as greta said, nothing is easy in washington. you have a note. >> fittingly focus, we have information on the letters that have been released. as we widen our lens, i would say this. we have not spoken about then candidate donald trump's contemporaneous remarks about all of these issues, which are well documented. and i think it's worth pausing to compare because what he says now is grounds, in the view of the justice department and the president, grounds for removing jim comey with something that was widely cited, invoked and applauded by donald trump, the candidate and his advisors, july remarks which both cleared hillary clinton of criminal wrongdoing, but listed a, quote, sloppy and disorderly way of dealing with classified information. likewise, that october letter, whether people think it was a good idea or not, and we discussed why, many experts say it was not a good idea. >> remind people what was in the letter. >> the october letter said e-mails were discovered and would be reviewed regarding the investigation of hillary

for the record with greta starts now. lo and behold she has breaking news. >> unbelievable breaking news. we begin once again with break he can news. the justice department is appointing a special counsel to take over the russia investigation. the investigation will now be led by former fbi director robert muller. the decision to appoint a special counsel made by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein happened just moments ago and just to get a little background on who bob muller is, he was a former fbi director himself, serving 12 years. he served under president busch iv 3 and served two more years, ten years under bush 43, two years under president obama. you may remember he first became -- first became fbi director just days before 9/11 and served as ten years under george bush and on to time with president obama. he is a former marine. he knows rod rosenstein because it's a very small club, probably knows him because they are both united states attorneys. rosenstein, a u.s. attorney before he became deputy director o

for the record with greta starts right now. greta, what a day, what a week, what a moment. >> chuck, i mean, it's only about 100 some days. i don't know we're going to survive. thanks, chuck. things are strange in washington just in case you hadn't noticed, right? the trump white house getting extreme heat tonight for the now fired former director james comey. why did the president fire him? do you believe the president's explanation or do you think someone is hiding something? and vladimir putin who wanted trump to beat secretary clinton appears to have a smug look on his face. does he? and if so, why? here's putin's bizarre reaction and if you think that's not bizarre, how about a hockey uniform at a rink in russia? >> how will the firing of james comey affect u.s./russia relations? >> there will be no effect. your question looks very funny to me. don't be angry with me. we have nothing to do with that. president trump is acting in accordance with his competence and in accordance with his law and constitution. >> meanwhile, b

for the record with greta starts right now. greta? >> chris, thank you. and, boy, there's a lot of breaking news. another bomb shell. the "the new york times" first reporting and nbc now confirming president trump asked former fbi director james comey in february to end his investigation into former national security advisor general michael flynn. now, nbc news confirming it was at a white house dinner donald trump asked comey to end it. comey then wrote a memo saying the president told him, quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting this guy go, he's a good guy. nbc news saying in part the president has never asked anyone to end any investigation including any investigation involving general flynn. ken delaney is the nbc news intelligence and national security reporter. he joins us. ken, what can you tell me? >> reporter: greta, just want to clear something up because i was confused about this at first. this is such a fast moving story. it wasn't after the dinner that comey wrote the memo. it was after an oval office meeting, a

for the record with greta starts right now. i hear there is a government shut down that's being threatened, greta. >> there is, katey, but i'm not sure i'd cut ought the kardashian questions tomorrow night. there is a chance, there is a chance. thank you, kate yes. >> thank you, greta. >> tonight washington turned upside down. does trump want a government shut down or not? the president saying things on fire when he took to twitter and tweeted about the government spending bill. quote, the reason for the plan negotiated between the republicans and democrats is we need 60 votes in the senate which are not there. we either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules, allowing 51%. our country needs a good shut down in september to fix mess. but then just a few hours later, and this is where we all get turned upside down, the washington praising that same bill. >> after years of partisan bickering and gridlock, this bill is a clear win for the american people. this is what winning looks like. something that you folk

instead he gets drawn into it. >> you're right, greta. and, you know, for a lot of this presidency, he's flung out these kind of wild accusations which have infuriated people for instance when he accused barack obama of wiretapping him in trump tower. some people said it's actually a brilliant strategy because he changed the subject. he doesn't care if it's true or not, the media is chasing it. you're not talking any more about what you were talking about yesterday, the whole question about unmasking and all that stuff came out of that. now we're in the realm of legal jeopardy. it's not just a political game. it's not just the narrative we lk about in washington. as you said, gra, i think ruth also, this is an issue where lawyers now and fbi investigators and bob mummer el are going to be on any word that comes across the twitter account and text message. he can't be the theatrical tv star trump show man and try to make this go away. >> i'm going to take the last word on it. i think his base still is right there with him strong. every tim

