she's also, once again, getting flack from trump's first wife, ivana trump. ivana was out promoting her new memoir and dropped this bombshell: >> i have the direct number to white house, but i not really want to call him there because melania is there, and i don't want to cause any kind of jealousy. i'm basically first trump wife, okay? i'm first lady, okay? ( laughs ) >> stephen: youch. melania didn't like that too much, clapping right back in a statement: "there's clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. this is unfortunately only attention-seeking and self- serving noise." okay, though, to be fair, attention-seeking and self- serving noise is the motto on the trump family crest. and-- sounds better in latin. ( laughter ) and, just this weekend, ivana was at it again. she said this on a talk show in ireland: >> i mentioned this when we were talking about you earlier on, that you are the first lady. >> well, i said i'm first trump lady. >> do you think she's doing a good job as first lady? melania? >> i think she's trying her best. ( audience oohs

there was a great softness to ivana. she still has that softness, but during this period of time, she became an executive, not a wife. >> well, you now are married to a woman and you -- who would like to continue her career. marla says she does want to have a career. >> there's a difference between having a career and working for me. >> you have said you don't want marla to work. you actually said that -- >> no. >> on the day of the wedding, actually? >> i think i have days where i'm mixed. i have days where i think it's great. and i have days where i come home, and i don't want to sound too much like a choauvinist, bu when i come home and dinner's not ready, i go through the roof. >> what?! i want to bring in nancy collins, the journalist who did that 1994 interview. i love how you just straight at him, nancy, and tell it like it is. what do you make of this new tweet from the president defending an accused wife abuser? is that what you would have expected of him? >> yes. unfortunately, he's always said inappropriate th

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ivana said the story is totally without merit. donald and i are the best of friends. donald trump has always denied the allegations. >> joining us is dana bash. kirsten powers. >> gloria borger and i have been digging on what is going on there. a couple of things we have learned first that the president himself we are told by two sources did not know about these allegations about the fact that the fbi clearly found this information when they were doing the background check of rob porter. the president didn't know until the daily mail was presented to him. so didn't become aware until it was in the public sphere and the other thing is ivanka trump we were told was quite upset about it when she found out particularly when we saw the photos we all saw of his ex-wife and the bruises. it is a complicated dynamic not just for hope hicks, helped lead the defense of rob porter, but also people like ivanka trump and others who in the white house have come to know and rely on rob porter. but there is also kind of a sense, i am told of protectiveness of hope despite the fact tha

i even covered his divorce from ivana. i remember calling him during that time. i was the out-of-town reporter for "the washington post." you get a few soundbites. donald trump knows a controversy sales. even when he is getting beat up, he knows that negative coverage helps this president. it sounds counterintuitive. who wants to get beat up? or when the president is getting beat up on his handling of just about anything -- emigration, -- these things dominate the news cycle. every story is about attacking trump. at news hits back, organizations and coverage, that extends the news coverage. happens and was true in the campaign, too. he gained hundreds of enemies. even when they were beating up on him, he is dominating the news agenda. that is important, even when you are the president, even when you have that big illegal. -- that big bully pulpit. the russia investigation, he is saying i have been much tougher on russia than obama. look at the facts. talk about twitter and how it has changed the reporting on this president. guest: at 6:00 in the morning, he has a

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ivana trump has since recanted those allegations against donald trump.ast tried to report out that episode and figure out what happened there not long before trump announced his presidential bid, trump's lawyer michael cohn, told the daily beast there's no such thing legally of a man raping his wife. he told the publication, quote, you cannot rape your spouse, there is very clear case law. that's not true at all. then michael cohen threatened the dily beast if they went ahead with their story. i will never forget these threats. i have to say we've covered these a couple of times on the show. michael cohn said to the daily beast reporters, quote, i will make sure we meet one day in the courthouse and take every penny you have and come after the daily beast. and everybody else that you possibly know. i'm going to mess your life up for as long you're on this freaking planet, so i warn you to tread very effing lightly because what i'm going to do to you is going to be effing ghiss disgusting. you understand me? there's a sensitive issue on this white house,

