>> reporter: hi, ayman.nded that residents of a village near the blast site leave by wednesday. radiation levels in another city expect up to 16 times the normal level on thursday. however, at this point we don't have any evidence that the radiation has spread oversees. norway stepped up monitoring after this incident but didn't detect anything abnormal. the bigger issue is the lack of transparency on the part of russian authorities about what actually happened. the information released since thursday has been murky, at times contradictory. we still don't have a full picture. at this point every indication is that thursday's incident was on a much, much smaller scale. >> we have similar advanced technology. the "skyfall" explosion has people worried about the air around the facility and far beyond not good. that tweet raising a number of questions, including whether or not the president revealed the existence of a secret u.s. nuclear program. >> i mean, that's one possible interpretation. that tweet left a l

coming up right now, more news with ayman. my friend phaeld me a compliment about your analysis of the story. >> a story that is changing by the minute. now congressman rashida tlaib is saying she's not going. i'm in for hallie jackson. we are following fast-moving developmen developments. already back and forth going down while you were sleeping. the state of israel saying early this morning that congresswoman rashida tlaib can come into the country but she is saying thanks, but no thanks. netanyahu announced israel would deny entry to congressman tlaib and ilhan omar, who also happened to be the first muslim women in congress. the president who publicly and privately campaigned for the move insists he had nothing to do with it. >> i don't encourage or discourage. the things they have said, omar, tlaib, what they have said is disgracef disgraceful. so i don't know why israel would let them in. >> prour team is standing by on all of this. kristen welker is with the president in new jersey. what the very latest on this? >> repo

ayman. >> betsy, i want to play this sound bite. me say quickly, the sound bite is in reference to what happens to the companies that hired these illegal immigrants. there are so many questions about what, in fact, the owners of the factories are going to face. and i.c.e.'s website said it will gain search warrants to prosecute the target said employer before arresting employees for civil immigration violations. that is from the website of i.c.e. wednesday's raid appears to be the opposite of that. here's what the acting homeland security secretary kevin mack a leany said yesterday on "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> this is a criminal investigation of the employers who are exploiting undocumented workforce and scurrying our laws. when you do an operation at a work site, you can't ignore the people there without the proper permission to be in the united states. you don't know who they are. over 200 had a criminal record. >> what do you make of what make macaleenan was saying there, th owners and the operators should be held acco

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.e begin with the new information surrounding the jailhouse suicide of sex offender jeffrey epstein. a justice department official tells nbc news that a team from the bureau of prisons will be at the metropolitan correctional center today. to examine what went wrong there. we're told that it is protocol, whether there is a significant event at a detention facility. meanwhile, the administration official telling nbc news that the fbi and doj inspector general which are also investigating the circumstances around epstein's death are being stymied by some federal employees who are, quote, lawyering up. this comes after yesterday's news that the warden at the federal lock jot has been reassigned. and two guards tasked at monitoring epstein have been placed on leave. >> we're also learning about one of the workers supposed to be guarding epstein at the time. yesterday, we learned the employee was not a full-fledged officer. and now a person tells nbc news that the employee had been a correct

it's wednesday, august 21st, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.e start with the president, where he says he's considering cutting pay roll taxes for individuals. speaking in the oval office yesterday, trump confirmed that the idea is in fact on the take. >> payroll taxes, i've been thinking about payroll taxes for a long time. whether or not we do it now or not -- it's not being done because of recession. because we are legitimately, if we had a cut in interest rates by the fed, if they would do their job properly, and if they would do a meaningful cut, because they raised too fast, you would see growth like you've not seen ever in this country. payroll tax is something that we think about. and a lot of people would like to see that. and that very much affects the workers of our country. >> now, the president's confirmation that the idea is being considered comes just one day after administration officials denied reports that a temporary payroll tax cut plan was being contemplated. when the white house was pressed by nbc news about why the preside