only comey can testify to that, greta. >> ken, is there -- usually when the fbi director or any of these cabinet officers travel, they have assistants or deputies with them. was there anybody else at that dinner besides the president and james comey? >> i don't know the answer to that, but my understanding is it was mainly a one on one dinner. but you're right, both these men have staffs. it is hard to imagine they were completely alone at all times. it was billed as a one on one dinner, greta. >> matt, is there any information there is a taping system in the white house? >> well, other than the president's strange threat of blackmail to jim comey on

>> greta, that's correct. the amendment has not yet been scored and of course paul ryan had represented years ago and recently that we shouldn't consider a bill that didn't have a cbo score. this bill didn't, in that sense, but the original bill which was passed at the same time it became one bill, the original bill, cbo score which was not changed, as losing 24 million people from insurance over the next few years. so, from that standpoint, that score is still valid. what is not scored is the number of people who are going to lose preexisting conditions, the costs that there will be to those folks if they can possibly get coverage, notwithstanding any preexisting condition. so, that's the score we did not get from cbo. >> all right. republicans have said that obamacare was going to collapse, it was catastrophic. if nothing had been -- well, assuming that this gop bill never gets signed into law, what would you predict would happen to obamacare if it's left alone as it is? >> if it's left alone, but of course

guest: greta, we have to trust somebody. and the intelligence community of the united states unanimously concluded that the russians did, in fact, try to interfere in our election, did so brazenly and in multiple ways. so the truth of the matter is the facts have essentially been established that there was this effort. we don't know in every regard how they did that, part of why we're investinging this. but it seems inarguable at this point, irrespective of what the president is saying in his own self-defense, it's pretty clear on the basis of the investigation to date on the basis of the investigation that has been revealed by the intelligence community, this happened. we're never going to be able to arm ourselves against it unless we shared with that premise. this happened. what do we do about it in the future? host: doug, new york, democrat. caller: good morning, greta, and good morning representative heck. listen, i don't know if there's going to be enough time to this, but there are so many things that aren't mentioned.

for the record with greta starts right now. hi, greta, happy friday. >> hello, katie, how are you? what a weekend it's going to be for all of us. we have an unbelievable story this hour. residents of flint, michigan facing foreclosure because of unpaid water bills. that's right, that toxic water poisoning many of their children, that's coming up. but we begin tonight with the breaking news at key russian investigation witness is now bucking the u.s. senate. the leaders of the senate intelligence committee saying they are no longer sure if foreign trump foreign policy carter page is cooperating with their investigation. now that stunning announcement after "the new york times" reported that the intel committee has asked several people connected to the trump campaign, including carter page, to hand over e-mails and other records of communications and dealings with russian officials and business people. now, then carter page gave nbc news a copy of his letter, the one he fired back to the senate. in his letter, among other things, he accuses the intelligence committee of requesting ir

for the record with greta starts right now. greta, what a busy day. i ran out of time so, i know you will, too. good luck. >> indeed, thank you, chuck. now we have breaking news. breaking news, susan rice refusing to testify. that just breaking, president obama's national security advisor just moments ago sending a letter to say she will not appear before a panel in the senate judiciary committee. rice says it is because the invitation came from the republicans only and didn't include the democrats. quote, given the nature of the request, rice has declined the invitation. that and much more in this letter. after today's dramatic testimony in front of the judiciary committee. did he stupidly treat presidential candidates clinton and trump differently? in other words, did he pick sides in the 2016 election? today the director arguing to a not completely convinced senate judiciary committee that he treated clinton and trump the same, and that his decision to disclose the clinton investigation e-mails just days before the election was the right call. >> i

