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the spending bill. meanwhile president trump ramping up one of his america's first promises, days after the buy american hire american executive order. >> no longer will the concerns of these hard working americans go unansred. by making government answer to our citizens, we are removing theimits on our future and setting free the dreams of our people. >> also, new reaction from president trump on the eve of the presidential election in france, telling the associated press that thursday's terrorist attack in paris will probably help the far right candidate, marine he p marine le pen win. he stopped short of a formal endorsement. also a new warning from the trump administration on north korea. vice president mike pence in australia wrapping up his overseas trip there where he made remarks this morning. >> the president and i have great confidence that china will properly deal with korea.

as president trump made clear a few short days ago, if china is unable to deal with north korea, the united states and our allies will. >> so back in washington for you, the countdown is on for president trump as he nears that symbolic milestone for his first 100 days in office. it happens a week from today. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house. kelly, how much pressure is the president under even though he has said now via tweet this is a ridiculous standard as a benchmark? >> it's one of those things, thomas, that when you consider the fact that the president likes branding and 100 da-day m is branding. it has over time been a way to look at how does a new president work in washington? often there's a honeymoon period where some things can get done. donald trump unusual in some many ways has also been unusual in that respect, even with a republican congress it's been a struggle to get any legislative

achievements. they can point and you'll certainly hear a lot o it over the next week things where he can say promises have been kept, mostly in the area of executive orders or other kinds of thematic approaches where presidential leadership can be involved. so look for the white house to put some successes on the board. >> reporter: rarely does the president simply walk to an event with no motorcade. his first visit to the treasury department next door to the white house made that easy. while there, the president teed up an unexpected new headline for next week. >> we'll have a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. >> reporter: the president describes his tax cut proposal in an interview with the associated press as bigger i believe than any tax cut ever. the president's plate is full, closing in on the 100-day mark next saturday. with no legislative achievements yet, the white house is reviving

an effort to repeal obamacare when congress returns this week. >> it's going to be great. it will happen. >> health care and tax reform? >> we'll see what happens. no particular rush, but we'll see what happens. >> reporter: white house sources acknowledge that a second attempt at repeal is still a tall order given lingering differences among house republicans. the president brushed off expectations ability meeting the symbolic 100-day deadline. >> it doesn't matter if it's next week. next week doesn't matter. >> reporter: the calendar does count to avoid a government shutdown. the trump team is also negotiating a spending package to beef up defense and fund a border wall. despite the tough stand on immigration, he said undocumented miners known as dreamers who fear deportation can rest easy. says his administration is not after the dreamers, we're after the criminals. after a tour of the border attorney general jeff sessions answered critics who called him

dismissive when he referred to the hawaii based federal judge who blocked the immigration travel ban as being from an island in the pacific. >> i wasn't diminishing the judge or the island of hawaii, that beautiful place. give me a break. i was just making the point, it's very real, one judge out of 700 has stopped the president of the united states from doing what he believes is necessary. >> reporter: when it comes to a government shutdown, that seems very unlikely in terms of the politics of the moment when the government shut down a few years back, there were perceived to be some advantages for conservatives to take it to that level. it's not the case now. so there are negotiations going on to have funding across many government agencies in what would be known as a big bill, an omnibus bill, as it's called, on capitol hill which would keep government operations going. it's always hard to get there. so expect that there will be some tough negotiations over the

next week. in some ways it's unfortunate for president trump that that kind of a deadline happened to coincide with his 100 days. that's a must-do that will suck up some oxygen. there's not much credit for simply keeping the government open. there are other things he'd rather see congress working on that is more about his own agenda. >> most likely we will not have a green eggs and ham moment. i want to bring in scott jechb things former white house depu director of political affairs under president george w. bush. great to have you with me. at the back half of the last hour i spoke with professor alan lichtman who predicted donald trump would win, but he's also written in the book the case for impeachment. because of his campaign and his first 3 days, feels he's more vulnerable to that type of act. do you think that's possible? do you agree? >> no. i totally disagree. i think the first 100 days have been okay for donald trump. i would give him a good grade on

