ashley parker, jeremy bash. we'll take our first break. coming up, see if you can remember back, oh, i guess it's been, what, six hours now. what was the biggest story we were covering back then? admittedly, a simpler more innocent time, tonight we have new behind the scenes details on the meeting between donald trump and the two sergeys, lavrov and kislyak in the oval office. the washington post has just tonight published some new reporting on that. the author of that is with us next as "the 11th hour" rolls on. >>> i'm telling you, you look away for a minute and you miss a big story. until the james comey story dropped earlier this evening, the administration had spent today trying to clean up last night's lead story that the president revealed classified information about isis to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador in the oval office last week. we now know that intelligence came from israel. today national security advisor h.r. mcmaster again tried to tamp down the report. >> what we don't do is discuss what is and w

ashley parker, jeremy bash. we'll take our first break. coming up, see if you can remember back, oh, i guess it's been, what, six hours now. what was the biggest story we were covering back then? admittedly, a simpler more innocent time, tonight we have new behind the scenes details on the meeting between donald trump and the two sergeys, lavrov and kislyak in the oval office. the washington post has just tonight published some new reporting on that. the author of that is with us next as "the 11th hour" rolls on. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> i'm telling you, you look away for a minute and you miss a big story. until the james comey story dropped earlier this evening, th

ashley parker, jeremy bash. we'll take our first break. coming up, see if you can remember back, oh, i guess it's been, what, six hours now. what was the biggest story we were covering back then? admittedly, a simpler more innocent time, tonight we have new behind the scenes details on the meeting between donald trump and the two sergeys, lavrov and kislyak in the oval office. the washington post has just tonight published some new reporting on that. the author of that is with us next as "the 11th hour" rolls on. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ ♪ to err is human. to anticipate is lexus. experience the lexus rx with advanced safety standard. experience amazing. i just saved a bunch of money on

and ashley parker for the "washington post." thanks for joining us. let's start on health care and the push for republicans to try on the second effort here to get it through and shane, let me ask y you, what are you hearing down there in terms of -- we heard from kasie hunt right at the number here, what would it take for republicans politically, what would it take to get this through? >> what trump wants is a vote as soon as possible and there's been a little bit of an artificial push to do it by wednesday because he's scheduled to leave town after that. this has been a big push. the general rule on capitol hill is the moment you have the votes you call the vote. the fact they haven't called the vote, they're short. vice president mike pence is headed up to the hill but mostly trump has been personally disengaged from the process, he hasn't been lobbying lawmakers on the specifics because it didn't work the first time so he's trying to let congress and mike pence do it for him at the moment. >> he did weigh in a little bit on saturday night, he held

"washington post" highlights reporting from robert costa and ashley parker taking a at the president and his seeking of outside counsel when issues to looking into of russia. the report says people briefed on condition spoke of anonymity, they couldn't talk publicly, the attorneys who have to the white house and listed, inalists people.ng to it says mark kasowitz is expected to take a leading role, he helped trump with divorce records, real estate transaction allegations of fraud at trump university. the other gentlemen have spoken team, fficials about the according to a person familiar with the process. one more quick call, kenneth desoto, wisconsin, house bout to come in, calling on democrats line. go ahead. what i was eth -- wondering, donald trump, he and he has ften barred seven countrys from oming into the united states and then he turns around and ecides to go visit the seven countries, that he has barred from coming to the united states. by putting down their god nd saying their god is not the iing. -- he is judge host: i think you are talking bout differences between the tra

joining me ashley parker, "washington post" white house reporter and sam stein senior politics editor contributor. well, first, ashley, why now go ahead with this, the house members are voting for something that may well not pass the senate and it's going to be, you know, hanging around their necks in the mid-terms and forever. >> it almost certainly will not pass the senate without some significant modifications. but i think the reason why now is, they're hoping third time is the charm. and at this point the trump white house desperately wants a win on this. house republicans realize after seven years of promising to repeal and replace obamacare and voting on it they need to do something and i think there is an effort to at least just get it out of the house, prove they can do something and at least shunt the blame to the senate for a brief period. >> but after all of the campaign adds that had nancy pelosi saying we'll read it later or whatever the quote was when they passed obamacare. >> yeah. >> once we pass it we'll find out what's in it they don't know what's in it. i heard an i

