john heilemann of the circus. president of the counsel on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray "richard haass and david ignatius and heidi przybyla is with us as well. we have the circus with us here. are they going to take pictures of you drinking your coffee? >> no, of you drinking your coffee. >> that's the reason they're here. so the real michael cohen will be in court today in the wake of the fbi raid last week. it comes as the legal bills continue to mount for the president. nearly $4 million since he was sworn in. >>> on that, i heard that is it true that he spent like 20% of all the money they've raised politically on legal bills? did you hear that john heilemann? >> is that true? that's a lot. >> big chunk. >> what a waste. >> i wouldn't be surprised by it. >> a big chunk going to legal bills. >> i spent much of sunday on twitter railing against jim comey's media blitz and the president calls it, quote, mission accomplished in syria. we'll discuss whether there is a strategy follo

john heilemann, you spent the day at the white house. did they actually think there is any chance of this nomination surviving even into next week? >> i was about ten feet from donald trump when he made those comments, lawrence. i was sitting right to his left in the front row. and i have to say you could -- your interpretation of what donald trump was doing there was about as obvious to i think me and everybody else in the room, anybody who has ever been, who has ever seen a nomination go down in washington, d.c., have to be able to draw on. you see the president, he could not have been clearer. he does not want to have to tell the guy to actually cut him lose. but he wants the guy to get the message. he was hinting as strong as he could. when donald trump, the ultimate narcissist says hey, if it was me, i would drop out that is his way of saying dude, you should drop out. you think of the reputation of ronny jackson, this candy man thing talked about on cnn, that is a phrase that is new to the public discourse in relation to ronny jack

you know, john heilemann, michael cohen knows where this story ends. he has to do is look at the four or five people that are already cooperating with mueller's investigation and the disinformation campaign from donald trump is no match for facts, no match for investigators, but it does seem that the southern district of new york investigation is what is seen as an existential threat inside the white house and it is why many staff members are basically trying to figure out which is the first family member that's going to be going to jail. >> michael cohen not only knows where this is headed, he knows in the a great degree of detail because he knows what he's done in service to donald trump. he's been -- we said a million times now he proudly calls himself the president's fixer but what that's meant in the course of his service to donald trump is he's served as a global business development adviser. he's run around the four corners of the planet trying to get donald trump's name on to big buildings and in the process of doing that, as we know even in a

john heilemann joins us live now from mexico city so what is the latest on with these these proteststhese marches and nicaragua. yes in cimarron that we were hearing there's been a big march off the noon in men i was talking about probably thousands of people maybe not tens of thousands of come out on the street now the march was organized by the private sector nic i work but it's not just businessmen though so you don't know some of the people from different sectors of society we've been monitoring it as it goes past some people calling out the names of the dead there's now more than twenty people have been killed in these protests all the shouting out murder is murder is one of the charge that's almost definitely authorities police tactics i think criticizes heavy handed not just by people in the country but also by international organizations you also heard in iran's ripple so that some of the things the people are unhappy about many of those protesters were heading towards one of the main university campuses in mind i was the polytechnic university and that's been taken over quit

the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger john heilemann does either. three suicide bombers have attacked the pakistani city of quite a killing at least six police officers on bomber detonated his explosives near a police truck on the road towards the airport while two others attacked a paramilitary checkpoint on the outskirts of the city fifteen police and soldiers were wounded no one is claimed responsibility for the attacks. rights groups say thousands of factories in bangladesh are still unsafe five years after its worst industrial disaster or than eleven hundred people mostly female textile workers died in the two thousand and thirteen rana plaza collapse trial strafford reports. he's been described as the worst industrial disaster in bangladesh is history but twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen more than eleven hundred people were crushed to death in two thousand and two thousand injured when an eight story building collapsed in an industrial suburb of the capital dhaka. the majority of the victims were women working in garment factories in t

what a great note to end on with our thanks to john heilemann, to sam stein.entlemen, thank you very much. as we go to break, the president has just issued forth another tweet. james comey memos just out and show clearly there was -- where have i heard this before -- no collusion and no obstruction. also he leaked classified information. wow. will the witch hunt continue? i can give you ten seconds for reaction, mr. hooilman because i'm lit for a break already. >> you asked at the very top of the seg nlt who thought these memos would be exculpatory. anybody talking to talking to donald trump who was waiting for these memos to be leaked so he could write that tweet. >> thank you to our guests. we'll go to a break. coming up, potential lip the greatest high wire act of this administration where foreign policy is concerned when "the 11th hour" continues. here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a

