>> thank you, ayman, for your question. that's a significant development because we have yet another person that is within donald trump's orbit pleading guilty. in this case what happened is he funneled at least $50,000 of foreign money sfwot trump inaugural committee. that's a pretty big deal. the other big deal is he's agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. we're going to see what he's going to say about who else would have known about the payments. >> what's your assessment as to why -- i know this will probably come out at some point. you know washington very well. is it common practice for foreigners and foreign nationals to attend inaugural committees or parties? the fact them pay $50,000 to have these tickets, were they there, you think, to party it up or there for access? >> foreign countries don't just pay $50,000 for no good reason. it's illegal for the trump inaugural committee, the trump campaign to accept foreign money. this is not a normal practice. this is actually a criminal violation. that's why we have a gu

i am ayman mohyeldin alongside louis bergdorf.l, in the aftermath of this week's drama surrounding michael cohen and paul manafort, president trump's lawyer rudy guilliani tells nbc news the president agreed in june he shouldn't do pardons while robert mueller's investigation is ongoing. guilliani's comments come after "the washington post" reported that trump recently asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and other aides accused of crimes. guilliani told nbc that trump did not specifically ask about manafort in a meeting earlier this summer. he said, quote, we discussed it in early june and we agreed no pardons during investigation, and that has not changed. earlier this week the president did not rule out a pardon for manafort when he was asked about it on "fox news." >> one of the reasons i respect paul manafort so much is he went through that trial -- you know, they make up stories. people make up stories. this whole thing about flipping, they call it, i

ayman mohyeldin is up next. >> good afternoon, i'm ayman mohyeldin in for craig melvin on a very busy news day. especially for the president's former inner circle. we are following two big stories on them. plea deal, nbc news exclusively reports that the president's former longtime lawyer michael cohen is suggesting a possible plea deal with prosecutors. it's not done by any means yet but sources say they could have an agreement hammered out by the end of the day. also, keep going. the jury in the former trump campaign chairman paul manafo manafort's trial just asked the judge an important question. it looks like they may be hung up on one count of the 18 manafort faces. the judge told them to get back to work though. so could it mean we are any closer to a verdict. but we start with some breaking news. an nbc news exclusive. former trump personal attorney michael cohen is discussing a plea deal with federal prosecutors. one that could come as early as this afternoon. that's according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke with nbc news. tom winter is the nbc news investigation

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin.o diplomacy. you know, i used to study -- not much -- diplomacy. i said, whatever happened to getting something you want? some you have to be rough, some you have to be nice, bud whatever happened. let me tell you if i did go up and start screaming thshgs e would have said, he was terrible! he was so rude. it was horrible. his performance was horrible. whatever happened to fair press? whatever happened to honest reporting? i remember a nice man. i actually like him. he's very talented, with a big chart, and all that red is starting to get red, republican, that chart, red, red, red. a little tiny dot of blue along the ocean. his hands start shaking, ah -- look, oh, my god. another state came -- oh, my god, what's going -- fake news. >> so bob casey doesn't mind ms13 coming in.

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera and yasmin and louis have the day off.al details for john mccain were announced yesterday while his former campaign manager, rick davis, led a letter from the late senator instructing americans not to despair in the face of difficulties. >> fellow americans, that associate has meant more to me than any other. i lived and died a proud american. we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sewn resentment, hatred and violence in all corners of the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been. >>> then to president trump who said he wants an elaborate multi-million dollar parade down pennsylvania avenue to honor the military, spent much of the day monday resisting calls to simply lower the white house flag in honor of prisoner of war and public servant senator john mccain. as 18 senior officials paid tribute to mccain's hee owism and sacrific

ayman. >> all right. for the report. >>> new reporting from "the washington post" offers a glimpse into how the president is making money from foreign governments even as he leads u.s. foreign policy. the post obtained a may 15 letter from the general manager of the trump international hotel in manhattan, stating after two years of decline room rentals increased by 13% in the first three months of 2018 because of a visit to new york from the saudi crown prince. the general manager wrote that the trump hotel did not have suites big enough to accommodate the crown prince but members of his entourage stayed there for five days in march. such transactions fueled criticism trump is reaping revenue from foreign governments even as he controls u.s. foreign policy towards those companies. trump is currently being sued by the state of maryland, accused of violating the ee momoluments clause. >>> the midterms are three months from today, and in ohio over the weekend president trump predicted democrats will be disap

