but we begin with correspondent garrett tenney live in evansville, indiana, with the president. good evening. >> good evening to you. this was the place to be in evansville tonight for the campaign says more than 12,000 people packed in for tonight's rally adds another couple thousand who couldn't get in watched the rally on big screens outside with the president spoke to more than an hour. his focus was on the midterm elections, he also talked a lot about immigration, i.c.e., and the economy. he also made a bit of news. just a few hours after saying attorney general jeff sessions was safe in his job, at least until november, tonight the president went back to laying the groundwork for his dismissal by going after the agencies that sessions overseas. >> our justice department, and

evening and welcome to tucker carlson, tonight president trump are set to take the stage to rally in evansville, indiana. we'll take that lively begins. a lot going on tonight. there's a lot going on all day it started early, the feud between the president and the news media reached a new peak or a new valley. it began with a tweet storm early from the west wing, 6:50 a.m. when it started. the hatred and extreme bias by cnn has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function, but as i have always said this is been going on a long time. jeff as he has been a terrible job, his ratings suck and at&t should fire him to save credibility. little jeff is a reference to jeff zucker who was 5'6" and run cnn. tobit clearly present continued, "what is going on in cnn happens at other networks with nbc news being the worst. the good news is that andy lackey's but to be fired for incompetence and much worse. one of lester holt caught clutching my tape, they got hurt badly." he cannot state how strongly enough the media is. they have their hatred and agenda. this includes fake books which come back a

president trump set to leave the white house in an hour and a half to evansville, indiana. many people have been keeping their eye on this state especially as it relates to the senate. it was a state that the president overwhelmingly carried in 2016 and has a democrat trying to hold on to a senate seat. that, of course, is joe donnelly. the incumbent in indiana. he will be facing mike braun, a businessman turned congressman, this is how the president set it up earlier today. the president said we'll be going to evansville with a big rally with mike braun, a successful businessman campaigning to be indiana's next u.s. senator. he's strong on crime, borders, the second amendment and loves our military and vets. it will be a big night. donnelly has been viewed as vulnerable. he's been trying to embrace the president recently, trying to show that. his campaign now highlights that donnelly has voted with the president 62% of the time. they say that puts them as the third closest democrat to the president. by the way, neil, when you look at the president's schedule, we're 67 days

the commander in chief making his way to evansville, indiana.e he will go to a rally for republican senate candidate mike brown. that's where we find jeff flock. jeff, what's the scene like there? reporter: hey, david, hello. hello from a typical trump rally. it's amazing, i guess they should never cease to be amazed -- what's that? >> where we go one, we go all. reporter: one and all. lot of good friendly folks in the crowd. maybe you see this crowd, no matter what happens, he does not ever miss on getting a big crowd out there. that's what the tweet was this morning. maybe you see it goes all the way up here. i tell you, kyle, jog up here with me. i want to show all the way to the center if i can. david: we lost jeff for the moment. we may get him back. let's just see, sometimes the president says some things that we can hear. it doesn't look like he's going to speak to anybody except for his military escort there as he's on his way from joint base andrews to air force one and then on his way to indiana. looks like he won't be speaking this ti

the president just wrapping up a raucous rally in evansville.remarks throughout the hours will stick with those. also tonight

♪ >>> this morning it was a raucous rally in evansville.he president held an event in indiana while behind the scenes his legal team prepares for the possibility of impeachment. >>> plus, after an emotional church service in arizona, the remains of senator john mccain have arrived in washington ahead of ceremonies at the u.s. capitol. >>> and a deadly crash in new mexico leaves seven dead and dozens injured. police say a semi trailer collided head on into a dray hound bus carrying nearly 50 people. good morning, everyone. it is august 31. i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm back. >> welcome back. >> president trump was in evansville, indiana. he stopped nearly the beginning of his speech over a minute and a half when a female protesters interrupted him. this moment was captured when a volunteer member of the president's advance team blocked the camera lens of a foept owe journalist attempting to photograph the protester. nbc news reached out to the white house for information on what happened there. the president claimed the corrupt ruling class is

