john alexander lists down the road. you heard this happenlj john alexander lists down the road.as sitting in the back room of my house. i heard a low explosion and felt a tremendous shock through the house and it felt like it would bring the ceiling down. what did you see when you came down here?|j see when you came down here?” saw. . . see when you came down here?” saw... the first thing i saw was a shop that had been destroyed. that had taken out the bus shelter opposite, blown debris across all four carriages. you can see and quickly after that a fire started. the emergency services are still here as you can see in this incident has been going on for several hours. we know that four people have been taken to hospital. we have seen search and rescue dogs going into the scene in the last hour or so. we understand that search and rescue tea m understand that search and rescue team searching the wreckage now to see whether anyone else is still trapped. it will not be until that search and rescue operation is finished that an investigation begins to find out exactly why this happe

john alexander is a bbc journalist who lives nearby.” city centre.i was sitting in my front room. ifelt a huge shock. it felt like the roof was coming in or something had exploded. once i checked that my house... i ran straight up the front door, right up the street and debris and rubble all across. then a large fire in the area where the building stood. this a main road in leicester 110w stood. this a main road in leicester now the scene of the police a major incident. east midlands ambulance service said they have taken several people to hospital. it's unclear if there are more casualties. reports suggest the explosion happened in a polish shop which had a flat above it. neighbours felt their homes shake from the force of the explosion. here, people helped paramedics treat the injured. fire ci’ews paramedics treat the injured. fire crews have been searching the wreckage of the building. because of the explosion is still not known. tom burridge, bbc news. our correspondentjeremy ball sent us this update from the scene. the explosion happened just af

that was john alexander, a bbcjournalist, leicester.that was john alexander, a bbcjournalist, speaking from inside the called in. china's state news agency says the ruling communist party has proposed a change to the constitution that would allow the president and vice—president to stay in power for more than two terms. the current president, xi jinping, is due to step down from his role in 2023. our china correspondent, robin brant, reports. this was xijinping a few months ago. with china communist party pomp at its finest as he was confirmed for a second term as party chief and president. behind him were his two immediate predecessors, both of whom served ten years, then stepped aside. now there is fresh sign that he wants to eclipse them. the ruling communist party wants to ditch the rule that the president should serve no more than two consecutive terms. in just those eight words lies the biggest change to china's leadership in 30 years. why now? the overall consensus in china by most people is that president xi jinping has really d

john alexander is a bbc journalist who lives nearby.er is a bbc journalist who lives nearby. i was sitting in my back room and ifelt journalist who lives nearby. i was sitting in my back room and i felt a huge shock to the head, which like either the roof was coming in all the boiler had exploded. my house was ok. i ran straight out of the front door, up the street and round the corner to the shop, and it's blown debris and rubble across four lanes of traffic. then a large fire in the area where the building stood. this, a main road in leicester, now the scene of what the police called a major incident. east midlands ambulance service say they have taken several people to hospital. it's unclear if there are more casualties. reports suggest the explosion happened in a polish shop which had a flat above it. neighbours felt their homes shaking from the force of the explosion. here, people helped paramedics to treat the injured. fire crews have been searching the wreckage of the building. the cause of the explosion is still not known. leice

john alexander lambie and on behalf of supervisor sheehy for the late dennis robert perron. >> colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business today. >> president breed: thank you, everyone. we are adjourned. an -- welcome to members of ocii and the public.

john alexander lambie and on behalf of supervisor sheehy for the late dennis robert perron. >> colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business today. >> president breed: thank you, everyone. we are adjourne >> good morning. i want to welcome you to the regular scheduled budget and finance committee. i'm chair of this committee malia cohen and to our left, our new member and joining us will be supervisor fewer. i want to thank our friends at sfgov and linda wong is our clerk assisting with today's meeting. madam clerk, any announcements? >> please silence cell phones and complete speaker cards and documents to be submitted to the clerk. items will be on the february 13th board of supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor tang: cone k you call item one? >> calling item one. they will not have a contract done until june. this is a stop gap measure until the new bid and contract are in place. i believe we have mr. vladimir ridicove. good morning. this is the contract manager

