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. >> we are white house correspondents. of course we spent half hour time in scranton. >> i'm a white house photojournalist. of course we call this the lavateria. >> i'm a white house reporter, of course i'm desperate for an interview with annie biden. >> i may white house i correspondent, of course i asked multiple questions on multiple topics with multiple follow-ups. >> of course i sidestepped a few covid-19 questions here and there with i don't want to get at the president. tonight, i want to get ahead of the president and i have a speech right here. there are some great punchlines. >> no, no, no. >> we are white house press agents. of course we move press out of the oval. thank you, press. >> i too am a white house correspondent. of course, of course, i appreciate the good humor of colleagues who wanted to take you behind the scenes. this is one night where we celebrate, we laugh. hopefully at ourselves. we take a breath and a beat before we get back to work. with the world on edge, a nation weary but resilient, a camp
. >> we are white house correspondents. of course we spent half hour time in scranton. >> i'm a white house photojournalist. of course we call this the lavateria. >> i'm a white house reporter, of course i'm desperate for an interview with annie biden. >> i may white house i correspondent, of course i asked multiple questions on multiple topics with multiple follow-ups. >> of course i sidestepped a few covid-19 questions here and there with i don't want to get at...
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house, she did, as carol outlined, returned in late 2020 to join the white house again here. she is somebody who she hasn't talked to trump since the summer of 2022, she is somebody, though, who has not ever, you know, received attacks from donald trump on the social media account or anything. somebody who is a close confidante. in 2015, 2016, i was on the campaign trail and hope hicks with corey lewandowski and keith schiller was part of a small group of individuals who had the trust of donald trump and campaigned on the road with him, he had a small operation. and so eight years, nine years later, here, to have this moment come down to her testifying in front of her former boss, who our team inside is characterizing as not smiling, but watching intently to the beginning statements from her testimony, it is really a remarkable turn from where we were one decade ago. >> i mean, yamiche, give us a little bit bigger perspective on how important hope hicks was to trump's campaign and then in the white house. >> she was very important. because she was in all of these meetings and
house, she did, as carol outlined, returned in late 2020 to join the white house again here. she is somebody who she hasn't talked to trump since the summer of 2022, she is somebody, though, who has not ever, you know, received attacks from donald trump on the social media account or anything. somebody who is a close confidante. in 2015, 2016, i was on the campaign trail and hope hicks with corey lewandowski and keith schiller was part of a small group of individuals who had the trust of donald...
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trump white house," also with me, "washington post" investigator, josh dossey. as to what you saw, we've talked a lot, stephanie, for the last hour and fifteen minutes about the access that hope hicks had, the relationship between her and donald trump, but you saw it up close. what can you tell us? >> yeah, you know, watching the trial today has been a lot of mixed feelings. i can only imagine the sense of anxiety that she had. i joined the trump campaign in july 2015 so i was actually the second press, communications person to join the campaign after hope, so i worked with her for six years. all of the reports are correct, she and the boss were extremely close. he trusted her with everything. she traveled with him everywhere. it was funny. hearing her say that she had to put any statement past him or any response to the media past him is exactly correct. i was always flying with the press during the campaign, and if i had to answer the press, i had to go through hope who had to go through trump to make sure i could give them even a simple answer like yes we're
trump white house," also with me, "washington post" investigator, josh dossey. as to what you saw, we've talked a lot, stephanie, for the last hour and fifteen minutes about the access that hope hicks had, the relationship between her and donald trump, but you saw it up close. what can you tell us? >> yeah, you know, watching the trial today has been a lot of mixed feelings. i can only imagine the sense of anxiety that she had. i joined the trump campaign in july 2015 so i...
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house journalist who covered the white house, huckabee sanders, obviously was the press secretary. donald trump himself lied on camera about this many times. who knows what sarah huckabee sanders, hope hicks and others within the press operation knew about this, and were concealing from the press, not only the press, the american people. >> we're going to continue this conversation after we take a quick break. next hour, mary mccord is going to be previewing what we're going to see this week at the trial. you're watching "the weekend." >>> i have to get back to new york, because i'm juror number 5 on a big trial. trump's lawyer took one look at me, and said he's going to be on our side. l ingredients no sulfates, no silicones, no dyes. dandruff protection, minimal ingredients. job done. hi, i'm greg. i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know
house journalist who covered the white house, huckabee sanders, obviously was the press secretary. donald trump himself lied on camera about this many times. who knows what sarah huckabee sanders, hope hicks and others within the press operation knew about this, and were concealing from the press, not only the press, the american people. >> we're going to continue this conversation after we take a quick break. next hour, mary mccord is going to be previewing what we're going to see this...
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a white house reporter. of course i am desperate for an interview with biden. >> i am a white house correspondent multiple questions and multiple topics, with multiple follow-ups >> i'm a white house press secretary, of course i sidestepr if you questions here and d there, with i don't want to get ahead of the president. tonight, i'm going to get ahead of the president, and have a speech right here. and there are some great punchlines. >> no. no. no. no. no. no. >> we are the white house press, of course we move the press out of the oval. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i am a white house correspondent and of course, ofr course we want to take you behind the scenes. this is one night where we celebrate, we laugh, hopefully at ourselves, we take a breath and a beat, before we get back to work. with a world on edge, a nation weary, but resilient. a campaign that is not the echo of four years ago, however familiar the names and the issues. all of this a heck of a story. our white house correspondents association
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this is very early in the trump white house. my reporting at the time showed that the then president and his staff were kind of trying just to get up to speed. things were a little way ot tick then. although it's worth noting things in different ways maintained chaotic throughout his presidency. trump went in, it's worth noting, too, believing the presidency was a bit like a monarchy which it is not. he's grappling on the legislative front to get things passed you have to get the senate to pass something and the house to agree. he was still kind of trying to staff up in these different factions in his own white house that would turn out to be warring factions. there was a little back fighting and infighting. it was a president who had never been a politician before, had never run for office, didn't come to the presidency with a huge cadre of longtime washington hands or aids, trying to get his bearings and his footings in what was even to him initially a somewhat improbable victory. >> jeff, the trump team had said he would be v
this is very early in the trump white house. my reporting at the time showed that the then president and his staff were kind of trying just to get up to speed. things were a little way ot tick then. although it's worth noting things in different ways maintained chaotic throughout his presidency. trump went in, it's worth noting, too, believing the presidency was a bit like a monarchy which it is not. he's grappling on the legislative front to get things passed you have to get the senate to pass...
