that's what that host said about msnbc. watch. >> msnbc's here tonight, and i'm glad you guys are here tonight. that way if i'm bombing, brian williams will describe it as stunning. msnbc, please tell rachel to chill about trump's tax returns. i don't know what you think you'll find in there, but there isn't going to be a line item that says bribes from russia. that's not how it works. oh, i found the 1040 ussr. it doesn't work like that. you're the liberal news outlet. we dress the same. i look like a version of chris hayes. i want to root for you guys, but you're turning into conspiracy theorists every night. you're, like, the russians hacked our elections. the russians hacked our elections. meanwhile everybody in the latin america and middle east is, like, oh, a foreign government tampered with your election? what is that lie? dude do tell, msnbc. just pump the breaks. we're only on day 100. by the end of the year, you guys are all going to have tinfoil hats and jars of urine all over your desk. liz: let's take it to the

otherwise i might get a show on msnbc. last but not least, my favorite entertainment channel is in the building tonight. cnn is here, baby. now, you guys got some really weird trust issues going on with the public. i'm not going to call you fake news but everything isn't breaking news. def-conone to because an jay had a new moisturizer. every time a story breaks, you guys go to nine boxes on the screen. i'm trying to watch the news not pick a player in street fighter. it's giving me anxiety. nine experts on a panel. whattle is your barrier of entry? talk about transportation infrastructure is my uber driver, gary, what do you got? t says gary point eight stars. i don't know. thanks, gary. go to the next countdown clocks. all you guys do is trump up conflicts. every time i watch your show it feels like i'm watching a reality tv show. cnn tonight should be called, wait a second. now hold on, stop yelling with each other. ith don lemon. you know your news, right? come on. every time i watch cnn it feels like you are assigning

in n and msnbc. look, fox news ratings are up since president trump and msnbc, but i'm not taking a shot. if you look at cnn and msnbc, are there any hosts, not guests who come on and talk or contributors, but hosts who sit in the seat every night making opinions or journalists who are pro trump? i'll tell you uneically here there are people who would fit the opposite not necessarily pro trump on the other side of that at this network. you have both side at this network. tell me one at those networks is pro trump. >> and the objective is not to be pro trump-- opinion people, too. >> there's a distinction, there's a-- >> i'm asking you to say one name. pick a name. >> i could give you the name of jake tapper, a respected journalist. >> amg. >> and he covers the fact. >> i will not give you credit of jake tapper. eric: jake tapper is an amazing journalist and not a pro trump voice. >> he's not supposed to be he's supposed to be a journalist. >>,. eric: i'm asking you to give me a pro trump voice. >> jo

msnbc live is up next. >>> good morning. i'm melissa rayberger. it is 7:00 a.m. on the east coast and 3:00 a.m. out west. new and explosive details about reports about senior white house adviser jared kushner and his contacts with russia. this comes on president trump's last day of his foreign trip. we'll get the latest on what he may have accomplished overseas. meanwhile, a team setting up a war room of sorts to set up to fight back against accusations. plus, some severe weather is expected across parts of the country. the holiday forecast is ahead. >>> we begin with new revelations of jared kushner's alleged contacts with rushing ya. "the washington post" reporting kushner and russia's ambassador to washington discussing the possibility of setting up a back channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities here in the u.s. this is according to u.s. officials briefed on reports. this late breaking report that kushner had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the russian ambassador during and after the 2016

colonel jackson, msnbc analyst. this welcome is vastly different from the welcome president obama got when he visited in april of 2016 when he was treated by the governor of riyadh. why do the saudis like trump better? did the air strike in syria possibly put president trump over the top? >> i think you nailed it. i think right now the saudis are trying to push reset with this white house. i think ayman described it beautifully that the saudis have been frustrated with the tilt president obama's white house gave to iran or how they saw the tilt in orchestrating, negotiating the iran deal. whether you support it or not, nonetheless, it gave iran a pathway the saudis have resented and they thought the focus of the white house were too focused on the persian side of the equation and not the sunni/muslim side of equation which saudis are the recognized leader. i think they're trying to push reset. they've had several good meetings. the foreign minister has had a number of meetings with jared kushner, others in the white

