anything we've ever seen and one of those reasons is that donald trump was lying when he said this. >> i have the most dedicated people. i have the best people. i have the best people. >> the trump campaign had the very worst people. the very worst people that any republican campaign could have beginning with sam nunberg, who was trump's political advise erbefore trump announced his conditioned si. trump had the worst people working on his campaign because the best people would not consider working for a person like donald trump. experienced operatives like nicole wallace, steven smith and mike murphy would never work on a trump campaign. so donald trump had people on his campaign who would never be hired, be allowed to be near a serious republican presidential campaign. many of them have flamed out of trump world. none more spectacularly than sam nunberg. here's a sample of what sam nunberg had to say today about donald trump. >> i'm not a fan of donald trump, as you well know. katy, did you know that? >> you said it. >> i'm not a fan of his. he treated roger and me very badly and

there. that kind of spending scandal by a trump cabinet secretary is dog bites man regular news, i know. but reports like that are taking on new importance and new potential significance amid this wave of reporting and overt hinting by the president that he's enjoying firing people right now. and that he's about to get rid of even more senior officials, including potentially from his cabinet, repeatedly saying now that he's almost got the cabinet that he wants. "the new york times" broke news this afternoon that made everyone say ah-ha maybe that's why the president seems off the rails the past few weeks. "the times" reporting sometime in the past few weeks, robert mueller's special counsel office issued a subpoena to the trump's business. it had previously been reported the trump organization was voluntarily handing over documents to mueller's team. they had responded to requests from mueller for information from the trump organization that reportedly spanned the length of trump's presidential campaign from the time he announced he was running until the time he was sworn in as presiden

. >> hey, everybody. i'm david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. trump on a tear. last night's rally in pennsylvania just the beginning for the president. >> remember how easy it is to be presidential, but you would all be out of here, you would be so board. i was joking and i said, ah, president for life, that sounds good. maybe we're going to have to try that. >> including what he said about women that was not so accurate, but then here's what he didn't say. no mention of russia in that 75-minute speech. >>> today a different tune. the president laying into the "new york times" for new reporting on the russia investigation. inside hour we'll o talk to americans who voted for trump. what they're saying about the tweets, the direction of the country, and the special election on tuesday. let's begin where president trump spoke last night. they are ostensibly promoting saccone. >> pennsylvania is the state that gave us the 45th president of the united states. i tell you, we did a great job on the olympics. president moon of south korea said without donald trump the olympics would

security official, president trump according to "the washington post" deciding to remove h.r. mcmaster as his national security advisor. why not. that does it for us, it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> i read that, and i wondered what was the mood before? what was the word for it? why wouldn't it be mania. i have to say some of what the postwas describing is what people in the country tell me they're feeling every day when they watch the white house, what is the next crazy thing that's going to happen. these people seem worried that the next crazy thing might be something to happen to them. >> that tells you something about the mind set of the people in there. it is also remarkable for me to look at these -- there's four "the washington post" reporters by lined here and they're trump administration veterans who have seen the craziness, who know how blown out the number line is in terms of what counts as acceptable or predictable behavior here, these people who have seen what the trump administration has been thus far are incredulous talking about how white house off

okay. liu breaking news. refusing to comply. former trump campaign aide vow toss de -- vows to comply with a subpoena. denies it is to protect trump. why? he probably has something on the president. influence pedaling. they're looking at possible attempts by the united arab emirates to get political influence by funneling money to the trump campaign. did that sway his stance in a recent mid east dispute. >>> porn star secrets. a new report says the president's personal lawyer complained about not being reimbursed about money paid to a porn star that claimed to have an affair with mr. trump more than a decade ago. why was the alleged transaction flagged by a bank. >>> russian sex coach jailed. a self proclaimed guru claims to have information about russian election meddling that she will reveal if the u.s. grants her asylum. tonight she's speaking out to cnn. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight. remarkable twist in the russian investigation. a former trump campaign

election last night. a source tells cnn president trump has been complaining about his own handpicked cabinet and wants to purge what he calls the dead weight. so it's no wonder multiple staffers tell cnn they're on edge, not sure who will still have a job tomorrow. one official is telling axios, this is the most toxic working environment on the planet. tonight whether you work for this administration or whether you're a republican up for election come november, are you more than a little worried about your job prospect. politics right now in this country is about one man people have strong feelings about him. you may have noticed that. right now that man, wants to get rid of the people he chose and replace them with people who will not restrain him, who will let trump be trump. that means between now and november's elections he is not going to change. harry truman had a sign on his desk, it said, the buck stops here. but it seems this president doesn't realize that. he constantly fails to take the blame for the chaos he himself is creating. the blame for the race in pennsylvania that

