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mr. peters: during his campaign then candidate trump regularly talked about how he would be the law and order president. law and order means different things to different people. but all of us should be able to agree that we cannot have law and order without the rule of law. the rule of law is not new or even uniquely an

peter: so title ii is the path you support. mr. beckerman: title ii is really just the jurisdiction. our support is based on the rules that fall under title ii and the end result that creates. peter: joining our conversation is margaret harding mcgill of politico. margaret: i want to pick up on discussions about net neutrality. you have talked about defending the roles at the fcc, but this has been a fight going on for a while. what do you think the appetite is like among your members for another net neutrality fight? mr. beckerman: it really has ,een a while, since 2005 really and you think in terms of actual years, that is a long time. in washington years, a long time, but in internet years, it is a longtime, when you think about how much the internet has changed. when you are talking about 10 years, it has changed a lot. it is important that we get this right and do it in a way that is legally sustainable and not having to keep going back every two years. margaret: you think your members are prepared to step up and say, these are

mr. peters: during his campaign then candidate trump regularly talked about how he would be the law and order president. law and order means different things to different people. but all of us should be able to agree that we cannot have law and order without the rule of law. the rule of law is not new or even uniquely an american idea. it dates back to the magna carta of 1215. this document, a pact between king john and his barons established that the nation's people have certain rights and that even the monarch is subject to the laws of the land. centuries later as we cast off the british monarchy, declared our iption and established our -- iption and established our own -- independence and established our own form of government, our system of checks and balances was designed to hold all levels of the federal government accountable but especially the president. without the rule of law, law and order becomes merely order imposed by an unaccountable government. we know that order without the rule of law, what it looks like. last century it looked like the regimes of the access powers. now it l

mr. peters: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to speak in opposition to the nomination of rachel brand to be the associate attorney general. the associate attorney general is the third most senior position at the department of justice. and during these troubling times, i cannot in good conscience support ms. brand's nomination. the american public must have faith in its institutions, and unfortunately that trust is eroding more and more each and every day. for the first time in recent history we are facing questions about a significant interference from a foreign government in an american presidential election. even more troubling, there have been serious questions about a presidential campaign's potential collusion with russia, a foreign adversary. mr. president, we have an idea of the potential problem here, and the justice department is supposed to be part of the solution. unfortunately, the recent conduct of the president's appointees to the department of justice have only added fuel to the fire. first, atto

mr. peters: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: congress spent the first four months of this year using an arcane expedited procedure to roll back policies from the previous administration while disregarding the impact these changes will have on american workers and families. when you hold the belief that anything done by a federal agency is bad, cutting programs seems like progress. but unfortunately, it is not that simple. i'm all for streamlining government and making the process of doing business easier, but some rules, rules to keep workers safe, for example, or to protect consumers, or to keep our air and water clean, those protections make sense. and in their ideological zeal, the majority has time and time again made the decision to roll back important policies regardless of the impact on american people. so far this year, just to name a few, the majority has ruled -- has roald back environmental protections for clean water, allowed internet service providers to sell your personal browsing history to the highest bidd

mr. peters for five minutes. >> thank you for having this hearing. it comes at an important time when we heard issues like flint. we've got five-year drought ending in california and it's a good time to talk about sustainability and resiliency and we see reports that water prices would have to increase by 41% in the next five years to replace the infrastructure. a "new york times" op ed said that water is broken and data can fix it. modernizing water data would unleash anything seen in a century. miss thorpe you said that information data could increase transparency and provide more effective oversight and lead to increased public health protection. what are the drivers for the lack of data and what are the steps we might take to employ data to be doing something beyond what we all should agree we are doing today, what we need to do? could you move the microphone the. >> it's not a lack of data necessarily as it might be a lack of ability to compile the data and make it usable to not only regulators but to folks in the drinking water sector in public

