thank you for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. mr. president, can we ask you about the cbo report? >> thank you very much, everybody. i appreciate it. thank you. >> there are 22 million more uninsured. >> does the republican bill have enough heart? >> are you -- >> silence from the president on health care. new report finds the senate gop bill would leave 22 million more americans uninsured over the next ten years. now at least four republicans don't even want it to come up for a vote. >> plus, a big legal win for the president. the supreme court has given the go ahead to begin enforcing parts of the trump administration's travel ban. an ominous warning from the white house. the administration accuses the syrian government of planning another chemical weapons attack,

saying the assad regime would pay a heavy price. good morning. it's tuesday, june 27th. with the grinding down, the cbo's assessment of the senate health care plan is making it that much harder for republicans to push it through. the nonpartisan group found that over the next decade 22 million people -- fewer people would be uninsured compared to obama care, and that deficit savings would largely come on the back of cuts in medicaid, spending $772 billion. of the 15 million people who would no longer be on medicaid as a result of the new law, the cbo forecast most would not purchase private coverage since the senate bill would encourage them to purchase plans whose premiums and deductibles are too high to be attractive options. the plan would reduce the

deficit by $320 billion. at first the cbo premiums would go up, but by 2026 the premiums could be 20% lower compared to obama care. still, that doesn't account for reductions in coverage for out of pocket costs and changes to subsidies, and the report concluded that the senate plan would disproportionately impact elderly. now, the white house responded by stating in part, "the cbo has consistently proven it cannot accurately predict how health care legislation will impact insurance coverage. this history of inaccuracy as demonstrated by its flawed report on coverage premiums and predicted deficit arising out of obama care, reminds us that its analysis must not be trusted blindly." senate majority whip cornyn said the first procedural votes could come as early as this afternoon but more likely tomorrow. then the so-called vote of amendments could begin as early as thursday with final passage late that night or early friday.

>> so we'll just get the votes that it needs to pass for the moment for republican senators standing in the way of the bill, even coming to the senate floor. ron johnson of wisconsin, dean heller of nevada, rand paul of kentucky, and susan collins of maine have all indicated they would vote against a motion to proceed forward. senator collins tweeted she wants to work with her senate colleagues to fix obama care, but "the cbo analysis shows the senate bill will not do that." she went on, "senate bill does not fix aca problems for rural maine. our hospitals that are already struggling. one in five mainers are on medicaid, and others remain on the fence." take a listen. >> it makes me more concerned. i have been uncommitted and i remain uncommitted. i mean, just deadline uncommitted. >> this cuts funding for planned parenthood for one year. >> it concerns me. >> will you vote for something that cuts it at all?

>> what i have said very clearly is that i don't think that the issue of medicaid reimbursement for planned parenthood should be an issue in this bill. if we have to get to a point to offer amendments, i would move to strike that. >> but senator john thoune told the "new york times" "this is the best we can do to try to satisfy all the different perspectives in our conference. it's time to fish or cut bait." >> senate democrats staged a late-night talk-a-thon in opposition to the gop health care bill. short speeches started shortly after the 5:30 p.m. vote and went on for hours. >> trump care would be a disaster for the american people, and we are going to fight against it tooth and nail. >> i know that no republican wants to see anybody die. none of us do. that is the reality that we are dealing with, and you cannot ignore it. >> you need to do the right thing. vote no on this bill for their sake, for the sake of your

constituents. >> senate republicans should not still be trying to figure out the best way to ram this bill through the senate. they should just throw it in the trash. >> while that was going on inside senator cory booker and congressman john lewis also staged a sit-in outside on the capitol steps joined by dozens over the course of several hours. >> this evil bill, it's not about going together. it's about leaving people behind. it's about cutting people off. >> we are doing everything we can to prevent it from passing, and we're close to victory because of you. joengs from washington white house correspondent for the hill jordan fabian. it's good to have you with us this morning. let's start by having you take us inside your reporting about what senate republicans will realistically do next. i mean, does it look like we're going to see more of the carrot or stick at this point approach? >> well, thanks. talking to senators and their

aides yesterday, there are just a lot of nervousness and really just uncertainty about the path forward for this bill following this report. you have those numbers that you just laid out. very damaging politically for republican leaders who are trying to force a vote this week. you have those four senators standing in the way of a procedural vote that would move this forward. that means that we're hearing that there's a possibility that the leaders might need to make some last minute changes to this legislation to move it forward, but then you run into a problem. it's almost like squeezing a balloon. in that group you have two moderates and two conservatives. if you start making changes on one side, it makes problems for the other side. that's part of what senator thune was saying in the it's time to fish or cut bait. it's hard to make changes at this juncture that would satisfy enough senators to push this thing forward. >> to make everybody happy. anything positive in this cbo report for the republicans?