>> well, greta is seems like a prudent step.his story has been dominating donald trump's presidency and responding to inquiries about it must be taking incredible amounts of staff time. you know, it would be prudent as howard said to have somebody managing the situation. because it threatens to consume the presidency. i mean, you have multiple investigations now bearing down into this one issue. and it's causing a giant distraction. it only makes sense. >> if you take the bait, ken, i mean, i agree if you take the bait. but so far, the president, if you look at -- step back and look at sort of the picture, right now the president is not the one under the spotlight. it's his people who worked on his campaign and the thing is, he keeps taking the bait and these tweets that he does every day. if he just ignored it -- >> i would say, greta, one reason why the president -- and friends of his and friends of friends of his, the outside circle that has known trump for years and that cares about him and people who have wisdom here are sa

greta? >> matt, thank you. >>> with me, a former fbi agent who worked on numerous terror cases after the attack on the "uss cole" and author of "anatomy of terror." nice to see you, sir. >> nice to see you. >> obviously it's terrifying, even across the pond from the uk to here to hear the prime minister say that the threat has been raised to critical and uses a word like "imminent". >> absolutely. that indicates that the result of the investigation so far tells us something of a bigger network. so it wasn't only a lone wolf. there are probably people who helped him. maybe people who helped him in the casing or carrying out the operation. another thing that was important in the media is that he came from london carrying with him supposedly the bomb. if that happens, that means maybe there's part of the cell in london. if the bomb is made of an explosive vest or suicide vest, that's a level of sophistication that cannot be carried out by only one person. an individual cannot build an explosive

it's hard to know, greta. when we saw sally yates today, as ken said, what a compelling witness she was. she and clapper side by side, i think represented everything that is noble and impressive about the national security establishment that has taken a beating recently from president trump. they really were nonpartisan, fact-based, not making wild accusations, very conservative in this non-political sense about what they were willing to say. when you see them making these arguments and yates in particular, i find that to the extent that the white house was relying on the theory that you raise there, i find it hard to sympathize with that going up against sally yates who made such a compelling presentation and must have been very compelling in person in her meetings with white house officials. >> i totally agree her presentation was one very straightforward. seems like the white house dropped the ball enormously. i'm trying to figure out if the white house was sorry their head or willing to do anything to try

nice to see you. >> nice to see you, greta. >> all right.ey when, when did you last speak to him? >> it was a week ago. >> and then when he was fired on tuesday, your reaction was one of what? >> shock. i think everyone was pretty much devastated, especially how it was enacted by the administration. >> i mean i agree. if you're going to fire somebody, bring them into the oval office and have a discussion and do it better. but anyway, i don't like that either. >> yeah. >> what's comey like? >> i mean, he's just a great individual. he's easy to talk to. he has, you know, fantastic grasp of the issues very quickly, even complex issues. he remembers almost everything verbatim. that's very impressive. he's very supportive to the active duty agents. and i've seen him in situations where he's talking to our group, which are mainly former agents, but i've seen him when he's talking to all fbi acts on critical investigative matters, and he gets down in the weeds and is very supportive of them. >> all right. there were reports of the white house that

greta, what is your reaction to this?e chuck schumer feels this way. >> it's no surprise. he's a politician. politicians on both sides quickly grab the facts they find appealing to themselves and then they push it. lawyers tend to look at exactly what are the facts, what are the real facts, and that's what we should be looking for. look, i share the senator's desire. we need to hear from the former fbi director comey in public. we also need to have all the documents. i would also like to hear even from sessions who was at that meeting and left the room. i find out whether or not he left the room which would tend to corroborate that comey was alone with him. i would want to hear that. there is all sorts of different facts i want to hear. but if you look at this, there has been so much partisanship on the hill right and left, republicans and democrats, with the exception of a very few that as a citizen, i now would like to see an independent commission. i think sadly the congress has kind of waived its right to show us they

i'll go back to greta on that. i think there's a picture here that you may not want to explain in your civics book. >> yeah, and without a doubt, but they actually did need the president to get them all on board, you know, this was not going to happen without the president. the president was actually a little bit, chris, like, you know, almost like lbj, you know, pounding people on the back, bringing them to the white house. well, it's been one of the criticisms that president obama experienced over the years is he didn't do enough back slapping, didn't bring people up to the white house. >> that is true. >> the oval office is so powerful. that's incredible real educatst. president trump effectively did it. whether you agree or not, he was very e fejtiorget effective at >> that is a fact, haven't been able to do it until president trump not only console ejoeled to do it, said i'm going to introduce a guy who's been treated really unfairly, paul ryan, there are a lot of americans who think the person who treated pau

