she would flaunt her connection to melania trump.iously melania and donald trump concluded for whatever reason that this relationship was problematic for them, whether it was because of the bad press from the $26 million contract from the inaugural contract on the inaugural committee or something else. she is no longer working even as a volunteer for the east wing and for the office of the first lady. >> ken vogel reporting for "the new york times," thank you for joining us so quickly tonight with this breaking news story. congratulations on the scoop. >> yeah, thank you. it was a pleasure as always. >> again, that breaking news from "the new york times" just posted. the first lady has parted ways, the first lady's office has severed its relationship with stephanie winston wolkoff, a figure who first surfaced in national news when it emerged that a company she had just set up weeks before was paid $26 million, a quarter of the money that was raised and spent on behalf of the trump inauguration. we'll be right back. stay with us. this

alleged encounters with donald trump reportedly happened not long after the president's wife, melania trump, had given birth to the couple's son. the first lady's office pushing back strongly on reports she's angry with her husband. saying, "the laundry list of salacious and flat-out false reporting about mrs. trump by tabloid publications and tv shows has seeped into mainstream media." her office says melania trump is focusing, instead, on her role as first lady. a role that includes hosting guests at the state of the union. in a break from tradition, the first lady accompanied them to the capitol before her husband arrived. the two returning to the white house together. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> still ahead tonight, stopping migraines in children. could the answer be something that's usually just for grown-ups? >>> also the three real-life american heroes bringing their own story to the big screen with the help of a hollywood legend. >>> we're back now with medical news that will have a lot of parents sitting up and taking notice. if you've ever taken care of a child

los padres de melania trump son residentes. mediante el procedimiento que trump ahora quiere eliminar. javier: otra forma para eliminarlo serÍa a travÉs de una visa de trabajo. habiendo calificado para una posiciÓn en particular. los padres de la primera dama son de eslovenia, ya estÁn retirados. el presidente calificado esta prÁctica como "horrible". ha dicho que sÓlo beneficia a criminales, terroristas y a personas verdaderamente malvadas, dejando por fuera a la gran fuerza laboral de inmigrantes, como los padres de melania trump. "ediciÓn digital" contacto o al abogado de la primera dama y le preguntÓ sobre el estatus migratorio de sus padres. esa fue la respuesta del abogadopresuntos "mi oficina se siente honrada de representar a melania y a su familia. puedo confirmar que los padres de la seÑora trump estÁn admitidos legalmente en estados unidos como residentes permanentes". la familia ha solicitado que se respete su privacidad, asÍ que no comentaremos mÁs sobre el tema. su abogado confirma que los padres de melania viven

the alleged encounters with donald trump reportedly hand not long after the president's wife, melania trumpad given birth to the couple's son. the first lady's office pushing back strongly on reports she's angry with her husband, saying "the laundry list of salacious and flat out false reporting about mrs. trump by tabloid publications and tv shows has seeped into mainstream media. her office says melania trump is focusing instead on her role as first lady, a role that includes hosting guests at the state of the union. in a break from tradition the first lady accompanied them to the capitol before her husband arrived. the two returning to the white house together. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. bye grandpa. and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnan

so, is melania trump at the end of her rope? let's go straight to the source.lite, first lady melania trump. thank you so much. thank you for coming on the show. how are you feeling, madam first lady? >> my life is ocean of loneliness. >> stephen: wait, i'm sorry, what? >> i was just promoting my new fragrance, "ocean of loneliness." it's a decadent bouquet of gardenia blossoms with a hint of "i live in a prison of my own making." ( laughter ). >> stephen: be careful, ma'am. now, madam-- madam first lady, last night's outfit, was that in support of women's rights and suffrage? >> yes. every day i'm suffrage-ing. ( laughter ) >> stephen: i should say, suffrage means voting. >> i know. i cannot wait to vote in next presidential election. >> stephen: for your husband? >> oh, of course! unless i have scheduling and logistical issues. hey, oooh. who! who! who! ( laughter ) >> stephen: you were great on "laugh-in" by the way. how did you like your husband's speech last night? >> i was glued to my seat. >> stephen: oh, you enjoyed it? >> no, me, stephen i was literall

