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week. destination, south carolina. you can see him now. he's in the cockpit of that dreamliner, that boeing dreamliner that he was praising just a moment ago in front of huge crowds, cheering on the commander in chief in south carolina, who paid them back, donald trump did, by making big promises. >> we're also here today to celebrate jobs. we have the greatest people anywhere in the world. we have the greatest spirit. as your president, i'm going to do everything i can to unleash the power of the american spirit. and to put our great people back to work. our mantra, buy american and hire american. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell is in north charleston, south carolina, where president trump delivered his remarks at boeing. we also are going to get national correspondent peter alexander, who is at the white

house, and with us as well, former new york republican congressman haywort and director of progressive media are for the clinton campaign. ke y let's start with you down there in south carolina. much different donald trump than we saw yesterday. today he was on prompter, right? >> reporter: he was and there was the echo of campaign donald trump as well feeding off of the crowd here. there were thousands of people who have been around this of it platform. we are, of course, closer up to where the president was speaking. you got that sense of not only reliving the campaign and the success he had here in south carolina 100-plus days after the election, but also the president sort of taking claim for the atmosphere of jobs at a time when boeing, which this has been in the pipeline for a long time, is celebrating a real feat for this particular plant and an accomplishment for workers here that they are, of course, as a corporation fully entitled to stage a great event and have fun

for their employees and the president was part of that. you got the sense the president was sort of tapping into the celebratory atmosphere that's on the backs of the workers here, who created the highly technologically advanced plane, as it's been described throughout the day. and the president also talking about some of his ideas going forward. in an atmosphere where it is his belief, based on the vote tally and based on the reception today, he was well received. a warm crowd. that's the environment where he is often able to breathe in new oxygen. had you that sense being here today as well, having a little fun with the crowd, going off the prepared remarks, which were very sort of standard trump message about jobs delivered as now the president trying to be a chief booster for the economy. this was also a chance for some of the theatrical side of donald trump with the going aboard the new aircraft and sort of the big sweeping event they created re, whiche plays into and

seems to enjoy himself. so this was really more about putting donald trump on a jobs agenda, putting him in a favorable state and in a campaign-style atmosphere, with a serious centerpiece, and that is, an achievement of a new aircraft for an american company. >> kel y thank you. peter, donald trump clearly wanting to get past the controversies of this week. he's on prompter at this event that kelly o'donnell was just describing. he also has -- peter, i hope you're there. there you are. he's clearly wanting to move past the drama surrounding michael flynn. the fact he had to fire him and now we are learning that the man he wanted to replace michael flynn as national security adviser as turned him down. >> reporter: that man who has declined the invitation from the wous. i was told this was the president's top choice to replace michael flynn, as you noted. within the last 24 hours a quick

change change. we were told it was offered to him, as the white house explains it, where he should mull it over with his family. the white house says he did speak about it with his family, ultimately decided it was something he couldn't do. a senior u.s. official also tells nbc news that part of the weighing process was deciding between the call of duty and the white house dysfunction and that played a significant decision of him not to go forward with it. for the time being acting national security director is keith kellogg, who is traveling aboard air force one with president trump on this day. we know from the president that kellogg is one of four names now being considered for the permanent post as now social security adviser. we don't know who the other three are scifically butides at the white house tell me among them are general keith i will aection alexander and david petraeus. we're getting indications likely the president will have

conversations with these candidates in person or by phone over the weekend. >> donald trump is going to be doing one of the things he loves to do most tomorrow, get in front of a rally crowd. it's the friendliest place on earth for him. why is he going there to pitch a certain policy or essentially is he going there to pitch himself, perhaps remind the gop that he brought them to this dance? >> reporter: it's part of that. we're just watching the president at the top of the stairs of air force one. i was watching that happen as you were coming back to us. you know, i think part of it is trying to demonstrate that his weekends where he's in florida are working weekends. i think that's part of it. using his time over the weekends for meetings and so forth, and now adding a rally to justify his florida weekend to a great degree. and that -- trying to get out and talk about his initiatives and plans. we saw that contentious news conference the first several minutes were a more subdued