foreign affairs. i think he's restored american leadership to the world stage, even bipartisan praise for the actions he took against syrias' leader, bashar al assad. on the domestic front it's true he doesn't have the big ticket item that bush 43 or obama had, but he did get neil gorsuch. that took up a huge amount of time in the first 100 days, he's signed more than double the number of bills into law than obama signed at this point. it's not like he's devoid of legislative accomplishments, they happen to be of a bit smaller scale. those accomplishments, especially those under the conditioningal review act, have thrilled his conservative republican base. >> also the confirmation of judge gorsuch. that's honestly huge, not just for the fact that he was able to get it done, but the legacy that means for president trump and his administration. we know, scott, they want to try to be aggressive before this mark of 100 days, talking about tax reform and health care. do you think they're kind of

getting hamstrung around this 100-day mark and they should be more realistic. >> they're being sucked into the game we play with new presidents. this 100-day thi is ridiculous. the executive branch can move fastndo a lot of things. then you run into the big white glash yeah at the end of pennsylvania avenue. i think donald trump has pushed for repeal and replace of obamacare. he's now pushing for tax reform, talking about the need for infrastructure, pushing for border security. he is pushing for all the things that he said he would push for on the campaign trail. it's just that congress and the republicans up there are a bit divided among themselves, especially with health care. if you're a supporter of president, right now you see him doing the things he said he was going to do and you're probably happy about that. >> you can be a supporter of him, but you have to think about, do you see with the republicans having the white house, controlling the senate, controlling congress.

you would think the flow of progress would be a lot easier. so where is the hiccup? why can't they seem to achieve a whole mess of things in the first 100 days that would be more complimentary to what president trump said on the campaign trail? >> well, the hiccup frankly is in the house republican conference where you have some republicans and then you've got about 36 people in the freedom caucus who at times side with the republicans and at other times they don't, on the repeal and replace of obamacare, the freedom caucus, at least in the first iteration sided with the democrats and decided to block oppose it which deprived donald trump's white hoe of the big achievement of repealing and replacing obamacare. so in the house right now, it's really more of a parliamentary system. you have democrats who are sticking together and about 200 republicans who are basically together and about 36 freedom caucus guys who are together. that's not enough to pass a bill in the house. so i hope the president and his team can pull the freedom caucus

in and side with the republican party so they can achieve some of these big objectives. i think it would be, as the president said, a political bloodbath to go into the midterms of 2018 without some of these big accomplishments, chief among them, repealing and replacing obamacare. >> when it came to house minority leader nancy pelosi making a comment this week about getting legislation through, saying we harken back to the days of george w. bush being in office. one of your colleagues, former white house chief of staff for president george w. push, andy card gave his review of president trump's first 100 days. a little more critical than you. take a listen. >> i do think donald trump has been a little more of a marketer than a performer. he hasn't generated as much of the result that he promised. the bottom line is he hasn't made his obligation to govern well yet, and that means to lead with, i'm going to say

motivation. congress will want to do what he suggests. he's going to build a better partnership with paul ryan and the republicans in both the house and the senate. >> how do you think he could build, psidentrump off andy card's suggestion there, inhe days going forward? >> i think he nds to continue to talk to the republicans in the house about the political ramifications of doing nothing. i think the voters in november, unified control of government under the republican party because they were rejecting incrementalism. the last six years the obama administration, very little movement was had on the major policy debates we've had in this country for so long. voters want movement. they want to see action. they gave one party control of the entire government to do that. i think the voters will put the republicans on a short leash if we don't show we also understand it's time to reject incrementalism, they'll find somebody who will act. i think the president and his political team and the legislative affairs staff should continue to talk with the republicans in congress about the dire political consequences

of more of the same inaction in washington, d.c. >> scott jennings, great to have you on, sir. thanks for your time. >> thank you. more on the overseas trip by vice president pence in australia today, a visit seemingly dominated by the north korean threat. vice president pence vowed to make sure the north korea threat is dealt with and said all options remain on the table. nbc's sarah james is in melbourne for this. what else did the vice president talk about about the administration's plans for dealing with north korea? >> reporter: well, thomas, he made it very clear that this is a situation in which the united states is reaching out to its allies, strengthening rips with its allies. this is the last step of a ten-day tour throughout asia. that's been part of the issue. also china is a key piece in this equation. in that news conference today, e vice president mentioned the

united stateis grateful for what malcolm turnbull has done in terms of reaching out to china and asking china to exert some leverage on north korea. the vice president made it clear it's a serious time. he said military is still an option. have a listen. >> all options are on the table. the united states will continue to work closely with our allies, including australia and other allies across the region and with china to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in pyongyang until they finally permanently abandon their ballistic missile programs. >> reporter: when we talk about the relationship between australia and the united states, australia plays a really key role here. there's a couple of ways in which that works. first of all, there are about 1250 u.s. marines in the north of this country in darwin from camp pendleton in california. also there are spy facilities,

