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i never question robert costa's reporting but it's a remarkable state of play that the vice presidentund and tells people how to shower the president with sufficient praise to stay out of this crosshair. >> this is not a rubik's cube. he'll lash out at people who criticize him and that formula apparently is obviously, well known domestically and in foreign policy. and the rex tillerson -- >> what does that say? like eugene, we are facing an existential threat from nuclear north korea and we're worried about the vice president has to run around and teach america's secretary of state how to speak pretty to donald trump? are you kidding me? >> unfortunately, i'm not kidding you. i'm not kidding. >> this is where we are? >> that's where we are. and so, yes, we are at the dear leader phase of america. where he's the dear leader or great leader. those are your two options, and that's the way you have to treat it if you hope to serve in the administration. >> one man isn't having it. bob corker today, do we have that? bob corker today sticking up for rex tillerson talking about how the trio

>> once again, live from washington, moderator robert costa. >> good evening.he rampage in las vegas that killed 58 people and injured hundreds more has reignited the national debate about firearm regulations. but the question remains, will that debate translate to political action? so far, the conversation in washington has been charged with emotion. and it has sparked discussion of law and culture, safety and personal responsibility, but that next step, just how far the response should go, is still not clear. what's the difference this time? well, the n.r.a. is open to more restrictions on bump stocks. that's the device the las vegas sniper used to make his semiautomatic weapons function like an automatic weapon. but even on that issue, there is debate over whether the republican-controlled congress should legislate changes or if any new restriction should be made by federal regulators. a number of top republicans, including steve scalise of louisiana, whose life was nearly taken by a gunman at a baseball field in june, are calling for a review of bump stocks

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i'm robert costa. we get the latest reporting from the pentagon, tonight on "washington week." >> the loss of our troops is under investigation. we'll certainly update you as we have information, accurate information, not speculation. >> the pentagon launches an investigation into the deadly isis attack. the retired four-star general defends the president's conversation with a gold star widow. >> there's no perfect way to make that phone call. >> and two former presidents speak out about the political climate in america. >> our identity as a nation, unlike many other nations, is not determined by geography or ethnicity. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity, can be fully and equally american. >> we've got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry. to demonize people who have different ideas. >> plus, president trump praises, then shuns a bipartisan deal to restore funding to the affordable care act. >> i won't do anything to enrich the insurance companies. >> we think it

robert costa, vivian sew la ma, and peter baker. vivian, first off and straightaway, for thoeks watching tonight who didn't have the luxury or the ability to see the pentagon news conference today, what do people need to know about what we learned about this ambush today? >> well, what the -- to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff joseph dunford came out and really wanted to explain that this investigation is ongoing. he wasn't really forthcoming with answer as to how this attack happened on our soldiers in niger, but he did say that the families deserved to get an answer and the american people deserved to have answers as well. and he took that very seriously. he also somewhat explained the procedures, the protocols in the military for what happens in these cases. you know, he was talking about with regard to mrs. johnson's comments about not seeing her husband's body. that sometimes they recommend that they shouldn't see the body of the deceased, the victim, because sometimes obviously they go through a lot of trauma and the

robert costa, i want to put something up on the screen. the president has been back on twitter in just the last few minutes. the fake news is going crazy with whaek congresswoman wilson, who was secretly on a very personal call and gave a total lie on content. robert, it was speculated today that part of general kelly's message was aimed through the door back around the hall, turn left to the oval office, but clearly from this it was not the end of the topic. >> that's right, brian. i think gene said it well in the sense that general kelly did not contest the actual exchange between the president and the family that was heard by the congresswoman. he railed against in a broadway the plit iization of these kind of experiences and interactions, and that was the critique that general kelly made rather than something about the content of that conversation. >> jeremy, does anything change as a result of today? >> i think, brian, general kelly did -- made the best of a really unfortunate situation in that he left americans with this indelible im

robert costa, ashley parker, jeremy bash, thank you all. >>> our first break. and still ahead, what does today's news mean for a twitter-enabled president who likes to be in control of his own message? might have heard us refer to that earlier. >>> and next, what could be the legal exposure for the president now that one of his campaign advisers has pleaded guilty. we'll talk about mueller's investigation with two veteran attorneys when "the 11th hour" continues on a monday night. >>> today's announcement has nothing to do with the president. happens nothing to do with the president's campaign or campaign activity. it has nothing to do with the activities of the campaign, it has to do with his failure to tell the truth. that doesn't have anything to do with the campaign or the campaign's activities. >> what leads you to believe that this will conclude the mueller investigation? have you been given a heads up? what? >> those are the indications that we have at this time. i can't go any further than that. >> indications from who and where? >> as i just said, i ca

