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bush white house. she has degrees from new college in sarasota, florida and the university of missouri columbia. to her immediate left is tamara keith, who joined npr in 2009, and has been a white house correspondent since 2014. -- for national public radio since 2014. she co-hosts the npr politics podcast, which is the top political podcast in america. and i admit, it is something i listen to every single week. miss keith has covered the trump administration from day one. covered the final two years of the obama presidency, as well as covering the 2016 presidential campaign, when she was assigned to cover hillary clinton. in 2018, she was elected to serve on the board of the white house correspondents association. she has worked for a number of npr affiliate stations, including wosu in columbus ohio, and kpcc, southern california public radio. she has degrees from the university of california berkeley and the ucb graduate school of journalism. last but not least, she is a member of the bad news babes,
bush white house. she has degrees from new college in sarasota, florida and the university of missouri columbia. to her immediate left is tamara keith, who joined npr in 2009, and has been a white house correspondent since 2014. -- for national public radio since 2014. she co-hosts the npr politics podcast, which is the top political podcast in america. and i admit, it is something i listen to every single week. miss keith has covered the trump administration from day one. covered the final two...
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house reporters at the white house. and then, joint sessions develop later, mostly with foreign leaders that the president has those sessions. and then, you have exchanges with reporters. those are the short q&a's that take place on the south lawn with the helicopter whirling in the background, or in the roosevelt room, or the oval office, and sometimes in the cabinet room. these are much more informal sessions. then, the third types are interviews. and so, the last two, the exchanges with reporters and interviews, have increased. in trump's case, he has had many more. when you look at the six presidents, trump has 442. these figures are by the end of june. 442 short question-and-answer sessions, which sometimes can involve one question, but most times are many minutes, and it can go up to 20 minutes or so. they are sessions where the president, especially in the marine one ones, it is a somewhat chaotic situation. and -- [laughter] martha: with people with ladders, cameras, edging their way in. it's a setting where in
house reporters at the white house. and then, joint sessions develop later, mostly with foreign leaders that the president has those sessions. and then, you have exchanges with reporters. those are the short q&a's that take place on the south lawn with the helicopter whirling in the background, or in the roosevelt room, or the oval office, and sometimes in the cabinet room. these are much more informal sessions. then, the third types are interviews. and so, the last two, the exchanges with...
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she is at the white house this morning. sarah, the white house portrayed a very different reception. they even released a sort of propaganda-like video on social media showing a warm reception, but the facts seem to counter the white house messaging here. >> that's right, jim. the white house did try to portray the president's visits to dayton and el paso as sort of a demonstration of the president's ability to act presidential in these kinds of situations. for example, his social media director, claiming that trump had been refused like a rock star at those places. and president trump, as you mentioned, had disputed the characterizations of local officials in dayton while he was flying from dayton to el paso to visit the scene of the other mass shooting, saying that they had mischaracterized his visit, even though democratic mayor of dayton, nan whaley, ohio senator sher odd brown, both of them had been dmikplitry of the visit itself. the eight surviving victims still being treated at the university medical center in texas
she is at the white house this morning. sarah, the white house portrayed a very different reception. they even released a sort of propaganda-like video on social media showing a warm reception, but the facts seem to counter the white house messaging here. >> that's right, jim. the white house did try to portray the president's visits to dayton and el paso as sort of a demonstration of the president's ability to act presidential in these kinds of situations. for example, his social media...
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they keep marching around and around the white house. they circled the property four times or five times. they go back to cameron house on lafayette square and say, well, we are going to keep the pickets up. if you will not even meet with us, we are not stopping. we will keep going with pickets. so they keep it up throughout the spring of 1917. by the end of april, u.s. is now involved in world war i. now what do you do? do you keep criticizing the president in this very public way while we are at war? you know public opinion is going to turn against it will continue to be the biggest stumbling block. it says president wilson are deceiving russia. they say we are a democracy, help us win a world war so that democracy may survive. we the women of america tell you that america is not a democracy. 20 million american women are denied the right to vote. help us make this nation really free, that it must deliberate its people. this message is for photographs and newspaper coverage. today this would be a tweet. public opinion does turn against
they keep marching around and around the white house. they circled the property four times or five times. they go back to cameron house on lafayette square and say, well, we are going to keep the pickets up. if you will not even meet with us, we are not stopping. we will keep going with pickets. so they keep it up throughout the spring of 1917. by the end of april, u.s. is now involved in world war i. now what do you do? do you keep criticizing the president in this very public way while we are...
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the gardens of the white house. we will hear from dr. susan, programs manager for the u.s. botanic garden, jim adams, horticultural manager from the united states botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. chapelle. please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] >> thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. both of our other panelist our named jim and both worked on white house gardens. at the end am going to let you ask questions. we are the last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. so from the johnson administration on. in many different ways, the white house gardens have been inspired and used. the start out by talking about garden trends and movements that have inspired and influenced the development of the
the gardens of the white house. we will hear from dr. susan, programs manager for the u.s. botanic garden, jim adams, horticultural manager from the united states botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. chapelle. please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] >> thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white...
