kornacki, new england patriot fan, i believe and probably as a whole plan for sunday. >> i just got to say, kate, you have drawn the single toughest time slot in television history. sunday night at 6:30. you're going up against the super bowl. >> i know. i'll tell you what, dvr nightly news, watch us back later, that's fine. i don't mind. >> best of both worlds. good luck on sunday. most of the game after that. could be a big night for new england. good afternoon, everybody, steve kornacki here in new york. day 15, donald trump's first 1 4urks days. topping our agenda right now. raising the stakes on iran. >> today's sanctions really represent a very, very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking. >> trump says iran isn't behaving. now, he's imposing new sanctions. also dismantling the obama legacy. >> today we're assigning core principles for regulating the

united states financial system. doesn't get much bigger than that, right? >> outcry from democrats as trump takes aim at obama's wall street reforms. and rounding out our agenda, we have to talk about it, it's super bowl weekend. and unless you're from new england, you probably hate the patriots, but i'm going to tell you why you might want to cheer for them anyway. that's coming up later this hour. we begin with the top story, new sanctions against iran. 25 individuals and companies being singled out by the trump administration just hours ago for their connections to iran's ballistic missile program. national security advisor michael flynn touting the sanctions saying quote the international community s been toole to rent of iran's bad behavior. iran's hostile and belligerent actions toward the united states

and the world community are over. important to note here, the white house stressing that these new sanctions did not, do not affect the nuclear deal with iran. that is a deal that trump has loudly attacked being issued under an executive order that was also by used by obama and george w. bush, but the aggressive tone trump is taking here, it is a clear departure from his predecessor. iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. there may be more to come. >> one thing donald trump said throughout the campaign, he doesn't like to telegraph his options. that's how he believes you can have a much greater successful option. so i'm not going to go into the full extent. i think today's sanctions really represent a very, very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking.

make it very clear that the deal that was struck previously was not in the best interest of this country, and that president trump is going to do everything he can to make sure that iran is stayed in check. >> all right, peter alexander joins us now from the white house, peter, very tough talk from the white house. we showed that tweet from president trump as well. what about the details? what exactly is happening here? >> reporter: here's the bottom line, it is less the actions that are all that different from what the obama administration had been enforcing in the past. these were sanctions in the pipeline while president obama was still present, but they were triggerrd by this president, president trump. it is that tone as you note that has been noticeably different. not only mike flynn this week sayinghat iran is now on notice, but the actions today and the way thathey were delivered by this committee also shows that stark contrast. this is about 25 different individuals and entities that are associated with iran's ballistic missile program,

including the guard core in iran. focussed on suppliers to that ballistic missile program and the suppliers that are supporting terrorist activities like the hewties and yemen. hezbollah and lebanon right now. they make it very clear that this is separate. it is distinct from the iran nuclear deal which most certainly president trump has been a fierce critic of, nonetheless, the iran nuclear deal doesn't allow them to independently pursue any deal specific to nuclear-related activities. it does allow for missile sanctions and sanctions for the sponsorship of terrorism. and that's what's happening here. iran nonetheless pushing back today, we heard earlier this day from the foreign minister of that country, zarif, who posted a series of tweets, we'll give you a sense of how they are responding. iran is unmoved by the threats as we derive security from our people. we'll never initiate war but he can rely on our own means of defense. he added we will never use them

except in self-defense. let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement. to give you a sense, we're hearing from senior administration officials that these are simply initial steps in response to what they described as this provocative behavior. they basically say, the ball right now is in iran's court, that they will will be watching their actions going forward. and if they see anything that is not appropriate as they describe it, they will not be afraid to act as president trump told me just yesterday, everything remains on the table as necessary to help alter iran's behavior. >> all right, peter alexander, thanks for that. president trump's new sanctions against iran already being applauded by congressional republicans. bob korker, the chair of the senate foreign relations committee saying the white house did reach out to him while drawing these sanctions up. this after a lack of consultation with congressional leaders was an early criticism of the administration. the trump administration also easing fears from some

