. >> look at what senator john mccain tweeted out... on the docket for tomorrow here at the white house, we are expecting that the white house counsel will approve some new powers and manpower for dhs to deal with illegal immigration. secretary john kelly sent over documents, they will among other things hire an additional 10,000 i.c.e. agents, and more border patrol agents and focus on prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens, convicted of a criminal offense, those that have a charge pending against them, people that i've abused public benefit programs. interesting aspect and a subject to removal orders but are still in the country, basically they are targeted for deportation but they have not yet left the country. the 287g program which of the partnership with local law enforcement to get them involved in defending the border and apprehending illegal aliens. but it does not include the national guard. of course, later on this week we are expecting the extreme vetting executive order. this one according to the white house will pass

. >>> president trump fired back about those comments from john mccain tweeting "senator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. only emboldens the enemy. he has been losing so long, he doesn't know how to win anymore." the white house press secretary sean spicer had this to say. >> anybody who undermines the success of that raid, owes an apology and a disservice to the life of chief owens. >> the yellen raid was the first military operation authorized by president trump. he called it a victory, but questions are being raised, including some criticism that the operation recovered outdated intelligence and that it was doomed from the very start. the navy seal team took heavy enemy fire, and chief petty officer ryan owens was killed along with a nof civilians, including women and children. for more on this, i'm joined by retired army general general mccaffrey. it's always great to have you with us. let me first ask you about this political division. i know you, sir, have sat in on many high level operations. how do you measure success? how doe

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he tweeted saying -- john mccain expressed his concern about the dangers of attacks of the media on meet the press. >> when i look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. >> reporter: while elsewhere in europe vice president mike pence is reassuring natoal -- nato allies that everything is okay. >> too many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and security for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be. >> reporter: it seems that the president's defense of his comments are still infitch for some swedes. -- insufficient for some swedes. the former prime minister was saying if he was talking about crime, that in orlando there were 50% more murders in all of sweden last year. back to you, sarah. >> thank you. >>> some of president trump's critics are trying to send him a message this noon. they are holding not my president's day rallies in several u.s. cities including in philadelphia. you're looking live at thomas payne plaza in center city where demonstrators are just beginning to gather for a march around city hall. walter perez wi

. >> reporter: a veteran gop operative who worked for senator john mccain firing back at miller on twitter. john weaver tweeting i know new hampshire as well as anyone. no viter fraud. buses easy to track. force them to prove it they can't. other claims they made before. >> you have millions who are registered in two states who are dead regregistered. >> reporter: members of his family were including steve daughter tiffany. gloria rivera abc news washington. >> president trump's national security adviser is also trying to weather his own crisis this morning. michael flynn may have misled top officials including the vice president. there are reports he had conversations with the russian ambassador about lifting sanctions several weeks before the president took office. the white house says flynn has no plans to resign. >>> as for president trump's travel ban, aides say all options remain on the table including a supreme court appeal that comes as federal agents conducted a series of raids across at least seven states rounding up hundreds of immigrants in the country illegally. immigration officials insist the rai

maria: we want to bring in a tweet donald trump tweeting right now we want to show it to you, senator i want your reaction, because he is talking about john mccainting this outright now senator john mccain should not talk about success or failure of a mission to the media only em3w08dens enemy he has been losing so long doesn't know how to win anymore, look at mess our country is in, bogged down in conflict all over the place our hero. this is going to get talked about day scott brown this tweet. >> yeah. i love john mccain a mentor i love john mccain a mentor national hero, and obviously, he and president need to sit down, like president obama did with cambridge police officer have a beer summit work it out we are americans first on same team i have never seen maria, president in charge 19 days i have never seen so much obstruction difficulty getting comae cabinet picks selected probably frustration but we need to work together because we have the presidency house and senate and we can do he amazing things if we work together. maria: what you do you think about this, i think you made important point just there scott that is they need to have a

john mccain. this came friday when the president tweeted the fake news failing new york times and abc and nbc is not my enemy, but the enemy of the american people. john mccain joked with his contentious issues with the media. he said dictators get started by attacking the press. >> i hate the press. i hate you, especially. the fact is we need you. we need a free press. if you want to preserve democrat ty as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. without it, i'm afraid we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. >> the cnn reporter who won for his reporting on watergate. >>> and a pillar of the republican tax plan may be dead in the water. with president trump promising pro pose al in the next few weeks, what does this mean for tax reform? a central part of the gop plan is a tax on imports into the u.s. opens oppose this. including the big retailers. reports of just many republican lawmakers don't want it either. this import tax would pay for the tax cutlering the rate from 25%. the import tax would offset that cost by

