ainsley: wow. steve: we also now have the name of the sex crimes prosecutor that the republicans have hired she is a registered republican. her name is rachel mitchell. she is an arizona prosecutor with the sex crimes bureau of the maricopa county, arizona district attorney's office. ainsley: she has decades of experience. what were you going to say? brian: doesn't mean the senators can't ask a question. senator lindsey graham says hey i might ask a question. we wants her to take the lead. you ask five minutes of questions and if someone has a long answer you are done what have you really accomplished. tracy wester house is a democrat in phoenix. she sells i have worked for her for a long time. there she is right there. part of the reason we are good friends. she is very nuanced and wise prosecutor. she doesn't pigeon hole defendants in my experience. very pointed question of adverse witnesses but also very fair. that's key. all men questioning a woman who is accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assa

ainsley: it is national pizza day. pete: it is ainsley's birthday. ainsley: thank you. what town is? if you are ever in that area you got to go. the best chocolate cake, he can only get it there and for a recipe. the flowers are beautiful. >> is there another surprise? if you listen on the phone a special newsmaker, hello. >> hey, dad, you are the reason i'm here. i'm very grateful. >> happy birthday. can't believe you are 50 years older. >> how does that make you? >> i am 39. >> thanks, dad. there is a picture of my dad. >> we are very proud, love you dearly. >> love you too, you taught me everything i know. >> did you have a ritual, favorite cake on your birthday or favorite meal? >> yes, dad knows what it is, mom got us ice cream and chocolate chip cake. all the kids love that cake and it would go quickly. see that picture? i had a potbelly. that is the first time they saw me pregnant, i had a button-down shirt, didn't want anyone to know i was pregnant. and i will be celebrating with hayden. the second day of school today. >> thank you for calling in. >> tell mom he

>> yeah, ainsley.hear these stories about these young police officers with these children. you know, i always have this image in my head of these empty kitchen tables. we have to keep in mind that these are obviously, these are soccer coaches and dads and moms. police officers their job. it's a higher calling. i think most of us would agree given the danger of the job the public service component to it. it's a job for them. they go to work: they do their jobs every day. i remember doing phone calls and you would be shocked at the bravery of these people. and bravery is every day bravery. they go to work knowing every day it could be their last time. they know that but they don't think about that. they just do it. and that the fact that this young man, 41, i mean, gosh, i'm young. i'm -- well, i don't feel that young. but i'm 43. this young man is two years younger than me. his kids will never ever see him again. and you know, that's why when i see a cop i always just say hey, thanks, it's the right thi

ainsley: true. a monday after a big labor day weekend. hope you had a nice one. we are getting down to business in washington. brian: judge brett kavanaugh in the hot seat facing the senate judiciary committee democrats and republicans. steve: democrats are apparently determined to delay or de rail his confirmation. ainsley: griff jenkins is live inside the heart senate building where the confirmation hearing is a couple hours away. >> that's right. history will be made when you look right now judge kavanaugh will sit in this black chair, you see the press gathering. they are getting ready red busy getting ready for it even before the fireworks start. this has turned into a hot situation. senator schumer, the minority leader in the senate slamming the administration tweeting this. the senate was just given an additional 42,000 pages of kavanaugh documents. the night before his confirmation hearing. this underscores just how absurd the process is. not a single senator will be able to review these rec

ainsley: and then there is barack obama. steve: oh, yeah. ainsley: he is back. around the corner. this was him over the weekend in california. >> as i said yesterday, we're in a challenging moment because when you look at the ar 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 had want to divide and those who are seeking to bring people together between those who promote a politics of hope and those who exploit politics of fear. it's always tempting for politicians, for their own gain and for people in power to try to see if they can divide people, scapegoat folks. turn them on each other. in two months, we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. [cheers and applause] brian: he sanity in politics. in other words, let's go back to the future. i looked at both his speeches that would be great if it was 2007. things he saying about hope and be different. we watched him for 8 years. how did he bring us together? what did he do with the economy? essentially h