msnbc live is next. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east and 4:00 out west. here is what's happening. the future of the health care bill, will it face major surgery or die on arrival? >>> plus, the members of congress most at risk after placing their controversial vote. it's all ahead. >>> president trump's pick for army secretary withdraws amid heavy criticism over controversial statements in his past. >>> and election hacking, this time it's in france. a candidate calling a document leak is a bid to destabilize tomorrow's presidential runoff. we begin with politics and new details on president trump's outgoing national security adviser, mike flynn, and his tie toes russia. a former obama administration confirms that the washington post and the associated press reports that trump transition officials asked for the cia profile on russian ambassador sergei kisliak. "the washington post" says senior members of the president's team warned flynn that his conversations

howie: there are a lot of journalists at cnn and msnbc. are you suggesting most of those are just unfair to president trump? sean: there are some at both that clearly are trying to sensationalize things, drive narratives that are not fair, or not consistent with the facts. for as much as they criticize us, it's interesting how many times they perpetuate a story that is not false, but they come back to what we meant was. they always have the benefit of the doubt, they rarely admit fault, but they are the first one to throw the stone and the last ones to admit fault. howie: "the washington post" reported the president said there is no way to get rid of you because the guy gets great ratings. people tune in. howie: is there pressure on you to put on a compelling show? sean: my job is to do the best job i can every day. howie: isn't there some theater to the job because you have got the television correspondents poking and producing you? sean: they will cover it when they want. they won't cover it when they want. my job is to facilitate the pr

contributor, and stephanie ruhle, msnbc anchor and business correspondent. jonathan, let me start with you. s michael dubke resigning. what's w.h. whose owes's on the bubble and who's on the move. >> the macro view of it is that there's been a recognition at the top they're not prepared with to deal with the new normal, daily stories about fbi investigation, russia, comey, they don't have the tools to deal with that. for who's ascended, in one way you could say steve bannon, somewhat ascended because the people that are being discussed now to potentially come into the white house or support from the outside are folks like david bossie, corey lewandowski, former campaign hands like david urban, people that are friendly to steve bannon. >> so stephanie, one of the folks that may be headed to the white house, bossie, deputy campaign manager, what he said this morning when asked about whether there was even an opening. >> they've talked to, you know, many people including me. >> david, is that a yes, have you been asked? >> no. i'm not going to say that there's

joining me now, msnbc's meteorologist bonny snyder. my inlaws in ohio they had to go in the basement the other day. >> oh, boy. >> because of the tornado sigh reps going off. how big of a threat is this? >> unfortunately we're looking at a threat for the weekend and even right now with severe thunderstorms breaking out in the mid-south as well as into parts of nebraska and kansas. a severe thunderstorm watch will persist straight through the noon hour. you asked how many, thomas, 61 million people at risk for today. golf ball sized hail, softball size possible with the hail, maybe some tornadoes as well and this is really for the heartland and into the central plains that we're watching. not really the best timing whether it be memorial day weekend. heavy rain is possible that could bring localized flooding. we may see four inches locally in some areas. in terms of temperatures, it's really going to be where you're headed in terms of how you adjust for this weekend. it's cool in the northeast and new england. actually temperatures belo

and msnbc contributor. welcome both. we're going to hear from president obama and the setting could not be more important in the democratic stratosphere. there's going to be a huge crowd and jack slasberg has been handling this and seen as the heir apparent to the legacy of jfk. >> that's right. and as you know, president obama has a very warm relationship with caroline kennedy. she endorsed him in the 2008 campaign. she served as his ambassador to japan. so there is a a relationship there. and the reason the president was given this award was because they said he put policy before politics, which you may remember is something that president obama constantly said was the reason his message wasn't getting through in terms of health care or other policies. the two policies, health care and climate change bill, the paris accord. one of those is being undone in congress, and the paris climate change agreement is under discussion whether or not this trump administration will remain in it. so i think you can expect the preside

. >>> hello, i'm sheinelle jones at msnbc world headquarters in new york. we want to take you live now to saudi arabia where rex tillerson is with his counterpart. they're discussing their new agreement with king salmon. let's listen in. >> had a very, very good and very wide-ranging conversation. they discussed, of course, the challenges facing the region and the world. they began by talking about the bilateral relationship and ways to enhance it and improve it in all areas. they discussed the scourge of terrorism, terror financing and how we can work together to eradicate it. they discussed the nefarious activities of iran and the fact that action has to be taken in order to ensure that iran does not continue with its aggressive policies in the region and that iran adhere to the letter by the agreement made between it and the p5+1 countries, that iran sees its support for terrorism, adhere to the security council resolutions with regard to ballistic missiles and cease its human rights violations and its interference in the affairs of the country in the re

