on the presidency, clifton truman daniel, president harry truman eldest grandson returns to the white house area to deliver a talk about white resident german found it necessary -- president truman found it necessary to move his family out of the white house while it was restored. the white house restoration association hosted this hour-long event. feared evening, everyone -- everyone. good evening, class. [laughter] i'm the president of the white house historical association and it is my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of my colleagues and our board of directors represented here tonight by secretary john feare.-- john dalton thank you for being here. we also want to welcome our friends from c-span, who are broadcasting tonight's event. we have a wonderful friendship with them. thank you to those watching biases and -- by c-span. i would also like to welcome mary sessions and her two sisters visiting. i recognize her because she is from the great state of alabama come my home state and her sister is also from alabama. in addition to our distinguished eager, we're joined by several descend

he seemed like an obvious choice. >> having worked in the white house, the white house doctor isn't by your side in case you need something or to suck up. the white house doctor is by your side in case you fall ill, in case something happens to you, in case you're in a car accident. sort of the simplicity -- and i accept and agree with how he ended up being the nominee for va. but it's just a ludicrous chain of events that he was in the president's line of sight and he said, he can do it. >> that's right. right now we're seeing the talk about these allegations of misconduct by dr. jackson. >> do you have any additional reporting on that? >> there's just chatter. it's not verified. we know there's some lawmakers on capitol hill who was alarmed by what was said. it points to the fact there wasn't a real vetting at the white house. the talk now also the seems to be overshadowing the fact that dr. jackson was wildly unqualified for this job. >> let's hit pause. before this story broke, this was the problem with this nomination. jim mecina was here who worked for president obama as his depu

the only thing worse than a white house with a flawed chief of staff is a white house with no chief of staff. and if, if the notion of trump unchained or unplugged is exactly, it's exactly the opposite of the lesson trump should have learned from the first year in the white house. which is, that he needs an empowered chief of staff to tell him what he doesn't want to hear and to help him govern. >> so -- why is the president holding back? why is he not fired kelly yet? >> well again, we know it's a fool's errand to try to predict exactly when donald trump will do anything. as we learned in his firing of reince priebus and his hiring of kelly in the first place. both of them learned about it by tweet. so it's hard to predict what trump is going to do. he may feel that he can keep kelly in place. simply ignore him and, and try to govern the way he ran the 26th floor of trump tower. but every previous president will tell him -- would tell him, that that's a prescription for disaster. >> all right. chris whipple author of "the gatekeepers." good to talk to you. >>> the prying eyes of rober

she followed that with other stories about the white house. grandpa called it the great white jail. and sitting alone in it early in his presidency, he heard popping wind sighingand through the cracks of the house and told everybody that would listen that it was ghosts. he was there alone. my grandmother went back and forth independence, missouri, and my grandfather was there alone a bit. he said, i can imagine old andy and teddy having an argument. or franklin and pierce deciding who was more useless to the country. [laughter] mr. daniel: and when millard fillmore joins in, the den is almost unbearable. but he got some work done and i think they knew at this point that this was a serious problem, this was not just ghosts, that it was a serious problem. mrs. roosevelt came over to see my grandparents as she was leaving. they were staying at blair house temporarily. she came over and apologized for the condition of the rooms upstairs at the white house. the roosevelts had not spent any money on it during the war and depression. they felt they could not do that. and she came over anywa

better make sure that's correct or you will gain entry into the white house think it's now the east sidehouse that people are being received at. >> do you have a good reason for saying no? >> out know why you would want to say no. >> it if you receive an invitation therefore reasons why acceptable to stay no. death in the family, serious illness, it's unavoidable that you cannot attend her wedding. >> all. that's honestly not official. >> i don't know. i would say if anyone were to receive an invitation to the state dinner they would try in every way possible to attend. >> the president was a mar-a-lago last week and some worried that he might invite people on the fly, friends of his that he sees. what kinda headache with a hap happy. >> no, we serve at the pleasure of the president. i rate call very fondly when president clinton returned from a visit to the hospital and when he returned back she did have a state visit that evening and it was an activity he did with the visiting dignitaries. set i think we need to fight just to two more people is that okay. licensor i serve for you so if

