BY WYNN TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO COMPLAINED WYNN PRESSURED HER TO
HAVE SEX.
>>> CHUCK TODD IS NBCS
POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS".ND MODERATOR
OF "MEET THE PRESS". CHUCK, GOOD MORNING.
LETS WORK BACKWARDS AND GET US
UP TO THE STATE OF THE UNION AND
TALK FIRST ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHAT WAS REPORTED FIRST INMP
AND WHAT WAS REPORTED FIRST IN THE NEW YORK CITY, LATER
CONFIRMED BY NBC NEWS THAT BACK
IN JUNE HE ORDERED THE FIRING OF SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLEROF
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER BUT WAS STOPPED BY HIS OWN WHITE
HOUSE COUNSEL.
YOU HEARD HIM CALL IT FAKE NEWS. I WAS SURPRISED I GOT LESS PUSH.
I WAS SURPRISED I GOT LESS PUSH BACK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
PRIVATELY THAN WE USUALLY GET. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT ON
THE NEWS IS?
>> Reporter: TWO INTRIGUING
ASPECTS TO THE STORY.
WHY WERE THE SAME SOURCE DENYING TO US IN JUNE AND JULY THAT THEG
TO US IN JUNE AND JULY THAT THE PRESIDENT DID ORDER THIS NOW
SAY, WELL, YEAH HE DID.
WE STOPPED HIM.
WHY THAT DIFFERENCE NOW?
IS THIS A TRIAL BALLOON?
IS THIS A RED FLARE WARNING SIGN
HES THINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN?
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW? WHY IS THIS BEING SO EASILY
CONFIRM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
I THINK THAT IN ITSELF IS
INTRIGUING.
INTRIGUING.
WHAT ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN REACTION?T THE REPUBLICAN
REACTION?
IN JUNE WHEN HE WAS ONLY THINKING ABOUT IT ON CAPITOL
HILL IT WAS SWIFT, WITH WARNINGS
TO THE PRESIDENT NOT TO DO IT.
THIS TIME IT LOOKS A LITTLE
MUTED WHICH TELLS ME THIS
CAMPAIGN TO UNDERMINE THE
INVESTIGATORS THAT THE ALLIES OF
A BEEN CONDUCTED MAYBE ITS
HAVING AN IMPACT.
>> WELL CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT
IMMIGRATION IN THE STATE OF THE
UNION.
UNION.
THE OPENING BID, IF YOU WANT TO INDICATE, THE WHITE HOUSEANT TO
INDICATE, THE WHITE HOUSE FRAMEWORK FOR IMMIGRATION DEAL
WAS PUT OUT ON THURSDAY.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS $25 BILLION.
HE WANTS IT FOR THE WALL.
HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE VISA
LOTTERY SYSTEM.
LOTTERY SYSTEM. THAT IN EXCHANGE FOR DACA
PROTECTIONS.
PROTECTIONS.
IS THERE A DEAL SOMEWHERE?
SOMETHING DEMOCRATS COULD LIVE
WITH IN THERE?
>> Reporter: IM WONDERING.
IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY REASONABLE OPENING BID FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE AND IN THE OLD RULES
OF WASHINGTON YOU COULD SEE HOW
A LITTLE BIT OF HORSE TRADING
FROM HERE OR THERE SHOULD GET
HIM THERE.
HIM THERE.
IM WONDER IF THE EXTREME WAYS THAT THE POLITICAL BASE HAS NOW
REACTED TO LEGISLATION MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THIS KIND OF
COMPROMISE?
COMPROMISE?
IF THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CANT -- THEY DONT
WANT -- IF THE CHANGES IN THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM ARE TOO
MUCH FOR THEM DO THEY WALK AWAY
AND KILL THIS DEAL OR WHAT ABOUT
ON THE RIGHT?
DO THEY WALK AWAY?
TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE
PRESIDENTS RIGHT SAY IN THE
HOUSE WHO DONT LIKE THE AMNESTY
PORTION OF THIS.
WHAT I DONT KNOW HAS OUR
POLARIZED POLITICS CHANGED
THINGS THAT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A
MEETING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE,
CENTER LEFT OR CENTER RIGHT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANY MORE.
>> LIKE DEMOCRATS WOULDNT GIVE
HIM HIS WALL EVEN AT THE EXPENSE
OF DACA PROTECTIONS.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO TUESDAY
NIGHT AND THE STATE OF THE
UNION.
UNION.
WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT IN DAVOS
THIS WEEK TOUTING HIS FIRST
YEAR, AMERICA IS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
THINKING BACK TO HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS, VERY DARK.S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS, VERY DARK. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON
TUESDAY?
TUESDAY?
>> Reporter: I ASPECT HIM TO SELL HIS TAX PLAN A LOT.M TO
SELL HIS TAX PLAN A LOT. WHICH IN HIS MIND THE BIGGEST
ACHIEVEMENT HES GOT SO FAR AND
FRANKLY SOMETHING HE HASNT DONE
A LOT OF.
A LOT OF. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE, YOU GET
ANYWHERE 30 MILLION TO 50
MILLION OF PEOPLE TO TUNE IN.
THIS IS CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNE
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MESSAGE.
BUT ASK YOURSELF IN THE ERA OF
TRUMP, DOES A BIG SPEECH LIKE
THE STATE OF THE UNION HAVE ANY
LEGS ANY MORE?
WILL IT HAVE ANY LASTING IMPACT
BEYOND THE 12 HOUR NEWS CYCLE
THAT WERE ON THESE DAYS OF
STORIES.
STORIES.
YOU REALIZE ITS BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK SINCE THE GOVERNMENT WAS
SHUT DOWN.
SHUT DOWN. SO ASK YOURSELF IF THIS STATE OF
THE UNION IS GOOD.
WILL WE EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT IT
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON?
>> THE OLD NEWS CYCLES DO NOT
APPLY IN THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND
A HALF.
A HALF. CHUCK TODD THANKS SO MUCH AS
ALWAYS.
ALWAYS.
WELL LOOK FOR MORE ON "MEET THE
PRESS" WHEN CHUCK IS JOINED BY KEVIN McCARTHY AND ROCKETED BY
KEVIN McCARTHY AND ROCKET INVESTIGATES.