn bright orange. >> colbert tried to keep the jokes coming as the race got closer and closer. >> this one is a nail-biter, and a passport-grabber. >> then political experts gave colbert some shocking news. trump had taken the lead, winning two key states. >> the momentum shifts, and his energy level drops. all the things about a woman being president, which was probably the theme of the night,

behind the explosive trump dossier speak out about donald trump's ties to russia and what congress is keeping secret. >>> also, donald trump's approach to nuclear diplomacy with north korea tonight. my button's bigger than yours and it works. >>> and is it pay back time? the gop nominee that trump said choked like a dog could be headed to the u.s. senate. "the 11th hour" begins now. >> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm nicole wallace in for brian williams. day 348 of the trump administration and tonight there's breaking news in the russia investigation. the founders of fusion gps, the firm behind that explosive trump/russia dossier are speaking out tonight about what they learned about trump's ties to russians. glen simpson and peter frich writing an op-ed in "the new york times" that details their investigation and the process by which the results of that investigation were shared with american government officials. all of this is information they have testified to before three congressional committees. simpson and frich confirm in their

u.s. president donald trump is still there year after taking office. we will review the president's turbulent times and look ahead to the year to come. also on the show, merkel meets macron in paris. the leaders are looking for a show of unity, but events back home in germany could mark the beginning of the end of the long merkel era. and turkey fires on kurdish militias in syria with tanks entrance ready to roll. turkey's defense minister is part of a planned invasion. sarah: i'm sarah harman. welcome to the show. it is good to have you with us. saturday marks the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration as 45th president of the united states. well, some said he wouldn't last until christmas, but the economy booming at his health reportedly good, president trump is holding steady. his unpredictable nature, however, has had supporters cheering and his opponents cringing. here is a look back at an eventful year. reporter: it was an audacious first week in office. immigration at the central tenet of candidate trumps campaign. within days of his inauguration, president trump is

a spray with reporters in the oval office, donald trump is asked about the two big stories today. number one, that jeff sessions was interviewed by special counsel robert mueller and number two, that there are reports out there that jeff sessions and the administration was pressuring fbi director christopher wray to remove a number of people in the fbi, including acting or including deputy director andrew mccabe. there is also a report from axios that christopher wray was going to resign over that if the pressure continued. nbc news has not confirmed that reporting. right now, we are rewinding a little bit in order to get the president's response. once we are done rewinding we will bring it to you in a moment. spoiler alert, he says he's not concerned about what jeff sessions told the fbi. he also says christopher wray did not threaten to resign. let's go right to kristen welker, in the white house. kristen, the president is trying to push back on this, obviously, but these two stories are pretty big. jeff sessions, a member of his cabinet, being interviewed by the special counse

and we will see you next "fox news sunday". # media consumed by blame game as president trump and the democrats try to frame the coverage of how we got to this ultimately dysfunction a government shutdown. >> white house went to great lengths to call it schumer shutdown senator schumer in kind called it trump shutdown an american deposit shutdown president trump, of course, owns. >> it this is what happened yesterday again, deal maker blows up the deal last minute. >> threw daca in there has nothing do with budget nothing to do with anything they and the democrats agree with everything else in the bill, except -- >> chuck schumer may think he won base is happy with him this morning i got to think schurm shutdown bad news. >> federal workers furloughed is the press playing it straight? >> shutdown coming interest impasse on protected dreamers another week of coverage on president's vulgar description of certain council and immigrants. >> i am not a racist i am the elite racist person you ever intellected that i can tell you? >> if fact we have president of the united states has to come