he's not there. >> maybe he should extend it one more night. >> let's start a petition. thank you. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. i have an important video to show you right off the top. i need on warn you. it is a little bit graphic. it is not like war graphic. it is more like nature graphic. a little bit weird. where it comes from, this is, you know the videos that start playing now whenever you go to a political campaign's website? this is the thing they all have now. this frinls is what you get when you go to the website for chris christie's super pac. you get the normal stuff in the foreground. in the back ground you get the video of chris christie telling it like it is. meeting with potential voter, kissing babies. here's the website for carly fiorina, the same tell plate. a patriotic video that shows the american flag in the back ground. and you get carly fiorina and everything else is in the

foreground. soes. so those are the videos you get. sort of standard issue for this year in politics. got it. well, here the video that you get when you go to the rand paul super pac website. you can to the that website. and this just starts playing even if you don't do anything. you go to the website and -- >> bald eagle. slow motion. what is the bald eagle doing? what that? what is that? oh, god. rand paul's super pac has a video that plays when you go to the website even if you do nothing that shows a bald eagle, three bald eagle, maybe three, three eagles grabbing live fish out of the water. and it just runs on a loop. at a certain point you can even see blood spurting out of the

fish as the eagle's talons yank it out of the water. look. look at that. i told you it was a little graphic. i think this is a little graphic and i fish. this is one great service that the rand paul super pac has done. it gives you more information than you ever wanted and that you never asked for about what it looks like for an eagle's talons to get a lye salmon and take it out of the water with blood everywhere. that's one service they have done. one thing they have not done is raise very much money for rand paul. this is the section of that same website that shows who runs the super baghdad. the guy at the top, today he was indicted by the u.s. justice department. indicted by the feds today. and he is not the only one the guy who has been running the super pac who is not pictured here, he was also indicted today.

the justice department made this big announcement. it is one day before the first 2016 republican debate. the justice department announce that had two key members of ran paul's inner krerl have been federally indicted for their alleged role in a presidential campaign bribery scandal. if you want to know how close they are, you have to back up a little bit here. rand paul announced his presidential run this year. he was surrounded on teenage by his closest friends and family including his former campaign manager. see the gentleman that you see there on the left with the adorable little kid on his lap. the guy in the red tie, his name is jesse benton. he was on stage for the rand paul announcement. it raised eyebrows at the time that jesse benton was up there on stage for the announcement. it raised eyebrows because at

the time of the north america, jesse benton had just been, he had to resign it basically because of his connections to this campaign bribery scandal from the last presidential jesse benton when he was up there on stage with rand paul, he was already under investigation by the fbi. when rand paul tapped jesse benton to run his super pac time, he did so with the knowledge that he was under investigation. then fast forward to today. after rand paul inserted him. for his role for paying for an endorse wlm it was his father randal paul who was running for president and jesse benton was the campaign manager. the indictment lays out in stark detail the lengths that rand paul went to to basically buy an endorsement to win the iowa

caucuses this year. it revolve around the state senator. his price according to the indict was somewhere around $70,000. in the lead up to the caucus in 2012, he traveled the state for bachmann. he helped run her efforts in iowa. then shock a few days before the iowa caucuses in 2012 when kent sorensen switched sides. he made the announcement a few days before that that he was leaving the bachmann campaign and instead endorsing rand paul. it was a big surprise when it happened. but almost immediately, it smelled sort of fishy, right? this state co-chair for bachmann just suddenly switching sides

days before the election. well, the night that it happened, bachmann herself, she held an impromptu press conference where she made this allegation that this had just happened to her. this shock had just befallen her campaign because kent sorensen was being paid to do it. it sounds crazy. she said he was being paid by the rand paul campaign to switch sides. that would be a crazy sounding allegation coming from almost anyone. coming from michelle bachmann, it wasn't just crazy sounding. it was lnl incoherent. she tried but watch this. >> dan sorensen personally, let's see. excuse me just a moment. kent sorensen said to me yesterday, here we go. sorry about that. kent sorensen personally meld he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the ron paul campaign.

