>> sandy phillips: oh, yeah. ( laughs ) >> cooper: do you get that? >> sandy phillips: oh, yeah. the five stages of grief, right? and you go through all five of them, and you think, "okay, now i'm done." ( laughs ) and they don't tell you, "oh, no, you get to start it all again." and they're out of sequence. a lot of survivors just don't know that, especially going into it. you might find that what you have done for the last 20 years of your life, or 30 years of your life, has absolutely no meaning to you anymore. and that was certainly the case for us. >> cooper: it wasn't long after their daughter's murder that sandy and lonnie phillips quit their jobs. they've gotten rid of most of their belongings and rented out their house so they can travel around the country to mass shootings, hoping to meet survivors and offer help. the scene of a mass shooting is not an easy place to come to. it can be like walking into a stranger's funeral. >> sandy phillips: we don't know each other yet, but we do now. >> cooper: but i

those are the numbers as phillips reaffirms its midterms goals.et me take you to the markets because there are a number of huge issues. did mr. trump speak to anybody at opec? that's the question. this is the oil market. we're just seeing a pause for the nymex crude, still the hedge funds the longest sweep of gains in nearly 16 years. fridaymp's vocal less on -- vocalness. i called opec. opec doesn't necessarily control the price of gas. we talked to our chief economy about what the data really means. the bank was in the red. it was very much at treacherous week, the worst week since october. the bloomberg dollar index back, unchanged at the moment. say the global use is unlikely to be positive enough to dent the dollar, as markets get straight to the story. politics is first and foremost. pedro sanchez set to return as prime minister after the third election in four years. his left-leaning allies, close to a majority. though may still rely on catalan separatists to govern. >> the socialist party has won the general election, and with it, the futu

phill phillip, i think antjuan is right. be investigation and not legislation. i think democrats are committed to that. i'm told numbers of investigations, of course, most of them spurious. they will be an attempt to undermine trump. >> ned, ned, ned, you would not have that same posture or position if the shoe was on the other foot. you want to investigate the hell out of us if hillary clinton was in office and we found out what we found out in the report. i would challenge you to sit back and chill and take a deep breath. democrats can do two things. we can investigate and we can legislate. we have proven that to the point in the first 100 some odd days in the congress. look at what we passed and the people we brought in before the committees. look at what the american people are finding on the how corrupt the president and administration is. thank god for elections. >> ned, ten seconds. >> the american people are worried about the issues in the 2020 election campaign trail. this is a decision of donald trump's record of s

. >> and i'm phillip mena. severe weather is on the way today for areas still recovering from the last massive storm. let's get right over to nbc meteorologist janessa webb tracking it all for us. good morning, vanessa. >> good morning. we're getting started with the severe weather. it's going to start to happen this afternoon into the evening hours across the plains into the south here. right now sitting out to the southwest from phoenix to albuquerque and will make its way across the midwest. so we have a good chunk of the nation, 32 million under that severe weather risk. potential now is damaging wind gusts, up to 60 miles per hour, also large hail possibility of tornadoes. now, this is going to be a multi-day event into your thursday, friday as well. so you can see the areas of low pressure from iowa to dallas, major cities really going to be impacted throughout the day. dallas, houston, along with oklahoma. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. we'l

never got any of that. >> we met phillip in san quentin prison in california.nd he really stood out as this young kid in a very hardcore old-school prison. his life was at a pretty precarious point, but he also remained sort of optimistic. >> from the second i got in trouble to this moment in time, i know god put me in this cell for a reason. whatever it is, i don't know at this time. maybe it was just to give me time to realize what i was doing. or who knows? maybe there's something inside this time that i'm going to do that's going to put me into perspective and make he realize stuff. i don't know. but i'm in here for a reason other for than the crime that i did, that god has a plan for me. i'll be all right. i'm going to make it. >> you're moving my head that way. >> i'm not moving it, you're moving it. >> i said i want a nice little haircut and he gives me a bald head. >> kirkpatrick rejected the lessons he had learned from his biological family at a very young age. that's when all his problems began. >> my mom gave me the best advice that she could. everyt