what the president's tweet attacking john mccain. in said something that annoyed trump and mccain annoys all presidents with, that's why he's a charming guy. trump instead of brushing it off, attacks mccain viciously in a tweet. he's giving comfort to our enemies by mentioning at this raid in yemen seems to not have gone as well as was hoped. john mccain is one of 52 republican senators. he's an important one of the 52. they only have 52. it takes 50 to get legislation passed. trump's behaving as if he has, you know, 25 vote margin in the senate, those guys are automatically going to go along with everything he wants. they're going to defend him when he's attacked, or he doesn't need them. you do need them if you're president of the united states. at some point, you need to pass legislation. i think he's at great risk of losing the sort of bending over backwards sort of deference that a party gives, a party in congress gives to the president of their same party early on. and just talking privately to congressmen and senators, this may

relationships around the world, i think that's why you see people like john mccain drawing a distinct line, try to get john mccain to talk about a tweet that trump has that morning, good luck. he won't say anything, but something like this call with the prime minister of australia, he's out there in front of it. and i think that's a pattern that is going to continue until they work out exactly thousand communicate with these members up on the hill. >> nbc's kasie hunt, thank you all of you for joining us. appreciate that. >>> quick break here. still ahead, the other major today out of the white house. a the lot of news coming out of the white house. this one about president trump and his executive order trying to scale back financial regulations that barack obama put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. trump touted that order today. >> we expect to be cutting a lot out of dodd frank, i have so many people, nice businesses that can't borrow money. they can't get any money because of the banks. won't let them borrow. >> trump's going after a big part of barack obama's legacy here. what will it mean for wall street and for you? my

. >> and what else are we hearing about the tweet slamming john mccain? >> this came after the press briefing when the white house secretary who said that anyone who calls that mission in yemen a failed mission owes an apology to the fallen soldier, ryan owens. this morning president trump doubling down on those comments. he said senator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media, he's been losing so long, he doesn't know how to win anymore. look at the mess our country is in, bogged down in conflict all over the place. this is the type of rhetoric that resonated on the campaign trail. but the question is for a sitting president, how will this resonate with folks across the country and for lawmakers on capitol hill, for senator john mccain's colleagues? i anticipate we'll continue to get fallout from that. senator john mccain has insisted that the fallen soldier is a hero but at the same time he has every right to take a hard look at the mission. >> kristen, thank you. i want to bring in our justice correspondent p

came as he faced harsh criticism throughout the day saturday from arizona senator john mccain and others after he tweeted friday night, "the fake news media is , failing new york times, abc, nbc, cbs, cnn is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the american people!" this is senator mccain speaking to chuck todd in an interview on nbc's "meet the press." senator mccain: a fundamental part of that new world order is a free press. i hate the press. but the fact is, we need you. we need a free press. we must have it. it is vital. if you want to preserve -- i am very serious and now -- if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free, and many times adversarial, press. and without it, i am a freight that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that is how dictators get started. juan: that is arizona republican senator john mccain. journalists and editors also condemned trump's comment. gabriel sherman, the national affairs editor at new york magazine, called it "full-on dictator speak." fox news anchor chris wallace said trump's comment "crosses an important line." ant

--ator john mccain politicians and media heavyweights blasting the president's tweet in which he demonized much of the mainstream media. including john kasich who told cnn that the press is vital and plays an important part in our democracy. we do carry all five sunday shows on c-span. john in missouri. caller: thank you for taking my call, i have been trying for a while. the best president i have had -- bit -- i think a reagan was probably one of the best. i have reservations for a few who were there before. especially mr. carter. and then we had mr. obama. to what no comparison reagan stepped into when we had the iran crisis there with people who were held there for 400 days. and we all knew that when the election came, and reagan ended up being president that the situation was going to end. and they didn't give him enough credit. the president of the united states, trump, 100%. and i wish the news media and , they wouldsenators give him time to put his agenda in. people inmocratic congress are not letting him get his cabinet in there so he could straighten that stuff out. glad am just h