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are we waiting for that white house briefing? >> reporter: yeah, chris, the only reaction we've gotten from the white house is from a senior administration official who says that the white house is reviewing hamas's response to the proposal, the state department as well, saying that the biden administration is expected to discuss this proposal and hamas's response to it with leaders in the middle east in the coming hours. we still haven't heard or seen any reaction from president biden himself, who we know is meeting right now with king abdullah of jordan at the white house. no doubt this part of their conversation. we do expect to learn a lot more about this when the white house press briefing begins momentarily, if it hasn't already begun already, what we do know so far about what the president has been doing and how he's been involved in this effort to get the cease fire deal sealed is we know that really these hostage talks were ongoing as the president spoke with prime minister netanyahu in that hastily planned phone call th
are we waiting for that white house briefing? >> reporter: yeah, chris, the only reaction we've gotten from the white house is from a senior administration official who says that the white house is reviewing hamas's response to the proposal, the state department as well, saying that the biden administration is expected to discuss this proposal and hamas's response to it with leaders in the middle east in the coming hours. we still haven't heard or seen any reaction from president biden...
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i want to play a couple sound bites from last night white house correspondents dinner. the first, well, just play with the president had to say about stormy daniels, and then the next one is about "sleepy joe." >> you might call trump's last few days "stormy weather." >> age is the only thing we have in common. >> it's after 10:00, sleepy joe is still awake. donald trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning. fox news said he was just being "anti-work." >> so, what i found interesting about last night, obviously, colin jones was going to go after donald trump by name and hammer him with jokes. what was, i guess it should not have been surprising, but the president, going after donald trump by name, from the very beginning, he did his own " sleepy joe" joke in the opening seconds of his remarks. what's the strategy behind that speech? >> we have seen a gradual change from the president. it started with the state of the union where he unburdened himself from some of the political tracking's, did not attack trump by name, but made it clear who he wa
i want to play a couple sound bites from last night white house correspondents dinner. the first, well, just play with the president had to say about stormy daniels, and then the next one is about "sleepy joe." >> you might call trump's last few days "stormy weather." >> age is the only thing we have in common. >> it's after 10:00, sleepy joe is still awake. donald trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning. fox news said he was...
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to the extent that the white house has discussed it so far, and we saw this yesterday in the white house briefing, they've been focusing on what they consider to be the unacceptable, anti-semitic rhetoric that has been part of these protests. even some of the president's allies have been looking at these scenes and calling on the president to do more, to really speak out at a moment when what they see as president biden's strongest qualities, his empathy, his willingness to look at both sides of the argument is exactly what this situation needed. we know the political context, of course. donald trump the republican nominee, you're discussing a very different context right now. he was on the campaign trail calling attention to some of these demonstrations pointing a finger at the biden administration. we saw president biden at a closed door fundraiser last night speaking more broadly about what he considered the chaos of the four years in which donald trump was president, and i think it's also worth in this moment thinking back just almost exactly four years ago at this time. when we saw
to the extent that the white house has discussed it so far, and we saw this yesterday in the white house briefing, they've been focusing on what they consider to be the unacceptable, anti-semitic rhetoric that has been part of these protests. even some of the president's allies have been looking at these scenes and calling on the president to do more, to really speak out at a moment when what they see as president biden's strongest qualities, his empathy, his willingness to look at both sides...
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she left the white house at one point to go ahead and try to move on. she was exhausted and i think demoralized to some extent by some of the brutal inner machinations of that white house. then she came back to work for him again in 2020. she didn't particularly agree with the whole notion that the -- he was going to try to overturn the election with false claims of fraud. she kind of disappeared from the white house at that point, but she never really turned on him. she never came out and became one of those former aides who denounced him in public the way some of the others had. she simply began to have some distance there. i think she's going to have credibility on the stand. she's hard to portray by the defense as a disgruntled former employee. she's not a convicted perjurer like michael cohen. she's not someone involved in these sort of hollywood underbelly of hollywood stuff like keith davidson. she's somebody who's going to be hard for the defense to attack in terms of her credibility. >> all right, peter baker, thank you so much for providing th
she left the white house at one point to go ahead and try to move on. she was exhausted and i think demoralized to some extent by some of the brutal inner machinations of that white house. then she came back to work for him again in 2020. she didn't particularly agree with the whole notion that the -- he was going to try to overturn the election with false claims of fraud. she kind of disappeared from the white house at that point, but she never really turned on him. she never came out and...
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it's the time period beyond here when she goes to the white house. i want to understand how did hope hicks come to understand a version of this story that's different than the one that donald trump and others were telling her in and around october of 2016. because she's testified today she spoke, and all of them told her that they didn't either know about the arrangement, which was cut with ami or that it was an arrangement for services as david pecker persuaded her by phone. at some point on the other hand, hope hicks comes to learn the truth. that's because david pecker has already told us that sometime in 2018 he gets on the phone with sarah sanders and hope hicks and talks to them about whether he should prolong karen mcdougal's settlement by extending it and paying her more money, and they agree at that time it's a good idea. you don't tell david pecker you think that's a good idea unless you have some inkling about what karen mcdougal might say in the public domain if freed from those obligations. and so i'm really looking forward to this after
it's the time period beyond here when she goes to the white house. i want to understand how did hope hicks come to understand a version of this story that's different than the one that donald trump and others were telling her in and around october of 2016. because she's testified today she spoke, and all of them told her that they didn't either know about the arrangement, which was cut with ami or that it was an arrangement for services as david pecker persuaded her by phone. at some point on...