mr. peters: -- mr. carper: i met pete peterson and we tried to find out what happened to the,000s of -- to the thousands of m.i.a.'s. we went back to try to get the truth. we did so with the encouragement of george herbert walker's administration and we end up meeting the brand-new leader there. he had been in office a week. he presented a road map to anotherrized relations. -- normalized relations. we had an emotional meeting with him. we said this is what we have to do. we needed to have the ability to access the craft sites, the ability to go into the war museums, the ability to go into the military archives and get as much information as we can. we said we want our folks and u.s. folks to travel around your country. if somebody -- if there is an american there, we need to be able to find them. they did all that we asked them to do. pete peterson made sure the vietnamese kept to the spirit of that letter and they did. when i went back to -- back to vietnam i met some of the same people. we -- 55,000

mr. peters has a bill to provide grants to assist systems with resiliency, source-water protection and security in the face of changing hydraulic conditions. such as droughts, sea level rise and other emerging pressures on systems. we do know the national need is growing. $384 billion over the next two decades to maintain current levels of services. we need to have the vision to acknowledge that this does not account for stresses, environmental and financial that will continue to get worse if we is simply do nothing. finally, the drinking water srf has been a tremendous success. i'm grateful that share shimkus, but as we will hear today, the draft includes unspecified funding levels. as a candidate, president trump called for tripling funding for both srf programs, the aqua act poe poses levels that are in line with that, with what states handled following the recovery act. i think these are good targets to start negotiations. we must recognize that local governments are struggling. significant amounts of projects go unfunded each year and the status quo of federal support will simply not reduc

secretary of commerce wilbur ross, and one of the great, great people on fair trade and good trade, mr. peterthank you. thank you. and we will renegotiate nafta, and if we don't get a good deal and a fair deal for our country -- and i have been saying for a long time, we will either renegotiate or we'll terminate. i announced the other day we were going to terminate, everybody said we would terminate -- two people i like very much, the president of mexico and prime minister of canada, called up and said, can we negotiate? i said yes, we can renegotiate. so we'll start a renegotiation and hopefully it will be fair for everybody, and if it's not a fair deal for our country -- because you have to understand, we have been on the wrong side of the nafta deal with canada and with mexico for many, many years. many decades. we can't allow it to happen. so we are going to renegotiate, and if we can't make a fair deal for our companies and our workers, we'll terminate nafta, k? our directives will put brand-new pennsylvania steel into the spine of america. [applause] we've ordered billions and billions

mr. peters office. they have been extraordinarily generous with their time. what they've really been doing is industry partner servers and best practices in to help the va . i don't think their staff has commented on their substance nor do i think that their intent. if more to identify solutions that already exist in the private sector and bring them in and modernize our system. >> thank you for sharing that. all federal agencies have received an executive order to reorganize their department by december in line with her fy 18 company proposals. you're acting deputy has seen that the va would like to get started sooner than that. what changes do you expect the va is organized and how it operates before the end of the year? >> we are underweight with this right now. although, i don't know all the specific solutions because were still working on it, what you should expect is that were looking at a smaller, central office function, more streamlined, were looking to move toward shared services rather than silo services, and each of our demonstrations and were loo

peter baker >> thank you mr. president. in light of a very busy newsweek, a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple things. i would like to give you a chance to go on record. did you ever urge james comey in any way shape or form to closer back down the

i'm pleased to say mr. peter hambro joins us. mark mobius is still with us. r, why are you stepping down? peter: all good corporate governance says you have to have a nonexecutive independent chairman. i have been an executive chairman for 23 years. it is probably time i step down. the people involved in this are great experts at mining the market and we are people who mine the mine. different type of culture. a lot of media's reports saying you were forced out by russian investors who asked for your removal. peter: they indeed requisitioned my removal and also the removal of three other nonexecutive directors. wayshere are two different of buying a company. you can do the normal thing, which is to pay cash close to the net asset value, pay a premium for control, and that way all the shareholders benefit. i'm a shareholder. if you are a listed company, you can do the same thing and pay with cash. alternatively, you can pack the board with people who are your representatives and take it over that way. francine: you are confident the company -- i don't know if i