donald trump reading through what he believes he has achieved in four weeks, what the white house believes they've been trying to tackle during that time. and to take that message into an open air environment where he gets the feel of the audience and those who sign up in advance to attend these events. he's already touting a crowd more than 24 hours before the event that he anticipates will greet him there. it's taking his ideas on the road. it's a place where he's comfortable. it's a place where they feel that there are certainly the advantages of local media and local interest, which is just another way for him to try to steer the national conversation. it's really the president in a comfortable habitat of being out among people and on a campaign trail that it is technically a campaign event and yet the re-elect is not formally going to happen for a few years. it's utilizing, i think, a tool set they believe the president

thrives on, does well with with his supporters and trying to turn the page from some more contentious issues and focus on what they think they need to accomplish and what they want to talk about to ser their own agenda. >> this is the third weekend in a row donald trump will be going down to florida and spending the weekend at his march al-a-largo resort. have you ever seen the white house as divided? >> oh, absolutely. president obama had really -- he was indulged in that, but he had quite contentious attitude toward the dismisses ive even toward the house republicans, especially in the first congressional term after his election. remember, you know, well, i won, you didn't, so sit down and shut up and accept what we're going to do with health care. so definitely this is -- i think

much is being made of the atmosphere that is bound to occur with a significant change in the administration, but i don't see this in any way as the president seeking division. >> you came in on this wave of need for outsiders, tea party wave in 2010. >> yeah. >> right now senator claire mccaskill says she's worried she could get a primary opponent in her re-election because she sees the democratic base basically as fervent as the tea party was. is there a risk the democratic base is going to pull the democratic party so far to the left that there will be just complete deadlock in washington, nothing will be able to get done? >> i think the deadlock is something that doesn't necessarily have to do with whether the democratic party will be pulled too far to the left. i do think the base of the party right now, we're talking about 68 million people that voted for

hillary clinton, so there's a significant number of people going to the streets, expressing, you know, a sense of resistance among people who did not support donald trump and want him to, you know, not ban muslims from entering the country, for ample. so, i think that what the democratic party needs to do is listen to those constitutes, those people showing up at town halls and those are the people they truly answer to. i think the democratic party needs to just listen to the base. >> i want to put this conversation on hold for a moment because we have kasie hunt on capitol hill with a little news. fbi director james comey is at the capitol. any idea why? >> reporter: we have been trying to find that out all day. you may see some members walking behind me, the intelligence committee members are often notoriously tight-lipped about meetings like this. in this case we can't even get anybody to tell us the topic of the meeting. we can make assumptions or

inferences. we sometimes get a broad scope of what members will be talking about. we're not even getting that. we know intelligence committee members have gone into a secure room that's a couple of floors underneath me right now, and comey is in there as well as senator chuck schumer. he's a member of the gang of eight. so, those eight members up here on capitol hill who get the most in-depth intelligence briefings. it's the leaders in the senate as well as the ranking, also on the house side a mirror image. the minority leader and their chair and vice chairman respectively. we know senator shumer is in the briefing as well. we'll try to get as much information as we can when the members come out. it's unlikely you'll see many of them talk in substantive depth about whatever information is being relaid. but we know there in the early

investigation of the russian meddling in the election. the scope of the senate has widened because of what has happened with michael flynn and the issues surrounding that. with know republicans are saying they expect flynn will testify in front of the senate intelligence committee as part of this investigation. it's likely most of that testimony would be behind closed doors. we might see a little bit of it. that's a possibility. once they do reach these conclusions we expect that to take three months, 90 days or so. then they would produce a report and then have to decide, how much of this report are we going to release to the public. you may be familiar with the redacted pages that are full of blacked out lines when you see things from the intelligence committee. again, very early stages here. people i've talked to, so far they've been saying, i spoke to a member on the house side who said we haven't seen intelligence material quite yet. they're still in the process of figuring out where those

