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NBC News Correspondent, former WSJ & POLITICO, Hudson & Monty’s mom, Philly Eagles fanatic
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
Trump is “furious” at the “underwhelming” crowd in Tulsa last night, multiple people close to the White House tell @albamonica @kwelkernbc & me. He was particularly angry that before he even left DC aides made public that 6 members of team in Tulsa tested positive for COVID-19.
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SCOOP: The US military has established channels to communicate directly with the Russian military as a way to deconflict tactical movements around Ukraine, a senior defense official tells @ckubeNBC.
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NEW: six staffers working on Trump campaign rally in Tulsa have tested positive for coronavirus - campaign stmt says “quarantine procedures were immediately implemented. No COVID-positive staffers or anyone in immediate contact will be at today’s rally.”.
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“These aren’t my voters,” President Trump has said to aides during discussions about how to respond to Americans protesting in cities across the country for nearly three weeks. w/ @ckubeNBC @albamonica @kwelkernbc @PeterAlexander
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NEWS: Montgomery “Monty” Alexander Harmon arrived on Friday, June 11. He had surgery yesterday and is in recovery. Thanks to everyone for the kind words and well wishes!
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Per pool report of Trump at WH tour: "White House aides told us that we’re not allowed to ask any questions." Um, that's not the WH's call.
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In addition to meeting Trump at airport, which he didn't do for Obama, King Salman rode in presidential limo, aka The Beast, after their tea.
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Biden doesn’t want his presidency to be all about Trump, w investigations. He “just wants to move on,” per an aide. Another notes “strong school of thought that believes the law's the law.” All say Biden won’t tell DoJ what to do. w @kwelkernbc @mikememoli
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Trump boards AF1 for first flight, doesn't do typical turn, wave to cameras before ducking inside.
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Among hundreds of posts in secret Facebook groups for special forces accessed by NBC News: misinformation about a "stolen" 2020 election, racist comments about SecDef Austin & support for QAnon. w/ @annaschecter .
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Still a few hours before polls start to close but crowd outside Lafayette Park near WH is growing
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US officials have investigated Jeff Sessions contacts w Russian officials while he was advising the Trump campaign
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Saudis seem to have enough vehicles for King Salman's visit - the car fleet parked at Joint Base Andrews http://t.co/Gk4aLzuVL2.
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NEWS: Baby boy coming in June. Hudson will be a big brother and despite some hurdles ahead we couldn’t be more thrilled! #boymom.
“This has been a difficult journey with a lot of setbacks, but we still feel incredibly lucky” - @NBCNews' @carolelee reveals to @TODAYshow she is expecting a baby boy in June who has a congenital heart defect. Read more ⬇️.
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Celebrating the Easter tradition of making your kid wear clothes he doesn’t want to. #HappyEaster2018
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Flashback four years ago today, Obama hosted Trump in the Oval Office and spoke to the WH press pool. Today Trump has nothing on his public schedule as he refuses to concede, and Biden is holding an event on health care.
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My favorite little man is EIGHT, and chose to wear shorts when it’s snowing outside. cuz why not? Happy Birthday, Hudson!!!
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After Trump's NATO remarks WH econ adviser Gary Cohn tells AF1 pool: "Right now, we don’t have a position" on Russia sanctions.
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U.S. concerned Russia could potentially be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine after the Russian Ministry of Defense said Ukraine may be planning a false flag chemical weapon attack, per administration official.
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Trump said mtg supposed to be 15 mins long, went 90 mins cuz was so productive, says will seek Obama's counsel in WH
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POTUS drinking from a coconut in Luang Prabang along the Mekong River
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Press conferences aren't off camera &Trump hasn't had a single one on nine-day foreign trip, only G7 leader not to
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WH refusal to say if the president is recording conversations in Oval Office ensures the issue won't go away & more calls for tapes release
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Retired pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is under consideration for ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization. w/ @JoshNBCNews @NBCNews.
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“Once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious” - a senior admin official involved in WH effort to get Turkey to ease pressure on Saudi over Khashoggi murder by looking for ways to remove Turkish cleric/Erdogan foe from US.
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Don’t expect a Trump concession, per WH aides, tho eventually “he’ll acknowledge the results and that we’ll never know how accurate they are.” Meanwhile, “He’s setting himself up as the main opposition leader.” w @PeterAlexander @albamonica @HallieJackson
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Pretty energized crowd of 8500 at Obama's rally for Clinton in Charlotte
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My first story at NBC: Inside recent Situation Room meeting on Afghanistan strategy, Trump fumes w @ckubeNBC
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What happens when a 5 yr old gets hold of the green room during @Morning_Joe w @WillieGeist @Elise_Jordan @NoahCRothman @JoeNBC
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, and also plans to help Congress rename military bases that are named after Confederate generals - something Trump opposes. w/ @ckubeNBC
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Our new reporting on the Pentagon meeting that preceded Tillerson calling Trump a "moron" via .@NBCNews
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Trump said today he wants “one nice, big beautiful lawsuit,” but “they say, ‘Sir, you don’t have standing.’ I say, 'I don't have standing? You mean, as president of the United States, I don't have standing?' What kind of a court system is this?”.
