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"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. quick, paging john kelly, the president is loose on the true man balcony and i think he's scaring the kids capping a morning of twitter rage where he launched attacks on his own justice department and fbi, amazon, cnn, nbc, mexico, democrats and so-called caravans of people traveling through mexico. he addressed the children and families gathered on the south lawn for the annual easter egg roll. >> i want to thank the white house historical association and all of the people that worked so hard with melania, with everybody to keep this incredible house or building or whatever you want to call it, because there really is no name for it. it is special. and we keep it in tip-top shape. we call it sometimes tippy-top shape and it's a great, great place. >> it has a name, a very, very famous name. while signing children's autographs, reporters asked the president whether daca kids should worry about getting deported. here's what he said to them. >> mr. president, what

. >>> nicole wall lale wallace, t. for all the folks tuning in, we must explain that our attention is focused on the youtube corporate campus san bruno, california just south of san francisco. and that is because if you have been following any of our coverage, you know already this is the latest scene in this country of the new term the art, the active shooter, this is not a drill, sadly law enforcement mass converged on the youtube campus because of reports of shots fired. there are a few things to point out as we watch what is now going to be this familiar endless loop of aerial photograp photography. most of it like what you are looking at now live, but a lot of it will be taped from earlier when the helicopter first arrived at the location. we have seen a notable absence of urgency because this is a tech company and because this is 2018, you will see one thing that all of the evacuees have in common, they are all looking down. that is because everyone who works there is on their phones. if you have a guys, you hade

we're happy to be joined by our friend and colleague nicole wallace.acy in exile. and i know you've been surrounded by friends today. i need to hear you out about the service we just witnessed. >> for anyone with hdtv, i'm sorry i've been crying for an hour. she would have hated that, though. that would have bchb the last thing she wanted to hear. she started talking about her funeral and which hymns she wanted played in her funeral in the summer of 2016. i don't think she would be offended. i'm going to go ahead and say this. john meachem slayed down. so much about this family and what they've meant to generations of people who went to work in republican politics thinking they were republicans, but in reality they were bush family lovers and loyalists. and she was the bright light that we all crawled toward. and i can't imagine this family without her. he was the sparkle, the kids were all gracious. they were civilized. they are uh civilized. they're all -- you know, have this spirit. but she was the flame. she was the keeper of the family flame. it's

without further ado, please join me in welcoming nicolle wallace and jennifer palmieri. [applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> i don't know why i feel like i'm about to cry for your book, but i am. we were friends for a long time. we've been through a lot of shipped together. today on my show, and i said can we talk about the low point of the campaign when hillary went missing on 9/11 after the commander-in-chief debate when you are serious the at which i work and purchased three pints of ice cream. while waiting to do brian williams 11:00 show when we talked. afterward, i said do you think i went too far in revealing how much i conquered? was it inappropriate? the never say that to me again. i'm not a brand. these pages come in this tiny beautiful little book makes me cry because it cuts right to the bone. it is then no bullshit state of where we are. not just for women, before the country. i'm just going to read. i am just going to start. when the unimaginable happens, imagine what may be possible. i want to tell you what that day after felt like. it

former bush president, president bush 43, a white house communications director nicolle wallace joins us by phone right now. nicolle, this is amaze. we didn't know what had happened until now, that he was in serious situation at the hospital. >> yeah, listen, for those of us who know and love the bush family, it's another heartbreak. but in some ways the conversation we've all been having since we learned about this yesterday is that it's sort of beautiful. i mean, you can still die of a broken heart. you think about the week that this man had. he held his wife's hand while she died. he went to the church where people, the public went to greet barbara bush as she was there to welcome. that wasn't part of the plan. he, you know, for the most part was stoic during the funeral. and he has just had an unbelievable emotional week. and he is not of superb health himself. to hear this week took a toll on his health is not a tremendous surprise. but it's just, you know, i mean -- you and i both covered the funeral saturday, and you heard me say it. it feels like the beginning of the end of an

