♪ >> secretary of state mike pompeo in the hot seat in front of the senate foreign relations chiti. he defended the president's foreign policy and was grilled about what trump said to putin in helsinki. plus, house republicans file an impeachment resolution against deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and democrats are coming to his defense. and more questions about michael cohen's recorded conversations with president trump and whether more tapes have been handed over to investigators. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, july 26th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside

yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we begin with with mike pompeo who appeared before the senate foreign relations committee. the nearly three-hour hearing included several tense back-and-forths between pompeo and senators from both sides of the aisle on topics including russia and north korea and generally overall foreign policy. >> has the president told you what he and president putin discussed in their two-hour closed-door meeting in helsinki? >> presidents have the choice to attend -- >> i just asked a simple question. you can't eat up my seven minutes, mr. secretary. did he tell you whether or not -- what happened in those two hours? >> yes. the prepping of your question implied there was something improper about having a

one-on-one meeting. >> i just asked a simple he question. did he tell you what transpired in the meeting? >> i had a number of conversations with president trump about what transpired in the meeting. i was present when with he and president putin gave us a sense of what they discussed. i had a chance to speak with sergei lavrov on the russian view of what took place. i have a complete understanding of what took place. >> did you speak to the translator at that meeting? >> no, i haven't. >> is there any verifiable evidence of progress towards denuclearization? >> oh, yes. absolutely. >> what is verifiable? >> we are sitting at the table having conversations. we have had lots of discussions that i'm not going to get into here today. >> i am afraid that at this point the united states, the trump administration is being taken for a ride. >> fear not, senator. fear not. >> there's no evidence to the contrary. >> fear not, senator. >> there's no evidence. >> senator, fear not. >> you draw a distinction between the president's comments and u.s. policy.

>> senator, the policies are themselves statements as well. indeed, they're the most important statements that the administration makes. >> well, policies are statements and statements are policies, it goes both ways. >> that's not true. i make lots of statements, they're not u.s. policy. the president says things, the president makes comments in certain places. we have national security council, we meet, we layout strategies, we develop policies, right. >> so how do i know the difference? >> the president set the course. >> how do i know the difference between a presidential statement that's not a policy and a statement that is? >> senator, here is what you should look at. compare -- compare the following. barack obama speaking tough on russia and doing nothing. >> that's not true. >> it is true. >> i understand you want to rewrite the obama policy on russia it is not true. >> can i speak. >> you can, bought when he speaks, that is the policy. >> i misspoke. it is the case. the president calls the ball.

his statements are, in fact, policy, but it is the case when all of us speak in informal settings in response to questions we're not covering the full gamut of things that impact the world. that's what i intended to say. i saw the glee on your side walking away, trying to make a political point from that. that's silliness. this president runs this statement. his statement -- >> now we understand that when the president speaks it is the policy. >> geez. i'm exhausted. >> imagine that for three-and-a-half hours. >> meanwhile, vladimir putin will not be visiting the white house this year. national security adviser john bolt on-said yesterday in a statement, the president believes the next bilateral meeting with putin should take place after the russia witch-hunt is over. so we have agreed it will be after the first of the year. it is a major change of opinion for bolton who last summer called russia's interference in the 2016 elections an act of

war. "the washington post" trump ordered bolton to officially invite putin to the white house after watching negative tv coverage of the sehelsinki summ. >> 64% say they don't believe trump is tough enough on russia, far ahead of the second-held opinion unsure at 18%. 10% say his toughness is about right. only 8% say he is too tough. when looking at republicans alone, almost half, 47%, say trump has not on been tough enough, while 24% are unsure and just 20% say he has taken the right approach. poll ingalls shows a strong majority of americans, about seven in ten, believe there was russian interference in the 2016 election. that includes 51% of republicans versus 41% who say there was no interference. looking ahead to the midterms, 57% of americans think it is likely russia will try to

