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President. that is set for wednesday. on iran, no meeting is scheduled. but mr. trump said he will remain flexible. amin? >> kelly o'donnell thanks for that report. a bit of a special treat to say the least. joining us political reporter daniel litman and nbc news correspondent joining us in the studio -- >> the first debut in the studio. >> i'm nervous. i hope it doesn't show. >> it shows. >> no. >> we will take it easy on you. >> okay. >> what do you make of the president's comments yesterday, basically trying to explain away the phone conversation with ukraine? >> it is the president's dr...

A drip, drup, drip strategy. because of the intense coverage of what was taking place here at the so-called davos of thedizeert. they were wondering why it's getting so much global attention but this has collided with the midterm elections in the united states and president trump saying he wants a thorough investigations and it doesn't seem like the saudis are very forthcoming on that front. >> all right. thank you both. u.s. president says that he is toning down his harsh rhetoric but still attacking the media claiming its divide thing country. we'll have more on that statement ahead. and...

>> reporter: that's right. we are seeing this continuation of this drip, drip strategy from omarosa where she seems to be using her media prowess to dominate the conversation going into the week. we are seeing the third day of her dominating headlines. now the focus appears to be on a new tape that she released just this morning which she says shows her discussing with several former trump campaign officials in which they -- she says they are discussing the president's alleged use of the "n" word. that is something that others have denied. they have put out a statement. there is no denial here...

2014 and midterm elections and republicans would like to retake the senate. they don't want to lose the house. most think there is no danger of them losing the house. there are questions whether they could retake the senate, but this is going to get ugly before it gets nice again. that seems to be one of the first shots across the bow? >> i don't know politics is ever nice but you raise an important point. these three scandals have traction now. they are seemingly getting bigger by the day because the white house and administration is going along with this drip, drip strategy where you get new...

Expected to vote to repeal health care. tonight the repeal effort will not gain traction in the senate. house republicans are working to dismantle the law piece by piece. let's bring in luke russert. luke, we know that the vote is expected. it is going to be probably pro forma along part lines. what are the republican leaders tells you about alternative plans? what are they going to do when repeal fails. >> reporter: on that point i think you will see a few democrats join with the republicans. not many. it will be mainly along party lines. in terms of what the process is going forward, this re...