congressional debate on c-span3 radio app. president trump spoke at the republican jewish coalition spring leadership meeting in las vegas over the weekend. he talked about immigration laws and the u.s.-israeli relationship. >> ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit down to houston and new york to l.a. where there's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladl

announcer: president trump delivers remarks at the annual meeting of the national rifle association in indianapolis this is just over one hour. ♪ ["god bless the usa" plays] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ["god bless the usa" plays] ♪ pres. trump: thank you. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: i want to thank chris and wayne. i am thrilled to be here in indiana with the men and women of the n.r.a. you are great american patriots. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: chris, wayne, oliver, i have been following oliver for a long time. great guy. three extraordinary champions for the second amendment. and i am a champion for the second amendment, and so are you. it is not going anywhere. it is under assault. it is under assault, but not when we are here. not even close. i also want to thank our tremendous vice president and indiana's native son, mike pence . he has done a fantastic job. [applause] pres. trump: we are grateful to be joined by a number of terrific leaders from the hoosier state. governor eric holcomb. where is eric? you can't miss eric, he is so big. [applause] pres.

happen if donald trump is not inaugurated a second time on the next inauguration day. if a democrat is inaugurated on the next inauguration day. why that will be the worst day in donald trump's life. t the things that donald trump now has stacked up that can fall on him, the day he is no longer president. that's what we'll considerate the end of this hour. and there are a bunch of those things now. but today, william barr came into his second tour of duty as a republican attorney general with a relatively solid reputation in the legal community specially the republican legal community in washington, d.c. the image packagers of william barr were telling the world that they would now see a more scholarly approach to the work of the attorney general than we saw under one of the worst and least qualified attorneys general in history, jeff sessions. but as of tonight, william barr is seeming at least as trumpian as jeff sessions if not more so. and the reviews from legal scholars are condemning. professor laurence tribe tweeted today barr has no shape. he's become a caricature of a lawyer a

the urban and inner suburbs. it has been kind of a political standoff. speaks president trump at a 2020 campaign rally in green bay, wisconsin. years, theous president has scheduled this they on the same night as annual white house correspondents association dinner being held in washington, d.c. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] [chanting usa] [applause] pres. trump: unbelievable. thank you, hello, green bay. thank you. in the great state of wisconsin, home of the legendary green bay packers. there's no place i'd rather be than right here in america's heartland. [applause] there is no one i would rather be with than you, the hard-working patriots who make our country run so well. it is running right now, better than maybe it ha ever has. thank you. [applause] nation isth of our found in the heart of our people. so true. tonight, america's heart is with the victims of the horrific power way,hooting in california. our entire nation mourns the loss of life. praise for the wounded. we stand in solidarity with the jewish community. we forcefully condemn the evil of anti-semitism and hate, w

c-span's "q &a." >> now president trump speaks at a 2020 campaign rally in green bay, wisconsin. the president scheduled this rally on the same night as the annual white house correspondents dinner, which he has chosen not to attend. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ bless the u.s.a. ♪ ♪ where's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the u.s.a. and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the u.s.a. [applause] [chanting "usa"] [applause] pres. trump: unbelievable. thank you, hello, green bay. thank you. >> [applause] pres. trump: in the great state of wis

contacts that russian officials and russian figures made with the trump campaign and with the trump transition and the trump administration. so this declaration about the kinds of harm that can come to the united states when russia builds those kinds of relationships with people associated with u.s. politics particularly when there are surreptitious relationships that is stark stuff at this point given we're seven days out from the redacted mueller report. well, the fight over whether or not that document could be admitted in court was resolved today. that declaration from the former top counter intelligence official at the fbi will be admissible for her sentencing. that means it's possible that we might see that fbi expert actually testify at her sentencing in open court tomorrow. but butina's sentencing hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. in federal district court tomorrow in many d.c. that does it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> kind of surreal in the last hour to see bridget kelly sitting there with you. >> right. >> who investigated

trump inaugural. seven different ones. we don't know what all of are now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening. it's thursday. it's only thursday. i should say. in what has become leak week. so there could, there could be more leaks about the mueller investigation that we're reporting on at this very hour tomorrow night. >> this time last night when you and i were talking what was going on with the "new york times" story, we're finally hearing from people in mueller's investigation for the first time in 22 months. after that, "washington post" had their own version of the story, nbc news had their own version of the story, cnn. that means reporters at all of those news organizations nouz have sources connected to mueller's team willing to talk. >> and those stories are all now interacting with chairman jerry nadler's approach toet going the mueller report. we see this letter where he's quoting these news articles and putting it to the attorney general that this actually increases his rationale for demanding the full report. >> a whole new ball is rollin

