from sarah sanders. we are about 60 seconds away from the sound of the president from inside that meeting but give us the 552nd assessment here. >> here is the bottom line. from sarah sanders. there was a lot of pushback as to why is president trump meeting with the top members of the democratic party at the white house tonight over dinner with no top republicans there. there was question after question on the and sanders pushback by same look president trump is the leader of the republican party plain and simple. she even tried to make the argument at this point has done more for bipartisanship than president obama in the last eight years he was elected to bring people from both sides of the table. there is no doubt a concerted effort from this white house to learn from the failures of the obama care repeal and replace. they realize they might have to get democrats to the table at least as it relates to votes so the president well have democrats with him at that dinner table. this tape is just coming in

host: speaking of sarah sanders. she is hit with an ethics complaint over her call to fire jemele hill. pac hastrump super filed this complaint against sarah huckabee sanders with the obverse of government ethics -- with the office of government ethics. asked about it at a briefing on wednesday she said it was a fira ble offense by espn. lots of opinions out there, including catherine from virginia. go ahead. caller: i do not think she should be fired. we live in a world today where there is freedom of speech. we have a president that tweets and says anything he wants to say about any and everybody. what about our president? host: ok. from virginia in huntsville, alabama. , forr: i commend her, hill speaking truth to power. donald trump gets on the tweet, we are talking about the president of the united states of america, and say and annihilate everybody. starting with mcconnell on down. even mccain, a hero. and she can't speak her opinion? why would they want to silence the truth. he is a white supremacist. going che

it took only 17 minutes until sarah sanders put out a statement saying no, no, no.hite house has no credibility. the president has backed off that. i think the other thing, lawrence, we're going to have to dig into is what exactly was agreed to for the d.r.e.a.m.ers. did the president support the d.r.e.a.m. act? so there's a lot of questions unanswered tonight. the one thing we know for sure is once again you put two experienced people in the room with donald trump and he's not going to come out of that in good shape. >> and president did not go directly to bed after dinner. and i know that because i'm reading too tweets now that he has tweeted. and they're completely unrelated. one says china has a business tax rate of 15%. we should do everything possible to match them in order to win our economy, jobs and wages. and thert ocrooked hillary clinton blames everybody and everything. the reason this is relevant is donald trump has the twitter regime right there in his hands. he can back up sarah sanders tweet right now and say chuck and nancy are lying, i never agreed

white house press secretary sarah sanders at the podium. we will take it live as soon as it begins. in the meantime, the trump administration announcing plans to end an obama era policy. it protects immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children. a decision expected to affect some 800,000 people now in this country, good afternoon -- good morning depending on where you are, welcome to the second hour of "happening now" ." >> heather: another busy one for sarah sanders as well. attorney general jeff sessions unveiling those plans and our first hour, saying president trump will rescind the immigration policy. >> the compassionate thing to do is enforce our law and if congress chooses to make changes to those laws, to do so through the process set forth in a way that advances the interest of the american people. >> heather: live in miami, protesters are gathering right now. >> there are an estimated 50,000 of these daca beneficiaries living in south florida, people who are illegal immigrants who have not faced any deportation threats, allowed to stay in the country, stay in schoo

it was clear to me that sarah sanders had an audience of one who would be watching her and that's the president of the united states and what she seemed to be saying is that, look, this is just about the flag. this isn't about the first amendment. this isn't about race. when she was asked quite directly by john roberts of fox, you know, how do you defend that when the president calls people s.o.b.s who should be fired she said it's always appropriate to defend the flag. so what she was doing was deflecting every question about how this might be interpreted by people who were called names and saying, well, no, no, no. wait a minute, the president really just is patriotic and these people, by insinuation are not patriotic and by the way, if they want to attack police officers who don't think or defending them, why not look at the people who are protecting them on the sidelines? she said that a bit sarcastically, but i think what she was trying to do was deflect. >> all right. i want to bring in jim acosta, jim, we saw sarah sanders, she sort of cut you off there on the heels of asking w

