let me go back to chris jansing. can you get a good idea of what the ceremony will be after this vote? >> reporter: well, they had it set up earlier for this earlier thing. the white house is billing this as a celebration. you saw that the president tweeted today that the members would come over here to do a press conference. so the supposition was that there would be an opportunity to and the president questions. now, chris, obviously the press has a lot of questions. the press has questions about pre-existing conditions about, how many americans will and won't be covered, how many might lose their coverage, what it might mean overall. but now white house is saying that the president is not expected to take questions. so while you certainly will see members of the press corps who will shout some things, that's not what we expected. we expected to have an opportunity for the president to

i am chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. breaking overnight brand new reporting on why president trump fired james comey, anger over his pursuit of the russian investigation and dismissal of the obama wire tapping claims. >> very simply he was not doing a good job. >> breaking his silence, comey writes a letter to colleagues as details emerge. sources say the director had requested more resources for the russia investigation, just a week before he was fired. and did he tell colleagues the president was, quote, crazy? >> it may well produce impeachment proceedings. >> plus, subpoenaed, the senate intelligence committee issues its first subpoena to michael flynn after he refuses to cooperate. we want to begin with the new insights to the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey and expecting new developments the brand new acting fbi director andrew mccabe, set to testify on capitol hill one hour from now. we've got a great panel to help us break it down. let me start with nbc's peter alexander who is live at the w

i'm chris jansing in washington, d.c. and we do start with a highly-anticipated hearing on capitol hill in the russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. sally yates will talk publicly about her warnings to the trump white house about former national security adviser michael flynn and his contacts with russia's ambassador even if the obama administration imposes new sanctions on russia. later she would be fired by president trump. on january 31st for refusing to enforce his controversial travel ban. now she's expected to fill in key details of the chain of events that led to the ousting of flynn early in the weeks of the trump administration. >> she is very widely respected. and she apparently has some information as to who knew what when. >> yates is scheduled to appear in a few hours before a senate judiciary subcommittee chaired by senator lindsey graham, never one to shy away from colorful statements. and we're already hearing from president trump via twitter about yates' testimony. >>> we have it all covered

something very different here today. >> vick, we heard chris jansing talk about the health care bill. where are we on that? what's -- what are you hearing on the hill about that? >> well, right now they're still trying to twist arms and cajole pressure members in the house, republican members, any way they can. as we speak i'm standing outside the senate chamber. behind me, vice president mike pence is about to make his way over here from the house side where he's been meeting behind closed doors with members of the house republican conference trying to bring them along on the health care bill. what's clear, craig, at this point, is they are simply not there yet. they do not have the votes. today they lost a high-profile member of the republican conference. a former chairman of what they call an a-committee, energy and commerce, very powerful panel on the housside, fred upton. he td his local media in western michigan he's not on board with what's happening with health care, especially this controversial provision about preexisting conditions. as we know the affordable care act, obama

chris jansing is following the latest. mike viquiera. thanks to all of you. i want to play you some of what we heard from hillary clinton about her election loss. we will get that. hold on here. >> it wasn't a perfect campaign. there is no such thing. but i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comey's letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raise dotsn the minds of people who wer inclined to vote for me and got scared off. as nate silver who doesn't work for me, he's an independent analyst and considered to be very reliable concluded if the election was on october 27th, i would be your president. it was on october 28th and there was a lot of funny business going on around that. ask yourself this. within an hour or two of the hollywood access tape being made public, the russian theft of john podesta's e-mails hit wikileaks. what a coincidence. you can't make this stuff up. so did we make mistakes? of course we did. did i make mistakes, oh, my gosh, yes. you will read my confession and request for ab solution. the reason why i believe we lo