>> reporter: phillip, good morning. the faa says pilots will be required to undergo additional training before they are allowed to fly the max again. buoeing still hatzant formally submitted the software update for faa approve. when that happens, the plane willtill have to be recertified. the faa right now telling airlines pilots will be required to undergo new training on that mcas system blamed for the crashes in ethiopia and indonesia that killed 346 people. th software fix is what they have been working t on. the piloaining can be completed on a computer. with the max grounded, there will be fewer planes flying for the upcoming summer travel season. so watch your schedules closely to ensure that your fligh is, in fact, taking off when they say it is going to. back to you, phillip. >> tom costello for us, thank you, sir. >> there is a new bombshell in theussie smollett saga. messageseased text from cook county state attorney kim foxx reveal that she called him a, quote, washed up celeb, and that she was concerned he

i'm phillip mena. senator warren said impeach donald trump now and hearing crickets in the house leading to the question what more information are they waiting for? while robert mueller seems to have stuck to guidelines the sitting president cannot be charged with a crime, what happens when trump leaves office? plus, joe biden finally ready to run. an announcement expected in just days. how does he fit into the crowded democratic field? a close eye on the deadly scene in sri lanka. more than 200 killed in coordinated attacks on churches and hotels. american tourists are among those killed. we will have a live report coming up for you shortly. >>> first up on this easter sunday and passover, tomorrow is shaping up to be a major day for democrats. nancy pelosi scheduling a conference call with members for monday. the same day top democratic leaders are expecting to get access to some unredacted sections of the report. earlier jerry nadler weighed in on this impeachment issue. >> do you think this is impe

. >>> good morning, i'll phillip mena at msnbc world headquarters. here's what's happening. not again. another place of worship attacked by a gunman. >> just standing there, shooting, shooting everybody. >> the suddenly deadly nightmare that played out in a matter of minutes. new details this morning about the victims and what drove the shooter. >>> a tale of two presidents. one at a current campaign rally rousing his supporters and the other with a warning and not so veiled jab. >>> a new poll on 2020. who's the front-runner among democrats and one clear factor that could decide the race. >>> would he begin with breaking news. new details on the synagogue shooting in california. one person is dead and three were injured. it happened as worshippers were preparing to celebrate the last day of passover. police have a 19-year-old suspect in custody. they say he walked into the synagogue and open fire with an assault-style rifle. president trump praised the response from law enforcement officers and condemned the hate. >> america's heart is with the victims of the horrific synag

i would like to bring up dean phillips from minnesota. rep. phillips: what a great couple days. we did reflecting, we dwelled in possibilities, and most importantly, this caucus became a family. a family of diversity from all around the country, different races, religions, professional backgrounds, and political perspectives. we did the thing that i want to invite the entire country to start doing, and that is spend time together. invite one another to conversation and reflection. we have to start talking more and tweeting a little bit less. that's what we did. it was just two days, but it was a darn good beginning. we are family indeed and we are just getting started. a aout them i am on her to tura thank you. good morning. you have heard all of the great deeds, 100 days, a lot of accomplishments. i want you to think of the people behind this accomplishment, not those of us who are here to get it done, but how it impacts all of the people that are represented in every one of these bills. the mother who can't have enough food to put on the table for her children, the seniors who

. >> and i'm phillip mena.e are monitoring reports of severe weather hitting the south this morning. the national weather service is urging people in the fort worth, texas area to stay off the roads where reports of heavy rain, flash flooding and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. several water rescues have also already been reported. let's get straight to nbc management bill karins for the latest on this. good morning. >> good morning. we are watching the areas north of dallas. 5 inches of rain was reported overnight. that's where they were doing the water rescues. and it's still pouring throughout the region. but thankfully, the flash flood warning has been dropped. that doesn't mean the threats over with. we can see the bright reds. a lot of additional areas of thunderstorms and torrential rain. they're going to head through the dallas/fort worth area over the next couple of hours. we have 10 million people under the flash flood watch. we have two counties under a flash flood warning. areas south of abilene

