we'll watch that from here in florida. >> hallie jackson in florida. a lot of folks surprised that the dinner is even happening since candidate trump said he would never have the president of china over for dinner. hallie, thank you. i want to bring in niour guests. p.j., let me start with you. there's a story in politico that says president trump will be at a distinct disadvantage for today's meeting. some china watchers say that he could easily be outmasked by a diplomatic team aiming to exploit gaping holes in the white house's china policy. what's your assessment here, p.j.? >> i think it's important that the meeting happens. this is the most consequential bilateral relationship that the united states has with any country around the world and also the most complex. the fact that two leaders are meeting early in the president's term is a positive. you're absolutely right, craig. compared to when president obama first met president xi where obama was the more experienced leader and now president xi is the more experienced leader and there's no indica

>> hallie jackson, thank you so much. jonathan capehart appreciate it. watch more of hallie's interview with ivanka trump tomorrow on "today" on nbc. >>> and still ahead, the first 100 days, president trump won the election, but he's losing the electorate. which of his policies are the least popular? we're going to break down brands new nbc news/"wall street journal" polling for you right after this. >>> in just a few hours president trump continues his public march towards his first 100 days in office even as he claims the milestone is ridiculoused. scheduled to host a round table with farmers and sign an executive order benefiting rural americans and the white house is signaling tmp may be willing to take a symbolic victory on money for his border wall in the hope he can secure a substantial victory later. mark, trump, obviously, would like a victory, health care would be great, immigration, a lot of things. i just wonder what the polls are telling us voters are saying? >> yeah, chris. our nbc/"wall street journal" has rough numbers for president trump

nbc's hallie jackson with more on why kushner's trip is raising some eyebrows. >> the president's son in law and top adviser in iraq tonight, on a surprise trip with the head of the joint chiefs of staff. jared kushner, thousands of miles from washington. missing meetings at the white house, with egyptian leaders to talk instead with the iraqi prime minister. >> the right person to be in iraq, is the person the president will listen to. >> it's unusual he would travel to iraq before the secretary of state, a sign of kushner's growing influence as he juggles a portfolio that also includes middle east peace talks and overhauling the federal government. >> he has a team that he overseas. and there's a lot of areas he's been working on behalf of the government, on behalf of the president's agenda. >> kushner seems to have influence with the president. as a diplomat, that's the first thing you look for. >> reporter: the secretary of state hasn't been sidelined. rex tillerson stays home, joining talks with the egyptian president and president trump. >> it was a notably warm meeting with pre

lester. >> hallie jackson at the white house tonight. thank you. the backlash this evening is growing against fox news star, bill o'reilly. a slew of advertises including very big names today say they're pulling their ads from "the o'reilly factor" after more complaints of sexual harassment have come to light. anne thompson with the new fallout. >> reporter: bill o'reilly is rarely at a loss for words. >> hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. >> reporter: so far he said nothing on his show about the growing controversy of off screen allegations of sexual harassment. but tonight is advertisers are speaking with their wallets, bmw, mitsubishi motors and drug maker glaxo smithkline are pulling their ads from "the o'reilly factor". allstate saying in a statement inclusivity and support for women are important allstate values. we have suspended our advertising. they found fox news or o'reilly paid five women $13 million to settle harassment and inappropriate behavior claims against the star anchor. >> you're seeing companies speak about

>> hallie jackson at the white house, thank you. >>> there is late word this evening the u.s. supreme court is being asked to wade into a major fight over the death penalty. this time in arkansas, where the state wants to execute eight inmates by the end of the month. an unprecedented pace, before one of its lethal injection drugs expires. the accelerated execution schedule that was supposed to start tonight is hung up in the courts and nbc's gabe gutierrez has details for us from arkansas. ♪ >> reporter: after days of protests, today the first two of the unprecedented executions have been blocked by the arkansas supreme court. the state wanted to put to death eight inmates over the next 11 days and the attorney general is fighting to overturn the court orders. >> these sentences will be carried out and these families of the victims will be given closure. >> reporter: among the legal challenges, lawyers for the death row inmates say the rapid schedule increases the likelihood the executions will be botched and the drugs used amount to cruel and unusual punishment. drug compa

>> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> tonight there are tornado warnings firing up across the south. homes demolished as storms continue to threaten millions of americans. in a moment al roker will be here, but first, from kerry sanders on the ground in the storm zone. >> reporter: a suspected tornado today in westin, georgia, twisted metal scattered across fields, this home collapsed. wind ripping these buildings apart. no serious injuries reported but high anxiety. >> we gathered down here, it was really bad because the top on the whole house started peeling off. we knew it was a very serious storm. >> reporter: another possible tornado this afternoon in henry county, alabama. >> all of a sudden it got really, really calm and the trees started spinning and the rain started pouring. >> reporter: across the south today, damaging hail, lightning strikes igniting several house fires. and wide spread flooding. several feet deep on these streets in columbia, south carolina. in some areas more than two inches of rain an hour. in augusta, georgia, weather suspending par three play at the m

hallie jackson, nbc news, berlin. >> you can see more of hallie's exclusive interview with ivanka trump tomorrow on "today." >>> tonight, facing the prospect of a government shutdown in just days from now, president trump appears to be relenting for now in a fight with democrats over funding to pay for his border wall. the president is also preparing for the big rollout of his tax reform plan. nbc's peter alexander has all the details. >> the wall will get built, folks, in case anybody has any question, the wall will get built. >> reporter: tonight, president trump digging in, vowing his highly controversial border wall with mexico will be built by the end of his first term. >> reporter: in your first term? >> well, certainly going to -- yeah, sure. we have plenty of time. >> reporter: the president insisting his position hasn't changed but he is backing away from his demand that a billion dollar down payment to build that wall be included in an emergency spending bill that must be passed this week to avoid a government shutdown. tonight, the republicans new spending plan doesn't includ

we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: tonight a military message off the korean coast. ongoing joint exercises with south korea, as the north appears to pgs itself to conduct a nuclear test with little to no warning. the military is deploying a special sniffer aircraft that can detect evidence with drones and spy planes. president trump today alongside italy's prime minister. >> as far as north korea is concerned, we are in very good shape. we're doing a lot of work, we're in a very good position. we're going to see what happens. >> he's basically saying nothing to see here. in fact, the situation is tense and dangerous and we're a long way away from resolving the crisis. >> reporter: to convince north korea to turn down the temperature, the administration is leaning on china. >> some unusual moves have been made over the last two or three hours and i really have confidence that the president will try very hard. >> reporter: the president didn't specify what chinese moves he meant and isn't saying what he would do if north korea does test a nuclear weapon. the first ti

>> hallie jackson in the briefing room there. thank you very much. let's bring in our political director, moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. with two investigations going on, one into russia and one into trump's surveillance claims and this week both took unfortunate turns for administration, how do they get out of this and move past it? >> at some point they have to accept it exists. i think the biggest problem here is, you have the president who doesn't want to accept the conclusion that russia tried to interfere in the election, and there is going to be an investigation in this. whether he likes it or not. ultimately, that's the problem here. the source of all of the current problems for this west wing right now for this presidency right now stems from the tweet where the president accused president obama of wiretapping him. since that time, this has all been self-inflicted. look, the russia cloud is dark enough by what is already been reported and what's being investigated. this sort of nunes keystone cop situation has made it that much wo

nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: in the race to his first 100 days, president trump sprinting to the finish after high-profile stumbles, a new move from the president. >> we'll have a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. >> reporter: he'll unveil massive tax cuts rolling out a broad strokes proposal that's been in the works for weeks and adding to an already packed plate that includes not just a tax plan but maybe movement on health care reform and avoiding a government shutdown. >> these are incredibly complicated issues and the chance that he's going to be able to cram this in in the next week, slim and none. >> reporter: the president under pressure but undisturbed by the legislative log jam. >> it's going to be great. it will happen. >> reporter: in the 100-day sprint, health care is the biggest hurdle for the president. the white house would love a win before day 101 with republicans considering a new compromise that would allow states to allow insurers to opt out of official health benefits like maternity c