>> you know, put the question to white house spokeswoman, sarah sanders.e president still believe the president committed a crime? and she does to the specifically admit that he does, but instead says the issue of leaking classified intelligence and unmasking identities needs to be investigated by capitol hill and the justice department. but, wolf, a number of republicans who sat in on that rice testimony said they don't believe she did anything illegal and acted properly and rice herself declined to comment. and the uae also declined to comment. >> and you have some exclusive reporting on the fbi refusing to let two senior fbi officials testify up on capitol hill. what are you learning? >> the senate judiciary committee wants to talk to these two senior fbi officials, who may have firsthand knowledge about the circumstances around james comey's firing. and because the judiciary committees are looking into the issues of possible fbi interference. what was interesting earlier this summer, the justice department said, no. they cannot interview them in a priv

. >> jon: white house press secretary sarah sanders yesterday saying the president was 100% right to fire james comey. let's talk about it with the associate editor and columnist at real clear politics and the senior writer for the weekly standard. why is this coming up now? is this having to do with the steve bannon interview on "60 minutes"? >> i certainly think steve bannon's character as distant firing of james comey as the worst mistake in modern political history prompted the president's reaction and he wanted to push back and he is doing that through his spokeswoman. in the months that have passed, the team around trump has convinced him that though he would like to fire bob mueller, that will be the worst act of political suicide he could pull off. he is taken a step back from that with the revelations that the senators talked about ten days ago, that they found transcripts from an office of special counsel interview with comey where he reveals he has started to write a memo exonerating hillary clinton before he even interviewed makes him a discredited witness in this investi

so that, frankly, a little bit of fake news from sarah huckabee sanders. if you want to put something specific that hillary clinton said that is not true or not accurate, that's not what she did? that press conference. >> yeah. yeah. hey, let me bring in april ryan who just asked an excellent question of sarah huckabee sanders. one thing we hadn't talked about was this really important meeting at the white house today with the only black republican senator, south carolina senator tim scott. and we've gotten a little bit of a read out and we heard sarah huckabee sanders tell you guys that the conversation was about the busy legislative agenda but also about charlottesville a little bit. and you asked a question, and i heard you sources saying that maybe they would add additional folks within the administration who would have a deeper connection with the black community. will that be happening? tell me what you know about this meeting. >> well, what i know from my sources is that the president listened. he wasn't necessarily always happy with what senator sc

sarah huckabee sanders said that claim was, quote, absurd. as for the situation in puerto rico, while she didn't bring it up initially, she did talk about the crisis taking place right now in puerto rico, noting that the fema administrator, brock long, and one of the top advisers on homeland securi security, tom bossert, are on their way to deal with what we call the disaster there in the wake of hurricane maria. obviously a lot of oxygen for this white house has been sucked up by the president's repeated tweets and comments about the kneeling of professional athletes, most notably in the nfl to protest racial injustice as those protests were designed. here's part of my exchange with sarah huckabee sanders just moments ago. take a listen. >> what message does it send for the president to stand behind the presidential seal at a rally in alabama and call an american citizen who is expressing his first amendment rights a son of a bitch? >> i think it's always appropriate for our president to defend the flag, defend the national anthem -- hold on

month for 36 months. >> leland: a fox news alert, the white house briefing has just begun, here is sarah sandersetary sanders: for the united nations general assembly, eat here today our national security advisor h.r. mcmaster and representative to the u.n. nikki haley. we will walk you through the meetings and other events of next week and take some of your questions. as always i will be up afterwards to answer questions unless you want to give me a free pass it's friday. >> good afternoon everyone, i want to begin by acknowledging the horrific attacks in europe, the united states stands in solidarity with the people of the united kingdom and france, we will continue to work tirelessly with our partners to prevent attacks and of course the united states remains committed to defeating terrorist organizations as well as their evil ideology. the president has been unambiguous here, energizing our defeat isis campaign and calling on muslim majority nations to fight extremism. we will defend our people and our values against these cowardly attacks and we will always stand with countries around the w

sarah sanders did say they would be quote, "transitive and cooperative."ak before the senate last week but behind closed doors. >> that's right, lets about this with our panels. the idea of lawyers in the white house talked about him resigning, it is surprising ochlt. >> they are not taking our legal advise. what they are also telling you is that we are not sure we can protect you. that's the take away from this story and people should pay attention to that. >> ron. . >> ron in the interview, he basically said, the u.s. does not need to make russia another enemy but even as we learn more about russia's interference such as facebook campaign, the white house continues to suggest or should i say, the president continues to suggest that there is no evidence. >> first of all, for steve bannon, that is continuation of as long standing argument. a few years ago, he argued yes, putin is a bad guy but he should be our allies. that was the view that he brought into the white house, look, the white house is not going to waiver in saying there is no there, there. it