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one evening at the white house. the president and first lady were heading out. we saw his son, barron was up by the motorcade. i saw him walk across the lawn. normally, we are not allowed to photograph any of the children. we always give them that respect that we aren't going to photograph him unless the president is around. because he was around and we thought he was leaving, the ball started rolling, i thought i should get this. in case they see this video. so, i started photographing. as soon as the two boys saw the tv cameras, they put their jackets over their head. which made it kind of funny and different. you know, the boy, barron always has a secret service agent with him. so, just like every member of the trump family and like every member of the obama family group -- family, they had constant secret service around. i think they just like, sasha and melia, going to school, barron has secret service with him in school. brian this is a unique photo. : people can see your stuff independently on twitter. how do
one evening at the white house. the president and first lady were heading out. we saw his son, barron was up by the motorcade. i saw him walk across the lawn. normally, we are not allowed to photograph any of the children. we always give them that respect that we aren't going to photograph him unless the president is around. because he was around and we thought he was leaving, the ball started rolling, i thought i should get this. in case they see this video. so, i started photographing. as...
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isn't there an irony here that it is the white house itself that it is the white house itself thatis that it is the white house itself that is at times stoking extremism and online, on twitter? online and in mainstream media as well. i see this a little bit as a way of distracting from taking responsibility on the part of the white house for that and on the gun control laws. i'm not saying you don't need to do something, you do, it's difficult but it is by no means the only piece of response that we should be looking for from, particularly, the us government to think about how you deal with these incidents. do you think it is a deliberate smoke show by the white house to put out statements like this? yes. you believe so. in your view? in my view, yes. that is not to say we should do nothing online, of course we should, a lot of workers going into that. it is a handy fall guy for where the blame, perhaps, really lies. mike weston, thank you very much. shares of ride hailing giant uber have been falling sharply in extended wall street trade, that's after it reported weak results. the f
isn't there an irony here that it is the white house itself that it is the white house itself thatis that it is the white house itself that is at times stoking extremism and online, on twitter? online and in mainstream media as well. i see this a little bit as a way of distracting from taking responsibility on the part of the white house for that and on the gun control laws. i'm not saying you don't need to do something, you do, it's difficult but it is by no means the only piece of response...
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we came back to the white house. typically, once you get inside the gates of the white house, there is a sense of relief that you have accomplished her mission. there is a little bit of a deep breath. just as we are pulling up to the oval office area where the president gets out, you have seen it many times in a press where he will walk up to the oval office, we got over the radio that there was a fence jumper. the french jumper was over on the ease part of the complex over by the treasury building. i was sitting in the right front seat of the limousine and i had to turn back to the president and say, we have a fence jumper and we have to stand in the vehicle until we get the issue resolved. and he said, a fence jumper, where? he started looking behind him and looking through. i was kind of glad for that response. after a few seconds goes on, he cannot see the fence jumper and i am not hearing it's all clear yet. then we say we have to get into the oval office. all that time i knew the uniformed officers and the agen
we came back to the white house. typically, once you get inside the gates of the white house, there is a sense of relief that you have accomplished her mission. there is a little bit of a deep breath. just as we are pulling up to the oval office area where the president gets out, you have seen it many times in a press where he will walk up to the oval office, we got over the radio that there was a fence jumper. the french jumper was over on the ease part of the complex over by the treasury...
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who was running the rope line at the white house? >> my answer would be the white house communications agency. and that's part of the department of defense. and when their sheet came in, it's the one that says, the president's call, and it puts the time. and it says to, the call to, the sea of tranquility, the moon. we have those notes in the exhibition. it says call to the sea of tranquility on the moon. how much time did he spend prepping for what he would say to the astronauts ? do any of you know? >> i don't. >> i can't say. i would say probably considerable time knowing him. i can envision that he was over in the eob office with his yellow pad on his lap and that he wrote out several different thoughts that he might have on how he would do it. this is a man who always prepared. and he always loved to tell the story about winston churchill .and how churchill one time somebody came up to winston churchill and said how in the world, the spontaneous remarks of yours are so special. they're so great. and winston churchill said some o
who was running the rope line at the white house? >> my answer would be the white house communications agency. and that's part of the department of defense. and when their sheet came in, it's the one that says, the president's call, and it puts the time. and it says to, the call to, the sea of tranquility, the moon. we have those notes in the exhibition. it says call to the sea of tranquility on the moon. how much time did he spend prepping for what he would say to the astronauts ? do any...
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who was running that at the white house? >> my answer would be the white house communications agency and that is a part of the department of defense. when their sheet came in, it is the one that says the presidents call and it puts the time and it says the call to the sea of tranquility, the moon. we have those notes in the exhibition. how much time did he spend prepping for what he would say to the astronauts? do any of you know? >> i don't. >> i can't say. >> probable considerable time knowing him. i can imagine he was in the office with a pad on his lap and he wrote out several different thoughts you might have and how he would do it. this is a man who always prepared. he always wanted to tell the story about winston churchill and how one time 70 came up to winston churchill and said, how -- someone came up to winston churchill and said how do you do that, it is so great. and winston church hillside part of the work i -- winston churchill said part of the work i do is writing out those responses. >> one of the things we a
who was running that at the white house? >> my answer would be the white house communications agency and that is a part of the department of defense. when their sheet came in, it is the one that says the presidents call and it puts the time and it says the call to the sea of tranquility, the moon. we have those notes in the exhibition. how much time did he spend prepping for what he would say to the astronauts? do any of you know? >> i don't. >> i can't say. >> probable...