spicer should know that story. >> senator john mccain with a message for sean spicer. this morning, president trump is tweetinging about the success of failure to the media. he's been losing so long, he doesn't know how to win anymore. look at the mess our count is in, bogged down in conflict all over the place. looks like the president has more on that. joe, what to make on that? >> you know, it's day trading of the worst sort. we should be past that now and understand that he's done that and mark that down on the book. i was writing a list of people and maybe he's doing this as mark halperin suggests from what judge gorsuch said to senator blumenthal. again, this is just a numbers game. if you are donald trump and you like winning because he's talking about john mccain losing. let me tell you how you lose? you have a four-vote majority in the united states senate to stop anything you want to do and with these renewed attacks on john mccain, you now lose john mccain and lindsey graham on any close call. it's a 50/50 slit and you have rubio who he insults weekly, cruz. ben sasse who is independent, susan colli

last night, sean hannity was tweeting out kremlin propaganda accusing john mccain of war crimes. host: if you want to talk to ,"vid frum of "the atlantic republicans -- host: "how to build an autocracy " is the cover story for the march edition of "the atlantic." it would mean a lot of checks and balances would have had to a failed, starting with the separation of powers. how does that fail in what you look to the future for? guest: checks and balances are a mechanism.ot a there only people. the first check is the congress. they allocate funds, oversee activities. in an age of polarization, congress has become a check only on presidents of the opposite party. we saw that beginning to appear in the clinton years. strengthened in the bush years, further than that in the obama years, and already strengthen more than that now. oversight were announced, and not one of them involve donald trump's financial activities or anything to do with the trump investigation. right now they are investigating a twitter account of the national park services, at a time where do with the most -- forei

cannot let go his fight with senator john mccain, republican senator john mccain, over whether the raid in yemen was a success or failure. within the hour, trump tweeted, senator mccain should not be talking about success of failure of the media. he's been losing so long, he doesn't know how to win anymore. just look at the mess our country is in, bogged down in conflicts all over the place. our hero ryan died on a mission, not a failure. time for the u.s. to get smart and start winning again. back with me is the panel. i want to point out donald trump put this on twitter where he has millions of followers. what he was criticizing john mccain for in terms of talking to the media, winning, losing, it is what donald trump is doing. what is your take? >> american hero, john mccain, versus american zero, donald trump. >> okay. stop. >> draft dodger, the guy with the outchief first dares to tell senator mccain, war hero, he should not be commenting on military missions. this isn't about the failed raid in yemen. this is about the fact that senator mccain went on the senate floor yesterday and ripped donald trump a new one for saying that america and russia

. >> reporter: after that exchange, a gop operative who worked for senator john mccain fired at miller on twitter, tweetingno voter fraud, busses's easy to track. force them to prove it, they can't. and miller makes false #magicbus claim, offers no proof. delusional. >> miller repeating other claims the trump team made before. >> millions of people registered in two states, who are registered to vote. >> reporter: in fact, trump's family registered to vote on election day, incoming chief strategist steve and daughter, tiffany. >>> to the immigration battle playing out in the nation's capital. immigrant communities across the country are on the edge in the meantime asle from agents conduct a series of raids aimed at rounding up people who are in this country illegally. hundreds of imgrants across seven states, but immigration officials inzest they are routine and targeted arrested under president obama. >>> south of the border, 20,000 people marched to demand respect for their country and my grants here in the united states. the marchers protested plans for a wall and increased deportation of immigrants. >>

. >>> meanwhile, the president bashed john mccain for questioning the success of the yemen raid. the president tweeted that mccain's talking about the mission's success or failure only emboldens the enemy. he also said mccain doesn't know how to win anymore. a navy seal died in the january 20th raid along with dozens of civilians. >> an well, since city schools are closed again today after a blizzard dumped as much as 19 inches of snow on parts of the northeast. with temperatures in the teens and single digits overnight, slush on the roads is refreezing and commuters this morning could be in for another long day of traffic accidents. and polic those slippery conditions resulted in this crash. that vehicle slamming into a home. three residents were upstairs at the time. they were not injured but the crash knocked the house off its foundation and utilities had to be shut off. wow. so the house is no longer habitable. can you believe that? the residents were allowed to retrieve some of their belongings. the driver had only minor injuries and was not ticketed. temperatures by the way there in new hampshir

