that's going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. i'll see you tonight on "nbc nightly news" and nbc today. my colleague katy tur picking it up. >> reporter: our word of the day today, it's actually a name: hillary. >> you are graduating at a time when there is a full-fledged assault on truth and reason. people denying science, con cobbingcob ing -- concocting rings out of pizza parlors. some things we see with our own eyes, like the size of crowds. >> hillary clinton unplugged. the well-placed jab she took at

president trump while delivering a commencement speech at her alma mater. also this hour, under scrutiny. >> senior adviser jared kushner is now coming under the fbi's scrutiny. >> maybe the closest adviser to the president making him one of the most powerful people in this country. >> it does seem that they have significant information. >> that should make a whole bunch of people in the white house nervous. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law and adviser is now a focus in the fbi's russia probe. could it affect his big role in the white house? from a body slam to capitol hill, the controversial gop candidate claimed victory in montana's special election. but what happens when mr. gianforte goes to washington? we'll debrief with our reporters and analysts. let's start with the hillary clinton speech. she threw punches today at former campaign rival and now president donald trump. the former democratic candidate held little back as she delivered the commencement address early this afternoon at

her undergrad alma mater. here is one part where she made a reference to the nixon administration, along with a not so subtle veiled swipe at you-know-who. >> we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. after firing the person running the investigation into him at the department of justice. of course, today has some important differences. the advance of technology, the impact of the inrnet, our fragmented media landscape make it easier than ever to splinter ourselves into echo chambers. leaders willing to exploit fear

and skepticism have tools at their disposal that were unimaginable when i graduated. >> one person is a fan of her address. former president bill clinton just tweeted, what a great speech. hillary clinton will never stop believing in and fighting for truth and reason. joining me now is joel bennettson, former speech strategist for hillary clinton's campaign. amber phillips, a political reporter with the "washington post" and nbc news senior politics editor mark murray. quite a team to talk about this. joel, let's start with you. what was this? what was this speech? >> i think if you look at the whole speech, and hopefully people did watch the whole speech, it's a call for young women, to stay engaged, to stand up for truth and reason, fight in an open society, keep open in your mind. they were definitely painting a picture about the times we're living in and she's not the only one who did that today. "the morning joe," joe

scarborough said, stop lying, my party is going straight to hell. i think there are a lot of people strained about the atmosphe atmosphere. i think it would be difficult for people to paint a picture of our democracy now as you urge these women to go forward and carve out their own paths and dedicate themselves to service and an open society. >> she put down the nixon administration. you're scowling? nixon fired the guy that was investigating him. >> wasn't this supposed to be a commencement speech, not an anti-trump rally? look, her accomplishments are large. they are big. they are empowering to women. this is wellesley college. this should have been a really inspirational commencement speech. i liked her humor with the chardonnay and the hiking. i thought it was fantastic until it took that turn on politics

with anti-trump. you know, that's where to me it was a turnoff. i think other than that, it would have been a fabulous commencement speech. >> mark, what did you make of the speech? you don't have a d or an r in front of your name, so what was your take on it? >> my takeaway was this sounded like may 2016, the campaign hasn't stopped. to have this thought of exercise after the election and some of the dust had settled, had president trump met or ex-president trump met with hillary clinton, broken bread for the tv cameras, i'm sure we would have political debates but they woun't be a nasty as they are now. it's just not hillary clinton's typical political address she ends up giving. it's now donald trump has a rally and there's still the lock her up chants and we still haven't gotten past the 2016 election. one other big reason why is just how close it was hillary clinton

ended up winning the popular vote, donald trump won the electoral college. but still, this is a very raw, a very tough time in american politics, and it's extraordinary, kevin, that there's just been a little bit more than a hundred days into the new president's tenure. that's more of a reflection of where we are right now. >> joel, does she still want to play some politics? >> i believe she still thinks she has a voice and i believe she does. we're showing a clip of what was the most political moment in the speech. i think with all due respect, nicole, this wasn't an uplifting speech. she started as a young woman at wellesley. i would encourage people to look at the whole speech rather than comment on that sound bite. this was not a political speech. this was an hour-long speech. the vast majority of which was not political. it was a call to action to these young women who graduated from we go le