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>> look, nobody in this white house or few people in this white house spent as much time close to the president physically every day as madeleine westerhaut. she had an office just outside of the oval office. she was a gatekeeper for the president. if you wanted to have a chance to talk to him, she was a good person to know in the west wing. and so for her to suddenly be on the outs was shocking to a lot of people. she had been seen as one of the people in his inner circle. mind you, she had previously worked for other republicans. she was not originally a trump supporter in the primaries. but she had works her way into his level of trust. so when he heard about these comments, apparently she had made at this dinner, obviously, you know, pushed over a line that he was willing to tolerate. he says, as he always does, he blames the media. nobody in the media reported on these, that i saw. this got around the white house because they were pretty surprising things for somebody to say, even in a private setting. >> jill, it was interesting too, some of the reporting out there suggests mayb
>> look, nobody in this white house or few people in this white house spent as much time close to the president physically every day as madeleine westerhaut. she had an office just outside of the oval office. she was a gatekeeper for the president. if you wanted to have a chance to talk to him, she was a good person to know in the west wing. and so for her to suddenly be on the outs was shocking to a lot of people. she had been seen as one of the people in his inner circle. mind you, she...
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and the white house rebuffing those efforts. that's information coming from multiple current and former senior administration officials to our own jake tapper. and we learned that dhs officials have been battling the white house for more than a year to get them to focus on domestic terrorism. and when the administration released a report, it was really scantily mentioned in this 20-plus page report. it was put out by the administration last fall. it is called the national counter terrorism strategy. in it, it says that ral islamic terrorists remain the prime threat to the u.s., that domestic terrorism in that document is only mentioned twice without much detail. now this despite the fact even fbi director chris wray recently testified last month that almost as many domestic terror arrests occurred in the first three quarters of this fiscal year as there have been arrested connected to international terrorism. the number of domestic terrorist arrests, about 100. and christopher said the majority were motivated by some version of
and the white house rebuffing those efforts. that's information coming from multiple current and former senior administration officials to our own jake tapper. and we learned that dhs officials have been battling the white house for more than a year to get them to focus on domestic terrorism. and when the administration released a report, it was really scantily mentioned in this 20-plus page report. it was put out by the administration last fall. it is called the national counter terrorism...
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bush white house invited the president of china hu jintao to come visit the white house. it was clear this would not work. it was clear it would be tense from the beginning. i mean in the first instance t chinese wanted hu jintao to get a full state treatment. george w. bush says no, it won't be a state's visit but an official visit, in terms of protocol and poms and circumstances. the chinese wanted hu jintao to have dinner at the white house. george w. bush says no, we want you to come but we are not going to giver y you dinner but how at lunch. the bush's administration, disaster rousley botched to the hurricane. it had to be called off the last minute because of katrina and got postponed until months later. april, 2006, they were at last able to do this difficult thing. it then turned out to be a nice day. jintao got his 21 salute and they brought out the drum cord which was a cool thing to see in the colonial drum core outfit. quickly things start to go off the rail. you can tell that in part. the archive ap footage summing up that day is slugged with this title. "an
bush white house invited the president of china hu jintao to come visit the white house. it was clear this would not work. it was clear it would be tense from the beginning. i mean in the first instance t chinese wanted hu jintao to get a full state treatment. george w. bush says no, it won't be a state's visit but an official visit, in terms of protocol and poms and circumstances. the chinese wanted hu jintao to have dinner at the white house. george w. bush says no, we want you to come but we...
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the white house denied it to us. the president was asked directly if he and advisors were talking about cutting payroll taxes and here is how he answered. >> so we're talking about indexing and always looking at the capital gain stacks, payroll tax. we're looking at i would love to do something on capital gains, we're talking about that. >> so there is confirming what his an mid station, at least some members were denying to us last night in addition to that he called on the fed to significantly cut interest rates, in order, between that and the tax cuts, the president called for just the kind of measures would one take the economy is slowing down, something top advisors have been going on the v and denying for days. just this morning one of the president's spokes people hogan gidley was denying payroll taxes were being discussed but actually admitted it seconds later in the same interview. >> it's not being considered at this time but he's looking at options to give back the hard-earned money they made. >> if there
the white house denied it to us. the president was asked directly if he and advisors were talking about cutting payroll taxes and here is how he answered. >> so we're talking about indexing and always looking at the capital gain stacks, payroll tax. we're looking at i would love to do something on capital gains, we're talking about that. >> so there is confirming what his an mid station, at least some members were denying to us last night in addition to that he called on the fed to...
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bush white house invited the chinese president at the time to come visit the white house. and again, this is just one of those times in life when it was clear this might not work. i mean, it was at least clear it was going to be very tense from the beginning. i think it was maybe even clear from the beginning that it was going to go badly. i mean, in the first instance the chinese wanted hu jintao to be given the full state treatment. george w. bush said, no, it will just be an official visit, which is one big wrung down the ladder in terms of protocol and pomp and circumstance. the chinese wanted hu jintao to have a state dinner at the white house. george w. bush white house said, nope, we want you to come, but we're not willing to give you dinner. how about lunch? then an even bigger problem. hurricane katrina blew ashore in the gulf coast and devastated the great american city of new orleans and the bush administration, of course, disastrously botched the response to that hurricane. huh jintao's visit had originally been scheduled for the week new orleans had almost bee
bush white house invited the chinese president at the time to come visit the white house. and again, this is just one of those times in life when it was clear this might not work. i mean, it was at least clear it was going to be very tense from the beginning. i think it was maybe even clear from the beginning that it was going to go badly. i mean, in the first instance the chinese wanted hu jintao to be given the full state treatment. george w. bush said, no, it will just be an official visit,...
