. >> and national affairs editor msnb chris political analyst john heileman. they're co-authors of "double down." we're going to begin on a somber note. the absolute devastation from a super typhoon in the philippines. overnight the first u.s. relief flight loaded with water and generators arrived in one of the harder hit areas. marines and sailors are also helping with the search and rescue operations. up to 10,000 people are feared dead in one province alone after one of the strongest storms on record.

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when he was a hedge fund manager at a hedge fund known as msnb capital and then at a company he foundedalled retrophin. he's being accused of seven counts of securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy and wire frayed conspiracy. the department of justice saying he defrauded his hedge fund investors and misappropriated more than $11 million from retrophin which has since distanced itself from him, saying "he's using it as his personal piggy bank." has from the department of justice. he's facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and the fbi investigation is continuing. >> it was a big amount of bail. $5 million xwobond there. what does this mean if anything, meg, for the drug turing makes, the one the price was raised on so precipitously? >> reporter: it's an interesting question, tyler. he is out on $5 million bail now. his travel is restricted to this area in new york, but he's not allowed to talk to any current or former employees of retrophin or msnb unless they happen to work at turing. so it does appear at least that he will continue to run turing and efg he said so far is

much patience will it take to wait for the da when the trump lawyer who' defending donald trump on msnb tonight will be the trum lawyer who is accusing donal trump of something criminal in the future thereby, suggest subjectin tonight trump lawyer to bein attacked by the next trump lawyer, and will the cycle g on for the rest of donal trump's life the cycle of trump lawye defends trump vehemently on tv followed by trump loyal turn against trump, followed by tha trump lawyer is attacked by new trump lawyer, who then eventually turns against trump and so on and so on and so the astonishing thing, about the trump lawyer tonight o msnbc attacking the former trump lawyer, is that now, bot of those lawyers have publicly defended donald trump in the stormy daniels case. here is michael cohen, vehemently defending donal trump against the accusation that donald trump had a very brief sexual encounter wit stormy daniels, which then became the subject of $130,000 in hush money payment from donald trump to stormy deals here is michael cohen' statement about that neither the trump organization nor t

tonight's msnb debates llar inltn's last chance to take on saers face toface. >> if this isbout our record, hey, i'm going to win by a land slide tuesday. >> repter:e's hamring clton on herix fure speeches. >> i do not know anyrogressive who has ser pack and takes $15 million from wall street. reporter: her spon. >> i don't know.that's what they offered. >> reporter: the leading reblan, donald trump, i claing claiminge uld have won iow if cruhadn't sent out false information thataid carsonas dropping out. >>ou know these all tishzoliticians are brutal. >> i wak up and laugh at the late thi donald has tweeted because he's losingit. >>eporte rubio is a close nuer three here. >> ultitely i think it gs cko whataid before and th's the willingness to say or do anhi. >>eporter: sanrum dropped out anindorsed rubio. but ra paul dropped out and dorsed no one. ke huckabealsout now,o the eld is defitelyetng smaller. >> now a tracie mention, hillary clinton and bernie sanderebate live in am. it all stas tonight at 9:00 easternn msnbc. >>> and in nnsylvania, a judge rulewednesda prosetors can move forwa

pictures on nbc "nightly news" and here on msnb last night as he wroed along with the last combat brigade. richard, terrific reporting. >> thank you very much. and i'm glad we gave time to really experience this moment, which has been so important for american families, for the troops themselves. we are here in kuwait, those strikers behind me were among those last strikers that crossed from iraq and are now here in kuwait. the soldiers themselves are just waiting to go home. they know they took part in something historic and they feel that they have achieved a great deal and are proud of what they have done. on a windless morning, already near 100 degrees before sunrise, the 30-ton strikers cross into kuwait. 440 soldiers in 68 stryker the last american combat troops leave iraq. >> good job, guys. good job. good job. >> reporter: just two american soldiers greet them as they cross the border an understated arrival. although the soldiers have been driving all night, some cheer. >> we're going home! >> reporter: or light cigars. we accompanied the strikers out of iraq, code name the last p

be sure to tune in to msnb later today at 5:00 p.m. eastern and at 8:00 eastern, chris matthews talked to bernie sanders as part of the hardball college tour. don' miss it. >>> and now dangerous side effects from those e-cigarette devices. >> reporter: a customer was simply stopping for snacks at a kentucky gas station when the security camera captured this startling moment. josh hamilton suffered second degree burns. he said the spare battery for his e-cigarette device exploded. it's the latest injury tied to electronic vapor products from oklahoma to california. center in seattle have seen five different patients in the past five months. >> it become as high powered rocket that can cause significant force and injury to the patient. >> reporter: the problem center around lithium ion batteries that can over heat, especially if the wrong charger is used. the vaping assoc yagds says when charged and used under proper conditions, vapor products pose no more of a fire risk than cell phones and laptops. and employees tell customers don't ca

