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In northern syria. the situation getting more dangerous and more dire as our allies in the fight against isis, the kurds, feeling like they had nowhere to go after we abandoned them, have struck a deal with the syrian government whose leader is of course russian-backed bashar al assad, an enemy of the u.s. we have to warn you that the video we are about to play is disturbing. nbc new has blurred the most graphic portions and has not independently confirmed. the kurds are do everything they can t...

Entire investigation the government in a sentencing memorandum has stated that president trump or i should say individual-1 directed the payment that constituted a crime. a violation of campaign finance law. prior to that date, in the summer michael cohen had stood up in court and said as much but this was the first time that we learned that the government now takes that position and thats their theory of the case. that individual-1 directed a -- directed the conduct that constitutes a crime und...

That russian president, vladimir putin directed a, quote, influence campaign targeting the u.s. presidential election. >> if putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks, thats called an asset, not a liability. >> the senate intelligence committee announced late friday that it will investigate russias alleged interference in the presidential election. >> what i can confirm having spoken to him about it is that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the united states took ...

States evidence against the trump administration if he knows the lengths to winning himself. >> ticktock, ticktock, ticktock. we like you predicting things on this show so come back and do it again. "a.m. joy" has been your home for the wide reaping russia investigation that has engulfed donald trump and the russia investigation. it started in 2016 and continued for the entire 2017 season. i get the feeling that its also going to be around in 2018. next up, number three on our top stories coun...

Trumps team and the kremlin. >> when you tie all of this in, every one of them has one nexus and that nexus is sergei kislyack. every one of these people tried to hide their connections to him. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation you could -- he could let go. >> i didnt say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didnt say that. i mean, i will tell you i didnt say that. >> did he ask you to pledge -- >> and there would be n...

Russia for a trump tower in moscow happen at the same time that he was running for president of the united states. >> thats the million dollar question you ask. the outcomes razor here, the simple thing for everyone to think about is the explanation for why this is occurring is does it line donald trumps wallet? >> special counsel robert mueller has the draft of the original letter that trump wrote firing comey which offers an unvarnished view of trumps motive. trump poured all of his rage into ...

As a democracy when a foreign entity is trying to compromise the election process. so mr. president-elect, it is very important that you show leadership here. >> republican senator lindsey graham alongside senator john mccain sat down with my colleague, chuck todd, on friday. the day u.s. intelligence chiefs released a report that concluded that russian president vladimir putin directed a, quote, influence campaign targeting the u.s. election. donald trump is promising a good relationship with t...

Article about media coverage of donald trump, which i 100% agreed with every word of, even though im in the media. what do you think that the media is missing when it comes to covering somebody as asymmetrically different an donald trump? >> one of the things thats most striking to me is they cant stay on a story very long. we watched during the campaign when issues would arise one day only to disappear from the front page the next day when the follow-up stories were often of front page quality....

Estate investor and is poised to take on a prominent role in trumps west wing. the specifics of that role, however, remain not public. on saturday, "the new york times" reported that kushner after the election met with executives of a chinese financial group to pursue a joint venture to redevelop a real estate property in manhattan. according to sources with knowledge of this meeting, the chairman of that chinese financial group toasted trump and quote, declared his desire to meet with the presi...

Newsworthy. i dont think weve had a president before who consistently puts out things that are either entirely false or misleading. and so there hasnt been an adjustment to say, look, when trump tweets something, we need to be a lot more skeptical. yesterday he tweeted that, look, wikileaks and these russian hacks, im not going to say if theyre from russia or not but whoever theyre from had no impact on the election. thats what hes saying now. i spent my saturday night i think as most people did...