everything sarah huckabee sanders says and does is scrutinized.where do they think she lied. i don't see direct accusations of that. i can tell you press secretaries cannot do their job if they lie at all. it does not happen. howie: given the battering sean spicer took, is there any trump press secretary the media what find acceptable in this environment? dana: i don't know. i asked sarah huckabee sanders a few weeks ago when i interviewed her if the hostility was a little bit less than it seemed. she said no, the hostility was there. i think? some ways the media believes it goes both ways and i think that's partly true. we are in a hyper charged environment. but i hear from reporters at the white house that she does a good job working with them on logistics, making sure the reporters will be at the right place at the right time to get what they need in the president to do their job. that matters. in some ways she has figured out a way to use that charm and humor. if she dialed that up a notch it would be useful. howie: . a columnist wrote sanders

so still lots and lots of questions on sarah huckabee sanders on this friday afternoon as far as why won't president trump say more on the alabama senate candidate versus his tweet this morning on democratic senator al franken and hearing sarah huckabee sanders, let me bring you in on the discussion. mark, just first to you, she is saying ks listen the president talked about it on the asia trip, which by the way barely barely touched it. just looking at the transcript. saying she's addressed it. but they are saying we take the sexual harassment seriously but we know they were leaving for asia, questions arose on the trump accusers and basically called them liars. so i'm confused how they can pick and choose where to comment and who to believe. >> the white house is very good at doing facts, and very good at creating a lot of white noise and then stepping away from direct challenge. what we saw today is direct challenges regarding the ray moore and al franken situation. now, should the president weigh in on whether the united states senate should investigate al franken? absolutely. if

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who knows how sarah huckabee sanders will handle all of those questions. keep in mind, this is what he has come into question, until recently, just before the foreign trip, as a matter of fact, sarah huckabee sanders was saying that those accusers that have alleged that the president was guilty of some kind of sexual misconduct against them, that those accusers were liars. that they were not telling the truth. that was one notable moment before the president left for asia. and so that is sort of the footing that we are all on here as those questions come in, in about 30 minutes from now, it was delayed. so we expect her to come here a little less than half hour from now. >> so taxes, ray moore, al franken. thank you very much. let's stay on al franken and get everyone caught up on this story swirling as of today. raids owe news anchor now accusing the democratic senator of forcibly kissing her at this backstage uso experience and groping here and photographic evidence while she was asleep. she posted this photo of the incident from 2006. i think 9th uso tou

remember sarah huckabee sanders didn't hold a briefing. so she talked to report nerves the whi reporters in the white house. that is something reporters will want to ask about here in the briefing room for all of the talk of fake news, yesterday the president retweeted some fake news. retweeted a video that shows a boy in crutches being beat enby somebody who was identified phi in those videos as being a muslim migrant when we've been told by dutch authorities that was not the case. that the an attacker was somebody born and raised in netherlands. so raises the question is it not fake news when the president tweets it. and you might hear some of that in the briefing room. >> you have a long list. i hope you get a question in today. thank you so much my friend. let's lead though next with the top note from jim there on rex tillerson. this possible shake-up in the cabinet. this is what president trump said when he was asked about this very issue earlier today. >> mr. president, do you have rex tillerson on the job? >> rex is here. >> stay in

sarah huckabee sanders at the white house. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i'm going to start by offering our thoughts and prayers today with the people of new york city. some of the toughest most resill e end people on earth. this under course the terror attack is real. as we do isis a broad we must be vigilant in our country. inspiring such attacks through hateful propaganda has always been isis and other strategy. this under goes the need for careful vetting who enters our country. there are hundreds of active law enforcement investigations into foreign nationals suspected of engaging inter rhythm and we must vet those seeking entry into the united states thoroughly. last night hours after the attack a million new yorkers including families with their children marched through the city for a halloween parade. their message was heard loud and clear. the american spirit will never be broken. those who hope we will succumb to fear will never get what they want. and those who seek to divide us will only bring us closer together. in the midst of the attack, new