it happened yesterday.th this is msnbc's resident genius nicole wallace mistaking the opening of a sodaan for gunfire. watch. >> steve's met steve schmidt, o back to the horror of 9/11, and the complete reliance. we were in our tribes, our corners most of our lives. i think we just heard some gunshots. can we listen to that for a second, control room? not gunshots, okay. >> tucker: [laughs] "not gunshots." pretty funny. but listen very carefully. she lectures you about the second amendment because she knows that. pete hegseth is "fox & friends" we canan host, a former member f the u.s. military, a decorated one, and he joins us tonight. it's pretty simple question. we know the script, the way these things unfold, how they are analyzed in the press, we draw sweeping conclusions from a pretty limited set of facts. you are not hearing that tonight. you are not hearing the other channels say tacos femininity is a threat to america. why is that? >> the wrong bad guy. female of a rhenium dissent, a fitness buff, vegan, a peta member. not an nra member, not a member of thesc nra, as a result,

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in washington. that sound you hear is the primal scream from the president's lawyers who could not have been down with donald trump's plan to bring back the pajama phoner on fox and friends. the president spoke to his favorite morning show hosts for 29 jaw-dropping minutes on a range of topics from robert mueller to north korea to kanye west to melania's lack of birthday gifts. it was so long and free wheeling that the hosts were the ones who ended the interview. for his part trump appeared to have more to give, but the change that had the lasting was two arguments central to his legal battles. one, the criminal case related to the raid of his lawyer michael cohen and the civil case against actress stormy daniels. it may have weakened his standing in all those casees and accomplished that in a 42-second answer. >> mr. president, how much of your legal work was handled by michael cohen? >> well, as a percentage of my yoev all legal work, a tiny, tiny little fraction. but mich

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. donald trump's arsenal may be failing him. his tools of choice have all come under fire since the dramatic raid of his attorneys's offices and home last week. and since then his use of hush money deals, friendly media allies willing to catch and kill unfavorable stories and his belief in the ironclad loyalty of the colorful characters around him have come under renewed scrutiny. the public debate about how trump's personal attorney and fixer, michael cohen, will hold up in the wake of that raid is really just a debate over whether he goes to jail for the president or flips. no one seems to suggest that cohen is clean. from politico, quote, president trump and his outside advisors are increasingly worried that his long time personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors. from the "wall street journal," quoting one of mr. trump's former attorneys, quote, on the scale of 100 to 1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, mr. cohe

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. /s >> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. we come on the air with breaking news in the legal battle between adult film actress star stormy daniels and the president of the united states of america. michael avenatti, daniels' attorney dropping the bombshell a couple hours ago that daniels is suing the president for defamation. the case is over the president's attack object daniels in a tweet in which he seemed to imply she was lying about the man who threatened her in a parking lot. here's the tweet in question from president trump. quote, a sketch years later about a nonexistent man, a total con job, playing the fake news media for fools. but they know it. here's the sketch daniels and her attorney released of the man she claims approached her while she was securing her infant daughter in her car seat. here's how daniels' described the encounter. >> he walked up behind me. i saw his redpleks. i turned around and i thought he was going to say do you know where such and such class is o

i'm nicolle wallace, "mtp daily" starts right now with katy tur. always on time. >> you are on time. but you can't leave that cliff hanger and expect me to continue the momentum. that is not fair. >> you figure it out. >> staying with this, i promise it is a good show. nicolle wallace, thank you very much. >>> and if it is monday, is the president misinformed or is he lying? >> tonight the end game of the president's daca blame game. >> the democrats have really let them down. it's a shame and now people are taking advantage of daca. >> plus the red shadow over the white house. will president putin come to washington? >>> and sinclair on script. >> this is extremely dangerous to our democracy -- >> the growing power of one local news broadcasting giant. >>> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd and welcome to "mtp daily." if your megaphone is big enough, it doesn't matter if what you are saying is 100% correct. amid an easter weekend spent with close advisers in person and on t

in the meantime, my dear friend, star of the hour, "deadline white house" anchor nicolle wallace takes it away right now. >> with friends like that, wow. hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. one former senior u.s. government official today described the botched white house handling of the ronny jackson nomination as, quote, leading a lamb to slaughter. jackson, of course, is the president's pick to head the department of veterans affairs. and what began as an embarrassment for the white house has blossomed into a full-blown political and public relations crisis. here are a few of today's headlines jackson who served as top white house doctor before being tapped to run one of the largest federal bureaucracies. jackson known as candy man giving drugds to passengers, democrats says. another nominee, backed on female employee's door during overseas trip sources say. va nominee ronny jackson facing hostile working environment allegations. in the face of the allegations the white house is just now digging in and starting to mount a defense of jackson. here's press secretary sarah huckabee sa