wellesley. >> it's not wrong to touch upon it, but to take a real hard turn -- >> it wasn't all politics, including the moment where she talked about how she felt when she lost and why she felt okay about it. take a listen to that. >> you may have heard that things didn't exactly go the way i planned. but you know what? i'm doing okay. one of the things that gave me the most hope and joy after the election when i really kneelneet was meeting so many young people who told me that my defeat had not defeated them. >> that's fantastic. things like that are good. i just didn't -- you know, talk about herself, talk about being inspirational to women, talk about things that are relevant to her now, not -- i don't want to hear about trump. if i'm sitting in that audience, i don't want to hear about him. i wanted her to be the commencement speaker for her, for her accomplishments.

i want to see where she's going to go and inspire me. i don't want to hear about donald trump. >> we don't live in a vacuum, and there is a lot of political -- politics is going on and there are political issues that she clearly feels strongly about. and one of those is the president's budget. take a listen to what she said about that. >> look at the budget that was just proposed in washington. it is an attack of unimaginable cruelty among the most vulnerable among us, the youngest, the oldest, the poorest, and hard-working people who need a little help to gain or hg on to a decent middle class life. >> amber, there's so much talk right now in washington about the russia investigation. there's also talk about the president's proposals but it often gets buried in the everydaybre breaking news of whs happening in this probe.

hillary clinton is putting the spotlight on this budget. what do you think of that? >> i think she sounds like chuck schumer, the top democrat here in washington. those are the parallels i took from clinton's speeches is i heard from her what i hear from senate democrats and house democrats every day, which is we have to stop trump. everything trump proposes is absolutely awful. we have to do everything in our power to lay down and put as many road blocks as we can to get him from not being able to accomplish things. when i talk to strategists about why do they risk being seen as the party of opposition in the way republicans risked being seen for the past eight years. they say, listen, trump is unlike anything we've ever seen before, and from their vantage point, he's dangerous to society, as clinton alluded to in this commencement speech. they have no choice but to try to say things like she just did about how his budget is basically the end of the world. she's really echoing what i hear

in washington democrats feel about the president's domestic agenda. >> but mark, it's not may 2016, it is may 2017. the democrats are going to be going up and trying to win back seats in the house, seats in the senate in 2018. they're going to try and convince voters that they can do a better job than republicans can. we just had that montana special election. we're coming up on the georgia special election. how are democrats doing right now in conveying their ideas instead of just being anti-trump? >> well, katy, my history of covering midterm elections is sometimes just being anti the president in a normal environment gets you a whole lot. publicans rode that in 2010 and 2014 for the former president's reelections. they have president trump's job approval rating below 40% and

that is a right territory. democrats ended up losing in montana. that was a winnable race. but if you do look at the trends we see in kansas, in georgia so far with another runoff on june 20th and in montana last night, they are performing much better than they did in 2016. if they keep that up, and remember we still have a year and a half to go until the midterm elections, that they would be in a very good position to maybe win back the house of representatives. >> mark murray, joel benningson, amber. have a great holiday. i think we all need it. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, is now under scrutiny in the russia probe. what exactly does that mean? we'll talk to reporters who broke that story, next. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing.

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the latest twist in the investigation into is russia has led the fbi not just to the white house but to the president's inner circle. the president's son-in-law and key adviser is being eyed by the fbi. officials believe jared kushner may have significant information. senior white house official gary cohn brushed off a reporter who asked about that earlier today. >> reporter: are you both confident that jared kushner can remain effective in his roles both as peace negotiator and as envoy given some of the questions about -- >> i'm going to cut you off

right now because we're here at the g-7, working on the g-7, with the president, serving him in that capacity. i have nothing to say here. >> peter joins me at the white house, also author of the "washington post" and an attorney involved in the water gate investigation. peter, let's start with you. first off, what is jared kushner saying about this? what are his lawyers saying about this? >> jared kushner, it's worth noting, is already here in washington, d.c. he's back at work in the white house right now. we haven't heard from him but we have heard from his attorney. this is a statement she provided to us, basically saying he has previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings, referring to some of the past meetings he's had with russian officials, going on to say that he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. you can read into that. it makes it appear as if he hasn't been contacted in any way or been interviewed by the fbi.

