after just a quick, quick, quick break, brian williams will pick up our special coverage as we await the president's announcement on whether america is in or out of the paris climate accord. actor leonardo dicaprio, donald trump, i hope you'll make the moral decisions to protect future generations. as far as like him have been pleading with the president all day via his favorite form of communication, twitter. it's time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. she has a detroit based bottle tea business. local customers love her product but she wants to go national. she asked for a your business makeover and now she's about to break through with big time distribution. for more, watch your business at 7:30 on msnbc. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. >>> good afternoon from new york. on the other side of the screen you see honored

the orlando attack a year ago, i mean i was on -- i was on msnbc talking to brian williams and textingh a friend telling me a guy named eddie was shot in the hospital and i heard brian williams say in my earpiece he had just died. there were people behind these numbers, kids mostly, who were trying to have a good time. and it's about lbgt discrimination and hatred and gun violence and terrorism. it's the intersection of those three issues we have to work on and i don't think the tenor of the conversation in washington is helping. by the way, it sends a terrible message when the white house won't issue a gay pride proclamation. i was in the white house in 1999 and i wrote it with a guy named richard, the first pride proclamation we have put out. done it every since. what message does that send to kids out there who are wondering whether it's okay to be different. we can do better than that and owe it to the victims of this tragedy to work on all the issues that we're coming together there and talks of hate and violence and terrorism. >> do you think we're less safe today than a year ago

seven coolest experiences of my really, really, really unusual, totally "the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight on russia, president trump blames obama and takes a victory lap as the supreme court takes action on the travel ban. two former white house chiefs of staff from both parties here with us tonight. plus why the dems were talking late again in the senate. the word today that the new health care bill would dump 22 million more from insurance. what the senate vote might look like. and the veteran of the cia is here to show us what the danger of what the president reveals on twitter. "the 11th hour" begins now. >> well, as we start a new week, good evening once again from nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 158 of the trump administration. and as the russia investigations on the hill and at doj roll on tonight we learn more about who the feds are talking to. the "washington post" was first to report tonight that former trump campaign adviser carter page has now been questioned by fbi agents over and over again on russia. page confirmed he was interviewed in a st

howie: it was rather strange when brian williams said a source told him he's not sure there were americansch hosts the u.s. command is stationed in qatar. another journalist going nuclear on twitter over the london terror attack. the networks predicted he would insist he never told the president he wasn't under investigation. howie: some networks relied on unnamed sources to preview what jim comey was going to say. >> tonight a source familiar with comey's thinking tell us comey will directly refute what donald trump said. >> he will say he never told donald trump he wasn't under investigation. it would be improper to do so. we have corrected our story online to correct this written testimony. howie: amy, how did two major networks, cnn and abc report the opposite of what he actually is going to testify? amy: i don't know how they did the. but they did it at length. cnn apparently went on for hours and hours with this false news. when they found out it was false, they didn't correct the record. they didn't correct the record and say we got that totally wrong. james comey confirmed he told

howie: it was rather strange when brian williams said a source told him he's not sure there were americans stationed that qatar. qatar which hosts the u.s. command is stationed in qatar. another journalist going nuclear on twitter over the london terror attack. the networks predicted he would insist he never told the president he wasn't under investigation. when you have allergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. luckily there's powerful, 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin. it provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. live claritin clear. on great father's day gifts at bass pro shops. like this igloo 48 quart cooler for under $20. new balance 608 trainers for under $50. plus, free catch and release ponds and giveaways this weekend. howie: some networks relied on unnamed sources to preview what jim comey was going to say. >> tonight a source familiar with comey's thinking tell us comey will directly refute what donald trump said. >> he will say he never told donald trump he wasn't under investigation. it would be improper to do so. we have cor

