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and if so, why didn't they tell the white house? >> when i went to the hospital on december 22nd, i went in for that procedure. my duties were transferred to the deputy, that was planned, and i decided to stay in the hospital overnight, didn't have to, decided to stay there overnight, because of the anesthesia that was involved, and then the next day, later in the afternoon, early evening, we transferred authorities back. >> i'm talking about your staff. >> peter? >> mr. secretary, first of all, we wish you good health and thank you for taking your questions. we hope you are a quick recovery. i have two questions. first on your hospitalization, you were hospitalized for days before you informed the white house or the commander in chief of your condition and your absence, anyone else within the military chain of command would have faced reprimand or even dismissal. why shouldn't that same standard apply to you, sir? >> let me just say that -- thanks for the question -- that we didn't get this right. as i said, i take full responsibil
and if so, why didn't they tell the white house? >> when i went to the hospital on december 22nd, i went in for that procedure. my duties were transferred to the deputy, that was planned, and i decided to stay in the hospital overnight, didn't have to, decided to stay there overnight, because of the anesthesia that was involved, and then the next day, later in the afternoon, early evening, we transferred authorities back. >> i'm talking about your staff. >> peter? >> mr....
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these meetings -- it's great they are at the white house. i think the president -- i think it was really important for him to say, it's the responsibility of the congress to fund the government. >> reporter: that stood out to me, too. he said they have a lot of work to do on getting these funding bills across the finish line. he hopes they do it in a bipartisan fashion. he is flanked by speaker mike johnson, by hakeem jeffriess, the democratic leader in the house. of course, also in the senate side by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. all of them meeting for the second time in the last two months. the first meeting in january with other key leaders. i was struck how long biden spent talking about the need for ukraine to be funded. that was the bulk of his comments there. he knows that's an issue that's more outstanding, perhaps, than the government funding issue. those deadlines are fast approaching, colliding one on friday. before i came to the camera, i had conversations with senators who have been back for the last
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. >> everyone in the obama white house called us psaki and palmieri. >> are you surprised being a white house expert as you both are, but about the level of combativeness that is on display between the white house and the doj and the fact that the doj essentially it seems did not heed any of the white house's complaints? >> i'm not that surprised. it spilled out a bit, obviously, in the last week. but there have been reported frustrations at moments that have been reported about the president's frustration about the pace of movement on say voting rights and other -- other priorities for him. i would say for this the view, it seems, from not just the white house but a number of legal experts i've talked to, you've talked to is that, well, merrick garland, the attorney general, was never going to kind of not appoint a special counsel. he decided to do that although they were frustrated with that initial step or scrap the report or not release the whole report. there were steps in the process including getting updates to see what the scope of what they were doing was. and also there was la
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you have not just the white house press secretary but a spokesperson for the white house counsel's office who i think ian sams gave the most detailed rebuttal to the accusations in the report. no confusion about what the white house strategy is about this, is there? >> exactly. and this has been a conversation yesterday that went into today about how best to respond and what strategy to employ, and now they are realizing that they needed to really go out there on offense to continue to defend the president, and ultimately i'm told by people who were a part of this decision making that they didn't want the narrative to get away from them. the excerpts from the hur report that painted president biden, the oldest president ever to serve as a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. we're going to of course catch fire and be something that the white house needed to figure out how to address quickly. and so that is why you saw this rare prime time news conference from the president last night, who did come out forcefully and quite fiery in his remarks and pushback against that defending hi
you have not just the white house press secretary but a spokesperson for the white house counsel's office who i think ian sams gave the most detailed rebuttal to the accusations in the report. no confusion about what the white house strategy is about this, is there? >> exactly. and this has been a conversation yesterday that went into today about how best to respond and what strategy to employ, and now they are realizing that they needed to really go out there on offense to continue to...
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i think the white house knows that. i think that's why that cadence has stepped up and it's imperative, not just in sending a signal to nervous democrats, but more importantly pressing this campaign. this is going to be the longest general election in history, the longest general election in our country's history. that can't wait until the summer or labor day. that starts now. >> robert and monica, thank you both. >>> coming up, the vocal group of michigan voters planning to protest president biden's stance on israel with their vote. i'll talk about what impact that could have with congresswoman haley stevens next. once-daily p. when i wanted to see results fast, rinvoq delivered rapid symptom relief and helped leave bathroom urgency behind. check. when uc tried to slow me down... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when uc caused damage rinvoq came through by visibly repairing my colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief... lasting steroid-free remission... ...and the chance to visibly repair
i think the white house knows that. i think that's why that cadence has stepped up and it's imperative, not just in sending a signal to nervous democrats, but more importantly pressing this campaign. this is going to be the longest general election in history, the longest general election in our country's history. that can't wait until the summer or labor day. that starts now. >> robert and monica, thank you both. >>> coming up, the vocal group of michigan voters planning to...
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peter baker's chief this, year chief white house correspondent for the new york times. susie glasser joins us, staff writer for the new yorker together peter and susan coauthored the book the divider, trump in the white house 2017 to 2021. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. mike and emily, you know the president best. i am going to first. people who not president biden about his age, are you -- losing his fastball, he always pushes back where the white house talks about what a scrappy fighter he is. could this report bring out that beast in biden that allow other people were hoping to see on the campaign trail? >> well stephanie, that was certainly the thinking of the white house when day decided for president biden to address this head on. he has given some remarks earlier in the day, within about an hour of us as we were really just beginning to come to grasp with what the special counsel road. but, obviously the biggest takeaway, especially for so many democrats across this country who have been so nervous about the presi
peter baker's chief this, year chief white house correspondent for the new york times. susie glasser joins us, staff writer for the new yorker together peter and susan coauthored the book the divider, trump in the white house 2017 to 2021. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. mike and emily, you know the president best. i am going to first. people who not president biden about his age, are you -- losing his fastball, he always pushes back where the...
