alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. it's the bottom. hour.rt with the morning's top story. president trump once again facing criticism on his latest comments on the violence in virginia. the president replacing words ever unity, reverting back to his claim that both sides were responsible for the violence. >> and some appear to defend the president. hallie jackson was there and found herself in a heat the exchange with the president. take a listen. >> reporter: a defining moment in donald trump's presidency. >> you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> reporter: the president unfiltered and defiance. responding to criticism of his comments condemning the charlottesville attack. >> what about the alt-left? do they have any semblance of guilty i think they do. >> reporter: both protesters and counterprotesters came ready for a ists who came in force. it's one of those who plowed into heather heyer. >> you had some very violent people in that group but

i'm ayman mohyeldin along i'd yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf.arvey will make landfall once again as some towns on the edge have measured 50 inches of rain. with the president's and first lady's visit yesterday, the situation became more dire for many in the city and across south texas. in all, there have been nearly 19,000 water rescues across south texas as of last night. the death toll has climbed once more, now to nine. but images are circulating across social media. along those killed, houston police officer sergeant steve perez. the chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived yesterday. >> unfortunately, in the darkness, sergeant perez drove understand an underpar about 16 1/2 feet. drove into the water. and he died in a flood. so, we couldn't find him. and once our team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so, we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning. because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. in our hearts it was a reco

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. all right.e start with the white house that has confirmed something the president's team has repeatedly denied ry ed denied, that he helped draft the initial response between the meeting between a russian attorney and his top campaign aide. in response, claiming the june 2016 meeting was about adoption policy and made no mention of the broader campaign being discussed. e-mails reveal that donald trump jr. was explicitly offered documents. even after the president's legal team dismissed the report of having worked on, quote, fake news and of no consequence, the white house acknowledged that the president did take part, claiming that his knowledge of the full story was, quote, limited. >> look, the statement that don junior issued is true. there is no inaccuracy in the statement. the president weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information that he had. this is all discussion, frankly, of no consequence. there was no follow-up. it was disclosed to the property parties which is now

, our louis burgdorf, caught up with kelly ward in phoenix. here's what she had to say about the trump administration. >> despite opposition from the left and the media and republicans he's still able to accomplish a lot. imagine what he's able to accomplish when he has america first, house members and senators who are backing him up. >> the underlying message there is loyalty. obviously, we heard the president echoing that loyalty. what does the president have to do to get him to stand down on some of these fights where the president is clearly wg chest. and we've already seen that with the senate leadership fund. they were running a super pac aligned with mitch mcconnell that was running an anti- -- web ad that was anti-kelli ward. and he actually supported luther strange, an incumbent alabama senator who was appointed to fill jeff sessions seat. over house republican mel brooks who would be seen as the america-first as kelli ward was aing senator. and trump sided with luther strange. keep in mind, he said if elected he would vote against mi

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. >> north korea best not make any more threats to theseen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. >> certainly chilling words from the president of the united

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now.ning. it's friday august 18th. welcome to "morning joe." with us we have kasie hunt, rick stengel joining willie, joe and me. viewers may find the following footage disturbing. it is. at least 13 people are dead. more than 100 injured, many seriously after a person drove a rental van through a crowded pedestrian plaza in the heart of barcelona, spain's second largest city. three people have been detained relating to the attack, though police say none of them are the driver, who remains at large. isis has claimed responsibility but as if often the case has offered no proof. one person was killed, several more injured on wednesday night following an explosion in the town about 125 miles

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf.> previously on the trump administration. >> i heard that your role is changing it at the white house. >> i'm right here. >> i want to thank personally sean spicer. this is obviously a difficult situation to be in. he's a great guy. >> "reince is a paranoid schizophrenic." >> i'm not reading this. no, you're not reading this. donnie, i don't want to hear from you. >> i just think it's an annoying distraction. >> he's a billionaire. >> everyone eats cheeseburgers and pizzas. what are you talking about? >> let's see where the chips fall. thank you. ♪ u take tyou take the good, yo the bad and there you have

