sarah huckabee sanders was put out -- john kelly signs off on everything sarah huckabee sanders says on that podium, everything she does. and she said right there, we might not be privy to that information. so there you've got john kelly setting her up, go out there and lie to the american people, and that's her name and face that has to do that. >> right. it seems like there is a state of nature in the white house, where everybody's -- >> life is nasty, solitary, brutal, and short. >> exactly. they're going after each other. >> it's one thing, sarah huckabee sanders saying, you know what, i'm going to lie to the american people. it's another thing for her to be lied to by her boss and then she's forced to lie to the american people. and this is has to come out and create the requisite distant. >> that's not right. >> that's not right at all. it's also the case, stephanie, we have to look at this moment as an indication of what they value, what's valued. or who is valued. so in the linnyn lindh -- lindy piece in "the new york times," there's this talk about how excellent porter is, i

sarah huckabee sanders will brief reporters in a few minutes. how is she going to explain herself this time? but first, we have a team of reporters to cover all of these developments. let's start with nbc's ken dilanian in washington. we're going to get to the porter news in a moment. let's talk first about that hearing with the intel chiefs. what is the threat assessment for russia when it comes -- for us, with russia, when it comes to future elections? >> very simply, katy, the spy chiefs told the hill today that russia is planning to attack the 2018 midterms. that they have continued their efforts in cyberspace, because they view what happened in 2016 as a successful covert operation by the russian government. and more than just election security, russia is spewing propaganda on a daily basis. this intelligence assessment says that is bleeding into our political discourse on social media and elsewhere. so it was a really stark assessment. and you know, it's not anything that various intelligence officials haven't said publicly before. but to

sarah huckabee sanders regularly lying at white house press briefings. but if you ask suddenly why the white house is cracking and why there's leaks everywhere, it's because john kelly -- and i learned this -- on a weekly basis says in staff meetings how lucky the staff is to have a leader like him who is supposed to bring order. so what a disservice he did to the president. remember, it was andy card who said he's there to serve at the pleasure of the president. john kelly didn't need to make this a massive issue for the president. he did. he made the decision that rob porter was more important than his credibility. and so it's stunning that this is happening now. we're going around saying, is kevin mccarthy getting the job? gary cohn getting the job? right now, there's not a clear job opening, but there could be because the credibility of john kelly, to say it's in question, is an understatement. >> it is proved that he lied about fredricerica wilson. so the man is a liar. >> and saying immigrants are too lazy to get off the couch. remember when chuck

sarah huckabee sanders today defending the white house response to the allegations, and relaying what she describes as the president's words and the president's condemnation of domestic violence. >> the president and the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be investigated thoroughly. above all, the president supports the victims of domestic violence and believes everyone should be treated fairly and with due process. we have addressed this situation extensively and we have nothing more to add. >> why haven't we heard the president say exactly what you said right there, he takes domestic violence very seriously? a >> i spoke with the president directly. those are the words he gave me. >> why hasn't he said that? he had the opportunity -- >> it is my job to speak on behalf of the president. he relayed that message directly to me and i'm relaying it directly to you. >> does he believe rob porter's accusers are lying? >> i said the president along with the add entire administration take domestic violence seriously and believe all

judge jeanine: governor mike huckabee is still on deck tonight. katrina pierson and richard fowler are ready to talk about the memo. now back to "justice with judge jeanine." judge jeanine: liberals continue to attack the white house and the gop for releasing the fisa memo. take a listen. >> our democracy is under siege. people need to start taking to the streets. this is a dictator. judge jeanine: my fired up political panel, katrina pierson and democratic strategist richard fowler. all right. richard, do people need to take to the streets. >> i think it's important that we outline some of the facts about this memo. one of the facts that it found to be the most of interesting is the case of peter strzok. there has been a lot of talk about peter strzok being insanely biased. but we learned that peter strzok was also responsible for drafting the memo in late october that led to the reopening of the clinton campaign possibly costing her the election. even if he was biased, it didn't take away from him doing his job. judge jeanine: katrina do you kno