chris jansing over there at the white house. chris, thanks for that. >>> over on capitol hill, meanwhile, donald trump's health care bill, that revised repeal and replace effort, that looks to be on the brink of another failure. a new amendment trying to appease the hardline conservatives of the house freedom caucus has alienated the more moderate wing of the republican party in the house. our current nbc news count puts the number of no votes at this hour at 20. now, remember, the key number here, 22. republicans can go up to 22 defections from their own party, still have the votes to pass this. anything over that, though, this bill cannot pass on the house floor. they are perilously close to that number at this hour. nbc's kasie hunt is on capitol hill. kasie hunt, i am having flashbacks to the end of march. we watched that no count rise and rise and rise, go over that magic number and then republicans said, you know what, we're pulling the bill, not going to have a vote. is that the trajectory this one is on right now? >> rep

i'm chris jansing in washington, d.c. we begin with that incredibly important decision facing donald trump. should he okay a major u.s. troop buildup in afghanistan? the recommendation is from his senior military and foreign policy advisers to send in at least several thousand more troops into the 16 year old war to fight a resurgent taliban. the this comes after what the "washington post" calls a sweeping policy riew based on the president's preference to, quote, start winning again. peter alexander joins us from the white house. when might the president make a decision, pete centpeter? >> good question. no decision has been made. one could come soon. there was some reporting today that suggests that decision would be made before the president's visit to brussels. his nato meeting that's scheduled to take place on may 25th. just a few weeks from now. this is significant though for a variety of reasons. not the least of which is the president, who sort of ran on this america first policy, one that advisers suggest is stil

i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. this morning, new reaction now to the fbi's russia investigation. it's penetrated the president's innermost circle. officials tell nbc news that president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is now under fbi scrutiny. the officials say the fbi believes that kushner has significant information related to their russia inquiry into whether president trump's campaign associates worked with the russians to influence the 2016 election. now, kushner's attorney tells nbc news, and i'm quoting, mr. kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings. he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. at this point, there's no indication the fbi expects kushner of a crime or intend to charge him, but he is the only current white house official we know of who is being looked at as part of the investigation. nbc's peter alexander broke this story last night on nbc nightly news and joins me now from the white house. so

i'm chris jansing in beautiful washington, d.c. this morning, democrats are ratcheting up their pressure on president trump on not one but two fronts. for starters, demanding any takes the

chris jansing at the white house. thanks for that. >> reporter: thanks. >> before we get to that bro breakdown, let's set the scene of what went down on capitol hill, in the last couple hours mike viqueira covering that vote in the house. mike, they needed 217, and they got it. this was really no margin to spare here. take us inside this vote, how republicans came up with a majority here and obviously we've got reports, too, that democrats were a little giddy on the house floor in some cases. >> you know, i'm going to start with that, steve, because initially when i heard that i was outside the chamber, the na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey, good-bye, chant, reminiscent of the 19 t the 1993 vote in the first year of the clinton administration, they brought a politically vulnerable democratic member down the aisle from the outskirts of philadelphia. she voted for the clinton tax hikes. taunted was she by republicans dana rohrabacher, bob dornin among others with that same chant, so that was clearly an echo. people here wit

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i'm chris jansing. you can find me on social media, @chris jansing. right now, more news with stephanie ruhle. hey, stephanie. >> thanks so much, chris. >>> right now, a diplomatic dance. president trump says he would be, quote, honored to meet with kim jong-un. that as north korea's state media blames the u.s. for increasing the danger of a nuclear war. we'll have the latest from seoul. >>> deal or no deal? the new gop health care bill still appears to be short of votes. why some republicans are willing to break with the party. i will speak to republican congressman jim renacci for his take. >>> airline leaders on the hill testifying about customer rights and service. how the industry is handling its baggage. >>> good morning, everyone. great to be back this hour. i'm stephanie ruhle, sitting in our headquarters in new york. we have to begin this hour with fiery new rhetoric today from north korea. state media there is accusing the u.s. of, quote, pushing the situation on the korean peninsula closer to the brink -- are you listening -- of nuclear war