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house correspondents' dinner or even a free press or even a white house press corps. right? you don't have to have one. could be another norm trump blows up. the stakes of the 2024 election are a living, breathing subplot of this year's white house correspondents' dinner. it came up in the jokes, came up in the inherent contrast between president joe biden, there in the room, and the coup-plotting openly autocratic modeling of himself donald trump, who wants to replace him. the ever-hilarious superstar colin jost of "weekend update" on "saturday night live" finished his remarks on a serious note as well. he told a story about why his grandfather, outside president joe biden's demographics, voted for biden. >> my grandfather, a staten island firefighter, voted for you, mr. president. [ applause ] he voted for you in the last election that he ever voted in. i'm sure someone else will vote twice in this election using his name. but that's just how the democratic machine works. [ laughter ] he voted for you, and the reason that he voted for you is because you're a decent
house correspondents' dinner or even a free press or even a white house press corps. right? you don't have to have one. could be another norm trump blows up. the stakes of the 2024 election are a living, breathing subplot of this year's white house correspondents' dinner. it came up in the jokes, came up in the inherent contrast between president joe biden, there in the room, and the coup-plotting openly autocratic modeling of himself donald trump, who wants to replace him. the ever-hilarious...
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nbc's aaron gilchrist is reporting from the white house. raf, give us the outline of this. what do we know about this potential deal? >> reporter: chris, in just the last couple minutes hamas released a statement from the leader of its political wing, ismaih haniyeh who says they've agreed to a cease-fire proposal by qatar and egypt, a prossal that's been on the table for more than a week, a proposal that the u.s. has been urging hamas to take. our understanding of the most recent iteration of this proposal is that hamas would agree to the release of 33 hostages from the so-called humanitarian category. so that is women, it is children, it is the elderly, people with serious medical conditions. and in return, israel would agree to a 40-day cease-fire and the release of potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners. we should stress at this point all we have is this statement from the political wing of hamas. we do not have the detail of what exactly it is that they have agreed to, and there has been pretty frenetic diplomacy over the weekend involving cia director bill bur
nbc's aaron gilchrist is reporting from the white house. raf, give us the outline of this. what do we know about this potential deal? >> reporter: chris, in just the last couple minutes hamas released a statement from the leader of its political wing, ismaih haniyeh who says they've agreed to a cease-fire proposal by qatar and egypt, a prossal that's been on the table for more than a week, a proposal that the u.s. has been urging hamas to take. our understanding of the most recent...
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house, i talked directly with the white house, directly with jake sullivan and others in the white house, to say, continue everything you can diplomatically for cease- fire, to bring hostages home and make sure that this war has been prosecuted justly. what our letter says that if somehow, benjamin netanyahu pursues rafah , we ask for the withholding of offensive weapons. >> congresswoman dean of pennsylvania, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> friday was world press freedom day. united nations declaration reminds governments of their duty to protect a free and fair price, to which israel says, no thanks. that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's time we all shine. talk to a healthcare provider about nurtec odt from pfizer. these underwear are period-proof. and sneez
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the check, fedex the check to the white house. at that point in time, she would wait for it to be returned to her. what we could expect to hear from madeleine is exactly and perhaps words that donald trump made monthly every time he was signing the checks in 2017, the 11 checks, whether at any point he potentially had second thoughts about signing the check back to michael cohen. perhaps madeleine will have some insight as to what those interactions inside of the oval office looked like upon him signing them and returning them to her, from that point where she would mail them back over to the trump organization and tarasoff to be sent to michael cohen. >> on the heels of the hope hicks testimony, which was dramatic, but also very much like madeleine, someone who testified to her reverence to trump. talked about how he was not just a good communicator, but in her words the best at message. this is what westerhaut said in her book. i made a mistake and i had one bad night. after a couple drinks, by the pool on a rare day off, i acce
the check, fedex the check to the white house. at that point in time, she would wait for it to be returned to her. what we could expect to hear from madeleine is exactly and perhaps words that donald trump made monthly every time he was signing the checks in 2017, the 11 checks, whether at any point he potentially had second thoughts about signing the check back to michael cohen. perhaps madeleine will have some insight as to what those interactions inside of the oval office looked like upon...
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house just blocks from joe biden's home from the white house. a situation that according to university officials, according to local press, the gw student paper has gotten increasingly volatile. so it is something that will be spilling from foggy bottom to capitol hill to the house floor. >> would you expect then to hear more of these calls to bring in the national guard? >> yeah, i can tell you, there is a certain -- i don't know about hesitation, but definitely among mike johnson who said the national guard to be brought to columbia. he says the people should be more forceful and that students should get back to work and stop wasting their parents' money. and the way republicans look at this, these are private universities, at least columbia and gw are, and people should follow the rules and if not, they should be brought up for trespassing. so this is obviously a very complicated topic. but we're seeing now more places than just columbia. it is across the country. and jonathan was right at the top of the show, republicans are using this to tr
house just blocks from joe biden's home from the white house. a situation that according to university officials, according to local press, the gw student paper has gotten increasingly volatile. so it is something that will be spilling from foggy bottom to capitol hill to the house floor. >> would you expect then to hear more of these calls to bring in the national guard? >> yeah, i can tell you, there is a certain -- i don't know about hesitation, but definitely among mike johnson...
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just two white house staffers being involved is the question? >> when i was working in the white house press shop this would be something that i would categorize as unethical behavior. to think that two employees of the white house whose salaries are being paid by taxpayer dollars are in cahoots with a media outlet to try to cover up an affair and involved in a hush money payment scheme, and that they had knowledge of this is definitely quite concerning. >> how about hope hicks, do you expect her to play a pivotal role if she is called to testify? do you expect her testimony will be that similar of rona graff, a longtime executive assistant for donald trump. what you think you expect from home? >> i'm going to be curious to see how her testimony shakes out. this is someone who was extremely close with donald trump, with him from the beginning until the end of his administration. i do think it has been reported they are not as close as they once were or in as much communication. it is hard to imagine she would be disloyal, given how close they we
just two white house staffers being involved is the question? >> when i was working in the white house press shop this would be something that i would categorize as unethical behavior. to think that two employees of the white house whose salaries are being paid by taxpayer dollars are in cahoots with a media outlet to try to cover up an affair and involved in a hush money payment scheme, and that they had knowledge of this is definitely quite concerning. >> how about hope hicks, do...