here's nicolle wallace who served as bush's communication director during bush's conviction. >> he thoughtmes of obstruction of justice and lying to the fbi was serious enough he wasn't going to pardon him. there are kinds of crimes, rick gates, people around donald trump have been charged with, pleadsed guilty to or are vulnerable of being charged with. what happens next could be nothing because i think that fox news is conditioning the country to accept a pardon for someone like scooter libby to prepare them for the pardoning of everybody in donald trump's seemingly corrupt criminal enterprise. >> now to the former substitute teacher who is under arrest after allegedly running a fight club at a connecticut school, 23-year-old ryan fish was caught on cell phone video encouraging students to fight during class. he denies facilitating the fight saying he didn't know how to handle the situation. fish was fired in october after school officials first learned about the fight club. he faces multiple charges including reckless endangerment and risk of injury to a minor. >> being a cool teacher g

their nice suits and golden parachutes take a listen as comcast employees imus and b c analyst nicole wallaceand reverend al sharpton hyped comcast big day of giving while sitting just inches away from their corporate paymaster comcast senior executive vice president david cohn and if you look carefully hawk watchers while conan speaks you can still see the bloody carcass of net neutrality hanging from is to. mark the big event here as we fell a great comcast cares day now in its seventeenth year it is believed to be the nation's largest single day corporate volunteer event says of at his show him here every day this is part of the people in this building and around the cancun as well . all excited about doing would do go to doing twenty four hours this i think that we could bring the world to women the one of those you know we'll have over one hundred thousand employees members of their families and nonprofit partners volunteering tomorrow and over a thousand projects in more than twenty countries so it's really become a global effort way to al sharpton just infer that comcast is carrying on

take a listen as comcast employees imus and b c analyst nicole wallace and reverend al sharpton hyped comcast big day of giving while sitting just inches away from their corporate paymaster comcast senior executive vice president david cohn and if you look carefully hawk watchers while conan speaks you can still see the bloody carcass of net neutrality hanging from his to. big event here as we fell a great comcast cares day now and it seventeen year it is believed to be the nation's largest single day corporate volunteer advances of ads show him here this is part of the people in this building and around the world all excited about doing go to doing. this i think we can bring the world to women the one of those you know will have over one hundred thousand employees members of their families and nonprofit partners volunteering tomorrow and over a thousand projects in more than twenty countries so it's really become a global effort way to al sharpton system for the comcast is occurring on the work of belsen mandela. but it wasn't just the airwaves of morning joe were comcast was patting

this is msnbc nicole wallace mistaking the opening of a soda can for gunfire.ch. >> i always go back to the horror of 9-11 and the reliance. we are in our corner most of our lives. i think we just heard some gun shots. not gun shots? okay. >> tucker: [laughing]. no, nicole. pretty funny. she lectures about the second amendment. pete is fox and friends weekend host and a former member of the u.s. military and joins us tonight. pete, it's a simple question. we know the way these things unfold and the way they are analyzed in the press. we draw sweeping conclusions from a small sets of facts. why we are not hearing that. >> wrong bad guy. a female, of iranian descent. not a trump supporter and not a member of the nra. she doesn't fit the narrative. abc a glancing blow. nbc said she is apparently an animal rights activist. imagine if an nra did this. is he apparently or actually an nra minute. no judgment or blood on the h d hands of a peta member. it's absurd to me to define a population as violent because they believe in animal rights. likes it's absurd to believ