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i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip.f series from her trave to ls >>> weekend tornadoes flatten towns across the lone star state. half a dozen killed in the aftermath. more nasty weather and travel delays ahead for the north and east travel delays ahead for the . >> we don't want to put all the burden on one or two border communities. democrats stated time and time again, they support open borders and sanctuary cities. let's spread that out. let's put in some other locations. >> the white house doing more than the idea of sending bus loads of them around the u.s. >>> inside the world of julian assange. the first video

dani burger is focusing on phillips. what is the story with bayer?bayer is going to be volatile today. the supervisor board has provided its support for the ceo after it lost a nonbinding investor confidence vote at the annual meeting last friday. shareholders are unhappy since , withkeover of monsanto litigation in the states regarding roundup. on theet's come to you spanish banking sector. be a socialist government and what that means. also, bank results. >> that's right. night seeson last prime minister sanchez stay in office. banking, i'm sure you remember this, after the financial crisis, the spanish government still has stake in it. it is sensitive to changes in government. party said they would consider a special tax on banks. allies have said they would be keen in keeping the stake. the concern is we might not get a fully private bank, at least not under this government. story on've got the phillips. what is it they are? -- what is it very? like electric toothbrushes help push the stock outlook. it might be cloudy this morning facing growing

>> kyra phillips at the white house tonight. always good to have you, kyra. >>> there is news tonight on the showdown over the border. president trump threatening to completely shut down the border as soon as this week, but no plan has been revealed as of yet. and abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman is on the texas border tonight. >> reporter: gridlock tonight at one of the busiest american border crossings in el paso, with millions along the 2,000-mile-long border waiting to see if president trump follows through on his threat to shut down the border if mexico doesn't stop the flood of asylum seekers heading to the u.s. >> and if they don't stop them, we're closing the border. we'll close it. and we'll keep it closed for a long time. i'm not playing games. >> reporter: customs and border patrol estimates more than 100,000 migrants were stopped at the border in march alone. an even higher number expected in april. el paso typically sees a million cars and about 70,000 trucks cross over these bridges into el paso every

phillip? >> andrea mitchell, thank dyou >>ma in a federal court in boston where actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin faced a judge along with ten other parents. they're accused of paying top dollar to cheat their kids into elitesi unives. loughlin and her husband are accused of payingalf a million dollars. prosecutors say huffman paid $15,000 for a professional test taker to take h daughter's s.a.t. both did not enter pleas during their separateappearances. u.s. attorneys tell nbc news more charges and arrestsre expected. >>> urgent efforts are under way to find an american tourist kidnapped during her dream vacation to africa. richard eel has the latest. >> reporr: the brazen ductions unfolded in one of uganda's most beautiful andatost populaional parks, officials a searching for a 35-year-d american woman and her local guide, kidnapped and now being held for a half million dollar ransom.it auths say they were on a safari trip with two other tourists when theroup was stopped by armed

phillip?r the candidates to get their message out. >>> the 2020 contenders also courted another large voting bloc earl yeaher in the week in houston. democrats lined up to make their cases and answer tough questions. >> i actually was at the march on washington with dr. king back in 1963. black women will be an integral part of what our campaign and what our administration is about. >> why should women of color choose you? >> so -- it's -- >> we will wait. we will wait. take your time. . >> spit it out, beto. >> joining me now, erin haynes, national writer on ethnicity and the press. thank you very much for joining me. you were at this event. people are still talking about those moments. what's your take? what were some of your favorite responses from the candidates as well the crowd? >> yes, i was there, phillip. thank you very much for having me and good afternoon to you. really it was a chance for eight 2020 democratic hopefuls to really make their case to black women and latina women, real