materials r how they might have to look at them. some of the material they'll be able to bring up to capitol hill for members to review. there may be instances where intelligence is so sensitive that members will have to go to secure off-site locations just to take a look at it. we're in the very preliminary stages here but moving forward. we do know this is the main focus in the intelligence committee. >> peter, kasie was saying, that she's not quite sure what that meeting is about, but has the white house had any generalized reaction to investigations on the hill into russian hacking? i know they're focused correct on getting their own investigator to investigate leaks. is this all about the leaks and not potentially the conte of those leaks? >> we heard president trump in his own words yesterday, the very issue of russia, he said is a rouse here, more broadly. there's been heavy pushback from this white house from the very beginning insisting this is

effectively fake news and that these leaks, the president made the point which is notable in that conversation where he said, i fired michael flynn, but he blamed a lot of fake news and he said the leaks were because of fake news but he still fired them. it was a complicated argument that created a lot of confusion on it. the bottom line, the baseline is the white house has tried to insist and made it very clear they think this is sort of a rabbit hole, at least that's the way they want it to be portrayed. they think they will come out clean on the other end of it. >> we can see air force win leaving now from charleston. donald trump after visiting the boeing plant down there and getting quite an excited group of people there cheering him on. that will do it for us for this first block of the hour. kelly o'donnell, peter alexander, kasie hunt, former congressman nan hayworth, thank you for breaking this down. donald trump is taking heat after yesterday's back and forth with white house reporter april ryan. trump told her to set up a

meeting with him and the congressional black caucus. a member of the cbc, congressman jeffries, weighs in next. that does bring us to today's microsoft pulse question of the day. do you think that trump white house can turn the page after a chaotic first month? cast your vote at pulse.msnbc.com and we'll check in with yo results a little later in the hour. as we continue our coverage of donald trump's first 100 days in office.

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remember we came down all together, we came down and this was going to be a place that was tough to win and we won in a landslide. >> that was president trump just last hour at his stop in boeing's north charleston facility in south carolina. it's another recap of his election victory. it's been 4 hours since that contentious news conference and you saw donald trump change the room, get in front of a crowd that was friendly to him, cheering him on and he wanted to get that message back on jobs and the economy. let's go to congressman hakeem jeffries, from new york, member of the judiciary committee and congressional black caucus. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> love him, hate him, donald trump, can't argue that he's speaking to his race, rallying

his base, speaking to the voters that like him. how are democrats doing the same? >> well, we have a very energized democratic base as a result of the election of dvt trump and the offensive ways in which he's conducted himself over the last few weeks. more importantly we're trying to speak to the entirety of the country. it should be the president's job to bring everyone together after an election. he's 28 days into his presidency and he's already back out on the campaign trail. it's inexplicable. we have tremendous problems on the national stage as well as international stage and he should be spending his time working on those issues in partnership with democrats and republicans in congress. i think that's what the american people want to see. not just a democratic party base. all of america and hopefully he can get back to doing his job. >> do the democrats risk being too anti-trump all the time? do they risk losing their base by not talking about their issues, not talking about what

they're going to get done, how they're going to represent their values instead of just saying donald trump is awful, he's done this wrong, donald trump needs to act more like a president, what is he doing in south carolina? why not talk about your ids? >> well, we do. we have an affirmative agenda designed to build an economy that works for everyday americans, not just big banks, big oil and big industry. we can raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, rising tides, that would be a good start. if we want to do tax reform, we should expand the earned income tax credit so working families are the ones that benefit from any changes in the tax code. we should change the social security cost of living formula so that senior citizens can finally receive a meaningful increase in their social security paycheck they rely on each and every month. these are issues where hopefully we can find some common ground with donald trump but the distraction is all his fault. it was his campaign that appears to have had questionable

