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brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. put it this way. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of pennsylvania. a man is in custody this morning accused of shooting and killing several people at a town meeting. he's accused of opening fire through the window of the meeting in ross township, which is about 15 minutes outside of pittsbur pittsburgh. he then reportedly walked in and started shooting at random. one witness said he was wearing a blue hawaiian shirt as he shot three people and injured two others. . he went back to his car and according to police got another gun. he was bear hugged and shot with his own gun by a local official who was at the meting. he had an ongoing fight with township officials over threats that his property would be condemned. >>> also this morning, you'll probably hear just a little bit today about alex rodriguez. yesterday the he received a 211-game suspension related to performance-enhancing drug and the investiga

good morning, i'm brian shactman, friday, august 23rd, do have a little bad news.wesome georgia tech speech might not be as original as you thought. we'll have details in that. >>> more bad news, huge patriots fans, they looked horrible. i know it's preseason but the third preseason game is the one that means something they say. we'll get to that more serious news to start with and we begin overseas with a crisis in syria and the roll of the united states in dealing with the latest allegations of chemical warfare there. according to t"the wall street journal" the pentagon is reviewing its military options for possible strikes in syria against the assad regime. the objective wouldn't be to topple the regime, but to punish assad if the syrian government did, indeed, cross that so-called red line. for more on this let's go to nbc news attorney correspondent eamon mohyeldin. what to do in syria. you have the united states and you have the white house more specifically after president obama ordered the intelligence community to determine whether chemical weapons were us

i'm brian shactman alongside nicole wallace who has 2,000 twitter followers and joe is not here. >> whye than that? >> i feel insecure. >> why does anybody need more than that? >> you want hundreds of

good morning, i'm brian shactman, monday august 26th. we'll update you the latest on syria.etty loaded metaphor as it warns the united states. >>> in sports, tiger woods playing hurt. he just went down. we'll fill you in on what happened with the rest of the tournament he was playing in new jersey. we start out west where it's been a summer of absolutely brutal fires across several states. the latest bearing down on one of the country's most cherished landmarks, yosemite national park. fueled by

i'm thomas roberts in for brian shactman today. it is friday. august 16th.s stories to top the news today. the muslim brother hood is calling for a day of anger with anti-coup rallies around the country. more than 600 people reported dead as images of blood soaked streets pour in it, so too does the international backlash against the military. the u.s. has canceled planned war games with

i'm thomas roberts in for brian shactman today. it is friday. august 16th. some serious stories to top the news today. the muslim brother hood is calling for a day of anger with anti-coup rallies around the country. more than 600 people reported dead as images of blood soaked streets pour in it, so too does the international backlash against the military. the u.s. has canceled planned war games with egypt. president obamaham very harsh words for the new government. >> the united states strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypt's interim government and security forces. we is deplore violence against civilians. while we want to sustain our 0 relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. >>> nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin joins us from cairo. it was the deadliest day for egypt since the overthrow of mubarak in 2011. what, if anything, is helping to defuse is the situation especially now since we've had almost 24 hours

brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of pennsylvania. a man is in custody this morning accused of

i'm brian shactman. sorry about the voice. it's monday, august 5th. i can assure you i feel absolutely fine. i want to start the day with news that the 19 u.s. embassies will remain shuttered through next saturday. top u.s. lawmakers and intelligence officials are warning that the terrorist chatter is out there, as you just heard, reminiscent of the days before 9/11. strong talk. embassies spread across the middle east and africa closed over the weekend with fears of one large attack or a series of coordinated ones on u.s. diplomatic installations. security officials say the threat originates from al qaeda based in yemen. al qaeda and the groups have shown a resurgent element from iraq to northern africa. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defended the closures. >> i'm a republican, but i'm saying the administration -- i've had problems with tad registration on different issues. what they are doing now is what has to be done. they would be derelict if they did not. we can't characterize them for doing too little in benghazi and now criticize them fo

hey everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts in for brian shactman. it is thursday august 15th. big news out of egypt, the interim prime minister says the government had no choice but to step in against a group of pro-morsi supporters, a group that sparked a day of widespread bloodshed. 40 members of the security fors have been killed and 4,000 injured.

