: this is "meet the press" with -- >> chuck todd. >> chuck todd. >> chuck. >> chuck. >> chuck todd. e is chuck? >> i'm going to start with somebody who i guess is now a big cheese. i understand it's going to be his last chance to ask me a question in the press room. i want to congratulate chuck todd and give him first dibs. >> i'm glad you said in the press room. >> chuck todd defined white house correspondent. he would ask the question, ask a follow-up. >> chuck, how many you got? >> he'd ask another question. >> this is not a kosher question but don't hog it. >> my colleague over here, the follow-up he had and then another question i have for you. >> he's relentless, like a dog with a bone. >> why do you believe the israeli people have not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two presidents? >> so you had to get a polling question in there. chuck, i mean, you're incorrigible. >> i think chuck has an amazing brain, which he, i'm sure, inherited from his father. he always knew who was running for what office locally. he knew who was running for what office loc

can chuck todd revive the battered media giant? i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. >> the looting and violence that erupted in missouri came too late for the sunday morning papers, but they added to the sense of chaos that kicked into a higher gear on friday when the troubling tale of just why a missouri officer shot and killed michael brown emerged. videotape shows michael brown intimidating a convenience store check and running off with cigars. it wasn't until a press conference hours later when reporters got the police chief to admit this had nothing to do with the fatal shooting. >> you're telling us that when the officer stopped michael brown the first time, he was not aware that brown was a suspect in a robbery? >> no, he didn't. i was walking -- >> that had nothing to do with the stop? >> he had nothing to do with the stop the. why at this point -- at this point, why didn't you stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the stwreree blocking traffic. >> fox news contributor lauren ashburn joini

i felt he had a total lack of compassion compared to chuck todd's kind of passion.huck todd, whether it's true or not, you have the feeling that you have with mike allen of politico, that he knows everything that's happening in washington and cares about it that he's plugged in. >> not just in washington but 35 congressional districts. he's a political junkie. he's a former print guy. he ran the political hotline. so he's had to make a transition to television. in your view, then, smart choice? >> oh, absolutely for him. look, he's not the consultant's idea of a host which makes me love him, absolutely. first of all. >> that's interesting. exactly. he's not slick. he's not glib. he doesn't look that way. but here's what i believe. number one, i believe passion is more important on television than good looks and hair. >> okay. >> i happen to believe that. but secondly, this guy really, really can lift this show out of the sort of malaise that it's in right now. it's really been sad to see this great franchise fall into the kind of disrepair it is. so you need somebod

. >> among your guests chuck todd taking over next week. we want to show a clip of one of his first appearances on "meet the press." >> chuck todd of the national journal hotline what is a blog? >> blog just so the actual term is short for web log. >> how times have changed. >> read my web log. >> sadly we no longer have tim russert but tim mentored chuck and me and it's that tradition that we are building on with chuck todd, he will be there live today and we'll talk about it. >> great to see video of them together and the future as "meet the press" looks to its next chapter. >> exactly. >> thanks so much. we can see more of andrea and chuck on "meet the press" coming up here in just a few minutes after "news 4 today." stay tuned for that at 10:30. >> that sound it's back to school in northern virginia and in prince william county be on the lookout for school zone lights. the lights were turned off during the summer at most schools. keep the speeds down while the kids and buss aren ot roadways. new vaccine requirements to tell you about in

>> well, chuck todd is much better at social media. he's much more interactive.s much more tuned in to that larger class of people who are interested in politics that i talked about. on the other hand, he's completely a creature of the game and he loves the inside game, and i think the problem with these shows is they are too wound up in that inside game so it's going to be a challenge for chuck to adjust to that. i think one more thing we should adhere is that there is a very strong sense in the country that washington is broken. the political class has failed. we can't even get on the same page about what the problem is let alone solve the problem. i think it would be wise for chuck todd to see himself and his colleagues, washington journalists, as part of the class that has screwed up politics and maybe in taking over "meet the press" he can begin to address some of how that happened. >> what an interesting thought. jay rosen and frank cessna, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >>> time for a quick break here. when we come back, we're turning from network