>> rose: we begin with troubling days for president trump in the white house and talk to robert costa of "the washington post." >> it's not the beginning of something, it's the continuation of the unraveling of the trump presidency in this sense, he's an outsider, he's always been an outsider, but people around him whether majority leader mitch mcconnell, house speaker ryan, general kelly, his current chief of staff, who believed they could build a project around the president, get him to enact some of the g.o.p. priorities, but they keep learning again and again, based on my reporting, that the president chafes at this kind of system. he wants to govern by his instinct, he does not want to be pushed in a certain direction. >> rose: and we continue with accusations against film executive harvey weinstein. >> what we're seeing frankly is women have decided and pushed back definitively that they will not have to deal with this kind of toxic testosterone anymore. >> rose: and susan lacy who created the "american masters" whose new tournament is called "spielberg." >> the icon in business

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robert costa, let me start with you. you've been reporting all weekend about both the corker side of this debate and the white house side of the debate. bring us up to speed on the latest. >> the latest is this is a revealing episode about the tensions between senate republicans, republicans in general on capitol hill and president trump. it's been going on for months ever since august when senator corker first pinged the president and questioned his leadership. you've seen this simmering frustration on both sides. now it's erupted into the public view. >> carrie, i talked to a national security official who served democratic and republican presidents who said that his view has changed about the national security leaders in this administration. that he long viewed them the way they'd like to be viewed by outsiders, as people who were there protecting the country and the world from donald trump's tweets and his spats with members of both parties. but that he now views them as enablers of what bob corker calls clearly some

our thanks to robert costa, jeremy peters, eugene robinson for being our lead-off panel on this busy day in politics. >>> still ahead, after we fit in our first break, we'll look at the investigation into why u.s. forces are on the ground in nigeria in the middle of the african continent. but up next, two heavily decorated combat veterans of the vietnam war, retired four star general army general barry mccalf friday and medal of honor recipient arnold jack jacobs on what happened today in that white house briefing room when "the 11th hour" continues. whuuuuuat?rtgage offer from the bank today. you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. no. go to lendingtree.com for a new home loan or refinance. receive up to five free offers and choose the loan that's right for you. our average customer could lower their monthly bills by over three hundred dollars. go to lendingtree.com right now. whentertaining us,es getting us back on track,hing? and finding us dates. phones really

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for more on the fallout, let's bring in msnbc political analyst robert costa, national political report fore"washington post." robert, you got a new piece out for "the washington post" that takes a look at how this sort of feud is ricochetting through white house. what have you found? >> the president's fuming inside of the west wing, i'm told, along with my colleagues ashley parker and phil rucker, angry about the race in alabama last month. unhappy about the stalled agenda on capitol hill. and of course with senator corker's comments, he is telling his aides that he wants to get out there and rally his base. he wanted to do a rally in north carolina over the weekend. that was not planned. he just did a fundraiser. well see a president under the guidance of general kelly trying to break out. >> you know, so there is increasingly this conception that is -- seems to be shared by people in the white house, outside the white house, and corker is just stagt it explicitly, that there are people in the administration whose job it is to essentially restrain the president and sort of protect th

back with us robert costa, anita kumar. robert, do you think those headlines are fair given today? >> i think they're all about the same. and it's really a collective view of many political observers at times in both parties about how the president did not adhere to the political norms we see in these kind of tragic disaster situations, especially natural disasters. and there's going to be the same kind of question hanging over his trip to las vegas tomorrow, brian. will the president adhere to the kind of norms we usually see in moments of mass shootings and national tragedy? >> anita, also hanging over the president's visit tomorrow no part of him wanted a debate or gun control, and he's going to have a debate over gun control. and it comes up on occasion after a tragedy like this. donald trump, jr., avid hunter in a video from 2016 endorsing a silencer product for guns. ♪ >> that thing's awesome. it's about safety. it's about hearing protection. it's a health issue, frankly, for me. getting little kids into the game it greatly reduces recoil. it's just a great instrument. there'

