. >> i want to show the tweets that lamar alexander put out ie mule train yously as the announcement was made before the health committee. let's take a look at those. the senator, the chairman of the committee saying the health committee will hold hearings september 4th on actions congress should take to stabilize and strengthen the individual insurance market so that americans will be able to buy insurance at affordable prices in the year 2018. he tweeted we'll hear from patients, health care agents saying that committee staff will work with all committee member to prefair for these hearing and discussions. from lamar alexander, the reason for these hearings unless congress acts by september 27th, millions of americans may find themselves with zero options for buying health nrnls in exchanges in 2018. there are a number of issues with the american health care system. but if your house is on fire, you want to put out the fire. and the fire in this case is the individual insurance market. andrew desideridesiderio, it soe the senator was working that up for a while and itching to get t

alexander: i live in your world.orter: varskoy says hacking and information leaks are not illegal. he says they're part of the digital age. alexander: all data is accessible. nothing is really protected. that's the point of the internet. the data that surrounds us spills over, just like hot water that boils over. reporter: varskoy knows that data gets manipulated, and that russia is considered a cyber superpower that's asserting its influence. he says he hasn't been involved, but he does hint that politicians are careless with their passwords. alexander: there's so much data. to get their passwords, for example, i simply enter a search term. here, we already have social media data. anyone can access that. reporter: the russian hacker scene is huge. german security agencies and cyber experts are alarmed. they fear attacks on data and computer viruses in the run-up to germany's general election. because computers that belong to german politicians have been attacked with viruses and the data illegally accessed. thomas:

alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on health, education, labor and pensions be discharged from further consideration of s. 581 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 581, a bill to include information concerning a patient's opioid addiction in certain medical records. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the manchin substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. that's the manchin-capito substitute -- excuse me -- laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on health, education, labor, and p

first on the topic of health care, i was very happy to hear the statement from chairman alexander and ranking member murray yesterday in which they pledged the help committee to the task of destabilizing and strengthening the markets. particularly by guaranteeing the cost-sharing reduction program. as chairman alexander said, quote, without the payment of these cost-sharing reductions, americans will be hurt, unquote. that is clear. everyone has said it, even the insurance industry. and yet, president trump continues to treat this critical program as if it's some kind of political hostage. the president treats the critical program as if it's some kind of hostage. insurers in three states -- north carolina, pennsylvania, iowa -- have each released separate rates for 2018. one, if the payments are made, and one that's 20% higher if they're not. in these three states, the premiums will be 20% higher if president trump refuses to carry out the law. every american will see that increase in their monthly bill and know that it is a trump premium tax. insurers from coast to coast have said th

he is named one of his sons alexander. we have collaborated on many projects together. whether it be books or chap are's, he is on the magazine editorial board. when i am stumped on something has to do with early american financial history, i turn to bob. he answers often in a new york minute. from never one to shy away the hamiltonian way. is,ikes to tell it like it especially to jeffersonians. i have been able to have a front from the sidelines watching them. historiansproject is against slavery, where he is a ward member. his latest book is called the poverty of slavery. when you look at his output, it reminds you of someone else who could not hold his ink, alexander hamilton. today, bob will address a war letter word that hamilton created: debt. differentink it's a four letter word. about a manrom bob who created. it is my pleasure to introduce professor robert wright. [applause] reich: thank you so much for coming today. -- absolutely nothing to with the heat outside in the air-conditioning in here. can you hear me in back? i'm getting the thumbs up. the co-authore

after rather dramatically stopping his horse in the road, he turned to alexander and responded, alexander, if there is one man in either army, federal or confederate, who is head and shoulders far above idol n either army, in audacity that man is general lee. and you will very soon have lived to see it. lee is audacity personified. his name is audacity and you need not being afraid to see all of it you will want to see. in his memoir alexander furthered his thinking, i think military critics will rank general lee as decidedly the most audacious commander who's lived since napoleon. and i'm not sure napoleon in all his career would be held to have overmatched some of the deeds of audacity to which general lee committed himself in the two years and ten months which he commanded the army in northern virginia. by spring of 1865 the army of northern virginia was a shadow of its former size and officer corps withered from tens of thousands of losses in the summer and fall of 1864. yet during the final days of the war, lee remained willing to place himself in danger during a fifth desperate mome

