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The reasons david just described. they have followed up on this within the communication shop. mark lauder, the vice presidents press secretary was on fox this morning. i believe hell be on erin burnett tonight, i was listening to cove servicety roof coming in, and he head he has done several others. this is an offense to do defense on the concept of him -- and certainly is not -- i dont think everybody is on board, it probably would have sufficed to raising money about the pac, its about the vi...

Entirely behind closed doors but republican leaders promise details are coming soon. senator john cornyn says starting tomorrow all the anxiety surrounding the bills secrecy will, quote, evaporate. >> a working draft will be released tomorrow. i think all of the concerns people have had about the process will evaporate. because i think there will be unlimited opportunity for people. >> with me now from the white house, mark lauder, a special adviser to the president. hes also the press secretary...

Acknowledging the problem. let me move on. john mccain says north korea murdered, was his word, ththis 22-year-old american student, otto warmbier. does the president agree with that. >> what i would tell you that the president, the white house have expressed their outrage over the treatment and the untimely passing of mr. warmbier. and what were now focused on is making sure that were continuing to work with the global community and taking the steps necessary that are going to seek lasting chan...

Closed door meetings on a variety of initiatives. his administration has to decide today whether or not theyll keep paying insurance companies to participate in obamacares exchanges. there is a long running court battle over cost-sharing reduction payments. a lot of house republicans dont like the subsidies. the white house has not staked out a clear position about them. if the payments stop, though, insurance companies are expected to flee obamacares marketplaces. >> shannon: as peter mentioned...

>> yes. >> and, you know, there are is this sort of weird mobile village that kind of grows up amidst the campaign with everyone from people from all different vectors, campaign staff, the candidate, secret service, press, everybody sort of thrown into very intimate quarters and they spend a lot of time together. >> right. its a motley crew kind of entourage and with stakes that are very high. its an interesting experience on these planes. especially tonight. glad to see everybodys okay. >> vaug...

Marine air terminal, so the motorcade is now leaving. mike pence is no longer going to his fund-raiser. the motorcade here has taken off, so mike pence is no longer going to the fund-raiser. we just talked to mark lauder, a spokesman, he said, yes, there were no injuries. he said that port authority is looking into it. everybody was on scene quickly. now youre going to get a shot here in which this is -- were now being taken away. i think were going to be following the motorcade here. are we goi...

Ive not made it final, but were very close to making a decision. lets say its the four people. theyre excellent, everyone. you cant go wrong. im getting very close to making a final decision. ill probably be decided tonight or tomorrow sometime by 12:00 and were going to all be meeting at 9:00, and we have a great country, folks. we have a great country. >> a great country. id like to welcome in my panel. chief washington reporter boston herald kimberly at kinz. former press secretary for mike...

Weve seen presidents who have dissembled occasionally. weve seen administrations that have lied. we know that that is sometimes part and parcel to the way they approach things, but weve never seen it on the scale and consistency of this white house and this administration. and i think what we saw with mayor giuliani today was just another example of that. >> i think we actually have, if i can ask my executive producer ben to play that clip of giuliani. >> truth isnt truth. >> one more time. >> t...

We are also hearing tonight from the justice department as well to talk about all of this, im going to bring in my panel with me on set. senior writer for politico and coauthor of the politico play book jake sherman. chief washington reporter and msnbc contributor kimberly atkins. former special assistant to the president and former spokesman for vice-president mark lauder. nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian. and joining us by phone is "the new york times" reporter...

Treated fairly. >> and this is where the narrator would say he wouldnt love to speak with mueller. lets roll the tape. >> this is a pure witch hunt. right now it is a pure witch hunt. this is a witch hunt like nobodys seen. you have a group of investigators that are all democrats. in all fairness, bob mueller worked for obama for eight years. >> and bob mueller isnt a democrat and he didnt want for obama for eight years. so it is hard to take the president at his word, so what do you make of thi...