he campaigned with us earlier this afternoon in iowa and then he went immediately afterward to a ron paul event and announced he was changing team of he said yesterday that everyone sells out in eye watch why shouldn't i? >> everyone sells out in iowa. why shouldn't i? that was michelle bachmann unveiling to the world this campaign bribery scheme in the middle of the republican nominating process in 2012. she was unveiling this scheme. one misplaced ipad swipe at a time. and i think because it was her and because of the ipad thing and because it sounded so crazy, it was hard to see at the time what exactly she was trying to expose. it urges the out she was right. at least according to the indictment from the justice department. she was really on to something. today justice department laid out in this indictment exactly how they stay ron paul campaign led by jesse benton, allegedly made more than $70,000 in payments to this iowa state

senator in exchange for his endorsement. straight up bribery. the payments were transferred through two shell company so it would be hard to trace them. part of it is the conspiracy to lie about the documents and government filings. these payments for this state senator switching from michelle bachmann to ron paul. they went on so long that in june 2012, which is well after ron paul was effectively out of the race that year. in june 2012, the ron paul campaign and its staffers were still apparently paying the state senator. according to the indictment, this is the last payment for kent sorensen. the deal jesse there agreed to with kent.

now it is the next presidential campaign and now it is the son of ron who jesse benton has been working for. not ron paul himself. this is sort of a bombshell indictment. jesse benton has been questioned about this. he is being charged with five counts which include making false counts and conspiracy. the president of the eagle eating fish rand paul super pac, this guy john tait, is facing four counts. another one is trying to cover up the whole scheme. jesse benton shared the stage with rand paul four months ago. as he ron all that/rand paul lifer and he is now staring down the barrel of a five-count federal indictment. they are schedule to appear in court. jesse benton said through a lawyer that he is eager to go before a judge. he said it is a politically motivated investigation. this is a big deal. it was a big development last

month alone when the rand paul super pac announce that had they barely managed to raise any money at all for the rand paul campaign. the super pac raised the lowest total. now maybe we have an inkling behind it. maybe it is because eagle videos not so much, they may soon be going to prison. they've had other thing on their mind than getting rad paul elected. joining me, it is great to see you. >> great be the with you. >> i read the 20-page indictment. as far as i explain this, does that comport with what you understand the government is alleging here? >> that's right. i would add that part of conspiracy involves filing a false s.e.c. report. they hid the payments so that's part of it too.

the long and the short of it is he can empathize with the fish. >> in terms of this otherwise conceivably viable presidential candidacy from rand paul. how central is jesse benton to the rand paul presidential campaign to the ron paul and rand paul political that machine? how important is he in kentucky where he is not just part of rand paul's operation. he's been a very high profile asset for mitch mcconnell. >> jesse benton is not just part of the staff. he is part of the family. he is married to ron paul's niece. you would say he is one of the top loonlts. i first met him in 2007. i would say as he central cog in that operation. you're right. jesse's finger prints are all over the campaign in kentucky.

until sorensen pled quilty last august. jesse resigned that position about three days later. currently, jesse is running a campaign for state auditor here. a state representative, republican running against a state auditor who is considered to be a rising star within the democratic party. a gentlemen by the name of adam. when jesse took on this client, the state represented mike harmon, he was pretty candid. part of the reason for doing so was to sort of rough up ahead of a possible challenge to rand paul next year. he is running for re-election as well as president. so yeah. jesse's reach is pretty deep in kentucky. this will send shock waves through quite a bit of the republican party. >> one of the interesting national story lines about rand paul's presidential campaign is it is not very good. people expected more from him as a candidate. they speck more from him in terms of his operation is. they certainly expected more

from his fundraising. do we have any reason to believe that this, the threat of this happening today and now obviously this indictment coming down today and it being three paul family associates named by the federal justice department, do we have any reason to believe some of this might have been what was distracting them or holding them back or gumming up the works for randal paul? >> i don't know. this has been hanging over their heads for a long time now. going back to late 2011. i don't know that that is necessarily the reason he's failed to get off the ground. i think there are a number of reasons. when you look at the poll now and donald trump leading, what rand paul has tried to do, other people are doing it better. he is not the candidate he home to be. i think this is problematic. i think they feel like they have to double down and support jesse and forge through this. you mentioned money. carly fiorina who didn't even

make the cut for the debate stage, she raised $3.4 million. if you're already having trouble raising money, i don't know how you call up what we call the sugar dad toys get them to fun your super pac. i'm under indictment. but will you still write me a check in it has been a problematic campaign. they stumbled through the summer. a bad summer just got much worse. >> thanks very much for your time tonight. >> to have you on this. >> thank you. >> there are a few ways this will fall out. right? a few things to watch. one, what happens with this criminal case. especially if they make a political issue out of it and say these are politically motivated charges. the obamaer group trying tear down the paul family? watching how rand paul does at the debate. if this is a distraction for him or if he is able to do anything.