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the white house can see it. i just published a piece updating some charts that the administration had used in september to show us all how great the economy was doing. and by almost every measure that they used to sell the health of the economy, things have gotten worse. growth has slowed. we're not in recession territory yet in terms of growth but manufacturing is essentially in a recession. and we have a lot of reason to be worried about the overall health of the global economy. so in that environment, yeah, there's real reason to be worried, especially if you are a president who has, you know, a stronger ratings -- poll ratings on the economy than on almost any other issue and you're facing re-election next year. they have every reason to be both trying to talk up the strength of the economy, trying to talk to consumers who remain the big engine of growth while at the same time making contingency plans for what if things get worse because of these external and self-inflicted headwinds? >> so you have, at the
the white house can see it. i just published a piece updating some charts that the administration had used in september to show us all how great the economy was doing. and by almost every measure that they used to sell the health of the economy, things have gotten worse. growth has slowed. we're not in recession territory yet in terms of growth but manufacturing is essentially in a recession. and we have a lot of reason to be worried about the overall health of the global economy. so in that...
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one senior source says the white house has major ideological blinders on. when the national counter interest or rimp strategy was released last fall, the white house did add a paragraph about other forms of extremism but failed to even specifically reference white supremacists. >>> new this morning, the national rifle president is warning president trump. his support for background checks on gun purchases will not be popular. this is what the president said about background checks on wednesday. >> well, i'm looking to do background checks. i think background checks are important. i don't want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hate. sick people. i don't want to -- i'm all in favor of it. >> the president, all in favor there, but he's gone back and forth on gun control before. white house officials say he's torn between wanting to do more and growing concern that doing more would cause a revolt from his base. >>> president trump spent wednesday visiting the scenes of both weekend massacres, dayton, ohio, and el paso
one senior source says the white house has major ideological blinders on. when the national counter interest or rimp strategy was released last fall, the white house did add a paragraph about other forms of extremism but failed to even specifically reference white supremacists. >>> new this morning, the national rifle president is warning president trump. his support for background checks on gun purchases will not be popular. this is what the president said about background checks on...
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by house democrats into the president's actions in the white house. >> we'll see what happens. a very sensitive issue, diindee. phil, thank you very much for that report. joining us now, congressman ted lieu, he serves both on the judiciary and foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> i'll get to these subpoenas in just a moment or so. but first, president trump did acknowledge that he did speak to people in israel about the decision to ban two of your colleagues. these are elected members of the u.s. congress. what message does this send? >> thank you, wolf, for your question. no american president should ever work with a foreign power to negatively affect americans. donald trump should be defending the rights of americans to travel to other countries. the fact that he has not done and has done exactly the opposite shows again that he is unfit to hold the high office of the presidency. >> and what about the israeli government decision, prime minister netanyahu's decision to flip his ambassador here in washington, a few weeks ago, sa
by house democrats into the president's actions in the white house. >> we'll see what happens. a very sensitive issue, diindee. phil, thank you very much for that report. joining us now, congressman ted lieu, he serves both on the judiciary and foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> i'll get to these subpoenas in just a moment or so. but first, president trump did acknowledge that he did speak to people in israel about the...
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white house denied it. they denied it to us and to "the wall street journal." the president just confirmed what they have been busy denying. at this point it's not clear if we should believe anything a white house spokesperson says or what the president says for that matter because they just contradict each other constantly and themselves. we'll have more on the double talk in a second. because a lot of it is on camera and you have to see it to believe it. one spokesperson denied it and confirmed it in the same interview, which is, i mean, that takes skill. that's the best people. i want to begin by discussing and focussing on the other presidential double talk we saw today about background checks for gun buyers. after the mass shootings in el paso and dayton, the president was talking about meaningful background checks. confirmation he's not looking at background checks. we'll be joined by a reporter of details the president may have fully caved a phone conversation with the head of the nra. it's not the f
white house denied it. they denied it to us and to "the wall street journal." the president just confirmed what they have been busy denying. at this point it's not clear if we should believe anything a white house spokesperson says or what the president says for that matter because they just contradict each other constantly and themselves. we'll have more on the double talk in a second. because a lot of it is on camera and you have to see it to believe it. one spokesperson denied it...
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here is one from the white house briefing room. doug: that one got a lot of interesting comments on twitter. it was a day when we had seen the president couple times, i believe. the white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, who i have gotten to really know and respect, she has the toughest job in the white house so far, , by far, she was doing her daily briefing. because we had seen the president a couple of times and where my desk is at the white house reading room, it is all the way in the back. i can hear on the pa when the secretary comes in and starts speaking. i was not planning to go out and photograph her until question started. when she said she had a guest with her, i grabbed my camera and run up to the briefing room. that would be his first time in the briefing room. all of a sudden, a feed shows on the monitor. all of a sudden it was like, this is a first, i have never seen this. it was an interesting day. her face -- the questions that she got about it, they were interesting. but again, she has a tough job.
here is one from the white house briefing room. doug: that one got a lot of interesting comments on twitter. it was a day when we had seen the president couple times, i believe. the white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, who i have gotten to really know and respect, she has the toughest job in the white house so far, , by far, she was doing her daily briefing. because we had seen the president a couple of times and where my desk is at the white house reading room, it is all the...