contacts with those who were part of the kremlin who were interfering in our election as 17 different intelligence agencies have determined. so, we have got a whole lost of issues we have to work out in terms of the american people. at the same time, we should also figure out what really happened in terms of interference in our election. >> do you think any republicans, more than what's said, are going to join onto the call to have an independent investigation or is this something that's going to get stuck in the various intelligence committees? >> this is not a democratic issue or republican issue. it's an american issue. the fact is a foreign power, russia, at the direction of vladimir putin interfered with an american election. 17 different intelligence agencies drew that conclusion. we also know close associates to donald trump, paul manafort, carter page, his national security adviser who just resigned in disgrace, michael flynn, all had regular contact with niece russian intelligence agencies at same time they were

hacking in order to interfere with the election. there are some questio that have to be worked out. we urged all of our colleagues within congress to put aside partisan politics and let's follow the facts. >> in trying to work with this administration going forward, beyond the investigation into russia, he talked about wanting to meet with the congressional black caucus. he asked april ryan if she could set a meeting with him, which is odd because she's a reporter but has his administration reached out to you? >> not as of yet. it may have changed within the immediate aftermath of that press conference. but cbc under cedric richmond sent a detailed letter to donald trump laying out the issues we would like to talk to him about if, in fact, he's genuinely interested in working on issues of importance to black america. not just inner city black america, by the way. there are african-americans who live in the suburbs all across this country and many

african-americans, a substantial number live in rural america. there's a whole host of issues we would like to discuss with him. our broken criminal justice system and need to reform it. we incarcerate more people in america than any other country in the world. that's shameful. we want to create an economy that works for communities all across this country regardless of race. we've got to fix the voting rights act. these are issues that have been put on the table. hopefully, he now realizes that entertainers and actors like steve harvey and others aren't the ones who speak for black america. there are actually 49 members of congss inheousend in the sena who are african-american, who are looking forward to improving things for the communities we represent. >> what do you make of him asking april ryan to set up that meeting? >> it was very strange but he's done a lot of strange things over the last 28 days. hopefully some of his advisers that, one, a letter has been sent to him and we're looking forward to an open dialogue. steve bannon, however, should not be in the room. >> why not? >> listen, he's a stone-cold

racist. and white supremacist sthoois sympathizer. it would be hard for me to participate in any meeting with steve bannon that normalizes his presence in the white house. beyond that we'll see what members decide with a meeting moving forward. >> thank you for being here. next, just a rouse? trump denies any ties to russia calling all recent controversies fake news. but what does russia have to say? global correspondent bill neilly is live in russia next. ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology

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the whole russian thing, that's a rouse. that's a rouse. by the way, it would be great if

we could get along with russia. >> donald trump at his press conference yesterday calling the whole russia issue just a rouse. so, whdoes ruse mean? merriam webster say the use of ruse spiked after his use of that word. it is a controversy that is not going away from the white house despite their best efforts to move the ball forward. it's also something that's being watched pretty cautiously in russia. that is where we find nbc chief global correspondent bill neely in moscow. what is the reaction to donald trump's press conference yesterday? >> well, katy, the kremlin is being very cautious. not just about commenting about yesterday's news conference but about reacting to everything donald trump says or every tweet that's put out. for good reason. a week ago the kremlin was very

embarrassed. here is how. the official kremlin spokesperson was talking about those contacts between former national security adviser mike flynn and the russian ambassador to washington he said that flynn did not discuss sanctions at all with the russian ambassador, only for mike flynn to come back two days later to say he actually did. paskov is very careful about what he says. he was very embarrassed about that. this morning he made a broad comment. he was asked by one reporter if he was disappointed about the kind of things president trump is saying. he said, we never wore rose-tinted glasses, we never had any illusions so there's nothing to be disappointed with. russia/u.s. ties, he says, are important and we believe they deserve special attention.

