jeremy bash and peter baker are still with us from d.c. charlie, you started shaking your head before we came back from that. speak. >> it is like groundhog day. how many lost opportunities do you call a lost opportunity? but it's one of those moments where you'd hope anyone sitting in the office of the presidency would rise to the occasion and the juxtaposition with the way george w. bush handled the september 11th attacks. and it is just so striking that he lacks the empathy to be able to reach out as you pointed out, but also, i'm shaking my head because i honestly -- i can't figure out the eighth dimensional chess play of attacking the minority leader in the senate by name the day after a tragedy in his home state right as the president is about to push forward a major piece of legislation in the united states senate. i don't get that. >> this is a president who has struggled with empathy. he hit the rights notes after the congressional baseball practice shooting. he did in the national aftermath of the vegas shooting but we've seen hi

peter baker, ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington post" who is one of the authors of the piece we justquited, and sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast. peter, i'd like to begin with you. can you shed some light on the thinking of this man, the president who you so closely study especially in recent months? and we saw him on camera today. we heard his voice. we see the political skulduggery he's about. and tonight we hear from aides, we hear from elected representatives this is guy still pushing conspiracy theories. >> look, this is not new. this is who donald trump has been all along. he creates narratives in his own mind and either convinces himself or tries to convince others they're true. we've seen this time and time again whether it's the obama birth certificate conspiracy theory, whether it's obama supposedly wiretapping trump tower, whether it's the notion he somehow won the popular vote but was cheated out of by 3 million phantom voters out there who all voted against him. not only does he create narratives, but he's immune to any facts presentedth

mike mcfall, peter baker, our thanks. >>> coming up, what the president's lawyer says after the mueller investigation after saying it should be wrapping up right around thanksgiving. that and more when we continue. it's the ultimate sleep number week on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. ends monday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >>> tonight president trump's lawyer in the russia investigation named after the baseball great ty cob, attorney at law, spoke with our own ari melber about media reports that the investigation should be wrapped up by the end of the year. my timeline gets reported the whole thing would be over. what i have said for the last several weeks is the interviews i ideally will wrap up shortly after thanksgiving and there's a possibility the entire matter can be resolved in early january. he also said this about the idea he would try to soft pedal any bad news to his client the president. quote, in my job, you have the respo

an msnbc analyst peter baker. "washington post" white house correspondent anne guerin and eli stokels. i am sure this white house would rather not be relitigating the accusations from, we looked it up today, 13 women who have accused donald trump of sexual harassment and/or sexual misconduct. but their answer doesn't add up to the president's voice on that tape. they say he didn't admit wrongdoing. he just described what is to any man or woman's ears a sexual assault. >> he did. that's exactly right. he later apologized for it and said that's not reflective of his views of women and then later dismissed it as locker room talk. not something i actually did. just something i talked about with another guy. don't take it too seriously. but as you say, as we know now, obviously, that's exactly what some of these women have accused not only him of doing but other prominent figures in american society over the last few weeks. and it's not a laughing issue. and he's never admitted anything other than that videotape conver

peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." shannon pettypiece, white house correspondent for "bloomberg news." ned price, former senior director to the national security council. former senior analyst at the cia. these days, an msnbc national security contributor. so, phil, home team advantage for you. you're here with us in new york. you get to go first. i heard a lot of people kind of instant analysis to this story in "the atlantic" saying in effect this is what collusion looks like. though i guess we're not prepared to make that leap. >> yeah. >> what do you think just happened? >> well, it certainly indicates some form of coordination. you had wikileaks communicating directly to donald trump jr. it's unclear if donald trump jr. receiving that message is what informed the then-presidential candidate donald trump sr. to issue that tweet, but if there were a connection there, it would certainly look like coordination. but i think politically it's more damaging because it's yet another example of some connection between the tr

let me start with you, peter baker. lots s and lots of stuff about gillespie and virginia state politics. and lots and lots about how seismic this sort of turn of not just sentiment but of an electoral reality is. now there is a proof point, a score on the board other than donald trump's surprise victory a year ago about the flip side, the dangers of embracing trumpism if your name isn't donald trump. >> this is the first statewide big election, contested kind of state we've had. up until now, the president referred in his twitter posting you mentioned, he referred to four house special elections held but they were all republican seats held by republicans. this is a state that's been contested by both parties for years. trending more and more blue. with a democrat replacing a democrat but seen as a tightening race with gillespie heading into the final days. those polls didn't capture what was really going on. didn't capture the turnout. turned out high in democratic parts of the state. and it's a reflection of, you know