michelle alexander referred to you as the 21st century harriet tutman. i saw the same phrase in the "new york times" that you are the 21st century harriet tutman. that is a lot of love. i raise it not to embarrass you but ask you whether or not your work feels like you are on a journey to rescue people and save lives? >> i know that what i do rescues people, allows them to have an analysis of what is happening in their lives and breaks them free of the criminal justice system. you know when we talk about slavery, we have to go back to the 13th amendment that says you can be a slave if you are incarcerated. so does it feel like harriet tutman? i think so. i didn't imagine that when i started out, i just thought if i can help a handful of women come home it would be okay. but then i started looking at the larger picture and the systemic oppression that we can pay $60,000 a year to cage somebody up and then spit them back out into the community with nothing. i'm going to lead them to freedom. i have a safety net and a place to bring them to help them get ba

after rather dramatically stopping his horse in the road, he turned to alexander and responded. alexander, if there is one man in either army, federal or confederate who is head and , inlders far above either either army, and audacity, that man is general lee mr. meyers: i think critics will rank general lee audacious commander since napoleon. by the spring of 1865, the army was a shadow of its warmer size. -- former size. its officer corps was withered from thousands of losses in 1864. in the final days of the war, willing to place himself in danger, knowing the gravity of his armies situation better than anyone else. creek --ware at savers creek.creek -- sailor's a climactic set piece battle against the flow, a napoleonic crescendo moment like napoleon's great victory, a masterpiece of command that could in the the war. his entire 34 months as general of the army, assertiveness, campaign strategy come audacity can be seen through this lens. he had tasted the sweetness of the lopsided victory, the euphoria of snatching success from the jaws of defeat, the agonizing defeat of hi

jovhon alexander stewart was taken into custody at the union city bart station this morning. investigators say that start ot and killed dejohn jones at an apartment on saturday. the incident marks belmont's first homicide of thyepoe ar at > several bart stations. they are trying to end the spike in crime. kpix 5's jackie ward on the latest arrest in connection to two violent acts this week. >> reporter: in a few hours, the man accused of two unprovoked attacks on bart riders that happened last week is expected to make his first court appearance. 42-year-old mario washington of berkeley is allegedly the man behindhappened thursday at the bay fair station in san leandro. bart police say washington hit a passenger in the head with a metal object, then punched and kicked the victim before running out of the stban.rtioay the suspect punched a passenger twice in the face. witnesses say both attacks were unwarranted. these are assaults are part of

. >>> pasaron casi dos decadas s desde que alexander y yannis a planearon viajar a estados unidos a veryo en el i cielo uno se queda sin aire. >>> acompaÑados de sus dos hijos llegaron a chicago desde panama el lunes en la maÑana viajaranal surn al sur de illinois. >>> en 1978 alexander y yannis vieron el primer eclipse solar t total siendo novios un aÑo despues, casados, viaj o viajaron a francia a ver el se u segundo ahora podran verlo con sus hi s hijos. >>> quiero saber como es la e e experiencia. >>> familias estan llegando al planteetario de chicago. >>> de chjinpara alexandxer y ye la pena viajar desde cualquier p punto del planeta para ver este fenomeno. >>> bueno posiblementrte sea el ultimo p eclipse que veamos. >>> antes de termometro,ininar repasamos lo ultimo del atentado en barcelona cuatro terroristas fueron aba d abatidos y uno herido a 62 mil a millas de barcelona se cree que los sospechosos pl b planeaban otro atentado en la o zona costera esto despues que una furgoneta a arremetio contra la multitud en las rtamblas, en barcelona, de a dejando 13 muertos y 100 heri her

