hairspray in your contact lenses because you end up with stories like that. mike barnicle. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> ordinarily, it's time for "morning joe" but right now it's time for our old pal peter alexander sitting in for chuck todd. peter, take it away, buddy. massive explosions from a cargo plane crash this morning in birmingham, alabama. no word right now on the condition of the u.p.s. crew who was flying that plane. we'll have the very latest update from the national transportation safety board. also this hour, another former member of congress on his way to prison. jesse jackson jr. awaits his fate for committing fraud with campaign money. we're going to get the latest from the federal courthouse here in washington, d.c. and cory booker cruising to the democratic nomination for u.s. senate in new jersey. just 9% of the state turned out to vote. that's right. single digits. but actually beat some

expectations. we will crunch the numbers. >> good morning from minnesota's largest county fair. today is wednesday, august 14th, 2013. now, here's "the daily rundown." >> the 4-h group from minnesota. remember, head to rundown.msnbc.com. august is a good month to do it. we want to get to this morning's breaking news. chaotic scenes across cairo after security forces backed by bulldozers and helicopters launched raids to clear thousands of supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi from protest camps. egyptian police and soldiers used tear gas to break up the camps. while morsi supporters have fought back with stones. they've set up barricades in the streets. government buildings and police stations have been set on fire

there. the heaviest fighting is largely in the capital. clashes have broke out in other cities as well. the official death toll is said to be about 56. with more than 500 wounded. the real toll of course could be much higher. we'll just have to wait and see. nbc is live in cairo. this is something we have been fearfully anticipating for days. and it finally happened today. >> yes, that's correct, the government has been sending mixed signals over the last week. the cabinet did authorize the minister of interior to clear out these protests. the military said it was running out of patience. there were international diplomatic em iic efforts and l efforts in an attempt to ward off what we're seeing today. this morning, the egyptian police went in. they started to clear two of the major sit-in protests. one of them now firmly in control of the egyptian police. the other one, the man one, that

one is still an ongoing operation as we understand it. hundreds of people still inside the square. that is the scene of some of the most intense clashes that we've seen between egyptian police and supporters of the ousted president. the concern among many people who have been advocating against going into this type of square with violence was that you're going to splinter these protests. and that's what we're seeing in just a few hours since this operation began. not only in those two major squares but in other parts of cairo not too far away from where we are. we've already seen police and protesters clash. more importantly, it has now spread to other cities. as you mentioned, some of those protesters attack police stations, attacking government buildings. it is now a situation that is quickly escalating. and quickly falling out of the hands of the egyptian government which we understand is in crisis mode. trying to figure out how to put an end to the kind of violence we've seen. one that has a lot of

conflicting death toll numbers. the muslim brotherhood and their supporters say the death toll is going to top more than 300,000 people. right now the government official line is that it's 55 and that number is expected to rise in the coming hours. peter. >> in cairo for us now. thank you so much. we'll talk about the topic of the middle east in a second. there is some other developing news out of alabama. that of course is where a u.p.s. cargo plane crashed near the birmingham airport. we've now confirmed that two people were killed aboard that flight. the pilot and co-pilot. the good news, it appears there were no other fatalities or injuries. it was away from residences. nearby neighborhoods about a half mile away have not been evacuated. that information is coming to us from the mayor of the city of birmingham. again, this plane crash, a u.p.s. cargo plane, crashed at roughly 6:00 eastern time this

morning. the ntsb is launching what it describes as a full go team to investigate the crash. an air bus a-330 en route from louisville. that is the u.p.s. headquarters. it crashed on approach, again, at about 6:00 this morning. our affiliate there is wvtm. they report that the crash caused at least two explosions. explosions that you could actually see from that video. the birmingham police say the plane went down in a field. pretty much parallel to the airport perimeter. no residences fortunately have been compromised. u.p.s., by the way, did release a statement that says at least in part, at this time we are still determining the details of the incident. as we work through this difficult situation, we ask for your patience and that you keep those involved in your thoughts and prayers. again, two people killed in that crash this morning. we'll keep you up to date as we learn new information on that. the ntsb expected to speak soon. we turn back to that

