i'm david gura. much ado about nothing? or fallout over the memo released. >>> fire and fury gross as president trump could use the document to come after the men investigating his inner circle. >> it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. you look at that and see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. >> and devil is in the details. what exactly the memo reveals and it could ask the future of the russia investigation. that's where we begin this hour, with that memo. all 3 1/2 pages of it. the memo the president himself claims totally vindicates him in theusinvestigation. the folk sus cus is on this manr page, former adviser to president trump's campaign. the memo accuses the fbi and justice department of abusing their power to obtain a warrant from the fisa court to eve eave drop on page. christopher steele, what's come to become the dossier. the memo alleges that they failed to mention that they worked for the

i'm david gura. multiple reports president donald trump is allegedly furious at his chief of staff john kelly for withholding information about rob porter's domestic abuse allegations. he falsely could you have had fredricka wilson bragging about securing funding for an fbi building in florida and refused the apologize one a video surfaced. he called robert e. lee an honorable man and suggested a lack of compromise caused the civil war. he said some immigrants are too lazy and afraid to sign up for daca. some are speculating kelly may have made his last mistake as chief of staff, but the white house is still defending him publicly. >> i spoke to the president last night. i told him i would be with you today and he said please tell jake i have full faith in chief of sff john kelly. >> does he have confidence in general kelly. hhas absolute confidence. >> joining me is contour gable sherman. right after this happened, you wrote the administration was still struggling to contain the fallout. that was th

i'm david gura. president trump certainly covered a lot of ground this morning in his explosive tweet storm in which he railed against the fbi, barack obama, democrats in congress and h.r. mcmaster. in another of those tweets the president says the russians are laughing at america. those attacks are coming after the bombshell mueller indictment of 13 russian nationals. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground in moscow. what has the response been from the russian media? >> reporter: well, it's the russians may very well be laughing at what's going on in the united states. if you look at what's comg oute there does seemo have been quite elaborate russian campaign to influence the election but they might not be laughing for the exact same reasons that president truch seems to be suggesting they're laughing. if you look at the mueller indictment, it names 13 russian individuals. the most important of them is someone who is off described has a nickname putin's chef. he is an ol

my colleague david gura is here with more. aren't we glad we're inside. katy is in minus one, brutal. you know, i think the eagles, it would be nice to see them win. >> i'll do patriots. >> we have a throwdown. >> i'm david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. counterpunch, democrats going directly to president trump demanding the release of their memo as we get new details on the man at the center of the republican memo that's gotten so much attention. that's one carter page calling himself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >>> a high school secretary benefited from the new tax cuts to the tune of $1.50. it's super bowl sunday, one of the most political seasons of football ever. the battle over patriotism and protest continues. a p.e. teacher in denver accused of assaulting a student who didn't stand for the pledge of allegiance. >>> a memo coming from capitol hill written by the top democrat on the house select committee on intelligence. and the democrats in theenat want to see it public. chuck schumer urging president trump to release that documen

i'm david gura. the release of a memo written by democratic members of the house intelligence committee comes about three weeks after a memo by republican members was made public. the new document highlights the other version and rebutts it. the fbi had reason to believe carter page was acting for a foreign power. now that both are officially on the table is there evidence that approves the doj and/or the fbi acted improperly? senior foal at the university of virginia's miller center and michael single ton. >> michael, let me start wow wu. your reaction to what we got yesterday, this back and forth coming to a close yesterday with the release of this democratic memo. what's changed and what happens next? >> i think in some ways it vindicates the department of justice as well as the fbi. the only issue i personally find with this entire thing and i wish the investigators would have revealed to the courts that the dossier was retched and compiled by a political operative and paid for by the democratic

i'm david gura. president trump tweeting armed educators and trusted people who work within a school love our students and will protect them. very smart people. must have firearms adept and have annual training. should get yearly bonus. shootings will not happen again. a very big and very inexpensive deterrent. up to states. that's a detail. alsoncdes an emphasis on mental health, and ending the sale of bump stocks like the ones used in las vegas. let's go through some of these proposals. there's actually legislation that stalled in congress right now that would improve federal background check system. the president's support could help to move that along. as far as raising the age for buying weapons, governor rick scott made some strides to do that, under pressure. unveiling a plan to not only raise the age requirement but bar mentally ill people from purchasing weapons. he did break with the president when it comes to arming teachers. here is what ceo wayne lapierre has said about president trump a