kristen welker was in that briefing room and pressed sarah huckabee sanders on that. to me about the conversation in there. >> reporter: it got a little heated in here when sarah huckabee sanders was pressed repeatedly on why president trump chose to use the term pocahontas at an event honoring native americans. she tried to turn it on its head and flip it back to senator elizabeth warren. of course, there were questions about her saying she did have native american roots. this was my exchange with sarah huckabee sanders. take a listen. >> reporter: why is it appropriate for the president to use a racial slur in any context? >> i don't believe that it is appropriate for him to make a racial slur or anybody else. >> reporter: and a racial slur. why is it appropriate for him to do that? >> like i said i don't think that it is and i don't think that was certainly not the president's intent. >> reporter: the -- >> again, like i said, i think the more, most offensive thing -- i'm sorry? >> reporter: does he see political value in calling out -- >> look, i think senator war

sarah huckabee sanders said he is just trying to reach the goal he is facing. it comes only a week before the third version of president trump's travel ban faces scrutiny once again in the courts. his previous ban has been called unconstitutional for targeting muslims. a congressman says -- >> it is risky in light of things going on in the world right now, the things we're trying to accomplish and the threats and adversaries we face, i think it's important that our leader, our commander in chief, set the kind of tone that's measured. >> reporter: all this as the nuclear threat from north korea intensified a day after the regime fired a ballistic missile that flew higher and longer than ever before. after belittling kim jong-un earlier this year -- >> we can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. >> reporter: the president responded today with restraint, saying on twitter, additional major sanctions will be imposed on north korea today. the situation will be handled. but it was unclear just how it would be handled. on stage in missouri, he

sarah huckabee sanders leaving the white house press briefing room. that was a delayed press briefing starting with secretary of state rex tillerson describing the action the administration took today in declaring north korea a state sponsor of terrorism and a lot of notes about that, which i will recap for you shortly, but also a lot of questions about the alabama senate race in that briefing and as i said before the briefing started, this morning roy moore's initial accuser lee corfman sat down for an exclusive interview with the "today" show to talk about what she says happened when she was 14 years old. >> he basically laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room, and proceeded to -- seduce me. i guess you would say. and during the course of that, he removed my clothing. he left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear, and he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it, and he -- tried to get me to touch him as well, and at that point i pulled back and said that i was not comfortable, and i got dressed, and he took me

not do anything to sort of the specter of the investigation that looms over as i believe sarah huckabee sanders is walking out now. >> hallie vajackson, thank you. we'll take a listen to sarah huckabee sanders. >> good afternoon. we'll let john roberts finish his live shot. hallie. wrapped up. good afternoon. you all know the constitution states that the president shall from time to time give to the congress information of the state of the union, and recommend their considerations such measures as he shall judge necessary and compete yant. that in mind pleased to announce the president accepted the speaker's invitation to deliver the state of the union address on january 30th. as you all know, the holiday season is in full swing here at the white house. with thanksgiving having just passed and christmas on the horizon, we've also just survived black friday, cyber monday, biggest shopping days of the year, right in the middle of this another important day that deserves attention. earlier this week was the sixth annual giving tuesday. giving tuesday was created in 2012 to celebrate and support ph

sarah huckabee sanders coming in from zambia and zimbabwe. friday night the president took to twitter saying put a decision on hold until such a time as i review all conservation, understudy for years will update

it's not sarah huckabee sanders. i don't believe that she's ever going to flip and say, you know, maybe we should believe those women. we should be asking people like mitch mcconnell, why do you believe the accusers against roy moore and yet, you know, you don't apparently believe the accusers against president trump. you get those kinds of questions in front of influential people, you get them to respond and these questions will absolutely matter to the american public. >> yeah. and we're going to post -- we'll post that montage that we played at the top of the show, which our -- the "all in" production team did an incredible job on. that was not me, that was them. people should watch that. one of the things happening in this moment is we are hearing a pattern to allegations with men. and there is an m.o. often. we've seen that with the allegations against roy moore and you hear them in the allegations against donald trump. you should watch those and think to yourselves, does that sound credible that all of these pe