david gregory is being replaced with chuck todd.e left there, nbc white house correspondent for years. we'll see what's going on right there. 6 1/2 years after. let's look at gregory's good-bye tweet. pull it up. see now, it's smaller. there it is. i leave nbc as i came, humbled and grateful. i love journalism. and starting as moderator of "meet the press" is the highest honor there is. good luck, david, on your future, whatever it is. >> can you put bob crane in for -- >> i would suggest chuck todd get rid of the goatee. >> go ahead, bob, you're up. >> robin williams' wife announced that besides his depression, that he was sober at the time this happened. that he was suffering from early parkinson's disease. most alcoholics develop parkinson's disease or dementia early in life. it's not surprising at all, not a big revelation. >> the most transparent white house in history claim? this is interesting. 47 of the 73 inspectors general, these are the independent people that inspect the departments and do the oversight, they wrote a let

i'm chris cillizza in for chuck todd. we begin this morning, though, in iraq, country dealing with military humanitarian and political crises all at the same time. together they paint a picture of a nation that may be unraveling before our eyes. u.s. officials are saying they're doing what they can and are ready to do more but not until the country is beginning to show some signs of stability. >> without any question, we are prepared to consider additional political, economic and security options as iraq starts to build a new government and very much calculated to try to help stabilize the security situation, to expand economic development and to strengthen the democratic institutions. >> secretary of state kerry is referring to concerns that iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki could spread chaos as he tries to hold on to power, despite the nomination of his successor. on monday, crowds of maliki supporters filled the streets of baghdad and members of maliki's political party vowed to stand behind him. a unity government

chuck todd, absolutely fascinating what chuck said. ignatius. chuck todd told us that wasn't just the president pushing back our allies who are waiting for us to attack, that was the president pushing back his own administration because as kim ghattas said some people are saying there's only one man in the white house left to convince that we need to have air strikes against syria. what are you hearing on the ground in d.c.? >> joe and mika, i think the president is genuinely confused about how best to respond to this really monstrous outbreak by isis in iraq and syria. >> genuinely confused. have you ever heard a president state that confusion in a press conference? >> well, it was rare. it was a disastrous sound bite because it summed up what people have feared, which is that we don't have a strategy yet. the president has a strategy, it's just one that's very complicated and will take a long time to execute. he wants to pull in all the countries of the region. he wants to get their support, financial and otherwise. he wants to gradu

i want to make a personal vow to chuck todd. >> do it now. >> chuck, this is the last time i'm ever going to toss late to you. i swear to god. never again. >> exactly 9:00 we will toss to you. >> this is chuck todd's farewell "daily rundown." wake up the kids, call grandma, you're not going to want to miss it. >> permanent dvr status for this one. >> have a great labor day weekend. >>> well done, mr. scarborough. we don't have a strategy yet. that's the quote that the white house is trying to clean up this morning when it comes to dealing with isis. one thing is clear, the drum beat toward war doesn't include the president. >>> meantime on the unofficial 2016 trail, hillary clinton finally comments on what happened in ferguson. rick perry hits new hampshire and south carolina. and with ohio set to host the gop convention, could a buckeye state senator be getting some attention? >>> finally, after joe and mika just said it, after nearly five years, it's the end of my era here on tdr. five years is almost a lifetime -- two lifetimes in cable tv. we've done quite a lot here in that lifetime.

i'm luke russert in for the great chuck todd. we start with the u.s.e on a battlefield americans thought they had left behind. u.s. officials now tell nbc news that the cia is directly arming kurdish forces battling isis fighters in northern iraq. up until now, the u.s. had been channeling those weapons to the iraqi government in baghdad. here's what defense secretary chuck hagel said while traveling in australia. the decision to arm kurdish peshmerga fighters follows several days of u.s. air strikes outside isis outside the kurdish capital of erbil. those air strikes appear to have worked to some extent. kurdish fighters retook two key towns on the outskirts of erbil, although isis seized a different town about an hour northeast of baghdad. the air strikes and direct arms shipments represent a dramatic escalation of u.s. involvement that began with humanitarian aid to iraqis fleeing their homes. thousands of iraqis belonging to a minority religious group remain trapped on mt. sinjar. thousands more have escaped to syria. back home the obama administra

