today trump's plan for nuclear weapons makes sense make your case real quick. well first of all it makes some sense i agree with kevin's concern about the money and in my article i did criticize the across the board modernization agenda which by the way is not new to president president obama intended more or less the same thing. and so and so in that regard i would like to see us prioritize things that we need for safety and reliability versus things that we need just to modernize the entire force that the nuclear weapons do need to be safe and reliable and i think we need to be twenty one bomber as well because we can we can use that for conventional warfare of the kind we see in the middle east for example but i don't think we need to modernize the i.c.b.m. like as much as the pentagon believes and i don't think we need as much new capacity for a nuclear warhead production so just to be clear the usa today gave a more robust sounding title that i personally believe my my view is more mixed on the review and there are some aspects to it i agree with others th

today trump's plan for nuclear weapons makes sense make your case real quick. well first of all it makes some sense i agree with kevin's concern about the money and in my article i did criticize the across the board modernization agenda which by the way is not new to president president obama intended more or less the same thing. and so and so in that regard i would like to see us prioritize things that we need for safety and reliability versus things that we need just to modernize the entire force that the nuclear weapons do need to be safe and reliable and i think we need to be twenty one bomber as well because we can we can use that for conventional warfare of the kind we see in the middle east for example but i don't think we need to modernize the i.c.b.m. like as much as the pentagon believes and i don't think we need as much new capacity for nuclear warhead production so just to be clear the usa today gave a more robust sounding title that i personally believe my my view is more mixed on the review and there are some aspects to it i agree with others that

today trump's plan for nuclear weapons makes sense make your case real quick. well first of all it makes some sense i agree with kevin's concern about the money and in my article i did criticize the across the board modernization agenda which by the way is not new the president president obama intended more or less the same thing. and so and so in that regard i would like to see us prioritize things that we need for safety and reliability versus things that we need just to modernize the entire force that the nuclear weapons do need to be safe and reliable and i think we need to be twenty one bomber as well because we can we can use that for conventional warfare of the kind we see in the middle east for example but i don't think we need to modernize the i.c.b.m. like as much as the pentagon believes and i don't think we need as much new capacity for a nuclear warhead production so just to be clear the usa today gave a more robust sounding title that i personally believe my my view is more mixed on the review there are some aspects to it i agree with others that

today trump's plan for nuclear weapons makes sense make your case real quick. well first of all it makes some sense i agree with kevin's concern about the money and in my article i did criticize the across the board modernization agenda which by the way is not new to president president obama intended more or less the same thing. and so and so in that regard i would like to see us prioritize things that we need for safety and reliability versus things that we need just to modernize the entire force that the nuclear weapons do need to be safe and reliable and i think we need to be twenty one bomber as well because we can we can use that for conventional warfare of the kind we see in the middle east for example but i don't think we need to modernize the i.c.b.m. like as much as the pentagon believes and i don't think we need as much new capacity for nuclear warhead production so just to be clear the usa today gave a more robust sounding title that i personally believe my my view is more mixed on the review there are some aspects to it i agree with others that i t

host: some of the ideas that came up today headlined by usa today, president trump vows tougher background checks, mental health screens for gun buyers, in meeting with students he also talked about arming teachers or school officials and administrators. a healthy round of discussion with the folks in the room at the white house, getting your calls and comments about your ideas on making schools safer one week from the shooting at douglas high school in florida. this is marysville, washington, and we hear from preston. go ahead. caller: hi, i am a former student i live that had the terrible shooting at a high school, and i believe that every student should go through a metal detector, because metal detectors will tell us if they have something. if they want to go through a detector, then every security guard should have a weapon on them. we have no safety in our schools. do with theou situation last week in florida where the shooter was originally outside of the building forced his way and, reportedly? i believe you should do is have police outside on the ground be visible. they should be