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>> i think the white house has always said they were waiting for the right time. of course there is a question why this visit has taken so long to be put in motion, and this is hostile territory as you point out, but the president and his team i think they really do see the importance of engaging with the community and trying to appeal to working class white voters who are, you know, an important constituency for this president. but they are expecting to face some protell uses. you know, in many ways this is seen as ground that is more friendly to former president trump. and in some ways, you know, it could be an interesting juxtaposition because as we know the president has also faced protests from the left everywhere he's gone with respect to his handling of the war in gaza. and i think when he descends to east palestine there may be well the optics of him being protested from the left and right on different issues. ultimately this is something the president promised he would do, and i think they're just trying to meet that commitment especially in an election y
>> i think the white house has always said they were waiting for the right time. of course there is a question why this visit has taken so long to be put in motion, and this is hostile territory as you point out, but the president and his team i think they really do see the importance of engaging with the community and trying to appeal to working class white voters who are, you know, an important constituency for this president. but they are expecting to face some protell uses. you know,...
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house, and i think formal is that side the white house, that the executive action that the president could take is limited as it relates to ivf. >> i would say that the president has been quite clear, the vice president has been quite clear. i, sadly, have been quite clear since the day the dobbs decision came down. a fundamental constitutional rights was taken away from american women, from american people, and what we are seen across the country, most recently the action that the alabama supreme court has taken, is a direct consequence of that. we've also been quite clear that the only way to restore the protection that people lived with for nearly 50 years under roe is a federal law that would restore those protections. that is what we've been fighting for, and we will continue to fight for. absolutely, there are things the administration can and has done already, the presidents issued three executive orders, and a presidential memorandum to protect access to abortion and contraception, to protect patients privacy, to protect the right to travel, and we will, and to protect, for e
house, and i think formal is that side the white house, that the executive action that the president could take is limited as it relates to ivf. >> i would say that the president has been quite clear, the vice president has been quite clear. i, sadly, have been quite clear since the day the dobbs decision came down. a fundamental constitutional rights was taken away from american women, from american people, and what we are seen across the country, most recently the action that the...
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ali, what has been the white house's response to this? >> reporter: alex, the white house issued a very sharp response to former president trump's comments last night. white house spokesperson andrew bates issuing a statement last night after he made those comments, where he said in part, quote, thanks to president biden's experienced leadership, nato is now the largest and most vital it has ever been, encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged and it endangers american national security, global stability, and our economy at home. the biden campaign also seizing on this, alex, hosting a clip of trump's comments on x. and last i checked, about an hour and a half ago, that clip had over 17 million views. and as you have noticed, as much as i have, we have seen the president repeatedly talked about his foreign policy chops, and how he's been able to coalesce the nato allies, specifically, around ukraine, shortly after russia's invasion. so i would expect the white house and the biden campaign t
ali, what has been the white house's response to this? >> reporter: alex, the white house issued a very sharp response to former president trump's comments last night. white house spokesperson andrew bates issuing a statement last night after he made those comments, where he said in part, quote, thanks to president biden's experienced leadership, nato is now the largest and most vital it has ever been, encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and...
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the white house has said he's called the congressional leaders to the white house with the vice president to really elevate the urgency of the moment, the need to keep the government open, beyond the deadlines friday and next week and to elevate the urgency of passing a national security supplemental, funding for the war effort that ukraine is mounting against russia as well as other efforts that are being undertaken for israel and aid for gaza as well, for the people -- for the palestinian people there. the white house said that this is an issue, these are issues really that are for congress to take care of, the idea of funding the government is a congressional responsibility. and passing these measures also is a congressional responsibility and we heard the white house say that they need to get the job done. the president, though, believes and has believed in the past that sometimes he can get people in a room, around the table, and in this case, leaders from congress, around the table, and have a conversation about how important these things are. and walk through the stakes of the mome
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then it might serve the white house well. but the problem is that that's probably not what's going to happen. people don't have enough time. so small pieces of this could be pulled out. it's hard to make an assessment about whether this is good or not because none of us have seen it. but that is the challenge. the way people consume information today, the likelihood is, these two lines, this additional line, the audio of different pieces that would validate what hur we're saying, even though the context may be a longer line of questioning, maybe they just came back from a call about the attack on israel. so that's the challenge for the white house. i do think, though, that republicans who are out there spouting that they want hur to come testify, they have to be careful for what they are asking for. most of this report is not good for trump. it clears joe biden. there are parts of this that politically, as we all know, our over the top and are not terrible for the biden team. there is a clear comparison from robert hur, someb
then it might serve the white house well. but the problem is that that's probably not what's going to happen. people don't have enough time. so small pieces of this could be pulled out. it's hard to make an assessment about whether this is good or not because none of us have seen it. but that is the challenge. the way people consume information today, the likelihood is, these two lines, this additional line, the audio of different pieces that would validate what hur we're saying, even though...
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let's talk about the white house. as we all know is lashing out against special counsel robert hur for questioning biden's mental fitness. in a report on wednesday there was not sufficient evidence for prosecuting president biden for mount -- calling her a lifelong republican in a creature of d.c. who didn't have a case against that and. knowing exactly how his swipes could hurt biden politically. curt, is that how you see it? >> absolutely. this kind of editorializing is unusual, peculiar, and there is no report calling for it about the elected wrongdoing or not. if i was a democrat i would want to take a look at this. a senate judiciary committee with a majority subpoena i would be looking at who went into writing this? who gave that language? who gave that direction? i surprise it was partisan. i suspect that it was done intentionally to hurt the president. they didn't have the goods on the actual case they were looking at. they had to come up with something else to try to appease the maga base. that's exactly woul
let's talk about the white house. as we all know is lashing out against special counsel robert hur for questioning biden's mental fitness. in a report on wednesday there was not sufficient evidence for prosecuting president biden for mount -- calling her a lifelong republican in a creature of d.c. who didn't have a case against that and. knowing exactly how his swipes could hurt biden politically. curt, is that how you see it? >> absolutely. this kind of editorializing is unusual,...
