peter baker said these are not thought out policies. in the white houses i have covered from reagan on up, when policies were proposed, no matter what the president's individual personal feelings were, it went through a process, a domestic policy council, then was vetted, the chief of staff would weigh in, decisions were made. obviously the president has the final say but this seems to be an emotional reaction to do something. >> it does, and i can't tell you how many meetings i sat in with lawyers from the department of justice and other agencies in the federal government, examining what kind of steps the president could take using his executive authority to try to make progress on this issue, to make it harder for people who shouldn't have guns from being able to get their hands on them, and in some ways, the challenge here is we are talking around the problem. the problem is that congress has failed in their basic responsibility to pass common sense legislation that would enhance public safety. that is the basic -- that is the basic

baker of "the new york times," steve holland of reuters. margaret as president of the association will talk about access and alexis hammond junior at the is going to moderate. so, let's begin. in looking at the briefing, let's start with you, mike because you brought the televised briefing. so, why did you bring television cameras in and what did you see

with us from "the new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. from the washington post white house reporter ashley parker. and joyce advance, law professor at the university of alabama. peter baker, your piece landed like a thud this weekend in the west wing, i'm told. talk about how they are processing what is to many of them i'm sure the grim reality that the mueller probe is contrary to the pledges made by ty cobb and john dowd, far from over? >> yeah, no, it doesn't look like it's over any time soon. and i think in the white house they take some solace from the fact that so far none of these indictments and none of these guilty pleas have specifically pointed a finger at the president or the campaign in and of itself. but they have to wonder where it's leading to. what is bob mueller building a case toward? and it looks like he's moving up the chain. well, the chain only goes so far, where it ultimately ends up nobody knows. in the process of course many who have been around the president now are facing enormous trouble. legal trouble, lawye

to beporters are going peter baker of the new york times, steve holland of reuters, margaret, as president of the association will talk about access. so let's begin. ,n looking at the briefing let's start with you, mike, because you bought the televised briefing. [laughter] mike: a bad thing. martha: why did you bring

peter baker, julia ainslie, jennifer rogers, our thanks. >>> more what was we discussed with peter baker, another top trump aide resigns, this one amid these allegations of physical abuse from his two ex-wives. and the west wing now facing questions tonight of who knew what and when. >>> up next, the man who wrote the book on russian hacking of american elections is here with a warning about a story we mentioned earlier, russia's ability to reach into our midterm elections next time around. we're just getting started on a wednesday night. jimmy's gotten e room smelling like sweaty odors. yup, he's gone noseblind. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabric refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've... ...gone noseblind to. and try febreze unstopables for fabric. with up to twice the fresh scent power, you'll want to try it... ...again and again and maybe just one more time. indulge in irresistible freshness. febreze unstopables. breathe happy. hi, i'm the internet! you knoarmless bowling

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peter baker's still here. alyssa, i mean, i don't even know what to say. in the white house in which i worked, i've said this on the air many times, if the fbi flags something, it was reported to the white house counsel and then that person's manager knew, so if it had been me, r as a senior staffer, it would have gone to the chief of staff. if it was one of my employees in the coms department, i was told and that person was fired that day. >> of course. i mean, the thing that i don't understand about his memo is that it doesn't actually do anything. if they're saying the interim clearances are going to be wiped out, everybody has to go, but they keep kushner who's probably the most dangerous person who has the interim clearance, or has the most access to highly classified information, that's -- >> he sees the pdb. >> i never touched the -- it was -- we were very need to know. i'm sure you guys were, too. and so for him, it's like, and also the additional protocols that, like, if you've had an interim clearance since june, then you're going to be kicked ou

peter baker, let me start with you. i was listening to that briefing. i saw deputy press secretary raj shah get pressed more about who knew what and when they knew t. the bottom line is when the fbi comes to the white house after finding something troubling, it's not the white house's job to tell you what to do about it, but every white house, and i'm going to press jim mussina on this in a minute. there is a standard that most modern white house's have and domestic abuse would certainly not meet the standard for staying on board in such a high-profile and sensitive job particularly if you're not going to be able tomorrow a clearance that would permit you to see classified material. >> no, that is exactly right. there is probably no job in the white house, but a few, that are more, you know, involved with sensitive documents than the staff secretary. it's a job that doesn't sound very important, but it super is. as you know, obviously, nicolle, better than anybody. that's the person who controls all the paper that goes to the president. that is the pers