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you are on other side littl politically, start with whole melania trump thing. it is an unfair attempt of media to create the circumstance of marital discord. >> i will shock,. i don't care. >> okay. >> whatever okay as a lawyer, one step further, who cares, enough of this, how did she look, how didn't she look in is not important to government. we need to stop it. >> you could have said, i agree. >> bill, i agree. >> i agree they have nothing else to talk about, he did a great job, in my opinion he did a home run. bill: back to what wisniewski said, not easy to deliver on it you have, isis and tax cuts and jobs that sounds good. but a lot of people say, it came from obama momentum. >> same as what now in new jersey, a 1.3 billion promise of tax increase, and programming fully funding education here that sounds ease to say, but when the rubber meets road. i have faith he will do it, he has built a beautiful empire for himself. bill: bob, good speech or not 1234. >> a good speech, he straye, stn script. nevertheless, he delivered a good speech. bill: okay thank y

we're also going to hear this hour from the first lady, melania trump. she, too, will give her views on gun control. in a bit we'll hear from reporters in the room of what the president has told the governors so far. he has told them he will ban so-called bump stocks and he will do it himself through congressional action if the congress won't do that. and he sat down with the national rifle association and told them something must be done after the deadly shooting in parkland, florida 12 days ago. the president also said he's considering opening some mental health institutions that have been closed in the united states in recent years. meanwhile, cnn has learned that president trump and house speaker paul ryan spoke on the phone this weekend about gun controls. again, the question is, what will the specifics be going forward? from our indications so far from the reporters in the room, the president has not mentioned, as he did last week, a proposal to raise the age limit from 18 to 21 for buying at least rifles. we'll see as it continues. mana raju, sher

. >>> and we'll show you the tv commercial starring melania trump and a duck. >>> a good thursday morning. we begin with the showdown over a classified congressional memo pitting the president against the man he chose to lead the fbi. >> the white house could release that memo to the public as early as today despite what the fbi is calling grave concerns, and now a top democrat is accusing republicans of secretly changing the document before sending it to the president. abc's serena marshall has been busy in the overnight hours following the developments. good morning to you, serena. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning to you. and it's a question of accuracy, national security and transparency. and now that new claim that the memo the white house was sent is actually different than the one the house voted to release. as the white house decides if they will release the controversial gop secret memo, overnight the leading democrat on the house intelligence committee tweeted there were material changes to the memo currently being reviewed by the white house's legal counsel making it dif

the first lady melania trump also traveling to florida. she wasn't seen with the president when i traveled to florida. >> correct. we're used to seeing them together do the fwrauk the south lawn of the white house to marine one but she didn't. her office told me it was because her schedule made it easier to meet him at the plain. however, this is a first lady who has exerted some first lady before in the wake of some rocky and difficult headlines with stormy daniels scandal and the headlines today, an affair two years into their marriage that the white house denied the president had. it made for a question as to why melania trump didn't ride with the president. all eyes are on the can you they have did not exchange valentines on social media this week. we've watched them could things separately. she is very independent. however, she is scheduled to go with the president to visit with the patients and victims of the horrific high school shooting on this next leg of the trip and this trip to mar-a-lago. >> that's where we've seen the first l

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being shown melania trump's separate bedroom. >> and was often invited to events that donald trump wasarious vodka launch and the like. golf tournaments and was seated at a table with one of the president's children >> the story subjects as you say, these infidelities and the efforts to conceal the infidelities were entwined in donald trump's business operations, professional events and professional contacts like this company a.mi. >> it is also an interesting detail according to your reporting mcdougal was asked to pay her own way and she would be reimbursed by donald trump so there wasn't a corporate assistant helping with travel and the like. >> this story suggests a concerted effort and indeed a well-oiled machine designed to conceal this both during and after the fact and that does include she claims she was secretly reimbursed for travel. talks about clandestine meetings in hotels. resembles what stormy daniels talks about in her story and these legal facts after the fact. mcdougal's case, this was not with trump's lawyers, it was with this media story. >> mcdougal and trump met