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this is the "usa today" editorial broad writing trump's new budget would slash its funding, curtail enforcement powers and turn power over future budgets to congress where republican lawmakers can starve it, less money, less power and more humility sounds like the formula for an industry lap dog and not a watchdog i would say one reason why i like the "usa today," they have this feature, they put dueling op-eds so mick mulvaney, the budgeting director has an opposing op-ed in the same paper saying that the cfpb is one of the most powerful if not most powerful federal agencies. as director i have total access to unlimited funds in some cases i'm even judge, jury and executioner. i don't answer to congress the people i regulate or even to you. he's putting it back out there what's happening with this debate >> a good way to get both sides of the argument. mine is in the "the financial times" times though more than willing to launch a proxy fight or file a lawsuit, many of the up-and-coming jen rag are stewing the public disputes and open confrontation that made their former bosses famous instead

david: president trump today hosting a very emotional listening session on gun violence and school safety at the white house. school shooting survivors and families 0 victims sharing their painful story, offering solutions following last week's tragedy in parkland, florida. >> it should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed. it's my daughter i'm not going to see ten again. and if it stops, we all work together and come up with the right idea, school safety is not about gun laws right now. that's another fight, another battle. let's fix the schools and then you can battle it out. david: joining me now were presidential candidate mike huckabee. fist your reaction to the raw emotion that we saw. these things are so often scripted and become kind of plastic in a way as only inside the beltway can. this was anything but. >> and i think that's what made it not only powerful but, david, it was ka authorityi tarreddic e nation. to allow it to open organically was very very strong. i've been to a lot of presidential forums over the years and most of them are scr

in any event. ♪ rob: today's addition of "fox and friends" first is a party in the usa. you are watching "fox and friends" first. today, donald trump will welcome the florida community grieving after the deadly school shooting the commander-in-chief holding a listening session at the white house for those impacted by mass shootings and pushing for ban on bump stocks and tougher background checks for gun buyers. griff jenkins joins us with what we can expect today. >> from bump stocks the background checks donald trump is working to respond to the tragedy. >> we must do more to protect our children, we have to do more to protect our children. school safety is a top priority for my administration. >> reporter: front and center, moves to ban bump stocks that were used in the massacre. >> the deadly shooting in las vegas i directed attorney general to clarify whether certain bump stock devices like the one used in las vegas are illegal under current law. we must move past clichÉs entire debate and focus on evidence-based solutions and security measures that actually work. >

"usa today" editorial says it would be a hugely popular move. president trump if he did anything, he could even do something with a wink-wink/nod-nod from the nra, he would get massive support. >> you're right, and president trump is one of these people who some of his supporters and even his detractors believe sort of has the credibility to move his base to a place where they're not comfortable going. so for instance there was a thought that he could do that on immigration. that he could get his base to agree to some concessions. and there's a thought that he may be able to do that on guns. now, we haven't seen that yet. it's an open question. and i would also add that the sort of rub here is that often when president trump does try to go in that direction, does go to a place where he is maybe not purely comfortable with and certainly that his base is not comfortable with, what we've seen at least on immigration, and we can see on guns, is that he often gets dragged back. when it seems like he's losing his support, when conservatives come out a

earlier today she visited the team usa house in the olympic village before heading out to watch several events. the presidential adviser and first daughter met with south korea's president yesterday. and a reminder, nbc 10 is your home for the olympics and for this final stretch of the winter games. don't miss the closing ceremonies right here on nbc 10. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> a live camera view in center city. this is looking right atop there on the building. flags are pretty calm this morning. it's a little hard to see them. that glow around the sign, that is because we have low clouds and some patchy fog this morning. just like we've been seeing over the last several days. we have a good bit of moisture over the region. it's going to lead to foggy conditions. and gray conditions the rest of the day. temperatures throughout the board, jersey shore, 47. philadelphia, 44. suburbs at 42. not a bad start. we're starting in the 40s and going to the 50s. there is no freezing territory in sight. all the moisture that moves through today just going to be in the form of r