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ayman he's still on the ground in ohio before heading to el paso. it doesn't look like he's heading here. if he would be, there would be a much higher security presence here than there is right now. all these demonstrators seem to be very peaceful. earlier there was heated discussion between some of president trump's supporters and some of the demonstrators that have gathered. so far this seems to be a day to send a message to the president but also to remember the nine lives lost here. >> gabe, i know it's hard sometimes to quantify this from a street perspective. what is the size of the crowd of the pro trump supporters and what are they telling you about why they are there on the street? is it in support of his policies, his rhetoric? what exactly have they been telling you? >> reporter: certainly. if we can look over there where i was standing earlier, you see one of president trump's supporters holding up the trump 2020 flag. it's a small group right in that particular group, perhaps a half dozen president trump supporters. we've seen a few mor

>> ayman, i think it's unwise.he reason i think it's unwise is because all of these donors are already public. people can go and look them up. it takes a little bit of effort. but when a public official or someone says, points them out specifically, and not for any ill purpose, but let's suppose someone takes out, you know, targets that person with ill purpose, now that person who put their name out there is really, is, you know, in peril, and maybe -- i'm not sure liability, but you can see what i'm getting at, which is why i think it's just unwise. >> okay, so, fair enough about the point, like maybe it's unwise. and i understand that for, let's say private citizens who are making the kind of baseline contribution or even the maximum contribution. >> correct, right. >> but what about when you're holding fund-raisers at $250,000 a ticket? that seems to be a little bit more than just a private citizen wanting to express his will. >> agreed. >> it seems that he is i'd logically supporting a movement here. >> yes, an

>> ayman, would you believe they're one of the drivers this morning.eal when you think about the harsh language coming out from boris johnson's critics after he made that decision to suspend parliament yesterday. i want to go to one of the key drivers before brexit, the trade situation. european markets are trading higher today and u.s. futures predict wall street will see further gains during the u.s. section as well after the chinese commerce ministry commented it opposes an escalation in the u.s.-china trade spat and they are willing to resolve the issue with a calm attitude. offering upbeat comments about the relations been beijing and washington. that is providing a boost in sentiment across the globe. we did see the dollar drop yesterday and wait to see what comes next during the brexit developments. it's not just the uk during the political storm, italy also front and center. just about an hour ago, the former prime minister was reinstated to lead the government forward. a bit of relief for italian assets as well. a lot to digest for investors b

i'm ayman mohyeldin.om of the he would be open with meeting with iran's president in the coming weeks to discuss sanctions. french president macron is working to set up the meeting between officials. >> would you agree to meet? >> if the circumstances were correct, i would agree to that. in the meantime, they have to be good players. you understand what that means. >> in a statement, rouhani said he was open to meeting. he said if i knew going to a meeting would resolve things, i wouldn't miss it. new reports that rouhani is backing off a bit. >> president trump wants to host next year's g7 summit at his own golf club in florida. he talked up the benefits of holding the event at his resort. the decision that would draw thousands of foreign officials and the press to his property. >> doral happens to be within miami. it is a city, a wonderful place. it is importantly right next to the airport. with doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings. we call them bungalows. they each hold 50 to 70 rooms with

i'm frances rivera with ayman mohyeldin.o the caribbean, flooding streets, toppling trees and capsizing boats but spared the islands from major disaster. now, the storm has its eye on florida and is expected to hit the state as a dangerous category 4. the governor issuing the blunt warning. >> the time to act is now. if you haven't acted, act to make preparations. do not wait until it's too late. >> hurricane dorian is getting

. >>> good morning, everybody, it is monday, august 12th, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we start this morning with more questions than answers following the apparent suicide of wealthy jeffrey epstein. multiple people briefed on the investigation telling nbc news that checks on inmates are supposed to take place every 30 minutes or so, but there are questions if there was a delay the night that epstein died. according to nbc news, epstein was not on suicide watch at the time of his death even though he was found unconscious in his cell with marks around his neck three weeks ago. sources telling nbc that epstein underwent a psychiatric evaluation and they cleared him from suicide watch on or around july 29th. officials telling "the new york times," because of the incident three weeks ago, epstein was supposed to have another inmate in his cell but the jail had recently transferred his cell mate and allowed epstein to be housed alone. the president for the local union for staffers told "the washington post" that the two corrections officers assigned to watch the special u