lamar alexander and patty murray, they say they're holding hearings in the senate health committee next month and that stabilizing the obamacare markets. she's urging president not to stop sharing the cost sharing subsidies despite his threat to cut that funding. >> i have urged again that president trump temporarily continue the cost reduction payments through september so that congress can work on short term solution for stabilizing the individual markets in 2018. >> as the first tangible signs republicans are moving away from trump's demands to take another shot at repeal after efforts fell apart last week. at least two republicans are teaming up with democrats to fund cost sharing subsidies which allow insurers to cut costs for millions of americans. >>> approval to christopher ray as the next fbi director. he was confirmed by a 92-5 vote. when he was fired by president trump over the russia investigation. the vote was very bipartisan by today's standards but the five democrats who opposed are far and away the most to ever vote against an fbi director. only one senator has ever vote

to talk more about this we're joined now by alexander macarius editor in chief of the duran and author of the latest article russia's expulsion of staff from the u.s. embassy in moscow is unprecedented and here. alex is vander alexander unprecedented in huge that's what you have to say about this latest development russia's actions as weak of course reaction to new sanctions from the u.s. why such strong language. well this is been the biggest expulsion of staff from any diplomatic mission that has happened in the more than in modern history there's never been anything like this on this scale before the u.s. embassies and consulates in russia are going to be drastically pared down and i don't think this is been fully understood yet in the united states was a major step this is is going to be a significant reduction of the u.s. diplomatic presence in russia and this is where we now stand after these two measures absolutely and major act but how did we get to this point last year when the obama administration expelled thirty five russian diplomats from the u.s. who didn't actually refrai

the alexander hamilton awareness society and the museum of american finance cohosted this event. it is a little over an hour. welcome, everyone. i am president of the museum of american finance. our partner is the alexander hamilton awareness society and you turn to them for all things hamilton

kyrgios plays alexander dolgopolov in the second round.del potro made a winning return to the tournament after a four year absence — del potro, who reached the last four in 2012 and 2013 got the better of the 10th seed thomas berdych, beating the czech player in three sets to set up a meeting against the american qualifier mitchell krueger in the second round. in the second round of the women's event, romania's world number two and second seed simona halep was too good for qualifier taylor townsend. the 21—year—old american did lead 4—2, but halep fought back with a run of four games to snatch the opener 6—4. the french open runner—up will next face either italy's roberta vinci or anastasija sevastova for a place in the last eight. number seven seed yohanna konta is through to the third round following a 6—3, 6—3 victory over kiki bertens of the netherlands. the british player will face either slovakian number 11 seed dominika cibulkova or alize cornet of france in the round of 16. england play their first ever day night test match against

statue of the president of the confederacy in would be jefferson davis, across the hall there's alexander hamilton stevens the vice president of the confederacy, one level below in the crypt of the united states capitol. robert e. lee across the way from him, john ccalhoun, a major force on the side of the confederacy, leading up to t war. so the call for these removals of these statues is complicated. jim and shawn, every state is allowed to place two statues into the united states capitol, as part of the united states capitol statuary hall collection. however, it is up to those states to decide who they select. now, states can put a statue in, they can take a statue out. they can only have two at one time. so it is not quite clear now, if congress itself can actually force a state to remove a one of its statues. interestingly enough, only a couple of years ago, president obama was here when they placed the statue of rosa parks inside a statuary hall. fittingly and symbolically, they placed that statue of a seated rosa park as directly across statuary hall looking directly into the eyes

so people like lamar alexander who is already talking about looking at a bipartisan solution will be surprised at the number of senators that are willing to kind of step back and say, let's roll up our sleeves and work on a bipartisan basis and see how far we can go. >> julie: the former trump hispanic advisory contributor, and ethan bearman is a radio talk show host in l.a. thank you very much for talking to us. mitch mcconnell says that there is still a chance that reminds me of when you are trying to break up with a boyfriend, he does not want to go away. and you think that there is still a chance, is there really still a chance that the senate could revive the measure to repeal and replace obamacare? acknowledging that he acknowledged that the window is rapidly closing. talk about closing, they are taking off august. it is closed. at least for the summer. >> reminding me of jim carrey in "a dumb dumber" when he married her in real life, so maybe, but a couple of points, you are right. it is disgraceful that they have taken the month of august off, what are they? europeans? who ta