bill, let'shear your msnb the plae for politics. >> i don't really ve that -- unless i have a cod, i don't really have thateep voice. >> you don't really sound like ted williams. >> he has a graed great voice. >>> this comes to us from wluv t6 in marquette, michigan. one hh school udent's determination has ma his an inspiration. codyas been wheelcir bound since he was 5, but his disabity doesn't stand in his way from playing high school football. heis not only an set tthe tea but an inspiration to his community. now inspiring the nation, he is the only player from michigan's upper peninsula nominated for a national athletic award. i love stories like that. we report bad news all the time, it's so nice to hear some good news. >>vercoming obstacles. t makes me not wanto colain. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz and this is "early today," justyour first stop of the day tay on your nbc station. d.a. our time right n is 4:28, 35 degrees here in the naon's capital. a live lk over the whington scene right now. we'r scanning the sky for snow. is falling in some areas. we're going to take a liveook

print press in the lincoln era -- is the all news stations of 2022 fox on one end of the spectrum msnbother even though they don'tit admit their partisan thy show they're partisan and you know, probably so. they do it. so that's the analog in the lincoln era, i would say every small town up had two newspapers. i heard were you the journal register so he was -- he worked for the democratic newspaper. in lincoln's day and hometown the register was the democratic paper. the state journal was the republican paper. in st. louis the republican was the democratic paper. and the democrat was the republican paper that's a relic of the era, "new york times" was the not only the republican paper from 1851 on it was the closest to into the lincoln administration. the new york tribune was a republican paper but kind of off of lincoln's beat on occasion. quick and material. so the difference is -- from today's precinct papers which allege to be nonpartisan is that the precinct press was openly partisan every small medium and large had at least and i'm leaving out the whig era democrat and republican

turns out that exactly a month ago, the us president openly lied to the americans right on the air of msnb. firstly, my son did not do anything illegal , i trust him and i trust him in other circumstances, so as not to look so stupid, perhaps we could pause and give time to be forgotten, but events for the bidens have taken too fast a turn , the republicans have moved forward in the ukrainian corruption case, they have to interrupt 37 trump charges from the same series, the forty-fifth us president could face 400 years in prison, ashantera, bribes are smooth. wow biden's corrupt justice department . just ended hundreds of years of criminal trials by issuing hunter biden a simple traffic ticket . our system is broken people will be furious about the scam. hunter biden and the department of justice are furious primarily republicans. we still see the existence of a system of double standards in america, if you are the main political opponent of the president, the department of justice is trying to literally put you behind bars and give you a prison term. but if you are the son of the presiden

stern time, "andrea mitchell reports right here on msnb >>> the cros gathered on the west lawn of the.spitol for the annual capitol fourth ncert. d.c. cros re treated to performaes from arena franklin and barry manilow. 1 milln spectators in new york city and new jersey linin up on both sides of the hudson river to watch the macy's fireworks spectacular. wi more than 22 tons ofyro chniques themacy'sisplay is e country's largest. >>> a barge used in the macy's fireworks dispy caught fire. rescue cruise extinguied the flames. the use is under investigation. >>> president obama parts for russia ts evening and when we fz he could be in for a re reserved greeting. mick viqueira joins us live washington. the president wants to reset relations with russia. how does he intend to do that? >> reporter:here are problems that theresident has to ercome. firs there's a mind-set this administration and the president lieve is on the part of the russians who, think th because america might be strng that russ necessarily has to be weak and vice versa anded al adversarl relationsp they'll try ercome. the

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. >> we have protesters -- >> reporter:ium ium 'm katy hunt at an msnb clrks brks msnbc town hall. >> people remember mob violence that led to lynching. >> this guy is a pathological liar. it's hard to fact check because he never has any facts. >> reporter: after the republican frontrunner started name checking sanders at rallies. >> he's the strongest candidate in the general eleksz ction. i think hillary clinton has a number of flaws that trump will be able to exploit. >> winning ohio would be huge for the sanders campaign, just like michigan was. provides enthuse iasm and money for his campaign to continue. to see if clinton can make inroads with snl mocking her attempts to appeal to them by sounding like sanders. >> the top 10% of the top 1% controls 90% this country. >> reporter: but clinton might have the last laugh if she holds on to her commanding delegate lead. charlotte, >> 793 delegates are up for grabs tonight for the democrats. for the republicans, 358s are at stake and while much of the focus is on the winner take all in ohio and florida. don't overillinois, missouri, an

and he talked about that on m msnb. >> what we have is growing mistrust, some of the issue forces that have pulled iraq apart are stronger. the forces that could keep the country united are weaker. it's ultimately going to be up to the iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again. >> that will be a tough job, indeed. the interview with the president will be seen monday morning. now president obama is stressing more inclusive government in iraq, and that will be the message that secretary kerry will be taking on his visit to the middle east in europe as he talks to our allies and some of the gulf states. >> a tough road, indeed, lisa, but the iraq war took a toll on u.s. forces who were in iraq. what are we hearing from those invests? >> well, as you can imagine many of them are very disillusioned, very disturbed at what they're seeing in iraq right now. i spoke with one army officer, and he told me that it's a bitter pill to swallow. >> reporter: running a boys school is far from iraq. >> we saw our camps being shelled and our young men were dying. >>