ainsley? ainsley: brian just yelled i am, steve.ggest nights of the year. they wasted no time getting political. taking aim this time at christians and of course the republicans and at the president. listen. >> i have been watching this very shocking distaupian drama called the news. >> the obamas even have their own production deal at netflix. my dream is that the only thing they produce is their own version of the apprentice. and it gets way higher ratings. >> only white people that thank jesus are republicans and ex-crack heads. ainsley: is this the new left? here to debate this is spokesperson kayleigh mac anne and jessica tarlov. is it funny? was that funny last night? did you watch? >> did i not watch and i was watching baseball along with half my twitter feed i didn't know the emmys were on. low low drawing comparison to republicans and crack heads no surprised emmys are the lowest rated award show. and award shows are lower in membership. oscars hit all time low. teen choice awards all-time low as well. not surprised america

ainsley: ask your carrier. >> yeah. ainsley: got it.ou don't know who it is. you say sign up for do not call.gov. i have done that all my phones. all my phones ring all day long with people who should not be calling me. >> they are still going to call it does help. go through that process. the more we all reach out to do not call.gov and report a particular number or a sequence, then they get more on that. also, and these apps are great there are great app.s now out there. nomo robo. one called hya and true caller. they help lock calls that you don't want. and then if you have a phone, a wireless phone, you can block the last caller but they change the numbers so much. neighborhood spoofing when they put the prefix and the area code. ainsley: more people are apt to pick up if it looks like it's in your area. steve: the number is like five extra numbers. way too long. >> don't answer it hang up. steve: more information go to cyberguy.com. thank you, kurt. president trump is sending a message to the senate. it's time to stop delaying the

ainsley: is it blue? over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity. and live claritin clear. ainsley: time for some headlines, facebook denying allegations of gender discrimination. the social media giant is accused of illegally postemployment ads the target only men. several women filing a complaint saying they were kept from opportunities for jobs in male-dominated fields. crowded airport gates could be a thing of the past, united airlines rolling out a new warning that illuminates the standard five boarding lines of two lanes, they are color-coded, meant to ease congestion and chaos. pete: countdown to the midterms continues but in an op-ed our next guest says, quote, the key question for republicans is ask voters are you better off now than you were 2 years ago. contributing editor troy murdoch, you want to get the american public to focus on numbers. >> all these distractions, the mueller probe and so on and we need to foc

ainsley: right.ey are in the minority, they can't really stop the hearing but they tried. watch. >> good morning. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of. >> mr. chairman. >> brett kavanaugh. >> mr. chairman. >> you are out of order i will proceed. >> we cannot possibly move forward. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed. [. [cheers and applause] >> i move to adjourn. >> you are out of order. >> mr. chairman i appeal to be recognized on your since of decency and. >> shut this hearing down now. i urge you shut this hearing down. >> you are a threat to our democracy. [shouting] >> here are the facts. judge cawnge is one the most distinguished judges. mr. chairman, i think we ought to have this loud mouth removed. [laughter] we shouldn't have to put up with this kind of stuff. i hope she is not a law student. brian: that's why senator hatch is retiring. he has had it. ainsley: not a what? brian: law student. 70 people tossed. steve: arrested. brian: 70 arrested. i'm

ainsley: mr., being from south carolina, there are a lot of people that were mad at him when he voted for sotomayor, when he voted for kagan. but yesterday my folks that i was talking to, my family and friends, they were very proud of him for the way that he responded. >> i have known lindsey since he had first came into the house. this was his best moment. this was a moment comparable to attorney welch putting down mccarthy in the 1950s. and this was an extraordinary moment and he ihas defined for the american what's at stake. have you despicable, dishonest, dlible deliberately destructive left wing party that will destroy anybody, lie about anybody, do whatever it takes and lindsey said the truth. it is that bad. it is that sick. >> he had a message for the republicans. what do you think. >> he also has a message for any decent democrat. why do we behave as though there are no decent democrats? not a single democrat sick'ed by what their party is doing? ainsley: what's your prediction for collin

