In Trump Organization emails. Plus, minutes ago, floridas republican governor signed the first Gun Legislation since the shooting in parkland. Will this open the door for more action across the u. S. . Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. We begin with the politics lead. An event that i never thought could happen or would happen in my lifetime and im definitely not alone. A United States president agreeing to meet with a north korean dictator. Now the white house says the meeting will not take place unless north korea takes concrete actions toward dismantling its nuclear program. With White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders repeating the word concrete eight times this afternoon. We wont have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and the rhetoric of north korea. Weve semied the invitation to talk based on them following through with concrete actions. This meeting wont take place without concrete actions. The president will not of the meeting withou
Reputation and will it be damaging to National Security if it does . And picture perfect. The white house criticized for this photo because of what you see and what you dont. And we begin with a live picture of capitol hill. And at least one republican cautioning President Trump about the ways in which hes been firing people. Most recently, v. A. Secretary David Shulkin through twitter. Heres an interview with chuck todd airing later this morning. This is not the way to recruit good people to replace him, is it . Its not the way i would do it. You would understand if people say, i dont know if i want to take this job. The president does need to understand the effect it has on attracting other people. The white house now pushing back on exactly how shulkin lost his job telling politico in a statement that he resigned. We expect to get some clarification from shulkin later this morning when he appears on meet the press. No indication this morning that President Trump is backing down from
Formal sentencing, which is expected to happen, i think, in august, sometime in late summer. It was reported at the time of Steve Stockmans corruption trial that his lawyers were surprised that they put congressman stockman in handcuffs and took him away into federal custody immediately after his conviction. They took him right from the courtroom. Apparently, his lawyers thought hed be allowed to go home and live free while he appealed his convictions or at least prepared for his sentencing. But no. Congressman stockman was convicted on a whole lot of felonies. He was convicted on 23 felony charges. They brought 24 felony charges against him. Jury came back and convicted him of 23 of the 24. And if you do the math on that, that means at his sentencing he was facing a theoretical maximum sentence of over 450 years in prison. And so, maybe because of the sheer amount of time hes now facing, maybe because of other things about congressman stockman, which well get to in a moment, the judge
Of trump. So where do all of the republicans who do not agree with the president find a political home . Get to that. We start with breaking news in the Michael Cohen case. Nbc news has learned cohen is expected to split with his attorneys and get new lawyers. We do not know whether this signals a change in legal strategy or, perhaps, future cooperation. Cohen, of course, President Trumps former personal attorney, and vanity fair reports that cohen could soon be indicted. We have details this afternoon from vanity fai gabe sherman, also an msnbc contributor. Daniel goldman, former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, and msnbc legal analyst danny is a vauv loe savalas is standing by. Cohen says he feels the legal news closing in around him. Yesterday indicated he thought he might be arrested at any moment and we know from today he is worried about the prospect of an indictment coming as early as tomorrow, and what he has told people is that he is considering
In prison. He was arrested last spring. He was convicted last month. And immediately after he was convicted he was taken into federal custody to await his formal sentencing, which is expected to happen i think in august, sometime in late summer. It was reported at the time of Steve Stockmans corruption trial that his lawyers were surprised that they put congressman stockman in handcuffs and took him away into federal custody immediately after his conviction. They took him right from the courtroom. Apparently, his lawyers thought hed be allowed to go home and live free while he appealed his convictions or at least prepared for his sentencing. But no. Congressman stockman was convicted on a whole lot of felonies. He was convicted on 23 felony charges. They brought 24 felony charges against him. Jury came back and convicted him of 23 of the 24. And if you do the math on that, that means at his sentencing he was facing a theoretical maximum sentence of over 450 years in prison. And so mayb