stephanie ruhle will have all of this as she picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, worlds apart. any minute now, two potentially historic events about to begin. president trump's airplane just landed in vietnam for his second high-stakes summit with north korean leader, kim jong-un. you can hear the plane now. meanwhile, here in the united states, president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has just arrived on capitol hill seconds ago, for the first of three days of testimony. a knowledgeable source telling nbc news, cohen is expected to describe lies, racism and cheating by donald trump, including evidence of criminal conduct -- since -- since -- this is the important part -- since he became president. we must start with the breaking news, as i said. you can see air force one before you. president trump has landed in han hanoi, vietnam. this is his second summit with kim jong-un. peter alexander is live in hanoi. set the stage for us. what do we expect for the president over the next 48 hours? you, yourself, have had an eventful l

i'm stephanie ruhle. in just a few hours, lawmakers are expected to begin voting on a bipartisan deal. the key question is president trump going to sign it. kristen welker is live at the white house and garrett haake on capitol hill. how's this going to play out today in the senate and the house? >> the senate will vote first some time this afternoon. the house is planning to vote later tonight. the thing about the senate is any one senator can still slow things down here if they want to. so far, leadership has signaled they want to move ahead. they support the compromise. its primary author was tweeting saying he had spoken ton the president and explained it's a downpayment for his priorities. congressional republicans who are in favor of keeping the government open which is to say about everybody are hoping that's the kind of thing that will get the president to support this bill. including about $1.3 million for new barrier. it will goal in the rio grande valley. it's not the concrete waull. this is th

last hour, stephanie ruhle, was really fired up about it.tion bureau required lenders to provide payda paydapayday -- >> that makes no sense. that means you are going to have some borrowers paying rates that are equivalent of a yearly rate of 400% on their loans. this should not be allowed. most people find this indecent. the test for fairness or payday loans or taxes, it does not offend common morality or a sense of decencies that most people have. >> 400% in loans. that's unfair. >> your book is called "the common good," robert reich. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> can donald trump win again in 2020? new signs for an uphill battle for reelection, next. next it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today. got it. ran out of ink and i have a big meeting today. and 2 boxes of twizzlers... yeah, uh...for the team. the team? gooo team... order online pickup in an hour. and, now save big at the buy 2 get

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, a snowy wednesday and we have a lot to get to this hour, so let's get right into it. we'll begin with this. the 2020 election is already under attack. you thought i was going to say underway. no, under attack. a new report from politico reveals disinformation campaigns are happening as we speak. and it they mirror russia's ent interference in the 2016 election. politico reporting the main targets appear to be democratic presidential candidates, kamala harris, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and prospective candidate beto o'rourke. the attacks are in the form of misinformation posted about the candidates, you guessed it, on twitter and other social media platforms. >> politico reports senator kamala harris is among the most targeted. a tweet attacking the senator with racist and sexist stereo types was seen by 8.6 million people. elizabeth warren's case, politico reports a, quote, false narrative surfaced alleging that a black face doll appeared on a kitchen cabinet i

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage. good morning, stephanie. >> thanks. president trump is avoiding another shutdown. he's also expected to declare a national emergency on the border as a way for him to get 8 billion bucks in wall funding leaving many in his own party worried about presidential overreach. >> i'm thinking he needs to tread lightly here. >> it would be a mistake for the president to invoke his national emergency powers. >>> and declassified. former dfbi deputy director spoe about ways to remove trump from office. the "washington post" shows mccabe going after former boss jeff sessions saying sessions thought the fbi was better off when it, quote, only hired irish men. what does that mean? >>> and buy now. amazon canceled its plans to build a second headquarters in new york city. we begin this morning with the president replacing one political standoff with another. in one hour from now, give or take just a few minutes, the risk of another government shutdown will likely be off the table, but president trump is expected to simultaneously dec

here is stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >> i am stephanie ruhle. my partner ali velshi on assignment. it is friday, february 22nd. let's get smarter. >>> we begin today with the president and his legal team bracing for the special counsel's russia report as a judge silences roger stone, banning him from talking publicly about his case. robert mueller or the russia investigation. >> we're seeing the same reports that you are. it's possible that this is coming to a conclusion and his report will be finished. and we feel good about the facts that what we have said all along for the last two years will be clear. there was no collusion. >> i can't imagine that the special counsel is not going to release something that shows a road map for the house to investigate a conspiracy to answer it as a political question. >> impeachment you mean? >> correct. >> a judge rules prosecutors broke the law with jeffrey epstein and hiding it from the victim. one of the prosecutors now president trump's labor secretary. >> how is this man still a united states cabinet s