washington reporter for the boston herald and chief white house correspondent "the new york times" pete peter baker who covered virginia politics for a decade. and, boy, virginia politics never ceases to amaze me. peter, we'll start with you. what just happened, do you think, in the common wealth? >> well, the common wealth of virginia provided donald trump a real thumping, that's the phrase of course we've heard in the past on off-year elections. we should remember, of course, that the virginia governor's election comes one year after a presidential election and doesn't necessarily tell us anything what will come after this. having said that, president trump had had i good run of the special elections all year, managed to hold on to a bunch of house seats that were mostly republican to begin with, but democrats had thought they might be able to take. and the resounding nature of this victory, a nine-point victory far greater than what anybody had expected leave no doubt for debate at this point. what they're telling the country is there is, you know, room for resistance against president trump, th

ambassador during the obama administration and peter baker, former bureau chief for the "washington post." both gentlemen, we're happy to say, are nbc analysts. ambassador, you first, people want to know how a phone call could last 60 to 90 minutes. talk about the mechanics of this. you've been there for these. set the scene. i assume you have the principles, you have the president, probably a navy comms person, note taker, probably state department or nsc types in a perfect world and you've got simultaneous translation, which is time consuming in and of itself. do you also have people holding up realtime notes to prompt the president what to say next? >> well, brian, i've got to confess, i don't know how this president does these phone calls. i did work at the white house for three years with president obama. i did many of these phone calls with russian leaders when obama was president. the way it worked then was you did a package, you did a long series of talking points where you were trying to advance your foreign policy objectives. that was all spelled out. and then in the room usual

joining me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker and ambassador randi sherman who worked under john kerry, also an nbc global affairs contributor. welcome both. wendy sherman, a conversation with vladimir putin. two very different readouts. we have yet to hear the details from the white house of this conversation, but it follows the meeting in vietnam. and that was a controversial one according to the president's description. >> indeed it was controversial in part because there was no reporter there to cover what was going on in such a meeting. i think this was the call that was asked for by putin. it was supposed to be from his side all about syria. putin's going to be meeting with iranian and president rohani and turkish prime minister erdogan on wednesday, tomorrow. this follows really trying to put together the peace plan and to really deescalate in syria having said they have now won the fight against terror. but, at the same time, they're going to be meeting in syria and be 30 opposition groups meeting in riyadh. so we have a lot going on here in the middle e

and peter baker, friend and colleague, thank you. and chris jansing for setting the stage here. >>> meanwhile, the wage of sexual assault allegations from kevin spacey, harvey weinstein and others. where men and women as well are working to set up sexual harassment barriers in the white house as well. i know you've taken this issue in the armed services regarding the military, but now what about the workplace on capitol hill? >> reporter: here in washington, in congress, they have a very difficult process that is not designed for survivors. it is opaque. so we want to modernize it. we want to actually mandate training for all members of congress, every congress. we want to make sure that these rules protect staff and interns. we want to make sure that some of the arcane rules that require them to have mediation no longer exist. so it would also require a survey, so we would actually have data about what the prevalence is and what the climate is actually like for the people working here. we're hoping to work on this bill on a bipartis

peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and an msnbc analyst, and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at both the cia and at the pentagon. with me here at the table, megan murphy, donnie deutsch is here, former secretary of state under the obama administration. but besides that, this zeal, this sort of bringing into the light what is sort of -- i don't know what better word, a political taboo, investigating and prosecuting your former political rival is just, you know, for an administration that churns through norms by the hour, it's stunning. >> it sure is. first off, though, i hope jeff sessions does not get a puppy, he's g ee's going to remember t him, he's not going to remember to give him water or to let him out. if he should get anything, he should get a cat, they're much easier. look, this very serious business, we take a leap, a giant leap as a country towards the banana republic line when special counsel is announced to investigate this uranium deal. this is crazy stuff. conspiracy theories out of the info wars website. it would be a lot better if