and your point is the one that i would use to answer professor alexander's question. i don't think that the most effective way is going to be national agencies. i think that was suggested by professor khan, which is we had to work way down where the operative is, is probably going to be more effective, and i support the viewpoint that he presented. >> okay. first off, the open mic, wait for the mic. >> milton, doctor colwell, you described the many wonderful technologies that microbiology is using and i recently read a description by you of a recent sequencing of the anthrax genome from 2001, and immediately, you went right to fort dietrich to the strain of fort dietrich, a great achievement of yours. yesterday, i read an article which perhaps many of you have seen about anthrax strain in ivory coast that kills chimpanzees, but doesn't affect human beings. immediately come to mind, what is the role of the genome editing technology, crisper cast that terrorist groups might neighboring on their they haves and take that genome and modify it and use it and release it on t

terrorism is a professor alexander in all of you know before the record publishing over 100 bucks of aspects on terrorism for the academic study of all aspects of terrorism and to give a framework for what we're talking about today. [applause] >> that was very generous social credit does not belong to me but over many decades to evolve that threat of terrorism the different dimensions and what are those responses to address of threats of the future? submitting to work on everyone here and i would like to do this first working with these other participants to assist us in developing with more clarity so the first speaker really needs no introduction and university of maryland with johns hopkins university in the way they distributed them because if we have to deal with the contributions not just two hours but we day fall semester so let's move on to the full speakers from georgetown university and i recall some of years ago that we met in jerusalem at the of the big at the of medical school from the medical school in nebraska from the potomac institute. and last but not least currentl

alexander manley published in the newspaper and he wrote the first afro-american newspaper called the daily record. it was written largely by the black community and largely ignored by the white community. in an editorial in august of 1898 he was responding to a speech given by rebecca sultan who was the wife of a congressman and i think she ended up in congress later result herself in georgia in which he said the greatest danger to white farm wives as being raped by -- he responded to this early is the newspaper did and there had been a little bit of doubt as to whether manley wrote it but in the editorial he says mrs. felton from georgia makes a speech before the agricultural society in tybee georgia in which he advocates a lynching as an extreme measure. this woman makes a strong plea for the alleged crimes of raped were perhaps as frequent as oftentimes supported would be worthy of consideration but he goes on to say we suggest that whites guard their women more closely as giving opportunity for the human being be they white or black to -- and complain because they are taking away

eastern, author robert wright on how alexander tale -- alexander hamilton's views on the national debt. >> hamilton designed the creation of an energetic inefficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible. that one thing was to protect americans lives, liberty, and property from tyrants -- four and -- foreign and domestic. rebellion. newark >> there were 268 reports of sniper fire. zero snipers were ever found. no evidence of any snipers. no gun shells other than police gun shells. no footprints, no fingerprints, nothing was found. killed,26 people were all by the three police forces that were operating. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, harvard university researchers daniel allen and emily smith talk about their discovery of 18th-century declaration of independence parchment manuscript. the american document was found in england and researchers named at the sussex declaration. it's only the

our national correspondent peter alexander takes a closer look. >> reporter: locked in an escalating standoff in a regime and its erratic dictator. tonight president trump is facing the first foreign policy showdown of his young administration. >> i think the united states has to be very careful in describing its own objectives. the united states has military options on the korean peninsula, but none of them are risk-free. >> reporter: among the options, stay the course. emphasizing diplomacy, following strict new u.n. sanctions with the support of russia and china. a strategy that likely acre cements the reality north korea to secure the capability of hitting a u.s. city with a nuclear weapon. another option, military action with limited strikes aimed at north korean military targets. with american missiles firing from bombers, destroyers, submarines or even ground launched weapons. just last week national security adviser h.r. mcmaster not ruling out preventive war. >> if they had nuclear weapons threatening the united states, it's intolerable from the president's perspective. >> r