we'll talk about that with national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc john heilemann.strategist susan del percio. president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is with us. and joining the conversation, "new york times" washington bureau chief elizabeth bumiller. and also political reporter for the "washington post" and moderator of "washington week" on pbs, robert costa. john heilemann, i will continue the list with you. there's a caravan, a caravan in his mind. i think there is a caravan somewhere in central america or maybe moving up to mexico and buzzfeed i think has a reporter on it. so there's this big caravan of people. a big -- there's -- john heilemann, there are a couple of vehicles from people who would like to come to the united states and donald trump has been tweeting about this now for four or five days. you can take the tweet down. i don't want to see the tweet anymore. he's been tweeting about this for four or five days only because fake news is covering it. and while he's doing that, he's attacking the "washington post," a newspaper that

reforms and greg as president described most of the demonstrations taking pot as young criminals john heilemann has more. president will take to finally came out and address the country after full days of protest in nicaragua and what he said wasn't that conciliatory towards the protesters became outflanked not just by his cabinet but also by military and police figures which in itself tells a story of what he had to say was that the protesters might have shadowy political figures the hind the so that didn't really seem an address. attempting to reach out to the protestors to try and find some sort of dialogue and these are protests the aren't just happening in the capital managua but also in several other cities in the country the spark that really lit them seem to have been about changes to the social security structure mechanisms in the country but also there's been tension in this country before then president will take is seen by n.g.o.s and also by analysts have been undermining democratic institutions in the country in the bid to hang on to power he's now in his third consecutive term he

have been killed in the unrest sponsored by controversial pension reforms so it's now speak to john heilemann who joins me from mexico city john how important is it that we're hearing now from the president to take a. while i think it's the address that probably a lot of nicaragua have been waiting for one way or another and when it finally came as you say off the food days of protests in which daniel ortega has been silent it wasn't very conciliatory towards the people there protesting he came out not just by cabinet members but also by the police and military which tells its own message and then he said that the protests is a lot of them students and people are saying these young people really don't have any idea what they're doing and i'm paraphrasing they haven't seen the horrors of war of course nicaragua did go for a civil war in the past he basically accused them of being criminals said that they may be shadowy political parties that are behind them so there wasn't really an effort to reach out to the people that are protesting not just among our the capital but also in various other c

john heilemann, kimberly atkins standing by to talk to us next. >>> and later scott pruitt tries to defend himself but did the, as we call him, embattled epa chief do himself any favors? "the 11th hour" just getting started on a thursday night. play "do it like this". [music plays] when everything's connected, it's simple. easy. awesome. >>> as we might have mentioned, the president distanced himself today from his longtime personal attorney michael cohen, who is facing that criminal investigation in new york. he hinted he may get more deeply involved in the management of his justice department as he called it, which is overseeing of course the mueller/russia investigation. the president slammed former fbi director james comey as, quote, liar, leaker, and said his memos were phony. and of course the president made very clear, as he often does, there was no collusion. maggie haberman of "the new york times" wrote on twitter after the interview aired, quote, trump aides fought for months to keep him from doing what he did this morning, the thing that makes him happiest. just calling "fox & f

that the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger john heilemann. political change continues to gather steam in armenia following the resignation of prime minister serge sarkozy and he stepped down following almost two weeks of mass protests tens of thousands marched for a different cause on tuesday to commemorate the mass killing of armenians during world war one robin forestay walker reports from europe where for many the annual day of mourning held its significance. armenians were back on the streets of the capital. this time to commemorate the immediate victims of mass killings in one hundred fifteen by the ottoman turks it's an ideal occasion but after weeks of street protests ending with monday's dramatic resignation of prime minister said assad and his cabinet the pilgrimage this year feels different if show for all the people who are excited today's commemoration as an added level the significance. this is something completely different it's like people broke free of their chains. today armenians have gathered as they do every year to rememb