greta van susteren who would be on the air is with us. our cast here in new york is with us. let's go to peter alexander to reset the story of this past hour. the head of the fbi james comey has been fired. peter, what do we know? >> reporter: let's be very clear about what is going on here now, brian. over the course of the last hour we have learned president trump, his own campaign associates are under counter intelligence investigation by the fbi, has now fired the director of the fbi. that recommendation coming from the attorney general jeff sessions, also his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, notably jeff sessions who recused himself from this russia investigation has recommended the firing of the man who is now overseeing that investigation at the fbi. this is a startling series of events. this is not politics as usual. this is very bizarre and unusual what we've witnessed over the course of this last 30 minutes or so. we have received a statement from the press secretary sean spicer just a short time ago where basically he says that

for the record starts right now with greta. >>> hello, katie. tonight, admitted killer headed to the white house,. no, not jumping the fence. headed there from a presidential invite. fill minnow president rodrigo duterte has led a crackdown that human rights say has killed 7,000 people in less than one year without trials. >> what's the white house's perspective on duterte and him coming here? >> i think it is an opportunity for us to work with countries to play a role diplomatically isolating north korea. >> does the president support the killings in this country? >> obviously there's a human rights component that goes into all of this. it's a balance. we want to make sure our people are protected. this isn't a simple situation. >> to give you an idea what he is like he bragged about personally killing criminals when he was mayor. >> in davao i used to do it personally just to show to the guys that if i can do it, why can't you. i go around on a motorcycle or big bike, just for those looking for trouble. >> the president says he is willing to w

for the record starts with greta. go greta. >> good evening, chuck. there is breaking news, former fbi director james comey cleared for take off and this might spell big trouble for president trump. the fired fbi director ready to testify in public and that testimony could happen in just days. a source close to comey telling nbc news that special counsel robert mueller personally cleared comey to testify. the source would not tell nbc if comey can talk about interactions with president trump, but a person familiar with the matter telling "the wall street journal" that comey will testify about interactions with the president, including this explosive allegation that president trump asked comey to back off the flynn investigation. so far the testimony you've heard from james comey happened when president trump was still his boss. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's interference in the 2016 election and that includes links of a

take care, greta. >> thank you. now with me ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for president obama's national security council and former cia analyst. ned, this is not inconsequential if the fbi has a document where they say that, falsely, there was a document -- that there is an e-mail that apparently says falsely that the attorney general of the united states loretta lynch was going to put the ka-bash on the clinton investigation and they don't bother to investigate, instead they seem to act on it and give us sort of the reason for why comey goes rogue, in my term, and has a press conference without telling attorney general lynch. >> the fact of the matter this document could well have changed history. the washington post account makes the point some fbi were initially skeptical and with good reason. there is no intelligence service in the world that is better and more adept at the art of what's called denial and deception than russian intelligence services. this is their bread and butter i. this i

for the record with greta starts now. take it away, greta. >> rod rosenstein was invited to brief all u.s. senators on how and why fbi director james comey was fired. and tonight, right here the nbc news exclusive interview with president trump, the expanded interview that you have not yet seen. the president's first sit-down since that bomb shell firing, he's talking about that, michael flynn and so much more. this interview comes as his white house is engulfed in a fire storm. today president trump unloading on james comey. here's part of that exclusive with nbc's lester holt. >> look, he's a show boat. he's a grand stander. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. you take a look at the fbi a year ago. it was in virtual turmoil. less than a year ago, it hasn't recovered from that. >> monday you met with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is i was going to fire comey. my decision, it was not -- >> you had made the

>> well, greta, let's be clear about what this was and is. channel that administrations have used in the past to great success. administrations in power after they have been elected and inaugurated. what this was at the time was a covert secret effort by a private citizen to establish a line of communication that could not be detected by u.s. surveillance. so, this is a far cry from the official back channels that have helped us with our opening to cuba with the iran nuclear negotiations. this was something that, quite clearly, was designed to skirt u.s. surveillance capabilities and the question becomes what did they want to discuss that u.s. intelligence could not hear? >> i guess that, i mean, we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. we don't know what the, quote, back channel was about, whether there was a back channel. one of the problems is these are all anonymous sources, we're trying to piece this together. >> what is interesting, though, is that they have been very clear that they're not denying the story. the most we've heard from