>>> back now live on msnbc. breaking news from capitol hill where nbc news has learned the former national security adviser to the president, michael flynn, will invoke the fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination and will notify the senate intelligence committee today that heal not comply with the subpoena seeking personal documents in the russian investigation. nbc's kasie hunt joins us now from capitol hill. casey, walk us through this a little bit. you've had a chance to speak to someone close to flynn about the circumstances here. what is their argument for his making this decision. >> reporter: the source close to flynn con confirms he intends to not respond to the senate intelligence committee doing a broad investigation into russian meddling into the election. the deadline for him to comply with the subpoena was wednesday. they are a couple of days early in sending this letter over and letting them know. there had been a little bit of back and forth with the chairman of that committee, richa

thursday night, friday morning on "today" and then here on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc on friday for the highlights. >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." craig melvin is up next. >>> good afternoon to you. craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york and another busy tuesday about president trump weigh whether to send thousands of u.s. troops to afghanistan going back on a previous position that we should "leave afghanistan immediately." also this afternoon, blame game. the president taking to twitter to deflect attention from sally yates' testimony about trump ties to russia. and bubble burst, former president obama sharing a long list of things he does not miss about the presidency, including living in what he calls the bubble. but let's start with president trump and afghanistan. thousands more troops potentially headed for a combat role in america's longest war. one of the big revelations of this plan being formulated, more power for the generals to determine troops levels. let's head immediate ly to the white house with hallie jackson, analysis w

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if you're just joining us here on msnbc. marine le pen who said she got 16 million votes thanked them for their support. but again, coming up 30 percentage points short of her opponent, emmanuel macron, who gave his victory speech within the last hour. marine le pen giving her concession speech also within the last hour and a half. we want to remind you that the results and the end of voting, that only happened about 90 minutes ago. so we're getting you the latest of what's happening as sun sets there in france that does not mean that the noise will subside at all. it appears at least from the pictures on the left-hand side, still with us covering this landslide victory here. nbc's matt bradley. we have the daily beast world editor and contributor chris dickey who have been able to give us fantastic context on what we're seeing here in france and what it means for the united states. matt bradley, we were talking with chris a moment ago about youth and he being the youngest president ever at the age of 39. but there's also hi

right here on msnbc. katie is up next here only msnbc. >> good afternoon. i'm in for craig melvin. and nbc news exclusive, president obama warned then president-elect donald trump not to hire mike flynn. we expect shawn spice tore address that in his daily press briefing. and next hour, we'll hear from former acting attorney general sally yates who was fired by the trump administration. she's expected to testify on what she told the white house about michael flynn's discussions with the russian ambassador back in december. kristen welker is at the white house, mike is on capitol hill. and pete williams, our justice correspondent is in our washington newsroom. matt miller is

this hour of msnbc live. i'll see you back here at 3:00. right now, katy tur picks things up. >>> a white house in crisis. as nbc news is confirming now, israel was the key partner who provided isis related intelligence shareby the president wi russia last week. >>> and the president so far is refusing to answer questions. as president trump meets with turkey's president, sean spicer is getting ready to brief reporters off camera any minute. we'll bring you the audio from that briefing when it happens. >>> but first, here was the president in the last hour. >> mr. president, did you share classified intelligence information with the russians? >> thank you very much. >> mr. president, did you share classified intelligence with the russians? >> trump ignored shouted questions this afternoon during an oval office meeting with turkish president erdogan. then he went to the podium, took a question, and didn't really answer it. >> we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isis. as general mcm

and honorary member of our extended msnbc family, dr. brzezinski chied on frid-- died friday at age 89. he was part of the panama canal committee. he steered the white house through times like hostage negotiations. in a former state, president obama said you always knew where he stood and said he was an accomplished public servant and a passion in about advocate. today on "morning joe" former president carter remembered him as his most loyal and brilliant advisor and close friend. >> it has been one of the most availableb valuable things in my life. my friendship with him. his booms and interviews were always positive and sound. he had the best, most brilliant person that i have ever zone. he was completely dedicated to serving the united states of america and very loyal to me personally. he is a great friend and you can be truly proud of him. >> our thoughts are, of course with his family, his wife of more than 60 years, amelia, a renowned sculptor. and his son ian, a pentagon official and our friend and colleague, mika. baa baa black s

msnbc contributor ned price former special assistant to president obama and msnbc spokesperson and senior nsc spokes experience and senior director is joining us. what is your take on today especially considering that both south korea and china have recently made kind of concessions by inviting north korea to certain things? >> well that's right. this is not unexpected. this is the tenth missile launch this year from the north koreans and 76th since kim jong-un took power several years ago. so they have tested and this is the latest indication. what's different about this test is that there's a higher degree, appears tube higher degree of success with this missile given it flew 30 minutes and flew a distance of 345 miles as the crow flies. there are analysts now outside of omaha, nebraska at u.s. strategic command who are taking a close look at the data that the u.s. government has retrieved from all sources of information to determine exactly what type of missile this was and to determine if the north koreans have, in fact, made an advancement. you're right. this test comes about 72 hour