. >> peter baker, this is going to be a state department designation. that's the way this works. then the treasury can impose those sanctions. sanctions that can include not only otto warmbier but the north korean assassination of kim jong-un's stepbrother. there are a number of incidents that they can use to cite it as a state sponsor of terror. >> well, that's exactly right. you're right. of course, they had been listed for many years as a state sponsor of terror but george w. bush at the end of 2006 beginning of 2007 took them off the list as an incentive during talks they were having at the time. the moment they felt like they were making progress towards convincing north korea to give up its nuclear program, those talks ended up not succeeding. now here we are a decade later putting them back on that list. there isn't by itself as kristin is saying a big tangible impact. the sanctions he's announcing tomorrow may have more of an impact. they're not you know, nobody needs this designation in order to keep putting sanctions on north korea. but the real target of anxiouses that

peter baker, thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> my panel will stick around, too.in the world of politics. donald trump about to end his first year in office so all these months later, what do his voters think about him? it's a question we constantly ask. after the break, we've got some answers. we'll show them to you. heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? yes? great! then you're ready for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. sweet! e*trade. the original place to invest online. there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is

peter baker here, what is going on here? you guys are reporting that trump is now denying there ever was such a tape, it has no authenticity which means according to -- i'm looking up on websters. basically, he is denying it's factual, that there is no real tape. what does he mean by that, there is no authenticity to that tape? >> no, exactly. he seems to be suggesting that the thing is a fake like everything else he says is a fake. fake news media, fake reports, fake investigation, fake collusion with russia, fake everything. and it just seems to be part of -- this is a president that sets his own reality. and once he decided on a version of events and a version of facts as he sees them, he tends to stick to them. what's surprising is he already previously acknowledged the authenticity of the tape. so then switch around and try to pretend or to convince himself or convince others that fact is not a real thing is a pretty big switch. you heard sarah sanders today. she really wasn't denying he had switched his view on it. she

. >> for more, i'm joined by "national post" reporter, robert costa, yamiche alcindor and peter baker, all msnbc contributors. let's go in that order. robert, i always count on you to give me a sense of trump, the man. why is trump the man defending roy moore, the man? this person? >> it's pure politics, chris. when you listen to insiders in the wlohite house, they say the have to get this tax bill through. and the president is haunted by these accusations he faced los angeles yelast year. so he doesn't want to wade into this national debate about sexual harassment, even though he knows that these women are making pretty credible accusations. so the white house feels politically boxed in and the president has chosen to make a political decision that puts him at odds with his own party and the congressional leadership. >> well, do you figure out based on the timing of this, if roy moore can win this fight, this special election, when would he take office? >> he would take office very soon after december 12th. >> so he might be a voter on the tax bill? >> he would. and that's the explan

all righty thing, let's bring back in our panelists, philip rut ter were kimberly alt kins, peterer back bakerh us. peter, i don't have a question except what did you make of what we witnessed tonight? >>ny where he gets a chance to talk about the golf clubs he's going to do that. he's shown that in the most unlikely of settings. what was interesting about the speech, it was meant to be tough, it was meant to send a signal, but it was not full of the fire and brimstone we've heard from the president in past weeks on this. he did not use the phrase fire and fury he used in august. he did not call kim jong un little rocket man has did he in september, he didn't threaten to wipe the nation off the face of the earth. he said come to the table and make a deal just i few weeks after he told his own secretary of state publicly that negotiating was a waste of time. so we're seeing something of a mixed message to say the least. is he, in fact, puffing his chest in order to foreshadow a potential military confrontation or is he opening the door to a again within negotiated solution? we can't tell and th

