stephanie grisham, thank you very much for that. appreciate it.d to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: the white house press secretary. for update on the iowa voting debacle. >> we know who appears to be winning is pete buttigieg. followed closely by bernie sanders and followed by warren and klobuchar. the chairman of the iowa democratic party said have a phone app mal functioned. he said it's backed up on paper and it will be accurate. democrats are saying take time it make sure the numbers are accurate. >> mike: mike tobein thank you. back to brit hume. the president and the first lady about to emerge to head on capitol hill. what is the purpose of the state of the union address? >> the purpose was to give the public the president's view of how things are going in the country. it was a written message for many, many years. it was woodrow wilson decided broadcasting was too good to pass up. no president has passed it up am and in the age of television everybody carries live. i thought covering it, it was the most predictable event the year. the on

here's the statement from stephanie grisham moments ago, the president wasn't bothered by the comments. he has the right like any american citizen to publicly offer his opinions. president trump uses his social media very effectively to fight for the american people against injustices in our country, including the fake news. the president has full faith and confidence in attorney general barr to do his job and uphold the law. officials privately say that the attorney general is also concerned about that sentencings politically down the powerful culinary union says it will not support any candidate. earlier this week, the union passed out flyers criticizing sanders' medor all plan. sanders issued a tweet this morning showing support for the union. president trump continues to talk presidential candidate mike bloomberg about a variety of candidates including a support for stop and frisk policies and, yes, his height. correspondent kristin fisher has our report. >> he knows i have the record and resources to defeat him. >> mike bloomberg says he's willing to spend whatever it takes to bea

the traditional off the record anchor lunch before the speech and white house press secretary stephanie grishamemo that high hypocrisy to leak tidbits from the conversation to some of their colleagues including somet the president specifically asked not to share. late friday the president in rapid succession firing ambassador to european union gordon sondland and alexander vindman, both testified in house impeachment hearings and let's listen to what some people had to say about that. >> anybody who does not side with this president is seen as an enemy. >> this is just the beginning, vindman, sondland. it's not the end. >> mr. vindman you want to be in charge of foreign policy, why don't you try to be president, this is what it looks like. howie: campaign of retribution, obviously the president has the right to do this, but why shouldn't it be portrayed by the press as striking back at perceived enemies? >> it should not portrayed that way and i think the problem is the media mobs want someone who stays in his lane and that they're able to manipulate through their coverage of these events but i

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listen to at stephanie grisham, the press secretary, said earlier today on "fox & friends." >> i don't think so. i think this has gone on for too long and if you look at the ratings, the american people are frankly bored of it. i don't think people want to hear that. people want to hear what the president has done for this country and what is planning to do for this country. it will be very forward facing, very optimistic. the president is not focused on impeachment either. >> again, the theme is the great american comeback. you can say the same thing of the president, because take a look at the numbers from a gallup poll that was taken during impeachment. the president's approval rate at an all-time high for gallup. 49%, disapproval rating is 50%. people who have no opinion count as 1%. the president still underwater but only by one percentage point, and that's the lowest that number has ever been. his approval among republicans, 94%. 63% of people at least approve of his handling of the economy. it's possible that the president could take a swing at democrats tonight. don't forget mo

that is followed by stephanie grisham who is often not available on camera. this is a sign that loyalty and relationship loyalty and relationship matter to this president even if it doesn't go both ways. but hope hicks is someone the president in many ways treated like family. you may remember the day she left the white house where he brought her out and sort of gave her a moment to be seen by the cameras. he felt great personal affinity for her. jared kushner talks about her expertise, her strategic thinking. stephanie grisham talks about her quiet confidence and support of the president and that they are delighted to have her return. we're just developing these details but it comes at a critical time. post impeachment and acquittal, at a time when some of the strategic planning for what can be accomplished in this final year when you have many people who have peeled off and returned or moved over to the campaign side, there had been some talk about would there be a change in some of the leadership within the white house. there had been rumblings about where