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. that are horrific. well, with me he's not getting away with it. >> i'm very disappointed with mitch. but if me gets these bills passed, i'll be very happy with hip. >> i haven't spoken to him in a long time. but i know prrn. >> during the republican presidential primary, donald trump declared himself to be, quote, the most militaristic person you will ever meet. that may very well be true. if you look at the number of wars he has going on right now. so he's threatening north korea with nuclear war. that's bad. he's waged a civil war with probably the most

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin.right now. >> i think the reason that what happened to heather has struck a cord is because we know that what she did is achievable. we don't all have to die. we don't all have to sacrifice our lives. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what, you just magnified her. [ applause ] >> i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. that's how you're going to make my child's death worthwhile. i'd rather have my child but, by golly, if i got to give her up, we're going to make it count. >> and with that the mother of heather heyer, the 3 32-year-ol woman killed in charlottesville. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." with us, mike barnicle, associate editor of "the washington post," eugene robinson and katty kay in washington. >> that was amazing, wasn't it? >> i stopped everything i was doing to listen to what that mother had to say, and i was so grateful for her. >> you know, in a time where character is so lacking and seems to be nowher

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >> believe me, we have plenty ofbout the anarchists. >> a wound inflicted upon a single member of our community. they've got clubs and everything. antifa. >> is a wound inflicted upon us all. >> it

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf.st not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with five and fury like the world has never seen. >> i think americans should sleep well at night. >> doesn't test donald j. trump. we are not just a super power. we were a super power. we are now a hyper power. >> the united states is on the same page, whether it's the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. >> they may be speaking with one voice, but it unclear who knew about the fire and fury comments. the north korean army

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> he has said things that are horrific. well, with me he's not getting away with it. >> i'm very disappointed with mitch. but if me gets these bills passed, i'll be very happy with hip. >> i haven't spoken to him in a long time. but i know prrn. >> during the republican presidential primary, donald trump declared himself to be, quote, the most militaristic person you will ever meet. that may very well be true. if you look at the number of wars he has going on right now. so he's threatening north korea with nuclear war. that's bad. he's waged a civil war with probably the most powerful guy in washington, d.c., senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. nen there's his war of word with the democrats and. >> what a day yesterday. good morning. it friday, august 11th. mika has the morning off. with us we have vet van columnist, mike barnicle, woor still trying to find a title for him. send is in with two proof of purchase jeremy peters. john, you were on the

>> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with five and fury like the world has never seen. >> i think americans should sleep well at night. >> doesn't test donald j. trump. we are not just a super power. we were a super power. we are now a hyper power. >> the united states is on the same page, whether it's the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. >> they may be speaking with one voice, but it unclear who knew about the fire and fury comments. the north korean army responding in kind. we have columnist and associate editor david ignatius, mike barnicle, kasie hunt, sam stein and clint watts. good morning, everybody. good to see you. lots to talk to you about. clint, the home of president trump's former campaign manager's home was raided by the fbi. we'll get to that in just a moment. let's start with north korea. we're hearing from secretary of defense ge

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >> believe me, we have plenty of anarchists. they don't want to talk about the anarchists. >> a wound inflicted upon a single member of our community. they've got clubs and everything. antifa. >> is a wound inflicted upon us all. >> it is time to heal the wounds. >> it's a very dishonest media, right there. i really believe they don't like our country. >> when one part of mamerica hurt, we all. >> when one citizens suffers an injustice, we all suffer. >> i went to better schools than they did. i was a better student than they were. >> we are one home with one flag. >> i hit everything, the white supremacists and neo-nazi, i got them all. >> kkk, i got them all. >> there is no challenge too great for us to conquer. >> the on people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself. >> wow. welcome to "morning joe." you know, for over a year now there have been people that have been saying you should not try to figure out the president's mental state and if he has any issues, don't try to be a pop psychiatrist

