good morning, everyone. i am tamron hall. we begin with big news. eric holder is going to announce stepping down after six years on the job. pete williams joins me live. pete, i understand it was in february the attorney general indicated he would step down this year. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: this has been an open secret that eric holder would probably leave before the end of his second term, and the only real question was when. and the really strong betting here has been that he would leave before mid term elections, and the only question is when, what day, and what time. now we know the answer. today, this evening at a white house event, he will formally announce this. we are told by justice department officials that he talks about this with the president over the labor day weekend. had an hour-long conversation. that's when the attorney general told the president of his plans

and the president agreed. i thinkde it is fair to say the was a time when eric holder was ready to go. but i think the supreme court's decision in the voting rights act case, gutting that voting rights act was one of the most important civil rights laws passed. the desire to make sure that enforcement of civil rights laws and elections did not become a dead letter gave the attorney general a second wind. and he wanted to stay and see it through, and other events like in ferguson have told him it was the right decision to stay. his visit there as an african-american attorney general undoubtedly had a bigger impact than anyone else would have had had they gone to ferguson. he always said he would probably be leaving early, had some things he wanted to do, and a huge blinking light for everybody who follows the justice department was that the attorney general has set a goal to visit all 93 of the nation's

offices of u.s. attorneys, and he saved for last a nostalgic visit to scranton, pennsylvania, where he will go tomorrow. that was the scene of his first big courtroom victory as a young prosecutor in the public corruption section. that was a sign he had pretty much completed his bucket list as attorney general. so he will make the announcement tonight. interesting thing here, what he says is he'll step down, once his successor is named and chosen. right now, he is the fourth longest serving, if he stays 'til december, the third longest serving. he has a long xgq(jy he was deputy attorney general before that and u.s. attorney here and judge in the district of columbia, and has been in public service well over a quarter century. it is the end of the time for him in the justice department. we knew it would happen, we just didn't know when, now we do. >> pete, let me bring in chuck

todd. he joins us now. chuck, thank you for making time for us. let's talk about mr. holder before we can talk about who could succeed him here. it has been complicated,w turbulent. he has been defiant, and like to use the word controversial. but in the end he certainly has been an unforgettable attorney general. >> and he has been an enormous important ally to the president in a way that i think people don't understand. eric holder took a lot of the slings and arrows at him from republicans in congress that were essentially intended for the president, but for whatever reason made holder the point person of the attacks. he probably got more vicious questioning from committee hearings than we've seen many attorney generals get in general. in many ways, republicans sort of treated him as their

surrogate for the way they wanted to go after the president, but felt like they couldn't in public. there's an enormous loyalty inside that white house, particularly with this president, to eric holder in a way that no other cabinet member has that kind of loyalty from this president because he knows that eric holder had to take sort of extra heat, for no other reason than he was the person on capitol hill that had to take the extra heat that maybe was supposed to be directed at the president, but somehow eric holder had to get it. he was important to the president in a way beyond that he was the attorney general. >> it was extra heat. he seemed to be the person willing to take -- many times people saw him in the hot pot, or they run. and in this case the supreme court, in validating the voting rights act to taking the trip to

ferguson, missouri, was said over and over, he made that decision, that the administration did not ask him to go to ferguson in the middle of the rallies that were taking place there. >> he did a lot of tough stuff that you would say hey, attorney general has to do tough stuff, this is not a forgiving job, you have to do tough stuff, but what's interesting about him, he is a very nonpolitical person. people used to mistakenly think that this guy was this long time political operative that happened to be an=q attorney general. that's not him at all. used to get him in hot water with the president's own political aides that sometimes felt eric holder wasn't thinking about politics of an issue, whether it was for instance early on. he had some well known clashes with the first chief of staff, rahm emanuel and david axelrod over the issue of detainees, do you try them in the justice system or military tribunals. those type of fights, shutting

down guantanamo. do you give miranda rights to these guys. those type of issues where he would get heat inside the white house because they felt he wasn't political enough, and yet to the outside world would get criticized from republicans on capitol hill, they thoughtesq s ishz being too political. he was just a point person to attract a lot of attacks. >> as reported, mr. holder doesn't plan to step down until a successor is named. we know what that means ahead in that town where battles seem to be on-going and nonstop. >> well, let's look at the calendar here. we have an election coming up. the senate, obviously an attorney general has to be confirmed by the senate before they can take office. which senate is going to confirm him. is it the current makeup, 55, 45 advantage that democrats have with two independents. i think by stepping down when he did, if the president names a successor in the next couple weeks, then it would be really