here's sarah sanders. the white house briefing begins. >> tom bossert talk about the relief efforts of hurricane irma and harvey. life saving support is underway. you can go online to register for federal assistance. as i said yesterday, the president was pleased that members on all sides of the aisle came together last week under his leadership to deliver critical relief to those affected by the storms and he has continued that spirit of bipartisanship and unity this week. last night he hosted republican and democrat senators to discuss advancing the legislative priorities particularly with tax cuts and reform for the middle class. today in addition to report meetings with republicans and democrats, the president will host senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi for a bipartisan discussion on the upcoming legislative agenda with the focus on tax reform. historic tax reform is one of the most significant ways to jump start our economy, creating jobs and raising wages for all americans. the president and h

seems like you have a lot of litmus tests. >> i think sarah sanders said it best. if you can't do your job, get out of the way and let somebody else do it. >> harris: does it give you hope or pause or anything that democrat senator hoyer and i know it's in the other chamber of congress, but he said this about daca. this month would be the perfect opportunity to pass something for daca. it sounds like democrats, at least this one, would be on board with working toward finding that fix. >> well, we hope so. in the past nine months, and this is my second term, so nearly three years. in the past we've seen so much vitriol toward the president, that anything that could be connected to his leadership we've not gotten a great deal of democratic support. maybe this time changes. >> harris: real quickly, we're all watching the dow do a little bit of a bit. our fox network is telling us the big bullet point is north korea. a quick thought from you? >> i was in south korea two months ago. i know our generals on the ground are very concerned that kim jong-un will continue to e

here's sarah sanders at the white house. going live there with more information. >> those affected by hurricane harvey in texas and louisiana. yesterday at the direction of the president, vice president pence, transportation secretary chow. energy secretary perry, acting homeland security secretary duke traveled to texas to people with people on the ground and assessed the damage. the president declared this sunday a national day of prayer for those affected by the hurricane. this afternoon, the president heard from the heads of the salvation army, american red cross and southern baptist disaster relief. as gail mcgovern, president and ceo of american red cross said the american people are bound and determined to bounce back and these organizations along with so many others have been on the ground from the beginning helping the people of texas and louisiana do just that. the president will be back in texas tomorrow to visit with storm survivors and tell them personally that the federal government is here to help in any way t

the quote i jotted down from sarah sanders, the president was 100% right in firing jim comey. jim acosta, let me ask you. the headline where you were asking about "the wall street journal" reporting and now cnn has it now as well, any sort of conversation on the trump legal team involving maybe having his son-in-law/senior adviser jared kushner step down, she told you no such conversation existed. >> right. i think she said, not that i'm aware of. she certainly did seem to knock down the notion that there was this conversation about jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser stepping down earlier this year. obviously "the wall street journal" reported that. cnn has some reporting lending some credence to that as well and sarah sanders is saying, no that didn't happen. now there were other comments she made on the russian probe and i don't want to overlook that. this was plaerly stunning because typically you don't hear this from a white house. a white house would stay out of an investigation, a criminal investigation like the russian probe b tu white house pr

. >> sarah sanders saying he is not bailing on the border wall.e made clear he would continue pushing the wall but not part of this agreement. >> amnesty is a pardon for immigration law breakers coupled with reward. objective of their crime. >> amnesty don was posted earlier wednesday after trump met with moderate members of the house from both parties. listen to president trump on the topic of cooperating with democrats. >> if we can do things in a bipartisan matter that would be great. it might not work out in which kay we'll try to do without. if you look at some of the greatest legislation passed it was done on a bipartisan manner. we're going to give it a shot. >> the trump administration announced last week two give congress six months to pass legislation keeping the key provisions of daca. >> let's get to the tragic fallout from hurricane irma this morning, the death of eight elderly residents blamed on a blown out air-conditioning system. they succumbed to the extreme heat and humidity. the. >> the rehab big tation shut down now. investiga

