v violence must stop. >> air strike outside gaza's main hospital. >> president obama spoke with israel's prime minister. >> the white house is increasingly concerned with the civilian death toll. >> any process must lead to the disrm amt of hamas and all terrorist groups. they are firing rockets into civilian centers. >> the question is whether anybody can meet -- the iron dome there would be thousands and thousands of more humanitarian death. >> it's time for a cease-fire. i'm luke russert in for alex wagner. 21 days into the conflict and there's no lasting ceasefire as gaza residents celebrated the

end of ramadan, killing and wounding dozens of people. early reports from those who witnessed the attack claimed it was hit by an israeli drone. israeli officials claim these two areas were struck by rockets launched by gaza terrorists who miss their targets. so far they fired at least 12 rockets into israel and mortar rounds killed up to four israeli soldiers marking one of the deadliest strikes since the conflict began. speaking this afternoon, benjamin netanyahu told israelis to prepare for a long campaign and israel would continue to act until its achieved its mission to protect israeli citizens. this morning, just hours before netanyahu's latest comments, u.n. second ban ki-moon urged for an immediate halt to the violence. >> it is time for an immediate unconditional humanitarian

cease-fire in the name of humanity, the violence must stop. >> last night on a phone call with netanyahu, president obama made clear, the question is how do we get there? speaking from washington today secretary of state john kerry gave an update on his efforts to broker a cease-fire. >> we believe the momentum generated by a humanitarian cease-fire is the best way to be able to begin negotiate a settlement if you can put in mace a sustainable cease-fire, one that addresses all of the concerns. it's important to try to build, to begin and to move in a process and that's what we're trying to achieve. that is the only way ultimately this conflict is going to be

resolved. >> over 1,000 palestinians and at least 40 israelis have been killed. joining me from gaza is nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. is there any more insight into the attack that occurred today regarding gaza's main hospital. this was extremely bloody day for israel losing four soldiers on their border. what's the latest there? >> reporter: that's right, we'll start with israeli comments. the israeli military has confirmed five soldiers have been killed as a result of fighting here in the gaz does strip. four were killed along the border and one killed in the southern part of gaza during combat operations there. that obviously pushes the death toll of israeli soldiers killed in operations so far to 48 in addition to the other three

killed. the overall death toll of israeli civilians, including one migrant working is 51. including the strikes inside gaza earlier today, palestinian sources say it was israeli rockets that were the result -- that led to the killing of those palestinian children. that included two separate air strikes or at least two separate strikes, one at the medical complex that happened at 5:00 p.m., the other at the refugee camp south of gaza city. that was the one that had the fatalities in it. hamas spokespeople are saying on the ground they blame israel for it. they say they selected shrapnel from the scene that are evidence it is an israeli air strike. and more importantly, they are also saying that israel is trying to cover up its lies and avoid criminal responsibility by blaming hamas. they also did say that this was as a result of the silence of

the international community in not interfering to stop the bloodshed. the israeli military says it was not operating in the area at the time and these killings were a result of palestinian errant rockets. >> you have netanyahu saying israel is ready for a long campaign. last week the protests and death spread into the west bank from gaza. there seems to be a more unified palestinian state than we've seen in a while. are we still in the beginning of this conflict where a cease-fire does not seem to be probable in the immediate term? >> reporter: well, i've had a chance to speak to analysts on both sides of this equation and you're hairi hearing it in isra media as well. what they are saying, there are questions whether or not this israeli politician is efficient, if it's even achieving the stated objectives, it's there were palestinian rockets fired

from gaza into israel. in addition to that israeli soldiers have been killed on the ground as a result of combat operations. there are those that are questioning whether or not israel can now actually stop palestinian rockets for once and for all and whether or not any of this has been fruitful from an israeli security perspective. palestinians on the gound feel they have nothing to lose. they are fighting an existent shal fight and as a result of being pushed to the brink of living under siege, they say they have no choice but to fight. this is the position that hamas is articulating time and time again wherever we speak to them. the question is how long can this situation sustain itself? that really also depends on intervention of the international community which right now has not been able to stop fighting on either sides, luke. >> ammyman mohyeldin, stay safe. joining us now, ambassador nicholas burns and white house correspondent at the huffington

post, sam stein. ambassador burns, i'll start with you. you hear this rhetoric from nat netanyahu that a cease-fire is off the table. which is a possible manner in which the u.s. could broker a peace in res lieutenant willingness to fight by both sides right now? >> there's understanding in the american side about the israeli predicament. the cynicism of hamas in firing rockets indiscriminately into israeli cities, mercy any the iron dome has intercepted many of them. i think washington understands that israel needs to get into those tunnels and eliminate them. they pose a threat to all of the israeli communities nearby. on the other hand, there's also the realization, i think, in washington, in the u.s.