you for to the white house historical association to write a young readers book about the white house easter egg role. tell me about it today. how large is it? isit would be larger than it except the popularity is so high and everybody wants to be a part of it. >> where is it held today? >> the south lawn white house. the relatively president's backyard. >> are the eggs real eggs? >> sometimes. they use wooden eggs. >> they are collectibles. traditionally some real eggs used in the past it was all real. >> who gets to go? >> anybody can go but you need to some it to request online in lotteryand then a lucky winner get to go over and you need to see -- you need to have a small child with you otherwise -- it's an event for the kids and otherwise you would have a lot of adults like me wanting to go. >> your book deals the desk detail the interesting history. you suggest the very earliest known connection goes back as far as dolly madison. there is a long-standing oral history that goes back to the 19th century the dolly madison was involved in the first easter egg role in washington, d.c

once it moved to the white house grounds you could smell the white house easter egg roll before you could see it. >> if they couldn't find the eggs and hard boiled eggs were left to rot that was a problem. >> it was a problem. that is something that happened in the 20th century. one year where they decided to use a lot more real eggs and a few got misplaced for a while. that was the last time they did that. >> 1876 was rutherford b. hayes. why did president hayes and his family decide to take over the tradition? >> the president was out on his daily walk and some school children encountered him and said we have no place to roll our eggs now. he said that's odd. why don't you just come back with me and you can roll eggs on the white house grounds? and a couple hundred children did that first year in 1878. >> and then as time goes by you tell this in your story. it is also accompanied by illustrations. who did the illustrations? >> john hutten. an absolutely genius artist. >> what were you trying to achieve with this? >> what we were trying to do was have a book that was both educational an

i'll throw it to you. >> yes, of course, we have another former white house staffer tonight. last year famously no white housettended the dinner in solidarity with the president. the president is doing that again tonight. but we have several white house staffers here tonight. also several former staffer, so welcome to the dinner. why are you attending this year but not last year in you do not work in the white house any longer i should say, but why this year but not last year? >> i've been to this dinner many times before. this has always been a good event. a fun event. it recognizes the press. they give out scholarships to people. the a fill anthropic event. they reck wha the press does. freedom of press is very important. and come tog this event shows how we acknowledge the perez and what they do for this country. >> why do you think the president is not here tonight? if it embodied a toast to a free press, why was the president not attend tonight? >> he has enormous demapds on his schedule. a year ago we were in pennsylvania at a friend ofs tool factory. the oldest in ameri

a live picture from the west wing of the white house. the president and first lady welcoming president macron to washington, giving each other a hug as you could see. they have a very good relationship. a personal relationship. there is bridget macron, the first lady of france is there as well. they're going to go inside of the west wing for a while. after posing presumably for a picture. the president knows how to do that. those pose for a picture and go inside and then they'll all by helicopter head over to mt. vernon outside of washington and virginia for dinner tonight before they have formal meetings tomorrow and a joint news conference tomorrow and a formal state dinner tomorrow night at the white house, tuesday president macron will be addressing a joint meeting of the u.s. congress. much more on all of the breaking news right after this. you ok there, kurt? we're about to move. karate helps... relieve some of the house-buying... stress. at least you don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. call geico. geico... helps with..

and the white house saying that didn't happen. so there are a number of things they are saying that he didn't necessarily say or a do, if he ever said something like i'm the one saving the country, perhaps he said it in jest, so there's push back on that as well. >> again, what we're hearing, is there's sort of a bill of goods being given to you from different sources, is part of their agenda here they want him gone, they have an ax to grind against him, is that part of the formula here? >> we spoke to a number of officials and any time you do a story like this, you always take into consideration what somebody's motivations are, so you spend a lot of time and speak to a lot of people and get a very accurate portrait so you're not just taking one person's word for it. we spent weeks working on this reporting and we spoke with a number of officials who have independently have told the same story, so that is where our reporting comes from and we obviously have a very rigorous process and we feel confident in that process and we are c

of the white house which is known as the north portico.e color guard and others in attendance there. as they wait for the french president and his wife brigitte macron to come up in their car. they will get out and meet the president and first lady for the traditional picture and then they will make their way back into the white house for a brief visit before they descend the grand staircase and mingle with their guests to kick off tonight's festivities. a few more guests are trickling in. let's watch. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversation],. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [in

