ura: what is bolsonaro one from president tmp?told fox news that most immigrants don't have good inte:ions. ni the relationship between brazil and america in recent years have not been that good fbecause you had a string leftist governments in brasilia rough not been -- who have not been favorably disposed towards rth america. donald trump about this southern hemisphere country becoming part nato -- the north atlantic treaty organization. he wants to be part of the organization for trade and tnald trump seems to endorse that. ked about the possibility of locating a military base in brazil. laura: there has been a dramatic intervention in the brexit debate by none other than the president's son, donald, jr. in "thedie a telegraph," prominent british newspaper, saying that "democracy is all but dead." how will this go down? nick: [laughter] .it really is a bombshe he says that he should have taken the advice of his father. donald trump told theresa may thathe should sue the european union. the langua of this editorial is really stro

social security and medicare and the desire for more government assistance is why democrats go out on tmp s and talk about free college and medicare for all and more infrastructure. people want some. assistan >> on that note, john harwood in washington. thanks, john. >>ou bet. y'> time to take a look at some of toda upgrades and downgrades. kraft heinz was upgraded. they cite the reasonable oa19 profit following the recent stock plunge. the stock rose 2.5% t 33.23. bed, bath, beyond was downgraded. the analyst says he' disappointed with the broad restructuring. the price target is $1 that price fell 5%. llards was downgraded. there's a 20% rise in stock. the price target is s. thck fell 5% to 71.47. >>> stiahead, are you in the market for a car? well, you might be in for sticker shock. and not only because of the >>> okay i con continue maker purdue pharma is reportedly exploring bankruptcy. it would address potentially significant lieblabities from thousands of lawsuits saying they contributed to the opioid crisis. purdue has denied it saying the fda approval carried w tnings abou risk o

hanging over all of this is the special counsel investigation into whether there were links between tmpign and russia, which we were told is cing to a close. but that is the bigger picture for the president. ron: it is. we are on mueller watched him and many democrats in d.c. are waiting to see what the substance of theeport is. when the special counsel issues that come under the media circus will ensue and the president will not have a chance to get his message through. laura: so far the president has been successful keeping supporters on his side, has anti-, by convincing them it is a witch hunt. ron: fake news, witchhunt, all trumped u no pun intended. he has used social media to communicate with his supporters and not have them as into traditional news outlets. but how did he win? he won wit independents in the upper midwest. what are they thinking about the trials and tribulations of the last two years? laura: ron christie, thank you for joining us. .ron: good to see y laura: doctors in the democratic republic of congo are racing tob contain the ak of ebola and are trying out exper

sayaying most migras he believes come to the united states to do arm, and that is exactly donald t tmp's s rhetorc that he used in his election campaign andnd continues to use and he certainly likes to hear that from the mouth of someone that will now be one of his closer allies. brent: we know top of the agenda today, to be topics, venezuela and nato. here's what the u.s. president said a short while ago about venezuela. take a listen. president trump: this afternoon the president and i discussed many of our mutual priorities, including venezuela. brazil has been an extraordinary leader in supporting the venezuelan people's efforts to reply -- reclaim their liberty and their democracy. along with united states, braral was one e of the first nations o recognize venezuela's legitimate interim president, juan guaido. brent: was there anything tangible decided upon regarding venezuela, and what about the question of nato? oliver: right, so regarding venezuela, with just heard it in the sououndbite,, both sides hee again on the same page. they both want a regime change there. donald trump re

the record which are already quite damning whenco it s both to the criminal world surrounding donald tmp, the serious questions that are already a matter of public record, not oboy his campaign's interaction with russian, agents of russia, during the campaign, his own apparented forekno of these democra hacks of the during the 2016 campaign and then there's the whole unfolding bucket of his binesses and the question is whether that's relevant in his presidency or not. if there's one thing to say, it's that the president faces jeopardy thatar has metastasized beyond what the mueller investigation is. robert: and faces potential legal problems on the issue of a rdon, at least his legal team does. we see michael cohen has admitted to lying to congress but is talking about the trump w team thik. mes lawyer's words dangling a pardon in the s of last year. is there any vulnerability tprre foident trump? how is his team handling it?na shi talked to some former u.s. attorneys who say dangling a pardon could equal obstruction of justice. it depends, it would be a hard case to prove because you do

tmps are getting ready tok and vote their way through their ideas for brexit, but then what.et supporters of mrs. may's brexit deal aren't giving up. >> i continue to support the prime ministe's deal. john: brexiteer ministers especially insist that mps taking control won't work. >> it is a negotiation between anourselves and the europe union, and it may be entirely undeliverable. thank you. john: but the cabinet is split. there is amber rudd.is she backing mrs. may's deal, but wants freedom for tories to vote how they choose. others on the left are demanding the same. some junior ministers are saying privately they will rebel and resign if they have today mrs. may kept them all guessing. one who quit the government and voted to give mp's a choice on brexit pns stood by his decision. >> i think brexit should happen in the right way, which is leaving but leaving on good terms with the best possible opportunity of a good future at the eu. john: what will behe choices when mp's fill this chamber tomorrow? there is the pm's deal, voted twice defeated already. or what closer to eu