interfere this november versus 38% who say it is unlikely. however, the majority of republicans are skeptics. fewer than one in four in the gop believe russian interference is, in fact, likely. switching gears from russia, according to "the washington post" michael cohen may have already released his most significant tape of president trump, a sign cohen is going beyond words into action in his wish to make a deal with prosecutors. two sources familiar with with the tapes will tell the post that the government has seized more than 100 recordings that cohen made of his conversations with people discussing matters that could relate to trump and his businesses and with trump himself talking. they say trump's voice is on several of the recordings, but only in snippets. typically when he is returning a call from cohen or asking cohen on voicemail to call him back. the only recording in which trump an cohd cohen have a substantive conversation is the one davis released tuesday. the post says much of the

recordings are of him and reporters discussing donald trump, like one the "wall street journal" is reporting on of a conversation about the stormy daniels payment with chris cuomo in which cohen says allegedly, kwo, i did it on my own according to people familiar with the matter. the white house clashed with the press yesterday and restricted access after a television pool reporter did her job. it happened after the president ignored questions after his photo spread with the european commission president. watch this. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. >> reporter: mr. president. >> thank you, everybody. >> did michael cohen betray you. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: mr. president, are you worried about what michael cohen is going to say to prosecutors? are you worried about what is on the other tapes, mr. president? >> thank you, everybody. >> as you can see, the president

ignoring a lot of questions. the reporter you heard there though was kaitlyn collins of cnn. her questions about michael cohen caused the white house press office to retaliate. cnn reports a few minutes after her questions collins was asked to come to bill shine's office. shine is a former co-president of "fox news" and the new deputy chief of staff for communications. press secretary sarah sanders joined them. according to collins, quote, they said, you are disinvited from the press availability in the rose garden today. they said that the questions i asked were inappropriate for that venue, and they said i was shouting. in a statement the white house said, at the conclusion of a press event in the oval office a reported shouted questions and refused to leave despite repeatedly being asked to do so. subsequently, our staff informed her she was not welcome to participate in the next event, but made clear that any other journalist from her network could attend. quote, she said it didn't matter to her because she hadn't planned to be there anyway.

and to be clear, we support a free press and ask that everyone be respectful of the presidency and guests at the white house. yet the footage shows collins was far from the only member of the press to stay and ask questions after the poll spray ended. >> a common practice for anyone who has attended any of those. >> really common practice. >> -- bilateral meetings when the press shouts. >> and elevating your voice to be heard. >> yes. joining us a reporter for "the washington post", eugene scott. good to have you with us. >> thanks. >> let's talk a little bit about mike pompeo, secretary of state. he had a testy testimony yesterday on capitol hill, talked about a lot of different topics. what stood out the most for you? what was the, i guess, most interesting part of that confrontation? >> i think what stood out the most for me was mike pompeo saying he had complete knowledge or understanding of what happened in that personal meeting between trump and putin because no one else seems to, and we would like to know what

he actually said. the next question will be, will he play a part in making that available to people even on the national security council who feel left out of the loop. >> well, you would think when there's so many questions about what was actually said between the two leaders they would want to make it available in order to clear up any sort of misunderstandings that may be out there. >> indeed. >> i think it would be the logical next step, but doesn't seem they're going in that direction to say the least. let's talk about the oval office meeting that was supposed to happen between president putin and president trump, obviously on hold after the, quote, witch-hunt as said by the trump administration is said and done. what do you think it means? >> yeah, i think the administration is paying attention to just how poorly the president was perceived to have performed in his first summit and feels like this is not something that they can risk happening again, especially given recent intelligence. all of us are expecting, you know, more indictments and more information to be made clear

regarding the relationship between russia and the 2016 election in terms of its interference, and having this type of summit could only make things look worse and not make things look as if the trump administration is being as tough on russia as they claim. >> all right frm euge-- thank y very much. today is the court ordered deadline for parents and separated children. heartbreaking audio of two undocumented mothers pleading to be reunited with their kids in immigration court. here is one mother's plea. >> the court hereby orders the decision of the asylum officer is affirmed. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> and your case is returned to the department of homeland security for you to be removed to your home country. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> ma'am, i do wish you good luck in your home country. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> that is all.

