>> our house again before getting our freedom from the people here in egypt. >> i'm here actually to defend democracy and to restore legitimacy and like have been having a massacre. >> the military beefed up its presence all across cairo. prior to today's protesters, we already had more than 600 confirmed dead and some 4,000 injured and we are still expecting to see that number go up. in many cases, families are still waiting to identify and bury their dead with mosques now doubling as morgues. president obama is facing fire from all sides for his response to the death and violence taking place in egypt. >> don't take sides with any particular party or political figure. that kind of approach will do nothing to help egyptians achieve the future that they deserve.

>> we vltiolated our own rule o law for not calling what it is because our law clear states if it's a military coup, then aid is cut off. >> joining me live from cairo nbc amman mulhadeen. you see the marching that is going on this morning. bring us up-to-speed. >> reporter: we have a very volatile situation developing in parts of cairo as well as the rest of the run. the major protesters that were called for in cairo were supposed to converge on what is called ramsey square. a lot of fatalities. a make-field hospital set up there and 27 bodies counted by this independent eyewitness. at the same time, in another part of cairo not too far away from where we have been standing hearing gunfire coming from a bridge from our offices here.

the sounds of military helicopters flying above overhead. we have been able to see the protesters some civilians and others wielding weapons and firing tear gas on the prij and led to horrific scenes of people jumping off the bridges to try to avoid the random gunfire from both sides. against that backdrop the violence isn't just in cairo but across the countries. another city reports people have been shot as they approached the governor's office. according to health officials right now, the death toll has climbed to 12, the official number. as we are saying unconfirmed reports from several sources says that number has surpassed 25 people killed in cairo alone. >> amman, thanks so much. joining me is jen sacky. good morning. >> good morning. >> a lot going on especially what we are hearing there from ayman on the scene. growing response to the

president's announcement yesterday and some saying he didn't go far enough. senator john mccain saying the president undercut our owner values by not calling this a military coup. rand paul criticizing the violence. the u.s. provides egypt 1.6 billion a year. fifth on the list of countries that receive the most aid from the u.s. is it the secretary of state's position that that aid should be used as leverage for what we are seeing in egypt right now? >> well, the secretary's position and the president's position is that the events that are happening on the ground in egypt are deplorable. you heard the president say yesterday we are done with business as usual. he made an announcement about ending our joint military exercise and we announced a few weeks ago we would not delivery the f-16s that had been purchased. this review is ongoing but our relationship with egypt is a long-term relationship and we are focused what is good for the egyptian people, how to return

egypt to a stable country, how to return egypt to a place where democracy is something that rules. and we know that's going to be a rocky road. that so that is the prism through which these decisions are being made. >> you say the review is ongoing but the deaths are ongoing. we know a report that 25 people killed. eugene robinson not mincing words saying a lack of spying on egypt, he says there may be little the united states can do to end the blood savaging in egypt. president obama has failed in this. previously i know kerry credited egypt's ferls for democratic intentions and trying to stop a civil war. does he feel the same way about those military leaders now? >> well, what the secretary was conveying and he said this the next day was that the story is not done here. we are still evaluating what happens and what happens on the ground, what the interim

government does. the steps they take on the ground matters. that is going to impact our relationship. so we are watching very, very closely but it's not up to the united states to determine the future path for egypt. it's up to the egyptian people. we can play a role from the outside providing constructive ideas and that is exactly what we are doing and we certainly have a stake in stability. but we know democracy is a long road. they have been on this road since 2011. and we want to do everything possible to help them continue on this road. so that's what our focus is on. >> you make a great point, jen. they are a strategic partner in the region. arab has been a long friend to this country and we have been a friend to that country. as we look at these new reports about the death toll nearly 4,000 people injured and 638 confirmed deaths, have we lost our credibility in the middle east? if we are not going to call this a military coup and we can't because then we certainly need to cut off funding at that point, but if we are not going

to call it a military coup, who are we trying to reach out to if it's not the interim government that we want democracy from, if it's not the military we are trying to encourage to demonstrate peace? what is our leverage? >> well, thomas, it's up to the egyptian people to determine. the united states cannot determine. but decisions that are made about funding are made through the broad prism of our own national security interests, the special role egypt plays and our beliefs that this is a country that can return to, can be on a path to long-term sustainable democracy. we think that window is still open and we make these decisions through the prism what is best for the egyptian people but the review is ongoing and what happens on the ground absolutely matters and we are watching it very closely. >> while i have you here i want to ask you about the new report saying the nsa breaking privacy rules thousands of times each year since congress granted brand-new powers in '08.

reports saying more than 2,700 times in a year according to an audit. last week the president had this to say. >> if you look at the reports, even the disclosures that mr. snowden has put forward, all of the stories that have been written, what you're not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs and listening in on people's phone calls or inappropriately reading people's e-mails. what you're hearing about is the prospect that these could be abused. >> within the last hour, patrick leahy expressed concern about the lack of straightforwardness and new reports coming out what is going on about american citizens. does this further damage the brand -- the american brand on the diplomatic stage? if the united states is so suspicious of its own people how can foreign nations concentrate we are not in an overreach mode?

