halle jackson our chief white house correspondent traveling with the president in mar-a-lago has been on the air with us all evening long. halle, it should also be noted the backdrop, interspersed with what we had been given in indications were this coming air strike, just enough for us to be on guard all evening. >> yeah. >> you had arrival photos because, by the way, their resort guest -- i guess we can't call them houseguests this evening. the leader of approximately 20% of the people on earth. >> right. staying not actually at mar-a-lago but at his own nearby resort. and you are talking about president xi jinping of china, who is here. and that is why we are here. this is the reason for president trump being not at the white house on the delivering that address to the nation on the syrian air strike from programs a more familiar setting like maybe the east room. but why we are in fact doing it here, from palm beach. it was an interesting and rather jarring juxtaposition i think to stand here, it is a warm florida evening watching and listening to what was happening behind the scen

lisa sam, former director for nato and strategic affairs, and h halle jackson, but i want to start with andrea in moscow. the stakes could not be higher, you're in the very room waiting to hear from secretary tillerson. we know now there is a meeting going on with president putin that had been unclear. what are the expectations today? >> the expectations for a real positive outcome are not terribly high. vladimir putin kept rex tillerson dangling. they got a notion there would be a meeting but it wasn't official. he has canceled his departure tonight that was scheduled. he will leave in the morning. they're meeting right now, it has been just under an hour. they started about seven minutes after 11:00 your time. seven minutes after 6:00 p.m. our time. they're meeting at the kremlin, and putin started the day with a slam on the u.s. policy on syria as you just pointed out saying there is no evidence of the intelligence. we're expecting tillerson will be presenting that intelligence. lavrov greeted tillerson with a very cold shoulder saying not only they have disagreements over syria, but

now to halle jackson at the white house. as the president deals with all of these challenges within syria, it was striking gled that news conference, we heard him shift on a number of key issues. what do you make of this? is this a candidate evolving to a commander in chief? >> you talk about this with senior administration officials as we have done, and one official said listen, this is more about the destination than how you get there, right? the emphasis was being put on the fact that he is keeping his big campaign pledges on growing jobsi ing jobs, making sure to make america safer and stronger, but these are still reversals from the president. these are still flips on his past positions. talk about it in whatever context you would like, but that is the bottom line here. the president is giving reasoning, right? he is explaining why he is doing some of these things. you look at the idea that china will now not be labelled a currency manipulator which we heard at so many campaign rallies. it was on the phonecalls with adv

nbc chief white house correspondent halle jackson. i want to ask you about sean spicer's fluid explanation of past statements and by the president of the united states. they were certainly very vague about the location of the carrier, but that it was steaming towards the sea of japan. >> the carrier certainly knew where it was, and secondly it is worth knowing that there is occasion occasionally a slippage into gears. the four-star admiral who commands the specific fleet. what is disturbing is that it turned into a conversation that makes it look as though the united states did not have intent. it did not follow through, it did not have determination, that is how it is being played right now unfortunately. you said sean spicer navigated the questions. they need to navigate that carrier right back north toward the korean peninsula. and they can go 800 or 900 miles a day. it can be in position quickly, and it will be, i'm convinced, to service if necessary. >> admiral, i want to ask about gronkows gronkowski's special -- we'll see what

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nbc's chief white house correspondent halle jackson has more on that. >> reporter: at the white house, a jarring juxtaposition the president posing with the easter bunny, at the other end, new questions about north korea. >> behave. >> reporter: later on fox news. >> i don't want to telegraph what i'm doing or what i'm thinking. i'm not like other administrations where they say, we're going to do this in four weeks and that doesn't work that way. >> reporter: that strategy of suspense, a hallmark of this administration so far isn't sitting well with russia where there is new tough talk. on russian state tv, a putin ally saying, quote, trump is more impulsive and unpredictable than kim jong-un. trump tight lipped. >> drawing lines hasn't worked in the past. >> reporter: president trump appearing to take his own advice, the art of the foreign policy deal. he's written negotiators should use leverage, in this case that's his budding relationship with china, staying in close contact with beijing. secretary of state rex tillerson in touch with his chinese counterpart this weekend. fight ba