republicans with new statements on russia. >> the united states continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the russian occupation of crimea. crimea related sanctions will remain in place until russia returns control over to ukraine. >> white house press secretary sean spicer using the word occupation today to describe russia's seizure of crimea from ukraine. the white house also calming fears about that testy phone call that trump had with australia's prime minister. now the administration signaling that they will go ahead with the deal to aept refugees that was signed by barack obama also top trump advisors meeting with the ambassador trying to smooth things over. make no mistake here, trump in the early day was his presidency has alarmed the foreign policy establishment of both parties.

but are there signs that he's moving towards a more conventional approach? joining me to help tackle that, kasie hunt, and tom davis. >> let me start with you, and the news of iran. you heard the report from peter al zonder, substantively, there's a lot of overlap here with things that were already happening under president obama. the tone here though. that tweet from president obama saying i'm going to be tough tonight, predecessor wasn't the words. whaeskt does that tone coming out of the president and the white house have on the u.s. and the relationship with iran? >> it's going to ratchet up tension between the two countries. and let's face it, we've seen a series of iranian provocations. not only this ballistic missile launch, steve, but also a series of maritime in the coast.

the next time they come, i expect you'll see shots fired. we're going to create a sense of tension here, but i think it's necessary to do that, and i applaud the administration for taking a tougher line with iran. >> in terms of the situation you just laid out, shots could be fired the next time, everybody's fear hanging over this whole iran situation the last decade or so. this ultimate leads to some kind of war. what is the possibility? that's where we end up? >> well, when i w a supreme like at nato, we focussed a lot on russia and we've looke a this the kind of problem in the past, you have to meet aggression with strength. i think that taking a tough tone with iranians without a precise set of redlines is the right course of action and let's hope the iranians take heed and stand down. >> tom davis, the politics of this. there was a lot of confusion among republicans about what kind of president trump would be on foreign policy. one thing that was note worthy,

pat buchanon was an ally, he had that isolationist, america first foreign policy, i noticed this today, pat buchanan basically breaking with donald trump because of this issue of iran. he does not like at all the tone that trump is taking, the actions he's taking on iran as president. are you getting a sense, a clearer sense now of the kind of foreign policy president trump is using? >> i think he's being tested. >> you get a new test in there. the narrative was that the iranian nuclear deal, this was a bad deal. we can't trust iran. he's in many ways talking to his base on this. on the other hand, substantively, this isn't different from the obama administration is heading. i'm not sure that off different conclusion here. he's talking to a different base. >> kasie hunt, we mentioned applause coming from congressional republicans. we saw this as well earlier in the week when flynn put that statement out there saying hey, iran is on notice right now. last week the administration was

running around congress. it looks things have changed in terms of how it's dealing with capitol hill here. >> i'm not sure if it was running around as simply failing to consider at all what some of these members of congress would be looking for. and i think, you know, the quickest way to get people on capitol hill angry is to cut them o of the loop and make them feel surprised. you know, the number of times that i have told members of congress over the course of the last week, something that the administration has just done, i can't remember it ever being like that before. typically they know before we do, and that is just not been the case. until it seems the last day or two in the wake of the backlash over that executive order and some of these other issues, you are getting some republicans who are coming out and saying, okay, this time, you know, in bob corker's face can be i spoke with mike flynn, i have an understanding of where this stands. this is a good sign. so clearly i think they are learning, but it's a little bit of learning as we go along. there have been consequences there. i also think that, you know, they seem to have, in this case,

