sarah huckabee sanders was put out -- john kelly signs off on everything sarah huckabee sanders says on that podium, everything she does. and she said right there, we might not be privy to that information. so there you've got john kelly setting her up, go out there and lie to the american people, and that's her name and face that has to do that. >> right. it seems like there is a state of nature in the white house, where everybody's -- >> life is nasty, solitary, brutal, and short. >> exactly. they're going after each other. >> it's one thing, sarah huckabee sanders saying, you know what, i'm going to lie to the american people. it's another thing for her to be lied to by her boss and then she's forced to lie to the american people. and this is has to come out and create the requisite distant. >> that's not right. >> that's not right at all. it's also the case, stephanie, we have to look at this moment as an indication of what they value, what's valued. or who is valued. so in the linnyn lindh -- lindy piece in "the new york times," there's this talk about how excellent porter is, i

sarah huckabee sanders will brief reporters in a few minutes. how is she going to explain herself this time? but first, we have a team of reporters to cover all of these developments. let's start with nbc's ken dilanian in washington. we're going to get to the porter news in a moment. let's talk first about that hearing with the intel chiefs. what is the threat assessment for russia when it comes -- for us, with russia, when it comes to future elections? >> very simply, katy, the spy chiefs told the hill today that russia is planning to attack the 2018 midterms. that they have continued their efforts in cyberspace, because they view what happened in 2016 as a successful covert operation by the russian government. and more than just election security, russia is spewing propaganda on a daily basis. this intelligence assessment says that is bleeding into our political discourse on social media and elsewhere. so it was a really stark assessment. and you know, it's not anything that various intelligence officials haven't said publicly before. but to

sarah huckabee sanders regularly lying at white house press briefings. but if you ask suddenly why the white house is cracking and why there's leaks everywhere, it's because john kelly -- and i learned this -- on a weekly basis says in staff meetings how lucky the staff is to have a leader like him who is supposed to bring order. so what a disservice he did to the president. remember, it was andy card who said he's there to serve at the pleasure of the president. john kelly didn't need to make this a massive issue for the president. he did. he made the decision that rob porter was more important than his credibility. and so it's stunning that this is happening now. we're going around saying, is kevin mccarthy getting the job? gary cohn getting the job? right now, there's not a clear job opening, but there could be because the credibility of john kelly, to say it's in question, is an understatement. >> it is proved that he lied about fredricerica wilson. so the man is a liar. >> and saying immigrants are too lazy to get off the couch. remember when chuck

sarah huckabee sanders today defending the white house response to the allegations, and relaying what she describes as the president's words and the president's condemnation of domestic violence. >> the president and the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be investigated thoroughly. above all, the president supports the victims of domestic violence and believes everyone should be treated fairly and with due process. we have addressed this situation extensively and we have nothing more to add. >> why haven't we heard the president say exactly what you said right there, he takes domestic violence very seriously? a >> i spoke with the president directly. those are the words he gave me. >> why hasn't he said that? he had the opportunity -- >> it is my job to speak on behalf of the president. he relayed that message directly to me and i'm relaying it directly to you. >> does he believe rob porter's accusers are lying? >> i said the president along with the add entire administration take domestic violence seriously and believe all

let's go to sarah huckabee sanders. >> -- multiple times before. he acknowledged ed it during t transition. he acknowledged it during that press conference in poland. and he acknowledged it at a third time during a press event in poland. he has stated several times, i think one of the places where you guys seem to get very confused and it seems to happen regularly, the president hasn't said that russia didn't meddle. what he's saying is it didn't have an impact and it certainly wasn't with help from the trump campaign. it's very clear that russia meddled in the election. it's also very clear it didn't have an impact on the election. and it's also very clear that the trump campaign didn't collude with the russians in any way for this process to take place. >> sarah, if that's the case, why hasn't the president implemented the sanctions which congress passed last year? >> uh, look, i -- frankly, that's not completely accurate. look, this president has been tougher on russia, far tougher on -- >> -- sanctions -- >> well, there's a process that has to