a new "usa today" poll finds most voters disagree with the president. only 36% versus trust in trump's denials of collusion. a majority, 57% said they have little trust or none. 5bers said think have trust in robert mueller's investigation. only 2% have little or no trust in him. let's bring in the roundtable. adrian elrod, john brabender, and eugene scott, a reporter for "the washington post." let me ask you, there's two issues. one is the democrats and the special counsel and everybody else have the enough on trump to begin to impeach him. the other is, what is the question of russia's involvement clearly established in the 2016 election? whatever effect it had? did it turn it against hillary? whatever it was it was there. the american people know it was there and most believe it's coming back at us in '18. how is that going to affect this administration's history in the books? >> i think it's going to affect very negatively president trump's history. look, it is infuriating an that our president does not seem to care about this, despite collusion or

"usa today" reporting this morning that his arrival comes as he's been at the center of trump administration efforts to downplay the significance of the recent thaw between north korea and south korea that has come with the 2018 winter games. have you ever seen such an agenda come from the united states before? >> well -- the united states typically doesn't weigh in on the olympics. but yes, i've seen it before. just think about jimmy carter boycotting the summer olympics in moscow in 1980. and not allowing u.s. athletes to, who have been practicing their entire lives, to represent their country. of course, in return, the soviet union boycotted the l.a. games four years later. so yeah, i mean, that's pretty heavy-handed, isn't it, to actually say from the white house, we're not going to participate in these olympics. so i feel that it's not inappropriate, the comments that were made, for him to be there is not inappropriate. it will be interesting to see whether here's a mere spectator or trying to actually get some business done, or position the american agenda into the fabric of the olympi

china's top economic adviser of drives into the usa today to try to smooth tensions between the two countries over trade. discussions between the white house will take place as president trump continues this considers new tariffs on chinese steel imports. so what kind of reception can he expect?m likely to be quite frosty because we have seen increasingly tough talk on both sides. notjust that, on the us side of talks, we have robert light, who is known to be a china hawk, meaning he is very aggressive in the sta nce meaning he is very aggressive in the stance towards china, and trying to address trade imbalances. the us side, the trust and believes there has been more talk about reform and not enough action to the dish to address the fact that china has a huge trade surplus with america, and they want to narrow that. now the man traveling is hopefully the right person to smooth over —— over these tensions, because he is very senior. he isa tensions, because he is very senior. he is a trained at harvard economist, he is also a very trusted confidant of president seizing ping, and china's

getting a special message from president trump. congratulations on winning the gold, go team usa. speak all right, thanks for joining us today. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. >> sandra: we are waiting to hear from the president. officials at the white house right now. at the meeting comes one day after he welcomed the students students, parents, and teachers affected by gun violence at schools. now, he says he is open to conceal and carry for some teachers and increasing background checks. this is "outnumbered." i am sandra smith, and are today, harris faulkner, lisa boothe, former deputy spokesperson for the state department and fox news analyst, marie harf, and are joining us on the couch, my coanchor, bill hemmer. he is here. >> bill: it's been too long.

[applause] >> [chanting] usa! pres. trump: i appreciate anything you have done. people that north korea, we imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before. [applause] and frankly, hopefully something positive can happen. we will see. hopefully something positive can happen, but that just was announced i wanted to let you know we have imposed the heaviest sanctions ever imposed. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for everything. you have been incredible partners. incredible partners. [applause] i will let you know the absolute strongest of terms, we are going to make america great again, and i will never, ever ever let , you down. thank you very much. [applause] >> ♪ ♪ you can't always get what you want you can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you find you get what you need ♪ [applause] and 9:30s saturday a.m. eastern at the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia for live coverage of the civil war's impact on americans. speakers include peter director of the gettysburg college civil war institute. james robinson