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i'm chris jansing. right now on msnbc, "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports," live from jerusalem. the push for peace. president trump on a historic and ambitious trip to the middle east earlier today becoming the first sitting u.s. president to visit judaism's holiest site the christian wall and the church of the holy sepulcher. any moment we're expecting a joints statement from the president and the israeli prime minister. but already, president trump has reopened that intelligence flap with israel while inferring to reporters ef never mentioned israel in the oval office meeting with the russians. >> cooperation is terrific. >> just so you understand, i never mentioned the word or the name israel. never mentioned it. in that conversation. so you had to know the story. never mentioned the word israel. >> the problem, no u.s. official till now has even confirmed those reports that the country's intelligence was compromised was in fact israel which

i'm chris jansing. you can find me @chris jansing on twitter. more news now with stephanie ruhle. >> right now on msnbc, the president. is president trump's first legislative victory already in jeopar jeopardy? the revised house bill faces an uncertain future in the senate. >>> look who the republican plan helps and who it hurts. >>> plus, the new jobs report out this morning showing a spike in hiring, bouncing back from the month before. the unemployment rate now the lowest in over a decade. but one industry is actually losing jobs at an alarming rate. we're talking retail. we'll look at the numbers. >>> and happening right now, former first lady michelle obama making her first public appearance since leaving the white house. she is rallying more than 200 soon to be college students alongside nick cannon, andy cohen and my friend, quest love. good morning. i'm back. steph knanie ruhle in washingto d.c. on this r

let me go back to chris jansing. can you get a good idea of what the ceremony will be after this vote? >> reporter: well, they had it set up earlier for this earlier thing. the white house is billing this as a celebration. you saw that the president tweeted today that the members would come over here to do a press conference. so the supposition was that there would be an opportunity to and the president questions. now, chris, obviously the press has a lot of questions. the press has questions about pre-existing conditions about, how many americans will and won't be covered, how many might lose their coverage, what it might mean overall. but now white house is saying that the president is not expected to take questions. so while you certainly will see members of the press corps who will shout some things, that's not what we expected. we expected to have an opportunity for the president to say here is why i pushed for this. after making phone calls and i couldn't turn these members from no votes to yes votes, i brought

i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. president trump now trying to leave a series of controversies behind as he leaves in a few hours on his first foreign trip in office. the president tweeting, less than an hour ago, getting ready for my big foreign trip. will be strongly protecting american interests. that's what i like to do. but the controversy surrounding the white house are not going away. deputy attorney general rosenstein is holding that closed door briefing with all house members on the president's controversial firing of fbi director james comey. of course, they're also talking about his appointment of former fbi director mueller to lead the russian investigation. he held a similar feeting yesterda -- meeting yesterday. lindsey graham said it appears the russia investigation has changed. >> the shock to the body is now considered a criminal investigation. congress's ability to conduct investigations of all things russia has been severely limited. >> a special prosecutor is doing an investigation of criminal all

i'm chris jansing in new york. this morning, president trump clearly following the coverage of his sudden and dramatic decision to fire fbi director james comey, both defending the ad decision and going after his critics in a series of tweets. crying chuck schumer stated recently, i do not have confidence in him, james comey, any longer. then acts so indignant. three top white house officials are out this morning explaining the president's actions and strongly denying it had anything to do with the fbi's russia investigation. >> this is the action that a president takes when he is told by the deputy attorney general, who has only been on the job 14 days, so he took a new assessment, a new look at everything. >> was this decision made based on comey's handling of the russia investigation? >> no. i know that's what the media would love to report and would love to say, but frankly, if that's going to continue, it's going to continue whether jim comey is there or not. >> the president made a decision that should be app

i am chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters. we have been watching acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying as a senate hearing. of course, he's replacing former fbi director james comey and was immediately asked a key question about what president trump claimed in his letter firing comey. >> director mccabe, did you ever hear director comey tell the president that he was not the subject of an investigation. >> sir, i can't comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president. >> then moments before that, here was senator mark warner. take that listen. >> it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the president's decision to remove director comey was related to this investigation. and that is truly unacceptable. >> and this is going on while the white house is once again on defense, assisting