sarah huckabee sanders has said that mr tillerson will be continuing to carry out the president's agenda. we do know that they have had their disagreements. let's listen in. they are talking about twitter and the tweets the president sent. that was what he was doing in the process. i think he is going to continue to do that in a number of venues, whether it is through speeches, twitter or other social media platforms. does he know that sharing is videos might incite violence? he's elevating the conversation to talk about a real issue, extreme violence and terrorism which we know is very

it's not sarah huckabee sanders. i don't believe she's going to flip and say, you know, maybe we should believe these women. we should be asking people like mitch mcconnell, why do you believe the accusers against roy moore? and yet you don't apparently believe the accusers against president trump. you get those kinds of questions in front of influential people. you get them to rep respond and these questions will absolutely matter to the american public. >> yeah, and we're going to post, we'll post that montage that we played at the top of the show, which our production team did an incredible job on, that was them, not me. and people should watch that. one of the incredible things in this moment is we are hearing a pattern to allegations with men. and there's an m.o. often we have seen with allegations against roy moore. and you hear them in the allegations against trump. you should think to yourself, do all the people who don't know each other report the same experience? thank you to you both. >> thanks. >>> next,

a joke and it's a laughing stock and no wonder so much of this stuff takes place. >> now, sarah huckabee sanders knows what the president said. she just is pretending he said something else. >> she was pretending that he was saying something else, anderson, and it's disappointing because we count on sarah huckabee sanders to sort of give us the straight scoop in the briefing room. that is just not what happened today and that -- it goes straight to the credibility of those questions that we talked about when sean spicer was the white house prosecutes. you can't have the white house press secretary come into the room and say it was the largest inauguration crowd in the history of the united states as sean spicer did. that is a kind of statement that shaerts the credibility of a white house press secretary and so you ask them why did the president call it a joke and a laughing stock. >> especially it is on video. it's one thing to lie about something that wasn't actually recorded and then, you know, it's easier, i guess, but when it's actually to say you believe what sarah huckabee sanders just im

sarah huckabee sanders as promised. let's listen in. >> yesterday momentum continued to build to provide massive tax relief and job creation for the american people. the house passed the tax cuts and jobs act and the senate finance committee pass its companion tax reform bill. these are important moments as we move closer to a final vote. in resent months, we've heard from entrepreneurs and families about every corner from the nation and how this plan will empower them. in pennsylvania, susie schulman said the plan be incredible for me and other retire rears because tax relief is targeted at the middle class. in ohio, christina port, a small business owner, a single mother while launching her mother said the increase in the child tax credit would help working mothers. she said simplifying a complex tax code would ease the burden on entrepreneurs and allow them to devote more time to growing their business rather than wrestling with taxes. in state after state, story after story, we've heard how our plan will profoundly

you go. >> the way he's talking about al franken and not saying anything more on moo, via sarah huckabee sandersallegations are true he should step a side. >> right. >> chris smith, thanks for swinging by. >> you're welcome. >>> moments from now growing what we were discussing sarah huckabee sanders will be standing there at the podium at the white house briefing room. we know the reporters will be asking the questions. it's just a matter of how they answer them today. but first to powerful piece of cnn reporting, clarissa ward traveled to a refugee camp in my a mar myanmar and what she found horrific violence. cnn exclusive. please stick around to watch. t . japan, how's dinner? this is delicious. i'm sorry. three times points on travel and restaurants. sapphire reserve, from chase. make more of what's yours. t-mobile family plans now come with netflix included. that's huge. that's right. t-mobile's got your netflix subscription covered... ...when you get a family plan with two or more lines. really? that's incredible. so go ahead and watch however you want. you're messing with me, right? all a

sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that earlier today at the briefing. listen to what she said. >> some critics have said it was hypocritical to between about al franken and not weigh-in on roy moore. >> he did weigh-in on robert mueller. he did it while he was in asia and i took 15 questions on that topic yesterday and one on al franken. so to suggest this president has not weighed in is wrong. he said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. it's simply inaccurate statement to make about the president. >> the president did talk about roy moore on board air force one from honolulu to japan saying in the allegations are true, that roy moore should step down. sarah huckabee sanders was also asked what is the difference between senator al franken who has had these accusations levelled with him and president trump who has had sexual allegations by 12 women. the difference she said is the president hasn't admitted to it and al franken has. the white house council don mcgann about to address the white house. the white house is coming out with a list