with peter the great and mr macron... we must leave it there. thank you so much. third day of disruption, even if the airline says it's making "good progress" in returning flights to normal. but what about the economic fallout? in a few hours we will see how investors are reacting when the madrid stock exchange opens, ba's owner iag has a dual listing in london and madrid, but the london market is closed today. and our reporter at heathrow, joe lynam, says ba faces a huge compensation bill from passengers left stranded. they passengers left stranded. are obliged under europl rules they are obliged under european rules to apply compensation for even a two—hour delay and some people have been waiting for a day and a half. that could stretch to $700 and thatis half. that could stretch to $700 and that is only one leg. it can see what i mean, you can see thousands of dollars per person multiplied by who knows how many thousands of customers. financially, this is going to cost them. a report from sri lanka. this port in southern sri la nka sri lanka. this port in south

peter baker. >> thank you, mr. president. in the light of a very busy news week, a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple of things, give you a chance to go on record here. did you at any time urge f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn. and also -- ty ksrl cf ump: no.y hi h dotrropele hth poor, poor performance. so poor, in fact, that i believe, and you'd have to ask him, because i don't like to speak for other people, but i believe that's why the deputy attorney general went out and wrote his very, very strong letter, and then on top of that, after the wednesday performance by director comey, you had a person come and have to readjust the record, which many people have never seen before because there were misstatements made. and i thought that was something that was terrible. we need a great director of the f.b.i. i cherish the f.b.i. it's special. all over the world no matter where you go, the f.b.i. is special. the f.b.i. has not h

mr. trump has been more open in discussing the possible departure of reince priebus, the white house chief of staff. peter, you said mr. spicer may be on the bubble. that bubble appears large and growing. >> a very big bubble. not a loot of room on it for everybody. look that's the problem. you know, this is -- nobody knows that they have job security. they are all on tender hooks. it is a little like a reality show where they vote somebody off the island and nobody is sure who is going to be there at the end of the week. reince priebus has had a tough tenure as chief of staff. the president jokes about sending him to athens to be the ambassador to greece where his family has some roots. steve bannon a few weeks ago felt like he was on the bubble but he's still there. you have to be careful making these assumptions. at one point we saw lewandowski, and david bossie, former top campaign aides talking about whether to go back in. we are told tonight david bossie is not going to go back in. he has family concerns. we don't know what that means for loun do youski. it is a fluid situation. you can see why ther

mr. trump has been more open in discussing the possible departure of reince priebus, the white house chief of staff. peter, you said mr. spicer may be on the bubble. that bubble appears large and growing. >> it's a very big bubble, and it's not a lot of room on it for everybody. look, that's the problem. i mean, this is -- nobody knows if they have job security. they're all on ten tter hooks. it's a little like a reality show where they vote somebody off the island and no one is sure who is going to be there the at the end of the week. reince priebus has had a tough tenure being the chief of staff. steve bannon, a few weeks ago, felt like he was on the bubble, but he's still there. so you've got to be careful about making these assumptions. at one point over the weekend, we saw corey lewandowski and david bossie, both former top campaign aides, you know, talking to the white house about whether to go back in. we're told tonight that david bossie is saying, no, he's not going to go back in. he's got family concerns about that. we don't know what that means for lewandowsky. so it's a very fluid situation. y

peter baker. >> thank you, mr. president. in the light of a very busy news week, a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple of things, give you a chance to go on record here. did you at any time urge f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn. and also -- president trump: no. next question. >> next question. as you look back over the past six months or year, have you had any recollection where you've wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges in these investigations or impeachment as some on the left are implying. president trump: i think it's totally ridiculous, everybody thinks so. and again, we have to get back to working our country properly so that we can take care of the problems. we have plenty of problems. we have done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people, millions and millions of people out there, who take a look at what you just said and said, what are they doing.

mr. johnson: thank you, rex. a couple of questions. peter, the john. >> in january the prime minister said the day of britain and american intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over. isn't that the mission of foreign policy failures, eventually confirming comments this morning? mr. tillerson, do you think a lasting damage of information sharing between intelligence agencies visible leaks this week? mr. johnson: if i can deal with the first point, i have to say i absolutely extraordinary and an explicable in this week of all weeks there should be any attempt to justify or two legitimate the actions of terrorists in this way. this is a moment when aztecs tillerson -- rex tillerson has said we should unite to defeat these people. we can and we will. not just in iraq and syria, but in the battle for the hearts and minds. winning the intellectual and emotional struggle as well. we can and we will as they are wrong. their view of the world is corrupt, it's a perversion of islam and it can be comp