i'm chris jansing in beautiful washington, d.c. this morning, democrats are ratcheting up their pressure on president trump on not one but two fronts. for starters, demanding any takes the president may have of his conversations with fired fbi director james comey. and fired up republicans are backing that up. >> if they are not provided willingly, congress should subpoena them. and if this is another fabrication by the president, he needs to come clean about it. >> democrats are also threatening to block any nominee to replace james comey unless and until a special prosecutor is named to handle the russia investigation. and there's a new poll out to show the vast majority of americans don't think congress is the one to handle it. it could all come to a head soon because the president has signaled his choice to replace comey could be announced this week. will the president have something to say about all of this later this hour? we'll hear from president trump as he addresses the 36th annual peace officers memorial day service here

to pick it up is my colleague, chris jansing, taking over. i have to run over to the white house for the briefing. >> just to make clear, have you ever seen this white house respond as quickly or as aggressively as they have, not only last night, about two hours after the story posted, they had mcmaster come out. now he's back out at 11:30, half hour from now. >> there was a question, would they put him out, given everything that had developed since this briefing had been planned prior to the newsbreaking. he is coming out and speaking publicly. we'll have it on the network. >> i will let you go. >>> right now, on msnbc, crisis mode. president trump and his senior staffers fighting back this morning against that bomb shell of a story, saying the president revealed highly classified information to russian officials. i'll speak with the "washington post" reporter who first broke the story. did the president compromise national security? >> this president is a loose cannon. president of the united states cannot just do, say or speak whatever the

i'm going to hand things off to my colleague, chris jansing in new york. i'm going off to do a quick interview with laura bush actually for something having to do with trying to get a museum for women in the smithsonian at this point. chris jansing, breaking news, take it away. >> thanks, chuck. have a good time tonight. we have got another blockbuster story coming to us via the "new york times" and confirmed by nbc news, very bad news for the white house. james comey kept a paper trail. we've heard this before, that he was a fastidious keeper of notes but these notes were very specifically about a meeting he had with the president in the oval office. he was in there with mike pence, with jeff sessions. he asked them to leave, and then, according to our reporting, he essentially asked him, asked james comey, to let the investigation go. i want to go to ken delaneyan, the national security reporter for nbc. lay this out for us once again, ken. what do we know about this memo? >> chris, we know that james comey wrote the memo after the dinner. we know that h

coming up more news with chris jansing. >> right now, the contradictions pile up. president trump saying in something very different. including the vice president. now all of the challenges raising serious new questions. >> president trump is dangerous because he may be obstructing justice in terms of the investigation. >> the president launches a still scale attack in six tweets this morning and seeming to want to rewrite the rules for the people that speak for him. >> in this process, i gave you the best information that i had at the moment. i don't think it contradict's the president's decision. >> the president saying pefect accura -- perfect accuracy is not possible. some think he should not have sat down for that interview with lester holt in the first place. good morning, everyone. i'm juchris jancing. just hours after new reporting that directly contradicts what president trump told lester holt in that headline making exclusive interview. here is just one in a series of tweets from the president this morning. james comey better hope there are no tapes of ou

chris jansing is at the white house. and chris, what are we hearing from the white house about donald trump saying he would be open to meeting with kim jong-un, in fact saying he would be honored if the circumstances were right. >> this is extremely controversial and the president himself acknowledged as such. he said, and i'm quoting, most political people would never say that. but i'm telling you, under the right circumstances, i would meet with him. obviously sean spicer got pressed on that. here's what he said referring specifically to under the right circumstances. >> do we have the votes for health care? >> we do. this will be a great week. we'll get health care to the floor of the house. we're convinced we've got votes and we'll keep moving on with our agenda. >> so obviously that was not the right sound bite. what sean spicer said it was right circumstances would have to be met. that would include a ratcheting down of the tensions, a r ratcheting down of the provocative behavior. that there would be a series of c

chris jansing is on the north lawn of the white house. hans nichols at the pentagon and in d.c., a former u.s. ambassador to rusa and a nato deputy secretary general. a lot to talk to him about. chris, let's start with you. what's the latest from the white house on this possible troop deployment? >> we thought we might get an answer quickly because the president is going to that big meeting next week and the early word had been that he would make a decision by then. we heard from sean spicer there is no timeline. he asked for a comprehensive review to look at what their options are. the reports are he wants to start winning again. here's what sean spicer said about that. >> one of the things he has asked his national security team to do is to actually rethink the strategy. what are we doing to achieve the goals that you are asking about. how do we win? how do we eliminate the threat? i think doing that is not just a question of throwing money or people, but looking at the mission and the strategy and that's what the team has been doing no

