this morning, ten sailors missing at sea. another run-in involving a navy ship has officials searching for crew and answers. authorities in spain believe they've identified the driver of the van used in last week's terror attack and the search is still on to find him. and brakout. millions are traveling hoping to catch a glimpse of a rare and spectacular solar eclipse. good morning, everybody. it's monday, august 21st. developing overnight, crews in the waters in the south china

sea are searching for ten navy soldiers. military officials say the collision between the uss john mccain and a merchant ship happened in waters east of singapore late yesterday. five other sailors were hurt. now, the navy says the ship sustained significant hull damage. you can see there on those images. including flooding in the crew berths as well as the communications room. the ship was heading to singapore for a routine port visit at the time of the crash which is being treated as an accident. president trump offered the following response about it during his return to the white house last night. >> that's too bad. that's too bad. >> two hours after giving that response, the president tweeted out, thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailors aboard the uss john mccain where searches and rescue efforts are

underway. the second involving a navy destroyer in just three months after a crash back in june killing seven sailors. president trump will address the nation tonight from ft. myer in arlington, virginia, to discuss the path forward for the war in afghanistan. it comes after a review by h.r. mcmaster and follows a weekend of meetings against trump's top advisers who took this cheery photo flanking the president there. president trump has lamented we aren't winning america's longest war. the top commander in afghanistan, general john nicholson has called for troops to break what he calls a, quote, stalemate. the primary options include sending thousands more troops to help train and advise afghan forces. and also to bolster counterterrorism operations against the taliban and isis. the u.s. currently has about 8400 troops in afghanistan. mcmaster along with mike pence pushed hard for more troops and

also that mcmaster killed a planned pitch from the former blackwater private security firm which would outsource much of the war effort going forward. president trump has given the authority to set u.s. troop levels in afghanistan to jim mattis. although he has waited for trump to sign off on a strategy first. previously promised congress the administration would have a plan by mid-july. since there is a tweet from the president for every situation, he in march of 2013 he wrote, quote, we should leave afghanistan immediately. no more wasted lives. if we have to go back in, go in hard and quick. rebuild the u.s. first. and also do not allow our very stupid lead toers sign a deal that keeps u.s. in afghanistan through 2024 with all costs by usa. make america great. all right. heading overseas now to the terror attacks in spain where officials have identified a suspect at large. meanwhile an american is now

confirmed to be among the 13 people killed. jared tucker was with his wife as part of a trip celebrating their first wedding anniversary. she spoke with nbc news about what kind of person jared was. >> jared was kind and tolerant and would never hurt anybody. and so for this type of action to take his life, it's horrible. it's just senseless. i can't make any sense of it. >> all right. joining us now live from barcelona, spain, nbc news' matt bradley. bring us up to speed on what we've learned so far about the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: thanks. in just the last hour or two, police said it was ab you cue who drove his street down this crowded walkway here in

barcelona. this 22-year-old moroccan is thought to have possibly escaped into france. and he's the last of this dozen-person terrorist cell to still be at large here. most of them have either been detained or captured. now, also the police are focusing on another name. abl dell asadi. he's thought to have died in a massive explosion in the town of alcanar. that's where this cell was preparing some 100 butane canisters. this accidentally went off. that's when people are saying that these jihadis changed their plans and decided to weaponize vehicles as they did here on las ramblas. but also to attacks throughout europe. the bataclan attack in paris. the brussels attack. and even the madrid subway bombing. that's why this manhunt, this

dragnet is expanding not just here in spain but really throughout all of europe. but eamon, as you can see behind me, this las ramblas district is coming back to normal. people here are still walking down the street shopping, having breakfast. the word here is defiance. they're saying we will not be afraid. >> all right. matt bradley live for us in spain. i know there was discuss over the weekend to whether they should delay the start of the spanish soccer season. but they went ahead with it and paid tribute to those killed. the week begins with a changing of the guard a year after he joined the trump campaign. steve bannon exited an official role in the trump white house. john kelly told him in late july he needed to go. and then in the wake of the charlottes v charlottesville response, the president was urged to get rid of bannon.