they had their ducks in a row to the point that nobody felt like they needed to go rogue or off the reservation. thought it was fascinating that yesterday you had john mccain announcing he was calling the australian ambassador. while members of congress certainly weigh in all the time about what they think the president is doing right and wrong and foreign policy, m it's very, very rare to see that kind of, you know, side waist diplomacy. this was something that the president, you know, in his administration should typically be doing. i think, you know, it's potentially a new role for members of congress, if the trump administration doesn't kind of keep it on the straight and narrow. they seem to be finding their way there, but it's not clear if that'll hold. >> right now we have the news obviously on iran. i want to talk about the other big development on the foreign policy front though. that has to do with russia, admiral, we played as well, nikki haley, first appearance before the u.n. security council. the backdrop, we had republicans worried, you had democrats screaming, this is an administration that's going to give russia everything. the first statement is an

greasive one on ukraine. >> i thought it was perfect. it was pitch perfect to the russians. and also steve, it's playing off the new story cycle yesterday about the easing of sanctions on russia, which was more of a technical adjustment of sanctions over treasury. so ambassador haley to get throughout and really say, it's an occupation, to hear the national security advisor use that term, that's appropriate. because at the end of the day, russia's behavior there is such a clear cut violation of international law. there's really no give there. so, i applaud that statement. i think it's the right tone. >> what do you think congressman, is going on here? because again, you have all of those statements from trump in the campaign, even after becoming president, wants a new relationship with russia. didn't want to get into the election hacking. talking about what a strong leader putin is. this is the first sort of formal, official statement of u.s. policy toward russia. what do you think is behind that? >> he's met with theresa may that the point, fwhn office a couple weeks. he's getting his sea legs,

netanyahu comes to town. i think as you get more school, it's not rare for a administration to take a few months to get their sea legs. i think we're seeing a lot of that at this point. at the enof the day, the options aren't different from that. >> do you view it as all as a reversal? do you think it's a case where trump was sending signals that we were misinterpreting? do you think he's reversing course here? how do you read it? big picture to be a bit of a change from what we've been hearing. >> once you get in there, you find out the options aren't what you said. president obama went through the same thing, president bush went through. it's always different from the inside. and i think he's getting realization as he goes through trial and error. >> steve, i would say -- i agree completely with the congressman. and i would add that it's okay to confront where you must on things like ukraine or syrian where there's support for assad. on cyber hacking, but it's okay to simultaneously try and seek a better tone to try and find

zones of cooperation, counterterrorism, the arctic, so i think a policy of confront where we must, we heard that from ambassador haley, but cooperate where we can. th's avoiding stumbling backwards. >> steve, i thk we have another problem with the leaks coming out from the krvegss with the president of mexico, yesterday with prime minister of australia, those leaks really hurt. and i think any presidential conversation with any foreign leader is never pretty when it gets out there. >> what is the key from the administration's standpoint to stopping that and for that not -- >> closer circle i think of people who understand this. they're going to have to put a stop to this. he has people that want to undo him from day one. i think there's that going on as well. got to get them out of the loop. >> kasie hunt, reaction up there on capitol hill. we said look, if there was one theme, there've been a bunch of themes, one of the themes from the first week or so that foreign policy establishment in each party, democratic and republican, a lot of alarm that

donald trump was going radically break with american tradition of foreign policy. some of these moves, russia, iran, more consultant with capitol hill. is there a new attitude? a new sense of maybe it's not going to be as big of a break as some of them were fearing? >> i'm not sure, steve, i mean, i think to a certain extent the members of congress on this particular front don't feel like we yet have a pattern that's established. there's still a whole lot -- it's been a very erratic week. and i think that the trump administration still has some work to do to prove that the next time something happens and the time after that, that they are going to behave in a certain way. and i think that look, there's a big difference here between what republicans in particular are willing to swallow to have donald trump as president. most of the republicans on capitol hill in support of him, they never thought he would become president, but they say okay, he's going to support supreme court justices that are like ones we want. he's going to sign a tax refm bill into law.