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in the white house. me theya nixon cox told would look from the television to the oval, from the oval to the television, because they couldn't believe what they were watching. part, i'm wondering if your father mentioned this to you, when it was done, your grandfather arrived. they went down to greet him. he was completely humbled by the event, totally overwhelmed by the courage of the astronauts and staggered by the history of the moment. has that come through to you? to your mom as well? >> yes. she says he was really excited about it. he thought it was a great opportunity. speech he talked about the gray service -- surface of the moon. i think he saw it as an amazing opportunity. >> we are going to talk about the context first before we get to the phone call. inyou all know this began 1957. i was a year-old, it wasn't my fault, the russians launched sputnik one. let's get the reaction to sputnik. go ahead. splat -- a slap in the face to american complacency. we were in the eisenhower presidency, the n
in the white house. me theya nixon cox told would look from the television to the oval, from the oval to the television, because they couldn't believe what they were watching. part, i'm wondering if your father mentioned this to you, when it was done, your grandfather arrived. they went down to greet him. he was completely humbled by the event, totally overwhelmed by the courage of the astronauts and staggered by the history of the moment. has that come through to you? to your mom as well?...
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donald trump is the white house. this is not a white house where you say what is the chief of staff saying, the acting chief of staff. what is the point person on gun safety? it really comes down to sort of what is the feeling? the mood? the last person to talk to the president? whenever this all comes together. >> yeah. you're exactly right about that. the reality is he did go out and say to his staff, come one some proposals and tell me about them. it is aides talking to other people. you're right. it will come down to what the president wants to do and what he's feeling about this. and we know that he is getting pressured from both sides, right? and there is a lot of politics involved here. so he knows, and people that are trying to prevent him from pushing gun legislation are saying to him, you're going to lose your base. they're not going to like. this you're going to lose support in this 2020 election. we also know that there are a number of people, republicans, who are saying to him, you can push some proposal
donald trump is the white house. this is not a white house where you say what is the chief of staff saying, the acting chief of staff. what is the point person on gun safety? it really comes down to sort of what is the feeling? the mood? the last person to talk to the president? whenever this all comes together. >> yeah. you're exactly right about that. the reality is he did go out and say to his staff, come one some proposals and tell me about them. it is aides talking to other people....
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a white house spokesperson tells the "times" we would welcome them to the white house in the future should a future date work out. >>> a surprise news in the nfl over the weekend as the team's starting quarterback, andrew luck announced his retirement. nbc news correspondent ron mott has the detail sg. >> this was not an easy decision. >> a brutal sport has lost a warrior. >> the only way forward for me is to remove myself from football. >> indianapolis colts quarterback andrew luck after a string of injuries signdelined m for long stretches, including the entire 2017 season announced he's quitting at age 29. >> it's taken my joy of this game away. >> and now you're starting to hear the reaction of some of the fans. >> the news was not immediately welcomed by home fans who booed. one fan taking off luck's number 12 jersey. >> i'd be lying if i didn't hear the reaction. it hurt. >> former nfl player daunte sta stallworth understands the decision. >> to take as many hits as he has day in and day out, over 17 years, i can't imagine what he's going through. >> luck, cwas the number one pik of
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is anybody here surprised the president resisted this or the white house resisted this? i would be more surprised if you had atory that said donald trump had a meeting and when this came up, he said, you know what, those rats, they're infesting the country and i want you to go get those white supremacists, we're going to send the military and the border patrol and whatever we have to do to get them but that is not what he said when it comes to white supremacy and that is what he says when it comes to mexicans or immigrants seeking asylum who are trying to get a better life and not the people trying to restrict americans from having a better life. >> and the fbi director christopher wray, appointed by president trump, just testified that the number of arrest is about the same as international terrorism and both of those are white supremacists. >> but the president was clear before the incidents happened that the -- all types of terrorism and oversimplification to say white supremacists or some political line that satisfies a segment of the society, he's talking about all
is anybody here surprised the president resisted this or the white house resisted this? i would be more surprised if you had atory that said donald trump had a meeting and when this came up, he said, you know what, those rats, they're infesting the country and i want you to go get those white supremacists, we're going to send the military and the border patrol and whatever we have to do to get them but that is not what he said when it comes to white supremacy and that is what he says when it...
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the white house issued a veto threat for a house democratic bill that contained those back in february. but yesterday as he was leaving the white house, president trump then told reporters that he does have an appetite for background checks. the white house and president trump at different times have also said that he backs red flag laws, red flag proposals exist in some states. even allies like senator lindsay graham are pushing broader red flag laws. he's even talked about strengthening the death penalty, making mass shooters hate crimes have to face the death penalty. so president trump not sending a lot of clarity on his gun control stance and time is running out. congress will soon be coming back and this conversation will get a lot more serious. >> if you look at the track record he's repeatedly backed off any subsequent gun control measures after shootings. sarah west wood at the white house, thanks very much. >> joining me lynn suite and michael sheer, white house correspondent for "the new york times." lynn, rachel bay of the "washington post" made what i thought was a smart o
the white house issued a veto threat for a house democratic bill that contained those back in february. but yesterday as he was leaving the white house, president trump then told reporters that he does have an appetite for background checks. the white house and president trump at different times have also said that he backs red flag laws, red flag proposals exist in some states. even allies like senator lindsay graham are pushing broader red flag laws. he's even talked about strengthening the...
