first pictures of a storm system expected to deluge the desert. flash flood warnings across five states. we go live to the storm zone. and this video just into the newsroom. another nfl player facing domestic assault charges, walking out of jail after posting bond as the nfl takes yet another hit on this thursday, the 18th of september. good morning, i am jose diaz-balart. developing right now, ukrainian president poroshenko is about to speak at a rare joint meeting of congress. there you see the images, he is making a case for more aid for his country. poroshenko is seeking more military assistance to help battle russian backed rebels that have taken over parts of eastern ukraine. so far, the u.s. provided about $60 million in assistance to the

ukraine military. he will also meet with president obama later this afternoon. we will continue to monitor what the ukrainian president says and bring you an update in a few minutes. our first focus is on today's high stakes vote in the senate on a key part of the president's strategy to defeat isis terrorists. this comes after a rare vote of bipartisan approval on president obama's plan to arm and train syrian rebels, ahead of the dramatic vote, the white house went full tilt in selling the strategy with president obama doubling down on his no boots on the ground promise, while his top lieutenant, secretary of state john kerry and homeland security security secretary jay johnson brief lawmakers on the threat posed by isis. >> want to thank in particular speaker boehner, democratic leader nancy pelosi for showing us that when it comes to

america's national security, america is united. i very much appreciate all of you and the efforts you made there. >> and the frantic pace of hearings on isis continue on capitol hill. right now, the house intelligence committee is hearing from former sent come commander james mat is and ryan crocker. secretary kerry and hagel testify before two other house panels next hour. want to bring in "the washington post" correspondent, ann garrett. the senate is expected to join the house in approving the president's isis strategy. how big a victory for the president, how bad if the plan were voted down? >> you just identified the real risk here. yesterday was the higher stakes of the two votes, the republican led house did rather grudgingly back the plan. approval all but ashierd today in the senate.

it is a victory on a couple points for the white house. first, as obama pointed out there at the air force base yesterday, it shows when he puts a request to congress and fights for it that it is not automatic that the republican led house will vote him down, that's point one. point two, it sets the stage for what everyone expects will be a larger and much, much more difficult fight after the mid terms when the white house is expected to return to congress and ask for authorization on a broader scale for continued military operations in iraq and syria. yesterday you had a lot, a lot of people, both democrats and republicans in the house and a lot of republicans in the senate committee before which kerry testified saying that they expect the white house to do that, they want the white house to do that, they want a discussion about what's really going on and what the long term

strategy is later this fall. >> today's senate vote on the heels of a poll from "the new york times." it says the president is upside down the first time when it comes to handling of foreign policy, 58% disapprove, up ten points in the last month. the same poll finds overwhelming support for air strikes against isis in syria, opinion more divided when it comes to putting u.s. boots on the ground. what's the challenge for the president going forward. you talked about political implications of issues after the election, but the president has a very clear cut mountain to climb here. >> well, the president does have a real mountain to climb. and he has a particular challenge in defining what it means to go to war with isis, isil, whatever term you prefer in iraq and syria when there

will be no american ground forces, no other country ground forces, other than the iraqi and kurdish forces we are fighting alongside in iraq, and syrian rebels we have been reluctant to train. it is a difficult military argument to make how that works. and there was a lot of criticism of the president yesterday, even as that vote came to expand the arming and training of the syrian rebels. many republicans and many democrats pointed out that wait a minute, up until now you guys said these syrian rebels weren't worth it. they were not trustworthy, couldn't prove who they were, couldn't guarantee the weapons sent would stay where they're supposed to, might fall into the wrong hands and on and on and on. the same syrian rebel forces that have been begging for expanded u.s. support for three years now are now the ground

game. senator bob corker took kerry to task yesterday saying this is unserious, you said all along these guys can't do it. now you're saying they're going to do it for you. >> yeah, and let's talk about another foreign policy challenge, the u.s. finds itself on the same side as iran in confronting isis. ann curry got an exclusive interview with the president of iran who condemned isis but at the same time had blistering criticism for the u.s. for forming a coalition with countries he says have been propping up isis. take a listen to this. >> translator: it is ridiculous and there are people that have created these terrorist groups and are inside this coalition, they have been financing these terrorist groups. in this coalition, there are people who are supporting them politically and they are equipping them with weapons. >> do you think rowhani has support for that position on supporting isis in the past?