i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. we continue to follow the breaking news, president trump in israel, the second stop on his historic overseas trip. right now you're taking a look at first lady melania trump at an event with the prime minister's wife, sara netanyahu. the president about to meet with netanyahu at the hotel in jerusalem where he's staying with king david. my nbc colleague kristen welker describes his room as bomb-proof, poison

i'm chris jansing in washington where we are following the breaking news. any minute now, president trump scheduled to walk out to the white house rose garden and he'll sign that controversial executive order on religious liberties. it will relax enforcement of rules barring tax exempt churches from participating in politics. it'll make it easier for religious leaders to support political candidates. then the hotly debated provision, aiming at making it easier for religious objectors to have health plans that do not pay for contraception. while we wait for the president, i want to bring in democratic senator of maryland, top democrat on the senate finance committee, which will play a large role when the republican health care plan reaches the sena senate, if it does. good morning. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> i know you've been watching it. house republicans got on board after an amendment to add $8 billion over five years to help op with pre-existing conditions. is that going to fly in the sete? >> well, the bottom line, the bill they're sending o

coming up more news with chris jansing. >> right now, the contradictions pile up. president trump saying in something very different. including the vice president. now all of the challenges raising serious new questions. >> president trump is dangerous because he may be obstructing justice in terms of the investigation. >> the president launches a still scale attack in six tweets this morning and seeming to want to rewrite the rules for the people that speak for him. >> in this process, i gave you the best information that i had at the moment. i don't think it contradict's

i'm chris jansing here on a beautiful spring day. joining me now kristen welker hosting "andrea mitchell reports." >> another busy monday. good to see you. thank you. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the replacement less than a week after the president suddenly fired the fbi director. the interview process has begun to find his successor. ob capitol hill, even some republicans are insisting the pick should not be political. >> i think it's now time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or is such a reputation that has no political battleground at all that can go into the job on day one. >> tale of the waps. president trump dropped the hint he may have recorded his conversations with james comey. if that's true, could he be forced to release them? >> if they exist, congress needs to get them. if they're not provided willingly, congress should subpoena them. if they're not in existence, if this was yet another fabrication by the president, he needs to come clean about it. >>> and cleaning house. reports of a potentia

now i'm turning it over to my colleague chris jansing on this gorgeous d.c. day. >> great to have you back. thank you so much, haley. right now on "msnbc live," what will sally yates say? we'll soon find out when the former acting attorney general takes the hot seat answering questions about russia and what she told the white house about michael flynn before she was cut loose by the president. >>> trump tweeting some shade earlier this morning ahead of yates highly anticipated testimony. also at the capitol, health care shifts to the senate. but the debate on the highly controversial house gop plan isn't cutting it with the number of senate republicans. one, even vowing to start from scratch. >>> and france goes with macron, deat

i'm chris jansing. our msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, with a major controversy swirling, president trump is about to deliver the commencement address to the coast guard academy in new london, connecticut. now, as he boarded marine one this morning, the president ignored shouted questions, leaving white house response to his staff. the "new york times," of course, was the first to report last night about that detailed memo by then-fbi director james comey, where he writes that president trump asked him to shut down an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. nbc news has confirmed that, although neither we nor the times has seen the actual memo. a source tells nbc news it is part of a paper trail that comey built to document what he believed was the white house's attempt to derail the fbi investigation into the trump campaign's alleged ties to russia. key republicans now openly talking about serious problems for trump. john mccain drawing comparisons to the nixon white house. >> i think we've seen this

chris jansing wraps things up. >> some answers, more questions when it comes to the firing of fbi director james comey. last hour, press secretary sean spicer giving the latest version of the white house view of things but it is the question he repeatedly refused to answer that is drawing the most attention. >>> did president trump -- >> the president has nothing further to add. >> why did he say that? >> as i mentioned, the president has nothing further to add on that. >> are there recording are devices in the oval office or the white house? >> there is nothing further to add on that. >> is the president of the united states currently recording conversations taking place in the oval office? >> i think the point i made is the president has no further comment on this. >> plus a new and very important inside perspective from the man frequently cited by the president. andrea mitchell's conversation with james clapper. new details. plus this. >> i think what needs to happen is to clear this cloud. the cloud that's hanging over the administration, over the president and the white house. it woul