breaking news from cairo, egypt. joining me from new york is "time" magazine's international editor bobby gosh. i appreciate your patience with us. a couple breaking news stories now. i want to get your reaction to what we've seen. these new dramatic pictures, sadly, coming out of cairo. another bloody day where the death toll could rise into the hundreds. >> this is the worst case scenario panning out. for weeks now, sane voices have been warning against precisely this. against the egyptian security forces trying to go in with guns blazing. to try and remove the morsi supporters. there have been warnings that some people among the supporters have been armed and will probably fire back and that will lead to carnage. i think we're seeing now this carnage. the consequences of this will continue to reverberate in egypt for months. i fear for years and years to come. >> i want to ask you

specifically about those consequences. it appears there are clearly still plenty of morsi supporters in the streets. how risky is this operation for the egyptian rulers at this the time? does this potentially spark larger protest movements going forward? it's just sort of at this point an unending cycle. >> yes, that's the problem. there is no end to this. this -- not only will this enrage the morsi supporters and have them coming back with, heaven forbid, even more violent protests, but it will also bring some others into the frame i think. you have the extreme right islam it's groups known as the salafists who stayed away from streets and were sometimes backing the anti-morsi, the coup. now i suspect they are now going to want to pull away from the government and join the brotherhood. and the brotherhood will probably get -- begin to get the people who were on the fence, who were not sure whether they

supported the coup and not entirely happy with the brotherhood. some of those people are going to say, look, whatever our differences, we don't -- measure not going to condone our own forces killing our own people over political differences. and so a lot of -- i suspect that quite a lot of neutral people will now come down on the side of the brotherhood. >> weeks have passed now since mohamed morsi was ousted from power. he surely hasn't been seen, nor has he been heard from. is there any better update on where he is right now? is it support for him that has gal vannized so much opposition to the new ruling government? >> he's become almost a sort of mythical figure. which, again, is not smart politics on the part of the government. the longer he stays out of the public eye, the more his supporters get anxious about him. the more in a country that is already rife with rumor and conspiracy theories, the more that kind of thing sort of bubbles up and people begin to circulate rumors about his

tortured, is he alive. the last we heard is when a european official met him a couple weeks ago. this is sort of very, very ham-handed, very clumsy, brutal, by the military-backed regime. >> we're hearing from some reporting in the region that the egyptian stock exchange, as well as banks, they're going to shut down tomorrow, thursday, as a result of this increase in violence. economically speaking, if we can take this away from the loss of life, as dramatic as this is, the economic impact on that country, on that region, can help us better understand that. >> the economy of that country has been in a tailspin for years now. let's step back and remember that two years ago, when the arab spring protest happened, a big part of the reason for that was because there were no jobs. because the economy was terrible. well, you had a year -- a year of the muslim brotherhood governing the country. they did very little to make the economy better. now you have this violence which

is making things worse. an economy that depends quite heavily on tourism. people looking at these images on their television screens around the world. nobody's planning to go to egypt. there's no -- egypt is going to remain -- we're going to have to invent a new expression. basket case is not going to suffice. the way egypt is going. the way its economy is going. it is way beyond basket case. >> "times" international editor joining us. as we watch the death toll continue to rise. thanks for your insight. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> we are keeping our eyes on that breaking news out of egypt. we'll bring you new ndevelopmens as they happen today. we know from the mayor that two people were killed when that cargo plane crashed this morning in alabama. we will hear any minute now from the national transportation safety board. we will monitor that and let you know what we hear. still to come, you know what we

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the pilots on the plane. as we had told you, though, the mayor of birmingham says that two people were killed. both the pilot and co-pilot. to the best of our knowledge, no other fatalities or other injuries there. nearby neighborhoods, about a half hour away, we are told, have not been evacuated. we are expecting to hear from the ntsb shortly. we will keep you up to date on whatever they say on the topic. the ntsb safety board is holding that news conference just moments ago. that's a life picture as we prepare for those remarks. developing now in just a few moments, former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. will be sentenced for illegally spending millions of dollars in campaign money. joining us now, msnbc's justice correspondent pete williams with the latest. >> the big question is how long will the sentence be. prosecutors are asking for a four hr year prison sentence for jackson jr. he admitted taking it from his

campaign and making 3,100 separate purchases for him and his wife and their house. a $43,000 gold plaited rolex watch. michael jackson's fedora. flat screen tvs. lots of purchases. restaurants. the question is is will he get all four years? his lawyers say his mental condition, he's been diagnosed with bipolar disease, means he shouldn't spend very much time in prison because the longer he's away from treating doctors, they say, the worst his condition will get. the bureau of prisons has psy psychiatrists who are able to carry on the career. how long will the sentence be for his wife? she'll be sentenced separately today. prosecutors seeking a sentence a year and a half for her. peter. >> pete, thanks so much. the locks have been changed on san diego mayor bob filner's office. for now, he is refusing to