any silver linings here that you can see? and try to earn their votes. they have some room to play with there with that deficit reduction figure. >> and we know the white house is going to have to try and get some republicans on board, but we've also heard that pro-trump groups are going to start buying some ads to pressure senators like dean heller to fall in line. take a listen to what lindsey graham said yesterday.

>> hearing his reference who the white house, congressional republicans learn to be wary of the president. >> absolutely. i think we learned that during the debate over the house bill as well when you saw president trump get on twitter and start going after hold-out members of the freedom caucus. there's some nervousness about how the white house handles this, but, look, we talked to one aide in a moderate senate republican's office, and there was more anger directed really at senate leaders. they said that, you know, president trump wanted to make this more generous, and they didn't follow through on that promise. >> all right. certainly keeping an eye on this. jordan fabian for us, thank you so much where. >> thanks. last night at the white house they put out an ominous and unexpected warning to syria concerning another possible chemical weapons attack statement from the press secretary. it reads, "the united states has identified potential

preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children. the activities are similar to preparings the regime made before its april 4, 2017, chemical weapons attack. as we have previously stated, the united states is in syria to eliminate the islamic state of iraq and syria. if, however, mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will have to pay a heavy price." u.n. ambassador nikki haley went further in a tweet saying, "any further attacks done to the people of syria will be blamed on assad, but also on russia and iran who support him killing his own people."

the u.s. conducted air strikes back on april 6th in retaliation of sorts for using chemical weapons against syrians in the province which left more than 80 civilians dead there, including dozens of children. and the u.s. supreme court has partially reinstated president trump's travel ban from six predominantly muslim countries granting temporary entry to the country for certain kinds of people, including those who have a close relative who is a u.s. citizen, those who are attending an american university or college, and people who have job offers from the u.s. businesses. that means the department of homeland security and state department will have to begin sorting through travellers' applications to determine the extent of their link to the united states. the court ruled unanimously to hear the case during its fall term and agreed that the lower courts had gone too far in overturning the ban of new visas. the court wrote that in the interest in preserving national security it is an urgent objective of the highst order and to prevent the government from pursuing that objective would injure its interests without alleviating obvious

hardship to anyone else. justice clarence thomas, samuel aleddo and neil gorsuch would have let the complete ban take effect immediately, while the other six justices actually delayed it. president trump stated he is very grateful for the 9-0 decision. the court also decided yesterday to overturn a law in the state of arkansas as well that treated same-sex couples differently from others issuing birth certificates ruling that states can no longer refuse to list partners. still ahead, president trump demands an apology over the russia investigation and lashes out against president barack obama. plus, the historic heat wave, it may be over out west, but the wildfires that continue to burn thanks to warm and breezy conditions. we are going to get a full check on the forecast coming up. stay with us, everybody. (vo) a lifetime of your dog's

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twitter yesterday the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august about russian meddling, adding, "with four months looking at russia under a magnifying glass, they had zero tapes of key people kol you'ding. there is no collusion and no obstruction. i should be given an apology." earlier he said the reason that president obama did nothing about russia after being notified by the cia of meddling is that he expected clinton to win and did not want to rock the boat. he did not choke. he kol you'ded or obstructed and it did the dems and crooked hillary no good. press secretary sean spicer defended obama that his predecessor kol you'dcolluding. >> they've been very clear, they've been playing this card about blaming trump and russia, and yet, at the same time, they were the ones who according to this report knew about it, and didn't take any action. the question is were they -- if

they didn't take any action, does that make them complicity? i think that dlsthere is a lot questions. >> kristen welker then pressed spicer on the hypocrisy pointing to these comments from the trump campaign trip. >> it's just a total deflection. this whole thing with russia. by the way, they hacked. they probably have her 33,000 emails. i hope they do. they probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted because you would see some beauties there, so let's see. it would be interesting to see. i will tell you this. russia, if you are listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. let's see if that happens. >> this was president trump on the campaign trail. russia, if you are listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.