joining us nicole wallace, host of deadline white house, former communications directorer for georgebush and a nice and smart person. >> hi. >> you've had a chance to look at a little bit -- we obtained an early copy of the book. >> can i touch it? because i've just been reading it on the internet, on google. >> saying i don't know. i i'm a witness, not a prosecutor. >> you started with the four instances we've known to have been under microscope by mueller's team to build a potential obstruction of justice case. >> and the intent behind it. >> the crafting of a bogus story to explain don jr.'s meeting with russianss in trump tower, the dangling of pardens in front of people like paul manafort and mike flynn before they were charged and at least in mike flynn's case before he became a coop r cooperating witness in the russia probe. criminal intent. and i think if you look at mike curaul oewho left the defense team over the crafting of the bogus statement -- >> because he said it might be obstruction of justice. >> he saw something that made him something he crossed a line. it's good

i'm nicolle wallace. back here monday at 4:00 p.m. ♪ >>> welcome back to our continuing coverage on the strike in syria. 8:00 p.m. on the east coast, 5:00 p.m. out west and 3:00 a.m. in syria. we'll bring you all of the latest in our extended coverage. the country there reeling after the u.s./french/british strikes, an attack in response to assad's use of chemical weapons on his own civilians. this is a message to syria and its sponsors, iran and putin. there's been a failed attempt at a u.n. resolution condemning the attack. there are new reports of putin's disinformation campaign escalating. on capitol hill t

joining us now is the great nicole wallace, host of "deadline white house" weekdays. >> nice to see you. >> you're hosting in for brian's show tonight. >> i am filling in at 11:00. >> thank you for coming in early to talk. let me talk to you about epa stuff. you went through crisis in the george w. bush white house. every white house has its own level of scandal. c do you have any sense of the rhyme or reason why a person quits this administration versus it being something you're a l allowallo allowed to stay on? >> there is no rime hyme or rea. the new york times reporting and you referenced it about the six individuals that amount to whistle-blowers basically. they objected to administrator pruit's conduct. >> to his face. >> two of them include dpreshls -- presidential appointees.- presidential appointees. presidential appointees. about policies you covered in depth, that's not the case for pruit. these are people that had concerns about pruit's conduct and a phone booth and weird stuff about the rot of ethics and they were people that knew donald trump personally.

i'm nicole wallace in for brian tonight. it's day 440 of the trump administration.iendly territory with one of his key allies on capitol hill, house majority leader kevin mccarthy. they attended a dinner with trump supporters hosted by the pro-trump super pac america first action. . the president made no public appearances today and the bombshell "washington post" report confirming that he has been told that he's a subject of robert mueller's investigation may have something to do with that. that report said the special prosecutor did not consider the president a criminal target at this point, but that does not mean that his status as a subject is permanent or that it's reason for relief. today the white house was asked about that report. >> what was his reaction to learning he is not a subject, or that he is not a target of the special counsel investigation, although he is a subject? >> there was no collusion between the president and russia, so nothing has changed. we know what we did and what we didn't do. so none of this comes as much of a surprise. >> "the wash

nicole wallace, i will see you back here on monday for " "deadline white house" at 4:00 p.m. >>> let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i am chris matthew, back in washington, another of a wild week, it is 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the president ordered troops down the border. he forced china over possible trade war. without giving evidence, he made a comment about women immigrants getting raped at levels never seen before. trump sidelined his chief of staff and publicly standing up to his living it up epa director, scott pruitt. there is his report of taste of luxury travels that he often sits in first for business class. pruitt says he needed to because of unpleasant interaction with other travelers. and according to the new york times, pruitt requested for a bullet froproof vehicle. including at least one trip to le diplomate. at least five officials of the epa were requested new jobs in the past years after they raised concerns of the spending habits. a spokesperson from epa called them a group of disgruntle employees who have been dismissed or reassigned. >> there is ethic report

schmidt characterized the chaos in this white house in his own unique way during an appearance with nicolle wallace. >> from a personnel perspective we've never quite seen the assemblage of crooks, wife beaters, drunk drivers, complete and total incompetence that's been assembled. if you took the ten greatest hr managers in the history of the world, put them together and said we want to form a 1927 yankees of incompetence, it's not possible they would have done a better job. >> the gentleman does have a way with words, doesn't he? share of journalist ethics at the pointer institute and jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter, a veteran journalist himself. so jonathan, these are not the headlines you want. and just a reminder to all, steve schmidt is a republican. >> when you hear steve schmidt, but he's a republican. you go back in history and think about firing halderman in april 1973, that's a huge moment. you think about the saturday night massacre at the justice department a few months after that. every week in the trump administration is like the saturday night massacre. they're a

