. >> you saw chuck todd with amy klobuchar, what will you do when taking away guns.n you had elizabeth warren going off against the big oil and big banks and big tech, no follow up about what are you going to do about the policies, i think the second night was much stronger, if they had had the second night to first, nbc was pander to go progressive it is whole light. >> my next question, which is i think the larger story here, one debate exchange, one or two debates in campaign, b is that mainstream reporters, i have to give credit here, new york times today are acknowledging that free college to medicare for all, second debate all 10 candidates raising their hands, provide health services to undocumented immigrants which i think many would have said 4 years ago, this party has left sharply to the left in 2016 and that's a larger story here. >> yeah, that's something that primary cycles were put on display especially when conservatives are running in post tea party and talked about how far right the party moved, this is a far-left, clear display over both nights, sa

i'm chuck todd here in washington.e've got a lot of breaking news happening in this hour alone, including our nbc news "wall street journal" first look of the cycle of the 2020 democratic primary. we're going to have those numbers for you live in a second. you are also looking live at the white house where at some point we expect the president to announce something in his fight to get the so-called citizenship question onto the census. it does appear he is simply going to ask the commerce department to continue to do what it does. an administration source tells nbc news that the president is going to direct his administration to get that citizenship data through other ways, which they already do. we have no that what that means. he's actually going to announce that in a minute. because the administration might be thinking that it wins politically by keeping up this fight even if it lost legally. how? well, maybe might be frightening hispanics from even filling out the census forms. we'll have much more on this breaking

chuck todd reports on the legacy he leaves behind. >> reporter: the self-made man from texarkana. >> the party is over and it is time for the clean-up crew. >> reporter: henry ross perot founded electronic data systems in 1962 with a $1,000 check and selling the company to general motors and becoming an early tech billionaire. in 1992 he catapulted into national politics. >> if you w you this, between now and the convention, we'll get bothpartyl third party candidate to this day and bush and clinton supporters debate who he hurt more in 1992. >> and they don't care about anything but making money -- >> reporter: at a time when public trust in government was lower than during watergate perro appealed to disenchanted voters on the deficit. selling his message with folksy charisma. >> it is time to take out the trash and clean out the barn. >> reporter: tv appearances -- >> look out george bush, here comes h. ross perot. >> reporter: and info mer shalls. >> that is what we could have done with $4 trillion if we didn't waste it. >> reporter: he could combative -- >> you said that you --

. >> that polical ex poert was moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd who is here in studio.ou mean by all that? the optics? >> well, the wholepoint ofhe hearing as adam schiff said last week was to oring the rep to life. the information we already had. and that's the thing. and instead the hearing was jst robert muellerng conf or reiterating -- not even reiterating, just confirming es yr-no type of things. it didn't have that wait until you hear it in mueller's words moment. ta >> more imporly, i thought democrats, frankly, failed in sort of getting him to -- and he obviously was going to refuse to answer. but they probably should have tried again, which is what did you mean? where didn why didn't you do? do you mean nor this to be an impeachment referral? there was a question about not interviewing the president. a little more oversight over the n'decisions made and didt make. i was surprised instead clearly they were using it to -- this was in the mueller report, right? i think in that sense if they thought, boy, they can get the cancer on the presidency moment, you know,

>> chuck todd, analysis, thank you. hat north korea has fired two missiles into the sea. andrea mitchell is here with us. andrea, what do we know about this? >> we're learning more about these two missiles, lester. two apparent short-range missiles launched by north korea. the missiles travelled the waters in ee north korea a. in may nnge missiles alarming south korea and japan and violating un resolutions. president trump down played those launches because they didn't threaten the u.s. he went ahead with the surprise visit to meet with kim jong-un at the end of last month at the dmz and stepping into north korea. kim may be flexing his muscles in anger as the u.s. and south korea plans next month. >>> tonight tech giant facebook is facing the biggest fine the u.s. government has ever imposed agreeing to pay $5 billion for widespread privacy violations. the company is being forced to make big changes in how it operates. but some critics say the move doesn't go far enough. here's tom costello. >> it's a giant find for the giant of social media, $5 billion for failing to pr