i'm brian shactman. sorry about the voice. it's monday, august 5th. assure you i feel absolutely fine. i want to start the day with news that the 19 u.s. embassies will remain shuttered through next saturday. top u.s. lawmakers and intelligence officials are warning that the terrorist chatter is out there, as you just heard, reminiscent of the days before 9/11. strong talk. embassies spread across the middle east and africa closed over the weekend with fears of one large attack or a series of coordinated ones on u.s. diplomatic installations. security officials say the threat originates from al qaeda base

good morning, i'm brian shactman, monday august 26th. we'll update you the latest on syria. president assad using pretty loaded metaphor as it warns the united states. >>> in sports, tiger woods playing hurt. he just went down. we'll fill you in on what happened with the rest of the tournament he was playing in new jersey. we start out west where it's been a summer of absolutely brutal fires across several states. the latest bearing down on one of the country's most cherished landmarks, yosemite national park. fueled by high winds, the california rim fire has burned an area the size of chicago, destroyed 11 homes but threatens 4,500 more. as of this morning it is only 7% contained. hot shot fire crews are vowing to protect yosemite no matter what it takes. >> a lot of smoke, a lot of smoke, like gagging smoke. but the guys are doing a good job. >> we're getting really swirling, terrible fire conditions which makes it very difficult for us to get in close and do a direct attack. >> also threatened in yosemite, well-known groves of giant sequoia trees. bill karins will have mo

hey everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts in for brian shactman. it is thursday august 15th. we start off with the big news out of egypt, the interim prime minister says the government had no choice but to step in against a group of pro-morsi supporters, a group that sparked a day of widespread bloodshed. 40 members of the security fors have been killed and 4,000 injured. ayman mohyeldin joins us. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday's operations the scope of which are still been felt, according to some eyewitnesses at some of the mosques near where the clearing operations unfolded there are still about 200 bodies that are unaccounted for or unidentified. that death toll you were talking about still expected to rise in the coming hour. the scope of the operations lasted for about 11 hours and it really has thrown a major upheaval across the country. already the muslim brotherhood is striking a tone of defiance, saying they will not cower to the egyptian military and more importantly they are calling for protests to resume today. as we were mentioning the curfew that was impos

good morning, i'm brian shactman, friday, august 23rd, do have a little bad news.ch might not be as original as you thought. we'll have details in that. >>> more bad news, huge patriots fans, they looked horrible. i know it's preseason but the third preseason game is the one that means something they say. we'll get to that more serious news to start with and we begin overseas with a crisis in syria and the roll of the united states in dealing with the latest allegations of chemical warfare there. according to t"the wall street journal" the pentagon is reviewing its military options for possible strikes in syria against the

brian shactman here. tuesday, august the 13th.ter in the cooler, yet another political gaffe from the land down under. in australia. plus barnacle in the house to talk about pete rose and what he had to say in the backdrop of the p.e.d. suspensions. >>> we begin with a story that could have national implications. bloomberg vowing to appeal after a judge ruled the stop and frisk policy to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread

brian shactman here. tuesday, august the 13th. also later in the cooler, yet another political gaffe from the land down under. in australia. plus barnacle in the house to talk about pete rose and what he had to say in the backdrop of the p.e.d. suspensions. >>> we begin with a story that could have national implications. bloomberg vowing to appeal after a judge ruled the stop and frisk policy to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread disregard for the fourth amendment. backers say stop and frisk has been instrumental in slashing new york's crime rate. even saving the lives of thousands of young african-american and hispanic men, the very people the practice is accused of targeting. >> we want to match the stops to where the reports of crime are. i don't think there's any question that one of the problems we have in our society today is that victims and perpetrators of crime are disportionately young minority men. that's just a fact. we go to where the reports o

we can be successful as an enterprise and reward people and reward all of our stakeholders. >> brian shactmans to how ford is improving their manufacturing process by using new technologies, brian? >> that's right, mika. 3d printing everyone wants to know what relevance does it have to our world? well ford can literally take a part made through a 3d printer, put in a real engine on a car, and drive it right off as if it was the actual part. i got an exclusive firsthand look at the actual process. ♪ >> in this process, we're able to supply an engineer with parts he can do real-world testing on and do that in a compressed time. >> you feel confident this makes ford more competitive or innovative? >> it helps us with the innovation side and it helps us with the quality and. >> this is good because it cuts down the time you can get a real part the way it would be in a manufacturing process in to test. >> we can get a casting that's a production representative casting without any tooling investment. doing it in as little as a week. >> what would it be if you didn't have this? >> 16 weeks. >> 16 we