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is it unusual for a white house aide to have to sign that or is that white house procedure? >> we don't know for sure she signed such an agreement, but it is pretty standard for government positions that are so high leveled. it wouldn't be surprising. trump sees to sort of see a sort of loyalty with the president. we've seen this with amirosa and others, so it's easy to see this play out. >> do you think this is because she's going elsewhere? >> they had a pretty good rapport. he saw her going to meetings and saying disparaging remarks about her child, so he had that, but he still felt a warmness toward her. >> he sort of dangled the confidentiality agreement and that he would slr. >> maybe we do see a book or tell-all, or maybe it won't get there. he was asked yesterday about whether or not he fired west westerhout. >> i think she had a bad night. i think it was unfortunate. she said she was drinking. the whole thing was very unfortunate and i think the press was very dishonest because it was supposed to be off the record, but still, it went to something painful. >> he says
is it unusual for a white house aide to have to sign that or is that white house procedure? >> we don't know for sure she signed such an agreement, but it is pretty standard for government positions that are so high leveled. it wouldn't be surprising. trump sees to sort of see a sort of loyalty with the president. we've seen this with amirosa and others, so it's easy to see this play out. >> do you think this is because she's going elsewhere? >> they had a pretty good rapport....
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how about back at the white house? >> it was -- it was -- i mean, i felt personally like i had a split personality because on the one hand you were trying to figure out what do you need to do now. as i think dwight said earlier, it's out of your control. on the other hand you're sitting there thinking about all the other things that could go wrong in this chain of events that take place over more than a number of days. and it really -- i mean, you couldn't get it off your mind, but you didn't want to think about it sometimes. it was very unique. >> as you would walk down the corridor in the west wing, you could hear from room to room every television was on by every staff person in the white house. >> wow. okay. now, there has been a lot of attention paid in the last couple of weeks to william sapphire writing a memo to your boss, larry, called the in event of moon disaster, offering suggested remarks in the case of a mission failure and that the apollo 11 astronauts did not survive. has that been overstated a little b
how about back at the white house? >> it was -- it was -- i mean, i felt personally like i had a split personality because on the one hand you were trying to figure out what do you need to do now. as i think dwight said earlier, it's out of your control. on the other hand you're sitting there thinking about all the other things that could go wrong in this chain of events that take place over more than a number of days. and it really -- i mean, you couldn't get it off your mind, but you...
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shannon pettypiece senior white house reporter for msnbc news. and the new economics editor for "the washington post" who just got there and has already broke this story we're talking about, about these payroll tax discussions. and my friend dan nathan principal at risk reversal advisers and cnbc contributor. shannon, to you first. preparing for a recession does make sense. it's like taking an umbrella out if it might rain. but has the administration boxed itself into a corner if they continue to say there are no signs of a recession and it's the best economy ever? >> if you listen carefully to what they've been saying, they are ig are saying everything is fine and okay now. when you push them on what about next year you see them starting to stumble. behind the scenes there is definitely growing anxiety about what the economy is going to look like in 2020 and the main thing i hear people focused on doing is trying to get a trade deal with china. they obviously see it is a big overhang in the markets. in the past there's been sort of a wing in the
shannon pettypiece senior white house reporter for msnbc news. and the new economics editor for "the washington post" who just got there and has already broke this story we're talking about, about these payroll tax discussions. and my friend dan nathan principal at risk reversal advisers and cnbc contributor. shannon, to you first. preparing for a recession does make sense. it's like taking an umbrella out if it might rain. but has the administration boxed itself into a corner if they...
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and only this white house could see some advantage to being labeled white supremacist. >> but again, the president said it's not good. his campaign, though, according to axios saying -- >> that could be a good cop, bad cop routine. i can't imagine a worth epithet for a president or his administration. it appeals to do worst elements in our society. and i think it needs to be condemned. it is one of the reasons >> let's talk about background checks, guns. the president seemed very optimistic today when he was leaving the white house saying that there's tremendous support across the aisle, saying that mitch mcconnell is on board with this even though we've heard from mitch mcconnell's side that he hasn't actually endorsed specific legislation. do you think that anything is actually going to be done this time around? do you believe the president that really there could be movement on back gruground chec and getting legislation passed? >> i think there is a slim chance. the problem is that there's enough time between these tragedies and when congress reconvenes that once again it gets on
and only this white house could see some advantage to being labeled white supremacist. >> but again, the president said it's not good. his campaign, though, according to axios saying -- >> that could be a good cop, bad cop routine. i can't imagine a worth epithet for a president or his administration. it appeals to do worst elements in our society. and i think it needs to be condemned. it is one of the reasons >> let's talk about background checks, guns. the president seemed...
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the day before that the white house said they aren't. now today the white house says they are. just from a messaging standpoint they clearly seem disorganized. >> from a messaging standpoint it could be cleaned up a bit obviously. but i don't think -- look, i think if we learned, nothing is off the table in this administration, right? there's one decider in chief here, and until he says it's completely off the table, it's not off the table. so just because -- >> even if he says it's off the table, it may not be off the table. >> exactly. and that makes it difficult, right, for his republican allies in the congress to kind of move forward on plans like a 2.0. >> it also makes it difficult for folks like you to come on television and definitively state what the policy is. catherine, just in terms of the economics of this, i mean, republicans used to care about the deficit. under president obama there were, you know, there was so much focus understandably on the deficit and concern about it. you don't hear any republicans talking about the deficit. certainly this president going a
the day before that the white house said they aren't. now today the white house says they are. just from a messaging standpoint they clearly seem disorganized. >> from a messaging standpoint it could be cleaned up a bit obviously. but i don't think -- look, i think if we learned, nothing is off the table in this administration, right? there's one decider in chief here, and until he says it's completely off the table, it's not off the table. so just because -- >> even if he says it's...