the white house has been walking it back ever since.kudlow said today. >> she got ahead of the curve. she's done a great job. she's a very effective ambassador. there might have been some momentary confusion about that. but if you talk to steve mnuchin at treasury, he'll tell you the same thing. they're in charge of this. we have had sanctions. additional sanctions are under consideration but not implemented. >> only one problem here, haley isn't backing down, saying, quote, with all due respect, i don't get confused. the author of the book "the road not taken," good evening, sir. what is going on? >> there could have been a better way for the white house to handle this without, you know, run over her, backing the bus up. >> right, exactly. well, i think nikki haley made clear she's not going to let them do to her what they did to rex tillerson where you saw time after time where rex tillerson would say something and trump would say, no, he doesn't speak for me, and rex tillerson would have to be quiet. nikki haley is not being quiet. s

many inside the white house are reporting this week the white house staff has moved beyond worry to near panic that the president of the united states is now completely unleashed. that is to say, somehow measurably more unleashed than he already was. and it's all about the woman who had to suffer the world-wide humiliation of a public trump kiss on her way out the door. just watch how natural this is. that was donald trump reduced to sign language because he needed to keep that far away. a great distance away from reporters so that he would not be able to hear any of their shouted questions about stormy daniels or anything having to do with the governing of the united states. the white house did not release a translation of the sign language. i, for one, have no idea what it means to stand beside a person and just point at her repeatedly. so please feel free to share any of your suggested sign language translations with us on twitter. the woman the president was pointing at is the youngest white house communications director in history and not the most incompetent only because she was pr

is the white house asking him questions? >> we're having on going conversations. >> also just to follow-up on jackson. when you say you think he's been through four background checks. can you say but these allegations have now come up. some are very serious. is the white house going to look into the allegations that have been made against him about drinking on the job? >> that is something we would look at. absolutely. one last question. >> i wanted to clarify to you about these four background checks. were any of these background checks since president trump took office or since he was named as the nominee for va secretary? and has the white house ever been informed of allegations like these, excessively drinking on the job or passing out medication like candy, as it were, since he was the physician for president trump? >> i'm not aware of any of those allegations being made until the nomination was made. >> to follow-up one more about the background checks. when was his most recent background check? >> i'd have to look at

pamela brown is at the white house.he allegations are shocking, they're being shared with the public by various sources and including on the record by senator jon tester, a democrat. what is the white house's response. >> reporter: well the white house basically is saying that these new allegations made public by senator tester is something that will look it and pointing to the background investigations that dr. jackson had passed as justification for the fact that he was properly vetted even though white house staffers were caught by surprise by these new allegations against jackson in recent days. the president's pick to lead the department of veteran affairs is vowing to fight on. >> i could answer the questions. i'm looking forward to rescheduling the hearing -- >> reporter: despite the numerous allegations over past inappropriate behavior. >> they're very serious acquisitions with prescription drug handing out like candy or intoxication or toxic work environment. >> reporter: the veterans' affairs commity saying he

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker just got in front of the camera. what can you tell us? >> reporter: according to a white house official, national security adviser john bolton met with south korea's ambassador yesterday. the two discussed the importance of close cooperation between the united states, this is according to this white house official, as south korea prepares to have talks with north korea and, of course, ahead of those high-stakes potential talks between president trump and kim jong-un. now, chris, the two men also discussed the possibility of president trump having a call with south korea's president, and even more significantly, a potential meeting ahead of president trump meeting with north korea's dictator. now, this official didn't get into timing, any specifics and wanted to stress this is something still in discussions. so still it's significant from the perspective of this white house wanting to show a united front with south korea ahead of any potential talks with north korea. this official saying it's critical that we send the

white house physician dr. ronny jacksons his confirmation hearing was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, as of tonight, according to the post, it's postponed and we don't have a new date. it's amid records that republicans and democrats have raised concerns about his qualifications and his oversight of the white house medical staff. that sounds vague, i know. cbs news is reporting, just in the past couple minutes that the concerns about dr. jackson, quote, including a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing meds. that sounds serious. that's cbs news reporting that. i need to tell you that's not confirmed by nbc news. in terms of the president's other cabinet picks, the senate is expected to confirm mike pompeo as the next secretary of state. his nomination passed out of the committee today with a bit of rand paul-infused drama. he i insisted he had been a no way vote to the bitter end, no way no how, naturally rand paul ended up voting yes, which pretty much ends t