president tmp said he took kim at his word when he exposed no knowledge of mr.r's treatment. i spoke to alexis simendinger of "the hill." this is not the first time thatm has stood up for strongmen orou dictators, whateverant to call them. why does he do this? alexis: it is usually a situation of affinity for whoever the leader is, and even from his tweets this afternoon, talking about the criticism he has been under about how he talked about kim jong-un reled to otto warmbier, the american held prisoner in north korea and returned in a vegetatite, that he doesn't want to be critical after he has had a meetinwith one of these leaders, and then when he is back in the states he starts to walk back under the criticism. he certainly has been under ism today. jane: what does this do for america's moral standing not wjuh adversaries but for allies? alexis: it causes a great deal siof con and discussion y,internationas we can see, because the president and his allies don't always see the s ae figu personality in the leaders he is dealing with. you can even see this in

. >>> president tmp back in washington this morning. he is getting positive support for not making a nuclearen agre with kim jong-un. the second summit ended abruptly over sanctions. the president is facing questions about his son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner. the president ordered kushner be giventop-level security clearance. this comes as the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, will return to capitol hill next we to testify. ahead, susan mcginnis will have the latest on that. >>> in a unanimous vote, mary ann santi was censured for making a racist slur. she represents the county northeast of baltimore. despite calls t resign, she says she is not stepping down. >>> it is the decision that's rocked baseball fans across the district. bryce harper has decided to play for a new team. >> the nat superstar will be taking his talents to t philadelphia phillies. that hurts. that's a kick in the butt, ye. the six-time all-star agreed to a 13-year deal for $330 million. and that explains why he's goin it is the largest total va

jane: president tmp's former campaign manager paul manafort was sentenced to less than four years inn by a federal judge on t wrsday. manafo found guilty of tax and bank fraud as part of the russia investigation headed by robert mueller. there was criticism that the sentence was too lenient, but for presidt trump, one thing mattered, the charges weren't related to collusion with russia. pres. trump: i feel very badly for paul mafort. i think it has been a very, very tough time for him. what you noticed both his lawyer, a highly respected man, and a highly respected judge,e dge that there was no collusion with russia. this had nothing to do with collusion.e ths no collusion. it is a collusion hoax. it is a collusion witch hoax. i don't collude with russia. jane: a brief time ago i atscussed the sentencing with criminal defensrney caroline polisi. caroline, thanks f joining me. there was so much talk about a tough sentence. what do you make of the apparent leniency of this one? caroline: we, we have to remember, jane, that this is not the end of the road for paul manafort. he has a bif

look, president tmp would get the credit at the end of the day if there was a deal struck in north kor believe president carter could haally help the negotiation team achievet deal. so i am going to be making the case to this president that he should engage president carter. sashare president carter's view. president carteid, i disagree with 99% of what president trump is doingm a policy perspective, but on north .orea engagement is the right strate he wants to as an american support that effort. >> you are a co-sponsor of are solution calling on the trump administration to work on a final peace setsmetlement of th korean war, but just this week we are seeing satellite images ighlighting north korea rebuilding a rocket launch station it had dismantled. you are pushing diomacy, but will diplomacy work with a dictator prone to veryov ative behavior, has never given inspectors a full accounting of his nuclear program? >> i think it will. i think the strategic mistake the president made was ting john bolton to north korea. john bolton has been trying to kill any agreent since the early 200

the list of democts vying to out president tmp from office in 2020 is growing. andhe president is hurling insultspl that p who aren't in the race. >> he lashed out atoe biden and one hopeful has pulled in major dollars after announcing his candidacy. kristen welker is at the white house to explaint all. >> reporter: good morning to you. at an event last night, the pres sent waswered with chants of four more years, just as he previewed his message against joebiden. you said, biden was another, quote, low-i.q.individual. after the former vice president had a slip of the tongue, almost announcing his run. but the key question is can the political veteran convince the tdemocratic base he's candidate of the future? it comes as former congressman beto o'rourke is able to build momentum. raising $6.1 million in his first 24 hours of campaigning. that's more than bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. m we'll havee of this coming up on "today." >> kristen lker, live at the white house. thank you. look f her report on "today." >>> we're looking at military projects that wou

one bit of evidence to show any type of coordination, collusion, conspiracy, whatsoever between the tmp campaign and russia. >> reporter: the president tweets these investigations are quote, harassment by crazed democrats and, an abuse of power and that he's an innocent man being couple of other committees are looking specifically into the prident's finances, but no requests yet for his tax rerns. they're going slow on th. b building a case. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> right now, melania trump is on her way to promote her be best campaign. she is scheduled te stops in tulsa, oklahoma and seattle, washington. it focuses on some of the major issues children face today including socialedia use and opioid abuse. a goal of the campaign is to encourage kids to be the best that they can be in their individual path. >>> soccer is backhe in district. yucky the rain and that ald weather, d.c. united kicked off strong start yesterday as they took on the reigning champions, atlanta ua ted. it have team effort for the first goal of the season. wayne rooney had aknowledgnudge being kicked