sunday night our own nicolle wallace will host an in depth look at robert mueller right here on msnbci just wish we would let him do his job. >> there could be a domino effect that leads to the end of this presidency and robert mueller's findings could be that first piece to fall. >> the way to best understand the investigation is look at it as buckets, there's a russia bucket, an obstruction bucket and a fans bucket. the bucket we know the most about is the obstruction one. these are questions about what the president has done since he came into office, why did he fire james comey, why did he demand so much loyalty of the folks running the investigation? >> "headliners," an in depth look at robert mueller will air next -- this sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. that's our news for tonight. good night from our headquarters in new york. >> thanks for joining us tonight. this is a live news show right now. it's friday night. in this era in american news and politics, that means you should keep your tray table stowed and your seat in an upright position because anything could happen. we do need t

. >> i want to read you a tweet from our mutual friend nicole wallace. so here's how this can work sometimes. having worked in a white house under investigation, the "washington post" could have had a call in to the white house for comment on news that trump is a subject. that news might have angered trump. now reevaluate the market moving attacks this week on amazon. i talked to another lawyer tonight who said the president is way under defended legally. and even if he found the best white shoe washington law firm to come in at this late date, they are one million documents behind. the catchup time would kill everybody involved. the question to you speaks to the anxiety level you've been able to detect in your reporting in the west wing. >> there's always a ton of anxiety when the topic of mueller or the russia probe comes up. there is this debate within his legal team on if he should sit for an interview or if he should not. but that's sort of obscures the fact that right now as the president is heading into perhaps the most perilous moment in this pro

joining us now is the great nicole wallace, host of "deadline white house" weekdays.nice to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you. >> you're hosting in for brian's show tonight. >> i am filling in at 11:00. >> thank you for coming in early to talk. let me talk to you about epa stuff. you went through lots of crises in the george w. bush white house. every white house has its own level of scandal. do you have any sense of the rhyme or reason, p what makes a person have to quit this administration versus something you're allowed to stay on weeks and weeks dangling in the press like this? >> there is no rhyme or reason. what i think happened today, former white house adviser put this story at door step of the white house staff. the "new york times" reporting that you referenced about the six individuals that amount to whistle-blowers basically. they objected to administrator pruitt's conduct. >> to his face. >> two of them include presidential appointees. not career officials. in the bush years, a lot of the whistleblower scandals were career officials that had policy c

it's time now to hand you over to my friend nicolle wallace. colle starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. it is a rare news cycle when the president has a clean shot at claiming progress toward a goal that unites much of the free world. but that's exactly what he woke up to today with news this morning about historic summit between the leaders of north and south korea. if we know anything about this president one year and three months in it's that he's expert at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. in terms of muddying his own potentially positive news cycles. the president consumed this morning on twitter with the russia investigation again. tweeting his daily collusion denial. quote, just out, house intel committee report released. no evidence that the trump campaign colluded, coordinated or conspired with russia. clinton campaign paid for opposition research obtained from russia. wow! must end now. it was one of the clearest articulations, if you can call it that, of his intention or desire to end investigations into

. >> nicolle wallace. you forget how early it is. you're on your cushy 4:00 p.m.lk in. joe and mika have the morning off. they'll be back on monday. we have maike barnicle with us and executive producer and co-host of the circus on

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. /s >> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. we come on the air with breaking news in the legal battle between adult film actress star stormy daniels and the president of the united states of america. michael avenatti, daniels' attorney dropping the bombshell a couple hours ago that daniels is suing the president for defamation. the case is over the president's attack object daniels in a tweet in which he seemed to imply she was lying about the man who threatened her in a parking lot. here's the tweet in question from president trump. quote, a sketch years later about a nonexistent man, a total con job, playing the fake news media for fools. but they know it. here's the sketch daniels and her attorney released of the man she claims