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host: a lot of speculation on the two motorcades but the white house announcing that melania trump will travel the president tomorrow to cincinnati. so what is your take on all of that? guest: well, i think that's interesting. i think that that is probably, you know, a way for them to try to reduce some of the speculation about what's going n in their marriage. and it's hard not speculate after she dropped out of the trip to davos and went to congress for the state of the union address, wore a white pantsuit in what some people believed was a show of solidarity, perhaps with hillary clinton or a dig at her husband. and even when she got off the plane in florida the other day that the two of them along with their son, baron landed there, she didn't look marlie pleased with her husband. and so at least the speculation, when you're a public figure like that but going to cincinnati is no doubt the east wing way of saying look, we're ready for that speculation to be tamped down. host: and policy-wise, what's the purpose of that trip? guest: to sell tell. this is something that the president

thanks so much. >>> in just a few hours, melania trump the first lady, she will be giving a speech onontrol. this will be the first time we will have heard from her in some time. she's speaking at a lunch for the spouses, i should say, of the governor's meeting with the national governor's association. there are two big things going on here. number one, the first lady devilling into a major policy issue, number two it's coming as there have been questions about the state of her marriage. kate bennett for us in washington. >> reporter: true today she is waiting into the gun issue. i hear she's going to speak a bit about the parkland shooting. this is something that even as recently as last week i was told she would not be attending the victims meeting the president had because it was a policy issue and she wasn't going to get involved however she's somehow been effected. her audience of governor spouses is a chance for her to reach out to those individuals and those individuals in their states to perhaps challenge them to think about gun control and think about children. she's got an o

amy: back in the united states, "the washington post" reports the parents of first lady melania trump have become legal permanent residents and are poised to gain citizenship, likely relying on a family reunification process that's been attacked by president trump which he calls chain migration. during his state of the union address last month, president trump called for an end to the u.s. policy, which allows citizens to sponsor their parents and siblings for legal residency. legal experts say the program likely benefited melania trump's parents amalija and viktor , immigrants from slovenia who've been living in the u.s. on green cards. a spokesperson for melania trump refused to comment. a wealthy son-in-law of a russia-based billionaire has struck a plea agreement with special counsel robert mueller, pleading guilty to a charge of lying to federal investigators probing allegations of russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. alex van der zwaan, son of russian oligarch german khan, admitted tuesday he lied to fbi agents about his contacts with former trump campaign official rick g

. >>> melania trump says she is encouraged by the students speaking up. the first lady making a rare appearance publicly addressing the spouses of governors. she is helping them find their voice. >> it is important as adults we take the lead and the responsibility in helping our children. manage the many issues they are facing today. this means encouraging positive habits with social media and technology even limiting time online and understanding the content they are exposed to on a daily basis. >> cheers to that. the public comments from the first lady were her first since scrutiny of the merarriage over her husband's alleged affairs. >>> earlier this month, chief of staff john kelly ended a stop of clearances which includes jared kushner. that deadline passed on friday. did anyone get their interim clearance revoked? >> as we said many times before we will not discuss individual clearances. that goes to a broader number or an individual number. i'm not going to get into that today just as i have not in the past. >> kelly ordered revocation of the secur

she plain explains to ellen wha was thinking when melania trump handed her the tiffany box. >> thereall of the protocol. they say this is a state visit. never before do you get a gift. i'm like, okay. what am i supposed to do with this gift? everyone cleared out. no one would come and take the box. i'm thinking, do i take the picture? and my husband grabs the box and took it back inside. >> we were all wonders what was in the box. she said inside the package was a lovely picture frame. the full interview with mrs. obama appears today on "ellen." >> always an awkward moment there. nice gesture. >> now we know. >> you are happy to get the blue box. >> tiffany's. you know it is good. >>> republican memo alleging abuses at the fbi was changed after the intel committee saw it. did anyone help devin nunes and will the revelations stop the president from releasing the memo as soon as today? >>> a standoff with the president and the fbi. new questions raised about a republican memo that alleges abuses at the fbi. we know the document was changed after the intel committee voted to publicly re

