hallie jackson is standing by. i want to start with the headline that we just saw that so many people are talking about, what the president had to say about brexit. then completely doing an aboutface, when he was standi i next to theresa may. let's play that, then we'll come back to you on the other side. >> i know you'll ask, will we be talking about meddling, and i will absolutely bring that up. i don't think you'll have any, gee, i did it, you got me. there won't be a perry mason here, i don't think, but you never know what happens, right? i will absolutely firmly ask the question. >> so, that obviously was not the response to brexit. as you know, hallie, what he basically said is, theresa may, whatever you decide to do, it is okay with us. give us your analysis of that. why the aboutface. what were the other headlines you took away from that? >> reporter: so, there's really four takeaways, chris, that are coming out of this. i may cover ground you already covered. bear with me here. number one, i think it is th

hallie jackson is traveling with the president. hallie, good evening. >> reporter: good even, lester. with those confrontational moments, president trump ultimately did back in agreement that reaffirmed the strength of the alliance and praised the u.s. relationship with germany but only after a day of diplomatic drama that has critics concerned how the rest of the trip will go. at a summit that is supposed to symbol wise solidarity, president trump's tough talk went over like during this tough talk went over like a lead balloon, a policering breakfast. >> germany is totally controlled by russia. >> reporter: characteristically combative president had a germany and russia. >> germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it's getting energy from russ>> reporter: m responded germany is in control of their own decisions. the president also demanded allies double what they pay into their own defense budgets from 2% to 4% not even the u.s. hits that goal. >> pledge increasing to 2% and let's start with that. >> reporter:

hallie jackson, at the white house, thanks. >>> is your vote at risk in the critical midterm elections? current and former ws the trump administration has no central strategy to stop russia from meddling again. this as a democratic senator up for reelection says >> reporter: explosive revelations, russian hackers targeted the senate offices of missouri senator claire mccaskill. an issue she's railed against in the past. >> i never thought i would see the day russia would go after the heart of our country. >> reporter: the democrat is facing one of the toughest races in the fall. in a fiery statement, mccaskill saying, i will not be intimidated. i've said it before and i'll say it again, putin is a thug and a bully. the hackers used the same strategy to break into the e-mails of clinton's campaign chair but this time they failed. >> russia built a magnificent overt offensive cyber capability that cannot be deterred. >> reporter: late today, president trump held his first security meeting on election meddling with 100 days until the midterms after the white house releasing a statement th

i am hallie jackson in brussels. guess who is in no mood to make nice here? the president of the united states. donald trump. fresh off a blistering breakfast with a side of bluster, calling germany a captive of russia. we'll play out the video any minute from now. >>> back home on the hill, a charm offensive. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh making the rounds today, as we dive into the moves and why they matter ahead of the mid-terms. >>> plus, from offense to defense. embattled freedom caucus congressman jim jordan hired a pr firm, as he deals with allegations, which he denies, that he ignored sexual abuse accusations as a wrestling coach at ohio state. house speaker paul ryan may address it when he speaks to reporters later on this hour. we'll have that, as well. we have it all covered from here in belgium. all the way around the world. back home to washington, too. >>> let's start first with a little bit of a highlight reel. what donald trump has had to say so far as he comes here to the nato conference. already, it's been a morning full of fireworks

. >> reporter: i'm hallie jackson in london, knowing about the new indictments today the president blasted the investigation on the world stage. >> i think that we're being hurt very badly by the i would call it the witch hunt. >> reporter: it's been a sound track of his administration. >> it's a total witch hunt. the entire thing is a witch hunt. phony witch hunt. >> reporter: tonight another concrete piece of evidence the special counsel isn't trying to hunt witches but catch criminals, a conclusion the president is slow to embrace. first, he refused to blame the kremlin for interfering with the election. >> it could be russia or china or lots of people. it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. she doesn't know if it's the russians doing the hacking. maybe there isn't hacking. >> reporter: after the election, he acknowledged it. >> i think it was russia. i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> reporter: will you once and for all yes or no definitively say russia interfered in the 2016 election? >> i think it was russia and i think it co

hallie jackson, nbc news, london. >> on another front tonight, north korean officials did not show up for a meeting with the u.s. at the dmz today to discuss returning u.s. soldiers' remains from the korean war. that is according to south korean media. that meeting is now rescheduled for sunday. president trump released a letter from joourp kim jong-un july 6 hailing their singapore summit the letter is dated before kim declined to see secretary of state mike pompeo during his visit last week. >>> it was a fiery day on capitol hill as an fbi agent sent critical text messages testified before congress. republicans see the texts as political bias, he defended his role in the russia investigation and the clinton e-mail probe. the tensions boiling over in a bitter battle. here's nbc's kasie hunt. >> do you swear the testimony -- >> reporter: the intense fireworks starting just moments after fbi agent peter strzok was sworn in. >> mr. chairman, order. >> reporter: lawmakers shouting over each other while strzok who investigated hillary clinton's e-mails and led the probe into possible russ