. >>> i'm nicolle wallace. robert mueller and president donald trump, both men raised in privilege, both reaching the pinnacle of power. their journeys were different. one turned towards service. the other chased fortune. will lived in the spotlight. the other avoided it in. in 2017 these two worlds would collide in an investigation that could forever impact american politics. >> the whole country is waiting to see what happens to robert mueller. leading one ocht biggest investigations in political history. >> mr. mueller had a conversation with president trump's attorneys on the russia probe. he walked through the president's status at this time. >> special counsel bob mueller is dialing up the pressure. >> cannot have a more formidable adversary if you are a bad guy that bob mueller. >> the u.s. intelligence community says the russians tried to come in and influence our election. who did it? how did they do it? was anyone here helping. >> the russia investigation is intensifying. >> they didn't just simply as

nicole wallace, i will see you back here on monday for " "deadline white house" at 4:00 p.m. >>> let'sdball." >> good evening, i am chris matthew, back in washington, another of a wild week, it is 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the president ordered troops down the border.

. >>> i'm nicolle wallace.president donald trump, both men raised in privilege, both reaching the pinnacle of power. their journeys were different. one turned towards service. the other chased fortune. will lived in the spotlight. the other avoided it in. in 2017 these two worlds would collide in an investigation that could forever impact american politics.

i'm nicolle wallace in for brian.

that does it for our hour, i'm nicole wallace. >>> if it's monday, it's the chief of staff vs. the commander in chief. >>> good evening, i'm ste. it looks like what could be the beginning to the end of john kelly, the white house chief of staff. kelly has called the president multiple times, that he's cast himself as the savior of the country against the president and his erratic urges and he has eroded morale in the west wing, and he has told aides that women are more emotional than men. kelly criticized the president's knowledge on immigration, saying, quote, he doesn't even understand what daca is, he's an idiot, we've got to save him from himself. the president is aware of some, but not all of kelly's comments. and we should know that the president is pushing back on aspects of this reporting. we'll get to that in a moment. the biggest question is how long can kelly survive these kinds of revelations? you might remember that last year, a report emerged that rex tillerson referred to trump as a moron, it was after that that tillerson was fired through a tweet. we bring in ms

sunday night our own nicolle wallace will host an in-depth look at murrobert mueller and h is a previewake this wherever it leads, i just wish we could let him do his job. >> there could be a domino effect that leads to the end of this presidency and robert mueller's findings could be that first piece to fall. >> the way to best understand mueller's investigations is to look at it as buckets. there's a russia bucket, an obstruction bucket and a finance bucket. the bucket we know the most about is the obstruction one. these are questions about what the president has done since he came into office. why did he fire james comey? why did he ask for comey to end the flynn investigation? why has he demanded so much loyalty of the folks running the investigation? >> headliners, an in-depth look at robert mueller will air sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> that's our broadcast for tonight, thanks for being with us, and good night for nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. the two biggest legal threats facing the presidents, robert mueller's russia

"deadline white house" with nicole wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone.in new york. no one puts stormy in the corner. the adult film actress speaking out today on "the view" saying she's done being bullied and releasing a sketch of the man she says warned her in a las vegas parking lot about her alleged sexual relationship with donald trump. >> intimidating me and trying to say you'll take all my money and my house. i'm done. i'm done being bullied. >>

"deadline white house" with nicole wallace begins right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. donald trump's day of french diplomacy was sidetracked by what many took as the president taking the first step toward cutting his nominee for the department of veterans affairs loose. according to the president ronnie jackson may not need the headache of getting confirmed amid such questions like the ones laid out in the "new york time times", specifically that jackson oversaw a hostile work environment, allowed the overprescribing of drugs and possibly drank on the job. he was on the hill today at the same moment the president expressed ambivalence about whether jackson should stick it out? >> can you say anything at all about these allegations? >> i was looking forward to the hearing tomorrow. kind of disappointmeed it's bee postponed. >> you've seen the allegations, hostile work environment, drinking on the job, overprescribing medications. are you saying that's not true? >> i'm saying i'm looking forward to the hearing. >> moments after that exchange the pr

i'm nicole wallace in for brian tonight. it's day 440 of the trump administration. the president is spending tonight in friendly territory with one of his key allies on capitol hill, house majority leader kevin mccarthy. they attended a dinner with trump supporters hosted by the pro-trump super pac america first action. the president made no public appearances today and the bombshell "washington post" report confirming that he has been told that he's a subject of robert mueller's investigation may have something to do with that. that report said the special prosecutor did not consider the president a criminal target at this point, but that does not mean that his status as a subject is permanent or that it's reason for relief. today the white house was asked about that report. >> what was his reaction to learning he is not a subject, or that he is not a target of the special counsel investigation, although he is a subject? >> there was no collusion between the president and russia, so nothing has changed. we know what we did and what we didn't do. so none of this com