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let's go to sarah huckabee sanders. >> -- multiple times before. he acknowledged ed it during t transition. he acknowledged it during that press conference in poland. and he acknowledged it at a third time during a press event in poland. he has stated several times, i think one of the places where you guys seem to get very confused and it seems to happen regularly, the president hasn't said that russia didn't meddle. what he's saying is it didn't have an impact and it certainly wasn't with help from the trump campaign. it's very clear that russia meddled in the election. it's also very clear it didn't have an impact on the election. and it's also very clear that the trump campaign didn't collude with the russians in any way for this process to take place. >> sarah, if that's the case, why hasn't the president implemented the sanctions which congress passed last year? >> uh, look, i -- frankly, that's not completely accurate. look, this president has been tougher on russia, far tougher on -- >> -- sanctions -- >> well, there's a process that has to

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i've done sarah huckabee. she's interesting. there's a lot of good characters in this administration. there he is. [inaudible] yeah, huckabee is. grabbing their ego. she's back there. and this is interesting. >> that was the last thing i put in the book would not have been. it was funny. this spread kept getting more and more people in it and i was so thankful when scared that she dropped out because i was like where am i going to put him and they just didn't care that was like thank you. >> thank you for ending on a positive note. >> it was an intentional. it's funny i had a close friend i showed it to her when i first got it but she was reading through it just like you ended it on a positive note. that is not you. i said yeah, it is hard, but whatever i can to do, zebra or z. [inaudible] >> sure, yeah, okay. well, you know who that is. so these are just generic businessman. and that is a generic term person. this is actually an image i remembered from a post article. everybody talks about fake news now and the way that trump i

she is -- sarah huckabee. there's a lot of good characters in this administration. pence is -- there he is. >> you also have the shot with the kkk and the bar. >> host: pence is not in that one. >> but -- >> huckabee is. can you show the p is for -- g, grabbing pussy. she's back there. and then -- this is interesting because -- yeah. >> there's a kkk -- >> the kkk was the last thing put in the book. that its right when that happened. this is actually dish this spread kept getting more and more people in it and i was so thankful when scaramucci dropped out because i was like, where am i going to put system and i didn't. [inaudible question] >> thank you for ending on a positive note. >> it wasn't intentional. it's funniment i have a close friend that i showed it to her and she goes, you ended it on a positive note. that's not you. and i said, yeah, well, i don't know. z is hard but what am i going to do zebra or zen? >> can we go through from the beginning and you point out the characters? >> honor, sure, okay. so, you know who that is. so, these are just generic bus

press secretary sarah huckabee sanders turning the president's shutdown comments back on to democrats saying if they want to hold the government hostage over immigration, the president welcomes that fight. >> in case a budget deal is not settled by midnight tomorrow, most agencies will be funded through the 23rd. democrats are likely to oppose it, but it may not matter. a two-year deal could be announced this morning. with the latest, phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: there's no question the clock is ticking down to the government running out of money, essentially needing to extend a short-term funding agreement. but the biggest development that's occurred up to this point is not the usual kicking the can down the road. at this point in time, aides in both the republican side and democratic senate of the senate and house tell me they are on the verge of a major budget deal. something that would increase spending caps for both defense and nondefense discretionary spending, up to $300 billion. the type of deal that would essentially lock in a two-year budget agreement. it wou

let me start with you, that was sarah huckabee sanders taking on the art of the tease. what's she talking about, what's the new tough on russia news that the white house is holding back from you guys? >> yeah, we should all be investigating that. i don't know the answer to the question. i wish i did. look, you know, unpacking what she said there, it is true, of course, that there was criticism of what president obama did or did not do last year. including from some of his own, you know, former top aides who wish they had done more at the time, try to pressure him to do a little bit more. it's also true that he no longer is the president of the united states, and that what happened in 2016 under president obama doesn't stop president trump from doing anything now, if he feels, in fact, that there is, you know, evidence of meddling by russia. and he hasn't really, in fact, addressed that. when sarah sanders says the administration has taken some actions, it's true, there have been some actions taken by the administration at various points in the last year. almost none of