i'm happily going to hand it off to david guerra. >> i am david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. election interference. indicting russian operatives in an elaborate scheme to influence voters. >>> online and even politicized rallies. >>> president trump praising first responders in the deadly florida shooting but steering clear of politics and policy. >> did you see the victims, mr. president? >> yes, i did. i did, indeed. it's very sad, something like that could happen. thank you very much. >> more gun laws need to be changed, mr. president. >> warning signs, did the fbi miss an opportunity to avoid that tragedy? let's begin with that indictment. handed up a little more than 24 hours ago against 13 russians and three companies. those charges announced by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. while our intelligence agencies have said for months that russia meddled we haven't known until now just how pervasive that effort was. starting here with social media, that effort included the use of social media. there were so-called specialists allegedly creating fake accounts that app

david gura. memo meet memo. president trump continuing to muddy the waters in the russia probe. no thank you. another phone call leaves mexico's president to cancel a visit to the white house. the defiant nra as companies continue to sever their ties after the latest school shooting, and the snake, the president appropriates a black singer singer's lyrics. we start this hour with reaction to that memo written by house democrats, which president trump claims confirms all of the terrible things that were done, but which congressman adam schiff, one of the memo's authors, confirms the fbi acted appropriately and russian agents approached two of the president's advisers and informed the campaign that russia was prepared to help by disseminating clinton e-mails. its focus, like the republican memo before that, is this man, carter page, and it gives us some detail on efforts to eavesdrop on him. fbi interviewed page several times about his russian intelligence, long before steele was hired to conduct opposition research on then-candidate donald trump. the memo also contends the fbi di

i'm david gura. president trump continues his twitter offensive one day after 13 russian nationals were indicted for interfering in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. he now twe-- eric holder, 13 russians indicted the scheme to undermine our democracy laid barry. what is this president/this administration doing to retaliate? there are sanctions pass bid congress, to or to prevent further harm from occurring by protecting upcoming elections? nothing. not a thing. why not? russian-linked accounts during the 2016 election but interfering in our elections is just the tip of the iceberg. after this week's deadly school shooting in florida, russia-linked twitter accounts leaped into action yet again, with decisive tweets, #parkland, #guncontrolnow. senior writer at wired, erin, let me start with you. we've been talking about bots and trolls in the context of the political landscape. let's talk about parkland a little bit. what have we seen exactly? how do these things work? what are they trying to do in

i'm david gura. marvel's most anticipated new movie "black panther" is already deemed a cultural and global phenomenon, and the film doesn't even hit theaters until friday. the film's depiction of a nation ruleby an african king and super hero is breaking a record, becoming fandango's top selling super hero movie of all time, but the excitement does not stop there. take a look at this video of students in atlanta when they learned they were going to see "black panther." the middle schoolers broke into a dance that's since gone viral on the internet. this post from octavia spencer, who offered to buy out a mississippi theater in an underserved community to ensure all brown children, in her words, can see themselves as a super hero. this blockbuster is hitting all the sweet spots and seems to be on track to lead a cultural impact with audiences everywhere. joining me is one of the stars of the movie, winston duke, with me in new york. when you got word you were going to get this role, how did you react

i'm david gura. students around this country have forced a gun debate. forcing cnn to put on a town hall, pressuring the president to call for a bump stock ban. one of the voices is a survivor of the florida shooting, david hogg. i spoke to him just last hour about the role he's playing. >> how much is the inclination to focus on the local level, state level? how comfortable are you playing this role at the national level? >> we have to. as rachel was saying it will be a will long, hard fight in the supreme court possibly. we have the backing of the american public and their beliefs and some of their funding, too. we can fight it. we have to start at local circuit courts. we can send a friend of the courts brief to send our arguments verbally to the supreme court to explain to them why we believe this is the case and it's one we can get done. because we are -- we are going to outlive these old men that are in congress right now and we're going to make change for our future not theirs. >> i'm one of t

now to david gura. >> have a great week. thank you very much. hello, i'm david dura. twitter storm, trump versus everyone, except russia. attacking the fbi, former political rivals as mueller's investigation mes forwar >>> blame game, the pside blasts democrats over gun control. he's accusing the fbi of being too distracted by the russia investigation to catch crucial warning signs in that florida school shooting. his words being met with harsh criticism from those who survived that massacre. >> you're the president, you're supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us. how dare you. children are dying and their blood is on your hand because of that. please take action. >> a weekend in which president trump has tweeted more than a dozen times. we begin this hour with one tweet in particular. a tweet that centered on the two stories that consumed most of the past week. the president criticizing the fbi for not doing more to stop the suspect accused of 17 counts of premeditated murder and at the same time, attacking the bureau for continuing the russian investig