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the white house said it did not have any comment on that at this point in time either. we also wondered whether the president might be taking some action. there's been a lot of pressure on the white house and on the president to take executive action. republicans said the president has authority to do that and the press secretary said today that there's no executive action that the president could take that would do more or be better than what was in the supplemental, excuse me, on the security bill that the senate was able to pass and send on to the house and that the house needs to take action beyond what the president might be able to do. chris. >> aaron gilchrist, thank you. let's go to garrett haake with what donald trump is planning when he heads to the southern border. i think the two men are going to be 330 miles apart geographically, but politically they are much further apart than that, garrett. what can you tell us? >> reporter: about a five-hour drive between those two border communities and light years apart in terms of the messaging you'll see. the trump c
the white house said it did not have any comment on that at this point in time either. we also wondered whether the president might be taking some action. there's been a lot of pressure on the white house and on the president to take executive action. republicans said the president has authority to do that and the press secretary said today that there's no executive action that the president could take that would do more or be better than what was in the supplemental, excuse me, on the security...
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sarah matthews is the former deputy white house, press secretary for donald trump. she testified before the january six committee, and she will be here and studio to talk about what concerns are most about what concerns about a possible second term. later, trump takes his presidential immunity gap, at this time in a classified documents case. -- joins us to pick that one apart as only they can. >> okay. last night, donald trump won the south carolina primary. as expected. he was ahead by 30 points. this put him one step closer to the republican nomination. now, nikki haley did get about 40% of the vote. about the same margin she got in new hampshire, and a much more conservative state. also, her home state. important context. 40% is not, in her words, a tiny group. there are some early warning signs in the anti trump vote for the former president. that matters. no matter how -- the general election is well underway. it has been four weeks. you don't need to agree with haley on much, i don't, necessarily, but you can still acknowledge that she has been making a clear
sarah matthews is the former deputy white house, press secretary for donald trump. she testified before the january six committee, and she will be here and studio to talk about what concerns are most about what concerns about a possible second term. later, trump takes his presidential immunity gap, at this time in a classified documents case. -- joins us to pick that one apart as only they can. >> okay. last night, donald trump won the south carolina primary. as expected. he was ahead by...
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let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent, allie raffa, joins us from the white house. ali, we've been told by the administration that this is likely to be a tiered response. what are they saying about the success of these attacks and where they anticipate things going in the coming days? >> you see we have heard white house officials repeatedly say that this is going to be phase one of this multi tiered approach that could last for days, possibly even weeks. it could entail financial targets in the form of sanctions, possibly cyber sphere to interrupt communications and coordination's for these iranian-backed militia groups. as far as the first phase and how u.s. officials see its execution, remember that this was an extremely complex decision-making process to even get to this point, officials really having several main goals and objectives out of this response. the president hoping to send this message to iran, to these iranian-backed proxies, to retaliate against last weekend's attack on jordan that killed three u.s. service members. also defend u.s. forces still in
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. >> just a few moments there from a bygone era when white house misconduct ultimately ejected nixon and brought the nation president ford who rose from the university of michigan football team, to congress, to vp, to, according to many, a somewhat unlikely president. ford went into office without having won a mandate himself. no majority had voted for him, a political start he shares with donald trump who got fewer votes both times that he has run for president. both of these men had the trappings of the white house but not the usual public support that comes with it. now, to be precise, trump probably had a bit more traditional legitimacy because he had the electoral college win. ford was there by default. this is news tonight, because when ford did run for re-election with the white house backing, the early primary suddenly revealed something. he did not have anything like full support of even his own party. you need a lot more than just your own party to win a presidential election. right now we've been reparting on the warning signs and the current rates for trump. here we are i
. >> just a few moments there from a bygone era when white house misconduct ultimately ejected nixon and brought the nation president ford who rose from the university of michigan football team, to congress, to vp, to, according to many, a somewhat unlikely president. ford went into office without having won a mandate himself. no majority had voted for him, a political start he shares with donald trump who got fewer votes both times that he has run for president. both of these men had the...
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white house. we have nbc's allie raffa standing by for us. welcome to you, ali. what was the reaction overall from the administration today? >> yeah, alex, some very sharp criticism of that comment by former president trump, saying that he had encouraged russia to do whatever it wants to. any nato country that essentially doesn't pay its fair share. we saw a white house spokesperson put out a statement after trump's comments, saying, quote, because of president biden's experience leadership, nato is now the largest and most vital it has ever been. encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged. a dangers national security, global stability, and our economy at home. the biden campaign, alex, also seizing on this. posting a clip of trump's comments on x. last i checked, ten or 15 minutes ago, that clip has over 17 million views now. as we regularly here, the president and white house officials tout the presidents ability to coalesce nato members, especiall
white house. we have nbc's allie raffa standing by for us. welcome to you, ali. what was the reaction overall from the administration today? >> yeah, alex, some very sharp criticism of that comment by former president trump, saying that he had encouraged russia to do whatever it wants to. any nato country that essentially doesn't pay its fair share. we saw a white house spokesperson put out a statement after trump's comments, saying, quote, because of president biden's experience...
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very busy hour with breaking news from the white house. this thursday president biden is set to head to texas to meet with local officials. this will come on the same day former president trump will also be in texas giving remarks at the border. all of this is both republicans and democrats are set to head to the polls in less than 24 hours for the presidential primaries in michigan, a key to biden's 2020 victory. >> joining us now nbc news's correspondent ali vitali, and allie raffa. allie raffa, what are we learning about the president's trip to the border this week? >> yeah, jose, good morning, well, just in the last hour, we're hearing from the white house that the president on thursday will be visiting brownsville, texas, where the white house says that he will be meeting with border patrol officials, local leaders to talk about the need to pass that bipartisan border legislation that has been stalled in congress, and as you mentioned, the timing of this is no coincidence, the former president will also be in a border city. he will be
very busy hour with breaking news from the white house. this thursday president biden is set to head to texas to meet with local officials. this will come on the same day former president trump will also be in texas giving remarks at the border. all of this is both republicans and democrats are set to head to the polls in less than 24 hours for the presidential primaries in michigan, a key to biden's 2020 victory. >> joining us now nbc news's correspondent ali vitali, and allie raffa....