ashley parker, and peter baker chief white house kroerpdent for the "new york times." welcome all three of you. peter i'm going to begin with you. you today were admonished for shaking your head at that briefing. i've heard people speculate there were a lot of things we were watching today. perhaps it was sean spicer's last and he knew it. what do you think we witnessed in that room today? >> that's a good question. you saw a press secretary who was on the bubble himself. he has had multiple he will conversations with his boss over his job security. there is all kinds of conversation about what the role of the briefing will be going forward, will they continue to have them on daily basis the way we have under previous presidents, will they restructure them. tomorrow there is not a daily on camera briefing. he will do it as a gaggle. it means without cameras, on the record but without cameras so it can be televised. i think you will see changes coming forward. it's he the same day that mike dubke the communications director is resigning. it is a sign of the changes that

thank you all, robert costa, ashley parker, peter baker. we'll fit in our first bream here tonight. coming up, the growing number of people in trump's world that are now part of this russia investigation. and, later, the former presidential speechwriter who writes, quote, jared kushner's charmed life is about to come to a screeching halt when "the 11th hour" continues. looking sharp len. who's the lucky lady? i'm going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank. this is how i dress to get a mortgage. i just go to lendingtree. i calculate how much home i can afford. i get multiple offers to compare side by side. and the best part is... the banks come crawling to me. everything you need to get a better mortgage. clothing optional. lendingtree, when banks compete, you win. okay! ...awkward. the future isn't silver suits anit's right now.s, think about it. we can push buttons and make cars appear out of thin air. find love anywhere. he's cute. and buy things from, well, everywhere. how? because our phones have evolved. s

. >> we also have ashley parker of the "washington post." i just asked peter alexander a moment ago what the messaging is from this white house. there seems to be a lot of cricks. take health care, for instance. yesterday we were hearing from a number of people, senior officials at the white house, that they had the votes to pass this new version of health care. we also heard donald trump the other day say that pre-existing were absolutely mandated in this health care bill which flies in the face a bit as to what exactly is actually in this health care bill. now our nbc news reporting is, i believe we're going on 20 republicans -- around that number -- 21, excuse me -- who say that they're not going to be voting for this health care bill. 22 is the magic number. it doesn't look good for them. what's the deal? do they not talk to the house about whip counts or are they just projecting confidence no matter what? >> yeah. they think the good rule is when you have the votes you take the vote. and any don't clearly have the vote right now. it is

"washington post's" ashley parker joins us. the great glenn thrush of "snl" fame, "new york times" correspondent. you have new reporting on the white house in turmoil. glenn, since you're right here, i have to get you on the white house's seemingly digs in over the tapes. does he have recordings or doesn't he? >> i made it clear i don't want to talk about it -- >> you had all you had to say to me? the "snl" is going to your head. you're much more handsome than the guy who plays you. we've gotten sideways with the white house and "snl" in the last four minute. >> you're right about the tapes. spicer clearly doesn't want to talk about this anymore. >> they haven't backed down. they backed off by -- >> they never backed down. sean spicer still incidentally has not apologized as ned knows for essentially accusing british intelligence of colluding with barack obama to wiretap trump tower, which by the way, might warrant an apology, but i think their whole thing is they're not go going to deny this and going to hope the one hurdle th

thank you, ashley parker, robert costa.next, with so many people crying foul on what we're hearing from the trump administration, the intelligence committees of both the house and the senate have their work cut out for them to flesh out the truth, don't you think? we're going to hear from members of both of those committees in a second -- actually a minute or so coming up here on "hardball." this is "hardball," where the action is. that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ i needed something more to help control my type 2 diabetes. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not