. >> thanks to halle jackson for that report. >> turning to severe weather in the south, heavy rains left one texas down inundated in water. several homes and cars were flooded after storms passed through santa fe tuesday and while there were no reports of road closures, some residents had to use kayaks to get around. even some livestock was left looking for dry land. >> meanwhile, 18 million people in the midwest are at risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking that for us. bill, what's going on? >> a new storm system the one that's been moving through the rockies is heading through the central plains. we had a break from severe weather. maybe we'll an isolated storm. it is later today this afternoon very typical peak heat of the day, we have 18 million at risk from chicago to wichita, but the area of greatest concern is in iowa. that's where we're going to see large hail producing forms that could do significant damage and even a few isolated tornadoes. watch out des moines to the quad >>> a chillier morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist

by our congressional correspondent kasie hunt last seen on live television earlier today while halle jackson the air. casey was running in pursuit of senator lindsey graham. so in accordance with her job in what we keep saying is job that pretty much looks to us 24/7. and casey, we've asked you to come on tonight once and for all since this is a term used every day and will be used a lot more as the week spools out, what is the nuclear option? and what's the inherent danger in invoking it? >> first of all, brian, i recommend wearing flat shoes if you come up here on capitol hill because high heels would not go well. >> i do all the time. >> but the nuclear option i think we are going to be seeing more drama here on capitol hill. it's obviously a little bit of an apocalyptic term and the reason why we use it in the context of the senate is because they have a very long tradition of at least trying or pretending to be nice to each other. it is a smallish group of 100 people. a lot of them served for a really long time and the history around supreme court nominations is actually very largely by

joining frus palm beach florida nbc news to chief white house correspondent halle jackson.ff his two-day meeting with china's president today. what's on the agaendaagenda? >> reporter: hey, micah, thank you for that. by the way, couldn't be a busier time to be in this role. right. because the president today has a key summit. he has been facing foreign policy tests all week long, expect that to be the top line coming out of the next couple of days with the chinese president xi jinping. we know the president will push xi to be tower. he did do that financial times interview, that rose garden news conference just yesterday. so that is going to be one of the headlines we are looking at. trade will be of course another major topic. he was out on the campaign trail the last year-and-a-half, trying to talk about renegotiating with chosen, being much tougher with them when it comes to trade, to cut back on that trade deficit. >> that is going to be another big topic here today. as far as the color of it all, listen, climate change, for example the one china policy, all of these th

andrea mitchell is in moscow and white house correspondent halle jackson at the white house and hans nichols is at the pentagon. andrea, let's start with you. a tenser situation for the secretary of state than initially people would have thought. >> and in fact for him to be the first official to come to moscow after the chemical attack after the air strikes with people here saying as you reported, the foreign ministry said hours before he arrived that relations with the u.s. are at the worst since the cold war, when i first started coming here when nuclear weapons were pointed at each other and the reagan gorbachev summits were taking place. for putin and the foreign ministry to be saying that is teeing this up. what's most remarkable is that the hardest line coming out of the administration after weeks of mixed signals on what to do about syria is coming from rex tillerson. now they seem to be on the same page. he and general mattis at the pentagon where hans is working together. we have a new security adviser. steve bannon has been taken off. he seemed to have a new confidence tha

joining me now is chief white house correspondant halle jackson. questions. the georgia election. both sides claiming victory. the young 30 something democratic former congressional said sayi

. >> nbc's halle jackson is at the white house with new reporting. halle. >> reporter: hey, greter.o the comments you just mentioned there is a new "wall street journal" piece out in which the president calls steve bannon a guy who works for him which raised some eyebrows for sure. sources close to the president -- this was kind of a warning shot to steve bannon, the post interview, a way to highlight what a lot of folks are telling us is growing frustration from the president against the constant infighting and the subsequent coverage, by the way, of that infighting he apparently doesn't love either. a source close to steve bannon is telling us that, listen, the president wanted the infighting to stop. the infighting has stopped, adding, simple. that source telling us that steve bannon not particularly concerned about his job being in trouble, at least not at this point. but it does highlight some of the intrigue here in the west wing behind me, greta, when you talk about who is up, who is down, why does the palace intrigue matter? from a policy perspective, right? steve bannon is

howa halle jackson is live in west palm beach. >> reporter: good morning. his key meeting to talk about north korea and to talk about trade the administration describes the chemistry between the two leaders as positive as their summit with president accepting an invitation to visit china. one of many headlines. president trump waking up at mar-a-lago after wrapping up a crucial summit with china's president. >> i think we have made tremendous progress in your relationship with china. >> reporter: meetings that might have been seemed impossible a couple years ago. >> i would get him a mcdonald's hamburger an say we've got to get down to work. >> reporter: on the menu this time, north korea, but no breakthroughs, both leaders committing to a denuclearized peninsula. questions about what president trump will do next. >> he's not going to telegraph his next move, but this was very just satisfied a-- justified an proportional. >> reporter: aides say the president was disturbed after the chemical attacks after seei seeing the youngest victims. >> we cannot in one