congresswoman, we just had a discussion with chuck todd about whether the congress wants to vote. would think your party would want to vote on this, even from a liberal area like berkeley and oakland you'd want to have a vote, up or down, should we go after isis. >> yes, chris, i think we absolutely should have a vote and i think we should have it sooner rather than later. why passed actually a resolution indicating that if there were any further expansion in iraq, we thought that congress should be involved as it relates to a debate and a vote. also, i led with a letter with congressman mcgovern and riggle and others saying that we felt if there were any additional expansion in -- as it relates to military intervention, u.s. intervention in the region, we should have a congressional debate and a vote. this is serious. isis is a threat. it's a dangerous organization. it's a terrorist organization. we need to be in washington, d.c., talking about the pros and cons, talking about what options are available for the president and, in fact, i think that it's absolutely essential that c

and so it's sort of a pox on both your houses. >> chuck todd, he's 91 years old. he's been frail.e's had terrible hospitalizations. but he's in amazing shape. what a fascinating conversation. >> first of all, he's in actually improving health. he had a couple knee replacements. one knee is not working so hot so he's still figuring that out. he's doing really well. he's been following this closely. he's got an agenda in the september. he's trying to get this disability treaty. i'll have a lot more of this next week. but he's trying to get this u.n. disability treaty passed. he's been talking about how hard it is and how hard it has been working with some elements of the republican party. and he was tough on both parties as you heard him there. but he was -- it was interesting. he was cautious. he doesn't have a negative word to say about either harry reid or mitch mcconnell. they've both been very good to me, nice to me. he then certainly talks about how there have got to be better ways this can be done. better ways these guys can work together. he hit his own party a little bit. t

our political director chuck todd. donna edwards, democrat congresswoman from maryland.ich lowry editor of the national review and our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. are we closer to the events this week in iraq of identifying what is the true obama doctrine. he told tom friedman, obama made clear that he is only going to involve america more deeply in places like the middle east to the extent that the different communities there agree to an inclusive politics of no victor/no vanquished. did we learn something here? >> i think we learned a lot, and what we learned is this contrast between barack obama and hillary clinton in her interview with jeff goldberg. how do you say that we have a humanitarian mission here in iraq with the ya i did zis and not the syrians where 170,000 people are dead? that's what hillary clinton would say to jeff goldberg. how do you say that syria arming the opposition was fantasy of barack obama when hillary clinton lays out a different and i think going to be an escalating differentiation between her and barack obama. >> h

a lot of people don't know this about chuck todd. when god was making chuck todd.isturbed for a moment. he made his heart twice the size. that's what chuck is going to bring back to the show. he's going to bring back heart, good taste, fairness that always had that. that's why it's on the top. the people who put you there, chuck, who decided you were to be the moderator should be patted on the back over and over again. good luck, my friend. go get them! >> you're kind, jay. thank you for -- i know you're saying it because i'm a fellow floridian. >> that's true. that's true. and your mother and will attack me if i don't. >> that's right. that's right. she's practically a neighbor of yours. very kind of you to do that. by the way, go buy jay's book. the best book you're ever going to read about neil armstrong. i'm not kidding. my producers were ready. sometimes us tv people pretend. this was fascinating. i love the space program. congratulations on that. >> thank you, buddy. thank you very much, chuck. >> you got it. that's it for the edition of the daily run down. a

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ben carson talks about political and social issues of the day with chuck todd of nbc news. :4 profiles three women, students, a single mother and grandmother who are deployed to iraq and afghanistan at 10:00 p.m. eastern. then wrap up tonight's prime-time programming with lawrence goldstone's recount of the right brothers efforts to be the predominance name in manned flight. it all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> robert weil is publishing director of liveright. what is liveright? >> liveright is the newly launched delusion -- division of w. w. norton. the home of the first books of hemingway, faulkner, american tragedy, it was bought in 1973, we have relaunched it in 2012 and we are in the third season with many best sellers. >> host: what is the point of having a lot of imprint's under one publisher? >> guest: gives a diversity of books where we have differences from norton, many similarities. we like more translation edgier books, we both do high quality books but it is a way of branching out the more and name. in many ways we are like the we express our editors differently.