[applause] >> [chanting] usa! pres. trump: i appreciate anything you have done. north korea, we impose today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before. [applause] pres. trump: and frankly, hopefully resulting positive can happen. we will see. hopefully something positive can happen, but that just was announced i wanted to let you know we have imposed the heaviest sanctions ever imposed. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for everything. you have been incredible partners. incredible partners. [applause] pres. trump: i will let you know the absolute strongest of terms, we are going to make america great again, ever, ever let you down. thank you very much. [applause] >> ♪ ♪ you can't always get what you want you can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you get what you need ♪ [applause] i saw her today at the reception ♪ [crowd sounds] >> president from nearly at it is merely our 20 speech, talking about imposing new sanctions on north korea. the associate oppresses those sanctions will hit more than 50 vessels, shipping companies, a

. >> so red gerard coming in -- >> reporter: ivanka trump showed up in the mountains, watching team usa grab silver in snowboard big air. >> to even walk away with a medal today is insane. it's something i worked so hard to get to, and walking away with silver is super sick. >> reporter: super sick. snowboarder for great, which is how the americans are closing out their run here. yeah, i mean, it's too bad, like you said earlier, kira, we don't have a few more days left in these games, because we keep collecting medals here. it's been a really good close for team usa. tonight in prime time, you can see the four-man bobsled, team usa kind of out of the mix there. it would be tough to get to the podium. and then the most popular thing for some of the olympics, the closing figure skating extravaganza. it's gala. no medals involved, but quite a show, and a lot of people love to close the olympics with that. >> still so much to look forward to in the next 48 hours. jay gray, as always, thank you for joining us. >> reporter: thank you. >>> we'll see him again in just a bit. unfortunately, now

, because there is no doubt, i love this land god bless the usa ♪ pres. trump: thank you, paul and mitch, for your tremendous leadership. you have done well. i just looked at some numbers. you did better than you thought, i think, based on what we saw 10 minutes ago. i want to thank you to the governor of this incredible state, my very good friend, jim justice, and his wonderful wife, kathy, who are with us. jim is now a proud member of the republican party. he was a democrat who switched over. you don't see that too often. maybe you will see it more and more. but thank you jim. the hotel is beautiful and everything is beautiful. we appreciate it. it is great to be among so many friends for the second time this week. tuesday was an incredible evening. we were all inspired -- [applause] i really mean that. we were inspired by america's heroes and uplifted by everyone who sacrificed in the fight. -- the fight for freedom. they were and are incredible people that we saw that night. tremendous courage. one of the people, i have to say, boy, you have a very bi

in the coming weeks former usa today editor-in-chief joanne let me look at improving workplaces through gender equality. this weekend, will discuss the experience growing up isolated and subsequently earning a phd at cambridge university. >> people seem to have taken to heart this idea that to something you have to have a degree in an institution in place to teach it to you. i was not raised to think that. when i decided to go to college when i was 16 and felt like something i could do, i will buy a book and learned. i kept going with that really and are prepared. i had never heard about the holocaust before. i would say this was the ideal education that i think they had something. about people feeling ownership over what they learned. if you think of education a lot of people talk about education as a way to get money and get a job. but i think it's about making a person. everyone should have the opportunity to participate in the making of their mind. it needs to be more active people need to be more involved in their own education. >> all previous afterwards are available to watch onl

. >>> today's usa today newspaper has a big story in the front page about how the voters of appalachia in eastern kentucky where robert kennedy visited and championed 50 years ago this month are now donald trump voters out there. so what happened? what happened is the people who care about hardship forgot that we're in this together, that the concerns of working people should be the politics of working people, all working people. bobby kennedy was one leader who championed the cause of waitresses and construction workers and police officers and other working people. unlike trump, he was a uniter. for that reason he had the look of someone who could actually deliver for all those working people. my book is called "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit." you can order it right now on amazon or barnes & noble. it will lift your spirit. it will remind you of what once looked possible, not trump. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> obviously tough time for him. >> the white house digs a deeper home. >> he sa