nbc's chuck todd has more. >> reporter: the self-made man from texarkana >> the party's over and it's time for the cleanup crew. >> reporter: henry ross perot founded electronic data systems in 1962 with a $1,000 check. later selling the company to general motors and becoming an early tech billionaire in 1992 he catapulted into national politics. >> if you want to register me in 50 states, number one, i promise you this, between now and the convention we'll get both parties' head straight >> the most successful third party candidate since teddy roosevelt in 1912 to this day bush and clinton supporters debate who perot hurt more in 1992 >> you don't care about anything but making money, there will be a giant sucking sound going south. >> reporter: at a time when public trust in government was lower than during watergate, perot appealed to a group of disenchanted voters on one issue. the deficit. selling his message with folksy charisma >> as i've said before, it's time to take out the trash and clean oucos h. ross perot!astedt >> reporter: perot could be tpaf your -- >> i've also told

larry gerston joins us and so does chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hey, chuck, how are you doing? >> happy sunday, chris and larry. >> happy. the mueller report, has anything changed? >> well, i think you have democrats still with the same dilemma and i think you have in the house of representatives you see they're almost now evenly divided between those democrats that argue not starting an impeachment inquiry will become a long-term problem. that will be something they will regret in the long run. those arguing you're not going to remove him from office other than the 2020 election so focus your energy there. you'll hear a spirited beakian forth on the show today and two different versions of this argument from two californians, adam schiff on one side and tom steyer believe it or not on the other. i do think we're going to end up in half measure here, which is where the house democrats feel legally they have to formally open the inquiry in order to get some of this material but i don't know if we ever see an article of impeachment voted on.

moderator of the show chuck todd will join us in the 10:00 hour to talk about all of it. "meet the press" starts at 10:30 right here after "news4 today." >>> now to a devastating story in new york city. a father is charged for the deaths of his 1-year-old twins after they were left in a car on a hot summer day. police say juan rodriguez left his kids inside the car while he went to work in the bronx on friday. the little boy and girl had been in the back seat for nearly ght hours. rodriguez told authorities he didn't realize what had happened until he arrived to his car after his shift. rodriguez has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges. he is due back t in courts thursday. >> that is a tough one for sure. ng> meantime, we are woro identify the names of two people killed in a car crash. this happened yesterday morning route 301 in charles county. maryland state police say pedro garcia was driving on 3-1 near mount airen road wh he rear-ended a car. a woman and girl died on the scene. the driver in the car was airlifted to the hospital. place say garcia ref

chuck todd. >> have you tried the -- nevermind. >> we will see you at 5:00. sunday is "meet the press." be sure to tune in this sunday, chuck has an interview with megan rapinoe. >> do you know what the toughest ticket is in washington? trying to watch the show on sunday. >> can i get on? >> good luck. we may be sold out. >> okay, talk to you later. >>> coming up, shake up, our nbc poll shows big shifts in the democratic race. that's ahead right here on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. mitchell reports" only on msnbc think all premium fuels are the same? new shell v-power nitro+ premium gasoline is engineered with four levels of defense against gunk, wear, corrosion and friction. that helps keep your engine running like new. so, maybe it's time to unthink what you think you think about premium fuel. shell v-power nitro+ premium gasoline... it's fuel for thought. if ywhen you brush or floss, you don't have to choose between healthy gums and strong teeth. complete protection from parodontax has 8 designed benefits for healthy gums and strong teeth. compl

time for our weekly chat with chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." thanks for joining us this morning. >> happy to do so, marcus. >> chuck, we're hearing a lot about the conditions at the detention centers along the southern border, so you have two congressional leaders with you this morning. the question is, can anything get passed through congress on this issue? >> well, yes, it can get passed through congress but can any of it get cooperation from president trump? i think that's the sticking point here. you get the sense that republicans if acting on their own, would want to try to do something about this. they don't feel good about how this looks when it comes to detaining children, but the president seems pretty dug in, in some ways views it as a potential deterrent for more migrants, and even at one point tweeted earl whier this week they're probably being treated better than they were from their home country so you'll see this with the interviews i have, one democrat, one republican, you do get the sense that if there was some trust in the adm

we are joined by moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. you have the visit to the on detenti centers. now you have raids happening. that would be a tough thing to announcing the raids fees m to would announce after it's beenan done d you would say, oh, we got rid of these dangerous criminals. i don't think he cares about implementing policy here. this is ato send a message to the base. especially after a week where he lost a high-profile battle over theensus. again tied to this immigrationo. handed the keys to the republican party. it was his tough rhetoric and polarized on this issue.ugt. wet i rtalks, the farther we hope to clean up the condition. >> and we got a brand new "stres race is shaping field is7 candis warren, and sanders. nominee. y,it betweenrid liberals others who prefer biden. the top li now it and warren. let's see where we wod be if w didn't mention the -- >> there's somebody in the room? >> yeah. a woman named megan pinoe. >> iink i have heard of her. she is pretty good at soccer. >> yes. trying to get pictures of her. s