the fbi specifically is not commenting on it. the white house also not commenting on it for the moment right now. but about those meetings specifically, what would pique the interest of investigators are are those meetings that took place during that transition period about a month before the inauguration in december, the first with sergey kislyak. that's the russian ambassador to the u.s., and later michael flynn, the national security adviser, and separately a meeting with the head of a russian government-backed bank, a man by the name of sergei gorkov. the bank is notable because it's been the subject of u.s. sanctions since 2014. >> peter, he didn't initially disclose those meetings, did he? >> reporter: no, you're right, he didn't initially disclose those meetings. he would go on to say it was a mistake and it was one he could correct. but it's that and a variety of other things, given all these relationships, that have this interest right now in what's going on.

and what's notable specifically about kushner is he is the only known member of the current white house that is in effect under scrutiny. he is not a subject of the investigation like paul manafort, the former campaign chair, or like michael flynn, the ousted national security adviser, but he is the only member of the inner circle of this white house who is being looked at in any form right now. >> peter, thanks. there's a live picture right now we want to show you the president in italy and sicily. it's a post-dinner photo op he's having with the g-7 leaders. matt, let's keep on this subject, though, and i'm sorry for butchering your last name a moment ago. you also were doing some reporting on this kushner matter. in your "washington post" piece you write, in addition to possible coordination between the kremlin and the trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, investigators are also looking broadly into possible financial crimes, but the people familiar with the matter who are not authorized to speak publicly did not specify who or what was

being examined. so does this mean that the investigation is broadening? >> yeah, absolutely. the investigation is broadening and escalating. i mean, in recent weeks, and i think in the coming weeks, we're going to see subpoenas, possible interview requests. we've seen some subpoenas already related to mike flynn's business interest. he's the former national security adviser. so, you know, financial crimes are a part of this but also the tone and tenor of this is kind of increasing. if they're issuing subpoenas, they know those could become public because the targets could talk about them and that's a sign this is escalating. >> nick, we're using a lot of legal terms here. under scrutiny, in focus, person of interest, some other outlets are using. does that mean he is the subct of an investigation? does that mean he is the target of an information? give us a reality check on what's going on. >> we don't really know at this point in time. what we do know is he's very

central to the factual development that's going on right now in this investigation. we do know, as he said himself when he was interviewed by forbes magazine after the campaign, that he was the person in charge of that whole data mining and microtargeting project, which is really at the core of this whole allegation about whether or not there was collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign. you know, the question is whether or not they coordinated that with the russians such that they were able to send to very targeted individuals either pro-trump supporters or hillary supporters. one, to turn off hillary supporters to suppress the vote, or to get out the vote with the trump supporters, and that they disseminated all these false stories about hillary clinton before the campaign to microtargeted individuals that they had reason to believe were hillary supporters. so he's right in the middle of

this. and as to the financial part of it, certainly there is all kinds of information we know in the public record right now about his sister going to china selling visas. >> and what they have on 66th avenue. those are just questions that are now coming up. could it be part of this, could it be part of any debt he may have on buildings or the company may have? these are all questions that are unanswered right now, and as far as we know, jared kushner hasn't necessarily done anything wrong. just because you or somebody has this in focus or under scrutiny doesn't necessarily mean you have committed a cre, doesn't necessarily mean you are the target of an investigation. we should make that very clear. we just don't know right now. >> we don't know and the question is how far is he going to cooperate? is he going to waive the spousal privilege of ivanka, for

example? >> so far the lawyers say he is red did i to cooperate. nick ackerman, thank you very much. matt zapitosky, i hope i said it right that time. all of you, thank you. later today, chuck todd will have a one-on-one interview with former secretary leon panetta. that is tonight on "mtp daily." allies, or is it really adversaries? trump goes head to head with leaders he spent essentially trashing yesterday. two very different speeches donald trump gave on his first presidential trip abroad. >> we are not here to lecture. we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do. i have been very, very direct in saying that nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations.

instead we are here to offer partnership based on shared interests and values. but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. i also promise that america will not seek to impose our way of life on others. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states. i stand before you as a representative of the american people. [radio alarm] ♪