in the coming weeks former usa today editor-in-chief joanne lipman will look at improving workplaces through gender equality. brian kaplan argues against college for everyone. >> a lot of people seem to have taken her this idea that something you have to have a degree in an institution in place to teach it to you. i'm grateful to my parents that i was not raised to think that. when i decided to go to college my 16 it felt like something i could do, not because i have formal education but i need to buy algebra so i will buy a book and then learned. but i kept going with it. i think my parents took it too far, i arrived at university two per unprepared. people that i was being anti-semitic or denying it, i had never heard of it before. i cannot say this is the ideal education but i think they had something there about people feeling ownership over what they learn. if you think of education many people talk about education is way to make money. but i thought it was about making a person. everyone should have that opportunity to participate in the making of their own mind. in these to be

getting a special message from president trump. congratulations on winning the gold, go team usa. speak all right, thanks for joining us today. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. >> sandra: we are waiting to hear from the president. officials at the white house right now. at the meeting comes one day after he welcomed the students students, parents, and teachers affected by gun violence at schools. now, he says he is open to conceal and carry for some teachers and increasing background checks. this is "outnumbered." i am sandra smith, and are today, harris faulkner, lisa boothe, former deputy spokesperson for the state department and fox news analyst, marie harf, and are joining us on the couch, my coanchor, bill hemmer. he is here. >> bill: it's been too long. great to be back with you ladies. difficult day, but we will get through it together. >> sandra: good to have you, let's begin. talking about school safety. this comes after he held a listening session at the white house for students, teachers, and parents affected by gun violence. he listened to their consumed my concerns

proud partner of team usa. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, war of words. president trump goes on a twitter tirade, ripping democrats, the special prosecutor and the fbi, but not russia, after 13 russians are indicted for attacking the u.s. election. we're live in washington. >>> plus, from the heart. we catch up with olympic skier jon lillis, who lost his brother just before the games. >> i think when you're having tough times in your life, it's important to find that ladder that helps you climb out. >>> and the best of us. on this presidents day, al and craig spend time with american service members and their families at the massive winterfest celebration in korea. >> you are the backbone of our services. you really are. >> "today," monday, february 19th, 2018. >> my name is kelly clark. i'm going for gold in snowboard halfpipe. >> go, team usa. ♪ >> my name is ali. and i'm going for gold in free ski halfpipe. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it is 8:00 on a monday morning. it's presidents day weekend back at home. but it's night

. >>> former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar is expected to get another sentence today in a michigan report. meantime there's an alert the fbi was slow to pursue nassar and that he molested 40 girls and women during that period. the agency became aware of nassar in july of 2015, that's according to "the new york times," but he wasn't publicly exposed until 2016. >>> movie mogul harvey weinstein denies charges of sexual misconduct with actress uma thurman. for the first time she's accused weinstein of trying to force himself on her years ago in a london hotel room. >> now i want to dance, i want to win, i want that trophy. >> reporter: "pulp fiction" catapulted uma thurman's career in hollywood. she was reunited with quinton in "kill bill." her role as beatrix kiddo, a strong powerful woman, was box office gold that brought in more than $300 million. but behind the scenes thurman is now revealing in a "new york times" article her relationship with harvey weinstein had become toxic. he used to spend hours talking to me about material. this was my champion. i was never any kind of studi

in the coming weeks former usa today editor-in-chief look at improving workplaces through gender equality. frank kaplan argues against college for everyone. and ira shapiro will share his thoughts on partisanship in the senate. >> you can differ with people maybe were moving left, but politics was supposed to be about finding a way to overcome some of the differences through extended discussion and a real legislative process, principal compromise. it was not supposed to be about one party winning on their own. the times in history when one party has been able to do this on your are very few. ab 1933 and 34. fdr dealing with the depression, lbj and 64 and 65, even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two years. when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and trying to get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus my reaction was, that shouldn't work and couldn't work and it's not supposed work that way. you're supposed to be looking for people on the other side to get 60 or 70 votes. corsi would say that would be impossible but, this notion that one party ha