, donald trump has a new lawyer, and that lawyer is trying to do something that has never been done before, and the reason it's never been done before is that the law is very clear about the case that president trump has hired his new lawyer to handle, and it may be the case that donald trump fears more than any other thing that has happened to him since he took the oath of office. the president's new lawyer is a private attorney who does not work in the white house. he is not on the government payroll. he's a private lawyer hired by donald trump to try to stop house ways and means chairman richard neal from legally obtaining donald trump's tax returns, as we've been discussing at this hour for the last two nights, the chairman of the house ways and means committee has the unique power that allows him to obtain anyone's tax returns, and obtaining public official's tax returns including the president is one of the things that this law was actually designed to do. the law allows the chairman of the tax writing committees in the house and in the senate to obtain any tax returns they wa

is still ongoing between secretary nielsen and president trump. from what we understand the workings of this meeting, beginnings of this meeting started in calexico, california, on friday, during a visit to the border that president trump shared with the secretary. the president apparently had many questions for her and she decided to schedule this meeting to try to iron things out. potential disagreements an to install a path forward, a vision for an issue that is central to this presidency. according to sources nielsen had no intention of resigning during this meeting with the president that was scheduled for 5:00 p.m. but had to have been aware as were many within the administration that president trump wanted to make changes within his administration. he was frustrated by policies that were being carried out when it came to asylum seekers. the president clearly wanted things to happen that were not possible under current law. the president also blindsided nielsen on two counts. first he pulled the nomination of ron vitello, someone who had been nominated to lead immigration and c

that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government the u.s. attorney general william says another investigation clears president donald trump. should never happen to another president again this hoax should never happen to another president again and donald trump reacts to the public release of the miller of course once again blasting it as fake. the un's envoy for libya warns of a widening conflagration as fighting bread's from the capitol to the south of the country. and a new number one danger zone for journalists around the world will tell you where. the much anticipated special counsel report by robert muller has finally been made public the release of the report is the culmination of a two year investigation into whether donald trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign colluded with russia u.s. attorney general william said parts of the report before sending it to congress and making it public while it says it found no evidence of collusion that doesn't totally clear trump of obstruction of justice trumps legal team described the rep

information he wants, especially beyond the personal returns from the trump businesses. and that surely took quite a while to figure out exactly which trump businesses to go after. >> what do you make, lawrence, of the fact -- especially because you've known him for a long time. what do you make of the fact that he's not doing any interviews at all about this strategy or about this request he's now made of the irs? not only did he not do any interviews leading up to it, but he's not doing any interviews on tv, doesn't appear to be doing any print interviews, either. >> he is the mother of house chairman. i think he understands the position he's in, i think he understands that he has a unique power. he has a superpower. he has a power that no other chairman in the house has. so i think he's respecting his power, and i think he's treating it as something that shouldn't be -- shouldn't appear to be a way that he's trying to get attention to himself. what is very, very clear is that the chairman of the ways and means committee is not guilty of trying to get attention for himself this

illegal interfere in the 2016 presidential election, but did not find the trump campaign or other americans colluded in those efforts. amy: a redacted version of the mueller report is out but the debate over its findings is intensifying. the 448 page report details russian meddling i in the one he 16 election and president trump's attempts to obstruct juststice am a but finds the trp campaign did not conspire with russia to beat hillary clinton. dedemocrats are calling for thee release of the full, unredacted report. >> attorney general barr appears to have shown an unsettling willingness to undermine his own department in order to protect president trump. barr's words and actions suggest he has been disingenuous and misleading in saying the president is clear wrongdoing. amy: round two of debate between two pulitzer prize-winning journalist, glenn greenwald and david cay johnston. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the justice department has released a redacted version of special counsel robert mue

