russert, he is running "the daily rundown." >> oh, yeah. >> breaking news overnight, u.s. air strikes targeting a terror leader in somalia as president obama tries to get more international support to stop isis in syria and iraq. the president and vice president got to work on labor day, rallying supporters two months to election day. could the biggest muscle come from bill clinton? preview of the travels for 42. as the jury gets set to decide what was behind the wheeling and dealing of a former virginia governor and first lady. good morning from new york. it's tuesday, september 2nd, 2014. this is the daily rundown. i'm luke russert. somalia, latest front in the fight against islamic

extremists. al shabaab, known for last fall's attack on a nairobi shopping mall that left more than 60 dead. jim miklaszewski joins me now. what do we know about this usair strike and who specifically the u.s. was targeting? >> luke, this was a u.s. military air strike. drones, at least one, launched a couple of hellfire missiles at what is being described as a small convoy of al shabaab leadership and the missiles destroyed at least two of those vehicles. the specific target is the top leader of al shabaab who is, as you said a moment ago, responsible for the terrorist attack against a mall in nairobi, kenya, a couple of years ago that killed 67 people. now, i can tell you, there's a high level of confidence among u.s. military leadership that

gadan was killed in this strike. there's also a concern because the intelligence agencies are not picking up the usual level of chatter about one of the al qaeda-li qaeda-linked leaders. usually they pop up immediately declaring him a martyr in order to recruit more militant or terrorist fighters. they're being very kauvs here at the pentagon about declaring mission accomplished just yet. >> jim miklaszewski, thank you for joining us. president obama leaves this afternoon for a nato summit in wales. the islamic extremist group now being blamed for war crimes in two countries. amnesty international says isis militants were carrying out a systemic campaign of ethnic cleansing in northern iraq, abducting hundreds if not

thousands of women and children while executing men and boys, belonging to nonmuslim communities. last week's finding from u.n. investigators that they were carrying out public executions, lashings and even crucifixions. there's increasing concern that isis will expand its operations. to counter that, british prime minister david cameron is giving police power to seize passports belonging to suspected terrorists. >> we are proud to be an open, free and tolerant nation. but that tolerance must never be confused with a passivist to -- >> president obama is now under

pressure from will you makers to do more to attack isis in syria as well. siding with her republican colleagues, senator dianne feinstein suggested the president may be too cautious in confronting the threat. but not everyone agrees. >> the american people do not have an itchy trigger finger right now. they want our president to take the time to build a coalition. we need to think first and shoot second rather than the opposite. and i know a lot of my colleagues want to show strength through immediate force but that's not where the american public is. >> joining me now is nbc news national correspondent, at the white house, peter alexander. peter, what does the president hope to accomplish on this upcoming trip to wales? >> well, luke, i think we certainly understand the backdrop as he heads overseas. the first effort is in estonia to reinforce among the baltic leaders that they will have u.s. support in case russia threatens to take over in that country.

the president, of course, juggling a series of different events taking place in that region of the world, the middle east and the border between russia and ukraine right now. white house officials saying the intent here is to send a very clear message to russia, to use the language of the official, saying don't even think about messing around in estonia or the baltic areas in the same way you have been messing around in ukraine. more broadly, as the president heads to wales for that nato summit later in this week, there are a series of desires for this administration. he will be traveling alongside his secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel. the focus is to move forward with the draw down of nato troops in afghanistan. most prominently, to try to create a unified effort and strategy, going forward to attack the threat created by isis in both iraq and in syria. david cameron made significant headlines with his remarks yesterday before parliament. we've obviously heard from

intelligence officials here that there are roughly 100 americans, maybe 70 to 100 americans who have joined isis or other militant groups. in the uk, that number is closer to 500. in france, 500 and germany 400. this should be a coalition of nations that should be involved in whatever effort takes place, going forward. >> nbc's peter alexander from the white house thank you so much. joining me now to talk about all of this, nbc foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin and bobby ghosh. thank you for seeing you here in country. >> nice to be here. >> thank you for being on the show. one thing we hear from a lot of analysts, in order for the threat of isis to go away, we need to empower these sunni groups or moderate sunni groups rather than rise up and take control of their communities. one of the things we saw, the reason isis was able to fill this vacuum is because of the distrust of the central government baghdad with isis