hallie jackson among them. members of the traveling white house press pool are now, let's call it politely, jockeying for seats at what is going to become this bilateral press event. geoff, you're being told what we're told, the meeting-in-chief lasted, what, two hours, ten minutes? >> reporter: two hours and ten minutes, brian. i'd add, we're getting it from the russian officials. to my knowledge, the white house has not confirmed that to be true, which really fits this all-too-familiar pattern of the russians providing us information well before the trump administration. in some cases, if at all. as you mentioned, the members of the press, our colleagues, are about to take their seat. i think at the very top of the list, of the many questions we're set to pose to both presidents, is to president trump. is he prepared to personally and publicly condemn russian president vladimir putin for rus russia's attack on the 2016 election, while standing there beside him? i think his answer to that question will be inst

i apologize to my dear friend, hallie jackson for cutting into your hour, but hallie, i had to share that story. >> it's beautiful, although i was convinced you were going to air video for good news rules of the philly's special birth announcement in my hometown of philadelphia. if i may respectfully suggest, for tomorrow, you consider it. >> i appreciate that suggestion. we will take it into consideration. for now -- i mean, i had to share that story. he got the job! >> i know, it's amazing. thank you much. see you in an hour. i'm hallie jackson in washington where the president is in war mode this morning. him versus the special counsel. his word versus robert mueller's. his current lawyer versus his former lawyer. and the new goalpost now. not collusion, no way. but collusion, no biggie. more on that new interview with rudy guiliani, who may have just revealed a second meeting in trump tower about that infamous sitdown with the russians. >>> and the president is fighting his own fight, when it comes to a government shutdown. his position versus his party's. the new threat that now

hallie jackson, the president is trying to use this as a way to say this whole investigation is a witch hunt. he has some republicans in the house on his side for this, trying to bolster this claim and tear down the investigation. hallie, walk us through it. that's not what this surveillance warrant at all says. >> right. there is also the piece of this, too, even while there are some republicans on the hill who are trying to, along with the president, use this to discredit the robert mueller investigation, there are plenty of other republicans who don't believe that the special counsel investigation is a witch hunt as the president now has repeated just several days after trying to walk back his walkback about russian interference in the election. what the president is doing is coming out more broadly again undercutting his intelligence community by casting doubt on the veracity of the special counsel investigation. i imagine that will be a question for sarah sanders. we will see how much later this thing goes. this will be one of the questions i imagine to her as to why the president

we get more from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: on affirmative action, a new move back to old guidelines. the trump administration now says colleges and universities should not consider race during the admissions process. a reversal of what former president obama recommended. in a new memo, out tonight, the department of justice called that guidance unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law or otherwise improper. for months top trump administration officials have targeted affirmative action policies that they argue are unfair even though the president himself seemed to have no issue during the campaign. >> i'm fine with affirmative action. we've lived with it for a long time and i lived with it a long time. >> reporter: civil rights activists and others now furious. the american council on education points to the need for diversity in classrooms. the federal government should not threaten schools trying to be inclusive. it sets up a potential political battle for a president who promised to fight for african-americans. >> i said to them, what

the white house today would not confirm or deny that but saiey' making progress. >> hallie jackson at the white house, thank you. >>> we're learning more this evening about the suspect in last week's deadly shooting at a newspaper in annapolis, maryland, including exclusive details from a woman who says she was stalked by the man and thought he would kill her. at the same time, a survivor is now talking about how he escaped the attack. here's nbc's catie beck. >> he knew exactly what he was doing to me. >> reporter: tonight the woman who says she was terrorized by suspected gunman jarrod ramos breaking her silence and asking >> i would be afraid he could show up at anywhere at any time and kill me. >> reporter: ramos reached out by e-mail, but messages turned dark when she was slow to respond. >> he said "f" you, go kill yourseyorder. >> reporter: ramos pleaded guilty to criminally harassing her in 2011. the paper covered the ordeal. ramos sued for defamation and lost. police say a likely motive for his rampage. inside the newsroom that day, photographer paul gillespie, who hid under

nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: before doug farmed this land in eastern nebraska, his dad did and his dad before that. these days, it's tougher to turn a profit. >> we need these tariffs to end sooner rather than later. >> reporter: those tariffs put in place by president trump triggered a trade war. >> the longer this goes on it makes it that much harder for us. costs on our end seem to be going up all the time. >> reporter: farmers like this producers of soybean, cotton, dairy and more, getting an assist from the trump administration as they help people his own policies hurt. a new $12 billion program is set to launch around lay bror -- labor day set to help with the $11 billion in losses farmer the goal of the one-time aid package, to tide farmers over until the u.s. can negotiate better trade deals with other countries. the president tweeting today, tariffs are the greatest and insists any short term pain will end with long term gain. >> the farmers will be the biggest beneficiary. watch. we are opening up markets. you watch what

our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented threat aimed at critics of the commander in chief's. the white house considering stripping the security clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> reporter: most of the officials have worked for democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactly what you just said the president doesn't want all these people doing? >> no, the president isn't making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a reference to john brennan, former cia director and nbc news senior national security and intelligence analyst who called last week's meeting with vladimir putin nothing short of treason. >> basically aiding and abetting, giving comfort to an enemy. >> reporter: he's on a list that includes former fbi officials james comey an

jackson with late details. >> reporter: the reality show president drummi up drama ahead of a decision ld define his presidency so who might make their debut tonight? a source familiar with the process says president trump is zeroing in on these two appeals court judges, brett kavanaugh and thomas hardiman. kavanah used to clerk for retiring justice anthonyke edy and a graduate of yale law which the president likes but the president is not fond of peoplthat worked for george w. bush. kavanaugh did along with former white house counsel alberto gonzales. >> he's likely to serve with honor distinction with a d.c. circuit court judge. that carries more weight as a supreme court justice than his service in the white house.ep >>ter: there is also thomas hardiman, the runner up. he was the first in his family to go to e and drove for his father's taxi company before law school. hardimaners on the same court his sister did she's a fan.clear the next finalist includes amy coney barrett, a fan of evangelicals and raymond kethledge, an appeals court judge that works from a converte in michigan an

hallie jackson, thank you very much. >>> now to the view from russia after the indictment of 12 people. tonight russians aren't trying to hide their excitement over the outcome of the summit. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has made his way to moscow. >> reporter: tonight, state-sponsored russian tv is pouring praise on president vladimir putin calling him a master of rhetoric, a more skilled negotiator than president trump. russia's foreign minister gushing calling the meeting fabulous, better than super. the rt network accused by u.s. intelligence of a propaganda campaign to sway the u.s. election, its editor in chief saying russia and the u.s. now meet as equals. >> every president has to have a chance to consider himself a winner. let's give president trump that chance and let's give president putin the same chance. >> reporter: president trump gave him that chance, despite the new indictments for election meddling, indictments so specific they listed names, even addresses. we travelled to one of them in moscow. this imposing building is officially a military universi

hallie jackson is traveling with the president. hallie, vening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. with those confrontatiomol nts, president trump ultimately did back in agreement that reaffirmed the strength of the alance and praised the u.s. relationship with germany after a c day of diploma drama that has critics concerned how the rest of the trip will go. at a summi is supposed to symbol wise solidarity, president trump's tough talk went over like a lead balloon, a blistering breakfast. >> germany is totally controlled by russia. >> reporter: characteristically combative theresident had a pipeline deal between germany and russia. >> germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it's getting . energy from russia >> reporter: the president also demanded allies double what they pay into their own defense budgets from 2% to 4, not everyone the u.s. hits thagoal. >> pledge increasing to 2% and les start with that. >> reporter: joining the president, his team of top advisors like chief of staff john kelly, who appeared annoyed at points. the white house clarifying it's

as nbc's hallie jackson ports, the question now is does that tape spell new legal jeopardy for the present? >> reporter: outside and inside, shouts drawing smirks in the oval office wit reporters pushing the president to talk abt that tape betweenim and his former attorney. >> did michael cohen betray >> thank you very much. >> reporter: no response repeatedly on twitter presidee trump mor talkative asking what kind of lawyer would tape a client? so sad. it's new fallout from a recently revealed recording in widch the present and michael cohen pear to casually discuss hush money payment to keep a play boy model quiet about an alleged o affair the president denies. >> we'll have to pay cas >> no, no, i've got -- no, no. >> reporter: the president seems to know what cohen is talking about. those claims by model karen mcdougal of a relationship. it is that exchange raising questions aut whether the president broke any laws. >> this deal wasn't consummated so is there any criminal activity will? >> no, it's about >> reporter: so why is this tape significant? a legalident could face liability i