>> this is something you heard the president talk about last week. the secretary has spoken about. they are committed to being transparent about these programs, making sure we are sharing as much information as possible and that review of what is possible to share is ongoing. but remember that these programs are done with the goal of keeping the american people safe. also keeping people around the world safe. these are programs that many countries also participate in. many countries work with the united states on. and that is one of the top priorities when you're the commander in chief. that is why these programs are in place but you heard the president talk about the importance of being open and transparent with the american people and i know that that is something that is being reviewed and discussed internally as we speak. >> state department spokesperson jen sacky, thank you. >> great to be here. >> the question of the day is about the situation in egypt. day of rage. should the u.s. suspend that financial aid? head to my facebook and twitter page and share your thoughts with us. another twist this morning in the topsy-turvy new york city

mayor's race. the new poll says a dead heat between christine quinn is in the dead heat with bill de blasio. a swell in support among the african-american community for support of de blasio. christine quinn, great to have you here. >> thank you. >> these numbers came out yesterday and i know you were on "morning joe" yesterday talking about the fluctuating poll numbers. here are the new polls and this morning new york city's top lawyer filing an appeal to the judge's ruling announced on monday that the controversial stop and frisk in the -- you've been a supporter of stop and frisk and your chief rival in the race. >> no, that is not accurate. i have said the way stop and frisk has been used by the bloomberg administration is unacceptable. and that when we have gotten to 700,000 stops and over 85% of them are innocent people, over

85% of them men of color, this is a program that is out of control. i completely agree with the court's ruling that this is being done in an unconstitutional way. when i'm mayor, day one, we are going to drop that appeal. >> but you support keeping commissioner kelly in place. >> let me just say -- >> this is basically everybody associates stop and frisk with commissioner kelly. >> i think stop and frisk, the way it's being implemented because stop and frisk has used to lesser degree been always a part of our police department. the way it has been used to great access is something that is what mayor bloomberg has wanted the commissioner to do. now look. you can't rg there aren't good things real estate kelly has done and why chuck schumer and kristen gillibrand suggesting he should become the homeland security secretary. when i'm mayor and ray kelly is my commissioner or anybody else they will have to do stop and frisk only in a constitutional way and unconstitutional stops will end and next week, we will

override a veto of mayor bloomberg's and we will put in place permanent monitoring of the police department of its policies and practices. a step that it is going to address the abuse of stop and frisk and make sure we don't have anything like this in the future. with all due respect to my opponents, all of whom, except for one, john lew would say what i say. john would get rid of it and everybody else would keep it and modify it. no one else has actually gotten changes put in place. next week, when we override this veto my colleagues and i will actually have made legislative changes of reining in this program. it's easy to say this and that is wrong but it's hard to implement solution. that's what i've done and do again next week. >> how do you speak to minority voters out there that chose that de blasio my be leading within the african-american communities and those suspicious about the

true intentions of how stop and frisk will go forward? now a federal judge says it will violate constitutional rights what do you say to them who support a candidate lew, for instance? >> the polls will go up and down, we know that. if somebody thinks the only answer is for it not to be a tool in the police officer's tool box at all that is not where i'm at and that is only john lew who is in take that place. if that is somebody's bottom line, i respect that. we have a time in the city we have kept stop and frisk as a tool. you want that. if an officer sees something with a gun they believe is a gun and they are making that decision in a constitutional framework we want them to stop that person. what we don't want is the police to stop people walking down the street because they are under suspicion for smo evidence or no facts at all and i would tell voters of all races in the city of new york that when i'm mayor, unconstitutional stops will come

to an end and we will have a permanent monitor in the police department who can help make sure we live up to that promise. and this builds on the work my colleagues and i have done getting different training, stop and frisk is implemented and other training in the department as well and those efforts are part of what has helped it already to go down. >> there was a recent lgbt attack in your area. >> a block i used to live on. >> in chelsea neighborhood. they were beaten and had to get tiches and i now they have drawn up sketches to try to apprehend who was at all tfault for this. is there a problem against crime for the lgbt community in new york and not what you would do as mayor but the speaker of the city council? >> there is absolutely a problem. look. there were two men walking down the street of chelsea holding hands going home and something