(cheers and applause) (laughter) so if fox was high, msnbc must be msnb-sad. >> to say i'm shocked and stunned is pretty much an understatement. >> jon: shocked and stund is an understatement. no, it feels tonight more like my heart was (bleep)ed by the devil. (laughter) no, wait, that's an overstatement. (laughter) to want i feel between... somewhere between shocked, stunned and devil heart (bleep)ed. (laughter) this is ed schultes. indeed, msnbc passed through all the stages of grief last night. stage one, denial. >> you know, nbc is calling it for walker, okay, i think it's awful close and there's a lot of absentee ballots yet that are still out. >> jon: yeah, no. (laughter) stage two, denial. >> this will not be a massive win for scott walker. >> jon: yeah. (laughter) finally stage three just really massive amounts of industrial-grade denial. >> tonight the really big winner the wisconsin recall election is president obama. (laughter) >> jon: just like obama drew it up on the chalk board, hey, guys, i gotten a idea. what if we should figure out a way to have the core of what we bel

. >> regardless of details that the headline on msnb criminal complaint filed against governor christie. >> this is really going to hurt the governor even though this is something that a judge felt is not an indictment, it's a move to have a hearing that says, i this judge feel that there might be something to this that's worth a hearing on. the governor is going to be in a situation here where you just can't really defend yourself a bit. he's going to be possibly be called into witness in a federal trial. he's going to be called here for a criminal complaint. this is not a good month for chris christie. >> this is a judge that has sworn an oath to uphold the law and the judge saw enough to take the next step, so he may be a bad messenger it's important to hear what the judge has to say. >> significant thing here is that this is a parallel track to the federal trial and in the federal trial the prosecutors have been hinting that they are going get to the fact that the governor knew more earlier than he said he knew later. >> all right, jim, we will keep talking about for. >> complaint t

good morning everyone, i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnb msnbc. >>> and we are going to begin this morning with the republican nominee in what may be the most important speech of his political career, mitt romney accepted the gop presidential nomination in tampa last night, arguing he is the hope and change candidate, not president obama. msnbc's steve handelesman reports. >> reporter: more swagger, a more gravelly voice, but the message was about barack obama. >> when somebody doesn't do their job, we have to let them go. >> reporter: in the most important speech of his life, mitt romney tried to talk voters at home out of sticking with president obama. >> i wish he would have succeeded, we deserve better, my children, my family deserves better. my country deserves better. to the majority of americans who now believe that the future will not be better than the past, i can guarantee you this. if barack obama is re-elected, you will be right. president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans, and to heal the planet. my promise to help you and your family. >> repo

long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnb c. here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. after yesterday's dark day on wall street and the jobs numbers sparking concern, get expert analysis from mae radio ya bartiromo and jim kraerm. and maroon 5 takes the stage in the summer concert series. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, sports and much more. thank you so much for watching "early today" just your first stop of

caller: i listen to the news msnbs never day on covers that. -- i'm sorry, i can't think that far. we will go to utah. independent. good morning, c-span. thank you for your service and information. --ad a question all lined up host: tell us what the question was. caller: how can a news be conservative and and claim to be fair balanced? it seems to be claiming to be onservative puts you off balance. i'm a life-long republican and onservative to the core but no longer any more. if donald trump and the epublican of what i have seen so far doesn't impress me any more. wall, the the ridiculousness of that is beyond belief. policy thatigration canada adopted and trump put islamic terrorists the north border is where we will have issues with the have to lity they will that country. and 65,000 border patrol agents 2,200 miles is about 150 feet per agent. cannot imagine they can't secure the border. they don't want to secure the order is ultimately what it is coming down to and i don't know it is necessarily that our outhern border is our biggest problem. the wall is a ridiculous thing it t

this is fir"first look" on msnb. >>> we begin this morning with decision day. the pressure is on for washington lawmakers to get a budget deal done before tonight's midnight deadline that will shut down the federal government. despite government calls for fiscal responsibility after days of failed negotiations, some of the main sticking points remain, the party stances on planned parenthood and the environment. for the very latest, let's go to tracie potts. good morning. >> reporter: paige, good morning. good morning, veveryone. no more extensions. that's the word from the white house today. president obama says he's not wildly optimistic that lawmakers can strike a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown tonight. after a second night of failed negotiations, president obama made it clear. >> i expect an answer in the morning. >> reporter: just hours from now, he will have to notify federal workers to stay home monday. the hangup, we're told, are republican demands. >> thank you so much for being here. >> reporter: to limit abortions, cut funding for public

