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About nigerians once they had seen the united states, they would never go back to their huts in africa, recalled the two officials. the white house denied those comments at the time. there have been many reactions to these reports of tonights comments, republican congresswoman me a love of the state of utah who happens to be a haitian american. issued this statement, she writes, quote, the presidents comments are unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nations values. this behavior ...

Like norway. the post continues, why do we need more haitians, trump said, according to people familiar with the meeting. take them out. our nbc news colleagues kasie hunt and ali vatali briefed on the meeting confirm the presidents remarks. heres how the white house responded without a denial, notably, quote, certain washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but president trump will always fight for the american people. the president will only accept an immigration deal tha...

Thats representing white house counsel don mcgahn and former white house chief of staff reince priebus. the daily beast first broke that news, reporting that, quote, until recently, bannon had largely avoided becoming publicly ensnared in the russia investigation. but behind the scenes bannon sought to play a role in team trumps handling of the issue. that fallout was due to the russia probe. it came after michael wolffs book quoted in "fire and fury" quoted bannon as saying the infamous trump t...

But, it was an interesting trump quote about kim jong-un from an interview today with the wall street journal that made news tonight mostly because people cannot figure out what it means. the president is quoted assaying in this interview, "i probably have a good relationship with kim jong-un, i have relationships with people. i think you people are surprised." the president would not say if that meant hes actually spoken with the north korean leader. one more break for us here, when we come ...

Least one prong of it. he will appear before the house intelligence committee next tuesday to answer questions about trump campaign contact with russians. nbc news has confirmed that bannon has retained an attorney to represent him, same lawyer thats representing white house counsel don mcgahn and former white house chief of staff reince priebus. the daily beast first broke that news, reporting that, quote, until recently, bannon had largely avoided becoming publicly ensnared in the russia inves...

Is expected to want to speak with him along with first daughter and white house aide ivanka trump. as for the president, he continues to dodge questions about his willingness to speak with special counsel robert mueller. this is what he said back in june. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of -- >> 100%. >> so, if robert mueller wanted to speak to you about that -- >> i would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you. >> that was then, sunny day in the rose g...

Russia probe. it came after michael wolffs book quoted in "fire and fury" saying the infamous trump tower meeting was treasonous. in a "wall street journal" interview today, the president continued his distancing of himself from steve bannon. quote, steve had nothing to do with my win. well, certainly very little. steves greatest asset is he was able to convince a corrupt media that he was responsible for my win. i mean, he was there. corey lewandowski had more to do with it, close quote. speak ...

The washington post who will join us here in just a moment. president trump using the expletive on your screen familiar to a lot of us but unusual coming from our president during an oval office meeting with lawmakers at the white house to work out a bipartisan deal on immigration policy. washington post reports that the president became frustrated, and according to several people briefed on the meeting, he asked, quote, why are we having all these people from blank hole countries come here, tru...

Section 702 of the fisa amendments act. fisa, meaning foreign intelligence surveillance act, thats why it created a shock this morning when donald trump tweeted out his disapproval of the program saying, quote, house votes on controversial fisa act today. this is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the trump campaign by the previous administration and others? unreference, question mark. trumps tweet seemed to conflate...

I mean, he was there. corey lewandowski had more to do with it, close quote. speaking of lewandowski, there are reports the house committee wants to speak with him along with first daughter and white house aide ivanka trump. as for the president, he continues to dodge questions about his willingness to speak with special counsel robert mueller. this is what he said back in june. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of -- >> 100%. >> so, if robert mueller wanted to spe...