with tom brokaw and brian williams, et cetera. right? well, nbc's rachel maddow, one of the worst offenders when it comes to pushing -- as a matter of fact, she is a champion of pushing unhinged, bizarre conspiracy theories. here's her back in 2010 explaining away anthony weiner's graphic, lewd tweet. making excuses for little anthony. >> if he was prank, how would that work? how could a person do that, what would that look like? if someone looks at the image of the account and judging from the pick civilization and some other visual clues, it concludes the damage was a composite -- a number of other blogs have different versions of the theory of a potential hacking. it looks at the information embedded in this controversial picture. a third but by no means final theory has to do with the photo sharing service i was talking about earlier. it's not all that hard to generate a program that was try every possible combination until you got the right email address to use the service to post pictures. >> sean: nbc news. there is also the time

we'll be back at 3:00 as part of our coverage of the president's announcement on climate with brian williamsis up next on msnbc. >> good afternoon to you. i'm katie in for craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york. countdown to comey, we have a date, one week from today, james comey, fired fbi director, well testify before the house intelligence committee. will president trump try to block his testimony? >>> putin's pushback. vladimir putin admits russians could have been behind cyber attacks to help donald trump's presidential campaign. and is he finally coming clean? >>> and president trump is set to reveal his decision on whether he'll exit the global climate agreement. will he bid ado to the paris accord? >> we start with the announcement from the senate intelligence committee, former fbi director james comey will testify publicly and for the first time before one of the congression congressional panels leading the investigation into russia and the 2016 investigation. the announcement a few hours before president trump is scheduled to speak from the white house rose garden on whethe

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> well, good evening and welcome once again from our head quarters in new york. two big stories we are covering tonight. it has been an eventful day starting with the news this morning that republican members of congress were fired upon while in a ball field in suburban virginia. the gunman is dead, the number three ranking republican in congress is critical. he was visited by the president at the hospital tonight. we will have complete coverage of that story in just a moment. but first about the president. on this day, 146 of the trump administration, the president's 71st birthday, the washington post is reporting tonight president donald trump is under investigation by the special counsel robert mueller. the story came out in the form of a scorching headline quote special counsel is investigating trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say." you will recall in the early days after james comey was fired as fbi, had the white house made sure everyone knew the president was not under investigation. >> the president makes

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a defiant jeff sessions denies colludingmocrats accuse him of impeding the investigation. plus can the attorney general claim privilege on conversations with donald trump if the president hasn't invoked it? a former watergate prosecutor is with us to take that on. and remember this rose garden victory lap over health care a few weeks back? that bill donald trump once called really incredible he's now calling mean. and the beat goes on as "the 11th hour" begins. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 145 of the trump administration, and it wasll

. >> thank you, brian williams on this day. we're reporting from washington where we're covering a major breaking story. a shooting at a baseball practice. a top member of congress, steve scalise among those shot. the gunman has died. at 7:09, a gunman opened fire on an early morning practice suggestion. preparing to play their democratic counter parts tort night at the annual charity game in national park. remember members of congress where there to practice for that game featuring bipartisan members. the gunman open fired with what they are calling a rifle of some kind. he was identified at james t.hodgkinson. the video was taken right after the hooting showing steve scalise on a stretcher, the louisiana congressman being loaded on to a helicopter. he is being treated right now. in a statement, his office said prior to entering surgery, he informs good spirits, he spoke to his wife by phone, he is grateful for the brave actions of the first responders and the capital police. two two capital police officers were also wounded i

here's msnbc's brian williams. >> a dark speech.hrough it, more like four or five dark speeches. greg: cnn. >> it's a very dramatic, symbolic blow. as i said, the united states has almost resigned from its role as leading the world. greg: a young chicago resident. [laughter] dan rather. >> tsa momentous moment and a very ominous moment. history is going to punish donald trump for this decision. and the question is how much -- [inaudible] greg: a concerned french citizen. >> no, no, no, no, no. [laughter] no no, no, no, no, no. greg: a brooklyn resident. >> no! [laughter] no! greg: a local law enforcement officer. >> no! greg: and a gentleman from the south pacific. but there is one man on this earth who thinks donald trump was right to get out of this deal, and he's here with me right now, the president of copenhagen -- [cheers and applause] all right. was, was mr. trump right to get out of this particular deal? >> yes. fundamentally, it would have done almost nothing for climate, and it would have been incredibly costly. is so gett

