american people. sarah sanders says that the president is incredibly engaged. how is that incredibly engaged? i have the schedule here. it s nothing there s nothing on there tomorrow for the public. press briefing with press secretary sanders, white house in the briefing room on camera. at 1:30. the president has lunch with the secretary of defense, private dining room, closed press. the president hosts a credentialing ceremony for newly appointed ambassador to washington, oval office, closed press. you know, i m thinking back to when this president was in negotiations, trying to prevent a government shutdown and his staff was actually, during the negotiations, but they were saying that he was presidential. it almost reminds me of that time when he s in the background and everyone else is in the foreground. sarah will be in the foreground tomorrow. but, again, this goes back to all of this controversy. and he must be listening to his lawyers at this time. but at the same time,
any additions, i mean, it will be the fifth day with no open events to the press and the american people. sarah sanders says that the president is incredibly engaged. how is that incredibly engaged? i have the schedule here. it s nothing there s nothing on there tomorrow for the public. press briefing with press secretary sanders, white house in the briefing room on camera. the president has lunch with the secretary of defense, private dining room, closed press. the president hosts a credentialing ceremony for newly appointed ambassador to washington, oval office, closed press. you know, i m thinking back to when this president was in negotiations, trying to prevent a government shutdown and his staff was actually, during the negotiations, but they were saying that he was presidential. it almost reminds me of that time when he s in the background and everyone else is in the foreground. sarah will be in the foreground tomorrow. but, again, this goes back to all of this controversy.
states. so to the extent that they continue to offer those exceptions as a freestanding matter so the negotiations can proceed, but the more he conditions the exemption from those tariffs on results in nafta, the more difficult he makes it for those leaders to make a deal with him. john harwood, always good toy sue you, my friend. you bet. will president trump be forced to talk about a hush money agreement with a porn star? stormy daniels attorney has filed a motion seeking so depose the president to ask what he knew about the deal that was made just days before the election. we have new details about a meeting between lawyers on both sides last week. but first, today is the fifth day in a row that president trump does not have a public event or press event on his schedule. in a couple of minutes he s to host a credentialing ceremony for newly appointed ambassadors. that s closed. at 12:15, president trump will have a private lunch with
so far no response from the white house or attorneys representing mr. trump. but cohen s attorney calls it a reckless use of the legal system. his statements are ludicrous when he asks where michael cohen and donald trump are. they re handling the case in a court of competent jurisdiction and as a lawyer he needs to do the same. let me bring in nbc news white house correspondent kelly o donnell and legal analyst lisa green. so he s been m.i.a. for the past few days. we know where he is. we re just not hearing from him. why? no official reason given on his schedule he is in a few minutes supposed to be doing a credentialing ceremony for ambassadors in the oval office, but the president has not had the kind of public events that are typical for his schedule. and if there were such events there would be an opportunity for the press who covers him close up to perhaps ask about this situation. so maybe there s a connection there. but we don t know for certain.
we ll talk to vincent gray on the city s response to this tragedy. this is live at capitol hill. flags at half-staff around the city. whether the navy yard shooting is going to do anything to restrive debate of whether it s on gun control, video games, or all of that mental health issue. first a look ahead at today s politics planner. as you will see, there s some u.n. issues that are going on. senator mccain will be talking about syria. and the president has a credentialing ceremony for ambassadors. you make a great team.