joining us now from washington, d.c., white house reporter for the washington examiner steve nelson. e, good to have you with us on this busy monday morning. president trump toughened his talk over the weekend about the border wall with mexico. are we likely to see him push congress to get tough on immigration when they return? why now? why did he do this now? >> certainly we will. part of the reason, of course, is the fact that there is this group of migrants from central america making their way toward the border. it seems like that is part of the messaging. but, of course, we lose sight somewhat of the fact that president trump has had somewhat of a win on immigration so far in his wall. last month congress approved $1.6 billion to fund the wall and there is 100 miles worth of construction projects about to begin in a couple months. so, the trump administration already has some accomplishments in this regard and certainly we'll hear more of it. >> here's what we keep forgetting, that when president trump says things like this over the weekend flippantly, it leaves these daca recipi

joining us now, white house reporter steve nelson. good to have you with us. let's rewind a little bit and talk about the buzz of the town so to speak which is the white house correspondent's dinner, president trump deciding to skip it. he held a rally in michigan and given all the reactions that we've seen to michelle wolf, what do wepex ectothe president to do? are we going to see him skip it next year? do we see the rhetoric going against reporters in the upcoming weeks and months? >> we'll see if he's going to make a big peace with the media and showing up one of these years. i -- it will be interesting to see what happens with the other white house staff. of course there is the very brutal comedy at sarah sanders' expense and now that it was not in keeping with the theme of the night. these kind of things happen at these large dinners with comedians. there is precedence for the response and the tradition continues. i imagine that will be the case here. >> i was surprised the president has not come out and tweeted in defense of sarah sanders. >> so as we k

he's leading with husbais chin. >> steve nelson, good to talk to you once again.oned scott pruitt heading to the hill today to answer some questions over all these recent scandals that we have been talking about. what do you predict here? how do you think he comes out of all this? >> you -- imagine that fit would be an absolute blood bath. there is so much material here, so many juicy scandals and subscandals. the -- the renting an apartment from interested party, putting on sirens to get to a restaurant reservation, there's so many more. it is interesting though now former va secretary shulkin appeared and amazingly it wasn't a blood bath. everybody was asking about local va issues. here i think it's going to be different and pruitt is known for being a self-assured person so it could be quite the show. >> let me ask about jeff sessions. on one hand he refused to tell lawmakers whether he has refused himself from the michael cohen investigation though he said he would if he learned that there was anything connecting michael cohen to the russia probe. what do you

. >> white house reporter for the washington examiner, steve nelson. good morning to you. as we know president trump's personal attorney. >> where were you in boston? >> michael cohen had a pretty dramatic day in court. we learned the name of his third client. what do you make of this newest revelation, steve? >> of course it's the latest bizarre twisted in an or bizarre story. who would have thought we would be getting used to talking about the president and the porn star. it's going to be interesting where this goes. hannity is also a journalist with interesting connections. eh's known to be in touch with assange, the editor of wikileaks. this could go in many directions. we don't know ma he discussed can cohen allegedly giving him $10 at most for his legal advice. there are plenty of avenues that this -- >> $10. it does seem like a running legal rate these days. >> let me ask you this question about the cohen investigation. with this particularly kind of gaining some traction, is it likely that we're going to see the white house kind of continuously get worried about ho

the washington examiner, steve nelson, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. this work out? they are friends but have some disagreements including the iran deal. >> president macroin is arguing there is no plan b and us actions to undermine it would prompt chaos, no easy replacement for this large international agreement. donald trump is willing to stick to his guns on other issues with world leaders aside from more personal relationships, working toward the president of china or prime minister of japan, sticking to criticism and entrÉe despite being close friends with the leaders of those countries which we have to see if there is an impact. donald trump is preparing to meet with north korea's leader and pulling out with the iran nuclear deal could undermine efforts to reach a deal with north korea. of the 20 he is concerned on fox news sunday that we are running the risk of iran rebooting their nuclear program in a manner comparable to north korea. >> not enough restrictions on iran or too few. and it is a complicated issue. >> directly on friday, angela mer

