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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

tonight, fire and fury. open warfare. president trump versus steve bannon. trump says his one-time strategist lost his mind. bannon calling don jr. and jared's meeting with russians treasonous. an explosive new account of what's happening inside the west wing, and the reaction, total meltdown. "the 11th hour" begins right now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters 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 populist agenda during last year's campaign, went on to serve as chief white house strategist before being demissed in august of 2017. he is leveling stunning charges in a new book by emichael wolf called "fire and fury." the author's account based on more than 200 interviews and more than a dozen visits to the white house, most of them as bannon's guest. among wolff's most explosive revelation is this quote from bannon about the trump tower meeting promising dirt on h

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

democracy now! >> what we are not talking about as we begin season two of trump: the white house reality show, is what the administration is doing to our government and how it affects you. we're so busy about his tweets and crazy behavior and racist comments, that we're missing there are termites he set loose into our government that are eating away at its structure. your health, your safety, your job, your savings -- all of those things are being put at risk by policies that are going unnoticed, just like termites inside the wall of a house. amy: "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." by pulitzernew book prize-winning journalist david cay johnson looking at president trump's first year in office. as trumps own chief ofl john kes boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nation's regulatory system, and closing the nation's borders. and we will hear what president trump has to say about our guest david cay johnston. pres. trump: he is a weird dude. he has been following me

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

! >> 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

. chris january seng in for ari melber. "hardball" starts right now. >>> trump debate, cease and desist. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. the president is trying to stop the publication of a book that offers a critical look at the inner workings of his white house. donald trump's personal lawyer firing off cease and desist letters to author michael wolf and to his publisher. their upcoming book is full of, quote, false and baseless statements against the president. he talked about steve bannon and trump's laura cus him of breaching a confidentiality agreement. it is not clear if the president, however, will actually follow through with the lawsuit. nbc news has not confirmed much of what appears in michael wolf's book. yelled president trump said bannon had quote, lost his mind. and today the president answered questions about his relationship with his former allies. >> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? >> i don't know, he called me a great man last night. obviously he changed his tune pretty quick. thank you all very much. >>

recording -- >> then my interview with the former trump adviser who called the president an idiot and a fool. >> trust me, i'm like a smart person. >> plus, the growing case for obstruction as the justice department opens a hillary investigation. >> lock her up is right. >> and -- what we're learning from "fire and fury" about how trump tv is actually producing the presidency. >> fox and friends are so great. >> "all in" starts now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm joy reid in for chris hayes. on this day in history the president of the united states tried to stop a book about him from being published. and he failed. this book. "fire and fury." went on sale this morning and it's already sold out in book stores around the country. in washington, people lined up at midnight. "harry potter" style at one store to get their hands on a copy on a night when temperatures there dropped below zero. according to the store owner "fire and fury" sold out in about two minutes flat. it wasn't just in washington. the book sold out all over the country in places like lubbock, texas, and in wisconsin.

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

d.c. that the united states of america began inaugurating its forty fifth president donald j. trump he is a man who has shocks and outrages his critics as much as he thrills and galvanizes his supporters he has turned political norms on their heads. in the way leaders speak to their people most often in two hundred eighty characters a few it over the next hour we will look back on one here with the u.s. president without precedent. wherever you're watching around the world welcome i'm come all santamaria this is an al-jazeera news special trumps first year as we say at the exact time that don't trump was being inaugurated last year noon eastern standard time seven hundred hours g.m.t. here is what we've got coming up for youth out. thousands of people getting ready for what is effectively round two of last year's women's march the largest single day protest in u.s. history marches are happening across the country including the capital washington d.c. further afield from north korea to jerusalem it's been quite a year as trumps foreign policy created shock waves across the world we will

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

shortly. the trump show is painfully real and bolstered by his party's congressional leaders and cabinet members all who flanked the president to outline the agenda. yet his proclamations that he's, like, really smart, underline the prepliomise of the book. what wolff described as some of the most peculiar remarks delivered by a president. >> i say i had an uncle who did a fantastic job in so many different ways, academically, he was an academic genius, and then they say is donald trump an intellectual? trust me, i'm like a smart person. joining me is michelle bernard and perry bacon, jr., of 538.com. y'all, i don't know where to begin. yesterday was pretty incredible with the tweet storm the president delivered yesterday morning and then the remarks yesterday. let's go around the horn and get your generally actions to that and what we are all dealing with now over the last 48 hours. >> i wanted to open up by saying it's so good to be with so many stable geniuses but you can't use that term anymore. >> we are all self declared. >> yeah, you have to deny it now. it's extraordinary

portraying president trump as a volatile and uncontrollable force within the white house. set for release next week, "fire and fury" offers an unsettling window into the dynamic of current and former members of the president's inner circle. most damning of all are accounts provided by steve bannon, who is anything but flattering to the president and to his family. in particular, bannon takes aim at the president's son, donald trump, jr. for arranging that june 2016 meeting with multiple russians and tom campaign staff at trump tower. bannon called the meeting treasonous, saying -- >> speaking of consequences, he said they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. bannon says, the chance that don, junior did not walk those jumos up to his father's office on the 26th floor is zero. nbc news reports that one of the participants in that meeting maintains they did not meet with trump on that day. and that the white house denies that such an encounter considered. it's clear that bannon has his own political motivations, his comments have went into open warfare. president