with us for more, john heilemann, co-author of "game change" and double down, and co-host of the circus on showtime. this is his busy season. kimberly atkins is back with us as well. chief washington reporter for the boston herald and an msnbc contributor. so, kimberly, you know i come at you in both of your roles in life, journalist on one side. i don't know how the two of you get along. but with both hats on, did the president's appearance today help anyone, or were people only diminished by it? >> i think it probably gave his attorneys more agita and more reason to want to keep him from sitting down with robert mueller based on the sort of stream of consciousness, angry, ang anger-fueled rant that he went on, that not only did he seem to incull pate himself in matters involving michael cohen, railing against the justice department, which only fuels a potential obstruction of justice investigation, but he has difficulty again with the truth, with matters in terms of the democrats, for example, torpedoing his va pick. no. it was actually republicans on the veterans affairs committee wh

john heilemann joins us now from the task for america a migrant hub in mexico the mexican government is saying that people in dispersing but what have you been seeing on the ground match on. where you can probably see them behind me and up against this people are still very much here at this sort of makeshift camp set up in a field in the state of what hakka and what's currently happening which you'll probably be able to see through this window is that the mexican government is actually handing out visas to people for a safe conduct to go through mexico visas for twenty days to a month so far as we are right now it's not true that this caravan is disbanding their plan is to march first to pueblo and then after that to mexico city along the route they're going to decide which people they think might qualify for asylum in the united states and then small groups of those people not the caravan itself will then travel to the united states border to try and get asylum quite a journey down barking upon one of the people in the caravan telling you what's the mood like. you're exactly right

migrants heading towards the united states very difficult for them indeed thank you so much for that john heilemann my forests in waka time now for a story that's off the grade and well this next segment might be off the grid but it spans consonance and decades it all starts with a harmless looking video of a sold out concert in tel aviv the problem for many people is. that this artist is a south african rapper black coffee and many people back home think that he shouldn't have performed in israel much less said that he loved one of its cities even the ruling african national congress party has responded reiterating its call for a cultural boycott of israel they n.c. says it's witnessed unacceptable violations of human rights and international law by israel as well as increased israeli racism against africans the party says it was deeply concerned by black toffees visit to tel aviv and hopes to engage him in a dialogue now for his part the artist says that he is not a political party and that he's basically just working to feed his family but the backlash has persisted and we spoke to one person in

from central america to violence and sexual assault echoing language from his election campaign john heilemanneports of one haka by him that migrants from the so-called caravan heading to the u.s. border. one is packing to go again this is been his life since he left his family in honduras to join the caravan of migrants heading through mexico he says he had no choice but to leave put a limit on the lot i had problems with the maras gangs in honduras they wanted me to join them and i don't like those things so they came looking for me to kill me going from poverty to the tween curses of central america especially honduras and el salvador these people are trying to escape their stories are harrowing and helical says gang members raped her twice and extorted her small talk to your business until she couldn't pay them they said they take her five year old daughter ashley instead. they sell the children to people for sexual abuse that was when i decided to leave my country because i didn't want my daughter to suffer what i'd gone through companies are doing this caravan has infuriated president tr

let's talk about the personal side of things, which also had to hurt, john heilemann.ld trump brushing all of this aside and saying, oh, no, no, the southern district of new york, they are not interested in me, they are not coming after me. they are going after michael cohen. they are going to bust him because of his business dealings, whether it was medallions or other issues they are investigating. donald trump sent a message to his voters that michael cohen is the bad guy, not me. at the same time, he sent a message to michael cohen, i'm going to throw you under the bus any chance i get. >> right. at minimum, i cannot be relied on to have your back, that i am going to look out for myself. obviously, if michael cohen is paying attention to donald trump, he should have figured that out a long time ago. to raise the point from earlier on the show, michael cohen has business interests apart from donald trump. donald trump has other lawyers and business associates than michael cohen. it is the case, for most of the time michael cohen worked with and represented donald tr

