our peter alexander has the story. >> reporter: president trump tonight declaring what he says is the only real answer to stop illegal immigration in its tracks. >> we want a system where when people come in illegally, they have to go out. and a nice simple system that works. >> reporter: the president touting a hard line approach with due process rights like a hearing before a judge, an argument advocates for immigrants say is unconstitutional. mr. trump alongside jordan's king abdullah taking credit for the executive order overturning the family separation policy. >> it was something that i felt we had to do. we want children staying together. >> reporter: but earlier on twitter the president making no exceptions for minors who enter illegally, children, who he says should be brought back to their country. today customs and border protection announced a temporary pause in prosecutions of adults arriving with children. >> we're not changing the policy, we're out of resources. >> reporter: the political firestorm now sparking public shamofsah huckabee sanders addressing being asked to

back to you. >> peter alexander for us, peter, thank you. >> let's go now to janice mackie frayer in seoul. janice, how is the summit being perceived in south korea? >> reporter: south korea realizes what's at stake with this summit perhaps nobody more than moon jae-in. he met with kim jong-un in april and now the groundwork for the meeting with presint trump. he's balancing loyalties to both the u.s. and to north korea and domestically there is a lot at stake. he has local elections next week that his party hopes to do well in. and he is still struggling to get his april agreement with kim ratified by his own legislature. so, there is a bit of nervousness about what appears to be a lack of readiness for this summit. we know both sides are still meeting to come up with a joint statement. an official told me here when moon went into his meeting with kim, they had an agreement that was 90% there, but they needed to negotiate the word complete in front of denuclearization. arguably the issues with the u.s. are bigger to try to bridge into this having alienated long-time allies whereas k

nbc's peter alexander is traveling with the president and has more. her, she >> reporter: for alexandria ocasio-cortez, a stunning result. the 28-year-old former bartender and bernie sanders organizer, still paying off student loans, knocking out of ten-term incumbent joe crowley, a possible house speaker in waiting, eyeing nancy pelosi's seat. >> we need to put aside our differences and make sure we're charting a productive path forward for this country. >> reporter: her campaign video going viral. >> this race is about people versus money. we've got people. they've got money. >> reporter: ocacio-cortez, a millenial woman, reflecting the chaining democr changing demographics of her district and her party. >> seeing girls saying, mommy, she looks like me. >> reporter: president trump tweeting, perhaps he should have been nicer to his president. again, trying to brand his opposing party as in breeze to go victory in his political reboot. >> we celebrated. i mean, i had two twinkies and chocolate milk in one night. >> reporter: the president arriving in

let me go back to peter alexander for a moment here, peter, the question that i did not hear asked and i haven't heard -- i haven't heard an explanation yet, correct me if i'm wrong, but the administration has yet to explain how it is that the president was able to sign an executive order reversing essentialla policy decision that was announced by his attorney general just a few months ago, how is he able to sign that order when for the better part of the past week, he's said several times that he couldn't do it by executive order, his homeland security secretary said essentially the same thing. has anyone in the administration explained how they were able to do something that for days, they were insistent upon they couldn't do it? >> i don't think they have. certainly not very well, craig. let's be clear, this administration, this president, his advisors and aides, including the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen, for days, repeatedly and wrongly insisted that their hands were tied. effectively saying only congress could do something about this, the president could not r

as nbc's peter alexander reports, the president also spoke about one of the most divisive issues faced by the court and the country. >> reporter: president trump tonight on air force one revealing he'll announce the supreme court pick in ten days. five nominees on that short list he says including two women. the countdown is on and mr. trump may meet with a couple candidates this weekend at his bedminster new jersey estate. expected to call key senators, for now a listening role that will help define the legacy. president trump saying he won't ask the nominee before hand about same-sex marriage or on another hot button issue abortion or whether they would overturn roe v wade. >> i'm putting conservative people on. >> reporter: asked if he wants the court to overturn it. >> it will happen automatically in my opinion because i'm putting pro-life justices on the court. >> reporter: the president tipping his hand on his timeline. >> we have great choices and it will be done over the next 12 to 14 days. >> reporter: the white house not commenting on this apparent prank call speaking with co

peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> tonight on our nbc news excluvee learned hundredsf children are stuck at u.s. border stations and are rapidly running out of space after many were separated from their parents under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy for migrants crossing into the u.s. illegally. nbc news national rrespoent miguel almaguer has the story. >>orr: ton hundreds of migrant children, many separated from their parents at border facilities so crowded they often lack adequate bedding, tr medical supplies. according to a nbc news, of the 550 children in custody as of sunday, nearly 300 have spent more than 72 hours at border stations. surpassing government time limits. >> it's no place to hold a childor long-terte period of time. >> reporter: it comes after the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. prosecuting all adults who enter the country illegally. two u.s. officials tell nbc news health and human services wasn't given proper warning of the new policy and was caught unprepared. >> if people don't want to be separated from their child

nbc's peter alexander with the story. >> reporter: the president considering clemency for stars, martha justice for obstructing justice and lying to federal investigators and rob blagojevich found guilty of corruption in 2011. president trump arguing both celebs with ties to "the apprentice" were treated unfairly. he said both were treated unfairly. stewart used to be my biggest fan and insisting blagojevich said something stupid many other politicians say. it comes after the latest controversial pardon, dinesh d' dld souza, posting this photo of president obama appearing to take a picture with a selfie stick, writing you can take the boy out of the ghetto. the writer and film maker pleading guilty to finance fraud complaining he was targeted by the obama administration for his conservative views and the judge found no evidence of that. mr. trump tweeting he was treated very unfairly by the government. >> what my case shows in miniature is the way obama and hillary, too, have gangsterized the politics. >> reporter: is the president sending a signal to those wrapped up in the russia inve

>> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> let's drill down now on this growing disconnect over the separation of those migrant families while washington says one thing, undocumented parents trying to find their kids are often finding a different reality as they battle red tape. we have exclusive new video from inside a children's facility as the future of the president's zero-tolerance policy is in question. nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the border. >> reporter: these are the first nongovernment supplied images inside a facility serving separated migrant children. they were obtained by msnbc and secretly recorded last week by a former worker at the cayuga center in new york before she quit. that worker is critical of the president's zero-tolerance policy. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: today 17 states plus washington d.c. sued the government over family separation arguing the trump administration violated constitutional due process rights. >> the rhetoric we hear from the other side on this issue as on many others has become radicalized. >> reporter: customs an

nbc's peter alexander tells us who is on trump's short list. >> reporter: president trump making his surge for a supreme court nominee a top priority. >> i'm going back to washington and we're going to pick ourselves one great united states supreme court justice. >> reporter: the president determined to find a nominee young enough to make a lasting difference. >> we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: on the short list, all appealstt c of indiana, brett kavanagh of maryland, and thomas hardy man of pennsylvania. whoever is confirmed is considered to be more conservative than anthony kennedy. president trump boasting about a $10 billion fox come based in taiwan. >> this is the 8th wonder of the worldful >> reporter: the company pledging to create 13,000 new jobs. taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $4 billion in state and local incentives. if paid out, the most to a foreign company in u.s. history. >> this is 20 million feet plus. this will be one of the largest jobs ever built in the world. >> reporter: but tension ignited by mr. tru

peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. u.s. allies firing back this morning what is shape sg up to be a global trade war. the white house slapped several nations with massive tariffs on steel and alum numb, canada, mexico and european counterparts. it is outrage and condemnation from trading partners as they signal retaliatory strikes against the u.s. meaning the price of many things we buy is about to go up. >> the 30-year-old man who fought conviction from his parents' house in a new york court spending his last night at home. michael rotondo its packing up putting things in storage with help from a cousin. he slept at home thursday night. by noon today he has to be out. >> after 515 students competed for the title. a new spelling bee champ. koinonia. >> that is correct. >> never heard of that word. the 14-year-old from mckinney, texas. the top speller in the national spelling bee. takes home the trophy and $42 in cash and prizes after he spelled that word. koinonia correctly. it means, the word, greek word means a christian