hallie jackson is at the white house. hallie, in an interview this morning, president trump chastised president putin for backing bashar assad. let's listen and then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> frankly, we talked chemicals because people just don't see this, the level of brutality, the level of viciousness. but when they dropped barrel bombs and bombs of any kind on top of a civilian population, that's the worst thing. i've never seen anything like it. and frankly, putin is backing a person that is truly an evil person. and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind, it's very bad for this world. >> putting aside the fact that while assad was barrel bombing his people, donald trump was tweeting that bark obama shouldn't have any involvement in syria, the formal ties go back between russia and syria to 1944. russia has a naval base and now an airfield in syria. at this point shaming vladimir putin may not be the best strategy. sdplz that is sort of the big question and the potential q

nbc's hallie jackson has that repo rt. >> the president's inner circle in a single file line with a notable exception, steve bannon who has been at every other press conference so far. a source said bannon is working on health care instead. his con speck nous no-show came hours after he was ousted from the national security council, the vice president insisting it's not a demotion. >> this is a natural evolution to ensure the national security council is organized in a way that best serves the president. >> reporter: a top white house official says bannon was originally put on the committee as a check against michael flynn, the now dismissed national security adviser. bannon's goal, originally sources say, to break down the obama-era structure inside that national security team led at the time by susan rice. she's in the president's crosshairs now as he accuses rice, with no evidence, of committing a crime by requesting the names of people connected to the trump team be unmasked. >> there's simply nothing wrong, unexpected, ill lee about doing that. what would be wrong and ill lee is if she

nbc hallie jackson has report. >> reporter: with the notable steve bannon. a source sd bannon was working on health care instead but his conspicuous no-show came hours after he was ousted fromury cou. the vice president, insisting it's not a demotion. >> just a natural evolution to ensure the national security council is organized in a way that best serves the president. >> a top white house offic says bannon was originally put on the committee as a mic check. bannon's goal, originally sources say, to break down the obama-era structure inside that national security team. led, at the time, by susan rice. she's in the president's crosshairs now as he accuses wi committing a crime, by requesting names that people e unmasked. >> there's nothing wrong, unexpected, illegal about doing that. what would be wrong and illegal is if she took that name and e the press. >> i leaked nothingnobody. >> the president, yet again, making aunsubstantiated surveillance claim, telling " t >> a lot of news ye ee more upd today. thank you to hallie jackson for also, pepsi now pulle

hallie jackson is here. hallie, let's start with you. sean spicer getting a lot of questions about taxes. every day the response is donald trump is under audit. it doesn't sound like we're going to get much more information than that. >> sure doesn't. that's probably the understatement of the day, katy. the reiteration has been the same as it has been since before the inauguration, since the beginning of this administration which is that the president feels like he's under audit and the american people knew he wasn't going to be releasing thiz taxes, -- his taxes, and t seems to be holding, that the president says he refuses to give his taxes now. he could talk to the irs about it, to. for this president we are seeing what we've seen for the past 18 months, two years, which is he's not going to be releasing those taxes despite the fact that tomorrow is tax day, despite the fact they were protesting over the weekend calling on him to do just that. also calling on congress, intending to put pressure on congress who tried to urge the presid

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in a visual medium, that means we get our briefing from hallie jackson. what did you learn? >> reporter: let me start with the headline coming out of secretary of state rex tillerson which he described russia as either complicit or incompetent in dealing with bashar al assad, adding that in response to our questions, moscow, the kremlin was not notified of this attack. that nobody from the u.s. government spoke with anybody from the kremlin prior to the strike being carried out. that said, typical deconfliction procedures were followed in order to make sure there weren't any, for example, russians in syria on the ground. i will tell you that general mcmaster tipped through a timeline starting with the moment that the president was briefed all the way leading up to the presentation of essentially three options militarily for him. general mcmaster said the president narrowed that down to two options, asked for more details, more information, and ultimately after lengthy conversations, made the decision to do what you saw today. a sporns that the secretary of state called appro

>> hallie jackson at the white house, thanks. >>> to the deadly path of destruction across the south, at least five people are dead as a line of violent storms erupts sparking an outbreak of tornados. the damage is severe and tonight the threat remains for millions. gabe gutierrez is in the storm zone. >> reporter: the deadly outbreak of storms pummeled nine states from tornados to flash floods to fires, tonight parts of the south are shattered. winds ripping the roof off this georgia fire house. >> it was insane and terrifying. >> i think i've got a female inside a vehicle with rushing water. >> reporter: in miss misa frantic ru -- mississippi a frantic rush. sadly, rescue crews couldn't reach her in time. in miss mismaissippi heartbreak. a 21-year-old tree went onto the couple's house. at least five deaths are blamed on the fast-moving system that swept across the south spawning at least 17 tornado reports in texas, louisiana and georgia. >> there it is is. tornado. >> reporter: not just relentless wind and rain. >> we heard a boom, bang, like a thunder or something. >> reporter: bu