peter alexander, let me start with you. so bob corker wasn't the only republican who came into the cross hairs of sarah huckabee sanders today. it sounded like a bit of brinksmanship from the president, a republican president against republican leaders over a few issues. namely funding for the wall. >> yeah, i think that's exactly right as we keep our eyes focused on texas right now and hurricane harvey i think you can rate this morning's tweet storm a category 2 as it were, kind of going back to familiar opponents in mitch mcconnell as well as paul ryan. senator corker obviously on that list today as well. i think what you would hear from this white house the bottom line is that they believe this sort of plays to the president's strengths, that he campaigned an an insur gent outsider that he's been attacking his critics the establishment. threatening to drain the swamp as it were. you might say these are chief crocodiles even though they're republicans and what it demonstrates is his fundamental lack of understanding about

peter alexander.as our report. >> reporter: tonight from his bedminster golf club, the president taking a swing at a wide range of topics. insisting he has no plans to fire special counsel mueller. >> i'm not dismissing anything. i want them to get on with the task but i also want the senate and house to come out with their findings. i won i suppose because i was a much better candidate than her. >> reporter: in retaliation for the latest round of sanctions. >> i want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on pay roll. >> reporter: the fbi delivered a strong signal with the raid of his former chairman's suburban d.c. apartment. >> whether it was appropriate, you'd have to ask them. i've always found paul manafort to be a decent man. >> reporter: the opioid epidemic. >> i'm saying officially right now it is an emergency. it's a national emergency. we will spend a lot of time and effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis. >> reporter: mr. trump calling that crisis a serious and unprecedented

so i want to recognize the chairman of the help committee, senator alexander, for helping make this critical legislation a top priority and for working with colleagues to move it in a timely manner. so we're making progress this week. for the future of life-saving medicine, for our veterans, for the leadership of our country's most critical agencies. we know we still have more to do in all these areas, but we're passing critical legislation. we're confirming nominees to important positions, and we're taking steps in the right direction.

. >> this accident happened between two truck drivers one named brendan and the other james alexander. errol admits he had been two hours into his drive after taking a break, when he thinks he fell asleep, veered off and now you have this head-on collision. >> now because we're in australia that's the truck coming toward us in the wrong lane. >> exactly. there was so much more to the situation. in fact errol's truck flipped and spilled thousands of liters of alcohol onto the road and caught fire. we to kick his way out of the cabin. once he did get free he jumped up to make sure the other driver mr. alexander was doing okay. >> could have killed the both of them. >> people forget how vast australia is, basically the same size as america. there's huge areas where you drive and there's nothing. this happens all the time. >> they were both lucky because they escaped with non-life-threatening injuries. >> i can't wait to see the modern technology in cars make its way into trucks. >> sounds like we need some technology to help the driver of this truck here. >> here it comes. >> we've seen

alexander: many told me they are happy and relieved to be in a shelter, to have a place to stay, to sleepto have dry clothes on. the problem is many people are angry and frustrated because they don't know what to do next, where to move. are they going to get the help they really need? some of them are very traumatized. i talked to a mother of four and she told me she was waiting for eight hours for a rescue team, standing in ways taiwan water, holding her kids, -- in waist high water, holding her kids, and she told me she thought she would die. brent: we understand the city of houston has imposed a curfew because of looting. what has been going on in the city? alexandra: we talked to houston's police chief today, and he told us that the first night went pretty well, that residents observed the curfew, and that the police did not have to make any arrests. the curfew was imposed to prevent robberies and a looting, and to allow rescue workers to work. actually, we were traveling across the city, getting back to our hotel last night about 2:00 a.m., and we were stopped by police. when they le

