is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jumps. to the bundesliga now and that starts with the match that handed by a new nick an unprecedented sixth a strange one is a good title a phase an easy task against on saturday knowing a win was all they needed to be crowned champions again as have a look at how they. rotation is a tradition as well as a necessity for buy in munich and despite frank river a celebrating his thirty fifth birthday he took his place on the bench he was in good company they substituted scored forty one of byron seventy two goals so far this season. made it clear from the start they were there to spoil the party sergio court of dispossessed. and nicklaus added to the comedy of errors to open the scoring. only saved in vain soulless face handing out go one no lead but that lead was short lived yahshua kimmie delivered from the wing current team to lay so heading home to equalize after thirty two minutes. by and then cli

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jumps. well now to some of the other stories making news around the world and canadian police say fourteen people are dead and another fourteen others are injured after a bus crash in rules the scatch one province near the town of tisdale a truck hit the bus carrying a junior hockey team the team has put out a statement calling the incident an incredible tragedy moscow has promised a tough response to new u.s. sanctions imposed on several russian officials washington has frozen the assets of companies and all of our explodes to russian president vladimir putin the u.s. said it was responding to what it called russia's malign activity around the world . a monitoring group says syria's military is gaining territory around the last opposition holdout in eastern guta near the capital damascus reports say government air strikes have killed dozens of civilians since the truce collapsed on friday brazil's

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the funeral has been held for a palestinian journalist killed while covering mass protests on the border between gaza and israel cameramen yassir are taught how was shot despite wearing a press jacket he's one of more than twenty killed this week after being fired upon by israeli security forces canadian police say fourteen people are dead and fourteen others are injured after a bus crash in rural says gosh one province near the town of tisdale a truck hit the bus carrying a junior ice hockey team the team has put out a statement calling the incident an incredible tragedy. moscow has promised a tough response to new u.s. sanctions imposed on several russian officials washington has frozen the assets of companies an oligarchy close to president vladimir putin the u.s. said it was responding to what it called russia's malign ac

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. let's go back to that new store that has broken in the last few minutes a vehicle has crashed into a crowd of people in the town of munster in north west germany several people have been killed and injured correspondent look tennis is on the line for us from hanover he'll come have you any more details on what's happened. yeah re still don't know much over now is that a car drove into the keeper statue and all. the numbers of us around for a turkey it's a very busy people are shooting and the cars over into the steeple departed the german polish a school for them to have. media reporting to thirty people around it but this is not confirmed. and it also has not been confirmed that this has been a terrorist attack but has there been any indication from authorities that this may be the case you know it's a momentary no no no. and we don't know if you know you said that this attack happened

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. because of the other stories making news around the world brazil's president luis and desilva is expected to surrender to police to begin serving a twelve year sentence on bribery charges earlier lula defied an arrest warrant and spent the night in a trade union building with supporters lawyers for lula are appealing the conviction the funeral has been held for a palestinian journalist killed while covering mass protests on the border between gaza and israel cameraman yassir was shot despite wearing a press jacket he's one of more than twenty killed this week after being fired upon by israeli security forces. canadian police say fourteen people are dead and fourteen others are injured after a bus crash and rolls discuss one province near the town of tisdale a truck hit the bus carrying a junior ice hockey team the team is put out a statement calling the incident an incredible tragedy mo

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. here to talk about byron munich claim of the bundesliga title i'm joined now in the studio by john expect from d.w. sports yannick this is byron's six successive bundesliga title should we be surprised not particularly really i think the title has been bonds for some wakes or even months now i think since christmas it's been almost a certainty that they would wrap it up but they did have a rocky start to the season and they did have to bring in an old coach in your pockets to replace khawaja lotty to conover turn the tide a bit as we'll see in this report we have. in early october last year the buyer and bosses pulled a rabbit out of their hats you pint this would return to coach the team which had got off to a sputtering start under carlo and. we all agreed that you pine kiss was the ideal man to take on this task and i'm very pleased that one of my best friends is back with us at f.c.