>> hallie jackson breaking down all of the developments for us. thank you. >>> joining the conversation now is michael green, senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies and former senior director for asia on the national security council. thank you so much for being here. set the stage for us. let's remind everyone that days after president trump was elected, he took a call from the leader of taiwan. that infuriated china. in the wake of that, he reiterated his belief in the one china policy. how much leverage does he have as he tries to pressure north korea, as hallie was talking about, given all the back drop? >> showing support for democratic taiwan is a good move and a source of leverage because it shows that the president is not going to view china as having all the cards or determining how we deal with taiwan or our ally japan or others in the region. i think he's lost leverage because they called his bluff. he said he'd not necessarily continue the policy that there was one china. then he backed off it. so t

great powers can't bluff. >> that was nbc's hallie jackson. today the eyes of the political world will be on georgia and candidate jon ossoff. stakes are so high there that president trump wrote on twitter, quote, ossoff would be a disaster in congress, very weak on crime and illegal immigration. the congressional seat was left vacant by hhs secretary tom price. many are looking at it as a bellwether race for next year's midterm elections after months of backlash against the president. well, 18 people are vying for the congressional seat, including five democrats. the runoff election will take place if the winner does not cross the 50% threshold. >>> and on this tax day, trump opponents are seizing on new reaction from white house press secretary sean spicer regarding president trump's taxes after what has seemingly been years of discussing if and when the president would release his returns. >> is the president going to release his 2016 tax returns given -- we assume maybe those are not under audit? >> no, you can't. they are. >> you always t

here's nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: back on the road sounding like he's back on the campaign. >> buy american and hire american. >> reporter: the president signing a new executive order in wisconsin promising to put america first, directing an administration review to tighten up the h 1b visa program which let's highly skilled workers back into the country. that's after president trump has used different programs to bring on foreign workers at his own properties. all of it raising questions for one republican senator at her iowa town hall. >> shouldn't he be the first one to bring his company back and manufacture his products here? >> maybe he puts his money where his mouth is and brings some of those jobs here. >> reporter: the president has separated himself from his business and so has his daughter, but conflict questions linger. the ap now reporting ivanka trump's business was granted three chinese trademarks the very same day she joined her father for dinner with the chinese president. >> the question is whether that kind of award of a trademark

joining me now from mar-a-lago, nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. i'm struggling to describe how surreal it is to have the chinese president in town for a state dinner at the president's personal seaside club while they are contemplating possible military action in syria. >> reporter: right. it is a, to say the least, chris, a jarring juxtaposition if you will, standing out amongst palm trees and the south florida evening breeze, having this discussion about what president trump is going to do, this sort of ultimate test of commander in chief of whether to activate military assets here and how and what he will do. let me fill you in on what's been happening over the last couple hours. we know that back home in washington, vice president pence has returned to the white house after dinner wit his family according to a source, in order to have meetings with staff. don't read too much into that. i'm presenting it to you, though, as something that is happening. we know that president trump is over at mar-a-lago. we just sa some pictures, some video of hi

hallie jackson has that part of the story for us. >> it's going to be america first. remember that. >> reporter: for president trump, a two word world view. >> america first. america first. america first. >> reporter: clear on the campaign trail as he railed against intervention. then came his syrian strike and the near immediate backlash from his base. >> this is unbelievable. this is not what we voted for. >> reporter: that is conspiracy theorist and trump supporter mike certain vich making it clear that takes betrayal. >> you're is seeing a lot that really believe that donald trump represented a very, very sharp break with the bush era of foreign policy and that the reality is that right now he's not. >> reporter: the editor of one right wing website tweeting i'm officially off the trump train. ann coulter writing those who wanted us meddling in the middle east voted for other candidates. and breitbart saying unrest? i'm apoplectic. >> i know trump like he said was america first, but sometimes that doesn't always work out. >> reporter: if fulton county, good, some