stephanie grisham thank you for being with us. if i need, to i guests i will have to host a sunday show. i don't know. thank you. after a pathetic fourth place finish in iowa, quid pro quo joe and his presidential campaign, they are finally beginning to see the handwriting on the law. they are reeling, but that might be the least of his worries. as we reported last night, the u.s. treasury department is now fully cooperating with the u.s. astronaut investigation into the zero experienced hunter and his sketchy activity in ukraine. here now with reaction is the former acting attorney general matt whitaker. mat matt, i have identified a number of statutes on this program that i think very well would have been violated prima facie case. certainly a president who has a worn oath and duty to faithfully execute the laws. asking that question seems to me was fulfilling that part of his oath. >> well, it's very concerning. one of the things the senate asked for the suspicious activity reports that the treasury department collects from big

he was press secretary stephanie grisham. >> i don't think so. i think this has gone on for too long and if you look at the ratings, the american people are frankly bored of it. i don't think people want to hear that. people want to hear what the president has done for this country and what they're planning to do for this country so it will be very forward facing, it will be very optimistic. he wants to tell the american people going forward for them. >> stephanie grisham earlier this morning, meanwhile us for a special guest tonight, a veteran in the war in afghanistan who got a job working on a project an opportunity zone and will be one of the special guest tonight as will the deputy chief of the u.s. border patrol. so while much of the nation and for that matter the majority of democrats in congress will in fact attend, a few as usual will miss the speech. he missed the last one, the hills says wilson will also miss the speech and i am bernie sanders of course on his way to new hampshire looking to get a leg up in the competition there. i hav

. >> the only white house response so far that's come from press secretary stephanie grisham who told fox news she was, quote, disappointed, by kelly's speech. also this morning, sources tell cnn more resignations could be coming at the justice department, this a reaction to the attorney general intervening to reduce a sentencing recommendation by the justice department's own lawyers following sentencing guidelines for the president's long time ally roger stone. let's begin at the white house, with john harwood with more on kelly's stunning comments here. as chief of staff kelly often held his fire. here you have remarkable comments, not just from the former chief of staff, but former and decorated marine general. >> jim, i think general kelly felt while he was in the white house that he was going to try to constrain the president's behavior, had limited success in doing that, now he's beginning to open up a little bit more, it has been a while since he left the white house to do that. and other officials in similar roles, jim mattis the former defense secretary, have not really opene

>> stephanie grisham did put out a statement on that, praising hope hicks, we understand from the senior officials that hope hicks is not going to be in the communications chain of command, she is somebody who really is tantamount to family having been with the trump organization before the campaign and the white house. she is going to come and assist jared kushner who is sort of a minister without particular portfolio, but has a lot of things under his command. she is going to help him, somebody who the president feels comfortable with, who he was sorry that she left, and now she's coming back to lend a hand as he tries to win another term. >> really does feel like post impeachment, got a president who wants to purge those who he views as enemies and bring in those who he views he can trust. john harwood, we appreciate it. thank you so much. >>> and just moments ago, speaker pelosi spoke about the doj reversal over the stone case. let's take a listen. >> thinks he's above the law, he has no respect for the rule. where are the republicans to speak out on this blatant violation of the rul

there has been a statement from stephanie grisham, white house secretary,aying that the bush white house press secretary, saying that the president has been totally vindicated and slams democrats from naming adam schiff and nancy pelosi, and asked the question quite ominously in this statement, "will there be no retribution?" unclear what he means by that. also hav romney for voting for the first article from the onen republi who broke on one of the articles. we will get statement from the president tomorrow at noon. we are expecting him to address the aftermath of the impeachment process. we will see what his mood will be inerson, i think. laura: gary, just how disappointed is the ite house by the fact that mitt romney did break ranks and vote to convict the president of abuse o power? gary: i think if you see the fact that they specifically called him out not by name, but describing him as a failed republican presicantial idate in this statement, that is clearly rankled with his white house. they would very, very much l te to have sat this was a completely and utterly partisan vote in