he was said to be frustrated by their role in shaping policy. reportedly telling multiple people when kelly was brought on board, quote, those days are over when ivanka can run in and lay her head on the desk and cry. and the trump presidency that we fought for and won is over. we still have a huge movement and we will make something of this trump presidency. but that presidency is over. it'll be something else. now his next moves are being watched just as closely as he rejoins breitbart and reportedly considers launching a tv network to compete with fox news channel. for instance, the site is keeping up its pressure on national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and the president. the headline this morning references the -- then bannon on friday said, i feel jacked up. now i'm free. i've got my hands back on my weapons. someone said it's bannon the barr barian. i'm going to crush the

opposition. there's no doubt i built an expletive machine at breitbart and now i'm about to go back. we're about to rev that machine up. still the president thanked him for his service tweeting steve bannon will be a tough new voice at breitbart news. maybe even better than ever before. fake news needs the competition. following the chaos in charlottesville, all eyes were on boston this weekend. the controversial right wing spree speech rally was met with an overwhelming number of counterprotesters saturday morning. of the demonstrators, boston police say there were only 33 arrests made. authorities also said while some people lobbed rocks at officers and five to six were hurt, there were no serious injuries and no significant property damage. in response to the protests, president trump first tweeted, looks like many anti-police agitators in boston. police are looking tough and smart. he followed that up later with a tweet saying, i want to applaud the many protesters in boston

who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one. following the violence in charlottesville, a growing number of republicans are criticizing how president trump responded to the deadly protest. ban sass said it feels like it's coming. he wrote, what will happen next? i doubt that donald trump will be able to comfort the nation in that moment. and i think the president had an opportunity to send a message that we unite america behind our common resolve to heal those wounds and ignite our country. and unfortunately i don't think he did that. and the senate's only african-american republican tim scott had this to say sunday morning. take a listen. >> as we look to the future, it's going to be very difficult for this president to lead if, in fact, moral authority remains compromised. his comments on tuesday that erased his positive comments on monday started to compromise

that authority that we need the president to have for this nature to be the beacon of light to all man kind. and this morning dick gregory and jerry lewis are being remembered. they both passed over the weekend. jerry lewis rose to fame with dean martin in the 1940s. star thing next to each other on the big and small screen for two days. but it was after the duo broke up that lewis went to superstardom. accepting the humanitarian award for his work with the muscle dystrophy telethon. it is perhaps what younger generations remember most about him. and dick gregory a comedian and civil rights activist is being remembered for his hard-hitting commentary on racial issues. he was one of the first black comedians to find success in performing in front of white audiences. he also tried his hands at

politics making an unsuccessful run for mayor in chicago in the 1960s and as a write-in candidate for president. later life he took on the role of health advocate. he died at 84. jerry lewis passed sunday at 91 years old. >> what an unbelievable loss for the country. two icons. not just the entertainment industry but the good work they did. ahead, amid boycotts, planning to skip the kennedy center honors. plus everything you need to know of the solar eclipse. those stories and more when we come back.

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starting on the west coast -- >> really blowing the excitement there. >> bill's going to talk about it as well. starting on the west coast this morning and moving to the east, the moon will pass in front of the sun creating a total eclipse. jay gray has everything you need. take a listen. >> reporter: in hours from now, the shadow of the moon will travel across the sun at close to 1500 miles an hour. each spot along the path going from daylight to darkness. >> the brightest stars and planets will show up. it's the temperature is going to drop. maybe up to 10, 15 degrees. even animals and plants are going to respond to this like it's night. >> reporter: it will only last two and a half minutes or so, but those who've seen it say the experience will last a lifetime. >> bill karins just handed me these on set. how do i sflook do they work? okay.

he's like take them off and read the prompter. you have no doubt heard over the past several days do not look directly into the eclipse without special protective glasses like these ones. or risk eclipse blindness. >> throw them on though. >> i wouldn't be able to read the prompter. >> i'm just kidding. >> okay. bill, why don't you tell us how it looks like in terms of the weather -- >> i think you guys are afraid of the cool factor. you're not going to look cool in your glasses. >> i don't want to go back to my high school days. >> you have to do it to try it. you can't see a thing. it is so dark. >> i can't. actually, eamon looks way better in these glasses. >> like, you can take your iphone with the way the test is. when you use your iphone with a flash light, take that and put the glasses on, you can barely see the brightness from your phone. even one inch from your phone. that's how bright -- whatever. that's the safety measures they have in all these glasses.