sarah huckabee sanders started the briefing. let's listen in. >> great to be back with everybody. certainly missed seeing most of you who weren't on the road. >> most of us. >> most of you. i gave myself a little wiggle room there. the president's historic five-country trip to asia was an incredible success. he rallied the world against the menace of north korea, strengthened our alliances and showed our commitment to a free and open indo pick region and took a stand for fair and reciprocal trade. as a result of the trip american families will be safer and more secure, and american workers and companies are one step closer to competing on the level playing field they deserve. speaking of leveling the playing field for our workers and businesses, the president applauds the house for passing the tax cut and jobs act. a massive step towards fulfilling our promise to deliver historic tax cuts for the american people by the end of the year. we are encouraged the house and senate continue to work together to deliver what the president asked them to do. allow hard working middle class fa

i have sarah huckabee sanders. let's listen in. >> -- the plan incredible for me and other fixed income retirees. because tax relief is targeted at the middle class. in ohio, a small business owner raised twins as a single mother launching her company said the increase in the child tax credit would help her and other mothers, ease the burden on entrepreneurs and allow them to devote more time with their businesses rather than worry about taxes. we've heard story after story how this will improve people the lives. this tax plan combined with the president's efforts to eliminate job-killing actions, americans feel their goals are attainable. a reminder what made our country unique to begin with. our people have always been able to visualize the future for themselves and children and make it a reality. that's why it's called the american dream. this tax plan will make it more attainable for more of our people than ever before. for this to happen we need economic growth making it possible for businesses to create jobs

and today he sent sarah huckabee sanders out to take questions that he should really be answering himself. >> senator franken has at mitd wrongdoing and the president hasn't. >> that is absolutely true. the president hasn't admitted anything. he'd like to sweep the allegations against him under the rug. he'd like you to forget all about the women who accused him. and here they are in no specific order. number one, anyone any lacks own in, a former miss finland. in 2006 while posing for a picture with trump and another con tess stant she says, quote, he grabbed my butt before an appearance on the late show with david letter man. number two, jessica leads says she sat next to trump on a flight. it was around 1980. here is how she described that to our anderson cooper. >> he was grabbing my breasts and trying to turn me towards him and kissing me. and then after a bit that's when his hands started going -- i was wearing a skirt, and his hands started going towards my knee and up my skirt. >> donald trump told a new york times reporter, quote, none of this ever took place. number three, mindy

sarah huckabee sanders and the white house press, their transaction and the transparency, we know everythingat the president is thinking from his tweeter feed, what about the white house action? >> i think that sarah huckabee sanders has a good relationship with the press. it's adversarial as most press secretaries have. and i think she's established herself and gets respect. i think it's a bit of improvement over the sean spicer regime, and still the underlying hostility. as long as the press releases are televised as i think it shouldn't and they will try to get their grand scale. >> and the regime that brought it back on camera. joe. >> i agree, that the press briefings probably shouldn't be on camera. we see show boating and grandstanding from reporters to go viral. and two press secretaries under clinton, and bipartisan reporting. >> and howie? >> this is what is missed, president trump provides near access to journals whether asking questions on the helicopter or plane than his predecess predecessors and not a lot of love loss but they need each other. >> thank you, and there will be m

a source says he not only attended this one meeting as sarah huckabee sanders told reporters but twomp campaign. in the first meeting papadopoulos had the meeting between then and trump and. but then president did not did the idea but jeff sessions ruled it out. >>> also new today shocking about paul manafort and international travel this past year. so i have cnn chief national correspondent jim sciutto sitting next to me and senior politics reporter dylan buyers. so on the papadopoulos trump putin meeting this is a big deal. right. because we had thought that trump hadn't perhaps wanted to have the meeting, and an according to our sources he did but sessions said no. >> and says he's not a coffee boy. we know he was foreign policy role and president said so in "the washington post." know he showed up at one of the meetings sitting between the president and jeff sessions who headed this foreign policy meeting or group. and in that meeting he suggested this meeting with putin in russia. which trump was present. and didn't immediately knock it down. sessions does knock it down. which d

