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Day 481 of the trump administration, and as promised, we have news just breaking tonight from the New York Times, minutes before we walked into the studio, in fact. Its about an email related to the russia investigation. Dual byline on the piece. Quote, the white house official had a startling assertion. He thought he had received an email in the first half of 2016 alerting the Trump Campaign that russia had damaging information about hillary clinton. Testifying behind closed doors on capitol hi...

Thoughts from his own voice, part of a video diary he kept. I would like you to hear what he said the night he was defeated. Your mother is asleep in the next room. These are his reflections. Now the job is not finished. It kills me. Our kids were absolutely magnificent. Always telling me, we are proud of you, dad. I never understood how much the defeat stung him because he kept it hidden. He bottled up this sense of defeat. Brit the lose his father felt the younger bush said it wasnt just the d...

Years. Hes also a beloved confidante and friend of mrs. Bush and the 41st president. Karen tumulty and peter baker and former congressman david jolly is with me on set for the hour. Let me start with you, jon meacham. Youve been on television nonstop since friday night when this news broke. We just saw the first image of what the celebration, what the official government celebration of the life of our 41st president looks like. And you and i both know its something that the family and gene becke...

Ronald reagan and 41st president of the United States. So help me god. On his watch, the gulf war. The battle has been joined. And the collapse of the soviet union. America won the cold war. Serving just one term but later seeing his son become president. Always drawing strength from family. A father who gave unconditional love. A grandfather devoted to his grandchildren and a beloved husband of the sweetheart he married a lifetime ago. Ive held my family very close and my heart break and my joy...

Obama and clinton hater, and author of tweets like these, of president obama saying you can take the boy out of the ghetto. And claims that racism was not a republican institution, he also said that hes thinking of pardoning the senator rob blagojevich. Additionally, the president says hes considering a pardon for martha steward, convicted of lying to federal investigators. Now keeping them honest, those are the same or similar charges that members of team trump either are or could be facing, bu...

Secretary of state mike pompeo in north korea, expecting to see kim jongun as the korean press reports hes bringing with him a cd of elton johns rocket man from President Trump who rejects criticism of how hes handling the north koreans. Hes going to cause a war, its too tough now they say, hes too nice and good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where the president is setting off political fireworks on multiple fronts. After months of financial jousting, a trade war with china is now a real...

Considering pardoning Martha Stewart. Jeff zeleny is on the ground. Jeff, explain the president s thinking here that hes considering pardoning people who all seem to be those he knows from the world of politics. Reporter this certainly is a new development. The president landed here a few moments ago. Behind me he is greeting a few military officials at Ellington Field just outside of houston. We are told by pool reporters on the plane that the president invited reporters up to his office on air...

And blue wreath is hung. Services begin monday for three days the public will be able to pay respects as his body lies in state at the Capitol Building in washington. On wednesday, a national day of mourning will come together for the state funeral. The Funeral Service will be held thursday in houston, texas, where the former president lived then he will be laid to wrest at george h. W. Bush president ial library beside his beloved wife, barbara bush. When george bush passed away on friday were ...

Or daughter could ask for. In moments, we talked to president Bush White House chief of staff john sununu who is standing by, but first we go to peter doocy live outside the capitol with what to expect this evening and in the carving days as the we celebrate the life of president george h. W. Bush. Traffic is closed on the first streets but thousands of people have showed up. 30 minutes away from being able to see the former president lying in state and a lot of people have been waiting all day ...

The most consequential one term president s this country has ever seen. President bush was neither especially popular nor appreciated when he left office. His stature has grown. When he entered the office, the soviet union was a place and the old soviet empire was cracking at the seams. Nobody knew how it might end. As his casket flew back to washington, a joint u. S. , russian and canadian crew arrived at the International Space station aboard a russian spacecraft, about as good a tribute as ma...