nbc's peter alexander is trave with the president and has more. >> reporter: even for alexandria cortez, a stunning result, the 28-year-old former bartender and bernie sanders organizer still page off student loans knocki off one of the top house democrats, joe crowley, a possible house speaker in waiting eyeing nancy pelosi's seat. >> what we really need to do is put aside our differences and make sure we're charting a productive path forward for this country. >> reporter: her campaign video going viral. >> this race is about people versus money. we've got people, they have got money. >> reporter: cortez mi thrity ma lean yell woman reflecting the changing demographics of her and demographic party.>> t's a surreal experience to see these 4, 5-year-old girls that say mommy, she looks like me. >> reporter: president trump delighting in a top democrat's defeat tweeting he should have been nicer to his president trying to brand the opposing party as weak as they h otched wins in no carolina and new york. in utah mitt romney ee brzing the victory. >> i had two twinkies and chocolate milk in

nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: president trump tonight before ever meeting with kim jong-un already dangling a second summit here in the u.s. if next week's face-to-face goes well. >> maybe we'll start with the white house. what do you think? >> reporter: the president today projecting confidence heading into a negotiation unlike any he's ever faced before. >> i think i'm very well prepared. it's about attitude. it's about willingness to get things done. >> reporter: today alongside abe to make sure they are on the same page before him and kim meet. if they say this is just a photo op, what do you tell them? >> no, we'll start with a good relationship. >> reporter: the president in longer threatening fire and furry but looking ahead to a friendly negotiation and says former presidents should have diffused the crisis years ago. >> we'll get it done. >> reporter: still the president says he's willing to walk and stiffen sanctions on the north if necessary. >> they have to denuc. if they don't, that will not be acceptable. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo tha

nbc's peter alexander has the story. >> the supreme court ruling was a victory for this country and the constitution. >> reporter:resident trump tonight claiming vindication. >> the ruling shows that all of om the attacks he media and the democrat politicians are terong. >> rep mr. trump reveling nin a rare judicial win butapitol hill democrats bashing the decision as disappointing. >> i say who's going to be next. is the president going to issue an executive order against mexicans? >> reporter: keith allison the first muslim in cgress warninged the ruling should make all americans nervous. >> as long as the president invokes national security he has carte blanche to do whatever he wants to anybody. >> reporter: republicans rallying behind the president who initially dismissed this third version of his ban as watered down and rrpolitically t. >> this is part of the never trump's resistance to mischaracterize this as being a muslim ban. it >> reporter: mcconnell's campaign trolling political opponents by posting this photo of the sete majority leader gorsuch. l after mcconnell blocked pr

>> all right, peter alexander. peter, thank you. >> samantha bee opens her show with an apology. the full frontal host said she crossed the line when she used the c word against ivanka trump. >> many women have heard that word at the worst moments of their lives. a lot of them don't want that word reclaimed. they want it gone. and i don't blame them. i don't want to inflict more pain on them. i want this show to be challenging and i want it to be honest, but i never intended it to hurt anyone except ted cruz. >> bee went on to say as a comedian she's not a symbol of civility and actions are more important than words. the host sparked a lot of controversy for that ivanka trump joke losing sponsors auto trade and state farm. some claimed a double standard, likening bee's remarks to roseanne's racist tweet that led to abc cancelling her show. >> house republicans are expected to meet later this morning to focus on immigration legislation. hard liners are still at odds with more moderate lawmakers. this after a small delegation met with party leadership wednesday, but failed to reach

nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. and peter, you were right there, front and center. my biggest takeaway was the president and russia, russia, russia. how about you? >> i think you're right. i mean this was remarkable, frankly. i guess at this point we should no longer say anything is remarkable with this president. you know as well as i do that for this president, words often don't mean much. he just throws out these sort of verbal grenades and causes controversy. but i think it was significant what he said about russia today. as he heads up to that g-7 summit where there are significant tensions between the u.s. and its allies and in europe and in asia over trade and aye ran, that he now didn't suggest but called for russia to be reinstated to the former g-8, now g-7, basically you heard him say, he said, we have a world to run, why are we having this meeting if they are not going to be there. there was a lot of other news in his remarks today. just to wind our way through it. about his comments earlier in terms of his preparation for the summit, yesterday, remember

we start with peter alexander at the white house for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: more chaos, more confusion, as the trump administration tries to roll back that widely-rejected policy, separating children from their parents. even as a senior homeland security official tells nbc news, that 500 of the children have been reunited since may, the pentagon has been tasked to draw up plans to house up to 20,000 more migrant children on military bases, beginning as early as july next month. all of this, as the first lady gets a firsthand look at this crisis. this morning, a mother's mission. melania trump fresh off an unannounced trip to the border, visiting a temporary shelter for migrant children separated from their parents. >> i also would like to ask you how i can help to these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the first lady and the president on separate tracks. mrs. trump deploying herself as america's secretary of compassion. her husband hosting his cabinet, hammering home his hard-line ap