. >> we have protesters -- >> reporter:ium ium 'm katy hunt at an msnb clrks brks msnbc town hall. >> people remember mob violence that led to lynching. >> this guy is a pathological liar. it's hard to fact check because he never has any facts. >> reporter: after the republican frontrunner started name checking sanders at rallies. >> he's the strongest candidate in the general eleksz ction. i think hillary clinton has a number of flaws that trump will be able to exploit. >> winning ohio would be huge for the sanders campaign, just like michigan was. provides enthuse iasm and money for his campaign to continue. if clinton can make inroads with young people. snl mocking her attempts to appeal to them by sounding like sanders. >> the top 10% of the top 1% controls 90% of the wealth in this country. >> reporter: but clinton might have the last laugh if she holds on to her commanding delegate lead. charlotte, north carolina. >> 793 delegates are up for grabs tonight for the democrats. for the republicans, 358 delegates are at stake and while much of the focus is on the winner take all in o

want to go straight out now to msnb miguel, he's live in anchorage. miguel, good morning. >> thomas, good morning. with survivors brought to local hospitals, the shift of the investigation is now focused on how and why that plane went down. investigators tell us it could take days, if not weeks, though, for them to reach the crash site because it is so remote and so very isolated. shrouded in fog, we are seeing the 1957 otter plane that carried all nine people aboard for the first time, although it slam under to the ground with tremendous force, the plane remains mostly in tact. as you know, five passengers including former senator ted stevens are among the dead and close friend sean o'keefe and his teenage son. the wreckage was first spotted late monday, some three plus hours after it took off bound for a fishing expedition. the amphibious ape went down south of dillingham. a group of responders responded but because of bad weather they had to wait 12 hours overnight for survivors to arrive the next morning. we spoke to am of those rescuers just a sh

this is fir"first look" on msnb. stay tuned.early" starts right now. >>> newt gingrich is a man on fire. double digits in iowa and showing leads of more than 20 points in south carolina and florida. will the lu romney crisis shadow cut into those numbers in the early conservative states? house republicans strike back on the payroll tax cut saying they will vote for it if the president includes the pipeline in the bill. the question is, what is president obama's answer to that offer? we'll tell you. >>> and just think, republicans. you could have had moments like this on the national stage if new jersey's governor would have responded to your love

noon eastern stay right here, alex witt reports begins right now thanks again >> a very good day from msnbx wit reports. developing this, our the battl over abortion pills heading fo a dramatic showdown in the supreme court. i court breaking restriction on the drug mifepristone, bu having access to at leas wednesday as it reviews courts ruling. other, today democrati congressman barboli told msnbc what is at stake >> these decisions place government

be sure to tune in to msnb later today at 5:00 p.m. eastern and at 8:00 eastern, chris matthews talked to bernie sanders as part of the hardball college tour. don't miss it. >>> and now dangerous side effects from those e-cigarette devices. >> reporter: a customer was simply stopping for snacks at a kentucky gas station when the security camera captured this startling moment. josh hamilton suffered second degree burns. he said the spare battery for his e-cigarette device exploded. it's the latest injury tied to electronic vapor products from oklahoma to california. doctors at harbor view medical center in seattle have seen five different patients in the past >> it become as high powered rocket that can cause significant force and injury to the patient. >> reporter: the problem center around lithium ion batteries that can over heat, especially if the wrong charger is used. the vaping assoc yagds says when charged and used under proper conditions, vapor products pose no more of a fire risk than cell phones and laptops. and employees tell

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on msnb. >>> here's a look at some of the stories also in the news today. >>> producers and crew on the film set of "transformers 3" got some unscripted action when the bumblebee got side swiped by a real police vehicle. some thought it was a scene from the movie. the wreck temporary halted production, but shooting will continue all week. >>> a florida woman is going to get some help from a problem that's been buzzing over her. a company that specializes in africanized bee also remove a huge beehive 30 feet high in her tree, after several others said they couldn't help. even the city refused because it was on private property. until it's down, she warns neighbors to stay inside. >>> the largest pumpkins are still rolling in. at a competition in california a gorgeous gourd tipped the scales at 1,435 pounds. this is the first time in 11 years that a home-grown pumpkin has taken the title. the winner's secret, you wonder? pumpkin seeds donated by a previous win perpendicular. >>> back in florida, ten little crocodiles cracked through their eggs one after another after another. they may be