after trump announced his run for the white house, ivana said, the story is totally without merit. donald and i are the best of friends. donald trump has always denied the allegations. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> joining us for more is dana bash, kirsten powers and paul begala. dana, you have new reporting on the rob porter situation? >> gloria and i have been digging tonight on kind of what has really gone on there, and a couple of things we've learned in addition to what jeff reported at the top of the show, first, that the president himself, we are told by two sources, did not know about these allegations, about the fact that the fbi clearly found this information when they were doing the background check of rob porter. the president didn't know until the daily mail was presented to him. so, he didn't become aware until it was in the public sphere. and the other thing is, ivanka trump, we are told, was quite upset about it when she found out, particularly when she saw the photos that we all saw of rob porter's ex-wife and the bruises. and it's interest, and it's a very complic

seems to merge that they could be used to misconduct around here because often vicki campion left ivana b. joyce's office she went to work for two of his ministerial colleagues in high paying jobs all while the affair was allegedly taking place the relegation shit wasn't declared as is required by the ministerial code of conduct and bonamy joyce says that's because when she was working for me and for my colleagues we weren't pot is at the time but we are now so that's leading to questions as to whether he is really telling the truth and it's also put the code of conduct in a bit of a gray area what constitutes a pot so that could be why the prime minister has banned six between politicians and the office which you might imagine already would be the case but it seems like it was and it seems have been of the joyce's comments have come back to haunt him well that's right people are calling him out on his apparent hypocrisy because this is a man who's held up as a family man but while the affair was taking place voiced his opposition to same sex marriage because he said it undermined tradi

. >> ivana trump was behind it, we don't have attribution just yet but that is another example -- youur physical security at his major events but you also have to do your cybersecurity. >> i have not noticed a big change. the impact and consequences seem higher than in the past. it used to be when you had you knew it. when your hat and you know it, the bottom line consequent is are growing, therefore, more borders hedging, more ceo attention. we need to get a good roi on the spending habits. >> have you seen any market directions from that? >> i don't know if i'd have -- i have. there are thousands of companies claiming to do cybersecurity. i question how many companies the market get support. thousands feels like a little bit too much for me. >> those kevin speaking with us at the goldman sachs technology conference. >> after one of the biggest cybersecurity attacks in history, equifax has hired a new head of data security. jamil well during the credit reporting company as chief information security officer and report directly to the ceo. he previously held a similar job at home depo

. >>> in south korea the president's daughter ivana trump is leading the u.s. delegation for tomorrow's closing ceremony at the olympics. today met with olympians and had dinner with south korean's president last night. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back. i'm craig melvin. maribel ramos joined the army to put herself through college. days through the graduation ceremony, she vanished. earlier she had called police and said she was afraid for her life. what was it or who was it that had her so concerned. here again the mystery in orange county. >> by now, posters blanket the city of orange. maribel ramos was missing and her family was frantic. >> as soon as i got the call she didn't show up for her baseball game, i got the worst feeling in the world. >> putting himself out there with all the rest was maribel's roommate, k.c. joy. >> she's the only family i have. she's my best friend. that's all. >> k.c. had moved from tennessee to southern california for a job. he had no family and few friends here. so he turned to maribel, and she was happy to include him

so he and ivana went to russia and they tried to make a deal to build a trump tower there. >> that dealwas talk of trump tower in moscow. >> but again and again, trump would keep on trying. >> donald's tried at least five times to build a trump tower in moscow. >> donald trump has an enormous ability to deny reality. reality is that during the campaign, not just in ancient history, during the campaign, he was negotiating for a hotel to be built in moscow. >> erin, we've learned that mie coal cohen, president trump's personal lawyer was in talks with moscow about a pro po sal to build trump tower there. >> that is the definition of business dealings in russia. >> the deal outlined in a nonbinding letter of intent signed by trump in the fall of 2015 fell through. but not before trump's attorney reached out to the kremlin for help. >> cohen said in a statement today he e-mailed russian president vladimir putin's spokesperson for help on this project on behalf of the trump organization. >> we could make deals in russia easily if i wanted to. >> but according to an investigative journalists,

trump himself was credibly accused of abusing his first wife ivana. >> let me ask you this, josh. responses were kind of unusual. there were very strong responses not just from the kelly but from senator orrin hatch while rob porter's name may not be known to everybody, he was known in washington circles because he's worked for people including hatch who again confirmed to reporters today he had urged porter not to resign in the face of this. let's listen. >> i encouraged him to keep a stiff upper lip and work out his problems. and i would prefer him not to resign just work his way through and do what's right. >> what do you mean by work his way through what? >> he's a talented guy. i don't want to lose him. >> that's strange. >> it is a little strange. look, i think in all sorts of wrongdoing a person can be very talented and in other respects a good generous person and do terrible things. so these things. >> but we didn't have that normal qualification you got with the roy moore. >> i agree. i -- i don't know what hatch's thing is. i think the thing with kelly she's exactly righ

