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with me are journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and penny smith, who is a journalist and broadcaster.ice to have you both here. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. at this time of the night, you would hope so, hey? while the beast from the east subsides and the snow melts, the observer takes stock of the financial cost the wintry weather has taken on the country, suggesting it's cost us one billion pounds per day. the sunday times leads on an investigation in to how internet giants may be implicated in the trafficking of vulnerable women. the paper also looks ahead to tomorrow night's oscars with a picture of gary oldman, who has the best actor nod for playing the part of winston churchill. the actor also takes centrestage on the front of the telegraph, alongside the paper's top story which looks at the way bbc presenters‘ salaries are taxed. the top story for the mail is the latest gossip from within theresa may's cabinet. so, no clear consensus on a top story for the sunday papers, but a couple are looking ahead to tomorrow night's oscars ceremony. let's start with the ob

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf.resident trump said he will impose steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the united states. the white house gathered executives from american steel and aluminum can company companies, a meeting that had had not been on his public schedule the night before. aides described it as a listening session, but the president did much of the talking and made big news. take a listen. >> we're going to be instituting tariffs. next week we'll be signing. we'll see you next week. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. >> unlimbed period. unlimited. >> 25%, sir? >> it will be 25% for steel. it will be 10% for aluminum. it will be for a long period of time. >> so trump reportedly stupped many inside of the west wing and stock markets, as well, quickly dropping the s&p 500 by nearly 2% and wiping out the dow's year-to-date gains. senior officials told "the washington post" that staff secretary rob porter who left after allegations of spousal abuse became public had worked with chief

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kelly, good morning. >> good morning, yasmin. as a candidate, donald trump pitched himself as someone who would fight for the american worker and bring back manufacturing. now, as president, one of his ideas is drawing a lot of controversy from friends and allies around the world. from a trump-style campaign message -- >> we are going to put american steel and aluminum back into the backbone of our company. >> to trump-style decision making. >> dow going down with a decline of moren than 4/30 points. >> heard from a fire alarm among markets, a allies and even the president's own party. >> heard american consumers and their allies, please reconsider their solution. >> but in places like west virginia where trump's trade positions have traction, enthusiasm can be found from a democrat. we've talked about fair trade. free trade hasn't worked well for west virginia. we've lost thousands of jobs. >> the trump plan would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum coming into the u.s., intending to make u.s. steel and alumni providers more co

yasmin is up next here on msnbc. >> good afternoon from msnbc headquarters in new york, everybody. protect this house. the battle for control of congress in 2018 is all about trump. will democrats planning to run against an unpopular president force republicans to defend him? one democrat saying trump's the elephant in the room with bad breath, b.o. and a foul mouth. plus, help wanted. the president trying to hire new lawyers to hire the russia investigation. and is hearing a lot of no. why d.c.'s powerhouse attorneys are turning down such a high-profile job. and demanding answers. 37 states pushing facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to explain how the social media giant is protecting your private information. >>> welcome, everybody. we start with the fallout. congressional republicans. already one republican congressman in the swing district is bowing out in part because of the scandal, headlines today reporting to a giant 2018 headache for republicans for that same reason. because a referendum on trump's conduct could cost them suburban voters. to quote the "new york times" today, the

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.7 meeting in the seychelles island between erik prince who bank rolled ads and a russian who heads up major investment fund for vladimir putin. earlier this week, it was report that the meeting was set up by george nader, who has tied to the trump aides. nader has testified before a grand jury after several interviews with mueller's team in recent weeks and the post says the meeting was set in in advance of the incoming trump administration and moscow could discuss future relations between the countries. if true, that would contradict what prince testified to before the house intel committee last year when he said he was not an official or unofficial emissary for trump and called the meeting a chance encounter. an attorney for prince says he stands by his statements. last night, eric smallwell reacted to this news. >> adam schiff and i both asked mr. prince a number of times, who did you meet with over there? did you ever try and establish a russia backchannel? did you ever try to meet