cnn special report, the trump russia investigation, which starts right now. >>> only being a politician for a short period of time, how am i going, am i doing okay? i'm president. hey, i'm president, can you believe it? >> a shadow hangs over the white house. >> why so many lies? >> this is not normal. >> the most explosive evidence yet in the russian ya investigation. >> the urgent questions. >> mr. president, did you order mueller fired? >> fake news, folks, fake news. >> was it appropriate for you to meet with the russian officials? >> mr. manafort owed you millions of dollars. >> at the heart of the trump russia mystery. >> i have nothing to do with russia, to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. >> but there were secret contacts. >> the release of an e-mail chain. >> it came from russians. >> some denials that defy the facts. >> i don't know what you're talking about, it's crazy? >> it's disgusting, it's phony. >> a shocking dismissal. the. >> president of the united states has terminated the director of the fbi. >> he's a show boat, he's a grandsta

in the middle of one of the moments where donald trump is once again attacking his own attorney general. >> a little show of force on the part of the justice department. who knows maybe they do it every wednesday. >> that's what it looks like. thank you, rachel. well, the white liar is out. hope hicks, who told the house intelligence committee that she has told white lies for the president of the united states is leaving her job at the white house. it's not clear when her last day in the white house will be. she joined the white house staff as a press aide and has spent the last 196 days as the white house communications director after sean spicer failed spectacularly in that job as the first communications director. hope hicks has now made sean spicer look like a master by comparison. she takes her place in history now as both the youngest and the worst white house communications director in history. she's 29 years old, and demonstrated the colossally bad judgment and utter lack of professionalism by becoming romantically involved with white house aide rob porter who was accuse

with more "m "mtp daily." ari, down what party he belongs to? the dog-ocrats. >>> trump replacing his personal secretary with his personal physician, and sometime say this is an attempt to distract from the lead story. and we won't be distracted. it's a way trump's legal team is potentially trying to evade bob mueller. this is breaking from the "new york times," the lawyer who just left donald trump's team, john dowd, you heard all about them, reportedly explored trying to get mike flynn a pardon before he flipped on trump. and that's not all. the report is that dowd also talked to paul manafort's lawyers about the same idea. and the president does have broad pardon power under the constitution. but this report is raising profound questions about whether this was any time of potential effort to use an otherwise lawful power to commit the crime of obstruction, to actually derail an open criminal probe. experts are divided on whether any of this would be obstruction, and we're going to get to that with our experts. let me walking you through this news, it suggests that trump's attor

. at the other end of pennsylvania avenue, president trump failed to show the conviction and steady leadership required to make progress on this issue. after indicating support for a host of reasonable gun safety measures a few weeks ago and in front of the tv cameras that he invited in, yesterday president trump released a list of administration policies which represent 180-degree reversal. what trump said at the public meeting and what he proposed yesterday are opposites. after signaling, for instance, after signaling he would be for raising the age of purchase for assault weapons from 18 to 21, a modest measure, president trump backed off, saying he would leave it to the states and the courts to decide. that's a cop-out. we know that. after indicating support for universal background checks, president trump makes no mention of closing the dangerous gun show loophole or internet sales loophole. no mention of antidomestic violence legislation, no mention of assault weapons or support for significant changes to protection orders. the president's plan consists only of small-bore, n.r

foe. now with special counsel mueller subpoenaing the trump files is something going to give? i'll ask michael isikoff. and toys are no longer us. the retail giant to shudder the stores and who's to blame? >> you bought toys on amazon and i'm out of a job. >> but amazon is just one of the booming big tech companies along with apple, facebook and google. you'll meet the man who advocates breaking them up like ma bell with the railroads. and president trump's lawyers taking new steps to keep adult film actress stormy daniels silent saying she owes $20 million for violating the nda. can they prevent "60 minutes" from airing her interview? >>> but first, jeff sessions fired andrew mccabe late friday, less than two days shy of his retirement. this stems from the internal review conducted by michael horowitz which hasn't been made public. the report is said to have found that mccabe misled investigators about his role in directing other fbi officials to speak to media. about the investigation into the clinton e-mails and the clinton foundation. attorney general jeff sessions' statement r