brian shactman here alongside nicole d. wallace.y and karen fineman joining us from washington. abc news political commentator cokie roberts. good morning. >> good morning. happy birthday to steve. i have shoes older than he is. >> do you still wear them? >> of course. >> this morning we actually, this is a fascinating follow up to the georgia school shooting. we have a firsthand listen at how a tragedy was averted in georgia after a gunman snuck into the school armed with a semiautomatic weapon and 500 rounds of ammunition. newly released 911 calls from the bookkeeper, antoinette tuft shows why she's being called a hero today. >> he said he should have just went to the mental hospital instead of doing this, because he's not on his medication. >> okay. >> do you want me to try -- i can help you. you want me to talk to them? you want me to talk to them? okay. let me talk to them and see if we can work it out so that you don't have to go away with them for a long time. no it does matter. i can let them know that you have not tried to

. >> when brian shactman did all those shirtless poses. >> i know. >> still getting "way too early." >> the ratings spiked. he was never a new york guy. >> i also put the '04 playoffs in the mix. not there in '03 and the '04 playoffs a-rod didn't hit in the last four games and the red sox came from 3-0 down to win the series. had he hit bronson arroyo and get the ball out of his glove -- i would put that in there too. >> no positive test. a chink in the armor, he never tested positive for steroids. there's no actual test. the union, they're not going to argue as long as they don't do that clause that got rose out of baseball. is that how it works some. >> first of all, baseball has so much information on a-rod it's ridiculous. 2010, 2011, 2012, a-rod on his blackberry making decisions with bosch, bosch gave them everything they wanted. a lot think he may have bought drugs from melky cabrera who got suspended last year. the union is not stupid. a, they see this overwhelming amount of evidence. half the players in the sport right now unlike ten years ago, don't want the steroids in the

we've got the host of "way too early," brian shactman. pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and the former governor of pennsylvania, nbc news political analyst, ed rendell. showing that we do at nbc have a conservative there -- oh, wait, conservative democrat. "fortune" magazine's assisting managing editor leigh gallagher, good lord it started early, the author of the great new book "the end of the suburbs." it's great to have all of you guys with us. let's start with news. mika, of course, she -- where do you think she is? >> south of france. >> she's in the south of france, right? well, it's just that time of the year where, you know, the rich and the famous and the powerful go off to vacation and, of course, so today president obama is set to kick off his week-long vacation, not in the south of france, but in martha's vineyard and that has triggered the expected criticism from corners of capitol hill. of course who are the middle of a five-week vacati

i'm thomas roberts here alongside with brian shactman, joe will be here shortly, don't worry about that. on set senior political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post" sam stein, president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas. good to see you. author of the book "foreign policy begins at home the case for putting america's house in order" and in washington columnist for bloomberg view al hunt. start off talking about a-rod, look tat the front page of "the new york post," a-roid rage has the last laugh in the sixth inning. >> i will say i'm a red sox fan, interest of full disclosure. these are the things that can turn a season around. when the red sox won the series in '04 that spat with jason vary tech and a-rod where vary tech took it to a-rod when he seemed bigger than the game turned his season around. if he gets to play out the rest of the year it's big for the yankees. >> also something wrong with the rules of baseball. after the pitcher goes after a-rod, the idea he's not tossed out of the game, both teams equally warned, that's outrageous. gir

. >>> here with us now from washington, the host of msnbc hardball's chris matthews, brian barnicle, mike shactmanapers this morning and you've got gene robinson at the "washington post" saying the u.s. must act against assad, the chemical weapon use is undeniable and the red line has been crossed. on the conservative side you've got "wall street journal" says the problem is assad and the worst response would be lobbing a few cruise missiles from a standoff distance. no strategic impact on that. what do we do in syria? >> well, you know, i was thinking when i got up this morning and i knew i was coming on your show. i was looking at what einstein said, if you only have an hour to solve the situation, spend 55 minutes trying to figure out what the problem is and 5 minutes coming up with the solution. the problem is not which side to take in that bloody war. we really don't have a side. it's about how do we deter the use of chemical weapons. one, we believe we must do that. two, we've doubled down by putting a red line there. >> that was the right thing to do, putting a red line there. >> we already