>> interpreter: and my daughter? >> where is your daughter, ma'am? [ speaking foreign language ]. >> interpreter: new york. >> do you want to take your daughter with you back to your home country? [ speaking foreign language ]. >> interpreter: yes. >> you might want to talk to the department of homeland security to see if it's possible to remember yu nig reunite you and your daughter. >> just incredibly heartbreaking to hear that. imagine as a parent -- >> it sounds so cold as well, no sympathy. >> and she's like, my daughter, where's my daughter, my daughter's in new york. >> it doesn't seem the judge has a good awareness of it because he's saying check with the department of homeland security. >> suddenly you are deported and your child is left behind you. nbc received permission from the woman's attorney to show that audio of the hearings on the condition that they not be identified by name, although

2,551 children were separated from their parents. justice department officials said they plan to reunite just over 1600 eligible families by end of the day. however, "the l.a. times" reporting as of yesterday the government was, working to reunite more than 1500 parents with their kids and about 900 parents were fighting final deportation orders. the aclu suspects the 463 parents already deported may have waived their rights to be reunited with their children without knowing their legal standing or what exactly they were signing. >> absolute mess. still ahead, a possible breakthrough in alzheimer's research. details about a new drug to slow the disease. >> a swos woman for melania trump reports the president was upset when he saw his wife's tv tuned into cnn. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. >> drama. into cnn.

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welcome back, everybody. there is new hope this morning in the fight against al alzheimer's, a disease with no cure that affects millions of american families. >> a new drug appears to slow the progression of the disease. nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres has more. >> a rare success for alzheimer's research, a new drug to slow the progression of the deadly disease which currently has no effective treatments. >> it is hope in terms of that we continue to look for potential treatments. the data is intriguing. >> reporter: drugmaker biogen reported at a major alzheimer's conference after 18 months of treatment patients who received the highest dose saw a 30% reduction in memory and daily function decline versus those given a placebo. the drug removes buildup from the brain called amyloid plaques

thought to be responsible for alzheimer's. while similar drugs failed, the key difference is that the drug was given to patients at the earliest of the disease. >> we can slow or reduce the shrinkage of the brain. >> it is important to detect this as early as possible? >> absolutely. >> while researchers continue to study the drug they asked the fda to fast track approval. the news giving hope to craig donovan who lost his father and grandfather to the disease. >> it is a critical societal need and there's so much human suffering involved with alzheimer's. i hope that research continues. >> that was dr. john torres reporting. in a surprise announcement president trump and jean-claude juncker has a truce. as part of the truce both sides agreed to work towards zero

tariffs in exchange to minor eu concessions, the promise to purchase more liquified gas when the u.s. builds more stations in the future. there was no definitive agreement on the tariffs already in place. now, the deal was announced before republican lawmakers who went to the white house to express growing alarm at trump's protectionist policies at the expense of farmers. the president levied a $12 billion farmout to a mixed republican reaction. let's switch gears for a moment and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. i assume it will be a rainy day, same assumption? >> things are getting better, ayman. we are watching the heavy rain exiting areas of the mid atlantic. here are some of the pictures from yesterday, fairfax, virginia, washington, d.c., baltimore, it poured. rush hour was a disaster. hundreds of roads were under water. we had almost every small stream and creek was overflowing its

bank at one point from virginia up through pennsylvania. we still have about 10 million people under floor warning in pennsylvania. there's hershey park which had to close yesterday because of the creek that runs through the park. we even had issues in florida with rip kuntz. the heavy rain has shifted to the north. the flood watches have been cansed, that's an improvement. we will still he see isolated downpours, a couple popping up in southern financinew jersey. it will not be the pouring rains we saw in days past. around 8:00, hartford, still some storms. by 5:00 we watch the front kick through with leftover showers, not a lot. notice we cleared out philadelphia to d.c. friday, watch out. we will see a line of thunderstorms coming through. so we only get a brief break this afternoon and tomorrow, ayman, we will have a chance for severe weather. we will talk more in the next half hour about the excessive heat in the west. that's not going anywhere any

