now, it's time for "up with david gura." ♪ >>> this is "up." i'm david gura.ew details on the cyber war between russia and the united states, detailed in a bombshell report in "the new york times." president trump calling that story a virtual act of treason. and this may be what set him off. >> a report has that u.s. president trump has not been briefed in detail about the operation. >>> thousands of protesters in the streets. there's been several demonstrations this week. now, they're calling for hong kong's leader to resign. >> the crowd keeps getting bigger. >>> just ten days to go until the first democratic debate. as the candidates crisscross the country, they're giving us a sense of how they're going to prepare for the big event in miami. >> you know, i'm going to figure out what it's like to only talk about 60 seconds and then you have to quit. >> it's sunday, june 16th. happy father's day. four years ago today, trump set foot on the escalator in trump tower to announce he was running for president. while the democratic hopefuls will square off against

"up with david gura" starts right now. >> this is "up," i'm david gura. president trump made history and became the first sitting president to go to north korea. >> i didn't expect to see you in this place. >> it should pave the way to another meeting in washington. >> we'd invite him right now. to the white house. absolutely. >> this weekend, two of the democratic candidates are in texas, continuing a fight over immigration policy that broke out on the debate stage in miami. >> we need to stop playing games with people seeking asylum. >> it's sunday, june 30th. that first debate is in the books. it's an opportunity for the candidates to introduce themselves and their policies to millions of americans. >> my plan is to gather all of the sage in america and to burn it. my plan is to harness the energy of babies, to finally put a man on the moon. and i said to the president of new zealand, i said, girlfriend, you're so odd. and i would say to donald trump, boyfriend, you're chill. thank you. >> this morning, with annette lopez. dave is a correspondent for "

i'm david gura.s week i traveled to phoenix, arizona to interview 2020 candidate julian castro the former head of hud during the obama administration. he was one of the first to join the 2020 race and one of the first candidates to call for president trump's impeachment. we spoke just hours after abc news released this clip of george stephanopoulos's interview with president trump. >> if foreigners, russia, china, someone else offers information should they accept it or call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. i think i'd want to hear it. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not interference. they have information. i think i'd take it. >> over pastries and a tall glass of iced tea at the cafe in the latest edition of "politicians and the pastry plate." >> that's unprecedented in the history of our country and what it says is that you have a man in the oval office right now that does not put the interest of t

now it's time for "up" with david gura. ♪ >>> this is "up," i'm david gura and president trump just wrappedp his visit to japan for the g20 with a 75-minute long news conference. he talked about trade, the election and a potential meeting with jim jong-un on the dmz. >> might happen tomorrow. we won't call it a summit. we'll call it a handshake. >> the president is sticking up for joe biden. senator kamala harris, he says, is getting too much credit for her exchange with the former vice president. >> i want to be clear about my record and position on racial justice including bussing. i never, never, never ever opposed voluntary bussing. >> the supreme court decided that for now the census will not include this question, is this person a citizen of the united states? president trump is not happy about that. >> they're not allowed to ask whether or not somebody is a citizen of the united states? how horrible and ridiculous is that? >> it is saturday, june 29th. bill maher thinks he figured out joe biden's worst moment. >> twhenhey went around and ask what will be your first act as president?

it's time for "up with david gura." >>> this is "up." i'm david gura. hold off on those tariffs, at least for now. after days of negotiation, president trump reaches a negotiation with mexico to avoid a tariff kicking in on monday. >> the negotiation is likely the fact mexico agreed to hold asylum seekers in mexico. >> and new details on emerging how joe biden decided to reverse a position he's held for nearly 40 years. >> how he arrived on this position is not a reversal. this is a thoughtful conversation about access and about health care. >> and building a better bernie, the democratic electorate is changing and so is bernie sanders, or at least he's trying. >> you need to bring forth an agenda that increases sprovoter turnout, a campaign of excitement and energy, not the old status quo. >> bernie sanders on the cover of "time" magazine. the reporter who wrote that piece traveled more than 6,000 miles with sanders, from birmingham to bethlehem. he will join us this hour. >>> president trump is back in the united states after a state visit that took h

