New reporting today that the Treasury Department has instructed employees not to take or share photos of this demolition crews tearing into parts of the east wing of the White House with bulldozers and cranes. The Wall Street Journal quotes an internal email requiring prior approval of the Office of Public Affairs before documenting what's going on. It's the site of what will ultimately be construction of President Trump's long-desired White House ballroom.MSNBC political analyst Wanita Toiver joins us now. ...

the White House where the first stages of construction for Trump's new $200 million ballroom are underway, beginning with demolition to parts of the East Wing. You see here they've already made decent headway. Excavators tearing into the side of the building.And joining us tonight from the White House is NBC's Gabe Gutierrez. Gabe, I understand it's tough to see the demolition site from where you are, but what have you been hearing. And I know you've seen some of this video.>> Well, yeah, you know, Tom, the ...

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We are proud to announce that the construction of the new White House ballroom will begin. The White House State Ballroom will be a muchneeded and exquisite addition of approximately 90,000 total square feet of innately designed and carefully crafted space with a seated capacity of 650 people which is a significant increase from the 200 person seated capacity in the East Room of the White House. In recent weeks, President Trump has held several meetings with members of the White House staff, the National Pe ...