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welcome back. time now for sports. the latest in the nfl controversy over players protest during the national anthem, speaking with reporters at the start of training camp

yesterday, jerry jones made it clear about what the policy is in dallas. >> as far as really the vote that we had had as a league in the spring, it doesn't impact our team. our policy is that you stand at the anthem, toe on the line. >> jones was also critical of donald trump when asked about the president's involvement in the matter. take a listen. >> it is his interest in what we're doing is problematic from my chair and i would say in general the owners' chair. unprecedented if you think about it. >> all right. turning now to major league baseball where innen a au hypothetical the angels polho on l slugs a home run in his career. it puts him past ken griffey jr. for sole possession of sixth

place on the all-time list. congratulations to him. finally in baltimore, who says fans captain make a difference in the game. you remember steve back in 2003, that's what happened to a lesser extent when the red sox first base let a ball drop after mistaking the voice in the stands for a teammates calling him off. no good there. a 5-0 lead in the second inning before the game is called after more than a two-hour rain delay in that one, guys. >> i don't know how i feel about that one, fans shout at the players and distract him. but i guess it is part -- >> part of the game. >> home field advantage, right? >> that's what heckling is. >> i get a lot of that here on the set with you guys. thanks, louis. still ahead, a group of house republicans introduce articles of impeachment against deputy attorney rod rosenstein. we're going to explain why it is unlikely to pass coming up. plus, much more from secretary of state mike pompeo's heated hearing in front of the senate foreign relations

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♪ welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis bergdorf. it is the bottom of the hour. starting with the morning's top stories, a group of republicans in the house introduced articles of impeachment against deputy a.g. rod rosenstein in connection to special counsel bob mueller's probe into russian interference. the resolution introduced by chairman of the house freedom caucus mark meadow along with jim jordan and nine other

cosponsors accuses rosenstein of trying to block congressional oversight of mueller's investigation. they claim the deputy a.g. has withheld documents from and made misleading statements to congress on the matter. a spokesperson for meadows tells nbc news the resolution is not considered a privilege motion. that means whether it he eventually comes up for a floor vote is in the hands of the republican leadership. last week house speaker paul ryan said that rosenstein should be allowed to finish his investigation, but last night meadows suggested lawmakers can be around the speaker to impeach rosenstein. >> we hope that it doesn't have to come to that. obviously this is the first step tonight, but it doesn't require a consent from the speaker. quite frankly, it is either we hold him in contempt or we get the documents or we impeach him. the only thing that we have control over is the ability to bring impeachment straight to the floor. >> all right. so last night the top democrats on the house judiciary oversight

and intelligence committees released a joint statement saying, quote, this resolution to impeach deputy attorney general rosenstein is a direct attack on the special counsel's investigation, full stop. to date special counsel mueller has obtained 30 indictments and five dilt gy pleas against a group that includes four trump campaign officials and 26 russian nationals. the president should not mistake this move by his congressional enablers as a pretext to take any action against mr. rosenstein or mr. mueller and his investigation. now, despite trump rhetoric, the majority of americans do not believe the fbi is unfair to the president. according to the latest npr pbs news hour poll, six in ten voters say the fbi is trying to do their job, while a third say the bureau is biased against the trump administration. meanwhile, among republicans 37% believe that the fbi is just doing their job and a little over half, about 55%, say that

the bureau is biased against the administration. and second of state mike pompeo faced scathing questioning from members of the senate foreign relations committee yesterday over president trump's meeting in helsinki last week with russian president vladimir putin. the lawmakers demanded answers from the president's top diplomat who defended the president's foreign policy. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on the fireworks on capitol hill from yesterday. >> reporter: the secretary of state taking fire from democrats and the republican chairman about that two-hour private meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. >> it is the president's public statements that create concern amongst senators on both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: the senators even doubting that the secretary of state knows what mr. trump promised putin because they met without note takers. >> did he tell you what transpired in the meeting? >> i had a number of conversations about what transpired in the meeting.