nbc's peter alexander picks up the story from there. >> reporter: before dawn in baltimore, crews taking down four confederate monuments to avoid violent protests like those in charlottesville. >> i said with the climate of this nation that i think it's very important we move quietly and quickly. >> reporter: here in leesburg, virginia, this confederate statue still fuels deep divisions. but in the wake of president trump's controversial comments -- >> you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: zack defends the president's words. >> when you have violence you need to call it on both sides. >> is the president getting a bad rap? >> i believe so, yeah. >> reporter: that outrage blaring from the newspaper headlines. in chicago, fake president. >> definitely makes himless creditable as a president to not speak as a leader and bring the country together. >> reporter: superstar lebron james chiming in. >> it's not about the guy that's the so-called president of the united states, it's about all of us looking in the mirror what can we do better? >> reporter: reli

mark: alexander, the q for joining us. -- thank you for joining us.o stop by the you are in town. bynie: -- be sure to stop the next time you are in town. vonnie: a new diesel version of its high-end suv. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ york andive from new london, i am vonnie quinn. mark: and i am mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." met miller was at the horse event in stuttgart germany. of her bloom all about the future of diesel. diesel has a big important in europe. are all very good for the automotive industry. unfortunately, it is not so important worldwide. porsche does not develop or produce diesel engines, and therefore the car is designed with a different engine. >> the base model will come out with the gasoline model, the v6, and then you will have the electric model with the more artful v6. a move towardsee more hybrid alternative power trends? >> we have a lot of options we will follow. we see engines with richard 40 you -- withand then 300 and then you can take about -- with 340 horsepower, and then you can think about the hybrid integratio

leslie alexander says he will relief fund set up by houston's mayor.t's up from $4 million alexander pledged on monday. >>> for information on how you can help the victims of hurricane harvey, we have collected important links and other information on our web side. all you have to do is go to cbsnews.com/floodhelp. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the series a more perfect union tells us about a furniture store owner in texas who opened his doors to hundreds of flood evacuees. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." this scarf all that's my left to rememb... sayonara. what. she washed this like a month ago! how's a guy supposed to move on?! the long lasting scent of gain. now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. listerine® total care strengthens teeth, after brushing, helps prevent cavities and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care listerine® total care. one bottle, six benefits. power to your mouth™. >>> h

news correspondent peter alexander. me peter i'll start with you, the vice president trying to clean up but also trying to be careful not to overtly criticize the president. what are you picking up from him and the traveling party about their reactions to the way the president has handled this? >> reporter: yeah, andrea, i just spoke to the vice president again for a second time within the last hour, and our conversation raised from the topic that he's here to focus on, which is the issue of venezuela to the issue that obviously the reigning back here in charlottesville. i think the vice president was particularly clear about his condemnation of all groups including white supremacists and neo-nazis, but the criticism is on the president's failure to use those words, although the vice president used them explic explicitly. i wanted the vice president to explain what the president is talking about the many sides of that. i think he's talking about those far right groups like neo-nazis and white supremacists, yesterday he

peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt, and for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> we are not a desperate police department anymore. >> returning to the force. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday i am raj mathai. >> and i am jessica aguirre. the san jose pd now says it has turned the corner. damian trujillo was the only tv reporter in the room when the chief swore in a new officer today. >> reporter: coming up from the palo alto police department. one of several veterans who are now saying they want to be a part of the force. he walked sinto a crowded conference room at the police headquarters. surrounded by family and friends, kyle burrshfield made the jump to the san jose police department from a series of years chief eddie garcia spent much of his time reading resignation letter out of resignation letter. now, he says they are starting to come back. >> we are not a