nbc's peter alexander has more on what's next. rter: aaron and eun, good morning. the president defending as you noted that dramatic reversal, that controversial policy separating children from their parents illegal caught at the border. this was a significant 1280 ami the pressure. on wednesday the president signed an executive order that allowed those families to stay together in federal custody while adults await prosecution. in fact, their prosecution will be moved up to the frontf the line. a health and human services spokesman tells nbc news that 2300 children already separated may not be immediately reunited with parents who are still awaiting court hearings. we'll have more. we'll have live reports from both the board and texas and right here at the white aaron and yun, back to you. >> peter alexander, live at the white house. u so much. >>> 6:47. the white nationalist group whose rally triggered violence last year now wants to demonstrate in our area. unite t right applied for a permit in a park outside of the white house.

peter alexander put the big question that we've all been asking to the president directly. do you think you're above the law? he said no but then he said yes i believe i have the authority to pardon myself. what is so notable about this is that the president won't just say i don't want to talk about it because i won't need to use the pardon power as it relates to myself. it comes in the wake of a number of pardons that we have seen from the president just pardoning alice johnson earlier this week. the 63-year-old great grandmother who was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking charges. he had a other pardons that people said were conservative allies. people close to himself. on the list of potential pardons, martha stewart, rod blagojevich and a white house official says the president is considering dozens of more pardons. is he trying to send a signal to some of those wrapped up in the russia probe. the white house disputes that but still that is still very much at the forefront as we track that part of the story. >> of course he mentioned that he might want to pardo

right now my friend peter alexander is sitting in for andrea mitchell. >>> thousands of kids still separated as homeland security says 500 even be reunited with their families in recent weeks. a mom and son back together but only after that mother sued the u.s. government. nbc spoke with several mother who is remain in detention. >> she says she's desperate to hear from her 9-year-old son. she says that authorities told her she was only going to be separated from her son for 48 hours. it's now been nine days. she has no idea where he is. >>> change of heart. attorney general jeff sessions contradicting himself in a new interview while trying to fends the trump administration's family separation policy. >> it hasn't been good. the american people don't like the idea that we're separating families. we never really intended to do that. >> i have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. if you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you. that child may be separated from you as required by law. >>> flak jacket. what message was the first lady trying to

joining me is peter alexander. peter, thank you. any feel, smell of the crowd that sort of thing you can tell over there that we can't see? >> well, chris, it's the beginning of what will be a historic day certainly here in history, here in singapore, no matter what happens, this handshake will make history, the first time an american president will meet face-to-face with a north korean dictator. it is now dawn. the president has been up at least an hour and a half, as you noted, already tweeting in his typical trumpian form, a tv promoter of sorts trying to brand this and build the hype that we will all know very soon whether a deal with k be done. and noting in the tweet seeming to dismiss what we had heard from his top advisers within the last several hours. mike pompeo you remember saying that they are moving ahead very quickly, much more quickly than they expected with these ongoing talks that have been taking place between the two delegations from both sides. the president saying, basically, the conversations between our staff

peter alexander at the white house for us. >> reporter: it's new and significant.on congres to solve the legal immigration this morning is giving up until after the tweeting lection within the last hour that republicans should stop wasti their time, acknowledging they do not have enough votes to suppt his hard line approach, a move that only complicates the effort to end the white house and confusion at the border. this morning washington is struggling to come to grips with the immigration policy, scrambling to find a solution to a growing melania trumpg visitin a shelter in mcgowan, texas. >> we all know they are here without their families, and i ndnt to thank you for your hard work, compassion kindness. >> her choice of wardrobe is stirng ntroversy, and departing for her trip, mrs. trump wore the jacket saying i don't care, do you j itt a jacket. message.o i hope we can talk about her important visit with children todayather than her wardrobe choice. buthi her office is downplaying the significance, the president is saying the , opposit refers to the news media,

