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Reasons why president trump attempted the walk back. reporter heidi briz biide pryzb. >> nbc news learned both vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo had a private conversation with president trump, urging him to clarify his remarks, according to a source with the conversation. right be every the president spoke, his top national security advisers convened at the white house for an unscheduled principles meeting regarding issue and the fallout from finland. a person with di...

Anybody waking up as a republican, is there any defense of what is going on in the white house at this point? >> no, any republican that doesnt realize this president does not have the intellect or the emotional ability to hand him the needs of this country is sadly mistaken. he has repeatedly, whether its on the international front, what richard haase says should scare every american not just republicans, if there is an incident, this president intellect clul available to address the crisis? th...

Ryan, on the house side of all the people i met, those were the people i respected who is this man that calls himself paul ryan now and sits in the speakers chair? because thats not the paul ryan i know. america is in danger and guess what, a four or 5% tax cut on corporate tax rates is not worth it. >> not at this point. >> heidi, af the cast of the past 48 hours, the possibility of their constituents could be if danger. >> reporter: joe, i dont mean to sounds too harsh here, but this is where ...

Any replacement would have to be a write-in candidate. again, we are awaiting roy moores first public appearance, potentially in just a few minutes. all indications are that he still plans to attend this event here just outside birmingham at the public library. >> i would expect he will address the allegations and make a big risk for himself and continue to do so in that comment that he makes there. we thank you for keeping an eye on that, well get back to you, see what he does say, appreciate t...

I dont remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting. it took place a long time, i dont remember much about it. >> that was president trump on the role of george papadopoulos played in the campaign as the campaign tries to distance himself from the former adviser since learning about his guilty plea this last monday. lets bring in heidi briz bill przybyl la, erica, is there any conventional wisdom on what the most potentially damaging aspect is of papadopoulos apparently ...

Closed doors and theyre actually saying, we dont want it to leak out. we dont want the press to see it. we dont want our own members to see it. this is how theyre running things there. no regular order. the tax reform bill should be open and a six-month process, at least if its done right. >> and heidi can probably speak to this too. but that was the lesson that everyone seemed to have taken from the clinton years, right? which is health care was done behind closed doors. >> right. >> it was top...

Hours later -- >> calling for the death of somebody. >> even before weve got a jury empanelled. anything happens, calling for his execution. >> well this guy is not going to get any sympathy from anybody here or anybody else, you are right the president of the united states has an obligation to come out and say let the system play out. but this is a different president i dont think we should expect anything. he guess for the most visceral, send to guantanamo bay i wouldnt be surprised if torture...

Run by very inexperienced hands, heidi, there was another extraordinary thing, we will be talking to gape sherman about in that piece that bannon has already gone a quick run through the cabinet and believes that if things continue as theyre going, that if there is a vote on the 25th amendment, that trump will be voted out. >> well, the timing on all of this is strategic. and thats what is scary. i think people in the white house is that bannon is also talking about this tax cut initiative kind ...

And then came back and beat the dodgers as well. >> exciting for a lot of reasons. no, no, this was a big game. so with us as can you see, we have politics editor for the "daily beast" sam stein and white house reporter for "usa today" heidi briz bill la. good to have you both on board this morning. president trump is calling for the execution of the suspect who authorities say carried out the truck attack killed ache people and injured almost a dozen more. tweeting shortly before midnight, ny...

Havent seen is what i have been amazed by with donald trump, i thought that when trump was elected, hed make a big effort to create relationships with chuck and nancy. he actually knew them before, gave money to chuck. i thought despite what had been said before, put his arms around ryan and mcconnell and say, whats past is past, lets get a lot done this first year, rather than from almost the beginning starting a civil war within his party in congress. you know, its not the way to get things do...