hard for republicans to somehow, even if they get control of the senate with the november elections, to somehow delay the confirmation of the nation's highest law enforcement official to past january, for a three month basically confirmation process. and i think a lot of this will depend what type of candidate the white house nominates. is it somebody with electoral background, deval patrick from massachusetts, higher profile, may attract more political heat from the right, or more of a career department of justice person, somebody like eric holder's background, maybe a u.s. attorney, a prominent u.s. attorney in washington state that some would like to see considered. i think it depends which bucket of appointee does the white house go with, a political bucket, elected official, or career prosecutor. >> and with that said and to pete's point, you knowoç this a well, and february 17 was a big interview for the attorney

general when he said he would step down, it is not a closely guarded secret. are there names other than the two you pointed out with deval patrick leading the list, you named a short list. is there someone that seems to be the logical choice here? >> look, i think no. deval patrick has always been a name you heard a lot over the years, he's somebody that has been close to a lot of the president's political aides, as somebody whose term is expiring in massachusetts, electing a successor there. he expressed interest in -- i think he would love to be a judge someday. i think he said one time in an interview one of his dream jobs would be to be a supreme court justice. so look, he has a legal background. i believe he worked in the clinton justice department if i am not mistaken back in the '90s. so he's got that sort of dual background that you might say would be a good fit for this. but you have to see where the white house will go with this. if they go the career prosecutor

route, lower profile name, probably an easier confirmation process. go with an elected official in this day and age, you and i both know it, they get vetted more. there's more of a public record, and maybe the white house doesn't want a fight. >> let me bring pete back into the idconversation. i understand you have more details. >> i was going to say yes, deval patrick, chuck is right, he was the head of the civil rights division, assistant attorney general for civil rights. i wanted to ask chuck a question which is does the anti-filibuster agreement apply to cabinet members or just judicial? >> it is supposed to apply to all presidential appointees. >> except supreme court. >> exactly. so this is supposed to work this way. it is going to be harder. let's see what happens if republicans win the senate in november. fact of the matter is we won't know, probably aren't going to know control of the senate in november, it is possible, because there are two senate

raises probably going to runoff. so we might not even know that. so again, i think it is incumbent on the white house to make a decision sooner rather than later so they can't make it easier for republicans to say no. we will wait until there's a new senate. sooner they do it, sooner you can start the hearings after november when the senate comes back to town. then you could see this being done by the old makeup of the senate. >> chuck, we're getting word the president will make a personnel announcement at 4:30 eastern time. expected to complete his day's agenda in new york around 3:00 eastern, now we're getting word 4:30 we will hear a personnel announcement from the president. go ahead, pete. >> i was just going to say, one other thing we have to think about here is this, it is one thing to be nominated to be the attorney general. it is another to be nominated to than two years. so i don't know if there are people that might be interested in the job if it was starting

from scratch, that may not be so interested in it as in essence an abbreviated term, so that's another factor that may enter into the minds of some people who would be potential choices. >> to this point, realistically speaking, it is not as if eric holder is forced out of the timing, to think this conversation didn't happen behind the scenes from timing to your point about the senate and pete, your point about who would want this short term important job, surely those things have been discussed. >> not only that, the fact that, you know, they're not stupid. i think they know this is one of those things that -- in the last few cabinet replacements, they have been fast, other than the va thing, their hand was forced on v, think about hhs, when they had a person, didn't let civilians go until somebody was ready to go and had a plan to go through with this, and i think by just making the announcement they're going to make, pete and

i will start making phone calls pretty fast here, but you get that feeling that okay, they're going here. by the way, think about the history, what happened with bush. i wouldn't be surprised if they go the career prosecutor route, that's the fastest way through the confirmation process. knowing this white house right now, where they are, the least amount of new political problems they can have on capitol hill, that's probably the path they go at the end of the day. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. again, a reminder, getting word the president will make a personnel announcement, state dining room, around 4:30 eastern time. we will have more details surely by then. thank you for your time. greatly appreciate it. let me get you caught up on more breaking news we are following. following in a few minutes, president obama will address a special meeting of the u.n. where he will give remarks on the ebola crisis. the cdc says 1.4 million people could be infected in west africa by january, staggering numbers. we will hear from the president.