peter baker >> thank you mr. president. in light of a very busy newsweek, a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple things. i would like to give you a chance to go on record. did you ever urge james comey in any way shape or form to closer back down the investigation into michael flynn, and also -- >> no, no. next question >> as you look back over the past six months or year, have you had any recollection where you wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges in these investigation or impeachment as some of the left is implying >> i think it's totally rude ridiculous and everybody thanks health. we have to get back to working our country properly to take care of our problems. we done a fantastic job. we have millions and millions of people were looking at what you just said and said what are they doing. director comey was very unpopular with most people. i actually thought when i made the decision, and i also got a very strong recommendation from the deputy

related to this space is on the evening that the british burned washington in 1814, martha peter and the wife of mr. thornton stood at the window and looked out, and they could see the smoke and fire from the white house burning, from the naval yard burning across the city. mrs. thornton wrote about it in her diary. thanks to her diary, we know the two women stood here and watched washington burn. martha peter was pregnant with britannia at the time. she was born about four months later after this event. now if we can look at the dining table, presently it is focused with a number of objects that thomas and martha peter purchased at the 1802 mount vernon sale. you see a number of plates and tableware have those stickers on them, mount vernon as well as the numbers from the 1911 inventory. the plates, the plateau, the glassware, all of these are pieces that came from mount vernon and were used at tudor place by the peter family. after britannia's death in 1911, her grandson purchased his siblings' share to own the home outright. modernizedwife adding electricity, telephones, the house adding electri

mr. kushner's behalf. i really think peter made a good point in that president trump and kushner both have a real estate background and developers are known for just trying to skirt the law and get what they want done, accomplished no matter what. and just trying to avoid laws whenever possible. but that's just not how election law and the navigation of our foreign policy works when it comes to these tricky issues. and so, you know, from the get-go it really would have -- i feel like the trump administration would have found themselves in a much better place if they had surrounded themselves with attorneys who helped protect them from making, you know, if these are just innocent mistakes. but they're innocent -- even if they were innocent, they're mistakes that are going to be judged fairly harshly probably in the court of law if it does come to that. >> what we're really talking about is why, right, not in terms of what may happen, but i do do understand what you're saying there, elise. peter, build on what elise was saying t

peters? >> thank you, mr. chairman.ank you to each of our witnesses for being here today and for your testimony. we appreciated. doctor blanck, i owe you a special debt of gratitude. not solely because of a long track record in public service which of course is to things but you are the former dean of the gerald r ford school of public policy at the university of michigan. >> it was one of the excellent jobs i've had in the past. >> that was the right answer to that. even though it was not a question. [laughing] >> she is not big blue anymore. she is all bad you, my friend. [laughing] >> then she moved to gods country. >> point well taken, senator. but i will tell you actually i have several of my stuff including some of the folks in this room today who appreciate your service and university of michigan and at the gerald ford school so thank you. mr. dodaro, i want to add to my colleagues comments, thank you and your staff for putting this reporting as well as your other report. i'm encouraged to her that the $75 billio

peter baker. >> thank you, mr. president. in the light of a busy news week, people would like to get to the bottom of a couple things. did you at any time urge director james comey in any way, shape or form to back down on the investigation into michael flynn? >> no, no. next question. >> next question. as you look back over the past six months or year, have you had any recollection where you wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges in these investigations or impeachment on the left has been imply something. >> it's totally ridiculous. we have to get back to working our country properly to take care of the problems. we have plenty of problems. we have done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people, millions and millions of people out there looking at what you have just said and said, what are they doing? director comey was very unpopular with most people. i actually thought when i made that decision and i also got a very, very strong recommendation, as you know