>> he is criticizing the united states, too. taking it back to the u.s. invasion of iraq more than ten years ago. all of this began and now things are messy. they're going to try to root out the problem, what's the crux of the point. they have great influence, greater in many respects. they will protect those interests. they have what they call military advisers, the rest of us call it ground troops in iraq now. they are helping syrian dictator bashar as add. to the extent they find themselves making common cause with the u.s., it is pretty slim. >> anne, always a pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me. appreciate your time. >> thank you. take you back live to pennsylvania. this is happening as we speak. i want to share the images with

you. look at the amount of officers there now. this is for the funeral for slain pennsylvania state trooper, corporal brian dixon. going to let you listen in a minute as we cover this very tragic story. live pictures from pennsylvania as brian dixon is laid to rest. the manhunt continues, by the way, for the man who police believe killed the officer, just 40 miles away. this manhunt under way for the suspect, 31-year-old eric frame, described by authorities as an anti-authority survivalist. stephanie gosk is in blooming grove, pennsylvania with the latest on that manhunt.

stephanie? >> reporter: hey, jose. this is really an area of the poconos known as kind of a sleepy summer vacation spot, not a place for a manhunt. people in this town are dealing with the reality that another day has gone by, and they still don't have this gunman. alleged killer eric freen, who police say is likely roaming the woods where we are now, and he is armed with two high powered rifles. police telling the media and public he likely changed his appearance, shaved the sides of his head into a mohawk, something they said was preparation for what they've called his personal battle against law enforcement. again today in these communities around here, the schools are closed, that's thousands of kids who are staying home, behind closed doors. we have been out visiting restaurants and local stores, and a lot of them are seeing very few people out and about. people opting instead to stay in the security of their homes.

this is also a tragedy, this story. today you have the funeral for corporal brian dixon. that's a few miles down the road in scranton. the security for that event is incredibly heavy, and just down the road from where the funeral is being held there's a billboard with a wanted picture and eric freen's face on it. a chilling scene. jose? >> stephanie gosk, thank you so much. want to take you back to scranton, pennsylvania, outside st. peter's cathedral. you're seeing troopers there ten deep lined up to say good-bye to this father of two, 38 years old. shot down. officers from around the country gathering to pay their respects. coming up, the soaking in the southwest, making it dangerous on the roads with this man in texas needing to be rescued from flood waters, arizona being hit with storms for the second time in as many

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the southwest getting soaked right now as remnants of what was hurricane odile moves towards the area. heavy rain could bring heavy flooding to a region recovering from flooding two weeks ago. flash flood warnings and watches are in effect from arizona to texas. take a look at this video.

this was the scene in el paso overnight where nearby a portion of busy interstate 10 was closed as rescue workers pulled motorists from flooded cars. nbc's jim cantor in tucson with the latest. good morning. what can you tell us? looks like it is maybe a mess for thousands and thousands of people. >> reporter: yeah, it does. where i am, a testament to how hard it is to chase flash flooding, know where it is going to pump up. that's not the case in tucson. this is the alamo wash. had raging torrents running through here. didn't get the rain we got last time for sure, so a much different story. but we had problems as you mentioned in el paso, the rain came in last night. only an inch measured at the airport. nearby there was two to four inches of rain. it rained earlier in the day, too. the ground was already saturated, that caused tremendous problems. parts of i-10 were closed and they had to do water rescues.

overnight an area separated from el paso into austin, they got crushed as well. reports measuring almost six inches of rain in and around austin area. same problems. we had water rescues and people stranded and trapped in cars, even potential loss of life to a police officer because of the fact that the water came up and pretty much swept her vehicle away. that's something that we are checking into as well. that's just come into us as a report. let's look at this. the actual circulation that was hurricane odile, now a remnant low, is now spinning up through extreme southwestern new mexico. that entity still exists and will still provide the area with tremendous amount of rainfall. you can see how the rain is sprayed out ahead of that, well into texas. these areas actually need the rain, just don't need it all at once. here's the forecast going forward. looks like again extreme southeast arizona, even tucson for the most part could get a

