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The white house says President Trump is threatening to remove the security clearances of six former federal officials who have spoken out against his refusal to take on Vladimir Putin about russian meddling. I think hes trolling people. Shepard analysts say this is a white house attempt to distract from Unanswered Questions about what happened in the closeddoor meeting with putin in helsinki. Unless the president acts, theres no more news here. Foxs top story this hour. The migrant crisis on the...

Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im kasie hunt in for Brian Williams who has the day off. It is day 400 of the Trump Administration that brings new legal trouble for two former Trump Campaign aides. The Washington Post reports tonight the Deputy Attorney general warned the white house weeks ago about problems with Jared Kushners security clearance. Were going to have more on that just ahead. But we begin with the Mueller Investigation. Special Counsel Robe...

Our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Hell be back on monday night. Day 533 here of the Trump Administration. And the pressure is on. The president is facing a complicated week ahead with high stakes at home and abroad. Its all still taking place beneath the cloud of the russia investigation. There is brandnew reporting tonight about negotiations for a facetoface interview between President Trump and Robert Mueller. The New York Times says the chanc...

Violence specifically. He laid out a number of things hed like to see in that. Were hoping that congress will continue working with us and put a strong piece of legislation forward. Im going to take one last question. Hold on. The president is headed over to speak at the opioid summit here momentarily. Sarah . So according to the white house, there were reports this morning between south korean president moon. Moon briefed him on the interkorean talks. The south korean government says they plan ...

Mueller, is now trying to determine whether team trump colluded with russia. Last night House Republicans voted to release a once classified memo written by the republicans themselves about the russia investigation. One said to criticize the fbi and the department of justice. Democrats have called that document a setup of edited gop talking points, meant to serve as a distraction. This evening at 9 00 eastern time, President Trump will walk into the House Chamber as members of his party look for...

Suggesting it will become awkward at best for the president to continue to call the investigation a hoax. Now that a grand jury was convinced by bob mueller and his investigators who presented this evidence to them, and to which they responded with todays indictments. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein took to the d. O. J. Podium and announced the charges. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States, with the stated goal of spreading dist...

System, manipulated us on behalf of Vladimir Putin and they did it online and in person on our soil. Russians came to swing states in the United States, pretending to be americans and tried to convince us americans that theyre part of the system. Not working against it. And the russians say this indictment posed as americans and communicated with unwitting People Associated with the Trump Campaign to try to coordinate political activities. Thats a blockbuster charge. Russians, thought to be amer...

Staff memo. Nbc news has confirmed president chose today not to stop its release, though he has chosen not to release it himself. Back to the hill it goes. The New York Times reporting, mr. Trump who had a brief window to block the memos disclosure on National Security grounds was expected to Tell Congress on friday that he had no sxokss would likely not request any material be redacted, according to a Senior Administration official. It would then be up to the House Intelligence Committee whose ...

Phoenix . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york. Welcome to another cabinet controversy for President Trump. The prognosis for dr. Ronny jackson right now is not good. Senate leaders postponed a hearing today to consider jacksons nomination to lead the department of Veterans Affairs. The republican chairman of the committee and his democratic counterpart cited, quote, serious allegations against jackson whos currently the white house physician. Accordin...

Affect the thinking about the Iran Nuclear Deal . Certainly the fact that the deal was made under false pretenses is problematic. But the president has been clear he thinks that the deal is one of the worst we have seen. We will keep you posted when he made a final decision on the front. When did the president first hear about this. Was it in early march when he spoke to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Im not aware of the exact date that the president was made aware but the white house a...