sarah huckabee sanders has asked about robert mueller's new indictments unsealed today.he press secretary reiterating believe russia metals but that the trump campaign did not help russia metal. -- meddle. inin the a tweet where he drew a comparison and said i have been tougher on russia than president obama was. what is the plan for the midterms? what is the plan for the midterms? we will be discussing this later on in the show and for the days to come. stanley says it the stock slide was just an appetizer. julia: the stock market has had a taste of the potential damage for higher bond yields but the biggest test could only yet to come according to morgan stanley. the appetizer and not the main course. we spoke with morgan stanley chief asset strategist to get his thoughts. >> when i look at the economist forecast, we have two overlapping themes the crossover in the second quarter. you have inflation picking up not just in the u.s., but in the eurozone. it will fundamentally be a mean reverting series and we will be moderating. it is not necessarily that it will be a re

david: governor mike huckabee good to see you. thank few for being here. >>> be sure to vote in tonight's poll, do you believe it's time for the doj to clear out deep state anti-trump forces and start seriously investigating demeanors' wrongdoing during the 2016 election? cast your vote on twitter. and follow lou on twitter, like him on facebook and follow him on instagram >>> on wall street stocks closing, dow falling 167 points, the s&p down 17, nasdaq down 16. volume on the big board was 3.7 billion shares. stocks falling on rising yields with a yield on a ten-year closing at a four-year high. existing home sales posting the biggest drop in three years, down more than 3% last month amid low inventory and rises prices. >>> a reminder to listen to lou's reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. >>> coming up next, president trump ramping up the pressure on attorney general jeff sessions calling for an investigation into obama's failure to stop russian interference in the 2016 election. we're going to ta

as you said yesterday, sarah huckabee sanders says he is for raising the age limit. in general it seems like the white house has a glib rative process, a slow walking process, but they want to keep all of their options up as they come to a consensus. >> i was trying to get a handle on what sarah huckabee sanders was saying, it seems like they will have proposals by the end of the week as opposed to something that feels like law. >> yes, that is right, they want to give the updates, but they will have a fast proposal delineating what their goals are and what shape they want this to be. it could be a proposal or discussions and more meetings here as they try to let congress take the lead here and in some ways some of the political blame. it is also a president that tried to be outfront on this gun issue and he has been reluctant to get pinned down. >> hanz, thank you very much. >>> there is a sbnowballing of pressure on companies to cut ties with the gun industry. they once offered perks and discounts are severing ties responding to the nationwide call for action. i wa

if you looked at sarah huckabee sanders argument it's so silly. it's a very childish argument. what with she's saying is you guys are doing a really bad thing therefore you shouldn't get mad at us for doing a semi-bad thing. but it is pernicious in a way to say that everything is deep state motivated or the news is all fake because in the end, what they're doing is they're eroding trust in people who cover them. >> every single day. >> mika, so i've been really involved in washington over four administrations. >> yep. >> about 25 years. >> um-hum. >> and i'm just looking at the administration's, clinton, bush, obama, trump, it's not a close call. >> i know. >> on who leaks the most, who's constantly calling people around. you get that a little bit in the clinton administration when things weren't going well in '93, '94. you didn't get that a lot in the obama administration or bush administration but in this administration, sarah huckabee sanders needs to put a big mirror up to everybody in the west wing and look at everybody in the we have wing. they're the ones leaking these s

sarah huckabee sanders said the fbi makes that determination. that's what she said. saw what christopher wray said anticipating they would have explaining to do today. the white house first sent out elaine chao to eat up some time with nonanswers about infrastructure and, of course, the quarterly ritual of the novelty check from the president. when that was done, the president secretary was finally confronted with the lies about the porter timeline and she proceeded to throw the career officials at the relatively obscure white house office of security under the bus. >> the white house personnel security office staffed by career officials received information last year in what they considered to be the final background investigation report in november. but they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing when porter resigned. in the view of personnel security office, the fbi's july report required significant additional investigatory field work before personnel security office could begin to evaluate th

today, sarah huckabee sanders was back at the podium for a scant 20 minutes. she did not get any questions about porter. we still don't know the why the security process failed so badly in that case or why sanders and kelly and others lied about the timeline of what happened. but sanders did get a question about one of the most senior white house aides is operating without permanent security clearance, the president's esson-in-law. sources telling "the washington post" he has had access to classified material and apart from staff on the council, he issues more requests for information thank any white house employee. today sanders was asked whether he still has access to classified material despite the new memo from the chief of staff barring certain people with outstanding security issues from having access to top secret information. >> no decision within the memo will impact anything that jared kushner is working on in terms of specifics on security clearance. i can't get into. >> does he not need classified information. >> i can't answer whether someone has