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Biden admin plans to make domestic terrorism key focus of the National Security Council, according to transition officials. Been looking at ways to shift gov resources used for counterterrorism, to combat “domestic violent extremism,” as new admin is expected to call it.
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WH considering mailing masks directly to American households, reviving an idea that was shelved by Trump admin. Biden’s coronavirus response team is looking into the logistics of it, officials tell @albamonica @kwelkernbc and me
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Trump allies worry refusal to concede damages his legacy. One says lawsuits are aimed at “branding Trump as something other than a loser.” Another: “It does not behoove him to drag this out much further.” w @PeterAlexander @HallieJackson @albamonica .
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Thank you @KnowYourValue and @morningmika for always being so supportive. It definitely takes a village… I’m thrilled to report Baby Monty is happy and healthy!
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Everyone should have a friend and colleague like @kwelkernbc who always gives 150% to being both. #Debates2020
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WH official on Ivanka's Saudi women event: "important to hear directly from local women" on progress achieved & "challenges they still face".
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Seriously??
Spicer calls Flynn a "volunteer" on Trump campaign and says Manafort played "minimal role".
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NEWS: @AmbJohnBolton says there will be no US withdrawal from Syria unless there’s an agreement that Turkey won’t attack Syrian Kurds
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Unusual indeed - this is not a lid, and the pool is not with the president while he’s in a foreign country attending an event.
The White House has called a "lid" for the evening here meaning no additional news coverage in France. However, the president is still taking part in the G7 official dinner with other leaders and is expected to travel back to his hotel with no US press with him. Unusual.
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Continuing the longtime presidential tradition of blaming the communications team.
Amid Comey controversy, WH called people re comms positions, said Trump has "soured" on Spicer. w/ @rebeccaballhaus
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Aides say they motivate Trump to adopt tougher Russia policies by saying it’ll help pave the way for better relations, then Trump tells aides not to publicly tout his decisions w @ckubeNBC @kwelkernbc
The latest from @carolelee, @ckubenbc and myself: Trump wants to get tougher on Russia without angering Putin via @nbcnews.
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For everyone wondering #whereisSasha WH official says she stayed in DC tonight because she has an exam at school in the morning.
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The president’s Nov. 25 pardon abruptly capped nearly four years of legal and political drama that began when Trump fired a national security adviser he’d come to privately disparage and ended with the White House declaring Michael Flynn “an innocent man.”
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King Salman put gold medal around Trump's neck that's Saudi Arabia's highest honor
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According to guidance for Saudi provided to WH press corps: "The thumbs up gesture is considered rude."
Trump flashed me a thumbs up as he rode the gold escalator up to his first overseas adventure.
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Dan Coats tells @mitchellreports re his stmt after Trump’s comments in Helsinki about Russia election interference: “I believed I needed to correct the record.” #AspenSecurity.
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John Kelly dodged questions tonight about Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s security clearances, but didn’t deny that the president intervened
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A year ago today Michael Flynn was interviewed by the FBI without a lawyer or knowledge of the president and top White House officials.
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Maybe it's a low five?
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Trump’s NY doctor tells @annaschecter he felt "raped, frightened and sad" when Keith Schiller and another "large man" came to his office to collect the president's records on the morning of Feb. 3, 2017.
SCOOP: Trump’s longtime personal bodyguard, a top lawyer at the Trump Organization and a third man, showed up at the office of Trump’s New York doctor without notice and took all the president’s medical records:
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Another reversal! Trump calls media "very honorable people" as introduces pool to first responders, tho says not more honorable than them
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Both times Trump spoke on the election this week he sounded frustrated w limits of the presidency, lamenting what he thinks it should get him. "I'm the president of the United States. Don't ever talk to the president that way,” he snapped at @jeffmason1 re conceding. And on Fox. .
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Bill Clinton got out of his SUV & walked back up the stairs into AF1 after POTUS's motorcade left, to thank the crew
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Obama on SCOTUS gay marriage decision: sometimes a "slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt".
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Landing in my hometown for Clinton's megarally w the Obamas, Bill Clinton, Springsteen and Bon Jovi w @brikeilarcnn
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At start of violence, Biden settled on a strategy he stuck to despite growing criticism. His approach was based on "lessons learned" from Obama admin’s handling of 2014 conflict btwn Israel and Hamas, officials say. w/ @mikememoli @AymanM @mitchellreports
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SCOOP: White House discussing possible Biden travel to Europe in coming weeks for trip focused on Ukraine, 5 sources tell @JoshNBCNews @mikememoli & me. Potential stops could include Brussels, home to NATO & EU.