leave. accused of sexual harassment by 14 women and facing a recall effort. filner said in a statement now is not the time to go backwards. recall organizers will start collecting signaturings this sunday. a leader of this effort said, quote, mayor filner obviously believe, his policy initiatives excuse his being a sexual predator. we want a mayer who does not grope and demean women. nbc's luke russert is joining us from out west now. i know you were in san diego a couple days ago. is there anything that can get this guy out of office? >> pete, as of right now, it seems that public hue millation is not moving mayor filner to leave office. as well as the call for his resignation by the council, the the two senators, the dnc. the only base of support is organized labor. it's really amazing. there is no one standing up for

filner. if you talk to anyone on street, every single one i spoke to said they want him to leave, he's embarrassing the town. a lot of folks are interested to why he's pursuing this strategy. the 14 women, all of whom follow a similar pattern. they needed him to work on a specific constituent issue for them. bob filner said she had to go to dinner with him before he would get treatment for that cop bmba veteran. a lot of folks are speculating around san diego that he's trying to work out some sort of agreement with the city attorney that the city would cover the cost perhaps related to this lawsuit file by gloria allred, former communications, director, or he can somehow solidify his pension, something like that. >> we know the republican, carl dimaio, he was bob filner's opponent in the election there. he seemed to talk about things

that made some people think he knew what was going on. he spoke to reporters. he's now running for congress. listen to dimaio. >> did you know about women who were sexually harassed by bob filner while you were running for mayor? >> we had received only anonymous tips. it was frustrating because it clearly showed that these women were afraid. >> are you 100% focused on your congressional campaign? >> no. i'm actually focused a lot more on removing bob filner from city hall. >> carl dimaio, sounds like, would be willing to scrap his congressional effort if there was some need for a new mayor there. >> there very well could be. the recall is now up and live. city recall organizers are moving forward to get 102,000 signatures in a 39-day period which they need. they believe they will be able to get that or at least close to it.

so that's going to be fascinating. but the hits just keep coming for filner. there is now a new report from local stations in san diego. they did a freedom of information request on his credit card statements. as mayor it looks like he spent $500 at a local hotel. the locals at that hotel said he was bringing women to that bar most likely on the city dime. a lot of issues for filner. and hooters won't even serve him. he's banned. not a lot of fans in his own home city. >> bad times for bob filner. all right. we appreciate it very much, luke, thank you. another headline today, the pentagon announcing today that same-sex spouses of military service members will become eligible for a range of federal benefits. the same benefits the military currently extends to married heterosexual couples. joining me now is jim mcla shev

ski with the very latest on that. >> the pentagon's playing catch up after the supreme court knocked down a key provision of the defense of marriage act which then opened the door for same-sex couples working for the federal government to get those same governments that are afforded to heterosexual couples. so after the pentagon action today, same-sex couples in the uniform military services will now be eligible to take advantage of military housing, health care benefits and death benefits for those soldiers, marriages, sailor, who are killed in combat overseas or who die of any cause actually. they had been prohibited from collecting those death benefits. now, interestingly enough, those involve in the process say they looked at the way the u.s. military was integrated, desegregated in terms of race, and when women were more widely

integrated into the u.s. military as an example of what not to do actually. because even though president truman deseg ra gated the forces and women were widely again admitted into the military services, it took decades for them, both blacks and women, to reach any kind of parity in the military, so they wanted to avoid that. now, there is one slight controversy over one of the provisions in the pentagon's lifting or providing those benefits. any same sex couple that is assigned to a post in 1 of 37 states where same-sex marriages are illegal, they will be given up to ten days of leave to permit them to travel to 1 of 13 states or district of columbia to get married. it was explained because in many of those states, there is some period of 3 to 5 days of actual residency in that state to permit the marriage.

they say it's only fair for those people who for no other reason in that they are gay or lesbians were denied those benefits. peter. >> we know there's a briefing from afghanistan at 10:30 today. is that where they make the announcement? >> no, they won't do that during the afghanistan briefing. or here at the pentagon. as a matter of fact, i think today, they're just going to put out a piece of paper as opposed to have a full-fledged briefing. >> appreciate that, all right, mik, thanks very much. the death toll rises and fighting spreads in egypt. also, some members of congress are trying to put together a new voting rights act in response to what they describe as new attempts to disenfranchise voters. congressman jim clyburn is going to join us. and could questions about the foundation her husband founded end up causing some headaches for hillary clinton? we're going to get into that today with our gaggle. the white house soup of the day,