controlling so much of iraq and syria and presumably having so much money, they have their own economy, access to so many weapons, how could we empower these sunni groups to combat them head on? >> one is short term, particularly in iraq, and one is long term across the region. and that is more an ideological challenge, addressing the ideology in which isis is able to draw from. there are differences in the community. they go back to the invasion of 2003. the iraqi central government has failed to address these grievances legitimately in an inclusive process, transparent way that doesn't favor one sect over the other. the new prime minister of iraq will certainly have that challenge. can he do it? yes. i don't think the entire sunni population of iraq wants to live under the rule of isis as it becomes apparent what that rule looks like. i think we'll see an attempt by

the iraqi government to bring the moderate central political established tribes in sunni and anbar parts of iraq back into the political process and political fold and also you have to make the iraqi military not secterin based but diverse and reflective of iraq's diversity. >> right now it's not. so that's a new challenge of the administration there. bobby, how much can europe help in this effort, with president obama over there? you heard what david cameron say yesterday. they're trying to showcase the threat. even saudi arabia's king abdullah saying, quote, if neglected i am certain that after a month jihadist also reach europe and in another month, america. >> there are two parts, how do you stop a flow of people from these european countries going into syria and iraq to fight alongside isis? and, two, what to do about those

who are coming back, how to make sure when they're coming back, you know who they are, where they're going and what they're up to. that's the challenge within europe. european countries are also trying to help both iraqi government forces as well as the kurdish force, offering to arm them, give them additional training. isis pates a very complex, new threat to the world. to iraq and syria immediately but to the larger world in the medium term. and the response has to be sophisticated and complex, too. it's going to take a combination of air strikes, better intelligence and, most importantly, better military operations from the iraqis. and the good news is that we've already begun to see some of it. it took iraqi forces as well as kurdish forces, along with american air strikes to push isis back from that dam near mosul two weeks ago and this little town was rescued with american air power but by iraqi

forces and shia. >> that touches on this issue of time. you see this internal debate woorks he need to do more. air strikes are not enough. we should empower groups, get in there. from your time on the ground, how much time do you think the u.s. really has to encounter this threat? is the clock ticking? is there a point of no return where isis will be so entrenched it will be difficult to remove? >> isis was -- precursor to isis was an islamic group in iraq which obviously before that was al qaeda in afghanistan and elsewhere. we've dealt with this issue for several years. the notion isn't so much about ending isis as it is about containing it in the short term. fundamental questions that remain are still being neglected. how do you dry up the reservoir of this ideology in the region? that won't happen with air strikes. it won't happen with any military operation. you really need to change fundamentally a lot of things in that part of the world. u.s. and western countries are

focused right now on the short-term military style. >> hearts and minds come along with an opportunity for growth and stable economy. real quick, i'll go to you first, bobby. happening in pakistan right now, a country not on the verge of collapse, but there is a lot of consternation. you see the prime minister, he is pitting the military warning him that clashes against anti-government demonstrators could be too much. we see a lot of unrest in the middle east but not with the country that has nuclear weapons. this is potentially very frightening. >> it is. the side that lost the election represented by a former playboy turned politician basically a case of sour grapes and now sort of getting his supporters to storm the capital and trying to take power by force essentially. a few months ago, we were celebrating the fact that for the first time in its history, pakistan had a peaceful transition of political power from one political group without the military intervening.

if history in pakistan is any judge whenever the military gets involved, bad things happen. >> ayman, any place you could possibly be sent? >> i think he hit it right on the head. it's facing similar challenges to what we're seeing in parts of the arab world. a push for reform that's not being met by the key power brokers of that country and it jeopardizes the stability of the entire country. if you don't make it a more inclusive process you run the risk of fragmenting the country. >> ayman mohyeldin, bobby ghosh, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. a jury begins to deliberate the fate of ex-governor bobby mcdonnell and his wife today. how his marital woes could affect the outcome. that's the marriage defense, of course. a look ahead at today's political planner. a few ebola updates coming this morning. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc.

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jurors start deliberations in the public corruption trial of former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen, accused of accepting billions of dollars in loans from ceo jonnie williams. that and for boosting his products. they could face prison time and millions in fines if convicted. prosecutors charge mcdonnell was on the, quote, jonnie williams gravy train saying that is bribery, corruption. the real thing. don't let it stand. mcdonnell's defense attorney, relying on a broken marriage defense told jurors, quote, it may be unpleasant, it may be