most recently, sarah sanders discussing north korea. s continue to listen. >> secretary sanders: everybody wants -- this about the present been for something. this about the president being for respect through symbols like the american flag, like the national anthem in the hundreds of thousands of people that actually stand versus the few hundred that may kneel, no. >> the president says kneeling has nothing to do with race. collins b21 took to his knees during many of these games because he said, black people in this country were not being treated fairly by police. how is that not an issue of rac race? >> secretary sanders: i think the focus has changed and certainly the message and what a lot has been communicated over these last several weeks through this process, through this protest by these players. >> you often express frustration about the media not focusing on the agenda that the president has. thinks he wants to get done, tax form, health care, et cetera. when did the president decide at this rally that he was going to spend so

sarah sanders disputed details of the claim saying while daca and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. >> sarah sanders' president seser, sean spicer made his first appearance on jimmy kimmel live. he says people have been supportive of him since he resigned and he is absolutely not distancing himself from the president. kimmel asked spicer about his first appearance in the white house briefing room, the day after trump's inauguration. >> you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying that the inauguration crowd was the biggest crowd, i think, ever, biggest audience ever. >> yes, i'm aware. >> yeah. >> to get up there and question, you know, on day one, my in something that i anticipated. >> you think that's what got you off to a bad start with the press corps? >> i don't think it was the best start. >> did donald trump, did the president -- >> at least he can laugh about it afterwards. spicer said that the president would actually provide feedback after each of his white house briefings and he said he won't be wr

sarah huckabee sanders being pretty clear on what she thinks jim comey did. she thinks he broke the law when he leaked those memos to the "new york times" or had them leaked to the "new york times." she said it doesn't matter whether or not they are classified, he did them on fbi property and they were done in official fbi format. but she stopped short of saying whether or not she's recommending anything be done about it. >> right. as she stopped short yesterday and the day before on that as well. but walking right up to that line on, yep, we think this happened. not saying that, but getting about as close to it as you possibly can get when it comes to what they have described, this administration, over the last several days as something perhaps illegal done by jim comey. the issue here that the white house has been kicking it over to the department of justice, essentially, saying, hey, it's up to doj to decide and to prosecute if in fact james comey did break the law. we've obviously reached out to the department of justice on that and so far the agency's si

here is a press sarah sanders. >> the president was 100% right and firing james comey.e knew at the time it could be bad for him politically, but he also knew and felt he had an obligation to do what was right. comey by his own admission leaked information. he politicized an investigation by signaling to exonerate hillary clinton before he ever interviewed her or other key witnesses. >> trish: the white house is also hit comey in recent days with giving false testimony to congress. he is the focus of two probes oil us in a judiciary and home and security committees are also looking into his handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. josh, i remember watching you during this and thinking did he just say that? did he really just admit that he sent that to his buddy at columbia university so the professor could link it to "the new york times" when donald trump keeps saying we have a problem with leakers and then we learned at the head of the fbi himself was one of those leakers and readily admits it. did he do anything illegal? >> josh: sarah huckabee sanders is

here is what sarah sanders said. >> the memos that comey leaked were created on an fbi computer while he was director. he claims they are private property. they follow the proat california an official fbi document. it violates the standard none disclosure agreement all personnel must sign. that's clean and clear that would be violation. lou: the department of justice now refusing to provide two of its top officials in the fbi for interviews with the senate judiciary committee. one of those previously said james drafted a statement exonerating hillary clinton two months before interviewing her. his comments are of interest to the department of justice's investigation of the handling of the clinton email investigation itself. the justice department citing special counsel mueller's russia investigation in its refusal to provide those officials for interview. steven boyd wrote this. saying quote. the scope of the committee's inquiry has not been deconflicted with special counsel mueller's investigation. therefore to protect the integrity of the special counsel's investigation, we'll not b

noel, we'll start with you. >> sarah huckabee sanders is exactly right, it is hypocritical. of all, you have to look deeper into this. espn is supposed to be the switzerland channel. it's supposed to be neutral. we're not supposed to be talking political. and there was no reason for her to say this. and i really think that we've got to take control over channels that have absolutely nothing to do with politics unless they were covering a subject that had something to do wit, has nothing to do with it, and sarah huckabee sanders is exactly right. julie: i agree the president of espn and her boss should punish her, i just don't think it should come from the white house. it kind of reminds you of living in a country where you are having the government get involved in your personal life, and this is an employee/employer issue, this is not the white house's business, and i always say if somebody says something negative about you, you ignore them. the president's asking for an apology. i say that the white house stay out of this, but i guess it's too late. >> look, i agree with yo