and john mccain, chair of the armed services committee, weighing in with a tweet.back to your calls and your thoughts on the president and his national security team. your confidence level in them. let's hear from dayton, ohio. caller: thank you very much. i have full confidence in this new president. has so much proactive talent that he will get the job done that we need done. i'm thankful that he is also a pro-life president. you can tell by the people he surrounded himself with. favor. do us a great listened to his talk at the prayer breakfast --s morning and he is just he has the values and the and the ability that we need and i'm thankful for that. confidence.ll i was a former military member. memberetired military and i'm thankful also that we have his support. that is my comment for today. you can find the prayer breakfast coverage on c-span.org. next, camilla, georgia. caller: good morning to you. situation,ok at the you see division all over america. you see women protesting. the conception of all life on this earth. you have to look at different nationali

john mccain continues. over mccain calling a deadly raid in yemen a failure. in a series of tweetsator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. only emboldens the enemy. he has been losing so long, he doesn't now how to win any more. our hero ryan died on a wing mission according to general mattis, not a failure. mccain's press secretary responded in a statement, quote, senator mccain will continue to execute his oversight duties as chairman of the senate armed services committee and support the brave men and women serving our nation in uniform. some senate republicans are also speaking out in favor of john mccain. >> well, john mccain is a hero and a united states senator who speaks his mind and somebody that we all listen to, particularly when it comes to national security matters. >> i don't agree with that. without assessment by the president. my recollection is john mccain was commenting about the military efficacy of the operation and didn't ultimately achieve its military objection. i don't think that in any way diminishes the brav

. >> president trump is tweeting about john mccain.ing by the media, by you people, the false, horrible, fake reporting. >> we need a free press. we must have it. it's vital. by the unwillingness to separate truth from lies. when mr. trump attacks women, i have to part company. in many respects, this administration is in disarray. the whole environment is one of dysfunction in the trump administration. as far as national security is concerned. >>> joining us now, national affairs editor and msnbc contributor, gabriel sherman. good to have you on board. he looks at mccain's role now that trump is president with a cover story entitled, how many chances do you get to be an american hero. it was not two weeks into donald trump's presidency and john mccain was the fiercest critic of the new administration. mccain is not a republican in name only, he is a true believer, an elder of the tribe. he does not exactly relish being deemed the loyal opposition. some are saying you are trump's number one nemesis. is that the role you are trying to st

john mccain had to say. >> that's how dictators get started with tweets like that? >> no, they get started by suppressing a free press. i'm not saying that president trump is trying to be a dick thai toy. i'm saying learn the lessons of history. >> how do we cut president trump slack? maybe he made a mistake. he's calling the media the enemy of the american people. >> steph, to be fair, that's not a mistake. trump meant it. john mccain has been in congress too damn long. he ought to get out of congress. look, the american media, steph, better to self-awareness here. half of this country doesn't like them. i agree donald trump has to learn how to take criticism. the american media better understand quickly why so many people don't like them. this fight between the media and trump is going to continue. >> the fight is going to continue. what if it turns that many of the things the media is pushing, that they are going after, as we are looking for answers to what exactly president trump's ties to russia are, what are in his taxes? if the issues continue to go forward,

because there have been new developments on capitol hill after president trump tweeted a shout at republican senator john mccainalling the recent yemen raid a failure. the operation was president trump's first crack at being commander in chief and resulted in the death of navy seal ryan owens and at least 20 civilians according to the yemenee government. al-qaeda terrorists were also killed and intelligence was gathered. president trump tweeted, quote, senator mccain should not be talking about the successor failure of a mission to the media, only emboldens the enemy he's been losing so long he doesn't know how to win any more. just look at the mess our country is in. bogged down in conflict all over the place. our hero ryan died on a winning mission according to general mattis. not a failure. time for the u.s. to get smart and start winning again. the notion that the chairman of the senate armed services committee, senator john mccain, not to mention navy veteran and former p.o.w., and a war hero, the notion that he should not be talking about the success or failure of a military mission, that's an interesting

democrats and republicans on capitol hill, but war heroes like john mccain, gold star families, can't sleep through the night without tweetingout young women and whether they are overweight or not. can't get through a phone call with the australian ambassador, one of our oldest allies without criticizing him and praises vladimir putin and raises him up like a hero. there's obviously something going on here. it seems donald trump is getting played by the russians. we need to make sure the rest of us aren't as well. >> you hear what president trump says which is what's so wrong with my wanting to have a good relationship with russia. >> what's wrong with it is that russia is an enemy of the united states and working to undermine our allies and own troops across the world. you can't just play nice with russia. others have tried that and it never worked. we have to stand up to russia and allies and trump isn't willing to do that. >> your republican colleague in the house, jason chaffetz has said now that michael flynn resigned, the matter has taken care of itself. no need for more investigation. >> that's exactly what trump want