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mr. trump criticized during a testy phone call earlier this year. lester. >> peter alexander in new york tonight, thank you. >>> now to yet another public relations mess for the airlines industry based on a disturbing video. delta the latest major airline to spark outrage in the past month after bumping a family with two toddlers from a flight from hawaii to los angeles and even threatening to have the parents arrested and the children sent to foster care. nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: brian sheer's wife captured the incident on video posting edited portions online. >> i paid for this seat. i bought this seat. >> reporter: the family had bought a ticket for their teenage son but decided to put him on another flight so their 2-year-old could take the seat. they claim delta agents agreed and scanned the ticket. once on board with other passengers on the stand by list, delta agents said the toddler could not stay and threatened the family with arrest for not obeying. >> that's fine. >> so this is a federal offense. you and your wife would be in jail and you

peter binart. is this something mr. benjamin netanyahu would want to address with president trump? >> i doubt it.eli intelligence officials but netanyahu wants to get along with trump. trump offers the same thing as he is offering the saudis, first of all a hard line giagainst ir which is what israeli wants. if benjamin netanyahu gets those two things he will leave the intelligence people to deal with it privately in terms of future interactions with their american counterpart and make it all smiles with trump. >> he had a message for the president, and he put it on twitter, one of the president's favorite platforms. >> mr. president, we look forward to your visit. the citizens of israel will receive you with open arms. >> would it be in the united states and the president's best interests to, i guess, to be too friendly with netanyahu in this visit? >> no, i think it is very much in trump's interest to be friendly with netanyahu. israel is very popular inside the republican party. >> but in terms of the peace deal, i imagine there's some sensitivity in terms of how he addresses this. david mille

peter baker. >> thank you mr. president. if you would like to get to the bottom of a couple of things can get a chance for you to go on record. did you earn james comey in any way, shape or form to back down the investigation into michael flynn? president trump: no. . , have youlook back had any recollection where you have wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges? >> i think it is totally ridiculous. workingto get back to our country properly so that we can take care of the problems. we have plenty of problems. we have done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people looking at what you just said and said what are they doing? director comey was very unpopular with most people. i thought when i made that decision, and i got a strong recommendation as you know from the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. when i made that decision i thought that it would be a bipartisan decision. you look at all of the people on the democratic side, not only the republican sid

peter baker. yes. >> thank you, mr. president. in the light of very busy "newsweek" a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple of things, give you a chance to go on record here. did you at anytime urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape oform to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? and also as -- >> no. no. next question? >> next question. as you look back over the past six months or a year, have you had any recollection where you have wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges in these investigations or impeachment as some on the left are implying? >> that is totally ridiculous. everybody thinks so. we have to get back to working our country properly so that we can take care of the problems that we have. we have plenty of problems. we've done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people, millions and millions of people out there that are looking at what you have just said and said, what are they doing? director comey w

peter baker? yes? >> thank you, mr. president. in the light of a very busy news week, a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple things, give you a chance to go on record ear. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? and also, as you -- >> no. >> -- look back -- >> no. next question? >> next question. as you look back over the past six months or year, have you had any recollection where you've wondered if anything you have done has been something that might worthy of criminal charges in these investigations or impeachment as some on the left are implying? >> i think it's totally ridiculous. everybody thinks so. again, we have to get back to working our country properly so that we can take care of the problems that we have. we have plenty of problems. we've done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people, millions and millions of people out there that are looking at what you have just said and said, what

mr. lieberman is out. is that right, peter? >> that's right. senator lieberman no longer in consideration by the white house after sending a letter to president trump yesterday. nbc news obtaining a copy. this was largely a function of the president that has decided he will be hiring a man by the name of marc kasowitz, his long-time manhattan attorney, to play a role in all things he needs in terms of consulting him with the russia investigations swirling right now. part of that letter you see on the screen reads, with your selection of marc kasowitz to represent you in the various investigations that have begun i do believe it would be best to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest given my role as senior counsel in the law firm of which marc is the senior partner. that firm cas sew wcas sew wit'm has worked four years. the white house i'm told by sources familiar with the decision making process has been broaning outts search to come up with other names. this is striking because there was a sense before the president left on this fore

mr. trump would ultimately sign off on that policy after michael flynn left. lester? >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> meanwhile we're learning the flynn investigation and the broader russia probe surrounding it, may become a criminal investigation. mueller, the former fbi director has some big decisions to make. we get more from nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: senators said the deputy attorney general told them today that robert mueller will take over an investigation entering a new phase. >> i think the biggest legal change, seems to be mr. mueller is going to proceed forward with a criminal investigation. >> reporter: what started purely as an investigation of russia's influence on the campaign is now using all the legal resources available, subpoe subpoenas, interviews, grand juries, to see if anyone here was helping. mueller takes it on with strong bipartisan support. >> he's someone who is widely respected for his professionalism. >> reporter: he's already hired two people, his former chief of staff at the fbi and james quarrels who was on the