first, we are monitoring a pentagon briefing on the u.s. led air strikes against isis in syria and iraq where officials say they're assessing the impact of the air strikes. we will bring you updates from that briefing as well. meantime, new air strikes in syria today were aimed at isis finances. the air strikes targeted isis held oil installations which u.s. central command says is generating up to $2si million a day for isis. the pentagon says they're a target for hits and fighters from saudi arabia and united arab emirates join in the latest set of strikes. new attacks are amid confirmation a french tourist kidnapped last sunday in algeria was executed by an isis linked terror group in retaliation for france's participation in air strikes in iraq. more now on all of this from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel who joins us from the turkey border with syria.

>> reporter: we are now in southeast turkey, along the syrian border. there's a developing situation here. all of these young men you see behind me are syrian refugees who have been living in turkey. now that the u.s. is carrying out air strikes, they decided it is the time to go into syria and fight on the ground against isis. the u.s. is expanding its military campaign against isis in syria and iraq. the president said this is just the beginning. >> these terrorists believe our countries will be unable to stop them. the safety of our citizens demand that we do. >> reporter: but isis now has copy cats. in algeria, a military group said they beheaded a french hostage in revenge for attacks on isis. in the philippines, threats to do the same to germans. the threats don't slow down the air war against isis and al qaeda linked groups, including a little known cell, u.s.

intelligence calls the khorasan group, that was allegedly planning attacks on airliners. one was killed in a raid monday night, but many more fighters are in syria, controlling dozens of towns and cities. the biggest is raqqa, the isis capital in syria. french television broadcast a video it says was filmed by a woman in raqqa with aññ hidden camera, risking her life to take these images. it shows armed men on check points, armed women, too, all the women fully veiled. suddenly the woman filming is spotted by morality police and questioned about her veil. they tell her to cover up even more. they can see her face, they say. she apologizes and they move on. a city run according to isis' moral code.

>> reporter: like most internet videos, we can't verify the content. we can tell things are changing rapidly. the u.s. looked for allies on the ground in this fight, and these men decided it is now time to go into syria and fight. richard engel, nbc news, in southeastern turkey on the syrian border. take you now to the president who is delivering remarks at a special meeting of the u.n., addressing the crisis, the ebola crisis in west africa. >> it is wiping out entire families. it's turned simple acts of love and comfort and kindness, like holding a sick friend's hand, or embracing a dying child, into potentially fatal acts. if ever there were a public health emergency deserving an urgent, strong and coordinated international response, this is

it. but this is also more than a health crisis, this is a growing threat to regional and global security. in liberia, sierra leone, public health systems have collapsed. economic growth is slowing dramatically. if this epidemic is not stopped, this disease could cause a humanitarian catastrophe across the region, and in an era where regionalbr crises can quickly become global threats, stopping ebola is in the interest of all of us. courageous men and women fighting on the frontlines of this disease have told us what they need, they need more beds, they need more supplies, they need more health workers, and they need all of this as fast as possible. right now patients are being left to die in the streets

because there's nowhere to put them and there's nobody to help them. one health worker in sierra leone compared fighting this outbreak to fighting a forest fire with spray bottles. but with our help, they can put out the blaze. last week, i visited the centers for disease control and prevention, which is mounting the largest international response in its history. i said that the world could count on america to lead and that we will provide the capabilities that only we have and mobilize the world the way we have done in the past in crises of similar magnitude. and i announced that in addition to the civilian response, the united states would establish a military command in liberia to support civilian efforts across the region. today that command is up and it

is running. our commander is on the ground in monrovia and our teams are working as fast as they can to move in personnel, 2÷equipment, and supplies. we're working with senegal to set up an air bridge to get health workers and medical supplies into west africa faster. we are setting up a field hospital, which will be staffed by personnel from the u.s. public health service, and a training facility where we're getting ready to train thousands of health workers from around the world. we are distributing supplies and information kits to hundreds of thousands of families so they can better protect themselves and together with our partners we'll quickly build new treatment units across liberia, guinea and ciasierra leone wher thousands will be able to receive care. meanwhile, in the past week more countries and organizations have stepped up efforts, and so has the united nations. the secretary general of the new u.n. mission for ebola emergency