to pung wait what chris matthews said, worth pointing out stephanie grisham to the point of all out war said that the president was expected to talk about how horribly he was treated and tlehen, quote, mayb people should pay for that. i am chris jansing, it was a fired up, embolden donald trump now speaking at the white house. less than 24 hours after the senate voted to acquit him on both articles of impeachment. >> we have been going through this now for over three years. it was evil. it was corrupt. it was dirty cops. it was leakers, liars. and this should never happen to another president. >> this was the theme of the day, the president started his day at the national prayer breakfast, waving around the newspaper that has the acquittal headline, going after the democrats that were there. nancy pelosi responded shortly after. >> the senate has spoken in terms of any punishment to the president. he's impeached forever, no matter what he says, whatever headlines he wants to carry around, you're impeached forever, you're never getting rid of that scar, and history will always record tha

and, of course, stephanie grisham, his press secretary yesterday, said hd been treated horribly, maybeple should pay a price.nd that s like a threat. >> well, senator susan collins said today, gary, there should not be retribution against witnesses. but now the president has bacn itted in the impeachment trial, there's not much anyone can do about it, is there? reporter: no. of course, he has absolute power to hire and fire who he likes. that's what theresident can do. he talked also, didn't he, in that prayerreak the other day, about retribution in this context as well. so vindman me not the y rst -- may be the first but he t be the last to suffer this fate. some of them who give evidence -- who gave evidence have already left the white house. but it's worth pointing out, vindman didn't go volunrily. he was subpoenaed by congress to give evidence. didn't speak to anyone else apart from that appearance int fr the committee. so he didn't do press interviews or anything like that. and effectively, his lawyer is ctying that this is the president exag revenge on someone who did their duty.

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and stephanie grisham, his press secretary, said yesterday he had been treated horribly and may be peopleunds like a threat. vindman may be the first but not the last to suffer these threats. some of those who gave evidence have already left the white house, some of those officials. it's worth pointing out vindman didn't go voluntarily, he was subpoenaed by congress to give evidence and his lawyer said he didn't speak to anyone else apart from that appearance in front of the committee. he didn't do press interviews or anything like that. effectively his lawyer is saying that this is the president exacting revenge on someone who is the president exacting revenge on someone who did their duty. gary 0'donoghue in washington. let's get some of the day's other news. a senior united nations envoy says spain is completely failing the poor. philip alston is the un's special rapporteur on extreme poverty. after a 12—day tour of the country, he says there's a completely inadequate social protection system that leaves people in poverty by design. he also said there's a housing crisis of stunning pro

national security advisor, his daughter ivanka trump, and jared kushner, and press secretary stephanie grisham on the ground alongside the staff there. we are watching as this motorcade moves. we are right outside the stadium. it's motera stadium. it's incredibly long. it can accommodate 00,000 people. and i believe it is 63 acres large. so quite big. we are being told by forces they are intending on filling every single seat inside that stadium. if they do, this will be the largest crowd the president will have ever spoken in front of. he's good at filling stadiums wherever he goes on the campaign trail. but this will be the largest crowd he speaks to in a stadium, and it will be interesting to see his reaction when he hears the loud cheers coming from the indians there. they are excited, very ready to welcome the president as he embarks on his first official state visit. our wonderful, and very helpful and intelligent chief white house correspondent john roberts is standing by for us. we are so grateful you are there to walk us through these events. just for those joining us right now. there

. >> reporter: the white house standing by william barr, stephanie grisham says the president wasn't the comments at all and he has a right like any american citizen to offer his opinions and has full faith and confidence in attorney general william barr to do his job and uphold the law. democrats pushing forward their investigation into -- standing up for the four prosecutors who quit the case. >> roger stone lied to congress to protect the president and falls within the guidelines for recommendations. >> reporter: the president disagrees telling her although rivera he thinks they quit on political bias. >> i don't think they quit for moral reasons. i think they got caught in the act by me. what am i going to do? sit back and let a man go to jail for nine years when murderers aren't going to jail? you have the most serious horrible rapists and everything else don't go to jail for nine years. >> reporter: as for whether the president will pardon stone he wouldn't say. questions are being asked about anti-trump bias. stone is set to be sentenced next week. jillian: happy valentine's d