here's stephanie ruhle. >> thanks so much, andrea. hello, everyone. i'm stephanie ruhle. my partner ali velshi is off. it is thursday, february 7th. let's get smarter. virginia's three highest ranking officials now embroiled in their own individual political chaos. the governor and attorney general both admit they've worn blackface as the lieutenant governor faces an allegation of sexual assault. >> a letter written by the woman reads as a credible account, and i think there should be an investigation to get to the bottom of it and determine the facts. >> the media is asking me, well, what about fairfax? first of all, any accusation made should be fully investigated. this woman ought not be disrespected. but neither should fairfax. don't confuse that with the fact that the governor and attorney general have admitted to what they did. >>> house democrats defying the president's calls for an end to what he calls ridiculous investigations. >> democrats planning to put a microscope on his finances. >> we will not surrender our constitutional responsibility for oversight. >> t

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there. we have a lot to cover this morning. primed for battle. jeff bezos accuses the "national enquirer" of extortion and blackmail after he says they threaten to publicly release intimate photos unless he ended a private investigation of the enquirer. >> this is a racket, complete racket to either hold information or use information for other purposes. he's not easily pushed around in his regular life and he's not going to be pushed arb here. >>> party of one, one week away from a deadline to avoid another government shut down and support for president trump's wall appears to be eroding even within his own party. this as reports surface that president trump is furious over democratic investigations into his administration and his personal finances. >>> in less than 30 minutes, trump's acting attorney general will appear on capitol hill despite earlier threats to skip the hearing entirely unless a subpoena was dropped. if you think the news could not get any stranger, i'm going to blow your

i am ali velshi. >> i am stephanie ruhle. it is monday, february 11. let's get smarter. >> you cannot rule out a shutdown at the end of this week? >> you can't rule it out and you can't rule out 5.7. >> the president is not part of these negotiations. he's wait fogger a bill to come to his desk that he can sign into law and you now have the confer es, bipartisan confrees arguing over beds and barriers. >> they're people who know how to work together and get a deal. >> i say 50/50 we get a deal. >> reporter: this is president trump's first campaign-style rally of the new year. he's going to be making a hard sell for his border wall. the focus is going to be the fencing here in el paso. beto o'rourke, who is mulling a potential 2020 bid is going to be holding a counter-rally here tonight about a mile away. >> mollie and beto herein voting you to join us in el paso this monday in a march for truth. >> 3 million more people are expected to owe money to the irs this year. do you know why? the new republican tax plan, but it gets worse. the number of people

here's ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. it is monday, february 4. let's get smarter. >> i believe then and i believe now i am not either of the people in that photo. that same year i did participate in a dance contest in san antonio in which i darkened my face as part of a michael jackson costume. >> -- >> that's right. >> -- >> my wife says inappropriate circumstances. >> you've got to work as one unit to move your commonwealth forward and he's just not going to have that ability to do it. >> this is drawing up a painful part of our past, and he should step down and start his road to redemption. >> do you believe he should resign? >> i don't today. i mean, i think there is a rush to judgment that is unfair to him. >> we will continue to put pressure for him to step down. >> governor northam's press conference, if that's what you want to call it on saturday, was to me something that really showed the divide of how our white citizens, even with the best of intentions, good people who do good things, are clueless about the im

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks, mika. hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. on the clock. in a few hours, roger stone will be in front of a judge that he showed in an instagram post next to crosshairs. >>> cancel your vacation plans with serious questions still remaining on which findings could be sent to congress and whether any could be released publicly. >> i guess from what i understand, that will be totally up to the attorney general. >>> how about the carolina blues? republican congressional candidate mark harris is set to testify today, following shockishock i ing and unexpected testimony from his own son that he was warned about hiring a political operative at the center of an election fraud case. >> i expressed my concerns based on everything that i did know, mainly my belief that mccray had engaged in collecting ballots. i love my dad and i love my mom, okay? >>> and some breaking news, actor jussie smollett is now in police custody after being charged for allegedly staging the hate crime assault he reported back in january. >>> and coast guard lieu