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. reports yet that john dowd raised the prospect of presidential pardon for former national security adviser michael flynn and campaign chairman paul manafort just as special counsel bob mueller was building a case against them. dowd's conversation with michael flynn's lawyer occurred sometimes after dowd took over last summer as the president's personal lawyer at a time when a grand jury was viewing evidence against flynn on a range of potential crimes. the times also reports that the pardon discussion with paulen manafort's attorney came before his client was indicted in october. one person familiar with the outreach said dowd over the summer relayed to manafort's lawyers that a pardon was a possibility. the fbi raided manafort's home in the early hours had of july 26th. dowd said there were no discussions, period, as far as i know. no discussions. white house special counsel ty cobb said, quote, i have only been asked about pardons by the press and have routinely responded on the rec

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louisbu lewis burgdorf.hite house communications director hope hicks has announced she's leaving her post. the announcement comes a day after she appeared before the house intel committee as a part the of its russia probe. hallie jackson has more on this. >> where is hope spp? where is hope? hope, get up here, hope. >> another dramatic departure in the west wing. this time to someone who might as well be family to donald trump. hope hicks, his communications director and long time aide resigning. >> hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> nbc news has learned hicks told the president personally, according to a white house source, and said her good-byes to staff in an emotional meeting, the president saying hope is outstanding and has done great work for the last three years. she is as smart and thoughtful as they come, a truly great person. adding he totally understood when she said she would leave. often seen, but rarely heard on cameras or in interviews, hicks is a fierce defender of her boss, by

msnbc yasmin asked trump voters which way they are leaning. >> i want to start by a show of hands whooted for president trump in 2016. all right. so you-all voted for president trump. who here is leaning towards conner lamb by a show of hands? you are. who is undecided? no one. who is leading toward rick? are you decidedly rick sicone? >> i saw he brought certain principles out and talked about make america can great again, control immigration, reform our tax code. he laid out a plan that made sense to me and i was able to get my head around that. >> what is your reservation? >> to lamb? >> yes. >> i don't know enough about him to say it swings me that far oey way or the other. i figured with -- >> why not try him? >> huh? >> why not try him? >> i'm not convinced. we have two candidates. there is no policy by either one of them. by voting for saccone, i'm not running into a mess where democrats are resisting president trump and talking about trying to impeach him that will be a disaster for the country. now i have to pick the worst of the best of two bad choices. >> jason, you're up.

it is wednesday march 7, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. president trump spoke favorably about a trade war yesterday, but its first casualty appears to be one of his top advisers. gary cohn, chief economic adviser to the president, has resigned. cohn's decision was in reaction to the abrupt rollout of tariffs. a source says that he feels president trump circumvented the staff process. cohn had reportedly considered resigning in the wake of the president's reaction to the torch lit protests in charlottesville, a weekend that ended with a counterprotest tore killed. he stood beside the president though as trump blamed both sides and said there were very fine people marching alongside neo nazis. cohn's major achievement came four months later with the passage of $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. last night trump tweeted will be making a decision soon on the appointment of new chief economic adviser. many people wanting the job. will choose wisely. it was a sentiment that the president expressed just two hours before cohn's announcement. watch this. >

pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight arejournalist yasmin and penny smith, journalist and broadcaster. in a moment we join bbc one and my colleague reeta chakrabarti for a full round—up of the day's news. an operation‘s been under way tonight to reach people at lynton in north devon, who've been completely cut off by huge snowdrifts. devon county council's warning of "treacherous" conditions on many roads on exmoor and dartmoor. meanwhile there are also nine flood alerts in place across devon and cornwall. andy birkett reports. unless you've got one of these, you're not going anywhere. while much of the south west returns to normality, lynton remains cut off. this is the a399 ten miles away. deep snow here means the roads are impassable. drifts up the road come to the top of the telegraph poles. so we're talking sex to eight feet. it has been a lock—in with a difference for this pub owner. he has not had a delivery here since wednesday. this is the a39, the main road. it goes from lynton on to the moors and up the top there, you can see the

pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight arejournalist yasminth who is a journalist and broadcaster. three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson over an explosion in leicester which left five people dead and a number of people injured. the victims included three members of the same family, who died when the shop and flat were destroyed last weekend. reports from syria suggest government forces have gained more ground in an assault on the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, near the capital damascus. once again, no aid was delivered during the daily five—hour humanitarian ceasefire in eastern ghouta and no civilians made it out. president assad's ally russia says rebels have prevented civilians from leaving. the rebels deny this. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. theresa may's speech, which she made in london yesterday, has largely been welcomed by leave and re