the first one is greta joins. greta recently left as my legislative director. as you know, mr. speaker, that's your top advisor in the legislative field. not only running the legislative office, she also had some personal expertise in the telecommunications regions. but greta is from northern illinois. north of i-80. originally from the chicagoland area, and as a graduate of north -- northern illinois university, n.i.u., and she started as a staff assistant in 2003 and worked her way up through the ranks, as i said, becoming a legislative director in 2011. and then served as deputy chief of staff from 2013 until she left recently in march. she focused on telecommunications, as her expertise, and we primarily in the office dealt with 9-1-1 issues, especially next generation act. she also spearheaded the next generation 9-1-1 caucus in my office. she's married to bob. has two children. and we already miss her activity and work in the office and we pass on best wishes. next, mr. chris, who has a 14-year career on capitol hill. this is his 10th year with me. i think it's uncommon i

for the record with greta starts right now.own that's being threatened, greta. >> there is, katey, but i'm not sure i'd cut ought the kardashian questions tomorrow night. there is a chance, there is a chance. thank you, kate yes. >> thank you, greta. >> tonight washington turned upside down. does trump want a government shut down or not? the president saying things on fire when he took to twitter and tweeted about the government spending bill. quote, the reason for the plan negotiated between the republicans and democrats is we need 60 votes in the senate which are not there. we either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules, allowing 51%. our country

greta will be back next week. with chris matthews starts right now. >>> coming home to comey. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews tonight. donald trump is finishing up his first overseas trip as president. he's heading back to washington tomorrow and also back to the center of a gathering storm. the headlines shadowing him during the trip, the day president trump left washington. that was last friday. "the new york times" reported, he had told russian officials that firing fbi director james comey had taken pressure off him over the russian pre.

>> it's a good point, greta. you and i and ned don't know the substance what was done and we better not know it. that would be even worse. what i am struck by having worked three years at the white house, the national security council, somebody that close to the president sitting in that meeting, clear from the reporting somebody was sitting in the meeting with lavrov was so worried about what was said they felt compelled to speak to the "washington post" about it suggests it was pretty serious. >> here's another thing. ned, it says the "washington post," i'm reading from the article, is withholding most plot details including the naming of the city at the urging of officials who warn revealing them would jeopardize important intelligence capabities, which suggests i'm not overstating this, looks like the "washington post" so common in these investigations when they got the information they went to the intelligence services and the cia or whoever said please don't report this and made in their judgment this is no

. >> thank you, greta. ♪ >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily.n 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable the 29th memorial day. and june 3rd on c-span and c-span.org. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao announced monday that president trump will be releasing his infrastructure plan in the coming weeks. she spoke at an infrastructure forum in washington. other speakers include trade association leaders, manufacturing executives and they discussed the importance of public/private partnerships. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is just under three hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> good morning.

. >> thank you, greta. ♪ >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily.n 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao announced monday that president trump will be releasing his infrastructure plan in the coming weeks. she spoke at an infrastructure forrum in washington. other speakers include trade association leaders, manufacturing executives and local officials discussing infrastructure priorities and the importance of public/private partnerships and new technologies. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is just under three hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> good morning. >> i'm suzanne clark, senior evp here at the u.s. chamber and i am delighted to welcome you here today. now, when you have my job, you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot.

. >> thank you, greta. >> councilman jacky rosen, representing the third district of nevada, a democrat. why did you decide to run for congress? >> i decided to run a little over a year ago. i will tell you why. one some of the folks around las vegas, senator reid and others approached me, they were looking for someone from our district who had lived there a long time. raise a family, built a business, done community work. i took care of my parents and in-laws as they aged. i had experience. i had experience going through social security and medicare, and unfortunately rehab hospitals with broken next and hip -- necks and hips. they asked me if i would run. what spoke to me the most, i have done a lot of philanthropy. i'm part of the largest synagogue in nevada. bestelt to be most is the work you can do the serving the constituents in your district. that was in outgrowth of a lot of the philanthropy i have been doing and how i felt about southern nevada, and how it was so great for me to live there and read my family and friends there. i can help people there and take your voices here a

good evening, i'm stephanie sitting in for greta. and we have breaking news on president trump's travel ban. the justice department will appeal to the supreme court. this comes just after a federal appeals court ruled to keep the ban on hold. the court saying the ban, quote, drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me. pete, what's going on here? >> we have a ruling from the fourth circuit saying they agree with a judge in maryland that the challenger should be able to get a stay on enforcement of this revised executive order that was to go into effect in mid-march. and a lot of the case had to do with whether it's based on religious discrimination. the challengers claim that it was. they said all you have to do is look at all the statements that donald trump made during the campaign, especially when he called basically for a ban on muslim immigration. so, the legal issue here, stephanie, was do those statements by the candidate count? the government said no. the

