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Official day of mourning will be recognized by all parts of the federal government on wednesday. here with me now, msnbc contributor jennifer ruben who writes the right turn for the wash post. in the era, as the first president who died in the era of donald trump, all of the focus is on the ways that he contrasts, right? people say, well, he was affable and kind and he was graceful and humble and he had a life of service and he served in world war ii. he sacrificed. and all these things that are...

Americans head to the polls and one of the biggest questions, control of the house. democrats are optimistic they think they will take the majority again. republicans, not conceding anything. this is a new wash post abc news poll, shows democrats are leading 50-43% on the generic bat local. the gop making gains from last month when democrats led by 11, joining me right now is house majority whip steve scalise, republican congressman from louisiana. he sits on the energy and commerce committee. g...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current political-campaign news.

The same people who are telling me, well, he has no business running an agency. >> right. it is complicated, jason, because you have the wash post coming out and saying that the white house and secret service have denied some of the allegations against dr. jackson, the white house has said there is no evidence that he wrecked a vehicle, for instance, as the presidents physician, the white house on friday said officials conducted a thorough review of ronny jacksons vehicle records, found three mi...

Higher to go to. those are the concerns that you hear both from people in national security circles here who know and watch north korea for a long time and amongst europe. its possible that donald trump has done something through his unconventional means and which is what he said he was always going to do, hes thrown it all up in the air and maybe theres a chance this could work. i think the general consensus is lets go ahead with the meeting and see what that promise actually means in practice....

The post reporting tonight among the people potentially being considered to replace him are john bolton, famous for his various stints on the george w. bush administration and also keith kellogg who is chief of staff to the national security counsel according to the wash wash post tonight, part of the reason keith kellogg is in contention because in part the president likes his company and thinks he is fun. well be right back.

Been going on with hope hicks, the communications director, at the white house. let me get your reaction to this wash post story the overseas contacts raised concerns. thats the headline and his security clearance has been downgraded from top secret to secret. >> the concern is one that we have with multiple members of the trump family and the organization. that their financial disposition would be a point of leverage. particularly with a country that has a longstanding relationship with they wi...

Press secretary sarah sanders called to her office four top print report heres had questions about porter. there was rob porter. he spoke with them off the record sharing his side of the stories involving his two ex-wives and their very disturbing charges. this was after the daily mail published two reports detailing the accusations and after that black eye photograph of porters first ex-wife was published by the intercept. one source says the white house saw this off the record discussion first...

Kevin brady earlier, cheryl. ways and means committee. think about this. 3.wound million americans have received bonuses because of the tax cut. americans with 401(k)s and those who prospered because of the growth of this economy. he will be able to say, well have our differences. as americans, dont we want to get behind the unity? >> what would you say is more successful? >> in the 254 years of america. a debacle. the first thing was to try to repeal and replace obamacare. not just the presiden...

Investigation, pressing other people the say he wasnt under investigation. this pushback against this idea that he himself was part of the probe angered him so much that he kept taking actions that could be perceived as potential obstruction of justice. so maybe theres been a shift over time but that story stays very much within the framework and the time frame of the frustration that he demonstrated of this investigation. >> yeah. you heard congressman gowdy. he was addressing the possible inte...