life -- and won. that's all for now. thanks for joining us. the trump administration is on the defensive after the president announced he had planned to hold a secret meeting with the taliban but then dramatically canceled it. this morning he is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle. mass evacuations in the bahamas after hurricane dorian slammed the island last week flattening homes and destroying businesses. the humanitarian crisis is just beginning to unfold. and president trump has another republican challenger heading into 2020. foremaner gop congressman mark sanford has announced he'll be taking on the president in the republican primary.

good morning, it's monday september 9th. we are learning more about the secret meeting the president planned with the taliban at camp david before abruptly announced on twitter it was canceled. the meeting would have happened yesterday, days before the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. the president says he canceled the meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a bombing in kabul. trump tweeted in part what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position. if they cannot agree to a cease fire during these important peace talks and would even kill 12 innocent people, they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. discussions about meeting with the taliban leaders began about a week ago. >> we're told president trump first decided to hold a meeting with the group and the president of afghanistan in washington, but later came up with the idea

of hosting them at camp david. as the "new york times" notes, quote, what would have been one of the biggest headline grabbing moments of his tenure was put together on the spur of the moment and canceled on the spur of the moment. the usual national security council process was dispensed with, only a small circle of advisers was clued in. national security adviser john bolton vehemently opposed meeting with the taliban. pompeo went on all five talk shows to defend his peace efforts and the decision to host the taliban at camp david. >> in the end, if you're going to negotiate, you often have to deal with some pretty bad actors. there are often been discussions of war at camp david, been some pretty bad actors travel through that place throughout recorded history. it's an important place. it's a place where we thought we should convince all the leaders of afghanistan, president gani and his team, as well as the

taliban, we could begin to convince them to head in the direction that would create better conditions on the ground in afghanistan. >> does this mean talks are off completely? >> so for the time being, that's absolutely the case. if you're the taliban, conditions have been worsening and they're about to get worse. we're going to make sure everybody in the region understands america will always protect its national security interests. >> a new piece entitled trumping the taliban. the board writes there is no domestic political clamor for the u.s. to withdraw all troops, especially with casualty alllow. . the pliltd harm for the president would be greater if a pullout triggered the collapse of the afghan government and a humanitarian tragedy. the jihadist movement worldwide would declare a great victory. the fight against islamic terrorism will be a multigenerational struggle afterno

around the world. better to stay on offense on their turf. mr. trump might be tempted to resume talks with the taliban but should be in no hurry. mr. trump's show of backbone will make them think twice. you can't have a successful peace meeting. >> in october of 2001, president george w. bush forcefully rejected an offer from the taliban to hold talks about the surrender of osama bin laden if the u.s. stopped bombing afghanistan. president bush was very clear at the time telling reporters no negotiations and demanding that bin laden be turned over. >> turn his cohorts over, turn any hostage they hold over, destroy all the terrorist camps. there's no need to negotiate. there's no discussions. i told them exactly what they need to do, and there's no need to discuss innocence or guilt. we know he's guilty. turn him over. if they want him to stop our military operations, they just got to meet my conditions. when i said no negotiations, i

meant no negotiations. >> switching gears to hurricane dorian where the death toll has risen as a result of that storm to at least 44 in the bahamas. that number is feared to dramatically increase. the catastrophic category five storm decimated the island last week leaving thousands without homes, without power, and much worse. according to the "new york times," the bahamian security forces are still responding to reports of missing and trapped people and teams of forensic investigators are still combing through the storm debris. yesterday delta airlines brought in 5,000 pounds of relief aid to the bahamas. the airline also planned to evacuate hundreds of haitian refugees on two frights, but due to operational challenges it was only able to send one. the airline said more rescue flights are planned for today as cleanup efforts are underway in the bahamas as well as florida and other states hit by the hurricane. president trump is expected to visit cherry point, north carolina, later today ahead of a planned rally in fayetteville to survey the damage. former republican