there's a joint defense facility in the center of this country called pine gap, a top secret facility, and it's very useful to the united states. so in many ways the united states and australian alliance is a key one for the u.s. it was important to shore up that relationship with the trip here. the australian prime minister saying they are in lockstep with the u.s. thomas? >> sara james in melbourne, thank you. new york mayor bill deblasio is sfierg back at attorney general jeff sessions in the battle over the city's sanctuary status. what did sessions say that the mayor calls an insult to the nypd?

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our corporate tax rate today is one of the highest in the developed world. it's 5% higher than the tax rate here in australia.

president trump's tax plan would slash the corporate rate and reform the tax code to make it simpler, flatter and fairer. >> we have vice president mike pence in australia this morning, just a day after president trump promised a big announcement on tax reform coming our way next we're. joining us reporter with "the new york times," and also had da scold media reporter at politico. great to have you on this morning. yeah meis is a, let's begin there, this announcement coming from president trump. if it is about tax reform, do you think congress already has a heads-up and is on board? >> i think it would be tough to say if congress is on board. the idea that there isn't legislation yet, this is him saying he wants to get this done. he said in his statements yesterday there was no rush, he didn't feel any pressure at this 100-day mark, as it nears. i don't think they have come to a consensus. republicans haven't come to a consensus where they can actually pass something yet. >> when it comes to tax reform,

the white house would like to have some type of legislative victory before the 100th day in office which comes a week from now. congress returns on monday. this is really not practical. it's not going to work out. but when could they actually make time for president trump to do what he wants to do on tax reform that's really tangible? >> well, what they have planned for this next week is a really high mountain of things, everything from health care to tax reform. president trump said the other day there's going to be tax reform announcement on wednesday. you can call it a marketing strategy for the 100-day mark, no matter what they say, that it doesn't matter. it does matter. we have reporting from inside the white house that they're planning communication around the first 100 days. this isn't going to be happening any time soon. we've even had government officials who said it's unrealistic to think it could even happen before august or anything like that. it's going to be months down the

road. as a lot of people have pointed out, part of this health care reform that they're trying to do will help in the tax reform package later on. >> this is an issue where we have small and medium-sized companies kind of being lost in america right now. they do not have the corporate lobbyists that major companies have who pay a much lower tax rate. globally right now, global companies are paying about 19%. trying to further make the complexity of our tax system a little more onerous, simple isn't so simple basically is what i was trying to say. the complexity of my statement there being lost on myself. yamiche, let me ask you about this, with the justice partment sending warnings to sanctuary cities. a few site tease have already sued the federal government. new york city didn't hold back on this, with the mayor and the police commissioner coming out

strong. >> i think to me what you're seeing is really jeff sessions trying to put his stamp on sanctuary cities and saying a new regime is in town u, you're going to have to get in line. this is going to be one of the places are democrats will start to find their feet in how to push back against republicans. i think a lot of people we're looking at in these sactuary cities in chicago, new orleans, new york, they are going to be stars of the democratic party. there's talk bernie sanders might be the new face of the party. these battles fought in these cities will be at the heart of how democrats rally their base. i think it's going to be a big fight. i don't think mayors are going to say, jeff sessions, you've sent us all these letters and now we're going to fall in line. >> i was watching an interesting segment about this the other night on fox news, which segues into this question, hadas, for you. you write about media and fox news -- the fox news strategy of

bill o'reilly with the e-mail being forwarded to politico accidentally, right? accidentally? >> it was a really interesting situation where one of my colleagues had been in contact with bill o'reilly's team. they were planning to explain to us part of their strategy in how they were going to push back against what they said was a smear campaign from the political left. but within one of those e-mails, it seemed there was accidentally forwarded conversations between bill o'reilly himself and his lawyer team. i would imagine lawyers do not want to forward ononversations between themselves and their clients. within that e-mail it gave us insight on how they were planning to push back with fox news. this was on april 18th, not too long ago, about a day before he was officially let go where he said he wasn't going to take much more from fox news. you could sense the frustration coming from bill o'reilly himself in those final days and