he's peter baker, this is overheard. (audience applause) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time you took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you. this is over. (audience applause) peter baker, welcome. - thank you for having me. - nice to see you, congratulations on this book. - thank you very much. - this is a big book. - it is a big book. - it's a coffee table book and as advertised i went, "oh okay, i'm going to look at it. "it's going to be all pictures "and there be little captions." no, this is a book, book. - yeah. - you wrote the heck out of this book. - they told me i would be writing some text for a picture book. i thought i would be writing captions. - this literally, you could h

robert costa, peter baker, thank you for starting us off. stay with us. when we come back, how donald trump's defense of alleged abusers sounds to the ears of those abused. >>> also ahead, he wanted to lock up hillary clinton for her handling of classified information. now there are more and more questions about how this white house is handling the nation's top secrets. >>> and the woman who would oversee the mueller probe if donald trump were to carry out his wish to replace the attorney general, his deputy leaves for a job at wal-mart. just how bad is it at d.o.j. and is anyone left? two, one, fadeaway. that was awful. why are you so good at this? had a coach in high school. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free access to coaches and a full education curriculum -- just to help you improve your skills. boom! that's lesson one. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. >>> as you probably know,

also with us covering the president down in florida peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" and an msnbc political analyst. ken, you get the wind up question. you get to be the first thoughtful person we have here tonight. what did we learn today? that's another way of asking what was proven, what was disproven and what still dangles out there? >> well, i'm struck by some of the most significant things we learn, do not actually prove this memo shows corruption at the heart of the mueller investigation. and first of all it's the thing you mentioned, which is that the memo is very clear the investigation began as a result of the information about george papadopoulos, which came from a australian diplomat. nothing to do with carter page. and the surveillance of carter page began many months later in october of 2016. so what does that tell us? that the investigation that became the mueller investigation was already well under way. so whatever mistakes that were made, and this is hotly disputed in the application for surveillance of carter page, could not, yo

also with us, covering the president in florida, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and an msnbc political analyst. ken, you get the long wind-up question, the first thoughtful person we have here tonight. what did we learn today? it's another way of asking what was proven? that was disproven? and what still dangles out there. >> i'm struck by some of the most significant things we learned do not prove the republican thee citisis shows corruption. it's the things you mentioned, the memo is clear, the investigation began as a result of the information about george papadopoulos. nothing to do with carter page. we also learn, and this was not known previously, or at least confirmed, that the surveillance of carter page began many months later in october of 2016. so what does that tell us? the investigation that became the mueller investigation was already well under way. whatever mistakes were made, and this is hotly disputed in the application for surveillance of carter page could not corruptly infect the mueller investigation. it foils this pruitt of

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alexander, peter baker, within a minute we're going to be hearing from the president. this started about an hour ago. he's meeting with the mayors and governors, talking about infrastructure, and it's basically a $1.5 trillion, ten-year program, 80% of which is to be funded by state and local governments, which is exactly the reverse of the normal federal to state and local mix. this is the long awaited infrastructure rollout. as we noted just now, kristen welker was in the room. he went around the room, went to the governors, went to the mayors, let everybody talk, but when kristen asked questions about the recent controversies, he didn't answer. we're expecting that tape at any moment, peter. actually, within 15 seconds. i don't want to cut anybody off here. this is another case where they are hoping that they can emphasize infrastructure and of course the unveiling of the new budget proposals today rather than controversy. here's the president. >> thank you, everybody. sit. it's a great honor to have everybody with us, and we have some very exciting things to be tal

betsy woodruff, peter baker, thank you very much for your time. that's going to wrap up this hour of "msnbc live." katy tur takes over the conversation right now. katy? >> hi, there, kasie, appreciate it. it's 11:00 a.m. out wet and 2:00 p.m. in washington where alex van der zwaan just showed up in court, the latest person to be charged by robert mueller, accused of lying -- don't lie -- to the special counsel's team. more on that in just a few moments. but at the white house, sarah huckabee sanders is about to break a week of silence after a school massacre gave what one white house staffer told "the washington post" was a, quote, reprieve from the escalating pressure on the white house amid a flurry of scandals. the last briefing scheduled for that wednesday never happened. the white house kept pushing it back to get its story straight on rob porter. have they now? they ultimately canceled it as news to have the florida school shooting broke. we know that the tentative plan back then before it was canceled was to have chief of staff john kelly f