john alexander lambie and on behalf of supervisor sheehy for the late dennis robert perron. >> colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business today. >> president breed: thank you, everyone. we are adjourned.afternoon and to the san francisco planning commission regular hearing for thursday, february 1, 2018. i'd like to remind members of the public that the commission does not told rate any out bursts of any kind. please silence your mobil devices that may sound off during these proceedings and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll at this time. [roll call] commissioners melgar and richards are here and should be joining us shortly. commissioners first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. item one, case number 2017 at 668 through 678 page street. a condominium conversion subdivision and it is proposed to continue wants to march 8, 2018. item two, case number 2016-oo5617drp at 1439 through

at the winter olympics in john chiang a russian alexander crucial mid ski one who won a bronze medal with his wife in mixed doubles curling as tested positive for a banned substance the international olympic committee is currently we have the results of the tests on his b. sample and the court of arbitration for sport has launched what they call a doping procedure. a heart medication that is once again at the center of a russian doping controversy the over the counter drug can give athletes an edge by boosting stamina in twenty sixteen dhoni and was classified as a banned substance in many sports which led to maria sharapova is fifteen month ban from tennis. after winning a bronze medal with his wife in the mixed curling event alexander crucial netsky tested positive for the drug a fact that has surprised his countryman. yes no. sports me i know that all athletes repeatedly during the season and before their departure underwent doping controls and the probes were always negative otherwise nobody would have allowed them here if this is confirmed then in my opinion it means that it was

joining me is peter alexander. john mclaughlin, acting director and msnbc national security analyst. alen rosenstein and national security attorney at the justice department. first of all, to you, peter alexander, we assume that jared kushner is on the job today as they say. >> yeah. he is on the job. the question is whether he is able to do his job the way he was. this vast portfolio that includes some sensitive topics, not the least of which is leading this administration, this president's effort to pursue peace between the israelis and palestinians. remember the president called him out and said if anyone can do it, i believe jared can. diplomacy with mexico and canada and china, trying to help oversee some of the trade deals taking place around the globe. with him, losing effectively this top secret clearance he had at an interim level, it means if it's to be executed as such, he wouldn't be able to attend a lot of the national security meetings, he wouldn't be there alongside the president to see the presidential d

alexander morris. he is the first child of john morris the vice president of multi platform programming and his wife, beths born saturday night weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce, 21-inches long. he was named after his great-grandparents. john said mom and baby are both healthy, happy -- john -- and amazing. abc's "world news tonight" with david muir next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff, sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for a special report at 11:00 here on channel6. it is one of the most popular games out there for tweens and teens and it has many parents wondering how to pull them away. chad pradelli takes a look at the fort night frenzy. >> reporter: it's the video game shattering records. fort night. >> get ready to fight here we come. >> reporter: think of a version of "the hunger games" and it has 45 million fans glued to their screens. >> he's always on the game and i can't get him off. >> reporter: why the game is so popular and should parents be worried. that's tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> and for cecily tynan ducis rodgers

allow us to introduce you to william alexander morris the new son of our vice presidentof. johneth two of the greatest people i've ever met. the couple's first child arrived saturday night weighing just more than 7 pounds. dad says william alexander was named after their mother's father. both mom and baby are happy healthy and amazing. by the way we just could not be happier for these great people. what a wonderful family. >> great addition, great pics. john, beth, congratulations, william alexander looking good. >> so that sunshine -- >> that's all we needed. >> it's going to be sunshine outdoors, so we're going to get it back here as we get into tomorrow and especially in the middle of the week. as we take a look at the action cam which was out, a few folks kind of capturing a lite peek of sun or two here. taking a stroll. you didn't need the umbrellas today and you know what, you're going to need the sunglasses tomorrow as the accessory. as we look at sky6 live in the weather center we're continuing to break those clouds apart. g in the sky in the distance here so improvement

alexander hamilton. james madison. john jay. they are the authors of the federalist papers. most people that read constitution and think that they understand the constitution will look at the document itself and look at the federalist papers and say that that is it. it is deeper than that. i would argue that the federalist papers are not as important as you think. they were written in new york, and they did not have much of an impact in new york itself. the state of new york only ratified the constitution by three votes. three votes. these 85 essays that people say are the definitive source on the constitution did not have much impact at the time. there were others, and there were other members of the founding generation that were even more important. james madison was often called the father of the constitution, i would say that is a misnomer. the historical scholarship has come around to that. he did present the virginia plan, or at least wrote it. but the constitution that we have is not his. it was gone over and over in the philadelphia convention, and modified over and