. >> our leadoff panel, robert costa for "the washington post," moderator of "washington week on pbs," anita kumar and phillip rucker, an msnbc political analyst. phillip, your reaction to what you witnessed today to what we just saw tonight. >> well, it was quite a moment today. president trump had a number of comments there that really i think angered officials and citizens in puerto rico. the mayor of san juan was on msnbc a couple of hours ago saying the president of the miscommunicamis communicaor in chief and took him to task for blaming them for fiscal problems, for putting budget out of whack, for saying they should be proud of not having more deaths. this was not the kind of tone for healing that i think some were hoping he would bring to puerto rico. remember, this comes after several days of president trump going after this mayor of san juan, doing a number of tweets in which he has seen to blame some of the problems in the recovery in puerto rico on the territory itself, on the fragility of its infrastructure and electrical grid, on the financial problems they've had, on t

and robert costa, national post political reporter moderator of washington week on pbs and an msnbc political analyst. mike, i'd like to start with you. what happened to your party today? and do you believe your party is cleaving in two? >> well, i'll tell you, nothing is a stronger truth serum than politics than not facing a primary. so, you had both corker now, who is retiring, and jeff flake kind of smashed the chains. and they're speaking with a lot of candor and both these guys are conservatives, too. these are not moderate conservative fight. it is about the president's character. what makes this particularly important, i think, is that they are saying in public what most republican senators are saying in private. so, these are not rare opinions here. the question is will this hairline crack start to grow inside the party, particularly as we face a year from now, what could be pretty tough midterm elections. >> that's the question, mike. are you looking for incumbents who don't plan to leave the senate? are you looking for profiles and courage to lineup behind these guys? >> well, i've

from d.c., "washington post" national political reporter and moderator of washington week, robert costa joins us as well. robert, i want to ask you, the president's spokesman quickly put out this was not targeted at trump, but it's abundantly clear that it's targeted at trumpism. he takes on bigotry. he takes on isolationism. you can see that as the wall. he takes on conspiracy theories and outright fabrication. you can see that as the media outlets aligned with this president. he takes on casual cruelty. many tell me he was especially bothered by sort of the coarseness of the character displays we see from this president when he physically mocked a disabled journalist or the kinds of things he said on the "access hollywood" tape. how does donald trump -- how long do you think the president will be able to go before he lashes back, and do you think he will lash back at the 43rd president? >> in some ways, nicolle, what we're seeing from senator mccain and president george w. bush is a response not only to president trump but to all of this unrest, this rise of nationalism on the america

robert costa moderator of washington week. helene cooper.latka and tom friedman and his latest best seller is in paperback. he is now a paperback writer. come on. it's a few people get it. i'm going to start with you. we had two former presidents break the code. the code of ex-presidents going that extra level of back seat driving the current occupant. it's not as if bush and obama haven't made opinions known about trump during the campaign. how seriously should the public take this? >> i think what is going on, chuck, is a real crisis of authority. something i talked about on the show once before i quoted my friend. there is a big difference between formal authority and moral authority. we have a president who has formal authority. i would argue he has lost all of his moral authority. that is why he had to bring out general kelly, four star mu wreen general because he stid had formal authority and moral authority. unfortunately, general kelly by saying things that were false about that congress woman really lost i think a lot of his moral a