. >> peter baker by all evidence we are under a rolling and constant electronic attack by the russiansyou wouldn't know it in our public utterings, but we are, i think, by dent of what all the experts have been saying. do you think this president thinks it's always a good thing to have a 90-minute phone call with putin? and do you believe the subjects listed in the readout as all it was about? >> well, obviously you don't know for sure unless you're on the call. but we're told that the president's view of this call was, in some ways, to try to put president putin on the spot, to say to him in the privacy of this phone call, i want to have better relations with you, i think you want to have better relations with us. the american people don't want to have a bad relationship with russia if they can help it. but you have to do something here to show that you want that better relationship. that's the -- at least the version we're hearing from the white house tonight. president putin, though, of course isn't really showing a lot of concession in that sense. he's not -- he's not giving any ki

we discuss it with molly ball and peter baker and chuck todd. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today. and researched the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> additional funding is provided bynewman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator, robert costa. end: robert: roy moore said he will never give up the fight. in an interview in tweets, the former judge is calling reports that he pursued relationships with minors when he was a district attorney completely false. four women told the "washington post" that moore made inappropriate sexual advances on them when they were teenagers, the 70-y

one of the reporters behind that story is peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new yorkell as an msnbc political analyst, also keviner is rilly, chief washington correspondent for bloomberg. peter phil in the blanks. that's some orth the reporting you were part of. what is what is happening with jared kushner right now? >> what we see is a figure who loomed so large in the early months of the administration, he seemed to have his hand almost everywhere. at some points his own colleagues in the white house referred to him as the secretary of state because he seemed to be dealing with saudi arabia and china and mexico, even iraq, a trip there with the general in charge of the joint chiefs of staff. not to mention middle east peace but since john kelly has taken over as chief of staff and steve bannon has departed you see a more circumscribed role for jared kushner, one where he's got his projects he's focusing on but not having his hand in basically everything there is to do in the white house and that's a function of this new structure that john kelly put in place, everyb

peter baker was one of the reporters behind that piece. 's also an nbc political analyst and the author of obama, the call of-lace. peter, welcome and thanks for joining us. you're reporting that kushner's allies see this more as a result of success, not failure, not handing over these documents. >> well, the success not failure refer to his more surcomscribed role in the white house. you never knew what could happen in a more chaotic smear. his rivals could try to plant yis in the president's head, and he felt the need to, you know, prevent that from happening. now under john kelly, the chief of staff there's a more rigorous and more orderly structure in the white house. so his supporters say he's not needed as much to do that and he can focus on the projects he's working on. obviously this is in some ways making the best of it situation. but there's no question the day when he had his hands in almost every major thing in the white house seems to be over. >> there's also conversation on kushner's part that his conversations might have been

from "the new york times," peter baker. with "the washington post" national political reporter robert costa. also the moderator of "washington week" on pbs. at the table, nbc newsth in msnbc national affairs analyst john heilemann, "washington post" political reporter philip bump and politico senior foreign affairs robert crowley. your colleagues have a piece out this morning that seems to describe just perfect metaphor. this president veering well beyond the guard rails but do you think there's anyone, and i ask you this question all the time. i apologize for my repetition, but is there anyone in the white house, do you think there's anyone down in the sit room, over in the oeob, maybe up on the fourth floor, do you think there's anyone worried that donald trump may have put anyone's life in danger by retweeting three racist anti-muslim tweets to his 43 million followers? >> inside of the administration there are two mostly establishment voices who have real heavyweight say when it comes to private conversation with the pr

he's the one calling the shots right now in the middle east. >> peter baker, thank you so much. time you come on, you leave with a parting gift of the san francisco treat and a $15 gift certificate to the nearest taco bell. >> and chick-fil-a. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," kellyanne conway sent the message. i'm serious. reports say some senate republicans heard it loud and clear. the gop starting to privately acknowledge that it's better to have a 52-seat majority even if it includes roy moore. that new reporting is still ahead on "morning joe." dad: molly, can you please take out the trash? (sigh) ( ♪ ) dad: molly! trash! ( ♪ ) whoo! ( ♪ ) mom: hey, molly? it's time to go! (bell ringing) class, let's turn to page 136, recessive traits skip generations. who would like to read? ( ♪ ) molly: i reprogrammed the robots to do the inspection. it's running much faster now. see? it's amazing, molly. thank you. ( ♪ ) thank you. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio

we discuss the first year and look ahead with peter baker of the "new york times," andrea mitchell of nbc news, michael duffy of "time" magazine, and ann compton, veteran of abc news. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> their leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today and research the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> additional funding is provided by newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert:good evening. maybe you talked politics around your thanksgiving table or maybe you made sure to avoid it but here at this table i'm thankful it's all we do and wh