uncomfortable but you now have to evaluate the relationship. and maureen mcdonnell's attorney told the jury she cannot be guilty if her motives are not corrupt. now let's talk about corrupt motives, showing a picture of jonnie williams on the monitor. from washington station, live now in richmond, virginia, where the jury is expected to be given instructions moments from now about how to move forward. how have we prognosticated this so far? do you think there's anything that the swrir has honed in on during the trial that we could see them deliberate over where we could possibly see where this could go for a verdict? >> reporter: luke, they've had a lot of information to go through. 24 days of testimony, evidence. my bureau chief here in northern virginia has been covering this trial from day one. this is a little prop that i brought. these are the notes she has brought, stack of notebooks she's gone through since the start of this trial. that's a little bit of an idea

of what the jury will have to go through. some of the testimony, luke, at times has been very drawn out. last wednesday, actually, we heard about four hours of call logs, showing what time one person called another person, how long that call lasted. four hours of that, luke. at times it was mind numbing. they're rubbing their eyes, yawning. they're exhausted. we're going into five weeks here of this trial. they've been sitting there for a long time. that being said, closing arguments on friday were powerful. you had two hours for the prosecution, two hours for maureen's defense and two hours for bob mcdonnell's defense plus rebuttal. what the defense focused on was jonnie williams, trying to vilify jonnie williams, that he took advantage of bob and maureen and essentially did so for federal immunity, to get away from all this without facing any charges, any counts

of conspiracy. the prosecution, however, focused on the timeline here, able to simplify it for the jurors. they're trying to focus on the chronology of all of this, showing when those texts, e-mails and phone calls were made, when those gifts and loans then followed and when those alleged promotions of jonnie williams and his company took place. that's what they're hoping the jurors will focus on when they begin deliberations here. they'll start about 9:30 in court here, luke. and they'll last about an hour or so, going through jury instructions. it's going to be a lot of jury instructions as they begin deliberations. >> yeah. the eyes of a lot of political class of the nation will be on this. appreciate it. the end of summer means the start of the campaign sprint. details on the races to watch. plus governor rick perry's oops tweet.

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labor day used to mean the official kickoff of the campaign season. that's not true anymore. political ads have jammed the airwaves all summer and the 2014 tab has already hit a billion dollars. welcome to the final sprint. election day is nine weeks from today. on monday, president obama and vice president biden previewed mid term messages in two states where democratic candidates for

governor are doing better than expected. wisconsin and michigan, scott walker trailing mary burke 47-49. greeting president obama on the tarmac but that didn't stop him from blasting the policies, equal pay for women, health care. >> i'm just telling the truth today. the sky is blue today, milwaukee brats are delicious, the brewers are tied for first place and republicans in congress love to say no. those are just facts. the facts of life. >> meanwhile, on the other side of lake michigan, vice president biden blasted the war on organized labor and detroit. >> one of the reasons we're not growing, because our people have no money in their pockets from

their wages. they are not being rewarded! >> last week, the first poll this year showed democratic candidate narrowly ahead of rick schneid snyder. the president is limiting his campaign schedule to a few key states where the white house believes he can still be an asset. sources tell nbc's chuck todd that the president will spend most of his time in wisconsin, pennsylvania, illinois, michigan and florida. and that's about it. he may also stump in new york. by comparison, former president bill clinton kicks off what's likely to be a very busy fall. clinton headlines a fund-raiser at noon for vulnerable governor dna malloy and gubernatorial nominee mike michaud and charlie

crist friday in florida. mark murray is here with this morning's first read. we got that information from our own chuck todd, the president expected to be on the trail this mid term season but presumably in wisconsin, michigan, florida, illinois, perhaps a little bit of new york. these are states that have large urban centers that have a large african-american population where the president is still very popular and can help with turnout. bill clinton, on the other hand, we know, will be going to places like arkansas, georgia, north carolina, to go more after the white working class voters and joe biden will go where he can help out with labor. two, three-pronged approach by democrats in trying to turn out these parts of their base. >> luke, no surprise that bill clinton is the biggest mid term asset for democrats this fall. last time our own nbc poll went into arkansas, bill clinton had a 68% favorable rating. that's his native state. on this battleground when the

races, senate races are being fought in places like arkansas, north carolina, that bill clinton is going to be the democrat's best asset. what he needs to do is get democrats fired up. when president obama's approval rating starts to go in the 40s, in the low 40s, luke, that ends up meaning democrats are starting to go down. almost all republicans are already against the president. the president's numbers amongst independents turned upside down a while back. the lower those numbers start going, that's when democrats start peeling off and for democrats to have success this mid term election, they need to show up to the polls. that's what you're seeing bill clinton trying to do. >> it's interesting. it almost seems president obama can help more in gubernatorial races and bill clinton helps across the board, in senate races. a little friday news dump before the labor day weekend. mitch mcconnell's campaign manager in kentucky, who used to work for rand paul, essentially mitch mcconnell's attempt to try