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour.g after a massive immigration raid in mississippi at food processing plants near six small towns near jackson, mississippi called the biggest work site immigration raiding in a single state. 271 were released after processing with a court date. 32 others were released at the work sites. 377 were still in custody yesterday afternoon. many children of those taken into custody were left temporarily homeless yesterday as you see in some of the footage. the local cbs affiliate talking for some of the children taken to a community gym. >> fighting back tears. the 11-year-old expressed to us her devastation. >> government, please put your heart that my parent be here. >> children's left behind and families impacted stress their parents and friends are good people. >> i need my dad. my dad didn't do nothing. he's not a criminal. >> so the special agent in charge of the security unit said they took tremendous care to make sure no children were left in vulnerable positions despite the fact that

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. trump responded in cincinnati taking the party to task for something he typically special eyes in, criticizing former presidentng obama and mocking t chief defender former vice president joe biden. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night and i also watched the night before. that was long, long television. the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically. [ applause ] they would love to see a guy like g sleepy joe biden who haso clue what the hell he's doing. they'd say to sleepy joe, sir, just sign right there. oh, okay. i'll sign. a guy like sleepy joe biden is going toep come in and say i ca do better. he wants to goet back to sleep. >>to the president's attacks on biden o follow a recent follow that show him trailing biden in aid recent follow and five poin four years before that. at a restaurant stop, biden said small improvements in swing states will defeat trump. >> if i get the nomination, i will win mib. i promise you. i wil

ayman javers is at the white house. >>> it was smiles and handshakes in shanghai as u.s.hinese negotiators wrapped up two days of conversations on the fate of the trade relationship between to two superpowers. while the body language was positive, the outcome was less than clear. the white house r statement calling the talks constructive but not listing any specificoic specutcomes. instead they said the two sides discussed topics like agriculture. they confirmed their commitment to increase purchases of united states agriculture exports. >> we have people inhina right now. >> as negotiators were on the ground in shanghai, the presidentuggested that the chinese simply wanted to stall n.til after the 2020 presidential elect the chinese made an accusation of their own as chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman saidt t the united states continued to flip-flo e concrete development that markets were looking for, the two sides said talks will continue. the next session will be in washington in september. for "nightly business report", i'm ayman javers at the white house. >>> despi

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. the death toll in el paso now stands at 22. two other victims died. the latest victim, 77-year-old juan. he and his wife were returning curtains when it happened and 60-year-old arturo staff sergent. he retired from the military in 2001. javier rodriguez was honored. we are hearing more from the father of andre anchondo who diedon protecting his wife. she was killed trying to protect their two-year-old son. >> they are both heroes. they were doing their job as parents protecting children. >> in gilroy, california please will hold a joint conference. it has been nine days since a gunman opened fire there. the suspect posted white supremacist propaganda before thean attack. they don't believe he was targeting a specific group. >> the president is expected to travel to dayton and el paso in the coming days. he is likely to meet with first responders including some personnel who responded to the scene in texas. presidential p candidate beto o'rourke tweeted, this president, who helped cre

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin in el paso, texas where federal prosecutors are using the shooting in walmart there as a case of terrorism. the suspect is being charged with hate crime charges. the office will seek the death penalty. the suspect drove about 10 hours to get to the el paso walmart that was packed with back to school shoppers before he opened fire killing 20 people and wounding 26 more. the suspect surrendered without incident. he has been speaking freely and forth coming with information. >> about 20 minutes before the shooting, a hate-filled message on line posted on an extremist website and said the attack was motivated by anti-immigrant hatred specifically posting to a mexican invasion. in the attack in march, a suspect published an essay on line calling the theory called the great replacement. saying elites in europe have been working to replace people with immigrants. stating in general, i support the christ church shooter. this attack is in response to the hispanic invasion of texas. it