ainsley: wow.ory 4 storm heading toward the carolinas where millions are now being urged to get out. forecasters are predicting up to 13-foot storm surges. ed: some are simply not heeding that warning and choosing somehow to ride out the storm. and janice dean, you have covered some of these not a smart idea. janice: no. absolutely listen to local officials. the hurricane hunters by the way are out there right now getting statistics on this storm. we think that it's going to be a strength storm in the 8:00 a.m. advisory. we are stale category 4. this storm has been a category 4 for many days now. the forecast models are uncertain. we are pretty sure we know what happens today and tomorrow and then a stall. where does the stall happen? does it happen before it makes landfall? does it happen after it makes landfall and then does it move southward? we are not sure. all we know is we have got to watch the forecast models and you have to listen to your local officials. south carolina, north carolina eve

ainsley: absolutely.y different sources. i would sit ivanka and jared or laura or eric and i would have them in on every high level meeting. get the experts in from treasury. steve: it's not necessarily the high level meeting. brian: let me finish. have him there on a regular basis. you need somebody with you that you trust that could be there as a buffer that understands you. because this president is different. is he unique, he is an anomaly as a business person, as a personality and as a president, he went from one office and he won it, the most powerful one in the world. nobody else could have done that having said that is he a little different. ainsley: not a politician. brian: not able to get along with him. the president needs his family around him. ainsley: anyone that the president hires to work in his administration. doesn't mean is he perfect and doesn't mean is he going to do everything right. he has to trust his team to help him make the right decision. that's why you hire people. this person

ainsley: there is her picture.e saw brett kavanaugh and mr. judge get girls drunk and they were. brian: drugs. steve: gang raped. the affidavit that was filed on her behalf by mr. avenatti, alan dershowitz, one of the sharpest legal minds in the world, has some problems with it listen to this. >> that affidavit is so deeply flawed and so open ended that any good lawyer, any good defense attorney would be able to tear that apart in 30 seconds. it's an embarrassment to the law that anybody would file an affidavit like that filled with hearsay. i want to know who drafted it. i would want to know why they didn't fill in the gaps. if there are people who saw. this name them. was she raped as she says by kavanaugh, by judge? did he see it? was he in the room? why didn't -- if there were gang rapes like that, how did it not get to the police? ainsley: also, i was reading an article about her exboyfriend. he comes out and says after we broke up, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm

i will send it to you, ainsley. ainsley: thank you, jillian.s, five suspects, including the master mind khalid sheikh mohammed have not faced trial yet. brian: set backs include questions over the cia's interrogation. methods argued by some democrats. >> borrow waterboard sergeant tore temperature is. it's contrary to our traditions and ideals. that's not how we operated. we don't need it to prosecute the war on terrorism. >> the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value. >> the previous interrogation techniques are immoral. >> our next guest says justice still has not been served. brian: what do they know? this guy knows. he was there and stared them in the eye and interrogated five of them. dr. mitchell helped develop the intear congratulation program and personally interrogated khalid sheikh mohammed. on this day when people try to make sense of the attacks you know a lot of the people that did these attacks the master mind behind it and tried to keep the killing going. what is your message to america today? that they shouldn't be

ainsley: all for nothing.could be a committee vote as early as next week and they should be wrapping um testimony today. i'm sure they will have more documents and more questions and more with the sensational ways to start today. it begins at 9:30 eastern time. steve: let's see what movie they bring up today. it's 6:11 in new york city. and jillian joins us on friday. jillian: we start with breaking news. a fox news alert. a violent night for police nationwide. a deputy shot and another run over in georgia. police arresting this man, nic mornell overnight. the condition of the officers is unknown at this point. in washington a suspect arrested after shooting at police and taking hostages in a car dealership south of tacoma. none of the four hostages were hurt. all officers there are okay. the suspect wearing body armor believed to be shot by police before being arrested. police still searching for motives after chaos erupts at a bank. police say this man, you see him on your screen perez gunned down three peop

ainsley: in myrtle beach, todd pyro. mike: tracking the storm in the weather center, we begin with chris just south of the outer banks. we see what you are seeing, talk to us. >> let me reset things. if you're waking up the conditions are bad, just north of where the eye wall is expected. conditions are deteriorating. the seawall, this is the bay, atlantic beach, yesterday, the chief of police over there, the fire chief, the wind and the surge, the texture of the surge and high tide comes around noon and the water surge in this area is only going to get worse, this continues at the chief of police in atlantic beach, in morehead city, difficult for law enforcement to get around, when authorities tell you they need to evacuate, and power lines, and power lines littering it and the real story we are talking about is inland, 40 miles northwest of here in new bern, 200 rescues have taken place. and talking to authorities all night long and people saying we need help, we are up to our chests in the living room and authorities