what they were trying to push with this political left smear campaign, it was about media matters, everybody knows they've been very open about their campaign against bill o'reilly and fox knew. >> when it comes to viewership, p the folks at home are buying what the hosts are selling, it's the space between the segments. really was this the push of advertisers not wanting to be put in "the o'reilly factor" slow shots? is that the main reason he's gone? >> there was definitely a big decision part of it. you can't ignore and you don't want to discount the facts that the murdochs are trying to change what they say is the culture at fox news. you have to question why didn't they change it when roger ailes left, a clean sweep of everything. this is a clear business decision. the advertisers were fleeing. you can have high ratings, but if you don't have advertisers, it's just empty calories on

television. they'll make a big news about whether parent company 21st century fox can buy a bigger state in sky news, make them a global brand. they have something called a fit and proper test, which sounds so british. it's a broad designation. they can decide whether the company that's trying to take over is fit and proper enough in in various ways and they can say no to that. they have an extra month, an extension because of the elections in the uk. that's an important date for fox news. >> like a morals clause in your contract. if you break that morals clause, you can get canned, not rewarded with bigger paydays and years in the seat. >> hadas and yamiche, great to see you. it was supposed to be a show of force to kim jong-un. but there's new news on the u.s. armada we once thought was heading to the korean peninsula. we do know it's going to be

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good morning everybody. welcome back. i'm thomas roberts at msnbc world headquarters in new york. 31 past the hour. this is what we're watching for you. did you know as you wake up today it is earth day? if you didn't know, this is a day where you're supposed to support environmental protection. to bring attention to that, activists are taking to the streets across the world in a global march for science. already today we have witnessed marches in australia, taiwan, india and london. the event here in the u.s.

taking place as we speak. we have reporters at the event in washington and in new york. let's first go to ali vitali on the national mall in dc. explain what you've been seeing over the last hour or two as more activists have been showing up. >> reporter: we've seen more activists and attendees filling in over here. to give you a sense of the things i've heard them talking to me about, there's been a lot of chatter about the administration actions on climate change, things like the clean power plan being reviewed, other things like the potential for the paris climate agreement, us pulling out of it. that's unclear whether or not the united states is going to do that. those are major obama legacy actions that wre seeing the trump administra begin dismantling. that's front of line for a lot of folks i've talked to today. the other part of what i've heard today is there's a celebration of science. that's the other half of this gathering on the national mall. yes, it's earth day so there is

a climate change and government policy aspect to it. but there's also a celebration of science, both education and research and things of that nature. so i've talked to some former teachers here who have said this is important for their former students, for their grandkids to continue learning about science and for those facts to be taken seriously. a lot of the folks here are looking to say these are not alternative facts. that's a famous kellyanne conway line. but instead these are scientific facts and they need to be taken as such when you're making government policy and especially looking at things like climate change. >> ali vitali on the national mall. going from d.c. to new york city where more marches and rallies are taking place here. nbc's morgan radford, is it the same sense in new york as ali is describing in d.c.? >> reporter: we're expecting to setons of people at 10:30 and again at 11:30.

people in new york planning to walk 20 blocks for science. they say they're coming out for two reasons. one, they want to see more research and moneys donated to science-based research. they want to see evidence-based pocies adopted by the trump adnition. secondly, some said they're comingut because of the immigration policies they've seen put forth by the trump administration saying lots of immigrant-based scientists and doctors are critical not only for medical care but for new front tears of research. i want to introduce you to one of the organizers. why did you decide to organize this today? >> we were given the day and time to do it. we felt this was perfect because it wasn't just that we were interested in the public funding of requiremental sciences but science generally. >> so science generally. after this, very briefly, what do you want to see happen after this march? >> we're a non-profit doing

scientific outreach. we want the public to understand that whether you're using the internet, drinking clean water here in new york, whether you're turning on lights, that's research. that's research that's made it to the marketplace. so we really do need the federal government to fund those sciences. >> reporter: that's the type of research you've heard her mention, people are taking to the streets. we're seeing scientists, this is the type of thing they typically do, but they're out here because they're saying it's not partisan, not about democrat or republican, it's about critical knowledge. >> morgan radford in new york city, thank you very much. moving on to the latest threats from north korea and new warnings from the trump administration with vice president mike pence in sydney, all trail yeah in a joint press conference with prime minister malcolm turnbull. >> they've already taken steps which we greatly welcome,

