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Good afternoon, everyone. We then, republican senators, had another extension discussion about the way forward on healthcare at lunch. Well be doing that as i indicated last week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Were trying to come together behind a proposal to repeal and replace obamacare. On the floor, regretfully, we had to go through a lot of procedural hoops just to confirm the deputy secretary of transportation number three of justice and i even had to file closure on governor branstad am...

Arabia on friday with the president , will it be a highlight or is this noise going to muddle everything . Stephanie rule, thank you, thank you all of you for watching this hour of msnbc live. Right now, Andrea Mitchell reports. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports President Trump at the coast guard economy in connecticut speaking for the First Time Since the news of the comey memo as the white house tries to down play the crisis. A tight rope, republicans on capitol hill trying to balance suppo...

But puzder pulled out over a series of controversies that turned even quite a few republican senators against him. This will be the president s second appearance before the White House Press corps in two days. And it was announced just barely an hour or so ago. Joining us now, cnns special live coverage, White House Correspondent athena jones and political director David Chalian. Athenna, set the stage for us. The president will come out into the east room of the white house and make his announc...

President trump may have obstructed justice. Amid all of this, silence from the president except for these comments he made during a commencement speech at the coast guard just a short time ago. Never, ever, ever give up. Things will work out just fine. Look at the way ive been treated lately. Especially by the media. No politician in history and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. You cant let them get you down. You cant let the critics and the naysayers get i...

Plus, under investigation we cantinnuendo. Where do the probes go from here . Our job is to be responsible, sober and focus only gatherering the facts. And what is next in a dizzying nine days of nonstop news . Watergate took nine months. This thing seems to be taking hours. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. It is 5 00 on the east coast which in recent days has been the hour for choice breaking news. Bomb she...

Twitter or outloud about the ground shaking report that he asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation on michael flynn. Is it unusualthatwehavent heard from the president . Absolutely . This is the longest hes gone in a month without tweeting. Likely not a coincidence. Also, were waiting to hear from House Speaker paul ryan. More and more republicans are calling for a special prosecutor. Will the speaker defend the president . Were starting to invoke the i word. I think wev...

Comey documents, then theres obviously the ground is shifting under the republicans and the Republican Leaders are trying to adjust, trying to figure out what their approach is. A special commission perhaps. We spoke to a number of members who thought perhaps that was a good idea. I have to say the majority of members that we spoke to coming out of this meeting who were conservatives which represents the bulk of the Republican Caucus here in the capitol on the house side thought it was a trumped...

Vladimir putin offers to share transcripts of president Trumps Oval Office meeting with Russian Diplomats. Is putin having the last laugh at a white house in crisis . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. President trump is meeting with four finalists to replace fired fbi director james comey, including former senator Joe Lieberman who tells us the president s call was unexpected. This comes amid growing calls on capitol hill for a special prosecutor or independent investi...

Philbor on the ramification of this latest bombshell leak. But we start with catherine herridge. Reporter a short time ago the Senate Intelligence committee sent a new request on a bipartisan basis to the former and acting fbi directors. The first letter was sent to james comey asking him to testify twice in open or Public Session as well as a classified setting. The second letter was sent to the acting fbi director andrew mccabe, seeking any notes or memos prepared by the former director regard...

States largest political events. For some it could be a major opportunity to right the ship. But first, as hallie just mentioned, President Trump just wrapped up taking some questions from reporters in the oval office. Let us now go to kelly odonnell. Shes at the white house. Kelly o. , what did the president s say. Reporter he spoke for about 30 minutes addressing the whistleblower complaint. He called it ridiculous. He claimed the whistleblower is partisan and acknowledged he does not know the...