people should be i believe to do in new york regardless of their sexual orientation and six men, six men attacked and beat them just because they are gay. that is unacceptable. and this is happening towards the end of a summer where we have seen anti-gay hate crimes go up in the city and we saw a man murdered, shot to death in the village just because he was gay and we thought those days were behind us. now, the police department to their credit, they are taking each one of these incidents very seriously and responding. what we have to do as a city everyone needs to speak out against incidents like this because the way we make it clear to the cowards who commit these acts, the way we make it clear to them any don't speak for new yorkers they see diverse new yorkers standing up and saying that is not what new york is about. we need to deepen our programs for respect for all in the schools which my office created that teaches against bullying and teaches against hate crimes,

teaches tolerance and the importance of diversity. >> you got a lot of work to do and i'll let you get back to it. thanks for the time. >> thank you. >> i know you're very busy. you can hear more about new york's stop and frisk policy on sudden when "meet the press" moderator david gregory sits down with ray kelly. a nrk that wonnetwork that hosting a single republican primary debate. >> the rnc making a big vote will they back nbc and cnn from the live debates of the

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she is a former navy j.a.g. officer. critics say these rules are not new. what is your first reaction to the pentagon's plan? >> they are not the fundamental reform that is necessary to address the crisis of sexual assault in the military. and to fix what is a broken military justice system. >> so when we talk about what the biggest criticisms are and there are many, but one by new york senator kristen gillibrand who said in part what is under consideration in congress right now it is not the leap forward required to solve the problem. time for congress to seize opportunity opportunity and create an objective worthy of our brave men and women's service. the military would go ahead and say this would under mine commanders authority. is taking cases out of the chain of command the only way to prosecute these cases?

>> well, look. you have to start with the foundation. there are problems throughout the military justice system but you cannot have a house of justice on a broken foundation. and victims don't trust the system. our military leadership has admitted to that, has acknowledged that. the numbers don't lie. in 2012, the d.o.d.'s own numbers state there are 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact. that is xulsexual assault and or sexuality offenses. of those 3,300 reported and of those only 300 went to trial. 300 out of 26,000. it's a abysmally low number and shows us the system as it stands is broken. >> is it the system or is it a systemic culture within our military that is the bigger issue we are not talking about? >> i think it's twofold. you have to address the educational component and teach service members about respect for one another and you have to teach service members about what per traitors are like but you can't educate away a serial

predator. there have to be changes in the system to engender trust. as it stands now it's the accused commander who has the sole discretion to determine whether a criminal case goes to trial. it needs to be brought into the modern era. prosecutors need to be involved and have the discretion to properly examine a criminal case. >> i've said it before on this program. "the visible war" is something we need to see so we can educate yours exactly about these stores and what is taking place. it's eye-opening. tara, great to have you on. thank you. it's been three months that is right. three months since a tornado of epic proportigtion swept throug moore, oklahoma. instead of a summer vacation they are grieving the lives that were killed including seven children and they have been cleaning up. classes were canceled the rest of the year. i was there and i witnessed that

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more now on our breaking news. the republican national committee has voted to block nbc and cnn from taking part in the gop primary debates. we are going to talk to our agenda panel about that because this vote just took place minutes ago. suzy and bill and corey join me now. gang, great to have you all here. let's start with this just moments ago at their summer meeting the rnc threatened if nbc entertainment and cnn doesn't stop to plan the biopicks for their networks the rnc wouldn't partner with those networks for primary debates and saying in quote if they continue to move forward with this and other such programming the republican national committee will nirge partner with these networks in the 2016 presidential debates nor sanction any primary debates they sponsor.

bill, is this part of a larger strategy here? are they looking for some type of fan for him object to blame in their autopsy reported they wanted less primary debates so now they have a reason for it? >> hillary documents are an excuse. this fit really was about that they would be threatening to boycott fox also because they have talks to produce one of these documentaries and that is not mentioned here. they believe they lost 2012 because there itoo many debates and they were asked too many questions. which is ridiculous. barack obama managed to come out of the debates very well. the kind of questions that they are upset about is that mitt romney was asked do you believe states have the right to ban contraception. the problem is not the question but the answer. they have to identify when you run for president you get asked lots of questions. winning candidates deal with it and losing candidates whine