. >> peter, mr. and coatings will be an integral part of the company but it could be sold to fund further acquisitions? what other areas might you be considering looking at? >> well, we'll have a -- we'll have a stronger balance sheet because we're taking our pigments and our additives business, about a $2 billion revenue business, we're taking this to the market in an ipo this july -- august time frame. with the proceeds of that will actually lower the combined debt of huntsman-clariant to where our balance sheet is actually stronger than -- statistically stronger than huntsman stand-alone or clariant stand-alone. there's going to be almost an immediate benefit to our shareholders. and i think our number one priority is going to be to look at bringing the cultures together and look at bringing the synergies, achieving synergies for our shareholders. but certainly we will also be looking quite aggressively at how we use that balance sheet to further consolidate and further expand our technological fo

peter baker, yes. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. in the light of a very busy news week a lot of people would like to get to the bottom of a couple of things. given you a chance to go on record here. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no. >> reporter: also as you look back -- >> no. next question. >> reporter: next question. always you look back over the past six months or a year, have you had any recollection where you have wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges in these investigations or impeachment as some on the left are implying? >> i think it is totally ridiculous. everybody thinks so. again, we have to get back to working our country properly so that we can take care of the problems that we have. we have plenty of problems. we have done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people. millions and millions of people out there that are looking at what you hav

mr. musk is hopefully providing this bridge for all of us. >> peter young, we will keep an eye on things this transpires, thank you for your time. >>> utah boring, you have probably heard the claims by the warriors about the lack of night life. so the officials from salt lake city are with us live to respond to that. >> we will have a cool down for the rest of the week, i have a look at what to expect for tomorrow and the rest of the week coming up >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> as you likely know, the warriors will be facing the jazz in game four. before the game there were a few light hearted jabs thrown at the jabs, they had nothing to do with basketball, but night life. we have scott from the utah visitors commission. scott, is utah boring? >> of course not. >> how did we know you are going to say that. >> because that's my job. >> you guys jumped on this in the best possible way, you took a negative and spun it to a positive. tell us about

mr. kushner volunteered to share what he knows in connection with any other inquiry, lester? >> peter alexander with that developing news from the white house tonight. thank you. >>> now to the violent turn last night at a very closely watched race for an open congressional seat in month mon montana. the hard-fought contest turned to blows when the republican candidate allegedly body slammed a reporter trying to question him. it's drawn high profile national interest from president trump on down as democrats come within striking distance of a potential upset. tonight republican greg gianforte faces charges as they try to measure the impact on voters going to the bolls. nbc's caskasie hunt. >> reporter: a reporter question answered with violence. >> just -- sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. >> reporter: greg gianforte charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly body slamming ben jacobs, a reporter for the guardian newspaper shaking up hours before polls opened on this election day. >

if i may, peter, do you think he will cooperate with mr. mueller? >> well, not happily.now, i have my doubts about that, actually. i know dana was saying earlier that he has no choice. but this isn't someone who operates the way most people do. so testimony, i don't know, that's far down the road anyway. so who could predict? i certainly wouldn't. >> michael, same question to you. >> bob mueller is fiercely independent. he was director of the fbi when i was the u.s. attorney and he's known for protecting that independence and that's the beauty of having a trained prosecutor who knows how to look at the investigation and see the thing as a whole as opposed to separate pieces and i think he'll figure out a way to get the information that he needs whether through other sources such as maintained e-mails. they may try to claim privilege but bob knows how to get the job done. >> you know, michael, we were talking -- i was working the morning show. a lot of people are bringing up whitewater, how it started as an investigation into an arkansas land purchase and evolved into the