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. here to talk about byron munich claiming the bundesliga title i'm joined now in the studio by john expect from d.w. sport.

trump, former presidents clinton and obama and their wives will attend. >>> newly released memos by former fbi director james comey, part of the 15 pages of declassified material the justice department turned over to congress. janay norman has the latest from washington. >> much of those memos are pretty similar to what we already heard him say about his conversations with president trump. despite a few new details, the president says those memos show no collusion or obstruction. we're hearing from james comey in his own words, in newly released copies of memos written while he was fbi director. in them comey details what he says were president trump's strenuous and repeated denials of being with prostitutes in moscow. rachel maddow asked comey about the memos, referring to when putin said he had some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. >> he told you he had a conversation with putin about hookers? >> yes. >> reporter: the memos were released as part of 15 pages of declassified material handed over to congress. trump wrote, james comey memos just out and show clearly no obstruction or collusion. >> those memos say comey had serious reservations about then national security adviser michael flynn, sa

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jobs. it's a big sports news to tell you about now byron munich have claim to the bundesliga title perhaps no surprise there really we have to say those little more about that yeah you're right it's not particularly a surprise i think the toilers been byron's for some weeks or even some months i think since christmas they opened up a ten point lead and since then it's been expected for them but they did go through a rocky start to the season and they had to bring in an old coach a new poncas to turn the tide a bit as we'll see in this report coming up here. in early october last year the buyer and bosses pulled a rabbit out of their hats you pint this would return to coach the team which had got off to a sputtering start under carlo and. we all agreed that you pine kiss was the ideal man to take on this task and i am very pleased that one of my best friends is back with us at f.c. by on. his

book aren't on certain like how come he gave up classified information and why did he lie to congress. trump also denied accusations that he asked me for loyalty saying i hardly knew this guy just another of his many lies is memos are self-serving and fake and all the tweets trump called comi slippery out of whack and the worst f.b.i. director in history trumps sex came in last year his handling of the f.b.i. investigation into clinton female practices want second of two she had the chance he's in washington so even by chance standards he seems pretty cross about tony at this stage is. right and there is no discipline that has developed analyzing correlations between trump's early morning tweet storms and what has just been on fox news and there is some evidence that some of these tweets may have been in relation to water just as on the fox morning news show here and here in the united states he has two main concerns in these tweets one is actually not combing it's the rating of his personal lawyers office michael cohen we understand that documents and recordings made by cohen have been seiz

reporter: the 48-year-old representative from wisconsin leaves congress with accomplishments including major reform of the tax code. today, mr. trump tweeted: speaker paul ryan is a truly goodman. he will leave a legacy of achievements that nobody can question. but ryan's decision to step away from congress comes at a time when republicans face uncertainty on winning seats during the midterm elections. >> i really do not believe whether i stay or go in 2019 is going to affect a person's individual race for congress. >> reporter: ryan served nearly 20 years in the house and is one of the youngest to be elected speaker of the house. in a closed-door meeting today, he received a standing ovation from colleagues and even cried. >> he leaves a tremendous legacy and he achieved his ultimate career goal of comprehensive tax form and we thank him for being an outstanding leader. >> reporter: it opens the door for new leadership with representative kevin mccarthy and steve scalise seen as front-runner. in a statement speaker ryan said he will serving out his full term, run through the tape and retire in january. angelica alvarez, cbs news,

congress. and netsuite storm galvanized -- that tweet storm galvanized trump voters to turn against congress in a way i've never seen a governing party supporters engage in. >> on the telephone, trump and mcconnell had a doubt. >> they get into a screaming match. mitch mcconnell rarely raises his voice. trump is using all manners of expletives to criticize mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is giving it back to the present. its extraordinary. >> as the feud group, he came out of his country club and fanned the flames. >> i said, mitch, get to work and let's get it done. they should of had this last one done. they lost by one vote. >> how does undermining your senate majority leader make you any more powerful, any more successful? how does having a battle with the person who has to somehow manage the arcane rules and regulations of the senate and you are undercutting him everyday? i don't get it. >> the call between the two men erupted. >> the president and the majority leader would not speak to each other for weeks. host: does that nature of the relationship change? does that set the tone as far as whe

adams, not donald trump, pushed the act of 1798 through the congress. president trump has done no such thing. abraham lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus a number jailing, leading to the of some northern editors. donald trump has not done anything like that. theodore roosevelt instructed his attorney general to indict the publisher joseph pulitzer for articles his newspaper published containing accusations of corruption with respect to the building of the panama canal. donald trump has not come up with anything like the modern equivalent of that, even as a way to further torment attorney general sessions. these were three of the greatest , two ofs who ever lived them carved in stone on mount third a more than worthy intellectual sparring partner with thomas jefferson. president trump is not, by any means, the first president to be unhappy with the press or to express in one way or another his strong feelings about it. is of my favorite stories thomas jefferson writing it sayinge was president that he thought all newspapers ought to be divided int