>> did you speak to the translator at the meeting? >> no, i haven't. senator, i understand the game that you're playing, again. >> no, mr. secretary. >> i do. >> with all due respect, i don't appreciate you characterizing my questions. my questions are to get to the truth. we don't know what the truth is. >> reporter: pompeo farmirmly rejecting putin's suggestion that russians be allowed to interrogate u.s. dip low masses like mike mcfaul, an nbc analyst, former ambassador to russia. >> under no circumstance should they indict and convict when they are doing their job. >> we will defend our team in the field, and the team that's been in the field when it retires. >> our thanks to andrea mitchell for that report. >> joining us, reporter for "the washington post", eugene scott. good to have you back with us. >> thanks. >> a lot of people don't know exactly what happened.

did mike pompeo shed any light on that during his testimony? >> not really. he tried to communicate this administration has been tough on russia and that attention should be on policy and not the president's words, on things such as sanctions or planned meetings of the national security council, but it is really difficult for americans to focus on just what has been done when what is being said seems to be more loud and more frequent. and it seems like lawmakers weren't convinced either. >> yeah, not to mention mike pompeo couldn't let the opportunity pass without taking a swipe at barack obama, president barack obama. it seems everything this administration does, has to somehow take a swipe at the former president. >> yeah. >> that's true. >> let's talk about effort to impeach rosenstein by the 11 republicans. we know there's little chance of this actually happening, so why do it? >> well, i just think they just want to play to their base. i mean these are the most conservative members of congress and they were sent to congress by some of the most conservative

voters in the country. and we see polling, which you've just shown, that shows just how many republicans believe trump and are frustrated with mueller here. the reality though is that there's such disagreement within the republican party itself on how to handle this special counsel investigation that the likelihood of them moving forward just isn't high. in terms of being able to go around paul ryan, the whole idea of a privilege motion ultimately will not get them to what it is that they ultimately want, and that is to see rosenstein impeached. >> so the next part of that, eugene, is regardless of what they do in terms of domestic pol politics, democrats are warning the president not to misinterpret this as a pretext to fire rod rosenstein or the mueller investigation. is there growing concern that's what this is, the first shot

fired to pave the way for the administration to fire rosenstein? >> yes. there's no confidence among those that support the idea that the president will be even tempered and thoughtful in his approach to this. he hasn't shown any behavior that would confirm that. so they want him to know that this would be a risky move that could cause him greatly, his party greatly and, perhaps more importantly, the american people as a whole. >> not to mention people on capitol hill, some have been asking for legislation to protect special counsel -- special prosecutor mueller and he won't do it. >> he won't do it. it doesn't mat sense if it is not in the cards. >> we're going to see you on "morning joe" in a bit, so stick around for us. >> yes. in a blow to president trump's lawyers, a federal judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed involving the president's washington, d.c. hotel. in a decision handed down yesterday, two attorney generals accuse trump of violating the

constitution's emoluments clauses which respect the president's ability to accept financial ben filtefits from doc or foreign governments. it is claimed that foreign governments have done business with the d.c.'s hole because of the president's association with it. emolument is a payment made to an owe fifficial in addition to official salary. his private business dealings would be kpem in that situation. the decision clears the way to open trump's recent financial records, something the public has yet to see. it appears to be the first time any federal judge has said what the term emolument means when applied to a president. >> all right. still ahead, everybody, the first lady fires back at a new report suggesting divisions with her husband in the choice of television news. what she is saying about his penchant for one of the

president's least favorite networks. plus, a recent scientific breakthrough on the planet mars. as researchers discover water on the planet, what it could mean for the search for life beyond earth and whether it exists. details on those stoerns and bill karins is back for a check on the forecast.

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we carry flowers that signifyn why we want to end the disease. and we walk so that one day, there will be a white flower for alzheimer's first survivor. join the fight at alz.org/walk. welcome back, everyone. first lady melania trump's spokeswoman is hitting back after "the new york times" reported that president trump was upset after noticing that melania's television on board air force one was actually tuned in to cnn. >> uh-oh. >> on their recent overseas trip. according to an e-mail obtained by the times, president trump raged at his staff for violating a rule that the white house entourage should begin each trip tuned into "fox news", his preferred network. the first lady's spokes woman has released a statement saying there are more important issues to be concerned with. the statement reads, did you know that every 15 minutes a

baby is born with nas? maybe you'd like to talk about the 160,000 kids who skip school every day for fear of being bullied or that 280,000 students are physically attacked in schools every month. seems kind of silly to worry about what channel she watching on tv -- any channel she wants, by the way -- or if she serd some reporting on the news. let's change gears here and get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. what have you got for us? >> we're still recapping the flooding ongoing in pennsylvania. we have about 10 million people under flash flood warning and flood warning including the baltimore area. washington, d.c. has been dropped. these are the river gauges showing minor, moderate and major. in harrisburg we have one near major flooding. that's when you start getting wlter towards houses and structures and can get evacuations. the rain is ending in harrisburg, just about finished. a hit and miss shower or two in areas of jersey. most of the rain, the heavy