already senator elizabeth warren is threatening to impeach him and the white house is responding, stephanie grisham had this to say in the last hour. >> elizabeth warren calling for that is very ironic as she was actually trying to run against him for the presidency. we have been knowing on the show that we expected something to come and that they would try to say about the president and this is in a surprise to us. >> congresswoman val demings former impeachment manager said she wants to know more. >> the attorney general has taken the department of justice and is using it as a tool to basically free the presidents friends and basically investigate and even prosecute the president's political riva rivals. >> recall this all started after they are requesting lower sentencing guidelines and initially given. critics pointing to a midnight tweet by the president as cause for the change and it prompted all four prosecutors on the case to resign. the doj said the president's tweet had nothing to do with it. meanwhile, she has confirmed that she posted a private facebook post criticizing his decisions. n

stephanie grisham, josh holly will be here to talk about did the president do anything wrong to launchigation like the house is doing? part of a dramatic boycott of the intel committee will discuss that plus he was a doctor and we will ask a medical question. we will talk about the assault weapons ban in virginia, the beginning of the end of the assault weapons ban or just the beginning and tomi lahren on whether it is the beginning of the end for joe biden. don't miss a minute of "fox and friends" but stay tuned to "fox and friends first" because rob has special plans. [shouting] kim jong un confrontation, the founder of americans against anti-semitism forced out of a muslims for peace event after calling out rashida tlaib for what he says are past anti-semitic comments. joining me to respond is the man himself. this all started with a tweet that rashida tlaib retweeted talking about a palestinian boy founded in a well. what did she say? >> what she said was she literally was involved in a blood libel, she blamed jews for the murder of this child. rob: a herd of israeli settlers. >> m

clear coming from the president's rhetoric, what he said about colonel vindman and hints from stephanie grisham that perhaps some people should pay for the impeachment probe. for a lot of democrats, it's clear this is an act of retribution against ambassador sondland. they do have a point, that these people serve at the pleasure of the president. but we do know that this is clear in the president's mind and has been publicly evident, since his acquittal by the senate on wednesday. and i think it's -- it would be curious, if you do have senator marco rubio out there defending him. you do have a lot of house republican lawmakers encouraging the president for these actions. but you do wonder what is going through the minds of a lot of other republican senators who wanted president trump to turn the page from this acquittal. take the victory. move on. you have a lot of senators that i talked to this week including senator susan collins, senator rob portman and others saying they hope the president has learned a lesson in the impeachment. >> let me jump in here, i want to hear from senator susan col

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stephanie grisham responded to that earlier this morning. >> elizabeth warren calling for that, i think it's ironic that she is trying to run against him for the presidency. i think we set it on the show that we expected something to come and that they would try to say about the president. this isn't a surprise to us. >> here's where it stands. attorney general barr has agreed to testify against the house judiciary committee at the end of next month. amy berman jackson denies a request for a new trial because of one juror bet there are new questions today after the foreperson, a different juror in the trial named tamika hart confirmed to several media outlets other than fox news that she's coming forward and posting private media, and she applauded former prosecutors that quit the case and that is a history of anti-trump bias posts. a spokesman sent this reaction to fox news saying mr. stone and his defense team are diligently reviewing the newly reported information to determine any appropriate next steps. now stone set to be sentenced and, ultimately judge jackson will determine the s

both rohrbacher and the white house are denying a advantage's claims with white house stephanie grishamws rohrbacher other than he is an excongressman and he never spoke with him on this subject or almost any subject. >>> bradley mauser, attorney and deputy executive director of james madison project. gentlemen, thank you so much. >> good evening. >> assange's lawyer said he was offered that pardon to clear russia of hacking the dnc. the white house denies it. what do you think? >> well, don, it's hard to imagine three more unreliable places to get information. the white house, assange, and congressman rohrbacher. all three of them have terrible credibility records. but there is some contemporary press that has rohrbacher after he did visit with assange at the ecuadorian embassy, made a public statement to the effect that he had some dynamite news, that there was talk that he could get a pardon based on this news. and implication being that he would talk to the president about it. so that's where it started and this is just the latest round. i can't imagine his lawyer going into court a