intervening in coal shipments and commercial travel. we believe china can do more. >> we're encouraged by the steps that china has taken thus far. that being said, we want to make it clear that all options are on the table. >> so we know the president met with the president of china recently and now tasked with trying to make those relations better. nbc's kelly cobiella in seoul, south korea, one of our allies. how seriously is the u.s. taking these new threats by north korea? also, brief us on the armada the trump administration team talked about, the u.s.s. vincent ason*- and its location. >> reporter: the key threat u.s. officials are concerned about is this idea of a sixth nuclear test, the verbal threats come and go, they happen almost daily. administration officials said in the past they have really sort

of brushed those off. this possible nuclear test is a great concern to u.s. officials. they've been watching the nuclear test site in northeastern north korea for any signs of movement. they say this morning there were no notable signs of movement, no signs that the test was imminent. but at the same time they tell nbc news that north korea could carry out either a nuclear test or a missile test at any time with very little to no warning. now, in the case of missiles, that's because they say north korea is now using solid fuel missiles, and those are much harder to detect just before a launch. so this is what's playing into the timing there. some interesting video coming out of north korea today, talking about china, china putting pressure on north korea. today we saw this video from north korea, pyongyang, where people were lining up at gas stations.

there's an apparent fuel shortage there. it's being rationed. the price is speaking. china is the main supplier of fuel to north korea. the question is this gas shortage because of china restricting the sly? we don't know the answer yet. we have seen some movement in north korea. also today vice president mike pence in australia was praising the chinese for their efforts to put more pressure on north korea, but also saying the chinese still need to do more. he said if the chinese don't step up, if they aren't able to move the north koreans at all on their nuclear program, the u.s. and its allies will do it instead. he said all options are still on the table, and that includes military options. here in south korea, the military exercises continue today. they're supposed to last for 11 days, right up until the 28th of april. also, in conjunction with that,

as you asked about, thomas, that armada, the "u.s.s. carl vinson" aircraft carrier, a couple other warships with it are due to arrive within the next few days according to the vice president. so there is that, added to the mix in this region where tensions are already high, where south korea is already on a state of alert. thomas? >> kelly cobiella reporting in seoul. thank you very much. back at home we all heard about the fact that o'reilly is off the air. is he out of the picture when it comes to partisan politics? we'll look at the impact of o'reilly's exit from fox news, but what's his next chapter? coming up next on a.m. joy, new potential evidence of putin's plans to taint november's u.s. presidential election. is there a smoking gun?

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>> i think certainly this is a business decision that's being made, with growing pressure on him, i don't think it was feasible to keep him in. in the broader context of the conservative movement, one of the things that's been really interesting is watching -- he's a staple of a kind of conservatism, certainly an older conservatism, but he's not somebody that's been able to connect with young conservatives. i think that's going to be a big place to fill, that if we want to keep this movement alive, that someone like that is not going to be an appealing

spokesperson. >> we know they were able to kind of hold a lot of power at the top with roger ailes, then with bill o'reilly, obviously culture stems from the top. we had the former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin talking about her own experiences. here is what he had to say about working there. take a listen. >> you ever witness or experience, god forbid, anything like that at fox? >> i wouldn't put up with anything that would be perceived as intimidating or harass. >> but you said your former, is that part of the reason you left? >> you can them why i'm no longer with fox. i'm not going to speak for them. my contract wasn't renewed. that's the line. >> all right. so that's the line, her contract wasn't renewed. she also said i wouldn't put up with anything that would be perceived as intimidating or harassing. do you think they really did have -- do have a culture issue,

jonathan, over there right now that people are becoming more and more aware of and when it comes to viewership, though, it's not going to have an impact on what they're doing. >> i was interested by the sound bite from sarah palin. she was hedging and not answering the question. maybe something did happen there with her at fox. i'm not going to speculate. clearly they were creating some kind of a climate that was not welcoming for women. >> or something didn't happen and it fits her narrative to say, her contract wasn't renewed. >> that's quite possible, also. >> and sarah palin had a nice studio in alaska. >> i'm not an expert on what happened inside fox news. what's interesting is because of social media, the protests of viewers in this case, largely women viewers, that this can't go on, it has a vehicle to

