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We will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money unless and until we see that the future negotiation is not going along like it should. i'm hereby directing the department of defense and pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the 6th branch of the armed forces. >> okay. those decisions to pull out of the iran nuclear deal, to extend military exercise with south korea, and the creation of the space force all came as a surprise to secretary jim mattis. more on this i'm joined by nbc's courtney who helped break the stor...

Mattis and he had to actually call the white house to find out that the decision had been made, ali. >> the interesting part here is mattis has succeeded as have many because they're deliberative in their actions. that according to your reporting, the president sees as slow walking, as dragging his heels on decisions and maybe that's caused the president to get out ahead on secretary mattis on these decisions because he feels mattis isn't going to come around. >> that's right. another example in the story is the decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the u.s. military. apparen...

Just some announcements he made in the last several months. we found this common thread where he was making decisions that seemed to be counter to what secretary mattis had said both on the record in some cases, at other times we know it had been his private advice. a come of them are ones you just mentioned, ali, including space force. that was one that was on the record last october in 2017. secretary mattis sent a lower to senator john mack kaine explaining why he had concerns about the creation of a space core or a space force, a 6th military branch dedicated to space. well then several da...

Earlier this month corey gardner says president trump told him he would support a federalism solution to fix a states rights issue. nine states and washington, d.c. legalized marijuana for recreational use. other states decriminalized it to some degree, chug for medical use. jab ok soboroff is spending the day at med men, one of southern california's largest dispensary chains. jake are you still with us? i have been talking to you about this since this morning? >> i am feeling good, ali. it's been really nice out here all day. happy 4/20 today. they have lots of specials at med men today. i wa...

A close confidante of paul manafort's, and businessman george nader. this guy is like where's waldo. he keeps showing you up all over the place. has connections to rulers of the united arab emirates, but there are all sorts of meetings he has been setting up for people all over the world. including for the brother of the education secretary, betsy devos and a russian in the maldives. joining us, nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. geoff, in unusual fashion, you probably have less to report today because we haven't had a white house press briefing and the president other than his ...