Good evening. Im katy tur in washington in for chuck todd and welcome to mtp daily. No one is safe in President Trumps Justice Department. The president gave the order to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. He fired fbi director james comey. He he pressured deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe to quit. He stepped down today. Earlier than expected and weve just learned the president insulted his wife in a phone call last year. The president pressured the attorney general Jeff Sessions to step down. And he reportedly talked about firing the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. And it looks like the president also wants a secret republican memo released. Why . His republican allies say it further undermines muellers investigation. The fbi and the justice. The House Intelligence Committee has a meeting scheduled right now where they could vote to release that secret memo compiled by republican chairman devin nunez. This is a secret memo. But it is ignited a very public fire storm on the r
Are increasingly under attack, Andrew Mccabe is out at the fbi. The reporters breaking the news on this story standing by for us with details. And whats its going to be like when donald trump walks into that chamber tomorrow night as a man under investigation on so many fronts. The 11th hour begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 375 of the Trump Administration. The extraordinary rift between the white house and federal Law Enforcement agencies over this russia investigation has grown much wider and to some observers much more dangerous. Earlier tonight the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned them against. They voted to release a classified memo that republicans say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used their Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. As our nbc news colleagues write, the vote will quote, make public a classified memo about some
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 375 of the Trump Administration. The extraordinary rift between the white house and federal Law Enforcement agencies over this vu russia investigation has grown much wider and to some observers much more dangerous. Earlier tonight the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned them against. They voted to release a classified memo that republicans say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used their Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. As our nbc news colleagues write, the vote will quote, make public a classified memo about some of the governments most sensitive secrets. The democrats on the panel describe the memo as an attack on the mueller investigation. And they say republican members are risking National Security to protect this president. This committee voted to put the president s personal interest, perhaps their own p
Moscow, kabul, and seoul. Good morning, everyone, thanks for getting an early start with us. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Wednesday, january 31st. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The president walked a fine line in his first state of the union, holding fast to the toughtalking populism he embodied in year one, while making some effort to reach across the aisle. The hour and 20minute speech is the third longest state of the union ever. The president touted the economy, defending his americafirst approach, even taking a jab at nfl players for not standing during the national anthem. On immigration the president pushed for his bipartisan deal that includes a border wall and a path to citizenship for nearly two million dreamers. As president of the United States, my highest loyalty, my greatest compassion, my constant concern is for americas children, americas struggling workers, and americas forgotten communities. So tonight i am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties
Any intention at all of axing the special counsel, they have repeatedly denied it. Does the president commit to not firing Robert Mueller . The president has not even discussed that. The president is not discussing firing bob mueller. We have no intentions of firing bob mueller. Is he setting the stage for firing bob mueller . No, there is no no way . 4,000 miles away today donald trump denied it. Why did you fire Robert Mueller, why did you want to fire mueller . Fake new, folks. New york times fake stories. But it is not just the New York Times, it is the washington post, nbc news and fox news. Something sean hannity had a hard time swallowing last night. At this hour the New York Times is trying to distracts you. How many times has the New York Times and others gotten it wrong . So we have sources aknd i conf m confirmed that, yeah, maybe donald trump wanted to fire the special counsel for conflict. Does he not have the right to raise those questions . You know, well deal with this