robert costa for the "washington post" and cooper, pentagon correspondent for the "new york times." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, its 70th year this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. this was a week when attention should have been focussed on issues with real life consequences, future of health care, tax cuts and ambush that resulted in four american service men being killed but it was a side show what president trump reportedly said to the widow of one of the fallen soldiers that dominated the headlines and illuminated the erosion. the battles that president trump engages in with democrats, media and members of his own party appeared to prop two former presidents and a former nominee. the latest twitter/cable cat nip soap opera began when president trump claimed incorrectly that he alone among presidents made a point of calling the families of those who died in defense of the country. >> most of them didn't make calls, a lot of them didn't make calls. >> when even

jackson joins us and "washington post" national political reporter and msnbc political analyst robert costalet's start with both of you when it comes to the chaos at the white house. robert you wrote this morning, quote, one trump confidante likened the president to a whistling tea pot saying when he doesn't get to blow off steam he can turn into a pressure cooker and explode. is that what's going on right now? is he boiling? at some point are we going to see even more outbursts some? >> the president feels contained we are being told, he wants to be out more, he want to be doing rallies with his base in different states. he wants to have counsel from people outside of the staff. yet general kelly and others are telling him to follow a more narrow line and avoid distraction. this is a president who always dealt in his career with different kinds of advice in a more informal fashion so he is bristoling. >> he chafes at that robert. is anybody any white house right now at risk of losing their job? what is going on with general kelly? >> talking to trump confidante, they say general kelly is s

i want to tell you that joining the panel robert costas, along with jewel any and nick. i'll be honest, guys, we had a long conversation about whether to give a jerk like him any air time and what that does and feeds him. when you have the governor declaring a state of emergency here in this county, you have the university president saying stay away from the speech, don't go, this is something that folks are grappling with. >> they are grappling with it. people across the country are dealing with this rise of white nationalism and white supremacy, in particular in the wake of the tragedy in charlottesville. >> is it fair to say rise? >> you're right. rise in the attention they're getting. >> when you look at the debate between richard spencer and these others who come out and talk about first amendment, free speech, it's a balance here for these places that are holding venn uses or allow their venues to be used by people like him. >> his message is appalling is and it's alarming that this is getting even any attention in the united states. but these governors are trying

the panel is here, robert costa national political reporter for "the washington post."ecene cooper corresponde the "new york times." tom freedman columnist for the "new york times." and his best seller "thank you for being late" is now out in paper back. so now he's a paper back writer. a few people get it. tom friedman, i'm going to start with you, we had two former presidents break the code. okay, the code of ex-presidents going that extra level of back seat driving the current occupant. it's not like presidents bush and obama did not make their opinions known during the campaign. >> this is a real crisis of authorities. it's one thing i quoted before. there's a big difference between formal authority and moral authority. we have a president who has formal authority. but i would argue he's lost all of his moral authority. that's why last week he had to bring out general kelly, a four-star marine general. because he still had formal authority and moral authority. unfortunately, general kelly after saying something provable false against that congresswoman has a lot a l

>> robert costa, what are you hearing behind the scenes about the kind of pressure that john kelly is under at this point especially now considering that we do have the widow of sergeant johnson backing up the congresswoman's account instead of john kelly? >> there's a lot of pressure on general kelly, but there's a lot he can also seems to not be able to control. the president continues to speak out on his own via twitter and the white house my sources tell me is a bit uneasy privately how they got ahead of this story that having general kelly out there to share his point of view was power in its own way but he spoke before the widow spoke and now her story of course, has real resonance in this national discussion. >> is there any indication we'll hear more from general kelly or it sounds like maybe he should stay behind the cameras for now? >> well, if he steps up to the lectern again in the briefing room, he'll have questions not only about the widow's comments and what she's been through and her version of events but also what he said about democratic congresswoman frederica wilso

robert costa from the washington post and moderator of a tv show. and tom friedman, columnist from "the new york times" and his latest best seller "thank you for being late" is now out in paper back so he's now a paper back writer. a little beatles reference, come on. it's for -- a few people get. a few people get it. tom friedman, we had two former presidents break the code, okay, the code of ex-presidents going that extra level of back seat driving the current occupant. look, it's not as if bush and obama hadn't made their opinions known about trump during the campaign but how seriously should the public take this? >> i think what's going on, chuck, is a real crisis of authority. something i talked about one -- once before. there's a big difference between formal authority and moral authority. i would argue he has lost all of his moral authority. that's why last week he had to bring out general kelly. four star marine general because he still had formal authority and moral authority. unfortunately general kelly by saying things that were provably