our live coverage continues now into "the 11th hour," with brian williams. >> breaking tonight, two bombshellump and the russia investigation. the "new york times" reporting james comey told the attorney general not to leave him alone with the president. the "washington post" revealing donald trump asked his director of national intelligence to intervene in comey's investigation. >>> and a grim assessment of a fuming, seething, infuriated, and defiant president trump. that and much more from the reporters breaking the news font as "the 11th hour" gets underway. well, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. and we have a lot of news that has just broken tonight. it's one of those nights when it's tough to know quite where to begin. but the stories are these. attorney general jeff sessions reportedly offered to resign after it became clear that in the president's mind at least so many of

the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. >>> tonight jim comey has been clear saed for takee the senate intelligence committee. plus new subpoenas issued for trump's attorney and michael flynn. also the washington post reporting the trump administration may return to suburban u.s. compounds to russia after president obama threw the russians out back in december. meanwhile, the president back on twitter previewing a big announcement tomorrow

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight, donald trump at a rally in iowa gives a progress report on the wall and announced there's been a change to the wall which he shared with the crowd at a red meat campaign style scorched earth rally in cedar rapids. >>> meanwhile, back in washington, some alarming new warnings about the threat russia poses to our elections. and an update on the damage dmon 2016. >>> and new details on the president's money including some changes to his bottom line, all part of our world tonight as "the eleventh hour" gets under way. good evening from our headquarters here in new york. day 153 of the trump administration and tonight the president ventured west of the mississippi for the first time as president. he held a rally in cedar rapids, iowa that might as well have been a campaign stop. he went off script early and often and relitigated a lot of long-standing battles. he made some lofty claims about his accomplishments thus far about legislation and the number of coal industry jobs, for instance, that have been produced. he promised the

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> tonight, donald trump and his team ready for a fight over the special counsel. but can they all get on the same page on the investigation? >>> plus senate democrats staging a protest at this hour, pledging to go all night to fight republicans on their repeal and replacement of obamacare. we'll talk live tonight with one of those democratic senators. >>> and finding his voice. today we got a rare opportunity to hear the speaking voice of the man who may be closest to this presidency. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> as we start a new week, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 151 of the trump administration, and today an aggressive strategy from the president's legal team on russia on full display as it was this weekend. jay sekulow, who was already a fairly familiar figure on cable news and who is one of the newer members of the president's legal team handling the russia investigation, made the rounds on the sunday shows yesterday. and on morning tv again today. he set out to assert flatly that the

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. . >> ton new details on how russia tried to hack the 2016 election. just days before american voters went to the polls. plus the white house confirming it won't invoke executive privilege. that starts the countdown to james comey's testimony on thursday. and it was a big weekend for the president on twitter. aching the london mayor, attacking his own government and just today very likely damaging his own case before the supreme court. and he is still at it tonight. the 11th hour begins now. well good evening once again from headquarters here in new york on this day. 1.37 for the trump dmrgts. it's again what the president says on social media by night and then early in the morning. that overwells anything the administration attempts to do by day today was supposed to be about fraz and the need for a new air traffic control system. it is instead tonight about the president popping off on hits phone. this morning a twitter storm which read in part, i am calling it a travel ban. the justice department should have stayed with the original t

coverage than in the wake of the -- his syrian missile strike, you know, called "beautiful" by brian williamsd it's -- you know, suddenly, he was presidential, right? ordering cruise missiles over delicious chocolate cake at mar-a-lago. so, you know, we have to be very, very vigilant about this. and, you know, the u.s. has had a strong antiwar movement in the past, but that antiwar movement hasn't been in the streets in the same way. and, you know, i think that this -- these resistance movements are going to have to get ready for that kind of a shock, because once the wars begin, you know, it's very hard to stop them. another example, i think, of shock resistance, we just saw in the u.k. during jeremy corbyn's -- during jeremy corbyn's campaign, where theresa may was exploiting the manchester attacks, the london bridge attacks, to say, "we are going to have to get rid of your online privacy. we need backdoors into all of your communication apps. we may need to suspend human rights law." and jeremy corbyn was talking about root causes, the failure of the war-on-terror paradigm and how this is