i'm stephanie ruhle this morning. president trump's rough week after flying halfway around the world in search of a deal, he fails to reach an agreement with kim jong-un during their second nuclear summit but is no deal better than a bad one? >> sometimes you have to walk. they wanted the sanctions lifted in theentirety and we couldn't that. >> in the meantime back in washington, d.c. michael cohen due back on the hill any minute now for his third day of testimony. this after his explosive public hearings holding nothing back about working for mr. trump. portraying the president as a serial liar who engaged in criminal conduct while he was in office. >> i protected mr. trump for ten years. i can only warn people, the more people that follow mr. trump as i did blindly are going to suffer the same consequences that i'm suffering. >> and stunted growth after being delayed because of the shutdown, the new gdp numbers are out showing 2.6% growth in the first quarter, lower than the president certainly expected. >>> we begi

. >> stephanie kelton, thank you for watching "velshi and ruhle," i am stephanie ruhle. right now we hand it off to our dear friend, katy tur. >> we have the shutdown and senator bennett talking about 2020 and larger issues and denver public schools and governor jay ansley today. >> and andrea mitchell. the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, the official twitter account says the whole meeting was to discuss the common interest of war with iran. i don't know about you but it sounds like a pretty big story. >> we have a lot of news. >> enjoy, see you in an hour. >> it is 2:00 p.m. in washington where the president says he does not want another shutdown. he's not quite ready to commit of the bipartisan border deal either. >> well, we have not gotten it yet, we'll be getting it and looking for land mines, we have a lot of things happening right now. we are building a lot of walls with money that we already have. i don't want to see a shutdown. >> just yesterday donald trump told reporters he was unhappy with the legislation which includes $1.375 billion for 55 mil

here's stephanie ruhle. >> thanks so much, andrea. hello, everyone. i'm stephanie ruhle. ali velshi is off. it is thursday, february 7th. let's get smarter. virginia's three highest ranking officials now embroiled in their own individual political chaos. the governor and attorney general both admit they've worn blackface as the lieutenant governor faces an allegation of sexual assault. >> a letter written by the woman reads as a credible account, and i think there should be an investigation to get to the bottom of it and determine the facts. >> the media is asking me,

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, february 6.ter. >> the state of our union is strong. [ applause ] but we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. >>> if i had not been elected president of the united states, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a m

he just didn't have his numbers right. >> stephanie ruhle, thank you for that.ant to go to nbc presidential historian michael beschloss who has been watching along with us tonight. and we wanted to ask you particularly about the strange way this started tonight. nancy pelosi was supposed to introduce the president. she did not. she looked briefly bewildered, he then did not acknowledge her as new pre-s do. does that strike you as an anomaly? >> it knocked me out of my chair. i'm used to these historic traditions. and you know the speaker says i have the distinct honor and great pleasure of introducing the president. so what was going on here was donald trump startled and sort of forgot that that was supposed to happen. well, that did happen with harry truman, his first speech to congress in april of 1945 after franklin roosevelt died and the speaker actually interrupted him and said, harry, i've got to introduce you. or was this something intentional from donald trump, he did this sort of deliberately as sort of a power play against nancy pelosi. >> michael, we'

here is stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >>> hello, everyone, i'm stephanie ruhle.rtner, ali velshi, on assignment. it is thursday, february 21st. let's get smarter. >>> jussie smollett, the actor in custody under arrest. he was charged with a felony for allegedly filing a false police report. the 36-year-old is also set to appear in a chicago courtroom later this afternoon. >> this announcement today recognizes that "empire" actor jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. i'm left hanging my head and asking why. smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drive chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. >> what happens if someone decides that they won't step forward now because they won't be believed, that someone will think that what they're saying is a hoax? >> hoaxes cause real damage to society, not only by wasting law enforcement and judicial

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks, mika. i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, i've got a lot to cover. starting with a defiant president trump getting a wide ranging interview on everything from the mueller probe to potential 2020 employees. plus, why he thinks the shutdown negotiations with speaker pelosi are a waste of time. >> she's just playing games. she'll be begging for a wall. she will say mr. president, please, please give us a wall. >> i doubt that. treasure trove. roger stone due in court again today. a day after the special counsel says they seized voluminous and complex evidence from last week's arrest. and the growing contender. senator cory booker is throwing his hat into the 2020 ring. announcing his campaign for president on the first day of black history month. >> together, america, we will rise. i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> and jobs, jobs, jobs. the u.s. economy adds 304,000 jobs in january. smashing estimates. this, despite the 35 day shutdown. all right, we have to start wit