congressman and south carolina governor mark sanford has officially announced he will run for president challenging president trump for the party's nomination. watch this. >> i'm here to tell you now that i am going to get in. >> you're going to run for president against donald trump in the republican race? >> i am. i am. >> why? >> because i think we need to have a conversation on what it means to be a republican. i think that as a republican party we have lost our way and i'd say so on a couple of different fronts. >> do you honestly think you have a serious chance of beating? >> mark sanford will join morning joe to talk more about his 2020 presidential campaign. >> republican leaders in three states have voted to cancel caucuses. nevada, south carolina, and kansas announced over the weekend republican delegates will be committed to president trump in the upcoming election cycle. among the reasons include the

expenses to have an election. the move stifles gop opponents of the president who have since that cried foul. >> elections are the most important thing we do in a democracy, and even if this has happened before, it is antidemocraanti-dmok and a vote is the ultimate expression of choice. >> that is undemocratic bs, it's wrong and that's the kind of thing that should piss off republican voters. i think they're scared to death of this president having any other name on a primary ballot against him because he's imploding day by day. i think they're afraid. >> so despite some of the outrage canceling primaries and caucuses is not unusual for the party of the white house. incumbent seeking a second term. republicans in arizona are poised to make a similar decision later this month. >> joining us from washington political reporter for the "washington examiner" emily larson. goo good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's talk about this move

ayman was laying out for us. how do you think this is going to impact the republicans running against president trump? >> this is detrimental to anybody looking to challenge or potentially unseat the president. although the three republicans running against trump are considered long shots, these sates that are canceling their primaries, nevada, south carolina, those are very important early primary states, and so the strategy for these candidates now is to try and make a dent in the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary, and if they can't get any support there or any significcst challen chance to challenge the president. >> the meeting that wasn't, trump's unannounced camp david talks that were can then canceled. what is the reaction to meet

with them at camp david days from 9/11? >> president trump has faced condemnation from both sides, from democrats of course but also from some republicans including liz cheney who is very high up in house leadership and also from representative adam kinsinger who has been a frequent trump critic. they've criticized the idea of the taliban setting foot on u.s. soil and especially camp david. the president bush saying there would be no negotiations. this to them is a slap in the face. i think that republicans will try to spin this in favor of the president for the 2020 election saying that he's not afraid to walk away from a bad deal. sort of the same argument we've seen with his talks in north korea. >> it's ironic, you know there's that saying there's a tweet for everything. there's a tweet from 2012 where

president obama his administration was holding talks with the taliban and at the time president trump was criticizing him, calling him out for having those negotiations. >> emily, it seemed as if pompeo is leaving the door open. it doesn't necessarily seem like these talks are dead. >> called off completely. >> called off completely. what do you think the likelihood is, especially now considering what we're hearing from washington reaction to the revelation of these talks and these talks taking place at camp david? what do you think the likelihood is of rescheduling them? >> i think it's something that especially pompeo and trump would like to get done to create d -- i mean, the talks were going relatively well from the reporting i've seen, and if they are able to negotiate a peaceful exit from afghanistan, that would be an incredible feather in donald trump's cap for the election, but the risk is if you

do something too soon when the taliban is not cooperating, if they're still killing american troops overseas, that is not something that's going to play well in 2020. right now i wouldn't be on the edge of my seat. >> talking to north korea, talking to the taliban, who would have ever imagined, right? >> who would have ever imagined. >> emily larson, thanks. we're going to talk to you again in a little bit. the very latest on an investigation into the military spending at one of president's international resorts. later senator kamala harris apologizing after facing criticism to her response about a voter's remark. we're going to explain what happened. those stories, plus a check on your weather when we come back.

welcome back. the u.s. air force is launching an investigation after a report by "politico" revealed that an

air national guard crew has occasionally stayed at president trump's scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby. "politico" reports that the house oversight committee sent a letter to the pentagon in june. according to that letter, the military has spent $11 million on fuel at the pres wick airport, the closest airport trump since october 2017, fuel that would be cheaper purchased at a u.s. mail tear base. >> the letter also cites a guardian report that the airport provided cut rate rooms and free rounds of golf at turn berry for u.s. military members. the incidents raised the possibility that the military has helped keep his resort afloat. the property lost $4.5 million in 2017, but revenue went up 3 million in 2018. in a statement, the air force says it doesn't appear any regulations were broken but it will review all guidance pertaining to selection of