. >> reporter: ivana and donald shared that pie three years after their divorce. wife or at least someone pretending to be here was hocking something else on the late show. >> how are you feeling, madam first lady? >> my life is ocean of loneliness. >> i'm sorry. what. >> itches promoting my new mela seems like life has been a roller coaster lately given what's been reported about donald and we don't mean the duck. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> that's crazy. i had no idea that she was in an aflac ad. jeanne moos teaches me something every single week. >> forget the football. millions of americans looking forward to the other reason to watch the super bowl, the commercials. we'll look at the most buzzed about ads next. >> not forgetting about the other bowl, the puppy bowl. >> that's indecent. >> wow. >> two of these star players are on our set and chilling out. our show has gone to the dogs. that's ahead. new year, new phones for the family. join t-mobile, and when you buy one of the latest samsung galaxy phones get a samsung galaxy s8 free. yahoooo! ahoooo! plus

so he and ivana went to russia, and they tried to make a deal to build a trump tower there. >> i'm withh. >> that deal never happened. >> there was talk of a trump tower in moscow. >> but again and again, trump would keep on trying. >> donald's tried at least five times to build a trump tower in moscow. >> donald trump has an enormous bait to deny reality. reality is that during the campaign, not just in ancient history, during the campaign, he was negotiating for a hotel to be built in moscow. >> erin, we've learned michael cohen, president trump's personal lawyer was in talks with moscow through an sbeer intermediary about a proposal to build trump tower there. >> that is the definition of business dealings in russia. >> the deal outlined in a nonbinding letter of intent signed by trump in the fall of 2015 fell through. but not before trump's attorney reached out to the kremlin for help. >> cohn said in a statement today that he e-mailed russian president vladimir putin's spokesperson dimitri pes could be for help on this project on behalf of the trump organization. >> we could make d

affair on the front pages of the new york post and the tabloids when he was married to his first wife ivananged at all. so what did melania think, he was going to be a decent person, transform into a decent guy? no. she she knew what she was getting when she married him. that's probably why they have the second bedroom. and then stormy daniels, it was going on at the same time. and they used the same lawyer to have these pay offs going on. so this is who donald trump is. i think it's despicable. a lot of people warned about this. it was all evident on his howard stern appearance. >> but that didn't matter. he was still elected. >> unfortunately. >> i'm sure it won't matter now to supporters. it may matter to i don't know independents or -- >> right, it will. because you're seeing a shift in women right now. his polling numbers are terrible. >> allison, what do you say to this? >> my heart goes out to melania. it's bad enough to have a husband -- >> mine doesn't. >> -- facing all these credible allegations of infidelity, and my heart goes out to her. and i don't blame her from exhibiting som

ivana trump in their divorce in a deposition gotten by one of trump's biographers said i think what's gotten attention is she said he raped her but she also talked about her throwing her down on the beds in a rage and ripping out handfuls of her hair. pud zer. trump's first appointee for labor secretary had to resign when it turned out that his wife had been on oprah. disguise and anonymously talk -- it was an episode i think was high class battered, high class battered women. and although pud zer, his nomination was tore me doeded they're looking to find a way to bring him back in a way that doesn't require senate confirmation. this is not considered particularly outrageous in the milieu in which this president lives. >> i have to say, donna, i was thinking about you and i know you worked in domestic violence. to watch the president say that today, we feel sorry for him, it felt like a really mean smack in the face is what i want to say to people that work in this field, to survivors of this and to 40 years of work to say that this kind of thing isn't just some private matter that yo

>> specifically with regards to domestic violence, there is donald trump himself who ivana trump said that he had gone crazy because he was in pain from a plastic surgeon that she had recommended and he -- >> for his skcalp? >> yeah, she said he pulled her clumps of her hair and raped her. she later said she didn't mean rape literally. and steve bannon who was chief strategist despite having had his own domestic violence complaint with his second wife, although the case was dropped when she didn't show up to testify against him in court. there was antdy poster who dropped out after will turned out his ex-wife had been under disguise on oprah talking about high classed battered women. and reports that thousand he might be brought back into a different role that doesn't require senate confirmation. so if you are john kelly, you would think this is not a big deal. what is the big deal? >> it is not just that. cory lewandowski grabbed might bemichelle fields, denied it, calls her as victim blaming to cheers from the crowd defending lewandowski saying there is no evidence of this. evidence