john sullivan. they are going to be leading to -- two several marches to trenton. you also have alexander hamilton with the new york artillery. he will be an aide for washington later on in the war. you have a young, 18, lieutenant james monroe, who would become our fifth president of the united states. you have quite a few of the founding fathers in the army at this point. once the army is across, they had to wait, the artillery took some time to get across. it is about 4:00 in the morning on december 26. a nine mile about march ahead of them. i think it is greenwood, john greenwood who wrote about the march. he says basically, we marched no faster than a 10-year-old could walk, and stopping frequently. there was a line of march, numerous halts and starts. it took about four hours to go the nine miles. there was a crossroads. the army divided into two columns. they had about a four mile march from there. washington accompanied general that daniel green's column which would come into the northeastern part of town. general sullivan came in a long river road. within minutes of each other, t

we know the big names, alexander hamilton, james madison, john jay, they are the authors of the federalist papers. -- thatssays against formed the constitution. most people read it and think they understand it. look at the federalist papers and say that it. it is deeper than that. it goes much deeper. i would argue in the book that the federalist papers are not as important as you think. ,hey were written in new york and they didn't have much of an impact in new york itself. the state only ratified the constitution by three votes. >> it was gone over and over in the philadelphia connection -- convention and modified by important people. some of these people you probably never heard of before like john dickinson of delaware. called a guy that was the 10 men of the resolution. -- revolution. he was one of the most apportionment of the founding generation. when he went to the philadelphia convention, he looked at this constitution and said we are not having that. that is not going to work in these united states. you have someone like roger sherman, a man that thomas said aon once said never s

those three men are charles anding, alexander keever, john foster. you are going to see all three of these men were always improvising and thinking in the moment. always flexible in their actions and trying to survive while also trying to meet their obligations. to god, family, and the nation. in the weeks that followed the disastrous union defeat at going --sburg, char is charles bowen awoke greeted by the panoramic view of raise tights and the -- raised heights and the old battlefield. he had survived the slaughterhouse, he took cover behind a corpse that he described as having the whole top of his head carried off by a shell. the eyes were open, and stared at me when i looked at him. anymore andtake it he exposed himself to enemy fire and pushed the corpse aside. the next morning he made his way back into town. what did he find? the host of the army of the potomac engaged in the looting of the city of fredericksburg. fray, he got himself drunk. he stole some food and made his way down into a house lowered by the sound of another drug soldier playi

alexander. today in for my friend craig melvin. under pressure, johnly under fire for his defense of that trusted aide rob porter accused of domestic abuse. is kelly's position now in jeopardy. >>> fiscal flip flop. the republican congress passing a bill with billions of dollars in new military spending and eliminating strict budget caps. is the republican party no longer the party of deficit hawks and small government? >>> close encounter. vice president mike pence overseas watching the opening ceremonies of the olympics. just a few feet from the north korean dictator kim jong-un's sister. details of that unique moment coming up.

seventeen ninety five and abraham lincoln immortalized by george peter alexander healey eight hundred eighty seven is a more recent one john f. kennedy's portrayed by elaine de kooning demanding attention among the other more sober presidential images somebody else they have in common is that they are all white well not anymore barack obama is the first african american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display nearby a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by blackheart since barack obama's portrait iskander widely is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions i've tried to negotiate was great here. it is artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. smaller ears. struck out on matters well. the artist says he was deeply moved by the experience of painting the former president this is our ability to say i matter i was here. the ability to be the first african-american enter to pick the first african-am

we have it bam lincoln immortalized on the canvas by george peter alexander healey in eight hundred eighty seven a more recent one john f. kennedy's portrait by lindy kooning a painting that amman's attention because you know it's a much more kind of colorful compared to the others so but images of the leader as as you can see from all these pictures where they have in common they're all old and white or not so old and white men wet not any more barack obama is the first african-american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents. this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display nearby a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by black artists barrack obama supporter to scan the winey is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions i've tried to negotiate was greater. artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. smaller ears. struck out on matters well. the artist says he was deeply moved by the experience of painting the former president this is our

. -- peter alexander is at the white house. peter, john kelly has not had a warm relationship with his staff for months. this is a guy who in weekly meetings tells the white house staff how lucky they are he's there leading the force. he then turns his own team into liars and changes his story. even rob porter, rob porter may not deserve to have a job at the white house, but's john kelly who has turned rob porter's situation into an international incident. >> reporter: yes , stephanie, they say john kelly would have earned that loyalty, rekindled that relationship with the people in the west wing, obviously that's not the tactic he chose to use. the latest contradiction that the chief of staff john kelly, when asked about whether the white house should have done anything differently in handling the porter situation, told "the wall street journal," "no, it was all done right." days ago, even the vice president, mike pence, told our colleague lester holt that it could have been done better. the bottom line, nine days into the scandal, we're