more than any modern white house. so when they have these positions to fill, the president increasingly is turning to some of the people he already knows and likes and trusts like he does dr. jackson rather than having sort of a larger process that would seek out somebody with the kind of experience that might seem to match the task. dr. jackson, of course, had not run a department anywhere near as large as the v.a., which is the second largest department in the cabinet. but the president liked him, and we hadn't seen a president put his own personal physician up before a cabinet position like this before. it may not be surprising, then, that there would be surprises that would come along that might hobble this nomination. not the first time this has happened. maybe not the last time as long as the process continues the way it is. >> anita, let's talk about the clock because we had the president's let's call them interesting remarks in realtime this afternoon. then tonight the reporting took a turn for the worse, but

last day in the white house? mrs. bush: my first day, walking in from the receiving, you know, viewed the parade. you know, i remember we had huge family. i remember the twins. they are not going to like this. they went with the babysitter down to the bowling alley. they ordered a meal. we were getting ready to go to the balls, and we have the whole family gathered for a large sort of buffet meal. i said, where are the twins? the twins are in the bowling alley, they've ordered hamburgers. said, we do not order food away. the enforcer. get them up here. laughing.up, i remember being surrounded and sending everybody off to the balls and how pretty they look and what fun they were having. they were all over the white house, those children. >> what about your last day? mrs. bush: last day. our children left town. marvin and his family. they did not want to be around for that. it was very moving. saying goodbye to the white house staff was difficult. we never dreamed we would be back. it was hard, but life goes on. we

and trusts more than inside the white house because he's lost so many people inside the white houseakes him more unpredictable to his advisers inside the white house which has serious costs. i think you're seeing that in the firing -- the way that the firing of the veterans affair secretary david shulkin went down which came at an unexpected time to many agents at the white house. this stuff is not entirely unprecedented because he's always leaned on people outside the white house, but it is becoming more unexpected, more unpredictable. the president is sort of becoming more himself. >> the other thing you're seeing, too, is the people he's bringing in are tending to be more people in line with his thinking, people he feels may line up more with what he wants to do, so that's maybe going to change how he thinks. >> the people day to day inside the white house feel out of touch with him and unprepared for what he's going to do. >> demoralized. >> let's show the people on the rise. a more established republican on republican policy. his first day on the job is in the milddle of what c

jackson being intoxicated during official white house travel.cases they said he had apparently grabbed his medical bag and was attempting to assert himself to show he was in charge. on one trip during barack obama's presidency, white house staff needed to reach dr. jackson for medical reasons and found him passed out in his hotel room after a night of drinking. staff members took the medical supplies they were looking for without waking dr. jackson. since then, cnn has also described another incident. quote, during an overseas trip in 2015, rear admiral ronny jackson, the white house physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee according to four sources familiar with the allegation. the incident became so noisy, says one source familiar with the allegation, that the secret service stopped jackson out of concern that he would wake then president barack obama. two sources who previously worked on the white house medical unit described the same incident with one former staffer telling cnn it was, quote, definite

ronny jackson. >> i understand he had a nickname in the white house among some of the white house staff? >> it was the candy man. because he handed out prescription drugs like they were candy. >> reporter: senator john tester describing what whistle-blowers told a panel, they would hand out drugs to help travelers sleep. he allegedly became intoxicated during multiple overseas trips while on duty, including one in 2015 where he banged on the hotel room of a female employee in the middle of the night. one source claiming secret service had to step in out of concern he would wake then president barack obama. lawmakers postponing his confirmation hearing indefinitely as jackson denies the allegations. >> i am looking forward to rescheduling and answering everyone's questions. >> reporter: the president gave him an opening to drop out. >> i don't think personally he should do it. but i would stand behind him. it is is totally his decision. >> reporter: hours later the two met in the oval office. sources tell cnn that mr. trump told jackson to stay and fight. the concerns over jackson's nomi