. >>> and senator john mccain, who has needless to say, had a tense history from the president tweeted out this this morning, calling a mack master a man of genuine character and ability. let's go to retired colonel francona. nice to have you on the program. let's talk about what the president had to say about generals when he was campaigning. >> i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. >> he also said the generals had been, quote, reduced to rubble. colonel, if you look at the picture around him, he has a general as his national security adviser, and he has retired general john kelly heading up homeland security security, and keith kellogg, and he is somebody that said he knew more than the generals and now he has them all around him, and what do you think about that? >> a dose of reality has set in, and he needs the advice of the senior officers. i think it's very good that he has done that, because a lot of people, a lot of military officers were a little concerned with his lack of experience in running a government and running

. >> and when senator john mccain armed services committee raised questions about the yemen rate, the president tweetedhis. i'm going to put it on the screen. if senator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. only he and bolden's the enemy. he has been losing so long he does not know how to win anymore. look, i take your point that you are not a punching bag here. and the president in the white house, they take incoming should be able to fire back. but does this kind of personal attack help the president in building a coalition that he is going to need for the bold agenda that all of you want? >> thank you, chris. it is an important question. i'm glad to have a chance to answer it. >> chris: just briefly, sir. >> our position is that we are the ally of hard-working men and women all across this country, and president trump is their champion. that is the coalition. the coalition is millions and millions and millions of decent patriotic citizens who just want a pay raise. they just want to go to school, just a safe community. and donald trump will never apolo

president trump is tweeted his intern about senators on both sides of the aisle for criticizing his policies. that includes the gop john mccaine and the democrats dick lube thaw. >> undocumented immigrants deeply offensive >> put up on school bulletin boards and read it is your civic duty to report any and all illegal aliens they have broken the law. the school doesn't know who put them you up. they say they're intended to provoke anger fear and hate. in a disturbing message in maple shade got people uneasy. there's showing flyers around the community. it's got a homophobic and racist message and appears to promote the kkk. the naacp released a statement saying, in part the fight is not over >>> a drive-by shooting. john davis for towson university. davis had just finished playing against directly and back at his family's home on the 900 block of 4th was outside when the gunshots rang out grazing another man. davis had been celebrating his son's dedication. >> he's ok now, no arrests and no motive tonight. >>> a statement from towson said we're extremely thankful that john and everybody else involved was not seriously harmed.

john mccain, where are the consequences? republicans are not breaking with the president over his tweets, over his bullying, over any of it. >> they didn't come out in support of his travel ban. >> it's one thing to vote for nominees. you give a lot of latitude to the president of your party. legislation. when you talk privately to a republican. you find senators and congressmen. judge gorsuch will get support because they respect the judge. democrats may let it go without a filibuster. you may see eight, ten, democratic votes. >> especially today. in a weird way this may have ended it. >> let it go. you get a nice win early on. the nuclear option doesn't have to be invoked. gorsuch, classiest thing he has done. united everybody. now he is sort of -- not poisoned but contaminated -- >> contaminated is a pretty good word. >> the pride one could take in saying. i was reluctant to vote for trump but he did the right thing with gorsuch. >> i think what it probably means, that after he gets the nominations through that he is not going to control the legislative agenda. mcconnell and ryan and republican leaders will control the le

john mccain. as you know he had a very harsh warning in response to trump's tweet that the media are the enemy ofn to what senator mccain said. >> if you want to preserve de y democracy as we know it you have to have a free and sometimes adversarial press. without it we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that is how dictators get started. >> and this was the tweet, this was the tweet that the president issued that he posted, quote, the fake news media failing "new york times", nbc, cnn, is not my enemy it is the enemy of the american people. how could president trump's attacks on the media like this erode democratic traditions as senator mccain is now suggesting. >> let's just pause to point out how astonishing it is for a united states senator of the same party to have to talk about his own president, a president who is a member of his party, warning about how dictatorships get started with this kind of rhetoric. i don't think any of us sitting on this show ever thought we would see that in our lifetimes. i also don't think we ever thought we would see a president of the u