raids will be a big topic this morning on "meet the press" with chuck todd along with anos exple interview with world cup champion megan rapinoe. see that at 10:30 this morning right after news4 today. >> she might be the hottest interview in the country right now. >> i know. i might be a littlexcited for that. just a little. i mean, have you seen her? if you see her tell me. >> yes. >>> this morning the power back on for evyone innew york city after that massiveac but. parts of manhattan and midtown plunged into darkness yesterday evening leaving thousands without electricity. >> traffic lights were out and r firefighteeven had to scramble to rescue people stuck in elevators. the blackout stopped subways, halted broadway shows. even a jennifer lodz concert hao be evacuated. this is the scene at madison square gaen last night. lopez tweeted this video saying she was devastated that this happened. her s-o has rescheduled for tomorrow. theevoutage is belien caused by fire. >> scary stuff in any major city. especially in new york, who has, you know, fair share >>> but the sun isup out ere. >>

. >>> and tomorrow "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will talk to bernie sanders and also an exclusive interview with the women's world cup champion megan apinoe, airing tomorrow at 10:30 after "news4 today." >>> grim new for some ofwa us wo ed to live out our golde years in maryland. the finanal resource website bank rate.com named it last on its list of best states for retirement. thembstudy looked at a nu of factors. the ones that maryland got low scores on were affordability, crime, culture and wellness. ut a relatively good score on weather. nebraska on the other hand, including iowa, missouri, south dakota and florida topped the list. virginia came in 39th p the study did not include the district. >>> all right, heads up for all those wine lovers out there. new evidence suggests skipping a that daily of wine is a better wa to boost your mental health. a new study in the canadian medical association journal sayo women w quit drinking alcohol improved their mental well being. over a course of three years many of the women they were studying reported feeling calmer and more peaceful

chuck todd doesn't know the first thing about climate change or the so-called climate change. are you a physicist? you have climatologist, meteorologists, not just hundreds of them but thousands of them to debate climate change, debate the effect and debate if it exists. he has declared we are not going to allow that on my show. so that demonstrates to you he is pushing an agenda. this whole russia collusion thing. what i write about in the book also, sean, is the notion of news versus prof gan da versus pseudo-events. the president of the united states is really on to something. when he talks about "fake news," it was a brilliant his attorney, university of -- there was a brilliant his attorney, university of chicago, who wrote a book on pseudo-events. he talked about the news among other things. they create their own reality by how they choose events, how they create events and how journalists promote themselves through drama. you see it with jim acosta who creates conditions with the focus on him and not the news. this is an enormous disservice to the american people. pseud

. >> chuck todd is joining us with momore. good ing, chuck. >> reporter: good morning.ah, no, look. i think what we learned yesterday is iin nancy pelosi in particular. what was the mueller testimon about? it was whether his verbalizing of this report was going to create a new moment and a new push for impeachment and in some ways speaker pelosi think was -- who is a skeptic on going ahead with impeachment was waiting to ee how this would play. it doesn't appear to me if you're looking for theater to be the way that motivate there was this dramatic moment that mueller didn't deliver on that front. at the same time what he d deliver is still leaving house democrats with this dilemma. if they are not going to pursue impeachment, was are theybogoin to a this damming report? they still have not answered that question. >> we got a lot going onoron there fsure. how do you see it breaking down as we go forward? do you think this is the end of this or do you think there is more coming up? >> for me this feels a little bit like an epi log like this is it. and this is just sort o

you might have seen a few days ago that chuck todd from "meet the press" had an interview with president trump. there is always news when someone from outside the conservative media gets to ask the president questions that involve follow-ups and not just him screaming over helicopter noise. we knew there was going to be news in that interview and in fact one of the things that made news and chuck todd asked what his biggest mistake was. the biggest regret from his presidency thus far. the president's answer was that his biggest mistake, the one thing he has done wrong is jeff sessions. think about everything that has happened and gone wrong over 2.5 years, and the biggest problem is jeff sessions? as far as the president is concerned that, is his one mistake. the only thing he regrets. we know from huge chunks of the mueller report that the president's anger towards jeff sessions and his feelings towards jeff sessions are not lightly arrived at. this is not a personal thing or a passing fancy. we know from mueller's report trump expressed resentment and anger towards sessions over a long