is stepping up his rhetoric now because his plans to build a border wall have stalled in congress trump though says he's determined to stop all illegal immigration as it threatens both security and jumps. quick update now on our top story that we've been following for you this hour here at the german authorities say that three people are dead after a van ramming in one star including the vehicles driver who took his own life police say that it is too early to know his motive a local media are reporting that he was a german man with psychological issues and we have standing by for us live at the scene correspondent daniel cope so daniel what more do we know at this hour. well sara we are getting also word from the police that the german special police little bit outside the moon star right now is searching an apartment building and they're believing that this is the apartment off the suspect so far of course we don't really know what the station behind all of this is we had about thirty minutes ago a state men from the interior minister here off this federal german state he was stating t

trump to go that far? let's consider the optics of this. you have emmanuel macron on the floor of congresse the president makes is most important speech of the year, and what president macron was doing was effectively tearing to shreds the trump agenda. america first, you talked about isolationism, withdrawal and nationalism with only inflame the fears of your citizens. that was a slap across the face to donald trump and the policy there. and he went on to the policies you listed, iran, free trade, climate change — he said, in the global order, you broke the rules, we have to stick to them. i thought it was breathtaking in its audacity to what omicron try today. such a contrast, yesterday they were holding hands, kissing, it today, and manuel cron was delivering letters after letter to donald trump. i thought it was extraordinary. i thought if it was pragmatic as well. they don't know what they managed to get out of president trump in terms of concessions, particularly in the wrong place deal. was this president macron getting around the present and try to nudge congress in his direction?

not act on assad crossing the red line in part because he felt he couldn't get anything through congress. trump argued that he shouldn't get involved with syria and assad at the time now criticizing obama for creating the circumstance. this comes a week after donald trump called for us to withdraw from syria and had a big conflict with military brass. >> lindsey graham says may have emboldened assad to use chemical weapons. >> may have. what the real issue is you have john bolton baptism of fire. donald trump wanting to be tough calling out putin. what will that action be? >> it sounds -- >> we should do it. we do have a window into how he felt about syria in 2013 and maybe how he will counsel the president today. listen to this. >> i would not have referred the matter to congress. if i were a member of congress i would vote against an authorization to use force here. i don't think it is in america's interest. i don't think we should take sides in the syrian conflict. >> that's very much in line with what trump has been saying. pull out of the region. that itself creates a vacuum that putin and

and with trump back in campaign mode, should republicans worry about fire and fury about like what we saturday night. they're trying to hold on to control of congress and the word trump isn't helping. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with trump watch. this is "hardball," where the action. not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool. coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells. with little or no downtime. and no surgery. results and patient experience may vary. some rare side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort, and swelling. ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you. and visit coolsculpting.com today for your chance to win a free treatment. (burke) seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> president trump today welcomed the nigerian president to the white house. they were asked whether they discussed alleged comments made by president trump earlier this year in which he reportedly referred to african countries as s-holes during a private meeting at the white house. here is what president trump had to say. >>

on both sides of congress want to pass a $1 billion treatment program. this is a rare case where the trump white house is not trying to roll back obama administration policies and the treatment plan has brought many republicans and democrats together in a sharply divided congress. >>> well, a leading british medical research group is calling for nations around the world to double the cost of cigarettes. the group study found dramatically raising the cost of a pack of cigarettes could push as many as 20% of the world smokers to kick the habit. that would lead to billions of dollars in savings and healthcare cost with the world's poorest nations benefiting the most. the study published also estimates 1 billion people across the globe will die as a result of smoking in the 21st century. >>> well, there's a new dating app that is only for people who went to private school. >> of course, darling. the london based app is called toffee. the founder says it's the world's first dating app for people who were privately educated. some people have criticized the app. they call it elitist but the found

what it is static congress now wants to give trump more war powers yes tim kaine and bob corker claim the new a un now they presented to congress does limit trumps powers however most legal scholars including the a.c.l.u. have noted not only was the core of. almost irretrievably seed to the executive branch the power to declare war but it also would give this president and all future presidents authority to engage in worldwide war so basically it would cost of exactly what we have already have so basically the two party corporate con men have sorry con people have. given. dictators tool box to trump most of it created under bush and obama and there are no hurry to decrease it and guess what right to maddow in the rest of the war hungry corporate talking heads are in no hurry to cover the real stories just because this board start scared joe is already saying our rescue a bomb. company or was it the same god they. are our while call. and lead can malice take the news from behind the breaking news there has been a chemical attack in america apparently took place in flint michigan they w