steve nelson. good so have you back with us once again.in on this mulvaney story for a moment. could we see him face some heat from the white house for giving big pay bumps to his deputy or is this going to be brushed off as something that his predecessor kicked into motion? >> the people he brought certainly are making a lot of money but it seems that it would require something more to make this a real scandal. something juicier, something to add a little trip, trip, trip to keep this in the headlines. otherwise this seems likely to fade away. >> we'll have to wait and see. let's turn to mark zuckerberg of course looking ahead to his testimony. he heads to the hill to face some questions obviously over his company's privacy practices. do you -- do you expect to see lawmakers move to kind of regulate companies like facebook to prevent future scandals like this one like cambridge analytica? >> absolutely. it seems that social networks are trying to get ahead of regulators with disclosure of political ad spending that facebook just announced

eric: steve nelson joining us now, covers the white house for the washington examiner. eve, you know, some have said the presidency can change you. some are saying president trump is changing the presidency. it is a sober responsibility, when you walk into the oval office, you sit behind the resolute desk, what in your view has changed the president's calculus in the way he deals with these responsibilities? >> we can recall that president obama also built a reputation as a noninterventionist as a candidate before taking office and keeping u.s. troops in afghanistan for eight years and funding a secret cia war to topple assad that reportedly had a budget of 1 billion dollars a year at one point. president trump and his administration have been arguing that this targeted strike on syria is going to serve as as an effective deterrent. there are of course questions about the evidence, the legality, the wisdom of the strike. almost 90 members of congress asked trump to seek congressional permission first. but the trump administration is arguing that this is a necessary actio

now, i talked to steve later, he goes, "i looked up, and there was you, and willie nelson, and willieie nelson's bus?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yes. >> and i said, "no." >> jimmy: that's a good friend. >> he passes out again. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: again. >> and then i mean, we started dragging him off the bus, he passed out four more times. >> jimmy: so you're stuck in the middle of the street? >> well now we're in the street, and then my phone rings, and it's willie, and he goes, "how's your friend steve?" and i'm like, "he's doing alright," and i said "i got to tell you willie, i probably should have told you this, but he's a federal prosecutor." and he goes, "i thought i smelled some narc on him, so i brought out my strongest stuff." [ laughter ] [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: yes! willie nelson, a national treasure. [ applause ] thank you for telling that. "super troopers 2" comes out 4/20, what can people expect? what is this movie about? >> well basically, the plot is that the u.s. has reassessed the borders, very topical. [ laughter ] right, and it turns out there's a stret

trish: for more on these markets, let's go to bellpointe chief strategist david nelson and steve malagna. yesterday was incredibly vulnerable. we see volatility kicks in right around now. 23,766 on the dow. how will this shake out today in your view, david? >> i don't know. around this time if you're a mutual fund manager if people invested into your fund or took money out. you won't know until the close because around 3:30, that selling will start if in fact money is coming out of the market. the volatility, it is pretty tough for investors to take it day by day. you have to look beyond this. in the end stocks follow earnings. price momentum we have to address it. price momentum often leads fundamentals. that lately is to the downside. we have broken pretty key ranges here. trish: steve, if you look at our economy right now, we're doing okay. we're doing okay. if you look at earnings, those have come in many very, very strong and expected to continue being strong. the jobs market is better and wages are increasing, still slowly but they are increasing. when you think of all these things

(steve)a lawyer for robinson and nelson told "gma" that starbucks has agreed to enter mediation.the two met with the the ceo of starbucks, who apologized in person. (pam) in the east bay - a family's puppy has gone missing, but this story is more than just a missing pet. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the vanishing pet coincides with a sad anniversary, making her disappearance even more difficult for the family ... (estacio reporting) "she definitely went under the security gate, i guess it was a false sense of security." kimyatta albert is beside herself. this is why. her families 7 month old puppy gisele is gone. kimyatta. i was working upstairs and came downstairs and she slipped out. kimyatta owns a skin spa on jefferson in oakland while missing a pet is tough all of this couldn't be happening at a worse time. you see, this is kimyatta and her mother. this week marks both the 3rd anniversary of her mothers' death, it is also within days of her mothers' birthday and daughters birthday. kimyatta albert. this is a really tough time of year for all of us, this week alone, it is