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. with the latest developments in the stormy daniels controversy. the porn star is now suing donald trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, for defamation claiming he portrayed hers as a liar when denying her claims of an affair with donald trump. the new filing argues that the $130,000 hush money agreement signed just 11 days before the election should be nullified because it violated campaign finance laws. meanwhile, the white house is trying to explain why the president has not responded to the porn star directly. yesterday the morning after her "60 minutes" interview aired, the president tweeted, quote, so much fake news. never been more voluminous or more inaccurate. but through it all, our country is doing great. the president has discussed his response with several aides and has been told the stormy daniels issue does not rise on to the level of a presidential response. this senior official counseled trump telling him it doesn't endager his presidency or his agenda. here is the w

the news continues right now with my colleague, yasmin. >> president trump in campaign mode.. stumping in

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my colleague continues now, yasmin vossoughiavossoughian. >> a firing squad, president trump defended the controversial firing of deputy chief andrew mccabe. with mccabe out, could bob mueller be next? following the money. the president's legal team hitting back at stormy daniels says she's on the hook for at least $20 million. are they in panic mode? that's the big question. information warfare, trump organization denying they misused facebook information. fallout from mccabe's firing. here we go everybody. >> the president is making his most aggressive moves yet to shut down the russia probe. >> this president is engaged in desperate and reckless conduct to intimidate the law enforcement agencies. >> i don't know what mueller has found, and i've been really clear. leave him alone. let him do his job. >> are you worried the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller. >> that would be the beginning o of the end of his presidency. >> this would result in a constitutional crisis and i think democrats and republicans need to speak out right now. >> if you have an innocent clie

the news continues right now with my colleague, yasmin. >> president trump in campaign mode. no surprise there. stumping in pennsylvania. but spends most of the night endorsing himself. and the world's greatest deal the president remains optimistic about his meeting with kim jong-un but where is the white house on an actual game plan? and silencing the storm. trump's lawyers make a last ditch effort to keep stormy daniels from telling her side of startry. but first, president trump unleashed. watch this. >> remember i used to tell you how easy it is to be presidential. but you would be out of here, would you be so bored. i was joking and said, ha, president for life, that sounds good, maybe we have to try it. when i was in china, and other places by the way, i said, mr. president, do you have a drug problem? no, no, no. i said, what do you attribute that to? well, the death penalty. i tell you, we did a great job with the olympics, president moon of south korea said without president trump the olympics would have been a total failure. we have done more than any first term adm

i am ayman mow hey dean alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf.n a leaked recording from a gop fund-raising dinner in missouri confirmed by nbc news, trump claimed conor lamb supported his agenda. quote, the young man last night that ran, he said, oh, i'm like trump. second amendment, everything. i love the tax cuts, everything. he ran on that basis. he ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me. i said, is he a republican? he sounds like a republican to me. but lamb called the republican tax bill a give away to the top 1% supported expanded background checks and criticized the attempt to repeal obamacare. now, republicans and conservative groups spend $13.3 million on tuesday's special election with outside groups behind the republican candidate vastly outspending the ones that backed lamb with ads that depicted lamb as a liberal. the republican house members in the rnc said lamb was in step with them the whole way. >> mr. lamb was brilliant. he ran as a republican. so it worked for him. he certainly didn't run as a democrat. >> conor

yasmin is up next here on msnbc. >> good afternoon from msnbc headquarters in new york, everybody.or control of congress in 2018 is all about trump. will democrats planning to run against an unpopular president force republicans to defend him? one democrat saying trump's the elephant in the room with bad breath, b.o. and a foul mouth. plus, help wanted. the president trying to hire new lawyers to hire the russia investigation. and is hearing a lot of no. why d.c.'s powerhouse attorneys are turning down such a high-profile job. and demanding answers. 37 states pushing facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to explain how the social media giant is protecting your private information. >>> welcome, everybody. we start with the fallout.