. >> i think in the last 48 hours, in fact, what we saw, peter alexander, was a full-throated white house attempt to say john kelly is okay. let's show some of that from the weekend shows. >> do the president's accusers deserve due process? >> jgeorge, let me say somethin. those accusers have had their day on your network and elsewhere for a long time. they were trying that again late last year. >> and what they also were saying and what kellyanne conway was saying on a number of shows, on cnn as well, is that john kelly has the full support of the president. that said, on friday, friday night, saturday, we were hearing a lot about the president calling friends, musing about replacing his chief of staff. they may have, for now, decided not to do that. but he is on somewhat shaky ground. >> no, i think he's definitely on somewhat shaky ground with questions about his leadership, his credibility. this is not the first episode. only a matter of days earlier, he used language a lot of people had issues with, describing some of those daca recipients or those who hadn't signed up in the past as being too lazy. wha

people in congress, some of the leaders of the senate republicans or respected, people like lamar alexander or johnen strong, he's from texas, pretty strong defender of trump so i've given up on the house republicans. i would say a year and a half a ago, a couple years ago i felt this is great, generational turnover, one of the most impressive younger republicans, speaker of the house, it hasn't worked out the way i hoped. >> it's shocking. just shocking. >> he was making the case yesterday for the release of the home mo memo. bill kristol, thank you very much. you have thoughts about the future of the republican party under president trump on nbcnews.com's think page. gene robinson, stay with us if you can. >>> president trump has had plenty to say about the nfl, but does his real issue from the league stem from a decades-old personal grudge? we'll explain that story next. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by

alexander. today in for my friend craig melvin. under pressure, john kelly under fire for his defense of that trusted aide rob porter accused of domestic abuse. is kelly's position now in jeopardy. >>> fiscal flip flop. the republican congress passing a bill with billions of dollars in new military spending and eliminating strict budget caps. is the republican party no longer the party of deficit hawks and small government? >>> close encounter. vice president mike pence overseas watching the opening ceremonies of the olympics. just a few feet from the north korean dictator kim jong-un's sister. details of that unique moment coming up. >>> we start this long weekend -- certainly going to be a long weekend for the chief of staff john kelly. a senior administration official and three others briefed on the conversations telling nbc news president trump is venting about kelly's response to rob porter. the scandal even speculating about potential replacements. let's get to the breaking news happening as we speak. we're hearing from the president for the firs

going to be hearing a live in more from alexander hug one of the top security monitors for ukraine but first this report from the embattled region. this is john kerr a village in the shadow of the front line the divides ukrainian government forces from russian backed separatists. only those too old too poor to me remain. shelling and sniper fire her fact of daily life in spite of the minsk peace deal. we meet. a pensioner who's chosen to stay in her own home alone and in spite of frequent shelling she shows us where a shell ripped through the roof of her home another time the artillery fire just missed. breaking year by one only to shells landed in my front garden just under my windows they destroyed my shed blew my windows out and on the other side of the street there were eleven craters they were as big as i am. even buying essentials is now a struggle roads are barely passable and public transport has grown to a halt. many here including and now depend on outside help to get by. the nearest supermarket used to be in the nearby city of horlivka just a few kilometers down the road a journey that once took a matter of minutes now involves hou

alexander is in the briefing room. peter, the weirdness here is that john kelly, it seems, may have known about this beforehand, and yet on wednesday he issued a very supportive press release -- statement supporting porter. then that all changed this morning. >> reporter: i think you're exactly right, ali. the initial statement put out by john kelly, by this white house on his behalf said he described rob porter as a man of integrity and honor. a matter of hours later after the photo of one of his ex-wives became public with that black eye, the story changed. porter forcing the white house to put out a new round of statements, one from john kelly to say he was, in his words, shocked by the allegations. the question is whether these allegations should have been new to the chief of staff. rob porter worked at his side for most of the time that john kelly has been here as the staff secretary. porter was not someone you frequently saw, but he was integral in that inner circle working at the president's side and john kelly's side for months. i'm told by a white house official that this is expected to be rob porter's final d

