Now to the reason why the merck ceo resigned. It took the president two days to criticize the presence of neonazis and White Supremacists on the streets in our country which this weekend resulted in charlottesville in a loss of life. And tonight after a grim weekend for the american presidency, the president of the United States is back at trump tower. Youre looking at a live picture. And in part because of what happened this weekend, the crowds are large and loud in midtown manhattan, about five blocks from here. We have for you tonight a look at the president s comments just after 3 30 p. M. On saturday afternoon, and then over 45 hours later today back at the white house. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neonazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we h
11th hour gets under way on a monday night. As we begin a new week, good evening to you, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 207 of the trump administration. Today when the africanamerican ceo of Merck Pharmaceuticals resigned from the president S Manufacturing council, it took the president 54 minutes to attack him on twitter. Now to the reason why the merck ceo resigned. It took the president two days to criticize the presence of neonazis and White Supremacists on the streets in our country which this weekend resulted in charlottesville in a loss of life. And tonight after a grim weekend for the american presidency, the president of the United States is back at trump tower. Youre looking at a live picture. And in part because of what happened this weekend, the crowds are large and loud in midtown manhattan, about five blocks from here. We have for you tonight a look at the president s comments just after 3 30 p. M. On saturday afternoon, and then over 45 h
Congressman Joe Scarborough said today if obama or clinton did half of what donald trump was doing, republicans would have torched the capital. I have resisted comparing what is going on here with watergate because i thought that was unique. Now there is a whiff of the tactics that we saw during the days of water gate. It goes against every constitutional norm. And if barack obama had done that, republicans would have burned the city down. This is a shredding of all legal and constitutional norms. We have a very special guest list here on the beat tonight. But we kick it off right now with reverend sharpton and Kathleen Parker. Reverend al, not a normal president , speech, or climate. What do you think of the comment there, basically blowing it up this morning saying if obama did half of this people would freak out. I think that he was spot on. If he did even a quarter of it, you would have seen outrage. As we wait to see what the first state of the union is, you have to remember that
Breaking stories out of the white house. First, the president says at this time he is unable to release the classified memo on the russia investigations drafted by House Intelligence Committee democrats as a rebuttal to a republican memo that was released. Well have much more on that ahead. Also tonight, first reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by nbc news, a second white house staffer has resigned amid allegations of Domestic Abuse. The post reports, quote, a white house speech writer resigned friday after his former wife claimed that he was violent and emotionally abusive during their turbulent two and a half year marriage, allegations that he vehemently denied, saying she was the one who victimized him. The abrupt departure of david sorenson, who worked under stephen miller, came as the Washington Post was reporting on a story about abuse claims by his exwife, jessica corbett. Corbett told the post that she described his behavior to the fbi last fall as the bureau was con
Thinks he would be a fool to testify. Ive got a client who wants to testify. I hope we get a chance to tell him the risk hes taking. So he may testify. Tortured nomination. The president s pick to head the cia offers to withdraw days before facing her own interrogation. I think in her mode of putting the agency before herself, she said if its going to harm cia, i dont need to be part of this. But everyone around her said no, you are the right person to do this. The white house buffed her up and shes going full speed ahead. And live from new york, the porn star takes on the president in a way weve never seen. Rudy, can we speak frey, are you alone . Yeah, im pretty much alone. Is everyone on . Yes. What do you want me to do . Call up Stormy Daniels and fix this once and for all. I solved north and south korea, why cant i solve us . Sorry, donald, its too late for that. I know you dont believe in climate change, but a storms a coming, baby. And good day, everybody. Im Andrea Mitchell in