you can find me any time on social media @chris jansing. now, ali velvelshi. >> quite a speech at nato. have a great rest of your day, chris. >>> backlash after the republican candidate in a montana special election is accused of attacking a reporter hours before voters head to the polls. the question is whether this is going to have any effect on the race. >>> plus, more revelations in the russia investigation here at home. how the controversy is overshadowing the president's trip abroad. >>> british leaders reportedly furious at the united states for alleged leaks in the manchester terror investigation. what uk's prime minister is expected to tell the president when the two meet later today at the all-important nato summit in brussels. >>> morning, everybody. i'm ali velshi in our headquarters in new york. let's begin with the fallout from what turned out to be a violent night in politics in montana that grabbed nationwide attention. voters are at the polls in a special election to fill the state's open seat. they are being barraged by ne

you can find me any time on social media @chris jansing. now, ali velvelshi. >> quite a speech at nato. have a great rest of your day, chris. >>> backlash after the republican candidate in a montana special election is accused of attacking a reporter hours before voters head to the polls. the question is whether this is going to have any effect on the race. >>> plus, more revelations in the russia investigation here at home. how the controversy is overshadowing the president's trip abroad. >>> british leaders reportedly furious at the united states for alleged leaks in the manchester terror investigation. what uk's prime minister is expected to tell the president when the two meet later today at the all-important nato summit

huge win for the cavaliers and my chris jansing, they're going to be losing to steph curry and the warriors. more on that bombshell. first reported by nbc news last night, senior adviser to the president and son-in-law jared kushner is currently under fbi scrutiny in the russia investigation. it is very important to note that this does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him with anything. joining me now constitutional law scholar and harvard law school professor allen dir sh wits. what do you think means? scrutiny versus being investigated? there are so many questions being asked as it relates to the trump campaign and ties to russia. we knew jared was going to be asked a lot of questions. >> of course. i don't see this as a major development. for me, as a civil libertarian, it raises great concern. we have a special counsel with a mandate not to investigate crime but to investigate the entire russian matter. and in general, prosecutors are given statutory authority when to investigate only federal statutory crimes. i have no idea what crime is going to be investigated

coming up right now, more news chris jansing. >>> all eyes on israel right now. a high stakes immediameeting be president trump and benjamin netanyahu. president trump setting the bar extremely high, declaring this morning there's a rare opportunity for peace in the region. >> i have come to the sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the united states and the state of israel. >> mr. trump now the first sitting u.s. president to visit the western wall, one of the holliest sites of the jewish faith. this whole international trip part of an effort to push the reset button for the president. top advisers leaving the president and back in the u.s. facing the head lines of a budget battle about to get nasty. how is the president being received in israel and what can we expect with this important meeting with benjamin netanyahu. >>ll

to see my colleague, chris jansing. >> thank you. a lot happening this hour in washington. republicans looking at defeat in the eye on a second go at health care reform. >>> house speaker paul ryan expected to tell us any minute now, will republicans find enough support to have a vote this week? even as the president confuses a critical part of the bill, coverage for preexisting conditions. the puzzling 24 hours at the white house. president trump seeming to o outstretch both arms. offering to meet kim jong-un. surprising the staff by inviting the president of the philippines to the white house. today he is set to speak by phone to vladimir putin. >> it's like one of the amusement parks you visited as a kid. you go from the whirling tea cups to the roller fauxescoaste the funhouse. you don't know which way is up because of the president's statement. >>> the head of united airlines testifying before congress. >>> this morning, another video of an all-out fist-fight aboard a u.s.-bound flight being seen around the world. our team is here. mike on capitol hill. peter alexander