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a defiant jeff sessions denies clueding him of impeding the investigation. >>> plus, can the attorney general claim privilege on conversations with donald trump? if the president hasn't an voekted it? a former watergate prosecutor is with us to take that on. >>> and remember this rose garden victory lap over health care a few weeks back, t

"is 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight, president trump expanding his personal legal team after acknowledging for the first time he is under investigation. >>> also tonight, growing concern for the only person at the justice department who can fire robert mueller. and who takes his place if rod rosenstein is out of the picture? what a long, strange trip it's been, two years from that escalator ride from trump tower, to the white house, to being under federal investigation. "the 11th hour" gets under way right now. and on a friday night, good evening once again from our headquarters in new york, day 148 of the trump administration, and this may sum up where we are right now. today the president's personal lawyer hired a personal lawyer to represent him in the russia investigation. the president himself added another attorney to his legal team today. a high-profile lawyer name john dowd, more on him later. where the news on this administration is concerned, this was another eventful day. the news this morning that the trump administraon would not deport the so-called dr

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a stunning few minutes of news in president trump's press conference. he says no collusion, no obstruction, and calls james comey a leaker. he claims he's 100% willing to testify under oath. >>> plus are there or aren't there recordings of the trump/comey conversations. the president says the answer might disappoint but we'll all learn it soon. just another friday night as "the 11th hour" gets underway. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. this was day 141 of the still young trump administration. and a defiant president back on twitter this morning, back in front of the press corps in the rose garden this afternoon taking on the fired fbi director james comey. the president taking questions from reporters, accused comey of leaking and lying to congress. and said he would go under oath for special counsel bob mueller and teased the white house press corps reality tv style over whether or not he has recordings of his conversations with james comey. >> no collusion. no obstruction. he's a leaker. but

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight, james comey under oath, accuses president trumphe was fired because of the russia investigation, and reveals he turned over his notes to spark a special counsel investigate. the president thus far quiet on twitter today, letting his lawyer do the talking. and new tonight, trump's son-in-law jared kushner said to meet with senate intel officers later this month before he ultimately hands over documents and answered senators' questions. "the 11thour" gins now. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 140 of the trump

. >> "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight a public defeat for a health care billvate. the republican leader in the senate doesn't have the votes so the bill is shelved for now. >>> and the "washington post" is asking the question, who is afraid of trump? why can't the party that controls the white house and both houses of congress get health care through? two of the articles authors here with us tonight so is the man responsible for the standout moment in the white house

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight, donald trump at a rally in iowa gives ae wall and announced there's been a change to the wall which he shared with the crowd at a red meat campaign style scorched earth rally in cedar rapids. >>> meanwhile, back in washington, some alarming new warnings about the threat russia poses to our elections. and an update on the damage dmon 2016. >>> and new details on the president's money including some changes to his bottom line, all

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a defiant jeff sessions denies colluding with russia while democrats accuse him of impeding the investigation. plus can the attorney general claim privilege on conversations with donald trump if the president hasn't invoked it? a former watergate prosecutor is with us to take that on. and remember this rose garden victory lap over health care a few weeks back? that bill donald trump once called really incredible he's now calling mean. and the beat goes on as "the 11th hour" begins. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 145 of the trump administration, and it was all eyes on the attorney general today. his testimony today in front of his former senate colleagues was at times heated and combative, at times tedious and deeply unsatisfying. jeff sessions vehemently denied that he colluded with russia and with voices raised at one point, he and oregon democrat ron wyden sparred over something that james comey had just said about sessions while under oath himself last week. >> the suggestion that