i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by the press. how can you accuse president obama of obstructing when he was egging russia on? >> he was joking at the time. >> except trump had been steadfast in his call for anyone to access clinton's e-mail. as he stated over and over again in this exchange with nbc's katie couric. >> do you have any qualms about asking a foreign government, russia, china, anybody, to interfere, to hack into a system of anybody's in this country -- >> that's up to the president. let the president talk. here's the problem. >> you just told -- >> katie, here's the problem. >> you said the russians -- >> he has no respect. >> you said i welcome them to find those 30,000 emails. >> they probably have them. i would like to have them released. >> does that not give you pause? >> it gives me no pause. if they have them, we might as well -- you know what gives me more pause? that a person in our government, crooked hillary clinton -- here's what gives me -- be quiet. i know you want to save her. that a person in our government,

katie, would delete or get rid of 33,000 emails. that gives me a big problem. after she gets a subpoena. she gets subpoenaed, and she gets rid of 33,000 emails. that gives me a problem. if russia or china or any of the country has those emails, i need to be honest with you, i would love to see them. >> shortly after that answer in his press conference then candidate trump tweeted this. if russia or any other country or person has hillary clinton's 33,000 illegally deleted emails, perhaps they should share them with the fbi. >> let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. a historic heat wave out west is over, but hot and dry conditions now leading to perfect conditions for wildfires. >> yeah. we went a week straight with temperatures that were near record or record highs. we knew you were going to have some fire. it's early. remember, we had a very wet season in the west as we went through the fall and the winter. a lot of that vegetation grew. it will die this summer, and

then usually in the fall is our big fire season, so we're a little ahead of schedule, a little early. if you are waking up on the east coast, florida had numerous showers and thunderstorms. very typical overnight. the storms have pretty much ended. right around the big bend. if you are in new york city, bring that umbrella out. if you are going outside of the next half hour, then it will clear out for the rush hour. just that lone shower heading over. it will pass into connecticut shortly. there's a lot of showers and storms towards rochester and a few through central pennsylvania. there may be a quick passing shower today in areas of the northeast. here's the fire map. this shows you where all the big fires are currently burning right now. there's 27 large fires. red flag warnings continue, and that means gusty winds, dry conditions, and it means if we have any new fires, they can spread rapidly. also a chance of severe weather today. about one million people at risk from south dakota to north dakota, and also down into nebraska. otherwise, pretty nice day today, guys. st. louis, chicago, great lakes look fine, and we'll have more thunderstorms this afternoon in

florida. it's elfor all these big fires in the west. usually the fall is when we have our peak of the season. >> yeah. it's going to be a lot to watch for. still ahead, russell westbrook may have won mvp, but it was bill russell who stole last night's awards show. we'll explain next in sports. (baby crying) ♪ fly ♪ me to the moon (elegant music) ♪ and let me play (bell rings)

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>> perhaps one of the best moments of the show was bill russell accepted his lifetime achievement award. >> where did they find all these tall people? thank you.

i would kick your ass. >> only russell an 1 1-time nba champion could get away with trash talking those five basketball legends, but you got to love it. speaking of trash talk, tennis superstar serena williams wasn't hearing it from retired tennis legend john mcenroadway who in an npr interview emphasized his distinction of williams as the best female player ever because "if she played the men's circuit, she would be, like, 700 in the world." williams fired back in a pair of tweets saying dear john, i adore and respect you, but please, please keep me out of your statements that are not factually based. i have never played anyone ranked there nor do i have the time. respect me and my privacy as i'm trying to have a baby. good day, sir. just a side note, serena williams did win the australian open while she was 8 weeks pregnant. i'm sure john mcenroe wanting to take that one back.