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how is this affecting discussions at the white house? because that is just nowhere in tune with what the message that's coming out of the president or the white house. >> right. but those forecasts and the unease broadly about the possibility of a recession in the near future, that is the reason folks inside the white house are having these discussions at all about coming up with something to stablize the economy ahead of the election because the president for all his cheerleading understands that if the economy takes a nosedive that that is a real big problem for him. yes, he is under water with his approval rating anyway even in the good economy but this is a guy who has been out there for two and a half years now, taking credit for the american economy every time there is a good jobs report going, to say all of the world leaders are congratulating him on what he says is the hottest economy around. the way he talks about it and the way he has tried to sell it maybe they can continue to just get by on bluster but i think the president a
how is this affecting discussions at the white house? because that is just nowhere in tune with what the message that's coming out of the president or the white house. >> right. but those forecasts and the unease broadly about the possibility of a recession in the near future, that is the reason folks inside the white house are having these discussions at all about coming up with something to stablize the economy ahead of the election because the president for all his cheerleading...
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you served in the white house with obama. what are democrats thinking when they're going after the former president legacy here? >> i don't think it's a smart tactic. i will say that they're not attacking obama specifically. which is obviously smart when you have someone who is has a 97% approval rating. within the democratic party. they are attacking the policies. and the real smart thing to do is say look, we want to build on the great success of president obama. it's like we're saying when fdr passed social security in 1935 people say we didn't go far enough. and medicare and medicaid that was not far enough. we have taken great strides with the affordable care act. we need to cover more people. it's not right that 28 million americans don't have insurance. and i want to build upon that work. that's the message we need to have. the circular firing squad i do not think is the right long term strategy. i hope we'll see that start to change. >> will is right. obama is incredibly popular. 95% aremoval rating in the last year o
you served in the white house with obama. what are democrats thinking when they're going after the former president legacy here? >> i don't think it's a smart tactic. i will say that they're not attacking obama specifically. which is obviously smart when you have someone who is has a 97% approval rating. within the democratic party. they are attacking the policies. and the real smart thing to do is say look, we want to build on the great success of president obama. it's like we're saying...
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how does the white house see it? >> jim, this is another wrinkle in the white house's efforts to calm fears of economic strain. we heard peter navarro try to downplay this and we asked the white house for an official statement about the tariffs. we haven't heard back yet. recall that last week president trump did delay the imposition of additional tariffs on some chinese goods, delayed them until december. but that was not necessarily an olive branch to china. that was, in fact, something that the president did largely because he was afraid of how those tariffs could potentially affect americans during the christmas shopping season. that's what sources told cnn at the time. and those were tariffs that he decided to move forward with earlier this month after a period of relative calm over the summer. recall that in june, president trump indefinitely suspended the kplen ta implementation of the new tariffs. that was when he last sat down with xi jinping at the summit. they have hit a snag and the administration not see
how does the white house see it? >> jim, this is another wrinkle in the white house's efforts to calm fears of economic strain. we heard peter navarro try to downplay this and we asked the white house for an official statement about the tariffs. we haven't heard back yet. recall that last week president trump did delay the imposition of additional tariffs on some chinese goods, delayed them until december. but that was not necessarily an olive branch to china. that was, in fact, something...
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the white house hosted a summit with tech companies. particular,s in facebook and twitter. according to the university of theland, those are two of top three social media platforms used by extremist groups and individuals. i want to bring in professor of social media at syracuse newhouse school of public communications and in atlanta, once a special agent in charge of homeland security investigations new york field office. insomeone who has worked federal law enforcement, do meetings like this accomplish much? >> i think they can. the administration is trying to do and many administrations, several, as we've seen an increase in social is trying to implore the technology companies, how is, the platform they provide and the information that could be shared that could be detrimental and could provide makingency if someone is threats or statements they will be violent. talking to these try toes is helpful and foster that collaboration is necessary. leads tor not it substantive actions today, next week, building the relationship is critical. the origin ofg at some of these mass
the white house hosted a summit with tech companies. particular,s in facebook and twitter. according to the university of theland, those are two of top three social media platforms used by extremist groups and individuals. i want to bring in professor of social media at syracuse newhouse school of public communications and in atlanta, once a special agent in charge of homeland security investigations new york field office. insomeone who has worked federal law enforcement, do meetings like this...
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joe johns is at the white house. joe, the president seems to have made some news both about gun control and north korea. >> reporter: that is true. from what we can tell the president did say in his view there was tremendous support for gun control for some type of regulation relating to sensible background checks, which is something we've heard before out of the president. however, perhaps this is different because, as you know, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has signaled that he, too, is interested in going forward with something, or at least trying to. the other thing i have to say very important about gun control, is as i can hear the president's helicopter taking off right now, the next question after the president says there's tremendous support for gun control, is, mr. president, what about the national rifle association? because they are the people so far who seem just a little bit reluctant, and have always been reluctant, if you will, on issues of gun control. so talking to insiders there, of
joe johns is at the white house. joe, the president seems to have made some news both about gun control and north korea. >> reporter: that is true. from what we can tell the president did say in his view there was tremendous support for gun control for some type of regulation relating to sensible background checks, which is something we've heard before out of the president. however, perhaps this is different because, as you know, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has signaled...