joining me around the table, peter baker of the "new york times," andrea mitchell of nbc news, michael duffy of "time" magazine and ann compton, veteran of abc news. michael, starting with you, i was peeling open your book the other day "the president's club" and what a book it is because it tells about the chummy relationship many presidents have had over the years and it makes me wonder, where does president trump fit in this club? michael: he doesn't fit in yet. this is a great tradition where presidents like truman relied on president hoover. johnson and kennedy relied on ike and bill clinton relied on dick nixon but donald trump has trashed president obama at every turn, with all the mistakes trump feels he made and decisions he feels need to be overturned so to have a conversation between presidents current and past, you need some basic respect for the office and the experience that people who have sat in the chair have had and lessons they've learned and bruises picked up along the way because they can maybe save you. he doesn't have that. i'm guessing that probably never has bu

japanese and south koreans are on the front lines. >> peter baker there, thank you. national security analyst, hand things over to katy tur standing by with more on breaking news. >>> we will continue to follow this breaking news. let us reset because it is the top of the 2:00 p.m. hour here in new york city. it appears that north korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the east. that is the breaking news. this comes a week after u.s. declared north korea a state sponsor of terror and imposed new sanctions. meanwhile, the president of the united states is on capitol hill. he is talking to republican lawmakers in the senate about his tax plan. he is trying to russell up 50 votes to get the tax plan pushed through. he was supposed to be meeting with democrats and

of "the playbook, jake sherman. >> peter baker, a lot to sort through.have just put a halo over jeff sessions head. now let's knock it off. >> because he doesn't remember much. >> it is really hard to believe that the attorney general could have forgotten a conversation with george -- wait. could he have forgotten? just in the chaos of the campaign. >> no. it was a small held campaign. washington post editorial board and jeff sessions says he forgot that one of those two people that donald trump named as the head of his foreign policy team said that he wanted to go to russia to set up a meeting with putin. >> first of all, your point earlier about his response to jim jordan really points out an interesting dynamic with jeff sessions in washington. you don't see this every day. you have a major figure with two competing narratives going on. right? one is the guy who seems to be forgetting or perhaps not fully answering questions about his campaign's conduct with russia. the other is the one who is standing up to a president who wants to influence an agenc

peter baker pointed out in "the new york times" today.here are other possible explanations as well. one he doesn't want to talk about roy moore and he has two women talk about roy moore for him, sarah huckabee sanders and his daughter, about trump, who said there is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. he doesn't want to talk about that and he does want to change the subject away from republicans. even though he has his press secretary say if the allegations are true he should step down and donald trump doesn't say that. and if you're trying to change the subject you want to change the subject to a democrat and now we have al franken accused and is a perfect opportunity for him. rick: sarah sanders pointed out that he did release a statement about roy moore during his asia trip district. >> yes, but he said he would address it further detail with came back from asia to washington has not. he is only sent surrogates out to talk about it. there is a third explanation which is mark salter, an advisor to john kane, said th

. >> joining me now is msnbc political analyst and peter baker. morning to both you. >> good morning. >> or good afternoon i should say. peter, you wrote a piece for the new york sometimtimes called wht clinton? >> they have been telling their stories for nearly two decades now. do you believe it's time for democrats to rethink their defense of clinton? it's been fascinating to listen and here some democrats and liberals bring that up themselves. craze hayes on this network but a number of others have said that they are rethinking what they thought back at the time. democrats and liberals ought to have a reckoning about their decision to defend him given the movement today which we are seeing and supposed to believe victims or people come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. and you are hearing from a variety of people sort of striking, heard it in today's "washington post" head of the organization for women. you heard it from matthew glaser who used to be pillar of political world for clinton. and gillibrand saying it the other day to m