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naturally beautiful results. you're watching "the daily rundown." i'm peter alexander, in for chuck todd. become the country's only elected african-american senator right now, after cruising to victory yesterday in new jersey. >> they say that we are being naive. to them i say have you ever met us? do you know where i've been working for the last 17 years? do you know that -- do you know that this is newark, new jersey, and we don't do naive? >> booker beat his democratic challengers with nearly 60% of the vote.

congressman frank pallone was a distant second. flipping over to the republican side, steve lonegan promised to give booker a pretty good fight this fall. >> the hollywood elite have descred descended from their penthouse apartments, from the hollywood hills, to come to new jersey to tell us who our next u.s. senator will be. >> for a special election in the dead of summer, turnout was better than expected thanks to booker's celebrity. but that's really not saying a whole lot. only 9% of the state's 5 1/2 million registered voters made it to the polls. not the worst showing ever. in 2006, they got the dubious prize. but to give you a better sense to compare it to 85 years ago, 54% of new jersey voters cast ballots in the state senate primary. now that number is, as we noted, in the single digits it the question is how long can it go.

the results showing across the country in other elections this year. in los angeles, just 23% of voters turned out to pick the city's mayor. that's the lowest percentage in at least a century. eric garcetti won the lowest raw vote total of any incoming mayor since frank shaw in 1933. in massachusetts, just 28% of the state's 4 million registered voters showed up in the special election there to replace john kerry in the senate. probably the lowest number in the state's history, according to state officials. compare that to 2010, the special senate election, when both candidates won more votes than ed markey who won this year. nbc news senior political editor mark murray sheer wiis here wit morning's first read. is this simply voter fatigue? is it just a function of an off year and a handful of expect

elections or are voters tuning out? >> i think the answer is all of the above. it's important to note all these elections are coming just months after the 2012 presidential election. some folks just might be saying i've had enough of politics, i'm going to tune out. the the good news out of new jersey last night was turnout was better than expected. people were expecting very low turnout given what we'd seen in los angeles and massachusetts earlier in the year. given it was in the dead of the summer when a lot of folks prefer to be at the new jersey shore rather than at the ballot box. a lot of democrats were very happy with the turnout. the bad news, it was just pointed out, just 9% ended up turning out. that's just a sliver of the electorate. it does show you, particularly when you come to primaries, few people show up, particularly on that side of thingses. >> teeing things up for 2014, even 2016, the rnc is kicking off its summer meeting. that's today in boston. to honor victim of the boston bombing, officials say.

it's been almost five months since the rnc rebranding rollout that began back in march. what do we expect to hear from that? they're calling it "making it happen." >> they'll here from newt gingrich today. tomorrow, new jersey governor chris christie will speak. what they're trying to do is make a big focus of what their tech knnological improvements h been on reaching out to minorities and women. there's been a lot of criticism given republicans who have been against immigration reform about some of the crackdowns on requirements for voter i.d. which minorities don't like and whether the rnc is following through with some of its recommendations. the rnc wants to make a good show that it wants to learn lessons and move on. >> let's talk about christie. we heard from the spokesperson on the rnc invitation. he said he is building a unique could ligs of voters that is a blueprint for others. he's bringing people together from across the political spectrum.

republicans, democrats and independents. maybe not rand paul. this year, christie sort running in a blue state. he's sort of an outlier among republicans, isn't he? >> yes, and we made a big deal about booker's margin of victory. the one thing christie and his campaign are hoping is a decisive victory in the general election in november. to be able to show a republican can win by a very large margin. of course, we still have to get to election day. we need to see that margin. if christie's able to get in the high 50s or 60% of the vote in new jersey, in november, he's going to be able to go back to republicans. if he has his eye on 2016 and say, look, i can win a presidential contest in new jersey. i can have a big appeal. i can win over independent voters. that can give some conservatives who had their doubts maybe a second look. >> mark murray reporting for us today, mark, thanks very much. as they gather in boston, republicans will try to put a spotlight on efforts to grow and