. >>> up next, our own hallie jackson got an exclusive sitdown with ivanka trump. how does she define her role in the white house and her reaction to the jeers she received in her first official overseas trip as a member of her father's administration. and before we go, here's last night's take. >> since becoming president, donald trump has not left the country. he's barely left the country club. but today, trump sent ivanka to berlin to participate in a women's conference, making her the first trump to attend a women's conference that didn't include a swimsuit competition. and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have a sudden decrease or loss of hearing or vision, or an allergic reaction, stop taking

hallie jackson was in there. an unusually short press conference. sean spicer has done a lot of talking over the last few days, said a lot of things at his last press conference he apologized for and then an interview with greta van susteren. >> let's retuun through this he because it was short. the president has an event at 2:00 that sean spicer needed to get back to. that is 13 minutes away. to note the timing on that. couple of things to play off of what we heard in the briefing here. the press secretary asked repeatedly about the news you broke at the top of the hour we've been talking about here, the gbu-43 the moab bomb strike in afghanistan. and repeatedly referred questions on this over to the pentagon and over to defense officials. that said he was asked directly at least once, if not more, i'm sort of losing track including on his way out, although he doesn't answer questions on his way out, whether the president directly authorized this, had known about it, the tick tock was, like we had heard prior last week after the syria air strike, n

/russian relationship. >> hallie jackson in florida. thanks so much. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press." good to see you. >> good morning, willie. >> so, donald trump was praised not by all but most republicans and many democrats 0 to the response of what they saw as a humanitarian response there going out of the pictures of children dying this week. he also got his nominee confirmed by the senate. a lot of people saying this was a good week for donald trump. what did this week mean to him and his presidency? >> well, look, he had a big win on the board. he hadn't had a win on the board for a while and i'm talking about the nomination of neil gorsuch. it was ugly. and there is some that argue the difference between him winning and losing this election was the supreme court vacancy. so that was his win on the board. look, i think the syria question, i think we don't know if we will look back on this and say this was a great week for him. or a bad week for him. i think it all depends on what comes next with syria. i think the

i'm hallie jackson filling in for willie geist who is enjoying a rare day off. we have lots to get to this morning, including a devastating landslide in colombia, leaving nearly 200 people dead, hundreds more missing. we'll get you caught up on the latest details. >>> plus a big fight brewing on capitol hill this week over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. will republicans use the so-called nuclear option to get hi

nbc's hallie jackson in berlin. i'm now joined by nicole walsh and joan walsh. both of you are msnbc political analysts. nicole and joan, my problem here is that i've always said don't talk about family members politicians. they didn't get elected. they didn't put their face in this world we cover so brutally sometimes. then again, she's a special assistant to the president. she has a lot of influence with him, and she's in the showcase now because she took the title special assistant. so how should we look at her role? an advocate for women or an advocate for her father? nicole? >> you know, i think she's trying to do both, and in the end that might be what trips her up. i've followed her out of really personal curiosity throughout the course of the campaign. i follow her on social media, and the vast majority of things she tweets about and pictures she posts have, i would say, almost nothing she tweets about has anything to do with politics or policy or her father's agenda. she's spent years now investing in her brand as someone who creates things for women th

nbc's hallie jackson is at the white house. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today another busy day for president trump with a focus on foreign leaders yet again. king abdullah of jordan is set to be here at the west wing. we expect to see the two of them. a big topic of conversation will probably be middle east peace. the president tomorrow heads to mar-a-lago with a summit with the chinese president. administration officials stress it is to be an introductory framework type of summit. they stress don't expect to see any solutions in 24 hours, but do say north korea will be a major focus for president trump. much more ahead, louis. >> thanks to hallie jackson. >> that's a wrap, i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> two major foreign policy crises developing right now. north korea launched another ballistic missile, the fourth this year alone. an an apparent chemical weapons attack onhe syrian people killing more than 80 people, many children. at what point are these sarin gas attacks too much to ignore

that's where we find nbc's hallie jackson with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this morning president trump is become at the white house after that quick campaign style road trip out to wisconsin where he unveiled that new executive order on buy american, hire american. today he's expected to sign a bill into law that helps protect veterans care and also welcoming the new england patriots here to washington. >> tom brady is really terrific. >> fantastic. >> thanks to hallie jackson for that report. >> that's a wrap for us, i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts roit now from d.c. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. so bring it on. >> he didn't win outright, and he may not win the runoff, but democrats in georgia think they just made a big statement about president trump. >> no, actually they did not. >> their party's candidate for

back to you. >> thanks to hallie jackson for that report. >> that's a wrap for us. i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. >>> the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran's mall line actions. as of too day we are officially putting iran on notice. thank you. >> iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and is responsible for intensifying multiple conflicts and undermining u.s. interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon and continuing to support attacks against israel. they continue to support the brut