sarah huckabee sanders has asked about robert mueller's new indictments unsealed today. the press secretary reiterating believe russia metals but that the trump campaign did not help russia metal. -- meddle. inin the a tweet where he drew a comparison and said i have been tougher on russia than president obama was. what is the plan for the midterms? what is the plan for the midterms? we will be discussing this later on in the show and for the days to come. stanley says it the stock slide was just an appetizer. julia: the stock market has had a taste of the potential damage for higher bond yields but the biggest test could only yet to come according to morgan stanley. the appetizer and not the main course. we spoke with morgan stanley chief asset strategist to get his thoughts. >> when i look at the economist forecast, we have two overlapping themes the crossover in the second quarter. you have inflation picking up not just in the u.s., but in the eurozone. it will fundamentally be a mean reverting series and we will be moderating. it is not necessarily that it will be a

press secretary sarah huckabee sanders turning the president's shutdown comments back on to democrats saying if they want to hold the government hostage over immigration, the president welcomes that fight. >> in case a budget deal is not settled by midnight tomorrow, most agencies will be funded through the 23rd. democrats are likely to oppose it, but it may not matter. a two-year deal could be announced this morning. with the latest, phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: there's no question the clock is ticking down to the government running out of money, essentially needing to extend a short-term funding agreement. but the biggest development that's occurred up to this point is not the usual kicking the can down the road. at this point in time, aides in both the republican side and democratic senate of the senate and house tell me they are on the verge of a major budget deal. something that would increase spending caps for both defense and nondefense discretionary spending, up to $300 billion. the type of deal that would essentially lock in a two-year budget agreement. it wou

let me start with you, that was sarah huckabee sanders taking on the art of the tease. what's she talking about, what's the new tough on russia news that the white house is holding back from you guys? >> yeah, we should all be investigating that. i don't know the answer to the question. i wish i did. look, you know, unpacking what she said there, it is true, of course, that there was criticism of what president obama did or did not do last year. including from some of his own, you know, former top aides who wish they had done more at the time, try to pressure him to do a little bit more. it's also true that he no longer is the president of the united states, and that what happened in 2016 under president obama doesn't stop president trump from doing anything now, if he feels, in fact, that there is, you know, evidence of meddling by russia. and he hasn't really, in fact, addressed that. when sarah sanders says the administration has taken some actions, it's true, there have been some actions taken by the administration at various points in the last year. almost none of

as you said yesterday, sarah huckabee sanders says he is for raising the age limit. in general it seems like the white house has a glib rative process, a slow walking process, but they want to keep all of their options up as they come to a consensus. >> i was trying to get a handle on what sarah huckabee sanders was saying, it seems like they will have proposals by the end of the week as opposed to something that feels like law. >> yes, that is right, they want to give the updates, but they will have a fast proposal delineating what their goals are and what shape they want this to be. it could be a proposal or discussions and more meetings here as they try to let congress take the lead here and in some ways some of the political blame. it is also a president that tried to be outfront on this gun issue and he has been reluctant to get pinned down. >> hanz, thank you very much. >>> there is a sbnowballing of pressure on companies to cut ties with the gun industry. they once offered perks and discounts are severing ties responding to the nationwide call for action. i wa

sarah huckabee sanders said the fbi makes that determination. that's what she said. you saw what christopher wray said anticipating they would have explaining to do today. the white house first sent out elaine chao to eat up some time with nonanswers about infrastructure and, of course, the quarterly ritual of the novelty check from the president. when that was done, the president secretary was finally confronted with the lies about the porter timeline and she proceeded to throw the career officials at the relatively obscure white house office of security under the bus. >> the white house personnel security office staffed by career officials received information last year in what they considered to be the final background investigation report in november. but they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing when porter resigned. in the view of personnel security office, the fbi's july report required significant additional investigatory field work before personnel security office could begin to evaluat

huckabee sanders? i'll give you a hint. most of the time -- >> walk down the hall. >> it's the white house. it's somebody in your administration that's leaking this information. that is -- that is, sam, the most preposterous thing about donald trump running and going fake news, fake media, fake news, fake media and all the leakers are in the west wing, all the leakers are in the administration and he's -- >> and they're nervous. >> and sarah huckabee sanders are blaming the press for listening to the white house? >> this is nuts. >> we aren't getting this information walking across the mall. i had four people this weekend call me up. >> i don't know who your source it. the hot dog guy. >> very close to the president call me up, given me the background on the story. i wasn't -- i wasn't like calling them up, i was watching vietnam for the second time and watching liverpool win. liverpool's actually wingning a match. leave me alone. >> i had an identical weekend. this administration leaks a ton. i love i

