and we continue now with richard lui. >> i'm richard lui at nbc headquarters in new york city. this hour for you, we'll cover a lot. back on the trail. moments ago in california former president barack obama giving his second speech in as many days targeting the politics of donald trump. his message to voters and what it means for the midterms. >>> plus whodonit. the white house still scrambling to find the author of the op-ed and how this is rattling the president and his administration into and supreme battle. brett kavanaugh contentious confirmation hearing is over. why democratic efforts to derail his nomination will likely come up empty. but we'll start this hour with former president barack obama on the campaign trail in california, just about an hour ago trying to help fellow democrats win control of the congress in the midterms. moments ago he wrapped up his speech in support of seven candidates. here is a little bit of that. >> we're in a challenging moment. because when you look at the arc of american history, there has always been a push and pull between those who wa

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. >>> i'm richard lui. right here at msnbc headquarters, thanks for being with us. in the nation's capital. one last good-bye to john mccain. his legacy honored. meanwhile at the white house, it was business as usual. president trump firing off a roind of tweets attack the fbi and department of justice criticizing their leaders whom he appointed as being out to lunch. >>> plus, papadopoulous flipping the script. former adviser now admits to lying to two if i recalie ing to federals agents to get o. >>> he was honest. no matter whom it offended. president trumps were not spared. he was honorable. always recognizing that his opponents were still patriots. >> and president trump bush and i are among the fortunate few who competed against john at the highest levels of politics. he made us better presidents. since of humor. a little bit of a mischievous streak. after all what better way to get a last laugh than to make goshlg and i say nice things about him

i'm richard lui in for david gura.next, francis rivera. >> thank you. >>> hello, i'm frances rivera at headquarters in new york. coming up this hour, kavanaugh in the hot seat, he is in the hot seat this week, expected to get grilled by the senate judiciary committee as the confirmation hearing begins. >>> trump versus canada. president trump picking a fight with canada and congress over a nafta deal, threatening to kill it altogether if congress interferes. >>> and the presidential sendoff for john mccain. mourners gathered today at the national cathedral with both presidents george w. bush and barack obama eulogized the war hero and long-term-time senator. >>> we begin with the bombshell in new york times and the reporting from the times in a fbi program, designed to flip the russian

i'm richard lui in for david gura. up next, francis rivera. >> thank you. >>> hello, i'm frances rivera at headquarters in new york. coming up this hour, kavanaugh in the hot seat, he is in the hot seat this week, expected to get grilled by the senate judiciary committee as the confirmation hearing begins. >>> trump versus canada. president trump picking a fight with canada and congress over a nafta deal, threatening to kill it altogether if congress interferes. >>> and the presidential sendoff for john mccain. mourners gathered today at the national cathedral with both presidents george w. bush and barack obama eulogized the war hero and long-term-time senator. >>> we begin with the bombshell in new york times and the reporting from the times in a fbi program, designed to flip the russian oligarch, including deripaska. paul manafort according to official, an associate of deripaska. according to the times, two players in the program effort to bring bruce ohr and president slammed ohr to discredit him for contact with s

>>> hi i'm richard lui with your hour's top stories, les moonves is out as ceo of cbs.ing new allegations against moonves in an article in the "new yorker," in addition to six other women that accused moonves in another article published last month. >>> and hurricane florence is expected to increase in the next few days and take aim at the eastern coast of the u.s. for now, back to "this happened." >> in august of 1985, americans were being held hostage by militants in the middle east. it was a crisis darkly similar to the one that plagued the presidency of jimmy carter. his successor, ronald reagan, had a plan that might free the captives. sell arms to iran. in the hope that country's supreme leader would persuade the captors to release the americans. a risky proposal that was also illegal. >> i told them we should try to keep it secret as long as we could. but i thought in the end, the benefits that we might achieve outweighed the risks. >> the president said i don't think i could ever forgive myself if we didn't try to get the hostages back. >> ronald reagan made a d