i have done sarah huckabee she's interesting. there is a lot of good characters in this administration. there he is. he has not is not in that one. there we go. he's back there. this is interesting because the kkk was the last thing i put in the book. this is actually when they kept getting more and more people in it. i was so thankful when it scare mucci dropped out because i was like where my going to put in. someone else have a question. it was an intentional i have a close friend when i showed it to her and she said you ended it on a positive note. that's not you. i said zebra is hard but what am i to do. [indiscernible] these are just generic businessman and that's that the generic trump person. this is actually something i remember from a post article where they were talking about fake news in the way that trump does. in the beginning there was actual countries where they have teenagers writing a fake fake news which ended up on facebook where people got all of their news from. that was this image. we have just a woman, tru

-- huckabee that is in your mind misleading? doug: that was completely misleading.ost: except you were mad, though? doug: i was mad the day before. i was out of my mind the day before because we were not given access. the next a we were given access. other leaders make remarks, they got on stage for the handshake. it was a really awkward handshake. every photographer took it. it brought back memories of when president bush, 43, went to china and went to open the door after a news conference and the door was locked. he had this incredibly twice more awkward phase, and that picture went on to the front page. nobody went after him. twitter is black and white. there is no right or wrong. .everybody has an opinion. opinion.on twitter, everybody goes after a few if they feel you are being unfair. host: when you appear in 1996, i hate to remind you of that, 22 years ago, but when you appear that appeared -- appeared here in 1996, a woman called and was upset that we were showing pictures of bob dole in shorts. she accused you of doing this on purpose. doug: i remember that

there she is, sarah huckabee sanders. keep an eye what she has to say, if anything major happens with the press, we'll let you know. the hands are up and the markets are down. "countdown" is coming right back. . cheryl: a 300-point swing for the dow today. as you can see, we are much lower. at one point down 30. down 336. the dow has had another sell-off. you have to point out this is after the best week we had last week in five years. there was a three-day weekend, president's day weekend, markets opening up. it's a shortened holiday week. still the same concerns about the inflation, concerns about consumer that show off what the federal reserve is going to do. if there's more inflation, more pressure to hike interest rates, it hurts the economy, hurts borrowing costs, it's a tailspin. the sell-off in late january that big concern we're seeing is the inflation story. let's go to the new york stock exchange and bring in gerri willis. you've got some of the names you're watching down there, gerri. reporter: that's right, c

sarah huckabee sanders many times today said i can't comment, i'm not aware. i don't have that information. or some version of that. what do you do in that case? because your access to that information, our access through you and our viewers' access comes from the idea that we believe or should believe that the white house press secretary in giving a briefing is providing us with a certain degree of transparency. today was the opposite of transparent. >> and she's making that argument in part she's resting her case on the fact that there was this ongoing probe. so essentially trying to say that look, because there is an ongoing investigation into this, we haven't gotten all of the remaining details. and couldn't answer questions again good who was alerted about that on ongoing investigation and how much detail was given. and so you're right and you heard one of my colleagues there try to press her on that report, that there are still basic questions that haven't been answered about the time line. about who was involved. and that is going to continue to be i th

in some ways, the more significant parade comments came from sarah huckabee sanders.eemed to be walking back this idea that there was a directive given by the commander in chief to his top generals two weeks ago inside the tank. sarah huckabee sanders seemed to be saying this is more of a request, a sort of feeler out there. that's not the way it was interpreted here. in some ways we may be seeing the beginning of a walkback by the white house of a formal afraid down pennsylvania avenue. they may just have some sort of event to honor soldiers and troops. in terms of secretary mattis, he made it very clear, peter, that he does not want to shut down and that puts a little daylight between him and the commander in chief he serves. a shutdown will hurt the military full stop. that seems to contradict what we heard from the president. >> rob porter is resigning for verbal and physical abuse by two past wives. the white house is saying it likes the direction of this new senate deal a deal that means we could be avoiding a shutdown. will democrats embrace it? will fiscal con