today, sarah huckabee sanders was back at the podium for a scant 20 minutes. she did not get any questions about porter. we still don't know the why the security process failed so badly in that case or why sanders and kelly and others lied about the timeline of what happened. but sanders did get a question about one of the most senior white house aides is operating without permanent security clearance, the president's esson-in-law. sources telling "the washington post" he has had access to classified material and apart from staff on the council, he issues more requests for information thank any white house employee. today sanders was asked whether he still has access to classified material despite the new memo from the chief of staff barring certain people with outstanding security issues from having access to top secret information. >> no decision within the memo will impact anything that jared kushner is working on in terms of specifics on security clearance. i can't get into. >> does he not need classified information. >> i can't answer whether someone has

there she is, sarah huckabee sanders. we'll keep an eye what she has to say, if anything major happens with the press, we'll let you know. the hands are up and the markets are down. "countdown" is coming right back. . cheryl: a 300-point swing for the dow today. as you can see, we are much lower. at one point down 30. down 336. the dow has had another sell-off. you have to point out this is after the best week we had last week in five years. there was a three-day weekend, president's day weekend, markets opening up. it's a shortened holiday week. still the same concerns about the inflation, concerns about consumer that show off what the federal reserve is going to do. if there's more inflation, more pressure to hike interest rates, it hurts the economy, hurts borrowing costs, it's a tailspin. the sell-off in late january that big concern we're seeing is the inflation story. let's go to the new york stock exchange and bring in gerri willis. you've got some of the names you're watching down there, gerri. reporter: that's ri

in some ways, the more significant parade comments came from sarah huckabee sanders. she seemed to be walking back this idea that there was a directive given by the commander in chief to his top generals two weeks ago inside the tank. sarah huckabee sanders seemed to be saying this is more of a request, a sort of feeler out there. that's not the way it was interpreted here. in some ways we may be seeing the beginning of a walkback by the white house of a formal afraid down pennsylvania avenue. they may just have some sort of event to honor soldiers and troops. in terms of secretary mattis, he made it very clear, peter, that he does not want to shut down and that puts a little daylight between him and the commander in chief he serves. a shutdown will hurt the military full stop. that seems to contradict what we heard from the president. >> rob porter is resigning for verbal and physical abuse by two past wives. the white house is saying it likes the direction of this new senate deal a deal that means we could be avoiding a shutdown. will democrats embrace it? will fisc

sarah huckabee sanders many times today said i can't comment, i'm not aware. i don't have that information. or some version of that. what do you do in that case? because your access to that information, our access through you and our viewers' access comes from the idea that we believe or should believe that the white house press secretary in giving a briefing is providing us with a certain degree of transparency. today was the opposite of transparent. >> and she's making that argument in part she's resting her case on the fact that there was this ongoing probe. so essentially trying to say that look, because there is an ongoing investigation into this, we haven't gotten all of the remaining details. and couldn't answer questions again good who was alerted about that on ongoing investigation and how much detail was given. and so you're right and you heard one of my colleagues there try to press her on that report, that there are still basic questions that haven't been answered about the time line. about who was involved. and that is going to continue to be i th

>> sarah huckabee sanders was asked about this in today's briefing. she didn't give a clear answer. she has said that nobody told them they can't do it. what mike rogers was saying, he needs direct approval to attack these cyber attacks at the source. she said it a number of other ways. the trump administration is going after russia but didn't give a clear explanation why the president hasn't granted that nsa authority. >> shepard: has the president asked the russians publicly to stop? by tweet or at a podium? what is the reporting on that? >> we're told behind closed doors, he's asked vladimir putin about the hacking and asked him to knock it off. he spoke about this publicly at one point where he said, you know, i asked vladimir putin if he was responsible for the russian meddling. he told me he wasn't. you know, he was very convincing. that sort of where the president is on this. that's been frustrating to some democrats and republicans in congress that want to see a more aggressive approach from the president in trying to come bad that meddling ahead of the 2018 mid-terms. >> sh