the world. if it actually happens definitely the white house just pour cold water of president trump actually sitting down with kim jong-un? the news of the summit not weathering the stormy daniels scandal what could be new proof of the alleged affair, the payoff is that the potential legal trouble in trump organization e-mails. plus, minutes ago, florida's republican governor signed the first gun legislation since the shooting in parkland. will this open the door for more action across the u.s.? >>> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." we begin with the politics lead. an event that i never thought could happen or would happen in my lifetime and i'm definitely not alone. a united states president agreeing to meet with a north korean dictator. now the white house says the meeting will not take place unless north korea takes concrete actions toward dismantling its nuclear program. with white house press secretary sarah sanders repeating the word "concrete" eight times this afternoon. >> we won't have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and the r

news. defying robert mueller. sam nunberg says mueller has enough on president trump, adding he doesn't need me. buying influence. the mueller investigation appears to have expanded to include middle eastern country allegedly trying to buy influence with the campaign. >>> stormy siege. president trump's lawyer complained he had not been reimbursed for paying a porn star to have alleged to have had an affair with donald trump. they flagged it as suspicious. and talking to north korea. a stunning turn of events in north korea where kim jong-un meets for the first time with a high level delegation from south korea, including top intelligence officials. could he talk to president trump next? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, a former trump aide refuses to testify and says he won't appear before the grand jury and asked if robert mueller has said on the president. he said, quote, trump may have very well done something during the elections with the elections. close quote. i'll speak with congressman joakim castro. and our correspondents and speciali

government developed a clear preference for president trump. >> that was part of the report last year. the headline, russia wanted donald trump to win. now house republicans are breaking with the own intelligence community disputing that finding and suddenly shutting down their probe into russian meddling. it's tuesday, march the 13th. also with us we've got the politics editor for the daily beast. so republican lawmakers on the house intelligence committee have concluded their probe into russian interference drafting 150 page majority report which states they found no evidence that moscow colluded with the trump campaign. one of their findings found their committee concurs with their commission on russian meddling except with proposed pref for instance for candidate trump. although texasman who has been leading this probe said the panel found bad judgment and some inappropriate meetings between members of the trump campaign and russians last night conaway unveiled the findings on fox news. >> yes, the russians tried to interfere with our election process, yes, they had cyber attacks,

the tucson peel of books, author discussion on president trump. here's josh greene, david k. johnson katy turn and john mickles. [applause] and my name is john nichols i write fore the nation magazine. [applause] i wrote a book and people called the horseman of the trump. we're not going to talk about my book but talk about some other ones here. i have to go through some -- at the start because we're on c-span which youau may have because c fan is very good thing for books. [applause] i'm getting otdz enough to read these things about my glasses and -- we want to thank the research corporation for science advancement and kade industries. and andy and stewart who are right here in the front row and they have helped to sponsor this particular event. we're delighted to be with them. [laughter] [applause] everyone everyone has purchased one of the b copies of the book but you want to purchase a second one outside when they -- authors go to the book tent and most of you know where that is. i think that is the guts of what we g have to tell you upfront except it says very short intro autho

house gates. "the new york times" reports that robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization to turn over documents including some related to russia. according to the report, it is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to trump's businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president. while the scope of mueller's order is unclear, the subpoena could relate to two areas of the probe that might ultimately lead to trump's impeachment. potential financial improprieties related to russia and possible collusion during the campaign. mueller subpoenaed his trump's business records and comes after the president warned the special counsel last summer any investigation of his personal finances would cross a red line. let's listen. >> mueller was looking at your finances, or your family's finances unrelated to russia, is that a red line? >> i would say yes. i would say yes. >> if he was outside that lane, would that mean he would have to go? >> no, i think that's a violation. >> today's development comes after multiple outlets reported

don't want to work for trump. believe me, everybody wants to work in the white house. they all want a piece of that oval office. they want a piece of the west wing. and not only in terms of it looks great on their resume, it's just a great place to work. it's got tremendous energy. it's tough. i like conflict. i like having two people with different points of view. i certainly have that. and then i make a decision. but i like watching it. i like seeing it. i think it's the best way to go. i like different points of view. but the white house has a tremendous energy. we have tremendous talent. yeah, there will be people, i'm not going to be specific, but there will be people that change. they always change. sometimes they want to go out and do something else, but they all want to be in the white house. so many people want to come in. i have a choice of anybody. i could take any position in the white house and i'll have a choice of the ten top people having to do with that position. everybody wants to be there. and they love this white house because we have energy like rarely before. oka