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. president trump is attending the final day of the g7 summit. while he has been treating about how everything is going, there has been controversy and double speak. the white house was blind sided when prime minister zarif showed up. french president said they supported new talks. trump said no comment when asked if he planned to meet with zarif. the president and his aides sent mixed signals over the trade war with china, and it began with this exchange. >> any thoughts on escalating the trade war with china. >> for sure. why not. might as well. >> do you have second thoughts about -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> so here's how the president's chief economic adviser larry kudlow tried to explain that way. >> if i can reinterpret that. he spoke to us, he didn't exactly hear the question. what he was intending to say is he always has second thoughts and he actually had second thoughts about possibly a higher tariff response to china. >> when it comes to north korea's re

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.t has been a week of whiplash introducing policy shifts from president trump. the president is no stranger to reversing course, this week he has contradicted aids, allies and himself multiple times when it comes to issues such as gun reform, tax cuts and his interest in purchasing greenland. some officials in recent days saidnt they were increasingly worried about the president's behavior suggesting it stems from pressure on trump as the economy seems more worry some and the election is approaching. casting off advisors who displeased him at a record rate. trump now has fewer aids around him willing or able to challenge him,ge much less restrain his me imprulsy instincts. yesterday, he attacked the prime minister of denmark calling her, quote, nasty. he also referred to himself as, quote, the chosen one. >> only wednesday by the time alldn of this has happened. let's get into all of that. for the second day in a row, president trump accused jewish-american voters of disloyalty to jewis

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. amid increasing concerns of a recession, according to the "washington post" several senior white house officials are starting talks about a payroll tax cut to put more money in pockets. discussions about the idea are still in early stages and could include other types of tax breaks. the new york times is adding that in addition to the payroll tax cut, the administration is muling possible tariffs. would need to be approved by congress. it isn't clear if he would support the cuts. the white house is disputing the reports telling nbc news the cuts are not being considered. the white house continues to push back with concerns over the state of the economy. kellyanne conway saying the fundamentals of the economy are, quote, very strong. but there are history of that phrase. john mccain was accused of being out of touch when he made a similar claim hours before investment bank lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy that started a global financial crisis. >> president trump is laying any conc

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. president trump pushed back concerns of a depression. trump was asked about the likelihood of a recession and whether or not it is looming. >> i don't see a recession. i mean the world is in a recession right now and although that's too big to say. >> a lot of economists say you are preparing for a recession. no presidency is immune. >> i'm prepared for everything. i don't think we are having a recession. our consumers are rich mtd i gave a tremendous tax cut. they are loaded up with money. when you analyze a curve. the curve means two years later, that's a long time two years. interest rates are low. i could be helped by the fed. >> i sure don't see a recession. i we had block buster retail sales consumer numbers. block buster numbers. despite a lot of worries with the volatile stock market, most economists on wall street had been marking up their forecast for the third and fourth quarter. that echos our view. what we've got here, consumers are working at higher wages. they are spend

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.resident trump will try to play the role of consoler in chief today as he visits el paso, and dayton, ohio, in the wake of back-to-back shootings. trump is expected to travel there this morning, and some democratic officials asking him to stay away. the congresswoman who represents el paso continued to speak out last night. >> this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. but other thing that i heard, chris, totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital. as they grab my arm and tell me, tell him not to come here. >> we got a call from the white house earlier, inviting us to be part of the motorcade as the president arrived and to greet him. my response back was, i need a phone call today because i would like to have a conversation with the president about everything i've been saying on national tv. i want to say it to him directly. and i want to see if he would have a dialogue where he accepts responsibility for his words. where he understands the power that they'v

i'm yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin.the 66-year-old was found semiconscious with marks on his neck in his cell at the metropolitan correctional center in manhattan. some time in the last two days according to two sources he's now on suicide watch. >> why wouldn't he be on suicide watch before that? >> yeah. >> that was our reaction nearly three weeks ago. the last time jeffrey epstein was found with marks on his neck while behind bars. yet, over the weekend, he still wasn't being properly monitored and apparently he took his own life. will his victims ever get the justice they deserve? good morning. welcome to "morning joe." monday, august 12. mika has the morning