. >> please note, sarah huckabee-sanders used the phrase due process eight times during today's briefing. the women's whose allegations are at the center of the controversy are speaking out. rob porter's ex-wives have both written op-eds about their experiences. colby holderness wrote rob porter is my ex-husband. here's what you should know about my ex-husband. jenny willoughbwilloughby's op appeared in time on sunday. the focus on the administration's handling of all this has raised questions about the futures of john kelly and white house counsel don mcgahn, who were both aware of the allegations against porter before they became public. >> we've reported and others have too, that don mcgahn over a period of months was told by the ex-girlfriend, the fbi, others in the white house about the accusations and didn't do anything. can you explain why no action was taken by don mcgahn, the chief white house lawyer? >> those allegations are not accurate. >> is chief of staff kelly's job in jeopardy? >> no i spoke with the president last night, i told him i would be with you today, he said, ple

wow, what a day to be sarah huckabee sanders. more on this in just a moment. geoff bennett, thank you very much. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. we just got an update from the white house. the briefing which was supposed to start the 1:00 p.m. and then at 2:30 p.m. and then 3:00 has been moved back to 4:00 p.m. this happens when you figure out what exactly you're going to say to intense questioning from the group in there. the group of white house correspondents who don't seem to let things go when they don't make any sense. this white house is in a world of trouble right now when it comes to this rob porter starte start -- story, what they knew and when and trump saying he is against domestic violence but not expressing support for the women who accused his former staff secretary of beating them up, his two ex-wives who felt the white house has called them liars, according to their own op eds, pointing at kellyanne conway -- excuse me, at sarah huckabee-sanders. so we'll see what the white house has come up with at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. unless they

ivanka trump, don mcgahn, sarah huckabee sanders. these are other people who have suddenly been given these interim clearances. it's a question of, why is that? is it simply because of a backlog? maybe for some it is. but perhaps for others there are red flags in the background, like rob porter had, where he had two ex-wives accuse him of spousal abuse. and now we have the white house again trying to sort of explain what's going on. we saw with the porter case, the scapegoat first was the fbi, now it's this rather obscure white house personnel security office. at the end of the day, they might need to look inward and realize it's their own processes or their own personnel that are part of the problem. >> jeremy, i want to read a tweet from the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. who was dismissed by donald trump. these days he maintains an active twitter presence and hosts a better than average podcast. pretty berara says, you know who has security clearances? every member of special counsel mueller's team. it

the new piece of information that sarah huckabee sanders has given us is now the white house personnel security office which tells me that what she is saying is the fbi background checks were simply suggestions. that is essentially what she's confirming, they were suggestions and they would take them into account with whatever extra vetting they were doing. which we did not know. >> we did not. this is -- watching that press conference today, i felt it was incredibly surreal. it seems as if this white house has sort of lost the ability even to state just things that would seem completely true in any kind of a credible way. and when she starts dancing around like that, it just came across as some sort of circular where you keep going around and around an argument where she lost all credibility whatsoever. >> it feels to me that if the problem is white house staffers aren't telling each other the truth because they don't have their straight story. >> well, let's ask the white house personnel security office whatever that is. who is in a nthat thain a that ? >> i'm sure that -- i thought

i don't get to give you -- go to sarah huckabee sanders. we'll continue, charlie. >> alabama-based company is raising their minimum wage to $15 per hour, giving 1000-dollar bonus to over 2,000 of their workers. for those of you keeping track, we have over 350 companies that announced wage increases, bonuses, new hiring or increased retirement benefits as a direct result of tax reform which not a single democrat supported. these announcements have affected over 4 million american workers. the president is working to build an economy that works for all americans. the tax cuts and reforms are a big part of that, so is infrastructure. as you all saw yesterday, the president unveiled a legislative outline for rebuilding infrastructure in america. to cure decades of neglect we're committed to quickly building a say, reliable, and modern infrastructure to meet needs of american people. trish: we'll continue watching sarah huckabee sanders here. my mic is open, charlie and i were just getting into it. we'll go back for the q&a, we promise. charlie