i'm hallie jackson. for all of us here at nbc news, thanks for watching, and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, a tense and developing situation in napa county. a wildfire growing by the minute. crosses into the bay area. triggering evacuations. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now, good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm anoushah rasta. terry is off tonight. we begin with the developing situation in napa, solano ago yolo counties. a shift in the winds this afternoon is providing a challenge for crews battling the county fire. is now -- it has now burned 22,000 acres. more than doubling in size since late last night. and it's sending a lot of ash, a lot of smoke, over the bay area. here's where that fire is burning right here on this map near the community of gwinda in yolo

hallie jackson at the white house, thank u. yo >>> more breaking news, a major outbreak of tornados, the severe wther threat stretching from iowa to arkansas with kansas city, st. louis and little rock among the cities in the risk area cov13 million people and there are reports just coming in of catastrophic damage after a tornaduc d down in marshall town, iowa near des moines including tops of buildings ripped off. a dangers night ahead for the central part of the country. ahead. >>> new troubles for one of tion's biggest banks two years after scandal erupted at wells fargo over employees opening millns of accounts without customer's permission, the bank will refund llions of dollars for extra services that customers didn't agree to pay for. nbc business correspondent joel -- jo ling kent with the story. >> reporter: tonight, wells fargo doing o damage contre again, refunding customers for monthly add on crges applied without their full permission or understanding. the bank returning tens of millionsf llars to hundreds of thou

hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> terrifying moment at the u.s.mbassy in beijing today when authorities say a man detonated an explosive device on the street outside. the suspect was injured. nobody else wahurt. there was no damage reported to the embassy. the motive unclear. >>> new developments in aigh profile murder mystery in texas. a cardiologist that w.treated george bush gunned down, the gunman also on a bike and authorities say it was a targeted attack why?who did it and we get the latest from tammy leitner. ep >>ter: tonight, police reveal a renowned houston cardiologist was likely targeted by hisil r leaving more questions than answers. >> this is a truly who done it from t to ttom, a perplexing case. >> reporter: new video shows dr. mark hausknecht in the final moments before being gunned down. the images captured from a city bus cam show the doctor in blue scrubs riding his bike to work like he did every day. not far bend him, another man on a bike trailing the doctor seen here carrying a bulging backpack. minutes later the gunman rode in front of the dtor and fi

nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson with the story. >> reporter: for the ninth time this week, the presidt staying silent about his former fixer on mera but not online. that's after michael cohen, according to a knowledgeable source, asserts he would be willing to tell the special counsel donald trump knew about the june 2016 trump tower meeting, the one where son tried to get dirt on hillary clinton from russians linked to the kremlin. if true, it would fly in the face of denials like the. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. >> did you know at the time they had a meeting? >> no, i didn't know anything about the meeting. >> reporter: tpr ident standing by his position today tweeting i did not know of the meeting with my son do junior. sounds likmebody is trying to make up stories to get himself out of an unrelated jam. rudy giuliani says cohen is lying. >> he's been lying for years. >> reporter: why does it matter? o >> if it comes light back when this meeting took place in trump tower in june 2016

it sets a dangerous precedent, phillip. >> hallie jackson at the white house. hallie, thank you. >> president trump easing tensions over trade with some of our closest allies. alongside the head of the european commission, mr. trump announced both sides will hold off on any further tariffs while the u.s. and the european union work on reducing trade barriers. however, the threat of a trade war with china is still looming large over american manufacturers. nbc's tom costello has a look at how it all could hit your wallet. >> reporter: they make door hinges for the jeep wrangler on this michigan assembly line, a small company with 50 employees that gets its parts from china. but president trump's tariffs on china has lucerne international considering layoffs. >> if it gets to the point where we can't afford these tariff us, we can't pass them along, it literally puts us out of business. >> reporter: ford, gm and chrysler warned that rising costs for steel and aluminum because of tariffs are cutting into their profits. just as president trump threatened additional

we get the latest from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: the president playing coy on his court picks, not saying who he interviewed today. >> mr. president, who did you speak with, sir? >> reporter: only hony candidates he considered. >> during the mornini interviewed and met with four potential justices of e ur great suprurt. they are really incredible people in so many different ways.em acally and every other way. >> reporter: academically, a supreme scholar seems to be a high priority. people familiar with the process telling nbc news, the president prefers a aduate from harvard or yale. he says he'll have two or three more interviews this ioeek before a sele then the senate sales pitch. republican susan collins a crucial vote, is nowaw g her line in the sand, tied to a key abortion rights ruling, roe versus wade. >> a candidate for this would position who overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable toe. >> reporter: a new poll out today shows most americans agree with that ruling, while the president made this pledge during his campaign -- do you want to s