our own veteran justice correspondent pete williams, washington post white house reporter ashley parker, washington post national political reporter robert costa, and michael schmidt, reporter for "the new york times" who covers national security. michael, i'm going to begin with you. let's go to the scene of where this took place. tell us the circumstances that comey learned he was fired and what they assumed at first when word filtered through the room where he was speaking. >> so comey actually started his day in florida, where he addressed some police officers. he then flew to california and was speaking around 2:30 to a group of employees at the l.a. field office. he's talking to them and in the background, the television screens, as you were saying, start flashing that comey is fired. now, comey tells the group, oh, what a prank. he says, oh, this is a prank, and he laughs. but then his staff starts scurrying off to the side. they come up to him, and they say something to him. he stops speaking. he then shakes the hands of the employees in the room and then goes into a side room.

ashley parker is with the washington times. i want to go with ashley parker. you got some news at "the washington post." you got some news. >> yeah, well, a couple things. one thing that was interesting right before this actual news broke, which was obviously a bombshell, i was talking to white house aides and people close to them, and they had basically been saying that the white house -- the president was not worried about the blowback from firing comey last week. he was not even worried about the news that he had basically disclosed highly classified information to the russians. but the comey memos were something that really concerned them because they realized that it could open them up to legal jeopardy. so what you're seeing tonight is sort of the realization of their worst fears and their nightmares. >> let me go to jason. you've got some news too. i want to get it all on the table tonight. >> i talked to some of my sources at the fbi. they talked about mueller's relationship with comey. they're not just in the fox hole together. they're friends. they'r

. >> ashley parker and jonathan capehart, thank you. >> call me maybe?resident trump tries iphone placy as he sparks new feuds wi old allies. you're watching "andrea mitchell respo reports." ♪ fun in art class. come close, come close. i like that. [ music stops suddenly ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. ♪ come on everybody. you can't quit, neither should your pain reliever. stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve. that goes beyond assuming beingredients are safe...ood to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want

. >> ashley parker, she went for it. >> she absolutely did. that was definitely, i think, one of her most pointed lines. she didn't need to name president trump there for the comparison she was making. the hillary clinton that, in the campaign, even though it didn't end the way she wanted, she sort of trolled him where she could elicit a tweet, but she mentioned that and then did quickly move on to a more positive call to action that was optimistic, inclusive, and encouraging. saying "we will get through this. that was part of the speech, too. a call to the resistance, a peach for wom speech for women that was positive and forward looking. >> and the reflection on getting through the past six months, let's listen to some of that. >> you may have heard that things didn't exactly go the way that i planned. but you know what? i'm doing okay. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have gotten to spend time with my family, especially my amazing grandchildren, i was going to give the entire commencement speech about them but was talked out of it. long walks i

so ashley parker and i have a piece at "the washington post" today that gets at this.e talked to the cia director and we wanted to talk about how president trump consumes intelligence. he would rail against the intelligence community and refused to take the briefings offered to him but there's been a real evolution. he goes to intelligence briefings every day now. he likes it. he wants the information in little nuggets. he likes visuals and maps, anything to help him visualize what is going on around the world. he doesn't like the long memorandas that explain an issue. he wants to get to the history of the point. >> but he's taking it in as more of a visual means. >> and not always recognizing the nuances of the information that he's receiving. >> david, finally to you, on some of gloria borger's amazing reporting today where she's been talking to sources and friends of the president and the president made a quote/unquote nonoffer of the fbi job to his friend chris christie, he said, you don't want it, right? they are having two potential contenders at the white house