you might have seen a few days ago that chuck todd from "meet the press" had an interview with president trump. there is always news when someone from outside the conservative media gets to ask the president questions that involve follow-ups and not just him screaming over helicopter noise. we knew there was going to be news in that interview and in fact one of the things that made news and chuck todd asked what his biggest mistake was. the biggest regret from his presidency thus far. the president's answer was that his biggest mistake, the one thing he has done wrong is jeff sessions. think about everything that has happened and gone wrong over 2.5 years, and the biggest problem is jeff sessions? as far as the president is concerned that, is his one mistake. the only thing he regrets. we know from huge chunks of the mueller report that the president's anger towards jeff sessions and his feelings towards jeff sessions are not lightly arrived at. this is not a personal thing or a passing fancy. we know from mueller's report trump expressed resentment and anger towards sessions over a long

we will talk about special counsel robert mueller's testimon moderator, chuck todd, will join us in studio before the show with what all this means forhe white house moving forward. "meet the press" starts at 10:30 right here after "news4 today." >>> we want to get to a tragic story developing in new york city. a father is charged for the deaths of his 1-year-oldtwins after they were left in a car on a hot summer day. police say juan rodriguez left his kids inside the car while he went to work in the bronx on friday. the l htle boy and girl been in the back seat for nearly eighturs. rodriguez told authorities he didn't realize what had happened until he arrived to his car after his shift. rodriguez has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges. he is due back in court this thursday. >>> meantime, we are working to identify the names of two people killed in a car crash that happened yesterday morning along route 301 in charles county. maryland state police say pedro garcia was driving near mount n air road whee rear-ended another car. a woman and a girl in that car died on the sc

chuck todd, have to get to this parade he thinks he's figured out the democrats problem.t's not with the wasted pointless investigation, it is this. >> the fact is were living in this 21st century of new type of asymmetrical that we're in. a propaganda machine is what it is it's a full-fledged propaganda machine on the right that the democrats haven't figured out how to combat very well. >> laura: they have the universities, they have hollywood, they have a lot of the churches, they have the house, and they have avery majo network other than fox and they can't defeat fox. what? >> it is hilarious. chris was hilarious, mixed bag, that is a good one. your attempt at comedy is going great tonight. i feel like reliving in a seinfeld episode where george does everything backwards. are they are serious? do you understand that we been subjected to competent rumors o conspiracy theories by chuck, todd, chris, and others about collusion that never had happened in their sighting is for propaganda. well, bob mueller should have investigated the russians. nunez nailed mueller to the

s chuck todd on meet the press told let him get away with some blatant lies but i ended separation iinherited separation from president obama not trying has said that before blaming president obama for those family separation policies but he's been knocked down not only did todd let him get away with that but the meet the press twitter account later posted a tweet echoing trump's lie before eventually posting a 2nd tweet noting that trump's claim is false and all that from a program that used to be one of the holidays hitting political interview shows on the american air waves usually tropper trucks saturation levels of news coverage when that doesn't happen it's actually noticeable and there was one such case this past week where the follow on power verge of an allegation didn't really hit the mark far from it rich just over a week ago the advice columnist carol published an extract in new york magazine an extract from her upcoming book in it she accuses president trump of raping she says that he attacked her in the dressing room of the department store back in the 1990 s. now that'

chuck todd is nbc's political direct and moderator of "meet the press." good morning.he president obviously knows when he is on toomhing or thinks something, burrowing in on this attack on elijah cummings and the city of baltimore. wh is he up to here? >> it' deflection. remember in this case, i think there is two par to this. deflection is the biggest one. this is about tryingo almost distract from that elicuh ings is investigating. the horrible conditions that the children being kept in these immigrant camps. also, by the way, the oversight committee is looking into more than what's going on at the border. there are a lot of things that elijah cummings' committee is looking at about the president, jared kushner, ivanka true. thresident is taking that personally. tht let that get lost. th is about him. the president sparks a race, you know, does this racial division busines which is what he does quite a bit. he knows it serves two purposes. one, it distrats from the story he doesn't like, and that's what cummings is investigating, and, two, his base likes it. it stoke