what if the static congress now wants to give trump more war powers yes tim kaine and bob corker claim the new a un that they presented to congress does limit trumps powers however most legal scholars including the a.c.l.u. have noted not only was a corker almost irretrievably cede to the executive branch the power to declare war but it also would give this president and all future presidents authority to engage in worldwide war so basically it would cause exactly what we have already have so basically the two party corporate con men have sorry con people have. given up. dictators tool box to trump most of it created under bush and obama and there are no hurry to decrease it and guess what right from maddow and the rest of the war hungry corporate talking heads are in no hurry to cover the real stories because this is poor it starts joe. charters are rescued. from you or was it easy to ghai. a car while crawling on lead can analyse take the news from behind it breaking news there has been a chemical attack in america apparently took place in flint michigan they water there is filled wi

what trump is doing right now is testing how far he can go without pushback from gop leaders in congress. trumpeady fired comey and attempted to fire mueller. if republicans don't make clear that there will be serious consequences for firing mueller, then nothing will stop trump from doing that. and yet when they were asked over the weekend about the possibility that trump could fire mueller, their answers were pretty half-hearted and weak. >> paul ryan's spokeswoman has released a statement saying this "on behalf of the house speaker, as the speaker had always said, mr. mueller and his team should be able to do their job." >> are you worried that the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller? it sure looks like that way from his tweets. >> well, as i said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> seth: the beginning of the end? the beginning of his presidency was the beginning of the end. you know, i'm beginning to believe this ending has no beginning. we need to get this ending started. [ light laughter ] this has been "a closer l

president trump tweeting his reaction to the james comey memos just turned over to congress and leaked to the media. >>> rudy giuliani joins the trump legal team. he plans to give the mueller investigation a little push. >> what do you think happens when you demonize law enforcement? >>> the sheriff in florida not holding back after the death of his deputies. >>> a bank about to be slapped for a $1 billion fine for fees they should not have paid and insurance they need didn't. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. friday, april 20th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. 11:00 a.m. in moscow. we are live shortly from that location. christine, the memos took 45 minutes to leak to the media. that is where we are in 2018. we will talk about them shortly. we talk about that now. president trump tweeting on the reaction of the declassified versions of the memos from james comey. the president wrote, james comey memos just out and show clearly there was no collusion, no obstruction. also he leaked classified information. wow. will the witch hunt continue? the critics find the assertions questionable. >

for trump's former presidential campaign chair so that is certainly notable and again the former son in law of lattimer putin now all of this is something that has been encouraged by the u.s. congress. donald trump was given this power by the congress last summer but didn't start to take action under this law that he reluctantly side until last month that we are getting some congressional reaction from this both democrats republicans applauding this action that has finally been taken in fact the republican senator marco rubio saying that these sanctions really are designed to send a clear message to putin that the illegal occupation of ukraine support for assad's regime in terms of war crimes efforts to undermine western democracies and militias cyber attacks will continue to result in severe consequences so it seems that very much these are designed to send a message to putin the russian president personally all right thanks very much can really help in washington turning then to all the developments the former russian spy at the center of a diplomatic row between the u.k. and rusher is no longer in a critical condition doctors say sergey script holds health is improving a month a

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trump. you're aware of this, want to play a little bit from a conservative blogger that said this about a clandestine meeting at a grocery store with a gop congress member, secretly frustrated with president trump. listen to that, i'll get your response after. >> we were on the aisle, he went on this tirade about the president who he is deeply frustrated with. he is tired of defending the guy, even though he does because he doesn't want to lose re-election or have a primary challenge, it is indicative of the problems. >> so you know about erick erickson saying the lawmaker, quote, has clearly come to hate the president, including calling him an evil stupid forrest gump in that quote. first up, were you near a safe way super market recently, number one, and is this one lone house member or could this be a more widespread sentiment do you think? >> no, i was thinking the first question might be about whether or not i shop at safe way. no. i haven't been there in a long