hiannouncement, lester, is set to come in just six days. >> hallie jackson tonight, thank you. >>> he's been under fire and under investigation for a ist of activities that raised ethics questions, but yesterday, epa chief, scott pruitt, found himself under fire during lunch in a restaurant, from a woman who confronted nd called on him to resign. there are questions about whether pruitt can keep his job. we get that story from nbc's per alexander. >> reporter: the environment in d.c. getting a little hotter for the head of the epa. r: theon envnt in d.c. getting a little hotter >> it does protect ouren ronment and climate change for the benefit of all of us, including our children. >> reporter: ononfronting scott pruitty. >> i would urge you to daesign before your scanl kicks you out. >> reporter: the schoolteacher accusing -- the schoolteacher accusing pruitt of poisoning our future. >> he is supposed to protecour future. that is his job. he's doing everything he is doing everything he can just make personal gains. >> reporter: pruitt facing at least 15 ethics investigations, his contr

hallie jackson, nbc news, brussels. >>> now to a significant development in the case against indicted former trump campaign chief paul manafort. a judge shot down manafort's request to stay at his current prison in virginia, choosing to send him to a different facility in alexandria instead. the decision comes after this jaw-dropping filing from special counsel robert mueller shed light on just why manafort would want to remain where he is. the filing counters manafort's request to delay his trial, claiming "among the unique privileges manafort enjoys in jail are a private self-contained living unit, his own bathroom and shower facility, his own personal telephone and his own workspace to prepare for trial." prosecutors say manafort has even boasted about the vip treatment he's receiving in his current jail, including his ability to get e-mails sent and not having to wear a prison uniform. manafort, whose bail was revoked for alleged witness tampering, is awaiting two triavirginia, one in washington a slew of charges tied to his business dealings and lobbying work with ukraine. >>> th

hallie jackson, nbc news, london. >>> on another front tonight north korean officials did not show up for a meeting with the u.s. at the dmz today to discuss returning u.s. soldiers' remains from the korean war. that's accordi to uth korean media. that meeting is now rescheduled for sunday. but president trumre ased a letter from kim jong un dated july 6th, hailing their singapore summit. but the letter is dated before kim declined to see secretary of state mike pompeo during hist vi north korea last week. >>> it was a fiery day on capitol hill as an fbi agent who sent text messages critical of president trump testified before congress. face attacks from republicans, who see ncthe texts as evi of political bias, he defended his role in the russia investigation and the clinton e-mail pbe. e tensions boiling over in a bitter battle. here's nbc's kasie nt >> you swear the testimony -- >> reporter: the intense fireworks starting just moments after fbi agent peter strzok was sworn in. >> mr. chairman, order! >> reporter: lawmakers shouting over each other while strzok, who investigated hil

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>> hallie jackson at the white house, tnk u. this very public drama plays out with the president, our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell here. you've been speaking to people, what'the zz or concern over what is happening? >> there is a lot of concern, lester. ople i talk to say despite the president's latest explanation, these current former intelligence officials say his shifting statements have undermined his own dv intelligenceor's warnings about the russian threat. they say his comments this week and throhout his presidency have damaged administ's ability to counter russia's aggression at a time when the white r house fired the cy coordinator and the state department today said despite the kremlin's claims, there were no agreements between the president adimir esutin in helsinki and the spman called putin's proposal that russia questioned 11 u.s. citizens adncluding former u.s. amba michael mcfaul who is a contributor is absurd. >> good to have you re. thank you. >> we're looking forward to your interview wi

i'm hallie jackson. for all of us here at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> she's like, christie, i need you to sit down. and i'm like, oh, no. this is never a good thing. your dad was shot. i collapsed to the floor. none of it made sense to me. i had to hear the wholy. >> fences make good neighbors they say. this one made for a fight. >> private property, you don't have permission. >> big sky country shrunk small by one man. >> the neighbors felhe was a bully. >> but this man refused to be fenced in. >> praise the lord for this country. >> a showdown, a shooting, and one man dying. >> he got up on his elbow, and he said, you shouldn't have done that.

nbc's hallie jackson has more on the drama that played out in brussels. >> reporter: at a summit that's supposed to symbolize solidarity present trump'sough talk went over like aoo lead ba before this cocktail chat with germany' leader a blistering breakfast. >> ger tny isally controlled by russia. >> reporter:haracteristically combative, the president deride aid controversial pipeline deal betweess germany and . >> germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it's getting so much of its energy from russia. >> reporter: merkel, dismissive, responded "germany is in kroefl its own decisions." the president also demanded allies double what they pay into their own defense budgets from 2% to 4%. not even the u.s. hits that goal. >>crledge sing defense spending to 2%. and let's start with that. >> reporter: joining the h presiden team of top advisers like chief of staff john kelly, who appeared annoyed at points. the white house clarifying it's because he'd hoped for full breakfast a only cheesend pastries were offered. defense secretary james mattis the the pentagon says the