members praised them for not passing the bill but denied being responsible. >> david gregory and chuck toddsh. from bad to worse on capitol hill. what is happening? >> hey, jeff sessions doesn't like this ted cruz talk. jeff sessions actually was also a republican senator from alabama. he was also lobbying heavily. i talked to people who said the finger should be pointed at him as much you would point to ted cruz. >> one representative criticized jeff sessions and saying he should grow up. >> what a 48 hours. let's fast forward to november. if democrats hold serve, meaning they hold the senate, basically break even in the house, we are going to look back at the month of july and say this is where republicans blew it. between -- because think about the last 48 hours. house republicans did find the votes to sue the president but did not find the votes to be able to come together and figure out even the tiniest border bill that was essentially, let's remember what this is about. this is about giving the federal government money and tools to deport people faster. this is not an immigration refo

i'll go a step further than chuck todd.ay for steve king to go all over america. i would put him in every single district. >> get him a plane, right? >> and denigrate him is just the fringe. he is the guy, along with ted cruz, who forced boehner to change on immigration. he's a guy that really resulted in the house making a fool of itself. he's not an insignificant figure in that caucus. >> what do republicans do, nicole? we got chloroform, right? >> i think -- >> we have a back room meeting, steve, we want you to attend. >> i think you hope that maybe we don't go over the finish line. we don't take the senate, so that we can spend a couple of more years gathering ourselves around someone who hasn't had to make all of these compromises. i think you hope for a governor to carry dr. >> you're saying for us to win, we have to lose? >> i'm not able to trot out in these fancy campaigns like mike murphy is. >> i would go out and throw the senate. in '16, it's bad for us. we have a lot to defend in a bad year in '16. give us the b

you heard chuck todd asking, does that mean we are going to go into syria and he said that first and foremost, they are there to protect people who are already positioned. >> talking about that focus being very limited right now in iraq to protect american interests. also talking about another hotspot in the world in ukraine and the pressure, the ongoing pressure on russia to stop its actions, incursions into ukraine, another hotspot that the president is talking about and watching closely. all right. let's go to weather now with glenn. >> well, sure doesn't feel like august out there. it is incredibly comfortable. it's not nearly as hot or as humid as it has been. we continue to see that rip current risk, at least for a little while, and a steamy labor day weekend. pretty hot and humid for labor day. look how blue that sky is. it's incredible for august. generally, we have these air quality problems, but not now. 80 degrees with an 18-mile-an-hour wind, relative humidity only 39% and we are eight degrees cooler than we were at this time yesterday. sounds like it's a good time for fo

chuck todd knew the answer to his question before he asked it. president made it clear that at that time last year he doesn't need congress's approval to q.bomb, but he would like to have congressional buy in. but legally, he has all the authority he needs and his inherent powers as commander in chief to do this. >> do you think what you see as the resident of we do not have a strategy yet will continue to echo throughout this presidency or is it just sort of this week's slap because he -- >> very bad choice of words. >> i think if he turns the tide in the middle east, whether it's through bombing strikes or a grand coalition or something, then sure, it wiló@o(ñ get bett for him. but right now, it's clear, they can't decide what they want to do. again, i think part of the problem is there's nobody in the white house who can stand up to the president. dana purino made a point a while back say, mr. president, don't go out in that stupid white suit, go go out there and say nothing. look serious, have all the trappings of the presidency in order. >>

and david cameron. >> chuck todd, and chuck, thanks. and congratulations on your new "meet the press assignment." >> thank you. i a longer farewell for friends and viewers on daily run down. the news all comes out. i'll throw a video out on twitter. there's a lot of internal people that are thanked. we can't get on the air without some great people behind them. i felt like i owed them a note of thanks. news comes first. so jose, take it away. >> for more on this severe terror threat i want to bring in simmons. good morning. let's talk about this escalation of the threat level, about the fear of foreign fighters returning back to the u.k. what does it mean? what do you know? >> i don't think it's surprising, jose, what they announced here. when you add up the various factors. you can talk about the james foley killing they put out the video. you can talk about the attack in brussels on the jewish nmuseum and you can talk about what the extremist jihadists have been saying to the media about what they might plan to do. and the intelligenc