>> i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get smarter. a closed door hearing whether he lied to the special counsel's office. >> democrats and republicans on the senate intel committee are telling nbc news they are nearing the finish line in their investigation in the 2016 presidential election and have uncovered no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. >> i'm not sure how to put it any clearer than i said it before. we have no factual evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> robert mueller knows more than the senate knows, so robert mueller is going to make the final judgment on whether there was a conspiracy. >> -- >> well, we haven't gotten it yet. we'll be getting it. we'll be looking for land mines because you could have that, you know. it's been known to happen before to people. but we have not gotten it yet. it will be sent to us at some point and we'll take a serious look at it. we have a lot of things happening right now. we're building a lot of wall right now with money tha

i'm stephanie ruhle. a compromise to avoid another government shutdown. coming to agreement on i.c.e. detentions and dhs funding. money for the president's wall, guess what, it's not included. funding for 55 miles of fencing that we need is. the big question still remains. will president trump sign? >> we believe our dealings, the latitude they gave us, they will support us. >> they said progress is being made with the committee. just so you know, we're building the wall anyway. >> the race for to 2020. democrats see opportunity to retake control of the senate. this morning, an astronaut turned at vacate announces his run. ? i learned a lot about solving problems from being an engineer. but what i learned from my wife is how you use policy to improve people's lives. >> a former white house aide is now suing president trump after the president accused him of violating ago nondisclosure agreement by writing a tell all book. >> i served donald trump faithfully but ultimately i worked for the american people and i do not lose my first amendment right just bec

i am ali velshi. >> i am stephanie ruhle. it is monday, february 11.marter. >> you cannot rule out a shutdown at the end of this week? >> you can't rule it out and you can't rule out 5.7. >> the president is not part of these negotiations. he's wait fogger a bill to come to his desk that he can sign into law and you now have the confer es, bipartisan confrees arguing over beds and barriers. >> they're people who know how to work together and get a deal. >> i say 50/50 we get a deal. >> reporter: this is president trump's first campaign-style rally of the new year. he's going to be

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, february 6. let's get smarter. >> the state of our union is strong. [ applause ] but we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. >>> if i had not been elected president of the united states, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with north korea. we have launched an unprecedented economic boom, a boom that has rarely been seen before. there's been nothing like it. and we have unleashed a revolution in american energy, the united states is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. no one has benefited more from our thriving economy than women who have filled 58% of the newly created jobs last year. [ applause ] you weren't supposed to do that. an economic miracle is taking place in the united states, and the only thing that c

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. a snowy wednesday and we have a lot to get to this hour, so let's get right into it. we'll begin with this. the 2020 election is already under attack. you thought i was going to say underway. no, under attack. a new report from politico reveals disinformation campaigns are happening as we

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle for velshi and ruehl. >> it's interesting the feed back on social media. they don't want to watch it and they don't want us telling us about all the interesting things the president might say because they're so used to being disappointed about the speech. the rules of what a state of the union is have changed. >> people should know. this say momeis a moment of dem. you need to see the president. you need to see the reaction. fact check him yourself. >> great to see you in person. hello, everyone, i'm ali -- >> i'm going to help you out. >> thank you. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. it's tuesday, february 5th. let's get smarter. >> hard to say. the president's second state of the union address which he'll deliver in just hours from now. >> he sharpied up a lot of the passages, put it in his own voice. the president will talk about the booming economy. he's going to be visionary and call for bold actions in the future. you need that wall as the centerpiece of immigration reform. >> kellyanne, is there any chance president trump would declar