sarah huckabee sanders, you've been watching the white house briefing. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. happening of course just on the heels of the administration striking a devastating blow to some 800,000 young people in this country known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. they now know that daca is coming to an end. that's the obama-era program that allowed legal working status for undocumented immigrants who came into this country, parents who brought their children into this country illegally. it was the face of the announcement wasn't the president, as was asked of sarah huckabee sanders why, it was the attorney general, jeff sessions, who announced the move late this morning. i've got a whole panel standing by. david chalian, let me begin with you and i jotted down this line. i kept hearing sarah come back to this. she's saying the president took the responsible step. this could have ended suddenly and now we're going to phase it out over two years f. you can't get it done, meaning members of congress, get out of the way so that someone can get it done. you say she's r

the white house press secretary sarah sanders quickly shooting down the notion he's bailing on the promise to build a wall along the mexican border. >> a spokesman for senator schumer saying the president made clear he would continue pushing the wall, just not part of this agreement. >> the president now facing heavy fire on the right. tweeting -- amnesty is a pardon for immigration lawmakers coupled with the reward of the objective of their crime. >> even breitbart taking shots at the president with this head line. amnesty don. posed earlier wednesday after trump met with moderate members of the house. listen to president trump on the topic of cooperating with democrats. >> if we can do things in a bipartisan manner, that will be great. it might not work out, in which case we'll try to do it without. if you look at some of the greatest legislation ever passed, it was done on a bipartisan manner. and so that's what we're going to give a shot. >> the trump administration announced last week two give congress six months to pass legislation preserving the key provisions of the daca program be

." >> jon: the vacation is over and we are awaiting the white house briefing from sarah sanders.stions in the dramatic change of immigration policy announced last hour by the attorney general jeff sessions. president trump deciding to end the so-called dreamers policy of former president obama. it will have more on that. and the incredible amount of work congress needs to have done now that summer is over. we are also tracking the monster hurricane in the atlantic. irma, a cat five, it could hit florida. we're watching it. >> harris: , thank you. >> lisa: bernie sanders single-payer health care plan is shaping up to be a true plan for democrats. he's currently seeking endorsements. a possible 2020 contender -- some have not made jessica, obviously i'm sorting with you on this. how do you think -- when bernie sanders does this, how do you think this will go down and those conservative states we talked about earlier, ten states where democratic senators are running where president trump won, five of which he won by double digits. how does this go down in those states? >> jessica: i

white house press secretary sarah sanders said while daca and the border security were discussed the wall was not. the president made clear he would continue pushing the wall, just not as a part of this agreement. >> still the latest polling shows a majority of voters want congress to pass legislation that allows undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children to become citizens if they meet certain requirements. 45% say it was the wrong thing to do. and here's paul ryan just yesterday. take a listen. >> i do believe that kicking these 800,000 kids out to countries that they've probably not been to since they were taut toddlers in countries that speak languages they may not even know is is not in our nation's interest. so i do believe there has got to be a solution to this problem. >> he said the country still needs to shore up the nation's border. according to hill democrat, he made the same request during a meeting with them yesterday and suggested the mccaul-thompson border package which previously cleared its committee. joining us from axios, lan lana trane. is there head

. >> shepard: sarah sanders wrapping up the briefing at the white house. i'm shepard smith in new york. the white house says president trump was 100% right to fire james comey. press secretary sanders made that comment just moments ago. it comes after the former wife house chief strategist steve bannon that said the decision to fire the former fbi director was one of the worst mistakes in modern police call history. also out of the white house briefing, sarah sanders says president trump will visit floor tomorrow. i believe she said thursday, to see the damage from hurricane irma. john roberts is live at the white house. it's thursday, right, john, for the white house trip? >> that's our understanding, that it will be thursday. they're trying to figure out where the president can go that it won't cause too much disruption. he waited after hurricane harvey to go to houston because of the fact that urban search and rescue teams were taking people off of roofs and he didn't want to get in the way. every time the president travels, there's a logistical compone

we'll be hearing from sarah huckabee sanders. we anticipate there will be some discussion of the nfl. the president blasted the nfl from making a business decision, because it's a business decision, to allow players to kneel during the national anthem. football is part of american entertainment. as an entertainer, don't you need to do what the boss is asking you to do, stand up to be a patriot when they're playing our national anthem? anyway, this is become quite an uproar and you can anticipate that the white house will have a few more things to say about it. we're on it. i will see you right back here after this. you know who likes to be in control? this guy. check it out! self-appendectomy! oh, that's really attached. that's why i rent from national. where i get the control to choose any car in the aisle i want, not some car they choose for me. which makes me one smooth operator. ah! still a little tender. (vo) go national. go like a pro. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, a