) also on tonight's show, president trump fires his secretary of homeland security. vladimir putin might be screwing with your g.p.s. and the u.s. economy is totally in good hands. so let's catch you will on today today's headlines. first up, let's talk about joe biden, former vice president and registered hug-offender. last week, as more women complained about his weave diving habits, biden released a video assuring everyone he understands the problem. but after this weekend, not clear he does. >> former vice president joe biden in damage control after numerous women accused him of unwelcomed physical contact though not sexual. during the speech on friday, biden raised eyebrows by ad-lib ago joke about the controversy. >> i just want you to know, i had permission to hug lani. ( laughter ) >> and again seeming to make light of it after inviting children to the stage. >> by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. >> and later trying to explain. >> it wasn't my intent to make someone uncomfortable. i realize my responsibility is to not invade the space of anyone who's uncomforta

you can make up your own mind. president trump 20 crosby, texas to sign executive orders on oil and filament, including one that gives him authority to approve permits for pipelines across borders. before the signing, the president spoke to members of the international. ♪ ori'm proud to be american, at least i know i'm free. died't forget the men who who gave that right to me and i will gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. there ain't no doubt i love this usa. god bless the i'm proud to be an american, or at least i know i'm free. i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me. youadly stand up next to and defend her still today. there eight no doubt i love this usa. god bless the pres. trump: thank you very much. one of my all-time favorite governors it's right here. greg abbott. great job. i am thrilled to be here in crosby, texas. with the incredible members of the international union of operating engineers. [applause] well andmp: i know you i also know most of you voted for me and i appreciate. when our nation a builds and maintains pipelines and

bird on the loose, and president trump wants to speak to the manager. but first, let's catch up on today's headlines. let's kick off with an update on the story that shook the nation, jussie smollett. two months ago, the "empire" actor was attacked by two trump supporters who turned out to be nigerian weightlifters. but then, jussie was arrested for working with them to fake a hate crime. but then the charges were dropped for no reason, and then, jussie said the brothers really did attack him, but they were in whiteface. and now, the story is starting to get weird. ( laughter ) >> the two brothers who allegedly faked the jussie smollett attack are now suing the "empire" actor's legal team. they say smollett directed every aspect of the hoax. the brothers are suing for defamation. they claim they suffered extreme emotional distress. smollett's attorneys have called the lawsuit ridiculous. >> trevor: okay, okay, i don't know who is writing the jussie smollett story but they deserve a raise. this is a storyline that nobody could have predicted. the i can jeern brothers are saying jess

started. >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. serious questions being raised about the trump administration's security clearance process including clearances for the president's daughter, ivanka, and her husband jared kushner. he spoke out earlier tonight on fox. >> over the last two years that i've been here i've been accused of all different types of things and all those things have turned out to be false. >> the house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings said security clearance issues in the trump white house are a million times worse than hillary clinton's e-mail server issues. the oversight committee is looking into a whistleblower's allegations that the white house has given security clearances, quote, without the proper analysis, documentation or a full understanding or acceptance of the risks. we've also learned the former personnel security director inside the trump white house says he's willing to be interviewed by the oversight committee and asked not to be subpoenaed. also tonight president trump threatening to shutdown the border with mexico, but a top ai

the trump campaign or other americans colluded in those efforts. >> words and actions just he has been disingenuous and misleading in saying the president is clear of wrongdoing. >> multiple times they dangle before been fruit in front of people associated with the trump campaign and they didn't bite. >> no collusion, no obstruction. shannon: friday, april 19th. mueller mania. >> taking a victory lap, the special counsel's report. and >> democrat who demanded the release are still not satisfied. rob: you thought the fog was over, it has only just begun. [applause] >> ♪ >> capitol hill. >> you make a good point. you are watching "fox and friends first". let's get to a fox news alert. two years of investigating, comes down to this. there is 0 evidence, and there is no evidence the trump team coordinated with russia. >> he heads to tomorrow law go. far from case closed. >> congressional testimony. and even impeachment. jillian: team coverage covering every single angle. rob: how the white house is reacting. >> 1600 pennsylvania, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani calling it a kn