airports and lodging accommodations during international travels. with that let's switch gears and bring in meteorologist michelle grossman for a quick check of your weather. >> we're looking at the this will map here, we have an area of high pressure kind of acting like a heat pump bringing in all that hot air. we're going to see some records broken as we head throughout the day. the jet stream far to the north, the cool air to the north, hot air to the south. temperatures in the 90s feeling like over 100 degrees in many spots. little rock 98 degrees. you factor in the humidity, it's going to feel more like 105. birmingham 98, atlanta 97. panama city, 91 and jacksonville 96 but feels more like 102. it's going to stay in place on tuesday as well. not going anywhere anytime soon. little rock 95 feeling like 101. mobile 91. orlando up to 92 but it will feel more like 95 increadegrees. that heat expands to the northeast on wednesday.

new york looking at the 80s. you look further to the west, cincinnati wednesday 90 degrees, thursday 91, still 90 by friday, and then we start to cool things down. also want to talk about the heat advisories in place, 8 million affected by this heat today in parts of georgia, also in alabama. keep that in mind. you want to stay hydrated throughout the day. we also have the chance for stormy weather to the north, mainly in the northern plains and parts of the upper midwest. waterloo back to sioux falls, we're looking at damaging wirndwirndnds. a chance of tornados and flooding rains. the reason we have an area of low pressure, it's going to be moving through humid warm air. we do expect the best chance for these storms in the afternoon and also the evening once we get that sun going really getting that heat cranked up. seve severe threat expands into minneapolis. by tuesday the main threat will be in the north dakota area, bismarck even into rapid city and south dakota. keep that in mind, strongest storms in the dakotas.

we're looking at anywhere from one to two inches of rain. it could come very quickly. we have the threat for that flash flooding as we go throughout the afternoon. otherwise we're looking pretty good to the northeast. a beautiful weekend, right? we're looking at another beautiful day, new york 73, 69 in boston, a ril blittle bit of feel of fall. 79 in washington and watching those storms in the upper midwest. we're going to warm it up in the northeast. we'll talk about that coming up. still ahead, everybody, new reporting by "the washington post," the paper says it's been reliably told that president trump is withholding a white house visit and military aid in an attempt to extort the governme ukrainian government into intervening in the 2020 election.

last november russia fired upon and seized three ukrainian vessels and their crews in the black sea. in response this july ukraine seized a russian tanker but not the crew. late last week russia finally agreed to release the ukrainian cruise in a prisoner swap. that exchange saw ukraine release among others a former russian commander suspected of playing a role in shooting down malaysia airlines flight. president trump responded it was great news, congratulations to both countries. it comes amid these reports, as it relates to joe biden's past diplomatic efforts. the trump administration's slow

walking of much needed military aid to ally ukraine meant to counter russian aggression. it appears "the washington post" has made a convergent connection writing in a new piece by the editorial board, quote, some suspect that mr. trump is once again catering to mr. putin who's dedicated to undermining ukrainian democracy and independence but we're reliable bli told that the president has a second and more venal agenage. he is attempting to fort the president to intervene in the 2020 presidential election by launching an investigation of the leading democratic candidate joe biden. he's not just soliciting his help, he is using u.s. military aid the country desperately needs in an attempt to extort it. >> russia appearing to be growing increasingly aggressive in the arctic. nbc was given a rare look at intercept videos of nuclear capable russian aircrafts flying

in international air space. nbc news correspondent kevin tibbles has more on this. >> reporter: they fly where american fighter jets do not, norway's aging f-16s on 15 minute alert 24/7 above the arctic circle, the front line for the u.s. and nato. pilots scramble each and every time russian military planes are detected. nbc news was given a rare look at the intercept videos they bring back, nuclear capable russian aircraft flying in international air space. norway shares a 120-mile border with russia, but says russian military aircraft fly the full length of their coastline, over 500 missions a year during the cold war. after the soviet union fell, virtually none, now norway says they're back. >> what is that like to come up behind one of their aircraft? >> it is exciting, especially at night to fly out there. >> major general lars ama tracks