now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. donald trump is now officially mired in a full-scale sex scandal. the best education of his understanding of this new reality, maybe his announcement with direct talks can north korea and his declaration of a trade war. but neither bold move can erase the mounting evidence that the hush money wired to porn star stormy daniels may have been done with his knowledge. nbc news breaking the story this afternoon that the president's personal attorney michael cohen used his trump company e-mail as he made arrangements to pay daniels the $130,000 for her silence. nbc news reporting, quote, an e-mail uncovered in the last 24 hours and provided to nbc news by clifford's current attorney shows first public bank and cohen communicated with the money using his trump company e-mail address, not his personal g-mail account. the significance he says, quote, i think this document seriously calls into question the prior representation of mr. cohen and the white house relating to the source of the moneys paid to ms. clifford in an effort to silence her. w

no deals in russia. >> as the mule ter investigation officially enters trump tower, a long-time figure in president trump's circle joins me live. >> i was working on a bunch of real estate transactions with donald trump of all people. >> tonight, my interview with felix sater on his time working with donald trump. the russia investigation. and his double life as an american spy. >>> then explosive new allegations from the lawyer for stormy daniels. >> was she threatened in any way? >> yes. >> was she threatened physical harm? >> yes. >> as the president played reality show with his cabinet -- >> i read where maybe people don't want to work for trump. >> the incredible new scandal for his secretary of defense jim mattis when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a very big interview for you tonight with one of the most compelling and mysterious figures in the russia investigation. we learned yesterday that special counsel robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization which, of course, oversees donald trump's business ventures of for all d

, following the money in the stormy daniels saga and the lifrmgs, including one that leads to a trump golf property in southern california and a trump attorney. >>> first all the seismic activity that could be the first rumblings of a bigger staff shake-up at the white house. jeff zeleny is at the white house for us tonight. what have you learned about other possible staff changes that may be coming down the pike? >> reporter: you're definitely getting the sense of a spring cleaning kind of mood and moment here at the white house. the president has talked to his advisers that he is planning on making some changes. he said out loud he is about ready to have the cabinet that he wants. never mind that we're 14, almost 15 months into this administration. but the reality here is we are expecting some changes either tomorrow or by friday, potentially of his cabinet. the people we hear the most talked about, david shulkin, the veterans affairs secretary, of course under fire for mismanagement, a variety of other things. also the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, said to be, you know, not

. for donald trump success would be less of a proven leader delivering on his track record than that of a nuclear case of beginner's luck. but then again what normal person isn't hoping it works. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. >>> we begin "the beat" with the guest on the breaking story right now. stormy daniels is in the news right now as donald trump comes closer to this scandal. trump lawyers michael cohen seem to represent trump's company while working to buy stormy daniels' silence. tonight's story pokes another hole in michael cohen's shifting defenses for facilitating this $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. money that's now sparked an election law complaint, a secret arbitration filing in california and these unusual grillings of trump's white house spokesperson. but the biggest question haunting michael cohen is the most obvious. if donald trump was not his client in this matter, who was? thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, good to see you. >> you have been in the eye of this storm this week, and today we see new developments in this s

company tied to president trump's 2016 campaign is under investigation by facebook accused by the internet giant of mishandling more than 50 million americans' personal information. cambridge an litta would create online quizzes when facebook users log in to those tests, they were giving cambridge access to that data and all their friends. >> trevor: i knew it! i always knew those facebook quizzes were suspicious! what hogwarts house are you in? enter your social security number to find out. ( laughter ) you know what's really messed up is that people hired by the trump campaign got access to your data because your friend took a quiz. like now i'm getting hacked because your dumbass had nothing wet better to do on a saturday night? that's bul bullshit. this is super shady. think about everything a political campaign could learn from your facebook -- what charity i support, what issues make me angry, which ex-girlfriends i'm still not over. all of them. ( laughter ) let's move on. even though i haven't. did you guys have a good st. patrick's say? yeah? ( applause ) well, i know iri

lead" starts now. he would not deny that he once called president trump his boss a moron. now today secretary of state rex tillerson is out and breath being made on who might be next on the chopping block. and after firing his secretary of state, president trump steps foot in california for the first time as president to sample prototypes for his big beautiful border wall. plus, people voting right now and republicans sweating in an election, posing a major task for the president. could democrats turn one solid piece of trump country, blue? good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." we'll begin the politics lead. wasn't quite the red wedding but three top trump officials have been axed in the last 24 hours. most notably, the secretary of state rex tillerson and more depart urs are expected. he learned of his demise via twitter along with the fact mike pompeo would be nominated to serve as his replacement. president trump saying that republicans will be much happier now saying they never saw quite eye to eye. especially on that whole moron thing. the tensions between two have been buildi