tweeting at all hours. so it's a very, very busy time. >> shepard: regarding john mccain, what has the specifics of the white house's words been regarding john mccain's statements, especially on the heels of the president saying he was president a war hero? >> obviously this is the latest dust-up with mccain. it's not the first time that they have tangled. goes back a long way early on in his presidential bid. the president made some comments about mccain's war record. on the campaign trail, those didn't appear to hurt him. a lot of his base were supportive of that. as we saw, it worked out for him. the issue now is this an effective strategy that i can use to work with the senate to advance his agenda. is it helpful. i think we'll see how that plays out. >> shepard: the president, while he was a candidate, some of his biggest promises off the bat were a border wall, tax cuts, those two specifically. is there any progress -- and repealing and replacing obamacare. is there any progress on any of those fronts? >> he's started on all of those fronts. i don't think -- it's only two weeks in. he is talking about

fact is that by having to respond to all of these president's tweets, not just on these issues, but when the president attacks john mccain as he did yesterday, when the president goes after foreign leaders, when the president goes after the independents in the judiciary, democrats and republicans alike, who should be working together to advance a major infrastructure bill, something that i do support, something that i do look forward to working with the president on -- instead of having those discussions, we're all getting side-tracked. the best thing that could happen is to stop violating the ethics requirements. but beyond that, the biggest piece of advice i would have if we want to be serious about advancing these interests that are shared, democrats and republicans, is for the president to stop tweeting. that would be an initial step forward that might actually benefit the country as a whole, and it would ensure that he doesn't behave in a way that's beneath the office of the presidency. >> all right. i'm sure it's a story that will keep on giving. thank you, congressman ted -- i am sorry, i missed his last name. ted

about a week later, when donald trump insulted john mccain for being a prisoner of war, saying, quote, i like people who weren't captured, rupert murdoch tweeted, when is donald trump going to stop embarrassing his friends, let alone the whole country? we now know the answer to that question is never. and in the meantime, rupert murdoch embarrassed himself and fox news and the wall street journal and the post by reversing his position on candidate trump and using every one of those media outlets he owns to support the trump candidacy and now the trump presidency. to the point that an editorial writer was recently let go for being consistently anti-trump. while, of course, being consistently conservative. any thoughtful conservative has known from the start that it is impossible to be both conservative and pro-trump. and that is why it has been impossible for shows like this to book intellectually honest supporters of donald trump. they don't exist. syndicated columnist george f. will is the inheriter of the leading commentator and the most pro-stylist among them. throughout the trumpampaig george will became an increasingly lonely voice of fox

tweeted about this deal. we heard paul ryan talk about it. you had john mccain expressing a particular, you know, focus on this and saying that he even called the australian ambassador himself to talk about this. it's a little bit extraordinary, really, that something like that would go on, a little freelance diplomacy. and it underscores, i think, the level of concern on the part of some republicans that the way that donald trump is going about conducting diplomacy is fundamentally unsettling and not the way things are normally done. i was talking to another senator privately who said, look, donald trump doesn't even have the cabinet members he needs to start making major decision like this. he just had rex tillerson confirmed as secretary of state. and already there are all these things unfolding. so, you know, i think this is yet another example where members of congress feel like they would be a little more comfortable if there was a little more thought and a little more -- you know, maybe everything slowed down just a little bit at this point. >> kasie, we

. >> john mccain of course from munich, talking to our colleague chuck todd on "meet the press." this tweettrump set it off labeling the press as "the enemy of the american people." joining me two enemies, ruth marcus and "new york times" political reporter yamichel cinder. welcome both. he's criticized the press before but this was a step beyond and some said crossing the line because it's rhetoric that is ridolent of dictators past. >> past and present and it crosses the line because the constitution tells us it crosses the line. the first amendment doesn't say just freedom of speech. it says, and of the press. and that is in there for exactly the reason that senator mccain so perfectly explained. we are a thorn in the side of lots of politicians and lots of presidents, that's our job, the founding fathers understood that. we're going to continue to do it no matter what president trump calls us. >> and yamish i love the way reince priebus and others are cherry-picking jefferson the president of the united states when they're ignoring what jefferson said most moment rabblely between choosi