strikes he is confident government forces chlorine gas last week suspected chemical attack on duma john heilemann has more from. the summit of the americas has now finished in lima peru on the main day of talks with slightly hijacked by what's happening in another part of the world vice president pence of the united states asked the other leaders it would is the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere to rally round the united states led attack on syria i call upon every nation in this hemisphere freedom. to support this military action taken by the united states and our allies and to support it publicly the u.s. is also pushing for growing sanctions and isolation of venezuela a country that's been suffering economic and humanitarian problems for quite some time it also has elections coming up next month and sixteen countries signed an agreement which calls for those elections to be free and fair there are worries that the opposition isn't going to have much of a chance in those elections now the main theme of the summit the official theme was against corruption and at the e

several notable absentees including the us president donald trump who pulled out at the last moment john heilemann joining us from lima to tell us what more we expect at that summit. yes the summit has now got underway the meeting of today the plenary is now in action but there's a lot of things to discuss today at this summit the official main theme is corruption and that's certainly very relevant here in latin america the host country peru actually lost its president a couple of weeks ago to a bribery scandal that's really rocked the entire region the question is whether they can really clear the opera provide any concrete solutions over just two days of talks of course another issue here is going to be syria vice president pence who's come in place of president trump is going to address the other leaders on what the u.s. is doing in the u.s. actions in syria it's going to be interesting to see what the other leaders say in response that everyone gets a chance to speak at this summit and if they come out and who comes out in support of one of the issue that's going to be playing on everyone's mi

demonstrations across nicaragua protest as a new reforms to social security that include cuts to pensions john heilemann reports. antigovernment protests simic and i were are unusual but they're happening now. it started when pensions were cut by five percent of employees social security contributions will raise slightly but i am here because i'm indignant and indignant at my grandparents are going to receive five percent or less of the. pension after having called for forty five years that is not money that are being limited there is money that they already so they bother me. and it could not remain sitting any longer. several people have been killed many others injured in running battles between protesters and police street barricades have been thrown and students have occupied at least one university the government sought to restrict coverage of the protests cutting the signal of at least three channels which was showing the independent media say that's a clear violation of the freedom of the press in. these are acts of repression and unexplainable censorship by the government the government has been

john heilemann. you know many of the opposition leaders say they want parliamentary elections to be held as soon as possible to prevent you see and from running the country from behind the scenes there were celebrations in the capital the on monday after the sixty three year old resigned as prime minister after nearly two weeks of protests robin for a city walker reports now from the. tension turned to celebration after eleven days of street protests that proved its prime minister. yet it was a humiliating to say. the band who has clung to power in the for the soviet republic for a decade on monday he was to preserve the peace he said just hours after soldiers were seen joining the crowds we know that the country has been suffering specifically under the rule of the two. mandates of the president with absolute lack of institutional freedom so be it the judicial be it the the dia police be at the. the health or culture or even the religious of the fact that they read it took the initiative on individu

children are stuck in southern mexico where officials are trying to determine their legal status john heilemann has more from mexico city. donald trump says that putting troops on the border is a big step but it's actually something that the two presidents that came before him also did temporarily what's going to determine exactly how big it is is how many military personnel is going to put on that mexico united states divide and what exactly they're going to do president trump also said that he's going to be talking to mexico about the cooperation on migration across that mexican us border he seems to think the mexico is not doing enough to cooperate with the united states and stop country migrants from countries in central america like honduras and el salvador crossing through this country on their way to the united states is even said that if he doesn't get what he wants he could pull out of nafta the free trade agreement between the united states mexico and canada what president trump doesn't seem to be aware of is that here in mexico on the southern border they've been tightening the up fo

is dominated the discussions on the second and final day of the summit of the americas in peru john heilemann has more from the capital lemur. the issue of syria and the u.s. led missile strike really did jump to the top of the ten day here and the vice president of the united states mike pence talked to the other leaders this is the biggest gathering of leaders in the hemisphere and he basically asked them to back the united states let's hear from him now. but today i call upon every nation in this hemisphere freedom to support this military action taken by the united states and our allies and to support it publicly if. this unilateral illegal action without evidence conclusions from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons whose team look for proof on the ground constitutes a flaky violation of the principles of human law so you just heard last week there from the cuban foreign minister and that was one country to come out and say actually we don't agree with what with this u.s. led mission strike other countries did say that they agree with it at least tacitly saying that t