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>> sarah huckabee sanders was asked about this in today's briefing. she didn't give a clear answer. has said that nobody told them they can't do it. what mike rogers was saying, he needs direct approval to attack these cyber attacks at the source. she said it a number of other ways. the trump administration is going after russia but didn't give a clear explanation why the president hasn't granted that nsa authority. >> shepard: has the president asked the russians publicly to stop? by tweet or at a podium? what is the reporting on that? >> we're told behind closed doors, he's asked vladimir putin about the hacking and asked him to knock it off. he spoke about this publicly at one point where he said, you know, i asked vladimir putin if he was responsible for the russian meddling. he told me he wasn't. you know, he was very convincing. that sort of where the president is on this. that's been frustrating to some democrats and republicans in congress that want to see a more aggressive approach from the president in trying to come bad that meddling ahead of the 2018 mid-terms. >> shepar

. >> please note, sarah huckabee-sanders used the phrase due process eight times during today's briefing. the women's whose allegations are at the center of the controversy are speaking out. rob porter's ex-wives have both written op-eds about their experiences. colby holderness wrote rob porter is my ex-husband. here's what you should know about my ex-husband. jenny willoughbwilloughby's op appeared in time on sunday. the focus on the administration's handling of all this has raised questions about the futures of john kelly and white house counsel don mcgahn, who were both aware of the allegations against porter before they became public. >> we've reported and others have too, that don mcgahn over a period of months was told by the ex-girlfriend, the fbi, others in the white house about the accusations and didn't do anything. can you explain why no action was taken by don mcgahn, the chief white house lawyer? >> those allegations are not accurate. >> is chief of staff kelly's job in jeopardy? >> no i spoke with the president last night, i told him i would be with you today, he said, ple

governor huckabee, you are also a historian, i know you love history.torical perspective, compare this to watergate. compare a third-rate burglary cover-up into opposition phony russian propaganda research, bought and paid for, then being used as theas basis for a fisa warrant against the candidate and sitting president and what havoc it has wreaked on this country for a year. >> first off all, to compare it to watergate, watergate was a fraternity prank compared to this because this goes to the heart of the highest levels of law enforcement. it's a bad enough when campaign aides do things that are nefarious and wrong. but when you have the people who carry badges and guns and have the power to take away people's personal liberty, put them in jail for the rest of their life, now you are dealing with something that goes to the very heart of the most fundamental constitutional protections that america turns out to be able to expect. but i don't understand, sean, is why there is not a unified outcry and a demand to see what really happened from democrats,

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governor huckabee who was talking about that a few moments ago.ture today, you can see when we take god out of the culture there is a hopelessness that ends up in tragedy so often like we've seen. just in these past few days. the world needs hope. dr. graham knew that and so he passionately preached it at every opportunity that he had. >> shannon: he was so interesting because whether he was talking with a drug addict on his last legs or the queen, or presidents, he treated everybody with the same message and the same respect. i want to play something that former president george w. bush had to say about the referent. >> he helped changed my life. he truly did. i was a questioning person. i was drinking a lot and religion -- i would listen, but never hear. billy graham helped me understand the redemptive power of a risen lord. >> shannon: we heard praise from presidents from both sides of the aisle today talking about how much his counsel had meant to them over the years. >> that's the beautiful thing about the gospel. the gospel is not republican

the new piece of information that sarah huckabee sanders has given us is now the white house personnelity office which tells me that what she is saying is the fbi background checks were simply suggestions. that is essentially what she's confirming, they were suggestions and they would take them into account with whatever extra vetting they were doing. which we did not know. >> we did not. this is -- watching that press conference today, i felt it was incredibly surreal. it seems as if this white house has sort of lost the ability even to state just things that would seem completely true in any kind of a credible way. and when she starts dancing around like that, it just came across as some sort of circular where you keep going around and around an argument where she lost all credibility whatsoever. >> it feels to me that if the problem is white house staffers aren't telling each other the truth because they don't have their straight story. >> well, let's ask the white house personnel security office whatever that is. who is in a nthat thain a that ? >> i'm sure that -- i thought the wh