what ainsley said inland.e see a lot of focus on the coast but the water is what the experts are most concerned about. how are you controlling for that? >> it's kind of the calm before the storm driving up here is just an eerie feeling. i was on the phone with 11 sheriffs and the police chiefs. i guess the best way to describe it is we are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. they have been on the phone, most of them, most of the sheriffs and police chiefs and mayors for that matter meeting some three per day yesterday. trying to communicate with people and all the agencies the best i can say they are trying to stay in communication. when it hits do what we need tto do. steve: we are looking at image in top sail beach where a canopy blew over and there she goes. 1.7 million people we are told in the storm target area to evacuate. that many people did not. now this morning they are waking up and in some cases there is water inside their houses. they have got to put the lives of the first responders

ainsley: kellyanne conway says the woman should be heard. chuck grassley released a letter with 65 woman who knew cavanagh, came out supported him. many people are asking about the timing of this. why didn't feinstein question the hearing questioning the judge. brian: could have had all that time, i got a letter from a woman who accuses you of doing something in high school, what is your response to that. steve: at that point the woman didn't want her identity revealed. you couldn't tell the story. brian: i have to the a letter someone went to high school whose identity doesn't want to come forward. ainsley: he would say, who is the woman? i need to know more -- steve: have to have details.

ainsley: did you buy it?d be unconstitutional. it would be illegal. and nobody should be talking about it. if this president remains healthy and capable of making decisions, no matter how much we disagree with them, the 25th amendment is off the table. pete: we will know on thursday night of rod keeps his job. thursday night we will also know about the performance of brett kavanaugh before the committee. last night with martha maccallum, denying the accusations. >> i have never sexually assaulted anyone, not in high school, not ever. i have always treated women with dignity and respect. i'm looking for a fair process. a process where i can defend my integrity and clear my name. rob: are you getting it? >> i don't know. it depends on how tough the lawyer is in his cross-examination of the accuser and he must be or she must be tough. she can't just be allowed to say i thought about it and didn't remember it and it took me six days to reconstruct my memory. a good cross-examining lawyer has to be gender free, ra

ainsley: in front of the entire audience pete gets to interview him right before his rally.intimate setting. pete: just between friends it was pretty neat in the rim rock arena. you got your "new york times" delivered in manhattan. i got my billings gazette. no punches pulled. i think that's pretty accurate. he did have a teleprompter for his speech as he always does went off script and talked about a number of different topics. always said, we had a chance before hand with just about 10,000 friends watching to ask the president a few unscripted questions. one of those is, of course, about that a anonymous "new york times" op-ed and as can you imagine the president didn't pull any punches, here is what he said. >> folks may have seen anonymous column written in the "new york times." [crowd boos] and i think this audience would say an attack on you is an attack on the people who voted for you. [. [cheers and applause] >> are you any closer to knowing who did it and what should be done if you find out who did it? >> number one, the times should have never done that because rea

ainsley: this has just been released her attorney is now saying she is willing to testify before the senate judiciary committee. will that happen? >> well, the senate judiciary committee members that i have spoken to say let that happen. but, it should not unduly delay the vote on judge kavanaugh who has given 24 or 32 hours of testimony by him or by others. and also, there were 1300 written questions. this never came up. those private phone calls. the private meetings. judge kavanaugh has met with 65 u.s. senators. we all know there were some who couldn't find the time to do their jobs to advise and consent the president of the united states on his supreme court pick. i started this segment out by saying she should testify under oath. the senate jewish area committee looks like they are headed that way. judge kavanaugh, who has categorically denied these allegations, will also have an opportunity to address them under oath. and let that be part of what everybody considers before they cast a vote. and let's not fool ourselves. remember, folks, that long before this happened, there we