i'm nicolle wallace in for brian. day 145 of the trump administration brings a bombshell that one trump confident concedes was a true cause for alarm for the president. donald trump's personal lawyer and fixer, the man who paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 in hush money. "the new york times" broke the story late this afternoon. the washington soon followed. they both report that some of the materials seized in that raid is related to the payment to stormy daniels, but also that documents related to other topics as well as communications between cohen and his clients were taken. "the washington post" reports that cohen's computer, his phone, and personal financial records were confiscated in the search of his law office and that he's, quote, under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud, and campaign finance violations according to a person with knowledge of the case. the president was not happy about any of it. sources close to the white house tell nbc news that he found out about the raid after

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone.4:00 in new york. today's the day when you have to decide if you believe in coincidences. donald trump woke. up to news today that special counsel bob mueller was explicitly authorized by his appointees of the justice department to investigate whether the president's former campaign chairman illegally coordinated with russia. >>> then in twin appearances with the leaders of three baltic states, donald trump wanted to make one thing abundantly clear when it comes to russia, no one has been tougher than donald trump. and, yes, he referred to himself in the third person. take a look. >> getting along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. now, maybe we will, and maybe we won't. and probably nobody's been tougher to russia than donald trump.

i'm nicolle wallace, "mtp daily" starts right now. hi chuck. >> we've gone a long way from facebook saying there is no way any fake news happened here to 83 million -- >> they remind me of old-fashioned republicans. like, oh, we don't have to talk to the press. nothing to see her. hyper defensive until they want to show you something that is a mirage. i'm unimpressed. >> when you keep having to fill in the blanks it makes you wonder how much more blanks do we not know about. >>> if it is wednesday, if you are the subject of robert mueller's investigation, is that a good thing? >> tonight, fear factor. what is behind president trump's recent west wing drama. could the answer be in the latest mueller relevations. >>> and china pushes back at the u.s. with tariffs of its own. could a political battle be brewing too, just in time for the midterms. >>> and 50 years after martin luther king's assassination. the legacy he left behind and the lessons still to be learned. >> he taught us how to live, he taught us how to stand up, to be brave,

nicolle wallace. >>> if it's monday, purchase's troubles may be confirmed. tonight, why president trump's pick for secretary of state may be inspiring a history-making senate snub. and why it matters. >> it looks iffy for this afternoon. >>> plus, the flip side with the man who claimed he would take a bullet for the president take an indictment? the white house says there is nothing to see here. >> the president has been clear that he hasn't done anything wrong. >>> and inside the first official state visit of the trump era. this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. >>>. welcome to "mtp daily." welcome to cubic inchation drama that is confirming every aspect of indicate dwros at the white house. the easy approximate's nominee for secretary of state mike pompeo is poised to receive a historic rebuke. any moment now the senate foreign relations committee is expected to vote against his nomination during a 5:00 meeting on capitol hill. a snub like that has not happened to the president's choice for secretary of state since -- well, ever. we may hear from me

i'm nicolle wallace. see you back here monday at 4:00 p.m. ♪ >>> welcome back to our continuing coverage on the strike in syria. 8:00 p.m. on the east coast, 5:00 p.m. out west and 3:00 a.m. in syria. we'll bring you all of the latest in our extended coverage. the country there reeling after the u.s./french/british strikes, an attack in response to assad's use of chemical weapons on his own civilians. this is a message to syria and its sponsors, iran and putin. there's been a failed attempt at a u.n. resolution condemning the attack. there are new reports of putin's disinformation campaign escalating. on capitol hill there is support but some raising questions about whether the president needs explicit congressional authority for actions like this. a larger question that donald trump stoked even amidst what people said is a reasonable strike, and that is whether it is a mission accomplished. if so, what was the mission? i will be joined live in studio in new york by the top democrat on the house foreign r