100 times as strong as the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. >> the white house press secretary sarah sandersing and we are seeing the national security adviser debrief on sensitive issues. >> our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and wish them a speedy and full recovery. we are aware of the arrests that took place in paris following the attack on a counter terrorism soldier and we are relieved the soldier was not injured. france is one of the oldest and best allies and we will provide any support to the investigation they request. looking ahead to the next week, the president and key members of his foreign policy team will be in new york city for the united nations general assembly. here today are national security adviser hr mcmaster and representative to the un, nikki haley. they will walk you through and take your questions. i will be up afterwards to answer questions unless of course you guys want to give me a free pass since it's friday. with that i will turn it over. thanks. >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to begin by acknowledging the attacks in europe. the united states

sarah huckabee sanders was talking about why jeff sessions was the one to make this announcement. she kept saying it was about rule of law. >> yeah, first of all, given jeff sessions history of not telling the truth to congress. i think it's -- i think he should spare people lectures on rule of law as he did in his statement todayp the actual content of his statement was also entirely misleading. this is a fiction that they made this decision based on a legal rationale. this was a policy decision, and they've used the law to hide behind and excuse it. i've never seen an administration cave on a policy and rescind a policy, just on the threat of litigation, no lawsuit has been filed against daca. if a lawsuit would be filed they have ample arguments to fall back on. this administration for nine months has talked endlessly about the president's authority in the space of immigration, and in defending its travel ban. there are a number of arguments they could have made in this case, despite what the attorney general said. they didn't want to defend it, they want to make a policy choic

sarah huckabee sanders suggesting the president will get the best deal he can. the treasury secretary steve mnuchin saying maybe we can't get to 15%. the omb director saying i talked to the president 15 minutes ago. he's insisting 15%. republicans in the house are talking 20%. talk among democrats of 22%. what you're seeing here, shep, is an attempt by the president, talking about no tax cut for the rich and maybe people that make millions on wall street have to pay more. that is a bone to democrats to say you give me the cut in the corporate incomes tack rate, you give me the cut in the investment income tax rate, middle class tax cuts, we can cut a deal. that's something that a lot of democrats can sign on to, shep. >> shepard: very interesting. fascinating to watch the next few days. the white house is making its strongest accusation about the former fbi director james comey. president trump fired him earlier this year. the white house said comey may have violated fbi procedures by leaking memos that he created on fbi computers. back to john. details on this.

and sanders said, sarah said, it's a private company, they should have their own policies. i think they will pay a price with people, but look, i think the president is allowed to be annoyed. it is like as a conservative when senator flake writes a book that is really unpleasant, and then everyone says, well, he's a republican, get along. the president is mad at him. >> sure, i'm with you on him being allowed to be annoyed, but to your point of being a private entity, think to all the magazine covers, i think a couple in "the new yorker" and "the times" and the covers of magazines calling him a racist, why did it, you know, at the time, the white house, sarah sanders, vis-a-vis the president, demand the white editors be fired? >> i guess i had not thought of who the editors were or the colors were. part of this could honestly be that the president likes curt shilling. for those of us who watched him get fired for saying something about the transgender bathrooms, it is like you had a standard there. i didn't know the other editors had said he's racist or white or black. i do

it seemed like a good idea for a future segment sarah huckabee-sanders and her dad. yone knows the day-time show is liberal. what kinds of advice did your today the give you. we saw this assault on sarah's boss. >> the media is not supposed to report on the facts that 95% of what he said is a lie? >> you are doing exactly what we are talk about and pushing a false narrative. >> you defend those lies every day. >> i completely disagree with the fact that what you are saying is only 5% of it is true. howie: the former got governor wasn't spared either. he has said horrifying things about women. you know it's true. having said that, how can you let your daughter defend them. >> he also empowered a lot of women. he has given my daughter a tremendous opportunities. >> anecdotal. >> i was positive you were going to win, and when we saw you weren't. i went into mourning. i had a veil. people were crying. there was a certain moment, we were on the air when i realized you were not going to win. i felt like i had lost a friend or something. did you cry? did bill cry? >> no, we