. >> nbc's hallie jackson in palm beach, florida. good morning. >> reporter: louis, good morning to you. the overnight developments in syria overshadows north korea and talks about that nation. with the threat from pyongyang at the top of the agenda here in palm beach with the chinese president, xi jinping who arrived last night. he will only be here a short time today as both he and president trump sit down for discussions on not just north korea but the economy as well. the president juggling a series of international crises this morning, syria chief among them. >> thanks to hallie jackson. >>> meanwhile, the senate is set to vote on the nomination of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. >> as we just mentioned a few minutes ago, the march jobs report is out at 8:30 this morning. we'll have those numbers as soon as they cross. it's coming up on "morning joe." that's a wrap for us. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> tonight i order a targeted military strike on the airfield

. >> hally jackson with us now. so what do we know about this? where do we stand now? >> reporter: here's where we stand, craig. a lot is based on this washington post report. the fbi not confirming this, but "the post" reporting here that the fbi got this secret warrant, secret court warrant to monitor some of these conversations. we know that carter page is telling nbc news the following. he says, the -- >> reporter: let's just put into perspective his role in the campaign. while the president's team identified him as a foreign policy adviser early in the campaign, there have been pains taken by the administration to distance themselves from carter page, essentially saying he was a peripheral player, not even a player, if you will, somebody who was on the fringes of involvement with the campaign and not somebody in the inner circle like paul manafort. >> hallie jackson, thank you. let's bring in corey shockey, rmer pentagon, state department and national security official under president george bush. she's now a research fellow at the hoover institution. thanks for b

i'm hallie jackson, in berlin, back to you. >>> first at 4, d.c. attorney carl racine files a lawsuit against a columbia heights landlord. citing a pattern of neglect going back many years. susan hogan has the details. >> according to the lawsuit, with long-term infestations of vermin, mold contamination, lack of heat, and the list goes on. the apartment building is located right there, 2724 11th street northwest and has 26 units. look at the pictures by news4 by the d.c. attorney general's office. the violations include bedbug and rat infestations. extreme mold contamination due to what they say were unidentified leaks. the complaint alleges that these violations pose a serious threat to health and safety. >> we want the tenants who live in these units to get the benefit of their bargain. they bargained for a habitable place to live. >> i don't feel i should be pushed out because someone wants to turn something into something to make more money. i love the neighborhood, i love my neighbors and i've been just fine here. >> now the attorney general

. >> nbc's hallie jackson at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. a all signs point to another very busy day at the white house. the president is holding a business roundtable here at the white house before speaking before the north american building trades union for a speech later in the day. against it all, the backdrop to it, interestingly a push on health care. the president last night called our colleague kristen welker into the oval office and spoke to her about how he's planning to reach out and is reaching out to more moderate republicans, conservative republicans to make progress on getting a health care deal done. we'll have much more i'm sure on this development through out the day. for now, back to you in new york. >> hallie jackson at the white house thank you. >> the senate homeland security and government affairs committee will hold a hearing on fencing along the southwest border. set to testify, former u.s. customs and border protection agents. >> i'm alex witt along seed ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right

hallie jackson joins me now from west palm beach florida. hallie, i have to start with you. we just had the great conversation with mark lotter who says they feel confident they can get health care done, that the vice president is working the phones behind the scenes. what's the path here? >> reporter: of course you're going to hear that from the administration. they want to get this done. there's nothing else they can say. at this point they can't come out and say we're washing our hands of health care reform. that's not a feasible political or policy option for them. realistically it's an youp hill climb. you played a little bit of the town halls. angry constituents still talking about the failure of the trump administration and of republicans in congress to get something done on health care. they've got to try again. the question of course is the t administration and the republicans in congress to get something done on health care. they have to try again. the question, of course, is timing. you are hearing now talk from the west wing about wanting to do health care and ta