to placate the more conservative wing of the republican party down there says departure of the campaign due to allegations of improprieties he may have known about when he worked for michele bachmann in 2012. >> this goes back to a scandal in the 2012 presidential primary in iowa. and also actually goes to the ron paul campaign, which he was associated with. i'll not sure this hurts mitch mcconnell that much. he was hired as a ron paul, rand paul guy to defuse the tea party sentiment. i think mission accomplished. once alison grimes wasn't as important -- does this rub off rand paul if he runs for president next year? i don't think this story will go away. people in iowa will remember it

when rand paul is campaigning. he will be asked questions about it. not too big of a story for mitch mcconnell, but maybe for rand paul. >> interesting. and rick perry, who has been fwanlged in an interesting back and forth in his own state of texas had to delete a tweet that basically had -- perry deletes drunk tweet. twitter account posted and quickly deleted a tweet that characterized a district attorney with whom the governor is in a dispute as the most drunk democrat in texas. of course, that district attorney had a dui charge that perry's campaign has been h harping on. what happened there, mark? >> i don't know. but that tweet was factually incorrect. d.a. rosemary lindbergh wasn't the one who indicted him. it came about by a judge with republican ties who appointed the special prosecutor in texas. that's how the indictment

originated. but the tweet was deleted and it does show you the danger of sometimes tweeting particularly when there is a legal cloud over your head. >> and probably also difficult to quantify the most drunk democrat in texas. that's also factually inaccurate. >> yes. >> real quick, mark murray, race of the day, what have we got out in california? >> one of the democrats best pickup opportunities, california 31. they finally got a candidate, democrats did, in pete aguilar. they feel like they have a chance to succeed retiring california congressman gary miller, one of the democrats best pickup opportunities. >> mark murray from first read, cnbc political analyst. appreciate it. >> absolutely. 84, the number of days it took eric cantor to find a new

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autonomy, a step down from previous calls for independence. russian president putin stirred the pot saying, quote we must immediately begin sub tan active, meaningful negotiations not on technical questions but the political organization of society and the statehood of ukraine's southeast. although his spokesman said he was not calling for independence, the use of the word "statehood" appears to be new. joining me now is former u.s. ambassador to russia and nbc analyst michael mcphal. thank you for joining us. >> sure. >> this term "statehood" used by vladimir putin, it's interesting to have it walked back when you have your state-owned interviewer, president obama's advi advisers quickly trying to tamp down the use of this word "statehood." >> right after the interview, he did not mean that it's going to be an independent state.

but i read the phrase in russian. i saw it. it could be easily construed that way. but your bigger point is the right one. he has changed the terms of the debate about eastern ukraine in the last several days. he also used, for the first time, this phrase -- [ speaking russian ] the old term from the old imperial russian days. >> to combat that, we've heard from senator bob menendez here in washington, this sort of idea that the u.s. should do more to ramp up arming the ukrainian military, specifically in a defensive posture. what more could be done by the u.s.? at this point, does it make sen sense? >> most certainly something more has to be done. i suspect we'll see that once the president arrives at the nato summit. the administration has had a strategy of ratcheting up, at

this time -- tit for tat. it demands a response. it's about two different kinds of responses. one, military assistance as senatormen menendez raised. and two, sanctions. not only companies that might be on that sanctions list but a new qualitative sanction that will be even more punishing to the russian company. >> we're starting to see sanctions get a tadbit more severe. a lot of folks in the united states do not think that's enough. nato is trying to fig fill the vacuum left by the eu's vacuum. how much could nato do in this circumstance? >> well, this is an historic summit. i think it's probably one of the most important nato summits we've had for decades.

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and the reason that's important, one way of thinking about it, the president was talking about yesterday when, to that crowd he said don't just boo. vote. well, our message would be don't just vote. donate. if you want to shape the next congress, for many people, their vote actually isn't the most powerful way they can do that. the most powerful way they can do that is to donate to the campaigns that match their priorities. they can do that by going to crowdpac.com, looking for an issue and find the candidate that is best match their position and voting for the person you agree with or voting against the person you disagree with, particularly for those running in tight races. so, what wee offer is this combination of finding the right candidates based on their issue positions and the races that really matter. >> a way to empower people from all over the country who perhaps may not be so politically charged as we are on this network? >> exactly. >> if you're sitting in maine and there's an important race in kentucky, you can be matched