our chief white house correspondt hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented threat aimed at critics of the commander in chiefs. the white house considerg stripping the security clearances of six intelligence officials. >> they politicized and inome cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> reporter: most of the officials worked for democrd republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exacat you said the president doesn't want all these people doing? >> no, the president isn't maki baseless accusations of improper contact with ign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a referenceo john brennan, former cia director and senior national security and lantelligence analyst. he calst week's meeting with vladimir putin nothing short of treason. and abetting, giving comfort to an enemy. h >> reporter:e's on a list that includes former fbi officials. neither have security clearances because th were fired. michael hayden former cia director

we get all of it from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: brushing off backlash to his one on one, plans now for part two between donald trump and vladimir putin. >> were you aware of that? i just want to clarify. >> based on my reaction, i wasn't aware of that. >> reporter: the news surprising even the president's own director of national intelligence in aspen. >> would you recommend there not be a one-on-one without note-takers? >> if i were asked that question, i would look for a different way of doing it. >> reporter: it would be putin's first visit to the u.s. since 2015 and the first since russia interfered in 16hen defense after a third straight day of putin. >> look at the sanctions i've put on. nobody else did what i've done. obama didn't do it. obama was a patsy for russia. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia is a positive, not a negative. now, with that being said, if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enmy he enemy that he's ever had. >> reporter: the deal would have let the special counsel question 12 recently indicted

meanwhile, sarah huckabee sanders was questioned yesterday by hallie jackson on whether president trump would like to see roe v. wade overturned. >> would the president like to see roe v. wade overturned? >> once again, i'm not going to get into any specifics that we would be looking at. >> i'm saying does he himself as just a matter of how he feels, his own policy, does he want to see roe overturned? >> again, as it is ongoing i'm not going to weigh into anything specific on that point. >> this is a policy question. >> i understand, and i'm telling you while we're in the middle of the process i don't have an updated comment on that. >> when it comes to the supreme court's decision on roe v. wade, a new poll finds a majority of american voters agree with the court's ruling. according to quinnipiac university, 63% of national voters stand by the 1973 supreme court decision on abortion rights, 31% disagree. looking at where the court stands politically, 19% of those polled say the court is too liberal while 31% say it is too conservative. 41% say it is about right. asked if they would lik

our hallie jackson has details and reaction. >> reporter: outside and inside, shouts drawing smirks in the oval office with reporters pushing the president to talk about that tape between him and his former attorney. >> reporter: did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you very much. >> reporter: no response repeatedly. but on twitter, president trump more talkative, asking what kind of a lawyer would tape a client, so sad. it's new fallout from a recently revealed recording in which the president and michael cohen appear to casu casually reference a hush money payment two months before the election to keep a playboy model quiet about an alleged affair, one the president denies. >> we'll have to pay. >> no, no, no. i got -- no, no. >> reporter: the president seems to know what cohen is talking about. those claims by model karen mcdougal of a relationship. and now it's that exchange raising questions about whether the president broke any laws. >> this deal wasn't consummated. so is there any criminal activity there? >> no. it's about truth. >> reporter: so why is this tape significant? t

jackson and let her have your opportunity? >> well, thanks, lawrence. and, look, a lot of us in the white house press core have been talking for a long time about press core unity and sticking together and making sure, you know, all of us can do our jobs and get the questions that we're asking answered. i thought that was an opportunity to sort of step aside and let hally get her question answered because, you know, sara sanders was dodging a little bit and i thought that she deserved the chance, you know, to have her question answered. so, look, we all have our questions and the briefings have been few and far between, so it is tougher to get questions in now. but, look, if we're talking about unity, it is important that we practice what we preach and really hand the mike over if someone is not getting their question answered. >> april ryan was trying to fight her way in and normally there is all this kind of yelling over each other. but there was a moment where it's like the seas parted. everyone stopped talking so that apri

i am hallie jackson in london and so is the president, came in like a wrecking ball. done aald trump, was next in th uk, ready to meet with the em baltled prime minister and queen. and police are ready too for the protest expected here. landed a few miles from where we are, whirlwind couple of days at nato ending the way it started rocky. in a surprise q and a session making news and making some stuff up. we're getting into both. back home at the u.s., any minute there's a hearing on the hill that some republicans see as critical in their push to try to undermine the special counsel. one of the country's most controversial fbi agents, the one behind those anti-trump texts peter strzok, he'll be answering question. the second he starts speaking, we'll take you back to washington to watch this live. let's talk what's happening here in the uk. we're in london, so is the president, stop two on the four country trip. before he touched down he called an audible. the president wanted to talk about developments that morning in a nato meeting and talk he did. listen. >> united

