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Truly made two opinions crystal clear. Number one, he thinks there was no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, and the special counsel will treat him, he believes, fairly. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is live in west palm beach, so garrett, this is a print interview, apparently no advisers in the room. Trump and the reporter. We get unfiltered thoughts. Takes through the highlights of what the president is saying. Reporter sure. So you have donald trump and a reporter at a table in his resta...

It could be manafort. It could be flynn. Many people have been pointing out that you generally go after the small fish first. Right. Those are not small fish. Yeah. Were talking about the National Security adviser for the president and were talking about the president s campaign manager. Yeah. If those are the small fish, then the big fish has got to be pretty big. Not small fish at all. The president has been on a tweetstorm, of course, today, again, calling the probe a witch hunt and suggestin...

Political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completely irrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen sun sinchronity. Nickly hailey took an extra step signing her name to a piece in the Washington Post headlined, when i challenge the president , i do it directly. And heres the Vice President this morning....

Between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back. Between those who want to divide and those who are seeking to bring people together. Between those who promote a politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear. I want to reach out to some republicans who kind of harken back to the values of a guy named abraham lincoln, the first republican president. And who say to themselves, i dont recognize whats going on in washington right now. Thats not what i believe. That...

Television productions regarding the allegations. a spokesperson tells nbc news that no complaints received by the anonymous system regarding safety concerns. a 2019 complaint had been launched against halls and his lack of respect for personal space, noting followed the complaint he was never hired by the studio again. halls declined to comment when reached by nbc news. >> thank you. up next, guns on hollywood sets, now a fire storm discussion. and like everything else right now, it has also ...

How many women is it going to take before al franken resigns and he ended up leaving. >> clair atkinson, i want to touch on the severance package for les moonves because its an important part of this story. $20 million will go to me too. a lot of pressure to say no perhaps $100 million parachute for you. it seems theyre trying to punt this out of the spotlight and perhaps give him a major severance package. >> the phrasing of the statement certainly suggests that while he might not be walking aw...

That should be enough. what were learning through ronan farrows reporting and cbs news, when you have an article maybe a couple women in it, that wasnt enough. now you have to have six women for cbs to say this is enough. i was thinking about al franken. a lot of back and forth about whether al franken should have resigned. i remember his female colleagues said we cannot take this anymore. how many women is it going to take before al franken resigns and he ended up leaving. >> clair atkinson, i ...

Political and social issues. this week we saw consumers burn nike merchandise featuring former san francisco quarterback, colin kaepernick. despite the outcry, there was a 27% up tick in sales between sunday and wednesday compared to last year. nikes stock initially fell following the debut, it finished up 1% at the close of markets friday. clair atkinson and mar vet and founder and president of the agency. clair, when we saw the jump in sales, is that a tributed to again, colin kaepernick being...

It was okay to disrupt things. >> joining us now is clair atkinson, nbc news senior media editor. thanks for being there. one of the men there says he wants zuckerberg to feel the weight of this on his shoulders. zuckerberg said his goal is to fix facebook. theyve come out with changes. is that enough? >> i dont see how theyre fixing things if the first thing they do as the new year turns is say were getting rid of news off the news feed. how does that help inform people if theyre going to de-pr...