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. >>> plus, the white house and global leaders are blasting donald trump after he warned nato allies, pay your bills or he'll urge russian aggression. we'll break down trump's stunning rhetoric and the potential ine path of the international order if he's reelected this fall. >>> also u.s. officials believe major progress on hostages in gaza could come as soon as this week. what they conclude and how israel is reacting straight ahead. ♪♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, february 12th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we were up too late last night watching the ipd of the game to see. the kansas city chiefs are now back-to-back super bowl champions, beating the san francisco 49ers in a rematch of the big game held four years ago. quarterback patrick mahomes led the chiefs to another impressive comeback on the nfl's biggest stage, winning overtime for kansas city's third super bowl title in the last five years. we'll have all of the highlights straight ahead. >>> but first as war rages in both europe and the middle ea
. >>> plus, the white house and global leaders are blasting donald trump after he warned nato allies, pay your bills or he'll urge russian aggression. we'll break down trump's stunning rhetoric and the potential ine path of the international order if he's reelected this fall. >>> also u.s. officials believe major progress on hostages in gaza could come as soon as this week. what they conclude and how israel is reacting straight ahead. ♪♪ >>> good morning and...
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>> i think everybody at the white house is well aware that it is an issue for voters. certainly everybody in the democratic party outside the white house believes it is an issue for voters. the trump campaign believes it's an issue for voters. what we've seen in recent weeks is a bit of a pivot for the white house, for the biden campaign. you used to have biden going out there saying, you know, "you think i'm old? you think i might have lost something? just watch me." the result, as you see in the polling, is people are watching him and they're still concerned. the public is concerned. what we're hearing now more is basically the vouch for me approach, which is to send out white house aides, send out white house allies, friends of the president, to talk about what they see behind closed doors. of course, the american public doesn't get a chance to see joe biden in national security briefings. what they're saying is you have to rely on the word of the people that are closest to him. of course, you don't get very close to him until you're allied with him for the most par
>> i think everybody at the white house is well aware that it is an issue for voters. certainly everybody in the democratic party outside the white house believes it is an issue for voters. the trump campaign believes it's an issue for voters. what we've seen in recent weeks is a bit of a pivot for the white house, for the biden campaign. you used to have biden going out there saying, you know, "you think i'm old? you think i might have lost something? just watch me." the...
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i was at the white house. and when he made that exhibit, i was not the white house, but when the story at the atlantic came to light and which it was report order, i was working at the white house and i pushed back. >> he denied it. >> and so did some of the staffers that were on the trip with him. and so obviously i'm going to take them at their word. and then general kelly then came forward and now has said publicly on the record that he heard the comment. and so it makes me disappointed because i believed in him and took him at his word. and to know that i was defending lies, it doesn't sit well with me, it does his gus is gusts me. this is how he talks about our members of military.dis gusts m. this is how he talks about our members of military.gusts me. this is how he talks about our members of military. i'm sad that i did defend that. >> and hard to have reflections on your public life. i was a spokesperson too and i appreciate you saying those things on tv. i want to ask you, i remember when the stormy
i was at the white house. and when he made that exhibit, i was not the white house, but when the story at the atlantic came to light and which it was report order, i was working at the white house and i pushed back. >> he denied it. >> and so did some of the staffers that were on the trip with him. and so obviously i'm going to take them at their word. and then general kelly then came forward and now has said publicly on the record that he heard the comment. and so it makes me...
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. , eligible sense of what the white house is saying today about all of this. >> alex, we saw the white house launch this very aggressive defense campaign, really hours after special counsel robert her report was released on thursday with the president coming out and in this far remarks firing back against those scathing claims that hur mentioned in the report about his mental fitness. at number seeing this, as an all hands on deck approach, by not just the white house but also democratic...
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e*trade from morgan stanley >>> breaking news out of the white house. we're just learning president biden spoke with the amer of qatar about a potential cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. joining us from the white house is monica alba. what do we know about the president's call? >> reporter: we know he had spoken to some key leaders in the region earlier today because he told me when he was leaving the white house, when i asked him about a potential cease-fire by monday, that that was a key part of this larger conversation and assessment and he said hope springs eternal, but he now knows it may not be by monday, it may be sometime after that, and he also said he knows that the shooting by israeli forces trying to deliver aid and with gazans killed as a result of that, he knows that incident is going to complicate the current talks. so the context to all of that is really what was a part of the conversations that he held this morning, with the emir of qatar and the egyptian president. these were separate conversations that the president had, i'm told, b
e*trade from morgan stanley >>> breaking news out of the white house. we're just learning president biden spoke with the amer of qatar about a potential cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. joining us from the white house is monica alba. what do we know about the president's call? >> reporter: we know he had spoken to some key leaders in the region earlier today because he told me when he was leaving the white house, when i asked him about a potential cease-fire by monday, that...
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so for the white house you just want to drive that number up. in terms of the age question about biden, we saw him starting to address some of that. he was on a late night talk show earlier this week in which he cracked some jokes about it. injured he got a clean bill of health from his physician as well. you're seeing the white house try to figure out how to message now on the fact that, yes, he's 81, but here's the alternative. >> so briefly back to those polls there in february, we're still a long way away from the election. many of those states within the margin of error, a few though he's got a more substantial out and that includes north carolina and the one state on the map where democrats think they can pick up and also arizona and georgia, which those close to the president's re-election bid acknowledged would be harder to win this time around than they would in 2020. >> yes, those sun belt states, those southern states, the southwest states, those are the ones most tricky for the president. he flipped georgia for the first time in deca
so for the white house you just want to drive that number up. in terms of the age question about biden, we saw him starting to address some of that. he was on a late night talk show earlier this week in which he cracked some jokes about it. injured he got a clean bill of health from his physician as well. you're seeing the white house try to figure out how to message now on the fact that, yes, he's 81, but here's the alternative. >> so briefly back to those polls there in february, we're...