>> joining me now for our daily fix, chuck todd, host of the daily rundown, chris lizza, and bloomberg news jean cummings. chuck, first to you and the new "wall street journal" poll today that shows, first of all, america has not gotten over the recession. people are gloomier than ever about their prospects. >> we keep hearing this. you see the economic data that comes out from washington, things are moving, we see the job editions and all of that stuff but there's this lingering perception so we really dove deep into finding out where are people in the recovery. they have recovered from the great recession technically but you can tell that as far as their psyche they haven't recovered but they are still feeling the effects of the stagnation. a lot of the fallout from the great recession, that is still there. anywhere from 1 in 10 to 1 in 3 americans having to deal with some sort of issue right now that is fallout from the great recession, eastbound as the, quote, economy looks better. and this is a backdrop and as our pollster said, it is a screaming attempt by the public to say, hey,

chuck todd accepted the challenge.vacation and will be back next week and remember follow the show online, on facebook and on twitter. >>> i'm meteorologist, and on this tuesday, stormy weather and hot conditions dominate. if you're in the chicago area, indianapolis, all the way up to southern michigan, strong storms are on the way this afternoon. some could contain dangerous winds and the heat is on in texas and oklahoma. it's going to be spreading in the week ahead easily into the 90s with the heat index near 100. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. where memories will be forged into the sand. and then hung on a wall for years to come. get out there, with over 50,000 hotels at $150 dollars or less. expedia. find yours. moderate to severe is tough, but i've managed. i got to be pretty good at managing my symptoms, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other

chuck todd asked him can you defeat isis without going after them in syria. a question everyone has been asking, and i read through the answer twice. president obama did not give an answer, and that's a very important issue. he needs to answer. secondly, he says what he is going to do is continue to support a moderate opposition inside of syria. well, moderate opposition is a bit of a problem since the moderate opposition is the group that got beaten by isil. they're not winning this battle, and some of them have even now joined with isil. it's not been an effective strategy to date. >> well, it hasn't been an effective strategy because he is not supporting the moderate opposition. he turned down the recommendation of the secretary of state, secretary of defense, and the intelligence community three years ago to arm the free syrian army at a moment when assad was on the ropes and isis was a much smaller, much more -- much less it was. the president has yesterday to really effecvely aid the free syrian army. look, whatever is he doing in iraq, he wants to talk

i'm chris cillizza in for chuck todd. >>> we begin this morning with the u.s. wading deeper into the crisis in iraq and putting more americans in harm's way. a new contingent of 130 american military advisers has been sent to help rescue thousands of refugees still trapped in the northern mountains. that raises the total number of u.s. troops in the country to more than 900. but defense secretary chuck hagel said this is not a slippery slope. >> we're not going back into iraq in any of the same combat mission dimensions that we once were in in iraq. >> thousands of members of a minority christian sect remain stuck on sinjar mountain with limited food and water after isis fighters forced them from their homes. the u.s. advisers will try to determine a way to get them to safety. nbc's keir simmons talked to refugees who are starting to grow desperate. >> we need obama help us. >> why? what do you need him to do? >> we need food, everything. >> meanwhile, the u.s. is continuing to send weapons to kurdish fighters and france has announced it will start supplying ar

i'm kristen welker in for chuck todd. developing news this hour, a solemn movement at dover air force base this very hour. the body of army two-star major general harold greene is being brought home two days after his killed in kabul in an insider attack by an good afternoon soldier. greene is the highest ranking member of the u.s. military to die in the line of duty in afghanistan. we're expecting to see the dignified transfer live and we will bring that to you when it happens. >>> we want to turn now to the latest on the cease-fire between israel and hamas. talks continue in cairo with just under 16 hours left until the three-day cease-fire is set to end. israel withdrew its troops from the gaza strip on tuesday after declaring it had completed its mission to destroy the cross-border tunnels built by hamas. on wednesday an israeli government spokesperson told nbc news israel has no problem with an unconditional extension of the cease-fire and another israeli source said they already passed on their approval for an exten