that's the key thing, ties between russia and the u.s. people here in moscow are looking to donald trump and listening for some hint that he will improve relations with russia and they're beginning to suspect that is not going to happen quickly. a very senior senator here tweeted this morning, there's a high probability that trump won't drain the swamp in washington but that the swamp will drag trump in and that will be the end of the revolution here that hasn't even begun yet. so, there was delight here when donald trump was first elected. that is turning into doubt, that anything will happen fast. that he will be able to improve relations with russia quickly. katy? >> bill, what is this term trumpophelia? the kremlin is telling the top newspaper not to cover trump so much? >> reporter: yeah, actually the kremlin gave an order basically to state media, for example, not to cover that trump news

conference live. indeed, none of the channels, therefore, did cover it live. one reason is that in january there was more coverage on russian state tv of donald trump, then-president trump, than of president putin. number one, that hasn't happened in four years. number, two that's not the kind of thing a president of an authoritarian state like russia really wants. the kremlin said, guys, cut this. russians are fed up hearing about donald trump. he hasn't delivered yet. let's just get back to normal coverage and we'll cover him when he actually does something, not just when he's talking. extraordinary that donald trump was on russian tv more than russia's president in january. >> extraordinary they said when he actually does something. nbc chief global correspondent bill neely, thank you so much. next hour, the vice

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security conference. he's there to help general mattis, the defense secretary, reassure u.s. allies about this country's commitment to nato and to them. the vp's trip comes as the world knows that he was kept out of the loop for two weeks when it came to donald trump's national security adviser mike flynn not telling the whole truth about whether he discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador. already at the conference is secretary of defense james mattis, as i mentioned. he is coming off right now that nato meeting in brussels. take a listen. >> president trump came into office and h thrown his full support to nato. he, too, espouses nato's need to adapt today's strategic situation for it to remain credible, capable and relevant. >> nbc news correspondent lucy k kafnov is live in munich. what does the u.s. want to hear? >> reporter: the u.s. is effectively on a global

reassurance mission. i don't think it's a stretch to think the vice president's credibility was damaged on the eve of this trip by the revelations that he did not have all the information from the white house. it raises questions among allies whether america's top officials are getting the full picture from the white house. three are in europe this week to try to reassure allies about traditional alliances, whether those will still be in place. can you look at this week as almost a trump global reassurance team traveling to brussels, to bonn, to munich, to try and tell allies the traditional alliances will remain in place. this comes at a time when donald trump has up-ended some of the expectations. you remember his rhetoric on the campaign trail questioning the merits of the european union, questioning the merits of the nato alliance, declaring his admiration for vladimir putin. the defense secretary jim mattis certainly making all the right noises in assuring allies tonight. mike pence arriving tonight, meeting with angela merkel

tomorrow, calling for sanctions on russia. will his credibility be taken as seriously, especially at a time when a foreign policy by this white house seems to be made 140 characters at a time on twitter. that remains to be seen. certainly a difficult task ahead for all three men. >> nbc's lucy kfanov, thank you. joining me retired general wesley clark and senior fellow at ucla-berkeley center. richard stengel and former managing editor of "time." rick, let's start with you. do mattis and vp pence have any credibility on the world stage if donald trump is contradicting them? >> yes. i mean, see, these are structural issues with nato and the european union and our allies. then want to be reassured we value them. the thing that worries them more is the relationship with russia. they're looking at russia

meddling in eastern ukraine. they're looking at sanctions that my old boss, secretary kerry did everything to align european cotrie what they're afraid of is trump is going to go loosy goosy on russia and allow russia to be aggressive in all these areas, test nato in the baltics, which the general would be concerned about. this is what they're worried about. >> they've already tested a missile, the crimea annexation. is there concern, especially among smaller countries that buffer russia, that they are going to be at risk of losing their sovereignty? >> putin has said all along that nato grew too far, too close to russia. the baltics shouldn't have been included. there were lots of country he he felted personally threatened by. we have to come up with some arrangement with the smaller countries in nato. they'll still be asking for the 2% minimum payment of gdp.