jim mattis was at the briefing with sarah huckabee sanders. he was asked about the money being spent. >> we're all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we've been putting together options. we'll send them up to the white house for a decision. >> this is a big deal. lawmakers are chafing at it and think it's going to be a waste of money. is there a reaction from anyone inside the pentagon to that? >> on the money side, they simply don't have it costed out yet because as the secretary is saying, they haven't come up with the final options. if you have f-35s taking off from the national mall, that would add to the price tag. depends on what the menu looks like, just how big a procession is it going to be? we have a kparngs because the 1991 parade cost $12 million in. in $2,017, that would be $22 million. here's five of the seven million was paid for by private funding. that is something i picked up in the hallway now in the last couple hours, that you could have private sourcing of funding for this. rep

although i will note, just in the last few minutes from the white house podium, sarah huckabee sanders said the president was not advocating for a shutdown. that's not something that the white house wants. so, we're now having another moment where the president and his staff seem to be sending different messages. >> i want to play something a republican in the room, barbara comstock, sarah and i know well from our time in republican politics. robert costa, i'd like you to explain this to me on the other side. let's watch first. >> we don't need a government shutdown on this. i think both sides have learned that a government shutdown was bad. it wasn't good for them. and we do have bipartisan support on these things. we can -- >> we are not getting support from the democrats. you can say if you want, we're not getting support from the democrats on this legislation. >> you will see -- >> it's one bill. we have to get that. they are not supporting us. >> robert costa, you understand the contours of the republican party under trump better than just about anyone. donald trump not backing do

sarah huckabee sanders this week wouldn't answer whether the president believed her credible allegations against porter. >>porter's accusers or are they lying? >> as i just said the president along with the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated and above all, the president supports the vibt victims of dc violence and believes everyone should be treated fairly. >> holderness answered simply, while i cannot say i'm surprised, i expected a woman to do better. so did i, sister. panel is still here. i don't know what to say. >> i do. i've been doing add vocacy in ts for a decade. it's a fundamental misunderstanding. what kellyanne conway is articulating is essentially victim blaming, saying if you're strong enough, you can avoid becoming a victim. that's a fundamental misunderstanding because becoming a victim has nothing to do with the woman's choices. it has to do with the man's choices to hit, to abuse, to harass, to sexually assault. the man in the situation is making the choice, the woman in the situatio

a lot of prep work for our viewers and for sarah huckabee sanders. jake, on guns, is congress going to do anything? >> the chances hover around zero. they've ignored every other massacre. and they say pretty consistently that there's nothing that could be done to stop deaths. there's enough guns in the marketplace, in the field, people are going to die, they don't think there's any legislative solution. >> jake. that's a sad, sad statement. jake sherman, appreciate your time. kristen welker, phil rucker, and ken dilanian, guys, appreciate it. >>> again, in addition to the briefing, we're also watching this court appearance. let's bridng in chuck rosenberg a former msnbc contributor. when you heard about this new charge today, this charge of lying by van der zwaan, what was your reaction? >> well, katy, i'll tell you. eat your vegetables, make your bed, and don't lie to the fbi. i think bob mueller is sending a signal, even if this case is a one-off, and by that mean, not in the heartland of the russia interference portion of the investigation, if you

. >> sarah huckabee sanders fresh off the air will be briefing us in a few minutes. the president as you saw today when he spoke with most of the nation's governors, getting a measure of support for his plans to arm certain qualified members of faculty and staff at schools and getting some resistance. you play governor ensley of washington state. the president add odds over that issue with florida governor rick scott, a republican, who is a supporter of the president. scott believes says that teachers should teach and educators should educate and the job of protecting schools should be left up to law enforcement. listen here. >> we're going to spend $500 million. i have two weeks in my legislative session. i'm not waiting for the federal government. we're going to invest $500 million and have a significant law enforcement presence at every public school in our state. >> now the president didn't mention again today his support for raising the minimum age for buying a rifle from 18 to 21. this is something that he tweeted about last week. but then on friday when he was