your success as a family, our success as a society depends not on what happens in the white house, butn what happens inside your house. >> jamie, i covered george w. bush for a couple years on the campaign trail and in the white house and he never spoke about his mother without getting a mischievous grin on his face. there was a special kind of adoration there. you had a chance to talk with so many in the bush family about barbara bush. >> no question, i like to say i have my daddy's eyes but i have my mother's mouth. they had a very, very close relationship and she had a nickname, the enforcer. so here's a little bit about what her sons thought about her. >> my mother was on the front line and expressed herself frequently. dad was available, but he was a busy guy and he was on the road a lot in his businesses and obviously on the road a lot when he was campaigning so mother was there to maintain order and discipline. she was the sergeant. >> well, mom, the nickname, one of many nicknames she had were the enforcer. there were unwritten rules and if you violated them she would enforce t

at the white house, mr. johnson resumed his discussion with white leaders. justice thurgood marshall and housing director robert weaver u.s. army rolled up behind the white house just before the sun went down. the president ordered the soldiers not to ring the white house. that would be left to government police in hopes of using the -- easing the picture impact overseas. it was the saddest day of the johnson presidency since that november friday in 1963, when he returned to washington from dallas. dan rather, cbs news, the white house. >> washington bore the front of the daytime violence. but chicago claimed the fearful distinction as night fell. there, 6000 national guardsmen were called to duty as fires raged for a 16-block area. >> they call it garfield park, known as a bleak negro ghetto. tonight much of it is on fire. the looting vandalism and burning beginning the afternoon as thousands of schoolchildren lest left of their classes. by late afternoon, as national guardsmen were being alerted, the trouble reached alarming proportions and these fires were

how morale in the white house is so low. one of the reasons that we've learned that has made the morale so low in the white house is the way that he talks about the president. he'll say things in meetings that shock people. you know, for instance, he'll say during the meeting about immigration that you just showed, he talks about the president saying he doesn't understand policy, he doesn't understand the functions of government and then follow it up in a meeting after this bipartisan deal that the white house was trying to cut with members of congress fell apart in a meeting said, you know, i just stopped the president from cutting this bad deal. and so it's really gotten under some people's skin that he will present himself as somebody that is a principal of sorts. separately, he has said things that have raised eyebrows when it comes to women. he has said women are more emotional than men, something along those lines, and that has really taken folks aback inside the west wing. and yet kelly, as you noted, is saying he has

there has to be investigative work by the white house. that's where the task and the blame lie right now. >> senator blumenthal, thank you for coming. appreciate it. >>> later on, details about the state dinner at the white house and the larger visit by the french president. with expedia, you can book a flight, hotel, car, and activity... ...all in one place. everything you need to go. expedia 3 toddlers won't stop him.. and neither will lower back pain. because at a dr. scholl's kiosk he got a recommendation for our custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. claritin and relief from of non-drowsy symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma♪ ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller transitions™ light under control™ >>> an abject failure of vetting, that's

the purpose is to dig deep one white house official said indicating the white house isn't satfi sat 'tisfied. while there was no sign mr. pruit's job is in jeopardy, few people are coming to mr. pruit's defense. the white house is making it known they are not pleased with the reports about his housing situation and making it clear that he has few supporters in the west wing. this news is breaking at a time when a hand full of trump cabinet officials are phasing ethics scandals. before he was fired hes the subject of a scathing report admonishing him for sightseeing and for making sure the v.a. paid for his wife's travel. ryan's travel expenses are right now under investigation by the inspector general interior department. the actual agency is investigating a potential violation for a speech he gave to a hockey team owned by one of his former campaign donors. the treasury secretary donation is under scrutiny for costing taxpayers $1 million for taking military planes on trips across the country. it cost $33,000 for he and his wife to travel to kentucky last year then the $31,000 dining