press secretary stephanie grisham said the president has been vindicated and referring to senator romney as "a failed presidential candidate." the trump campaigning time saying impeachment will go down as the greatest ms. calculation in american political history. president trump was welcoming venezuela's interim president to the white house just as mitt romney announced he would vote to convict president assad. councilman oval office photo of. it was the sole republican to vote against the president and while the follow-up for that will linger, the white house is anxious to put impeachment behind them and get on the president that the president speak of the united states senate voted to acquit president donald trump of impeachment. after months of a sham investigation from a partisan impeachment, it's over, america. >> how the next nine months will unfold politically put in sharp focus last night. two key moments in the state of the union, one where president trump appeared to snub house speaker nancy pelosi when she reached out to shake his hand. >> the failure to shake hands with her

white house press secretary stephanie grisham says this is all about public safety.hey want to be able to vet the people who are in the global entry program. >> i think it is unfortunate they're making this about politics. this is about the security of our country and the american people and nothing else. information sharing is very, very important between states and the federal government specifically dhs and i.c.e. reporter: governor cuomo says this is security. it is about giving federal law enforcement access to new york they think they're goingee who to extort new york into giving them a database of undocumented people, they are wrong. i will never do that. reporter: the standoff has no resolution right now. with all of this conflict the trump campaign announced it raised more than $60 million in january, bringing his war chest up to $525 million since last january. the president expected to go to another fund-raiser next week. this time outside of palm springs. it's the oracle chairman's estate that is there. adding again to the amount of money he has for his r

you had stephanie grisham put out a state last night saying the president was not bothered by bill barr's comments. the president has made clear through his conduct throughout his presidency that he is bothered by criticism approximately 100% of the time. so if he -- if the white house is putting out a statement like that, that is a sign that they're not really bothered. now, when the president tweeted this morning, that's his maximum flexibility position. i didn't do this wrongdoing i'm accused of, but i could have if i wanted to. remember, we learned from the mueller report this is a president who according to the testimony, this white house counsel, directed him -- the white house counsel said trump directed him to fire mueller. the president denied that. the president also directed don mcgahn to make a false memorandum saying that he didn't do that. so everything the president says deserves to be taken with a grain of salt, a mountain of salt, given the record that he's put before us. >> jeff mason, go back to that question, post impeachment acquittal, which is, you know, a grand tota

. >> jessica: stephanie grisham should have press conference. >> harris: it's just plain and simple, he's in the spotlight right now on this. >> dagen: bill barr quoted in that very statement "no conspiracy, no collusion" and they decided not to pursue charges. in fact, fact, fact. here's what really went on behind the scenes. there was an interim u.s. attorney that told the department's leadership that he and other career officials in the office felt the proposed senate against roger stone was excessive and the deadline nonetheless threatened to withdraw from the case unless they got their demands for the stiffness of penalties. interim, new to the job, suffered a moment of cowardice and submitted to this ultimatum. the filing took justice department leaders by surprise and the decision to reverse was made well before trump tweeted her and with no communication with the white house. these lifetime prosecutors, they are employed, they are in leadership. judgment based on politics are favoritism. >> melissa: going on social media and posting about the case that she's working on, there

listen to it stephanie grisham said this morning. >> i don't think so. i think it has gone on for too long. if you look at the ratings, the american people are frankly bored of it. people want to hear what the president has done for this country and what he's planning to do for this country. it will be very forward facing and very optimistic. this president is not focused on impeachment either. >> the white house officials say that this will be a positive speech. the president feels aggrieved by the process in the house and the trial. he must tell mike might not be able to resist saying something about it. a49% approval rating, maybe he will be able to resist. >> neil: the economic approval rating higher still. john roberts from the white house. wyoming senator, chairman of the senate republican conference. senator, if you are to advise that president on whether he should or shouldn't make a reference to the impeachment of votes will be going on in your chamber, what would you tell h him? >> at the state of the union speeches about the future, the accomp

president trump, of course, is absolutely right and you know he commented through press secretary stephanie grishamthat he wasn't bother bid the comments from the ag barr, as former prosecutor myself, charles, this is something where, of course, whenever there's media attention or any other scrutiny on high-profile case, of course, that makes it a little more difficult for the prosecutors because prosecutors are not supposed to be interested in the court of public opinion, only interest of justice, so i think what bill barr said was actually genuine and the mainstream media is blowing this up, they want to make it sound like there's injury, so difficult to work for president trump, it's really not, he's a wonderful president. everyone loves working for him. it's really not a big of a deal as everyone is making. charles: it is a big point to mainstream media and will run away with, they have talked about impeachment, 3 or 4 impeaching barr before this because of the change in the request for the sentencing request, i mean, they've taken this and they are running with it, calling it a feud and all ki

