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i just had an espresso so im doing it the right way according to the italians. good to be with you, im katy tur. quote, i would rather eat my own foot out of a bear trap. thats how one libertarian voter described voting for former president trump if they had to. trump pitched himself at the libertarian partys national convention, and was nearly drowned out by the sound of raucous booing and jeers from the crowd. >> there will be no more liberty for anyone in our country combined with u...

Back. Overnight weve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the Death Penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. It is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. B...

About a pending vote in the u. N. General assembly regarding israel. According to the charges, a very Senior Member of the president ial Transition Team directed flynn to contact officials from foreign governments, including russia, to learn where each government stood on the resolution and to influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution. Nbc news reported today that the very senior official was Jared Kushner, the president s soninlaw. In a Statement Today Michael Flynn...

Mr. Cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and mr. Trump fully reimbursed mr. Cohen in 2017. The category of value would be 101,000 and 250,000, and the Interest Rate would be zero. Were going to explain all this in a moment. Remember, Michael Cohen paid a 130,000 settlement to the adult film star, stormy daniels, who claims she had an affair with donald trump. The president has denied those allegations. Joining me now, the senior director of the Campaign Legal center. He previously worked...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Elections is something that actually the fcc should be looking into. Theyre preparing for impeachment and theyre trying to win hearts and minds. Ken, they did so, i imagine not being a lawyer but a layperson, at some professional peril. Listen to what mimi rocah said. I suppose it could attract some attention, Americ...

Their right to do it. Would put in jail every sandalwearing, scruffybearded weirdo who burns the american flag. Heres mitch mcconnell. If someone wanted to show their First Amendment right, i safety, but well protect our First Amendment. It, as weve said, but you believe its protected by the First Amendment. Said. Activity is a First Amendment protected right, a form of unpleasant speech, and in this of protecting rights of speech. Michael steele is the former chairman of the Republican National...

Illegally voted. Today we awoke to a new tweet. Trump wrote, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. If they do, there should be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. Well, to repeat trumps earlier declaration of another matter, there needs to be some form of punishment. Trump seems to be responding to his story about military veterans protesting a flag being burnt on the campus of Hampshire College in massachusetts. They recently said burning a flag is protect...

Reach across the aisle . Even the president says his administration could do better, at least when it comes to messaging. I think in terms of effort, which means something, i give myself an a plus, okay, effort. But thats you know, results are more important. In terms of messaging, i would give myself a c or a c plus. Our teams are standing by at the white house, capitol hill, and outside the beltway with reaction. Lets begin with Halle Jackson who is at the white house. Halle, before we jump in...

Mondays are difficult around here because there is so much each weekend to get our arms around, and this just the fourth monday of this young Trump Presidency is proving especially difficult as there are stories on the move right now as we speak. Lets start from here. Tonight the Washington Post was first to report that nbc news has confirmed back in january the Justice Department told the Trump White House early on that the thenacting attorney general sally yates believed National Security advi...

Its at the story weve devoted more time to here than any other since inauguration. And after a messy change of leadership and the house russ investigation, the expectation was that things would go more smoothly in the senate. But we are learning tonight that the Senate Committee doesnt have a single fulltime staffer assigned to the russia inquiry. According to two new reports democrats on the committee are demanding immediate changes. All this as donald trump nears the 100day mark with some of t...