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amy: i want to ask you about sarah huckabee sanders. it is profound what she said.'s listen to it again. >> again, whether it is a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about, that is whahat te president is focused on, dealing with those real threat and those are real matter how you look at it. >> [indiscernible] >> i'm not talking about the nature of the video. i think you are focusing on the wrong thing. amy: there she says she doesn't care whether the videos are e rl or not. mehdhdi: listening to sarah huckabee sanders day after day makes me urine for sean spicer, to be honest. [laughter] eyed: this daily, dead denial of truth, of facts, of reality. kellyanne conway started it all off with her alternative facts defense of the president. huckabee sanders has taken it to the next level. don't focus on the thick video, focus on the random, unrelated point that the president was not even really making. it is a real problem when journalists indulge this. this week as the white house christmas party. only cnn has said they will not be

very curious to see how sarah huckabee sanders handles this. first press briefing since this asia trip. so what she says and maybe what she doesn't say will be quite telling. ladies stay with me. live pictures from inside the breaking room. also, as we have been talking about this senate candidate ray moore, he is also expected to step behind that very microphone there in birmingham at the faith leaders press conference. as you now have these two additional women, accusers coming forward and telling their stories to the "washington post." so we'll stay on that. >>> also breaking today the judge in the senator bob menendez corruption case mistrial. we'll play some found with the senator speaking once the mistrial was declared got pretty emotional there. so stay with us. a heck of a lot to talk about on this very busy thursday afternoon. stay here. move free ultra's clinically-proven ingredient gives you better mobility, flexibility and comfort than glucosamine chondroitin, in one tiny pill. also in new gummies. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn'

and what's so strange here is that sarah huckabee sanders is denying the president slammed the u.s. justice system. watch this. >> why did the president call the u.s. justice system a joke and a laughing stock during his comments -- >> that's not what he said. >> he said that the system of justice in this country -- >> he said that process. he said the process has people calling us a joke and calling us a laughing stock. >> okay. so, you know, i say this all the time as i watch what happens at that podium and the president. you're not supposed to believe you're lying ears here? i mean, what is going on? you heard the president. that's exactly what he said. >> yeah, that is what he said. and this is sarah huckabee sanders, i think, again, what we've seen in this position is people having to go out and explain the president and in the process oftentimes they damage their own credibility. we saw this with sean spicer. we've seen it in some ways with john kelly having to go out and defend some of the things the president has said. and you see this, i think, today most clearly with sarah

jillian: the university professor now under investigation for tweeting a comment about sarah huckabee sanders carly shimkus serious xm 115, teaching the kids. jillian: it all started when arkansas governor mike huckabee praised the army pilot who gave press secretary sarah huckabee sanders's daughter, his jacket because it was cold. this professor, judy cole, a nursing professor from the university of memphis, if she froze to death she wouldn't be missed. the former governor saw that tweet and responded, nursing at the university of memphis wishes my daughter would day, feel sorry for someone so hateful and vicious. people on social media calling for miss call to be fired. jacqueline says she should be investigated and letters nursing license, never teach another nursing class with what a scary thing to hear from a nurse. eddie on twitter's is coming from a nursing professional is a despicable post and daniel tweeted when will judy cole he terminated? at the top, she is under investigation by the university of memphis. hearing a nursing professor. rob: you hope she is not your nurse if you vo

press secretary sarah huckabee sanders commented on the issue. >> like most americans, the presidentieves that we will not allow a mere allegation n this case one from many years ago, to destroy a person's life, if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. cheryl: moore faces democrat on december 12th, if he does step aside, any alternative will do a write-in campaign. but from the tweet that you obviously have read to viewers doesn't sound like it's in immediate plans. lauren: you can argue that the senate is up for grabs and a democrat could potentially come in. for now we want to tell you about this story, hbo are distancing from louis of allegations of misconduct against comedian, dropped from hbo stand-up fundraiser of autism. that's november 18th, it's very troubled by allegations and it's reviewing its relationship with him. twenty-first century fox, parent of fx as well as the fox business network, spokesperson for ck says he will read a written statement in a couple of days. police deal with increasing number of accusation that is we hav