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we have an update for you on the concert bombing in manchester. ariana grande tweeted that she would return there to give a concert for the victims. she tweeted, there is nothing i better.ne can do to make this raids there continue as the terror threat remains at an all-time high throughout the u.k. earlier today secretary of state rex tillerson addressed the fallout about leaks, saying the

u.s. government takes full responsibility. >> the president has been very strong in his condemnation that has called for an immediate investigation and prosecution of those who are found to have been responsible for leaking any of this information to the public. >> british prime minister theresa may confronted president trump today about intelligence leaks that have rattled the relationship between the u.s. and it clos closest diplomatic . >> i did raise the issue of leaks of information that have been shared by the police with the fbi with president trump. he has made clear that is unacceptable. the metropolitan police, as i understand it, received assurances from the fbi and are now have restarted the process of sharing information with them. >> the two leaders talked at the g-7 summit today in italy, and that is not the only news that was made there. moments ago they posed for a photo op after a dinner with g-7

leaders and spouses. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live in italy. kelly, first of all, i'm very jealous of where you are right now, so i'm going to start with that. secondly, let's get to the more important matter and that is the news. there's obviously been some strain on the relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. right now regarding leaks, intelligence leaks about what happened in the manchester bombing that were leaked to the u.s. press before it came out in the u.k. talk to me about how they're trying to make sure that that does not harm the information sharing relationship that our two countries have. >> reporter: well, katy, it's something that certainly the united kingdom is concerned about with this close relationship and seeing, in the heat of the investigation for mancheer, some specific information about evidence being shared. that really set things off. and so as the prime minister theresa may explained, the u.s. relationship with the united

kingdom remains strong, and she wanted assurances from president trump about a commitment to lockdown those leaks. now, separately, the president for his own political purposes has been railing against leaks. and so this sort of ties in to something he actually wants to be talking about. now, the twitter feed for theresa may put out a photo of them talking today, and it seems to capture a moment of intensity. so she is saying that now the sharing of information can be restored after really taking the president to task over the fact that this leak happened on a law enforcement level. and he is assuring her that it will not happen again. so this is going to be a situation where president trump is also saying he wants an investigation and internal review for how did this happen, and it allows him, for his own purposes, to talk about leaks which is something he's been trying to talk about for weeks when it comes to the russia investigation. so separate set of facts but a topic the president likes to jump on.

indicate s katy? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. it's dark out but you do have the most beautiful backdrop for your day. let's go to the panel, secretary of state under the obama administration. ambassador for the u.n. under the george bush administration. joel and rubien, thank you very much for joining me. joel and stuart, excuse me. i'm doing great with names today. let's talk about the way that the president is handling this foreign trip and the difference between how he came off in the middle east, how he came off in saudi arabia and israel, and how he's coming off in europe. at one point he is sing to saudi arabia that he is not going to lecture them, joel, but he goes out and he lectures our european allies. what is the goal here? >> it's great to be with you, katy, and yes, taking the back end first, i think that the president has left our european

allies confused as to where the united states stands and what we're trying to achieve. there is a problem here. the administration has said that security and the economy are its core pillars of its foreign policy. the president was in nato yesterday and with the g-7 today, and if anything, those two organizations represent security and economy. yet the attendees there, our partners, our closest and best friends, are walking out uncertain about where we're heading in the globe and where are we on human rights and the environment, on global trade. and this is significant. we can't have daylight with these partners. we need to be very close, so that's a big concern. >> he's had critical comments about germany, he's expressed no firm support for article 5, and he's had no formal position on russian sanctions. what do you make of that? >> well, i think it's fairly consistent with what he's said

heretofore. on the russian sanctions, i think the fact that gary cohn said no plans to lift sanctions. we knew trade would be an issue with the nationalist policies he's pursuing, climate in the same boat. and i think there are progress areas on the margins. this move to try to get the internet companies to step up efforts on, you know, countering, recruiting violent extremists and so forth. the fact he's had some bilateral discussions with prime minister abe of japan onrea. u can tell the tone has sort changed throughout the trip. >> j urban, stuart holliday. thank you both. a montana congressman wins