the russians from deep inside his underground command center. >> i think they're sending strategic messages that their present, but also this area is of their strategic interest. >> reporter: as the arctic melts, russia is flooding the region with military and economic resources, signaling the top of the world may become the next big strategic battleground with the west. the pilots who fly these f-16s call themselves the guardians of the north. >> certain days there have been numerous scrambles. >> reporter: norway's foreign minister says russia is readopting a cold war tempo. >> they're doing more large scale exercises. they are exercising to some extent also attack patterns, and many of these activities are activities we haven't seen since the mid-80s. >> reporter: norway, a key nato ally first to see the russians,

now spotting them with increased regularity. >> and our thanks to nbc's kevin tibbles for that report. still ahead, we're taking a look at new polling that's showing joe biden continuing to sit at the top of the democratic pack. plus, as calls for impeaching president trump grow, the house judiciary committee is planning to formalize procedures. that new reporting and much more coming up next.

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yasmin vossoughian, it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. the trump administration is on the defense this morning after president trump announced he had planned and canceled a meeting with the taliban. now he's facing bipartisan criticism from the meeting almost no one knew about. hans nichols has more. >> reporter: america's preparing to inflict more pain on the talib taliban. >> the taliban conditions have been worsening and they're about to get worse. >> reporter: america's top dip mat on all five major sunday shows defending trump's plan. >> it was a useful effort to try and get all of those parties in one place so we could have serious conversations about how to reduce america's risk. >> reporter: the presidedramati called off the meeting -- the 16th u.s. combat death this year

in afghanistan. how many more decades are they willing to fight, the president tweeted. the u.s. has also been hammering the taliban which harbored al qaeda. >> in the last ten days we've killed over a thousand taliban. >> the plan to host the taliban angered some republicans. no member of the taliban should set foot there ever and democrats. >> you don't treat this like some kind of game show when you're dealing with terrorists. >> last week the president claimed he could win the war in afghanistan in a week but at a tremendous cost to life. >> if i'm willing to kill 10 million people in the course of a week or two, we could win that thing very quickly. >> reporter: though the peace talks appear over, mr. trump has a history of restarting negotiations after calling them off. >> trump is a risk taker in that respect, and i think you can make a case that these risks are worth taking. >> and our thanks to nbc's hans nichols for that report. >> the remains of the serviceman who was killed in that car bombing in kabul arrived at dover air force base last night. mike pompeo was there to receive

the remains. the 34-year-old was assigned to the 82nd brigade support battalion in fort bragg, north carolina. sergeant ortiz is the fourth u.s. serviceman killed in the past two weeks. 14,000 troops remain in the country. let's turn to presidential politics now. joe biden continuing to maintain his front runner status according to the latest abc news "the washington post" poll. biden at 27% and holds an eight-point lead heading into thursday's third primary debate down two points since july. senator bernie sanders follows in second place with 19% down four points. senator elizabeth warren sits in third place with a six-point bump since the middle of the summer. meanwhile, a new cbs news ugov tracking poll shows elizabeth warren with a one-point advantage. warren leads with 26% to biden's

25% in early states whose voters will cast ballots through super tuesday next year including iowa, new hampshire, nevada, texas, and massachusetts. sanders comes in third. >> elizabeth warren received a rock star welcome at new hampshire. she was greeted on saturday by a standing ovation that lasted around two minutes according to the "new york times." her speech was frequently interrupted by the roar of noise makers. the audience was given with the words win with warren. it is unclear how many of warren's supporters attended the speech from out of state. she's one of 19 candidates including bernie sanders and joe biden who spoke at that gathering. >> and 2020 presidential candidate kamala harris has apologized after appearing to brush off a -- a man used a slur to describe president trump's actions to which harris replied well said. the senator has received harsh

criticism and quickly apologized the next day. >> i would never condone that kind of language being spoken by anybody about anybody. it is offensive. i have worked my entire career to do a number of things including ensure that our disability community receives the dignity and the rights that they deserve. i would never condone anyone using that word in any way, shape, or form including against the guy that i'm running against period. >> so house democrats will reportedly vote to formalize their impeachment investigation into president trump. according to a copy of a three-page resolution reviewed by the "new york times," the judiciary committee is preparing to rapidly broaden the substance of the inquiry this fall. they plan to scrutinize trump's role in illegal hush payments to alleged mistresses, reports that he dangled pardon to immigration officials and whether his hotels and resorts have profited from government spending.