trump and putin. and tensions with congress too. some democrats say the president can only go so far without their sign-off. >> president trump is not a king. he's a president. he's supposed to come to congress to seek permission to initiate a war. >> reporter: as far as congress is concerned, the president did send notification yesterday to congressional leaders explaining to them his decision to launch those attacks on syria. >> doug, will the president possibly face some consequences because he launched the airstrikes without getting congress' permission first? >> reporter: well, as we have seen in the past, there's often this tension between congress and any president regarding the use of military force. generally the president has a fair amount of latitude to do these kind of one-off kind of things but if it becomes more of an extended campaign, that's a different matter. >> doug luzader live from washington, thank you. >> certainly one of our top stories this morning we will continue to follow. >>> 5:17 the time. hopefully traf

trump is feeding hos towards congress. and that tweet storm galvanized trump voters to turn against congress in a way that i've never en a governing party's supporters engage in. >> and i can understand that... >> narrator: on the telephone, trump and mcconnell had it out. >> he calls mcconnell and they get into a screaming match. and mitch mcconnell raly raises his voice, but trump is using all manner of expletives to criticize mitch mcconnell. and mcconnell is giving it back to the president. it's extraordinary. >> narrator: as the feud grew, he came out of his country club and fanned the flames. >> i said, "mitch, get to workit and let's geone." they should have had this last one done.t they l one vote. >> how does undermining your senate majority leader make you any more powerful, any more successful? ithow does having a battle the person who has to somehow manage the aane rules and regulations of the senate, andin you're undercuhim every day? i don't get it. >> ...phone call between the two men erupted into a profanity

assault on syria a number of republican senators have head out to donald trump to see him saying he should have consulted congress first president trump announces the u.s. will pull out of syria and days later syrian government bombs women and children in an area of no strategic value so the whole world would bomb the hell out of syria doesn't make any sense praying this doesn't start world war three i haven't read france's or britain's constitution but i wrote ours and no where in it is presidential authority to strike syria the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. there's strikes are an act of war atrocities in syria cannot justify departure from constitution which vests in congress power to commence war looking at the trump twitter timeline what he's been accused of rushing into this attack previously he was against taking potentially rash decisions in twenty thirteen was highly critical of that president barack obama's approach to syria warning against washington launching an attack however once trump moved into the oval office he hit syrian bases wi

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trump instructed military leaders toe withdraw -- to withdraw u.s. troops from syria as soon as possible, assad again launched a chemical attack on more than 500 people. in response, and without meaningful discussion with congress, president trump once again ordered air strikes against syrian targets associated with a syrian chemical weapons program. mr. speaker, notwithstanding the u.s. presence on the ground and our air engagements in syria since 2015, this congress has never openly and formally debated the question of the authorization for the use of military force in syria. it is time for us to do our job. assad is a barbaric again sidal dictator. the use of chemical weapons is heinous and the use of conventional weapons against civilians, which he is also guilty of doing, is equally heinous. syria is a humanitarian disaster. 400,000 syrians, most of whom are nnocent civilians, dead. these facts are not disputed. for more than 70 years the united states has been an anchor of international security and i believe we cannot look away when a are dead. these facts are not dictator br violates international law. the debate is long overdue in congress and it's not about whether we should be limited to if, , when a

trump's promise not to giveaway military plans is gone. he's talking about the type of missiles he's proud of he's going to drop. and a republican member of congress unloads on trump and says anonymous lis he bushes trump would just go away and says republicans may have to impeach him after the primaries are over. this is a republican talking in the congress, an elected official. more with the roundtable tonight. finally let me finish with trump watch. it's about what he's thinking about tonight and it's all mish i gas where the action is, that's us. it's ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. it's fine. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. and i don't share it with mom! right, mom? righttt. safe driving bonus checks. only from allstate. switching to allstate is worth it. . >> despite the threats from president trump, we got yet another indication today that special counsel robert mueller isn't taking his foot off the gas when it comes to the russia investigation. nbc news has learned that mueller's team has requested 35 sets of subpoenas in advance of paul manafort's impending trial in a virginia federa

trump. heather: appreciate it. breaking overnight, republicans house seat in the special election in arizona. >> running for congressi won. awesome. >> reporter: debbie lesko beating the democrat by 6 points. republicans turning their attention towards upcoming special elections in texas and ohio, key races to keep control of the house. donald trump's travel ban is heading to the supreme court today. the administration asking justices to reverse lower court ruling striking down the banner from 7 muslim majority countries. the policy has been fully in effect since december but this is the first time the justices are considering if it violates immigration law or the constitution. despite fears of a trade war looming donald trump says he's optimistic about making a deal with china. >> china is serious and we are serious, we put on substantial tariffs and that will continue unless we make a trade deal. we have a good chance of making a deal. >> reporter: steve mnuchin will travel to china in the next few days, donald trump threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of chinese goods over what he called unfair trade pra