white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders under fire this weekend after she posted a pictureit. former arkansas governor mike huckabee, sarah huckabee sanders's dad, is with us now. settle this please. did you bite out of this pie? >> sarah and her family were at in-laws. i will have the very pie at christmas when she and her family come to our house. she has been making this pie for years, for years, makes them for friends. here is the warning i would issue. stuart, don't ever, i mean don't ever, mess with a southern woman and her homemade pies. it is as dangerous as when you hear a southern woman begin her sentence with, bless your heart. it means you're about to be gutted like a deer and just don't know it. stuart: that is said to me a number of times. bless your heart, stuart, but you're an idiot. i've been there. so, i just found this extraordinary, that a member of the white house press corps would challenge your daughter on whether or not she actually baked the pie. i found that incredible. last word to you on this particular subject in you have got 10 seconds. >> okay

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he sent press secretary sarah huckabee sanders out to sell this. >> does the president believe roadway moore's accusers and does he think roy moore should drop out of this race? >> look, the president believes that these allegations are very troubling and should be taken seriously, and he thinks that the people of alabama should make the decision on who their next senator should be. >> so that's a no, he thinks roy moore should stay in? >> look, the president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true, then that roy moore should step aside. he still firmly believes that. >> how would the president like to see that proven? >> look, i'm not going to get into and litigate back and forth, but the president has been clear that if any of these allegations are true, allegations that he takes very seriously, finds very trouble, if those do happen to be true, then he should do the right thing and step aside. >> does the president believe that accusations themselves, that is to say the women themselves and their own credibility can be established outside of them mak

now sarah huckabee sanders is saying the democrats are grand standing. >> you spoke to chuck todd about the political theater at play here. if you put the sarah huckabee sanders statement on the screen i can read it to you. >> looks like we don't have it. >> she said they should be there and they are grand standing and if they want to get something done they should show up. >> that's right. remember, it is safe to say the white house is feeling sensitive about the meeting. a few months ago in september the meeting here at the white house where the president came up with the nickname for chuck schumer and nancy pelosi chuck and nancy and had to walk back the agreement he thought they had related to daca protections. here is the thing. democrats have said they believe they have a lot of leverage when it comes to talks about end of year funding bill. they know whenever it comes to these government funding measures it's the democrats that have to provide the votes to get that thing across the aisle. for them to back away from the meeting they knew that going into it. when you hear chuck tod

franzen thanked him for sharing the videos and here was white house press secretary sarah huckabee sandersf the president. >> it's -- it's a real video. the threat is real. and that is what the president is talking about. that's what the president is focused on is dealing with those real threats. and those are real no matter how you look at it. >> joining us now. phil rucker, "washington post" white house bureau chief and msnbc political analyst and susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today." phil, how does the president come across these sorts of things? >> that is a wonderful question, katy. as you know, this is not the first time he has tweeted sort of indiscriminately. he has done this for years, tweeting things from white nationalists and neo nazis and what have you. he finds them on twitter. in this case ann coulter, the conservative commentator retweeted one of the videos before donald trump. we know he follows her on twitter. so perhaps he found it through her. i don't know. i have been asking sources in the white house and not been given answers about how the president fo

the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders has the president does consider the killer to be an enemy combatant but the united states has not officially declared him as such for the moment at least, keeping him in the criminal justice system. that did not sit well with south carolina senator lindsey graham, who ripped the white house in a statement saying "i appreciate president trump taking the gloves off when it comes to unleashing our military, however i'm dumbfounded as to why the trump administration still follows the obama playbook when it comes to dealing with terror suspects." if there was ever a candidate to be held as an enemy can banded combatant, it is a self-declared soldier. the president taking some people jump in right of the political for yesterday, taking aim at senator chuck schumer for his support of the diversity visa lottery program. back in 1990, that was the program that allowed him to come into the country. senator schumer taking the floor to a accuse the president of failed leadership in the aftermath. >> president trump, instead of politicizing and dividing