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misdemeanor assault for attacking a reporter on the eve of the election. gianforte defeated his democratic opponent rob quince by a 6% win. he apologized as he gave his victory speech. >> last night i made a mistake. i took an action that i can't take back, and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> nbc's gator haake is live in bows m bozeman, montana. earlier i said kelly o'donnell had the best background. i have to restate. you have the best background despite the highway running through it. gianforte apologized but he didn't say anything about the

campaign statement that was released that didn't apologize, blamed ben jacobs. what do you make of that? and secondly, is this going to follow him to the halls of congress? he's going to have a lot of people putting microphones in his face. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. those are very much related questions. they are hoping to leave this question behind in montana. the cal daern sort of helps him do that. the earlier gianforte could be seated in congress is june 6. that's what congress comes back from this recess they've started. by law he has to appear in front of a judge in montana by june 7. ere is a cnce he can get this all behind him before he ever goes to washington. about that apology, katy, that was probably aimed just as much at paul ryan and republicans in washington as it was the reporter who was in the room, because it allows him to kind of clear the decks here and provide an apology and hopefully be a welcome new republican member when he arrives in washington. we heard some of that sentiment from one of his future colleagues on the hill today.

>> i was pleased to see that the congressman followed the advice of the speaker and apologized publicly. i think that was the right thing to do. i don't know him, i'm not in a position to judge him, so i look forward to an opportunity to get to know him. >> reporter: and i suspect if congress were in session today, we would hear a lot more of that from fellow republicans saying, give the guy a chance, katy. >> garrett, has he offered to pay for ben's glasses? >> reporter: as far as we know, there's been no contact whatsoever between the candidate and the reporter in this incident. so i think that tells you maybe all you need to know about that apology. >> garrett haake in montana with a beautiful, stunning background. garrett, enjoy yourself. gianforte won last night but he didn't do as well as expected, perhaps due in part to that infamous body slam. audio caught on tape. >> speak with shane, please.

i'm sick and tired of you guys. >> jesus chri -- >> get the hell out of here. are you with the guardian? >> yes. and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy from there did the same thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> that last statement has people wondering if this is the state of politics and another sign of america's broken political system. breitbart reporternd founder of the consulting firm j.g.w. strategies. michelle, let's start with you. everybody knows about the incident that you had with ko correspo cory lewandowski but talk to me about why reporters were so angry with the media, why they were so antagonistic with reporters? >> i don't think this is

anything new. i think they were happy with how obama handled the administration. they didn't hold them accountable. he felt that reporters were biased and they're democrats. there is some truth to that. if you go to news rooms in new york city, you won't find as many reporters that are anti-gay, anti gun laws. trump capitalized on that sentiment. now they detest the media, they despi despise them, and it's a very weird time for reporters right now and trump just acts on it. >> what did you take from gianforte turning on him. >> i was one of those people as well. i feel there is a liberal bias in the media, and we tried to

show a perspective that a lot of americans felt wasn't being represented in mainstream media. obviously my situation was very terrible in the sense that i was abandoned by my publication, but what i think is now all of a sudden it feels in politics that people are viewing things in terms of my team and their team. if ben jacobs had been, for example, assaulted by a democrat, i think republicans would be outraged. now we see them sort of embracing in civility, and it's very strange. if it provides points to their team, then they're in favor of it. if it doesn't, then they're not. it's very much about teams rather than america. >> >> ally, this is obviously not the trump administration who did this, but they did a lot of their tactics, if you will, pushing away the media. how has the white house responded to this despite what the president said about great win in montana?

are they concerned about the heat out there towards reporters? are they concerned about the heat that's out there in general in politics right now, this tribalism? >> reporter: katy, i don't think so, and i'm sure that's not surprising to you given what we saw on the campaign trail. he accelerated this anti-media bias that already existed a lot in this republican party, and i think now when you're looking at what happened in montana, what i think about when i think about these voters is there's a lot of pressure put on this insider versus outsider. trump ran as an outsider and voters embraced him as an outsider and media is largely lumped the insiders. you don't want to see a reporter awarded for bad behavior in that way, but at the same time what we saw throughout the 2016 election, it's really surprising that voters didn't push back against what happened. i think largely you saw this

quickening of toxicity in the republican voting base, and i think that's what you saw play out in montana, was that gianforte ended up with better fundraising numbers after this and largely voters didn't rebuke him. so i think you are seeing what michelle said, which is a weirdness, and it's an our team versus their team kind of thing. but that's definitely something that trump running in 2016 really brought out and his voting base embraced. >> michelle fields, it was wonderful to see you. thank you very much. ally vetali, i'm glad you got the white blazer memo. the budget is at the top of the to-do list. lee zeldin, member of the foreign affairs committee weighs in on trump and more, coming up next.