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to "the new york times" guaranteeing that his interview with maggy haberman and her colleague, peter baker, will now drive the conversation with russia for another day. >> we shall see, nicolle. what we saw in this interview with "the new york times" as you mentioned at the beginning of the show, there was no mention of trump in these indictments that came out. but when you look at george papadopoulos he is under scrutiny and has pled guilty with cooperating with these charges and working with federal investigators because of the work he did when he was on the trump campaign, how he talked to the fbi about what happened during that campaign. >> for lying to it fbi, i mean that's why he pled guilty. >> correct. >> let me ask you, donald trump likes to jab people. in terms of a political asymmetrical campaign, it was an effective strategy for the president. but under a legal strategy, do you think calling george papadopoulos low level george will do him any good? >> based on conversations he's advised to layoff on conversations with special consul mueller, to let it proceed carefully. but th

. >> john, if sessions goes ahead with the investigation of trump's opponents, peter baker said thisestablinorms estd after watergate. what do you think? >> i think it absolutely would. that's a watermark no one wants to repeat. hopefully trump won't go there and sessions will honor his testimony today. >> thank you all. >>> when we come back, the list now stands at five women accusing roy moore of sexually abusing him when they were teenagers. the senate majority leader saying he should not be allowed to serve, but roy moore continues to lead the senate race. what do alabama voters think? when did you see the sign? when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new customers. that's when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. yeah! now business is rolling in. get started at fastsigns.com. allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities. yeah! now business is rolling in. with a level of protection in down markets. so you can head into retirement with confidence. brighthouse financial established by metlife. i just saved thousands in less than a

i want to bring in peter baker, good morning, it's good to see you, let's get to it.his has put republicans pretty much between a rock and a hard place. they do not want to lose that seat, which by all appearances, roy moore may win despite these allegations, at the same time, they can't accept moore with this scandal swirling about him. so what kind of options do they have? >> you are exactly right. this is a no win for senate republicans, they are casting about for ideas. some are wild and far fetched. they haven't been able to pressure roy moore into stepping down. even if they did, under the law, aparentally one thing is they are asking the republican governor to recule the election. >> that would allow them to have a longer period in which to put together a new candidate, but also talking about going forward with this election with a write-in candidate, perhaps luther strange was the incumbent this that seat appointed earlier in the year to replace jeff sessions. he could replace a write-in perhaps to jump in as a write-in, themselves. the problem with that is, t

peter baker, thank you for your reporting, and of course, elise jordan. >>> the tax plan getting closernd closer to a vote. chris van holland, the son of a diplomat, joins me next to talk about all of this with him, too. stay with us. yo, check it out dawg. that was just a'ight for me. i mean, you got the walk. you got the stance.. but i wasn't really feeling it. you know what, i'm not buying this. you gotta come a little harder dawg. you gotta figure it out. eh, i don't know. shaky on the walk, carriage was off. randy jackson judging a dog show. i don't know dawg. surprising. what's not surprising? how much money lisa saved by switching to geico. wow! performance of the night. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. (avo) but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events

she was pressed on that as well by peter baker. she pushed back on that and said, look, it's just not tough enough vetting. he said he would consider sending the suspect to guantanamo bay. that is a conversation going on between a number of different agencies. she did say that in keeping with what we heard from senators john mccain and lindsey. one other headline, she was pressed on that debate back and forth over john kelly's comments this week that there could ab a. she said the notion that anyone in this administration supports slavery she said is essentially absurd and defensive. >> kristen, great to see you. thanks so much, as always this social media. i just want to hold off for a seco second. we want to know if you got into this country with a special abilities visa or a student visa or a working visa. the protsz cess of getting a gr card is exactly the same. i just have to put it out there. as an immigrant in this country that came in on an o visa and then got transferred to the. it is nonsense to suggest that somebody who

also joining me now is peter baker for the new york times and an msnbc. he had the pleasure of speaking to donald trump last night. matt is also a national security reporter. he has new poll numbers to break down for us. i want to start with you. i know you're on a time crunch. the president called yesterday to refute this idea. >> and i sympathy he had gotten a little tired. he is trying to -- he says i'm not mad at anybody which is in con troos some of the reports we have seen. he doesn't like being perceived or huddled alone and has a certain as a president to project. he wanted to suggest he was doing fine. he talked about the various accomplishments. he said he is looking forward to this trip. he had good poll numbers. i don't know what poll numbers he was talking about. matt is about to tell us other ones that aren't so good for him. he did seem upbeat and seem to combat this idea that the investigation is getting under his skin. >> he is combatting this idea that it is under his skin. doesn't that basically show that it is under his skin or is that