>> all right. >> that's what i'll do for the show, by the way. >> you look a lot better than him which is the case anyways. so for the clouds and the showers that are going to affect the forecast later on today, we're worried about moisture heading to the middle of the country. it's still the midwest we're concerned with. tons of thunderstorms in iowa this morning nap will clear up later today. hopefully give you some good viewing. later this afternoon, let's get to the dangerous stuff first. it's all in the midwest. 20 million people at risk of the severe storms. late afternoon, early evening. we're going to watch from 1:00 to 3:00 for the eclipse in this area. the clouds will just be building up for this time. that's why we're worried about kansas city, lincoln, dubuque, des moines. let's get to the path of totality. that's this blue line here. that's where we'll get a total eclipse. everybody else is going to be between 80%. we're at 90% in chicago. new york's like 70%. everyone's going to get a little something. but it's in the path of

totality, that's where millions of people have converged because they want to be in total darkness for two and a half minutes later this afternoon. if you chose to be in wyoming, picture perfect. illinois, same with you. our computers are hinting at maybe some cloud cover later on today. illinois is the place that's going to be the longest dur race 2:45. coastal areas, we have showers that our computers are predicting at 2:45. that's when we'll have the eclipse totality there. 90% of the totality is going to be fantastic. there'll be a few spots we're worried about. missouri and coastal south carolina. >> all right, bill. some extremely protective lenses on the eclipse glasses there. >> bill, i'm right. it's happening again in 2024, right? >> yeah. but i'll talk about that later. it's been since like 1974 the last time we had totality across the country. going to happen 2024 and i'll

tell you what states a little later. one more story for you here, bill. the president plans to skip this year's kennedy center honors. saturday the white house announced that the president and the first lady would not participate to, quote, allow the honors to go without any political distraction. the announcement came after several honorees declined to attend the gala at the white house. writing in a statement, quote, in choosing not to participate in this year's honors activities, the administration has signalled its respect for the kennedy center and ensures the honors gala remains a special moment for the honorees. we are grateful for this gesture. this is the fourth time in the 40-year history that a president will miss it. bill clinton and george buh.w. bush missed and also president carter.

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welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. president trump set to address the nation tonight where he will lay out the path forward for the war in afghanistan. the speech comes after a series of meetings at camp david among the president's top advisers.

the primary option under consideration includes sending thousands more troops to train and advise afghan forces and also to bolster counterterrorism operations. the u.s. and south korea have kicked off their annual war games. the 11-day training involves more than 17,000 u.s. soldiers in largely computer simulated drills. ahead of those exercises, north korea state media yesterday called this year's games a reckless move that could trigger the uncontrollable phase of nuclear war. and the driver in the attack in barcelona is a 22-year-old moroccan. an american is confirmed to be among the 14 people killed in the attack. jared tucker was there celebrating his first wedding anniversary. we want to turn back to the story overseas we've been reporting on. crews in the waters of the south china sea are searching for ten navy sailors who are missing after a missile destroyer

collided with another ship. military officials are saying the collision between the uss john mccain and the merchant ship happened off of singapore. five other sailors were hurt in the incident. joining us live from seoul, south korea, cal perry. good to have you with us this morning. let's talk about the search for the missing sailors. do we know more about those operations and what can you tell us about the crash between these two ships? >> reporter: so first to that search, we're now 12 hours after the accident. this is a joint rescue mission between the singapore navy and the united states navy. as you said taking place in those straits. helicopters are over that water right now. we are 12 hours after this accident. and it's about to become dark in those waters. as for the crash itself, still unclear what exactly happened. we're talking here about an ageist destroyer. one of the finest outfits the u.s. navy has to offer.