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. president trump is mulling a potential pardon for paul manafort following his conviction on bank and tax fraud charges. according to "fox news", the president said in an interview set to air today that he would consider pardoning manafort, the former head of the trump campaign who was convicted tuesday on eight counts of bank and tax fraud as well as failing to disclose foreign bank accounts. the president spent part of yesterday railing against the outcome of manafort's trial, and the jury being unable to reach a verdict on ten of the other counts against him. he wrote on twitter, a large number of counts, ten, could not even be decided in the paul manafort case. witch hunt. he added, i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him, and unlike michael cohen he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. now, following the president's tw

and by the way, if i can, ayman, this isn't a question of what the courts do, it's a question of whatongress does. the judiciary committee has a responsibility based on this information to get together and to start holding hearings to parse this information, to figure out what we've got and to figure out what kind of political step we can take next. >> very quickly, do you want to see michael cohen in front of the judiciary committee. >> we ought to be talking to michael cohen, talking to the president's chief financial officer of his company. we ought to be talking to the prosecutors in new york, everyone who can provide us with the information that we need to do our job to hold the president accountable in this instance. >> all right, congressman, ted deutch, john flannery, thank you. >>> i'm going to talk to the progressive billionaire tom steyer who's calling for donald trump's impeachment. >>> but first, donald trump's legal strategy and the risk of adopting talking points from fox news. school... grade... done. done. hit the snooze button and get low prices on school supplies al

>> exactly, ayman. threatening to pull the u.s.y to say the least. back in april of this year he told fox news the wto was set up to "benefit everybody but the u.s., and that the u.s. loses almost all of its lawsuits." analysis finds the u.s. actually wins 90% of all disputes it's raised with the wto and any case the asian equity markets have not reacted kindly trading in the red and european market trading down as well. coca-cola announced its buys the uk coffeemaker for a sum, costa coffee. so a good amount of money made there, and this is all part of coca-cola's push into coffees and a fast growing market and of course asia is a big focus there as well. >> ask you quickly, what walmart, i known, already began prepares for the holidays earlier than most seasons with a big move to take the place that has been kind of left by the retail giant or toy retail giant toys "r" us. what can you tell us? >> exactly. toys "r" us, 20% of the toy market and don't exist. on the backs of that walmart trying to take advantage, stocking up an ext

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera in for yasmin, and louis bergdorf.sident trump, who is using the powers of his office to go after critics and perceived enemies, is asserting he could personally take over the probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. an investigation in which several of his former aides have already been charged. now, in an interview with reuters, trump said his administration was, quote, a smooth-running machine except in that world, and i've decided to stay out. now, i don't have to stay out. i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want, but i decided to stay out, he said. i'm totally allowed to be involved if i wanted to be. so far i haven't chosen to be involved. i'll stay out. well, the president also expressed doubt about the findings of the u.s. intelligence community, saying the probe played into the russians, if it was russia. they played right into the russians' hands. >>> meantime, president trump agreed with his lawyer that truth isn't truth. in an interview with reuters, trump echoed the conce

bonney. >> good morning, ayman.ght, hawaii is still facing a threat for rain as the tropical moisture remains. an additional three inches is possible. likely i see the most is for the big island, but things will start to look better for hawaii. in the meantime we are tracking storms in the midwest, and this is definitely bringing about heavy precipitation today in the forecast for minneapolis, a cold front coming through. damaging winds are possible as well as hail. we will watch out for heavy rain, particularly into northern minnesota and michigan as we get into the evening hours. by tuesday the front pushes eastward so we will see the storm working its way toward the east. also, excessive heat. it is the final week of august. 70 million people at risk for excessive heat. there is a warning in st. louis because temperatures will feel like 105 degrees, so incredible heat to deal with in st. louis. notice the high is 95 but it feels hotter. all of the heat in the center of the country will push to the east, so we wil

you know this, ayman. people, you talk to them and what they want is a chance to send their kids to school, the chance to know their children will come home and to have a better future. if you can break through a frozen political process and really zero sum game until now and say, listen, there is a shot. we will use economic mechanisms to help with day-to-day life, then perhaps you have a shot. i think washington right now really does think there is no chance, and i do think this plan benefits, actually, from those very low expecttations. there is a possibility for people on the ground that pragmatism may carry the day in terms of economics over politics. >> jonathan, the israel issue has always been a bipartisan issue on capitol hill. has it become more politicized with this president, with the decisions he has made about jerusalem, and can that come back and bite the president or haunt the president, the gop in the way the support for this particular israeli government has become so one-sided? >> ayman,

