White house. The president is back in washington from florida where the firestorm ignited by racial comments hes quoted to having made about african nations and racism has not died down. Now reporting on that meeting in the oval office, white house officials and congressional aides tell the post this, quote, when President Trump spoke by phone with senator richard j. Durbin around 10 15 last thursday, he expressed pleasure with durbins outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the highranking democrats efforts. He then asked if Lindsey Graham was on board, which durbin affirmed. But when they arrived at the oval office, the two senators were surprised to find that trump was far from ready to finalize the agreement. He was, quote, fired up and surrounded by hardline conservatives such as senator tom cotton and he shrugged off suggestions from durbin and others the president called nations from africa socalled blankhole countries. The rift over those remarks threatened prevent
Coast. New developments tonight. Chief strategist steve bannon makes a deal to talk to muellers investigators. What will he tell mueller that he wouldnt tell the House Intel Committee . You heard the glowing review of trumps health, but the tests tell something different. Does the president have Heart Disease, and is he at risk for heart attack in the next few years . Were going to talk about all of that in this hour. Lets go to the latest on the Robert Mueller investigation. Legal commentator Ken Cuccinelli and john flannery. Thank you both for being here except for phil mudd. Im paying you back for what you said on the break, phil. Steve bannon has struck a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller and will not be testifying before a grand jury. Instead hell be voluntarily speaking to muellers investigators. From a practical standpoint, ken, what is the difference here . From a practical standpoint, there is very little difference. This is not at all surprising. You know, if they have
Another nickname on yet another enemy today. All part of the 11th hour just getting underway on a monday night. And as we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 361 of the Trump Administration, a day devoted, of course, to remembrance of the reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and politically the start of a critical week for this white house. The president is back in washington from florida where the firestorm ignited by racial commen comments hes quoted to having made about african nations and racism has not died down. Now reporting on that meeting in the oval office, white house officials and congressional aides tell the post this, quote, when President Trump spoke by phone with senator richard j. Durbin around 10 15 last thursday, he expressed pleasure with durbins outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the highranking d democr democrats efforts. He then asked if Lindsey Graham was on board, which durbin affirme
Word, nice. They also said the president went so far as to say the White House Counsel Don Mcgahn should deny trump asked him to fire mueller. The scandal about President Trump and the porn star. Stormy daniels attorney claims she was threatened today by Michael Cohen, trumps longtime attorney, in an attempt to keep her quiet. Which makes you wonder what else she might know here. Thats after the white house tried again and again today to dance around the questions about this tawdry mess, and whether the president knew about the 130,000 check his lawyer wrote. Sarah sanders defaulting to whats becoming the favorite response of this white house. Quote, not that im aware of. Sarah, you said repeatedly weve addressed our feelings on that situation in regards to the Stormy Daniels incident. Specifically, did the president approve of the payment that was made in october of 2016 by his longtime lawyer and adviser, Michael Cohen . The president has addressed these directly and made very well c
The investigation targets russia and names putin as an oligarch. And scott pruitt just might have friends in all the right places. Im sorry, i couldnt hear your response earlier about scott pruitt. About pruitt, i think that scott has done a fantastic job. I think hes a fantastic person. I believe you know, i just left coal and energy country. They love scott pruitt. They feel very strongly about scott pruitt and they love scott pruitt. We begin an hour of turmoil on wall street. The president is threatening china with a whopping 100 billion in additional tariffs. The dow down, you see it there, around 330 points. Investors are rattled about talk of a trade war. Farmers are rattled, too. But listen here, the president telling a morning radio show getting tough with china is long overdue and that a Roller Coaster Market is a price worth paying. Weve already lost a trade war. We dont have a trade war, weve lost a trade war. Im not saying there wont be a little pain, but the market has go