to hit the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger john heilemann.well vanessa newman is the chief executive of a symmetrical political risk consultancy she explains the public anger about welfare reform aimed at president or take. the poor in nicaragua which is most of nicaragua that they are being that the system is stacked against them that this legislation that this was yet one more legislation that was in cahoots between the dictatorship and the business community and was was and is robbing them they had sort of allowed a ceding of governance rights in exchange for being taken care of and now they're not being taken care of and now everything has unleashed you know the control of the national assembly the supreme court the nepotism that his wife is the vice president the elimination of presidential terms and now they just want all of it out they want to kick out the system supporters of armenia's opposition are calling for more protests after planned talks with the ruling party were canceled many want a transitional government a new elections af

joe and mika are back on monday. >>> john heilemann and donny deutsch. susan delpercio.s. and this hour, former press secretary to president obama, nbc news political analyst, josh earnest. and the editor in chief of buzz feed himself, ben smith. this is like an old new york one reunion. let's talk about the lawsuit that was dropped by michael cohen. he had spoken aggressively about what he was going to do to buzz feed. he might keep you on after he owned buzz feed. why did he drop it now? >> i think -- you would really have to ask him why he dropped it. i do think one thing that's changed since we pub accomplished bsh published it, since donald trump made those remarks it has become pretty clear to a lot of us that the dossier was of public interest and the central investigation of the russia story. a lot of democrats said when we pub accomplished it salished it important document. a lot dismissed it. this is the one thing devin nunes agrees on. nobody says that it is irrelevant or not in the public interest. you would have to ask michael cohen but i do think that part

to what he said in two thousand and fifteen when he claimed that mexican immigrants of rapists john heilemann has more from united latin in mexico's vera cruz state people the caravan of people from central america has been traveling through mexico appears to be winding down at the moment a lot of people appeared off they're heading to mexico city and from there they going to make their own route even to seek refuge in this country or to try and get to the border with the united states but it's been something that president trump of the united states has been infuriated by he's been tweeting about this along the course of the caravan and he came out with a comment that was unsubstantiated and quite outlandish and remember my opening remarks the trump tower when i opened everybody said all he was so tough and i use the word rape and yesterday it came out were this journey coming up women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before the president trumps comment in which he appears to toi rape and levels of rape to the passage of this caravan heading through mexico is as we said unsubsta

john heilemann joins us live from lima so the summit has now finished what's been achieved. well the peruvian president would say what's been achieved is an agreement on corruption which is the main theme of the summit he says it's an achievement because the last two summits ended without an agreement where corruption is an especially big deal in latin america it's still shaken from a huge bribery scandal reach really rocked the entire region but when you listen to the heads of state talking about this main thing in the plenary session they seem to be more keen to talk about what they've already done to combat corruption rather than what their shortcomings have been and what their failings are just as an example the president of mexico talked about an anti corruption system that's been put in in the country. as being under. his government was. doing its very flawed. agreement. of. we've seen it so far the last john holl worst he went from a nexus one came back down fishing lines got too bad sorry about that political parties in iraq have started campaigning for upcoming elec

channels covering the protests to stop broadcasting john heilemann has more. antigovernment protests in nicaragua were are unusual but they're happening now. it started when pensions were cut by five percent and employees social security contributions were raised slightly. i am here because i'm indignant i'm indignant at my grandparents who are going to receive five percent or less of their already anemic bench and after having board for forty five years that is not money that are being lent that is money that they already paid in so they bother me it bothered me and it could not remain sitting any longer several people have been killed a many others injured in running battles between protesters and police street barricades have been thrown and students have occupied at least one university the government sought to restrict coverage of the protests cutting the signal of at least three channels which was showing the independent media say that's a clear violation of the freedom of the press the vice president and first lady. has described protesters as trying to

john heilemann is monitoring developments from mexico city. it was a surprise announcement president daniel ortega coming out to say that he was canceling changes to the social security system in nicaragua and the payments that people and companies would have to make into that system it comes after five days of protest which have spread not just to the capital but other cities now why did president take a make that announcement well he's come under pressure not just from the united states and the european union but also from the u.n. and the pope they've all expressed concern about events in the country there's been concern also within the country about the heavy handed tactics that people have said the police have used against the protesters there have been multiple deaths including police officers and there are also been many injuries now the question will be if president takers climb down is going to be enough to stop the protests they become about more than just the issue of the social security payments but about the legitimacy of the pres