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the white house official said we answered the mail. we had incoming asking us to give this speech and we did it in a joe biden way. that's not to say, nicolle, the president is down playing the significance of what's happening across the country. we'll mobile day on capitol hill. that's a speech that a lot of thought is being put into. the president in particular has been deeply concerned about the rhetoric that he's been hearing as we see the reports around some of these demonstrations. he's not just concerned about the state of politics here, but concern and my colleagues at the white house are doing some great reporting, about what that means in terms of leverage with the hostage negotiations that has been a top priority at the moment. >> there's such a clear threat for him in the launch of his campaign, about the soul of the nation was about charlottesville, about trump's sort of coalition of extremists, and his ability -- unique ability to speak out against hate. but also as someone who is on the wing to have democratic party that
the white house official said we answered the mail. we had incoming asking us to give this speech and we did it in a joe biden way. that's not to say, nicolle, the president is down playing the significance of what's happening across the country. we'll mobile day on capitol hill. that's a speech that a lot of thought is being put into. the president in particular has been deeply concerned about the rhetoric that he's been hearing as we see the reports around some of these demonstrations. he's...
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what's your sense as you talk to campaign and white house officials? are we going to see more of these types of settings? what's the rest of this campaign going to look like? >> they're certainly signaling that they are. they want to go to hosts and platforms that reach people directly, whether it's podcasts, smart lists, for instance, or interviews like this as opposed to they seem really disinterested in say a print interview with a newspaper that's prompted a lot of discussion over the last couple of weeks. biden is not the only world leader to be doing this, jon. they sort of want to be getting their message out directly. there's two sides of this coin. our leader, if they hear this story one-on-one, good setting, nice big microphone in front of you, the audio's good, that this helps. but the question -- the alternative is when you do live interviews like that, it's, of course, harder for real-time fact-checking, and there's less of a filter or gut check on some of the things that are said to the extent they need to be gut-check. that's the two sid
what's your sense as you talk to campaign and white house officials? are we going to see more of these types of settings? what's the rest of this campaign going to look like? >> they're certainly signaling that they are. they want to go to hosts and platforms that reach people directly, whether it's podcasts, smart lists, for instance, or interviews like this as opposed to they seem really disinterested in say a print interview with a newspaper that's prompted a lot of discussion over the...
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one, how concerned is the white house about the prospects of political violence happening again after this election if it doesn't go kruchl's way? and two, sort of a meta question here, how concerned is the white house that the american apublic has forgotten about the aftermath of the 2020 election when donald trump also did not accept the results then and of course it led to what happened on january 6th? >> the answer to both questions is very concerning. one, donald trump twice this week has been asked the question will you accept the election results. and he said yes i'll accept them, but always equivocating, if there's no fraud -- and that's why you see the response from the biden white house we need to be preparing. you already see different states beefing up security around elections and to ward off any threat that could come. everyone remembers january 6th, but the american public you see sort of that fading as an issue, top of peoples minds when people are asked about trump, what they think about him. people seem to remember more about the economic times and less so focused on
one, how concerned is the white house about the prospects of political violence happening again after this election if it doesn't go kruchl's way? and two, sort of a meta question here, how concerned is the white house that the american apublic has forgotten about the aftermath of the 2020 election when donald trump also did not accept the results then and of course it led to what happened on january 6th? >> the answer to both questions is very concerning. one, donald trump twice this...
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it shows how seriously everyone in the white house took it -- not yet in the white house. everyone who wanted to be in the white house took it. even though mr. trump might have been trying to downplay it as locker room talk, there's no question as others started to react to it and it got what hope hicks has said 36 hours of sustained media attention, that had to be very worrisome to him. >> mary, as we continue with her testimony, they are connecting -- the prosecutor is connecting this to mr. cohen. did you speak to michael cohen about the release of the tape? i was calling him to ask him to chase down what was in the media with his contacts to make sure there wasn't another tape. i asked him to call a friend to see if there's a tape and what was on it. did cohen follow up? she says, i believe he did make a phone call. then they are moving on to the debate, which is when we as other participants as news reporters were there watching. when was the debate? october 9 in st. louis. the "access hollywood" tape did come up. i believe it was one of the first questions. trump rei
it shows how seriously everyone in the white house took it -- not yet in the white house. everyone who wanted to be in the white house took it. even though mr. trump might have been trying to downplay it as locker room talk, there's no question as others started to react to it and it got what hope hicks has said 36 hours of sustained media attention, that had to be very worrisome to him. >> mary, as we continue with her testimony, they are connecting -- the prosecutor is connecting this...
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people who white house reporters social kiss in the white house press briefing room, reporters whose acceptance of donald trump is warmed by the charms of hope hicks. witness hope hicks get off the witness stand today without being asked the most important question of her life. she wasn't asked that question, because it wasn't an important question in this trial. and that question is, why didn't you quit? why didn't you quit that presidential campaign in 2016 when it was so obvious to all of us that you were working for a pathological liar and a dangerous person? why didn't you quit is a much more important question than why did she cry. we'll review today's trial evidence for the rest of the hour with people who were in the courthouse with me this week and saw it all. they'll join us. all they'll join us. deep down, i knew something was wrong. since my fatigue and light-headedness would come and go, i figured it wasn't a big deal. then i saw my doctor and found out i have afib, and that means there's about a 5 times greater risk of stroke. symptoms like irregular heartbeat, heart ra
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. >>> you were obviously white house spokesperson. this is an issue that is going to follow joe biden around in this campaign. this campaign. especially because donald trump, or the people that want donald trump to win will continue to make this an issue. what should the biden administration do? i know you are uncomfortable doing this, telling people-- i was about to ask you, what should president biden do? inquiring minds want to know. any thoughts on just the white house, democrats generally when asked about this? >> look, i think there is a couple of issues at play here, clearly one is, what is going on at colleges and universities. these are not monolithic protests across the country and they are not even monolithic at individual campuses. so yes, we need to get to a point where students are graduating and there is maybe some relief during the summer. what are they figuring out over the next couple of months about campuses and universities are supposed to be places where people can safely, comfortably debate and disagree, and ther
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she would not say what she learned, what she knew while she was in the white house. those were the most dramatic moments today and where the prosecution quite dramatically also landed in asking hope hicks to reveal what donald trump said to her after michael cohen came forward and claimed to the new york times that he himself made the payment to stormy daniels. hope hicks dethen related, dona trump told me michael cohen did this out of the goodness of his heart because he wanted to protect me from false accusations. instead of asking her, did you think the president was telling you the truth, very smartly, he went around it and said, was that consistent of your experience with michael cohen? and her answer was just devastating. she said, no. michael cohen was not a person that i knew to be selfless. he was the sort of person who was out for credit. so in one blow, hope hicks both dammed the defense very badly and in damaging michael cohen, also help to the prosecution quite a bit. both softening the jury up for the character there about to meet but also almost throwi
she would not say what she learned, what she knew while she was in the white house. those were the most dramatic moments today and where the prosecution quite dramatically also landed in asking hope hicks to reveal what donald trump said to her after michael cohen came forward and claimed to the new york times that he himself made the payment to stormy daniels. hope hicks dethen related, dona trump told me michael cohen did this out of the goodness of his heart because he wanted to protect me...