expand the gop. they're going to have to close a growing rift that threatens to pit the party against itself in many ways. we want to bring in our wednesday gaggle. including "the washington post's" david macnumara. nice to see you today. voter turnout, as we look at the low numbers in massachusetts, new jersey overnight. what sort of an impact does this have on virginia? as we look at the significant rate there between kuch nelly and mcauliffe. >> i think it's the economy. people, as you mentioned, are they disgruntled with politics and elected officials? yes, because we keep moving off the target, which should be putting people back to work. you know, there's tons of people out there. i came through harrisburg, pennsylvania, the other day and stopped at the walmart to fill my backpacks for the church program, backpacks for kids, and

there were people in there, two women, who were filling carts full of stuff. people out there, you know, they're hurting still. and we need to make sure we're focused on -- keeping our eye on the focus. >> the focus for republicans as they gather up in the city of boston right now. priebus said the plan was to fix the problem. have the republican party made sufficient progress to move in the right direction? >> i think they've done a great job. they fired a chief te e hired a officer. i think they'll be an outward focused rnc. it's important to look at the contrast. the rnc has eliminated all of its debt. the dnc has $18 million of debt. a lot of activity is flowing through the obama -- i think you have to look at the rnc in contrast to what's happening on the other side of the aisle. >> certainly a strong critique

coming out of republican circles. one of the challenges that exists for republicans right now is republicans pitted against republicans. you take what's going on in kentucky now for mitch mcconnell. before they can fight an increasingly strong democratic opponent, they have to fight amongst themselves. >> that could be an issue. you have an open seat. several qualified republicans running for it. not only does it drain resources when republicans have to compete against each other but also could give democrats who are waiting in the wings for the general election some insight as to where the weaknesses are in these candidates. i think if the republicans themselves are going to identify that, you already see mitch mcconnell having to run against rich businessmen on the republican side in the primary. you have the state secretary sort of weighing in there. i think you have to call the republicans favorites in those two races. those are critical to republicans if they have a hope of holding on to those two

seats. >> we'll talk about other topics, among them, hillary clinton. as we head toward 2016. right now, some sad news to share with you this morning from the world of politics. legendary political reporter and commentator jack germond has passed away. he covered decades of presidential campaigns as the bureau chief. later was a columnist for "the baltimore sun." the daily rundown was lucky to have him as a friend and guest. even getting his horse race predictions during triple crown season. as chuck tweeted this morning, jack was one of the great happy warriors of political report, great sense of humor and a man who loved the ponies. jack germond was 85 years old. ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter.

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have spread beyond cairo and into other egyptian cities. the u.s. embassy is closed there. as well as banks we are told will close tomorrow. the violence was sparked when police and soldiers raided two protest camps. that happensed this morning. the sports person f. the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke, saying the secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms the events in cairo. he continues, it appears hundreds of people were killed or wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators. we continue to watch that story. we'll update you as we see more. just hours after north carolina governor pat mcquery signed a voter i.d. law, the aclu joined two other groups to announce it is filing suit against key parts of the

legislation. the new north carolina law has added fuel to this fire for lawmakers looking for ways to bypass the supreme court's recent decision to strike down a key part of the voting rights act. joining me now is south carolina congressman and assistant democratic leader james clyburn. appreciate your time, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me, peter. >> i want to ask you, if i can, today in atlanta, dr. joseph lowery and others are launching new projects aimed at wide efforts to restrict voting rights. supporters of this voter i.d. law say it works. saying it prevents illegal immigrants from voting. what's the counterargument to that? what do you say to those people? >> once again, thanks for having me. i'm glad joe lowery is coming back on the field. i have a great deal of admiration and respect for. i think he has the experiences

that i believe are necessary to help guide us through this thicket we find ourselves in. look, i wish we would call these laws what they are. they are voter suppression laws. nobody who goes to vote, i've certainly always i.d.'d myself every time we go to the vote, we are not against voter i.d., we're against voter suppression. that's what it is when you say a voter i.d. is not good enough. when you say we're going to get rid of 17-year-olds and 18-year-olds voting, registering to vote early. so when you are stopping people from registering to vote, you are talking about keeping people who are illegal from voting. and that's what has gone on here. this is not i.d.'ing voters. this is about suppressing the vote going forward. this is about making the field uneven and against those people

who have traditionally been locked out of the system. >> congressman, i want to ask about that field you refer to. recess is a couple weeks in. you've had a chance to visit with constituents in your home state of south carolina. what is the message that you're hearing specifically from folks right now? what's going to guide the conversation when we get back in september? is it more about the health care, about obama care? is it about the potential for a shutdown or a little bit of both? >> it's a bit of both. and people still want us to work on job creation. people know that our infrastructure is crumbling all over the country. and they know the best way to deal with infrastructure is for the federal government to come online and to rebuild the infrastructure. thereby creating jobs and incenting economies and getting