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we begin our coverage tonight with senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell live at the white house. kelly, thank you for being here at this late hour. help us understand this, what will the white house consider when they are making a decision about the next steps, and how much further this could go? >> reporter: well, stephanie, they have given out some expectation settings that this is a starting point, that this will be multi tiered. and we've already seen tonight these strikes inside two different countries, iraq and syria, and we've been given guidance that they do not anticipate any strikes within iran. and that's part of the collaboration that is so important here, where president biden and his team want to send a very strong message to iran and the militant groups that it influences, and arms, and encourage us to take action, but does not want to do so much that would provoke an -- an inescapable result of iran and the u.s. and direct conflict. as close as this feels. and at the same time, what we expect is that they do, after they do a battlefield assessment, damage f
we begin our coverage tonight with senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell live at the white house. kelly, thank you for being here at this late hour. help us understand this, what will the white house consider when they are making a decision about the next steps, and how much further this could go? >> reporter: well, stephanie, they have given out some expectation settings that this is a starting point, that this will be multi tiered. and we've already seen tonight these strikes...
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i know the white house press secretary was briefing. i have no doubt a question was asked. tell us what's going on there? >> exactly, chris, our colleagues did pose those questions to the white house, but they did not really want to get into any of the specifics here, instead referring to the white house counsel's office as we wait to see what might be contained in this report, but what's really notable, chris, is what has happened over the last few hours. once we knew that the attorney general had notified congress and the public that this report had concluded, and that it would be transmitted, that did open up this question of whether the white house was going to review it and assert privilege over anything that was in that report. now, we know from today based on the white house that the president, they say, in an attempt to continue to be talking about transparency here decided against redacting anything in this report. so that's where we're starting from, once we do get our hands on this and are able to go through it, we understand it will be presented to the public, r
i know the white house press secretary was briefing. i have no doubt a question was asked. tell us what's going on there? >> exactly, chris, our colleagues did pose those questions to the white house, but they did not really want to get into any of the specifics here, instead referring to the white house counsel's office as we wait to see what might be contained in this report, but what's really notable, chris, is what has happened over the last few hours. once we knew that the attorney...
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it's helping donald trump return to the white house. also tonight, president biden is greeted in michigan by pro-palestinian protesters. the mayor of dearborn who recently turned down a meeting with biden's campaign joins me tonight. >>> plus, nbc begins its new deciders focus group series. pennsylvania women who voted for trump last time talk about what they're thinking now, after trump's supreme court overturned women's reproductive rights. >>> and writer, producer, director ava duvernay is here to discuss her new movie, origin, which examines racism and social inequality in a unique way and it's getting rave reviews. >>> and we begin tonight with the undeniable reality that the modern day republican party, to paraphrase pree trump era conyea, dut nas care about the american people. that's not meant as an ad hominem. but the unfortunate truth is why there are individual republicans here and there, the michael steeles that care, the party writ large keeps telling us every day that they as a party don't care. just yesterday, we got yet
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>> i think the white house chances in november a very, very good. i think the american people are waking up to the fact that this economy, in the last quarter, grew twice. what is particularly good to grow. three 3.3 growth, and everyone is looking for 1.5. we saw job creation, over 300,000 jobs. everyone is looking for around 150,000 jobs. so, i think, as -- indicated, now catching up to the presidential conference. and i do believe it's going to be a very good year for president joe biden, and a very good year for the american people. >> congressman james clyburn of south carolina, thank you very much for coming back to the saturday show. >> thank you very much for having me. >> and stay with, us as we continue our breaking news coverage on the latest round of strikes in the middle east, led by the united states and british forces. i will be talking with former cia director john brennan right after the short break. short br. help prevent covid-19 from breaking your momentum. you may have already been vaccinated against the flu, but don't forget th
>> i think the white house chances in november a very, very good. i think the american people are waking up to the fact that this economy, in the last quarter, grew twice. what is particularly good to grow. three 3.3 growth, and everyone is looking for 1.5. we saw job creation, over 300,000 jobs. everyone is looking for around 150,000 jobs. so, i think, as -- indicated, now catching up to the presidential conference. and i do believe it's going to be a very good year for president joe...
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>> hi there, ana, the white house and white house officials concluded last night that the president needed to take on some of the more damning allegations here head on. they view robert hur as, you know, out of line with some of those allegations, and you saw it right there in that portion of the news conference where president biden talked about his son. he was angry. i was inside the room. he was eager to take reporters' questions, and he was extremely defiant. now, ana, i asked him specifically about one of the allegations in the report, not just about his memory but that special counsel report alleged that the president was careless with national security secrets and that he shared classified information with his ghost writer. that's listed on page 3 of the report. i asked the president about that, here was his response. >> i did not share classified information. i did not share it. >> with your ghost writer. >> guarantee i did not. >> the special counsel -- >> no, he did not say that. let me answer your question. the fact of the matter is what i didn't want repeated, i had written a l
>> hi there, ana, the white house and white house officials concluded last night that the president needed to take on some of the more damning allegations here head on. they view robert hur as, you know, out of line with some of those allegations, and you saw it right there in that portion of the news conference where president biden talked about his son. he was angry. i was inside the room. he was eager to take reporters' questions, and he was extremely defiant. now, ana, i asked him...
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instead you hear the white house say and the white house press secretary yesterday call this move baseless and just say house republicans are wasting their time on meritless, baseless -- and a baseless impeachment of secretary mayorkas when they could be working with the white house and democrats on the border issue. >> and let's stay on the issue of immigration in a way, darlene, because it was certainly a major topic in this special election in long island last night, which the democrats won. the biden team already saying, look, this was perhaps the way to tackle this issue. but also i was struck by something else, and please weigh in on this. a bit of a victory lap from the dnc and some biden advisers last night saying, look, once again you guys can doubt as much as you want including recently all the stories about the president's age. but what democrats are doing, they keep winning. >> that's right. the president has this feeling he is often underestimated. and the results last night in this special election give democrats a morale boost of sorts going into november. the majority -- th
instead you hear the white house say and the white house press secretary yesterday call this move baseless and just say house republicans are wasting their time on meritless, baseless -- and a baseless impeachment of secretary mayorkas when they could be working with the white house and democrats on the border issue. >> and let's stay on the issue of immigration in a way, darlene, because it was certainly a major topic in this special election in long island last night, which the...
