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Again to block schumer and company from really having an effective voice to stop this from going down. >> democrats can block the presidents nominee but not tomorrow. when democrats had control of the senate elinad the 60 requirement but if they are committed to blocking anybody that president trump sends up or whatever nominee does arrive, republicans are essentially certain to get rid of that rule and since they have a 50-vote majority in the senate the president can pretty much get confirmed ...

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Money paid to the former porn star in the days before the 2016 election. toxic environment? epa administrator scott pruitt in a fight to save his job amid a growing list of ethics questions. president trump has offered his support, but how long would that support last? and breaking news. police say there are casualties after a van plowed into a crowd in munster, germany. a live report in a few minutes. we begin this hour along the u.s.-mexico border where the first national guard troops sh...

Thats what were doing right now. again, the president thinks that hes done a good job on the purpose of carrying out the goals of the epa. >> thats the setup. lets talk about it. joining me, derek thompson, senior editor for "the atlantic," and white house reporter for "the associated press." and msnbc political analyst. and peter nicholas, white house reporter with the "wall street journal." thank you guys for joining me this afternoon. jonathan, ill start with you. youve reported that scott pr...

We also reported that -- at the "journal" that some saying pruitt should go, hes a liability. its not clear the president is listening. whats also interesting about the pruitt situation is that the entire staff at the white house, from what were told, is also of the view that pruitt is a serious liability. the situation is getting worse and not better. the white house has to cut his losses and move on. the president is digging in, as jonathan said, and its not clear that hes listening. and that ...

What can you tell us about this? whats brewing behind the scenes? >> reporter: in this one youve got stormy daniels attorney, michael avenatti, taking a page from the trump playbook on this. he posted a tweet updating the search for the man who daniels says threatened her and her infant daughter seven years ago in a las vegas parking lot. around the same time daniels was trying to sell her story about an alleged affair with donald trump. so heres the tweet, he says, "expect a major announcement ...

Regulations. hes been effectively conducting the trump agenda at the epa. hes making his case. thats why he should be here. and the president at least to this point is listening. he obviously with this white house and this president, things can change at a moments notice. for now, despite the council of aides including chief of staff john kelly, the president is not ready to fire pruitt. hes not ready to move on from him. theres a big difference between pruitts situation and david shulkin. the v...

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Voter fraud. he believes what he believes based on the information provided. >> battle supreme, the president teasing a major announcement next thursday on his choice for the supreme court. >> we have outstanding candidates answer we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. >> good day everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. busy day as donald trump prepares to unleash a series of executive orders on homeland security fulfilling some of the presidents most noteworthy and controversial ...

Correspondent kristen welker and gadi schwartz. kristen, go through some of the executive orders. >> reporter: its striking andrea, this is a major reversal on some of the obama administrations past executive orders and it is to some extent a fulfillment of some of his most controversial campaign promises. first to the wall. we are expecting according to a senior administration official president trump to sign an executive order that would call for redirecting federal funds to start building the...