author and conservative opinion writer sophia nelson, former democratic congressman steve israel. >> and elise jordan, or friend and former aide in the george w. bush white house. elise, where are we? >> i can't help but to think today that the tide is pushing donald trump closer than ever to actually moving to fire bob mueller. the impression that sarah sanders gave today that he believes it is -- when she sa stated she believes it is within his power, it shows they are publicly addressing that they have discussed these scenarios. >> i agree he's going to fire him. it's how he's going to do its that i think there's a question. i think he's going to go after sessions and fire sessions, because the new attorney general can then go after rosenstein and go after mueller and trump says, i didn't do it, that was the attorney general. sarah has pretty much admitted, we talked about it, we think we can do it. i don't think they can do it. i think this is an untested part of the constitution. did the founding fathers foresee an independent counsel? by the way, you can't bring someone under c

wealth management and david nelson, chief strategist at bell point asset management. steve with apple. the stock of the day. a lot of anxiety out of that news from taiwan. i think the financial -- i thought the financial media went overboard. it's dangerous how crazy he went. when the analysts drops the its price. >> we have seen this so many times. they will probably sell a little less apple phones. whatever. they are buying other phones. all the chips got crushed because of it because of the fear they are going to use less phones. they will use more data and technology in the future. it's only going to grow. just relax. go with it and take advantage of people overreacting to something that is kind of trivial to drop the stock price. charles: i think twitter reports before the close. but it's not the bellwether that will set the stage. tell was to expect because i think you like some of these names as long ideas. >> i do. i'm hoping there will be some volatile headline news because it presents buying opportunities. i love facebook here. they are really cheap, they have ton

nelson. one thing to add to steve wozniak's point, one thing that zuckerberg did say in his written testimony that we have seen is that he does believe the company is going the lose money because they are going to spend so much on security, proving their systems, and election security ahead of the mid terms. some of zuckerberg putting his money where his mouth is. i expect he will pressed a lot more on that tomorrow in front of this double senate committee which he is testifying in front of. >> beale have full coverage on tuesday on wednesday on this testimony. dpart headache on capitol hill. >>> up next, excite what president trump says why we stand to lose more than we stand to gain in our trade war with china. you are watching msnbc. that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ snik looki

donte robinson and rashon nelson were released after nearly eight- hours with no charges,(steve) now both starbucks and the philadelphia police say they are changing their policies.as catherine heenan reports, the two men said those changes are long overdue. "so what i want is for a young man, young men, to not be traumatized by this and instead motivated, inspired." on good morning america the two men said they had been in the starbucks for only two minutes when the manager called police.

nelson. that's a look at your headlines. steve: good race. ainsley: thank you. troops now on our southern border protecting the country. what dots thidoes this mean forr patrol agents? we will ask one of the people in charge on the border. next. ainsley: diamond and silk say they are being silenced. claiming they are unsafe to the community. they join us with an update coming up next. ♪ why can't we be friends ♪ why can't we be friends ♪ i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. unitedhealthcare has the people and tools to help guide you through the confusion. well that wasn't so bad at all. that's how we like it. unitedhealthcare. smile dad. i take medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol. but they might not be enough to protect my heart. adding bayer aspirin can further reduce the risk of another heart attack. because my second chance matters. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. steve: the national guard now on the ground at our southern border with even more troops to be deployed later this week.

(steve) anti-anti-apartheid icon winnie mandela, the former wife of south africa's late president nelsonas died at the age of 81. she died at a johannesburg hospital today after her health began to fail early this year. winnie mandela -- known as the "mother of the nation" -- became one of the most recognizable faces in the decades-long struggle to end apartheid in south africa. robyn curnow reports. winnie madikizela mandela considered herself a warrior -- she was a powerful, yet controversial figure in the anti-apartheid movement.winnie madikizela mandela: "we not only fought on political platforms. i was one of those who was with the people fighting physically against the apartheid regime."while her husband, nelson mandela, was incarcerated, she became the face of mandela's fight against oppression.when he was released from prison after 27 years, she was right by his side.she told cnn what was going through her mind at the time.winnie madikizela mandela: "i was thinking about the liberation of my country and that was the culmination of bitter years of struggle." while their marriage w