however white house press secretary sarah sanders pushed back on the idea the wall has been dropped. she released a statement saying-- "while daca and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to." president trump is heading to florida this morning as the state recovers from the devestation of hurricane irma. but there is a long road ahead. this morning florida power and light said customers on the east side of the state should have electricity by monday. those on the west side of florida, may have to wait until the end of next week. irma knocked out power to more than 6 million people, thats more than half the state. in the keys, residents are returning home after the state inspected all 42-bridges along "u-s one". the bridges were all deemed safe, but there is plenty of damage left to fix. a new estimate predicts insured losses from the storm will top 18-billion dollars in the u-s alone. more help from virginia is on its way to the u-s virgin islands in the wake of hurricane irma. three mor heading there this morning to help take care of peopl

sarah sanders was asked about it. >> i think it's less about him needing them but more about the president wanting to move this country forward. the white house quickly dispute thad with sanders tweeting, quote, while daca and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. and several members of congress, both democrats and republicans who attended an early meeting at the white house said they agreed to work separately on a deal for the wall. anne-marie. >>> well, a criminal investigation has been launched into the deaths of eight nursing home patients in florida. they died after hurricane irma knocked out the facility's air conditioning. president trump flies to florida. mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: the tragedy at this nursing home in hollywood hills claimed the lives of several elderly patients ranging in age from 7 70 to 99. they were found dead in the building. others were scared out by stretchers and wheelchairs looking dazed and confused. >> the ac unit and this place behind us under investigation were not using and they were utilized portab

and sarah sanders said, "you're the one asking the questions.ave no control what you asked." >> dana: i used to try mind control to see if i could get you to ask something. that didn't necessarily work. you have written a book about sports and in some ways a lot about politics and for people who want to keep them separate i think you might say from a historical perspective that hasn't been the case. >> i wrote a book about jackie robinson called "42 faith" and i focused on how i believe his religious faith helped him overcome the discrimination of being the first black major league baseball player but people have taken something jackie robinson wrote in his autobiography before he died saying he wouldn't stand for the national anthem because he was angry about a lack of progress in america and people on the left are using that to say jackie robinson would support these protests. sure, maybe -- that is what he wrote and maybe he would believe that. we don't know what he would believe today. sadly, he died so long ago. in my book i write about a s

what exactly is sarah sanders accusing james comey of doing?>> she bluntly accused the former fbi director of breaking the law by specifically using government equipment and the fbi computers to write those memos we talked about so often earlier. and it is something that she talked about with such a detail it was clear she was accepting a message from the president. let's take a listen. >> you know, the memos that comey leaked were created on an fbi computer while he was the director. he claims they were private property, but they clearly follow the protocol of an official fbi document. leaking fbi memos on a sensitive case regardless of classification vlts federal laws including the privacy act, standard fbi employment agreement and nondisclosure agreement all personnel must sign. i think that's pretty clean and clear that that would be a violation. >> now, the fbi director at the time james comey said that he did not violate any law. he was simply writing memos. you could tell as sarah sanders was reading this she was not feeking off extempor

i will today we saw sarah huckabee sanders from the podium.alked a little bit earlier about the briefing. it was a little bit uncomfortable. i would say most of the questions today were about steve bannon. and you could tell she didn't really want to answer them. it puts them in an uncomfortable spot, he is sfeshlel when steve bannon is criticizing the president or when he is talking about republicans. now, donald trump has gone after republicans. we know that. but it's very hard for them to answer questions approximate it, you know, from sarah sanders sort of explaining that. how is this a good strategy? so it puts them in a bad spot. it's interesting right after steve bannon left the white house the first thing people started talking about is he going to go after us, go after the president. it's sort of interesting to see how he's turning out. >> you just referred to the president as an undependable ally. these past two weeks have been the chuck schumer empowerment act of 2000 suspect, leaving a lot of your fellow republicans amaz amazed at