back into a better mood for themselves and their children. of course health care is an issue. they want us to get it right. they want us to maintain those good things. modify those things that may need to be modified. and move forward. >> congressman, want to ask you about that issue. there have been some new headlines about it. we understand the president is delaying a key part of this bill for a year grace period. you just recently said democrats deliberately structured the bill. started kicking in, in 2014. what do these delays do for the party in terms of the midterm election? at some point when there's one delay after another, isn't that a significant obstacle? >> well, no. i think timing is everything in this business. we set january 1, 2014, deliberately, because we wanted to give people time to prepare for the new law. we didn't want to rush out and pass a law and then the next morning or the next week people are trying to comply with it.

wanted to give everybody time to work through all of the issues they need to work through. now, some glitches have occurred because of redoing computers or reprogramming computers. and so if the president is going to postpone by a year certain aspects of the law, it is not because anything is wrong, it's because we want to get it right. it's better to postpone things and get it right than to get involved in something and find out that these glitches are going to destroy the entire program. i think gregory meek had it right this morning when he talked about all of those big issues before. we have to look at big issues in a way that we ought to be able to work through the glitches and get it done right. >> congressman james clyburn of south carolina. thanks for spending some time with "the daily rundown" today.

>> thank you so much for having me. >> more breaking news out of cairo. nbc news has now confirmed the acting egyptian president has declared a state of emergency nationwide. it begins at 4:00 p.m. local time. we are told it's going to last not a day, but a month. at the same time, we have heard the official death toll there was risen to 95 with more than 800 wounded in clashes between pro morsi supporters and security forces. we continue to watch the scene there and we will keep you up-to-bait. trivia time. we asked you how many african-americans have served in the u.s. senate. the answer is seven beginning in 1870 with rebels of mississippi. this year marked the first time that two ochls servafrican-amer simultaneously served in the senate and if cory booker wins next month, two african-americans together in

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before we say good-bye bringing back jonathan and lanch and david. let's talk about hillary clinton if we can for a second and more 2016 speculation. today in "the washington post" kathleen parker writes in 2016 bar ago benghazi surprise it seems probable but looks like the real achilles heel may not be benghazi but headlines like this in "the new york times" today shed? light on the clinton foundation says has become a sprawling concern supervisized by a rotating board of old clinton hands vulnerable to distraction and threatened by conflicts of interest. is it just more of the same for people who remember these old stories of the clintons?

>> well, no, not that is going to have legs. it's a foundation. certainly hillary clinton knows how important it is to keep the separation between foundations and political work. and i don't think that is going to -- >> republicans i trust disagree? >> a key issue in 2008 was bill coming in and stealing the spotlight from her. you have to think this is a real headache in clinton land. if the focus isn't on her and what she is preparing to do for the country it's about this dysfunctional foundation. he'll always be able to raise money for the foundation but a headache he is getting the attention. >> she is smart and she will pull it back. >> anthony weiner saying no beans to spill but the biggest headache they are dealing with? >> the same "the new york times" talk about hillary will move into the foundation with them. >> you are talking quick. i wanted to squeeze in shameless

plugs. jo jonathan. >> cross hairs has a great website. >> "the washington post" had a great article yesterday about what president obama promises. my hope he is will focus on small businesses and hopefully putting together a good bill. >> everybody knows the post is sold but i want to thank our owner don graham of 20 great years of being at the paper. our staff will miss him. >> appreciate that. that does it for this edition of "the daily rundown." see you back here tomorrow. coming up next is chris jansing. i'm bill karins. unlike yesterday, today a great travel day throughout the country. the only travel trouble spot could be the southeast with a

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riot police are sweeping through the streets with tear gas and armored cars. this is nbc's richard engel in the middle of it all earlier this morning. >> reporter: clearly using live ammunition and firing into the side streets p.m. front line positions between protesters and security forces all over cairo and this one looks like it is about to get very ugly. >> also this morning, a u.p.s. car owe plane in a fiery crash in birmingham, alabama. the pilot and co-pilot is dead. the ntsb is investigating what happened. kickoff to the rnc summer meeting, what is the strategy moving forward for republicans? we will talk to the rnc's communication director coming up opinion. but we begin with the violence in cairo. amman is joining us live. you and others have been urging the