okay fine, we can put up with that. where that breaks down a little bit is along the foreign policy questions. because there are people who are concerned that the president might do permanent damage to americans standing in the world, relationships around the world, i think that's why you see people like john mccain drawing a distinct line, try to get john mccain to talk about a tweet that trump has that morning, good luck. he won't say anything, but something like this call with the prime minister of australia, he's out there in front of it. and i think that's a pattern that is going to continue until they work out exactly thousand communicate with these members up on the hill. >> nbc's kasie hunt, thank you all of you for joining us. appreciate that. quick break here. still ahead, the other major today out of the white house. a the lot of news coming out of the white house. this one about president trump and his executive order trying to scale back financial regulations that barack obama put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. trump touted that order today. >> we expect to be cutting a lot

out of dodd frank, i have so many people, nice businesses that can't borrow money. they can't get any money because of the banks. won't let them borrow. >> trump's going after a big part of barack obama's legacy here. what will it mean for wall street and for you? my colleague stephanie rule is going to break it all down. plus one of president trump's most controversial cabinet picks just cleared one hurdle in the senate. will she be able to pick up enough to clear the final vote? coming up, why republicans may have to go to unprecedented measures to get betsy devos through, stay with us. . nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car.

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president obama's law aimed at protecting consumers from abuses by financial institutions may be in skbrep i did. president trump today signing an executive order ordering the treasury department to review the 2010 law known as dodd frank. trump promising during the campaign that he would take action to scale back some of the laws financial regulations. white house press secretary sean spicer talking about why trump and republicans want to change the law. >> dodd frank has been both a disaster in terms of the impact that it's had, but also hasn't achieved the goal. there's no question that the president tald abt this extensively, the impact that it's had, and it's not an either/or. it's frankly not doing what it's set out to do. >> joining us now, when we get to wall street and the big banks, i can't explain it, but stephanie rule can. my colleague, stephanie, thanks

for joining us. let me tell you this. i hear two versions -- two different arguments here when it comes to the idea of dodd frank. i hear what we just got from sean spicer. >> he said one thing that was correct and one thing that was incorrect. dodd frank isn't doing what it set out to do. dodd frank is a disaster, it's absolutely untrue, and donald trump had jamie diamond, the chairman and ceo of jpmorgan sitting across from him at the white house today, and jamie diamond in the last few years has said, dodd frank has made us better and stronger. and if you're in a big bank, that is true. >> so what is the middle ground here? the version you get from the trump administration, and the version you get from republicans is the law has been a disaster. it's hurting the committee, it's unnecessary regulation. the version basically you get from the left is hey, if you touch this thing, we're going to have another melt down. is there a middle ground here? >> let's break this down, why does dodd frank exist? it was the financial crisis. so gary cone, former president of goldman sachs got on the lawn

today and he said our banks are highly capitalized banks and are in a position to do great things, but they are being strangled by regulation. the reason these banks are highly capitalized, meaning they have loads of money on the balance sheet is because of dodd frank. before dodd frank, they were engaging in lending practices that were predatory. they were trading exotic securities. they were using money that was deposited in the bank and taking massive outsized risks and then they had to get bailed out by the american people. it is why the american people said i think the banking industry stinks. it's public enemy number one. in comes regulation. now dodd frank probably overregulated because we ended up putting all of these regulations on the banks, big banks like jpmorgan, they can afford it. that's why there's this essence of regulatory capture. if you're a guy with all the money, you're going to pour an extra thousand compliance officers, if you're a smaller or mid-sized bank in the midwest, you can't.