." >>> this is "up." i'm david gura. this morning president trump's hardline immigration policy continues to evolve when it comes to immigrant detainees. the president said he's considering something a senior official said was off the table. >> we will bring them to sanctuary city areas, and let that particular area take care of it. >> president trump doubling down on that on twitter. another of the president's posts being criticized featuring these out-of-context comments. >> some people did something? >> we're not going to show any more of that video because, again, it's so misleading because it gets graphic. overnight presidential candidates and some of the congresswoman's cleeolleagues s the president is putting her life at risk. >>> plus, a woman tried to sneak in mar-a-lago with cell phones, thumb drive and no swimsuit. he's been charged with entering restricted property without permission. her role in a larger story. >> it does appear she may have had linked to the massage parlor lady offering to sell president trump chinese access to president trump through mar-a-lago. >

the irs with donald trump's tax returns. it is very serious news for receive mnuchin. we can only hope his lawyers have already told him about this. >> we are in a weird netherworld where they are clearly breaking the law and nobody knows how the law is ultimately going to get enforced here. it's not the sort of thing will likely be allowed to slide. >> david cay johnson has dug out yet another piece of the tax code that relates to in that i didn't know about. this is great for me because i've learned about a couple provisions i knew nothing about. one reason i knew nothing about them the section richie neal is using is a controversial portion of the tax code that has never been challenged. once you challenge it, some other pieces start jumping out at you and it can get very scary for anyone messing around this. >> you are in your happy place. >> david cay johnson will join us tonight with very important new reporting that he has done on the legal risks that secretary of the treasury steven mnuchin is running tonight by delaying the irs handing over donald trump's tax returns to h

trump presidency. there is serious business here when we learn from the special counsel that there is a sweeping andck by vladimir putin russian intelligence, which the president is still in denial about. and even though they were not part of the original team conspiring to make it happen, they eagerly accepted all of the benefits this -- of this plan. instead of calling the fbi and saying there are russian agents trying to meet with us, they sat down with them. to acceptwilling there was no criminal conspiracy. there was overwhelming evidence to obstruct the mueller investigation. that is a serious problem. i don't think it is the most serious problem with the trump administration. we have a positive agenda in congress that we are working on. reauthorization -- we have the toughest gun safety legislation in decades, closing the internet loophole. the trump administration is not doing anything other than trying to destroy peoples health care by ending pre-existing condition coverage and destroying the affordable care act. we have a serious problem because we have to -- defend the cons

president trump hitting an all-time low. politico has trump's approval ratings dropping 5 points to 39%. 57% disapprove of trump's job performance, up 6 points since last week. but while trump is unpopular, so is impeachment. the morning consult politico poll finds only 34% support beginning of impeachment proceedings, that is down from 39% in january, 48% are opposed. joe? >> yeah. so this is, again, what i say all the time in politics, sometimes when you win you lose and sometimes whuch loen you lo win. also, we were all sitting around the table after the barr letter came out and remember everybody ran out and started gloating and it was on the trump right. all were gloating, oh, no this, no that, no collusion, oh, this is just a witch hunt. of course this all assumed -- it all assumed that americans didn't see that everybody around donald trump during the campaign either ended up in jail or ended up doing deals with the fbi and that the reports showed one lie after another lie after another lie. so that's part one of it. but, willie, even more bitterly ironic for donald trump i woul

of trump's america." jake sherman, the hill to die on, that title, which is a come from? jake: we chose the title before we wrote the book, which is a dangerous thing to do. we thought two things. number one, we thought, but capitol hill, as we've been covering, is the place where a lot of legislation goes to die. it's a health legislation dies on. makeslso a title that sense, because there are issues where members of congress die on. immigration reform. formally, federal spending. it had a double entendre in our minds. >> what does it mean over the last few years in a truck era? jake: you saw the end of 2018, republicans died on the immigration held. government to the change the immigration laws of the country. others, health care and tax reform. those are the hills to die on. >> when did you know you had a buck? anna: we talked about writing a book for a long time. we think capitol hill is the most interesting place in all of washington. 535 members of congress. we had an extreme of access to them. we knew after donald trump was he promised to come into washington and upend the

thinks president trump lied about the mueller investigation. >> if there are dark and spooky men taking us, he doesn't have a bidding for the future or mention president obama, who he served for eight years. >> joe biden under attack, but it's not just coming from the administration. >> i don't want to be on camera. but i come to the white house to get serious. listen, i'm not a big fan of your wife's dad so please, i don't want to be on camera. they snuck me in. >> so you did go? >> i did go. we had a great conversation. >> charles barkley on how he snuck into the white house for a meeting with jared kushner. >>> a new poll showing the president's credibility taking hate for the public. 58% believe he lied to the public about matters of the investigation by the special counsel, this as the president continues to bash the investigation >> there has never been a president that's been more transpornt for tran transparent for me and the trump administration. i let white house counsel don mcgahn testify. i let everybody testify. again we have to go through it? this is a pure little w