sarah huckabee sanders said the american people are sick and tired of hearing about it. there have been four people either indicted or two pled guilty in this. plus far, none are carter page. what does that tell you about his role? >> it doesn't really inform anything to me about his role. it does, again, show, when we look at the memo, and i made you another nickel by saying that word, when we look at that, it seems to be based on the warrant that was issued to surveil carter page. he claims that it was based on the steele dossier information and that it is corrupt information. we have to look and say, number one, there's nothing about that. steele was a trusted source for the fbi for many years. they knew him. they know in the past he provided reliable information so he could be relied on. that is the first flaw in the argument because his information was probably valuable and valid. they can't undermine the warrant on that. the second thing is, that was not the basis for looking at carter page. they had been looking at him for many years before the steele dossi dossie

huckabee sanders said that trump has offered financial assistance to florida if needed but according to every town for gun safety a gun control advocacy group the u.s. has seen eighteen school shootings in the first forty five days of twenty so these horrific sophistic could absolutely reflect a greater societal issue. the suspects in the florida shooting is nineteen year old nicholas cruz a former student at the school who'd been expelled over his behavior he's now in custody after being arrested without an. and police say the suspect was heavily armed. but one freshman student was tweeting out of the school as the incident was unfolding these are pictures from a classroom west students were hiding from the shooter we've been discussing the possible reasons with some guests overnight. so over three hundred million guns this is enough for every person in the united states to have a gun it's insane and you know we license cars you can't just get in a car and drive it but you can get a gun and shoot it you don't need any training you don't need any licensing. and a lot of states now yo

huckabee sanders said that trump has offered financial assistance to florida if needed but according to every town for gun safety a gun control advocacy group the u.s. has seen eighteen school shootings in the first forty five days of twenty so these horrific sophistic could absolutely reflect a greater societal issue. the students at the high school in paul clinton have been describing the suspect as troubled others even said they were afraid of him stressing the t.v. changed recently we've been discussing some of the. underlying issues behind yet another gun related mass killing in the us. so over three hundred million guns is enough for every person in the united states to have a gun it's unseen and you know we license cars you can't just get in a car and drive it but you can get a gun and shoot it you don't need any training you don't need any licensing. and a lot of states now you can carry them. undercover illegally there's a lot of nutty miss in this country about how guns make you safer. and the evidence is all to the contrary this is an ultimate cry for attention and i'd lik

huckabee sanders said that trump has offered financial assistance to florida if needed but a. according to every town for gun safety a gun control advocacy group the u.s. has seen eighteen school shootings in the first forty five days of twenty so these horrific sophistic could absolutely reflect a greater societal issue or to use american force of the now police have the taint of the suspected gunman and identified him as nicholas cruz he is a nineteen year old former student of the school who was expelled for disciplinary reasons now this is the latest video we have of the suspect nicholas cruz you can see him being taken out of a police car wearing a hospital gown he is being led into the police station presumably for questioning . now there was a high school freshman at the school tweeting out of the school as the incident was unfolding on imaginable circumstances take a look. that last message and love each other you may never know when it's the last time you say goodbye to someone very important given the circumstances for more on this let's discuss the issue with tighe

. >> sarah huckabee sanders ending the white house briefing. i'm going to start -- i'm going to put this on hold for just a second and get the answer that we left off with, with paul fishman. we were talking about hope hicks being interviewed. the key to the obstruction part of this investigation is potentially anybody in the white house, and that does include hope hicks, since she's so senior. the key person, key witness, and bear with me here. the key witness to the collusion/coordination aspect to this investigation is? >> well, the two people who know the most about russia who are now within the -- bob mueller's sights are mike flynn, who has pled guilty, and paul manafort, who hasn't. but we know from what we've learned from the investigation so far of all the people who have now pled guilty or been indicted, they're the ones who have the most information about the russians. >> all right. now we're going to go back to the briefing. and i want to specifically ask hallie jackson in the briefing room about sarah huckabee sanders's reaction to

here's sarah huckabee sanders on rog roger's test moan now. >> he's the one with the power. the means. all he needs is a -- >> i disagree with the premise of your question. it's not just one individual. it's looking at a number of different ways. >> he's in charge of cyber command, why not give him the authority? >> nobody is denying him the authority. we're looking at a number of different ways we can put pressure -- look, this president as i told you last week has been much tougher on russia than his predecessor. let's not forget this happeneded under obama. it didn't happen under president trump. if you want to blame somebody on past problems, you need to look at the obama administration. the president is looking at all the different causes and different ways we can prevent it. as we find different ways we can do that, we're implementing them. like you see with the money that was allocated from the state department, as you see with the conversations that the secretary from dhs is having. we're going to continue looking at different ways to combat it. i would imagine that

huckabee sanders said that trump has offered financial assistance to florida needed but according to every town for gun safety a gun control advocacy group the u.s. has seen eighteen school shootings in the first forty five days of twenty teen so these horrific says his six could absolutely reflect a greater societal issue right now.