shower or thunderstorm today. you can see where we expect that rain to be. areas still in bad drought. out here, a slow, gentle rain is what they need, don't need one to two inch rainfall rates per hour or we will see the same thing as el paso. >> jim, so important that you say as you mentioned a couple times, these are areas that are going through a very severe drought. and yet that much rain in such a short period of time doesn't help much. >> reporter: no, it doesn't. it is because of the soil type. the soil out here just doesn't absorb water. it is like falling on concrete, there's a lot of rocks as well. plus you take a place like tucson, jose, it is almost in a bowl, surrounded by mountains, all of that water will flow down the mountains and through the city, in what we have behind us, these washes. they are here engineered to take the water out and around the city. even the washes can't handle the kind of rainfall that's been

falling with this particular tropical system. the second one, by the way, in ten days. a record. we have never had that happen in the southwest. >> good to see you, jim. thanks. >> thank you. take you right to capitol hill. there's a very rare joint session of congress, and you're seeing there the president of the ukraine, poroshenko, addressing the senate and the house and the american people. >> on the forefront of the global fight for democracy. [ applause ]

45 of ukrainian people now watching this speech in this session of congress and saying they're sure about our solidarity and our joint and common strength. and please, allow me to speak on their behalf. i will focus on the one thing that is at the core of ukraine existence today. freedom. there are moments in history when the freedom is more than just a political concept. at those moments, freedom becomes ultimate choice which defined who you are, as a person, or as a nation. ukraine has this moment over last ten months, and the most heroic story. a scene for sacrifice,

dedication, and unbreakable will to live free. the people of ukraine stood up to the corrupt regime, they stood their ground during this dramatic winter. more of you were together with us during the last winter, and i thank you for it is very important for us gesture of solidarity. [ applause ] the defenders of freedom were willing to sacrifice their life for the sake of better future. what is even more amazing, they and we want. armed with only sticks and shield, they attack by the special police and chase them away. the victory gained on the independence square in kiev, known now to the whole world as

the very international word, was a victory against police brutality, harassment by state controlled media, violence, intimidation. there's nothing more impressive than seeing hundreds of thousands of peaceful people, forcing out a violent dictator and changing the course of history. second time in our history. [ applause ] day after day, week after week, month after month, thousands upon thousands stream into the streets of kiev, simply because their dignity didn't allow them to remain passive and silent while their liberties were at stake. the stand off on midan lasted a long three months. it culminated on february 20th and 21st, when over 100 protesters in one day were shot

by snipers. we call them heavenly hundred. we wear them as a true national hero, and we applaud their heroism. [ applause ] dear ladies and gentlemen, in february when the world saw that no one could take away ukraine's freedom, an external aggressor decided to take part of ukraine territory. one of the most cynical acts of treachery in the modern history. just want to direct your attention, ukraine which gave up the third largest nuclear potential in exchange for the

security assurance was stabbed in the back by one of the countries that gave her those assurance. [ applause ] allow me to remind you. 20 years ago, exactly 20 years. buddha pest memorandum. russia and united states, united kingdom, france, china, vote for viability of the ukraine border and territorial sovereignty. in reality, what we got from russia was annexation and the war that brought ukraine to the brink of its survival. the soviet union collapsed too quickly, creating the illusion that this chapter in history was closed and that this story had come to the end. but unfortunately in the people it has not end. the mindset is still there.

the soviet union and for the settlement that ended cold war have been cultivated in revisionist instincts. in year 2008, russia troops occupied two areas. they now have invaded ukraine. the right to protect ethnic russians and russian speakers can and already has been a reason to fan flames of war. besides ukraine, russian speakers are reside now in mal dove a, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states. even germany, big majority. bulgaria. mull dove a. georgia. ukraine. who is the next? many things, including -- >> the ukraine president poroshenko in a joint session of

congress talking about the realities, giving us kind of a historical perspective, recent history of what ukraine has gone through and continues to face as we speak. joining me now, by the way, you can see the speech if you would like to continue watching on msnbc.com, it is streaming there live. we see it on our televisions, professor atd new school university, international affairs in new york, nice to see you. thank you for being here. the president of ukraine talking about one of the things he said as we came to talk to you is he says in russia, the spirit of the soviet union and its hunger for imperialistic mindsets continue. how much do you think this will have impact on the reality in ukraine by the president of that country being here in this joint session? is it important, significant? >> i think it is very important. it is very important to show

that his western partners actually are behind them. yesterday he visited canada. he secured some assistance of i think over 200 million dollars for ukraine. so it is important for him to be recognized on international stage that way. obviously certainly among his supporters. of course, this will not go really well in the pro-russian parts of ukraine because that would be seen as a propaganda move on the kiev, on the part of kiev government basically to debase russia and feed into old russia, the rhetoric as that ukraine is the western flunky, so russia needs to protect its interests. it may sound to other people as it is imperialistic mindset.