i'm joined by suessage page from "usa today" and congress man dave jolly. i just want to give a personal observations. i hang out with a lot of progressives. and i have -- and they complain. they're pretty good complainers and they can whine. in none of them said they lost the election because of the russians. any understood the campaign didn't reach the right voters. they know that. some of them will blame comey because he did something dramatic 11 days before the election he announced clinton still under investigation. of course, that hurt dramatically. take that off the table here. but trump, i'm told, almost like a mobster, if you're in his cabinet and say the word russian he goes ballistic. any mention of russian involvement he takes as a statement they gave it to him. >> a question of his legitimacy as president. while he's hailing some of these findings today as exoneration which is at least premature, what this does is show he can no longer call it a hoax. when he says did you see any russians in ohio or pennsylvania? the answer would be yes, now we

. >> for more i'm joined by susan page from "usa today" and the "washington post" white house bureau chief phil rucker. susan, tell us about this and how this relates to trump and the way this white house is being run or not run properly? >> we know that general kelly was brought in to impose some order. he wasn't hired because had he great policy chops or great political instincts. this was a disorderly white house, it was dysfunctional. the idea was he would make things work. one of the things you would think he would be paying attention to is the fact that one of the most senior aides and one of the most sensitive positions would not be able to get for whatever reason unable to get permanent security clearance. surely that's something that would have come to his attention. we're now told he has known perhaps for months these allegations existed but failed to take them serious lis until the photograph came out of the ex-wife with the black eye. >> a full field investigation by the fbi is the norm and a requirement to get a job even in the peace corps. to become a volunteer. they go

>>> president trump said 70 to meet face-to-face with florida's survivors. >>> team usa still in the hunt for more medals as the final days for the winter olympics get set to continue in north korea. >> announcer: nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now devastation in delaware county. firefighters have been waiting for hours to get into this house where the roof collapse dollars. home owner is still unaccount the for. thenous collindale, delaware count city a total loss destroyed by flames and the investigation is just beginning. we're live on the scene where crews will be sifting through that damage later on today. dray. >> reporter: rosemary, firefighters are still here on the scene. the number of firefighters have been scaled down, but you can see behind me it's still a very active scene. meanwhile, neighbors also here standing across the street, they are all waiting on word on the whereabouts of the man who lived inside the home. right now he's still considered missing. when firefighters arrived here on 900 block of pit man avenue early this morning, this is what they found. a sing

all of us here today are united by the same timeless values. charles: president trump emphasizing restore confidence in at a very lively speech at the conservative -- we heard the crowds chanting usa particularly when president trump talks about saluting the flag and standing with the national anthem. a couple that are a cpac, "fox news" contributor christopher bedford the "daily caller news foundation" editor-in-chief. john burnett new york g.o.p. strategic adviser. i've got to start with you. restoring our confidence, we did a segment last night on the gallup poll that shows america feels a strong about our position in the world when then they have for more than decade. there's something about the palpable feeling of pride in patriotism notches here but across the country. >> you are absolutely right, charles. it's too bad you and john could not be here because it really was a great speech but there's so much energy and electricity amongst the crowds charles. meeting these young people our future generation who are so excited to be here and t

and 57 have little or no trust in president donald trump's denial. so that's the freshest polling on this. again, as you mentioned, we have a briefing here starting in 50 minutes if it's on time and we'll be sure to be following that. kristen. >> undoubtedly. sarah sanders will get some questions about all of that. hans nichols, mike memoli, thank you. >>> for more analysis, ned price, msnbc national security analyst, former spokesperson at the national security council. and natasha bertrand, who covers the russia investigation for the atlantic. and olivia newsy, washington correspondent for new york magazine. thanks to all of you for being here. natasha, let me start with you. we know, as you just heard mike memoli say, there is no doubt lawmakers are going to want to ask hope hicks about helping the president craft that response, once it was learned that donald trump jr. met with the crekrem n kremlin-linked attorney during the campaign. what do you think we're going to see today? >> that's really the key question i think they want to get to the bo