huckabee sanders said that trump has offered financial assistance to florida needed but according to every town for gun safety a gun control advocacy group the u.s. has seen eighteen school shootings in the first forty five days of twenty eighteen so these horrific sophistic skid absolutely reflect a greater societal issue around our troops american force they're seeing across the story thanks for that now as you mentioned there police have determined detained of the suspected gunman and identified him as nicholas cruz he is a one thousand year old former student of the school who was expelled for disciplinary reasons now this is the latest video that we have of the suspect nicholas crusoe he was wearing a hospital gown. and he was being taken out of a police car you can see the images there by officers and then taken in to the police station presumably for questioning. there was a high school freshman at the school tweeting out the incident as it was unfolding tekla. for more on this let's discuss the issue with damage kovalchuk human and labor rights lawyer dan thanks for being wit

watching that sarah huckabee sanders, that was her tom cruise moment. she was hanging by the thinnest of moments and this is a thing that fascinates me and horrifies me about the trump white house. we saw this with a lot of people that clintons would bring to capitol hill when they were trying to hide how they got missile sales to china and other things. they were lying. people knew they were lying. they knew they were lying. and yet, they shamelessly just lied and it's what we're seeing here. they've been caught lying. again, they've turned a one-day scandal -- hey, look at this picture. this your ex-wife? yeah. get out. >> it's what's been happening for 13 months. >> a seven-day scandal. >> nine. >> for 13 months this has been happening from that podium, joe. but rarely do we have such a strong contrast, given the timing that director of the fbi was testifying on that day, completely contradicting what they were saying. look, we know from his testimony that they knew and they knew for months, july at the very latest, that the man who was handling the

is sarah huckabee sanders going to try to diminish -- she'll be asked about gates i guess tomorrow, the first briefing in a week's time. is it dangerous strategy? do you think she'll go there anyway to diminish his title and role and service? >> i'm sure she will. gates was campaign staff and liaison to the rnc. he also worked on the campaign committee. and this has been a strategy we've seen in the past where they try to diminish the role of the people who are linked to russian investigation have played. and i also would say that rick gates may not be an essential figure in proving collusion between russia and trump campaign managers and the trump campaign, but what mueller is trying to do here is put pressure on manafort and maybe get manafort to put pressure on other people to get to that critical question, which is yes we know that russia tried to sew discord in the elections, but was anyone in the trump campaign orbit helping russia do that and helping russia to help trump get elected? >> jack, few seconds left. who or what would you have us looking for next here? >> well, i would

politico says that sarah huckabee-sanders wants white house counsel don mcgahn or chief of staff john kelly to brief the press directly, according to a person close to the white house, a senior administration official said later wednesday that kelly had been set to take the podium until the decision was made to cancel it. the white house then denied that there was any plan for kelly to brief reporters on wednesday. yesterday house oversight committee chairman trey gowdy sent a letter to the fbi director demanding to know exactly who was told what about rob porter by the fbi and when they were told it. today trey gowdy sent a letter directly to john kelly requesting a list of all employees in the white house for whom a security clearance was pending or has been adjudicated since the inauguration. politico reports that the white house was, quote, startled by trey gowdy's public criticism of their security clearance process and the handling of the rob porter case. joining us now steve smith and josh earnest, both are msnbc political analysts. >> josh, to you when i hear that the press se

in a statement late tonight, sarah huckabee-sanders said, in part, quote, today the schumer democrats and the senate demonstrated again that they are not serious about daca, they are not serious about immigration reform and homeland security. today moments before a vote on the a bipartisan deal in the senate, the president wrote, on twitter, quote, the schumer rounds collins immigration bill would be a total catastrophe. that came, we should tell you, just minutes after fox news aired an interview with two of that bill's co-sponsors. still with us to talk about this tonight, steve and rick. steve, you are the keeper of the numbers. in a country where we can't agree on this being thursday, what are the poll numbers on daca? >> it cuts across party lines, 81% overall in the most recent poll on this say they think permanent status, legal status should be given to the daca recipients. so the basic core issue there, very popular. the one note of caution i would add. we saw this with the government shutdown a few weeks ago. when you took a poll and asked people to prioritize during the shut