government, that neither side can win this fight militarily. they've been down this road before at 2 and 3-year intervals and you're up over 1,000 palestinian casualties and i think the united states has concluded there has to be humanitarian cease-fire and perhaps the administration can maneuver this so the israelis and palestinian yans can come back to the negotiating table, although that seems like a far distant day. >> sam stein, the white house is trying to bring both of these sides to the negotiating table, none other than john kerry, secretary of state. fascinating thing out of "new york times" today, a quote regarding how israeli consider secretary kerry, appearing dismissive of his push for a cease-fire in a way that few american secretary of state have faced. what is the white house going to do about this, there secretary of state seems to not taken

seriously by israel right now? >> preently within the last half hour, ambassador dermer speaking in washington, d.c. said that prime minister netanyahu stands behind kerry's efforts to achieve a cease-fire, walking back a lot of quotes you were just reading now and trying to present a more united front. what seems evident is both sides of this equation, the palestinians and israelis are growing increasingly frustrated with the effort to create a cease-fire framework. from what i can tell secretary kerry is trying to negotiate what should be on the negotiating table and neither side is finding it in their political interests, at this point, to sit down and stop hostilities. it's not that he is failing to negotiate a cease-fire. he's failing to get the context there can be negotiation and goes to underscore how daunting the task is facing the secretary

of state. >> that's a good point sam just made, ambassador. we're still agreeing to the perimeters, the negotiations about the negotiations. one thing we heard john kerry and president obama bring up, the idea of demilitarizing hamas. ayman mohyeldin said that hamas sees an existent shal fight willing to die because conditions they were living in were so deplorable prior to the conflict starting. is it feasible to get hamas to demilitarize prior to some large scale disagreemenagreement? >> i think it will be very difficult. the problem is there's no other state on the other side of the table that can push and con joel and leverage hamas. that was a role played by morsi and he and hillary clinton were able to bring the party together. secretary kerry is trying to work with qatar and turkey, but

neither of the governments has the kind of close influence over hamas that previously the egyptian government had and complicated by the fact the current egyptian government in many ways is anti-hamas and doesn't want to see hamas emerge stronger from the conflict. all of this is but tresed by the fact that the israeli population has been largely supportive of this effort and the israelis feel a military imperative from the tunnel network. i think that sam is right. both sides now see an interest in continuing the fight not stopping the fight. that's a real challenge for american diplomacy. it means that the united states will have to get in there with a lot more strength in the coming days and i admire what secretary kerry is trying to do. >> on that point, sam, go back to what i said earlier, the idea of the existent shal fight that hamas seems to bring forward, israel wants to root out terrorism and go after tunnels. this seems to be a cycle, rinse,

wash and repeat. both sides can double down in these positions and keep going and going. that has to concern the white house, which is looking like the last two years obama administration can be completely dedicated to flare-ups around the world through foreign policy. >> it's called mowing the lawn essentially. in fact, netanyahu wanted to eliminate all tunnels, which goes to show you how long it could take. two things to watch out for, what would a post hamas look like? it's conceivable the groups that take over political control of gaza if hamas were decimated would be worse than hamas. and secondly, should the u.s. as a way to sort of expedite the end of hostility, should they consider negotiating directly with hamas, hamas has said as recently as last night, they do not recognize the state of israel and don't want it to

exist as part of any cease-fire agreement. i'm curious, is the ultimate end to the cycle inevitably going to be israel or united states bringing hamas into the negotiations. >> ambassador, just to respond to the point that sam brought up, can you see someone worse than hamas fill the vacuum and should u.s. negotiate with hamas to a degree and bring them to the table? >> i think the problem here for the united states and israel, hamas is going to be strengthened because of this conflict, because they are seen to be standing up to israelis and that puts hamas in a more dominant position than the palestinian authority. that's going to be a problem for us down the line. i think that's the more likely problem that we'll have to deal with in a couple of weeks. >> you get all of the anecdotal stories coming out of there. hamas on the last legs politically seems to have gained a whole new era of followers in the last few weeks.