caller: good morning, greta. i am a 61-year-old male who has lived under different health care systems before obamacare. i would like to say to all the people out there, 21-year-old, 61-year-old,i am but i was 21 plaster. there was a point where they will come to us elderly and look for something that is going to help them. this new health care system that the republicans have come up back.s going to take us there are going to be a whole lot of people hurt by this. we may have to wait another 20 years before they see it. i hope not. i hope the senate is smart when they take this bill. host: the wall street journal writes this, democrats learned when they lost 60 seats in the 2010 election. this can be a recipe for electoral disaster, one they hope affect republicans in 2018. even the 20 republicans who opposed the measure must tread the landscape carefully. of the 34 democrats who voted against the aca, 30 were defeated or retired within two elections. carolina, independent. caller: good morning. the issue that i

. >> guest: thank you, greta. >> tonight on "the communicators," terrell mcsweeny of the federal trade commission talks about key issues facing the internet including the recent malware cyber attack on some 150 countries, internet security, privacy and regulations. you when we are giving precise location about our spaces it becomes more important to protect that consent so people are aware of what's happening to their information. >> watch the communicators tonight at eastern on c-span2. >> never let anyone define you. that is the first lesson i want to leave you with. only you define who you are. >> our hearts should be open, not just to falling in love, but to the world. we need to look, we need to care and we need to contribute. >> don't ever let anyone tell you your dreams are silly. if you have to look back on your life, regret the things you did and not what you didn't do. >> nothing stays still. things will change. the question for you is whether and how you will participate in the process of creative change. >> just a few past commencement speeches from the c-span video library

for the record with greta starts right now. hi, greta, happy friday. >> hello, katie, how are you?oing to be for all of us. we have an unbelievable story this hour. residents of flint, michigan facing foreclosure because of unpaid water bills. that's right, that toxic water poisoning many of their children, that's coming up. but we begin tonight with the breaking news at key russian investigation witness is now bucking the u.s. senate. the leaders of the senate intelligence committee saying they are no longer sure if foreign trump foreign policy carter page is cooperating with their investigation. now that stunning announcement after "the new york times" reported that the intel committee has asked several people connected to the trump campaign, including carter page, to hand over e-mails and other records of communications and dealings with russian officials and business

for the record with greta starts right now.ary si giannising. >> i'm chris giannising in for greta. can jared kushner over see the white house war room on russia if he himself is under scrutiny? can a team of warriors vet each and every tweet from president trump? sounds like they're going to try. both plans being looked at tonight at the white house. we're going to get in-depth on both of them later in the hour. but we start with explosive new criticism coming from both the left and the right just as trump tries to reboot his presidency. from the left, hilla

for the record with greta starts right now. greta, what a busy day.you will, too. good luck. >> indeed, thank you, chuck. now we have breaking news. breaking news, susan rice refusing to testify. that just breaking, president obama's national security advisor just moments ago sending a letter to say she will not appear before a panel in the senate judiciary committee. rice says it is because the invitation came from the republicans only and didn't include the democrats. quote, given the nature of the request, rice has declined the invitation. that and much more in this letter. after today's dramatic testimony in front of the judiciary committee. did he stupidly treat presidential candidates clinton and trump differently? in other words, did he pick sides in the 2016 election? today the director arguing to a not completely convinced senate judiciary committee that he

for the record starts with greta. go greta. >> good evening, chuck.ormer fbi director james comey cleared for take off and this might spell big trouble for president trump. the fired fbi director ready to testify in public and that testimony could happen in just days. a source close to comey telling nbc news that special counsel robert mueller personally cleared comey to testify. the source would not tell nbc if comey can talk about interactions with president trump, but a person familiar with the matter telling "the wall street journal" that comey will testify about interactions with the president, including this explosive allegation that president trump asked comey to back off the flynn investigation. soar

for the record with greta starts now. greta. >> rod rosenstein was invited to brief all u.s. senators on how and why fbi director james comey was fired. and tonight, right here the nbc news exclusive interview with president trump, the expanded interview that you have not yet seen. the president's first sit-down since that bomb shell firing, he's talking about that, michael flynn and so much more. this interview comes as his white house is engulfed in a fire storm. today president trump unloading on james comey. here's part of that exclusive with nbc's lester holt. >> look, he's a show boat. he's a grand