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker asked sarah huckabee sanders today whether the president was willing to let go somewhat of a longtime talking point. >> sarah, on tax reform, two of the president's top advisers said that corporate tax rate at this point seems unlikely. is the president prepared to back off of that demand for 15%? >> the president is prepared to push for as low as a rate as we can get. we're going to continue to push for that and work with congress to make sure we get the best deal possible. >> based on conversations, it seems like they're hovering around 20%. would he accept 20% -- >> again, the president is focused on getting the best deal possible. we're going to continue working to make sure we get that done. >> tonight, president trump as we mentioned invited three red-state democrats and three republicans to join him to talk tax reform and other topics at a bipartisan white house dinner. politico's dinner preview puts it this way, "the democratic senators joe manchin of west virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana see little

sarah huckabee sanders portrayed the move as the responsible thing to do. she said rather than let a judge shut down daca wholesale and do it overnight, the president was pursuing a dismantling of the program, dismantling of the program. opponents of daca are not happy either because they thought he should have shut it down and not extended it for six months and kicked it to congress. here's what will really happen in the next six months to people that are so-called part of the daca program. no new applications for daca status will be taken by the department of customs and immigration. furthermore, people that have applications in the process also will be processed. renewal requests for continues daca status that have been received will be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis. for people whose benefits expire after march 5, only renewal requests that are already in the pipeline will be considered. meaning if you're a dreamer and your benefits expire in may of 2018 and you don't already have a renewal request in, you will not be able to file a renewal request

i don't know if you call him dem-pub but i go back to what sarah huckabee sanders said today in the briefing asked over and over again who was the president representing in this meeting with the dems tonight and he said -- sarah huckabee sanders said the american people. she didn't say it was about the republicans. it was about the american people. so, and also, i find it interesting that the president is very upset with his own party and own party leadership, he'll reach out to democrats. so we'll see how the tide turns and how the president feels and when the wind changes and how he feels then. so right now it's very historic for -- a historic moment for this president. >> the joint statement that we have here, michael, is coming from nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. >> right. >> if this is indeed the case, this is great. it's bipartisanship. the president should get credit, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer should get credit. but sarah huckabee sanders is pushing back. >> i think maybe pelosi and schumer are trying to roll the president by putting out this statement of what their version of the

she asked sarah huckabee sanders what the president thinks about this gentleman. -- sarah huckabee sanders said something to the effect of the president wants to have heart, but is not defining what that means. kris kobach, the kansas secretary of state also on the president's election integrity committee said not all of these people who are dreamers are good students, they're not high achievers. some of them are gang bangers. what's the republican response to those two differing accounts? >> well, i think first we start with the fact that republicans believe firmly and this is why this is subject to litigation that the president -- president obama acted illegally with moving this program forward and that the president now president trump is under pressure to take some action because there's litigation here that comes from states' attorneys earn general. he has to do something. >> why not allow the courts to just rule on it? >> well, he potentially could. however, president trump campaigned to say he would eliminate this and he said he'd do so on day one. here we a

the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked about it in today's briefing. >> is the president concerned that someone who served on his transition team is now the subject of a federal investigation? >> i haven't had a conversation with him about that, but i'd refer you to outside counsel. >> bloomberg politics also has new reporting on part of robert mueller's investigation, headlined mueller probe has red hot focus on social media, officials say. they report, quote, mueller's team of prosecutors and fbi agents is zeroing in on how russia spread fake and damaging information through social media and is seeking additional evidence from companies like facebook and twitter about what happened on their networks. our lead off panel tonight, nbc news national political reporter carol lee, who was on the team that broke this flynn story, new york times political reporter ken vogue eland former chief of staff at pentagon and kraib, jeremy bash who also served as counsel to the house intelligence committee. carol, as i mentioned at the top of the broadcast, we have a lot going on. we ha

press secretary sarah sanders tweeting out "daca and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to" you may remember.. last week, the president struck a deal with the democratic leadership to raise the debt ceiling and extend government funding into december, something that surprised many republicans... and upset a few as well..grant and vicki, back to you. (grant) a close call tonight in san francisco... after a tree landed on a car... trapping the driver inside.(vicki) the tree came down at 38th and clement... that's right by the lincoln park golf course near land's end. that's where we find kron four's j-r stone he has details on what happened... j-r how is the driver tonight? (vicki) in national news tonight.... devastation across florida tonight as (vicki) in national news tonight.... devastation across florida tonight as millions are still without power post hurricane irma... and with temperatures on the rise, officials are urging people to do welfare checks on the elderly after at least eight people died in a nursing home. from our partner's