>> peter alexander on the white house north lawn. an interesting question he raises and one we'll talk more about. >>> something the defense secretary touched on a few moments ago. hans mentioned and speaking to reporters we'll hear what he has to say. >> a number i'm authorized to go up to. i directed the chairman to put the plan together now. we've been discussing this option for some time. when he brings that to me, i'll determine how many more we need to send in. it may or may not be the number. i've got to get the plan from the chairman and you saw i directed him to get it to me here right away. >> with us now here on set, retired army major general robert scales and msnbc military analyst at the u.s. army war college. white house reporter for the associated press catherine lucy and politics reporter for "daily beast" betsy woodruff. i'll blow up your spot a little. you and i were talking during the commercial break. something that hasn't been talked about this morning at all or not much the heavy hand of the man we just saw. ma

our senior cnn washington correspondent on the hill and you have what senator alexander is up to.essage that they have been seeing from the president of the united states. >> reporter: that's right. this idea to just continue with repeal and replace, obviously, brooke, that would take only republicans because democrats aren't going to go along with it, and talking to congressional leadership aides, especially in the senate, they say we did everything we could. we couldn't get there. we tried and we tried and we tried and we couldn't, and clearly, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wants to move on to other things like tax reform and to the debt ceiling but you mentioned, brooke, that hearing that's scheduled by senator lamar alexander in the health committee on the senate side and that's going to be a bipartisan hearing, but it's just one hearing. and then on the other side of the capitol on the house, you have democrats, some of them, and republicans getting together talking about a compromise idea. but the ball's really in the court of the senate. so, it's unclear exactl

peter alexander has his story. >> reporter: nearly 50 years later for jim mccloughan the memories of are still vivid. >> there's two vietnamese regular soldiers with ak-47s staring right at me. and i'm thinking i'm a dead man. >> reporter: the 23-year-old army medic defying danger over two days repeatedly running back in the kill zone to rescue comrades. his commander urging him to helicopter out. >> i had blood all over me. and i said no i'm not getting out. and he said, why not? and i looked at him, and i'll quote this, i said to him, you're going to need me. >> reporter: mccloughan braved enemy fire not once, but nine times. single-handedly saving the lives of ten members of the charlie company. >> i'd rather be there and dead than in a hospital some place and find out x number of men were killed in this battle. >> reporter: finally, that sacrifice was honored. >> private mccloughan carries one immortal title and that title is hero. >> reporter: this is not the jim mccloughan award. whose award is this? >> this award goes to the 89 men that went into that battle whether they came

peter alexander has more. >> reporter: more white house whiplash in reno, a declaration of unity. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us. >> reporter: a presidential 180 from arizona. >> repeal and replace! >> reporter: repeatedly taking aim at the media. >> the very dishonest media. and they're bad people. they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> reporter: president trump abandoning the discipline displayed just 24 hours earlier, his scripted afghanistan speech. instead, accusing the press of misrepresenting his response to charlottesville. >> they don't want to report that i spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry, and violence. and strongly condemned the neo-nazis, the white supremacists, and the kkk. >> reporter: but mr. trump omitted his own most controversial words. >> phatred, bigotry on many sides. you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: former director of national intelligence james clapper, who briefed the president during his transition, now questioning his fitness for office. >> i worry about frankly, you know

peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> still ahead tonight, the judge ambushed on the way to his courthouse. the surprising connection between the suspected shooter and an infamous case that made headlines across the country. >>> also, a new warning about the alarming rise in high blood pressure among a group you may not expect, american children. stay with us. >>> we're back now with a judge hospitalized after he was injured in an ambush shooting on his way to work today at a courthouse in steubenville, ohio. that same town, you may recall, made headlines in 2013 when two high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. late today police revealed a startling connection between that case and this morning's ambush. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> we've got gunfire. >> reporter: it was an ambush, police say, right outside this courthouse in steubenville, ohio. >> you have a judge shot in front of his courthouse. and that affected me. >> reporter: authorities say judge joseph bruzzese was walking from his car to work around 8:00 this morning when