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. >> reporter: ivana and donald shared that pie three years after their divorce.at least someone pretending to be her was hawking something else on the late show. >> how are you feeling, madam first lady. >> my life is ocean of loneliness. >> i'm sorry, what? >> i was just promoting my new fragrance, ocean of loneliness. >> reporter: for melania it seems like life has been a roller coaster lately given what's been reported about donald and we don't mean the duck. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks so much for joining us. you can watch the show anytime. go to cnn go, and we'll see you back here tomorrow night, and we'll see if we have that memo. it could be out a few hours from now in the early morning hours. >>> good evening. with the president about to speak with a public function about to be held, we begin tonight with the drama over the nunes memo. keeping them honest, it is in many ways a phony drama. it is a forgone conclusion. it is and always has been. we should point out the document in question is not some bipartisan of fact by the partisan committee,

we know about the allegations from his first wife ivana when his daughter, michael cohen, came out and when she told -- talked about being raped in her deposition, she didn't mean raped in a literal or criminal sense. we're talking about a white house that has a long and deep history of revising statements, of changing the truth to make themselves look better. and let's keep in mind the story from a week ago where michael cohen was discovered to pay hush money to a woman who has sex on camera for money, stormy daniels. this isn't an isolated issue when it comes to donald trump. it is a disturbing paper of behavior that keeps happening. but moreover, what is really concerning is the constant pressure to get a woman like jenny to not believe her own truth. to not believe what has happened to her. at least lie to people about it. and a representative from the white house essentially asked her to lie to fbi investigators for a background check to preserve his own self interest. there's a reason why we have security clearances and background checks, to make sure the people in charge of our

call flick has been described as one of the bloodiest yet and it seems to go completely unnoticed ivana it is with the united nations office record nation of humanitarian affairs it's joins us now from the capital kinshasa mr drew more it seems like the dear c. is slipping into bloodshed again what is the situation right now. well it is a pretty dire situation all across much of east india be. on many of these provinces today posting a thousand people displaced. right now and there are about four point four million people who are displaced in the earth's east and we're only talking about east india or seas that make the the african country with the most displaced people children and women. suffering from this crisis and all of this is tied to the entire climate of insecurity and ballance have been the second becomes the full for years now i want to talk about the warring parties in just a moment before point four million people that's a staggering number can you help the people who've been chased out of their homes if anybody providing them with a safe haven will tell you were you when

we know about the allegations from his first wife, ivana.hen she talk e about being raped she didn't mean raped in the literal or criminal sense. we're talking about the white house that has a long and deep history of revising statements, changing the truth to make themselves look better. let's keep in mind, the story from a week ago where michael cohen was discovered to pay hush money to a woman who had sex on camera for money. this isn't an isolated issue when it comes to donald trump. it's a disturbing pattern of behavior that keeps happening but moreover what is really concerning is the constant pressure to get a woman like jenny to not believe her own truth. to not believe what has happened to her or lie to people about it. a representative from the white house asked her to lie to fbi investigators for a background check to preserve his own self-interest. there's a reason why we have security clearances and background checks. it's to make sure the people in charge of our government have sound judgment and aren't making bad decisions for

who carried out a very public affair on the new york tabloids when he was married to his first wife ivanaall. so what did maw lunnelania thin was going to be a decent person, transform into a different guy? no, that's why they have the second bedroom. and then stormy daniels, it was going on at the same time. and they used the same lawyer to have these pay offs going on. a lot of people warned about this. it was all evident on his howard stern appearance. >> but that didn't matter. he was still elected. so i'm sure it won't matter now to two supporters. it may matter to i don't know independents or -- >> right, it will. because you're seeing a shift in women right now. his polling numbers are terrible. >> allison, what do you say about this? >> my heart goes out to melania. it's bad enough to have a husband facing all these incredible allegations of infidelity, and my heart goes out to her. and i don't blame her from exhibiting some independence from him, not wanting to take the walk of shame across the south lawn today. i don't blame her. >> she broke with tradition, drove by herself to