and you're starting to see those organizations get strangled out of business and some of the bigger banks have gotten bigger and bigger. it's a matter of tweaking it. in the last eight years, there's been a divide and people have been so angry, and the funny thing is, those hard core donald trump supporters, one the reasons they're angry is because they lost their home or small business, but repealing dodd frank isn't going to open the doors again. >> one argument that you get, from the administration, from the repeal, from the overhaul of the law, they say, look, if you repeal the law, the banks are going to have more money that they can send out to companies in terms of loans, create jobs, grow the economy, is there anything too that? >> to an extent, sure. banks are more vanilla today than ever. they don't like that. but investors actually do. there's more people that are buying bank stocks today than before because they actually know what banks are doing. what banks can't do is trade in derivative products, they can't be in these high-risk businesses because of the vocal rule, they

can't treat a bank like a hedge fund where they're just making proprietary bets. those kind of investments have moved from banks to the by sides, the hedge funds where they should sit. it's a business to take risks. banks don't like that because they like to make more money. for bajs who say we can't make money, not suffering. >> i want to ask you two tahoe in the minute we have left re. seco executive order. i think people are hearing right now the story that's out there is this was a labor department rule that donald trump with his executive order is doing away with. and basically said hey, investment advisors, financial advisors, they don't in the future they don't necessarily have to make decisions and give you advice based on what's good for you. they can now do it based on what's good for them. so i think a lot of people are hearing a story here where their sfnl adviser is now in a position where the financial advisor can hurt them. >> this is a confusing one. this is about a fe dush area responsibility, remember, after the financial crisis, when so

many people lost money because of some time they were saying, kwloon i was invested in. and if you're an constitutional investor, one could argue, listen, you're a big boy, you're in this game, and through regulation, there's been a lot that says every investment, we need to make sure that end investor is being protected. so this taking away the fiduciary responsibility makes it sound like that advisor that goes to see your mom and dad and helps them figure out retirement, they no longer have to work for them, that's not the case. it is like a broker dealer. discount broker dealers that you might to want open an account with so you can trade, they don't necessarily have to have a fiduciary, which does make some sense. at the end of the day if you're going to invest in the markets, you can lose money. >> i am glad we have you as part of the msnbc family to explain stuff like this. stuffny rule -- >> i will point out, if you have the time, please, look a all the things donald trump said during the campaign. wall street's giving money to hillary clinton, we know why,

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time now for a check of the headlines at the half hour. trump administration responding to iran's recent ballistic missile test with new sanctions. on 13 people and 12 companies. iran says the new sanctions will not stop it's missile program. iran borrowing american wrestlers from participating in

a competition there this month. the white house stressing the sanctions do not affect the nuclear deal already in place with iran. president trump on his way to florida for his first weekend away from the white house since taking office two weeks ago. on monday, he's going to visit mcdill air force base in tampa. that's home of cencom which oversees the fight against isis. the labor department saying the u.s. employers added 227,000 jobs in january. that is the most since september. state department says about 60,000 people have had their visas revoked since president trump signed that executive order temporarily barring people from seven predominantly muslim countries from traveling to the united states. justice department lawyer claiming during a court hearing in virginia that 100,000 have been rescinded. lockheed martin announcing a lower price deal for a new set of f-35 fighter jets. coming weeks after president trumid the price of the

program was out of control. company says trump's personal involvement helped drive down the price. mexican drug lord el chapo appearing in a federal court in new york today. his lawyers arguing that his jail conditions that includes a 23 hour a day lockdown in the inability to visit with his wife and lawyer. they say those conditions are too strict. el chapo has pleaded not guilty to running a massive drug trafficking operation that laundered billions of dollars and oversaw murders and kidnappings. and the louvre museum in paris set to reopen tomorrow. this after soldiers at a nearby underground mall shot a man who lounged at them with a machete. he shouted allahu akbar, that suspect remains in the hospital. louvre verts were forced to evacuate, the museum was shuddered for the rest of the day. there was no doubt this was a terrorist attack. president trump tweeted out a new radical islamic terrorists