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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 investigation. >> caught off guard. with most of the country, reporters, lawmakers, james comey himself stunned by the news, the white house found itself unprepared for the blowback from democrats and republicans. the trump administration scrambling with an all out blitz to defend the president's decision. >>> and just a coincidence? hours after firing the man leading the investigation into the trump campaign's possibl ties to russia, the one person president trump is meeng with today in pers, russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. >> is the comey firing cast a sh shadow over your talks, gentlemen? >> was he fired? >> yes. >> you're kidding. you're kidding. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm chris jansing in new yo

that wraps up this half hour of "msnbc live." i'm sheinelle jones. stay with msnbc for a brand new show. the premiere of velshi & ruhle is next. i'll see you again at the top of the hour. >>> not much about the sometimes erratic behavior of president donald trump seems to faze investors, at least until this week. markets soured briefly on the white house after one too many controversies threatened to derail the trump agenda. >> and the president embarks on his first foreign trip abroad. first top, saudi arabia. why? because everybody cares about oil. >> welcome, everybody, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. we're going to be coming to you every saturday with a fresh take on how money, power and politics all come together and what you should make of it. >> and as we typically do, we're going to debate a little bit. policies coming out of washington, how they translate to jobs. we're going to talk about innovation and some big ideas that will help you prosper. >> but thank you for joining us on this premiere edition of "velshi & ruhle." you kn

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you're watching msnbc. it is time for your morning primer everything you need to know to start your day. we begin with russia and syria condemning a u.s. airstrike against pro-syrian government forces. pentagon officials say fighters backing president bashar al assad ignored warnings and advanced inside a restricted zone posing a threat to the u.s. and allied forces. >>> voters in iran are headed to the polls today for the first presidential election since the 2015 nuclear deal. moderate president hassan ra hani who helped broker the deal is facing a tough challenge from a conservative cleric. >>> prosecutors in sweden say they are dropping their rape investigation into julian assange. the wikileaks founder denied the allegations. >>> the driver accused of slamming his car into pedestrians in new york's times square has been officially charged with murder. police say one person died and 22 others were hurt. 26-year-old richard rojas told police he was hearing voices and expected to die. rojas also faces att

i'm joined by msnbc terror analyst malcolm nance. the suspect's travels, syria, libya, they had britain's home secretary saying it was possible that he wasn't doing this on his own. how likely do you think it is that this attack is part of something bigger? >> well it's quite possible that is it. this person was an immigrant from libya. he came from a family that came from libya and it appears that the father himself may have had ties to an al qaeda based group. and if he had gone to syria, then you're talking about a logistical pipeline that brought him from where he was abpossibly radicalized him and trained him and brought him back. that shows a level of sophistication beyond what we call a lone wolf or a known wolf. >> these so may is saying is there's the possibility of an imminent aipttack. what does that mean? a lot of people i know who heard that last night here in the states, it made them nervous and they're seeing stepped up security in times square in new york, at the nba playoffs in cleveland, in chicago, in los angeles.

thank you for live on msnbc. this is a republican goal, since 2009, when obamacare the affordable care act passed. you've been talking about campaigning on repealing obamacare ever since then. does this bill repeal obamacare? >> this bill guts the law. what's most important it focuses on lower premiums and putting patients back in charge of the health care. you have to go through unelected bureaucrats in washington to get permission to buy a health care policy in most cases is 20, 30% higher than you were paying the year before. the law doesn't work. so what we're doing is actually making reforms to lower costs and put patients back in charge and reforming programs like medicaid, one of the most broken forms of health care so states can actually be innovative and focus on doing more to help low-income families and so these are the kind of things that are in this bill. it's a good bill that's going to help millions of families across the country struggling under the nur fail yours of obamacare. >> how much does it