i'm sure you heard this exclusive story alleging president trump had an affair with a former playmate while married to melaniaxplicitly deny it. they just called it more fake news. what do you think? >> well, it's not fake news. it's consistent with donald trump's pattern of behavior his entire adult life. let's not forget this was a guy who carried out a very public affair on the front pages of the new york post and the tabloids when he was married to his first wife ivana. it's clear he hasn't changed at all. so what did melania think, he was going to be a decent person, transform into a decent guy? no. she she knew what she was getting when she married him. that's probably why they have the second bedroom. and then stormy daniels, it was going on at the same time. and they used the same lawyer to have these pay offs going on. so this is who donald trump is. i think it's despicable. a lot of people warned about this. it was all evident on his howard stern appearance. >> but that didn't matter. he was still elected. >> unfortunately. >> i'm sure it won't matter now to supporters. it may matter to i don't know

more specifically, first lady melania trump's role on the big night and her relationship with her husband excuse me, mrs. trump. the president's motorcade is ready to take you to the state of the union. are you coming? >> tell them i'll take the next car. how will i ever get through this state of union? come on, melania, practice your happy face. girls, what's shaking?! martha, i can't do this tonight, you know, maybe i don't go to speech. >> oh, melania, you have to. your job is to be your husband's confidant. >> ivanka does that. >> okay, well, to host foreign dignitaries. >> no, that's ivanka, yeah. >> to be the beautiful woman on his arm? >> yeah, that's ivanka's territory. >> okay, well, fine, maybe being first lady just means being with somebody you don't really like who doesn't treat you very well? >> oh, boy. okay. we've got so much more straight ahead in the newsroom. it all starts right now. >>> hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. breaking news this hour on that deadly amtrak crash in south carolina. any moment, the na

does say as several of the women who have forward with stories against trump do, that she interacted with for example with melania'shen she was there. >> and she was often invited to events that donald trump was holding for various, the ivanka launch and the like and golf tournaments and was at one point actually seated at the table with one of the president's children. >> the story suggests that as you say, these infidelity and the efforts subsequently to conseal the infidelities were very much entwined in his professional events and professional contacts like this company ami, and which the company head david pecker have acknowledged on its head. that was not a matter hidden in any way. >> according to our reporting mcdougal was always asked to pay her own way, and then she said she'd be reimbursed by donald trump so that there wasn't a corporate assistant helping with travel and the like. >> this story suggests a concerted effort and indeed a well oiled machine designed to conseal this, both during and after the fact. and that does include she claims she was secretly reimbursed for travel throughout the affair.

you had melania trump talking about opioids. holding the little girl there.sident talking to his base in ohio. how does the stock market decline what should have been a good day for the administration and what is the message here? >> i think the market is getting worried that we're overdoing it. may west said too much of a good thing is wonderful. maybe too much of a good thing is not wonderful. you have more stimulus. he wants to get gdp growth up 3% or 4%. that is impossible out moreimmi. i think he wants to get growth too high. you get growth too high and the dow side is higher interest rates. >> christine mentioned the day that may have been lost for the president. talking about the economy and his tax cut plan. then he says this about democrats and what it means that they sat down during the state of the union address and did not applaud when he cited record low black unemployment rates. listen. >> they would rather see trump do badly, okay, than our country do well. that's what it means. it's very selfish. even on positive news. even positive news like

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i think that's a good thing but if we want to jump back to melania trump.t that of the whole family she has the best grasp of reality, of the lives of ordinary people, so i agree there's something of a wink in what she was saying and doing and leaving it out there. she has common sense. i think she's pretty bright. >> i've had campaign people -- >> she's really nice. >> -- over the past year and a half say her instincts were far better than those around her and if donald trump had listened to her he would not be in a lot of the trouble he's in right now. jon meacham where are we right now a couple of weeks after parkla parkland. everybody is going to be a defining moment. people have been attacking kids. kids that experienced shootings, don't attack kids, i say to my friends on the right. but is this a sea zmang change? is this what we started seeing in 1964 and 1965 regarding vietnam? >> i would put it in a slightly different historical tradition but it goes to the point you're talking chant as fdr used to say quoting his old headmaster, there's a line in