ivanka trump, don mcgahn, sarah huckabee sanders. these are other people who have suddenly been given these interim clearances. it's a question of, why is that? is it simply because of a backlog? maybe for some it is. but perhaps for others there are red flags in the background, like rob porter had, where he had two ex-wives accuse him of spousal abuse. and now we have the white house again trying to sort of explain what's going on. we saw with the porter case, the scapegoat first was the fbi, now it's this rather obscure white house personnel security office. at the end of the day, they might need to look inward and realize it's their own processes or their own personnel that are part of the problem. >> jeremy, i want to read a tweet from the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. who was dismissed by donald trump. these days he maintains an active twitter presence and hosts a better than average podcast. pretty berara says, you know who has security clearances? every member of special counsel mueller's team. it

wow, what a day to be sarah huckabee sanders. more on this in just a moment.geoff bennett, thank you very much. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. we just got an update from the white house. the briefing which was supposed to start the 1:00 p.m. and then at 2:30 p.m. and then 3:00 has been moved back to 4:00 p.m. this happens when you figure out what exactly you're going to say to intense questioning from the group in there. the group of white house correspondents who don't seem to let things go when they don't make any sense. this white house is in a world of trouble right now when it comes to this rob porter starte start -- story, what they knew and when and trump saying he is against domestic violence but not expressing support for the women who accused his former staff secretary of beating them up, his two ex-wives who felt the white house has called them liars, according to their own op eds, pointing at kellyanne conway -- excuse me, at sarah huckabee-sanders. so we'll see what the white house has come up with at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. unless they

i don't get to give you -- go to sarah huckabee sanders. continue, charlie. >> alabama-based company is raising their minimum wage to $15 per hour, giving 1000-dollar bonus to over 2,000 of their workers. for those of you keeping track, we have over 350 companies that announced wage increases, bonuses, new hiring or increased retirement benefits as a direct result of tax reform which not a single democrat supported. these announcements have affected over 4 million american workers. the president is working to build an economy that works for all americans. the tax cuts and reforms are a big part of that, so is infrastructure. as you all saw yesterday, the president unveiled a legislative outline for rebuilding infrastructure in america. to cure decades of neglect we're committed to quickly building a say, reliable, and modern infrastructure to meet needs of american people. trish: we'll continue watching sarah huckabee sanders here. my mic is open, charlie and i were just getting into it. we'll go back for the q&a, we promise. charlie you we

jim mattis was at the briefing with sarah huckabee sanders.was asked about the money being spent. >> we're all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we've been putting together options. we'll send them up to the white house for a decision. >> this is a big deal. lawmakers are chafing at it and think it's going to be a waste of money. is there a reaction from anyone inside the pentagon to that? >> on the money side, they simply don't have it costed out yet because as the secretary is saying, they haven't come up with the final options. if you have f-35s taking off from the national mall, that would add to the price tag. depends on what the menu looks like, just how big a procession is it going to be? we have a kparngs because the 1991 parade cost $12 million in. in $2,017, that would be $22 million. here's five of the seven million was paid for by private funding. that is something i picked up in the hallway now in the last couple hours, that you could have private sourcing of funding for this. republi

a lot of prep work for our viewers and for sarah huckabee sanders. jake, on guns, is congress going to do anything? >> the chances hover around zero. they've ignored every other massacre. and they say pretty consistently that there's nothing that could be done to stop deaths. there's enough guns in the marketplace, in the field, people are going to die, they don't think there's any legislative solution. >> jake. that's a sad, sad statement. jake sherman, appreciate your time. kristen welker, phil rucker, and ken dilanian, guys, appreciate it. >>> again, in addition to the briefing, we're also watching this court appearance. let's bridng in chuck rosenberg a former msnbc contributor. when you heard about this new charge today, this charge of lying by van der zwaan, what was your reaction? >> well, katy, i'll tell you. eat your vegetables, make your bed, and don't lie to the fbi. i think bob mueller is sending a signal, even if this case is a one-off, and by that mean, not in the heartland of the russia interference portion of the investigation, if you

sarah huckabee sanders this week wouldn't answer whether the president believed her credible allegationsst porter. >>porter's accusers or are they lying? >> as i just said the president along with the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated and above all, the president supports the vibt victims of dc violence and believes everyone should be treated fairly. >> holderness answered simply, while i cannot say i'm surprised, i expected a woman to do better. so did i, sister. panel is still here. i don't know what to say. >> i do. i've been doing add vocacy in ts for a decade. it's a fundamental misunderstanding. what kellyanne conway is articulating is essentially victim blaming, saying if you're strong enough, you can avoid becoming a victim. that's a fundamental misunderstanding because becoming a victim has nothing to do with the woman's choices. it has to do with the man's choices to hit, to abuse, to harass, to sexually assault. the man in the situation is making the choice, the woman in the situation, the