doesn't matter to me if the small countries do it but the bigger countries have to do it. we have to stick together on this because russia will be testing it every way they can. >> another piece of the puzzle that's not in place is donald trump's national security adviser, general mike flynn forced to resign. donald trump fired him earlier this week over what happened with russia, so general clark, politico is requiring retired vice admiral bob hardaw turned down the position of nsa because he wasn't assured he would be able to put those he wanted in place in the nsc. do you think this administration is going to be able to get the person they need in place to run this -- run intelligence or field intelligence effectively for the president of the united states? >>. >> i'm sure they're going to find someone to be national security adviser. it's a very important position. it's a very prestigious position. but admirable hayward decided it

wasn't for him for a lot of reasons. one is he wanted to put his own people in underneath him. any time you're dealing with any administration, it's always a tradeoff. there's people white house wants in, the president wants in, people you want in. it's a negotiation. in this case he didn't want to do the negotiation and that's what happened. there are a lot of good people out there. i know keith kellogg, have known him for over 30 years. he's a great officer. i'm sure he'll do a fine job as national security adviser if it's him and he's there now. >> he's the deputy now that's in acting nsa. david petraeus also being floated. what do you make of that? >> well, you know, petraeus is a very smart guy. he's very capable guy. he's in new york and washington. he's close to the issues. i think if he comes in, it will be a different nsa position. what you're looking for in

someone as national security adviser is more of an honest broker. you're not looking for somebody who's got the strong single minded passion to get one particular action done. if you have, that you get in to conflicts and state department and defense department. they're the people who are the heavyweights in the policy. you need someone in national security position who can balance off the agency agreements, disagreements and surface those issues for resolution at the principals committee and then with the president. so, i think keith kellogg could do is that. >> how much of a stumble is it have his national security adviser resign so quickly? >> it's just -- these things happen in white houses. i'm not going toy-to-say it's not a stumble. it is a stumble. we still don't quite understand why it happened but it's part of a white house that's trying to settle in. every white house has power centers in it. there are always big egos in

white houses and pushing and pulling against each other. it's really up to the president to set the tone, put it under control, work the issues, get his hands around these important foreign policy issues and the power and prestige issues that go with resolving them. that's the president's job. he's got to lead his own staff before he can lead america. >> donald trump is trying to get away from the controversies. he's holding a rally tomorrow to -- general flynn controversy and the idea he may have been misleading the public. >> you know, he can get out of washington, katy, but washington stays there. i want to pick up on something the general said about national security adviser. there's already an unprecedented number of military and ex-military people in the administration at the high level. as the general said, the national security adviser is meant to be an honest broker. when you have a former military man or current military man in

that job, that makes it a little harder to be an honest broker because people perceive you atipping the balance toward the military. the military zaigtsization of the foreign policy state is a problem in this administration, among many others. >> both of you guys, thank you so much for joining me. happy friday. happy holiday weekend. three days, not for me, everyone else. let's check today's microsoft pulse question. we've been asking you, do you think the trump white house can turn the page after a chaotic first month? so far, let's wait for, it 94% of you say no. not good. there's still time to cast your votes, though. pulse.msnbc.com. weigh in if you'd like to. believe it or not, a month of donald trump administration -- a month of the donald trump administration is already in the books. the last seven days alone, quite a whirlwind, from fallout over flynn to diplomatic missteps. we'll take a look back at all that happened as we track trump's first 100 days in office. ♪

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scandals and problems can he inflict on his own presidency? this week alone, he met with two important allies -- >> we won't always agree on everything. >> that's the art of the deal. >> reporter: potentially broke decades of america's commitment to a two-state solution in israel. >> so i'm looking at two-state and one-state and i like the one that both parties like. >> reporter: lost his labor nominee, fired his national security adviser -- >> he wishes him well. we're moving on. >> reporter: and got snubbed by the man who he wanted to replace him. >> meanwhile the white house says vice admirable robert harward has declined to be national security adviser. >> reporter: but all donald trump seemed to want to talk about was sxhims that electoral win. with anti-semitism on the rise. >> we're proud of the 306 electoral college votes. >> reporter: or syrian refugees and his border wall. >> we won by a very, very large

electoral college vote. >> reporter: what he tried not to talk about, biggest story of the week, is what happened with general michael flynn, that is until yesterday, when the presidt just cldn't contain himself. trump reportedly acting against the will of his advisers, scheduled his own news conference, to face down the dishonest, mean, and fake press. >> the press, honestly, is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. the tone is such hatred. i'm really not a bad person, by the way. >> reporter: mr. trump using the bully pulpit to lecture reporters, saying it was their fault he had to fire his national security adviser. >> the leaks are real. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. >> reporter: and dropping a bombshell. >> did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador? >>, no i didn't. >> prior to your inauguration. >> no, i didn't. i didn't direct him but i would have directed him because that's his job. >> reporter: when pushed on whether his campaign or anyone he knew had contacts with russian officials, he chose his words carefully.