. >> peter baker, let's listen to how sarah huckabee sanders responded from the podium after a national tragedy. >> look, this is an unspeakable tragedy. today is a day for consoling of survivors and mourning those we lost. our thoughts and prayers are certainly with all of those individuals. this is -- there's a time and place for a political debate. but now is the time to unite as a country. there's currently an open and ongoing law enforcement investigation. a motive is yet to be determined, and it would be premature for us to discuss policy when we don't fully know all the facts or what took place last night. >> peter baker, this is a two-part question. let's watch the other sarah huckabee sanders responding the day after a grave national tragedy. >> what's the difference now? >> i said it wasn't appropriate to politicize the conversation, which i don't believe we are. we're talking about protecting american lives, and there are things that this president has consistently and repeatedly talked about, advocated for, pushed for, introduced executive orders for, supported legislation f

enjoy the weekend. >>> sarah huckabee sanders expected here any moment now.is a good time for me to get out of here. i'm craig melvin in today for katy tur. ali velshi picks things up now. >> incredible. the conversation with the governor of alabama, kay ivey. said i have no reason to doubt the voracity of these women and am still voting for roy moore. some people say there's every reason to doubt it, false, made up by the republican establishment and democrats athtd the "washington post," but to actually say, no reason to doubt them, but that's not going to make a make a different decision and by the way, her opinion matters more than most in this. >> there's not been a democrat elected to the upper chamber in alabama since '92 i believe. >> unbelievable. good to see you. thanks. >>> good afternoon. i'm ali velshi. as craig says, moments away from the white house press briefing. the questions will once again likely focus on sexual assault. president trump took to twitter to share thoughts on senator al franken say ting the al fran frankenstein -- spelled wro

still to come, white house press spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders defense president trump's retweetsanti-muslim videos posted by a far right british group. we will tell you how this latest misstep is going down on this side of the atlantic. time for business news now. china is putting pressure on german firms operating in china. >> that's right, brent. china claims it is open to foreign firms but actions speak louder than words and it is not the easiest business climate. china's communist party is trying to infiltrate german companies, subsidiaries there, to increase influence over management decisions. that's according to a german industry body. it reports beijing is trying to increase its influence through party councils inside the companies. >> chinese law requires companies with three or more employees who are members of the communist party to allow those members to set up a party cell. for a long time these were just symbolic units but now, german companies in china report increasing pressure to actively set up new cells are strengthened -- new cells or strengthen existing ones.

. >> just before arriving in vietnam, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders told reporters the president believes if the allegations against moore are true, he will do the right thing and step aside. the more controversy unfolded as the u.s. senate passed a measure requiring sexual harassment training for senators, staff and interns. the decision was unanimous. >> president trump is now on the fourth leg of his 12-day trip to asia. landing in vietnam earlier this morning, this time without the first lady who will head back to the u.s. from china. the president attended a summit of the asia-pacific economic leade leaders or apec delivered a speech strongly echoing the familiar themes of creating fair and reciprocal agreements. >> from this day forward, we will compete on a fair and equal basis. we are not going to let the united states be taken advantage of any more. i am always going to put america first, the same way that i expect all of you in this room to put your countries first. >> and nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is in the city of dan ang this morning

i don't think -- there's nobody coming out besides sarah huckabee sanders and saying this was an appropriate thing for the president to say. >>> let's talk tax reform. republican leaders saying they'll have a vote by the end of the week. do you think this is a realistic time frame considering all that needs to be worked out in order to win over the votes or is this optics for the gop wanting to get the needle moving. >> it's going to be tough to get it done by the end of the week. they definitely see the timeline as key. they want to keep the momentum, che keep it moving forward. the longer you delay the more concerns pop up. the problem is they have specific issues senators are raising that they need to fix in order to get them to yes. you mentioned the issue of how small businesses are treated as opposed to korngscorporations. also some senator who is want deficit guarantee. if they build in fixes, can they reassure senators and get yes votes by the end of the week. seems pretty optimistic to me. >>> with two weeks left in alabama senate race, roy moore made return to campaign trail after