i'm ayman mohyeldin in for craig melvin. the allies of president trump and allies of the late senator john mccain now playing out among voters in several key states as people there head to the polls. in arizona, how will the loss of the war hero and longtime public servant affect their vote? plus, 2,975. breaking news. a new study found that 2,975 people died there in five months after hurricane maria. why is this number so much higher than the government's? also, trump trolls google, believe it or not. why he says america's most popular rwebsite is rigged against him. we begin with arizona. heading to the polls with the legacy of mccain on their mind. a candidate who bears it is a proval of president trump. they have a shot at replacing both their senators, mccain and jeff flake. both republicans, both thorns in the side of president trump. both likely to replace come january by candidates less likely to speak out against president trump. let's start with nbc's kacie hunt. she's in scottsdale, arizona. we have nbc's steve k

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis bergdorf.ng by new reports and the president's own tweets, donald trump is seeking to end special counsel mueller's investigation one way or another. three sources tell "the new york times" trump is flouting his lawyers' advice and pushing for an interview with robert mueller in hopes it will clear his name. the report came hours after the president released seven tweets with misleading claims about the probe's origin, writing, this is a terrible situation, and attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch-hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. bob mueller is totally conflicted and has 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work. are a disgrace to usa. well, the president ignored reporter's questions after a white house meeting while his surrogates said he was merely expressing himself. >> it is not an order. it is the president's opinion, and it is ridiculous that all of the corruption and dishonesty that's gone on with the launching of the wit

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis bergdorf."meet the press" rudy guilliani pushed false hoods in the new position of the trump legal team about the aides meeting with russians in 2016. >> the meeting was for the purpose of getting information about clinton. the meeting turned into a meeting -- >> which in itself is attempted collusion. >> no, it is not. >> you said it, the meeting was intended to get dirt on hillary clinton from a criminal lawyer. >> no, it wasn't. >> that was the intention of the meeting. you said it. >> that was the original intention of the meeting. it turned out to be a meeting about another shouldn't and it was not pursued at all. of course, any meeting with regard to getting information on your opponent is something any candidate staff would take. if someone said, i have information about your opponent, you would take that meeting. >> from the russian government? >> she didn't rupt tepresent th russian government. i don't even know if they knew she was russian at the time. >> here is the thing. those clai

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i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yas money vossoughian. right now. >> i did nong wrong. you have to understand. this stuff would have come out a long time ago. i did nothing wrong. >> is michael cohen still your friend? >> i like michael. i haven't spoke ton him in a long time. >> is he your lawyer? >> no, he's not my lawyer. i always liked michael. >> and are you going to cooperate? >> are you going to let me talk. >> i just want to know if you're going to cooperate with federal investigators. >> i did nothing wrong. >> oh, he flipped. in june president trump said he wasn't worried at all that michael cohen would flip. he should have been. the president's former attorney admitted in court yesterday that donald trump personally directed him to buy the silence of two women whose claims of sexual affairs with the presidential candidate threatened to derail his white house ambitions and it doesn't stop there. cohen's attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to start talking to the spec

ayman owned a nine runs ahead at lunch. —— england. england's youngest player to break free. sam curran, 20—years—old, in his second test match, took four wickets yesterday and got his first 60. the time he finished, england's lead was 193. stuart broad's fed off such energy all of his career. he removed both indian openers. the stuart broad charge was taken on by the broad shoulders of a ben stokes. that is the evening drew on, another. the bowler, who else but karen? but there at the end is their captain and superstar, virat kohli. 84 runs are needed. this incredible drama now has another cliffhanger. patrick gearey, bbc news, at edgbaston. so here's a reminder of how the match stands going into day four at edgbaston. india need 84 more runs or england need to take five wickets. whoever does it first wins, and it should be a real thriller. let's hearfrom england's james anderson and india's ishant sharma. both know their teams have a chance, but they also know it all depends on india's captain, virat kholi. we just have to give it ev