. >> nbc news national correspondent peter alexander. >> keeping up with the communication, 63-year-oldee woman released from an alabama prison. an emotional reunion with her family. president trump ending the great grandmother's sentence. just days after an oval office appeal from kim kardashian, johnson's daughter overjoyed. >> to be able to have a cup of coffee with my mom, little simple things that people take for granted, we have our mom back. >> after serving 21 years for heading up a drug ring with ties to the cartel, johnson has accepted responsibility for her past behavior describing her as a model inmate. kardashian on twitter cheering best news ever. >> you know, i think in life everyone makes mistakes and she really deserves a second chance. >> mr. trump's use of his pardon power fitting a pattern, most rewarding political allies. >> i stand by my partner sheriff joe. >> it's my honor to do it. it's about time. >> and more may be coming. former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulus wife now begging the president to pardon her husband. >> i hope he will. >> a white house

peter alexander is in singapore with the latest. mmit is over both leaders on their way back home. the visit ended with the signing of a short statement that was short on details. president trump later said he agreed to a significant concessi concession, that the u.s. would end its joint military exercises with south korea in the offer the promise of a new start. with the historic handshake, president trump calling the summit here with north korea's kim jong un the start of a new chapter. the two leaders signing a joint statement north korea pledging to denuclearize with the u.s. providing security guarantees. >> it's very comprehensive, and i think both sides are going to be very impressed with the results. >> but this morning the details when north korea will give up its nukes and how it will be verified remain unclear. >> we're going to have a lot of people there, and we're going to be working with them on a lot of other things, but this is complete denuclearization of north korea. it will be verified. >> after their first face-to

>>> and this is peter alexander in the rose garden at the white house. nick christoff is columnist for "the new york times." peter, the president said it is more about attitude rather than preparati preparation. do you know about any preparation that is happening behind the scenes? >> i was in the oval office a short time ago, he said it is more about attitude than preparation. he does say he has been prepared for this for a long time. we can report based on our conversations with officials here the president has been receiving what they describe as daily briefings for a series of days, perhaps more than that, even weeks, in advance of this summit. his secretary of state, mike pompeo, largely taking the lead in that effort. he's over my shoulder right now. he will be here in the rose garden when the president speaks alongside shinzo abe a short time from now. then he notably will be briefing reporters and americans later this afternoon, about 3:45 eastern time. it will be interesting to hear his perspective on this given the fact that he is the american l

. >>> nbc's peter alexander joins us from mt. pleasant, wisconsin, where just moments from now the president is set to deliver remarks on the economy. also nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams, is outside the supreme court. peter, let me start with you before that event gets under way. certainly seems like republicans on capitol hill see this as an opportunity to put democrats in these trump states on the defensive. the administration seeing this as a political opportunity, too. >> yeah, that's exactly right. within the last hour my colleague hallie jackson at the white house spoke to mark short who expressed real concerns that democrats in his words effectively are already trying to stand up to a nominee before a nominee for the court has even been picked. right now we are waiting to hear from the president. he's been focusing on jobs here in wisconsin, but obviously that one job to fill the vacancy on the supreme court bench is the one that's occupied a lot of his public remarks in the last 24 hours or so, including what h

peter alexander still with us. this is also not a new theatre for you.many jobs you've had your career. what is it you believe, reflecting what he was saying, and where this might go because the region has been watching this discussion between the united states and north korea for now decades? >> reporter: richard, i think that lanhee captured it perfectly and to emphasize that conversation you two were having, i would remind the audience that shinzo abe was with the president days ago. we talked about how the president is impulsive in his decision making, sometimes he reacts based on the last voice in his ear. it did suggest that visit that the japanese were hoping to be among the last voices in the president's ear before he headed off to the summit in singapore. i asked the president in that visit, i said, will the japanese be invited into any of these meetings with the north koreans? there's been suggestion from president moon and prime minister abe that they would like to have some role. the president said no, they will not. it will be me and kim jon

nbc's peter alexander was there and has the story. >> president trump tonight teasing as many as 3,000 possible pardons including one for an american icon. >> mohammed ali. i'm thinking about that very seriously and some others. >> in 1967 ali was convicted of draft evasion. >> there's a lot of difference in fighting in the rain and going to war in vietnam. >> it would be symbolic act of forgiveness because the supreme court overturned that conviction four years later. ali's family attorney today calling the idea unnecessary because there was no conviction for which a pardon is needed. mr. trump saying it's too early to talk about a potential pardon for paul manafort who robert mueller slapped with new obstruction of justice charges and about the possibility that he might pardon himself. >> do you believe you're above the law? >> no. i'm not above the law. i do have a right to pardon myself but i'll never have to do it because i didn't do anything wrong. >> the president is also with a he's likely to back a bipartisan effort to ease the federal ban on marijuana. >> we're looking at it