more ahead with chris jansing in new york. >> thank you so much, hallie. now on msnbc, not backing down. president trump hits back at anyone and everyone questioning his decision to fire fbi directdirect er james comey as democrats voice their outrage over the move. >> as i reflect on the decision to dismiss director comey, i become incredulous, thinking about the ongoing fbi

cavaliers superfan is coming up, chris jansing. >> we won't talk about the nba finals. we have a difference of opinion there. >>> right now, under scrutiny. the fbi looking at the president's son-in-law and jared kushner's role during the campaign and the transition. what may have drawn the agency's interest? >>> victory and apology. gianforte prevailed in the special election despite charged with assault hours before. is this a bad sign for the democratic party going forward? >>> and diplomat in chief. president trump in italy this morning for th

i'm going to send you over to chris jansing. >> thank you so much. hello, everyone. what a week it's been in washington and it's not over yet. so we've got the new jobs report this morning, but right now, of course it's the battle over health care that' barrelling into the senate. the house passing its plan by the slimmest of margins and that was the easy part. some senate republicans saying they hate this house bill so much they're going to write their own legislation. the message from the house, good luck. >> their focus needs to be the same and that is lowering premiums, rescuing families from the failures of obamacare and we gave them that opportunity. good luck to them. >>> well president trump using the vote to take some public victory lapse. this morning how that taste of victory is turning bitter for some republicans. >>> and what about the democrats? they're on the attack gearing up for a fight. warning republicans that it will be repealed and replaced come election day. let's begin our coverage this friday with mike on capitol hill, kelly o'donnell is in ne

i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, president trump this morning seeming to contradict himself, calling the newly announced investigation into his campaign's possible ties to russia not just the single greatest witch hunt of any politician in american history, but adding, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and obama administration, there was never a special council appointed. tweeted that before 8:00 eastern time this morning after releasing a measured statement last night. saying he, quote, looks forward to this matter concluding quickly. his scathing new criticism unleashed even as something highly unusual is unfolding in washington this morning. bipartisan agreement. praise for former fbi director robert mueller as special council to oversee the russia investigation. >> all of us are -- that know director mueller are very happy he's there. >> it couldn't be a better choice. >> i have a lot of respect for ko counsel mueller. it was a good point when i first heard it. >> eve

you can find me any time on twitter @chris jansing. right now, more news with my colleague, ali velshi. >> enjoy the rest of your day. >>> right now on msnbc, president trump has just landed in brussels after a historic meeting this morning with pope francis. we'll have more on the visit from the vatican and what to expect at trump's first nato summit tomorrow. >>> on the other side of the ocean here on capitol hill, new developments in the russia investigation. a senate panel subpoenas mi s ml flynn's business records and threatens to hold him in contempt of congress if he refuses to hand over the documents. president trump is set to hire his own lawyer on matters of the investigation. we have the latest on that from washington. >>> and the united kingdom fears the worst may not be over after the manchester terror attack. up to 5,000 soldiers deploy on a the streets. who may have been working with the bomber is coming up in a live report from the ground there. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm ali velshi in our headquarters in new york.

right now to chris jansing for more news. >>> there is a lot happening this wednesday morning. president trump landing any minute now in beautifrussels. already today, an historic face-to-face encounter with pope francis. what the two men said to each other. >>> new information on the manchester bombing investigation, police arresting more supports. the uk maxing out its terror threat level and fears another attack could be eminent. back here at home, congress trying to move on big legislation. and more bipartisan balks at the president's budget. we're going to get to all of this. our team traveling with the president. i want to start with kelly o'donnell who has been with the president and he's now about to arrive in brussels. what's on the president's agenda today? >> good to >>. >> reporter: good to be with you. we're at the grounds of nato. we're in a makeshift spot for you. they're conducting a rehearsal for the big welcome ceremony and for security reasons they shooed up us off of the platform. the president is expected to land shortly. he and the first lady will have two