the resolution will allow for house democrats to conduct full committee or subcommittee hearings, staff to question witnesses, grand jury material to remain unclosed and for the president's counsel to respond to the committee's findings. the move will mark the first time the lawmakers will have a recorded vote. the same committee took similar steps in the impeachment investigations of richard nixon and bill clinton. house democrats can vote as soon as wednesday to adopt it according to the "times". there is a new dynasty in american politics. at a california republican convention over the weekend, parscale described the trump family as quote, a dynasty that will last for decades. that sparked chatter as to whether other members of the trump family would be running for office in the future. when asked by reporters, parscale responded this, i just think they're a dynasty. i think they're all amazing people with amazing capabilities. i think you see that from don

jr., i think you see that from ivanka, you see it from jared, you see it from all. a campaign official told the "new york times" that he was referring less to possible candidacies in the future and more to activities such as political speeches and fund-raising. as the times reports, quote, even if no other trump tries to run a campaign, advisers to mr. trump believe he will remain active and few think he is going to see the spotlight easily or follow previous presidents in laying low after leaving office. joining us from washington, d.c. political reporter for the "washington examiner" emily larson is back with us. how do you interpret the trump family's potential political ambitions in the future being referred to as a dynasty. they're obviously very young still, accomplished in their own rights, ivanka getting some political experience by working at the white house. do you see them as other political families like the bushes and the kennedys? >> certainly they seem like they

will be involved in politics in some shape or form, whether that is running campaigns or being involved through different organizations or with the republican party. in that sense, i think it's definitely expected that they will want to be a political dynas dynasty, but even in the broader sense of the word, the trump movement and trump thinking and how he has reshaped the republican party could certainly be sort of a political dynasty that goes beyond just the trump family, but throughout the nation how he'll reshape politics and that i think is more interesting than what these individuals themselves will be doing. >> i want to switch gears here and talk about a little bit about 2020 and about some of this new polling that we were laying out a little bit earlier. joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, easily the top three candidates have been consistently so throughout many of the polls that we've been seeing over the last couple of months or so, especially as the debates have gotten started.

you actually have some new reporting from some of the other white house hopefuls. what do you have? >>. >> i was at the new hampshire democratic party convention this weekend, and one thing i heard a lot from a lot of the mid and low chair candidates, cory booker said he's glad he is not in that top tier polling at the top of the pack. he's looking back to previous primary cycles and when you look back into 2016 or 2008 or even further back looking towards jimmy carter, the person who was ahead at the top of the polls at this time has never gone on to be president in the modern era on the democratic side. and so they're expecting that there will be some shifting. i mean, they are not as high right now as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. they definitely seem to be the top three. if a more moderate challenger

emerges to joe biden, i think that could definitely reshape the race as we go into the iowa caucus and new hampshire primary in about five months. >> it's interesting to hear that from cory booker, understandably to say i'm happy ooip ni'm not under one. >> but you can't be happy at being 1 or 2%. >> exactly. he has 1 or 2% in some polling and how he expecting s to pick some steam. >> congress is back this week in d.c. house judiciary committee is expected to move forward with trying to get lawmakers on the record regarding the topic of impeachment and where they stand. by our count it's about 138 democrats out of the house's 240 or so who want to see impeachment proceedings. how likely is this going to be front and center of the democrats' agenda this week? >> i think it's definitely going to be front and center this

week. part of the impeachment and defining the impeachment inquiry has benefits not only in court cases but also politically allows the democrats to say that -- define what they are looking at and continue to highlight different aspects they see in the trump administration as being problematic, such as his relationship with the airport in ireland and his potential dangling pardons in front of certain people. a lot of these things that will be issues in the 2020 election, and so even if they don't go full launching articles of impeachment and voting on articles of impeachment, continuing to investigate this will impact the 2020 election. >> all right, emily larson live in washington, d.c. for us. >> thanks, emily. >> thank you. rafael nadal is the 2019 men's u.s. open champion after defeating med ve dead.