. >> "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >> the president promised the, republicans promised and replace obamacare faded today. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell i

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> ton the backlash after the president unleashes a hit jobs on the brains and physical appearancen of an anchor oh this network. as the white house defds the boss many of the fellow republicans are saying it's beneath what should be the did dignity of the office. and the russia investigation, a "wall street journal" article out ton brings michael flynn's name roaring back into the news that we are covering as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >>> well good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 161 of the trump administration. another day dominated by the president's cell phone and the damage it can cause. today it was a personal attack aimed at an anchor at this network. this is what the president wrote in the early morning hours, quote. i heard poorly rated "morning joe" speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. then how come low-i can crazy mika, along with saiko joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a year around new year's eve and insisted on joining me she was bleeding badly from a face-lift. i said no

our coverage is going the start with brian williams anchoring at 9:00 a.m.e coverage. whether we be breaking it all down afterwards, including here tomorrow night on this show. you're excused. that does it for us tonight. now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, my friend. >> hey, rachel. i haven't been setting my alarm

the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. >>> tonight jim comey has been clear saed for take off. set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. plus new subpoenas issued for trump's attorney and michael flynn. also the washington post reporting the trump administration may return to suburban u.s. compounds to russia after president obama threw the russians out back in december. meanwhile, the president back on twitter previewing a big announcement tomorrow but we still want to know what was going on with him last night. "the 11th hour" begins right now. and good evening once again from our headquarters in new york. again tonight the russia story seemingly without end. supplies us with our lead story and that is we're going to hear from james comey. a source close to comey tells msnbc news the fired fbi director has been quote cleared for take off to testify in public next week to the senate intelligence committee. that clearance came from special counsel, bob mueller who's now over seeing the russia investigation. it will be comey's first public comment since he wa

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, new details emerging on the russia probe as special counsel robert mueller digs in and is now reportedly taking over the investigation into paul manafort. also, vladimir putin offers his theory on the hacking of our election. it sounds a bit like trump's. it's part of megyn kelly's exclusive interview with the russian president. >>> and senator al franken remarks on what he thinks is the greater threat, putin or climate change. "the 11th hour" for a friday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 134 of the trump administration. and tonight we are learning about new developments n. f's russia investigation, now under the control o special counsel robert mueller. the associated press is reporting mueller, quote, has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign manager paul manafort and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey. and nbc news justice corresp

senator marco rubio gets tonight's last word. "11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> the breaking news tonight -- is donald trump debating whether or not to fire the special counsel. a friend of his says the president is considering terminating robert mueller. >>> plus, the next man up in front of the senate intelligence committee. tomorrow the attorney general jeff sessions will be sworn in questioned about russia and then some. an assessment of this presidency by our special guest, former governor, senator, 9/11 commission bob kerrey here with us in the studio this evening. "the 11th hour" begins now. good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york as we start a new week. day 144 of the trump presidency. and late in the day, it was dominated by an idea, the idea floated by a friend of the president that donald trump has considered or is considering firing the special counsel, terminating robert mueller. the president has the power to do so. the question is, what would happen to the president and his presidency if he did so, especially having already fired

"is 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight, president trump expanding his personal legalknowledging for the first time he is under investigation. >>> also tonight, growing concern for the only person at the justice department who can fire robert mueller. and who takes his place if rod rosenstein is out of the picture? what a long, strange trip it's been, two years from that escalator ride from trump tower, to the white house, to being under federal investigation. "the 11th hour" gets under way right now. and on a friday night, good evening once again from our headquarters in new york, day 148 of the trump administration, an m

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. of the russia investigation, and reveals he turned over his notes to spark a special counsel investigation. the president thus far quiet on twitter today, letting his lawyer do the talking. and new tonight, trump's son-in-law jared kushner said to meet with the senate intel staffers later this month before he ultimately hands over documents and answered senators' questions >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 140 of the trump administration. put another way, election day was seven months ago tonight. and our attention on this day was consumed by the widely anticipated and widely watched testimony from james comey, the former fbi director who was fired by the president. comey said the trump administration lied, plain and simple, about why he was fired, saying the president changed his story and that it really was all about russia. he confirmed to feel pressure to make the flynn investigation go away. comey also seems to have taken the president's comm