pace of that impacts infrastructure, does the president have the juice in his first phone call, ashley parker tweeted out yesterday right after the house bill passed, saying here you go, ball's in your court. does he have the juice to get them to move quickly? >> it's interesting that he used some of his juice on this. he seems to have learned that lesson and apply it to the senate, but the senate is perhaps less movable. >> the art of the deal, mr. negotiation. i think we'll find out more about some of the conversations and how those, you know, how much arm twisting there was, et cetera. but it's a very different thing to deal with some of these senators who are not maybe going to be quite so -- >> they run statewide. most not all. we'll get to this. most of these house republicans think they're in safe districts and are more worried about not doing something. so as we close this part of the conversation, we'll talk more about this. the president after leaving washington in his celebration sat down with the prime minister of australia. there was some talk they had some bad blood. no. we're p

it's well-sourced peace and written by ashley parker and it includes this priceless pushback.esident trump has a magn magnetic personality. he treats everyone with respect. he is brilliant with a great sense of humor and an amazing ability to make people feel special and asspipire to be mor than they ever thought possible. loyalty is to be applauded. but at a minimum, the treats everyone with respect part, well, that would break the fact check machine. >> i'd like to pufnch him in th face. knock the crap out of him. he's got the temperament of a loser. >> these people are stupid. i never attack him on his look and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter right there. >> i don't know what to say. let's not have a low energy conversation here. again, you applaud loyalty. it's a white house this n crisis. it's a piece well sourced. the nicknames he gives people, some things he's said to take them down. anyone who's been around this president knows the sharpness, the sarcasm and sometimes the meanness comes with the territory. he does have some of those other positive qualitie

our panel ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington post.", and msnbc contributor deborah ruben. big thanks to all of you for being with me on this fine wednesday afternoon. let me start with you. we hea fro your colleague glenn thrush yesterday on the mood inside this white house, and a changing dynamic inside this white house. what can you tell us about what's happening inside the walls of 1600 pennsylvania avenue this afternoon? >> a couple things are happening. one is that from basically the day donald trump took office, we always heard about sort of a potential staff shakeup or he wasn't quite happy with certain aspects of his staff. but that's hardened and solidified and it feels much more real and much more imminent. the question is sort of when and who? but that seems to be a given that someone is going. the other thing that i think is fascinating that we're hearing is as much as president trump is deeply unhappy with his staff, his staff is not that happy with him right now, because a lot of these problems are of his own making. and

i did an interview the other day with ashley parker of "the washington post" and i said you're now quoting as many as 20 sources. she says to me, you know, whenever you do an anonymous source story, and this is absolutely true, the official who's the butt of that -- what that anonymous source is always says, well, you just caught somebody who had bad digestion or was mad about something or other. that doesn't reflect what's going on here. well, when you start saying we talked to 17 anonymous sources, that's why these newspapers are doing this now. they want to make sure that they know people understand they're not just quoting one disgruntled person, they're quoting a number of people. >> by and large, anyone reporting on this story and these stories will tell you there's no shortage of sources, which is something in and of itself. bob schieffer, it's been an honor speaking with you. thanks for coming in today. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> is the white house besieged by crisis or is president trump beseeminged by the media attempting a sort of coup? it depends on

. >> ashley parker in the washington post really sums it up.ng at the pictures and listening to her reporting on this. president trump clapped and pointed. he grinned and nodded. he mouthed praise and boomed sxhau he even at one point turned his back as if conducting a symphony of recalcitrant lawmakers who finally, hautingly, learned how to harmonize. rose garden ceremony for the health care plan was a victory. except it wasn't, at least not yet. he invited the lawmakers and key staff into the oval office, where many of them had never been before and posed for dozens of individual shots and photos. perhaps it came at the end of his remarks and punch line and declared magnanimously. and, of course, i even want to thank the media. then he raised his right fist, shook it gently, in a silent victory salute. it all played out with the president flanked by the house leadership. heidi, what do you make of this moment? how do you characterize it? >> i feel like i'm looking at a campaign ad, about 18 months from now. because so many of those same repub