,he front page of usa today taking its toll. schools at continued to shootings that schools continue to ponder our hallways. what is the best way to keep our schools safe in this country? , since sandytimes hook, more than over 400 people shot in 200 school shootings. when a gunman kills 21st-graders and six adults with an assault rifle in 2012, it rattled newtown, connecticut, and reverberated across the world. since then, there have been at least 230 nine school shootings nationwide. in those episodes, 438 people were shot, 138 of whom were killed. let's listen to floyd, in jonesville, virginia. good morning to you. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. the best way i see, there were two teachers, that i understand, that were killed in that shooting. if they had a gun to protect themselves with they could have stopped that right then. we need to find out which teachers is the best to carry a weapon and knows how to use it, and they are right there on the spot. they are right there when it was happening. host: the

proposal,ion budget as usa today puts it, included a massive military buildup. the story noting that donald trump's $716 billion request for defense would represent a 7% increase over last year. the greatest buildup since ronald reagan was president, adding 29,000 soldiers, airmen and marines to the force of 1.3 million, building 10 warships, and increasing production of f-35's and other warplanes. it notes, in all, the budget would add more than $7 trillion in debt by the end of the next decade. it notes one of the centerpieces of the budget is the president's long-awaited infrastructure spending program, which president trump would be matched with public and private funds to provide $1.5 trillion in investment. that program on the president's mind this morning. he is tweeting. "our infrastructure plan had been put forward and is receiving great reviews by everyone, except the democrats. after many years we have taken care of our military and now we have to fix our roads, bridges airports and more. bipartisan, make a deal, dems? " that was not the only issue on

if you go to "usa today," when it comes to the u.s. immigration issue on the house side, some legislators saying this is a test for the house speaker, paul ryan. that was mark meadows, the chairman of the house freedom caucus saying that immigration, quote, is the defining moment. if he gets it wrong, it will have consequences for him, but it will also have consequences for the rest of the republican party. that warning shot from meadows who helped pushed ryan's predecessor into retirement highlights how skploexplosive t looming house debate will be for republicans. meadows and other conservatives made it clear they will accept nothing short of the hard line house immigration bill introduced by representative bob goodlatt, republican of virginia, chairman of the house judiciary committee. by the way, bob goodlatte, our guest on our news makers program, which tapes, and you'll be able to see right after this program, later on in the evening, if you want to find out more about that taping and that interview, once it airs, go to our websi

a new "usa today" poll says 50% -- 58% of americans have a lot or some trust in special counsel mueller's investigation. at the same time, 57% say they have little or no trust in president trump's denials of collusion with russia. what does all this tell you? because president trump, no matter how many people are indicted, continues to say this is a hoax, this is a ruse created by the democrats. >> stephanie, i think the president here took a page out of bill clinton's playbook. part of what their strategy was during the monica lewinsky controversial was to discredit the special counsel, to say he was on a partisan witch-hunt. it's harder, by the way, i think to discredit a marine and a vietnam veteraned an a patriot like bob mueller. but they are seeking to do that. they are trying to do that. i think the poll reflects a general confusion that hey, you know what, we can't follow all these details like you people in washington so we're not paying attention and we're just going to say pox on both your housings. >> okay, so they're not paying attention, but what if robert mueller does find

"usa today" also had a poll they released this weekend along with marist that had donald trump at 38%. that was trump's lowest approval rating since they've been taking the poll, since he's been president of the united states. what's interesting is his numbers have gone up, mika, and i suspect the -- i don't know if it's just the parkland shooting but his numbers have gone up because tax cuts became more popular obviously they're going back down now. >> the cpac summit was the source of controversy as critics of the trump administration were taken to task. veteran conservative writer and policy advocate mona charen had to be escorted out under the protection of security guards for her comments. take a listen. >> i'm going to twist this around a bit and say that i'm disappointed in people on our side for being hypocrites about sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party, who are sitting in the white house, who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women and because he happens to have an "r" after his name, he look the other way, we don't compl