investigation. how will president trump react? >>> exit strategy. with a growing number of high profile staff exits from the trump administration, cnn learned president trump is considering running the white house without a chief of staff. is the president looking to take greater control over his policies? >>> stormy's setback. a federal general denies a move by stormy daniel's attorney to question president trump and his lawyer under oath about a deal to keep the porn star from talking about an alleged affair. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, the attorney general, jeff sessions, decides not to name a second special counsel and reveals a federal investigation with what republicans claim is bias at the nation's top law enforcement agencies, and reuters reported robert mueller's team asked witnesses about a meeting with sessions and russian ambassador in the united states during the 2016 republican convention. i'll speak with the congressman of the house intelligence and judiciary committees and our correspondents and speciali

edition of lou dobbs followed by "kennedy" at 9:00 p.m. charles: president trump on his way from and dei go to a fundraiser in los angeles -- from san diego to los angeles. political drama and you uncertainty in the markets. this amid a shakeup in the white house. rex tillerson is out as secretary of state and cia director mike pompeo is in. polls are set to close 8:00 p.m. eastern time as conor lamb and rick saccone are squaring off for a seat that some say could be a harbinger of the 2018 mid-term. the president reviewing border wall prototypes in san diego which are designed to keep drugs and illegals out of the country. >> we need it for the drugs. we need it for the gangs. we need it for lots of reasons. we have to have it. it will be 99.5% successful. people won't be able to come over it. the drugs will stop by a lot, though we have to get a lot tough were drug dealers, have to. but that wall will stop so much. we look at the different proto types and it was fascinating. charles: stephanie heal and sarah westwood. an amazing response. marine corps fell in love with president trump.

with that. later we're live in trump country where an election tomorrow could give a red congressional district a case of the blues. we begin with russia and the conclusions of the house intelligence committee, some of which contradict a key conclusion of the u.s. intelligence committee which it reaffirmed tonight and which the president just tweeted about in all caps, no less, quote, the house intelligence committee has after a 14-month long in depth investigation found no evidence of collusion or coordination between the trump campaign and russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joins us now. first, jim, let's talk about what's going to be in this report because there's only been a one-page sort of summary of what's going to be i think more than a hundred pages. >> these are the two headlines. to be clear, these are republicans on the house intelligence committee, not the entire committee. republicans saying, one, they have found no evidence of collusion twren between the trump campaign and risussia to influence the

investigation into how the trump family businessndndndndndndndndndndndna and donald trump, jr. to the president are creating c conflicts of inintert in the whitete house and corruptiting the presidency. we will speak with reporter anjali kamat. plus, was "professor who sued cambridge analytica in an attempt to recover his personal information from the controversial data mining company accused of harvestingthn facebook users without your permission. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy n n n n n d peace report. i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said thursday national security adviser h.r. mcmaster is wi john bolton, a foreign policy hawk who has openly backed war against iran and north korea. bolton will take over the position on april 9 and will not need to be confirmed by the senate. in 2005 and 2006, bolton served as u.s. ambassadorthththe united nations after president george w. bush named him to the post as a recess appointment amid fears he would not be confirmed by the senate. bolton is a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and in recent

policy issues facing the trump administration. then later alberto gonzalez served as attorney general under george w. bush joins us to discuss the immigration policy under the trump administration. ♪ host: good morning. it is 7:00 a.m., daylight saving time. the bill would provide additional federal dollars for students and teachers, and law enforcement officials. a key hazards could be an indicator of the 20 team midterm elections. voters in pennsylvania go to the polls on tuesday in a special election to replace a former republican house member who stepped down after a scandal. the race in western pennsylvania state as a tossup. president trump in the white house this morning after a campaign stop just outside of pittsburgh. this headline from the washington post, stormy daniels aims to rewrite the script with a lawsuit. that is where we begin this morning on "washington journal." we want to find out from you whether or not you think the story involving the president and stormy daniels is relevant. if you support president trump, (202) 748-8000. for all others, (202) 748-8

news out of the mueller probe. new fallout after trump is doing something he has never done in public. he is attacking bob mueller by name. and this comes amidst an unusual late-night friday firing of a key witness in the obstruction case that could be built against the white house. the former deputy to james comey, fbi official andrew mccabe is out. tonight members of congress calling for an investigation of that firing and many in both parties warning trump against moving on mueller. this is not a drill right now. mccabe punching back. he says the trump administration singled him out and treated him this way because of his role in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. he also alleges on the record this was part of an effort to discredit him as a witness. now let's stop right there. there is a lot going on. but there's a reason this is our top story, because it is the biggest story in the country right now. you're witnessing a20-year fbi veteran, a registered republican who rose to the very top of that agency, acting fbi director, and he is saying under his own name on t

. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. president trump's lawyer calls for shutting down the special counsel's russia probe as the attorney general fires former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. >> we do think it is well-documented that he's had troubling behavior and by most accounts a bad actor. >> chris: jeff sessions moves against mccabe as he faces growing pressure from republicans to appoint a second special counsel. >> the fbi and department of justice were corrupt in my view when it came to handling the e-mail investigation of clinton. >> chris: robert mueller continues his investigation, ordering the trump organization to hand over documents related to russia. >> we're going to continue to fully cooperate out of respect for the special counsel. we're not going to comment. >> chris: we'll discuss it all with congressman tray gowdy, a top republican on the house intelligence committee which found no collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin. then -- >> gun violence has got to go. >> chris: students gear up for their march on washington. is congress any closer to gun and scho

numbers. >> a heroic night of coverage by steve, and donald trump was crushed last night in pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. so was donald trump jr., who went to the district, wearing his vote republican hair net and that wasn't good enough. ivanka trump was crushed in pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. she campaigned for the republican candidate and it did absolutely no good. and mike pence was also personally crushed in pennsylvania's 18th last night, he campaigned there. the republicans know what happened last night. the democrats won a congressional district where they didn't even bother to put up a democratic name on the ballot in the last two elections, that's how hopeless it was. democrats won in a congressional district where the republican could previously run unopposed. they won in a district where donald trump won by 20 points, mitt romney won by 17 points. they won in a congressional district that was gerrymandered by republicans as are most of the congressional districts where republicans win. but this was a district so preversely gerrymander

-- >> plus in a divided republican party, could president trump facing a primary challenger in 2020? and what the roseanne reboot teaches us about surviving family holidays in the age of trump. >> what's up deplorable? >> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd and welcome to "mtp daily." and welcome to a case of purity polluting our politics. if you want to survive in this republican party, you need to be mad, crazy about president trump. and if you want to thrive in the democratic party, do you need to be crazy mad about president trump? are you stuck in the middle? as the saying goes, there is nothing in the middle of the road. but yellow lines and dead armadillos. want to get ahead in trump's white house? loyalty and flattery is your ticket to ride. the president has tapped his doctor admiral ronny jackson to run the v.a. does jackson have an experience running a giant bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of employees? no. but he did rather memorably praise president trump as an articulate healthy and genetic

. ivanka trump hits iowa while president trump rallies a crowd in new hampshire. >> we have got to get tough. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck "today" a chuck todd and this is "mtp daily." all of what i'm about to tell you is happened just in the last 72 hours or so. the president praise theed the firing of andrew mccabe after he said he and the special counsel were being unfairly targeted the president targeted him and the special counsel and called mccabe a liar and the mueller probe a fraud and after it was indicated he took notes on interactions with president trump and gave them to mueller, the president claimed he fabricated the memos. they may corroborate james comey's claims of obstruction which is perhaps why the president called james comey a liar. the president called mueller's probe a witch hunt, too. while using a hefty bit of disinformation to make his case. he twisted the findings of the house intel committee seemingly to discredit the investigation and credits the justice and department, and out

house prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting us president donald trump in washington on monday this custom middle east peace tale and iran's nuclear program that's now he departed israel on sunday leaving behind sweating accusations of corruption and he says well times have warmed since trump came to power. that he made his crown prince is in egypt for three day visit that's one hundred first foreign trip since becoming crown prince last year he'll then travel on woods to meet leaders in the u.s. and u.k. . as i had lines to say with us and. conflicts of interest in the white house donald trump's son in law is reported to have used his influence with the president to boost the family business and cushion or has had his top secret security clearance downgraded is that a sign of more chaos in the president's inner circle this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. donald trump's son in law jared questioner has a reputation for being one of the president's closest and well listen to advisers but his role in the white house is being scrutinized because of us media r