nbc's chuck todd has his remarkable story. >> at a time when public trust in government was lower thaning watergate perot appealed to a group of disenchanted voters on one issue, the deficit. selling his message with folksy charisma. >> as i've said before, it's time to take out the trash and clean out the barn. >> tv appearances. >> look out, george bush, here comes h. ross perot. >> and infomercials. >> that's what we could have done with $4 trillion in we hadn't wasted it. >> perot could be combative. >> you have said that part of your -- >> i've also told your program -- >> is $180 billion. >> yes, may i finish. >> >> may i finish. it was a simple question. >> you have already finished. go ahead, finish again. it's your program, you can do anything you want to with it. >> but his message stuck, he won nearly 20 million votes and became a pop culture phenomenon. >> see, the deficit is like a crazy aunt down the basement, no one paying attention to her. and she is just getting stink yer, do you catch me. >> although he finished third in '92 and in 1996, perot's ability to appeal to p

direction after robert mueller's testimony on capitol hill thise we nbc news political director chuck todd joins us to break down the week in politics next. >> it's been a great day today. a high temperature of 90 degrees. we're at 86 right now. 83 hagerstown and 81 in richmond. over the next couple of days guys, temperatures going up starting anotr heat wave and we may have started it with the we may have started it with the 90-degree temperature today. i switched from dodge. we switched from ford. i switched from ram. i switched to chevy. wewitched to chevy. we switched to chevy. for dependability. for technology. for the muscle. and just look at it. adios, lexus. bye, bye, ford. we switched to chevy. and i couldn't be lfppier. see fohy people are switching at the chevy all-star open house. or add another chevy to your driveway. current gmers can get over $5,100 below msrp on this equinox. find new roads at your localhevy dealer. earning. >>> three monierafter the ease of his redacted report, robert mueller and the russia investigation back in the spotlight once again this week. >> but t

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i have been called to dance along with chuck todd and lester holt. you're out of luck.nge. stay tuned. i'm about to turn it out. >> coming up, more news right now with hallie jackson. you better get ready. i might challenge you. >> mr. just do 60 minutes of stephanie ruhle dancing. i'm ready. i can't wait. we do have a show, though. it's capitol hill, breaking news. we have a lot to follow the next 60 minutes. house leadership or not first time will be on camera and on the spot. facing questions about president trump's racist tweets attacking four democratic congresswomen. at the podium on the right is where we will see minority leader kevin mccarthy, and other members of gop leadership. on the other side of the aisle, house democrats also set to speak ahead of a vote tonight on a symbolic resolution after the president suggested the squad go back to their home countries. president donald trump's racist comments have legitimized fear

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. we begin with an unprecedented moment in modern american politics as the president of the united states is stoking racial hostility as he looks to mobilize his base in the run-up to next year's election. the president is not letting up after racially charged comments this weekend going after house oversight chairman congressman elijah cummings. he called his district a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess and called cummings a racist after he criticized the president's comments. today the president called the reverend al sharpton, the national action network president, also an msnbc host, a con man who, quote, hates whites and cops. and don't forget it was just two weeks ago that the president suggested a group of congresswomen go back to where they came from. taken together it's an astounding display of presidential behavior aimed at minorities to go back where they came from or clean up their road en -- rodent-infested district. >> he cut the ribbon at the national action conven

"mtp daily" with my friend chuck todd starts now. ♪ ♪ >>> if it's thursday, it is the rallying cry that'sockwaves across america as the president and his supporters target congresswoman ilhan omar. now the president says he disavows the chant. but you're not going to believe what else he is saying about it. >> plus new revolutions of the stormy daniels hush money scheme. new documents show just how closely involved the president really was. good evening, to you. i'm peter alexander in washington for my friend chuck todd today to give you a sense of the sheer magnitude of what we are dealing with in washington right now, today we saw the president do something he practically never does, rebuke his supporters. we begin tonight with the unbelievable fallout from last night's trump rally in north carolina. you heard some of it at the top of the show. but let's show you that moment in its entirety, which is going to be important, trust me here, where president trump amid an escalating series of attack on those four women of color riles up the crowd about muslim congresswoman ilhan omar. >> oma