trump's run for the white house inspired a whole new series of covers. >> donald trump weaponized the "national enquirer" in a way that hadn't been done. >> it's a perfect marriage. it is a marriage made in tabloid heaven. >> i think the game plan was for the "national enquirer" to serve as an unofficial propaganda outlet for president trump. >> but the enquirer made headlines of its own when it went after jeff bezos. >> this is extortion. it is crime. >> "national enquirer" is in the shame business. >> when we look back at the history of the "national enquirer," we will look at this moment as the point at which the "national enquirer" began to have a profound influence on american politics. >> the prose is purple and it is sizzling by design. >> they have broken some serious stories that have affected people in the public eye. >> the tabloids seem to have a blind spot when it came to donald trump. >> running for president, the "national enquirer" became very pertinent to endorse candidate trump as it never endorsed a candidate before. it went after his critics, both his critics in th

for president trump. all of it based on the voluminous evidence in the mueller report. lawrence who wrote a book on impeachment is here exclusively tonight and i'll tell you, what he has to say is pretty interesting. that's later in the show. also, democrats are considering holding a former trump staff member in contempt of congress, a big deal, because of the alleged refusal to comply with a lawful subpoena. the trump administration now defending a controversial policy today in the supreme court. for the first time on "the beat," the attorney general of new york who was in that courtroom, in the supreme court, joins me on "the beat." so i'm excited about that later this hour. we begin with what steve and i were just discussing. house speaker nancy pelosi giving her first on camera comments about what to do with the mueller report. >> do you believe the president's behavior was criminal? >> that remains to be seen when we see the rest of the report. this is about being totally free from passion, from prejudice, from politics. when we have the facts, we'll have a better idea of how w

make a move on his own that would forestall that until it's on the table from the trump administration. >> we know president trump called president netanyahu to congratulate him. or ren lieberman in jerusalem, thanks very much. >> that mpgs to our viewers for watching. erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front" next, a conspiracy theory. the president's attorney general sounding more like president trump saying he believes the trump campaign was spied on. where's the evidence? >>> plus, president trump sitting do one federal prosecutors, should president trump be concerned? and breaking news, the deadline for trump's deadline to turn over his taxes is tonight. the treasury department is just responding. let's go "out front." good evening, i'm erin burnest. "out front" tonight a stunning claim from the attorney general bill barr. he said he thinks the obama administration spied on the trump campaign. >> i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. >> you are not suggesting, though, that spying occurred? >> i don't -- well, i guess you could -- i t

with what president trump told robert mueller or forgot to tell him. after refusing to sit down for a one-on-one interview for more than a year, the president's great memory failed him even after he boasted at this point. >> one of the great memories of all time. >>> plus, fearing the wrath of trump. those named in the report are scrambling to remain in the president's good graces, even though he reportedly hasn't even read the mueller report. >> he's a winner in everything he does so anybody who says that he was debbie downer so my presidency is over is an absolute liar. >>> and follow the money. democrats are picking up where mueller left off, digging into president trump's finances and business dealings. but is it all a lost cause? >> hey, i'm under audit. from what i understand, the law is 100% on my side. >>> it is sunday, april 21st. hbo is so over president trump's use of "game of thrones" imagery in his tweets. >> the instant barr's press conference ended, trump tweeted this "game of thrones" themed image. that picture is trump posing next to all the smoke william barr just

report in the overwhelming obstruction evidence against president trump. >> and what don mcgahn told mueller and why democrats tonight in breaking news are going to force him to testify. president obama's white house counsel also here on "the beat" in an exclusive. as you can see, we are back, and we have a lot to bring you. we begin with democrats meeting over their next moves. how do you hold donald trump accountable for the damning revelations in the mueller report when the caucus hasn't resolved exactly what it will do. at this very hour, speaker pelosi is leading what is a conference call with her leadership team and members. in a moment, i'll be joined by one of them to discuss where the party stands tonight. >> i have called on the house to initiate impeachment proceedings. >> i'm not there yet, but i can foresee that possibly coming. >> do you think this is impeachable? >> yeah, i do. if proven, which hasn't been proven yet. some of this -- if proven, some of this would be impeachable, yes. >> that's some of the range of views. the speaker today trying to balance them. s

ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa ♪ [applause] >> [crowd chanting "trump"] pres. trump: shabbat shalom. thank you. what a great day. thank you, norm, for that wonderful introduction and for your leadership of this truly tremendous organization. so many friends. i have so many friends out in the audience. thank you very much for being here. [cheering] [crowd chanting] [yelling] [crowd chanting "usa"] [crowd chanting "four more years"] pres. trump: thank you very much. he's going back home to mommy. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: and he will be reprimanded. he will be reprimanded. she gets it. i am truly thrilled to be back with so many friends, supporters, patriots, at the annual conference of the republican jewish coalition, which is now setting records. [applause] pres. trump: here today is someone who has been with us from the beginning, your terrific executive director, matt brooks. thank you matt. , thank you, matt. also joining us are two great leaders you know very well, my good friends sheldon and miriam adelson. great people. [applause] pres. trump: t

frontier. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. president trump spoke at the 2019 prison reform summit at the white house. several beneficiaries of the act that granted early release the qualifying federal prisoners also spoke at this event. it is 35 minutes. [applause] [applause] president trump: thank you very much. please, thank you. to be joinedonored by our incredible vice president, mike. please stand up, mike. mike pence. [applause] president trump: today, we are here to celebrate the extraordinary, bipartisan -- a very pleasant word -- [applause] president trump: achievement of the first step act. the important. this landmark legislation will give countless current and former prisoners a second chance at life, and a new opportunity to contribute to their communities, their states, and their nations. that is what they are doing. that's true. [applause] pres. trump: many distinguished guests are here for today's -- this is a ceremony but something that is very special and i want to recognize a few of them. attorney general william barr, thank you. [applause]

initial damage that stopped the trump presidency in the re-election campaign. >> that is -- that is spot on analysis. all the -- and it's more powerful by the fact that bill weld is so able. they're already trying to dismiss him in the president's re-election campaign, in the white house as being this sort of figure of fun and nobody needs to be taken seriously. bill weld knows what he's doing and he's capable, especially in terms when it comes to articulating stuff that is wrong with the other guy. i think you're right. go, lawrence, go. >> oh, by the way, he is currently polling higher than donald trump was polling at this point four years ago at the beginning of the presidential campaign. so bill weld is a factor. that's why we're going to start off with him tonight. >> thank you, rachel. well, at the end of the hour tonight -- i want to tell you about this now. at the end of the hour, i as seriously bothered by today's "new york times" headline and summary, an exhaustive summary of all the political lies donald trump has told about 9/11 in attacking political opponents of his wi

. >> that is all for this evening. >>> tonight in rambling telephone call, president trump repeats no collusion, no obstruction and goes on to reargue the case against hillary and obama and mueller and beto o'rourke's crowd size. >>> joe biden makes it official on video and a fundraiser tonight but going after trump head on and there is reporting tonight he's the democrat trump fears the most. >>> and the news of the $2 million ransom from north korea in exchange for otto warmbier and what putin will tell trump after his meeting with kim jong-un. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. the president remains knee-deep in his campaign to strike back against the filings of the mueller report, and to shake off the democrats' efforts to investigate his white house. here briefly is some of what he told sean hannity tonight on fox news. >> there was like a one-sided witch hunt as i called it. bob mueller i appointed to run the fbi and next, he's the special counsel. $35 million spent an

) also on tonight's show, spies at mar-a-lago, president trump's war on wind and if you hate airplane seats have i good and bad news so let's catch up on today's headlines. joe biden, over the past two days a number of people have complained about the former vice president's habits for playing personal space invaders with women he meets. well, today biden responded. >> breaking news. >> minutes ago former vice president gentlemen biden relessing a new video on social media addressing accusations that he has touched women in ways that made them feel uncomfortable. not sexually, not violently but inappropriate. >> i always try to be in my career have i always tried to make a human connection. that's my responsibility, i think. i shake hands, i hug people, i grab men and women by the shoulders and say you can do this. social norms have begun to change, they have shifted. and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset. and i get it. i get it. i hear what they are saying. i understand it. and i will be much more mindful, that is my responsibility. my responsibility. and i