actually achieve results. now you can get a boycott or a strong opinion on social media going in 24, 48 hours, and it sweeps people away. this is a new kind of people power. we've heard a lot about the negative implications of social media. this i think is an example of the positive implications of it, that people get more of a voice because they say to their advertise advertisers, look, we're in the going to support your products if you continue to back shows that are run bisexual harassers. >> isn't it so disheartening -- >> it can turn into a witch hunt. the corporations respond. they respond now to viewer and advertiser pressure, and i don't think that's a bad thg. >> i don't thi it's a bad thing. t i do think it's so disheartening to think the people in these front offices that run these joints don't find it compelling evidence when some women over a course of years or

someone is caught doing whatever -- >> that's the culture that roger ailes created at fox. we don't know how common that is through the rest of the industry, although there's been a huge amount of sexual harassment in television in general for a lot of reasons we can talk about over the years. this is about a particular culture that roger ailes created at fox that not only turned a blind eye to this, but didn't take questions seriously when they were raised. >> he said these are unfounded as well. he's denied these allegations. >> totally unconvincing. if they were convincing, why did rupert murdock make the decision he did? >> he parachuted out at $40 million, roger ailes did, with the departure last year. now o'reilly keeping $25 million on his departure. do you think there is a new voice for the conservative movement? >> i certainly hope so. >> is it tucker carlson?

>> i think we need to have voices for conservatives that are saying this kind of behavior isn't respectable. it's not acceptable at all. that's something that i think is going to be an increasing struggle for the brand. how do we reach out to women and make this a party about women and women's issues. i think women are frustrated with the political conversation right now because there is a lot of focus on sexual harassment, sexual violence. all issues are women's issues. i don't think the gop has done a good job communicating that, but minimizing issue with this one issue isn't helpful either. >> but the expanse that we discuss these issues, at the same time the election of donald trump, the tape from that came out, that demonstrated kind of what he said in that tape. and is that just everybody

trying to be too pc about what the larger context really means, about having equal respect? >> i think what this election showed us is women really do care about the issues, and i think you did see a lot of pim women very horrified by some of the comments donald trump made still voting based on the sp supreme court, still voting on their economic interest. not voting an identity of women. >> i remember women saying that. >> i do think republican party has an imaging problem of being hostile to women, and that's something 24e need to deal with. one way to do it is focusing on the issues they do well. >> will spread to the white house, outstanding cases against women who say they were harassed by donald trump. some of the same lawyers representing some of the fox people representing some of these women. trump said during the campaign he would sue them during the campaign. he has not done so.

you'll hear more in the weeks and months to come. >> allegations against him as well. >> thank you for being here. the main issues behind today's march for science. will worldwide demonstrations really work marks a difference on this earth day? we'll talk about it after this. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. nosy neighbor with a glad bag, full of trash. what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. guaranteed. even the most perceptive noses won't notice the trash. be happy. it's glad.

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happening now march for science happening in the nation's capital and here in new york city. more than 600 march for science events around the world come in siding -- coinciding with earth day. a nonprofit group which fights important more funding for stem education standing for science, technology, engineering and math. great to have you here. how big of a need is there for s.t.e.m. funding and also women in s.t.e.m. funding? >> well, we definitely have not achieved parity with women in

s.t.e.m. i think, you know, part of what is so troubling about the proposals by the trump administration with the kitszcu nih and epa are cuts to reservel dget. weeeto get more people in the s.t.e.m. fields. >> when we think about what that means and moving forward, are you at all hopeful with the fact the trump administration did in february sign on for more funding? do you think it's enough in what's needed for you reap what you sew mentality. >> i think we need to be thinking lock-term about investments in science and research in this country. the proposed cuts that the trump administration put forward with this budget are just completely unacceptable and would really put our country behind at a

technological level and economic level. the jobs created through federal investments and research are tremendous. and it is very short sighted to even propose cuts like that rainfall when we think about what it means for the type of activism you're initiating you'd like to see more scientists running for office. you your self ran for office in 2014. would you be interested in running again and how do you get folks within the science community really interested into politics and winning? >> well, earlier this year our group 314 action put a message out to our network saying that we would hold a candidate training for scientists who wanted to run for office. we've had over 5,000 scientists across the country contact us and put their hand up that they want to run for public i've. i find that incredibly encouraging. >> so for you, been there done

that, got the t-shirt, would you run again? >> right now i'm really focused on helping these scientists put together their campaigns, launch them successfully and get them elected. >> okay. that means you have the t-shirt, been there, done that, got the t-shirt. thank you very much and your work. >> thank you. >> this will wrap up nbc live. potential blueprint for putin's plan to sway the u.s. election. i'll see you you 9:00 on msnbc. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything,

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