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> ton the backlash after the president unleashes a hite brains and physical appearancen of an anchor oh this network. as the white house defds the boss many of the fellow republicans are saying it's beneath what should be the did dignity of the office. and the russia investigation, a "wall street journal" article out ton brings michael flynn's >>> and the russia investigation, a "wall street journal" article brings michael flynn's name back in the news as we are covering "the 11th hour" that gets under way. >>> well, good evening, once again from our msnbc news headquarter here. 161 day of the president's administration. and the cell phone, and the damage it can cause. today it was a personal attack aimed at the anchor at this network. this is what the president wrote early this morning. quote. i heard poorly rated morning joe speaks bly

our live coverage continues now into "the 11th hour," with brian williams. >> breaking tonight, two bombshell reports on trump and the russia investigation. the "new york times" reporting james comey told the attorney general not to leave him alone with the president. the "washington post" revealing donald trump asked his director of national intelligence to intervene in comey's investigation. >>> and a grim assessment of a fuming, seething, infuriated, and defiant president trump. that and much more from the reporters breaking the news font as "the 11th hour" gets underway. well, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. and we have a lot of news that has just broken tonight. it's one of those nights when it's tough to know quite where to begin. but the stories are these. attorney general jeff sessions reportedly offered to resign after it became clear that in the president's mind at least so many of the problems the administration currently has were sessions' fault. there's a "new york times" report just out tonight that says james comey told attorney general sessions

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. . >> ton new details on how russia tried to hack theys before american voters went to the polls. plus the white house confirming it won't invoke executive privilege. that starts the countdown to james comey's testimony on thursday. and it was a big weekend for the president on twitter. aching the london mayor, attacking his own government and just today very likely damaging his own case before the supreme court. and he is still at it tonight. the 11th hour begins now. well good evening once again from headquarters here in new york on this day. 1.37 for the trump dmrgts. it's again what the president

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> tonight on russia, president trump blames obama andtory lap as the supreme court takes action on the travel ban. two former white house chiefs of staff from both parties here with us tonight. plus why the dems were talking late again in the senate. the word today that the new health care bill would dump 22 million more from insurance. what the senate vote might look like. and the veteran of the cia is here to show

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a stunning few minutes of news in presidentconference. he says no collusion, no obstruction, and calls james comey a leaker. he claims he's 100% willing to testify under oath. >>> plus are there or aren't there recordings of the trump/comey conversations. the president says the answer might disappoint but we'll all learn it soon. just another friday night as "the 11th hour" gets underway. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. this was day 141 of the still young trump administration. and a defiant president back on twitter th

"the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> ton the backlash after the president unleashes a hitbs on the brains and physical appearancen of an anchor oh this network. as the white house defds the boss many of the fellow republicans are saying it's beneath what should be the did dignity of the office. and the russia investigation, a "wall street journal" article out ton brings michael flynn's name roaring back into the news that we are covering as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >>> well good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 161 of the trump administration. another day dominated by the president's cell phone and the damage it can cause. today it was a personalk

. >> "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight a public defeat for a health care bill written in private. the republican leader in the senate doesn't have the votes so the bill is shelved for now. >>> and the "washington post" is asking the question, who is afraid of trump? why can't the party that controls the white house and both houses of congress get health care through? two of the articles authors here with us tonight so is the man responsible for the standout moment in the white house briefing today. when accused of being fake news one reporter wasn't having it. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. another eventful one day. day 159 of the trump administration. and the president's promise, the republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare faded today. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is a cagey veteran and inside player, and a very good vote counter. he doesn't do this often. but today he pulled back on the bill. it's been delayed until after the july 4th recess. then the senate