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joining me now, the congressman from new york. it is always lovely to see you. thank you for coming here and talking to us on this friday before a holiday. >> we keep getting news with the russia investigation. we keep hearing more and more and more. now we're hearing that jared kushner is under scrutiny. does it concern you that this investigation is now going into trump's inner circle? >> well, i'm really interested in getting facts. there's a lot of speculation as far as what is being searched as it relates to mr. kushner. there's a big difference as you've been discussing on the show this afternoon between being a target of an investigation and being someone that the fbi is looking to. either with regard to what kind of verbal answers can be not give to questions or documents that can be provided. that's a pretty significant piece that we have to speculate

on right now. and the more information that we have, the more facts we have, the easier it is to form a judgment on each of these developments. >> you have this and a lot of republicans saying they're worried about getting their agenda done. i'm sure you saw it. ho d republicans get things done? we're in may. yeah, the house passed health care but it seems lying it is dead on arrival in the senate. the budget is dead on arrival in the senate. what victories can the republicans point to at this point so far other than the supreme court? >> there have been dozens of bills -- >> let's talk about major legislation. >> part of agenda was rolling back regulations as far as the predecessor's time in office. as far as health care, passed the house. the senate is legislating.

and they might, if they're passing a bill, it might be a different form and we go to conference. that's how the legislative process should work. when we return on the house side, we'll be voting on legislation related to the financial industry and the choice act. the house ways and means committee is doing hearings and getting ready to mark up legislation as it relates to tax reform. as it relates to appropriations and the budget, it doesn't matter who is in charge, republicans, democrats or mixed, you need off the regular order, you need an appropriations order that works. one that goes on all year long. the government doesn't run out of money until the end of september as it relates to the annual appropriations process. that's one that we will see moving along with appropriations bills passing along and going to the senate. >> are you happy with the pace of things?

do you think, do you wish it was going a little faster, a little smoother? >> as far as passing bills, we're pass go bills all the time. this week we pass ad whole bunch of bills relate to human trafficking. the week prior, which was national police week, we're passing a lot of different bills -- >> what about major legislation, you know what i'm asking. i'm asking about big promises made by the campaign. big ideas that republicans probably thought they could get ne when they controlled the house, the senate, and now they have a republican president there. this should be the time, the first few months to really get things done. that's when you should have the most political capital. do you wish it went faster or are you completely happy with how things have gone? >> as far as the legislative agenda goes in the house, i am pleased with where things are going. i just spoke about bills through the process. one day i'll get interviewed about health care and the house republicans get criticized that they're moving too quickly and

then do you an interview about health care and the house republicans get criticized they're not moving fast enough. >> we're not criticizing for not moving fast enough but there is criticism that you sent a bill to congress that is not going to look anything like the bill that was passed in the house. >> well, it's up to the senate to legislate -- >> senate, excuse me. >> it is up to the senate to legislate a bill that they feel is the right answer to health care and any idea they have that might improve health care in our country better than the status quo, i would welcome that. that's the legislative process. if we send them a bill and they have ideas to improve it, that's great. >> i hope you have a hamburger, a hotdog, i hope you have a lovely, lovely memorial day weekend. >> and we'll be back with one more thing. first a remind per nbc's

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one more thing, john boehner 2020? maybe not. he said for the most part, trump's time in office has been, quote, a complete disaster. when asked if he would like to

replace trump one day, i drink red wine, i smoke cigarettes, i golf, i cut my own grass, i iron my own clothes and i'll not willing to give all that up to be prest. askefor whether or not he misses capitol hill, i wokep every day, drink my morning coffee and say hallelujah, hallelujah. i am going to take the next three days and live a little of john boehner's life. it sounds fantastic if you ask me. >> don't smoke. >> well no, i won't smoke. >> other than that, have yourself -- >> the candy cigarettes, the gum ones. >> you deserve a little rest. get it and i will see you next week. we begin with two former politicians from opposite sides of the office going on the offensive against president trump today. hillary clinton calling his budget a lie while the former house speaker last night referring to the trump