i think nikkei haley would disagree with that, betsey devos would, ivana trump would.hink most of the left are the ones that seem to attack the trump administration. it's not the white house. these men are gone. i think you could certainly argue -- >> they're gone, though. even though people at the white house knew about the allegations -- >> nikke nikkei haley. >> let's be honest why rob porter is gone. the daily beast broke the story. >> look, this thing unraveled because it broke immediately, and unraveled further because the pictures came forward. i'm glad porter is gone and this other guy is gone because people with this in their background should not be serving at this level of government in the white house. what they're going to have to take a step back here and ask all the staffers in the white house is if you know something in your [ ground like this exists and you've been hiding it from the investigators who do the security check, you need boo be honest and come forward. i get the pfeeling that porter was on a mission do down-play this, and it all just unrave

his former wife, ivana at one point accused him of abuse, though she did take it back at a deposition. steve bannon accused of domestic violence. rob porter, andrew puzder. as a republican woman what is your response to that? >> the reason you guys have me on as a guest is because i will defend gop policy. i will defend the issues on the platform that we stand on. not domestic abuse. not sexual predators, not someone battering women. i will not defend that. i don't care what party they are, what affiliation, this was wrong. >> the question becomes whether your party will defend you, you defend them on policy, but this is a party that defended roy moore to the hilt. at what point do republican women say we're in a party hostile to our gender? >> if you frame it that way, it's awful. the problem of it is this, i think that, you know, kelly, he's denied the allegation he said he was going to step down, but kelly even said -- supposedly -- that this was wrong. they knew some facts. i think that was holding up his clearance. if you want to look at this technically why was someone allowed t

closing ceremony, standing near ivana trump.ies should develop between them and pyongyang, washington. and a plan for mexican president to visit donald trump this month or next has been postponed indefinitely. it comes after the washington post report that during a phone call last week, president trump refused to deny or confirm that mexico would be paying for the border wall. ad wanting written to seek new agreement. leader jeremy corbyn fleshing out details today. the move files pressure on theresa may whose rebels in her own party also want the same. .nd suffering a defeat unexpected loss in pro-government stronghold. ruling uninterrupted for the past two decades and showing the potential if they band together. could energize. the former italian prime minister urging politicians to combat violence ahead of next week in elections after street battles against far left and far right activist. i shadow cast over the campaign and unhappy memories of when extremists.arred by >> it is important for everyone to give a message against

that includes the president's family members and senior advisers, ivana trump and jared kushner.white house counsel, don mcgahn, social media director. dan scavino. and director of initiatives. the white house wouldn't comment. in all, 47 people in positions that directly report to the president were working with some form of interim security clearance a year after the president trump presidential transition began. that's about a quarter of all political and at least 85 political appointees in the white house. vice president's office and national security counsel were working without permanent security clearances. at the national security council, 42% of those listed in the documents had only interim security clearances as of november. joining us now, msnbc ari, he has a piece in the "new york times" about the mueller probe. also, former undersecretary of state for diplomacy and distinguished fellow at the digital research lab. rick stengel. we'll explain what that lab does in just a moment and how it relates to russia's interference in our elections. but joe, i think one of the

surveillance of former trump adviser carter page who the campaign ultimately embraced then distanced ivanas to undermine the probe into the 2016 election. three options to getting the memo out. declassify and release it. second to declassify and send to house for release and third is to not declassify, but to tell the house he won't object if they do. while the security review of the memo is only a few days old, new reporting s insays president tr been fighting to make it public for three weeks. he and congressman jim jordan brought it to trump's attention on january 18 during a call about the government shutdown. presidential adviser tells the post, quote, there was never any hesitation. the president was resolved on this. he was not going to be persuaded. he wanted it out. in the report siting people familiar with the discussion told aides and confidants he believes the claim would indicate the claim last year the investigation overseen by mueller was a witch hunt. thought it would help build a public argument against the handling of the case and suggested the memo might give him the jus

ivana is a popular destination for cruise ships and not all visitors to the cuban capital want to pay for state run towards many prefer smaller private run options but many cubans are concerned about current political developments in august the government instated a ban on setting up new companies the ban was necessary it said to enable new doors to be passed to curb illegal practices in the tourist industry. once those were in place the expansion of new companies would continue apace but that was six months ago and as yet there's no sign of progress many now fear the party is divided on the future of private enterprise. but we were all surprised when business licensing was suddenly suspended then in august many thought the ban would soon be lifted and they'd be able to set up private businesses again now more and more cubans believe that there's some internal disagreement with the government about the process of expanding prime businesses. cuba opened the door to small private enterprises in two thousand and ten the economy was in a mess and the government was forced to cut thousands