could come out of indeed and mike pence meeting opinion yet it will be an interesting one as well john heilemann i'm sure will report that this is in this that takes place thank you for now. now acquittals president has confirmed the death of two journalists who were kidnapped on the border with colombia last month the men list seized along with their driver by a full a faction of colombia's fault rebel group the reporters were on assignment for the key to based. newspaper when they were abducted. with deep sorrow i regret to inform you that the twelve hour deadline is over we have not received proof of life and regrettably we have information that confirms the death of a compound there's not a lot more to come on this out as their news hour including this is nothing more than a poorly executed p.r. stunt by comey to desperately rehabilitate his tattered reputation the white house responds to a book by the former f.b.i. director that likens the president to a mafia boss. pakistan's former prime minister now i sharif is banned from politics for life. and a clash of european titles as couple of is

to hit the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger john heilemann. just about live to the white house now where u.s. president donald trump is hosting the french president and. joins us live now from the white house kimberly so a rousing reception for emanuel macro at the white house we were talking to you earlier you were saying that the white house is perhaps laying the groundwork then to leave the iranian nuclear deal. right let me give you just a sense of what's happening on the south lawn because it truly is spectacular this is the first state visit that the u.s. president donald trump has held and it's no coincidence that he is holding it for the french president emmanuel macron it's certainly underscores the deep friendship and relationship that spans some two centuries between these two nations as certainly washington is all decked out for this in terms of pomp and pageantry the streets are lined with united states as well as french frat flags even the district of columbia's flag is positioned there as well and the two men as they speak there

says some of those deaths may have been unlawful john heilemann reports. people continued to come out in the streets of nicaragua despite president donnie it'll take a pic ching the reform to the social security system that is first sparked protests last week. of the thousands who marched through the capital menow were on monday this is now become about something more they are protesting against the president himself the minute the minute that's when they make it that their final seconds this protest is bigger than all the rest because people have grown tired people are worn out from the violation of rights rights of the people the violation of the constitution this was the vote that knocked over the glass as they say the president or take is now on his third consecutive term and has been accused of nepotism his wife is the vice president and for undermining democratic institutions to tighten his grip on power. his critics will now add to that list repression police have used heavy handed tactics in dealing with protesters close to thirty people have been

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his presidential campaign in two thousand and fifteen said some mexican immigrants are rapists john heilemann reports now from claim as migrants from the so-called caravan headed to the u.s. border. one is packing to go again this is been his life since he left his family in honduras to join the caravan of migrants heading through mexico he says he had no choice but to leave. i had problems with the maras gangs in honduras they wanted me to join them and i don't like those things so they came looking for me to kill me going from poverty to the tween curses of central america especially honduras and el salvador these people are trying to escape their stories are harrowing and helical says gang members raped her twice and extorted her small talk to your business until she couldn't pay then they said they take a five year old daughter ashley instead. they sell the children to people for sexual abuse that was when i decided to leave my country because i didn't want my daughter to suffer what i'd gone through companies are doing this caravan has infuriated president trump who feared a mass border

similar to what he said in twenty fifteen when he claimed that mexican immigrants are rapists john heilemann has more from minute to plan which is along the route that the refugees and migrants have been traveling. the caravan of people from central america has been traveling through mexico appears to be winding down at the moment a lot of people appeared off and they're heading to mexico city and from there they going to make their own route even to seek refuge in this country or to try and get to the border with the united states but it's been something that president trump of the united states has been infuriated by he's been tweeting about this along the course of the caravan and he came out with a comment that was unsubstantiated and quite outlandish and i remember my opening remarks to trump tower when i opened everybody said all he was so tough and i use the word rape and yesterday it came out were this journey coming up women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before the president trumps comment in which he appears to toi rape and levels of rape to the passage of this cara