paul ryan disowned trump add a republican candidate. told republican members of congress throw him under the bus if you need to. save yourself, save our majority. from that point to today, how has that relationship worked? how are the white house reacting? >> reporter: first to the evolution of the relationship. this was ice y from the start. once president trump was in office, it continued to be rocky. then we saw the big fight over health care. president trump lashing out at the house speaker as well as leader mcconnell. he didn't think they were doing enough to get health care over the finish line. then remember, paul rye wran dit a version of health care passed through the house. that's when you started the see the relationship turn. those two men realized they could work together. then the victory over tax reform. there were challenges. there were a lot of thorny issues that remain between these two men. including the fact the president was infuriated over this recent spending bill. he didn't think republicans secured enough funding for border walls and the tweets. t

let me be clear, john adams, not doll trump pushed this act of 1798 through the congress and president trump has done no such thing. abraham lincoln suspended habeas corpus a number of times, leading to the jailing of some soft on the confederacy editors, donald trump hasn't done anything like that. theodore roosevelt and they invited joseph pulitzer for the article his newspaper published. donald trump has not. he has not come up with anything like the modern equivalent of that, even as a way to further torment attorney general sessions. these were three of the greatest americans who ever lived. two of them carved in stone on mount rushmore, a third, a more than worthy intellectual sparring partner with thomas jefferson, and president trump is not, by any means, the first president to be unhappy with the press or to express in one way or another his strong feelings about it. one of my favorite stories is of thomas jefferson writing, while he was president, someone had written him a letter saying he thought all newspapers ought to be divided in four parts. truth, probability, possibili

trump comes to washington in july for a victory lap. he goes to the rnc members of congress and has lunch with members of the senate. most are arm's-length from them. sixteen of the best and brightest have been fighting with him across the primary season. one particular senator, jeff flake is singled out and trump looks him in the eye and said you're the guy from arizona. you said bad things about me. flake said yes, i'm the guy who wasn't captured referring to the moment when he said nasty things about senator john mccain and whether he was a hero because he had been captured in vietnam and held prisoner there. that began a struggle that would last for the whole year. and other senators who step back and watch it. i see one decisions had to be made. from the beginning they did not expect him to win. >> host: how does it play out after he wins and as he tries to get an agenda and need republicans to make it happen. >> there's two mines. mitch mcconnell of the senate and paul ryan, that those closest who said they were willing to work with hillary. she's a pro and show will g

congress. donald trump has never come to the united states congress seeking approval for the payments and benefits that go to the trump organization which he still owns. that failure is a violation of the emollients clause of the united states constitution. it is the reason that 200 of us, members of congress, have brought legal action to vindicate our trust, the trust of the american people that the constitution will be followed and that we will do our job and we have standing to bring that action. because the president of the united states is preventing us from reviewing those payments and benefits that go to him which we have an obligation to review under the united states constitution. that case will be heard in court in june. i hope the courts will vindicate the rule of law. i hope that we will see an end to this corrosive and corrupting impact of money and poll tick -- money and politics and money and government. contempt of the rule of law that betrays the trust of the american people. the washington, d.c., that is conveyed by these quotes and action by officials at the very top of our gove

trump tax is a purely partisan effort to further redistribute wealth from the working and middle class to the ceos, the ultra wealthy, the big business and corporate shareholders. >> demonstrators are demanding congress repeal the trump tax and force president trump to release his tax returns. >>> starting tomorrow your commute on cal tran make go smoother. they're launching a pilot program that allows all bicyclists to board bike cars first. the idea is to make the boarding process smoother and faster. the bikers board first program will be tested only on northbound trains at the mountainview and redwood city stations from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekdays. >>> commuters who take 101 in the north bay notice a difference on their drive. cal tran says crews this morning shifted southbound 101 through the narrows. the alignment features a new raised section of highway and a new bridge. this is all designed to et flooding in the area. >>> fans waited for a year and from their reaction, it seems to have been worth it. ♪ >> beyoncÉ killed, slayed, murdered. you name it. she did it all. she had special guest join her on stage. we'll have a look coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist drew tuma will continue to t