i am chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters. we have been watching acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying as a senate hearing. of course, he's replacing former fbi director james comey and was immediately asked a key question about what president trump claimed in his letter firing comey. >> director mccabe, did you ever hear director comey tell the president that he was not the subject of an investigation. >> sir, i can't comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president. >> then moments before that, here was senator mark warner. take that listen. >> it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the president's decision to remove director comey was related to this investigation. and that is truly unacceptable. >> and this is going on while the white house is once again on defense, assisting comey's firing had nothing to do with the fbi's russia investigation. >> nothing to do with the investigation into russia. the president had been thinking about this since november, since he was elected president. this

i'm chris jansing in washington. more on the breaking news that president obama warned trump against hiring michael flynn, right now on andrea mitchell reports. >> and right now on andrea mitchell reports, red alert. breaking news. nbc news reporting that president obama warned president-elect trump about mike flynn's russian connections, and trump hired flynn as his top foreign policy adviser anymore. this as for the first time today, we hear from former acting attorney general sally yates on her warning to the white house about flynn. why did they fire her and wait 17 days to fire him? >> she is very widely respected. and she apparently has some information as to who knew what when that she is willing to share. >>> health care check-up. as republicans feel the pain back home, the house obamacare repeal is now up to the senate. we'll get a second opinion on the trump diagnosis. >>> the president promised that he would take care of people with pre-existing conditions. critics say that this bill as passed by the house

. >>> coming up right now, more news with my friend chris jansing. >> including the news that stephanie ruhle got a standing ovation from those graduates of lehigh. so congratulations on that. >>> but we have so much going on. the hunt. british police searching for accomplices in a bombing at a concert filled with young girls, tweens and teens. we now know the name of the lone attacker. he was killed while carrying out the deadliest terror incident inside the uk in more than a decade. witnesses describing mass chaos, shouts of girls crying for their mothers. a stampede to get out. so much confusion last night. and this morning, some parents still searching for their sons and daughters. >> i don't know if she's alive even yet. >> all of a sudden there was a big fire. >> everyone just went crazy and was running and screaming and trying to get out. >> just the scariest experience of my life. >>> also right now we are watching three events on capitol hill. a house intelligence hearing on the investigation into russia's role in the u.s. election. former cia director john brennan is testifyin

right now i'll hand you over to a woman i could watch allcally damage chris jansing. >> we'll watch you tonight, stephanie. even by the busy standards today it will be an incredibly busy hour. president trump arriving any minute at nato headquarters in brussels. while he's prepping to meet with german chancellor angela merkel he's in the middle of multiple firestorms. incensed officials from the prime minister to the police accusing leaking to the bombing information. startling supports surrounding russia, moscow's plan to influence those close toast candidate trump and provocative question, did moscow dupe fbi director james comey? >>> and talk about the wild, wild west. the republican running for congress in montana gets physical and on election eve is cited by police charged with assaulting a reporter. our team is here covering it all, kelly o'donnell is with the president, garrett is in montana for us and let's start there, so "the guardian" released audio of this incident between report e ben jacobs and candidate greg gianforte. he asked for the latest cbo score of the republican h

i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. president trump now trying to leave a series of controversies behind as he leaves in a few hours on his first foreign trip in office. the president tweeting, less than an hour ago, getting ready for my big foreign trip. will be strongly protecting american interests. that's what i like to do. but the controversy surrounding the white house are not going away. deputy attorney general rosenstein is holding that closed door briefing with all house members on the president's controversial firing of fbi director

. >>> now i'll turn it over to my friend and colleague who looks fantastic today, chris jansing. >> thank you so much. >>> right now deputy a.g. rod rosenstein is arriving on capitol hill. these pictures from just minutes ago. he'll brief every member of congress. a week and a half after recommending, use that word in quotation marks, recommending firing fbi director james comey. remember, we just learned he knew already that james comey was going to be fired when he wrote that. >>> lawmakers demanding answers after a slew of new details in the saga. a friend of the now ousted director saying comey was disgusted with the president. >>> the short list getting shorter in the search to replace comey. president trump said to be very close to a decision at this hour. former senator and democratic vp nominee joe lieberman among the frontrunners. unclear if president trump will make that call before getting out of town, but it is possible air force one fueled up for a nine-day, five-nation trip. first up, saudi arabia. our team is here this morning. my viqueira on capitol hill, peter alexander a