with that. >> exactly. >> how does a voter specifically matched to a candidate? >> my co-founder, adam, is a professor at stanford. his academic research is focused on the money the candidates receive, donations they receive and their pogs on particular issues. he has looked at all the records of campaign finance going back many decades and turned that into a predictive algorithm. on an overall conservative scale and individual issues and match that with your position when you use the sliders to tell us where you stand on the issues, we can then match you with the candidate that's the best fit for you. >> and you know exactly where your money is going. it's interesting. we talked about how your algorithm might be too conservative, too liberal on one issue and you scientifically get

people there. >> i think people these days are increasingly looking for that mix of someone who may be conservative on this issue and liberal in the other. >> steve hilton, crowdpac, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. william jennings bryan won the most electoral votes, 493, but never made it to the white house. congratulations to today's winner, ldelvalle.

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friday was my good friend and mentor chuck todd's last day on the "daily run down" his plan to offer some partying words but some breaking news came through. >> obviously i got an

opportunity of a lifetime for a political journalist, and no matter how much i love every part of the daily run down, meet the press is one i could not pass up. the longest running television show on the planet. to be just the 11th custodian of that chair is easily going to be the greatest honor and privilege i'll ever have in my professional life. but my love and passion for the daily run down deep. it's a show that phil griffin, savannah guthrie, and i conceived in washington one day. to be on the ground floor of a show creation i think prepared me for the next challenge. when it comes to thank you the first goes to mr. griffin. not only did phil and savannah the opportunity to do so he did so without micromanaging us. he let us be the driving creative force. not a lot of executives do that. the show evolved. all shows do. savannah left for her next challenge and thriving in the

mornings on the "today" show. we attempted to do each day from the first to friday was deliver what we believe was the most important stories of the day on the country's national agenda. whether foreign affairs, culture clashes over social issues. we wanted to be the show of record on what was truly driving the national debate on any given debate. tv programs like this aren't easy to put on. especially when the anchor can get a tad scattered brains and because our show is produced out of two cities every day. new york and washington. the editorial team we've asemibled is an all-star team of producers lead by my friend and partner for a couple of years the even keeled executive producer. senior producer melissa frankel is the force that makes it run on time and then some in new york. sara blackwell and dave murphy are mind readers.

jennifer's sense of humor is contagious. jen hasn't been with us her long but her brain and versatility made us even better. greg was tasked with booking in his na his. and natalie who has the task of producing me on this show and in my various endeavors around the networks of nbc. while the rest of the team got to decompress away from me, natalie had no such luck. for that i'm very grateful. without natalie, i couldn't be able to play with the touch screen toys that we have used over the years. and then there's the folks in the control rooms, makeup rooms here and in new york who are also calm under hourly pressure. we have a phataste of it on the last show. these guys and gals bring our ideas to life on-air. all of their names have been

scrolling here on the bottom of the screen. and obviously we couldn't do it without them. and of course, i'm extremely great to feel my bosses at nbc news from former president steve, who was the initial champion of the show to our current leader who has been equally supportive of the split idea. they allowed me the opportunity to cross over and anchor daily run downon msnbc while juggling my white house assignment. and many of the values and lessons learned on the show i plan to take with me to meet the press. the art of politics is an important part of problem solving whether in the middle east or capitol hill. understanding the art of politics is key to understanding why decisions get made or sadly in some cases why they don't get made. it's not politics you hate but it's the elected officials that you hate. i'm often asked my goal of a political journalist. i say something that sounds

cheesy. educate and enlighten and try to use my love and passion for the history of this country and the history that is made toefrd encourage more folks to follow politics and participate. the more folks who understand what is begin on in washington and the more washington understand what is happening in america, the better our democracy can be. yes, i'm a political junkie. i don't run away from that. my love of politics is because i love our democracy. to some whom mistaken my love for politics like a game. they don't understand it's the most important game our country is involved with every day. farewell, my friends. >> you can catch chuck this sunday for his edition as the new moderator of meet of the press. i've seen the show once or twice. he's going to do great. that's it. jose diaz balart previews the president's overseas trip. take care. ♪ turn around!

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air strikes somalia, the u.s. military goes after a major terrorist player. this time in africa with the president set to head overseas. and russian president putin's tightening grip on ukraine. endless summer, no word on executive action as the policy and politics of immigration collide. will this white house waiting game spill into the fall? and at what cost? raising cain democrats seek out an improving economy an minimum wage hike as the debate begins. i'll frame the debate on this tuesday, 2nd of september. good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. our first focus is president obama's high stakes trip overseas with growing pressure at home to do more to co