peter baker, what do we know about hope hicks and whether or not there is a possible coverup, as has been alleged apparently by the spokesman for the legal team who resigned at the time? >> yeah. this is a very explosive idea, the idea that these e-mails would never see the light of day. now, i imagine you can interpret those words in different ways but the fact mark carallo who at the time was working for president trump's legal team, interpreted >> well, my colleague peter alexander just spoke with a number of white house officials who confirm that the white house has, in fact, agreed to some redactions in the fisa memo at the fbi's request but again, those officials stress that there has been no final decision here at the white house. of course, as we have been reporting on, president trump is in west virginia today. he's going to be addressing republicans there about the agenda and the path forward. but all of this, the fact that you have these developments now by the minute i think underscores the fact that we are in uncharted territory. that's something the white house and lawm

i relied very heavily on peter baker great book. as peter described here are a wonderful book about it. i tried to analyze it accordingly. the clinton impeachment presented the senate with extraordinarily difficult situation and you and the leaders were confronted with it. the country was basically appalled by clinton's behavior, but the country also, for the most part, for everything that can be measured didn't think it warranted impeachment. in 1998, in the off year election when impeachment was a big issue, the democrats did extremely well. most people probably thought impeachment was off the table but the right wing was energized by tom delay and they were dead set on impeachment. they ram through impeachment on a bipartisan basis and you and the center had to confront this question, how do we measure our responsibilities here, how do we balance the law of impeachment, of which there wasn't much with the political situation because essentially impeachment is a legal issue but it's a political issue. political determination about

so i think right now it's a guess to see how far along he is. >> peter baker here we are, more is the constant in this president's life we're going to talk about in the broadcast he has the australian prime minister coming in tomorrow and new have visitors and issues ev day. the constant the mueller. >> that's right. just last week we had the indictments of the 13 russians and three russian entities. we haven't had a chance to get at him, we are tomorrow with the australian prime minister, there will be a joint press conference where he'll take questions. you can imagine the questions will include issues along this line. and he said he saw last week's indictments as vindvindication. not a lot of other people elsewhere did, they didn't indicate any campaign but they did contradict his assertions that russia interference was a hoax. now he has to explain in a public setting with the prime minister of australia most likely what he thinks of that russia interference, what he's prepared to do it, and how it impacts his presidency. >> our thanks to our lead off panel tonight, thank you all

. >> let's bring in our lead-off panel, peter baker, anita kumar, and sam stein. good evening and welcome to you all. anita, by my count we're coming up on, what, day six of the porter news cycle. i just heard lawrence o'donnell talk about infrastructure. this was at long last infrastructure day, but in lawrence's view the way the piece is structured it's so obviously a trial balloon, he says there probably won't be legislation on that this year. and here we are tonight talking about rob porter. >> right. it's day six, you're right about that. it's been going on so long in part because of what you said, they've had a conflicting message almost every single day things have gone back and forth with what they're saying. the leaks coming out of the white house differ from what they're telling us publically. so there's also that. i think today when sarah huckabee-sanders said she's not going to answer any more questions, that's not going to help. the questions are going to continue and her saying she's not going to answer any more is not going to make it go away. >> sa

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but, i rely very heavily on as you know, peter baker's great book about the impeachment trial. the facts as peter describes them, he wrote a wonderful book about it and so i looked at that and i relied on it. i tried to analyze it accordingly. the clinton impeachment presented the senate with an extraordinarily difficult situation then you and trent lott, the leaders were confronted with it. the country was basically appalled by president clinton's behavior and but the country also, for the most part, from everything that could be measured did not think it wanted impeachment. in 1998, the off year election when impeachment was the big issue, the democrats did extremely well. the republicans did terribly. actually did not make any progress. and most people thought impeachment was off the table. but the republican right wing and energized particularly by tom delay at that time were dead set on impeachment. so they ran through impeachment in the house on a partisan basis in early 1999. andy and senator lott have it in and the senate had to confront this question. how do we measure

>> first it's nice of you to say that but i rely very heavily as you know on peter baker's great book about the impeachment trial so the facts is peter described them and he wrote a wonderful book about it so i looked at that and i relied on a night tried to analyze it accordingly. the clinton impeachment presented the senate with an extraordinarily difficult situation and you and trent lott the leaders were confronted with it. the country was basically it appauled by president clinton's behavior and the country also for the most part for everything that could be measured was one of impeachment and in 1998 the off year election democrats extremely well and the republicans did terribly. it'd make any progress in most impeachment was off the table but the republican right energized particularly by tom delay at that time were dead set on impeachment so they ran through impeachment in the house on a partisan basis in 1999 and u.n. senator lott and the senate had to confront this question. how do we measure our responsibilities here? how do we balance the law of impeachment which there was

they weren't saying that six months ago. >> peter baker, bob costa, mike allen, thank you all. still ahead on "morning joe," is donald trump ignoring the worst attack on america since september 11? our next guest asks "imagine if, after 9/11, the president said the united states could have been attacked by china or lots of other people rather than al qaeda." he joins with us his provocative new column on russia's cyber war next on "morning joe." your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. ♪ ♪ run your business at cloud speed. and do more with systems you have in place. the ibm cloud. the cloud for smarter business. thisreally passionate about- i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. finally, it was like the sun rose again and i was going to start fighting back now. when those patients come to me and say, "you saved