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we will speak with the white house's former top economist next. at t-mobile, what can you get when you a buy a samsung galaxy note 10? you get unlimited data while on a network that goes further than ever before. use as much as you want. when you want. a netflix subscription on us. stream all your favorite movies and shows. and for a limited time. buy any samsung galaxy note 10 and get one samsung galaxy note 10 for free. that's right. get one samsung galaxy note 10 for free. he borrowed billions donald trump failed as a businessman. and left a trail of bankruptcy and broken promises. he hasn't changed. i started a tiny investment business, and over 27 years, grew it successfully to 36 billion dollars. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. i'm running for president because unlike other candidates, i can go head to head with donald trump on the economy, and expose him fo what he is: a fraud and a failure. this melting pot of impacted species. everywhere is going to get touched by climate change. that a handle is just a handle. chair is just a
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you served in the white house with obama. what are democrats thinking when they're going after the former president's legacy here? >> i don't think it's a smart tactic. i will say that they're not attacking obama specifically. which is obviously smart when you have someone who is has a 97% approval rating. but they are attacking some of the polies. and the real smart thing to do here is to say, look, we want to build on great success of president obama. it's like saying when fdr passed social security in 1935 you can say we didn't go far enough or lbj passed medicare in '65, that wasn't far enough. we've taken great strides but now we need to cover more people. and that's the message i think we need to have. this circular kind of firing squad as you're leading says i do not think is the right long-term strategy and i hope we'll start to see that change over the next few debates. >> obama was incredibly popular. he had a 95% approval rating in the last year of his presidency. are we taking some steps back in the democratic par
you served in the white house with obama. what are democrats thinking when they're going after the former president's legacy here? >> i don't think it's a smart tactic. i will say that they're not attacking obama specifically. which is obviously smart when you have someone who is has a 97% approval rating. but they are attacking some of the polies. and the real smart thing to do here is to say, look, we want to build on great success of president obama. it's like saying when fdr passed...
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. >> joey, since he never worked in the white house or government, a campaign manager, if the white house decided they wanted to assert executive privilege, would they have a legal case? >> it does not appear so. but that doesn't mean they won't try it any way. so what is executive privilege? look, privilege is a very important. they are important because you want candid advice. you want say for example attorney/client privilege and when you sit down with a client you want them to tell you everything and not to repeat that. otherwise they will not give you their best so relate it by analogy to the president. someone comes in the executive office and you want them and there is an adviser and another government official, you want to have a conversation that will not be front page news as a result of that executive privilege is something very important. however, the issue applies to people working in the government to protect the internal deliberation process of the government. when you are talking back to your original question about someone who was an informal adviser and not a government
. >> joey, since he never worked in the white house or government, a campaign manager, if the white house decided they wanted to assert executive privilege, would they have a legal case? >> it does not appear so. but that doesn't mean they won't try it any way. so what is executive privilege? look, privilege is a very important. they are important because you want candid advice. you want say for example attorney/client privilege and when you sit down with a client you want them to...
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congresswoman appears to hit a nerve in the white house. a republican source saying the white house is telling sure ra gases a racist, such accusations are appalling. focussing on the four congresswomen is wedge issue. they barred two of the congresswomen last week. rasheed talib and ilan omar responded. >> we know donald trump would love nothing more than to use this issue to pit muslims and jewish americans against each other. the muslim community and the jewish community are being made into the country. >> she was going to visit her grandmother would decline siting the conditions that israel placed on her entry. joining me right now is stacey abrams that ran for governor last year and released a program to fight voter suppression. it's interesting on the voter suppression in the light of what the president now is yet again claiming about new hampshire and all these thousands of people who came in, just talk a little bit about, you know, the laws which are being pushed by republicans in many states because i've had people on and when they
congresswoman appears to hit a nerve in the white house. a republican source saying the white house is telling sure ra gases a racist, such accusations are appalling. focussing on the four congresswomen is wedge issue. they barred two of the congresswomen last week. rasheed talib and ilan omar responded. >> we know donald trump would love nothing more than to use this issue to pit muslims and jewish americans against each other. the muslim community and the jewish community are being made...
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the white house wanted only to focus on jihadi threats. they had major idealogical blinders on. joining me now is counter-terrorism analyst phil mudd. just off the top, what is your take on this? >> do you remember the election campaign when the president -- remember, it wasn't that long ago when we spent a lot of time talking about isis. the president was talking about how he would eliminate isis. a good talking point for a president partly because if you contrast it to the white supremacy problem in the united states, isis is people overseas, the other people that we don't want in this country, so he could link that to some of his immigration commentary. in the face of that when you have a new team come in office that may not be that familiar with how to understand intelligence and terrorism reporting, you have officials in government come at you and say, isis is fine but the people we need to spend more resources on not only aren't isis, they're white people in this country. boy, that's a tough pill to swallow if you're new to the white
the white house wanted only to focus on jihadi threats. they had major idealogical blinders on. joining me now is counter-terrorism analyst phil mudd. just off the top, what is your take on this? >> do you remember the election campaign when the president -- remember, it wasn't that long ago when we spent a lot of time talking about isis. the president was talking about how he would eliminate isis. a good talking point for a president partly because if you contrast it to the white...