if other candidates will use it against him in some way. honestly, like the third and fourth day implication that i'm interested in, are they still bribing people in iowa? michelle bachmann was right about this in the beginning. she said everybody is on the take in iowa. can that be part of this investigation? we'll be right back. we've got a lot ahead tonight. stay with us.

authorities many tennessee have just wrapped up a press conference so we have this new information. we're just getting it in right now. as far as i understand it, it actually changes much of what we thought we knew about this attack. in terms of the information we had earlier in the day. that new information which changes the picture of the attack, this movie theater

attack today in tennessee. that new information is just coming in. we've got it right after this. please sit tight.

i have never quite seen anything like this at a crime scene in the aftermath of a crime. we're going to show you this tape here from this afternoon. it starts with a public information officer from the nashville police. then watch who he introduces on how this goes. i have never seen this happen before. and i can't exactly put my finger on why but i final this very moving actually. watch. >> all right. the gentleman standing to my right, first name is steven.

s-t-e-v-e-n. that's the only identification that steven wants to give you for his name right now. steven was one of eight persons, including the suspect, who was in the theater during the showing of madd max. steven was the person who suffered the laceration. thankfully minor from the hatchet or axe that the suspect was carrying. steven has agreed to make a brief statement to you all. he is not going to entertain any questions. he is going to make a brief statement and then turn around and walk away. he is doing this today so that his privacy is maintained and his family is not disturbed or bothered today or in the coming days. again, steven has agreed to make this statement now. no questions. and then when he's done, he's going to turn around and walk. okay, sir?

>> the only thing that i would like to say is that i am eternally grateful. excuse me. for the metro police department for their fast response today and the fact that no one else got injured other than the person who did this. i would ask anyone to pray for his family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else. my family does not want any kind of 15 minutes of fame. we were not looking for any of this. we did nothing to bring this upon ourselves. i am very, very grateful that no one else got injured here today other than the person who perm trade this. again, i just want to say i am eternally grateful for the metro police department for the absolutely phenomenal job they did, the speed with which they got here when they were called and the emergency medical technicians. and i would also like to thank all the citizens who gathered around us, helped my daughter when we were pepper sprayed.

that kind of gives me a little more faith in humanity again. i know you like a lot of questions answered but there's nothing i can answer. i have no idea why this gentleman decided to attack us. from my understanding, he is no longer able to answer those questions. in the coming days that come ahead, please direct all of your inquiries to the metro police department so they will find out what they can about this gentleman or whoever handles these things. i don't know. i don't want to be involved in any of this kind of stuff. >> he said no questions and he meant no questions. that was it. he turned and walked. and that statement today from the man who was superficially injured. he was hit with a hatchet. what appears to have been a completely random, totally unprovoked attack in antioch, tennessee. that is a very human reminder that it could be any one of us at any time. you don't have to do anything in particular to be the victim of

an unprovoked attack like. this people stay perpetrator at the movie theater, they say as he 51-year-old man who lived locally and officials just moments ago just announced new information tonight about what happened. they have a little back ground information on the attacker of this, they specifically talked about what he was armed with. >> it appears this individual has had significant psychiatric or psychological issues. they are reporting that he had been committed four times, twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. the that you are freezeboro police department has inform us that he was reported as a missing person on august 3 after they received a call from the texas rangers. we have no motive for this today. we need to see where he has

been, who he may have been talking to. we've release ad photograph of the gun. as you all have seen, the gun is a very realistic gun that strongly resembles a semi-automatic pistol. it is in fact an air soft gun. >> an air soft gun. it is not a regular gun. that contradicting the information, at least the implication of information that we had earlier in the day that this suspect, this now dead suspect had engaged in an exchange of gunfire with police on the scene of that theater attack. he may have exchanged something with police but he was not warmed ghana that fires bullets as we regularly think of them. he was -- i'm sorry. i'm getting news from the control room. we had been told earlier that he was a 51-year-old man. that information was also corrected. he is a 29-year-old man.

in any case, the information we got earlier ended up being different than what happened tonight. we expect further information, hopefully shedding even more light at the scary attack at this movie theater in antioch, today. we'll let you know more as we learn more. stay with us.