my colleague david gura is here with more. aren't we glad we're inside. katy is in minus one, brutal. you know, i think the eagles, it would be nice to see them win. >> i'll do patriots. >> we have a throwdown. >> i'm david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. counterpunch, democrats going directly to president trump demanding the release of their memo as we get new details on the man at the center of the republican memo that's gotten so much attention. that's one carter page calling himself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >>> a high school secretary benefited from the new tax cuts

i'm david gura at nbc headquarters in new york. doubling down on falsely accused as domestic abuse allegations force two white house aides to resign. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. we absolutely wish him well. >> staff shakeup. reports general john kelly could be among the next wave of resignation from the west wing. outrage grows as how the chief of staff handled those allegations. and i'll talk to one of the women who accused the president himself of sexual misconduct. we begin this hour with that tweet from president trump, warning people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. the president not saying what led to that tweet this morning. it did come during the week in which two west wing aides, former staff secretary rob porter and former speech writer resigned amid allegations they abused their ex-wives. i know you spoke to john kelly about rob porter's departure. what did the chief of staff have to say? >> good afternoon, david. there is confusion here and there have be

i'm david gura. join us tomorrow when "black panther" star winston duke will join us live to talk about that movie. but right now the news continues with my friend and colleague richard lui. >> so popular that movie is already, hasn't even been launched, right? >> get your ticket now. >> got my ticket for your show tomorrow. hello everyone. i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york city. thanks for being with us on this saturday afternoon. >>> hold that memo, the president decides not to release the democrats' memo on russia. a rebuttal to the republican version he allowed to be released last week. and a historic show of olympic diplomy between north and south korea. what their camaraderie could mean for the u.s. and its allies. of course we'll have all that for you in just a little bit. but we're going to start with what critics are calling another insensitive statement from the president this hour. a short time ago he said this, peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere alle

i'm david gura at nbc headquarters in new york. doubling down on falsely accused as domestic abuse allegations force two white house aides to resign. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. we absolutely wish him well. >> staff shakeup. reports general john kelly could be among the next wave of resignation from the west wing. outrage grows as how the chief of staff handled those allegations. and i'll talk to one of the women who accused the president himself of sexual misconduct. we begin this hour with that tweet from president trump, warning people's lives are being shattered and destroyed

i'm david gura. much ado about nothing? or fallout over the memo released. >>

i am david gura in for craig melvin. a grand jury in washington indicting 13 russian nationals and three russian entities in election meddling. ken dilanian still here with me. jill banks is with me. seth waxman, a former federal prosecutor and l

i am david gura in for craig melvin. a grand jury in washington indicting 13 russian nationals and three russian entities in election meddling. ken dilanian still here with me. jill banks is with me. seth waxman, a former federal prosecutor and legal analyst danny savalas. let me return to ken dilanian to start. just crossing the wires a few moments ago. what have we learned from this indictment? we're looking ahead to comments from deputy attorney general rod rosen stein here in about 15 minutes time. the department of justice issuing media advisory alerting us to that. what have we learned thus far from this 37-page indictment. >> this just landed but as you said 13 defendants are charged and among the charges is conspiracy to defraud the united states. they accused, these russians, of assuming american identities. accused of election fraud. this is all part of a russian interfere warfare operation that's been identified but now robert mueller is filing criminal charges. and none of these people -- these people are pre

i'm alex witt, he's david gura. >>> hello, everybody. i'm in new york. taking aim at me too, president trump under fire of attacking the #metoo movement with tweets seemingly in defense of now exstaffers facing allegations of domestic violence. staff uncertainty, we'll take you behind the scenes of the rob porter drama and why the heat is now on chief of staff john kelly. >>> as the president already thawedn

now to david gura. >> have a great week. thank you very much. hello, i'm david dura. twitter storm, trump versus everyone, except russia. attacking the fbi, former political rivals as mueller's investigation moves forward. >>> blame game, t