, 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

new book "fiery and fury: inside the trump white house." "the new york times" reporting new details about the special prosecutor's investigation of possible obstruction of justice by president trump while michael wolff's book reports that the spokesperson for trump's legal team resigned because he believed that he had become a witness to a likely obstruction of justice committed by the president on air force one. "the new york times" is reporting tonight, quote, president trump gave firm instructions in march to the white house's top lawyer, stop the attorney general jeff sessions from recusing himself in the justice department's investigation. don mcgahn, the white house counsel, then urged jeff sessions not to recuse himself and then relented when jeff sessions told him that on the advice of career justice department officials jeff sessions had already decided but not yet announced that he would, indeed, recuse himself. when mcgahn reported that to the president, the times said, the president erupted in anger in front of numerous white house officials saying he needed his attorney

details about the steele dossier, including fears that trump was blackmailed. and that a human source from inside the trump organization led to the fbi's investigation. >>> then -- >> this is what they think about president trump behind closed doors. >> steve bannon bounced from breitbart. as his epic collapse continues. >> that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job. >> and the self-proclaimed very stable genius holds court on immigration. >> my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with. >> plays chicken with daca and the wall. >> i think that's what you say. >> "all in" starts now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm joy reid in for chris hayes. republicans did not want the public to see secret testimony related to the infamous trump dossier. but today democratic senator dianne feinstein went ahead and released the testimony anyway. now that we've seen it, it's clear why the republicans didn't want it to get out. because this testimony destroys the conspiracy theory being peddled on the right. to undermine special counsel robert mueller's russia invest

think so. >> winners at 5:00 p.m. on monday if the trump-es happen. "hardball" starts right now. >>> book of revelations. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm steve kornacki in for crass matthews. he'll be back on monday night. it is the book donald trump can't seem to stop talking about. michael wolff's chronicle of the trump presidency hit book stores with the best publicity possible. the president trying to keep people from reading it. trump's lawyer even threatened lawsuits to keep it off the shelves. that did not work. this morning the president slammed the book and its author tweeting i authorized zero access to the white house, turned him down many times forager of the phony book. i never spoke to him for book. full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve. that last part a reference to steve bannon who was interviewed by wolff and offered strong critiques of the president and his family. also tweeting, the fake news media and this phony new book are hitting out at every new fr

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

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

annoying if you're a person of color, but really, no harm done. in trump's america, it's become loaded. here's how trump might answer it. donald trump's mother was scottish. trump said in the past he feels scottish. his grandfather was from germany. his father fred trump changed the name to trump in the 1940s concealing the family's origins claiming they were swede itch because fred, a real estate developer in queens, new york recognized being german in the midst of world war ii was bad for business. fred trump was also arrested at a clan rally in new york in 1927. he and his son donald settled a complaint by nixon's justice department in the 1970s to discriminating by black would-be tenants. that's the story of the trumps. when donald trump talks about what he thinks america should look like going forward what he wants to see is more frederick drumpf's and fewer people like my mother and father who emigrated to the u.s. in 1960 from british guyana and the democratic republic of congo. places that according to donald trump are "shithole countries" as are apparently haiti, el sal

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

reporten on a trump world payment to a adult film star. >> does anyone believe that story? >> and what we learned today on trump's visit to the doctor. "all in" a national conversation about the president's mental fitness, we are now finally confronting the truth about donald trump's character. specifically his racism. it's a fact that for many americans hasn't really been a question at all. but which many in politics and the media have shied away from. even when trump questioned president barack obama's place of birth, when he kicked off his presidential campaign calling mexicans rapists, so on and so on and so on. well, it's no longer a debate. today we witnessed an unprecedented spectacle. an american president doing what presidents have done every year since 1986, holding an event commemorating the birthday of dr. martin luther king jr. but in this case, the president had to avoid shouted questions from reporters about whether he is a racist. >> mr. president, will you give an apology for the statement yesterday? >> mr. president, did you refer to african nations as shitholes?

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

are at a standstill. instead fighting over the president's word choice while trump goes after a key democrat blaming him for lack of agreement. >> it's not going to be done on twitter. >> and overbooked. a new report details just how much lobbying groups and foreign governments are spending, guess where, trump hotels. >> this is the most coveted piece of real estate in washington, d.c. >> it certainly has been in the last 365 days. we begin of course with the russia investigation. revived on capitol hill. steve bannon, corey lewandowski and hope hicks all set to speak to the house intelligence committee within the next couple of days. while bannon may get the headlines, hicks may be the real key. remember, she has been there since day one. you can only imagine the things she's seen. but you also have to remember she's still there by the president's side in the white house. we're going to break all of it down with my panel. starting, let's go to the hill. msnbc's garrett haake is there. garrett, hope hicks is not for another few days. steve bannon is just a few minutes from now. what

was something before trump and i am delighted to be back as well and share my reporting and views. >> clarence: i want to say that i have real respect in my house when mad magazine lampooned all of us. my son was in the fifth grade and suddenly he was the hit of the whole school. john's appeal across generations and across all kinds of people in this country. soon it's great to be here. i can only say that it's combative debate previously. that is the key for the show being on the air. >> tom : no one can replace john mclaughlin. the country at the moment where there's so much division to have the debate and viewpoints, at the same time having mutual respect, hopefully we can match that to the 21st century. for the rest of the century going forward. anyway, issue one. bannon's revenge. >> he's a friend of mine and he's committed. there are very few people who disappoint us. they really disappointed us. i can understand how steve bannon feels. >> tom : in washington, three months can change everything. last october, witnessing the failure of senate republicans to repeal and replace