julia ainsley, national security and justice reporter for nbc. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon. and matthew miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department. jeremy, i would like to begin with you, quoting "the washington post" tonight, we'll put it up on the screen. this statement came after white house officials pressured the justice department to issue a more forceful denial according to an adviser who spoke to the president. the president asked advisers friday if he should fire rosenstein and some of those around trump sought to sway him not to make any decision friday night. during those discussions the president said he did not trust rosenstein or mccabe, the adviser said. what's your takeaway from all of this at this hour, jeremy? and what are you expecting to see tomorrow over the weekend? >> i think we got pretty close tonight to a friday night massacre. people have been saying all night that the president has the justification he needs now to fire rod rosenstein. i think it's important to say no, he d

ainsley: kellyanne, you said offer the weekend the president doesn't that person in a meeting where is he discussing china and russia and north korea. you said any president should have the comfort and the freedom to speak with his national security team. you have been with this president sings the beginning, after this anonymous op-ed was written, have your meetings with the president, has it changed because he is always probably wondering who is in this room? who wrote that anonymous op-ed. >> i think under chief of staff john kelly the meetings have gotten tighter and smaller already. and that's for a number of reasons. i do think it's better to have the people who have visibility into the issue as i just said the subject matter experts and a few others in these particular meetings. and, when they need to be expanded, then they -- maybe that's an issue that will be looked into. but, i also just -- i'm not convinced, i have no reason one way or the other, but i'm just not convinced this is true senior level official or senior white house official. i have no way of knowing one way or

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ainsley: thanks for emphasizing numbers.- >> not a simpleton way of thinking. it is partly our fault as meteorologists. we look at that scale, 1 to 5 but you can't, the legacy of the storm is not just the number but how much rain impact we are having. when you moved to houston it weakens considerably, 50 mile-per-hour windss but because it stall, brought all that rainfall. they don't remember the category. >> jillian has headlines for us. >> reporter: adobe shooting spree overnight as a man kills 5 people including his wife, the shooting started in a bakersfield, california, trucking business, going into a nearby home. >> these are not random shootings, there will be a connection between all of these players. after the shootings the government stole a car with a woman and child inside. fortunately they were able to escape. when deputies confronted the shooter he shot and killed himself. it is unclear what sparked the rage. the five new mexico compound suspects remain behind bars, the muslim extremists, were a danger to the c

ainsley: in myrtle beach, todd pyro. mike: tracking the storm in the weather center, we begin with chris just south of the outer

joining me now is nbc national security and justice reporting julia ainsley.u have reporting about what it took in terms of mueller getting to this moment with paul manafort. remember, paul manafort when rick gates, his old business partner there, decided to cooperate, paul manafort made it sound like it was something he would never do. how did mueller get him to do it? >> that's right. this seems to be the toughest nut to crack for mueller's team of prosecutors. we know that paul manafort had started to talk about a plea deal even during the alexandria trial in august. some of the things fell apart. he didn't want to cooperate all the way. a lot of things were on the table but they kept falling through. they finally got this one now because their legal team, manafort's legal team is reading the tea leaves, and especially when they looked back how the jury voted in alexandria. remember, we had the juror that came on and said there was one juror, one member of the 12 who held out on those ten charges, which shows it was actually an overwhelming amount of eviden

julia ainsley, thank you so much. >> and we are watching the white house as we wait for the presidentave for montana. he is keeping to his rally schedule even as he faces two back-to-back reports about the state of his presidency and the inner workings of his administration. so will he stop to cameras and answer some questions? we are going to find out. tonight the president will be in billings where he will headline a campaign for senate candidate matt rosendale, who is challenging the democratic two-term incumbent, jon tester. but how effectively the president's messaging be tonight, and frankly going forward, after these damaging allegations about his fitness for office nbc's hallie jackson joins us from the white house and peter baker joins us as well. he's a white house correspondent for the "new york times." good to have you both. hallie, let's start with you. and i said this a little bit earlier for the "a" block, but i think it's worth re-posing. this "new york times" op-ed is not saying anything that hasn't already been reported. it's strikingly stellimilar to we've been read