, he said come to the white house and maybe we'll talk about some other places, but the white house did not rule out the idea there would be a meeting sometimes in the near future, despite the fact the u.s. has taken pretty strong action to punish the russians for this nerve agent attack against a russian living in the united kingdom. the white house was not saying today this meeting is not off the table because we have concluded that russia was behind this outrageous use of weapons of mass destruction on the soil of a nato ally. basically treated the idea as though it was in play. finally, brian, donald trump is all over the map on a lots of policy issues, domestic and foreign policy. there is one through line clear as day he wants to talk to vladimir putin, he want to befriend vladimir putin. there are a lot of people telling him to slow down and back off, and he doesn't. viewers may think that pretty string about that. >> and we're going to get you a new microphone for your lapel. >> let's take a turn into the mueller matter. what's the chance in some sort of sentencing statement we'

kaitlan collins is at the white house. president trump right out of the gate, during what was just a photo-op with emmanuel macron, issues a warning to iran. what did he say? >> reporter: it was a stunning moment there in the oval office, president trump was seated next to president macron, they're just now getting down to business, they had a big ceremony with the pomp and circumstance. and, of course, on the agenda for them to discuss is the iran deal. now, president macron, part of his mission while he's here today, is to convince president trump to have the united states stay in that deal, but things do not look good for that prospect, based upon what we just heard from president trump here in the oval office. we're going to be talking about it. we'll see. people know my views on the iran deal. it was a terrible deal. should have never, ever been made. could have made a good deal or reasonable deal. the iran deal is a terrible deal. won't be so easy for them to restart. they're not going to be restarting anything. they

nbc out with a story that just posted about white house chief of staff embattled white house chief of staff john kelly. i'll read you the first graft. insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself as the savior of the country. according to eight current and former white house officials, the officials say kelly portrays himself to trump administration aides as the lone bulwark against catastrophe cushing the erratic urges of a president who has a questionable grasp on policy issues and the functions of government. he's referred to trump as an idiot multiple times to underscore his point according to four officials who say they have witnessed the comments. three separate people deny the account. let me read you a little more. current and former white house officials said kelly has at times made remarks that have rattled female staffers. kelly has told aides multiple times that women are more emotional than men, including at least once in front of the president four current and former officials said. during a fire storm in february over accusations of of domestic abuse then

because it's crossing the white house? defying the white house?>> they are not people who are offended by the dismantling of our regulations to keep the air and water clean. >> not a policy dispute. >> they are not people blowing the whistle on enhanced interrogations. cia and bush era. these are people who largely agree with the dismantling of all of our clean air and water regulations who are blowing the whistle on conduct that's so reprehensible they could pick up the phone and call friends in the white house office of presidential personnel, which you have to assume is the office that placed pruitt's chief of staff in his job at epa. this story is much more of a white house story than it's being covered now and i think those flashing red lights. there is also a flashing neon light and something seedy about this story and gross and i don't think conservatives wrapping their arms tightly around mr. pruitt are going to feel good about that at the end of this. >> do you think he'll go? >> i don't think he lasts -- not because -- defense is he's id

president trump talks about the white house. >> i want to thank the white house historical association and all of the people that worked so hard with melania, with everybody to keep this incredible house or building or whatever you want to call it because there really is no name for it. it is special. and we keep it in tiptop shape. >> tiptop. plus, white house summit. could that meeting trump talked about with putin happen in washington? all right. let's take a look at what's going on. the markets reacting to the president's twitter tirade. the dow now down significantly and reacting to china's high tariffs on u.s. goods and president trump's days-long attack on amazon. he doubled down saying only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing post office makes money with amazon. they lose a fortune and this will be changed. also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country. not a level playing field. so then you have this trade war escalating between china and the u.s. china slapping higher tariffs, up to 25%, on 128 different american goods including po

, white house reporter for the a.p. all three are msnbc political analysts. ashley, a question i would not have asked, could not have asked just a few weeks ago. what does this white house, in your reporting, fear more now? the mueller investigation writ large or the cohen investigation headquartered in new york? >> well, i think it's -- so the short answer is probably a little bit more the cohen investigation, but i have to say for them, that's sort of what they're more worried about at least. it is inextricably bound up with the mueller investigation, and so they don't necessarily separate the two. and certainly the president doesn't. of course one is being done in the southern district of new york, and it was referred to that district. so, for instance, if something were to happen to the mueller investigation, that would still proceed at pace. but to the president especially, the cohen thing was so upsetting for him in part because he saw it as a sign of the mueller investigation run amok, an overreach, and going a b