these ships have incredible navigation technology on board. that's what the seventh fleet is going to be looking at. this is the second major incident that the seventh fleet has had in less than two months. you'll remember a ship less than two months ago the uss fitzgerald also had a collision. seven u.s. sailors died in that collision. the u.s. navy was found to be at fault. they relieved the commanding officer of that ship. certainly there will be an extensive investigation when it comes to the uss john mccain. also worth mentioning, the name sake of uss john mccain named for the senator's father and grandfather both admirals in the u.s. navy. >> cal, what are you hearing from the white house on this? >> reporter: so nothing official from the white house. not a surprise yet. i will tell you president trump landed late last night from his vacation. there's a lot of talk about a comment he may have made on camera where he said on the sly, that's a shame. it was picked up by one of only

five camera mikes. unclear what he was referring to. unclear if the chopper had muffled the question he was answering. but this relationship between this president and the u.s. media is really frayed. it's a very, very damaged and bad relationship. that was on full display last night. >> thank you for that. as we were mentioning there i think in the comments in the president when he arrived, he said that's too bad when he was asked a question about the john mccain. >> we will hear from jim mast tis -- mattis on this later on. new polls from nbc news and marist show the president has disappointed voters. in michigan 55% disapprove. and in wisconsin 34% of voters approve and 56% disapprove. meaning the president has negative ratings of 19 points in michigan, pennsylvania, and 22 points in wisconsin.

each of these three states more than 60% of voters say they are, quote, embarrassed by the president's conduct. fewer than three in ten are proud of his performance. and voters say they prefer democrats in control of the congress. a 13-point gap in michigan. 48% for the democrats. 35% for the republicans. in pennsylvania, democrats hold a 10-point advantage. 47% to 37%. and in wisconsin, democrats are ahead by eight points. 46% to 38%. all right. steve bannon ask back at breitbart news after departing the white house friday. like so many in the trump orbit just because bannon has exited the walls of the west wing, he does not expect his influence to wane and looks to looming policy. he told associates he wants to ensure any spending resolution approved next month by congress includes money to begin construction on the wall that president trump has promised to build. if congress balks, advised the

president to issue a veto which would trigger a government shutdown. and he told "the washington post" no administration in history has been so divided among itself about the direction about where it should go. now, he told the weekly standard the path forward on things like economic nationalism and immigration and his ability to kind of move freely, i think the president's ability to get anything done particularly with bigger things like the wall, bigger things be fought for, it's going to be that much harder. and bannon assigns blame for the thwarting of his program. but holds special disdain for the washington establishment, especially those republicans who he believes willfully failed to provide trump with meaningful victories. he believes things are about to get worse for trump. there's about to be a jailbreak of these moderate guys or the hill. a stream of republican dissent which could become a flood. shortly after bannon's ouster on friday, an editor at breitbart

news sent a single ward. joel pollak posted #war. he explained what the president must do now. >> the key to the administration's success will continue to be whether it sticks to the agenda on which donald trump ran for president. and in many ways, he has, indeed, stuck to that agenda since taking office in january. and the issues are what bind him to his base. it's not personalities. it's not even steve bannon. it is his performance on those issues. but if he veers away, if he pulls an arnold schwarzenegger and tries to reinvent himself as a liberal, we will see that support erode quickly. president trump heads to arizona tomorrow where he will stop along the border before a campaign rally in phoenix. where he can shed more insight about whether he will pardon arpaio. arpaio was found in contempt

after defying an order to stop profiling. the president could spark further republican party in-fighting by endorsing the challenger to jeff flake. flake has criticized the president's conduct. "new york times" reporting glenn thrush tweeted, lots of nervousness in the white house about the trip to arizona. john kasich urged the president to use the trip to unite the nation. >> the president is our president. we want him to be successful. people around him have to get to him to say, okay, you need to show leadership. you need to bring the country together. you're going to go to phoenix and make a speech, fine. that's your right. you can go there. he's got free speech just like the rest of us have it. but when you go, try to use that as an opportunity to say something that's going to bring people together. >> and democrats are facing major financial obstacles even as new state and national polling shows voters favor them

to control congress. the real clear politics average gives democrats a nine-point lead on who they want to see in charge of congress. a strong indicator for the midterm elections. but the national committee fell even further behind the republicans in their fund raising last month. the rnc raised $10.2 million in july while the dnc raised $3.8 million. their worst month since july of 2007. so far this year, the rnc has raised $86.5 million as the dnc raised less than half of that, $42 million. and the republicans have a staggering cash on hand advantage. $47.1 million to the democrats' $6.9 million. all right. still ahead, another leader from the business world steps down as an adviser to president trump. plus honoring two trail blazers in the world of comedy. a look back at the lives of dick gregory and jerry lewis when we return.