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> thanks. have a great afternoon. hello, everybody. >> it is thursday, february 28, let's get smarter. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been indicted. the israeli attorney general announcing charges ever wrof br and fraud. and this is three different investigations. all of them involving allegations of corruption. if benjamin netanyahu is convicted of these crimes, and he is removed from office, this could be a major problem for the trump administration and indeed for their prospects for regional peace. >>> in washington, d.c., michael cohen back on the hill for his third day of testimony. this after yesterday's nearly 7 hours of public testimony in front of the house oversight committee. >> he lied about so many different things. i was actually impress that he didn't say, well, i think there was collusion for this reason or that. he didn't say that he said no close collusion. and i was a little impressed by that frankly. he could have gone all out. he only went about 95% instead of 100%. >> if he lied

here's ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle.let's get smarter. >> i believe then and i believe now i am not either of the people in that photo. that same year i did participate in a dance contest in san antonio in which i darkened my face as part of a michael jackson costume. >> -- >> that's right. >> -- >> my wife says inappropriate circumstances. >> you've got to work as one unit to move your commonwealth forward and he's just not going to have that ability to do it. >> this is drawing up a painful part

hello, everyone, i'm ali -- >> i'm going to help you out. >> thank you. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'mt's tuesday, february 5th. let's get smarter. >> hard to say. the president's second state of the union address which he'll deliver in just hours from

stephanie ruhle. my partner, ali velshi, on assignment. it is thursday, february 21st. let's get smarter. >>> jussie smollett, the actor in custody under arrest. he was charged with a felony for allegedly filing a false police report. the 36-year-old is also set to appear in a chicago courtroom later this afternoon. >> this announcement today recognizes that "empire" actor jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. i'm left hanging my head and asking why. smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drive chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. >> what happens if someone decides that they won't step forward now because they won't be believed, that someone will think that what they're saying is a hoax? >> hoaxes cause real damage to society, not only by wasting law enforcement and judicial resources, but by also terrorizing the community. >>> and a coast guard lieutenant and a self-identified white nationalist is now under arrest after authorities say they uncovered a stockpile of weapons and ammunition and a targe

i am stephanie ruhle. my partner ali velshi is off. it is friday, february 8. we begin with a remarkable day on capitol hill. the house democrats that lead the house judiciary committee quickly turned combative about questions of his oversight of the mueller investigation, his discussions with president trump and executive privilege. i want to play again perhaps the most stunning moment of the day. >> in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up and so -- i'm -- i'm here voluntarily. we have agreed to five-minute rounds and -- >> i think that's a fine place to end the five-minute rule. >> the committee is on break right now. we're going to get back to it as soon as it resumes. joining me now, msnbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, former federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york, ariana berg and former special watergate prosecutor nick ackerman

i i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get smarter.earing whether he lied to the special counsel's office. >> democrats and republicans on the senate intel committee are telling nbc news they are nearing the finish line in their investigation in the 2016 presidential election and have uncovered no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. >> i'm not sure how to put it any clearer than i said it before. we have no factual evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> robert mueller knows more than the senate knows, so robert mueller is going to make the final judgment on whether there was a conspiracy. >> -- >> well, we haven't gotten it yet. we'll be getting it. we'll be looking for land mines because you could have that, you know. it's been known to happen before to people. but we have not gotten it yet. it will be sent to us at some point and we'll take a serious look at it. we have a lot of things happening right

here is stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >> i am stephanie ruhle.gnment. it is friday, february 22nd. let's get smarter. >>> we begin today with the president and his legal team bracing for the special counsel's russia report as a judge silences roger stone, banning him from talking publicly about his case. robert mueller or the russia investigation. >> we're seeing the same reports that you are. it's possible that this is coming to a conclusion and his report will be finished. and we feel good about the facts that what we have said all along for the last two years will be clear. there was no collusion. >> i can't imagine that the special counsel is not going to release something that shows a road map for the house to investigate a conspiracy to answer it as a political question. >> impeachment you mean? >> correct. >> a judge rules prosecutors

. >> stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks, mika. they there i'm stephanie ruhle with a lot to cover this morning starting with trouble. from day one. federal prosecutors in new york subpoenaed president trump's inaugural committee, demanding documents about donors, finances and activities. looking for potential money laundering as well as possible election fraud. >> i always thought that was the much more problematic thing. >> and state of our union. after a two-week delay because of a government shutdown, the annual speech now just 12 hours away. the theme reportedly choosing greatness. he'll be speaking infrastructure, trade and prescription drugs, before diving back into what has become the defining issue of his presidency, the border wall. >> to every republican, if you don't stand behind this president, we're not going to stand behind you. this is the defining moment of this presidency. it's not just about a wall. >> we begin today with federal investigators going all the way back to the beginning. demanding documents connected