response announced last week will bring all of the u.n. resources to bear in fighting the epidemic. we thank you for your leadership. so this is all progress, and it is encouraging. but i want us to be clear. we are not moving fast enough. we are not doing enough. right now everybody has the best of intentions, but people are not putting in the kinds of resources that are necessary to put a stoáto this epidemic. there's still a significant gap between where we are and where we need to be. we know from experience that the response to an outbreak of this magnitude has to be fast and it has to be sustained. it is a marathon, but you have to run it like a sprint. and that's only possible if everybody chips in, if every

nation and every organization takes this seriously. everybody here has to do more. international organizations have to move faster and cut through red tape and mobilize partners on the ground as only they can. more nations need to contribute critical assets and capabilities, whether a air transport, medical equipment, or treatment. more foundations can tap into the networks of support that they have to raise funds and awareness, more businesses, especially those who already have a presence in the region can quickly provide their own expertise and resources from access to critical supply chains to telecommunications, and more citizens of all nations can educate themselves on this crisis, contribute to relief efforts, and call on their leaders to act. so everybody can do something. that's why we are here today. and even as we meet, the urgent

threat of ebola, it is clear our nations have to do more to prevent, detect and respond to future biological threats before they erupt into full blown crises. tomorrow in washington, i will host 44 nations to advance the global health security agenda, and we are interested in working with any country that shares this commitment. just to emphasize the issue of speed again, when i was down at the cdc, and perhaps this has already been discussed, but i want to emphasize this. the outbreak is such where at this point more people will die. how fast can we arrest the spread of the disease, how quickly we can contain it is

within our control. if we move fast, even imperfectly, that could mean the difference between 10,000, l 20,000, 30,000 deaths versus hundreds of thousands or even a million deaths. so this is not one where there should be a lot of wrangling and people waiting to see who else is doing what. everybody has to move fast in order for us to make a difference. and if we do, we will save hundreds of thousands of lives. stopping ebola is a priority for the united states. i said this is as important a national security priority for my team as anything else that's out there. we'll do our part, we will continue to lead, but this has to be a priority for everybody else. we cannot do this alone.

we don't have the capacity to do all of this by ourselves. we don't have enough health workers by ourselves. we can build the infrastructure and the architecture to get help in, but we're going to need others to contribute. to my fellow leaders from liberia, sierra leone, new guinea, to west africa, to health workers on the ground as we speak in some cases putting themselves at risk, i want you to know you are not alone. we are working urgently to get you the help you need and we will not stop, we will not relent until we end this epidemic once and for all. i want to thank all of you for the efforts made, but i hope improperly communicating a sense of urgency here. do not stand by thinking that somehow because of what we've done that it is taken care of. it's not. and if we don't take care of this now, we are going to see a

fallout effect and secondary effects from this that will have ramifications for a long time. above and beyond the lives that would have been lost. i urge all of you, particularly state, to make sure that they are making this a top priority in the next several weeks and months. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> president obama addressing a special meeting of the u.n., discussing the ebola crisis in west africa. bring in the director of national institute of allergy and infectious disease. doctor, thank you for your time. you're also on the forefront of battling ebola and this latest crisis here. we heard the president say over and over in these remarks essentially the world must move fast, not just the united states. and the resources, the money and all other necessary parts must

be put into place as soon as possible. >> indeed. the president said it very well. we stepped to the plate. you heard we have gotten the military involved, the cdc is doing an unprecedented effort. we are accelerating our research efforts for a vaccine at nih. there will be hospital units that will be brought up and the military will provide logistics, but the president said it well, no one nation, no one group is going to be able to stop this alone. and that's the reason why the president is up there saying that we need to get many nations involved, many organizations involved, and that's the way we are going to put an end to this epidemic which right now is still raging in a very scary way. >> former u.n. ambassador, pardon me, u.n. ambassador samantha powers today on the "today" show said we are calling on 134 countries to cough up more than checking a box and co-sponsoring a resolution, but a willingness to actually join