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i'm luke russert in for the great chuck todd.ew developments in ferguson, missouri, where we're expecting any minute now for the police to release the name of the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown on saturday. you're looking live here at where that announcement will happen. and for the first time since the shooting, protests have come. governor nixon handed control of security in ferguson over to the missouri state highway patrol. the scene on the streets yesterday was nothing like what we saw two nights ago. crowds and protesters were out into early morning hours, but police say they didn't make one single arrest overnight. police have been withholding the name of the officer who shot and killed brown, but now they say they'll release that name. this morning, governor nixon told the "today" show this is an important step in the investigation. >> multiple investigations going on, not only ferguson police but the department of justice. i've said all along i thought getting that name out was important, especiall

network's political director and chief white house correspondent and host of the daily run down chuck toddeen named the new moderator of meet the press. he replaces david gregory who announced he's leaving yesterday. it's the morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by the hill. good morning to you. >> happy friday to you. >> the 2016 presidential poll. why have republicans like christie been able to close the gap? >> it's not just governor chris christie. it's also, as you mentioned people like marco rubio as well as rand paul, jeb bush, and i think what has happened as we have gotten closer to 2016 and hillary clinton, the former secretary of state, made herself more public particularly on some domestic issues such as the economy as well as defending her record at the state department. we've seen her dabble in more take a more political tone. as a result i think republicans have been reminded of perhaps why they disagree with her. and she's become a little bit more partisan. >> probably bridge gate feeding from the public consciousness. >> it could come back. >> all right let's go

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i'm luke russert in for the great chuck todd. we'll start with morning with stunning developments in ferguson, missouri, where police in riot gear used tear gas again to fight back protesters after the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. last night was the fourth straight night of protests in this st. louis suburb. police fired tear gas and smoke bombs into the crowds after they say demonstrators threw rocks and even molotov cocktails at officers. police were videotaped ordering protesters to keep back. >> get back now. >> you may peacefully assemble 25 feet away. you are not peacefully assembling. you must leave or face arrest. you must leave the area immediately. >> for days now, police have been gathering in full riot gear. yesterday and driving mine-resistant vehicles around the suburb of 21,000 people. security will likely be tight again today when governor jay nixon heads to ferguson later on. the governor gave this reminder to police last night. quote, i urge law enforcement agencies to keep the peace and respect the ri

our political director in chief white house correspondent chuck todd today was named the new moderator of "meet the press." he replaces david gregory who announced today he is leaving nbc news. we want to wish both of our friends good luck and great success. >>> and some great news for a member of the "today" show family to report. savannah guthrie welcomed a baby girl into the world early wednesday. vale guthrie feldman weighed in at just over 8 pounds. the new mom said "my 3:00 a.m. wakeup call sounds a lot different now, sweeter." congratulations, savannah. >>> when we come back, a breakout star and it only took him seconds. ♪ >>> finally tonight, he's become an overnight sensation in six and a half seconds. if you haven't heard of singer sean menendez yet, chances are your teenagers have. he's rocketed to stardom thanks to a great voice and a whole lot of fans online. nbc's jenna wolfe reports. ♪ >> reporter: last summer 15-year-old sean menendez was just another cute kid with a guitar. he'd pick a song, sing it and upload it online. ♪ >> reporter: sean posted his videos to a free

former republican senator bob dole sat down for an exclusive interview with the "daily run down's" chuck toddhe was a little stumped when it comes to solving this current atmosphere of gridlock. >> the senate may not be broken, but it's badly bent. and this is going to take some strong leadership in both parties. i wish i had an answer. i don't have an answer. >> you can watch more of the interview later this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc's "the daily rundown." >>> well, a stunning revelation from former president bill clinton. sky news australia released a tape that allegedly captured eerie comments clinton made to a group of businessmen on the eve of 9/11 about osama bin laden. >> i nearly got him once. i nearly got him. and i could have gotten -- i could have killed him. but i would had to destroy a little town called kandahar in afghanistan and kill 300 innocent men and children, and then i would have been no better than him. >> nbc news previously reported there was a planned attack on bin laden before 9/11. >>> governor scott walker of wisconsin is one of the republican governor