. >>> good morning, i'm phillip mena. it is 6:00 in the east, 3:00 out west and here's what's happening. tax return fight. the new mood made by the president's lawyer and the one word the president keeps bringing up as the reason to keep those documents private. >>> back at the border. the president inspecting part of the wall after walking back a big threat. >>> the security breach at mar-a-lago and the secretary of state linking it to a broader threat from china. >>> plus the hip-hop radio show that's become a key stop for 2020 hopefuls. >>> the legal battle over the president's tax returns is escalating. his lawyers now trying to block the official request from house democrats for six years of the president's personal and business returns. in a new letter to the irs, the general counsel, the president's lawyer argues, democrats have no legitimate legislative reason to request the presidents tax returns. they claim house ways and means chairman richard neil wants to use that information to damage the president political

with me are nigel nelson from the sunday mirror and political commentatorjo phillips.s front pages are in. the sunday telegraph says new polling evidence suggests jeremy corbyn is on course to sweep into into no ten after theresa may failed to deliver on her promise to take the uk out of the eu by march 29th. the observer reports that jeremy corbyn has been warned by labour's leader in the european parliament and other senior figures the party will be deserted by millions of anti—brexit voters if it fails to give clear backing to a second referendum in its manifesto for next month's eu elections. meanwhile, the sunday times also has a story about labour — it claims thatjeremy corbyn ignored evidence of anti—semitism in the party. the sunday express says brexiteers have vowed to keep fighting for britain after leading government figures warned that brexit is dead. the mail on sunday claims that spy chiefs briefed the prime minister and home secretary about allegations that thejihadi bride, shamima begum was witnessed sewing suicide bombers into explosive vests. let us s

she did make a promise on my radio show, phillip.d she is going to run for something, as far as what it is, we don't know. >> we have to wait until the fall to find out. glad we got everything settled. >>> the trump administration says it will take two years to reunite migrant families. what's taking so long? my mom's pain from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis was intense. i wondered if she could do the stuff she does for us... ...which is kind of, a lot. and if that pain... could mean something worse? joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain... and helps stop irreversible joint damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including... infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system, and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been some place where fungal infections are common... or if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if

of giving you a pep talk and encouraging -- >> yeah, no, that was his father, phillip graham. >> phillipgraham. >> yeah. >> so what was that like? she says you knew legends: there were so many. >> yeah. there were many, many legends. at that point katherine graham had not emerged, obviously, as a publisher. that happened once her husband committed suicide. but, and i talk some about this, but in those, those early days he was the one who had helped to hire simian booker who was the first african-american. and he knew what he was facing. and so phillip graham told simian booker, you know, if anybody makes you mad, don't sock 'em in the eye, come up into my office of and cool off. [laughter] but we never gave me that kind of specific advice, but he would just sometimes -- because he would come through the office. sometimes you wouldn't see him for a long time. but then sometimes he'd come through, and he would just every now and then, he would just perch on the side of the desk and ask me how i was doing. as i said, because we didn't discuss race and we didn't complain about how i was bein

phillip morris hopes to launch heated tobacco here in the u.s their problem heats up tobacco to releasethis is the majority of its $6 billion investment in smoke free products the ceo said the time is right in the shift in strategy. >> as cigarettes decline, you know, we want to be very competitive. >> push them to the alternative. >> the idea is to push them to the alternative. between 75 to 85% of people switch completely out of cigarettes, stop smoking and use this product. >> phillip morris saw its cigarette sales by 3%. icos is currently under fda review for sale in the u.s if approved, it will be distributed by altrium they have a separate application that would allow icos to be marketed as a nicotine product with a lower risk than cigarettes the ceo will be on "squawk on the street" for an excludsive interview on the year of the unsmoke campaign and getting out of the traditional cigarette business. >> still getting nicotine in a different way? >> if you heat tobacco instead of burning it, it has less health risks that's why they're trying to move into the heated tobacco business

phillips in the sights of virus starts april eleventh on d w. sophia flourish has set out to become formula one world champion. the first woman world champion. but that crash. you know that anyone who's known me long enough knows i won't let something like that get me down. she trains hard every day. in june twenty eighth seem the season had just begun. it's with the military is very demanding you drive for half an hour you're exposed to intense forces you have to be fit to push this car to its limits i trained to do that but it. is vital you need strong legs to hit the brakes with one hundred twenty kilos on curves the neck muscles play a major part because of the g. forces in the curves and when braking. can motor sports women and men are in direct competition with the pro you have to train more than the men but if we want we can do it as well.