>> yeah, good luck, don't get knocked off this surf board. >> thanks, chuck. >>> i'm ayman mohyeldin,s been given immunity by the feds, trump is trying to get jeff sessions to investigate bob mueller. a key figure from the watergate era says trump should resign. i'm going to talk to the man who was the

i'm ayman mohyeldin in for craig melvin. of president trump and allies of the late senator john mccain now playing out among voters in several key states as people there head to the polls. in arizona, how will the loss of the war hero and longtime public servant affect their vote? plus, 2,975. breaking news. a new study found that 2,975 people died there in five months after hurricane maria. why is this number so much higher than the government's? also, trump trolls google, believe it or not. why he says america's most

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. yasmin and louis have the day off.beginth with the major exit from the west wing. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving this fall. the president made the announcement yesterday morning saying he will stay on until supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is confirmed. the move comes less than two weeks after "the new york times" reported that mcgahn spent 30 hours talking with robert mueller's team.ta the president seemed to brush thates off yesterday. >> all right. so weay seem to have a bit of a audio problem. we will try to get it fixed for you. according the "new york times" president trump often said he wanted to get rid of mcgahn but never seemed willing to follow through withli it. president trump reportedly asked rob porter, then staff secretary, several timesta last year if he would be willing to take over for mcgahn but porter told the president he did not believe he was qualified for the role. >>> meanwhile, advisers are prepared that the president is not t prepared for a possible legal storm if the de

ayman and yasmin has the morning off.he trump administration as nounsed i nou announced i think plan to create a space force. vice president mike pence announced the new branch yesterday at the pentagon. the goal of the force is to protect the u.s. from emerging threats while combatting space-age advancements by china and russia. at the announcement, the vice president outlined a pentagon report delivered to congress later in the day. the 15-page proposal has a plan to pave the way for the space force including the creation of a u.s. space command over seen by a four-star general, but the proposal did not offer an estimated cost of the project. mike pence, who was joined by defense secretary james mattis at the event, echoed the president's call to have the new service in operation by 2020, less than two years from now. >> now the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where america's best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new ge

ayman and yasmin have the morning off.ublican congressman chris collins is vowing to continue his campaign for reelection after being charged with insider trading. federal prosecutors filed the charges yesterday against collins who represents the state's 27th district, alleging the congressman worked with his son to the avoid significant losses on an investment in an australian biotechnology company. prosecutors say collins, who was the first member of congress to endorse donald trump for president back in 2016, was at a congressional picnic at the white house last year when he learned that the company received bad news about an important drug trial for the company's only product. congressman collins served on innate's board for three years until 2017 and remains one of its biggest shareholders, owning nearly 17% of the company stock. prosecutors say the congressman frantically attempted to reach his son cameron, whom he tipped off to the confidential corporation information days before it was made public. they claim that

ayman mohyeldin is up next. >> good afternoon, i'm ayman mohyeldin in for craig melvin on a very busyally for the president's former inner circle. we are following two big stories on them. plea deal, nbc news exclusively reports that the president's former longtime lawyer michael cohen is suggesting a possible plea deal with prosecutors. it's not done by any means yet but sources say they could have an agreement hammered out by the end of the day. also, keep going. the jury in the former trump campaign chairman paul manafo manafort's trial just asked the

arguably the best known lifeguard in gaza also known as the teacher or the swimmer fifty five year old ayman is a veteran on these beaches. but. when children come to the beach you feel like they are releasing the depression they have inside because water is life when they enjoy the sound of water you feel like they need it it's like a mental really you know must be forgiven to think that this is a beach just like anywhere else in the world and even though it offers some sense of the state for the people of israel cedes remains ever present just a few kilometers off the coast israeli navy patrols the waters imposing its years long naval blockade an israeli navy vessel lies in the background we noticed it using a water cannon just before we started filming a what we can only assume was a palestinian fishing boat perhaps getting too close to the israeli imposed invisible border penned in even at sea. the blockade is also limited mohamad champion long distance swimmer he says he hasn't been able to fill his dream of competing abroad as he hasn't been allowed to leave a lifeguard fifteen years h