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welcome back. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. the trump administration issuing a stern warning to syria over claims it has spotted potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by bashar al assad's government. they said that syria would pay a heavy price if any such attack proceeds, but gave no details about the alleged preparations or how they had been detected. nbc news has confirmed that russian ambassador sergei kisliak is leaving his post at the end of the summer. u.s. officials tell nbc news the move was expected is part of the regular rotation of diplomats that predade the ongoing russia meddling investigation. crews in utah are expected to face tough conditions today

as they continue to battle what has become the nation's largest wildfire officials. they are seeing roughly 10% of the blaze in the brian head region of the state has been contained. so far 46,000 acres have been burned. investigators say the fire was started by a weed burning torch earlier this month. turning back to one of our other top stories. president trump has scored a partial legal victory in his ongoing battle to put his travel ban on six predominantly muslim countries in place. the supreme court has agreed to hear the president's appeal over lower court rielgz against the ban and says the white house can enact portions of the rules in the meantime. justice correspondent pete williams has more from the supreme court. pete. >> the president didn't get everything that he wanted, but he did get something that the lower courts have so far denied him. a chance to put at least part of his executive order into effect. for the first time in five months a legal win. at least a partial one for president trump after a series of setbacks that blocked enforcement of his executive order on travel.

the court granted his appeal in two lower court decisions against it, and said some of it can now be enforced. a 90-day pause on issuing visas for travel to the u.s. from six muslim countries associated with terrorism. the white house is insistent that to protect national security it must use the pause to assess the reliability, background information provided by those countries on visa applicants. a clear victory, president trump says, adding i cannot allow people into our country who want to do us harm. the court was unanimous on agreeing to take up the president's appeals, but by a vote of 6-3, it agreed with the lower courts that the travel ban cannot be enforced against nen seeking a visa who has a close relative here or wants to come here to study or teach or is coming here to accept a job offer. that means anyone in those categories can still apply for a visa. that's why the challengers say this is a legal win for them. >> president trump, you can't enforce the refugee ban. you can't enforce the muslim ban

against those people who are connected to the united states, which is always the heart of our challenge. >> three of the court's conservatives, justices thomas aledo and gorsuch said they would have allowed the entire executive order to be enforced with no exceptions. groups sponsoring refugees from the six countries say it's not all good news for them. >> i think we're most concerned about individuals who perhaps do not have any ties or family relationships to the united states of america and what it's going to mean for them. >> the travel restrictions last only 90 days, and the court won't hear the case until october. by then the case could be dismissed as moot, no locker a live controversy. two developments here on religious freedom. the court ruled that states cannot refuse to give taxpayer money to churches, especially when it's for a program of general public benefit like the repairing a playground, and the court said it would hear this fall an appeal from a denver baker who claimed that having to bake cakes for same-sex weddings violates his religious freedom.

>> yesterday the cbo estimated that 22 million people would no longer have health care coverage compared to obama care. the white house waste nod time in its defense of the senate plan tweeting out nearly two hours before the cbo score was actually released. "fact. when obama care was signed cbo estimated that 23 million people would be covered in 2017. they were off by 100%. only 10.3 million people are covered." for the record, if the estimates were off by 100%, zero people would be covered. 55% was the number they were looking for. the white house also released a statement on the bill's cbo score stating, "the cbo has consistently proven it cannot accurately predict how health care legislation will impact insurance coverage. this history of inaccuracy reminds us that its analysis must not be trusted blindly. meanwhile, president trump attempting to whip the vote this weekend calling several undecided republicans, including

senators cruz, paul, capito and johnson, and mike pence is doing his part hosting a group of gop senators for dinner this evening to discuss their concerns about the bill. now, among those invited, senators mike lee, james langeford, tom cotton, and ben sass. joining us once again is jordan fabian. he is a white house correspondent for "the hill" in d.c. let's talk more about this a little bit, if you can, jordan. safe to say that the approach that they are taking is more hands-off than the house version. at least when it comes to what the white house is trying to do with lobbying for this. >> yes and no, ayman. we saw during the house bill that the white house was doing some unusual stuff, like calling for a vote on specific days on the bill. they're not doing that this time around. they're leaving those kind of logistics to senate leaders. the president, like you said, is still working the phones. he has tried to convince these hold-out senators to get on board with the program and the vice president is heavily involved in that as well. there is a lot of arm-twisting

going on behind the scenes. >> you know the big number that we've been touting, 22 million people could stand to lose their health care with this senate bill. that sort of has been the big headline coming ouflt cbo report. take us inside some of the other headlines that we're missing right now. >> one that jumped out to me, yasmin, was what it does to the individual insurance market. the biggest reason republicans say they need this is to stabilize that market where you see premiums go up in some areas. you see insurers leave. now the cbo score says that the market would basically remain the same under the republican plan. that overall it's stable, but in certain areas you're still going to see these insurers possibly leaving. still going to see very high premiums to make it hard for people to purchase plans. that was one that jumped out to me in a major way that undercut some of the explanation for why this bill is needed. >> jordan, let me ask you about this change that the "new york times" was reporting. it said that earlier in the day the bill itself was actually