i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, open season, after threatening congress in the state of the union, democrats launch a series of investigations into president trump and his administration and of course his finances. the president responding to the latest announcement from the house intel chair adam schiff as well you would expect. >> he is just a political hack who is trying to build a name for himself. he has no basis to do that. it is called presidential harassment. >> oversight and commonwealth chaos. virginia's three highest ranking officials now embroiled in their own individual political chaos. the governor and attorney general both admit they have worn blackface, as a lieutenant governor faces an allegation of sexual assault. if they all resign, the state would be controlled by a man who runs his seat by having his name pulled out of a fish bowl. >>> the justice department launches a probe into a plea deal that says a multimillionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epsteen, serving just one year in b

he just didn't have his numbers right. >> stephanie ruhle, thank you for that. we also want to go to nbc presidential historian michael beschloss who has been watching along with us tonight. michael, we wanted to ask you particularly about the strange way this started tonight. >> mmm-hmm. >> nancy pelosi was supposed to introduce the president. she did not. >> she sure was. >> she looked briefly bewildered. the president jumped in and started without her. he then did not acknowledge her the way previous presidents, we think, have when new speakers have been named. did that strike you as a historical anomaly? >> knocked me out of my chair. i'm used to these historical traditions, and that's what usually happens, as you well know, rachel, is that the speaker says i have the distinct honor and the great pleasure of introducing the president. so what was going on here was donald trump startled and sort of forgot that was supposed to happen. well, that did happen with harry truman, his first speech if congress in august -- in april of 1945, after franklin roosevelt d

i am stephanie ruhle. my partner ali velshi is off. it is friday, february 8. we begin with a remarkable day on capitol hill. the house democrats that lead the house judiciary committee quickly turned combative about questions of his oversight of the mueller investigation, his discussions with president trump and executive privilege. i want to play again perhaps the most stunning moment of the day. >> in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up

here's ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> all right. thanks, andrea, have a great afternoon. and good afternoon to all of you. you are already watching "velshi & ruhle." so, here we are. i'm velshi, she's ruhle. we're back together. >> we have to cover a lot today, so i think we should do our very best to get a little smarter. president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has arrived on capitol hill for the first of three days of testimony. >> tomorrow's the day with the fireworks. today will be the day where michael cohen faces what's likely to be the chilliest reception that he's going to get on capitol hill. >> i think most of you know, my big interest has been in the follow the money issues. >> senator, can you trust michael cohen? >> i want to know whether the president directly told him to lie to congress in his testimony. i anticipate that michael cohen will be with us for hours on thursday. >> worlds apart, president trump's airplane landed in vietnam for his second high-stakes summit with north korean leader, kim jong-un. >> meetings between our leaders t

with stephanie ruhle and then on twitter, facebook, snan senate chap. thank you for watching. with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. donald trump's former fixer and personal lawyer is back on capitol hill today answering questions about donald trump and russia in a closed-door hearing of the house intel committee. that committee likely interested in his testimony about negotiations between the president and russia over building a tower in moscow, and the lies told about those negotiations by cohen, trump and others in the president's inner circle. the house committee also possibly picking up on other lines of questioning exposed in yesterday's explosive hearing. from "the washington post," quote -- during bombshell testimony wednesday before the house oversight committee, cohen told lawmakers that trump knew in advance that the anti-secrecy organization wikileaks would release e-mails damaging to former secretary of state

eastern with stephanie ruhle and 3:00 p.m. eastern. you can always find me on social media.eadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in washington, d.c., where the man who once did the digging and burying of the proverbial dead bodies in trump world is about to start drawing a road map of his own misdeeds on behalf of donald trump. michael cohen, the president's former lawyer and fixer, will be on capitol hill tomorrow in advance of public testimony expected to cover explosive territory. cohen is the one who implicated donald trump in an ee mel hush money scheme that resulted in new york prosecutors giving trump the nickname of his own, individual one. individual one will be the topic of much of cohen's closed and open testimony this week. lawmakers say they plan to grill cohen on a host of trump-related subjects including trump business practices, trump foundation, trump compliance with tax laws, hush money payments to women, truthfulness of public statements and questions of whether trump attempted to intimidate cohen as a wit