>>> thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live. 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

i'm melissa rehberger live at the msnbc headquarters. and the fallout continues after the unexpected firing of james comey. the search is underway with at least six candidates attending intervi interviews today. as the search is going, one california lawmaker is calling for a special counsel now that the man who was leading the investigation was abruptly fired. >> and awe group meeting in san diego concerned about what happens to their coverage if the obamacare replacement bill is passed in the senate. what will be their strategy? >>> and we start with a washington where a search for new fbi director is being conducted right now. president trump is eager to move past a week of turmoil, the firing of james comey and the changing stories of why that exactly happened and the fallout over his suggestion of a secret tape from a january dinner with comey. now, it calls for a special prosecutor are growing louder as a search for a new directorm raps up. kelly o'donnell has the latest from the white house. kelly, what is the president saying abo

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you're watching msnbc. we're following several surprising developments this morning in the russia investigation. including three new bombshells. one, the justice department confirming attorney general jeff sessions did not disclose meetings with russia officials during his security clearance as required. two, new subpoenas for michael flynn. and three, new reporting about with russian officials boasting about their links to trump aides. back with me, malcolm nance, matt welsh and jason johnson. malcolm, the justice department says sessions failed to share the information he met with russian officials. this isn't necessarily a surprise. this is the reason he had to recuse himself two months ago. so what's the big ah-ha here. he didn't think it was an issue then. >> it's a question of documentation. we actually -- they actually have a copy of the sf-86 or confirmed the s-86 -- sf-86 security floor he deliberately withheld. that is immediate grounds for dismiss in most circumstances. sessions with his contacts

on msnbc, we have breaking news. sources say president trump is leaning toward pulling out of the paris climate accord. it would be the biggest act to undo former president obama's legacy on climate. i'll be speaking with the woman who advised president obama on the deal about what this should signal to the world. >>> and the tweeter in chief. the president's late-night tweeting causing a covfefe. >>> no laughing matter. comedienne kathy griffin apologizes for participating in a photo shoot of a mock beheading of president trump. the secret service is investigating. >>> a deadly attack taking place. a suicide bomber targets the diplomatic quarter in kabul. 80 people killed. we'll tell you who is suspected in this tragic hit. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm glad to be back with you. i'm stephanie rhule at our msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we've got to

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by the way, james comey by the end of next week will probably be an msnbc contributor, that's only my guess, because he's in the tank as everyone else and he did such a bad job but now they're saying trump said there might be tapes. he's threatening james comey, with what? his own words? >> look, i think you have it basically right. we're in the middle of a cultural civil war. virtually all the elite media's on the other side. they wake up every morning and they say, i know trump did something horrible. what was it? and that's the base of their d day. it's to track down the horrible thing that they know has happened. um, and i think frankly, the president ought to shift gears entirely. get off all of this washington insider baloney and go back to changing the government and

i'm stephanie gosk at msnbc headquarters in new york. president trump receiving a warm welcome in saudi arabia as he kicks off his nine-day foreign trip, the first of his presidency. after a busy day in riyadh meeting with saudi leaders, the president is preparing to give a major speech on islam to the muslim world on sunday. >>> back here at home, the russia investigation continues to playing the trump administration. what the appointment of a special counsel means for the investigation going forward. >>> in montana, an early test for the republican party, a high-profile special election is days away to replace congressman ryan zen key. can democrats use trump's problems against the gop and flip a congressional seat? >>> we start with the president's first foreign trip, day one in saudi arabia is now over. the president now back at the ritz-carlton in riyadh for the evening. president trump attended a full slate of elaborate ceremonial events, meeting saudi king salman and receiving the highest honor. the big accomplishment, the signing

i'm ayman mohyeldin at the msnbc headquarters. at this hour, president trump is marking the nation's holiday at the tomb of the unknown soldier before delivering remarks honoring fallen service members. we just heard the 21-gun salute meaning president trump is on the grounds there at arlington. we'll also hear remarks from defense secretary james mattis and chairman of the joint chiefs joseph dunford. we'll bring you all the comments live. you're seeing the vice president there. joining me now is colonel jack jacobs and medal of honor recipient and military analyst malcolm nans, retired chief and msnbc terror analyst, kevin barrett, and military analyst and executive editor of defense one in allen lickman, distinguished history professor and presidential historian. gentlemen, good to have you with us. you see there, the secretary of defense, james mattis, as well. malcolm nance and colonel jack jacob, i'm going to start with you, retired military, talk about the importance of today and what today means to both of you. colonel jac