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> mike pence is a dedicated public servant with the vision and passage it takes to lead this country, not that he wants to. from our cities to our raerthand to keep america safe, if he wasn't to do that, which he doesn't. president mike pence would always fight for you but he's not president and has no plans to be one. plum, plum, t , -- >> welcome to "morning joe." mike pence and his office trying to tam many down rumors of a 20/20 shadow campaign. when asked, it's a non-denial denial. mika still in the south of france working very hard on location. we have columnist and contributor mike barnicle. rick tyler, elease jordan, harold ford jr., sam stein and columnist at the washington examine er examinered but are fascinating for a number of reasons. first of all, it's the lowest numbers ever in the cnn poll that he's ever had before. you're going to be talking about many harts of it. somebody tweeted last night six months approval ratings. trump 38. he

i'm yasmin vossoughian along louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> this has been a total cooperative effort. we will see you soon. had is historic, it's epic, but it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. thank you all, folks. thank you. thank you. >> good morning. >> that is some product placement right there, the president pushing his own line. >> apparently there is a white house press release that has a link to buy that hat. so good news if you're in hurricane zone, you can get the hat. >> and he's also wearing that while they put the link on the web site. it's called product placement. >> harvey made landfall once again. some towns have measured 51 inches rain. since the storm began and the situation has become more dire for many in the city and across south texas. as of last night there have been nearly 19,000 water rescues across texas. the death toll has now climbed to nine confirmed but the images of the missing are circulating across social media. among those killed was a houston police officer,

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe," everybody, starts right now. >>> previously on the trump administration. >> i heard that your role is changing it at the white house. >> i'm right here. >> i want to thank personally sean spicer. this is obviously a difficult situation to be in. he's a great guy. >> "reince is a paranoid schizophrenic." >> i'm not reading this. no, you're not reading this. donnie, i don't want to hear from you. >> i just think it's an annoying distraction. >> he's a billionaire. >> everyone eats cheeseburgers and pizzas. what are you talking about? >> let's see where the chips fall. thank you. ♪ u take tyou take the good, yo the bad and there you have the facts of life ♪ >> in case you missed the last episode, sean spicer resigned because of anthony scaramucci, who then pushed out reince priebus, which opened the door to john kelly, who then muched out -- pushed out the mooch. welcome to "morning joe." with us we have former aide to the george w. bush white house elise jordan, steve kor

. >> our own lewis burgdorf got that sound.te's two republican senators. >> we voted for trump. why? because he was the one who gave us a chance to get out of the kwaug meyer which we were going to have if hillary was core natured. >> arizona is center stage for a new moment in american politics with president trump here rallying his base while taking on the state's republican senators. the question is do voters here support the president over their party? you've got john mccain and jeff flake both speaking out against president trump. >> yes. >> what are your thoughts on this? >> that's why i'm supporting him now. and i support john mccain. he's always been a maverick for the republican party. >> trying to get the obamacare taken care of. mccain, thumbs down. his fault. >> john mccain in particular did not do what his supporters asked of him. >> i really appreciate the honesty from john mccain. >> i voted for both of them, but i don't like their lack of support for our president. >> i think that they're finally standing up to

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. >> certainly chilling words from the president of the united states. chilling words. i couldn't help but go back and jesse rodriguez called me up and we talked about it. couldn't help but go back to something that we had talked about on the show a year ago. let's take a quick look. >> several months ago a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise donald trump and three times he asked about the use of nuclear weapon. three times he asked if we have them, why can'ty use them? that's one of the reason he just doesn't have foreign policy experts -- >> trump asked three times? >> three times in an hour briefing why can't we use nuclear weapons? >> be careful, america, and be careful republican leaders.

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> it's not illegal to lie to the press. does it bother you? >> it bothers me a lot. number one, he put his son in jeopardy. now we have to wonder about what don jr.'s team may have done. >> so the president said he wasn't involved in drafting a letter defending his son. that is not true. >> also known as, well, that's a lie. they lied. >> the president said he got a congratulatory call from the boy scouts. >> yeah, that didn't happen either. you know i'm connected with the kid on the street. they don't go hey, that's not true, willie. they say "that's a lie." >> in "the wall street journal," when it says there's nobody in the campaign in russia. >> and they wohl ka tha-- would call that, willie -- >> a lie. >> sean spicer admits that he met with those at the center of the controversy. >> and the kid call that a steaming pile of pooh. >> what would we say to our children about this? >> i would say i'm going to send you to your room and i'm going to span