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we'll lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. but we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to balance sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and donald trump's hush money trial has taken a clear pivot today. right now, deborah tarasoff is on the stand, the first current trump organization employee to testify. this morning, former trump organization controller jeffrey mcconney testified before the court and his cross-examination on the stand just wrapped a short time ago. what he revealed about the strange paper trail that followed the alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels, and how much of it, if anything implicates donald trump directly. there's a whole lot of drama in the courtroom before mcconney was sworn in. how close is donald trump to being put behind bars for his ongoing gag order violations. we'll explain the most expolice -- explicit warning after donald trump was found in criminal contempt again today. let's get into the testimony happening right now. and
we'll lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. but we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to balance sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and donald trump's hush money trial has taken a clear pivot today. right now, deborah tarasoff is on the stand, the first current trump organization employee to testify. this morning, former trump organization controller jeffrey mcconney testified before the court and his...
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let's go to the white house. >> -- on our college campuses here. we have all seen images and they put to the test two fundamental american principles. excuse me. the first is the right to free speech. and for people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard. the second is the rule of law. both must be upheld. we are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. the american people are heard. in fact, peaceful protests is in the best tradition of how americans respond to controversial issues, but neither are we a lawless country. we are a civil society. and order must prevail. throughout our history we often faced moments like this because we are a big diverse free thinking and freedom loving nation. and in moments like this, they're there are always those who rush in to score political points. this isn't a moment for politics. this is a moment for clarity. so let me be clear. peaceful protests in america, violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. it is against the law when violence occurs. destroying p
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joining us now chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. peter, we're always so pleased when you can join us. reporting on this extensively and your new story includes a few factors the biden's team hopes to capitalize and a wild card that's also in the mix. break it down for us, please. >> yeah, exactly. we've been of course seeing these talks start and stop and stalemate basically for months, but the white house sees a particularly narrow window that might be available right now to make this deal. part of it of course they want to take advantage against the successful advance of israel from that iranian strike a couple weeks ago. they believe the public opinion in israel is increasingly putting pressure to bring home the hostages and they would like to have a normalization more importantly for them a defense. and they see some indications hamas may be willing to make a deal. remember at this point the americans have said it's hamas not israel that has stopped the deal, that israel has agreed to what the americans have been proposing as yo
joining us now chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. peter, we're always so pleased when you can join us. reporting on this extensively and your new story includes a few factors the biden's team hopes to capitalize and a wild card that's also in the mix. break it down for us, please. >> yeah, exactly. we've been of course seeing these talks start and stop and stalemate basically for months, but the white house sees a particularly narrow window...
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right now she is getting ready to attend the white house correspondents dinner. thank you so much for coming on the show. so, were you at all shocked by the gender divide that was playing out on the court? >> you know, i wasn't shocked about the liberal justices. they really gave the idaho state attorney a lot of grief, as he deserved. i was a little bit surprised and pleased to hear justice coney barrett join in. i mean, look. idaho's case is quite shocking. republicans are really fond of talking about exceptions, right? and how they believe and exceptions to save lives. so why are they challenging the ultimate exception, which is this federal emergency law that would protect women? it is quite unconscionable, and really, deeply disturbing. >> you know, you wrote on x that you have been working in this movement for a long time, and are more angry than ever. what frustrated you about, well, what frustrated you most about wednesday's arguments? >> you know, jonathan, there were actual discussions about when an emergency should occur for a pregnant woman. you know,
right now she is getting ready to attend the white house correspondents dinner. thank you so much for coming on the show. so, were you at all shocked by the gender divide that was playing out on the court? >> you know, i wasn't shocked about the liberal justices. they really gave the idaho state attorney a lot of grief, as he deserved. i was a little bit surprised and pleased to hear justice coney barrett join in. i mean, look. idaho's case is quite shocking. republicans are really fond...
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i have never seen anyone in the white house treated the way the white house press corps treated hope hicks. talk about privilege. there is a video of white house reporters kissing her as they are greeting at white house press briefings. that doesn't happen unless you are hope hicks. she cried. that is the big news of the day out of the courtroom. no one knows why she cried at the very beginning of cross- examination. i heard three different theories from reporters on the way out of the courtroom today. you will hear some theories during this hour from people who were in the courtroom with me today and are more perceptive about that. i don't know why she cried. and, i don't care. i know she didn't cry for the 628 children who were held at the southern border in custody by donald trump, who was then unable to find their parents and reunite them. hope hicks didn't cry for them. and we can be sure that hope hicks has never cried when her motto of deny took hold in the supreme court deciding to deny women the right they had for 50 years in this country, longer than hope hicks has been ali
i have never seen anyone in the white house treated the way the white house press corps treated hope hicks. talk about privilege. there is a video of white house reporters kissing her as they are greeting at white house press briefings. that doesn't happen unless you are hope hicks. she cried. that is the big news of the day out of the courtroom. no one knows why she cried at the very beginning of cross- examination. i heard three different theories from reporters on the way out of the...
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. >> and so aaron, not only is the white house under growing pressure to respond to the protest, they are impacting the president's commencement speech schedule. walk us through it. >> yes, they are watching it closely from the outset, and the position that the president has taken is what we have heard from the national security adviser, and the press secretary and others from the administration as well is that they encourage the idea of demonstrations that are peaceful, and they want the students to feel as though their voices can be heard, and they can make the positions known in a public space and that it is good and okay. on the other side, the administration has said they outright condemn any sort of violent demonstrations that pop up. and as antonia noted that many if not all of the demonstrations on college campuses have been peaceful. there are some that have been otherwise, and the administration says no room, no space for anti-semitic commentary in the protests or the demonstration, and it is something that it will condemn. at the same time, criticism that the department of
. >> and so aaron, not only is the white house under growing pressure to respond to the protest, they are impacting the president's commencement speech schedule. walk us through it. >> yes, they are watching it closely from the outset, and the position that the president has taken is what we have heard from the national security adviser, and the press secretary and others from the administration as well is that they encourage the idea of demonstrations that are peaceful, and they...