she's on msnbc. she was -- appeared there on one hand saying the president should not have fired james comey. but then on the other hand saying if hillary clinton had won the presidency, hillary should have fired comey. now, see if you can follow this flip-flop. >> ambassador in this position. >> the bottom line is i think if the president -- if the president had fired him when he first came in, he would not have to be in a position now where he's trying to make up a story. >> if hillary clinton had won the white house, would you have recommended that she fire fbi director james comey? >> i believe that given what he did to her she should have fired him, yes. liz: maxine waters is always honest. at least she admits it; right? >> not only maxine waters but all of these democrats that are flip-flopping are doing it for one reason and that's their own political agenda to be advanced. they're not interested in this country. they're not interested in helping this country move forward, and i know that's ki

details coming to us here at msnbc. first of all, we're told by white house officials that this planned firing was already in the works before the latest news surrounding james comey. that was about his misstatements regarding huma abedin's e-mails. he overstated the number of e-mails classified, some of them, but a large number -- he said it was actually a much smaller number. that was a misstatement. the white house said that had nothing to do with this today. i think you nailed it on the head. this is the president of the united states, president trump, whose campaign aides are under a counterintelligence investigation by the fbi, who now fired the fbi director who was, in effect, overseeing that investigation. so he's now fired the former acting attorney general, sally yates, who was in the headlines over the last 24 hours for what she revealed about the sort of behind the scenes details in those days leading up to the firing of michael flynn. still unclear why 18 days passed before michael flynn was fired. now we k

now on msnbc, a major shift in the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. the president considering new options, including sending in thousands of u.s. troops to take out the taliban. no final call has been made, but the consequential decision could come soon. >>> plus, president trump hits back following new revelations on what brought down michael flynn. the former acting attorney general in dramatic testimony says flynn's lies made him vulnerable to blackmail by russia. >>> and nbc news first to report it was the trump administration's second warning about flynn. >>> also ahead, former president obama's return to the global stage this morning. warning the world about the impact of climate change. what he is saying about president trump's policies on that issue and life after the white house. we'll have a live report from milan, italy. >>> good morning, everyone. 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 hi

and david, msnbc political analyst. congresswoman, the russia investigation, how significant is it that the scope keeps expanding, now including the ptd's personal lawyer? >> the important thing is it is expanding and the congressional investigation seems to be expanding. they seemed to be dormant for a while, and it looks like they're moving. of course, we don't know exactly what's happening on the special counsel front, which is what has criminal powers and that'll talk. we need the house and senate to move forward. to me, what's amazing is the president's counsel said, well, he doesn't like the style of the request. too wordy. it's not clear. he's got nothing to hide but you have to subpoena me. let's see if the house and the senate have the guts to subpoena him. >> while he hasn't been subpoenaed yet, it seems across the board everyone is willing to answer questions. >> they say they are. we'll see what happens. >> okay. walk me through that. walk me through that. what's thefferce? >> well, they can say, sure, i hav

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. >> joining us now on our call-in set is msnbc's chris hayes, who has written his second book called "china in a nation. ""where did the name come from. >> guest: a line from a richard nixon quote in 1968. giving his rnc convention acceptance speech, and it's sort of thought of as a law and order speech.. the most tumultuous year in american political history, riots, protests, assassinations and he is calling for a return to order. he said it's time from frank talk about the problem of order in the country and there's a sort of kind of throwaway line where he talked' african-americans and the civil rights struggle and say they want the same as white americans and just dent want to be a colony in a nation, and that term stuck with me, and it seemed to capture something deep about a lot of the reporting i was doing. >> host: where did this book spring from? was there an inincident? i >> guest: we covered criminalbo justice loot on my show and we did that even before michael brown's staff, and before sort r of the explosion of "black lives matter" activism and what happened in baltimore

msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melbourne joins me with more. you've been tracking this and trying to dig in. they're not keeping track of who's paying what at the hotels? >> they said they were going to track the money and donate it back to the treasury. that's important, because foreign governments can spend money in all sorts of ways to influence the president. the constitution says you can't take form gifts as a president because it could influence you and that could be a big problem. that's what is called the emoluments clause. there's a open case on this in new york. so what we have done in my legal unit here at msnbc is dig into this. how would this work and what's going on? we found a lot. the big headline here is we have obtained the internal trump policy for how they're doing this put up on the screen. >> so they're putting the onus on the foreigners to identify themselves. >> exactly. that is in spirit, and i think in letter a real departure or violation of the pledge donald trump made in january after he was elected saying we're goin