has just attacked in louvre museum in paris, tourists were locked down. get smart, u.s. matt bradley is live in paris. all right, matt, what do we know about this suspect and the circumstances here? >> reporter: thanks, steve. as you mention the french prosecutors have just come out with some new information on this suspect. they believe he's a 29-year-old egyptian national who arrived in paris from dubai where he had been a resident. staying there for several months while seeking a passport. sort of an access to this european common passport area. he came in last week. he bought these two machetes at a sports store here. just two days later after he arrived. he rented a flat. he was scheduled to leave paris in just a couple of days. now the details of the attack itself as you mentioned, he'd been trying to gain access to an underground shopping mall. you can see -- i'm in front of the historic louvre museum,

underneath this entire campus, there's a high end shopping facility. he was trying to get in. he had two bags, one a knapsack. he went after some of these soldiers, the four who had been patrolling around the grounds here. when they tried to subdue him to prevent him from doing any damage, he actually attacked one of them with one of the two machetes he'd been carrying one in each hand and did a blow to one of the soldier's heads. no one was killed, but the soldiers fired back. they shot four shots, mostly hitting his abdomen and this egyptian national, he is now in the hospital. and he hasn't been killed, but again, this was something of a light incident, but it's still really rattled france. this is a country that has really gone through several terrorist attacks in just the last two years. and remember for the last 1 months, this country has been under an official state of emerncy. and that's why we had soldiers like these four who were attacked who were deploying domestically on the streets of paris. and now, just in the past couple

of hours, we've seen a massive deployment of additional police officers and soldiers. it's going to get worse and more menacing from here as anxiety rises, steve. >> all right, matt bradley over there in paris. thank you for that report. and meanwhile, we are just over 50 hours away from the start of one of america's biggest events. super sunday. the super bowl, the pats against the falcons. some people are looking at this game as the ultimate payday. we'll tackle that next, the most important number of the day.

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of the week. >> that was the simpsons with a classic take on something that happens a lot in the country, especiallily on a weekend like this, but we don't always talk about, and that is betting on football. it's super sunday coming up. it takes us to our most important number of the day today. and it's three, three as in, well, three is the point spread on the super bowl. how does this work? if you're not a degenerate gambler, hopefully you're not, you may not know. the patriots are favored to win the game by three. so you know, if you're just a fan and you want the patriots to win, it doesn't matter to you. if you win it 30-29 or 50 hfr 7, it doesn't matter. if you're betting on the patriots, it means that minus means they have to win the game and they have to do is by more than three points. and if you're betting on the falcons, thefalls con lose the game by two points or lose it by a point, but they beat the spread and you make -- this is very dirty, seedy is stuff, but

you know what, that's the points spread. there's bets for everybody though on the super bowl. it's the only weekend, they call these prop bets. vegas has all sorts of these things. it's for the casual fan just watching the game. like this. how many times will president trump be mentioned during the tv broadcast or the super bowl? you can bet on that. and the line is set at one and a half. do you think his name will be mentioned two or more times then you bet the over if you think it'll bmentioned one time, if you think it won't be mentied at all. maybe a break from politic completely. you can bet the under. you can bet on something like that. other things, how about the halftime show? lady gaga at halftime, what song is she going to sing first? here we go. here's all the choices here. we have a real long shot. here, you've got the favorite is any sort not mentioned. you can bet on what song she's going to sing. here's another one. how many times deflate or deflategate going to be mentioned. that's the big patriots zandle in the backdrop. here's my favorite of all time. yeah, you can bet the coin toss,

heads, you can bet tails. i wouldn't try to explain what that number next to it mean, but if you're a hard core degenerate, you already nope that's our most important number of the day today. it is three. that is the dark underbelly of football we just talk abouted. now how about the game itself. nbc's ron mott has the inveable assignment. he joins us from down there. all sorts of story lines here. the patriots going for records, roger goodell may be handing them the trophy. matt ryan and the falcons, set the scene. what's it like? >> reporter: well it's quiet at the moment, steve, at nrt stadium, in 48 hours and change, this is going to be rocking. 73 plus,000 in the stands, you'll have a lot of people downtown at all the bars and restaurants. cheering on either the patriots or the falcons. we have to think that a lot of folks around the country because the ploths have been so successful, probably rooting for the falcons. we'll have to see that map between now and then, they'll put a map of the united states and which state is going for

