kasie hunt, rich lowrie and heather mcghee. president of the liberal group demos. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. if this were a normal presidency with a state of the union message coming up in two days, we'd likely be focusing on how the president plans to sell his agenda to the public in a critical mid-term election year. this has not been a normal presidency. it was almost predictable that the president's trip to davos was going to be over shadowed by the story that president trump tried to fire special counsel mueller last fall. also predictable was president trump's response that it was all just fake news. what's not so predictable is what happens next. the attempted firing has prompted many questions. who leaked the story about president trump's intentions and why? why was it so easy for news organizations to match the times scoop unless someone wanted this story out? was it a sign that preside

she's interviewed by heather mcghee. >> what do you say to that? what do you say to them to say to the sisters who may not have marched but are otherwise shared their culture and beliefs? >> i say to them that it may not feel like this, a we believe in their potential to do the right thing. i know that they continue oftentimes to disappoint, including disappoint their wives. vote,% or 47% who don't what i ask people to do, i'm not loyal to any political party and i have been known as a big critic to the democratic party. don't assume what this movement is about. the reason i say that is, in the last year, we got into a controversy about pro-abortion, the life, can the pro-life movement be a part of this movement and what i said to people, we never said we were a pro-abortion movement. we are pro-choice. we are a movement that believes the woman should have the agency to choose whatever she feels is right for her family, her body. >> sunday night at the tv on c-span2. >> omb director mick mulvaney and martin short faced reporters at the white house

she is interviewed by heather mcghee, the president of the most. them whoo you say to may not have marched but are otherwise sharing in their culture and belief? >> i say we are fighting for them too, we are counting on them to do the right thing. oftentimes can disappoint. the 49 percent or 47% who do not vote for republicans. amsked people to do it, i not loyal to any political party. i have been a big critic of the democratic party. if you don't assume what the movement is about. the reason i say that is lester we got into a big controversy about pro-abortion and pro-life, being part of the movement. we never said we were a pro-abortion movement. that is not the language we use. we are very intentional about language. we are pro-choice, we are able to that believes a woman should have the agency to choose whatever is right for her and her family. >> watch tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. the national institute on abuse was established in with the mission to better 1974 understand drug abuse and addiction. in addition, it focuses on treat

nbc news senior correspondent tom brokaw, heather mcghee and nbc new correspondent kasie hunt and rich laughrey, editor of national review. all right. i'm going to start mueller first. tom, six months ago when the president was supposedly thinking about firing mueller, here was the reaction from some republican senators. >> any effort to go after mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. >> i think it would be as explosive as anything i can think single act that the president might take. >> we would certainly advise that step not to be taken. i think this is a man who many believe on both sides of the aisle has tremendous integrity and will do his work in a very diligent way. >> we have not had the same sort of reaction from republican side of the aisle. it's been much more muted saying, well, look, it didn't happen and we'll worry about it if it does. you heard leader mccarthy there claiming he has confidence in mueller but -- >> well, i think two things. one was, i was here for the saturday night massacre and the nixon white house thought that was going to un

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she's interviewed by heather mcghee, president of demos and demos action. >> what do you say to them and what do you say for them to say to their sisters who may not have marched but otherwise share their culture and beliefs? >> i say to them that it may not feel like this, but we're fighting for them, too, and we believe in their potential to do the right thing. and i know that they continue oftentimes to disappoint, and including to disappoint their white sisters, the one, the 49 other percent or those that don't vote for republicans. but what i ask people to do and i do this myself, i'm actually not loyal to any political party and i've been known as a big critic of the democratic party for a long time. i say to people, vote your values and principles, and also don't assume what this movement is about. and the reason why i say that is, in the last year, we got into a big controversy about pro abortion, pro-life, can pro-life women come and be a part of this movement. and what i said to people is that we never said we were a pro abortion movement. that wasn't the language that we u

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