nbc's ch correspondent halle jackson has more on that story. halle, good morning to you. >> hi, matt. good morning. and you're right. president trump's cooler toward russia warmer towards china and towards nato citing their fight against terror. on the economic front he is moving towards the middle. for him a series of significant shifts in just the last day. >> reporter: from president trump a flurry of flip-flops. >> here's the problem with nato. it's obsolete. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: that rhetorical reversal on nato just one of several in the past 24 hours. as the president backs off key campaign promises. remember this one on china? >> we are going to label china a currency manipulator. >> reporter: again and again blasting beijing. as recently as ten days ago president trump calling china the world champion of currency manipulati manipulation. now he tells the "wall street journal" they're not currency manipulators. changing his mind, he says, because they've stopped doing it and because he wants chi

matt, savannah. >> halle jackson in position for that critical meeting today. thank you. >>> as we mentioned, president trump is kicking off a highly anticipated summit with the chinese president today at mar-a-lago. it comes at a delicate time in the u.s.-china relationship. gabe gutierrez has more on that. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the u.s. and china make up 40% of the global economy, so the stakes could not be higher. especially with the looming threat of north korea. this morning chinese state media is stressing cooperation, but president trump faces many challenges after his tough talk on china during his campaign. >> reporter: this morning president trump set for arguably the biggest meeting of his young presidency. face-to-face for the first time with chinese president xi. their high stakes mar-a-lago summit as the growing threat of north korea looms half a world away. >> we have a big problem. we have somebody that is not doing the right thing, and that's going to be my responsibility. >> reporter: this week's latest no

halle jackson asked her to respond. >> i don't like the work accomplice because you know, in this contexti don't know that that's productive. i think one of the things i value about my father as first a businessman and now as a leader of our country is that he cure rates ideas and he likes to hear from people with divergent viewpoints. that's not always true in politics. it's seldom true. >> hmm. joining me now are msnbc's stephanie rule and judy gold. stephanie, i have been watching your commentary on ivanka trump and am dying to talk to you about it. she seems to want to have two things happen at the same time. to be seen as just a daughter who is not complicit but also to have this incredible immense power as an official in the white house with a security clearance and a white house phone. which of those two things issley doing a better job at. >> neither. she's r because she's closen her portfolio to be women's issues and child care and if you look at the administration and what they're doing, it's quite the opposite. so while the state department has a specific bureau around protecti

i'm in for hall pi jackson. right now we're talking about a pivotal week beginning in washington.ooming as president trump approaching his 100th day in office. lawmakers need to agree on a spending bill by friday to keep things open and the white house is demanding a down payment from the kbrieunited states on that r wall. democrats say no way, no how. the president also juggling a delicate diplomatic dance. members of the u.n. security council coming over for lunch. and we are keeping our eyes on chicago. former president obama making his first public appearance as a private citizen. what we expect him to say and not to say about his successor. >>> well guess what, you're in luck. we've got an all star time. kelly o'donnell and casey hunt at the white house, president of the american action form and former director of the congressional office and bill richardson on the set with e many, senior editor for business insider and msnbc contributor, josh barrow. and democratic strategist liz smith. kelly, i want to go first to you. how much wiggle room is the white house really willing

reggie jackson, ozzie smith. most hall-of-famers are deceased.e to idaho to find one grave site. ted williams at the cryogenics lab where williams' head is preserved. >> not every interaction with the living guys is great. some of them just don't understand why i would do such a thing. >> reporter: the tommy lasorta photo. >> wade boggs is another one who got it. i had to keep taking photos until he really liked his hair. >> reporter: carhart doesn't ask for autographs, which cfu some players and sets his project apart. >> there are probably a number of people out there, i know some who have tried to get autographs of all the hall-of-famers, but their is somethi this is something a little different. >> reporter: last week he visited patterson, new jersey, to honor monty irvin, the knneg star who played. >> i hope they accept the ball when i'm done with the project and i can take my kids there and go look, dad made that. >> reporter: patterson, new jersey. >>> that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for oth

jackson, cal ripken jr. and ozzie smith. most hallare deceased so carhartt drove to idaho to find harmon killebrew's site. babe ruth to new york. >> not ever interaction with the living guys is great. some of them just don't understand why i would to such a thing. the tommy lasorda photo. that photo tells it all. the ones who do get it -- wade boggs got it. he thought it was really neat. luke brock kept me there for about ten minutes because he wanted to make sure his hair looked good. i had to keep taking photos. >> he doesn't ask for autographs which sets the confusion apart. >> i know some who have tried to get autographs of all the hall of famers, but this is a little different. this sounds like something nobody's ever done before. >> last week carter visited the stadium. monte doesn't have a graveside but played at the field. >> hopefully they accept the ball when i'm done. i can say it. look. dad made that. >> brooks silva-braga, cbs news, patderson, new jersey. >>> coming up on the "morning news" music winston mar sal less join