>>> richard lui live. we will start with barack obama back in the political spotlight giving his second speech in as many days to boost democrats running in the november mid-terms. campaigning for senate congressional candidates, obama urged both parties to unite the country. >> we are in a challenging moment. because when you look at the ark of american history, there has always been a push and pull between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back. between those who want to divide and those who are seeking to bring people together. between those who promote a politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear. i want to reach out to some republicans who kind of harken back to the values of a guy named abraham lincoln, the first republican president. and who say to themselves, i don't recognize what's going on in washington right now. that's not what i believe. that's not who we are. if we don't step up, things can get worse. >> obama was less pointed in his criticism of presid

i'm richard lui in for david gura this sunday.r for president trump and the administration. from controversy abroad to scandal at home. here's a look back at some of the biggest political stories of the past few months. >> the judge ruled former apprentice contestant, summer zerbos can depose the president. >> in public for the first time in nearly a month. >> kim, would you like to come to washington? >> we're signing a very important document. i consider it to be a very important executive order, it's about keeping families together. >> this is a seismic political upset. the associated press has called this race for alexandria owe ca ca ocasio-cortez. >> i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh. >> many countries are not paying what they should, and many countries owe us a lot of money. >> the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. >> they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see a

i am richard lui. we start with breaking news for you. in the last several hours, the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct announced she conditionally agreed to provide her firsthand account of the allegation next week. christine blasey ford's attorneys released a statement to that effect before the 2:30 deadline that was set by the committee chairman chuck grassley. details remain to be worked out. the white house telling nbc news this seems like another delay tactic. we continue to see more efforts to change or renegotiate fair terms and blowing past deadlines. ford claims kavanaugh assaulted her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s, a claim the judge categorically denies. for more, let's go to kelly o'donnell near the president's bedminster, new jersey estate. and liza collins, and host of the faqnyc podcast. thank you for being with us this hour. i'm going to start with you on this, kelly. reading through the statement that came through, help us understand what was said and what wa

i'm richard lui in for yooeasmi vossoughian. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin at msnbc headquarters.er "the new york times" op-ed. what could possibly go wrong with that? it's president trump versus obama on the campaign trail. could the about an. >> the grand slam controversy serena williams accusing an umpire of sexism. we'll tell you a lot about that. let's begin with that anonymous op-ed from an senior administration official that had the white house sending out two of its most senior people today to deal with the fallout. >> and i am absolutely confident that no one on the vice president's staff had anything to do with this. >> and you asked them? >> you know, honestly i don't have to ask them because i know them. >> what is it in the op-ed that would make it treason? >> what makes you think the -- how are we secure that the four corners of an op-ed is all for someone who doesn't have the guts and the courage to put their name to that op-ed, who do we know they haven't promised other things or taking other documents? >> in one of the many absurdities surrounding this story, it's

i'm richard lui in for david gura.hn mccain, laid to rest in annapolis at a private service ongoing right now as the nation bids farewell. >>> a fuming commander-in-chief. a new report claiming the president was seething as he was critiqued again and again during mccain's funeral. how his tweets throughout the day are being criticized just this afternoon. >>> plus, supreme court showdown. how democrats plan to go on the attack against brett kavanaugh as republicans look to speed through his confirm of asia head of the mid terms. >>> and speaking of mid terms, just a little over two months away from one of the most consequential midterm elections in years. the biggest races to watch. that's coming up. >>> we start with this. as the late senator john mccain is laid to rest in annapolis maryland, this hour. political reports that trump allies are fuming at meghan mccain's rebuke of the president. more subtle digs also delivered yesterday by presidents bush and obama. >> he respected the dignity inherent in every life, a d

. >>> hello everyone i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york city.rts 2:30, and brett kavanaugh's accuser agrees to testify. now, they are still going back and forth on some big details potentially. the negotiations over christine blasey ford's testimony. >>> plus, rod rosenstein has

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