yasmin, back to you. >> thank you to hallie jackson for that report. >>> and as hallie mention, the uproar over president trump's one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin is putting the spotlight on the translator who was in that room. democratic senator jean shaheen is leading a push to have the translator appear before congress. bob corker is looking into whether or not that is appropriate. >> i think it is important for us to know what was said in the meeting. it is clear that there's no transcript, yet the russians seem to know what was said and what was agreed to. i think it is important for congress to know that as well. and so if the president is not going to share that with us, then the interpreter is the one in the room who may have some of that information. >> look, all of us want to know what took place in that meeting. we're looking into precedent there. we want to make sure that -- i mean i'm sure they're going to call executive privilege. i mean these are notes taken by translators, you understand, in a meeting. i'm not sure it is appropriate to subpoena translation notes. but

we have it all coverert sg with nbc's hallie jackson. hey, hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda. good morning to you.th is the equivalent of president trump coming in and kicking prime minister may while she's down, going after her not personally but on policy related to brexit.ri remember, the minister is already in a precarious political position. add to that a stunning, new interview now from president tr p, one he's staying mum about this morning. face-to-face, friendly enough this morning. >> the relationship is very, iry strong. >> reporter: butt's already awkward for preside trump and prime minister theresa may. >> have you had a chance to talk about the interview? >> reporter: as britain wakes uo this explosive front page, the president blasting brexit moves may's making. >> well, i think that the deal she's striking is not what the people voted on. >> reporter: the controversial vote to split from the european union wouldeep closeies than supporters first wanted. >> i would have done it much differently. i actually told t

we have it covered starting with nbc's hallie jackson. >> good morning, hoda. the president left chequers, the british version of camp david, to head for tea with the queen but not before essentially walk back what he said? that explosive interview people in britain woke up to. the president, the prime minister trying to intentionally show they are still friends, that special relationship is still just that -- special. but the president tried to differentiate between going after theresa may personally and going after her policy on brexit. he mentioned a recording that is already out that that speaks for himself. the president blasted brexit, a concern for a lot of folks in the uk. take a look. showing off that special relationship, president trump and prime minister theresa may hand in hand, friendly face to face even after the president blasted may's brexit plan in an explosive interview with the "sun" newspaper. >> i didn't criticize the prime minister, i have a lot of respect for the prime minister and unfortunately there was a story that was done which was

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hallie, thanks very much. hallie jackson. now to breaking news in the case against michael cohen, the president's long-time and now former personal attorney. on friday we learned that cohen secretly recorded trump shortly before the 2013 presidential election talking about buying the rights to the story of a former playboy model who alleges she had an affair with trump. now nbc news has confirmed there are more audio tapes, at least 12 of them, and they are now in the hands of federal investigators. we should note, it is not clear whether all 12 tapes have trump on them. tom winter is here with the breaking details. tom. >> so, ali, in a court filing just moments ago from the special master, who's tasked with reviewing all of the evidence that was taken from michael cohen in the search warrants, she says that there were 12 audio tapes that were previously parked privileged by the parties in the case. that could be michael cohen, that could be the president or the trump organization. she says that those 12 audio tapes were sti

she doesn't care about hallie jackson and the job she has to do not only for msnbc, but on behalf of the american people as a member of the press trying to hold the president accountable. sarah huckabee sanders is going to be trying to please the boss who will be most likely, as always, watching and critiquing her performance afterwards. this is going to be a very tough briefing. it doesn't matter what bill, the new communications director, bill shine tries to do. sarah huckabee sanders is going to be out there trying to spin a very bad few days since coming back from helsinki. shoot, going back a full week when you factor in the nato summit. she has a lot of questions to answer. she has to try to explain, if she can, what the president said today, what the president said yesterday, what the president said in helsinki, and everything that happened at nato. it's a thankless job. it's going to be word salad guaranteed. >> we are going to have to leave it there. we will check in in a few minutes. jonathan, appreciate your insight, sir. thank you. again, we are keeping a close eye on the

coming up, news with my friend hallie jackson. more excellent news, hallie is coming. >> love you. see you in an hour. i'm hallie jackson in washington. it is about to be fight night with donald trump. not with the senate over a supreme court nominee. instead, with our nato allies, when he gets to brussels later on. he's on his way message for the alliance and a long-time adversary. >> nato hasn't treated us fairly, but we'll work something out. we pay far too much, and they pay far too little. so, nato, i have the uk, which is in somewhat turmoil, and i have putin. frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. who would think? >> i really can't say right now. as far as i'm concerned, a competitor. >> so, there's that. >>> as the president is at 30,000 feet right now, he's not the only one flying high. a lot of republicans are, too, thanks to brett kavanaugh. we've got our analysis of where he would fit on the court and the fight on the hill that starts today. what are the chances dems can pick off a couple republican votes in chuck schumer says, good, but he might be a little opt