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i want to bring in chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. compared to past presidents, trump's turnover rate is double the record that was set by reagan in his first year. what is behind the constant revolving door? >> well, it's a mark of this white house that you have a lot of people who are burning out fast. you have vacancies that aren't filled. you have a real recruitment and retention issue. you have a president here who doesn't want to hire people who are in any way opposed to him or said things about him in the 2016 campaign. and then you've got a republicans who are very wary of going on the inside. they've seen what's happened to the people who did. they've seen people chewed up and spit out. they worry about their future career. you've got a lot of turnover right now. you've got a lot of turmoil right now. that's what the rob porter incident i think last week kind of brings home in a lot of ways. one reason they don't want to get rid of him, why they were kind of willing to overlook the red flags being put up is because there are

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. >> let me bring into the conversation new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. big news, you are calling maggie haberman breaking it. any new details about hope hicks decision to resign today. >> well, look, this is obviously a big deal. it is a big deal because she is probably as close to the president as any aide you can imagine. she was the one that thought she would turn out the lights when they are done and his influence is understated by the straightforward title of communications director. she was at his side during the campaign and every minute of the last 13, 14 months. and she has sort of a unique credibility with him in a way that almost every other aide didn't. they could come up and down and roller coaster in his eyes. she for the longest time enjoyed a special connection to him that allowed her to be -- to channel his interest and his desires and needs in terms of the media in terms of getting his message out. and i think he's going to miss her a lot. >> talk about how she wasn't around the rest of the white house staff. she's also i think the fift

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i want to thank the white house correspondents association, peter baker of the new york times. thank you very much. i learned a lot. [applause] [applause] >> coming up tonight on c-span, two panels from the unrig the system summit. jennifer lawrence interviews trevor potter. the effort to move from the electoral college to a national popular vote. after that, from the united nations, remarks from palestinian president and you and in bassett are nikki haley -- and united nations ambassador nikki haley. >> washington journal, live every day. wednesday morning, we will discuss u.s. foreign relations administration with jake sullivan. we will talk about rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. we are alive in oklahoma city, oklahoma, for the next stop on the c-span cities tour. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. night, former housing secretary speaks to the young democrats of new hampshire. , who served in the obama administration, says he is considering a run for president in 2020. you can see his speech starting at 8:00

baker of "the new york times," steve holland of reuters. margaret as president of the association will talk about access and alexis hammond junior at the is going to moderate. so, let's begin. in looking at the briefing, let's start with you, mike because you brought the televised briefing. so, why did you bring television cameras in and what did you see as the uses for the briefing? how is it useful to reporters come in to the president, the staff and also to the public? >> well, let me step back for a second. the idea is the president of the united states has someone on his or her behalf every day to stand up and be accountable and answer questions and sometimes digress and not exactly the questions the white house wants to hear every day. that is a really, really important part of our process and the respect for that and the respect for this state and the media is very important. they are not the enemy of the people. they are a critical part of the way in which we come to understand what is our government did what are we trying to do eac

baker of "the new york times," steve holland of reuters , margaret, as president of the alexis from and "the hill" will moderate that. let's begin. in looking at the briefing, let's start with you, mike, because you brought the televised briefing. why did you bring television cameras in, and what did you see briefing? e for a reporters,seful to to staff, and also to the public? mccurry: craig: -- mr. the idea that the president has someone on his or her behalf every day to stand up and be accountable and answer questions and sometimes they are vigorous and not exactly the questions the white house wants to hear a really, that is important process. i want to put you on the spot. they are not the enemy of the people. they are a critical part of the way in which we come to understand what is our government really trying to do each and every day, but to your i worked at the state department in the first two years of the clinton administration. , andd televised briefings they said they do not televised and i said that was changewhy don't we just the rules. that was fine up until monica l