it is wednesday, march 14, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. we start in pennsylvania with 99% of precincts reporting the special congressional election in the 18th district is way too close to call. we've been waiting on absentee ballots all night. right now conor lamb has a 579 vote edge over republican rick saccone despite the race not being called, lamb declared victory last night while saccone stopped short of any concession. watch this. >> it took a little longer than we thought, but we did it. i've heard conor, the job you're running for is the house of representatives. so if you get down there, do the job. do the job. okay. i will. mission accepted. >> we're still fighting the fight. it is not over yet. we'll fight all the way to the end. don't give up. we'll keep it up. we're going to win it! >> so under pennsylvania state law, supporters of either candidate can request a recount if they believe there was an error in the initial tally. there is no provision however for automatic recounts in tight congressional elections. rick saccone's

this is yasmin madbouly, who declined to cast a ballot. >> honestly, i won't vote. i see many others already voting and the result has already been known from the first day. what difference will my vote make? by parents voted and they tell me i must, but i won't go. amy: president donald trump has embraced president abdel fattah el-sisi as an ally, even as he has continued a wide-ranging crackdown against human rights activists across egypt, with reports of torture, enforced disappearances, mass arrests, and extrajudicial killings. the pentagon said today to members of the u.s. led coalition fighting in area were killed and another five wounded after they set off an improvised explosive device. a spokesperson declined to identify the nationalities of the been wounded. the rp committee after president trump a campaign rally in ohio u.s. is preparing to pull out of syria. ofknocking me hell out crisis. that the other people take care of it now. very soon. very soon. are going to have 100% of the caliphate, say call it, sometimes referred to as land, we're taking it al

yasmin, because we'll talk about it. because it's a distraction. same reason he tweeted about alec baldwin. he made an announcement about tariffs, went out talking to his own administration about this. you do not do this. that's why it won't work, that's why everything donald trump touches dies. >> we have this new nbc reporting that came out on friday morning, i believe, that basically talks about the fact the president was unglued. >> yeah. >> when he made this decision, everybody was telling him not to go there. gary cohn saying don't go there, a guy that he trusts. >> chairman of the fed, as well. >> exactly. yet he went there. >> he's fulfilling a campaign promise, and at the end of the day, even in 2002 with the tariffs and whether it's national security or whether it's under section 201, it gets you to the negotiating table. we could take a deep breath because it's going to get everyone back to the negotiating table. the world trade organization has for 20 years had mechanisms to get everybody to the table and renegotiate, and who knows, may

my colleague continues now, yasmin vossoughiavossoughian. >> a firing squad, president trump defended

. >> yasmin, thank you very much. good to see you. >> you as well. >> see you later. it's 1:1:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where at the white house, everything old is new again, as president trump faces allegations of adulterous affairs with a porn star and a playmate, a defamation suit from a former "apprentice" contestant, a record number of staff departures, and a russia investigation that has thinned out his legal team, an air of nostalgia has the begun to engulf the white house. "the new york times" reports that trump has not only stayed in touch with former white house staff secretary rob porter, but that he'd like to see the accused domestic abuser return to the west wing. sound familiar? probably because you've read similar headlines about the return of michael flynn or the return of reince priebus or the return of corey lewandowski. and because you also might be hearing about another person that trump might want back right now, amid news that two more attorneys have rejected overt e overtures by the white house to defend the president presiden

you we passed a resolution it simply has not been enforced also plenty of comments on north korea yasmin puts together a few thoughts here saying how likely is that kim to mood would even agree to a nuclear freeze and to what extent would he be prepared to make concessions do you think well for you know what i think but certainly kim jong un is that under the right conditions and he seems to be saying if security can be assured then they would be some sort of nuclear freeze keep your thoughts and questions coming in the hash tag of course is a.j. news grid if you are watching us on facebook live welcome first of all you're about to meet an indigenous group in mexico who are flying. clients to catch fish and then a little later a nine month old deal hundreds of muslims trapped in a church compound this is in central african republic what's happening to them is going to report coming out. how i well after what's been a pretty disturbed spell of weather one place to say we have got things squatting down across a good part of the middle east a fair amount of class flooding out of the eastern

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