>> over and over again, he talked about freedom. talking about how russia is essentially involved in a campaign that according to his words brought ukraine to the brink of disaster. is he trying to paint it back in a cold war sense? >> well, i mean, look, we already painted back in the cold war sense, he is not adding too much to that rhetoric at all, and it is true that what we witnessed in the last six years, six months even more, that russia has been trying to bring ukraine to the brink of collapse, and in some ways it has just because east ukraine that gone through this horrific, horrific over 3,000 people dead according to various accounts, horrific military exercises. i mean, military operations on both sides. of course, what the russians

would say is that while ukraine is not innocent, kiev government is not innocent in that, because they also contributed to humanitarian disaster, they killed people. in fact, there was calls from human rights watch for the united states to actually talk to petro poroshenko and say that human rights should not be violated by the ukrainian army side as well. it is going to be, i mean, basically we are witnessing once again as we have so far the parallel rhetoric, us versus them, they're bad, we are good and vice versa. >> nice to see you. thank you so much for being with me. >> thank you. i want to bring in someone that was just in the room for the president of the ukraine's speech, adam shif of california. good to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> let's talk about this ukraine situation. so far, the u.s. offered $60 million in aid to ukraine for

fo food, body armor. do you support more aid that the ukrainian president is asking for? >> i do support that. i think particularly in light of the fact that russia moved its own forces into ukraine, it has brought artillery into ukraine, it has become a belligerent, not just by supporting separatists but by having russian forces themselves engage in combat. i think we should provide greater support to ukraine. we need to keep pressure up with european allies to expand sanctions. i don't think we should let up on that at all. >> now the other major issue congress is dealing with now, the president's plan to fight isis. the house approved funding to train and equip moderate syrian opposition forces, 85 of your fellow democrats vote no. you voted yes. why? >> it was a difficult vote for all of us. i voted yes because the threat from isil is real and we have to respond to it.

i don't think that threat justifies u.s. occupation in syria or iraq. but i think it means we have to take steps to degrade and ultimately defeat isil. that requires not just air strikes but requires having partners on the ground. so in iraq, we have the partners. in the kurdish pesh mer have a, in syria we don't. this is proposal by the president we try to arm moderate opposition so they can become an effective ground force. that's a call order. i understand the reservations many have. i share those reservations. this is a force that will be used not against them which the previous proposal was. it merits us training the force. >> i wonder if anybody can trust these people, moderate opposition, whoever they may be. can they be trusted? >> this is why we keep them on a short leash, why in fact the

administration will be kept on a short tether. we are going to require reports periodically. we can cut funding at any time. if moderate rebels don't prove to be moderate or prove to be more interested in finding the regime than isil, we will reevaluate. this is not set in stone. it will be essentially arming and equipping, but measuring performance. if we don't get the performance, it won't continue. >> adam schiff, thanks for being here. >> great to be with you. thanks. coming up, will today be scottish independence day? the polls are open. this is a live pick ter of he did in berg. even celebrities are weighing in. go to scott on a lovely sunny day. scots reconsider the relationship with the throne. that's why we use fedex one rate. their flat rate shipping.

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a high stakes vote in scotland, a decision watched here and around the world. voters deciding whether scotland should break from united kingdom after more than three centuries. >> i think after 300 years, we are due change and can't be any worse than this government. >> i just don't believe that the yes campaign was convincing enough about how it could go wrong. >> cnbc chief correspondent is live in he dedinburgh. the polls close 5:00 eastern today. what's the latest polling say? >> reporter: the very last polls before voting started today suggest that there was the no's in the lead. intense polling on either side. speaking with people here, and the people we heard from that you played out, they're very,

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and trained in immigration and not enough attorneys speaking spanish in new orleans area to handle the influx. they said there's probably 1300 children who have been released to families in the greater new orleans area. we started a little project, pro bono and juveniles, pb and j. we are setting out to train attorneys to provide them to provide with mentoring and materials they need to represent children in a small type of relief called special immigrant juvenile status. i'm sorry, go ahead? >> i'm sorry. we have done reporting on this and the fact is, and correct me if i am wrong, because there are so many children and so few attorneys, a lot of the kids that go before a judge and don't have an attorney end up being almost automatically deported.