the twitter feed of long time friend of this broadcast started it, peter baker of the new york times. he writes amid fresh arms race, new russia nuclear torpedo appears designed to cross the pasket undetected and release deadly cloud of radio activity that would leave much of west coast uninhabitable. that gets your attention, especially along our west coast viewers where you have time before bed to unwind. peter links to a new york types article about how nuclear arms with back in a big way. it feels like our former relationship with russia, better yet, the soviet union before that. all kinds of talk now about reversing the reductions in nuclear arms of the past several decades. this explicitly mentions a new kind of nuclear arms rice. so we'll see how that goes. any kid who grew up during the cold war, this one included, would say this time argues for cool heads, smart decisions, good communications, and knowledge of the risk. otherwise as they say, what could go wrong? that's our broadcast on a monday night as we start a new week, thank you so much for being with us. good night fro

but it's, our mutual friend, i suspect, maggie heavierman and peter baker reported i think one of the most important details that's been reported over the last year was in december in a big piece about the president. she said, they reported that trump had said to his staff as president-elect that they should think of each presidential day as an episode of a television show in which he vanquishes his enemies. so you don't really have to say, hey, it's like reality tv. [laughter] he said it. it's like saying finish you don't have to say, well, he's like joe mccarthy. they had the same lawyer. you don't have to make many leaps here. so those with eyes to see and ears to hear, it's fairly self-evident. now, george washington who never faced a political opponent, considered retiring in 1792 before a second term because he didn't like being criticized. he thought the 1790s were uncivil. so before we get all nostalgic finish. [laughter] the guy who never had an opponent thought this was a problem. now, i am one of the more annoying people you'll ever meet, because something will come up and

the reporters are going to be peter baker of the new york times, steve holland of reuters, margaret, as president of the association will talk about access. so let's begin. in looking at the briefing, let's start with you, mike, because you bought the televised briefing. [laughter] mike: a bad thing. martha: why did you bring television cameras and and how is it useful to reporters, the president, the staff, and also to the public? mike: let me step back for a second. the idea that the president of the united states has someone on his or her behalf every day to stand up and be accountable and to answer questions and sometimes they are vigorous -- and not exactly the questions the white house wants to hear everyday, but that is a important part of our process. the respect for that and the respect for what we call the fourth estate and the media is very important. i want to put you on the spot -- they are not the enemy of the people. they are a critical part in the in the way in which we come to understand what is our government really trying to do each and every day. to your question,

peter baker doing that in "the new york times" today. critics say he seems more interested in defending the results of his 2016 election victory as well as the claims that his administration never colluded in any way with russia. well, this morning the president said on twitter, quote, i never said russia did not meddle in the election. i said it may be russia or china or another country or group or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting in bed playing with his computer. joining mes tom steyer, the president and founder of next gen america. he's launched a campaign at impeaching president trump. tom, we heard some response there to that indictment if indirectly by the president of the united states. i want to play a little sound from sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador. >> what are the allegations that are being mounted against us it's simply fantasies being used for political reasons inside the united states. >> kislyak calling them fantasies there. i know that you're disappointed in president trump, tom. i wonder who do you think shou

. >> as peter baker was reporting in "the new york times," 31% of the white house staff has turned over in the year. 34% of them don't have security clearances. this at a time with persistent threats. that's the other headline out of this hearing. ken delanian. we have covered the white house intelligence committee for a long time, since 9/11, ever since the post-9/11 changes and the reporting in a unified way, it is always terrorism that has been the top threat. this year it's cyber and russia and russia's continuing threats. dan coates said as we played at the top of the show that the united states is under attack. under attack from russia and others trying to undermine our democracy and that there's still focus on the 2018 election. and as we also heard today, nothing has been done. there's been no briefing requested by the president about this threat. i think we have that bite, as a matter of fact. let me play that and come back to you. >> has the president directed you and your agency to take specific actions to confront and blunt russian influence activities that are ongoing? >> w

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baker and maggie did. there is a strategy. john heilemann, you have interviewed donald trump on, what's it called, a zamboni. >> many times. not on the zamboni -- >> that one,watched the one where he talked about his big brawn. >> yep. >> robert cost a, he has called you. there's a famous sbrinterview. julie did my favorite sbrir ein ever with the president, in the transcript says, hey, you got a diet coke? >> i'm okay, mr. president. >> i want to draw all of you out on -- don't give away any trade craft to ame, certainly not on tv, but there's a strategy for getting dronald trump to open u, mike b l chael schmidt. you got donald trump to say unbelievable things that he sees the justice department's real purpose in his mind to is to protect him. he's disappointed his doj doesn't function as he thinks that eric holder functioned for barack obama. as a protector of his. what do you think he wants to be protected from? >> well, that's really sort of the million-dollar question of the entire trump story and th