. >>> senator john mccain had some strong words for president trump yesterday on "meet the press." >> chuck todd asked him about the president's tweetsling several media outlets fake news and an enemy of the american people. >> a fundamental part of that new world order was a free press. i hate the press. i hate you especially, but we need you. we need a free press. we must have it. it's vital. >> mccain, who is republican, has broken with the president on several issues. we're getting a look at how the immigrants in the u.s. >> nbc news obtained two memos on the issue. jay gray is live on capitol hill. >> the draft memos as you talk about from the director of homeland security department indicate they want to go a different direction as far as immigration is concerned. no surprise there after the campaign from president trump. here's an outline. speeding up the deportation hearings. prosecuting parents who pay smugglers to get their children into the country illegally. hiring tens of thousands of new agents and deputizing local law enforcement as well to help with a roundup of those in the country illegalliment. >> the president was

like president trump who since taking office has sent out tweets describing a federal jauj judge a so-called judge and calling senator john mccain look up to us, our own citizens and kids, this is how the people at the top act? sometimes i just want to yell, stop. thanks for watching. see you back tomorrow night, 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> russian roulette. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. it's getting a little wacky out there, don't you think? two days ago, president trump sacked his national security adviser, michael flynn, saying he didn't trust him. today 48 hours later, he said it was the media who booted him. or was it the intel community u? >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i tnk

like president trump who since taking office has sent out tweets describing a federal jauj judge a so-called judge and calling senator john mccain a loser. how do we expect the world to look up to us, our own citizens and kids, this is how the people at the top act? sometimes i just want to yell, stop. thanks for watching. see you back tomorrow night, 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> russian roulette. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. it's getting a little wacky out there, don't you think? two days ago, president trump sacked his national security adviser, michael flynn, saying he didn't trust him. today 48 hours later, he said it was the media who booted him. or was it the intel community u? >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media in many cases. and i think it's really a sad thing that he was treated so badly. >> well, again, donald trump is the man that fired flynn, not the media. that's not fake news. it's just news. just yesterday, his press secretary, sean spicer, said flynn was terminated bec

commend ed him for his decision to bow out tweeting, andy made the right and honorable choice by withdrawing from consideration as labor secretary. >>> senator john mccain is going against his party and opposing the director of office of management and budget. mccain hammered mick mulvaney for supporting cuts to military spe spending, which is out of step with the president and james mattis. >> voting in favor of congressman mulvaney's nomination would be asking secretary mattis to spend less time fight iing our enemies overseas and more time fighting inside the beltway budget battles with an omb director with a commitment to cutting the resources available to his department. >> the vote is set for today. it's not clear whether there will be any other republican defectors. susan collins of maine says she will oppose scott pruitt, the nominee for epa director saying she and oklahoma state attorney general have different visions for the agency's mission. that vote is expected tomorrow. >>> on capitol hill yesterday senator john mccain was asked about general michael flynn's resignation and leaks to the media. he told reporters that the white house needs t

john mccain. your republican colleague. the chairman of the senate armed services committee. this is what the president tweeted this morning. senator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. only emboldened the enemy. he's been losing so long, he doesn't know how to win anymore. just look at the mess our country is in. bogged down in conflict all over the place. our hero, ryan died on a winning mission according to general mattis, not a failure. time for the u.s. to get smart and start winning again. is that appropriate for the president to be attacking senator mccain? he was a war hero. he did serve in vietnam. he was a p.o.w. for six years. he was tortured by the vietcong. he did not reveal information. he could have left vietnam because his father was a highly respected admiral. he said, no, no, no, i'm not leaving unless my fellow troops are leaving as well. and now for the president to be saying that about him, is that appropriate? >> i have nothing but the utmost respect for john mccain. he is a man of courage, of character and credibility. i've traveled the wo

today taking aim at arizona senator john mccain for disputing the administration's insistence that last month's u.s. military raid in yemen was a success. trump tweeting that mccain's comments, quote, embolden the enemy. so far mccain is declining to comment on the president's tweet. senators now debating the nomination of georgia congressman tom price to be secretary of health and human services. democrats are attacking price after his efforts to go after the affordable care act and his stock holdings in health care companies. the vote on his nomination expected late tonight or early tomorrow morning. right now, it appears price does have the votes to be confirmed. and one of the indian tribes fighting the dakota access pipeline going to court now trying to block construction of the final section of that jt project. the legal challenge coming hours after the pipeline's developer said it had started the process of laying pipe under the missouri river. the tribe could claim a leak could contaminate their water supply. the developer insists it will be safe. >>> the news from our world, the world of broadcasting, bob costas announcing today he is steppin