hallie jackson has more on the potential white house plan to p pull security clearances. >> reporter: it is an unprecedented threat aimed at critics of the commander in chief, the white house considering stripping security clearances of six former officials. >> they politicized and in some cases mon tiesed their security clearances. >> reporter: they have worked for democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing what he said he doesn't want them doing? >> no, he is not making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treason us activity. >> reporter: that may be a reference to john brennan who called last week's meeting with vladimir putin nothing short of treason us. >> i equate it to the betrayal of one's nation, basically aiding and abetting, giving comfort to an enemy. >> reporter: now he's on list that includes former fbi officials james comb canny and andrew mccabe, neither of whom currently have security clearances because they were fired. michael

coming up right now, more news with hallie jackson. welcome back, my friend. how is the jet lag? >> thank you. trip was something. something else. that's for sure. >> jumped out of the frying pan into the fire, as they say. >> no rest, chris. that's how we roll. see you in a little bit, my friend. thank you. i am hallie jackson, back from the overseas trip, where the walk back of the walk back hasn't taken long. president trump pumping the brakes, it seems, on his so-called clarification on what he said about russia. telling the world the higher end of intelligence loved what he said in the news conference with vladimir putin. we're waiting for them to say it publicly. >>> somebody who was once on the higher end of the intelligence community is joining us here. former homeland security chief michael chertoff will be with me live in a couple of minutes. >>> over on capitol hill, the storm is still coming down. democrats want hearings. republicans are cringing. leadership now trying to take some cover under the president's words. will it really work? we're talking with two folks fr

coming up, news with my friend hallie jackson. more excellent news, hallie is coming. >> love you. see you in an hour. i'm hallie jackson in washington. it is about to be fight night with donald trump. not with the senate over a supreme court nominee. instead, with our nato allies, when he gets to brussels later on. he's on his way message for the alliance and a long-time adversary. >> nato hasn't treated us fairly, but we'll work something out. we pay far too much, and they pay far too little. so, nato, i have the uk, which is in somewhat turmoil, and

coming up, more news with hallie jackson. hey, there. >> chris, thank you. i'm hallie jackson in washington, where the short list is getting shorter and the stakes could not be higher. president trump interviews more potential supreme court justices. four down, a few more to go. we'll tell you what you should know about the top few candidates and what our new polling out today shows what americans want when it comes to the critical question of what happens to roe v. wade. we're serving up your tuesday edition of swamp watch. scott pruitt reportedly pumping big-league friends to get his wife a job, one that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. "the washington post" reporter who had that scoop joins us. >>> and the 12 missing soccer players and their coach, found alive, incredible news, followed by an incredible challenge, how to get them out safely? and it could take months. we have a report from the scene. our team is set up and ready to go. i want to start at the white house. the administration says we're on-track for the big monday announcement. s

hallie jackson in washington. did you hear about how the white house had a problem with questions being shouted no the president? why didn't he answer any questions on the way to the midwest this morning. what does he think of this move by friends in congress to try to get rid of the deputy attorney general he appointed? does he support articles of impeachment against rod rosen stein? what does he think that means for the special counsel investigation, anything? will the president talk about that on the road trip or just trade? why is he headed to a steel plant and what's the am message to farmers struggling in the trade war he triggered. does the deal actually have teeth. what do red state democrats think of it. will we find out when senator jones joins any live later in the show? will the president answer questions about any or all of this or is he hoping to not to have answer questions like he did yesterday before the white house punished a pool reporter by banning her from an open event. do they have a problem

now, more news with hallie jackson. >>> i am hallie jackson in washington where the week is starting off hot. a new trial, a new threat, and a new focus on a big battleground. paul manafort heading to court any minute. one last hearing before his federal trial kicks off wednesday. how the risks for the president's former chair is picking up. for special counsel mueller, time to show his cards. >>> while you were sleeping, the president of the united states releasing a tweet, targeting iran. and how tehran is responding. >>> plus, a new statement from his national security adviser, out moments ago. >>> we're also taking a road trip to one of the best places to be this summer. outside the beltway. great plains hoping to be a pickup spot for republicans in november. we'll talk about what voters think of the president, the russia investigation, and congress. we are live in north dakota. >>> before that, we have our team set up and ready to go from across the country and around the world, on what is turning out to be a very bez si mondusy. i want to start with ken dilanian following the p