. >>> after a controversy, the "new york times" reports first lady melania trump has parted ways with winston walco the tt last are are week terminating a contract by which trump's long time friend was an unpaid government employee. wallcot made headlines when it was learned she was paid nearly $26 million to plan events around it. sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell the times that mrs. trump was dispoliced by the news. a spokesperson said the first lady, quote, had no involved with the inaugural committee and she had no knowledge of how the funds were spent. >>> and melania trump delivered her first speech of 2018 yesterday and used the opportunity to address the recent tragedy that killed 17 in parkland, florida. the first lady commended the students who are leading the movement towards gun violence prevention and encouraged parents to promote kindness, compassion and respect muck children to teach them positive social media habits. >> it is important that as adults we take the lead and the responsibility in helping our children manage the many issues they are facing

it details the affair in the early days of his marriage to melania trump. sold her story to "the national enquirer" for $150,000. only to have it never see the light of day. a common tactic in a scandal story called catch and kill. joining me now to discuss veteran defense attorney mark geragos. how common catch and kill as a strategy among lawyers? >> well, it's a fairly common strategy. the catch and kill here is that they're actually paying somebody for the life rights and then the story gets obviously as the term implies killed meaning it doesn't run or in this case where they specifically say we'll give you a health and beauty or a wellness column. we'll pay you for this, we have your rights. the more common kind of celebrity catch and kill, there's a story and a trade-off so to speak. so i have a story about one client. then they go to the pr person or the publicist and say, give me something juicier. i'll kill this story. so that's been going on for decades. i have seen that in hollywood repeatedly over the years. that's something that is kind of the

fresh claims of an affair early in the president's marriage to first lady melania trump. reporter in the "new yorker" claims president trump was ill maintain back in 2006 with mcdougal. they claim he had elaborate system for covering up in discretions. tom is here to explain. tom, tell us more. >> this has been a rough week at the white house for first lady. full of new allegations of a fairs involving husband, secret payoff and details how he supposedly kept it all hidden from her. heading to florida the president walked alone to marine one. wife melania trump traveling separately amid humiliating headlines. including word that the lawyer paid off an adult film star following alleged a fair and new claim against an extra marital merger. that story dates to 2006 when the apprentice was shooting and having a party at the playboy mansion in los angeles. the donald trump was there and an according to the new yorker so was karen mcdougal. the magazine said start of whirlwind and pointing out wives bedroom. even he profile events like the launch of trump vodka and miss universe

. >>> also, we're expecting to hear from first lady melania trump.g her first public comments of the year. we're told that she'll talk about the florida school shooting and gun violence in america. i'm fredricka whitfield. we'll bring you that and more after this. booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. we're waiting to hear from the president of the united states. he's speaking as we speak right now at the white house, meeting with governors, sharing his proposals on gun control with dozens of governors around the country who are meeting here in washington. again, we expect video remarks any minute. we're also going to hear this hour from the first lady, melania trump. she, too, will give her views on gun control. in a bit we'll hear from reporters in the room

as you all probably saw earlier this morning first lady melania trump announced the initial details for the 140th white house easter egg roll. the event will take place monday april 2nd on the front lawn, families with children 13 and younger are invited to join the president for a day of festivities. they can be requested through an online system opening this friday, february 9th and closing thursday, february 15th. as in the past years the white house will also select volunteers for the egg roll through an online application. people can submit their names through white house.gov. the deadline for applying is february 23rd. over the last year i've occasionally taken the opportunity to share some letters to the president written by people from all over the country, from pickle to frank the lawn mower. i've especially introducing you to hardworking young americans with incredibly bright futures. today i have another letter to share. this one from natalie dalton from clarksburg, maryland. she writes, dear mr. president, i'm natalie and i'm 11 years old, almost 12. my cousin celia who is 8