us. again, you know better than anyone else the difficulties that are being faced now, would seem with this crisis according to the cdc, potentially taking 1.4 -- infecting 1.4 million people by january, that other nations would not have to have the president or even u.n. ambassador samantha power put the pressure, put the grip on them to help here. >> yes. we really would like to see people step to the plate. the model that the cdc has shown is that as it gets out of hand, it gets even more difficult to contain. so ifuz we don't accelerate our efforts, it is quite feasible that that number that is quite daunting could actually be realized, namely up to anywhere from a half million to 1.4 million people by the end of january. however, the model that the cdc put forth also says if you

accelerate your effort and get 70% of the people into the ebola treatment units, then you could actually turn that curve around. i think the president's words become even more meaningful in encouraging other nations to chip in, because the more resources, the more activity, the more energy we can put into that, that curve that looks like it is going out of control can actually be turned the other direction. so we have an opportunity now, if all nations and all organizations step to the plate of being able to blunt this thing, prevent it from getting even further out of control. >> doctor, thank you for joining us yet again. we greatly appreciate your insights. qáájju(, in custody, the man charged with the abduction of a university of virginia student appeared in court today in texas. the question still remains, where is hannah graham. we have the latest on what happened in court a short time ago.

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in the disappearance of uva student hannah graham has just appeared before a judge in texas. jesse matthew appeared via closed-circuit television, said he would not fight extradition to virginia. he was arrested yesterday in galveston county. that's more than 1300 miles from where hannah graham disappeared. he was seen with graham the night she vanished. police believe he is the last person to see her. charlottesville police chief gave a little more information about what linked their suspect to the crime. >> we are sending evidence to the laboratory, waiting for results. we have gotten some results back. it is because of that that we got to the probable cause level now. one of the reasons we are so cautious, we are still awaiting for additional evidence from the lab that we will hopefully get

later in the week in support of that charge. >> joining me, gabe gutierrez. we learned more about how matthew was eventually arrested in texas. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, tamron. i want to begin with what wrapped up in the past hour. they had a brief news conference, didn't say a lot, but said investigators from virginia are expected here in galveston county around noon local time. in the afternoon, expects to give more information about the investigation. now, when it comes to the court appearance this morning, jesse matthew went before a judge, did not say much, appeared a little confused when he asked several questions, one regarding when he would be able to take off his jump suit. he was also read his rights. in virginia, he is charged with abduction with intent to defile. the judge denied bond on that charge. here in texas, charged(m with giving false information to a peace officer. that carries bond of $1500.

deputies say, sheriffs said yesterday that this is how the arrest went down. it happened yesterday afternoon, and a sheriff deputy got a s suspicious call. when he ran the plate, it came back to that vehicle police in virginia were searching for in connection to the disappearance of hannah graham. the suspect was taken into custody and remains here on bail. went before a judge this morning. and we hope to learn more about the investigation this afternoon. biggest question right now, where is hannah graham. >> absolutely. that's the most important question. also, gabe, you heard remarks from the sheriff regarding some of the items or some of the things they examined in his car and his home may have led to being able to file charges.

>> reporter: yeah, that's right. there's a big question now, obviously the charges were upgraded a few days ago and were upgraded to that abduction with intent to defile, but police haven't gone into detail about what that evidence was that came back that shouldh÷ allow them t upgrade that charge. we are still waiting to know more about the investigation again. police in virginia are expected here in texas. we hope to learn more information this afternoon. >> thank you very much. also developing now, the justice department is vowing a civil rights investigation into a police shooting of a man holding a bb gun in a walmart store. what his family said moments ago. huh, charmin ultra strong. you're cleaner than i thought. charmin ultra strong cleans so much better it meets even his highest standards of clean. with a soft duraclean texture, charmin ultra strong is 4 times stronger. and you can use up to 4x less. are you good to go hun?