it's time for "up with david gura. >>> this is "up with david gura." while joe biden is at the top of the pack, and data for who is in the hunt for second place is fascinating. >> i like joe biden. i've liked him for a long time. we need to win. >>> president trump celebrating his 11th-hour deal to avoid the implementation of new tariffs. most of that deal came together months in advance. >> i'm dealing with mexico right now. they need us. we don't need them. they need us. i know what to do with the mexicans, i'm asking them for everything. >>> and pride and defiance after an nbc news report shows that embassies have not been allowed to raise the flag for pride month, diplomatic outposts are doing it anyway. >> this is part of the trump administration's attack on the best traditions of the united states of america. not just tolerance, not just respect, but embracing our differences. >> it's sunday, june 9th, and the name-calling continues. >> trump unveiled a new nickname for nancy pelosi. >> i call her nervous nancy. something about me having control

we start now with msnbc david gura on the ground right there in virginia beach. david, how is the city trying to cope with this massacre? >> reporter: they're trying, as you say, fewer than 24 hours after this tragedy happened. there have been a number of vigils taken place already here in virginia beach. there was one this morning at a movie theater that the governor of the commonwealth of virginia ralph northam attended and one this evening at old dominion in norfolk. what i want to stress is this is a large city. this is the largest city in the commonwealth. larger than the capitol richmond. but it is a very close-knit community as i keep hearing as i talk to people who live here and where i'm standing now in this municipal complex is a close community within a close community. i think it is a good analogy to say this is like a college campus with government buildings on it and the attack took place in the building right behind me. this is something that came up during the course of the press conference that took place this morning. the city manager and the chi

now it's time for "up" with david gura. >>> this is "up."conversation this morning continues to center on president trump's comments in a hugely consequential interview especially what he said about his former white house counsel whom he has accused of lying under oath. >> why would don mcgahn lie under oath? >> because he wanted to make himself look like a good lawyer. >> sources telling nbc news the president is living in a fantasyland with those remarks. we've got the lineup for the first democratic

i am david gura. coverage continues from virginia beach. more than a dozen presidential candidates are looking to strike gold in the golden state today. a great many of them converging on california this weekend for the state's democratic convention which is taking place there. missing from the fold, however, is the frontrunner, vice president joe biden, opting instead to campaign in ohio. team coverage tonight with drew l lipman and beth fouhy who has been at the convention all day. help us understand the importance of this. there's more than a dozen candidates made the trip to san francisco to be there. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. it is 14 total, david. what's important about it? a couple of things. one, the biggest state in the country by far, largest number of democrats voting in one state, and moved up the primary. used to be a june primary. now california has a march primary the first time in many years. it will be on super tuesday next year. suddenly california plays a bigger role in selecting the party's nominee than it typical

now, it's time for "up with david gura." ♪ >>> this is "up." i'm david gura.nd the united states, detailed in a bombshell report in "the new york times." president trump calling that story a virtual act of treason. and this may be what set him off. >> a report has that u.s. president trump has not been briefed in detail about the operation. >>> thousands of protesters in the streets. there's been several demonstrations this week. now, they're calling for hong kong's leader to resign. >> the crowd keeps getting bigger.

i'm david gura in virginia beach where 12 people were killed on friday. four others have been injured in the shooting. during the course of this suppress conference, speak to what has happened in this community over the last 18 hours. >> we've obviously been stricken hard by this. you talk about volunteerism. we have the largest volunteer system, our public safety has worked well. would he have got our state and federal partners here po assist us. everybody has been working well together, but it's a horrifying event for us. >> describe the life of this place. what is the day-to-day business of this place? >> it's extremely busy. the i.t. department is in there, all these facilities are in there. one of the victims was a citizen who was there to use city services. >> what have these last 18 hours been like for you? >> it's been very difficult for a lot of us. we knew a lot of these people. i knew a number of these people. i know some of the people in the hospital, as well. this is a long-term process. the city is going to go through a grieving process. >>

now it's time for "up about david gura." he's in d.c. >>> this is "up."a in washington this morning as the calls for impeachment get louder. >> with respect to impeachment question at this point, all options are on the table and nothing should be ruled out. >> plenty of democrats worried about the potential political fallout why this

it's time for "up with david gura. >>> this is "up with david gura."nd data for who is in the hunt for second place is fascinating. >> i like joe biden. i've liked him for a long time. we need to win. >>> president trump celebrating his 11th-hour deal to avo