about it and now the rnc is runningware from it. >> the rnc said in the past that the biopicks are to show favoritism and put a thumb on the scales for the next presidential election. suzy, if they are pointing fingers saying this is political favoritism aren't they doing the same thing? aren't they trying to find echo chambers to utilize and promote their candidates in smaller venues? what i mean by smaller venues the fact their primary season is smaller venue wise. >> there are a couple of things to keep in mind. cnn is actually planning on documentary. the nbc project is a miniseries. a fictional one. they haven't even seen these yet. the script hasn't been written yet. there's the assumption that they are somehow going to either because they will shed a positive light on hillary or just because they will devote a lot of air time to her, that

somehow playing in her favor, but, in fact, there is -- they are objecting to something that didn't exist yet. that said i expect this is going to please their base because a lot of conservative folks out there as well as others, believe that the mainstream media networks are biased against republicans, are biased against conservatives. >> one thing let's talk about chris christie. he spoke at a closed door luncheon yesterday. in attendance in boston where he said in part that i'm in this business to win. i think that we have some folks that believe our job is to be college professors. college professors basically start ideas and nobody does anything and for our ideas to matter we have to win so i'm going to do anything i need to do to win. is this a clear signal he is talking about the game in 2016? not getting reelected as governor in new jersey. >> absolutely. his gubernatorial race is kind of a staging ground for him to

run for president in 2016. he is throwing down the gauntlet to the conservative right. this is the -- they are on a collision course, chris christie with the right of the party to decide the future of this party over the next few years without a leader of the party even when romney was running in 2012, you know, the party has not figured out how to nationalize its message and move the party back toward the center. it is clearly mathematically, id ideologically the only way the republicans will retake the white house. chris christie, you know, to his credit is continuing to force this dialogue on the republican party. so it's a good thing. it's healthy for the party. >> ron paul take ago shot at christie yesterday. last night, here is what he had to say about why he would not vote for christie if he would be the nominee in 2016. >> he offers no change. it's a status quo. it's more big government and that is not what i've been

about. he talks about, well, you have to, you know, bend your rules and compromise in order to get elected so you can run the government and govern. there is more for it than just power and to say and do whatever you want just to be in government. you to believe in something and understand economics or you keep doing the same thing and deficits keep get run up. >> is this a preview how divisive this knock down dragout primary is going to be on the right? >> it's what it could be. this also speaks to what the rnc is doing with its debate. they don't want this the focus of the primary season. journalists want to tease out the difference between republicans. republican party wants to gloss over them if they can control the moderation and control who airs them maybe they can damp down this divisive rift in the party which is percolating up right now and if rand paul nominee would explode wyatt

open. the rnc wants to keep this under wraps. >> another thing getting attention is barbara bush saying she hopes hillary clinton runs and calling her, quote/unquote, accomplished. barbara bush did not say who she is going to vote for. what do you think when the daughter of our former president comes out in favor of someone on the left? suzy, is that odd? she didn't say she hopes she wins. she only said she hopes she runs. >> well, to a certain extent, it isn't a surprise that members of the bush family, for example, have expressed support for gay marriage, that there is a sense that there may be a generational difference there. but i don't think it's any different than, say, meghan mccain who is another vocal supporter of gay marriage. there is sort of an expectation that maybe younger generation of these politicians may be different, may have more moderate views on some social

issues but folks grabbing on that. the reason it's gotten so much attention i think is what the direction the party is going to take and where this collision between the moderates when the right flank of a party is going to go. >> i reached out to barbara through a mutual friend of ours. oddly enough i got an e-mail thanks so much i'm traveling. i have limited access to the internet. so it will be interesting once she gets back, she will probably stay away until the next edition of "people" magazine comes out. thanks to all of you for joining me. >> here is a look at the stories topping the news now. new report implications more baseball players for doping and according to cbs 60 minutes and cites documents released by

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laverne cox joins me now. we will talk about the show in a second. the transgender community saw history made this week when jerry brown signed a new law ensuring that transgender -- explain what it means to you and the work you've done. you're wildly don in the lgbt community but you're becoming a mainstream household name now. >> i think it's great for kids to be be able to be themselves. i think at the end of the day it's about children having access to be the young boys and the young girls that they -- that they are and having access to play on the sports teams they need to play on and use the locker rooms and just be, you know, have the adolescence that a lot of transgender people my age didn't get to have. >> what you didn't get to have, we haven't seen a lot of people break out in starring roles. i think we saw candace caine a few years ago. >> "pretty sexy money." >> correct. you are making waves.