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fatalities. the twister comes as severe thunderstorms continue to move across much of the country. tornadoes were reported in tennessee, kentucky and west virginia and thousands of homes left without power after 50-mile-per-hour winds tore through suburban detroit. meanwhile southern california was struck by a freak july thunderstorm yesterday. a 20-year-old man was killed and 13 people were injured after lightniening struck venice beach and nearby catalina island. joining me now is kim cunningham. why are we seeing this type of freak weather all around the country right now and when will it sub side? >> luke, i have to say it is different to see this front coming in july. that's definitely somewhat rare. we had a very active pattern in july so far. these cold fronts coming all the way into the south in july, you don't see that too often. this is the one that helped bring severe weather, over 160

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and for the south the same idea, the front goes through lower humidity and much cooler next couple of days. back to you. >> at least it cools us off for a little bit. weather channel's kim cunningham, we appreciate it. with four days to go before recess, could there be real problem in congress? the house and senate unveil a new bipartisan deal to reform the va, joining me next to discuss this new development. wherever morning takes you, take along nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. oatmeal. cinnamon. softly-baked. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, we've got enough to knit a sweater.

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after six weeks of negotiation prompted by a scandal overcover-ups of lengthy wait times including claims that some veterans died waiting for care. today independent senator bernie sanders said the imperative to care for our vets got the deal done. >> people understand that this issue should and must go beyond politics, that we have people who have put their lives on the line and people have come back with a whole lot of problems and it would be an absolute disgrace toe the country if we did not address it. i think there's going to be widespread support. >> the compromise is being written into a actual bill today in hopes of getting it to both votes -- vote both houses by the end of the week. joining me now to talk about this is senior military correspondent for the huffington post david wood and former congressman from pennsylvania and veteran in the iraq war,

patrick murphy. david, i'll start with you. you see provisions that would allow veterans if they live more than 40 miles or so away from a va, they can seek private care. you also see some areas that were under flnight glekt curreny getting more funds. does have have enough to make an immediate effect or beginning of a long review that needs to occur at the beleaguered agency? >> it will make it pretty quick. there's $10 million in the bill that go to private health care contractors to enable them to serve veterans who have either been waiting a month and can't get an appointment or who live more than 40 miles away from the nearest va medical center. those underserved veterans will be able to get help pretty quick. so, i mean that's an immediate benefit. and again, it came about as

senator sanders suggest d because congress was looking in the mirror thinking it's going to be shameful if it doesn't get something done pretty quick. >> and patrick, the va obviously, a lot of problems came to light because of the horrific story that folks were in fact killed because they were on waiting lists and weren't given adequate care needed. there are a lot of problems at the va is side from that. a lot of issues with how they dole out contracts and lot of issues with the culture within the va, a lot of people would aggressively try and go after anyone who is going to blow a whistle on practices going there that are not right or not fair to veterans. there really has to be a true systemic going through the va by the new secretary to identify these problematic areas and really clean house. >> right, luke, a lot of us veterans were hopeful that bob mcdonnell, the nominee to be the next va secretary would be confirmed before the august

recess and it doesn't look good before the end of the week but we'll see. but there is a definite need to make sure that the people who abuse the process are held accountable. as you mentioned, this is the second largest federal agency, the va, there are a lot of great employees doing god's work and helping our veterans every single day but folks who abuse the system and lie to veterans and put them on phantom waiting list which may have resulted in their death need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we haven't seen it yet. we'll see it hopefully shortly. >> david, i go back to the famous bruce springsteen song, "born in the usa" and said son, don't you understand it seems congress has been talking about the va in some capacity for 30, 40 years after the vietnam war. do you think this intense scrutiny that congress leveled against the va will continue moving forward or is this the fix they'll move forward and say