joining us now from singapore is nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander, who is looking into what we know here. peter, what can you tell us? >> well, rachel, obviously the president just breaking this news on his twitter as he awaits this one-on-one with kim jong-un. we last saw larry kudlow back in washington as he was doing interviews following the g7. kudlow, among others was defending the president in this latest feud with america's ally, particularly its neighbor to the north, canada, saying the president had to lash out at justin trudeau because he couldn't appear weak in advance of his meeting here with kim jong-un. he was there by the president's side, now in an iconic photo of this division that exists between the u.s. and its allies. standing alongside angela merkel and others as the pattasat stone-faced a as they pssed him in what was a contentious visit. larry kudlow joined the president's team only a matter of months ago. he was one person, like many of the others the president has invited in who the president liked. he viewed him as someone who spoke his languag

peter alexander, he next time i see you we will be in singapore. peter navarro is the director of the national trade council. he's on the white house lawn. thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> reporter: lovely day here in d.c. for the capitals and for the capitol. >> that's for sure. let me start here where peter left off because i want to talk about the g-7, some of the trade issues, but also what the president hinted at which was the idea of a g-8. why should russia be allowed back into these meetings after everything it's been accuse of doing, annexing crimea as we know did? >> reporter: -- >> so i'm the trade guy. i did tell you about the steel and aluminum tariffs and how tough the president son russia, the aluminum tariffs put one the biggest russia aluminum companies out of business. i think what i'd like to talk about is president -- >> we'll talk about those. but, peter, totally get it. g-7 is will have a lot of focus on trade. i know you're not foreign policy but i had to ask you the question. >> not my lane. you tried

he also seized the moment to press for his proposed border wall.nbc's peter alexander has . >> the supremeourt ruling was a tremendous victory for this countrynd for the constitution. >> reporter: prentru claiming vindiohe ruling shows the attacks from the media and the democrat politicians are wrong. >> reporter: mr. trump reveling in a rare judicial win. but on capitol hill, disio as disappointing. >> i say who's going to be next? is the president going to issue an executive order against mexicans? >> reporter: keith ellison, the first muslim in congress, warning the ruling should make all americans nervous. >> what they've said is as long as the president invokes national security, he has carte blanche to do whatever he wants to anybody. >> reporter: republicans rallying behind the president to initially dismiss this third version of his ban as watered down and politically correct. >> i tell you this is part of the never trump resistancet mischaracterizes this as being a muslim ban. this is not a muslim ban. >> mitch mcconnell's campaign trolling political opponents by posting this phot

land for a generation so what will he nominate to replace out going justice anthony kennedc' peter alexander tells us who is on his short list. >> reporter: president trump making the surge r a nominee a top priority. >> i'm going back to washington and we're going to pick ourselves one great e united states supr court justice. >> reporter: the president determined to find a nominee young enough to make ain ladifference. >> we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: on the short list, all appeals court judges including amy barrett of indiana, brett kavanaugh of maryland. whoever is confirmed is sure to be more g onservative than requirstice anthony kennedy. in wisconsin the president boasting about a 10 billion investment witan ectronics giant. >> this is the eighth wonder of the world. >> reporter: the company pledging to create 13,000 new jo but taxpayers will be on the hook for $4 billion in state and local incentives. if paid out the mo a foreign company in u.s. history. >> this is 20 million plus. this will be one of the largt jobs build in the wor