>> speaking from myself, i own nothing in russia, have i no loans in russia, i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: an hour and 15 minutes later, his festivus airing of grievances was done but the news cycle didn't budge. reports that general flynn may have lied to the fbi about those russian sanction calls, so what now? tomorrow trump goes back to his roots. >> i'll be in melbourne, florida. i heard -- just heard the crowds are massive. >> reporter: the president's play, if you don't like the room, find a new one. >> joining me from d.c., washington post, phil rucker. sum it up for me. >> first of all, i can't believe all of that happened in a single week. but -- >> most of it happened in one day. >> and donald trump's presidency. look, he's trying to get his way out of these scandals and try to turn the page. that's what we saw with the press conference yesterday. that's what we saw today at

boeing, where he talked about jobs and sort of got that campaign spirit back. and i'm sure we're going to have quite a show tomorrow night in florida. >>. >> maine governor paul lepage, no stranger to controversy, big donald trump supporter, got on the radio yesterday and said, we've got to tell him that the tv show is over and he's got to move on now. when you lose governor lepage, where are you? >> i don't even know thousand answer that. i mean, governor lepage is like one of the most controversial figures in our politics and has a gaffe a minute. but apparently thinks trump needs to restrain himself. so, i don't know where that's headed. >> talk to me about this rally that he's holding tomorrow. he's going to get out there, thousands of people will be cheering him on. is it effectively going to be a good reminder to the gop that i have a lot of support and you better not criticize me too much? >> i think so. it's an important time for that

because what we've seen in the last week or so is the republicans in congress are starting to get a little soft on trump. there were a couple senators who stood up to some of his cabinet nominees. you're starting to see doubts seep out of the leadership on the hill about trump and his tactics and rhetoric and agenda. so, i think trump wants to remind everybody in the republican party, look, i'm in charge. these are my voters. and if you betray me, you are betraying them. and you're going to face the wrath of these voters. we'll see probably a very large crowd, enthusiastic crowd in florida that trump can use as a backdrop to show everybody the power of his movement. >> phil rucker of "the washington post." get some sleep, my friend, because monday, holiday or not, it starts all over again. >> sure does. let's take one last look at our microsoft pulse question. we've been asking you, do you think the trump white house can turn the page after a ki on theic first month? 94% of you say no. lopsided. thank you for voting. it's the phillips' lady!

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that will do it for me in this hour. i am katy tur. i'm going to stick around for a moment with kate snow, the wonderful, talented, fabulous kate snow, who i can't get enough of. >> that's very nice of you. please stick around. i'm kate snow. our top stories right now, exactly 24 hours after a confrontational press conference, president trump back to doing what he knows and loves. rallying an enormous crowd of

american workers. that night and day kind of tone change. what exactly he told the people at boeing in south carolina coming up in a few moments. back on the hill this afternoon, the senate officially confirms scott pruitt to lead the epa, a department he built a career fighting in court. he has sued and fought the epa tooth and nail over regulations, particularly when it comes to fracing. we'll get into that. finally, what do coal miners have to say about president trump after he signed a roll-back of regulations on mining waste and water waste. that's coming up as well. we have our panel of pros to walk us through all of this. we'll start by talking about this afternoon's main event, president trump's speech to boeing workers in north charleston, south carolina, the main topics there, industry, factories and defense. >> we're also working on the air force one project, which was a difficult project for previous administrations, but it looks like we're getting closer and closer.