chief phillips woke him up. >> so what do you say to him then? >> we didn't tell him that brooke was deceased and -- and our main objective is to try to find out what he had been doin' that evening. >> you wanna hear his story before you talk about what happened to brooke? >> that's right. >> reporter: clayton told investigators he had their son that weekend. he said he was at work all day saturday and then spent the evening at home. >> could he have left the child and gone out? >> he could have. >>> coming up. >> we were all just trying to figure out who would have donethe scene of crime. what they would reveal. >> very helpful to us. >> when dateline continues. lowe's knows you're a diyer who does spring right. who treats yourself by treating your yard. we do it right, too. with the right plants for your region. so, you stay a step ahead of spring all season long. >> reporter: brooke morris was laid to rest at just 23 years old and while her friends said their goodbyes, her mother, tina, admits to being in denial about brooke's death. >> i kept

i'm phillip mena. it's 6:00 in the east, 3:00 in the west. here's what's happening. >>> new deadline. >>> sanctuary city. the president finding resistance to his idea inside the white house. why his legal team isn't ready to give the green light just yet. >>> document drop. robert mueller's full report could go public as early as tomorrow and some democrats are bracing for a few surprises. >>> first, developing this hour, the white house and the president defending a controversial possible plan to bust apprehended immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities. days ago democrats said the proposal is illegal. president trump claimed to twitter last night he has, quote, the absolute legal right to transfer immigrants to cities that don't agree with his white house policy. democrats say, not so fast. >> we're going through the process. we're reviewing everything we can do lawfully. the fact is, we release them already into certain communities. what's the difference in releasing them a little further into sanctuary cities in we're trying to figure out

tobacco product. >> phillip morris international, the maker of marlboro outside of the u.s., not theey're running it in the uk one tag line reads, if you smoke, quit. might seem surprising for a company that made about $25 billion on cigarettes last year, but not when you realize cigarette sales slowly but steadily declining and phillip morris international, a $6 billion investment in a heated tobacco product that heats it up rather than burning it like a cigarette. >> the interesting thing here, the verbal distinct is don't smoke, but inhale this nicotine substance differently. is there a proven difference in the sort of health problems that come from just inhaling heated tobacco versus smoking snit. >> that's a great question ai aiko's product is under review by the fda the cigarette sales are 3% down last year while sales of aiko up by about 14% for them, there's obviously a lot of profit motive and then a modified risk product. a way to say while it delivers nicotine, safer than cigarettes. >> that's why juul says it helps cigarette smokers, altria, owns ikos in the u.s. >> phill

. >> people said, watch the phillips curve. we will be talking about that every month. it will not happen. >> very little risk of wage inflation. >> huge growth when you look at education, leisure. that shift is a big deal because that means less inflation, more stable inflation. >> all of that points to the fact that things are looking good for the u.s. labor market at the moment. jonathan: continuing the conversation, we have robert mcteer. head of global bonds appeared in fixed head of global bonds appeared in fixed the driver of that is relatively straightforward. lack of inflation. as long as we have no inflation, whether wage inflation or other sources, that is how things will be. jonathan: robert? robert: inflation is moderate, pce has been coming in solidly 1.6, 1.7 the last few , months. the job number is strong but there is no weighted celebration. unemployment has been stable for six months. many people coming into the workforce. that means maybe it can go faster. i think this is a signal to the fed that may be the president was right, which has to be guiling

i'm phillip mena. it's now time for "weekends with alex witt".to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. it's 7:00 in the east. 4:00 out west. first up big money joe biden raises a lot of cash. but he does hit some speed bumps during his first 48 hours as a presidential candidate. questions now about his age already coming up. >>> i am a young, vibrant man. i look at joe, i don't know about him. >> if he looks young and vibrant compared to me i should probably go home. >> the push for impeachment. what a new poll says about what americans really want. >> plus sentenced. the russian woman who tried to infiltrate american politics finally learns her fate. >>> new this morning, a poll just out shows a majority of americans now oppose calls for congress to launch impeachment proceedings against president trump. 56% of americans say congress should not begin impeachment in the wake of special counsel robert mueller's report. adam schiff addressing the dilemma democratic leaders are now facing. >> if we don't impeach him, that sends