i'm ayman mohyeldin.nt of the brazil is refusing to put out the fire in the amazon unless the president of france apologizes for calling him a liar. ladies and gentlemen, i don't know about you, but i am ready for women to run the world. i really am. >> definitely. it is time. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe," it is wednesday, august 28th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, professor at princeton university, eddie glog jr., senior adviser at move on.org, and msnbc contributor, republican communications strategist, and msnbc political contributor, rick tyler joins u. so what's the top story. that's sort of a trick question today. is it the trump administration pulling millions of dollars from fema to send to the southern border. is it the president reportedly promising to pardon aides who break the law by fast tracking the border wall for him. is it the president's push to host an international summit at his own struggling golf resort. is it the attorney general booking the presiden

. >> reporter: frankly, ayman, they're tired of this. of hearing steve king's comments and having to deal with how it reflects on the state for them. we just sat down with a group of guys who have breakfast every morning together here in fort dodge, iowa in the heart of steve king's district. they talk about politics and a lot of them had voted for him in the past. we asked them, what are they going to do. let's listen to that. how many of you have voted for steve king in the past and how many of you will vote for him again in the next election? none of you. nobody is willing to vote for steve king anymore. and for you, sir, you voted for him. what changed that for you? >> just his inappropriate comments he's made recently. >> reporter: is there anything he could do to win back the vote of you and your fellow-minded people? >> resign. >> i just think he runs his mouth before he starts to think about stuff. he doesn't need to be that way. this ain't the first time. >> reporter: how do those kind of comments represent iowa to the rest of t

jennifer are you again and ayman. ayman, i'll start with you.t do you make of the government's about-face and the congresswoman's response to is that about-face to not go? >> there's a few different ways to look at it. politically this could not have gone any worse for israel. if you didn't think that the israeli government wanted to give this story much attention, they could have let them in quietly. this probably would not have -- their visit would not have drawn the kind of media attention that it has. but you wake up this morning it's on the front pages of all the major news papers. people who are staunchly supportive of israel are condemning this. politically it's gone bad for israel. but it has exposed and given a glimpse to the international committee and the u.s. in what they have to do in making these choices. she said she couldn't visit had grandmother, 90-year-old, she hasn't seen her in a decade because of the restritictions israel has put on her. she ultimately said she's not going to go because of these conditions, it shows you the

it's thursday august 15, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. an armed suspect in philadelphia surrundered this morning. a suspect was in custody and swat officers were clearing the house where the standoff took place. police said the suspect surrendered without incident and was taken to hospital because tear gasta was used. police went to the house to serve a narcotics warrant. police were in the house when they opened fire. officers took cover and blocked surrounding streets as they were fired upon by the shooter. two officers were trapped upstairs more than five hours before they were safely freed with three civilians. all officers had been released from the hospital adding that one officer suffered a graze woundof to the head. police have not said what kind of weapon was fired. >>> global stocks under pressure following a possible recession. asia stocks are in the red. dow suffered the worst performance of the yearor plungg 800 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq also shedding highls numbers. stemming from the bond market sending warnings of a possib

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. begin with the president who once again continued to push back over growing concerns of a possible recession. the president and some of his aides spent the week trying to down play the worries. to return to the white house yesterday, the president was asked about the likelihood a recession could in fact be looming. >> i don't see a recession. i mean, the world is in a recession right now. and although that's a big statement. >> a lot of economists say we should be preparing for a recession. and no president is immune from a recession. >> phil, honestly, i'm prepared for everything. i don't think we're having a recession. we're doing tremendously well. our consumers are rich. i gave a tremendous tax cut. they're loaded up with money. when you go in and analyze the curve, the curve always means about two years later, that's a long time, two years, but i don't think so. interest rates, i think i could be helped out by the fed, but the fed doesn't like helping me too much. >> i sure don't

