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First Public Comments after house members, including 11 fellow republicans, voted to strip her of her Committee Assignments over the Crazy Conspiracies shes pushed before. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington along with our nbc news team, Peter Alexander at the white house, Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill, nbc News Business correspondent jo ling kent has the new jobs numbers, and Austan Gooslbee served as chairman of the White House Council of economic advisers under President Obama....

If you can think of anything i can do for you or your family i want to do it, okay? im grateful that you said hello and grateful that youre okay. thank you for being there. appreciate it, bud. >> well, the pressure is now mounting on senator mitch mcconnell to do something on gun reform. right now ohio congressman and presidential candidate tim ryan is leading a caravan of protesters now headed to mcconnells hometown in louisville to pound on the senator leaders door and demand that he bring gun...

Until members return to washington. its just unclear whether or not the president will keep the pressure on to keep republicans to pass something on the floor. pam. >> yeah, its interesting you say that theres concern among some lawmakers that the nra isnt as powerful as it has been before. we know the nras wayne la pierre has been speaking to president trump as well expressing concern about background checks. well have to see how all of this plays out, lauren. thank you for breaking it all down...

That place was packed, right? the judge is a respected guy. what was the name? oh, good. that was some -- that was some crowd. we had twice the number outside and then you had this crazy beto. beto had like 400 people in a parking lot. they said his crowd was wonderful. >> reporter: now, pam, i was at that rally for the president back in february when beto orourke was outside his supporters. the president was bragging about getting illegal immigrants the hell out of our country, something the cr...

Members are gone, they have a congressional recess right now. a lot of folks are telling me that behind the scenes conversations are happening. theyre trying to get a sense of what could actually pass and what could have stopped these tragedies in the first place. ill tell you that the background checks piece of this is a bit more controversial for republican members. its a little hard to stomach. a lot of concerns about it. but the president has had repeated calls with senator pat toomey, a big...

To consider when the president visits. thats something that still hasnt been paid. but of course this video and the presidents tone there bragging about his crowd size versus beto orourkes is going to contribute to this criticism that the president is seeing, saying essentially when he goes to meet with these victims, he doesnt always strike the right tone. >> right. weve heard the president talk about crowd sizes time and time again. at times he seems obsessed with it. but what makes this so st...

Confiscate guns for those that are dangerous, considered a danger tomorrow themselves or others, and he has talked about the idea of enforcing broader background checks. what do you think, he has signalled that he is willing to do these things. it would be unpopular among some of his supporters. in fact wayne la pierre warned him against universal background checks. the president does seem to be willing to do something this time around, do you agree with that? >> he always talks like hes willing...

Isnt coffee super heated, boiled, kills everything in it? i thought because they would spill it. plenty dangerous. you get free national park admission today, right? >> today one of four holidays that you can get into, one of the countrys 400 national parks to celebrate martin luther king, jr., day, you get free admission, camping and things like that are not free. you got the day off, take advantage of that. jillian: tracee, thank you for scaring us about drringing coffee. rob: president trump ...

way ahead of mitt romney. snow flooding, wide weather across the country. well have a look at what else is on the horizon. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com big day in south carolina as people are voting right as we speak in the republican presidential primary. at a small ham house restaurant in greenville is the center of a showdown between mitt romney and newt gingrich literally. both candidates scheduled to arrive for breakfast, a meet-and-greet at the same place at the very s...

Is this music venue where an american band is playing to a sold out crowd tonight, eagles of death metal. an ironic band title, a humorous band title. they have quite a following in the country. they were just guests of the show comedy bang bang. big following in this country. they were the headliners. sold out crowd inside. as you have been seeing reports of upwards of 100 hostages inside that venue. dan oshay is with us, former navy s.e.a.l. coordinator. a man who knows about hostage negotiati...