the trump campaign and russian interference in the 2016 election, but at the same time, no exoneration when it came to president trump and the question of obstruction of justice. this report paints a vivid picture of white house aides willfully and repeatedly ignoring or dodging some of the president's orders. in the interest of saving him from himself and to save themselves from possible legal action. if you listen to attorney general bill barr's press conference this morning, you heard him give the president almost a complete pass on any wrongdoing. and repeated the off-used phrase from the president, "no collusion." here he was. >> put another way, the special counsel found no collusion by any americans in i.r.a.'s illegal activities. in other words, there was no evidence of the trump campaign collusion with the russian government hacking. so that's the bottom line. after nearly two years of investigation, thousands of subpoenas, hundreds of warrants and witness interviews, the special counsel confirmed that the russian government sponsored efforts to illegally interfere with the 20

come out and say the house should begin impeachment proceedings against president donald trump a somewhat she read -- based on what she read in the mueller report. that is different from nancy pelosi in another house leadership, that we should begin otherigations and look at things in the mueller report. it was before and, a lot of them are trying to hang back and fix campaign issues. bernie sanders put out a couple of tweets on the report but did not answer questions from reporters at his rally yesterday in south carolina. hisid not mention it in speech is appears bit overworked also said people don't ask about it on the campaign trail. a distinct difference. we will see of it helps elizabeth one a little more support. 20 presidential candidates for democrats? we are approaching that i know. >> on wednesday, that will be the big elephant jumping into the pull. the motor report, i think a lot of people who have gone on the campaign trail and talked to voters themselves say repeatedly they want to hear about issues, they want to know, if they are democrats, who is person more capa

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight president trump says he's not one bit afraid of impeachment as democrats plot their path forward. we'll speak to a member of congress just off a conference call with speaker pelosi tonight. trump also said today, no one disobeys his orders. all evidence in the mueller report to the contrary. and in fact tonight we'll talk to a senior executive who worked for him for years. plus the new revelations we're still learning tonight from the mueller report. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a monday night. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 823 of this trump administration, and we're following several important headlines tonight, still emerging from the mueller report. late today house judiciary chairman gerald nadler, democrat of new york issued a subpoena for former white house counsel don mcgahn. congress wants to hear from mcgahn because he's so prominently mentioned in the special counsel's findings. in fact just tonight there's this, michael schmidt writing in

investigation so far. so, in may 2017, donald trump abruptly fired the fbi directorjames comey. days later, the department ofjustice appoints robert mueller to investigate russian interference in the 2016 election. and that included, of course, any possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. so, who is robert mueller? well, he is a former marine, a prosecutor, and a former director of the fbi, appointed in 2001, when he actually became the longest serving director in the history of the bureau. so far, he has charged six associates of donald trump, but not for collusion. four are accused of lying about their contact with russians during the campaign and the transition period. now, more than two dozen russians have also been charged, but they are unlikely to ever see the inside of a us courtroom. but, and it is important, the investigation has so far shown no evidence that the president himself colluded with russia to win the election. the question of whether he tried to obstruct the enquiry, however, remains open. so, trump of course is already claiming total exoneration

inside trump world. those inside the white house are wondering who among them will be outed. who has given evidence against the man in the oval office. nbc news is reporting that current and former white house official who is spoke to pluler's prosecutors are worried that thursday's report will expose them as the source of damaging information against the president. according to several witnesses of concern is how trump and allies react with who shared information with mueller. one former official said they got asked questions and told the truth and now they are worried the wrath will follow. william barr stated that the special counsel interviewed approximately 500 witnesses throughout the investigation and among them numerous current and former trump administration officials cooperated with prosecutors voluntarily and any of them could have provided damning testimony against the president. they include officials like don mcgahn and chiefs of staff reince priebus and most likely of all, michael flynn. what did he tell the prosecutors. current officials like jared kushner, stephen mi

. president trump today going to bat wind chill house democrats saying he's the most transparent president in history as he stonewalls their requests. and, two peas in an all powerful pod with kim jong-un and vladimir putin about to meet in russia is president trump dealing with the ultimate fear of missing out? >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the politics lead. a u.s. government official telling me today it's like, quote, pulling teeth to get the white house to focus on the very real ongoing threat of continued russian election interference. quote, in general, senior white house staff felt it wasn't a good idea to bring up issues related to russia in front of the president, the official told me. you might recall senior officials told robert mueller and his team that president trump worries that russia's 2016 interference undermines the legitimacy of his electoral win. now this government official told me the department of homeland security tried repeatedly over the last year or so to set up more cabinet level meetings leading up to the midterms and after the midterms