and i'm chuck todd. we're waiting for mueller. now we're waiting for pelosi.oes she launch an impeachment inquiry or does she take it off the table completely? because time, frankly, running short for her to make any sort of decision. the calendar is on the side of the not impeached side. we've got some new reporting just in moments ago about what happened inside that closed-door meeting among house democrats yesterday after mueller's testimony. this meeting included speaker pelosi, judiciary chairman nadler and intelligence committee schiff. pelosi made it clear that she's not going to stand in anyone's way if they want to call for an impeachment inquiry. multiple sources told nbc news that it's up to the caucus to make up their mind at impeachment. and she said more clearly than she ever has that each member can decide on impeachment based on their own conscience and constituents. now there were technical questions about impeachment. nadler told the caucus, reportedly, that an inquiry could be launched without a full vote in the house. which is significant b

good evening, i am chuck todd here in washington.e begin tonight with breaking news facing growing calls from democrats to resign facing the headlines from another epstein accuser and facing pressure from the president himself. this afternoon trump's embattled labor secretary, a former u.s. attorney, alex acosta, met the press seemingly on the president's orders to fight back or at least explain allegations made against him as u.s. attorney in 2007 that his plea deal with the admitted child tomorrow, jeffrey epstein was far too lenient. acosta did not apologize for his handling of the case. he was fighting for his job. he was defiant. >> standing here today, are you basically saying that you feel you did everything you could? you got the best deal you could get and you have no regrets? >> we believe that we proceeded appropriately. based on the evidence there was value to getting a guilty plea and having him register. look, no regrets is a very hard question. as you watch these victim interviews, it's very obvious that the victims fe

this week's testimony from fomer special counsel robert mueller, nbc news political director and chuck todd saying it is unfolding slowly but he believes it might head down a road towards an impeachment inquiry. >> trying to find ait ltle more time and breathing space. we get to a point where we see articles of impeachment. it doesppr they may legally in order to do the oversight they want to do, may need the power of an impeachment inquiry to get this information. >>> democrats say there's no deadline to decide on impeachment. sunday morning chu welcomes chairman adam schiff to "meet the press" at 10:30 sunday rning. >>> get ready for summer weather this weekend. >> doug joins us now. sounds like temperatures are hovering around 90. >> that today was our official start to the heat wave that's going to last the it next four or five days. temperatures looking pretty good. 90 degrees on the map. theb hottest num out there across the midatlantic today. 90 in d.c., 82 ocean city. how about what we're going to be seeing the next couple of days. starting another heatave this weekend and we actual

good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. it's another hugely important night in presidential politics playing out against an unprecedented backdrop of presidential behavior. the democratic presidential field will debate the next two nights at a time the president of the united states is intentionally stoking racial hostilities in this country. the big question hanging over these two nights is this. how do they deal with this moment? we've heard some party leaders, including the dnc chairman, warn that the president is trying to distract them. in other words, be careful making this moment all about trump. don't take the bait. but today as if on cue the president threw a whole lot more chum into the water. here he is doubling down on his use of racist language, that congressman elijah cummings' urban baltimore district is a rat and rodent-infested mess. >> people living in baltimore are very happy that i'm bringing out the fact that it's like living in hell. they're so happy that i pointed out the corrupt politics of baltimore

i'll be joined by lester holt and chuck todd for that.ompensation fund has cleared its final hurdle in congress. o was passed yesterday by a vote 97-2. president trump is expected to sign the bill. the measure keeps the fund going throh 2092, essentially making it permanent. final passage came after lobbying by first responders sickened by toxic dust and smoke following the 2001 terror attacks. comedian jon stewart, who was a advocate for the bill, said working with the 9/11 first responders was, quote, the honor of my life. >>> well, we have a new weight loss study that has the potential to be a game-changer. researchers from the university of alabama atng birmim found when you eat could be as important as what you eat. r. john torres is here t explain. a lot of folks have been doing this, but there is research that suggests it might work, if you limit the times you eat? >> that's the important thpart. research is saying it is the appetite suppression that's the key to all this. we've triedti dieting from to time, only to sabotage it bec

i'm chuck todd here in washington. we've got a big show for you here tonight.ore democrats are calling for impeachment. but speaker pelosi made it clear she still is not one of them. she was defiant rejecting claims she's trying to run out the clock on the idea of starting an inquiry all as the judiciary committee nadler danced around the issue during a press conference. but one of his democratic colleagues at the press conference called it an impeachment investigation. we are going to speak with that very member in just a moment. put we are going to begin with the whole reason why democrats are ringing their hands on this impeachment question in the first place because the republicans have made it clear they are going to acrit this president no matter what. there's nearly no outrage these days over russia's sweeping and systemic attack on our democracy or the president welcoming those attacks, even inviting them to happen again or the president trying to obstruct the investigation into those attacks. it is a staggering reversal from the rhetoric we saw, and it