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.in a trip meant to console americans, president trump focusedic on his own feelings o victim hood with twitter out bursts that span the day attacking joe biden, the president, senator sherrod brown, democrats and cable news anchors, the president was focused onde controlling the appearance ofng his visits releasing videos of meetings with medical staff and victims and first responders. he continued to lash out at even mild criticism with more personal attacks. >> president trump said you today was about unity, you have touched on several like joe biden, senator brown and others of the media. >> they shouldn't be politicking today, i had it with sherrod brown, he and the mayor. they asked could we go in. i said let's do it. i took them in. wehe make the tour. they couldn't believe it. he said it to people. i get on u.s. one where there are a lot of televisions. they say, i don't know if it was appropriate. et cetera, et cetera. a dishonest line. that's probably why 0% he failed as the p

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. >> former vice president joe biden got to speak more than anyone else last night with over 21 minutes total. twice the time than six of the other candidates as he was repeatedly responding to attacks. which he anticipated in this comment just before the debate got under way. >> from california, senator kamala harris. >> go easy on me, kid. >> you go? . >> i'm good. >> just look at this stage made up of very diverse people from various backgrounds that went on to by senators, congress people and even the former vice president. yes, this is america. we are strong because of it. mr. president, let's get something straight. we love it. we are not leaving it. we are here to stay and we are certainly not going to leave it to you. >> the first major clash came between biden and harris on the response to health care. >> the senator has had several plans so far. no talk about the plan in ten years will cost $3 trillion. you will use your employer based insurance. to be blunt and straight forward. you can't beat trump with double talk on this pla

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good afternoon, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin. it's 2:00 here on the east coast. today the clock is rapidly ticking down for the 2020 democratic contenders to qualify for the next debates. there's just a day left on that front. as of now, ten candidates have left the stage for what is gearing up for what is the first of primary season not to be split over two nights. the rest of the pack has until perform to reach at least 2% in four qualifying polls. they also have to have 130,000 unique donors. that's a tall order for the ruffle half of the field that has yet to qualify, especially in light of a new monmouth poll that shows essentially a three-way tie between bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and joe biden. today, i should say, biden's team is pushing back on assertion that he's weakening as a front-runner, especially in light of other polls showing biden with a commanding lead. >> polls show that he is still in the lead. >> most important thing is the reason why, which is not that voters know his name, but that they know him. they know his character. they know h

. >> that's correct, ayman.sident trump is contradicting his own fbi director, christopher wray, who said before the senate judiciary committee that russia was intent on interfering in the 2020 elections and also said they had never stopped in terms of their social media manipulation and their attempts at hacking. when the president -- look, u.s. intense officials say we are at an information war with russia. they are denying they are interfering. so when the president says things like this he is helping the russians in an information war with his own government. it raises the question how they are able to respond coherencily to a major threat to our democracy when the president does not acknowledge that threat. it is the cia, director of national intelligence and the fbi that is trying to combat this threat along with the department of homeland security. they are attempting to hack into campaigns, private corporations like microsoft reported that. donald trump doesn't want to believe it. he went on to say he di

it is an unsettling time for the intelligence community for some of the reasons that you, ayman alluded to. >> these are just paraphrases. >> he suggested he might get the job. the president said he is in no rush. a lot of people vying for this position. when you think of what you know about joe mcguire, nick, and where the president suggested he was going with his payment, congressman ratcliffe. that did not bode well in washington. when you see where the president was going with his first choice and where joseph maguire is now, what does that tell you about the mind-set of the president and what kind of person he wants in a very powerful intelligence position? >> joe maguire is not in any way a political person. as i said a minute ago, he served in the military. i couldn't tell you he is a republican or democrat. all i can tell you is he is a great national secure leadity l. that's encouraging to me. joe maguire with longstanding service in the national security world and unimpeachable integrity and credentials is a good thing. there have been some change of thinking at the white hous

good afternoon, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin. it's 2:00 here on the east coast.he clock is rapidly ticking down for the 2020 democratic contenders to qualify for the next debates. there's just a day left on that front. as of now, ten candidates have left the stage for what is gearing up for what is the first of primary season not to be split over two nights. the rest of the pack has until perform to reach at least 2% in four qualifying polls. they also have to have 130,000 unique donors. that's a tall order for the ruffle half of the field that has yet to qualify, especially in light of a new monmouth poll that shows essentially a three-way tie bet