united states of america, donald j. trump. [applause] ♪ ♪ [playing "god bless the usa"] pres. trump: thank you. [cheers and applause] thinktrump: i want to chris and wayne. i'm thrilled to be here with the men and women of the nra. you are great, american patriots. applause]d pres. trump: chris, wayne, oliver, i have been following all of her for a long time. great guy. three extraordinary champions for the second amendment. and i am a champion for the second commitment and so are you. it is not going anywhere. it is under assault. but not whenssault we are here. not even close. i also want to thank our tremendous vice president and pencea's native son, mike has done a fantastic job. [applause] grateful to be joined by a number of terrific leaders from the hoosier state. governor eric holcomb. where is eric? you can't miss eric, he is so big. thank you, eric. young, a terrific guy. [applause] thank you, todd. senator mike braun, what a job he is doing. [applause] representative greg pentz, a familiar name. thank you. jackie, thank you. jim and jim, great representatives, thank you v

the panel. i'll see you back here monday for deadline white house at 4:00 p.m. >>> trump's darkest secret. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump put aside killing obamacare and his threat to shut down the border. he has given up altogether his birtherism theory about president obama being born abroad, but one thing he has never given up on in "s" his obsession to hide his tax returns from it is american public. now democratic congressman rs to force the irs to turn the returns over. neal is setting a 1924 law that states upon written request, the secretary of the treasury shall furnish such committee with any return with any information. while the law could not be more clear, the president is talking as if it doesn't apply to him. big surprise. here's trump earlier today. >> i'm under audit, but that's up to whoever it is. from what i understand, the law is 100% on my side. >> hours after those remarks, the president's lawyers made it clear that trump will fight to keep his tax returns secret from agreements in a detailed four-pa

president trump pulled the trigger on his own daughter. tv today onk c-span2. watch the american story unfold on american history tv. today at 4:00 p.m. eastern on railamerica, looking back at nato's 10th anniversary. at 9:00 p.m., rocky girls. -- rocket girls. >> now, president trump delivers remarks to the republican jewish coalition leadership meeting in las vegas. this is just over one hour. [applause] ♪ >> and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit down to houston and new york to l.a. where there's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't

cooperation of donald trump or the trump campaign. >> the big lie you let 5 or two years is over, we are accepting apologies from anyone who feels grace and offering them. >> the attorney general did a disservice to the country by misrepresenting significant part of the mueller report. >> jillian: fox news alert, democrats wanted a special counsel, they got it. turns out no one colluded but they are still not happy. rob: the release of the mueller report proves the fire political saga is far from over. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ the whole wide world is raining down on you ♪ ♪ rob: live look, good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first," the president in west palm beach, florida, washington busy scouring over the mueller report. jillian: thanks for starting the day with us. let's get to this fox news alert, the president taking a victory lap after the release of the mueller report to the cheers of voters in florida. despite the findings of no collusion and no charges of obstruction democrats remain unsatisfied. rob: we have team coverage, judicial w

association dinner here in washington, d.c. at the same time, president trump will be holding a rally in green bay. the white house correspondents dinner first. good morning. guest: good morning. host: as background for our viewers, tell us what the white house correspondents dinner is, how long it has been around, and why it is important. house the white correspondents association has been around for about 100 years. they have an annual dinner. promote goodly to journalism and to give scholarships to needy student journalists and to promote the cause of good reporting. it has become this huge weekend of parties and political intrigue with lots of different shindigs around it. it has ballooned into a four-day affair. normally, if i'm not mistaken, the president attends this dinner. president trump is not attending and has not attended since winning the white house. why is president trump not going to this dinner? it is a verys boring dinner that was mean to him. last year and in previous years. he does not want to reward the press with attending their premier function every year. it has

region as a terrorist group. more in the following report. donald trump took office in january, 2017. he has left no stone unturned to exact pressure on iran through sanctions and threats. trump road knows -- trump showed to achieve his anti-hereon goals. on monday, the u.s. president once again put the spotlight on his hostility against iran and designated the revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. trump accused the irgc of financing and promoting terrorism. his secretary of state also warned global businesses against any dealings with the irgc. >> businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure the companies with which they conduct financial connections are not connected to the irgc in any way. >> political analysts say the trump administration has revealed the face of the u.s. by its move against the irgc. >> this administration actually states the reality of what america is and does not try to mask the behavior of america in nice rhetoric or the language of diplomacy. >> the israeli premier spent no time to heap praise on the u.s. presi