i'm david gura. the news continues now with richard lui. how are you, my friend? >> very well. get out there, my friend. stay warm. thank you, david. >>> richard lui live here at msnbc headquarters. it's 4:00 in the east, 1:00 ntd west. we're going to start this hour with some fallout from the controversial memo we've been talking about so much exposing fbi surveillance practices in the russia investigation. nbc news now just this hour exclusively obtaining a six-page rebuttal to house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes' controversial memo on the russia investigation. now, again, just this hour this is coming in from new york congressman jerry nadler, this exclusive i'm talking about, top democrat on the house judiciary committee, it is the democrats most detailed

my colleague david gura takes it here. >> thank you, alex. slapping the president's campaign manager with new charges. reaction shortly from congresswoman maxine waters. >>> access denied. jared kushner's security clearance still in jeopardy. >>> plus united and delta join a growing list of companies cutting ties with the nra. the president wants to arm teachers. we'll talk to a survivor of the florida shooting david hogg. >>> rick gates, former trump deputy campaign manager has pled guilty to conspiracy against the united states and has pled guilty to lying to investigators as well.

i'm happily going to hand it off to david guerra. >> i am david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. election interference. indicting russian operatives in an elaborate scheme to influence voters. >>> online and even politicized rallies. >>> president trump praising first responders in the deadly florida shooting but steering clear of politics and policy. >> did you see the victims, mr. president? >> yes, i did. i did, indeed. it's very sad, something like that could

. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ >>> i'm david gura. welcome back. the latest from south carolina. two amtrak workers are dead and at least 116 passengers and crew have been injured after a passenger train headed from new york to miami collided with a freight train earlier this morning. president trump sent his condolences to the victims of that crash in a tweet and thanked first responders for their work. investigators are still determining what caused the accident, but sources tell nbc's tom costell trackwitch may haven in t wrong position. the ground in west columbia, south carolina, with updates. we've heard from amtrak, there is an odd sharing arrangement of tracks in the u.s., freight trains and passenger trains sharing the same tracks. >> that may have been part of the issue here. of course, amtrak had permission, according to sources speaking to nbc news' tom costello, that amtrak was able to use those particular tracks, but again whether those signals were working are not clear. sources telling tom costello the signals had been suspended for

i'm david gura. the news continues now with richard lui. how are you, my friend? >> very well. get out there, my friend. stay warm. thank you, david. >>> richard lui live here at msnbc headquarters. it's 4:00 in the east, 1:00 ntd west. we're going to start this hour with some fallout from the controversial memo we've been talking about so much exposing fbi surveillance practices in the russia investigation. nbc news now just this hour exclusively obtaining a six-page rebuttal to house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes' controversial memo on the russia investigation. now, again, just this hour this is coming in from new york congressman jerry nadler, this exclusive i'm talking about, top democrat on the house judiciary committee, it is the democrats most detailed public response to nunes' memo challenging its very core, its very core conclusion. let's get right to the man who broke the story for us nbc news national political reporter, mike, we're just getting this in. now with a report on it just the top of this hour right now at 4:00 eastern and there are four main

>>> that does it for us, i'm david gura. find me here every saturday and sunday at 2:00 eastern time. the news continues right now on msnbc with my colleague ayman mohyeldin. >> thank you, david. we begin with memo mayhem part two. president trump lashing out after democrats released their memo. what's next now that both sides have had their say? emotional return for the first time since a mass shooting claimed 17 lives. the doors of marjory stoneman douglas high school have reopened. hear one teacher's story as the students recover, their movement to change gun laws gains momentum across the country after school walkouts, meetings with the white house, and calls to boycott the nra. will their passionate pleas produce a different outcome? first the memo. here we go. >> despite the president's attacks on the intelligence agencies, they followed the fisa process, and this investigation was opened up not because of the steele dossier, but because of legitimate information the fbi had. >> the dossier was not responsible for the

i'm making way for my colleague, david gura. >> at msnbc headquarters in new york here. memo on top of memo. democrats hit back defending the government's surveillance of a trump campaign ad. in a late night call to fox news, the president blames the other side. no thank you, another phone call leads mexico's president to cancel a visit to the united states. we'll have the latest also on the florida school shooting, the broward county sheriff says he's demanding amazing leadership even though his deputies didn't confront the shooter. >>> the president's daughter doesn't have security clearance, but she's traveling abroad talking about u.s. sanctions on behalf of the united states. let's begin