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the white house understands what the situation is. globally and in terms of gaza and israel, and, you know, we know the steps that they are taking with the sisraeli government. they also understand the political impact in michigan. they've said that a lot of surrogates have gone into talk to arab communities in michigan, i know that they are recommending that people in the democratic party next tuesday, that people vote uncommitted as opposed to voting for biden. i don't know if people actuallyi do that. that could give the biden team a sense of how bad the problem is. the president went to michigan, recently, they were bracing for protesters, it didn't really materialize, it is still uncertain -- when there is an existential threat in our own country how that might play out in michigan. people are concerned about gaza, but they are also concerned about america. like i said before, the margin of victory in michigan is going to be very close so it is a very legitimate concern to worry about what is going to happen in that state. >> it
the white house understands what the situation is. globally and in terms of gaza and israel, and, you know, we know the steps that they are taking with the sisraeli government. they also understand the political impact in michigan. they've said that a lot of surrogates have gone into talk to arab communities in michigan, i know that they are recommending that people in the democratic party next tuesday, that people vote uncommitted as opposed to voting for biden. i don't know if people...
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joining me now, nbc's gabe gutierrez at the white house, back with us "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter bake, and joining us now political strategist lucy caldwell. biden surrogates were front and center over the weekend arguing the president is sharp and as able as ever. what is behind this? how much concern is there in biden world about this report? >> well, jose, publicly they say there's not much concern. they say that attacks on president biden's age are nothing new, but privately some democrats do worry that this narrative could take hold on the upcoming campaign and the white house is trying to make sure that doesn't happen by aggressively pushing back on the hur report. as you just mentioned, over the weekend you saw several biden surrogates making the case that there are no issues with the president's memory. take a listen. >> the most difficult part about a meeting with president biden is preparing for it because he is sharp, intensely probing, and detail oriented and focused. >> the most important thing to remember, though, is the president was found to ha
joining me now, nbc's gabe gutierrez at the white house, back with us "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter bake, and joining us now political strategist lucy caldwell. biden surrogates were front and center over the weekend arguing the president is sharp and as able as ever. what is behind this? how much concern is there in biden world about this report? >> well, jose, publicly they say there's not much concern. they say that attacks on president biden's age...
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i was a little shook because i was at the white house. i toned it down a bit, but i was talking to everybody. i said what's up, chip. i don't know that old dude. i say what's up to everybody. >> did anyone answer your seriously when you were looking for obama? >> they were starting to ask if i was supposed to be there. >> but you were. >> i was looking for the secret service, so i found one. but it wasn't the way i wanted. >> with my 45 seconds left, what's on your fallback list? >> james comer leading the sham impeachment inquiry into president biden. the fact we learned the informant at the heart of the impeachment was lying may have been a russian asset, sort of amazing to me that learning all of that, you don't come out and say, well, we have never had evidence. this person's credibility has always been questioned. we're moving along. instead, he doubles down and says we're going to continue to move forward. at the same time you have republican ken buck coming out and saying this person's credibility was questioned throughout. so that
i was a little shook because i was at the white house. i toned it down a bit, but i was talking to everybody. i said what's up, chip. i don't know that old dude. i say what's up to everybody. >> did anyone answer your seriously when you were looking for obama? >> they were starting to ask if i was supposed to be there. >> but you were. >> i was looking for the secret service, so i found one. but it wasn't the way i wanted. >> with my 45 seconds left, what's on your...
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joining us now white house reporter for "the wall street journal" subriana siddiqui. good to see you again this morning. the president faced a protest vote in new hampshire. some people were encouraged to right in a cease-fire instead of the president's name and that amounts to nothing. today feels much more sizable. give us the lay of the land. what should we and president biden expect in michigan today? >> thanks for having me. well, i think first and foremost president biden will comfortably win the michigan primary. there's no question about that since he's facing minimal opposition. but as you point out there is this effort to get voters to cast their ballots as uncommitted. and michigan is the state with the highest and number and percentage of arab americans in the country. and those who have been frustrated by president biden's handling of the israel-hamas war and specifically the humanitarian crisis in gaza is using this as an opportunity to really warn the president he does not currently have their vote. and barring a significant change in policy, they are l
joining us now white house reporter for "the wall street journal" subriana siddiqui. good to see you again this morning. the president faced a protest vote in new hampshire. some people were encouraged to right in a cease-fire instead of the president's name and that amounts to nothing. today feels much more sizable. give us the lay of the land. what should we and president biden expect in michigan today? >> thanks for having me. well, i think first and foremost president biden...
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the senate and the white house. senate republicans are more attuned to reality than their house counterparts. house democrats, senate democrats, santa ana republicans in the white house generally on the same page. mike johnson still holding on to the idea they can get policy changes through. >> the policy changes the american people want are do their jobs. i hear that all the time when out as i'm sure you do. aaron, as i said, enter president biden. what can he do about this situation? and what message do we know he'll bring tomorrow to congressional leaders. >> you said it, chris, do your job. that has been the message that the white house has been articulating the last several weeks at least. the press secretary saying again today, there's an expectation that the government can be funded and the government can continue to function and that responsibility rests with congress. korean jean-pierre said today. her position is republicans in the house need to do what it takes to make sure the government does not shut do
the senate and the white house. senate republicans are more attuned to reality than their house counterparts. house democrats, senate democrats, santa ana republicans in the white house generally on the same page. mike johnson still holding on to the idea they can get policy changes through. >> the policy changes the american people want are do their jobs. i hear that all the time when out as i'm sure you do. aaron, as i said, enter president biden. what can he do about this situation?...