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shortly after that decision, authorities released surveillance video from in the walmart. his family addressed it in a press conference moments ago. >> the family and i are in shock, disbelief, a young man could go inside a store and be a patron and not come out alive. >> now that the video has been released, it concerns what we have been saying to you all along. john crawford did nothing wrong. john crawford did not commit a crime. john crawford posed no immediate threat to anyone or the officers. john crawford was shot for no john crawford was shot for no reason, and justification. the family is shocked and in disbelief that officer shawn williams was not indicted for the unjust killing of john

crawford. >> and in that surveillance video, crawford is seen picking up the bb gun and carrying it as he walked around the store. someone inside the store called him, called 911, telling dispatchers that he was pointing it at people. at no point in the surveillance video is he seen pointing it at anyone. eventually, officers entered the store while he is talking on the phone, moments later he was shot. officers say they gave verbal command to drop the weapon. with no audio on the footage, we don't hear what was said. we should note ohio is an open carry state, meaning it is legal to carry a legal gun inside the walmart. the u.s. department of justice has launched an investigation into that shooting. meanwhile, in another police involved shooting, this one in south carolina, a former state trooper is now facing charges after dash cam video appears to show, dash cam shows him shooting an unarmed man during a

traffic stop. lance corporal shawn grubert was fired last friday after authorities reviewed the tape of the incident. if convicted, he could face up to 20 years. we want ! warn you the video is disturbing. here is more of the report from kristin dahlgren. >> reporter: the shocking video caught on the police officer's dash cam shows state trooper stopping lavar jones. jones was standing outside his suv in a gas station parking lot when he asked for his driver's license. when jones turns to reach in the vehicle, he began to yell at him to get out of the vehicle, then fired his weapon multiple times. get on the ground! get on the ground! >> he is heard asking him why he

shot him. >> put your hands behind your back. >> what did i do, sir. >> are you hit? >> i think so. i can't feel my leg. i don't know what happened. i just grabbed my license. why did you do that. >> you dove head first back into the car. >> i'm sorry. i didn't hear two words. >> authorities say jones who was unarmed was shot in the hip and treated at a hospital. he released a statement, saying in part my recovery is coming situation can make a change, not just here at home in south carolina but coast to coast. he is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, could hold up to 20 years in prison. he was fired friday. police released a statement saying the facts of the case are disturbing to me, but i believe this case was an isolated

innocent in which he reacted to a perceived threat where there was none. in washington, d.c., the nation's leading civil rights organizations join the families of michael brown and eric garner to demand accountability in the death of two men at the hands of police. a grand jury in missouri continues to consider whether to indict the ferguson police officer that shot and killed michael brown. the jury recently received an extension that allowed them to consider the case until early january. that's nearly five months after brown was killed. jackson released a statement, apologizing to the brown family and to the ferguson community. meanwhile, another grand jury in new york city is expected to convene to hear evidence in the eric garner case. that jury will determine whether to indict the nypd officer seen using a choke hold on garner before his death. joining me now, new york daily reporter. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here.

>> talk about the latest with the grand jury in new york area with eric garner's case. what is the latest there? >> telling the daily news, now it is out there, they're going to empanel a grand jury this monday. they'll be theó ones to determe whether or not to indict the officer that had him in a choke hold. >> the focus is on politics happening in ferguson. he didn't have or there wasn't a race problem despite what many people had accounted. what are the politics surrounding eric garner's case in this area? >> we have patrolman benevolent association president pat lynch saying we hope the grand jury will find that the officer didn't do anything wrong, that he was following protocol. then you also have the district attorney in staten island involved in the grand jury. he's the one that called for it last month. then you have the family saying

well, we don't want people just picked for the grand jury we think the district attorney likes, we want this to be fair. that's why al sharpton is going out in d.c. today saying look, we want the justice department to intervene. we want them to be the ones to handle this case where local politics aren't involved. >> that was the same concern out of ferguson. >> yes. >> the panel selected by the district attorney and what their results would be, depending on the deleting in some cases of the prosecutor. >> exactly. that's correct. we've heard a lot of vitriol going back and forth with local politicians, and we just are hearing from the family they want this to be true blue, very fair, and not have local< biase play a big part in what's going6 to come out of it. >> it is an incredible sight to see, both families with the civil rights! leaders, calling for action from the justice department on the day that we hear that eric holder, the attorney general, is resigning. after his important and very

visible trip to ferguson. >> right. you know, he has been very involved in civil rights and moving forward. so it is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out and what sharpton's role and the family role is moving forward as we look at what the grand jury will decide. >> thank you so much for your time and reporting. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you, tamron. following breaking news, officials announced that the american aide worker that contracted the ebola virus in africa is leaving the hospital. you see a fun moment there. he has been receiving treatment at the nebraska medical center for the past three weeks, seems to be in great spirits there, speaking to reporters. the cdc says two separate blood samples 24 hours apart show the virus is no longer in his bloodstream. we continue to follow breaking news at the top of the hour as mentioned, later today, attorney general eric holder will announce plans to step down after six years on the job.