which team. the leading bet is that atlanta is going to get most of the non-partisan crowd. so, we'll see how that all works out. we're expecting a lot of fun here in houston, downtown, where the nfl experience is, thousands of people going through, meeting players, current players, former players, electric atmosphe here in the city. it's only going to build even more as we get into tonight and the weekend, steve. >> and ron, we'll give you a chance, this is the question everybody gets asked. make a prediction? >> reporter: you know what, i slepten to last night, and as good as the patriots are and bill belichick is really a genius of a football coach and tom brady obviously is a walking bust for khan ton, ohio, i think the falcons are going to win. and it's not going to be as convincing as against the packers, but i think they will beat the patriots by at least ten points. >> at least ten? oh my -- you're not just calling for the upset. he's calling for the blowout. wow. ron mott.

>> reporter: i am. strong offense. >> we will see. you can make some money in vegas with a bet like that. thanks for joining us down there from the sbroul. i wish i had that assignment. quick break here, coming up, as promised, my pitch to all football fans, i know you probably hate the patriots and if you listen to ron, they're not going to win. i'm going to tell you why maybe, maybe, you may to want cheer for them anyway. that's coming up. already in mot. companies across the state are growing the economy, with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in corning, where the future is materializing. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today at esd.ny.gov

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sweetheart deal. they should be pleased with what the united states did. and instead they've been provocative and irresponsible. and the president's actions today show that he is going to not leave those actions unchecked. and they are the first step in our -- in a sign that there is a administration. >> that was just moments ago. white house press sec toir sean spicer, that's an exclusive, he's sitting down with greta van u.s. is ran it, it'll hair at 6:00 tonight. there is sean spicer with more reaction, more comment on the white house's decision to impose new sanctions on iran. for more on this and other stories topping the headlines right now. i'm joined by the political reporter from real clear politics. so caitlin, let me start with you this is interesting the politics. donald trump campaigned against that iran deal during the campaign. now the white house show taking pains to say the deal is still in place. they're going to leave it in place. and the sanctions drawing some

support here from capitol hill, this is something where donald trump is actually for all of the rhetoric doing something that's a little bit more conventional. >> more traditional. >> we saw with the supreme court pick he was able to coalesce, and demoralized republican lawmakers who were upset with the way he handled the immigration executive order. with this you're hearing a lot of applause from capitol hill. republican lawmakers excited about this, praise from people like even john mccain whose been very critical of this president already and speaker paul ryan. so this is something that i think can bring together the party. and i think you might see this from donald trump here and there. you're going to have these moments where there's, you know, chaos and people are upset with the way the administration handling things, but he is going to have moments like this that bring the party together. >> nile, let me ask you, i'm curious because we're always trying to find the strategy, a bigger strategy at work here with donald trump. here's what i'm wondering. we saw this with torture last week. donald trump talks about how he

likes torture, then adds as a matter of policy, i'm going to defer to my defense secretary. he talks about how much he doesn't like the iran deal, he talks on twitter about president obama's supposedly being weak, but then he upholds the iran deal. is there a strategy here of keeping these base in line with this kind of talk, but then making different decisions? >> i think there is, steve. i think donald trump is all about the projection of tufness, of being uncompromising, of driving a hard bargain. and that has worked for him politically in a big way. many of his voters believe that he is going to -- as they see it, return the united states to a stronger position. but, one of the difficulties with those slogan is you have to work out how to deliver them in the real world and something as complicated as say the nuclear deal with iran which is, you know, extremely complicated of it's own nature also involved several u.s. allies. and i think in that issue, on