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senate majority leader chuck schumer and the white house, but because it is a highly partisan election year, senate republicans are divided, and senator chuck grassley at least said it out loud, quote, passing a tax bill that makes the president look good may allow checks before the election, and means he can be reelected. well, the bill does not include checks for americans, but it does include a tax credit. what happens now? nbc's sahil kapur, also with us eugene daniels "politico's" white house correspondent and an msnbc political contributor, brendan buck is former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, partner at seven letters and an msnbc political analyst. okay, sahil, this wasn't even close. 357-70, but what about the senate? >> that's right, chris. well, the path is still unclear in the senate at this time. this was a huge bipartisan vote, unusual in these times. this particular bill would expand the child tax credit, it would lift the refund blt cap. the biggest benefits would go to low income families, especially those with multiple children, and it would also in
senate majority leader chuck schumer and the white house, but because it is a highly partisan election year, senate republicans are divided, and senator chuck grassley at least said it out loud, quote, passing a tax bill that makes the president look good may allow checks before the election, and means he can be reelected. well, the bill does not include checks for americans, but it does include a tax credit. what happens now? nbc's sahil kapur, also with us eugene daniels...
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can either trump or biden afford to lose michigan and still win the white house? >> i honestly don't think so. i think that our elections are getting closer and closer every single -- you know, every single presidential term, i think that we are watching as, you know, we're looki 10,000, 11,000, which is why we say every vote matters. every vote counts and needs to be counted. and so when you see the kind of pushback that both biden is receiving in michigan and donald trump is receiving from, you know, from highly educated white voters, college educated white voters, this is not a state to take for granted. no state is a state to take for granted but definitely not michigan. >> danielle moody, and susan del percio, thank you both. great to have you ladies here. >>> president biden on the move this morning, he left the white house to go to walter reed for what aides say is a routine partial physical. he's scheduled to be back at work this afternoon, and the white house says it will release a summary of their results later today. we will bring you updates as we get
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meanwhile, the white house is preparing to announce new u.s. sanctions tomorrow as a new aid package for ukraine remains deadlocked in congress. president biden said earlier this week he hoped the death of navalny would spur congress to pass the initial aid to ukraine. state department spokesperson matthew miller warned yesterday putin is watching what congress decides. >> i never want to discuss intelligence mats from here. you have to assume he's watching what happens in congress. >> joining us now national security reporter for politico alex ward. he's the author of the new book "the internationalists, the fight to restore american foreign policy after trump." and alex, we will turn to the book in just a moment. but first you and i teamed from a brand new story about the sanctions package the white house is weighing and going to announce tomorrow against russia. tell us a little bit about what's in it and the limits the u.s. faced. >> yeah, it's mostly going to target really any entity or entities that are involved in russia's invasion. that
meanwhile, the white house is preparing to announce new u.s. sanctions tomorrow as a new aid package for ukraine remains deadlocked in congress. president biden said earlier this week he hoped the death of navalny would spur congress to pass the initial aid to ukraine. state department spokesperson matthew miller warned yesterday putin is watching what congress decides. >> i never want to discuss intelligence mats from here. you have to assume he's watching what happens in congress....
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the white house has been extremely upset about it. joining us now, "washington post" opinion editor and writer, alexi mccammond here on set. alexi, good to see you this morning. so this is certainly a point of contention for the white house. they don't like it when the media talks about the president's age. even though polls suggest it is a legitimate issue, and americans are very concerned. talk to us a little about it. i know you've written about this, and your newspaper has, as well, about this tension. yes, of course, donald trump is going to be covered as a threat to democracy, but at the same time, the media can't pick sides. it has to call it like it sees it. part of the joe biden story is his age and voters' concerns about it. >> for a long time, the media was afraid of touching anything around biden's age. you'll remember during the 2020 primary, a couple other democrats tried to bring it up. tim ryan, castro, and they were immediately shut down by people in the media, to be fair, and other democrats. there was a long time wh
the white house has been extremely upset about it. joining us now, "washington post" opinion editor and writer, alexi mccammond here on set. alexi, good to see you this morning. so this is certainly a point of contention for the white house. they don't like it when the media talks about the president's age. even though polls suggest it is a legitimate issue, and americans are very concerned. talk to us a little about it. i know you've written about this, and your newspaper has, as...
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that this could be trump's white house? trump's white house? >> stephanie, i would love you to do an entire show about this christian nationalism that has come in now as the center part of republican politics today. to me, and i am not overstating this. to me, the greatest threat, the greatest threat to our constitutional democratic republic, and to the christian faith, is christian nationalism that donald trump has now circled around donald trump in there. it wants to destroy every element. it wants to get rid of every element of the constitutional protected freedoms. it wants to establish in the united states of america as a not only in name christian nation, but an actions christian nation. it actually goes against the total words of the gospel, which is, you are not supposed to align at the state and the faith together. they are supposed to be separate in the course of this. and this reminds me of the famous quote that is often misattributed to sinclair luis. but basically, it says, when a fascism comes to america, it will be wrapped in a f
that this could be trump's white house? trump's white house? >> stephanie, i would love you to do an entire show about this christian nationalism that has come in now as the center part of republican politics today. to me, and i am not overstating this. to me, the greatest threat, the greatest threat to our constitutional democratic republic, and to the christian faith, is christian nationalism that donald trump has now circled around donald trump in there. it wants to destroy every...