. >>> our political director and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd was watching today with the rest of us where does this go from here. >> is today going to be an epilogue to the mueller report and a final codhhe mueller's public explanation for what was in the report? or will this do what some democrats in the house committee and judiciary committee hoped? which is both convince speaker pelosi and the public at large that more needs to be done? but ultimately that is going the in speaker pelosi's hands does she believe the politics of impeachment are so elite until a negative direction that she decides not do the or does she roll the dice, open the inquiry and suddenly katie barr the door. >>> reports that north korea has fired two missiles into the sea. andrea mitchell is here what do we know about this >> we're learning a little more about the two missiles, lersz. two short range missiles launched by north korea. the missiles traveled about 267 miles between the waters of north korea and japan. in many north korea launched two short range missiles violating u.n. resolutions.

and "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now. it's wednesday, welcome to "meet the press daily." and good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. after last night's rock em sock em free for all, the conditions could not get much better for joe biden. he's got a chance to refocus this intramural fight on the big prize, trump. biden also had a small

i'm chuck todd here in washington.f breaking news happening in this hour alone, including our nbc news "wall street journal" first look of the cycle of the 2020 democratic primary. we're going to have those numbers for you live in a second. you are also looking live at the white house where at some p

i am peter alexander in for chuck todd. and what a difference a day makes.esterday the president disavowed his supporters' chants to send muslim congresswoman ilhan omar back prompting some of the most, frankly, ludicrous arguments from him and his supporters like i tried to stop it or he couldn't hear it. today it's almost as if the president himself wanted to put an end to what seemed to many like an obvious charade. here is the president speaking with reporters today at the white house. >> president trump, you said you were unhappy with the chant. however, the chant was just repeating what you said in your tweet. do you take that tweet back? >> you know what i'm unhappy with? i'm unhappy with the fact that a congresswoman can hate our country. i'm unhappy with the fact that a congresswoman can say anti-semitic things. that's what i'm unhappy with. those people in north carolina, that stadium was packed. it was a record crowd. and i could have filled it ten times, as you know. those are incredible people. those are incredible patriots. but i'm unhappy when

that does it for us, "mtp daily" with my friend kasie hunt in for chuck todd starts now. ♪ >>> if it'suesday, new pressure on a top trump official. top democrats are calling for the labor secretary to go, but president trump is standing by him. >>> plus, house democrats step up their fight with the white house. readying new subpoenas in their obstruction of justice investigation, just days ahead of robert mueller's testimony. >>> and president trump is determined to get that controversial citizenship question to next year's census, will he defy the courts to do it? if it's tuesday it is "meet the press" daily. good evening, i'm kasie hunt in washington in for chuck todd. we begin tonight with breaking news. it has been a wild day of intensifying political fallout involving the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking case. the floodgates have opened for democrats, their house leadership, senate leadership, members of the rank and file and a number of 2020 candidates now calling for the president's labor secretary, alex acosta, to resign, over his handling of epstein's case when he was u.s. atto

chuck todd, thank you, sir. >> thank you, brother. >> we have a big show. breaking news. >> president donald trump just massively caved in his long-running battle to try to force a citizenship question onto the u.s. census. as i was just discussing with my colleague chuck todd, this does actually bring an end to the supreme court level legal wrangling that the president lost in spectacular fashion. but i will show you what he said. president claims this surrender does not mean he's backing down. >> the supreme court ultimately affirmed our right to the ask the citizenship question and very strongly it was affirmed. but the supreme court also rued that we must provide further explanation that would have produced even more litigation and considerable time delays. the cases already in three federal district courts that have been to be totally honest, extremely unfriendly to us. these delays would have prevented us from completing the census on time. it's deeply regrettable but it will not stop us from collecting the needed information. >> president trump annou

and good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington.oday the president's labor secretary alex acosta quit amid a barrage of his criticism for that handling of that 2007 plea deal with jeffrey epstein. and amid more victims speaking out. he made the announcement standing next to president trump who went to great lengths to insist that it was acosta who decided to do this, that he wasn't pushed, that he went on his own. >> i think he did a very good job yesterday under a lot of pressure he did a fantastic job, and he explained it. i just want to let you know this was him, not me because i'm with him. >> i do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labor department to have epstein as the focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. and so i called the president this morning, i told him that i thought the right thing was to step aside. >> there is no need at all as far as i'm concerned. and, alex, i think you'll agree, i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. >> and now we have new repor