. >> what's happening is that -- >> reporter: ayman dean, a former al qaeda member turned british spyill inspire terrorists. >> the novichok attack was a big neon sign, advertisement, basically, for al qaeda and isis and they have already tried three, four times in the last several years and they will try again. >> reporter: american forces have stepped up training for chemical warfare on the battlefield. after salisbury, counterterrorism teams have to prepare for a different kind of chemical warfare far from it. charlie d'agata, cbs news, wiltshire, england. >>> well, coming up on "cbs this morning," how prosecutors may be able to hold pennsylvania priests named in the grand jury sex abuse report responsible, even after the statute of limitation expires. >>> and an investigation into how some popular vaping products are marketed and how they seem to appeal to teens. that's the "cbs morning news" this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. the "cbs morning news" this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> good morning this tuesday as we take a live look outside

ayman owned a nine runs ahead at lunch. —— england., in his second test match, took four wickets yesterday

arguably the best known lifeguard in gaza also known as the teacher or the swimmer fifty five year old ayman is a veteran on these beaches. but. when children come to the beach you feel like they are releasing the depression they have inside because water is life when they enjoy the sound of water you feel like they need it it's like a mental really you know must be forgiven to think that this is a beach just like anywhere else in the world and even though it offers some sense of the state for the people of gaza israel cedes remains ever present just a few kilometers off the coast israeli navy patrols the waters imposing its years long naval blockade an israeli navy vessel lies in the background we noticed it using a water cannon just before we started filming a what we can only assume was a palestinian fishing boat perhaps getting too close to the israeli imposed invisible border penned in even at sea. the blockade is also limited mohamad champion long distance swimmer he says he hasn't been able to fill his dream of competing abroad as he hasn't been allowed to leave a lifeguard fifteen ye

any case for ayman? i think england is looking on it thinking what could've been.didn't get the win in that first game against india and not quite again in the second game against usa. we are guided for our team—mates a very good friends. we we re team—mates a very good friends. we were devastated to see them upset last night. unfortunately theyjust didn't do it. the final then, ireland against the defending champions netherlands, how much hope do they have heading into a? we spoke to graham and he has been there for for years as if her game and shall give them one. this and now he has got one now on the world cup final. it is an orthodox for the docks. —— cup final. it is an orthodox for the docks. — — dutch. cup final. it is an orthodox for the docks. —— dutch. they will be the numberone docks. —— dutch. they will be the number one contenders. ireland have to defend exceptionally well and if they get a little sneaky chance, go out there with confidence and take it. but they have so far this term it. but they have so far this term it. island against the defending

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ee ayman and yasmin have the day off. the minnesota primary for governor, commissioner jeff johnson easily defeated tim pawlenty, a former two-term governor. he will face congressman tim walz then in wisconsin democrat tony evers one in a crowded eight-way primary for governor. the school superintendent is up against scott walker, who is seeking a third term. >> in connecticut, 2006 u.s. senate nominee ned lamont claimed the nominee for governor my. a former ge registered democrat and history was made last night at democratic candidate for vermont governor christine hallquist is the first transgender. democrat a marwyns the minneapolis house seat -- om omarwins. >>> we show president trump's net negative approval rating in double digits in each of the polls. >>> now the latest polling about the russia probe. 58% believe the investigation into russian efforts is a serious matter. >>> a shocking grand jury report is rocking from fas from pennsye vatican, hundreds of predator priests in pennsylvania. if the abuse was covered

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ayman and yasmin have this morning office.rting with the woug post which reporting that president trump feels emboldened by stripping brannan of his security clearance. two aides adding that he feels a visceral disdain for the former director when he sees him on tv. white house officials said trump did not focus on his power to remove clearances until this summer. white house aide confirm that trump made his decision about brennan who serves as an nbc contributor. sarah sanders recommended they announce the action wednesday amid an onslaught of news coverage from former aide's omarosa manigault newsome's new book. >>> the white house provided a list of former officials and one still serving at the justice department whose security clearances are under review, regardless of whether they have them or not. on wednesday, lengthy action against brennan, and the rest of the reviews to the russia probe, telling the "wall street journal", these people led it so i think it is something that had to be done. national security lawyer mark

ayman and yasmin have the morning off.will start with president trump who issued another call for the special counsel's investigation to be ended after the fbi terminated a senior agent, peter strzok, who was removed from the investigation into russian interference in the election after an internal watchdog discovered he traded negative text messages about the president. the president then tweeted, agent peter strzok was just fired from the fbi, finally. the list of bad players in the fbi and doj gets longer and longer. based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch-hunt, will it be dropped? it is a total hoax. no collusion, no obstruction. i just fight back. trump later tweeted that strzok had a lead role in what the president called the crooked hillary clinton sham investigation, adding it was a total fraud on the american public and should be properly redone. >> meanwhile, in federal court in washington, d.c. yesterday, a fourth federal judge rejected a challenge to robert mueller's appointment as special coun