this gives nadal his fourth u.s. open title. nadal took the first set after 62 minutes and capitalized on his lead to take the second, but the 23-year-old medveded rallied hard capturing the next two sets to force a fifth set. nadal came back in the last set starting off from a 3-2 deficit to claim the set and the open championship title. this puts nadal one grand slam title short of roger federer's record of 20. >> incredible career. i was just thinking hearing about how well he has done over the course of the last couple of years, you have nadal, federer. >> they are just beasts of the tennis game. >> and djokovic, between the three of them they have won every grand slam title since 2016. >> i feel like they've redefined the game of tennis for men's tennis. you think about the pete sampras of the world. >> ago see. >> and now you have federer and

nadal. >> and djokovic as well. >> we are at peak tennis these days. >> and that was your tennis rundown for the morning. all right, and bianca andres cue claimed victory to win the open after losing the first set. williams came back 5-1, but still came up short losing 7-5. an degree skew at 19 years old is the first teenager to win a major since maria sharapova 13 years ago. williams was proud of the young canadian player saying if she or venus could not win the u.s. open she is happy that bianca did. that is your tennis wrapup for the morning. >> still ahead, john legend and chrissy teigen hit back at president trump after a sunday might tweet about criminal justice reform. we're going to explain what set the president off. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment.

nearly a week before the national oceanic and -- kmuz me, atmospheric administration publicly backed president trump over its own scientists, a top noaa official warned its staff against contradicting the president. according to "the washington post" in an agency wide directive, national weather service personnel were told to quote only stick with national hurricane center forecasts if questions arise from some national level social media posts. according to the e-mail, the staff was also told not to provide any opinion on the matter. the message came just hours after trump claimed that alabama would most likely be hit by hurricane dorian much harder than anticipated. a noaa meteorologist told "the washington post" the note was referring to trump and came after the national weather service office in birmingham contradicted the president by tweeting out alabama would not see any impacts from the

hurricane. according to the post, noaa which joeoversees the national weather service isn't the first agency to publicly side with the president after he has doubled down on a widely disputed claim. the paper notes it was unprecedented in the organization's history and threatens to politicize the weather forecast, something that most americans take for granted as an objective one. nws leadership sent this guidance to field staff so they and the entire agency could maintain operational focus on dorian and other severe weather hazards without any distractions. >> let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. >> we're looking much better in terms of the weather. we actually have it all on the map today. we're talking about some heat. we're also talking about very crisp fall air in the northeast and then also the possibility for severe storms in the northern plains. let's talk about what's happening down south. we are looking at record breaking heat, temperatures in the 90s. heat indices feeling like over 100 degrees.

feeling really nice in the northeast. that will change as we go throughout the next couple of days. by wednesday, still stormy in the northern plains, also in parts of the upper midwest, and then there's that heat in the northeast. it's going to feel more like august, maybe late july in some spo spots. it could still break records on wednesday in parts of the south. we have a front that comes through the upper midwest. we're much colder behind that. that cold air drags in right behind it. showers and storms down to the south and we're still warm in the northeast. we do have a heat advisory, 8 million affected in parking lots -- in parts of georgia, also alabama. heat indices over 100 degrees. late summer heat, a ridge of high pressure, a heat pump pulling in that southerly flow that's bringing in those temperatures. birmingham 98, feeling more like 101. charleston 89. panama city 91 feeling like 101. that expands to the east on tuesday, so columbia 96, tallahassee 95. by wednesday, though, and also

into the late part of the week, the northeast and also the upper midwest gets in on this heat action, cincinnati 91 on thursday, 90 on friday, pittsburgh we're looking at the upper 80s. a severe storm threat today, want to keep this in mind, the potential for some flooding rains. also damaging winds of 60 miles per hour or greater. could even see some hail and also watching the chance for a few tornados. where you see the yellow, the report of where we're expecting the strongest weather. minneapolis you're included, des moines, also sioux falls, so we're going to be watching this throughout the day. it's going to get kicked up. looking at rainfall from one to three inches of rain over the northern plains into the upper midwest as we go throughout the next couple of days. also, watching the tropics, dare i say the tropics again, two areas of low pressure that we could see develop over the next few days. we have pretty strong wind shear that's going to tear these apart. one is right between the cape vert islands and leeward