>> peter alexander at the white house, thanks. >>> a four-day killing spree in arizona came to a dramatic end with a motel shootout police believe the the murders of at least six people that may have been connected to the divorce case including a psychiatrist that consulted on the jonbenet ramsey murder. nbc miguel almaguer is in arizona. >> reporter: the alleged serial shooter opening fire on police, investigated for killing six found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. law enforcement sources tell nbc news, the suspect is 56-year-old dwight jones. what's the apparent motive here? >> so we're taking a look at the relationship between the suspect and the deceased. >> reporter: the murder spree, perhaps tied to a long and bitter divorce, started thursday with the execution of dr. steve pitt our phoenix affiliate reporting the psychiatrist conducted a mental health evaluation on the suspect during his divorce. >> i visited with your husband a couple days ago for about four >> reporter: this video, which appears to have been posted by the suspect on youtube seems to show dr. pitt intervi

nbc's peter alexander tells us who is on his short list. >> reporter: president trump tonight making his surge for a supreme court nominee a top priority. >> i'm going back to washington and we're going to pick ourselves one great united states supreme court justice. >> reporter: the president determined to find a nominee young enough to make a lasting difference. >> we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: on the short list, all appeals court judges, including amy coney -- whoever is confirmed is sure to be more conservative than retiring justice anthony kennedy. in wisconsin, the president also boasting about a $10 billion investment from fox com, an electronics giant based in taiwan. >> this is the eighth wonder of the world. >> the company pledging to create 13,000 new jobs. but taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $4 billion in state and local incentives. if paid out, the most to a foreign company in u.s. history. >> so this is 20 million feet-plus. this will be one of the largest jobs ever built in the world. >> reporter: but tens

nbc's peter alexander has the story. ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn ♪ >> reporter: president trumpling an audible rebranding a super bowl ceremony a celebration of america. >> and we always proudly stand for the national anthem. >> reporter: one attendee heckling the president. >> stop hiding behind the armed services and the national anthem. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: another taking a knee. president trump deliberately re-igniting a culture war, abruptly pulling the philadelphia eagles invite, emb the prospect onla haful would show. philly's mayor jim kenny. >> he is a dysfunctional person that happens to be president. >> reporter: the feud follows the president's repeated attacks protest of police brutality. in >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. out. he's fired. >> reporter: the president first blaming the eagles for the cancellation, raising the anthem issue. but last season, not a single eagles player took a knee or stayed in the locker room. the white hous

nbc's peter alexander has more. >> reporter: from president trump, a vision of unlimited presidential power, tweeting about t russiainvestigation, i have the absolute righto pardon myself, while maintaini he's done nothing wrong. an audacious claim, unprecedented. >> does the president believe he is above the law? >> certainly not. the president hasn't done anything wrong. >> does the president believe the framers envisione a system where the president can pardon himself or the president could be above the law in. >> certainly the constitution very clearly lays out the law. once again, the president hasn't done anything wrg. >> reporter: president he personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, agrees a self-pardon is possible but not would just be unthinkable, and it would -- it would lead to probably an immediate impeachment. >> reporter: the republican chairman of the judiciary committee pushing back. >> if i were president of the united states and i had a lawyer that told me i could pardon myself, i think i'd hire a new lawyer. >> reporter: giuliani even arguing hypothetically the president co

let's start with peter alexander, peter, good morning. >> good morning. it's highly unusual for any president to dole out pardons to political figures or friends this early in the presidency but this is one power the president embraced and today how president trump is using that power is getting scrutiny, specifically that he's abandoned the traditional vetting process and may be sending a signal to others under scrutiny they could also be spared. this morning president trump wielding his pardon power, delivering a controversial reprieve to dinesh dsouza. >> i've gone through going to jail. >> reporter: martha stewart, the host of an "apprentice" spin off that spent five months in prison for lying to feds. president trump says he was harshly and unfairly treated. she used to be my biggest fan in the world before i became a politician. the prosecutor in that case james comey fired his fbi director by the president and up for clemen see, rob blagojevich fired on "the apprentice." the president suggesting he might shorten the sentence convicted of corruption

peter alexander is covering this unprecedented diplomatic face-to-face. ctly ten hoyeurs away from tt historic sit down with president trump and kim jong-un. they tell us it will begin as a one on one just president trump and kim jong-un and their translators before they invite other officials from both sides include the secretary of state mike pompeo and then they gather for a working lunch. the white house also indicating the president will be leaving here tomorrow. why so soon in they say it's because things have progressed much more quickly than they expected. but what's unclear, what they've actually accomplished. this morning secretary of state mike pompeo focused on the next 24 hours. >> tomorrow we will get our clearest independent occasion to date of whether chairman kim jong-un truly shares this vision. >> reporter: overnight, president trump meeting with singapore's prime minister, the host of today's summit. >> very interested in meeting kim jong-un tomorrow and i think things will work out very nice. >> the president and kim jong-un both arriv