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>>> that does it for us tonight on what has been a historic night in the news. president trump becoming the first sitting u.s. president to accept an invitation to meet from a north korean dictator. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word >> good evening. we woke up this morning worried about the possibly of nuclear war with north korea and a trade war, now it's just a trade war. it's nice for at least a few months have one of those wars kind of taken off the list of possibilities. >> yeah. >> well, they plan to talk in may, and it sounds like things will probably be calm between now and then, and so maybe. >> maybe. i mean, here -- no president -- every north korean dictator, every one of the kim family wants a u.s. president to meet with them, they keep asking. >> on equal footing, yes. >> and no american president has ever said yes before. so i don't think we have any idea how they're going to behave between now and when this meeting is ultimately going to happen because this is such a bizarre turn. whatever anybody thought was going to happen betwee

exclusively by this broadcast suggest a deeper link between the trump organization and efforts to ensure that stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels, keeps quiet about it. her alleged affair with donald trump and for the first time, evidence that another one of trump's attorneys besides his personal lawyer, michael cohen, is involved in the ongoing legal battle. now, this is one of the documents. take a look. it's a demand for arbitration filed in california by an attorney who works for a donald trump company. she lists her address as one trump national drive, rancho palosver days, california, it's signed by an attorney named jill a. martin, that address also happens to be the address of the trump national government course not far from los angeles. there's not much room for doubt that ms. martin has been an employee for donald trump. this is her linked in page which identifies her as a vice president and assistant general counsel for the trump organization. and here's her california state bar page also listing her address as the trump national golf club. as far as the arbitration goes, in a

house economic advisor gary cohn announcing he'll be leaving the trump administration. adam shapiro has the latest details. reporter: i just got off the phone with a friend of gary cohn. he said remember he was a dayr day one member of this administration and an architect of the tax cut and the principal architect of the trip to davos. the president expected cohn to quit over the tariffs. according to cohn's friend, the president was not in favor of gary cohn leaving. first you have got gary cohn, day one member of this administration, and the president pop his resignation released a statement saying gary has been my chief economic advisor and has done a great job driving our agenda. he's a rare talent and i thank him for his dedicated service to the american people. gary cohn's office released a statement saying it has been an honor to serve my country and enact pro-growth economic policies. i'm grateful to the president for giving me this opportunity and wish him and the administration great success in the future. since last summer when the white nationalists and the nazis marched in

. >> if it is friday it is the end of the week that was quintessentially trump. tonight the president and dictator, will north korea talks materialize. and would they be worth the risk? >> i think it is very risky. it risks the credibility and the united states. >> and a stormy week with how the president's personal attorney silenced sam nunberg. >> i'and this is "mtp daily" an it starts right now. ♪ ♪ goo evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington and welcome to "mtp daily." is there anything more trump than the agreement to meet with kim jong-un. and how it made the president's top forn adviser like sidelined on a top matter of foreign policy or other advisers totally caught off guard as well. is there anything more trump than this i alone can fix it tude the president has about something to complicated or the white house today seemingly started to lay the groundwork to walk it back. >> we are making no concessions and we are not going to move forward until we see concrete and verified actions taking place by north korea. >> is there a possibility that these talks with north korea w

they have something on the president? >> i think they may. >> a former trump campaign aide who thinks the mueller team has something on the president. >> i think that he may have done something during the election. >> tonight jaw-dropping confessions from sam nunbernunb >> i think they were interested in something with his business, which his business? >> yes. >> did they ask you about the way he runs his business? >> yes. >> why he is ignoring a subpoena. >> i'm not going to cooperate. >> and who he thinks colluded with russia. >> i think carter page included with the russian. >>> plus, news of a new steel memo, revealing memos of russian interference in trump's choice for secretary of state. and why a russian coach currently in jail on thailand could crack the russia investigation wide open. "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a former trump aide who recently spent hours being interviewed by robert mueller's team thinks the special counsel has something on the president of the united states. sam nunberg is a name you probably heard a fair a

the mueller probe may now overlap. >>> then a deep dive into the vast recorded history of trump world intimidation. >> a guy walked up on me and said to me, leave trump alone, forget the story. >> and about that march -- >> welcome to the revolution. >> tonight the never again movement's new target. >> fight for your lives before it's someone else's job. >> and jermaine lee reports on the reality of gun violence in america. >> i raise my hand in honor of my twin brother. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. not since richard nixon has a president faced as much legal peril as donald j. trump. he is in the crosshairs of a criminal investigation by special counsel robert mueller and fending off three separate civil lawsuits at least. all while his personal legal team is falling apart, and few if any top tier attorneys are clamoring to jump on board. today a lawyer for stormy daniels filed new claims against the president and his long time lawyer michael cohen after daniels described her story in what she described as a consensual affair

story of the president and the porn star. president trump's personal lawyer used his trump organization e-mail days before the 2016 election to arrange to pay the adult film star, stormy daniels. then there is the curious case of former trump aide sam nunberg. earlier in the week, he stormed cable news to say he would not cooperate with robert mueller's investigation despite a subpoena. well, today, cameras were rolling as he did arrive at the federal courthouse in washington prepared to talk to a grand jury. and finally, the dramatic announcement last night president trump had agreed to meet with north korea's kim jong-un within months hours after his own secretary of state told reporters we're a long way from negotiations. all the more startling, the announcement was made by south korea's national security adviser at the white house to brief officials on his recent talks with the north korean leader. shortly after 5:00 p.m., president trump popped his head into the press briefing room to tease a major announcement on north korea. catching white house staffers off guard. two hours late