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hallie jackson is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and today is about the aftermath of that strike. administration official tells me that president trump was briefed at mar lar-a-lago in a secure r asking about foreign counterparts to members of congress. the mood inside that room, cautiously confident about the strike. the president's most defining military moment yet. from inside his mar-a-lago estate, donald trump explaining his most consequential decision so far as commander in chief. >> there can be no dispute that syria used chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the u.n. security council. >> reporter: the president made no mention of moscow. but his secretary of state did. calling the kremlin, quote, complicit or simply incompetent in its ability to followthrough on a 2013 deal to get chemical weapons out of syria. and for president trump, a striking shift. in 2013, he repeatedly warned the obama administration to, stay out of syria. just last week, his own ad

i'm hallie jackson in berlin. back to you. >> rascally bears are at it again in lake tahoe. this is video from south lake tahoe fire department. little tough to see but firefighters were asked to scare off some hungry bears that went into a garage there. one bear actually turned around and tried to scare off the firefighters. what's good for the goose is good for gander. the department reminds them to lock the garage and lock the garbage can and all doors leading outside. that's too close for me. >> that's way too close for comfort. >> what's good for the people of tahoe is not necessarily good for the bears. get rid of all of your food. don't leave it out. that's crazy talk. >>> coming up, sun returns to the bay area. kari fills us in on how long it's going to last. >> we're seeing a lot of clouds as we take a live look outside at petaluma right now, and we're getting ready for butter and egg days this weekend. we'll talk about that weekend forecast and a warmup in just a few minutes. >>> a last-minute car rental upgrade that triggers a surprise charge on his credit card. i

that is where hallie jackson is standing by. >> reporter: president trump is here in palm beach after the critical meeting with the chinese president xi jinping. the two talking about north korea and trade. the administration describes the chemistry as positive with president trump accepting an invitation to visit china. one of many headlines from mar-a-lago. president trump waking up at mar-a-lago after wrapping up a summit with china's president. >> we made tremendous progress in the relationship with china. >> reporter: these among his most important diplomatic meetings yet. meetings may have seemed impossible a couple years ago. >> i would not be throwing him a dinner. i would get him a mcdonald's hamburger and we would get to work. you cannot continue to devalue. >> reporter: on the menu this time? north korea. no break throughs. leaders commits to a denuke peninsula. the south florida summit overshadowed by syria. and question s about what president trump will do next. >> he will not telegraph his next move. i think this action was diseae e decisive. >> reporter: this is a rever

hallie jackson over there at the white house. thanks for that. for more, let's bring in somebody who knows that building behind hallie very well, a former white house chief of staff, andy card, chief of staff to president george w. bush, now an msnbc political analyst. he joins us now from manchester, new hampshire. andy, thank you for taking a few minutes. let me ask you what you make of it. we've had these reverses, these shifts, whatever you want to call them. the line from the white house is, larks, they, the issues areg toward donald trump, therefore, he can now articulate a different position on them. do you view it more as issues evolving toward trump or trump evolving as president? >> i think donald trump is evolving as president. i actually feel that he became a conscience for the debate and with regard to nato, the world did listen to what he had to say during the campaign and i think nato kind of stepped up to show they could be more responsible and we'll see if they can be, but i do think that he legitimately has come to recognize nat

. >> we'll continue talking to hallie jackson as we watch xi jinping meet are rex tillerson, our secretary of state right there on the tarmac in palm beach. the shot is breaking up. they'll head from right there over to mar-a-lago where the president of china ultimately meet the president of the united states. donald trump in right now on his waydl/# down t palm p wstill8ejñ ky professional. he's done this before and has an understanding that that was 1nderstanding that that was óñj6é deal inb÷ñ was able to watchúbyu syrian jet flew over and dropped a chemical bomb23/ñdhyz onto th 3y]é÷ whichuaúw4;: aftermath of and we've been monitoring the past few days. we hadp]/[ñ as someone that did disturb him, if you will. he started reporting when he was first briefed about that. he was very disturbed by what he was hearing. so i do expect that we will see more fallout from that. mr. obama drew his line in the sand. he urged him not to go in and take out assad. another chemical weapon would drop on damascus which killed hundreds of children. this was the same sort of thing back in 2013