the issue such as torture, trump is trying to portray the strength while at the same time backing away from it almost away from the headlines. >> let's shift gears here too and talk about the cabinet. the cab snet still not in place, and we have one question hanging over all of this, will his nominee, will betsy devos actually get through. the story right now? two republicans have come out, collins, murkowski, they're no votes. that believes that every republican stays in line, that leaves exactly 50 votes for her confirmation, mike pence, the vp as the president of the senate would break the tie. the vote looks like it's going to happen next week. if there's one cabinet pick, it's going to be this one. what are the chances that democrats can pick off one other republican? >> this is really their only option left. you hear from democrats who are running for reelection in red states that they are going to keep an eye on with all of

trump's policies, joe manchin, donnelly, others, they have come out in opposing her. what's interesting about this too, they are going to need to keep jeff sessions in the senate long enough to still be a senator before he becomes attorney general, before he gets officially confirmed to be able to break -- to support this. what's interesting, i was talking to republican lawmakers, republican senators from red states earlier this week who said that they've been getting a bulk of their calls have been about devos, still supporting her because of her traditional -- they line up with her on certain things. it's interesting because that has been a really keel point for constituents. >> it does seem that her hearings, of all the confirmation hearings proce more, i guess you would say viral moments. give people a taste of this. i'm sure you've seen the clips, this is some of what happened when she had the hearing at the education center. >> i think probably there, i would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to

protect from potential grizzlies. i support accountability. >> equal accountability for all schools that receive federal fund kpg. >> i support accountability. >> okay. is that a yes or a no? >> that's a i support accountability. >> did not want to answer. >> and nile, label the of a taste there of some of the things obviously among her critics that set alarm bells off. i think where they crossed over into the mainstream a little bit. it is a question for these republicans. you've got two who said no right now. the concerns raised, the concerns maybe the constituents that are raising versus hey, do you want to be the republican who takes down the new republican president's nominee? >> right, and we have seen democrats and other opponents of betsy devos aim at certain senators who have not opposed devos. jeff flake was at one time seen as a promising target. he's going to support her. now they're talking about pat

tooumy of pennsylvania. this is clearly the best chance of stymieing donald trump. it's partly because betsy devos has so many traits or active goods that make her a target for democrats. big fundraiser for the republican party a woman of enormous personal wealth and very conservative figure generally beyond the area of education. and then you have the halting performance at the hearing that you just played, steve. so i think when you put all of that together. that's why she is target number one. >> all right. nile and caitlin, thanks to both of you. have a great weekend. and we mentioned, that interview, greta van u.s. is tren sitting down with sean spicer. for the record, 6:00 p.m. eastern here on mbz.

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commissioner. a lot of fans aren't happy with him, the way he's handled offfield issues. his anonymous salary, poll last year gave goodell a 28% approval rating among football fans. that's not too good. by the way, among patriot fans, they can't stand roger goodell, he is the one who wouldn't drop the deflategate investigation for two years. he's the o who ended up suspending tom brady for four games this year. his name is a curse word in new england. goodell has gone out of his way to avoid going to a patriot's game this year, but, if the patriots win on sunday, he's going to have no choice. he is going to have to stand on stage in the middle of the field with the whole world watching and he's going to have to hand over the vince lombardi trophy to brady, bill belichick, and bob kraft. this would be the holding the bible for donald trump's swearing in. this would be to put it mildly, incredibly awkward for goodell.

and if you're not a goodell fan, incredibly satisfying to watch. so maybe you hate the patriots, i get that, but if they win on sunday, you're guaranteed to get a very interesting post-game ceremony, and maybe, just maybe, there is a small part of you that's dieing to see what all of new england is dieing to see. that'll do it for us. mtp daily starts right now. if it's friday, the line blurs between the politics of business and the business of politics. tonight, getting down to business. why two weeks into the trump presidency everything from cars, t-shirts, to beer has become politicized. plus, bank on it. president trump moves to undo financial regulations put in place after the great recession. jpmorgan chase,