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white house correspondent for political, eugene daniels. thank you, my friend. >>> next up, we eat take a look at what's driving the markets after stocks soared on monday and why warren buffett bailed out one of his biggest investments. we'll explain when we come right back. investments. we'll explain when we come right back [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. but trelegy has shown me that there's still beauty and breath to be had. because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flare-ups. and with one dose a day, trelegy improves lung function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth
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he's hosting a ceremony at the white house. the presidential medal of freedom to 19 people there including speaker emeritus nancy pelosi, al gore, michael bloomberg and elizabeth dole. it wasn't just fellow politician. president joe biden honored opa lee, clarence jones and posthumously to meg gore emmons, the mississippi activist assassinated in 1963. all-americans who, as the white house put it, built teams, coalitions, organizations and businesses that have shaped america for the better. our thanks to you for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we're so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts after a very short break. stay with us. with so many choices on booking.com there are so many tina feys i could be. so i hired body doubles. 30,000 followers tina in a boutique hotel. or 30,000 steps tina in a mountain cabin. ooh! booking.com booking.yeah
he's hosting a ceremony at the white house. the presidential medal of freedom to 19 people there including speaker emeritus nancy pelosi, al gore, michael bloomberg and elizabeth dole. it wasn't just fellow politician. president joe biden honored opa lee, clarence jones and posthumously to meg gore emmons, the mississippi activist assassinated in 1963. all-americans who, as the white house put it, built teams, coalitions, organizations and businesses that have shaped america for the better. our...
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factions within the white house. a lot of people were leaking because they did not like what the president was doing on their agenda or this issue and what she would do when she got upset. she truly came through that she was upset because she thought the stories were hurting mr. trump. both politically and personally, so she really cared about him. so then she testifies before a january 6 court. i do not want to say a full rupture but a cooling of the relationship because my reporting showed his daughter was furious with hope for text messages that came up that she had sent saying he is destroying everything we work for. the only job we can get is on a local proud boys chapter. he thought she had gone too far. and talking to people they said there is real warmth and affection and she does not want to be doing this. she is angry and frustrated she is being called again. thinks it's a waste of time and money. with all of that she started crying when i believe she was asked the terms offered you this ticket to this worl
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times" and co- author of "the divider, trump in the white house 2017 to 2021." looking at this week, president biden reacted to the pro- palestine protests taking over college campuses. let's take a listen. >> we have all seen the images and they have put to the test two fundamental american principles. excuse me. the first is the right to free speech and people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard. the second is the rule of law. both must be upheld here >> what did you make of biden's remarks, peter, is there a strategy you can define from behind them? >> he remained relatively quiet about the protests for days. it took about 10 days for him to make these comments since the last time he briefly addressed it in remarks to reporters. he had come under a lot of pressure. republicans were criticizing him for not speaking out democrats were frustrated, at least centrist and water it pro- israel democrats were frustrated he was not speaking out on anti-semitism, the images on tv were very disturbing to a lot of people and they wanted the president to gi
times" and co- author of "the divider, trump in the white house 2017 to 2021." looking at this week, president biden reacted to the pro- palestine protests taking over college campuses. let's take a listen. >> we have all seen the images and they have put to the test two fundamental american principles. excuse me. the first is the right to free speech and people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard. the second is the rule of law. both must be upheld here...
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meanwhile the white house has been silence about the protesters. the last time the president addressed the unrest was last week when he condemned anti-semitic rhetoric as well as, quote, those who don't understand what's going on with the palestinians. when asked about it again yesterday, the white house press secretary simply said biden is monitoring the situation and added that some demonstrations have gone too far. "the washington post" notes biden's silence is telling. the issue is difficult for him politically, they write. passions run high, and the democratic base is split above evenly in the sympathies between israel and the palestinians. in a close race he can't afford to lose voters or even have disillusioned ones sit the election out. the president, however, is expected to address the rise of anti-semitism when he speaks at the u.s. holocaust museum's annual days of remembrance. that commemoration is set for next week tuesday. it's a long time between here and now. president biden did hammer donald trump yesterday for comments the promati
meanwhile the white house has been silence about the protesters. the last time the president addressed the unrest was last week when he condemned anti-semitic rhetoric as well as, quote, those who don't understand what's going on with the palestinians. when asked about it again yesterday, the white house press secretary simply said biden is monitoring the situation and added that some demonstrations have gone too far. "the washington post" notes biden's silence is telling. the issue...
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she eventually became the white house communications director. she witnessed every trump scandal. she said he had his hand in everything. he was very involved. we were all just following his lead. she discussed the priorities of the campaign and communications. why does that matter? the point isn't whether he's some apprentice style boss or not. it undercuts one of the trump defenses i've told you about. one of them is, hey, i was out of the loop. i'm busy. other people are getting this stuff done. this is hope hicks. this is not just nobody. she's saying pretty much the opposite. he was hands on, he set the lead, they followed. she also confirmed about what we heard from another witness this week, rhona graff was crucial. that was corroboration. who's this, who's that, the jury's got hope hicks, they've got the evidence, they see how senior position they held and she's corroborating these others. another blow to find some sort of distance from enquirer, hicks confirmed with her own eye witness account that she had seen and heard trump talking to the enquirer chief, david pecker,
she eventually became the white house communications director. she witnessed every trump scandal. she said he had his hand in everything. he was very involved. we were all just following his lead. she discussed the priorities of the campaign and communications. why does that matter? the point isn't whether he's some apprentice style boss or not. it undercuts one of the trump defenses i've told you about. one of them is, hey, i was out of the loop. i'm busy. other people are getting this stuff...