>> i think the answer to your question, ayman, is no.not be viewed as closed. why do i say that? the medical examiner for new york city, barbara sampson, i'm sure is a fine forensic pathologist, but what she has just offered the american people is a summary conclusion. she has ruled that the cause of death was hanging and that the manner of death was suicide. that's a summary conclusion just like bill barr gave us a summary conclusion of the mueller report which said no obstruction, no collusion, which was untrue. i'm not impuning the integrity of the chief medical examiner from new york, but what we now need is the supporting evidence and documentation that will confirm her conclusion. we need to see the toxicology results of the blood and tissue sample tests run on epstein to see if he had any drugs, any paralytic drugs in particular, in his body. we need to see the dna testing from underneath epstein's fin r fingernails to see if he had perhaps been involved in a struggle, scraped his fingernails and dna was transferred underneath his

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.xas, where prosecutors the calling it a case of domestic terrorism. the officers are investigating the 21-year-old white male suspect whom we will not name for hate crime charges and firearm charges which carry a penalty of death. the office will seek the death penalty. officials say the suspect drove about ten hours to get to the el p paso walmart, and opened fire, killing 20 people, wounding 26 more. the suspect surrendered without incident. we're told he is speaking freely and has been forthcoming with information. >> 20 minutes before the shooting took place, a hate filled manifesto appeared online, believed to be linked to the shooter. the unsigned manifesto was posted on an extremist web site, and said the attack was motivated by anti-immigrant hatred, mentioning a spanish invasion of texas. it draws direct inspiration from the mass murder at two mosques in new zealand that left 51 people dead. in the attack, the suspect published a manifesto online, a white supremacist, the mani

in the socially agreement back in september 28th seen this just in from the opposition spokesperson ayman samy he says right now there is no trust right now there are no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there's a signed agreement by russia and the turkish sides then we can talk more about withdrawing our weapons now that was a precondition from the syrian regime in actually agreeing to the cease fire in the 1st place so that's one problem and i asked the russian special envoy what he felt about this cease fire. will hope that it will last for a long time but the toll depends now you should understand on those radicals. because the main problem is that according to the source agreement. it's necessary to created the militarization of a lot of. members of the writers of. a situated there right now there is no trust right now no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there will be signed guarantees from various parts on the russian and turkey sides then we can talk more about we withdrawing our weapons another problem is the civilians $3000000.00 of them living in the north

ayman javers is at the white house for us tonight. >> reporter: some back and forth over the past 24rs here at the white house over the idea o a payroll tax cut. yesterday the white house denying the news report that suggested that the white house wanted to move forward on a payroll tax cut. weay, t the president said he's considering it. here is what the president said today talking to reporters in the oval office, and also mentioning the idea ofnding capital gains, another tax cut sroposal the white house considering. >> a lot of people have been talking about indexingy for m nkars, and it is something that i am certainly tg about. i can say that a majority of the people in the white house at the level that does this kind of thing, they like indexing. so it is something i'm thinking about. payroll taxeee i've thinking about payroll taxes for a long time, whether or not we do it n or not is -- it is not being done because of recession. >> reporter: the president there obviously sensitive about the idea tt there's a recession looming. he insists there is not and it is not why they're

the socially agreement back in september 28th seen this just in from the opposition spokes person ayman samy he says right now there is no trust right now there are no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there's a signed agreement by russia and the turkish sides then we can talk more about withdrawing our weapons now that was a precondition from the syrian regime in actually agreeing to the cease fire in the 1st place so that's one problem and i asked the russian special envoy what he felt about this cease fire. hope that it will last for a long time but the toll depends now you should understand on those radicals. because the main problem is that according to the social agreement. it's necessary to create a demand that. a lot of. members of the writers of. a situated there right now there is no trust right now no heavy weapons will be withdrawn again unless there will be signed guarantees from various parts on the russian and turkey side then we can talk more about we withdrawing our weapons another problem is the civilians $3000000.00 of them living in the northwest region it