jackson. cal ripken junior and ozzie smith. most hallrhart drove to idaho to find harmen killibrew's gravesite. babe ruth took him to hawthorne, new york. ted williams's picture: at the cryogenics lab where william's head is preserved. >> not every interaction with the living guys is great. some of them just don't understand why i would do such a thing. >> yeah, the tommy lasorda photo.. that photo tells it all. but the ones who do get it, wade boggs was another one, who got it, who thought it was really neat. lou brock kept me there for about ten minutes, because he wanted to make sure his hair looked good, so i took the first couple of photos and he didn't like the way he looked so i had to keep taking photos of him until he really liked his hair. >> carhart doesn't ask for autographs, which confuses some players, and sets his project apart. >> there are probably a number of other people out there, in fact i know some, who have tried to get autographs of all the hall of famers but this is a little different. and this sounds like someth

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mayor james knowles who operated city hall in the wake of the shooting is challenged by councilwoman ella jones. >> nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: good morning to you. a all signs point to another very busy day at the white house. the president is holding a business roundtable here at the white house before speaking before the north american building trades union for a speech later in the day. against it all, the backdrop to it, interestingly a push on health care. the president last night called our colleague kristen welker into the oval office and spoke to her about how he's planning to reach out and is reaching out to more moderate republicans, conservative republicans to make progress on getting a health care deal done. we'll have much more i'm sure on this development through out the day. for now, back to you in new york. >> hallie jackson at the white house thank you. >> the senate homeland security and government affairs committee will hold a hearing on fencing along the southwest border. set to testify, former u.s. customs and border protection agents. >> i'm alex witt along seed ayman mohyeldin and louis b

jackson era a's comes to play for his home town team. wins most valuable player. gets inducted into the coopers town hall of fame there.s really a cinderella story, a guy could play for his home town team and have the field dedicated to him and named in his honor. a few momentsing a talked about that on honor. >> i grew up in oakland. i used to, you know, come to the ballpark, a lot of time i didn't have money to buy a ticket so somehow we would find a way to get into the ball park. so ball park mean a lot. also i gotta -- opportunity to be drafted here. and i got the opportunity to play on the field and all the fans, the people, my family, and stuff like that was behind me and pushing. and i was having success at the bat. it was getting fans excited. so this field mean a lot because of the history that i accomplished here and all the fans that i have mitt here that enjoy -- met here that enjoy me being here and have fun. >> i don't know if those ways to get into the ball park still exists. ricky shared some of his secrets with us, part of an effort by the a's to embrace their past. there is no question about it, the a

hall of famer. lucas tobin said recreation and park is not to be the same without him. jim jackson said peter is not like family. he is family. carly fullerton is now a nurse had g ph you used to be at recreation park called peter an amazing mentor. in i understand now that peter is going to do a little traveling. first to new orleans and then hawaii then st. thomas but i guess his daughter is getting married. it is an end of an era. but your legacy of how much you care and the importance that you place on relationships, peter, is the legacy is definitely going to continue. we thought we would take just a moment because it is a special day for parks and recreations had brought bring up dana [inaudible] could because i know we have a short agenda today to talk about peter a little bit and give you little bit evan or review, commissioners that all our permit and reservations division dies.it's extraordinary work. perhaps on a day wheremanaging for 20 and god knows how many other events in our parks just this week, it's probably a timely overview as well some and bring up adeno to say

rise today to honor manny jackson, a legendary basketball player at both the university of illinois and edwardsville high school on his induction into the naismith memorial hall of fame. he excelled in high school before attending the university of illinois. he was one of the first african-american letter winners and starters for the illini. mr. davis: after graduating, manny played for the harlem globetrotters. while he was a tremendous player , he also purchased the globetrotters and help red vie the franchise, leading the team to 12 straight years of double digit growth. manny also continued his career as a philanthropist he founded the illinois academic enrichment and leadership program at the university of illinois and partnered with leaders at lewis and lack community college to create the manny jackson center for the humanities. i have had the privilege of meeting manny on multiple occasions and have nothing but respect for the work he does. it's an honor to congratulate him on his enducks into the naismith memorial hall of fame but i'm even more proud to recognize all the contributions he's made to this world. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: th