>> yeah. this is the crazy thing, right? which is children have a right to an attorney before the immigration judge, but the court system does not provide an attorney for them. so if they are going to navigate a complex system of immigration law, then it behooves them to have an attorney. it is when we have attorneys that our court system works the way it is supposed to, you have due process, you have a fair hearing, you have the ability to seek all your rights and refuge under the law. so the kids are going into court. if they don't have an attorney, it is likely they would be facing removal from the united states. many of these children have a viable claim for relief. not all have the relief we're training attorneys to do, but a lot of them have ways to fight to stay here in the united states. >> and kathleen, what you said, i want to underline that.

they're not provided automatically with an attorney. >> that's correct. >> they can be by themselves. if parents are undocumented, parents are fearful going to court because they may be deported. that's a situation that thousands of people face in this country. kathleen, thank you for being with me. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. coming up, translating the frustration felt inside immigration courtrooms into action in the voting booth. a new push to get the latino community to the polls. (vo) get ready!

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there's a new major effort under way by 50 latino groups to get the latinos to the polls this midyear. that's not an easy task with hispanic turnout among eligible voters down by 19 points in the last mid term election compared to 2008. then the issue of the president's decision to delay executive orders on immigration and that may cause some latinos

to decide not to come out to vote. joining me now, someone leading the latest effort to get latinos to participate in the democratic process. msnbc contributor is with me. what pleasure to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> what specifically is this new effort shooting to do? >> we are trying to bring the latino collective voice together, recognizing we may have separate different politics that range from conservative to progressive, but fundamentally what we have is one community voice that if united can speak volumes. this comes on the heels of the lack of mobility when it comes to immigration reform, either by the administration or by congress. i have to share with you once -- when we heard news from the president, i got on the phone, and the hispanic chamber of commerce on board. in less than seven days, we have over 75 organizations, getting roughly five to ten organizations a day, jose, that this is resonating.

we have folks from across industries saying it is time politicians take us seriously. yes, there's a power in our culture, but more power in our vote. >> count on me if i can do anything to get that message out. but let's talk about this. the fact of the matter is that the republicans in the house, and you have been leading the issue on this, the republicans in the house simply didn't want to tackle immigration reform. there was a possibility of getting it done, and they decided to punt on it. they're not even going to deal with it. then there's the president's decision to kind of delay what he said he would do by end of summer. to a different degree, it is not his responsibility to get laws created, but how do you get people who may feel as though nobody is really worth their effort. especially if you got two and three jobs and you've got it tough there. >> that's one of the reasons we have created this coalition. it is the largest coalition in

the latino movement when it comes to cross industry participation. i want to highlight the efforts of everyone, it recognizes that there's such a need for channeling frustration that the community feels. and the idea is that we have to now go pier to pier. we have to talk about importance of registering and voting. more importantly, talk clearly. the number one reason that they don't register and vote is because no one asks them. they're most expensive when it comes to campaigns. campaigns go for the low-hanging fruit latinos because they don't have a history of voting, lots of times harder to get turned on into politics. specifically by what you described, they're incredibly busy, have two, three jobs. at the same time, feel like they're under assault. by create ago coalition where individuals cannot only be spoken to about importance of voter registration, not only on the news, not only on television, and on radio, but reaching out to artists and churches with the idea they get

bombarded with messages. we are invite ug to the party. without it, we wouldn't come this far when it comes to immigration reform. >> we are putting information on our site how people can get involved and participate because it is important to participate in the democratic process in the united states of america. what a pleasure to see you, my friend. >> thank you. that wraps up this hour on msn msnbc. testified before a house committee and the ice is threat. see you tomorrow. turn ocean waves into power. design cars that capture their emissions. build bridges that fix themselves. get more clean water to everyone. who's going to take the leap? who's going to write the code? who's going to do it? engineers. that's who. that's what i want to do. be an engineer. join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil in inspiring america's future engineers.

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