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we go right now to nbc's allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the administration today? >> yes, alex, the white house notably pretty quiet throughout the day as a result of these attacks in retaliation for the strike on u.s. service members in jordan last weekend. but we have heard the reaction from the senior administrative officials, in reaction to these claims that iraq officials made this morning, contradicting a u.s.'s assertion that they rockies were given a heads up before fridays -- on these targets in syria. the senior administration official told nbc news that iraq did receive this prior warning earlier today, the iraqi prime minister had said that the associated by what was given by a national security adviser spokesperson, john kirby, to reporters yesterday that they were given a heads up. they were called out a lie. and they say that this was not accurate. they were informed, they say iraq is a sovereign nation. and we respect their right to express their concerns but they should not harbor these irania
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at what is at the white house saying today? >> alex, we are starting to see this all hands on deck response from not just the white house but also democratic lawmakers and allies of the president. it really started just hours after special counsel robert hur 's report was released on thursday, when we saw the president come out in those very rare primetime address at the white house. and he fired back against those claims about his memory by robert hur in that report. and now we're starting to see more officials come out and defend the president. white house press officials, as you mentioned, are hard at work today firing back against those claims. they put out a memo a short time ago quotient republicans have complemented biden's mental fitness in the past. and that memo says, in part, quote, even though republican officials have smear president biden for his age since 2019, on multiple occasions, former house speaker kevin mccarthy has emphasized how smart, sharp, and tough he finds the president. the vice president yesterday
at what is at the white house saying today? >> alex, we are starting to see this all hands on deck response from not just the white house but also democratic lawmakers and allies of the president. it really started just hours after special counsel robert hur 's report was released on thursday, when we saw the president come out in those very rare primetime address at the white house. and he fired back against those claims about his memory by robert hur in that report. and now we're...
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the white house doesn't know he has the ability to get a deal done. johnson and congressional leadership will be hosted at the white house tomorrow to talk about ukraine funding. what are the expectations that could come from the meeting? >> exactly. i had reporting a couple weeks ago that johnson was demanding a one-on-one meeting with the president. clearly, biden doesn't want that to be happen. he's been more favorably dealing with mcconnell in the senate. he needs to work with johnson and know him, though. biden hosting the four congressional leaders tomorrow. that's after the meeting that happened in january where he tried to convince johnson, where he had other congressional leaders, key leaders up on the hill, to try and hammer out a plan for the foreign aid package, funding ukraine, you've been talking about that, the whole show, funding israel. you still have republicans, though, demanding the policy changers to the border, even though johnson and the hard liners killed the senate bipartisan deal a couple weeks ago. tomorrow's meeting will be
the white house doesn't know he has the ability to get a deal done. johnson and congressional leadership will be hosted at the white house tomorrow to talk about ukraine funding. what are the expectations that could come from the meeting? >> exactly. i had reporting a couple weeks ago that johnson was demanding a one-on-one meeting with the president. clearly, biden doesn't want that to be happen. he's been more favorably dealing with mcconnell in the senate. he needs to work with johnson...
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any lewinsky, white house reporter for the wall street journal. former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years at the federal prosecutor. and -- a former federal prosecutor and drugging writer for politico magazine. powerhouse panel, thank you all for being here tonight. joyce, i want to start with you. today the a fani willis went toe to toe with defense lawyers, what did you make of it? >> so, it was a lot of spectacle but not very much substance because the burden of proof is on the defendants here. the ones who raised the conflict of interest to establish that it exists. and, if we are going strictly on the evidence we heard today, i did not hear them meet that burden. it was obviously a tough day for fani willis and prosecutors are supposed to have thick skin and shake things like this of. she came in a little bit hot and emotional, but that was understandable given the sort of full-on discourse the judge permitted into her personal life, forcing her to explain things like her dad's attitude about money. i think the judge will look at the evidence a
any lewinsky, white house reporter for the wall street journal. former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years at the federal prosecutor. and -- a former federal prosecutor and drugging writer for politico magazine. powerhouse panel, thank you all for being here tonight. joyce, i want to start with you. today the a fani willis went toe to toe with defense lawyers, what did you make of it? >> so, it was a lot of spectacle but not very much substance because the burden of proof is on...
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. >> our -- station in israel, the white house, and beyond. we're gonna go first to nbc's matt bradley, joining us from tel aviv. that, another welcome to you. what is the latest on these u.s. strikes, and on secretary of state blinken's visit to the region. >> it stands as we talked last hour, it's basically the same situation. we can talk about how antony blinken is going to be shoring up, i think, a lot of u.s. allies in the region just as the u.s. continues these strikes against iran-backed groups. when you look at the list of countries that blinken is going to be visiting for his fist trip to the middle east, you are seeing a lot of different countries that are both allies of the united states, heavily critical of the united states's support for israel during its assault on the gaza strip, and inimical to iran. these are sunni nations that see themselves as essentially groups that are threatened by iran, they see iran as enemy number one, perhaps even more so than they may have seen israel in the past. that has been a subtle and gradual s
. >> our -- station in israel, the white house, and beyond. we're gonna go first to nbc's matt bradley, joining us from tel aviv. that, another welcome to you. what is the latest on these u.s. strikes, and on secretary of state blinken's visit to the region. >> it stands as we talked last hour, it's basically the same situation. we can talk about how antony blinken is going to be shoring up, i think, a lot of u.s. allies in the region just as the u.s. continues these strikes against...
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house is talking to you about this, about, what do we know about the white house's role in planning these strikes? >> i mean, at this point they've kept a pretty close hold. i don't even like to say when the next ones are coming. at this point, what we do know is that they do not want to strike inside of iran. i know you spoke to -- and we heard from congressman don bacon earlier with ali velshi. and he reiterated a republican talking point, which is that they do want strikes inside of iran. i actually talked with bacon myself fairly recently, in which he said iranian oil infrastructure or naval ships should be targets. that is not where the white house conversation is right now, they think about attacking proxies and their targets in syria and iraq or elsewhere is a deterrent message enough, in the breath of these strikes so far, i think something massive would have to change to change the administrations calculus to strike inside iran. >> yeah dan, talk more about that. i was, i was actually quite surprised to hear that a member of congress saying take the fight to tehran, where e
house is talking to you about this, about, what do we know about the white house's role in planning these strikes? >> i mean, at this point they've kept a pretty close hold. i don't even like to say when the next ones are coming. at this point, what we do know is that they do not want to strike inside of iran. i know you spoke to -- and we heard from congressman don bacon earlier with ali velshi. and he reiterated a republican talking point, which is that they do want strikes inside of...