to the pages of usa today, when it comes to election security, in light of what happened, states rule is the subject of a story there. saying congress has done little to help the states, a bipartisan senate bill to help improve election systems has not received a hearing or a vote. there are no plans by senate leaders to bring it to the floor for a vote. also talking about how states are doing for themselves when it comes to election security. in mississippi, they highlight that one agency finished the crippling -- finished encrypt encrypting its-- system. $27,750 for a company to try to hack its election system. they could not. -- this is a president who claims a vindication anytime someone sneezes. what this sets out is information about one element of the use of social media to attitudes to motivate people to protest, to infiltrate thepolitical system through cyberspace. it does not contain any of the allegations that are most known to the public. that is the russian hacking into the democratic institutions. publishing of stolen information. on that, the trump campaign and the cand

. >>> new polling from "usa today" and suffolk university shows americans have more trust in special counsel robert mueller's investigation than they do in president trump's denials of collusion. 58% now say they have a lot or some trust in the mueller investigation. that number some trust in the investigation. that number is way you. 57% say they have little or no trust in president trump's denials. that's up, as well. 42% say russian meddling affecting the outcome of the 2016 election. 44% say it did not. three-quarters of the country believe russians will continue to try to meddle in the u.s. elections and 6 in 10 say the president is not doing enough to respond. let's bring in a member of the judiciary committee. democratic senator sheldon white house of the rhode island senator. it's always good to see you. we have more of a series of indictments. plea deals, as well, mixed in there. what do you see that is happening in the country now that more and more americans believe that bob mueller is on the traright track? >> for one thing, it shows reasonableness and san thety are not d

richard painter, as a former white house ethics lawyer, "usa today" and stephen spaulding and paul s. ryan of common cause on why the payment to stormy daniels matters. it is reasonable to question whether the money was tended to squash a pivotal story in a tight election. once the payment was made for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the presidential race. there is plenty of smoke to the stormy daniels fee as iasco. explain to us why that is important for the american public to understand. >> john edwards, a senator from north carolina, was indicted and put through a felony trial because a supporter of his had paid off a mistress to keep secret the affair while he was a candidate for president of the united states. the jury ultimately was not willing to convict john edward based on those facts. the same justice department that criminally charged john edwards should be investigating what happened here. this looks like a campaign contribution. if so, if it were to be held by a court to be a campaign contribution, there would be a felony, because it was not reported as a campai

president trump's arriving today in south korea. she will attend the closing ceremony for these winter games. >> we're very, very excited to attend the 2018 olympic games, to cheer for team usa, and to reaffirm our strong and enduring commitment with the people of the republic of korea. >> reporter: looking at the latest medal count, norway remains squarely in the lead. followed by canada and germ with team here is what at the winter olympics. the four-man bobsled competition gets under way. snowboarding, the men's big air final. and the u.s. goes for a historic gold in men's curling. we'll have more on that later. savannah and hoda? >> joe, thank you. >>> let's turn to al and get a first check of the weather. >> got a lot of wet weather to talk about. big, big storms bringing a lot of wet weather. you see flooding continuing, stretching all the way from texas into ohio. and the strong storms are going to continue, one after another. we have a stretching from dallas into central arkansas for moderate risk. as you look at tomorrow, i

first let's get you caught up on today's other headlines from back home and around the world. high-stakes meeting at the white house, president trump set to host students and parents directly impacted by gun violence, including the recent florida tragedy. as mr. trump calls for both parties to focus on strengthening background checks. >> we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. >>> breaking this morning, the reverend billy graham passes away overnight. the iconic evangelist who counseled every president since eisenhower was 99 years old. >>> harrowing ordeal, arizona police arrest two parents on charges of child abuse after allegedly holding their four kids captive in their home without food, water or use of a bathroom. authorities only learning about it after one of the children escaped through a window and called police. >>> peanut allergy breakthrough? a california company announces the first successful treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts, giving millions of american families hope. >>> and royal runway.