thank you, robert costa.k you for joining us. >> well, here i think is an issue of whether you're going to try to stabilize markets or sabotage markets. and this plan by my colleague senator murray and senator alexander was about stabilizing things, while we still explored ways in the individual market to bring down costs. >> stabilizing means what? >> stabilizing means, for those states that expanded medicaid, they actually saw in the private market a decrease in premiums. so covering more people got them out of the emergency rooms and basically helped us drive down the price. so now if you pull the plug on all of that, it's just going to raise the price in the private market, and we don't want to see that. for the individual market, 7% of the health care market, those small employers, individuals, we want them to have leverage in the market place, just like a big employer would, in buying a package of insurance. and that's what we should be talking about. >> you know, what i find just completely confusing a

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i'm robert costa. g.o.p. senators turn on the president. and the president turns to taxes. tonight, on "washington week." >> we have actually great unity in the republican party. >> the president brushes off stinging criticism from two conservative senators, bob corker and jeff flake. >> i don't know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard, to debase his country in a way that he does, but he does. >> it is dangerous to a democracy. such behavior does not project strength. it instead projects a corruption of the spirit and weakness. >> as most rank and file republicans steered clear of the rebellion, the president took to twitter to dismiss his fellow g.o.p. leaders, writing they had zeronc

i'm robert costa. we get the latest reporting from the pentagon, tonight on "washington week." >> the loss of our troops is under investigation. we'll certainly update you as we have information, accurate information, not speculation. >> the pentagon launches an investigation into the deadly isis attack. the retired four-star general defends the president's conversation with a gold star widow. >> there's no perfect way to make that phone call. >> and two former presidents speak out about the political climate in america. >> our identity as a nation, unlike many other nations, is not determined by geography or ethnicity. this means that peoplef

i'm robert costa. the gun lobby and republicans are considering changes in the wake of a tragedy.ut they may be narrow. tonight, on "washington week." >> keep your heads down! go! >> a lone gunman armed with a stockpile of weapons turns a music festival into a killing field. as investigators search for a motive, both parties and the powerful gun lobby may come together to support new restrictions, focusing on the device the gunman used to turn his rifles into fully automatic weapons. >> we all know and believe that fully auto weapons are illegal and so is this a big gap that needs to be closed? and if so, how to close it? >> i do think there will be

joining me now from the washington post, robert costa.s you have seen these people, especially jeff flake, announcing he will not run again, knowing he would not have the support of the president. costa: what a moment, two senators, corker and lake decided not to run for reelection this year. for the political establishment, for their own party and for the country. the latter aspect is important to note because this is just not about the republican civil war which you now have veteran republican senators speaking out about the future of the country, calling president trump dangerous, a threat to national norms and institutions. his conduct unbecoming. the list goes on and on. charlie: and questioning history fullness. mr. costa: it was a question of character. charlie: what is going to be the outcome of all this? sayinge steve bannon they will challenge people in the primaries. manyosta: there will be consequences on capitol hill. this throws a wrench on what will happen with tax reform. they don't even have a bill yet, but they are havin

joining me is robert costa who on pbsed washington week and talks about the growing frustration in theashington post. thank you for joining us. robert: good to be with you, charlie. charlie: where is all of this going? is this the beginning of something? robert: it is the continuation of the unraveling of the trump presidency. he is an outsider, has always been an outsider, but there are people around him whether it was mitch mcconnell or paul ryan or general kelly, who believe they can build a project around the president, get him to enact key gop priorities. they keep learning again and again, based on my reporting, the president changed this system. he wants to govern by instinct. he does not want to request in a certain direction. -- to be pushed in a certain direction. charlie: can it continue? are you suggesting most people while amazed by this at the same time don't see it going to some logical conclusion? it is simply a continuation of what we will see for the first ofm, if it is only one term donald trump? robert: the republicans are aghast. when i talk to congress people, the