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try listerine® zero alcohol™. all right. welcome back, everyone. let's get a quick check on your weather now with bill karins. everyone wants to know what is it looking out there now with the total eclipse? >> what are they going to see? many areas are going to be fantastic. of course there's going to be some exception. it goes from coast to coast. some people will suffer. we're looking at where it's raining or the thunderstorms is. but today it's different. we want to look at the clouds. showing white on this map. a complex of clouds in iowa now drifts to the great lakes. some will dissipate because those are thunderstorms. they kind of die off and dissipate during the day. then reform this afternoon. we're okay in the southeast. but there's a hint of cloud cover on the carolina coastline. that's going to be an area of concern. then the moisture from texas to kansas. now towards missouri. that's going to be a problem. watching kansas city closely. here's the forecast. this is for early this afternoon. the path of totality shown in blue here.

but of course we still have great viewing in areas like chicago today too. there's a lot of cloud cover here through south dakota, minnesota, central illinois, northern indiana. there's the clouds and showers right along the southeast coast. and there's some more of that moisture in areas of kansas. you will notice there's some fantastic area in a few spots. let's get to the path of totality. that's where millions of people have converged. it's going to be curious to see what the traffic jams will be like in these places where the iffy weather. idaho is looking fantastic. wyoming to casper, all fantastic party into early afternoon. then interesting in kansas city. mostly cloudy skies. 1:08 p.m. is when you're going to have your peak totality. hopefully you'll see it. then the eclipse through 2:45 in the afternoon is close to the totality in south carolina. there's the showers on the coast. we did hint and tease up we're going to do this again in seven years from now. but that path of totality goes

through texas right through illinois. through cleveland, buffalo, northern portions of new york and vermont and northern maine. that's only seven years from now. save those glasses if you were lucky enough to find them. not a lot of people were. the other forecast concerns today are going to be severe storms. late in the afternoon, after the eclipse the storms will pop up in iowa and southern illinois. we have about 20 million people in risk of severe storms today from iowa to dubuque and chicago. that's when everyone's done with the eclipse and coming home and driving on the highways throughout this area. even a couple tornadoes are possible. so we'll have to watch that. and then into tomorrow, that severe weather shifts into ohio and western portions of pennsylvania. it's interesting. usually we get thunderstorms and storm chasers that are converging and it gets crowded around the storms. everyone's probably going to see showers and storms. they're going to get in their cars and try to drive to get there. >> hold on. i'm just making my hotel reservations for buffalo, 2024.

>> going to be broadcasting live from watertown, new york, on 2024. >> montreal, here we come. >> exactly. all right. thanks, bill. it was a tough weekend for the comedy world which lost two titans over the past two days. dick gregory, jerry lewis. gregory is being remembered for his hard-hitting satire on racial issues. the trail blazer was one of the first black comedians to find success in front of white audiences. he also tried his hands at politics making an unsuccessful run for mayor in chicago in the '60s and as a write-in candidate for president receiving 47,000 votes. later in life, he took on the role of health advocate. >> and remembering jerry lewis. comedian, actor, and humanitarian. miguel almaguer has a look back at his illustrious career. >> reporter: most of the public saw him only as a funny man.

>> you say you loved me and i've loved you living and loving. >> reporter: but jerry lewis was a whole lot more. during more than 60 years in show business, he was an accomplished dancer, recording artist, actor, writer, director, philanthropist, teacher, and inventor. a lover of electronic gadgets, director lewis put a video attachment on his movie camera in the early '60s so he could view scenes immediately after he shot them. the video assist is still used on all movie sets today. he dropped out of high school and at 15 took his comedy act on the road. it wasn't until he teamed up with dean martin that lewis became a star. >> had you learned anything in your first class -- >> only this morning looking in the mirror before shaving i enjoyed seeing what i saw so much i couldn't tear myself away.