reporter: alexander gauland is a leading candidate for the right-wing populist party alternative formany. this year's election is the first time in germany's postwar history that a party to the right to be set to enter parliament. the afd is running on an anti-refugee platform. the 74-year-old is adamant it is a policy that can pull in the votes. >> would you really send refugees back to libya in these circumstances? >> of course. they come here voluntarily. nobody is forcing them to come from southern africa or through libya. so anybody who comes through libya to their own accord can also be sent back there. reporter: the afd would even refuse entry to war refugees. you would like to see all of europe's borders closed. >> these people should not even be allowed into the country. they should be in asylum centers outside germany, even outside europe where they can apply for asylum if they really qualify. reporter: afd campaign posters warn of dangers they allege are posed by islam. gauland accuses germany's muslims of wanting to introduce sharia law. >> when was the last time you talk

the ancient persians conquered this area, so did alexander the great.i arrived into macedonia late last night. it is a landlocked little country in the balkans. i drove 3.5 hours through mountains and forests. it was lush, it was absolutely beautiful. but i didn't see a single body of water. until i drove over a hill and found myself here at lake 0hrid, one of the most beautiful lakes i think i've ever seen. this is the oldest lake in europe. the area around it is old as well. even the town of 0hrid already was a town at the time that king alexander the great was king in the lith century bc. that ancient history is one of the main reasons visitors love to come here. most of the tourists want to experience the anient thing, to see the culture here. what about as a local, as a macedonian? what does the history here mean to you? the history, i actually love the history. in the same time, i'm feeling so proud about my history. i've got a sense of this lake's extraordinary history from its surface. hello! hi, nice to meet you. nice to meet you! a little divi

thank you, professor yonah, mike, alexander, and everybody else for having me here today. just to let you know, today is my fifth anniversary of joining the potomac institute, so i've enjoyed it tremendously to be part of this organization and work that this organization does, so thank you so much, all three of you. today the topic that i will be discussing is not a sophisticated as professor colwell and professor sandler. both of them have done remarkable work. professor colwell, i think what you are doing is going to revolutionize infectious diseases, specifically in your estates when it comes to travel medicine. so it is just a remarkable, remarkable effort on your part for the last ten years, and we should all acknowledge that. and for faster sandler, moving away from the current technology to nonnuclear is the way to go. it is safe. it is better and it is better for the nation's security. so both of you have done tremendous work. my talk is specifically focused on a few things, and i at heart and an infectious disease epidemiologist pics of what i believe in is prepar

nbc's peter alexander has more on the reaction around the country. >> reporter: before dawn in baltimorecrews taking down four confederate monuments to avoid violent protests like those in charlottesville. >> i said, with the climate of this nation, that i think it's very important that we move quickly and quietly. >> reporter: workers in birmingham on the mayor's orders overnight boarding up a confederate tower. here in leesburg, virginia, this confederate statue still fuels deep divisions. but in the wake of president trump's comments -- >> you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: zach richman defends the president's words. >> when you have violence, you need to call it on both sides. you can't just, you know, close one eye and cherry pick from the other side. >> reporter: is the president getting a bad rap? >> i believe so, yeah. >> reporter: that outrage blaring from newspaper headlines. in new york, "sympathy for the devils." in chicago, "fake president." >> definitely makes him less credible as a president to not speak as a leader and bring the cou

nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: from the acting head of the drug enforcement agency, a stunning rebuke of the president's recent remarks, the roughing up of suspects by police. >> when you see these thugs thrown into the back of the paddy wagon, you see them thrown in rough, i say please don't be too nice. >> reporter: the nation's top narcotic officer chuck rosenberg in his memo obtained by nbc news telling us nearly 9,000 agents and staff worldwide to disregard the president's comments that condone police misconduct. instead, reminding agents they must always act honorably, by maintaining the very highest standards. why weigh in? because we have an obligation to speak out when something is wrong, rosenberg writes. the white house unapologetic, dismissing the criticism. >> it wasn't a directive, it was a joke. there's a very big difference. >> reporter: but it's not a laughing matter in communities like baltimore where freddie gray died after a rough ride in the back of a police van. in atlanta today jeff sessions promised to prosecute officers who use excessive forc