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in march, texas senator ted cruz became the first major republican to announce that he was running for president this year.

he gave his announcement speech at a school in lynchburg, virginia. a school that calls itself the largest evangelical university in the world. liberty university founded by the late teleevangelist jerry falwell. as you can see, ted cruz drew quite a crowd at liberty university for his announcement. that crowd that day turns out to be by far the biggest crowd that ted cruz has drawn throughout the course of his campaign. in fact, the 11,000 people that ted cruz had at that event, that is tied for the largest crowd any candidate has had at any 2016 event this year so far. if you rank the largest crowds for events on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, if you rank the size of the crowds so far. ted cruz is the only republican who makes it into the top six. the other five places are all held by bernie sanders. every single one of them. and given the relatively small poll numbers ted cruz has

gotten, it is quite impressive that he got 11,000 people to show up to hear him announce at liberty university. it is impressive except for the fact that attendance at the university was required for liberty university students. it was mandatory for them. and not in a euphemistic must-see tv way. it was actually imaginer to for them as part of the school. school rules. the ted cruz presidential announcement at liberty university was part of something called convocation. liberty students have to go to convocation. so yeah, it took a lot for him to pay at his announcement. it is much cheaper to find a crowd that's required to be there and then appear before them. that is how we got by far the largest crowd any republican has yet drawn in the 2016 race. about that with that in mind consider the following. today we got new news, it was

announced that next month, liberty university is going to host another 2016 presidential hopeful as a convocation speaker. this time that candidate will be -- guess. guess who it will be? no. it is actually going to be bernie sanders. the only guy who doesn't need to fake his crowd size. to impress. but liberty university's fantastically conservative student body will be required, next month, to go see bernie sanders at convocation at jerry falwell's university. september 14th. that will be amazing. mark your calendars. september 14th.

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first examine our attitude toward peace itself. too. us think it is impossible. too many think it is unreal. that is a dangerous defeatist belief. it leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable.

that mankind is doomed. that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. we need not accept that view. our problems are manmade. therefore they can be solved by man. and man can be as big as he wants. no problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable and we believe they can do it again. >> john f. kennedy, june 1963. he was assassinated less than six months after that. but on that june day in 1963, he spoke at american university. he gave what has become known as his strategy of peace speech. he was talking about the strategic pursuit of peace with the soviet union as an alternative to war with the soviet union. which is basically what everybody thought was inevitable at that time. that the u.s. and the soviets would go to war.

in that strategy of speech peace, he did this one radical thing for which this speech is known more than 50 years later. in that speech, he announced new policy and he made news in that speech and it was an important speech. the really shocking thing he did that day was that he broke a rhetorical taboo. he broke the taboo of talking about the soviet union like they were freaking unnoble savages. he decided to stop doing that. at the height of the cold war, it turns out he had some nice things to say about the soviets which at the time blew everyone's minds. >> no government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. as americans we find communism profoundly rethat you go nanlt. as a neglectation of personal

did he go in it. but we can still they'll russian people for their many achievements in science and space and economic and industrial growth, in culture and acts of courage. >> outrageous, right? i mean, outrageous at the time. the soviets were only supposed to be pure evil. he's talking about them as less than evil. well, today, 52 years later, our current president also went to that same place. he also went to american university and he referenced that speech from president kennedy from back in 1963. then our current president committed jfk's same rhetorical heresy. how to avoid war with iran. watch this. >> just because iranian hard liners chant death to america doesn't mean that's what all iranians believe. in fact -- it's those -- in fact

it's those hard line here's are most comfortable with the status quo. it's those hard liners channelling death to america who have been most opposed to the deal. they're common cause with the republican caucus. the majority of the iranian people have powerful incentives to urge their government to move in a different less provocative direction. >> not all iranians chant that death to america nonsense. but those who do, they're making common cause with the republican caucus in the united states congress. president obama has been an aggressive case for weeks now that congress should support this deal with iran and give this diplomatic effort a chance

to succeed so there doesn't have to be a war with iran over the nuclear program. today though, in supporting that deal he went really hard at the critics of the deal. and the war with iran that he says they want. >> between now and the congressional vote in september, you are going to hear a lot of arguments against this deal. backed by tens of millions of dollars in advertising. and if the rhetoric in these ads and the accompanying commentary sounds familiar, it should. for many of the same people who argued for the war in iraq are now making the case against the iran nuclear deal. for the last couple weeks, i have repeatedly challenged anyone opposed to this deal to put forward a better plausible alternative. i have yet to hear one. what i've heard instead are the

same types of argument that's we heard in the run up to the iraq war. iran cannot be dealt with diplomatically. we can take military strikes without significant consequences. we shouldn't worry about what the rest of the world thinks. because once we act, everyone else will fall in line. tougher talk, military threats will force iran into submission. we can get a better deal. i know it's easy to play on people's fears. to magnify threats. to compare any attempt at diplomacy to munich. but none of these arguments hold up. they didn't back in 2002 and 2003. they should not now.