we did our best in a very partisan time? >> luke, i think we have until about mid fall to see real change at the va, the big problem is the culture as congressman murphy was suggesting, that people in the va have not felt free to act in legal and ethical ways and they've been forced to do some of the scandals that we've seen are a result of them being forced to act that way. there's a real need for cultural change. this bill doesn't get at that problem. that's, you know, chairman sanders was saying this afternoon at the press conference, sort of like you know, we're going to leave that to bob mcdonald once he gets confirmed as new va secretary. there's a huge amount of work to be done there. the people in the va i've spoken to feel like there's just the first whiff of fresh air blowing

through there and very hopeful that at last they are going to be able to come out and do their jobs right. there are great people that work for the va and i think because of corrupt middle managers they haven't been able to do it. i think there's hope but not much time. >> patrick, sort of just to comment on that, obviously, you see here this bill, david wood just said does not go to addressing a culture left up completely to the new secretary. that's a monumental task. do you think he's up to it? as a former member of congress, do you think this increased oversight will continue? >> i think increased oversight will continue. i'm glad to see this follow no . through. the phoenix scandal came up over three months ago and secretary shinseki resigned two months ago. at least we're getting it done now. thank god for whistleblowers many with the afg union who said this isn't right.

more continue to come forward but i do believe they are righting the ship. every day there are 22 veterans that commit suicide. that is wrong. it's immoral. luke, if you're going to quote bruce springsteen, that same song, beat like a dog doesn't kick too much, spending my life covering up, a lot of veterans are covering up, tens and thousands covering up because they are homeless and on the streets every night. that's wrong. >> absolutely. let's hope the reforms will have a real impact, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, luke. >> just ahead, virginia is for lovers but now it's also for court appearances. the latest details on former bob mcdonnell's big corruption trial in the old dominion coming up next. thank you daddy for defending our country.

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jury selection got under way today in the federal corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen who stand accused of accepting more than $165,000 in lavish gifts and cash loans from wealthy businessman johnny williams. in exchange for promoting his company's dietary products. they were slapped with a 14 count federal grand jury indictment. at the time the former govern apologized while maintaining he had done nothing illegal. >> while i deeply will he great accepting gifts and loans from mr. williams, all of these have been returned or repaid with irnt. i repeat again, emphatically, i did not illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believe was his personal friendship and his generosity.

>> that personal generosity and friendship included amongst other things 120 grand in loans, almost $20,000 worth of designer clothing for maureen mcdonnell, almost $7,000 in golf expenses, $15,000 in catering for one of the governor's daughter's weddings and family vacation at williams home and $6500 rolex engraved. to some it may seem like a flagrant violation of ethics in virginia it isn't a crime and mcdonnell's guilt is anything but assured. it will hinge on whether prosecutors can establish a quid pro quo or whether mcdonnells were in a conspiracy to perform official acts for williams and did so intending to cheat virginia voters of the governor's honest services. the former governor told reporters i have tremendous lawyers and i've got faith in god and the justice system and that's comforting.

the mcdonnells fate will be decided by 12 jurors and if convicted will face 20 years in prison. joining me now, university of mary washington, steven farnzworth and josh barrow and reporter for nbc 12 in richmond, virginia, ryan nobles. i want to start with you, ryan. at the time when mcdonnell was accused of these improprieties, you could actually in virginia accept anything as long as it was publicly declared, that actually put out a tweet that said, the worst thing about the bob mcdonnell story may end up being everything he did was completely legal. you cover virginia politics. i try to explain this to folks who don't pay a lot of attention. in virginia, a lot of what mcdonnell did here, at least to some degree is legal if there's not real quid pro quo. the prosecutors have a difficult job proving this, do they not?

>> i don't think there's any question, luke. there's two big hills the prosecutors have to cross. did he violate virginia law? as you said has long given elected officials the ability to accept luxury gifts of any amount at any time as long as they publicly disclose that they received those gifts and then the second end of it is, it doesn't matter how much johnny williams gave governor mcdonnell, unless the prosecutors can specifically outline a promise that he made in exchange for those gifts and at this point we certainly know the gifts were given. there's some question about whether or not there was a lack of disclosure for some of those gifts n. particular the gifts given to his daughter, but there isn't a clear outline as to what gifts or what benefits were given to the williams' company in exchange for the benefit. that's what the prosecutors will have to convince a jury over the next five weeks here in richmond. >> and josh, following this case, it seems you don't see the