>>> i'm david gu ra on this sunday if new york. right now it is getting personal. president trump going after congressman maxine waters. a report behind a "new york times" piece and senate democrats, a long-time congress member of the black caution will join me live. what about that "time's" article hitting a nerve, what the paper is roaring today as the white house says the president sends to meet with the special counsel. 240 days before the mid-term elect, before that, a special election on tuesday you should be watching. you have that and the three political stories this week. let's start with that rally this week for rick saccone, really the president to promote himself, his victory in 2016. >> pennsylvania is the state that gabe us the 45th president of the united states. >> to promote his accomplishments in office. >> a new slogan, when we have done more than any first-term administration in the history of our country. we have. you take a look at where we're going. >> so layout with an exclamation point a few vision for his campaign. >> our new slogan when we start r runnin

alleged relationship with donald trump. today that arrangement with "s" well on its way to be the most talked about in history, with potential and legal implications for the president. mr. trump has once again denied having an affair and his lawyers are threatening her with financial ruin. saying she has to pay $1 million every time she violates her agreement to stay silent. that didn't stop her from coming on "60 minutes". here is the interview it seemed everybody was talking about today. >> you could be find $1 million. aren't you taking a big risk? >> i am. >> i guess i am not 100% sure why you are doing this. >> because it was very important for me to be able to defend myself. >> is part of talking wanting to set the record straight? >> 100%. >> why does the record need to be set straight? >> people are saying whatever they want saying about me. i was perfectly fine saying nothing at all. but i'm not okay with being made out to be a liar or people thinking that i did this for money. and people are like, oh, you are an opportunist, taking advantage of this. yes, i am getting mo

subpoena to a witness asking for all of anything in connection to key trump campaign figures, white house aides, associates, and donald trump himself. and it is all leading, according to sources, to growing frustration and anger from the president. pure madness, sources tell "the washington post." unglued, sources tell nbc naews. chaos, sources tell "the new york times." but you don't need that white house whisperer to tell you that. as we said last week, this is a president who wears his heart on his twitter page. and this morning, his heart wanted to know why you are looking at him. quote, why did the obama administration start an investigation into the trump campaign with zero proof of wrongdoing long before the election in november? wanted to discredit so crooked h. would win. unprecedented. bigger than watergate, exclamation point. plus, obama did nothing about russian meddling. the grand jury subpoena wants all documents related to ten members of the trump orbit, including hope hicks, paul manafort, and rick gates, and the president himself, as we said. not to mention a number

trump organization's business ptoctices. night on "washington week." president trump: but there'll always be change. pete: just 14 months into office, president trump reshapes s administration. president trump: i'm at a pint where we're getting very close to having the cabinet and othert things tha i want. pete: this week he fired the secretary of state and chose the c.i.a. director to take over. he's also reportedly preparing to name his third national security advisor in less than a year.sc dals have other issues have put other cabinet members on ice, including questions over spending and hudson over a $31,000 dining table prosecutor if his office. also,he trump administration slapped new sanctions on russif its atlantic election meddling and attempt to man niche lit the u.s. power grid. wel discuss it th jonathan swan of 25 axios. abby philip of cnn. peter peter of "the new york times," and susan glasser of politico. >> this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- t >>heir leadership is instinctive. u nderstand the challenges of today and research the techlogies of tomor

joshua greene, david k johnson and katie, three authors talking about politics in the trump administration. we are live on the campus of the university of arizona. the c-span bus is down here on the campus, right on the quad. if you happen to be in the area, come on down, pick up a book tv bookbag, we also have our book tv set as well and we are pleased to be joined by author melissa, here is the book called bloodlines, the true story of a drug cartel, the fbi and the battle for a horseracing dynast dynasty. there is a lot packed into that title. we will get to that but i want to start a little different. this is a quote by fbi agent, or you are speaking in the words of fbi agent scott lawson, in laredo is on fire and i'm writing reports about it. break that down for us a little bit. >> it's this weird dichotomy of being in a border agent as he was, he was an fbi agent sent from tennessee down to laredo, his first post was considered a hardship position and there's been some pretty significant violence and conflict in mexico. there was this odd sensation of being an agent, b