>>another soggy snow survey at phillips station tuesday april survey is very significant because this is typically when we see the deepest snow pack with the most water content and our snow era water managers use that to judge white type of melt off we're going to get state water engineers record is snow water content of 51 inches at phillips station the 4th best to snow water content historically at the site snowpack here is at 200% average for the statewide snowpack also stands well above average at 162% water officials say this is the result of the 30 atmospheric rivers that soaked the state this winter weather is great news for state's water supply. >>the stark contrast from year to year and even month to month. remind us how variable california's climate and water supply system is stream from flood to drought the drought to flood. there's very little normal in between as snow turns to water this spring hydrology and flight operations officials are preparing for what the melt could bring this not all fun and games with this with this increased snow water content in the snow pack t

phillip and dennis like to go to this area as often as they can to pick up as much trash as they can.at's cool. honestly, it's trending. it's great. it's the hashtag trash tag where people are showing a photo of a trashed area cleaning up and tagging it online to encourage other people to do it. >> they have a youtube channel called trasher divers. it's about the stuff they try to pick up. all kinds of cans, pipes. >> yeah. we need more people to be more conscientious of stuff like this. >> it's this kind of thing, the single use utensils, a fork, a knife, that kind of stuff just could be so easily eradicated. bring your own utensils to work. bring your own utensils to eat. wash them. they reached out at one point to pick something up that turns out to not be trash. >> what was that? >> hey, pal, i'm living here. >> that was an eel. he just reached down, saw something that looked a little different, grabbed for it. turned out to be an eel. wiggles out of his hand. >> oops. >> picking up the wrong thing. >> i'm supposed to be here. >> found more life living amongst the trash they're cl

>>another soggy snow survey at phillips station tuesday april survey is very significant because thiss typically when we see the deepest snow pack with the most water content and our snow era water managers use that to judge white type of melt off we're going to get state water engineers record is snow water content of 51 inches at phillips station the 4th best to snow water content historically at the site snowpack here is at 200% average for the statewide snowpack also stands well above average at 162% water officials say this is the result of the 30 atmosphere of reverse that soaked the state this winter weather is great news for state's water supply. >>the stark contrast from year to year and even month to month. remind us how variable california's climate and water supply system is stream from flood to drought the drought to flood. there's very little normal in between as snow turns to water this spring hydrology and flood operations officials are preparing for what the met could bring this not all fun and games with this with this increased snow water content in the snow pack th

. >> and i'm phillip mena. ic may olly be spring, but blizzard conditions are expected to hit the central ains. a potentially record-setting storm is heading for states still suffering from flooding caused from lt month's bomb cyclone. areas of minnesota may see up to two feet of snow by thursday evenin crews atenver international airport say they are ready for they'reng snow, and urging travelers to check with their airlines about possible delays. .> what a me bill karins is tracking it all for us. good morning, bill. >> we have six states with blizzard warnings issued. we have 15 million people that are at risk of seeing the winter storm, including winter storm warnings, advisories andiz the rd warning shown here in purple. and we'll extend those later today in minnesota and wisconsin. re is the snowfall footprint. when we're said and done, it's snowing now in the rockies. today the snow is breaking out in the central plains. but it's this area especially in south dakota, into minnesota, this going to be one

. >> and i'm phillip mena. 20 million people are at risk for severe weather as tornadoes and flash floods sweep the south. so far at least five people have been killed, caught up in flash flooding and targeted by tornadoes. the deadly storms are carving a path of destruction, leveling homes and scattering debris, and now it is turning east. jay gray i latest. >> reporter: wind and water, the weapons of choice for mother nature during a violent attack. >> i thought it was the end of the world. that's literally w end of the w >> reporter: a string of thunderstorms flooding parts of texas and louisiana, spawning tornadoes, ripping apart communities and claiming at least five lives. >> it was terrifying. it was -- i couldn't believe it was really happening. >> reporter: homes and businesses peeled open, debris scattered for miles. from the air, you can see the path of a twister that cut through ruston, louisiana, and this cell phone video captures a tornado near college station, texas. all across the strike zone, power lines and roadway signs seared at their base, sheet it. it was just one se