because the white house hasn't really said. >> reporter: the white house has not said. know that you tried mightily last night with hogan gidley to try to get an answer out of this administration. we just haven't gotten one. i think it was very clear on sunday that nikki haley was leaning very forward in the direction of sanctions against russia for their support of bashar al assad and syria. and of course that chemical weapons attack that we saw earlier this month in douma. and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a policy change occurred and according to what white house officials are telling us now, larry kudlow told nikki haley that that policy had changed and that nobody had told her about it. and so it was very striking to see larry kudlow say earlier today there was some confusion, she got ahead of herself, and then in fact there appears to be a different story emerging and that is that the policy had changed and that nobody had told her about it. anderson, we're simply not getting a straight answer out of this white house on that front. >> when it comes to the

also not aot of vetting by this white house. dan: no. this whole nomination turned into a train wreck starting with the decision i think to nomite him without any serious vetting and nominate somebody who would not havekihe of experience you would expect to run a bureaucracy as troubled ands bige veterans administration. then it went to capitol hill and, you know, it was like ahe of allegations started flowing in. and, interestingly and in some ways disturbingly,his got pushed out by senator testor without much backup information. i mean, there was one allegation in particular which the white house says tonighttr no which is that he crashed a vehicle after he got drunk at a secret service he denied it. the congress folks did not have any backup evidence of it. it starts with bad pernnel operations at the white house and just spiraled out of control. mark: you know what was interesting to me is you had almost universal decorations and statements of support for ronny jackson from the obamast admition officials, trump administration officia

the big bang. >> welcome to the white house correspondents' dinner. >> hey, it is donald trump. washington is a bunch of white guys talking to a audience who agrees with him but i like -- saves aamerica. >> the tribune mergers going through. >> we are here to honor great people. maggie, member that lunch at the trump grill ♪ you got the scoop on my presidential bid ♪ ♪ and i got the vacant cheeseburger ♪ ♪ where did we go wrong ♪ ♪ you work with bret stevens ♪ there is only so much you can do ♪ ♪ where did we go wrong ♪ maggie maggie maggie >>> congratulations to tonight's honorees i look forward to locking you all up in the coming years. >> ladies and gentlemen once again please welcome correspondents' association president. >> thank you. good evening everyone, to those of you in this room and those watching across america, welcome to the white house correspondents' dinner. in this room, we are republicans and democrats and independence. people of all economic classes, races, religions and gender self-identification. i'm the seerns white house correspondent for bloomberg news a

martha records and analyzes the relationship between journalists and the white house. you don't know martha, you can't miss her, she is a compact force of nature with a shock of white hair, downstairs in the white house workplace with a pencil and a pad. she is regularly in the briefing room, always at the ready with statistics to give our stories context and depth. she is a treasure of the press corps and a bridge between the first draft of history that we do and what happens after that. martha, thank you for your important work and congratulations. [applause] margaret: the first time i saw michelle wolf stand up, i thought, what was that voice? the second time i just gave in and laughed. and at some point as a watched her i thought, the woman is actually saying a lot more in between the punchlines. michelle wolf grew up in pennsylvania, ran high school track and worked at bear stearns and j.p. morgan chase, because that is what a bloomberg reporter would pick. she has written for seth meyers and had a regular gig on trevor noah's show and has done well. that big hbo

i would say the trump white house has more showing of how the sausage is made than almost any white house, than any white house i've ever seen. usually people don't like to see how the sausage is made and maybe this is an exception since he'sec broen all of the rules and let's wait to see if they get to the sanks that nikki haley is talking about, if they do, this whole thing will feel like an unes in episode. >> at the very least, kate, it is much amazing that as much criticism that this administration has come in for with how donald trump is handling his relationship with russia and putin that this thing would be at the top of the list and let's be buttoned down on everything related on russia and that's not the case. >> that's right. >> if it begins with r and ends with ussia make sure we're all on the same playbook. >> and i don't care, watching sausage being made is disgusting. >> delicious to eat. >> the president's attack on stormy daniels and could it come back to haunt him. passengers are discussing the mid-flight that left one dead and what weir hearing about the female pilot be