sarah huckabee sanders said the american people are sick and tired of hearing about it.re have been four people either indicted or two pled guilty in this. plus far, none are carter page. what does that tell you about his role? >> it doesn't really inform anything to me about his role. it does, again, show, when we look at the memo, and i made you another nickel by saying that word, when we look at that, it seems to be based on the warrant that was issued to surveil carter page. he claims that it was based on the steele dossier information and that it is corrupt information. we have to look and say, number one, there's nothing about that. steele was a trusted source for the fbi for many years. they knew him. they know in the past he provided reliable information so he could be relied on. that is the first flaw in the argument because his information was probably valuable and valid. they can't undermine the warrant on that. the second thing is, that was not the basis for looking at carter page. they had been looking at him for many years before the steele dossi dossier. w

. >> sarah huckabee sanders fresh off the air will be briefing us in a few minutes. the president as you saw today when he spoke with most of the nation's governors, getting a measure of support for his plans to arm certain qualified members of faculty and staff at schools and getting some resistance. you play governor ensley of washington state. the president add odds over that issue with florida governor rick scott, a republican, who is a supporter of the president. scott believes says that teachers should teach and educators should educate and the job of protecting schools should be left up to law enforcement. listen here. >> we're going to spend $500 million. i have two weeks in my legislative session. i'm not waiting for the federal government. we're going to invest $500 million and have a significant law enforcement presence at every public school in our state. >> now the president didn't mention again today his support for raising the minimum age for buying a rifle from 18 to 21. this is something that he tweeted about last week. but then on friday when he was

i mean it, sarah huckabee, she basically admits she's reading what they gave her to give, she has no idea what's going on here, she's just basic covering over an embarrassing situation. if you listen to the fbi director, christopher wray today under oath, the first person to speak under oath about this embarrassment, the white house knew about this last year early on in the first instance. they got more refinement, more refinement. but knew basically there were problems of assault and bat rit basically in at least one ex-wife's case from the get-go. your thoughts? >> yeah, chris, can the white house story has shifted continually for the last week now. and today was a real blow because fbi director wray cast in doubt a lot of what the white house had been saying in terms of the timeline and version of events. as for sarah sanders, he's going to the podium with information she's provided by john kelly, the counsel don mcgahn. if those officials aren't being up front with her, then not. >> i think some analysis here, you got to make interpretation here at this point because we're not ge

although i will note, just in the last few minutes from the white house podium, sarah huckabee sanders said the president was not advocating for a shutdown. that's not something that the white house wants. so, we're now having another moment where the president and his staff seem to be sending different messages. >> i want to play something a republican in the room, barbara comstock, sarah and i know well from our time in republican politics. robert costa, i'd like you to explain this to me on the other side. let's watch first. >> we don't need a government shutdown on this. i think both sides have learned that a government shutdown was bad. it wasn't good for them. and we do have bipartisan support on these things. we can -- >> we are not getting support from the democrats. you can say if you want, we're not getting support from the democrats on this legislation. >> you will see -- >> it's one bill. we have to get that. they are not supporting us. >> robert costa, you understand the contours of the republican party under trump better than just about anyone. donald trump not backing do

among them are white house counsel don mcgahn, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, and white house spokesman raj shah who had only interim clearances to access the most sensitive government information, according to the documents. white house officials said wednesday they would not comment as is their policy on the nature of security clearances. >>> the concern about white house security clearances has, of course, escalated in recent days. the fall out from the rob porter scandal, a lot of people have been asking how he was able to handle the most sensitive and classified documents in our government to reach the president's desk for over a year without a permanent security clearance. with us to talk about all of this, one of the authors of that nbc news report, our national political reporter mike, excuse me, along with jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press and an msnbc political analyst. kimberly atkins, chief washington reporter for the boston herald and an msnbc contributor. and jeremy peters, political reporter for "the new york times," also