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you have put in a hot note that has details on possible replacements and names that are floating around including names we have given earlier including duvall patrick. >> there two ways. is a famous national politician and one on the list and the one most have talked about. they talked about it and a massachusetts governor of duvall patrick at the end of this year. he could leave a little bit earlier and president obama could pick him. another round to go is the career prosecutor route. a few names have come up, the da

in manhattan and the u.s. attorney in seattle. jenny did you work in who is the first openly gay u.s. attorney in the country. there is also another name that has been mentioned. those are really some of the names being talked about. we have seen in the past, president obama put somebody and nominates somebody who is in on the early speculation. >> let's talk more about attorney general holder's legacy from the voting rights act to most recently as we discussed ferguson and of course as chuck noted, his allegiance to the president. >> those are really the three big things and they are sided by progressives. he is somebody who is adored by the democratic base and by progressives when it comes to voting rights and gay and lesbian rights and of course as you mentioned, he was represented to go to ferguson, missouri and later on that seems to be the last thing that

diffused that. conservatives and republicans are not key on him. he was censured by the u.s. house of representatives. there was the fast and furious and the obama administration. right now very polarizing person and loved by the democratic base and not so loved by republicans and conservatives. >> let's talk about the timing and the impact of the mid-term election that is it could have on the successor. >> that's the most interesting thing. it seems that president obama wants someone in by the end of this year and it comes down to who controls the senate after next year. in case they end up loseing it from next year.

i'm fascinated by the timing and the democrats want to get somebody into that position. >> as we heard earlier he leaves the new york area here at the un. there will be a personnel announcement at 4:30. we are not likely to hear the person he wants to see and the place for holder. >> these take a while. the normal signal to find a right person. this is going to be about eric holder and the president. >> opening statements began in the retrial of michael dunn, the man accused of killing an unarmed teenager in the dispute over loud music and that tops the look at the stories around "news nation." a jury deadlocked on whether dun was guilty in the murder of

jordan davis who was killed after a confrontation in a parking lot outside of a florida gas station with dunn claiming he feared for his life. they did commit dunn for the attempted murders of three others inside the vehicle with davis. he was given a 60-year sentence for. he could face in prison without parole. he was punched repeatedly lie highway patrol officer and the video that gained national attention will wife 1 hadn't $5 million and the officer agreed to resib as part of the settlement. it was reached yesterday after a nine-hour mediation. the officer had been on paid admip straightive leave since this incident. >> now tony steward is speaking out and decided not to insight him. >> in a statement, he said while

much of the attention is here, it's important to remember a young man lot of his life. when he got out of his car on the race track. in the video, you can see the woman crouching near a window when the suspect bobbles her. that was minutes after this. that does it for this edition of "news nation." breaking news. you can catch "news nation" every weekday here on msnbc. andrea mitchell reports and pat leahy joins andrea.

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. right now, breaking news. after six years as attorney general, eric holder will be leaving the cabinet. what will be the impact on the fight to protect the homeland on terror threats. network of death. the president's description of isis at the un. is the arab world ready to join the fight. it's whether that threat is a uniter. >> copycat terrorists imitating the isis beheadings around the world. >> politics kansas style. it is a famous barbecue, but something is making a senator start to sweat. can sarah palin save him? >> it's really, really good to be in kansas or as barack obama would say, fly over country. the primary is over. time to get it together and kansas, we are counting on you.

>> and buyer beware, apple's new i marvel has one serious i-flaw. >> i will bend this iphone 6 plus. one of three officers and the nation's first african-american attorney general will be announcing he is going to resign as soon as the successor is confirmed. an announcement with the president is scheduled for 4:30 at the white house. this comes at a critical juncture in the fight against a spreading terror threat. matt miller is a department spokesperson and michael lighter is a director and msnbc terror analyst. we begin with pat