which looks to boost defense funding while cutting money for domestic programs. >>> and first lady melania trumpnd valentine's day bringing smiles to a group of hospitalized children. mrs. trump will travel to the national institute of health in maryland. she will spend part of her day decorating cookies and making valentine's and exchanging them with children that are patients at the facility. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. >> lot of love on this show. >> love it. >> "morning joe" starts right now. >>> we're simply stating that we're giving you the best information that we're going to have. obviously the press team is not going to be as read as other elements at a given moment on a variety of topics, but we relay the best and most accurate information that we have. >>> well, sarah sanders said the case on rob porter was ongoing. >> ongoing. they're still studying stuff. it's such a complex matter. >> the fbi says it was closed. >> a lawyer, i have to tell you -- >> the fbi said it was closed. >> closed? hold on. >> can you hold on a second. >> yeah. >> stay with me. >> figure

the trump family and frankly a story that makes a lot of americans just feel sympathetic toward melania trump a lot of tentacles to this because then of course it opens the questions of, like, so where did the money come from? is it the publisher? or is this money somehow trump may have given to the publisher, you know, payments of some sort? we don't know. >> those are the questions i have, that's right. >> okay, brian stelter, thank you so much. >>> white house chief of staff john kelly who just a week ago was under major heat for his handling of rob porter is now overhauling the security clearance system at the white house. remember, rob porter, the secretary, former secretary, not having full security clearance and also having these domestic abuse allegations. well now potentially in question white house adviser jared kushner standing in the west wing without full security clearance. you can't predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. (dani

committee paid nearly $26 million to an event planning firm started by an advisor to first lady melania trumpthe firm donated just $5 million to charity, which was less than expected, but the other piece of this that i thought was interesting was that this company apparently sprang up out of nowhere weeks before the inauguration? >> yeah, that's right. it was started by this woman who is sort of a society, she had helped plan the met gala, that's a major gala and charitable gala in new york city. and so she traveled -- >> the most elite? >> so she traveled in the same circle, social circle as melania trump and had apparently had some relationship with her to the point where she is now working as an unpaid advisor in the first lady's office. but before that, she started this company that got $26 million worth of payments from the inaugural committee. >> what was it for? what did they do? >> she was essentially like an event planner that helped put on various phases of the inauguration. i was told it was everything from table settings at various dinners to instagram filters. >> is she buying th

first lady melania trump was noticeably not with the president but she did walk off the plane with himust a short while ago. >> yeah, this has been a tough week. full of new allegations of affairs, secret payoff p and new details how he kept it hidden from her. >> heading to florida the president walked alone his wife melania trump traveling separately. including word that the bill air businessman lawyer paid off an adult porn star after an affair, and a new claim about an extra marital. that dates to 2006 when the apprentice was shooting and having a party in the los angeles. donald trump was there and an according to the in thor karen mcdo y mc mc-doug gal, a visit to trump tower where he pointed out wife's bedroom, even high profile events like the launch of trump vodka and miss universe pag ant. mc-dougal said she paid for everything and reimbursed preventing a paper trail. so how did the new yorker come up with the details? a friend gave the magazine eight handwritten pages. >> she wrote a detailed chronicle of the a fair in selling the story. >> it did sell to the national inquir

trump in 2006 in a lake tahoe golf tournament years before he was president, but months after melania trump gave birth to their son. she allegedly admitted to the affair in a 2011 interview but since denied it. now the president's lawyer, michael cohen, admitted to paying the porn star using $130,000 of his own money, cohen said in a statement, neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was aparty to the transaction and neither reimbursed me for the payment drae directly or indirectly. the payment was lawful and not a campaign controversial or campaign expendture by anyone. cohen did not say whether mr. trump knew he made the payments. reports of an alleged affair between daniels and president trump resurfaced after a "wall street journal" report alleged she was paid $130,000 before the election to prevent publicly speaking about the relationship with president trump during the campaign, and there was a transcript of a 2011 saying she was invited to the suite where they later had sex. daniels did not confirm or deny details. >> is any of that true? >> define true. >> reporter: th