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Interesting given McMaster explicitly told us there was no decision to include or not include an Article 5 pledge in the speech
Mattis, McMaster and Tillerson got NATO pledge into Trump speech and were blindsided when he took it out. @sbg1
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Trump’s been told he can’t win in Nov if the campaign is about him, that “sleepy“ sounds good to voters after 4 years of exhaustion & to focus attacks on Biden’s record. On Tuesday he tried to heed the advice. w @albamonica @kwelkernbc @PeterAlexander
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Among cyber options US considering: Disrupting internet connectivity across Russia, shutting off electric power, and tampering with railroad switches to hamper Russia’s ability to re-supply its forces @KenDilanianNBC @ckubeNBC report.
Scoop: Biden has been presented with options for massive, unprecedented cyberattacks against Russia with @ckubeNBC.
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“Bienvenido de Nuevo, Ted!” - one of Sen Cruz’s colleagues taped a Cancun meme and special message for him to the lockers in the Senate gym this week w @LACaldwellDC
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President Trump meets Pope Francis, says "thank you so much" when they shook hands in Sala del Tronetto at Apostolic Palace
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WH preparing to send Ukraine funding request to Congress as early as Thurs that’s expected to be enough for next five months, through rest of current fiscal year, admin officials tell @kwelkernbc @ckubeNBC @JulieNBCNews & me.
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Obama is dining w Anthony Bourdain at Bún chả Hương Liên in Hanoi for episode of his show to air in Sept, per WH
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Moments ago: Obama and Putin chat at APEC summit morning session in Lima, their first in-person convo since the election
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Among projects to lose funding: a new gate to address security concerns at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, which US uses for counter-ISIS in Syria, & replacing a boiler at risk of "imminent" failure, which could cause the evacuation of an entire base in Alaska.
Exclusive from @ckubeNBC: Trump's plan to pay for his border wall by taking funds from Air Force military construction projects poses various national security risks, per a new report.
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Asked Biden as he left Oval if he's going to run for prez, and he quipped 'Only if you're my running mate' http://t.co/arlqU4HwdO.
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Some 20 undisclosed ballistic missile sites, plus admin officials and US allies worried Trump will give up a lot and get nothing in exchange at next KJU summit, especially after one-on-one convo w Turkey’s leader led to his Syria withdrawal announcement
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WH press made it to Riyadh w @HallieJackson @kwelkernbc @Acosta @shearm @mikememoli @steveholland1 @JenniferJJacobs
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It's after midnight on Election Day and Lady Gaga is trying to get out the vote for Hillary Clinton in NC
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As Trump focuses on rehabilitating his brand, some aides have suggested he invite Biden to the White House before the inauguration. w/ @kwelkernbc @PeterAlexander @albamonica @mikememoli .
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Witness now cooperating w feds was an element of alleged $15m deal between Flynn and Turkey that Mueller looking into
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Obama in Glamour mag: 'I say that not just as President but also as a feminist'
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Multiple WH officials tell @kwelkernbc and me there may not be a briefing today even tho it's on the president’s schedule for 5pm. They said he could speak at his 4pm event w industry executives in the Cabinet Room instead. the usual caveat that he could change all that.
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At least one phone call between Cohen and a WH line was intercepted - @Tom_Winter & @JuliaEAinsley with the scoop
NEW: Exclusive: Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, according to two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.
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Robert Wilson, former 3rd SF Group commander & NSC counterterrorism director, said members of special forces community "are radicalizing themselves online just like many of these lone-wolf ISIS terrorists did” … "It's a problem, and it's an internal threat to the United States”.
In secret Facebook groups, America's best warriors share racist jabs, lies about 2020, even QAnon theories via @carolelee.
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Military advisers told Trump 10x more US nukes not feasible w @ckubeNBC @kwelkernbc @SavannahGuthrie @HallieJackson
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Obama suggested he may cancel Tues mtg w Philippines President Duterte, last time he canceled a bilat was Putin 2013
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PR execs tied to Manafort project received grand jury subpoenas for testimony w @KenDilanianNBC & @Tom_Winter
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Obama, Clinton & congressional delegation deplane after Clinton turned around to carry Nancy Pelosi's luggage for her
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Bon Jovi on the Clinton campaign plane after taking selfies outside and loading I his guitars, of course
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Trump fumed that Comey was allowed to take the FBI plane home from LA, where he was when he got fired, and took it out on McCabe
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No 3 at Justice Dept is leaving her job partly because of fear she might be asked oversee Russia investigation, according to new reporting from @JuliaEAinsley
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Obama cancels meeting with Philippine president per @Price44 instead will meet w South Korea's Park on Tuesday.
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Does 42 days mean the “daily” in “press briefing” is fully retired now?.
The last formal White House press briefing was 42 days ago -- a new record for this administration. There was no on-camera "daily" briefing in Feb, the first time we've gone a full calendar month without one during the Trump presidency. The new go-to: informal driveway gaggles.
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Trump to Forbes re Tillerson calling him a moron, challenges him to IQ test "And I can tell you who is going to win"
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Trump plans to hold another briefing today around 5pm, two WH officials tell me and @kwelkernbc - officials feel like yesterday went well.
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