the same mind set in many cases offered by the same people who seem to have no compunction with being repeatedly wrong, led to a war that did more to strengthen iran, more to isolate the united states than anything we have done in the decades before or since. it is a mindset out of step with the traditions of american foreign policy. where we exhaust diplomacy before war. and debate matters of war and peace in the light of truthful. >> president obama making that point case for congress to support the nuclear deal with iran.

he actually closed that speech with the request that people contact their members of congress to tell their members of congress that they support the iran deal. one of the things that's been going on at our show over the last couple days and weeks, behind the scenes around here. you will see this eventually. we've been working behind the scenes on some shows we're calling the tame of the tape. they're deep dives into the news archives to find out about the people running for president this year. final out about them before they were presidential candidates. so this tape is amazing. we've all been happenly wallowing in the old news archives like hippos wallow in mud. it is amazing. sometime come across archive footage that doesn't just show what we used to be like. sometimes something takes you up short. it makes you realize that we're really not who we used to be at all. you come across something that makes you realize that the modern us has screwed something

up. the modern us has lost something that we used to think we would have forever. and that's how i felt today when i was watching that old footage of jfk at american university from 52 years ago. watching that footage today and he said this. >> the united states as the world knows will never start a war. we do not want a war. we do not now expect a war. this generation of americans has already had enough. more than enough of war and hate and oppression. we shall be prepared if others wish it. we shall be alert to try to stop it. but we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are

just. >> it used to be taken as a given that the united states of america would never start a war. that used to not just be true. that was a truism. it didn't even need to be proved. >> the united states as the world knows, will never start a war. >> of course the united states would never start a war. until we did. and we became a country that can never claim that moral high ground again. never claim that american exceptionalism ever again. and today president obama said we are now being sold the chance to make that mistake all over again. do we really want to go there again? we can if we want to.

so there have already been several points in the fascinating 2016 presidential campaign at which donald trump

has said things or done thing that would have spelled political doom for just about any other candidate. but not for donald trump. it seems like everything he does that would kill a normal candidate just seems to make him stronger. but now tonight there is new reporting of something that mr. trump apparently did that is qualitatively different than everything else that should have stuck to him so far and hasn't. qualitatively different something. something that could really hurt his campaign. we'll have to see. it is a new thing. that's next.

when mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best, they're not sending you. they're not sending you. they're sending people that have lots of problems. and they're bringing those problems with us. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. they're rapist, and some, i assume are good people. >> donald trump in june announcing that he was in the running to become the leader of the free world, also announcing that mexicans coming to the united states are rapists. those are marks drew tons of criticism in the days and weeks following the announcement. never an apology, never a clarifying statement. he meant what he said. as everybody criticized him for it, he just kept saying it over and over again. we think the things donald trump

says will have a political cost for him. that never new rail comment he makes will hurt him this time or sink his chances this time. make him less appealing to republican voters. none of that has happened. not when he made the comments about immigrants being rapists, that he is number one with hispanics, which is hilarious. not when he questioned john mccain's heroism as a prisoner of war for five years. these would be gaffes or worse for normal candidates with, for donald trump, they make him stronger. for whatever reason, the normal political rules don't apply to him or reply in reverse. we're left with the question on the eve of the first republican debate. if none of those things hurt him, what could hurt him? we don't know. but the washington post reports tonight on something that for most normal candidates would actually be an asset for the

campaign. make them look great. in the upside down world of the donald trump campaign, what the washington post reported about him tonight though might be toxic for him. it might be toxic for him, if he is now seen as someone who is running for president with the support of former president bill clinton. and that is the sort of woolly implication of this have provocative report from the washington report. in late may, while donald trump was considering a run for the presidency, former president clinton and donald trump spoke on the phone about. quote, private phone conversation in late spring with donald trump. at the same time, mr. trump was nearing a decision to the run for the white house according to