has donald trump responded to the speech that emmanuel macron quito congress?you do find with him sometimes is that when he is in a room, he will work the room. —— gave to. that was some of the frustration with earlier attempts to get legislation through. when he was in the room with republicans and democrats in the room, he was saying i was working with you, i am on your site, then would walk away and have a different view. he is a businessman and a negotiator. maybe this isjust and a negotiator. maybe this isjust a desire to kind of be like in a room. he certainly seems to appeal to people when he is there. and there is an awful lot of backslapping that takes place. but you are right in saying that this relationship goes slightly further. in terms of reaction, i been watching donald trump's twitter account very closely, because that is where you get a real sense of just exactly what he is thinking. not public announcements, although the white house was being very clear today that this was an extremely successful visit and they were supporting emmanuel macron

trump tax is a purely partisan effort to further redistribute wealth from the working and middle class to the ceos, the ultra wealthy, the big business, and corporate shareholders. >> demonstrators are demanding congress repeal the trump tax and force president trump to release his tax returns. >> tensions mount following airstrikes on syria in response to a chemical weapons attack. >> syria's ally russia claims the chemical attack never happened. now the u.s. is considering new sanctions against the country. >> plus a planet hunter is launching tomorrow that will bring a new set of skills >>> president trump has declared mission accomplished after the airstrikes targeting chemical facilities in syria. protesters marched against the attacks in oakland today, calling for an end to covert wars. the airstrikes were in response to last weekend's suspected chemical attack in syria. reporter james long man has the latest now from beruit. >> reporter: the ruins of syria's chemical weapons facilities set back years according to the pentagon. a scientific research center north of damascus reduced to rubble. two other facilities destroyed. >> i think the words cripple are accurate words. >> reporter: looking at

trump. at least one bay area member of congress that often finds himself at odds with president trump that he is encouraged by the news. more on this story. >> the announcement makes no mention that they are giving up the nuclear program. the tone of the announcement is a complete read her -- reversal from the rhetoric we heard a few months ago in kim jong un and president trump were trading insults and warning of fire and fury. >> reporter: the announcement came from north koreans newsagency that kim jong un had ordered the suspension of nuclear and long-range missile test and land to close north korea's nuclear test site. the north korean dictator said he was pleased with the progress made last year. that was to develop what he claims is a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the united states mainland. eric swell well said if the promises clear than it is a step toward denuclearization. >> we want to make sure that we can verify this and monitor the activity. >> reporter: on twitter president trump said north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear test and close a major test site. this is

of his way to point out the deep differences with his host president trump when he made his speech to the joint session of congress in washington he criticized trump's america first agenda saying it was a threat to global prosperity on climate change mccall warned that there could be no planet b. . at his rendezvous with u.s. lawmakers now called look to share their love heaping praise on france's special bond with america but his message seemed to wrecked it to an audience of one u.s. president donald trump and iran warned against abandoning the twenty fifty nuclear deal but still took a hard line. for iran our objective is clear iran shall never approve this any nuclear weapons. that can push back on trans america first agenda urging the u.s. to engage rather than retreat from world affairs. but causing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not dollars but inflame the fruits of our citizens. in the car also pushed back on trans threat to tear up international trade deals warning of commercial war between allies at the end of the day it will destroy jobs increase prices and the midd

trump. ♪ when congress returns next week, the house will vote on the reauthorizing the federal aviation administrationthat agency yesterday imposed tougher safety inspections after the engine failure and explosion in a southwest flight last week resulted in a first passenger fatality since 2009. good morning and welcome to "washington journal" protest saturday, april 21, 2018. will start by asking you about air safety in particular. is there more that the federal government can do, if your experience with air safety as well?

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behind closed doors that are underway we know that there is pressure from the usual hawks in congress for donald trump to take action especially following these tweets to back this up in order for him to retain his credibility and i suppose the probability is there will be some sort of military response given what happened this time last year but beyond that i'm afraid no this is all up to the trumpet ministration and what goes on in trump's mind and the advice he's getting from his national security team and we should remember he is surrounded by by people who are very much opposed to russia more than anything else and it's interesting the state department did release a statement about the about this alleged attack an overhaul of that was about russia criticizing russia criticizing russia for its support for president and it was notable course in those tweets that you mentioned earlier that donald trump mentioned vladimir putin by name which i think we're all thinking might be the first time he's actually explicitly tied lot of the putin in his attacks against assad so we now have to wait that we do