for the record with greta starts right now. hi, greta. >> thanks, katey. >> i never miss 2:00 p.m.ay on msnbc. you are looking live at jfk airport. any minute president trump will land. he is headed home to the big apple. he might not like what he will see. he is expected to be greeted by protests. the president headed to the aircraft museum, the intrepid docked at new york city. in the rose garden at the white house, president trump selling the passage in the house of the gop health care bill. >> and this is a great plan. i actually think it will get even better, and this is, make no mistake,s is a repeal and ala

good evening, i'm stephanie sitting in for greta.s travel ban. the justice department will appeal to the supreme court. this comes just after a federal appeals court ruled to keep the ban on hold. the court saying the ban, quote, drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me. pete, what's going on here? >> we have a ruling from the fourth circuit saying they agree with a judge in maryland that the challenger should be able to get a stay on enforcement of this revised executive order that was to go into effect

for the record with greta starts right now.. >> chuck, i mean, it's only about 100 some days. i don't know we're going to survive. thanks, chuck. things are strange in washington just in case you hadn't noticed, right? the trump white house getting extreme heat tonight for the now fired former director james comey. why did the president fire him? do you believe the president's explanation or do you think someone is hiding something? and vladimir putin who wanted trump to beat secretary clinton appears to have a smug look on his face. does he? and if so, why? here's putin's bizarre reaction and if you thi

for the record with greta starts right now. greta? >> chris, thank you.here's a lot of breaking news. another bomb shell. the "the new york times" first reporting and nbc now confirming president trump asked former fbi director james comey in february to end his investigation into former national security advisor general michael flynn. now, nbc news confirming it was at a white house dinner donald trump asked comey to end it. comey then wrote a memo saying the president told him, quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting this guy go, he's a good guy. nbc news saying in part the president has

a pleasure seeingou, greta, and thank you, sir, from north carolina, great job. i appreciate north carolina compared to saudi arabia and russian oil. .ood job that mountaintop removal and protecting our streams, and obamacare. -- obama was part of that paris agreement. that should be followed through. thank you. guest: thank you, jimmy. first, it is north dakota. we are nothing alike in many ways. [laughter] some, -- while he has got obviously democratic views, at the same time, he sees opportunity in the balance. i wish democrats in north dakota for this nice to me. -- where this nice to me. [laughter] host: virgil, republican. caller: good morning. i think what we must remember is that venezuela is in the situation they are because of the opinions and the positions they have taken that government must be supreme and government must be the end-all answers to the problems that the country faces. i think we are in a lot of danger in america of taking that same position that government must be the management of all our resources, and i think ultimately, that will a

caller: hi, greta. i wanted to ask representative rooney, turkey is a member of nato. how does that affect the united states' role in the war on isis clash with w, the the kurds, if you could please comment. thank you. guest: sure. that is a very good question. the situation with turkey as a long standing, very important ally, occupying a very important piece of geography in the middle east with a highly industrialized economy makes them very important to the united states. at the same time, so are the kurds. the kurds have proven themselves to be one of the most effective fighting forces in the middle east. in the iraq portion of kurdistan it's virtually autonomous right now, functioning as an independent country. we haven't recognized them as such. i would like to see our diplomacy work to bring the turks into appreciation of the ability of the kurds to help us all deal with syria even though they have their own internal problems with them. host: what do you think this president or the administration can do to make that happen? guest: there are probably some things w

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for the record starts right now with greta. >>> hello, katie.ded to the white house,. no, not jumping the fence. headed there from a presidential invite. fill minnow president rodrigo duterte has led a crackdown that human rights say has killed 7,000 people in less than one year without trials. >> what's the white house's perspective on duterte and him coming here? >> i think it is an opportunity for us to work with countries to play a role diplomatically

for the record with greta starts now. >>> hello, chris. what a night it is. we have breaking news.nal security adviser has just taken the 5th andment andhis might be why. because we have more breaking news. new accusations thatlynn lied to federal agents and democrats say they have the proof. the top democrat in the house oversight committee, congressman cummings writing a blistering letter to jason chaffetz. saying the committee has documents that appear to indicate that general flynn lied to the investigators who interviewed him back in 2016 as part of his security clearance renewal. now cummings lays out this timeline. it's as follows. december 2015, michael flynn attended a