mr. secretary, is how involved is peter navarro as the president's trade adviser?rcement actions? is he working on bigger picture trade negotiations, can you talk about his role? >> i know peter very well from the campaign. he and i did perhaps a dozen or other editorials together on trade policy on various other parts of the president's economic plan. peter is on white house staff which means he's into the policy side and into coordination between the white house and the department of commerce. he is not a trade negotiator. that's not his function. nor is it his desire. we have the statutory responsibilities of the u.s. trade representative and then you have the collaborative role that the president has designated for me to play. so we're cooperating as a kind of a triumvirate. >> navarro seems so focused on the trade deficit. many other economists believe that that focus is ill advised, that it is not a particularly accurate barometer of the economic health of our country. >> well, navorro is an economist. he has his opinions and as i say, the white house encoura

mr. truch trump's explanation, of course the australians have better health care than we do. everybody does. >> thabz's peter alexander reporting. >> a nonprofit group with ties to house speaker paul ryan has launched a $2 million ad campaign to thank lawmakers who voted for the health care bill. let's bring in jonathan allen, coauthor of the new book shattered inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign. also joining me, kevin robilard, reporter for politico who covers races. thanks for joining me this morning. >> good morning. >> you have a list of about seven lawmakers whose jobs might be in jeopardy as a result of voting in favor of the health care bill. is it too early to tell yet? >> it is a little too early to say specific members of congress are going down, but the number of lawmakers this puts in danger are far greater than 20. there are 23 lawmakers sitting in districts where hillary clinton won. pretty much all those lawmakers were already in danger and most of them voted for this bill, which is probably going to the add to the danger they're facing. >> so, kevin, who sticks out as the most vulnerabl

mr. botticelli said with regard to the director of national intelligence listing at this year for the first time ever in his world assessment. he put synthetic opioids into national security contact. senator peter's> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for calling this important herein of opioid abuse in michigan are not-- growing at an alarming rate and it's important to get to the bottom of this and understand how we can deal with it and i appreciate your leadership on this issue. certainly, thank you to the panelists for your compelling testimony as well in dealing with this. my first question really deals with how we deal with the underlying substance abuse and medical treatment necessary to treat this as a medical issue. certainly it's a law enforcement issue, but to your testimony, chief, a public health issue first and foremost. whenever we think about public health i think about our health care policies and in his signal or act with its expansion of medicated, which has been significant in my state. medicaid expansion has led to over 600,000 individuals now having healthcare coverage where they didn't have a before and part of the affordable care act is coverage for mental health as wel

mr. trump's explanation of course t healthcare than we do. everybody does. >> nbc's peter alexander with that report. healthcare naturally going to be the big topic on this week's "meet the press." andrea mitchell is going to sit down with health and human services secretary tom price, she will also speak exclusively with senator dianne feinstein and senator rory blunt. all of that happening right here on nbc 4, it starts at 10:30 tomorrow. >>> this is really cool. a rare opportunity really being offered in d.c. today. >> a big opportunity. eat, eat, eat, eat. >> and leave the country. >> that's right. passport d.c. is offering an event that's letting you get a taste of more than 40 different countries without having to board that plane. >> how about that. >> the around the world embassy tour starts this morning in about 50 minutes at 10:00 and it will last until 4:00 into the afternoon. if you go you can experience awesome demos like martial arts, also different foods of course, dance, fashion, music, all of that. the free journey is one of the month long passport d.c. ce

peter baker? yes. >> thank you, mr. president.busy news week, people want to get to the bottom of a couple things, giving you the chance to go on record here. did you, at any time, urge the former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form back down from flynn -- >> no, no. >> also as you -- >> no. next question. >> next question. as you look back over the past six months or year, have you had any recollection where you wondered if anything you have done has been something that might be worthy of criminal charges or impeachment as some to the left imply. >> it's absolutely ridiculous. everyone thinks so. again, we have to get back to working our country properly so that we can take care of the problems that we have. we have plenty of problems. we've done a fantastic job. we have a tremendous group of people, millions and millions of people out there looking at what you had just said and said, what are they doing? director comey was very unpopular with most people. i actually thought when i made that decision, and i also g