changed to penalize people who go without health insurance by requiring them to wait up to six months before their actual coverage would begin. why has that changed? explain that to us. >> well, there was concern among senate leaders that this bill would leave too many people uninsured, and this penalty that was included in the bill was to basically lift that number. make sure that less people are jumping -- or keeping their insurance. the reason there was this concern about people leaving the insurance market was the individual mandate that one of the central aspects of president obama's health care law is a repeal of the bill. as we saw with the top line number, there's still 22 million fewer people who would have insurance under the plan. >> you know, jordan, we talked about the four republicans so far that it's a concern about this bill, saying they likely would vote no if this bill came to the floor.

there's another problem, though, down the road. a freedom caucus chairman meadows. he is reportedly saying that the senate health care bill, that wouldn't pass the house right now. that would actually lose some really significant conservative republicans they've been banking on here. >> absolutely. that would be a concern. if this bill does, in fact, pass the senate, the plan is -- i have talked to some people in the house that the plan would be to just pass the senate bill verbatim through the house and then get it to president trump's desk. if conservatives hold out, that's a problem, but on the other hand, we've seen some of the major pieces of legislation come through congress, and once it passes the house, once it passes the senate, it's like a snowball rolling downhill. some of the concerns about conservatives might be erased. >> i suspect this is going to occupy our conversations for the next couple of days. that is for sure. jordan fabian for us. thank you. >> thanks. a number of organizations are weighing in on the senate gop health care legislation. anthem, one of the largest --

the nation's largest health insurers is endorsing the bill saying it could bolster the individual insurance market. the american medical association, on the other hand, is criticizing the plan. in a letter to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, the ceo of ama writes "medicine has long operated under the precept of first do no harm. this violates the standard on many levels." the u.s. conference of catholic bishops is denouncing the lenls las vegas. in a statement the organization says, in part, this moment cannot pass without comment. the loss of affordable access for millions of people is simply unacceptable. these are real families who need and deserve health care." let's turn to business where apple and google have both announced partnerships with car rental companies to test self-driving technology. cnbc's jim atkins joins us live from london. jim, it looks like the markets are having a positive reaction to this news. obviously, bolstering rental car companies who have had a tough time in the ride-sharing app era. >> they certainly did.

hertz shares bounced by 13%. don't forget, this is a stock which has shed around four bits of its market value over the past year. meantime, avis shares were up around 14% in yesterday's trade. avis's deal with google parental parent alphabet. this is bigger than hertz and apple. so far there's a report of six electricus suvs being involved there. as you mentioned, this he really have suffered in the ride-sharing car age. this could offer them a potential lifeline. over to amtrak, whether it's a new ceo, it's richard anderson who is the former ceo of delta airlines. he helped propel the company into the world's largest airline by multi-capitalization, and he oversaw the merger back in 2008 with northwest airlines. he has his work cut out for him because this summit new york's penn station is undertaking a major repair program set to

disrupt the travel plans of thousands of vacationers. and it's not as though amazon founder jeff basos doesn't have enough on his plate, but now his aerospace manufacturing firm blue origin is set to commence production in huntsville, alabama. the company is looking to make around 30 rocket and aerospace engines per year, taking on around 350 employees to do so. lewis, back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. well, karen handel has been sworn in to represent george gornl's sixth district after last week's historic election. paul ryan officially wore in handel who was joined by her husband during a ceremony yesterday. ralph norman of south carolina was sworn in as well. the same day that handel took office, her former rival penned an op ed on the washington post on the lessons learned by democrats after losing the most expensive house race in u.s. history. in fact, john osoff writes grassroots politics, linking small dollar fundraising massive

local volunteer organization, showed that it can rival the power of a right-wing machine comparing super pacs backed by entrenched interests and mega donors. ossoff said the intraparty disputes that dominate national commentary on democratic politics were nowhere to be found in the sixth district. on the ground the democrats were committed to strike the first blow of the new era on behalf of decency and progress." still ahead, a very special honor for vice president joe biden that found him getting in touch with his past in a very important summer job. plus, bill karins will have the latest on the historic western heat wave and if any relief is on the wave for crews battling wildfires. all that and much more when we return. this is a story about mail and packages.