stuff is over in new england. there's a chance of rain today, and then we get a break this afternoon in most areas and tomorrow a cold front goes through. that's good. it will spark a risk of severe thunderstorms. so a slight risk of severe weather in new york, philadelphia and drm c. that timing, 6:00 to 8:00 friday evening. keep it in mind if you have plans. 35 million at risk of the dangerous heat in the west still. it is not as bad as a couple of days ago, but from portland through areas of southern california temperatures will easily be five to 15 degrees above average. today phoenix is 112. earlier this week you were 116. l.a. we get a little cooler for you at 89. look at seattle, still at 90-degree. boise still at 100. dallas once again jumping into triple digits at 102. if you want a taes of falste of head to minneapolis. only 69 degrees. that's one of the first signs we've seen of cooler air coming from canada. tomorrow that will shift towards

areas like chicago. here is friday in chicago, a beautiful 77 degrees. here are the showers and storms friday afternoon in the northeast. also florida this time of year, you get your afternoon storms. by the time we get to saturday, we clear it out. dry weather d.c. to new york. sunday looks perfect in areas of the northeast and new england. low humidity. you will enjoy it after this soggy wet stretch, but we are still dodging the storms in the southeast. i think the bottom line, louis, is we won't have the extremes heading towards the weekend. >> we like to hear a good saturday and sunday in the northeast, bill. we appreciate that. now to exciting news we may be one step closer to answering the question of whether life ever existed on mars. italy's space agency announced yesterday it has he detected an underground lake on the planet, raising the possibility it could harbor life in the form of microbes. scientists say the lake is comprised of salty water and is buried deep inside the red planet nearing the south pole.

they say they analyzed signals collected over three years and the results suggest a 12-mile-wide reservoir lies under ice about a mile thick. they don't know whether it is an underground pool or just a layer of sludge. either way, it is cool. >> it all makes sense. >> tell us, bill. why? >> it is like lord of the rings. they're not on the surface. the aliens are in mars, under the ground. >> you took it one step further. you went with aliens. >> it is like lord of the rings. >> why would they be on the surface? she don't have the atmosphere to protect them. >> they found water, not meaning life form. >> a little liberty on this. >> if he is citing lord of the rings, that's our cue. all joking aside, there was a relevant ted talk this week by a famous astronomer -- >> uh-oh, someone did their research. >> go ahead, ayman. >> thank you, guys. i was trying to say i follow

them on instagram and they had the talk. he makes the argument we are the only life forms in the universe. >> that look like us. >> that look like us? >> no way. there are more stars out there than grains of sand on our planet. >> so we're saying there's life form -- okay. i think we need to p wrap this up. >> gneil de grasse ties enin here. >> shares of facebook are seeing red on disappointing earnings as the results look to potentially weigh on other major stocks as well. details on those tostories and others driving your business day, coming up. mato you can trak from farm, to pot, to jar, to table. and serve with confidence that it's safe. this is a diamond you can follow from mine to finger, and trust it never fell into the wrong hands. ♪ ♪

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neil de gra welcome back, everybody. president trump's trade policies sideswipe general motors which reported lower second quarter profits on wednesday. stock prices fell some 7% on the report which cited rising production costs and other international factors for the earnings slump. now, while sales increased profits dropped 2.8% compared to the same period just a year ago. gm buys more than 90% of its steel and aluminum from the united states, however, those domestic producers raised their prices as foreign metals become more expensive. as the result, the company lowered the expected profits for the year. however, the carmaker is not

alone. ford and fiat and chrysler lowered their forecasts on tariff fears. despite the ding on automakers on wednesday, they rallied for the fourth day for the u.s. and the eu. cnbc's nancy hungerford joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. after the tough rhetoric we told you about coming from the white house toward the eu on trade yesterday, it appears we got a bit of a kumbaya out of the meeting. a truce was agreed between eu commission president jean-claude juncker and donald trump to work toward zero tariffs on all goods, ex autos. they won't announce new tariffs as long as the negotiations are going forward. that is good news for the aud o auto sector you just mentioned. it is good news for those we have seen rebounding in this