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transportation secretary e laine chao with mitch mcconnell challenged by protesters >> that was nbc's peter alexanderif you have any views on that travel ban get in touch with us on twitter >>> coming up on the show, a near four-year odyssey comes to an end for an ajapanese spacecraft >>> also later, celebrity chef wolfgong puck leaves the kitchen and joins us on set as he prepares to launch a new menu at his restaurant in london stay tuned >>> welcome back to "street signs. the u.s. is pushing allies to stop all imports from iranian oil with the trump administration unlikely to offer any exemptions the price of oil rose off the back of the news despite supply concerns some of the key oil stocks are doing this morning, on the back of the higher move in the oil price a lit bit of a rebound in some of the major european oil stocks, total is trading up .56% most of these blue-chip stocks are actually benefiting from the rebound in the oil price but, of course, speaking to steve at the recent opec meeting, he said sanctions would not stabilize the market >> translator: sanctions never lead to any good th

let's get right to the white house and nbc's peter alexander. peter, by the way, you were one of the reporters trying to get an answer out of sarah huckabee sanders that she wasn't very forthcoming abt. >> i think that's right today. let's try to break down what happens over the course of the last 25 minutes here in the briefing room. a couple of points, first about the president's tweets this morning suggesting among other things that he has the absolute power to pardon himself but it wouldn't be necessary because he has done nothing wrong. ied is sarah huckabee sanders specifically about this topic and asked whether the president viewed him as above the law. here's part of that exchange just moments ago. >> does the president believe that he is above the law? >> certainly not. the president hasn't done anything wrong. >> the question isn't if he has done anything wrong. the question is does the president believe the framers envisioned a system where the president could pardon himself so the president could be above the law. >> certainly the con

joining us now, peter alexander. first, we should point out so the president is saying those athletes are not proud enough to stand. those who chose to take a knee, it has nothing to do with pride. the first person to do it was collin kaepernick. he reached out to a veteran and said what is my -- what is the best way for me to show my respect but at the same time voice my opinion. that veteran said to him, when we go to the cemetery to see a fallen soldier, that's how we express ourselves. taking a knee is absolutely not disrespecting veterans, the country, or the flag. it's peacefully expressing your freedom m of speech. >> the bottom line, we heard from the president. i was in front of him during this conversation. i was asking him this question. he said the athletes were all talk. he said it's just talk, talk, talk. i want recommendations from them about who they believe has been unfairly treated by the justice system. so he could use the power of the pardon to let them off the hook for these crimes they've been c

full coverage beginning with c's peter alexander. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning -- hoda, gd morning to you. it's a remarkable moment. president trump f criticized for inflammatory comments since the day he launched his campaign. t he'sing to shift the national conversation to focus on civility.ve l of his aides publicly shamed. the president personally and gressively going after h critics as democrats struggle figure out how to turn hostility wards the president towards something productive. president trump enjoying a relentless round ofolitical practice mocking the late-night comedians. >> jimmy fallon cal me up. he's lost. calls me up. looks like a lost soul. the guy on cbs what a low life, d jimmy kimmel would meet me before the election. true story. i don'think he'd deny it. no talent. >> reporter: belittling thest prime mi. >> prime minister justin. i said, what's your problem? >> reporter: and offering praise for former first ladyau lra bush who recently said his policy was cruelnd about the immigration poli

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joining me now is peter alexander, justice reporter julia ainsley and peter, i'm desperate to know this. what exactly does this do for families who are already separated? those kids and their mamas they don't have the bracelets on that your wife and i had on when we were the hospital to make sure we didn'teave the building without one another. >> yeah. many of the young children are not in positions to advocate for themselves. remember, som o them are under the age of 4 years old right now. so the administration rolled out this policy, now the tough task is trying to roll it back as it were. to try to fix this diaspora of the young, undocumented immigrants all over the country right now as you indicated we have heard from the dhhs department effectively they haven't received any guidance on this matter yet. it is unclear how soon, certainly not immediately that these families will be reunited. they're obviously unique circumstances that make this an even more complicated process than it already was at face value. let me put up on your screen the executive order from the president yester