joining us is chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." this is what a lot of people are talking about. we have seen jarring and disturbing images of what's happeng on the border. i guess the question is will congress pass anything? >> actually, weee haven't s the images. we have been reading -- we are visualizing some of these images. we ha seen a few. >> a father and child trying to cross. >> i wonder if things would change if we saw cameras that matched the descptions we're reading. and i think th that is the disconnectere and that, look, i do thi you'd suddenly see a capitol hiller move fast if we captured on camera what we have beeneading about here a little bit. obviously, they prevented cameras. members of congress they confiscate phones. you want to ask, what are you afraid of here? i do think that might be, you know, that might be a critical missing piece of information here.r but you'll heat on the show. if this were left up to congress, i think they could come up with something here. but the president clearlys not moved by this.

tomorrow on meet the press chuck todd grills steyer about plans. he introduced a bold plan the promise to declare a national emergency if he wins the white house giving congress 100 days to pass the green new deal before executive action on climate projects. meet the press aires here tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news at fark. a message to immigrants with the sonoma county sheriff saying to undocumented immigrants. and mayor schaaf in hot water. the campaign donations details that were just uncovered. >> the temperatures at 5:00 including above so 0 degrees in fairfield. 100 in livermore. 99 in concord right now. the reason why heat advisory continues, the latest and on when the heat moves out in the forecast when we come right back. >>> gk back to our top story right now, two bay area men behind bars in italy tonight accused of stabbing and killing a police officer there. the 35-year-old victim had just returned to work after his honey moon. two suspects are both 19 years old. graduated fromtam high school in mill vall

up next, "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> this sunday, the democratic presidential race. >> that's the america we believe in. >> we have a chance to do this. >> and i got a plan for that. >> our brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, who's up, who's down, and our first look at how the candidates' fare against president trump. >> we have a president who is undermining democracy. >> my guest this morning, senator bernie sanders of vermont. >>> plus, those immigration raids start today. >> we take those people out, and we take them out very legally. >> as democrats and republicans argue over how to handle the border crisis. >> what will we say to this generation of children and parents we imprisoned for seeking safety? we should be the ones begging for forgiveness. >> we do not get anywhere by blaming the people who are doing their best to help these people. >> i'll talk to republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin. >>> and america's newest hero. >> we have to be better. we have to love more, hate less. we got to listen more and talk less. >> megan rapinoe joins me to talk a

and "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now.ts right now ♪ >>> well, if it's wednesday, welcome to "meet the press daily." and good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. after last night's rock em sock em free for all, the conditions could not get much better for joe biden. he's got a chance to refocus this intramural fight on the big prize, trump. biden also had a small army of democrat moderates making the case for him all without biden's name being mentioned once in the crossfire. no dirty hands. by the way, neither sanders nor warren looked like they're going to consolidate the progressive win after last night, which is another benefit to biden. so even as the two of them were to defend themselves, they're still dividing the progressive lane. frankly, expectations are somewhat low for biden, considering his faltering first debate performance. so these conditions, for biden, are almost ideal. but if he falters again, there's going to be a whole lot of panic in biden world. as i said last night, the mod cat candidates ma

women's world cup winning team megan rapinoe talking about her plans for the future with chuck todd onress" along with advocating for equal pay, rapinoe wants to continue playing soccer, but she isn't ruling out a bid for politics. >> after the speech she gave >> riled up a lot of people. >> it it was a record breaking day at wimbledon when the serbian playerc defeated sweden's roger federer. >> reporter: certainly the longest. four hours 57 minutes. it just kept going and going. and going. in the end, it came down to a thrilling final set tie-break. novak djokovic defeating roger federer and getting that trophy from duchess kate middleton. >> i used to make the trophies of different materials in my room imagining what it would be like standing here >> reporter: this was the first year wimbledon instituted the tie breaker to avoid marathons like the 2010 match that lasted 11 hours over three days >> i gave it all i had right >> reporter: for players and fans, a wimbledon final to remember sarah harman, nbc news, london >> just an amazing sporting event. >> man, impressive on both ends.