[laughter] john marshall, in upholding the constitutionality of the bank, a sickly plagiarizes arguments alexander hamilton made to george washington to convince him the powers granted to congress should be construed for all they are worth. the idea of the necessary import clause means that the constitution grants congress a broad sphere of powers. the power to create national bank is not one of the specific force. congress,e to reckon the creation of a bank of the united states was necessary and proper for carrying into execution the other broad. foundational to everything that congress has done. many people think congress has gone too far, but all of today's controversies really go back to the didn't of macola versus maryland. or to taxes that were to destroy. was taxing the operations of the banks in the united states. constitutional been a state can't interfere with it under the supremacy clause of the constitution. national lobbies and consistent state law. it is a wonderful case for not only how broad congress's powers are, the relationship between state and national government. >> i am so t

alexander. the news not good for don mcgahn, not good for john kelly, not good for the white house. >> i think that'sew questions for this white house about white house council don mcgahn. there are plenty of questions that are unanswered or the answers have been murky regarding chief of staff john kelly. a u.s. official telling nbc news that john kelly reportedly knew about these allegations of domestic abuse against porter for months. at least in november of last year if not before. kelly knew porter would be denied a full security clearance by the fbi but allowed him to stay in his role. kelly, you'll remember, initially defended porter. basically his right hand man behind the scenes in the president's inner circle. he did that, that defense, in a statement on tuesday calling him a man of true integrity and honor. but after the photo was published showing porter's first ex-wife with a black eye, kelly released a new statement wednesday night saying he was "shocked" by the new allegations but that he stood by his previous comments. where ed in the briefing room, for the first time, we heard from ra

[laughter] >> but john marshall, in the constitutionality of the bank of the united states argumentsplagiarizes that alexander hamilton made to george washington to convince to that the powers granted congress should be construed basically for all their works, right? necessarydea of the and proper clause means not that there are powers beyond the but that the constitution grants congress a broad sphere of powers. to create a national bank isn't one of the powers.ally enumerated but their powers to regulate commerce, to regulate commercial affairs, bankruptcy. so the creation of a bank of the united states was necessary and proper for carrying into execution the other broad grants power. he is right. that really is foundational to nearly everything that congress has done. many people think congress has gone too far. today'sof controversies, in terms of how broad congress's powers are, go back to the precedent of mccullough versus maryland. of the another aspect case too, which is the one where you hear this, the power to tax power to destroy. the state was taxing the operations of the bank of the united states

nbc's peter alexander asked the white house deputy press secretary about the second statement at thursday's briefing. >> the statement changed from john kelly yesterday morning to the statement yesterday evening. he said, based on new allegations. what changed yesterday absent a photograph in terms of new allegations? >> what i referenced, the reports had additional allegations and more information. >> to be clear, what was so shocking? you said it was shocking. >> i think the full nature of the allegation, particularly, the images. >> so, quickly, while john kelly says there is no place in our society for abuse, it seems that the white house believes there is a place in the white house for it. again, it's not until pictures were disseminated and shown around the world that the white house changed their tune. >> that's the problem, we don't believe people unless they have refutable evidence. >> kelly sent an e-mail to white house staff about the shocking and troubling allegations, saying the white house takes matters of domestic violence very seriously. it is abhorrent and has no place in our society. to put it in perspective, a white

john kelly holding up rob porter as a man with great integrity. we're going to dive into these and find out where things changed. peter alexander, good to see you. >>> we're going to continue the conversation about that departure at the white house. staff secretary rob porter leaving after accusations about his past. >>> also ahead, congress may have found its unicorn. our kasie hunt reports democrats and republicans reached a deal to fund the government for a full two years. you heard me right. two years before anyone has to put up with painful cliches like shutdown show down. a deal that will make both sides happy. >>> >> pleased to announce our bipartisan negotiations on defense spending and other priorities have yielded a significant agreement. >> the budget deal doesn't have everything democrats want. it doesn't have everything republicans want. but it has a great deal of what the american people want. this budget deal is the first real sprout of bipartisanship. >> what's the catch? there are two houses of congress, and that right there was just the senate. >> i'm afraid that the deal that they're going to announce, chuck

john kelly holding up rob porter as a man with great integrity. we're going to dive into these and find out where things changed. peter alexander to see you. >>> we're going to continue the conversation about that departure at the white house. staff secretary rob porter leaving after accusations about his past. >>> also ahead, congress may have found its unicorn. our kasie hunt reports democrats and republicans reached a deal to fund the government for a full two years.