associates of both men. quote, four trump allies and one associate familiar with the exchange said that president clinton encouraged trump's efforts to play a larger role in the republican party, and offered his own views of the political landscape. telling the washington post quote, the 42nd president listened intently, then analyzed the prospects and to rouse the republican base. one person with knowledge said the former president was upbeat and encouraging during the conversation. one clinton associate telling the washington post that it was mr. trump who reached out to president clinton a few times, that this conversation took place when president clinton returned those phone calls in late may. this associate telling the washington post and nbc news tonight that actually the 2016 race was not discussed. so, like i say, this is a little bit of a woolly story. but, apparently just a few weeks after that reportedly encouraging phone call, donald trump did jump into the race. and then started calling mexicans rapist. the first republican primary debate is tomorrow night. donald trump is by far, by a mile the republican front runner for the nomination. this report in the washington

post will likely be the last thing anybody learns about him, the last new thing. we don't really know what hurts him as a candidate and what makes him stronger in this campaign. he doesn't play by the normal political rules. this one's got to be a real test at least, doesn't it? joining us now is msnbc alex wall, he's been covering hillary clinton's campaign, thanks for joining us tonight. >> good evening, rachel. >> what is the reaction from the clinton campaign tonight to this report? obviously the top level implication is that bill and hillary clinton want donald trump in the race because he makes all republicans look terrible. >> well, the clinton campaign is staying about as far away from this as possible. i think it's the right move. in politics if your opponent is struggling, you don't get involved. but that's the strange thing here. i would not be surprised if you see a republican opponent of trump using this against him. starting with the question, why were they even on the phone with bill clinton to again with? you can't picture ted cruz or scott walker shooting the breeze with bill clinton. and here you have, you have the coach much your arch rival team

coming and you are aing you advice, you probably don't take the advice. in politics and sports and anything, you'd love to pick your opponent, but generally the other team, the team you're on, you don't want to let the others guys pick your opponent. all of this ohmed a pandora box for drurp which is his long relationship with the clintons. he's donated over $100,000 to the clinton foundation. he's donated to hillary clinton's senate and presidential campaigns. hillary clinton said the front row of his wedding in 2005, in 2012, he said hillary clinton was doing a great job as secretary of state. so do republicans really want to make this guy the ones to go up against hillary clinton? >> msnbc reporter alex sites wall, very helpful. appreciate it. >> thanks. the other side of this of course is what this says about the clinton campaign, right? if they say that this had nothing to do with the campaign, this is not a strategic matter at all. as alex said, what was bill clinton doing on the phone with

him? is bill clinton helping with the hillary clinton campaign? it might help if trump is now seen as a democratic tool, but was it deliberate on the part of the campaign or does bill just do what he wants? no matter the implications for anyone? oh, it's going to be such a fun year. it's going to be such a fun year. stay with us.

programming note, sort of, actually it's not really at all, but it's great news. since 2013, former congressman patrick murphy, he's a wonderful guy, proud to call him a friend. patrick murphy hosted a show called "taking the hill." it's about veterans, veterans navigating their way through life and continued service and politics and everything after they have come home from serving in war. i'm here to tell you tonight that "taking the hill" patrick

murphy's show is going away. it's going away fwr the best of all possible reasons. the white house announced its nomination of former congressman patrick murphy to serve as the undersecretary of the united states army. second highest ranking civilian position in the army. it's a huge deal. and honestly couldn't happen to a better guy. patrick murphy was the first iraq war veteran to ever serve in congress. he was outspoken about his opposition to the war in which he served and was he was awarded a bronze star as an airborne ranger, decorated straight male combat vet, early in calling for the repeal of don't ask don't tell that banned gays in the military. since congressman murphy left in 2011, he's been a tireless advocate for veteran's issues and a smart and great person to have around in any organization. it is a big loss for this network, and for the show to the extent that we're able to call on congressman murphy in a day in and day out basis. but it is a huge gain for the army and this country he's going

to take on this next stage of his service. congratulations to patrick murphy. we are so excited about this. that does it for us tonight, "first look" is up next. it's thursday, august 6th. right now on "first look," it is go time for top republican candidates. donald is main attraction. what will the other candidates do to score points with the american voter? >> new details on what mr. trump and bill clinton discussed during a private discussion few weeks ago. it happened again. a night at a movie theater turned deadly. bill cosby forced to go under oath. "first look" starts now. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. tonight is the night. top republicans on