ayman and yasmin have the morning off.will start with explosion new allegations from assistant to the president. the former reality television star is proceed moemoting help about her time in the white house. one thing that did not make the memoire concerns a tape of donald trump using the "n" word. she says in the book that three sources in separate conversations described to her trump using the rarely slucial t it was not until after the book was lossed sclosed she heard th >> you have heard the tape in. >> i have heard the tape. >> since publication of the book? >> yes. >> and you know it exists? >> yes. >>> and i regret that people are trying to leverage it as an october surprise. i don't want to be a part of it. i heard for two years it existed and once i heard it for myself, it was confirmed what i feared the most, that donald trump is a con and has been masquerading as someone who is actually open to engaging with diverse communities. but when he talks that way, the way he did on this tape, it confirmed that he is t

but it's interesting to me, ayman, we're seeing these republicans like lindsey graham, for example, whoe portrayed themselves as a curb on donald trump really going completely the opposite direction. you can't be a curb on one hand while waving a white flag in the other. >> graham said there would be hell to pay if the president fired the attorney general. and there will probably be some kind of change. kathy, from a legal standpoint, is there any legal repercussions from the mueller probe that firing your attorney general or replacing your attorney general, in itself, can be perceived as an obstruction of justice. >> well, it would depend on the reasons he's replacing him. certainly, there's nothing wrong with a president replacing an attorney general. he serves at the pleasure of the president. the president has the removal power according to the constitution, and he can. >> in the context of this presidency -- >> he's doing it, if he's doing it because he's not following his bidding or doing it with a corrupt purpose, or doing it for an improper purpose with bad intent, then it could

ayman has the night off.shington, d.c., at this very moment. within the last few hours white nationalists kicked off their rally in lafayette park. directly across from the white house. it's the same group from last year's rally in charlottesville. they are actually celebrating that event that left one young woman dead. a small group is being met with a much larger crowd of counterprotesters. with police in washington out in force to try to keep the peace there. n nbc's garrick hake is on the ground. >> reporter: yeah, david, gathe the past tense. in part because it started raining, thundering and like out here. in part, you mentioned the fact this rally wasn't much of a rally to

ayman. >> it's not the first time. >> thank you very much. good to see you. >> good luck. >> 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in the east. this hour on msnbc the president is at odds with his top intelligence officials. just hours after dni director dan coats, kirstjen nielsen, national security advisor john bolton and the head of u.s. cybercommand and director of the nsa each delivered stark warnings about ongoing election interference donald trump was on stage at a rally in pennsylvania calling the entire investigation into russia's effort to attack our elections a hoax. >> in helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. we discussed everything. i had a great meeting. >> as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> but i got along great with putin, and everybody said, wow, that was a great. >> the russians are looking for every opportunity regardless of party, regardless of whether or not it applies to the election to continue their p

start now ayman mohyeldin siding in. >> she'll be missed for sure. thanks, sure.our. another associate of paul manafort is pleading guilty today to a federal crime and admitting to arranging an illegal foreign donation to trump's inauguration. samuel patent pleading guilty to failing to register as a lobbyist for a foreign agency. he agreed to work with bob mueller's team. he referred the case to the d.c. prosecutor. perhaps the most striking part of the case is this, admits helping a russian and ukrainian making a $50,000 donation to the trump inauguration committee. of course, foreigners aren't allowed to donate money to inaugural committees. there's no sign

it's a sad okay, ayman, horrible case. with this, it's just an awful thing. it's florida has very loose gun laws. they lead the nation a lot of times in loosening up all of the gun laws so who knows what gun laws were affected in this and that is a big question in any case mass shooting like this. but the motivations will all want to know for the reason that maybe you could stop the next killer. >> there's no doubt. >> it's not going to help the family. the anguish and misery and pain is all to follow and nothing is going to alleviate that. >> i was about to say -- express that same exact sent. . we try to analyze and talk about policy but at the end of the day, none of that will provide any comfort for the families of what often times are young people who participate in these e sporting events. our thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families this evening. thank you very much. that will do it for me. join me back here next sunday at 5:00 p.m. to break down the major stories of the week and you can reach out to