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nbc's aaron gilchrist is reporting from the white house. raf, give us the outline of this. what do we know about this potential deal? >> reporter: chris, in just the last couple minutes hamas released a statement from the leader of its political wing, ismaih haniyeh who says they've agreed to a cease-fire proposal by qatar and egypt, a prossal that's been on the table for more than a week, a proposal that the u.s. has been urging hamas to take. our understanding of the most recent iteration of
nbc's aaron gilchrist is reporting from the white house. raf, give us the outline of this. what do we know about this potential deal? >> reporter: chris, in just the last couple minutes hamas released a statement from the leader of its political wing, ismaih haniyeh who says they've agreed to a cease-fire proposal by qatar and egypt, a prossal that's been on the table for more than a week, a proposal that the u.s. has been urging hamas to take. our understanding of the most recent...
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"deadline: white house" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, everyone. 4:00 in new york. team trump bracing for what is next after the ex-president's election interference scheme is blown wide open but a series of bombshell texts and emails and eyewitness testimony from one of the lawyers involved in practically every last step of the plot to suppress negative stories about donald trump ahead of the 2016 election. to really understand why the so-called catch and kill scheme wasn't just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as lindsey graham tried to spin it a few days ago, we'll get in our way back machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. after donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. the low approval ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruz's wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his flagrantly misogynistic approach to his opponent hillary clinton and look at how that
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the white house, and a lot of people, because they didn't like with the president was doing on their agenda or this issue and that, and she will would deal with the media, she truly came through that she was upset because she thought the stories were hurting mr. trump, or president trump, politically and personally. she really cared about him, right? she testifies before january 6th and is compelled to testify but that adds a rupture, a cooling of their relationship because my reporting showed that the president's daughter was furious with hope for text messages that came out that hope had sent, saying the president is destroying everything we worked for, the only job i'll be able to get is a local proud voice chapter, and trump himself had thought she had gone too far. by talking to people they said there's real warmth and affection and she doesn't want to do this, she's angry and frustrated that she's been called and thinks it's a waste of time and money. with that reporting, she started crying when she was asked, they offered you a ticket to this world, they are responsible for yo
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what would it look like if the white house controlled it? >> well, we don't know, but we can dress -- we can guess what trump would want, which is low interest rates. sometimes the fed chair has to do unpopular things, like keep interest rates up. if you have someone that is purely thinking in a way that is acting at the beck and call of the president, for political means, you risk zero interest rates forever, and inflationary environment, a weak dollar and that could really impact the strength of the whole u.s. economy. >> whether or not it was donald trump, here we are in an election year and we heard the fed is not going to cut interest rates. if any president had influence over the fed and it is 188 days to the election, i have a sinking feeling they would be pushing to cut rates. >> in trumpian terms we would see a financial crisis the likes of which the country had never seen before if the president had any word, and particularly this former president, had any say in the ultimate decision and where interest-rate should go. the fed has
what would it look like if the white house controlled it? >> well, we don't know, but we can dress -- we can guess what trump would want, which is low interest rates. sometimes the fed chair has to do unpopular things, like keep interest rates up. if you have someone that is purely thinking in a way that is acting at the beck and call of the president, for political means, you risk zero interest rates forever, and inflationary environment, a weak dollar and that could really impact the...
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i'm glad the white house has spoken out about that. people are chanting node justice come in no peace, the release of the hostages, bringing those innocent people home safely, hopefully, the president has his team, trying to produce a just cease-fire, and that's important. antony blinken, secretary burns, they've been in the region. it's important to make clear he understands the suffering of the palestinian people, he's doing everything he can to bring humanitarian relief to the people in gaza, and continues to push for a peaceful outcome. >> we have about 30 seconds left. this is a bigger question, do you think people are concerned enough about rfk junior, and the threat he poses in a handful of states, michigan and maybe some others? >> people are concerned, i'm concerned, worrying is my special talent. but look, in the end, i think the american people are going to realize only one of two people can come president on january 20, that's the choice in our system, in a two-party system, people need to vote for joe biden or vote for don
i'm glad the white house has spoken out about that. people are chanting node justice come in no peace, the release of the hostages, bringing those innocent people home safely, hopefully, the president has his team, trying to produce a just cease-fire, and that's important. antony blinken, secretary burns, they've been in the region. it's important to make clear he understands the suffering of the palestinian people, he's doing everything he can to bring humanitarian relief to the people in...
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the white house announced today that the president is going to give a major speech at the u.s. capitol about anti-semitism. we know how long the president has supported as well, has spoken out against anti- semitism. this is also an opportunity for him to address those demonstrations, those who are behind them, those who are trying to peacefully protest, to say he hears them, as well. >> joyce, that one point in one of trump's rallies today, he actually admitted that he asked to be taken to the capital on january 6, so it is like you know, his lawyers and republicans for the last three years or trying everything possible to distance trump from january 6th in saying this it sounds like he's saying yeah, i presided over it so if you are jack smith, if you are prosecuting donald trump for election interference, do your ears perk up? is he helping you make your case? >> well, look, i suspect that molly is not the only one taking notes today. i mean, when you have trump making a comment like this at the rally in wisconsin, absolutely. jack smith is getting the video clip and that is
the white house announced today that the president is going to give a major speech at the u.s. capitol about anti-semitism. we know how long the president has supported as well, has spoken out against anti- semitism. this is also an opportunity for him to address those demonstrations, those who are behind them, those who are trying to peacefully protest, to say he hears them, as well. >> joyce, that one point in one of trump's rallies today, he actually admitted that he asked to be taken...
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joining us now former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmieri. jennifer and claire mccaskill, co-hosts of the msnbc podcast how to win 2024. jen, thanks for being with us this morning. and trump's comments on abortion come as florida's six-week ban goes into effect today. so an important moment here. give us your reaction, first of all, to what he had to say to try to dance around the issue of abortion. >> you know, it's just -- the most effective thing to do is look at the report's conclusions of what the president said, which is to say he will allow red states to monitor women's pregnancies. he's already taken the most extreme position he can, which is to -- which is to put into -- put the court into a position that it's overturning roe v. wade. right, once that happened, that left women vulnerable to the most extreme positions possible on abortion, and that is what's happening in dozens of -- more than a dozen states in the united states and taking effect in the state of florida today a six-week abortion ban, at a time when a lot of women don'
joining us now former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmieri. jennifer and claire mccaskill, co-hosts of the msnbc podcast how to win 2024. jen, thanks for being with us this morning. and trump's comments on abortion come as florida's six-week ban goes into effect today. so an important moment here. give us your reaction, first of all, to what he had to say to try to dance around the issue of abortion. >> you know, it's just -- the most effective...