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an aquatic center in wilmington, delaware, in his honor, and joe being joe, took up the lifeguard chair post. unsurprisingly, this picture has blown up on social media. biden worked as a lifeguard at the pool back when he was a teenager, and in his autobiography he writes about being the only white lifeguard to work in the inner city pool back in 1962. let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins where. >> at least the pool was empty. there was no one swimming. >> no one was swimming in that pool. >> no one to save. >> it's early in our fire season. usually you get the growth from the winter and then that's when fires can spread rapidly. it's been so hot. a bunch in california and utah. today, gusty winds, low humidity. another difficult day for firefighters. if you are in the northeast, have an umbrella with you today. it's going to be hit and miss,

quick showers. like the summertime showers that will roll through. it will be sunny, showers, and then sunny again. right now one of the showers is right over the top of new york city heading towards southern connecticut, and there's a line of showers through western new york. this whole weather pattern has been very cool lately through the eastern half of the nation. a lot of people love it. it is saving electricity bills on the air conditioning. it's been mild, but not hot. all thanks to the low spinning up here near the hudson bay. in the wintertime it will be an extremely cold weather pattern, but in the summer it's very enjoyable. all the cool canadian air heading to the southeast. highs today even as far south as new orleans. only 84 degrees. that is enjoyable in the deep south. jacksonville at 84. minneapolis, 78. even into tomorrow we continue with this really unseasonably cool but beautiful weather pattern in the east. i'm sure you had enjoyed it could. you walk outside in the morning, and it's very enjoyable. you can tell when the air is nice and dry. >> i have something i want to bring up. are you saying you don't trust the vice president in saving a life in that pool? >> i was a lifeguard, and proper

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zpliefrmts welcome back. last night the white house put out an ominous and unexpected warning to syria saying that th. has identified weapons for another chemical weapons attacks against syria and if they use them, they will pay a heavy price. there are reports that this caught military officials and centcom both by surprise. >> middle east observers were caught by surprise as well. it's so rare for the white house to fire a shot across the bow of foreign policy. the united states said they're seeing movements on the ground similar to the ones back in

april. that attack killed about a hundred million and injured hundreds more. in response to that attack, president trump fired 60 cruise missiles at the air bares that attack. the u.s. shot down a syrian fighter jet and that prompted syria's allies in moscow to say they would consider any u.s. aircraft in western syria to be legitimate targets. if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons again and the president follows through, it could make this volatile situation in syria fiendishly more complicated. >> matt bradley, thanks so much. >> president trump is lobbing new explosive allegations against himself predecessors

tweeting that former president obama and not his associates colluded with russia or obstructed justice by not taking more action against moscow. kristen welker has all the details. >> reporter: president trump unleashing a new tactic on the russia issue, blaming president obama. in a tweet storm righting the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august about russian meddling, alleging president obama colluded or obstructed without russia, this after a report that president obama struggled with dealing with russian meddling. president obama didussia, if yo

i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: so why is he now blaming his predecessor? >> how can he accuse president obama of obstructing when he was egging russia on? >> he was joking at the time. >> reporter: he was joking? he said that in a press conference over and offer again. -- over again. >> and you had hillary clinton with a secret server and the lack of security they had. >> reporter: we also learned russia's ambassador to the u.s. is returning to russia. it's a long planned move that predates his highly scrutinized conversations. >> spacking from the o oval office, trump called modi a

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welcome back. before we toss it offver to morning joe, let's get a check on the stories ahead. >> the president is expected to make a series of often calls today to holdout republicans who said they will vote against the legislation or are undecided. >> a former nsa contractor accused of leaking classified documents will be in court today. the 25-year-old is charged with mailing journalists highly classified docks about russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> and jury selection continues in the trial -- "morning joe"

starts right now. >> i am going to take care of everybody. i don't care if it costs me votes or not. >> i'm not going to cut social security like everybody other republican. i'm not going to cut medicare or medicaid. >> save medicare and medicaid without cuts. have to do it. >> we're going to have social security that's far less expensive. >> yes, premiums will be coming down. deductibles will be coming down. >> there are promises and then there's the math. the cbo is out with its analysis. and it's a far