. >> i am stephanie ruhle. i will be back here at 9:00 a.m. >> what's your favorite segment of the show? >> cow farts. >> stephanie wants to talk about cow farts. >> i want to talk about meghan markle didn't inviting us. >> how dare he? >> the first two people meghan and harry saw when they went through the gates through the castle. this young lady here and me. hey, she looked right at us. you know what katy said? >> you think she recognizes us. >> she was very into the news and 2016, i thought maybe she watched the metz. >> she just became the duchess, are those my home girls from msnbc. >> i want them to get married again, i want to go back. >> trust me, i am with you, girl, i am ready to go. >> stephanie, thank you so much and velshi. >> it is 11:00 a.m. out west, 2:00 p.m. in washington where president is attacking "the new york times" for his ongoing attempt to undermine the many investigations surrounding him. the time's report highlights key instances where the president could cross the line. inclu includ

eastern with stephanie ruhle and then again 3:00 p.m. eastern. thank you for watching.ouse" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. if you were your teenager, you would call your mom's friend for advice how to get him up and out of his bedroom in the morning, away from the television, off social media and phone calls with his friends. we start with the bombshell report at axios, a white house source turning officer dozens of trump's private schedules filled with hundreds of hours of executive time over just a few months. the leak, either the greatest act of insubordination in modern political history, or the bravest act of a white house whistle-blower. either way, the truth bomb has been detonated. donald trump doesn't do much of anything as president. the schedules, which cover every working day since the midterms, showed trump spent about 60% of his scheduled time over the last three months in unstructured

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. i went down some strange rabbit hole looking at old photos.he's ever taken from his 20s all the way to now. that is sort of the definition of what looking fabulous was. >> indeed. >> andrea, have a great afternoon. >> thank you. >> you know what head said, when you bought sweatparts, you've given up. >> i have a pair or two. >> it is tuesday, february 19th this was. let's get smarter. >> you think the president is a threat? >> i think it's entirely possible. that's one of the reason we ordered -- >> did you order a counter-intelligence investigation. >> i did. >> did you suspect the president might be working for russia? >> we thought it might be possible. the fact that the p

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage. >> this morning, we're talking tick tock. lawmakers have until friday to avoid another government shutdown as negotiations fall apart. this time, it is not all it the wall. democrats are purposing to limit undocumented i eed immigrants dd by i.c.e. today the president will head to the border wall toll hold a rally. >> i don't think anybody has an appetite for a government shutdown. >> a shutdown entirely off the table? the answer's no. >> senators amy cklobuchar and eliz beabeth warren join the 20 race. a record number of women running for president. making it clear they aren't just here for the pageantry. >> by the time we get to 2020, donald trump may not even be president. in fact, he may not even be a free person. >> wow. thousands of teachers in denver will not be showing up for work, staging their first strike in 25 years after 15 months of negotiations failed. leaving a serious dilemma for the parents of 90,000 children. lawmakers deadlocked over a potential government shutdown. you remember who suffers most. all of th

. >> good to know, ali velshi and stephanie ruhle, thank you very much. >>> it is 2:00 p.m. here. state of the union, 41 of them are making the most news. >> an economic miracle is taking place in the united states, and the only thing that can stop it are wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations. there is going to be peace and legislation. there can't be war and investigations. it just does not work that way. the reaction of the democrats was summed up by nancy pelosi's eye rolled when the president said that. investigations into trump's organization and many people in tr donald trump's orbit. what exactly is the president saying? that he wants a special counsel investigation to stop or the ones launched by attorney general in new york and virginia and maryland or d.c.? an investigation you will remember that was scuttled by chairman nunez. trump drew comparison to the 1974 state of the union when he says the investigation into the watergate cover up should end. a year was enough. lawmakers were not swayed then and they're not swayed now, especially the ones with a d i

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. i went down some strange rabbit hole looking at old photos. he look fabulous in every photo he's ever taken from his 20s all the way to now. that is sort of the definition of what looking fabulous was. >> indeed. >> andrea, have a great afternoon. >> thank you. >> you know what head said, when you bought sweatparts, you've given up. >> i have a pair or two. >> it is tuesday, february 19th this was. let's get smarter. >> you think the president is a threat? >> i think it's entirely possible. that's one of the reason we ordered -- >> did you order a counter-intelligence investigation. >> i did. >> did you suspect the president might be working for russia? >> we thought it might be possible. the fact that the president of the united states may have committed obstruction of justice for the purpose of impeding our investigation into russia, that was the big-picture issue we were trying to find our way through. >> i know you and other members briefed the so-called gang of eight, the leaders of congress in the days after comey way fired, about the ru

. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, february 12th. let's get smarter. >> a verdict has been announced in the trial of mexican drug kingpin el chapo. >> just now hearing he was found guilty on all ten of the counts. that he was being tried for. this is a huge day forever the prosecutors. >> breaking news right now. nbc news exclusive reporting on the senate intelligence committee. their investigation into russian election interference. >> the senate intelligence committee has not uncovered any direct evidence of a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. >> a big decision on the president's plate. does he sign the deal and keep the government running or hold out for wall money and risk another shutdown in three days. >> i have to study it. i'm not happy about it. it's not doing the trick. but i'm adding things to it. it's all fgoing to happen. we're going to build a beautiful big strong wall that's not going to let criminals and traffickers and drug dealers and drugs into our country. it's very simple. it's very simple. >> it

. >> stephanie ruhle, have a great show. >> everybody hold onto your hats. let's start right now. it is 11:00 a.m. out west, 2:00 p.m. washington. andrew mccabe is standing by to speak to us in just a moment. we begin with the white house bracing for the potential release of robert mueller's report as soon as next week. drop date predictions ranged from any moment now maybe one second to the next couple of weeks. we don't know what's in the report and presumably neither does the white house. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says the president and the administration as a whole expects indicationvindication. >> we feel good of what we have said the last two years was clear, there was no collusion. t he was a better candidate and he out worked her. that's why he won. he had nothing to do with rush sug rush -- russia or any other country. >> rudy giuliani told "usa today" trump's legal team is putting a rebuttal to mueller's final report. if mueller clear the precedents then we walk away. the big question, what's left and what's next in the mueller investigation? joining me now

here's ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> all right. thanks, andrea, have a great afternoon.afternoon to all of you. you are already watching "velshi & ruhle." so, here we are. i'm velshi, she's ruhle. we're back together. >> we have to cover a lot today, so i think we should do our very best to get a little smarter. president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has arrived on capitol hill for the first of three days of testimony. >> tomorrow's

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> thanks. have a great afternoon.thursday, february 28, let's get smarter. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been indicted. the israeli attorney general announcing charges ever wrof br and fraud. and this is three different investigations. all of them involving allegations of corruption. if benjamin netanyahu is convicted of these crimes, and he is removed from office, this could be a major problem for the trump administration and indeed for their prospects for regional peace. >>> in washington, d.c., michael cohen back on the hill for his third day of testimony. this after yesterday's nearly 7 hours of public testimony in

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. i'll see you back here at 3:00 p.m. right now it's time to hand over to our friend katy tur, who's not with us. are you in washington? >> she is with us. >> you're always with us in spirit. >> i'm with you in spirit but not in body. >> see you in an hour. >> thank you. it is 11:00 a.m. out west, 2:00 p.m. here in washington, where today president trump's former personal attorney kicked off the first of three days of congressional testimony. tomorrow's testimony will be public. a knowledgeable source tells nbc news that is what michael cohen will provide evidence of his old boss' criminal conduct since becoming president. cohen is expected to detail the president's lies, racism, and cheating as a private businessman while cohen spent a decade working for him. and according to that source, cohen is coming with the receipts as well, including information about donald trump's finances. before cohen even began his testimony today, the white house, though, was at work painting him as an untrustworthy witness. sarah huckabee s

a similar thing, if she is riding on his jet, she is taking her advice about president trump, stephanie ruhl he distracted? steve, is that one of the questions come to mind when they become -- >> key thing not involving somebody inside of the company, the ceo can get advice from whomever she or he wishes. the key thing is, is making good judgments? in the case of, in the case of under armour, some misjudgments were made. that is what the board has to deal with but people can deal with so-called distractions. we had a president of the united states, woodrow wilson, who was smitten after his wife died with this other woman, people noticed it, said, you're not paying enough attention to your duties. he still was making big decisions and all that. those things happen in real life. the key thing, quality of the judgments being made. melissa: yes. >> amazon has shown no sign of falling down. in the case of under armour they were hitting a ceiling. the question is, can kevin plank get it back on its feet and up and running again. that's the key thing. melissa: i love the way you cut through things,