alexander at the white house. peter, god bless you. you have quite a job to do out there. >> thanks. >>> let's bring in tonight's panel, john la mere withassociated press, zero lena maxwell, the director of programming at sirius xm and john pot hor its, a contributor and new york post columnist. is it wrong to ask if somebody in the white house is lying? >> not at all. i think what is interesting about this is the president's tweet -- controversial tweet is something one should have no problem hearing from the president of the united states. people shouldn't be destroyed by allegations, due process is important. but this is a guy who spent a year on the campaign trail as you know better than we do, shouting lock her up about hillary clinton not exactly speaking about her rights to due process and the process by which one would find out whether she was or was not guilty of committing a crime so it comes out of his mouth or fingers in a -- seeming like a disingenuous thing to say. >> and this applies in the campaign and as long as he is in the public eye, i'm the rubber and you're glue and whatever you say about me, it bounces off of you

miller, john mcloughlin, former acting director of the cia and national security analyst, msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg, former federal prosecutor, former chief of staff to james comey. peter alexander

i won't do any wrap but john marshall, in upholding the constitutionality of the bank of the united states basically plagiarizes arguments alexander hamilton to george washington to convince him that the powers granted to congress should be construed for all their worth. the idea, the necessary and proper clause means not that there are powers beyond the constitution but that the constitution grants congress the rod sphere of powers. the power to create a national bank isn't specifically enumerated but there are powers to regulate commerce and commercial affairs and banking, bankruptcy, and so the creation of a bank of the united states was necessary and proper for carrying into execution the other broad power. he's right, it really is foundational to nearly everything that congress has done. many people think congress has gone too far, but all of today's controversies how broad congress powers are really go back to the context of this. there's another aspect which is the one where you hear this line the power to tax is the power to destroy. the state was taxing the operations of the bank the united states. if the bank, if federal

alexander in this afternoon for craig melvin. the president's messaging problem. the white house distractions derailing president trump's economic message as questions continue to swirl around what chief of staff john kelly knew and when he knew it. is kelly on his way out? and how devastating would that be to the white house and its agenda? plus, russian roulette. nbc news exclusive reporting the number three official at the justice department stepped down for fear she might have to lead the russia investigation. what does it tell us about the future of the russia inquiry? also the future of the deputy ag, rod rosenstein. then presidential portraits. your first look at former president obama and his wife michelle's highly anticipated official portraits. we start this afternoon with infrastructure week at the white house. remember, we did this once before. it's the second time actually. the president, state, and local leaders all gathered at the white house to discuss increased funding although even president trump sounded a little bit of a doubtful note about whether the plan will ever see the light of day. >> and now let's see how badly you want it. if you don't want it that's okay with me, too.

miller, john mcloughlin, former acting director of the cia and national security analyst, msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg, former federal prosecutor, former chief of staff to james comey. peter alexander at the white house, i believe you were in the photo opportunity with the president just now. what did he say? >> reporter: we will hear those remarks momentarily. we are cueing up the tape right now. but after he was done introducing some political prisoners from north korea, i asked him specifically about that memo, why he thought it should be made public. he said that he viewed the political biases here in his words as a disgrace, he said a lot of people in his words should be very ashamed of themselves. he would go on to say that he has declassified that memo, so there's the real headline, the memo has been declassified, that he says it has been sent over to congress right now, in his words, as you will hear as we play the tape momentarily, it's effectively up to the house intelligence community to do with it as they wish. he said it was important it be made public. i asked him about rod rosenstein, whether he had confidence in the deputy attorney general. he deflected on that, did

alexander joins us flow the white house. okay, so peter, on this monday morning, do we have a clear sense of where john kelly stands in this administrationod question. we'll be talking about this for a second week, this saga, six days in, at least as much about the chief of staff john kelly as it is about rob porter, even this many days later the white house and kelly haven't gotten their stories straight. the white house dispatching several senior white house officials to defend kelly, insisting the president has the full confidence in the four-star marine general mick mulvaney, one of the names the president has mused about replacing the president with calling this much ado about nothing. kellyanne conway saying the president has fall confidence in kelly. she said that roughly a year ago today and then michael flynn was fired a matter of hours later. it's kelly's credibility and leadership that are under scrutiny right now. i'm struck by the fact that the white house is relaunching this infrastructure week. today a infrastructure day. the president will be bringing state and local leaders here to talk about this $1.5 trillion infrastru