stephanie grisham calls the claim "absolutely and completely false."ian masson just being held at a british prison while fighting extradition on spying charges, he has an extradition hearing last week. the pentagon is releasing details about maritime seizures on what it claims are iranian built weapons. the second was ten days ago by the uss normandy, central command is saying the u.s. has intercepted six such shipments with advanced iranian weapons all heading to yemen in the past five years. new information tonight linking iran to an attack on saudi oil fields and arming the rebels in yemen. two reports say a small instrument inside the drones the target of the saudi fields matches a type in afghanistan and iraq, it's also founded weapons used by the militants. secretary of state mike pompeo is in saudi arabia, he will talk about regional security, economics, and human rights with leaders of the kingdom. of the saudi government takes intense criticism back in the u.s. senior correspondent mike tobin reports for the middle east newsroom. >> secretary

press secretary stephanie grisham said this morning says she does not belief he will address it. >> people want to hear what the president has done for this country and what he is planning to do for his country. it will be very forward-facing. it will be very optimistic. the president is not focused on impeachment either. he wants to tell the american people what he is going to do going forward for them. reporter: but the only person who knows what he will say is the president himself. senator ted cruz spoke with the president moving forward, putting this in the rear view mirror. it is already behind him, that he doesn't need to talk about it here. a number of special guests showing up at the state of the union address for the white house. one of them, tony rank kins, veteran of the afghanistan war. he is in a opportunity zone. he overcame homelessness, drug addiction to succeed. you will see stories like that throughout the speech, neil. neil: coverage of the president's state of the union begins 8:00 p.m. on this fine channel. we'll talk about the markets and futures. only place you can

drucker, we heard stephanie grisham say some are going to have to pay for this impeachment.what does that mean. didn't they already pay? no witnesses, the president was acquitted. his approval rating was higher than ever, the economy is kicking it. why not take the money and run if you're trump? >> that's not how trump operates. what he believes is punching down or up to enemies, depending whether it is punching down or up works for him. it is how he won the election, how he believes he was able to gain two senate seats in 2018 as he lost the house and lost a couple of swing state senate seats, this is where he is most comfortable. i would say for a re-election campaign that is trying to reach beyond the base, but is still built around motivating the base, in other words, motivating people that voted for him in 2016, motivating people that would only vote for him if they had shown up in 2016. trying to get them to show up next time around. a president always fighting, backs down. i have been on the trail talking to voters past couple of years, some of them suburban voters sa

her name is stephanie grisham. she has never briefed the media in the briefing room. the decades-long tradition and duty of briefing the press, taking questions from a free press, was among the norms that went away without fanfare during the trump administration. and perhaps now the room will be returned to good use to brief the american public on what could quickly become an urgent matter of public health. that is our broadcast for us on this wednesday night. thank you so much for being here. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> wash your hands, stay clean, you don't have to necessarily grab every handrail unless you have to. you view this the same as the flu, if somebody sneezes, i try to bail out as much as possible with the sneezing. i had a man come up to me a week ago. i hadn't seen him in long time. i said how you doing. he said, fine, fine, he hugs me, i said are you well. he says no. he said, i have the worst fever and the worst flu, and he's hugging and kissing me, so i said excuse me, i went and started washing my hands. >> with c