this is a really well thought out show based on the book by piper kerman. there you are. it's very diverse. all of the character. it's great, like i said we binged watched this but when it was over, it was over. explain what it meant to play this role and playing you as a transgender character. >> to quote lebron james, i'm not supposed to be here. you know? society is not, you know, set up for black transwomen from working class backgrounds and raised by single mothers to be on msnbc promoting their hit tv show. so i'm just -- it means a lot to me because acting has been my dream for my entire life and i think for a lot of other transfolk out there watching sophia and this moment i get to have it makes them think maybe they can live their dreams too and be out as transwomen and

live their dreams. i think in america that is what everyone should be able to do. >> i don't want to give too much away about the show but it it's great how it does flashbacks. have you a real life twin, your brother plays you in flashbacks? >> yes. he is a musician in real life and i love him and he is amazing. yeah, he plays me as a man. >> do you think that helped you land this role? because they can go back like that. >> no. >> they had no idea i had a twin brother. >> really? that is just icing on the cake? >> they had no idea when they cast me that i had a twin brother. when they were looking to cast someone to play sophia pretransition they were awe dirking people and i told them and they were very excited. >> it must have been a light bulb moment for them. >> laverne cox, star of the netflix series "organic is the new black." it is great. you should all get it. we will be back with more after this.

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time now for this week's "go and do" highlighting those who reach out to help others. today we're talking about the happy help project. it become when emmy and kevin burke found themselves in the hospital with their young son. the burkes noticed lots of kids in the hospital without activities, like crayons and games and from there came the idea for the happy hope bags and joining me now are emmy and kevin burke. emmy, i know you started the message of hope foundation back in 2011. tell me the kind of response that you've had to this project since then from the community, from families of these kids that you've been able to help. >> thanks, thomas. it's been absolutely incredible. so many folks have come forward. thousands and thousands of schoolchildren have really used their lives to help us spread hope to children who are hospitali hospitalized. lots of wonderful corporate sponsors of come on board like u.p.s., viacorps. wonderful people who are really using their resources and their time and their lives to make a

difference to these wonderful kids in the hospital. >> kevin, you really have planted a seed. in addition to the hope bags, just so everybody knows, they have everything, crayons, stickers, itune gift cards for kids, you're also helping to get children eyeglasses so that's so important for these kids. so sponsors and donors out there that want to help with this project, how can they get involved? >> well, i would ask them to visit our website. message of hope foundation.org. all the ideas are there. they can follow us on facebook and twitter. you know, we've just completed the message of hope foundation factory in new england where we collected and distributed 1500 bags and we're in the process of -- we're asking for hope so that we can fill approximately 2500 more at the baltimore hope factory event. >> we love looking at the images of the kids here. it's really fantastic. real fast, though, before we let

you go, how has forming this foundation changed your lives and also what it means to your son? >> you know, it's amazing. in the very beginning we were told that connor would not have a life really, that he would never walk and sit and make an impact. and when i look out now over thousands of children who are receiving these bags, who are filled with hope, to know that there's always a possibility, never give up. it is absolutely amazing to watch a child who was given very little hope be able to under t -- turn it around and use his gift to inspire others to use their life to make a difference. >> we beneficiary nothing but luck to you and yours and say thank you to emi and kevin burke to come on and share. hopefully we'll get lots of people coming your way to volunteer and donate. thanks so much. if you know someone we should celebrate tweet be with #goanddo. that's going to wrap things up for me today.

i'll see you back here on monday. "now with alex wagner" comes up after this.

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a day of rage in cairo. rule breaking at the nsa and a veto from an unlikely source. it's friday, august 16th, and this is "now." more violence today in egypt after pro-morsi supporters rallied for a day of rage. defenders of ousted president say that at least 45 people have been killed during clashes with government forces in cairo. this comes after violence earlier in the week pushed the three-day death toll past 600. the latest clashes come after a pro-morsi group known as the anti-coup campaign called on supporters to protest peacefully in all of egypt's revolutionary squares and announced the struggle to overthrow this illegitimate regime is an

obligation and islamic national moral and human obligation. joining me today, special correspondent for the "daily beast" michael tomaski who is also the editor of "democracy, a journal of ideas." host of msnbc's disrupt, karen finney, and senior congressional reporter for talking points memo, sahil kapor. joining us from cairo is ayman mo mohadean. we've talked about how dramatically this scene has changed. if you look back at the scenes from earlier in july, there were laser lights, a sense of jubilation in the square. couple that with images of today and this week, the violence, 600 people dead. give us if you will the latest, the feeling on the ground in terms of the movement, the seeming ground swell of support for ousted president mohamed morsi. >> reporter: well, you know,