usual play from the conservative right. often times when you see a legal case like this, it's the big bad liberal prosecutor going after a governor who did a great job for the commonwealth. this time around you would be really hard prelgsed to see a real defensive bob mcdonnell, the only person speaking on his behalf, is mitt romney. went from a short list of a vp candidate, not a real rallying around him by the base. >> bob mcdonnell was already on outs the with conservative base before the story had broken over a transportation bill that gotten acted in virginia a couple of years ago that included tax increases. bob mcdonnell built a coalition that included democrats and moderate republicans to get that through. it enraged a lot of people on the right in virginia, was an issue he was fighting with ken cuccinelli, the republican nominee to succeed him as governor over. virginia's estate, where you have term limits, a single term limits for governor, he couldn't

run for re-election and wasn't at a point there was any reason for conservatives to rally around him for political purposes. he's already on his way out. there's no reason to try to defend a guy who appears to have been doing something that was at least very unseenly, even if it wasn't necessarily illegal. >> professor, one thing that's been talked about, this whole idea of the virginia way, virginia politics going back to everson and washington, this idea of the upstanding virginia gentleman and we conducted our affairs in a way that was sensible kmar compared to the rest of the country. in politics the virginia way no longer reflects the southern roots. a state government long known forget along culture is placed where kbroe miz compromise is seen as lab rating with the enemy. divided government across the country. we saw this on hand recently with a senator resigning over the possibility of medicaid expansion getting a deal backed.

there's a lot of things in virginia that have changed. >> absolutely. what you're looking at here is a situation where virginia really does look like washington now. you have the really limitation of no real moderates to come up with a balance of power situation. so the conservatives want what they want and liberals want what they want and there's no compromise. the gridlock you see in washington increasingly is found in richmond. what you have in a situation like that, a governor more and more willing to go further than perhaps governors in the past have and that gets them sometimes into trouble as it has with this governor. >> ryan, go along there a little bit with what the professor said. i find that fascinating. you cover virginia politics for a having. how have you seen the changes from going to congenial matter of governing and teri mcauliffe tried to double down within the first three months of his taking office. that type of speed and desire to

make a mark in that capacity, we haven't seen before. that a byproduct of this mcdonnell trial? >> when i came to richmond seven years ago, pretty much everything sailed through, both sides were able to come together to find some sort of compromise to push through big pieces of legislation. over the past seven years, any type of effort for both sides to come together has broken down time and time again. if you point to one specific reason for why i think that's happening, it's the overall demographic shift here in virginia. this used to be a reliableably red state, easily won by republicans in presidential elections. when democrats won they were moderate democrats, even sometimes conservative democrats. this is a solidly purple state now starting to trend blue. republicans are holding on to every last possible piece of power that they can and as a result they are being more feisty and not allowing someone like terry mcauliffe, a well

known democrat, someone that comes from a long line of democrats, including clinton democrats have any victories because of what that could mean for the mid-term elections in 2014 and beyond in 2016. it's a completely different culture than the way it was seven years ago. >> josh barro, if a state turns purple does that bring a culture of intense partisanship? >> i don't think it has to. you have places like wisconsin where you have an even division and extremely nasty politics and states like new hampshire that have a lot of moderate politicians on both sides of the aisle and collaboration. i think two separate things happened in virginia, this political shift like you're seeing with democrats moving around their own poll further to the left and more bitterness and corruption scandal that could have happened with a conservative or liberal politician. we should expect to see more fighting in virginia going forward. >> professor, more fighting

going ford, the status quo? >> absolutely, when you have gerrymandered legislative districts and extremely politicized culture in virginia, the scenario is more of the same, more gridlock and more governors perhaps in trouble. >> just what voters want to hear. thanks so much for your great reporting from richmond we appreciate it. four governors in four days. we'll explain california's new shuffle at the top just ahead. [ female announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation.