>> reporter: the 1963 film "the nutty professor" is considered by many to be his masterpiece. >> just aren't enjoying it anymore. >> reporter: lewis took on more serious roles in his later years appearing in "the king of comedy," "mr. saturday night," and "funny bones." he also tackled broadway appearing in a revival of "damn yankees." but to many young people, jerry lewis is known more for his telethons for muscle dystrophy than movies. the telethon which he hosted until 2010 is the most successful in history. it's raised over $2 billion in more than 40 years on the air. >> mr. jerry lewis. >> reporter: it was this that earned lewis his first and only oscar. in 2009, he academy honored him with the humanitarian award. >> he was good at anything he

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side. one major source of tension is over a proposal from the trump administration that cars and auto parts substantial portion of those cars and auto parts should be produced under the pact in the u.s. we haven't had specific targets but that's likely to enflame tensions during the negotiations. they want to try to finish the talks by 2018 but experts say the timetable is unrealistic. samsung another story we're following, big week forever the company, unveiling their new galaxy note 8. the 7 was combustible last year they had to do a huge recall, big, big moment for them unveiling this new phone. >> willem, today's solar eclipse several businesses are cashing in on the highly anticipated celeste celestial event. >> hotels and airlines. marriott has hotels in 16 cities in the path of the eclipse, they're seeing a booking rate 60% higher than usual for this kind of date, then we look at hilton, charging more than double for some of their hotels in the path of the eclipse.

southwest airlines announced several flights from denver, portland and seattle where they'll have special cocktails and viewing glass for passengers on board. >> will. marks live from london, the eclipse quite an event. talk to you soon. >> they are giving special cocktails and viewing glasses, in case the glasses don't work you have the special cocktails. let's talk about a missouri lawmaker trying to calm the backlash over her recent post on social media calling for president trump's assassination. maria chappelle nadal made her late's poll gee last week. speaking at a news conference in ferguson she had made a mistake said she had made a mistake and let others down and not only apologized to the president but his family as well. the secret service is reportedly investigating her comment. the lawmaker faced growing critics including u.s. senator claire mccaskill and chairman of the state's democratic party who called for her to resign.

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welcome back. before we toss it over to "morning joe" a check on the stories you'll hear about in the day ahead. president trump set to address the nation this evening and lay out his strategy on the war in afghanistan. the president expected to authorize 4,000 more troops for counterterrorism missions. >> the president's speech kicks off a busy few days for him. tomorrow set to marine corps air station near the border of new mexico, in arizona before a rally that night. the focus is expected to be on immigration. wednesday he heads to reno, nevada, he'll give a speech to

the american legion's annual convention. the story everyone will be talking about today, millions of americans are set to turn their eyes to the sky to catch the solar eclipse, marking the first total eclipse since 1918. >> grab your cocktails and glasses. >> best is airlines. >> that does it for us on this morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >> good morning, my name's joe. i work for "morning joe." >> and it's morning. >> hey louis, are you going to arizona? >> yeah. >> that's going to be great. >> going to be great. >> great press. duke it out there. oh, great. yeah it's "morning joe." >> you're joe. >> i'm joe. >> i don't get these eclipse things. eclipse monday august 21st. mika of course you know where mika is?

>> best place to see the eclipse. >> she went up to saratoga where her horse naturally won. guess what she did with the money? >> bought eclipse glasses. >> is there no carly simon? >> i don't know the rest of the song. >> she blew her winnings. she went to nova scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun. >> who is that song about, warren beatty? >> i don't know. anyway it's carly simon. it was war rinne beatty or mick jagg jagger. >> he sings backup vocals. it's 6:00, 10:00 after. is this mika telling me, she said "start talking." i guess i will. i don't understand this solar eclipse thing. everybody is like you come once every 40, 50 years? >> it's coming in five years. >> in five years? okay it was a long time. it was like '79, right, was the