. >> john, if sessions goes ahead with the investigation of trump's opponents, peter baker said thisould shatter norms established after watergate. what do you think? >> i think it absolutely would. richard nixon laid the predicate how you could influence the justice department. that's a watermark no one wants to repeat. hopefully trump won't go there and sessions will honor his testimony today. >> thank you all. >>> when we come back, the list now stands at five women accusing roy moore of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. the senate majority leader saying he should not be allowed to serve, but roy moore refuses to lead the alabama senate race. what do alabama voters think? work keeps me busy. so i've asked chase sapphire reserve cardmembers to find my next vacation. rome, show me something. i'm having breakfast at the pantheon. what an amazing view... of your finger. ♪ ♪ look at this view. your finger! isn't that incredible. your finger! and check this one out! oh it's so amazing! move your finger! three times points on travel and restaurants on every continent. sapph

to "the new york times" guaranteeing that his interview with maggie haberman and her colleague peter baker will now drive the conversation about russia for another day. >> wshl see, nicolle. what we saw in this interview with the new york times as the president said as you mentioned at the beginning of the show there was no mention of trump in this investigation and these indictments that came out. but when you look at george papadopoulos, he is under scrutiny and he has pled guilty and cooperating to these -- with these charges in the federal investigators because of work he did while he was on the trump campaign for how he talked to the fbi about what happened during that campaign. >> for lying to the fbi, right? i mean, that's why he pled guilty. >> correct. >> so let me ask you, donald trump loves to brand people. we had low energy jeb, little marco and on and on. and in terms of a political asymmetrical campaign, it was an effective strategy for the president. but as a legal strategy, do you think he's under the impression that calling george papadopoulos low level george is going to

. >> peter baker there, thank you. jeremy bash, national security analyst, hand things over to katy tur standing by with more on breaking news. >>> we will continue to follow this breaking news. let us reset because it is the top of the 2:00 p.m. hour here in new york city. it appears that north korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the east. that is the breaking news. this comes a week after u.s. declared north korea a state sponsor of terror and imposed new sanctions. meanwhile, the president of the united states is on capitol hill. he is talking to republican lawmakers in the senate about his tax plan. he is trying to russell up 50 votes to get the tax plan pushed through. he was supposed to be meeting with democrats and republicans at the white house. after a tweet this morning the democrats pulled out. let's get right to our reporters who are covering the story. we will take a break from north korea for a moment and talk about what is going on with taxes. the president is there. what are you hearing from rep

secretary, i'm sorry, peter baker, "the new york times. thank you for coming you talked about assassination on foreign soil using a chemical agent. russia have done assassinations on foreign soil in london. should they be -- >> we have to consider any country that takes a substance like that and use it illegally. >> is there -- >> i don't want to comment on that >> thank you, mr. secretary. trey with one america news how do you balance the impact of sanctions? you talked about the people of north korea paying the price is this something you're considering when you talk about more sanctions toward the regime of kim jong-un >> well, it's always a difficult choice you make when you impose sanctions in terms of who's really going to bear the burden here the truth of the matter is, the people of north korea already live under enormously difficult conditions and i think what we're focused on is a mission that's going to change north korea's trajectory, change their path. that's the best way we can help the north korean people in the future is to

jeff sessions and peter baker takes up this topic in the front page news analysis piece for the new york. "lock her up" he comes more than a slogan. noting jeff sessions are ordering prosecutors valuing various -- whether a special counsel could -- should be supported. may be seeking a way out of the bind the bus is putting through. they push back against the republicans in patients for a special counsel. here is that exchange. >> what will it take to get a special counsel? directorhat former fbi misled.mey we know fbi director comey was drafting and exoneration letter before the investigation was complete. no loretta lynch one day before the benghazi report came out five days before sex or clinton was scheduled to be interviewed by the fbi, met with bill clinton on a tarmac in phoenix. know after that meeting, when she was corresponding with the justice department, she was using the name elizabeth carlyle as i said before. know mr. comey publicized the investigation and made the final decision on whether to prosecute or not. when he gets fired, he leaks a government document through a f