channels covering the protests to stop broadcasting john heilemann has more. antigovernment protests cynical are were are unusual but they're happening now. it started when pensions were cut by five percent and employees social security contributions were raised slightly. i am here because i am indignant indignant that my grandparents are going to receive five percent or less of their already anemic bench and after having board for forty five years that is not money that are being lent that is money that they already paid in so they bother me it bothers me and it could not remain sitting any longer several people have been killed a many others injured in running battles between protesters and police street barricades have been thrown and students have occupied at least one university the government sought to restrict coverage of the protests cutting the signal of at least three channels which was showing the independent media say that's a clear violation of the freedom of the press the vice president and first lady. has described protesters as trying to destro

john heilemann joins us live from lima so john the leaders there have been taking it in turns to address the summit to what they've been saying. is they finish shortly ago but as you said the issue of syria and the u.s. led missile strike really did jump to the top of the journey to hear the vice president of the united states mike pence talk to the other leaders this is the biggest gathering of leaders in the hemisphere and he basically asked them to back the united states so let's hear from him now. but today i call upon every nation in this hemisphere freedom. to support this military action taken by the united states and our allies and to support it publicly if. this unilateral illegal action without evidence or conclusions from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons whose team look for proof on the ground constitutes a flaky violation of the principles of human lawyer. so you just heard last week there from the cuban foreign minister and that was one country to come out and say actually we don't agree with what with this u.s. led missile strike other countries did

i'm john heilemann in for nicolle wallace. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> i wrote it down. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. james comey's memos from about his conversations with president trump are out there now for all to see. they document in realtime the accounts the former fbi director gave in his public testimony, under oath, and his recently published book. the justice department turned over the comey memos last night. ironically under the threat of subpoena by house republicans. well, those memos, which represent key evidence in the ongoing criminal investigation of the president, were promptly leaked to the press. among other things, the memos back up comey's assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. what any do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former british intelligence officer christopher steele. in one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest

trump is one he pulled out at the last moment just ahead of those military strikes in syria so john heilemann joins me live from lima what if we had a summit that. well as we speak spectate today a lot of the talk has been about venezuela the issue there is really serious problems in terms of the economy in terms of humanitarian issues and also in terms of an upcoming election that many countries around there isn't going to be free and there was lots of halt to it during his way there and again election the united states to some degree is trying to push in that push that reaction against venezuela as well another issue that came up was obviously the u.s. led missile strikes against certain points of syria with different mostly regional allies talking about condemning the use of chemical weapons in syria is a sort of tacit rather than. two states but one of the countries canada went a bit further let's hear from prime minister justin trudeau. the decision by our allies the united states france and the united kingdom to take action to degrade the assad regime's ability to launch chemical weapon

i'm john heilemann in for nicolle wallace. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> i wrote it down.ardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. james comey's memos from about his conversations with president trump are out there now for all to see. they document in realtime the accounts the former fbi director gave in his public testimony, under oath, and his recently published book. the justice department turned

over door has been criticized for proposing amnesty for some people suspected of gang activity john heilemann reports. a country suffering record levels of violence governed by a president who many believe has run out of answers that's mexico where murders have risen to the highest point and two decades at that but in a couple of months the new leader will be elected the first presidential debate was the chance for candidates to say exactly how they'll stop the killing the country was looking on it may have been disappointed bullets were brandished graphs were held aloft but beneath the posturing analysts said that fresh ideas were lacking the one brand new one this is that he tumbled more. we need to chop the hands off any public servants who steal it's not a bad thing even the moderates was dumb about it's becoming but a lot of the proposals were less extreme but very general more and better trained police a truly independent attorney general and the increase in intelligence gathering capacities to deal with organized crime it's all been heard before and there was little detail on why it wi

possibly going down through latin america for the american president many thanks for that update john heilemann there speaking to us live from vera cruz . the ministry of health in garces says one palestinian has been killed by israeli soldiers near the border and another has died of injuries resulting from friday's violence at that brings the total number of palestinians killed by israeli forces in the border unrest to twenty since friday and the stephanie decker reports from west jerusalem the violence has put the israeli army's rules of engagement under scrutiny. these are unprecedented scenes along gaza's border with israel it's the biggest protest since a tiny strip was sealed off after hamas took power over ten years ago israeli army has been widely criticized for using excessive force charge it rejects the olders were strict i mean nobody should cross. the fence but i think there was restraint there high offices were on the ground all the time so it wasn't just the women of the if of a private you know the un and the e.u. have condemned israel's excessive use of force eighteen people wer