michael grissom and joy ainsley. i can only believe if trump knows that he already knows from this report that rosenstein was talking about going to invoke the 25th amendment, that he was talking about wiring himself on two occasions to go in and see the president, and basically taught the president that he is on his way out. >> is the president going to look at this and say fake news because he is very concerned about the 25th amendment? this is a big issue for him. he does not like that. a lot of pushback from the white house on that, trying to get us to not write about that. is he just simply going to lump all that in the same basket, this is just a fake story. or is he going to have a larger issue with rosenstein. we know the president is already considering before the story came out finding new leadership at the top of the justice department. he's going to wait until after the midterm elections to put someone else in. this is something he has wanted to do since the beginning of his presidency, since attorney gen

ainsley: didn't get addicted.nd who it is going to effect, you know. pete: jill, his mother, obviouslyvel versed now in these issues. what's it like to go through this process and what's your advice tout folks. >> it's really difficult. and i think if you can stay supportive, unconditional love and be there, it's very helpful, you know, as a parent and most parents across the nation have that fear that they are going to get that dreaded phone call their kid is going to be dead. you get that call. thankfully i wasn't that and i am so grateful. for parents, they can really get support with an al anone group. love their child and be with them without the process and without overdoing it and being overbearing. it makes a difference. it allows the child to get sober themselves if they choose to do that. when they want to make the change, they make the change. and it's possible. so it's possible for anybody. anna: again, one of the things that just paused in this vote 99-1 is more treatment clernt centers. is there anyt

for more, i am joined by julia ainsley and greg brower. give me a sense. i have been counting on you to do this. this young guy, 29-years old. with his picture of him at the meeting. trust said he never met him. we understand he had a drunken conversation with an australian diplomat. that could have been one of the things that kicked off the investigation. i had neeg to do with russia. trump approved of efforts, during the campaign. according to a memo, the lawyers wrote, eager to show his value to the campaign, that the campaign should look into it. that is close to the bone here. >> the lawyers were trying to get a light are sentence for him, which they managed to achieve. there is no transcript of that meeting. they denied that of the way it happened. >> why two weeks? >> i thinks it is too -- special counsel won, they were asking for jail time and got it. papadopoulos was remorseful. and probably didn't completely buy in to the government argument that his misstatements were tended to undermine the investigation. >> in fact, they cancelled the intervie

ainsley: it was an emotional funeral.ou can understand how meg an had a lot of emotion, you felt like at points she was feeling angry and understandable, given some of the harsh words that were said about her father during the campaign. others tried to take shots as well. here's one from jeff flake, senator jeff flake, he tweeted out decency wins and he took a picture of george bush and the obamas. pete: i don't mean to make light of it, but you take a photo with bill clinton and say decency wins, i'm just saying. all oyou look at it with sympaty when you watch it. at the same time, no one changes their political view based on i think speeches and eulogies. if you're shaped into saying how dare you support someone like donald trump or his views because john mccain was the standard bearer of goodness, john mccain was a good man who did a lot of great things for the country. we can also be in a different chapter, where different tools and different leaders can carry forward what america represents. i think that's the disden

for more, i am joined by jawia ainsley and greg brower. give me a sense.n counting on you to do this. this young guy, 29-years old. with his picture of him at the meeting. how does he fit into the whole thing. >> we understand that he had some kind of drunken conversation with an australian diplomat and that could be the critical thing that kicked off this investigation. this in particular because he was offered dirt from this professor in the uk for dirt on hillary clinton. and he apparently went and spoke to the trump campaign. and not only did he offer that, but also offered a meeting between trump and putin. so definitely someone who was trying to use these connections as a young person to get ahead in the campaign. and what was not clear was who took the bait. >> was it sessions at all. >> he don't know. >> seemed interested in what papadopoulos was proposing. and he also was the guy who later recused himself. and that is why trump is so furious at him. anyway, on his way to north dakota today, he denied any contact with russia. >> there was none. the

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. >> bret: here's the president talking to ainsley earhardt about manafort. >> one of the reasons i respectmanafort so much as he went to -- for 30-40 years, i've been watching flippers. everything's wonderful and they get ten years in jail and they flip, whoever the next highest one is. or as high as you can go. it almost ought to be outlawed. it's not fair. >> bret: are you considering pardoning paul manafort? >> what he did, some of the charges they threw against him? every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. >> bret: at the time, paul manafort was suggesting he was not going to cooperate. >> interesting because it's so new. when you face ten years you are going to flip, but you will flip on anybody. including the person on the top. we do not know what you are going to provide. there has to be something of substance. there would've been no deal cut either way. anybody tell mike lawyer knows that. with regard to your point, this is a three-pronged responsibility that mueller is tasked with. one of it is the russian meddling in our election. that could be where he's goi