session. president trump declared a victory when it comes to a pledge for europeans to import more soybeans. look for continuing progress on this point. it was a big jump on wall street, the dow gaining more than 170 points. things could be different today though. investors in the tech sector may want to buckle up here because there could be a wild ride. the nasdaq already called sharply lower, and this is all down to facebook. after the market closed facebook reported earnings that spooked investors so much in fact we saw a 24% drop in facebook stock in the after hours trade. it has pared that back slightly, but at that point we are talking about some $130 billion that would be wiped off its market value. the concern here was warning on revenue growth going forward. the user numbers, too, were slowing, especially right here in europe due to the gdpr changes and the concerns about cambridge analytica, the privacy concerns there. facebook stock due to open

sharply lower on wall street. >> the hits keep coming on facebook. that's a precipitous drop. live from london, also great to have you with us. >> the abrupt change from calling the european union a and stephanie ruhle and brian sullivan will break down the details and what may be the motivation for this new agreement. plus, fireworks on the hill as secretary of state mike pompeo gets grilled over the summit with vladimir putin and where he stands on the issue of russia and the private meeting between the two world leaders. morning, joe, everyone. just moments away. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently.

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what is our one big thing this morning? >> jared and ivanka are in it for the long haul. after speculation they might move back to new york, we have sources that tell us they'll, indeed, stay here as long as the president is here. we saw that this week with ivanka shutting down her business and her message to really committing on policy on washington. >> how has the rise of jared and ivanka impacted the dynamics inside the white house? >> what we've heard from sources is that you've seen jared and ii ivanka outside the oval office and in the residence and these meetings have happened without white house chief of staff john kelly. as you see john kelly's power in the white house waning you see

jared and ivanka rising. it's not a great surprise that someone who comes from a family business and relies on family in his business would also rely on his family here in washington and in the white house, especially when pressure rises. >> what will be the impact of jared and ivanka stepping out from behind the scenes at the white house do you think? >> we know they're committed to certain issues. work on the israeli/palestinian deal that he has been working on for months now. we knowterested in trying to work on nafta and the office of innovation. we know he'll continue on those fronts and ivanka is focused on paid family leave and child care developments and workforce development, especially as it relates to automation. those are the issues they're focused on which is more focused

than the broad agendas they both came in with initially. we know that is what their work will really look at in the coming months. >> so, sticking with ivanka here, seeing that she's quote/unquote focused on paid family leave. what exactly do we know she wants to get done? >> we know she spent time on capitol hill and courting senators and congressmen and bringing people to her home and entertaining them in salons. we know that she wants to have a legacy of her own and that paid family leave is the one she has really worked hardest on in that regard and if she's able to continue to beat that drum, especially as it gets to the midterms and especially because paid family leave is an issue that resonates with democrats, as well as republicans, that she'll be able to maybe make some headway as we get to the fall and the midterms.

>> do you think many will not want them to see a liability within some parts of the gop? >> absolutely. there will be members of the gop that won't necessarily want them on the campaign trail because they will be reminders of president trump and members of the gop who are in swing districts and races where they're really competitive with democrats and visits from ivanka and jared will only be reminded of the white house and the investigation and might not want jared and ivanka to be there as reminders. >> thank you so much for joining us. we'll read axios am in just a little bit. you can sign up for the newsletter. >> that does it for us this morning. "morning joe," everybody, starts right now. live picture of washington, d.c., this morning. good morning.

welcome to "morning joe." i'm willie geist along capitol hill correspondent and the host of kasiedc, kasie hunt, i like that. strategist and political contributor rick ti ler. susan delpercio. you have your own sound effect. do you have a show you want to tell us about or something? treasury and economic analyst steve ratner with us and and now msnbc news national security analyst jeremy bash and associate editor for "washington post" david ignatius and washington anchor for bbc world news america katie kay. richard haus summed up yesterday with two tweets. in the late aft