. >> the only white house response so far that's come from press secretary stephanie grisham who told, by kelly's speech. also this morning, sources

last night you had stephanie grisham releasing a statement saying bill barr's comments don't bother the president at all, the relationship is strong. it seemed like one of those rare moments when the white house thought and the president thought this is a time to hold my fire because if you look at bill barr's words versus his deeds, this is someone who has been a supporter of the president for virtually everything that he wanted as a member of his cabinet. then today, probably because the president's been watching the news coverage and getting a lot of play, the president felt like he needed to send out that tweet saying i have a legal right to weigh in on criminal cases even though i haven't so far. that seemed to give just sort of a window into his thinking that, yes, he's okay tolerating what bill barr said about him even though it was critical, but only to so far of an extent. >> so he has a legal right, although it hasn't been the practice of presidents to weigh in. there was an occasion back with richard nixon talking about a case that was pending and a lot of storm over that. >>

white house press secretary stephanie grisham issued a statement which in partays the president was notred by the comments at all and barr has the right like any citizen to publicly offer his opinions. nancy pelosi charge the president's actions are interfering with justice. misses pelosi: he is trying to manipulate law enforcement to serve his political interest. the president is what he is. has no respect, but where are, the republicans to speak out onh blatant violation? stephanie:eanwhile mr. trump attacked his former white house chief of staff john kelly tod n saying he wa up to the job. tuesday kelly said the president's phone call to the president of ukraine asking him to investigate joe biden and his sonegas i. the u.s. senate voted to curb the president's authority to attack iran unless congress approves it the resolution passed 55-45, short of the 2/3 majority needed to override a promised presidential veto. the house of representatives laproved its own resolutio month. the u.s. navy confirmed it seized a large cache of iranian-made weapons.they stoppn the arabian sea and foun

the press secretary stephanie grisham now insisting trump wasn't bothered barr's comments as trump's republican allies say the esident should confidence in bill barr i think he's doing a good job and i thin he's told the president. >>thisot helpful making it difficult for him to do his job and the president will listen mean time trump eagerly awaiting findings from another investigation launched bill barr into the us inteigence agencies handling of ruian meddling in the 2016 election. just said it's not russian i will say this i t see any reason why it would be despite a consensus among the entire >>that vladimir putin launched a covert effort to undermine the 2016 election. the new york times reporting today special investigatorjohn durham is looking into unfounded deep state conspiracy theories toed by trump and some of his ales that us intelligence agencies framed russia. sources say durham is even investigating former ia head john brennan who says whole thing >>think it kind of silly i'm certainly willing to talkto mister door or anybody else who has y questions about what we did

stephanie grisham, white house press secretary, continues to avoid briefings.x all the time, she's replaced briefings with fox news appearances, which is kind of interesting. what's it like for white house reporters, what's it like for you to be reaching out for comment, does she respond, does it even matter? >> one of the reasons we broadened it from the white house to focus on the larger universe of people in the president's orbit is that there are perhaps an unprecedented number of outside forces that operate effectively to shift the way the president and his team operate. so just in focusing on the media, you have to look at the little box in president trump's living room that is effectively barking out commands on a day-to-day basis and that he takes his cues from. >> we took some of the titles and descriptions of people in your book, including cable news commentators, the minions you describe. you have quite a list of descriptions of diehards and misfits and minions, villains and victims and henchmen, all a part of trump world. >> many of those describe t

that's what the press secretary who has never held a press briefing stephanie grisham says.come on, y'all. but look at what this president said, what he does to absolute lay everyone who criticizes him, everyone. everyone who crosses him in any way. well, you can ask jeff sessions who was how do you pleaded out of the same job but you don't have to go back even that far. there is the case, the recent case of lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the purple heart recipient who crossed to tell the truth. the president had him fired from his white house job and unceremoniously escorted off the grounds along with his twin brother who had nothing to do with impeachment. didn't even testify. and the president is still not over. >> vindman was the guy when we took him out of the building, the building applauded. many of the people in the building started applauding. >> a senior nfc official backs up the president's claims another tells cnn staffers were upset when vindman was escorted out. and then there's the former white house chief of staff john kelly. the atlantic magazine is r

now, the white house press secretary stephanie grisham, who we should not has not held a white house briefing during her tenure as the press secretary but does frequently appear on fox news, she commented on fox news just this morning about john kelly's comments. listen in. >> i was in the room with him when he actually backed the president on many of the things that he's now saying, you know, weren't great talking about the media, especially. i have heard john kelly say some things about the media. so i thought it was a little disingenuous. >> and so beyond that pushback, bro brooke from the white house, you saw that tweet from the president you read moments ago. that is notable, particularly because one thing we have not seen john kelly do is write a tell-all book about his time at the white house. actually, we reported back in the fall that that's because the president told the president he would not write a book on trump during his time while he is still commander in chief as long as the president didn't attack him first. so does this change the calculus as we see the president n