. >> joining us now from washington, d.c., nbc news national security and justice reporter julie ainsleyinking as far as the deputy attorney general is concerned? >> well, it seems that both the deputy attorney general and the president were kind of headed toward a future yesterday. at first it seemed like there was no future from the deputy attorney general, but something pulled both men back from the brink. as we understand it, the people who were talking to rod rosenstein over the weekend helped him come to this decision of, well, if i'm going to be fired, it needs to be by the president. i'm not going to resign. it will make it harder for the president to pick anyone he wants to fill that position. as far as the president's thinking, we've been able to see people like sean hannity say things like, mr. president, don't take the bait on this "new york times" story, it's actually something that will only hurt you down the line if anyone is trying to make an obstruction case. >> there's always speculation that what is happening with rosenstein is a distraction from what's taking place on

>> nbc national security reporters julie ainsley joins us live. it is violating an order, and allowing the indefinite detention of children, isn't that something that somebody has to take to court almost immediately? >> if that he what they expect. these this to get out from doll dollie gee. she's continued to say yes, this applies to children, even, and you can't hold them longer than 20 days. they want to kicked up to the appellate level, even to the supreme court. they expect a court challenge, but as secretary nielsen has said, she doesn't think she can do a good job of border security when they families units claim asylum when they had to be released for the court dates set for years into the future. now they want to hold them and they expect the court dates to come faster, but still longer than 20 days and not you putting a deadline on when they would have to be released. >> talk to us about the 1 t99 parents who signed their rights away. >> stephanie, we have reported on those documents. we had those. we talked to lawyers who said they were

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. >> julia ainsley as i previewed is with national security and michael steel msnbc political analyst and former lt. gov. of maryland and donna edwards, a democratic congress woman from maryland. welcome all. look, julia, in fairness to brock long, she ride, fema's job is not to rebuild infrastructure, their job is there to basically save an entity from disaster. so he was in that. but for some reason, here was a chance a president gets to be president and he doesn't act like it. >> there is a point there that is worth discussing. when you look at the disaster declaration orders after harvey dealing with the damage if texas and after maria, there is a key language left out of what they did in puerto rico. >> that is to rebuild infrastructure. they purposely pulled back because they knew the road was so long, they did a lot of private contracting. we saw that didn't always work out. he is right, it isn't their job to have it back in a minute up before the storm comes. they don't have to be on the hook for everything. it seems that north carolina, my home state, should be in a very diff

i'm joined by julia ainsley, national security and justice reporter for nbc news, and glenn kirschner. is this like a trip to the woodshed? is this trump trying to show i'm the muscle guy, you're the little guy action you're the bureaucrat. i'm going to let you come see me and scare me a little bit. i'll let you stay if you give me a little sign of support. >> he's hanging this over his head for sure but it seems clear that both of these men were headed toward the end of rod rosenstein's work at the justice department and that something pulled them back from the brink. we know from people who talked to rod rosenstein, he was talking about resignation and a lot of them said wait until you're fired. don't -- it actually means a lot -- >> why is it a better deal for him to be fired? >> under the federal vacancies act it's a lot more difficult for the president to put whoever he wants in that job if he is fired rather than resigns. it's easier for the president if he resigns. then with the president, we see publicly the advice he's gotten. we've seen sean hannity -- >> he said don't fire

joining me now is julia ainsley. what's going on here? >> okay.first of all the numbers are way up from last summer because there was a big dip in crossings, but they are at the highest they've ever been before for a few reasons, and the big one is a trump administration policy that went unnoticed. in june they started asking parents who were coming forward to claim their children from these places to provide fingerprints. for migrant parents who don't even want to show their faces asking for a fingerprint that's then put through a background check is a lot, and it takes longer. it takes longer for the parents to get the courage to come forward, and it takes days rather than a matter of hours to verify they're the parents. there's a backlog. these children are staying longer. it's not necessarily that more are coming. they're just being held longer, sometimes for 60 days in facilities. what that means is there's a backup in the first place they stop, which is where those cages are. >> could president trump and the administration argue that they ar