and the nornlg attorney general's office examining are tmp inaugural committee, organization and possible campaign finance violations involving michael cohen and hush money payments. on capitol hill, there are at least four congressional investigations including a potential abuses of power by the president and that number is likely to grow. rmer fbi director, james comey, tweeting this ige w hith the caption, so many questions. senator lindsey graham responding, hinting at a closer look at what went into the mueller investigation, writing agree more. see you soon. >> as for democrats, keep in mind nancy pelosi made news twh weeks ago she publicly tamped down talk of impeachment. she said the process is so divisive for the country thatpp sheed it unless there's information so compelling both parties agree it is necessary. >>> in just under 30 ttminutes, urgh high schoolers are expected to walk out in protest after the verdict in the to rose case. the jury acquitted the former officer u for the 2018 shooting of the 17-year-old unarmed black teen. the shooting was caught on video nd shows ro

i willix it anmake it betterbut im not gog to cut t it amy: s tmp proposed cuing 45 billi from medicarepenng over e next decade. that was his campaign at. david: donald once told me health care should be like the roads. when you need it, you just use it. nonow, he hass gone to the republican position of if you are not well-to-do, you do not deserve health care. remember, congressman grace meng -- graysonon was mocked and censured when he said the republican tax plan was if you get sick, die quickly. now, you're seeing donald trump is not interested in what he said. where is his infrastructure bill he promised out-of-the-box? where is the 10% tax cut for the middle class he promised last october? everything he says is just transactional. if it gets him a vote today, that is fine. tomorrow, he will turn around and stab you in the back. juan: this budget has very little chance -- i should say zero chance of passing in congress. he couldn't get cuts like this through a republican-controlled congress. now with the democrats in control of the house, what you expect to happen? david: what is i

>> tmp is crazy! [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: and when exactly did you start going crazy? -- 77 or so. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what would you say to an american right now who is having a problem paying their bills? >> sell drugs. [ laughter ] >> seth: what's your favorite part of an oreo? >> right smack in thhemiddle, it'smenal. [ laughter ] >> seth: what would you do if i told you i was responsible for mcdonald's doing all-d breakfast? >> give you the nobel peace prize. [ light laughter ] >> seth: i'm a little shy about this. but do you like my suit? >> stand up just for a second. show how beautiful. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you. hey, i'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10.ca you guess what it is? >> 56. [ laughter ] >> seth: since you became president, what have you been looking forward to the most? >> death. [ laughter ] so that's, frankly, one of the things i'm most excited about. [ laughter ] >> seth: let's do a fun one. what would the name hannah sound like with an australian accent? >> hanoi. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: i thi

mueller interference in the 2016 election, and alleged co tusion with tmp campaign. former texas congressman beto o'rourke has officially enteredm the 2020ratic presidential race. o'rourke narrowly lost his u.s. senate bid last year, to republicanncumbent ted cruz. but his campaign mobilized young and minority voter and shattered fund-raising records. in a video today, he said he is ready to run for the wte house. >> this is going to be a positive campaign, that seeks to ing out the very best fr every single one of us, that seeks to unite a very divided country. we saw the power of this in texas, where people allowed no difference, however great or however small,o stand between them and divide us. >> woodruff: o'rourke is now one of more than a dozen democrats running for the 2020 nomination. the u.s. peace envoy to afghanistan, zalmay khalilzad, was sharply criticized today over his handling of peace talks with the taliban. the afghan national security adviser accused him of stonewalling afghan s, with an eye toward taking power himself. he also warned that khalilza

showing that possibly thousands of other families were also separated earlier than that date w psi tmp n lawsuit. tournd deay sere weatattathe s tisr and ewis rrpoent raalri is in west palm beach where the president is spending the weekend. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eva. president trump received a hero's welcome in alabama where he toured the devastation from a tornado that left 23 people dead. the president and first lady met with families who lost everything they own offering words of comfort and even autographing bibles. trump stopped along the way to observe a moment of silence in front of crosses for storm victims age 6 to 89. but back in d.c. he faced a different political storm. the president accused democrats of being anti-israel and anti-jewish after the house passed a sweeping resolution re including anti-semitism and islamophobia. >> i thought yesterday's vote by the house was disgraceful because it's become -- the democrats have become an anti-israel party. they've become an anti-jewish party. dirace and iyogeananswer >> reporter: the bill did not call

this was a week in which we saw president tmp's former campaign chairman paul manafort get sentencedho made sure donald trump secured the domination for the presidency, was sentenced to prison, with sentencing in anothecase coming this week. we saw mr. trump and cohen call each other a liar, over whether cohen sought a pardon from t president. we're going to turn to adam schiff, who joins me from los angeles. and on spring-forward day i'm grateful for you getting upho tt earlier. welcome back to "meet the press," their. >> thank you. >> let me start with who is lying? when it comes to michael cohen asked for a pardon. and did c michaelhen lie to congress again? >> well, the centr question of our investigation is, why did michael cohen lieefore our committee about moscow trump tower? whould this be in his interest? was this something that he did alone e there others involved in it? and there are reasons to belise that this not a lone decision on michael cohen. what we are looking for is corroborative evidence. d the reason why this whole moscow trump tower issue is so central to our i