a white house employee needs something they go to the white house doctor and the white house doctor does hand out prescriptions. not, you know, to the point where it's dangerous, at least in my experience. i'm talking more broadly now, but i cannot tell you how many times i've heard stories of overseas trips and they hand out ambien and things people might need. the question is whether this person who suggested to capitol hill that it was, you know, it was egregious, that it was too much, obviously suggesting it's dangerous when talking about prescription drugs, what did this person mean? what did -- what does this person think of dr. jackson because we also know from our reporting that dr. jackson did not have a great relationship with a lot of the people who worked with him. he had management issues. there's no question about that, and that is why it is rid for this committee if this nomination stays in play and it is shocking that it is still in play, let's be honest. it is right for them to run down these allegations and maybe to do so before you talk about it like that publicly

white house physician ronny jackson. admiral jackson was a surprise pick in the first place, because the va is the second largest agency in the entire government. it's a very difficult agency to run in the best of times. admiral jackson is never known to have run any large organization, even though people seem to like him as the white house doctor. but the president picked him for the va job. admiral jackson's confirmation hearing was scheduled to take place the day after tomorrow but now, tonight, looks like that's off. axios was first to report over the weekend about rumbles thereby might there might be a problem. they were growing concerned about the prospects of admiral jackson being confirmed and not just because of his lack of leadership experience. they reported, specific concerns about jackson's professional conduct in the navy had been taken to the ranking democrat on the veterans committee, john tester. a source briefed on the situation told axios that the white house is looking into these complaints to see if

the white house is keeping its options open. press secretary sarah sanders was asked about the challenges. >> we are evaluating the concerns and we are expecting him to answer for them. we will keep you posted. >> pruitt's backers like tom cole questioning his decision to reject the white house after of help to prep for highly charged hearings. >>> the senate is expected to confoirm mike pompeo. mike pompeo has enough support with every republican senator and four democratic senators backing him. >>> michael cohen taking the fifth in the hush money case. the long-time lawyer of the president cannot testify because of the raid on his home, office and hotel room for the president. the fact he is under criminal investigation by the fbi and federal prosecutor in manhattan. cohen is trying to put the star's civil suit on hold. >>> rudy giuliani, the newest member of the legal team of the president meeting face-to-face with robert mueller. discussing a possible interview with the president by the special counsel. both sides agreeing n

. >> i understand he had a nickname in the white house among the white house staff. >> it was the candy man because he handed out prescription drugs like they were candy. >> it really is important to note that right now these are just allegations, albeit from multiple sources but it is not clear if they are true. what is it appear clear is that this white house did not know about any of these allegations when the president announced dr. jackson's nomination on twitter? it begs the question, is there any vetting at all when picking people for the top posts in this administration? this morning the president is standing by the nominee we think. abby phillip at the white house for us. it's interesting, the president sort of hung dr. jackson out to dry yesterday and overnight unhung him out to dry if that's such a thing? >> reporter: that seems like the way these things go in this white house. president trump saying one thing publicly and privately saying another, but there is no question that these new allegations against ronny jackson have caught the attention of both republicans and democ

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>> the annual white house correspondents dinner gets underway this weekend. maybe his presidents have attended by president trump will not attend for the second year in a row. journalist first amendment rights to freedom of the press and honest reporters and news organizations for their work. one of the award winners is the new york times white house correspondent maggie haberman who one an award for coverage of the president. congratulations. >> thank you. >> let's talk about your extensive experience covering donald trump. it began before he was president. when did you begin reporting on him and where? >> i spent 14 years at new york city tabloids come his first read paper, for a long time, working within you covered donald trump. he was on the present. a spicy quote. he showed up after 9/11 when he wanted to pitch a revamped version of the twin towers. i did not get to know him as well until 2011 when he was considering running for president and made a huge splash and conservative political action committee and was roasted by president obama at -- at the w

a dinner at the white house. for multiple sources saying that it's for speaker paul ryan, majority leader mitch mcconnell, house majority leader kevin mccarthy, senate majority whip john cornyn will dine with president trump tomorrow evening at the white house. the white house official schedule lists the dinner to take place at 6:30 p.m. that is the preferred dinnertime for junior high school students and 71-year-old presidents. and so what would you expect the congressional leadership, the republican leadership to be saying to the president about firing the special prosecutor tomorrow night? >> if they cared about the country, lawrence, they would tell the president remember who you told the country you were going to fight for. you were going to make sure that people's paychecks were growing, that they had health care security, that they would be able to see their kids do better because we invest in infrastructure and education. and stop distracting the country and tearing down institutions of the rule of law an