they're our future and they deserve a voice. >> so we've just heard for the first time from melania trump since the shooting. that is significant she's talking about the younger generation having a voice. it's similar to what we heard from ivanka trump earlier in that interview with our own peter alexander talk about the beginning of a conversation. katy, you're a stunt of the president's optics. seems to me instead of trying to fight this media environment on guns, he seems to me trying to surf it, harness some of the energy and direct it. from my perspective he hasn't been confrontational and seems to be moving it ever so slightly. now we have two members of his family coming out. >> we will see, though, hans, because the president often likes to have his cake and eat it too. in one way it seems he's going against the nra and fighting for gun control and fighting to change things. let's see if he does. at the same time he's taking more money from the nra than any other presidential candidate and he also speaks at the nra conventions. we'll see. a lot of questions up in the air. no doubt

reportedly sent mixed messages whether she had an affair with donald trump but months after wife melania trump gave birth to their on baron. but has since issued a statement denying it. and michael cohen is admitting to paying the porn star using $130,000 of his own money. he said in a statement. neither the trump organize or trump campaign was part of the payment to miss clifford and neither reimbursed me. it was not a campaign contribution. >> reports of an alleged affair between daniels president trump resurfaced after a wall street journal report alleged she was paid $130,000 before the election to stop from discussing her relationship with president trump during the campaign and us weekly posted an article said that trump then a reality tv star invited her to his suite where they later had sex. daniels would not confirm or deny the details. true. any of that true? >> common cause asked the federal eleal use of campaign funds. channel 6 "action news."ania's medical marijuana stores are getting ready to open. the first cannibis products are shipping to places across the state including sell

junto a melania trump llegaron al hospital de broward donde se tratÓ de salvar la vida de algunos heridosuy triste que algo asÍ pudiera suceder. por otro lado, se conociÓ que el fbi fue alertado de la masacre 40 dÍas antes de que sucediera. la agencia no sÓlo sabÍa que nikolas cruz pretendÍa perpetrar una masacre en una escuela y tambiÉn fue avisados de las armas que tenÍa. >> el fbi decidiÓ que no se siguiÓ el protocolo establecido, no se enviÓ la informaciÓn en la oficina de miami ni se realizÓ ninguna investigaciÓn en el momento. galo: lo que debiÓ ser evaluada como una amenaza potencial a la vida fue desestimada y los resultados han sido catastrÓficos. >> fue una negligencia y una negligencia que creo que se pudo haber evitado una gran tragedia si este individuo hubiese sido entrevistado y se le hubiera hecho algÚn tipo de investigaciÓn acerca de las armas que estaba comprando. galo: se supo ademÁs que la oficina del alguacil del condado broward tuvo que responder llamadas involucradas con la videncia de cruz. >> hemos recibido 20 llamadas de servicio en los Últimos aÑos con respecto

>> yes, thank you. >> woodruff: various news media outlets reported this week that first lady melania trump's parents have obtained green s, allowing them to live in the u.s. that raises questions about ether their legal permanent residency here benefited from the very set of immigration laws that mr. trump wants to eliminate. and family-based immigration, has become a key sticking point in negotiations on immigration reform. our lisa desjardins takes a closer look atunhe policy now r consideration. >> desjardins: judy, for a closer look at family- immigration, and how it compares " the president's preferred "merit-based system joined by art arthur. he served for eight years as an immigration judge atork immigration court in york, pennsylvania. he is now a fellow at the center for immigration studie a group that advocates for stricter immigration laws. and john c. yang of the group asian americans advancing justice,n advocacy group dealing with civil rights and immigration issues. >> not related to our john yang, by the way. let me start with you, john. the u.s. family based immigration, let'

there's the first lady, melania trump, who is in attendance for this press conference. they will likely give remarks and then the tradition is that each leader takes two questions, sometimes president trump is willing to take a few more than those. we'll see what sort of mood he is in. earlier today, lanny, at the cpac conference, the president really made out his agenda. actually, here he is. he is walking up to the podium. hold that thought and we will be back to you right after the president. >> thank you very much. thank you. today i'm honored to welcome my friend prime minister turnbell of australia and mrs. turnbell. thank you very much. great honor. we're looking forward to sending our newly nominated ambassador admiral harry harris. an outstanding man. he's a great man. want to thank the prime minister of offering his condolences for the horrible tragedy in parkland, florida. americans are grateful for the prayers and support of our australian friends and friends they are. as our entire nation grieves the senseless loss of 17 precious lives and all of the horribl