phillipe: i will not pretend to know the answer.nk it is state-by-state, industry by industry. what people know is that barack obama saved to detroit. there would be no auto industry without what he did in 2009. people know that. it is important to be clear what happened in michigan and wisconsin. donald trump underperformed mitt romney in wisconsin. he barely outperformed mitt romney in michigan. it is not like people came out of the woodwork being so happy donald trump came. it is not that way. people more than anything, you do not have to trust me. the way you know donald trump is not sure and the campaign is not sure, he keeps going back there. he gives going back to michigan and wisconsin and minnesota. mark will say it is because they want to hold it and they feel good and they think they can pick up minnesota. i think they're going because they know those are on the edge. i will concede i do not know what the answer is to pennsylvania or ohio. those were different situations. david: we have a little over a year to figure this

i'm frances ra phillip mena. breaking news at this hour, here in new york city, another iconic church, this time the famed st. patrick's cathedral faces the threat of fire. just hours ago a security guard stopped a man from entering. police say he was carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid, and lighters when officers confronted him down the street. >> his basic story was that he was cutting through the cathedral to get to madison avenue, that his car had run out of gas. we took a look at the vehicle. it was not out of gas, and at that point he was taken into custody. >> law enforcement officials tell nbc that the suspect is 37-year-old mark lamperello of new jersey. police and other agencies are looking into his background. >>> for nearly two years the mueller investigation was the source of intense speculation and debates on cable news and at dinner tables across the country. today we will finally get a look at what the special cou justice president trump. in just hours, we'll have

we go live now to chris phillips former head of the u.k. counterterrorism security office welcome to the program now are you convinced by this link to the new zealand attacks something months not much time to put together such a large scale bombings you know with this this attack is clearly a long time in the planning and possibly even a month is probably not quite long enough to do that but of course what it will have done perhaps is change the attack locations so the attack was going to take place almost certainly but where it took place that may have been influence by the attack in new zealand now is it unusual that sri lanka's defense minister gave no further information on what led them to link the bombings to the new zealand attack . well within the intelligence community is quite difficult to release information on where you got it from because obviously those links are often secret what we do know is that the intelligence agencies were aware that this was likely to happen someone somewhere you know somewhere across the world as prov

i'm phillip mena. >> good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. mounting allegations are turning things into a nightmare for joe biden with two new women coming forward in the "new york times." caitlyn caruso says he had she was 19 when the former vp rested his hand on her thigh and hugged her just a little bit too long at a sexual assault event in las vegas. the second woman r.j. hill says she was with her husband when the vp touched her inappropriately during a photo op. >> mr. biden's hand went from my shoulder and started to descend down my back. and it was one of those things is making me feel uncomfortable. >> so far four women have come forward publicly accusing the former vp of inappropriate touching. with lucy flores and cla claiming the behavior was inappropriate but not ovely sexual. with some opinions of his own. >> our former vice president, he's -- i was going to call him. i don't know him well. i was going to say welcome to the world, joe. you having a good time, joe? >> joe biden has yet to address the latest accusations. he's prev

kyra phillips is just outside the white house. >> reporter: it happened just after 3:00 p.m. outside the white house on pennsylvania avenue where tourists often visit. a man in an electric wheelchair-type scooter deliberately setting his jacket on fire. within seconds, secret service agents were on him. inside the white house reporters put on alert, ushered into the briefing room. outside, smoke rising from the scene. authorities extinguishing the fire, treating the man. four officers then carrying him away. tonight he's in the hospital being treated for non-life-threatening first-degree burns. sources say he was known to secret service. they'd seen him around before. we're told he had "no apparent political motive" and was only out to harm himself. >> let's get to kyra phillips on the scene outside 9 white house tonight. no one was injured. it once again shows what the secret service does every day. >> reporter: that's right. the secret service immediately jumping into action right here where i'm standing. they have been under tins spotlight. today, extreme caution was proto