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so will the former white house secretary stephanie grisham. a quick reminder that my brand- new book comes out this tuesday. i will be visiting a lot of different cities over the next few weeks for some great conversations with some people you will definitely recognize including lawrence o'donnell on wednesday and many others. we will put all the info up on our social media. i hope to see lots of you out on the road. in the meantime we will see you tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. there is much more news coming up on msnbc. >>> on this our of ayman, outside agitators. are they scapegoats? >>> a dartmouth professor thrown to the ground, zip tied, and arrested. what fueled the violence. >>> with donald trump talking about fairness there is a new film reminding us of what he and his supporters did after the last election. i am ayman mohyeldin. let's do it. >>> as pro-palestinian and antiwar protests spread to college campuses across the country, there was one phrase that kept popping up. >> outside agitators. >> outside agitators. >> outside
so will the former white house secretary stephanie grisham. a quick reminder that my brand- new book comes out this tuesday. i will be visiting a lot of different cities over the next few weeks for some great conversations with some people you will definitely recognize including lawrence o'donnell on wednesday and many others. we will put all the info up on our social media. i hope to see lots of you out on the road. in the meantime we will see you tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. there is...
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let's bring in sarah matthews, who served as donald trump's white house press secretary. chuck rosenberg, danny cevallos, and duncan lovin are still with me. how focused do you think donald trump is on the actual number of people, whether they're family members inside the courtroom or the fact that in many many days of this trial, the number of people outside supporting him are in single digits? >> yeah, donald trump is definitely paying close attention to this. look, he's someone who's all about branding and optics, and he knows it's not necessarily the best look that he had his family by his side the first couple of weeks that there aren't crowds of protesters outside supporting himment you kno -- him. you know, he feeds off the energy. to not assemble outside the courthouse, and putting him in a bad mood. he's lashing out at aides. now he's seeing folks support him by his side, whether it's aides or surrogates and family members. you noted eric trump came. i imagine that moving forward, that will be the case, that they'll continue to try to bring people to be around hi
let's bring in sarah matthews, who served as donald trump's white house press secretary. chuck rosenberg, danny cevallos, and duncan lovin are still with me. how focused do you think donald trump is on the actual number of people, whether they're family members inside the courtroom or the fact that in many many days of this trial, the number of people outside supporting him are in single digits? >> yeah, donald trump is definitely paying close attention to this. look, he's someone who's...
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. >> we got a statement from the white house right now on this issue. and i'm quoting here, president biden has stood against repugnant antisemitic smears and violent rhetoric his entire life. he condemns the use of the term intefadeh and he has -- as he has the other tragic and dangerous hate speech displayed in recent days. president biden respects the right to free expression, but protests must be peaceful and lawful, forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful, it is wrong, and hate speech and hate symbols have no place in america. again, that statement coming from the white house spokesperson andrew bates. hagar, this is a big escalation, breaking into a building, barricaing themselves inside, making these threats about blood being spilled. what is your reaction? >> sure, well, first of all, i'm really happy to hear about president biden's statement, because this -- the white house is the bully pulpit of the world and they're the ones who should be telling people that by the way, this protest is not peaceful anymore, you've crossed the line into
. >> we got a statement from the white house right now on this issue. and i'm quoting here, president biden has stood against repugnant antisemitic smears and violent rhetoric his entire life. he condemns the use of the term intefadeh and he has -- as he has the other tragic and dangerous hate speech displayed in recent days. president biden respects the right to free expression, but protests must be peaceful and lawful, forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful, it is wrong, and...
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you heard the president over the weekend at the white house correspondents' dinner make a joke of sleepy don, nobody is more delighted by this than president biden. you're not going to be able to call him sleepy joe anymore. that's out the window. colin jost make a joke as well, here we are, 10:00 at night, the president of the united states is doing fine, he's alert, all that, jabbing at trump, and i think you see a new phase of biden's approach to the former president, instead of holding back, referring to him as the former guy, my predecessor, he's going directly at him and trying to get under his skin, trying to tease him about stormy daniels, tease him about falling asleep in court, really even going after his hair, which is something you haven't heard joe biden do very often against his opponent. he's looking to get a rise out of former president trump. i think he's trying to take the fight to him and encourage his democratic audiences who have been eager for the president to join the fight a little bit more aggressively. >> as a point of privilege, i want to say i was delighted, p
you heard the president over the weekend at the white house correspondents' dinner make a joke of sleepy don, nobody is more delighted by this than president biden. you're not going to be able to call him sleepy joe anymore. that's out the window. colin jost make a joke as well, here we are, 10:00 at night, the president of the united states is doing fine, he's alert, all that, jabbing at trump, and i think you see a new phase of biden's approach to the former president, instead of holding...
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the morning after the white house correspondents' dinner. i really appreciate it. jonathan, let me start with you. >> sure. >> and my exchange with leader mcconnell which i asked him if he stands by his argument that no one is immune. he ultimately said yes, he stands by it and it comes after we've had this extraordinary day of arguments at the supreme court. >> i thought it was a superb interview. >> thank you. >> i think mcconnell is torn between politics and history. he is trying to find a way ahead in a party that's led by someone who he has nothing but contempt for. mcconnell thought he was discredited, and i know that because he told me so that night. mcconnell is now stuck in the shadows of his career with the nominee and maybe the president who he finds contemptible and policy issues like national security, and he makes that point to you. at the end of his career he will fight this fight on national security because that's what his legacy is trying to keep that reagan flame aloft and the only way he can is for national security. it's just fascinating that h
the morning after the white house correspondents' dinner. i really appreciate it. jonathan, let me start with you. >> sure. >> and my exchange with leader mcconnell which i asked him if he stands by his argument that no one is immune. he ultimately said yes, he stands by it and it comes after we've had this extraordinary day of arguments at the supreme court. >> i thought it was a superb interview. >> thank you. >> i think mcconnell is torn between politics and...