done a much betterjob in reaching out to the young generation, whereas the current al qaeda leader, aymantend to be these very long, boring, religious sermons which is not necessarily appealing to this kind of next—generation ofjihadists. the government happens it stands upon living the opinion with no agreement. the pound fell against the dollar, the lowest value since january. the gunmen has announced £2.1 billion in extra funding to prepare to leave the eu wanted to be sist. staying with brexit, one of the sticking points is the irish border. if the uk were to leave the eu without a deal at the end of october, this would create a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. 0ur europe correspondent adam fleming has been considering what that might mean for the republic of ireland. ireland's booming economy will boom a lot less if there is no brexit deal, which means a phone call between the two prime ministers yesterday is a subject over coffee today. i think the relationship already is strained. boris has only yesterday made contact with the taoiseach of ireland. the british

heir apparent will make it even harder for al qaeda to stage a comeback, although its current leader, aymanhiri, is still on the loose. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, david martin at the pentagon. thank you. outside houston tonight, fire crews are still hosing down hot xoots at an exxonmobil refinery. c explosion this morning caused a massive inferno that sent thick, black smoke high into the air. 37 people suffered minor burns. dearby residents were told to shelter in place for several hours. ile exxonmobil plant processes chemicals to make plastics. this was the latest in a series of fires at petrochemical facilities in the area. a fire in march in deer park, texas burned for days. now to news about your money. the cost of borrowing is going down, and so is the return on your savings, after the federal reserve cut a key interest rate today by a quarter point. cbs news business analyst jill t hlesinger is here. nol right, jill, the economy is growing, unemployment is low. so why this cut? >> well, the fed is really concerned that global and u.s. growth, that they're slowing down. and that

it's bad for the justice department and you know ayman if i worked for them and wanted to give my bossoliday gift i'm limited to $20. last time i checked $30,000 was a lot more. >> no trout the trump administration would benefit. russia blocked two u.s. senators from visiting that country. is this how putin responds to trump's praise? i mean, again, vladimir putin banning american senators from entering russia. on the other hand you got the white house inviting the russian president to a g7 summit or wanting to, at least? >> well, first just on its merits, this is bad. we need to have conversation. we node our senators to go there. as somebody who is banned from traveling to russia because of vladimir putin i think this doesn't mean you'll agree but we have to have communication. but secondly it's a gait point. you know, why is it always on us that we need to improve relations with russia? what is vladimir putin doing in the last 2 1/2 years, not one thing has he done to try to improve relations with the united states and this is just one more instance where he's not doing that which a

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. has a serious weight problem. go home, start exercising. there's never been a movement like this. never. our movement is built on love and it is. >> when a movement built on love involves shaming other people over their weight. i don't really know what to say other than of course as you know because you have been watching this show now -- willie, 1947? i remember truman wanted somebody to spread the good news across europe. armed forces -- >> yay for greenland. >> exactly. the danes didn't take the gold then, they won't take it now. i think it was '47, what did we say when we first -- what did we say the show would be built on when we first started it. >> love, joe. >> all you need is love and then of course the beatles stole that 20 years later. we were cool with it because this show is about love. but willie, my question is this. if we were not a show built on love, would we not point out that the guy fat shaming somebody in the audience probably a lot closer to 300 bucks than what

. >> ayman, thank you for your reporting. you can see him on "morning joe" on msnbc. >> we are live in atlanta where 2020 contenders, what candidates are saying at a major forum for african-american church voters and millennials. you are watching "velshi & ruhle," live on msnbc. are watch& ruhle," live on msnbc. let's see, aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." democratic candidates are converging for young leaders to cast their votes. today buttigieg and castro and senator booker will be speaking out. joining me now from the conference, shaquille brewster. >> black millennials here to hear from candidates on what issues will focus on them. senator booker connected his policies and values and the black church with his plans. people are standing and applauding before he got to sit down. he's taking questions right now. you got mayor pete buttigieg tal