it's time for "up with david gura." >>> this is "up." i'm david gura.fs, at least for now. after days of negotiation, president trump reaches a negotiation with mexico to avoid a tariff kicking in on monday. >> the negotiation is likely the fact mexico agreed to hold asylum seekers in mexico. >> and new details on emerging how

i'm david gura.te house lawyer who was in charge of the president's response to the russia investigation is stepping down. the good-bye memo has been replaced by the good-bye tweet and that is how president trump announced emmet flood is leading the white house with an all caps no collusion, no obstruction coda for good measure. it comes as the attorney general escalate their attacks on robert mueller. rudy giuliani said this last night. >> if you look at the report, it says very clearly that he could not conclude that the president committed obstruction of justice. >> of course that is not true. robert mueller found multiple examples but to put this in congressman justin amash's parlance, robert mueller put the ball in congress' court. jerry nadler addressed this on new york public radio, w nchnyc >> he's saying, look, my hands are tied. i couldn't indict a sitting president. because i can't indict him, i can't say that he's guilty of a crime because then he would be accused of a crime without the a

time for up with david gura with the latest on the shooting. >> today is virginia beach's darkest hourief upon the people of virginia beach, the commonwealth, and this country. >> good morning, i am david gura live in virginia beach where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting friday. any minute now, virginia beach police are expected to give an update on the latest on that attack. we'll bring that to you live. police say the suspect was shot dead after he opened fire in a public works building a few feet behind where i am standing this morning. at least four people were wounded, including a police officer. nbc correspondent hans nichols is outside virginia beach general hospital and joins us with the latest details on conditions of the victims. again, we expect to learn

now it's time for "up with david gura." ♪ >>> this "up" i'm david gura. he changed his mind with minutes to spare even though the strikes were cocked and loaded as he put it. >> i'm not looking for war, if there it is, it will be owe obliteration like you have never seen

julian castro told david gura his number one debate strategy is simply to be himself.ke about what he doesn't want to see on that stage. >> what i hope doesn't happen is personal attacks or some sort of donald trump-style attacks. the people that watch the 2016 debates, what you saw there was, i think, the dumbing down by donald trump of the democratic process. and certainly we don't need to emulate that. i don't think anybody will. to the extent you'll see contrast, you'll see those around the issues. >> you can see more of that interview on "up" with david gura. freedom dividend plan would give people money to live on. >> it's going to go into your neighborhood businesses, into car repairs you've been putting off, to your kids. the money is going to circulate over and over again in new hampshire. it's going to throw your consumer economy by $8 billion and create new jobs where you live and work. this is the up economy. >> we have our road warriors across the country continuing through the rest of today and through the weekend. up next, anthony scaramucci live here on

now it's time for "up" with david gura. ♪ >>> this is "up," i'm david gura and president trump just wrapped

now it's time for "up with david gura." ♪ >>> this "up" i'm david gura.ew details about president trump's decision not to attack iran. why he changed his mind with minutes to spare even though the strikes were cocked and loaded as he put it. >> i'm not looking for war, if there it is, it will be owe obliteration like you have never seen before. >> in the end, whose advice mattered most? >>> this weekend all eyes are on south carolina. most of the democratic candidates are there. they're all trying to get the support of black voters in the palmetto state. >> this country doesn't have to be made great again. it is already great. >> jim clyburn's world famous fish fry last night. there was two tons of whiting and more calls for president trump's impeachment. >> i think i win the election easier, i'm not sure i like having it. i did nothing wrong. i was spied on. >> it is saturday, june 22nd. even though he's been running for reelection since day, president trump formally kicked off his campaign in orlando with a speech key hahe could have ded in 2016. there

jeremy peters was on david gura's show and his reporting is that all of this talk about donald trump wanting to be impeached and goading people to impeach him isn't true. donald trump doesn't want to be impeached, he would be embarrassed, it would be humiliating, it would be a huge spectacle as it played out on television. donald trump doesn't want that at all. has the caucus discussed the fact that impeaching donald trump and not removing him and making mike pence president which i don't think anybody on the democratic side wants, but just sanctioning him with the stamp of impeachment, not just an inquiry, but doing the actual thing would be the biggest punishment that the house could levee on donald trump, whether or not he's removed? >> there's something to that but we have to remember impeachment is not about crime and punishment, this is something that mueller today understood. the president could still be prosecuted after he leaves office for these counts of -- clear counts of interfering with an ongoing criminal investigation and with the prosecutors. impeachment is about clea

