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Administration. He also hosted the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the white house where the pair talked about trade among other topics. But once again this white house did not spend its business day on offense, advancing its agenda, played defense instead. On a story played out by a team from nbc news says, quote, President Trump wanted a ten fold increase this past summer with a meeting according to three officials in the room. The president of course labeled the report fake news. Ar...

The charges are serious. Well have a serious conversation about it when the 11th hour gets under way. And good evening once again from our nbc headquarters in new york. Day 265 of the trump administration. He also hosted the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the white house where the pair talked about trade among other topics. But once again this white house did not spend its business day on offense, advancing its agenda, played defense instead. On a story played out by a team from nbc n...

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Take the oath of office. the president was focused on the transition during that time and not on any other -- >> no idea whats going on, very little interest, totally checked out. a new report suggests that claim was false. bloomberg reporting today that trump was actively involved in planning the inauguration and fussed over everything from tablecloths to a performance from the rockettes. the reporter who broke that story, caleb melby of bloomberg joins me now. thanks for being here. >> thanks ...

Story, caleb melby of bloomberg joins me now. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> what did you learn about the level of the presidents involvement in the inauguration? >> our sources tell us that he was intimately involved, as you said, from everything from decor to the performances, but also more importantly, were told that tom berric, his longtime friend, chairman of the inaugural committee, told staff, president-elect trump wants to know everything about the finances and keep t...

Welcome back. this is what we mentioned just before the break. long time ally and friend of the president tom berric weighed in today telling "the washington post," quote, he thinks he has to be loyal to his base. i keep on saying but who is your base? you dont have a natural base. you your base now is america. show them who you really are. in my opinion, hes better than this. a new poll out today shows the presidents approval rating at 38%. and according to this poll most people, 55% do not thi...

Yes, youve got this solid group of people in this very narrow corner of the gop thats behind you no matter what. but as you noted his friend telling him youre bigger than that, and the urld with is bigger than that. and you now have to speak to a significantly more important group of americans. and thats all of us. and i think the president is having a hard time squaring that, and it shows on a day in and day out basis. he still thinks he has to be and dedo a reality tv president as opposed to j...

Sees and reads. the tom berric interview was so interesting in that respect. do you think its a way in? do you think hes doing a favor for people who are trying to prevail here? >> you know i have no way of knowing what sort of conversations he might have had with people who wanted him to get a certain message to the president. but i think thats certainly a reasonable theory of how this came to be. and i think he certainly whether on his own behalf or on behalf of others was trying to get a mess...

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