. >> reporter: today chuck todd asked the president about his embattled cia director. >> i have full confidence in john brennan. >> reporter: that senate report described by some as dynamite. but tonight intelligence chair dianne feinstein is complaining that the white house, which has the final say on who gets -- what gets declassified and released to the public, cut too much out of it and she's not going to release it in its edited form. the fight continues. >> andrea mitchell here with us in new york. andrea, thanks as always. >>> the president also spoke out about the strengthening economy today after the jobs report showed that employers added 209,000 jobs in july. that makes this six months in a row for at least 200,000 jobs added. first time that's happened since 1997. unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 6.2% as more americans resumed looking for work. >>> still ahead on a friday evening, the new twist after a shocking video that ignited a backlash. police officers caught on camera, an unarmed man is dead. tonight, it is being called a homicide. >>> and later, the unusual

life to revitalize so washington institution yesterday politico's mike allen broke the news that chuck todd n.b.c.'s chief political director and chief white house correspondent is the favorite to replace david gregory to take over the helmet meet the press you were they were having meetings with psychologists and consultants and what's wrong with david what's wrong with meet the press and official announcement this which is which is expected to be made in the next few weeks courses news doesn't really come as a surprise to anyone who's been watching meet the press or their ratings of late ever since the death of tim russert in two thousand and eight meet the press is floundered often finding itself at the very bottom of the sunday news show ratings in fact the show has seen some of its. worst ratings ever under david gregory as the change looms that the show is worth taking a note a look how at how this once great pillar of political news television has ended up at the bottom of the ratings barrel and how it can be made great again and to be fair it's frankly not all david gregory's fault

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our political director in chief white house correspondent chuck todd today was named the new moderatore press." he replaces david gregory who announced today he is leaving nbc news. we want to wish both of our friends good luck and great success. >>> and some great news for a member of the "today" show family to report. savannah guthrie welcomed a baby girl into the world early wednesday. she weighed in at just over eight pounds. the new mom said "my 3:00 a.m. wakeup call sounds a lot different now, sweeter." congratulations, savannah. >>> when we come back, a breakout star and it only took him seconds. ♪ when your favorite food starts a fight fight back fast with tums. relief that neutralizes acid on contact... ...and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! try great tasting tums chewy delights. yummy. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy

he needed to get on record that he went to make an address after he patted chuck todd on the back, chuck asked softball question. and now he can go do his three fund-raisers this weekend, and the wedding that he's going to attend, while rome is burning, he's golfing, fund-raising and going to weddings. it's atrocious. now half of the media work for him in the administration, doesn't have the guts to -- bob, what did you learn today? >> what i learned today is the guys that are saying they knew about isis are lying. >> what did you learn -- how did -- >> i'm talking to andrea. >> why would you assume that they're lying? that they're making this up? >> what to do about isis? >> to make the president look bad, the president they work for? >> sure. you think they knew about it for four years? >> i do believe that. i believe this group -- >> sorry, 1760, isis. never mind. >> the threat of readical islam has been around for years. take a listen. >> we have no choice if they're coming to a place near you. >> do you want a worldwide islamic caliphate? >> of course we do. >> i don't need to be li

ben carson discuss his book with chuck todd this weekend on afterwards. check our web site for specific airtime is. the first family detail by ronald kessler is seventh looking at the lives of u.s. presidents for information provided by their secret service agents. in the kingdom of ice, a look at the 1879 u.s. naval expedition to the north pole. ninth is for secretary of state hillary clinton with her memoir hard joyces and wrapping up the list is blood feud, an examination of the personal and political relationships between the clintons and the obamas. that is a look at this month's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to the wall street journal. >> of next, hisham aidi looks at the connection between music and political activism in the muslim world. this program from the chicago tribune lit fest is 45 minutes. >> i am the editor of several books and this is the professor of creative writing at columbia college chicago in the south loop and i am here to have a conversation with hisham aidi was born in morocco to an arabic speaking family and is curr

we have chuck todd who is replacing david gregory. you heard anything about that behind the scenes? had a shot six years and struggling in the ratings and it is a bus and he failed. and chuck to theed to is a political junkie. and he's somebody who has a passion for politics and whether he can revive the battered franchise is remaining to be seen. i think if nbc wanted to get rit of david gregory. just let him go and not subject him for the chinese water torteur. >> we look forward to hearing from you on media buzz on sunday, 11:00 eastern. we'll all tune in. >> fast cars and demanding top there. rare ferrari up for auction and expected to sale for half billion dollars in california. that would be a new world record. and boy, it is nice, adam? >> reporter: it is not a bad assignment at all. half billion in sales, we are talking about all of the cars. but the officialauk house, that ferrari, you could have it for 13 or $15 million. but if you are on a budget. this italian mazraddy millions. and how about this one. 4 million and last night, they blew the record out of the water. a fer