ayman agalarov. he puts out this video that seems to suggest he's had it with donald trump and now he's in negotiations to talking with robert mueller. what do you make of it? >> well, think what it shows is mueller is tightening thes into, slowly, slowly, brick by brick, building a very potentially devastating case against donald trump. i have to agree with bill. i happen to think donald trump has no intention whatsoever of going before the special prosecutor because donald trump happens to be be a coward. you saw him right next to putin. this is the great tough man? this is america? no, he was a wimp. he's not going in there. he doesn't want to be prosecuted. he's very concerned that he might not tell the truth because he hasn't and we know he falsified a statement about the trump tower meeting. so i think that aga -- however you pronounce his name. >> agalarov -- >> or others are likely to come forward here. mueller's not finished with this investigation. i think one of the really outraou outrageo

ayman has the night off. we want to get to what is happening in washington, d.c., at this very moment. within the last few hours white nationalists kicked off their rally in lafayette park. directly across from the white house. it's the same group from last year's rally in charlottesville. they are actually celebrating that event that left one young woman dead. a small group is being met with a much larger crowd of counterprotesters. with police in washington out in force to try to keep the peace there. n nbc's garrick hake is on the ground. >> reporter: yeah, david, gathe the past tense. in part because it started raining, thundering and like out here. in part, you mentioned the fact this rally wasn't much of a rally to speak about. there was about maybe two dozen, maybe 20 attendees at this unite the right rally version two. this had been the endeavor in charlottesville last year. this time around, what we saw was a group that was largely leaderless, largely disorganized. lot of these folks coming in on the

and for those who can afford it ayman starts them off in the pool as seen parents the world will recognize but everything is different here forty five kilometers of sun kissed beaches but the waters are contaminated with rule of sewage the majority of gaza's two million people have never been allowed to leave the economy's never been worse most don't have enough money due to both the blockade and palestinian infighting in summer when every time they say there will be a solution things just get worse it's difficult to do a story on life in gaza these days without mentioning the crippling effect of the siege despite these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker. democratic republic of congo opposition leader. has launched his application to be a candidate in the presidential election the former rebel commander arrived home on wednesday after eleven years and exile ten years of that spent in prison catherine saw reports from the capital kinshasa. john here ben but what they believe god by police when he came here to the electoral

>> i think that is true, sir, standpoint,ayman medically speaking, we would see at the moment of conception from the chromosomes every potential that anybody in this room has is present from the moment of conception. a then you're speaking potential of life with which everyone can agree perhaps. >> yes, sir. on the seventh day i think the heart in some form starts beating. host: what is different about the second time around? melissa: you are definitely getting more substance. also what is different is that more of these lower court cases on abortion trickled up. one of the things that weddington speaks about is a connecticut case where a district court judge had struck down connecticut's anti-abortion statute on the grounds that iolates the right to privacy, fundamental constitutional rights are discussed as well as the 90 minute. there is more constitutional grifter for the mill in this oral argument as opposed to the one in 1971. host: we will take a few calls and hear from harry blackmun himself and to be in the conference and what it was like to be assigned an opinion. letter from herb

mexico trade deal would struggle to earn congressional approval ayman jabbers is with us >> right we'rewashington, d.c take a look around the corner where i'm standing at the white house is the office of the u.s. trade representative they're awaiting her arrival expecting 9:00 a.m. beginning talks today. she often talks in on the way in and way out. she gives us a couple of comments to give us a sense of where things are going last night emerging from talks she offered some positive comments in terms of the canadian perspective on this deal that was announced this week between the united states and mexico stressing some of the mexican concessions as key to canada's perspective here. >> what canada believes will be a good week is the fact that mexico has made some significant concessions, particularly in the area of labor and these concessions will be valuable for workers in canada and in the united states. >> so some positive commentary from the canadian side in terms of the possibility of a deal by the end of this week, which is when the white house wants to nail it down and bring cana

>> we begin with president trump with a warning about the stock market ayman javers has that story. >> new news here this hour as well in terms of this legal swirl around the president nbc news confirming that dow jones report from earlier in the hour that david packer, the ceo of american media, the company that publishes the national enquirer, has received immunity from federal prosecutors to talk to them about these alleged hush money payments that were brought up in the michael cohen case michael cohen, you remember, earlier in the week pleading guilty agency the president's former attorney to counts related to what prosecutors said was ultimately a campaign finance violation in terms of issuing those payments the president said he didn't know anything about those payments until later, not clear when he found out about it michael cohen says that the president was involved in the decision to make the payments and in fact directed cohen to make the payments. now, we have david packer who will be testifying his version of these events in this classic he said, he said dispute between