islands. we're going to be watching these over the next several days. tropics. >> yeah. thanks, michelle. appreciate that update. switching gears, the british public is getting fed up with the extreme political dysfunction surrounding all things brexit. >> want us to do is to leave the european union. >> we all know that. >> that's fantastic, that's what we're going to do that. >> you should be in brussels negotiating. where is the negotiation going on? where is it? you're in lees. you should be in brussels leading the british people to negotiating against leaving the european union. you're playing games. >> unfortunately this gentleman is entirely right. >> speaking for the last six weeks since he's been elected and he's said nothing! you have said nothing for the last six weeks! you've gone into parliament and you've played games. >> the feeling that boris

johnson is not actually trying to get a deal done before the october 31st brexit deadline is not only feltd on the streets of the u.k. but also inside boris's own government. yesterday amber rudd resigned as a member of boris's conservative party and also a member of his cabinet. r rudd said the gft overnment, sho longer believes the government's main objective is getting a deal adding that 80 to 90% of the word being spread on brexit is prepared for boris's desired no-deal divorce. she lambasted the prime minister's decision to expel mps from the party calling it an act of political vandalism and an assault on decency and democracy. those 21 lawmakers including two former chancellors and winston churchill's grandson. they were all kicked out after they voted in favor of a bill designed to avoid a no-deal brexit.

it's in chaos over there. >> to say the least. still ahead, new details in the harvey weinstein scandal and the major role one hollywood actress played in exposing the allegations against him. we'll be right back.

welcome back, there are new revelations surrounding the case of harvey weinstein and the role actress gwyneth paltrow played in bringing the allegations against him forward. ron mott has this story. >> before sexual abuse

allegations surfaced publicly, one of his most prominent performers gwyneth paltrow was quietly working bind the scenes to expose her mentor as a predator, this according to an article in the "new york times" about an explosive book called "she said" by times journalists whose reporting helped inspire the #metoo movement. in an interview on cbs sunday morning the reporters discussed paltrow's role in building the momentum sharing her own story and recruiting other actresses to speak. that momentum resulted in criminal charges against weinstein who goes to trial early next year in manhattan. >> she did play a much more active role than anybody's ever known, but it was hair raising for her because harvey weinstein had been such an importance influence. >> paltrow told howard stern last year that weinstein sexually harassed her in a hotel room in 1995 and how her boyfriend at the time the actor brad pitt confronted the producer. >> what he did was he leveraged

his fame and power to protect me at a time when i didn't have fame or power yet. >> another detail revealed in the book according to "the times" two years before the bomb shell accusations against his brother, bob weinstein also confronted with him pleading with him to get medical treatment for his misbehavior, writing in a letter you have brought shame to the family and the company through your misbehavior. if you think nothing is wrong with your misbehavior so in this area, then announce it to your wife and family. weinstein "the times" also reports mistakenly viewed his brother's problem as a sex addiction and eventually abandoned his attempts to intervene. >> nbc received a statement from bob weinstein's lawyers where they wrote in part that harvey weinstein told his brother that he would quote, seek help but apparently never did and that bob never knew about the allegations of non-consensual sexual behavior until they became public. the u.s. military's future in afghanistan remains uncertain

after the president cancels a secret meeting with the taliban at camp david. plus, the president gets another challenger in the republican primary. we are back in a moment.

♪ the trump administration is on the defensive after the president announced that he had planned to hold a secret meeting with the taliban but then dramatically canceled it. this morning he is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle. plus, mass evacuations in the bahamas after hurricane dorian slammed the island last week flattening homes and destroying businesses. the humanitarian crisis is just beginning to unfold. and president trump has another republican challenger heading into 2020, former gop congressman mark sanford has announced that he will be taking on the president in the republican primary. ♪ good morning, everyone, it's monday, september 9th. i'm ayman mull ha dean alongside. we are learning more about

that meeting president trump had with the taliban before announcing on twitter the meeting was canceled. the president says he canceled the meeting after for a bombing in kabul last thursday that killed an american soldier, and 11 others. trump tweeted in part, what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? they didn't. they only made it worse. if they cannot agree to a cease fire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. u.s. officials tell nbc news that discussions about meeting with the taliban leaders began about a week ago. we're told president trump first decided to hold a meeting with the group and the president of afghanistan in washington, but later came up with the idea of hosting them at camp david. as "the new york times" notes, quote what would have been one of the biggest headline grabbing moments of his tenure, was put together on the spur of