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 it's not going to go away. >> we heard the question why can't the president use words that sarah huckabee-sanders used, he sits about 30 feet from the briefing room, we know he has access to a cell phone and thinks nothing of using it. in your view, why do you think, sam, the president can't exhibit empathy or sympathy to victims of abuse? there's only one side of this argument. >> the simplest answer is usually the right one. he's conflicted in this. look at his historical records go back to the 1980s and '90s when he was one of the lone voices defending mike tyson after his rape conviction. it's something he's been accused of himself and maybe that informs how he feels about this stuff. it's not just rob porter, corey lewandowski faced accusations during the campaign of touching inappropriately, physically, a female reporter and trump rushed to his defense. it's odd to sit here and l

you see sarah huckabee sanders spin her way out. she's so mundane the way she talks, monotone, it never reaches comedy in how ridiculous it is and today it did because it was unbelievable she thought -- she didn't seem to believe she could take her way out of it but was trying nonetheless. >> one thing i find striking, jason, you have an administration with huge positions open. rachel brand who left number three doj, reporting here is part of the reason she left is because she didn't have enough people under here to fill the basic dutys of the government and one of the arguments that don mcgahn made for keeping rob porter is look, here is a guy that has ivy league pedigree, can we afford to let him go? >> here is the problem, the members of this administration behave as if you can't find a guy out there that doesn't beat women. i think you can. i think there are plenty of people in washington dc who haven't beaten their wives and girlfriends, who haven't threatened people and haven't grabbed reporters. the fact this administration c

but so be it, very quickly, we are waiting on sarah huckabee sanders. she will come out within the hour. this will be press conference where we think she will address these gun issues as well. is there ability to put stronger gun rules especially on those with mental illness? >> trump administration is exhibiting some interest and willingness to engage in that. i unfortunately had a school shooting back in 2012 where three kids died, chardon high school, a perfect modern american community. there is more than the gun debate and mental health debate. this is difficult issue. the americans do deserve the white house and congress coming together to have a adult conversation about what which do next. trish: there is a window. capri, lawrence. see you later in the show. we're off almost 200 points. the dow kicking off the holiday-shortened week to the downside. we have been in the red throughout all of today's session. nonetheless tech hanging in there. we got disappointing earnings out of walmart. the retailer down more than 9% right now. let's go down to g

white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, also noncommittal at the podium yesterday on, several gun measures getting a new look in the wake of the florida school shooting. >> background checks are something that the president's supportive of making more efficient and looking at better ways to improve that process. the president supports not using bump stocks, and we support coming action on that. >> does the president believe there should be an age limit for those who buy an ar-15? >> that's something on the table for us to discuss and that will come up in the coming weeks. >> remember, the accused killer in florida not old enough to buy a bear, old enough to -- a beer, old enough to buy an ar-15. >> and not old enough to buy a pistol. you have to be 21 with a waiting period of three days. >> sanders' says the listening session by the president will include members of the parkland community, but no word on who exactly. there will be others affected by previous school shootings including columbine and sandy hook. >>> in the wake of this horrific massacre, there will be a town hal

a statement from sarah huckabee sanders, the press secretary a short time ago, going into a little bit more detail about the white house reaction and where we go from here. sarah huckabee sanders saying the men random raises serious concerns about the integrity at the highest levels of the fbi and the department of justice. they used the most intrusive tools against american citizens. it also says minority members have drafted a separate men random. the administration stands ready to work with congress to accommodate oversight requests and including need to protect intelligence sources and methods. what she's referring to there is the competing memo drafted by democrats on the intelligence committee, which we understand we haven't seen yet and we don't know much about it may refute claims in the nunes memo. hearing from john mccain about this this afternoon. mccain in a statement saying the latest attacks on the fbi and dent of justice serve no american interest. the american people deserve to know all of the facts surrounding russia's ongoing efforts to subvert our democracy, which is