her name is stephanie grisham. she has never briefed the media in the briefing room. the press, taking questions from a free press, was among the norms that went away without fanfare during the trump administration. and perhaps now the room will be returned to good use to brief the american public on what could quickly become an urgent matter of public health. that is our broadcast for us on this wednesday night. thank you so much for being here. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> just a little over an hour ago the president concluded a press briefing in the white house briefing room. flanked by his administration's top public health officials. it was an update for the public on the administration's response to the coronavirus. now, this is unusual on a lot of different levels. the base logistical level, this is just not a well-used room. this is a white house that doesn't actually do press briefings. so you can see that the room was packed full of reporters for this unusual event tonight, people squished in there like sardines. and partly

then we had the soft statement from stephanie grisham saying this is done and dusted, nothing to see here. but this morning it seems line the president is reasserting his authority and escalating a little bit. but the question is one, what happens with media coverage, how is this going to play out because we know that the president is an avid consumer of cable television. then also to what extent does the president weigh in on this when he departs today or that other event. there are two other opportunities for him to talk or engage with the press. we'll see if he doubles down and tries to totally reassert his authority over the attorney general. >> you have everything going down on capitol hill and the senate leader mitch mcconnell was kind of backing up the ag here. i want to play for you what he had to say. >> the attorney general has said it's making it difficult for him to do his job. i think the president ought to listen to the attorney general. >> how much weight do you give that comment, jake? >> well, we have to ask what's behind it is the senate majority leader going to sto

her name is stephanie grisham. she has never briefed the media in the briefing room. the decades-long tradition and duty of briefing the press, taking questions from a free press, was among the norms that went away without fanfare during the trump administration. and perhaps now the room will be returned to good use to brief the american public on what could quickly become an urgent matter of public health. that is our broadcast for us on this wednesday night. thank you so much for being here. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> tonight on "all in." >> we will seek more cases here in the united states. we have to be mentally prepared and also, as a government, prepared. >> the trump administration scrambling on the coronavirus. >> we -- we're ready to adapt, and we are ready to do whatever we have to. >> tonight, the president's response to what could be the biggest emergency of his term. and the muddled messaging from his own team. >> we have contained this, i won't say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. >> then the latest on the outb

. >> stephanie grisham speaking there the governor has said, ed, he would be willing to amend this ideao some information and some material but he says if they can't figure out a way to make this all work, they might even sue. ed, back to you. >> ed: kevin corke, thank you. here now exclusively chad wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security. mr. secretary, thanks for coming. >> in thank you, ed. >> ed: you just heard the democratic governor. he says you are guilty of extortion. >> i think that's just totally inaccurate. this is about security and it's not about politics. i have been absolutely clear with the governor and any other new york state individual or lawmaker that i talk with. cvp needs access to this data base to run their security checks on trusted travelers. it's that plain and simple. there is no politics about it. they cut off access. we need it back to totally vet these individuals. >> ed: the sheriff's association here in new york state seems to be backing you i want to point out. they say to the governor our inability under the through share this dmv data with fed

. >> let's also hear from stephanie grisham who said that people should pay for this. >> i think he'sng to also talk about, you know, just how horribly he was treated and, you know, that maybe people should pay for that. >> so, i mean, people should pay for that. i already had reporting from a senior administration official who said that once this whistle-blower kpapt came out and the impeachment process started up, they were rotating a lot of the career officials who were serving in the national security council and not re-upping their retation in order to flush out the people that might have been concerned about the president. elie stokeles, do you have any reporting on who else might be bracing? marie yovanovitch wrote a piece on it. >> jennifer williams who testified, she was tfrg right next to vind plan in the house hearings. she already left the vice president's office. it's all out in the open. we can all recognize what this is. this is a president who really only draws on the nsc to back him up, doesn't really put a whole lot of credence in what they have to say. he's telling