i am david gura live in virginia beach, the latest in a long list of american cities that have been scarredigils are taking place at this hour after a lone gunman shot and killed 12 men and women in the municipal building behind me in what is the deadliest shooting in the city's history and in the united states this year. police say the suspect and engineer and 15 year employee of the city of virginia beach walked into the municipal center, the campus from which i am broadcasting, began to fire indiscriminately with .45 caliber pistols. the local police department is not even 150 yards from the scene of that shooting, officers arrived within minutes, after engaging what they call a long gunbattle, the suspected gunman was struck by police fire and later died. in addition to 12 people killed, four others were injured and a

"up with david gura" starts right now. >> this is "up," i'm david gura.i didn't expect to see you in this place. >> it should pave the way to another meeting in washington. >> we'd invite him right now. to the white house. absolutely. >> this weekend, two of the democratic candidates are in texas, continuing a fight over immigration policy that

david gura for us at the new york stock exchange. the federal reserve's decision comes as the nation is dealing with the fallout from president trump's trade war from china. the president tweeted yesterday that he had a good conversation with chinese president xi jinping and that the two leaders will meet during the g20 summit in japan. $250 billion in chinese imports from 10% to 25% back in may. china responded by raising tariffs on $60 billion of u.s. imports into china. residents in forrest city, arkansas, say they hope the trade war is resolved soon as plans by a chinese company to revitalize a plant are hanging. vaugn joins us now from arkansas. vaughn, what is the deal with the chinese textual manufacturer or television manufacturer, what's that got to do with the trade war? >> reporter: exactly, ali. these conversations about trade are not obscure conversations. in small cities around this country. when you go from city to city through rural america, you consistently hear about a desire for corporations for businesses to inves

and "up with david gura" is next. >> new reporting this morning that united states did launch retaliatory saying i'm a war monger and now they say i'm a dove. i'm

david gura is live in virginia beach all this morning. and as we look at today, of course our concern, one of them, is what is the latest with those who are injured. >> reporter: yeah, where he hearing from our colleagues there at the general hospital here in virginia beach, there are still a number of individuals who are being treated in care at that hospital. we expect more updates on their conditions throughout the course of the evening. this press conference just wrapped up with the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the mayor of virginia beach and police chief, and they nodded to the fact that those individuals are still under care at that hospital. at that press conference, which concluded just a few moments ago, a little new information. we did learn from the atf special agent in charge that two weapons were found at the scene, both of which were .45 caliber. and the theme was praise for the officers who went inside when they got word of an active gunman. i spoke with the vice mayor of virginia beach, jim wood, and asked him

and "up with david gura" is next. >> new reporting this morning that united states did launch retaliatory strikes against iran on line. >> everybody was saying i'm a war monger and now they say i'm a dove. i'm neither. i'm a man with common sense. president trump threatening to round up millions of migrants. >> at the last minute he called off i.c.e. raids in this is [ bleep ]. this is [ bleep ] politics. >> after the fish fry, who made the biggest impression. >> beating drum is the floor, not the ceiling. >> sunday june 23. where does the united states draw the line when it comes to iran? >> america says it wasn't flying over iran, it was just flying very, very close. yeah, i'm not touching you. i'm not touching you. mom, iran hit me. >> with us today, contributors and guests joining us from washington, d.c., senior director for national security at the mccain institute. he was the director of the national counterterrorism center. a warning from president trump's national security advisor. >> neither iron or any other has till actor should express prudent for weakness. no one has granted

. >> you have barbara mcquaid with david gura earlier, what are they trying to get across?he judiciary committee and charmd nadler has been -- chairman nadler has been clear from the beginning. they're trying to get to the underlying information related to robert mueller's investigation and his report. the vote that's happening on tuesday is very interesting and different from what chairman nadler did last month. we all know last month that he recommended holding bill barr in criminal contempt. but that's actually different from what's happening on tuesday. tuesday is a different route to try and get at this information. something they've consistently done. and that's trying -- that's trying, passing a vote that will allow them to go to a court to enforce the subpoena. and then if the department of justice and bill barr doesn't comply, a co-equal branch of government can enforce the subpoena and hold bill barr in contempt. it's different from the criminal contempt we were talking about last month. i think all eyes will be on that vote this week. >> that's a key legal strate