ainsley: yes, they are. statement from him this morning he says this alleged events from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and has said so so far. this is a smear, plain and simple. i look forward to testifying on thursday about the truth and defending my good name and reputation for character and integrity. i have spent a lifetime building against these last-minute allegations. that's just it the timing, is this a drip, drip, drip come up by the democrats trying to delay everything until the midterm elections and really fire up their base saying republicans are bullies. although republicans are the ones say we want to hear from mrs. ford. steve: sounds like we are going to hear from somebody else too. in addition to dr. ford who is going to testify on thursday and then second woman ms. ramirez, michael avenatti stormy daniels lawyer says he has credible information about mr. kavanaugh and mark judge who he was classmates back in high school. some of the a

let's bring in nbc news national security and justice reporter julia ainsley.en the trump administration and lawyers for separated migrant families. what did you find out? >> so, mika, this is incredible. this is late last night. there were three big cases that they combined in the settlement that had to do with families seeking asylum and those that where deported. all the ones separated under the zero tolerance policy that lasted from april until the end of june. now these families, a lot of them will have a second shot at asylum. essentially when they came in, they were separated and had to make these cases on their own. children having to make their own claim of asylum. that can be difficult. parents who are under a lot of stress trying to get back together with their children. as we reported on nbc news, a lot of these parents were misled into thinking they had to drop their asylum cases and be deported in order to see their children again. now a lot of them will be able to have a second chance with their children, come in and get due process, have a lawye

. >> we love you, ainsley. >> bill: welcome, the accuser now has 24 hours to decide whether she will speak to congress. i'm bill hemmer, good morning. >> sandra: good morning, bill hemmer. everything is good. i'm sandra smith. so here is where everyone involved stands. making it clear that dr. fort can testify however she wants appeared in public, in everett, on capitol hill, or even throughout the whole state of california. >> bill: so far, democrats continue to push for a delay on this. >> where i am focused right now is doing everything that we can to make dr. ford comfortable with coming before a committee, either in an open session, or a closed session. >> it needs to be done by nonpartisan stuff, and the fbi, particularly the supreme court justice nominee would have been done. >> i think we need to have the hearing. >> just absolutely stunned at why we are so opposed to letting the fbi do what the fbi has done for decades, and that his background checks on nominees. it is not unusual at all. >> sandra: we go live to peter doocy in washington. what is the latest word? will she o

ainsley: this is the top story today. >> bill: we have done our best to be safe so we bring you this story. here we go. sandra, good morning to you back in new york city. >> sandra: thank you, bill, for your reporting on the ground there and still blowing hard. i'll take it back in new york city. hurricane florence now officially sweeping through the carolinas, the category 1 storm slowing down and packing a big punch. over 400,000 people without power in north carolina. that number is expected to go up and at that hour we're awaiting three big events. an update from fema in about 15 minutes. also at 11:00 a.m. we'll hear from the governor of north carolina as well as the national hurricane center. we'll look forward to the big update at the top of the 11:00 hour there. meanwhile senior meteorologist janice dean is tracking the hurricane. what are we looking at? >> now getting reports of 500,000 in north carolina without power and we're also getting reports of over 30 inches of rain in atlantic beach where griff jenkins is. this is a storm that has just gotten started across portions

ainsley: tell us what you're doing with the labor day. american work remembers working.oday they're off. let us know what you're doing for labor day. griff: if you put i love jillian in the subject line, you will read that one first. jillian: get a retweet. happy labor day to you. start the fox news alert. 10 people are shot after gunfire erupts overnight at an apartment complex in san bernardino, california, three are in extremely critical condition. police do not have a suspect yet. remember 14 people were killed in a terror attack in san bernardino back in 2015. >>> a desperate search is underway for four people went missing after a horrific boat crash on the colorado river. they have not been seen since two boats collided in the water bordering california and arizona on saturday. 16 people were onboard. two at least are in critical the condition. none. boaters were wearing life vests. the cause of the crash sun known. >> into extreme weather. labor day in the sunshine state could be washed out with heavy rain in the southeast. a tropical storm potentially brewing wit