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in november of 2012, hundreds of fast food workers in new york city did something completely unheard of. they walked out. workers from 50 fast food restaurant highlighted the shoddy conditions and nonexistent benefits of fast food works. in less than two years it has gone international. in may and 30 countries worldwide held strikes. for all of their success, many

of these fellow travelers yet to meet each other until this weekend. on friday, 1200 fast food workers traveling across the united states gathered in the chicago suburb four files from the headquarters from mcdonald's corporations to push for a $15 minimum wage and right to form a union. they were joined by leaders raging from moral monday organizer to keith ellison. >> i worked at mcdonald's, burger king, you name it. that's pretty much all of them, right? i've been a part of the movement since main of last year. i've gone on all five strikes. >> i'm fighting for whatever besides $7.25. no way to support anybody. >> joining me now to discuss this is the vice president of

policy and research tamara drought, thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> a byproduct of any lack of federal movement to raise the minimum wage seems to have kind of allowed for things to strike us from the grass roots like we saw at this movement over in illinois. has that been a decent byproduct of congressional inaction, it's actually spurred the labor movement to rise up and people to try and declare they should have better living conditions? >> well, i think that's a part of it. in general, this movement is springing up out of the fact that workers have had enough. and we keep seeing the statistics, if you look at what the average ceo makes compared to the average fastfood worker, they make 1200 times as much as the average fast food worker. workers are saying we show up and do a great job, it's time we

enjoy some of the profits we help this company make. the lack of inaction at the federal level helps the momentum in the states. and i think it's -- the evidence is in. we're seeing it say off in major cities across the country and sort of like wildfire across states. >> and any day now the national labor relations board we could see it ruling out of them that would allow workers at mcdonald's to unionize nationally. what would that mean if that were to move forward? >> that would be pretty exciting. i think one of the reasons why being able to organize unionize and collectively bargain with your employer is that it helps raise wages throughout the entire labor market. one of the reasons why we see such massive inequality today is because while on paper that right still exists, the reality is, workers have been fought aggressively through court cases and employers hiring outside

firms to beat back union drives. and that has led to damage for all of us. it has helped fuel the rising inequality in this country where you see the top 1%, ceos, walking away with the lion's share of the profits. >> tamara, one thing i come back to and we hear about this debate and it kind of feeds into what we saw at the health care laws and supreme court ruling, governors didn't have a choice whether or not to expand medicaid, you're seeing this grass roots mobilization in blue states about raising the minimum wage. where you see places like seattle going for $15 minimum wage and movements to push that in new york and places like illinois and saw this happen in places like michigan, minnesota, maryland and massachusetts. are we now sort of seeing this real showcasing of the two americas because of this type of legislation? essentially you see one america with a higher minimum wage and

access to health care and another more than happy to do $7.25. what does that mean for the future? >> that map really underscores the need for a federal law that mandates a higher minimum wage because the reality is, we are seeing a splintering and that's why you need a basic federal standard. the reality is, workers in alabama and mississippi and georgia deserve a higher minimum wage as much as workers in maryland and new york and michigan. >> absolutely something to keep an eye on. that will be a faultline for our population moving forward. tamara, thank you so much, we appreciate it. >> after the break, four days in california, why the golden state is playing a game of musical governors coming up next. so facn negatively impact good bacteria? even if you're healthy and active. phillips digestive health support is a duo-probiotic that helps supplement good bacteria found in two parts of your digestive tract. i'm doubly impressed! phillips' digestive health. a daily probiotic.

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talk about governing by committee, with california governor jerry brown out of

state on a trade mission to mexico this week, the golden state will see four different governors in four days. currently in charge, lieutenant governor gavin newsome until he leaves for an event tomorrow. darrel steinberg, until he's called away on personal business to chicago. following him, assembly speaker tony atkins who will become acting governor for a grand total of nine hours until brown returns to active duty on wednesday. folks, that's what we call a line of success in action. great little political nugget. >> alex, feel better my friend, the ed show is up next, don't miss it. good evening, american, live

from detroit lakes, minnesota. i'm ready to go! let's get to work. >> will you consider impeaching the president? >> this might be first white house in history that's trying to start the narrative of impeaching their own president. >> but impeachment is off the table? >> give me a second. >> there are some republicans hoping to get into office so they can impeach the president. >> we can have an impeachment hearing in the house -- >> and tipping point in this drive towards impeachment -- >> others can make a determination about whether it's impeachable or not. >> i'm getting sued right now by mr. boehner. >> the white house will do anything they can to change the topic. >> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for