this is the ford center in evansville.hey have been lining up by the thousands literally out here. i should cease to be surprised by the sizes of these crowd. they keep coming. as you can see i'm surrounded by everyone here. i have to show you this one. this is a classic. if you want the president's tweets, they have a book with all the president's tweets from the first year. they will do one every year with all of his tweets, right. >> yes. reporter: judy is your sister? >> yes, all president trump's tweets since year one, beginning with inauguration. there will be one every year. of course there will be eight volumes. president tweets.com. if you want to purchase it. reporter: you can buy almost anything. president putting people back to work again, looking at all the merchandise, trump merchandise for sale out here. folks with merchandise have new jobs. there you go. the president will be here about 7:30 inside the hall to begin remarks. as you can see, it is always, a very happy crowd to see the president. elizabeth: g

trump: evansville, you are very, very special people, and thank you, indiana. thank you.e had great success in indiana, as you know. it was an incredible experience. we really honor you, very, very special people. thank you very much. and i know you well, you love our country. you are proud of our history, and you always respect our great american flag. [applause] [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! pres. trump: this is a really incredible time for your country. this is a truly amazing period of time. we have the best economy in the history of our country. factories are reopening. jobs are pouring back into the united states. we are putting your great indiana coal miners and steelworkers back to work. we are reclaiming our nation's proud manufacturing heritage and putting tariffs on foreign producers who cheat our workers and cheat our companies. not fair. not fair. as president mckinley once said a long time ago, we believe in american work for american workers, american wages for american laborers, and american homes for american citizens. just this week, we made another truly

that did not stop the president from going after the justice department at the rally thursday in evansville, indiana. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. what's happening is a disgrace. and at some point i wanted to stay out, but at some point if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job. i will get in there if i have to. >> reporter: he made that suggestion from time to time that he will get involved. he has not yet done so. his lawyers and others have warned him against interfering in the russia investigation. trump had russia on his mind as he rallied republican voters in indiana. focussing on the 2018 midterms. even if he talked more about his races in 2016. dave and kaylee. >> thank you, jeff. president trump telling allen weiselberg that cohen did not cooperate in the investigation. weiselberg reimbursed cohen for the hush money to stormy daniels. the president doesn't seem concerned about the cfo talking. >> 100%. he is a wonderful guy. it was a very limited little period of time. >> trump refu

evening and welcome to "tucker carlson", tonight president trump is set to take the stage to rally in evansville, indiana. we'll take that to you live when itth begins. a lot going on tonight.n there's a lot going on all day. it started early, the feud between the president and the news media reached a new peak or a new valley. it began with a tweet storm early from the west wing, 6:50 a.m. when it started. the first week to read this way, "the hatred and extreme bias by cnn has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function. but as i have always said, this has been going on jeff zucker has done a terrible a long time. job, his ratings suck and at&t should fire him to save h credibility. little jeff is a reference to jeff zucker who was 5'6" and run cnn. 12 minutes later the president continued this way, "what is going on cnn is happening in different degrees at other networks, and the good news is that andy bc is being the worst. lackey's about to be fired for incompetence and much worse. when lester holt was caught clutching my tape, they got hurt badly." in a third tweet he cannot st

ramy: and we are also monitoring what is happening out of evanston, indiana -- evansville, indiana.for the u.s. president to speak at in indiana rally. we just heard from him with that exclusive interview with our editor-in-chief, talking about everything from leaving the world trade organization, as well as tariffs with regards to europe. it will be interesting to see what he has to say here. we will get you the latest. yvonne: i think perhaps what was a little more alarming, besides the headline from potentially not ruling out that the u.s. may be imposing tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods, he talked about the european side as well. he was just as unhappy with europe as with china. this coming at a time when europe is talking about lifting auto tariffs from their side. let's listen to that interview. >> not good enough. business lot more auto than we will ever do. first of all, it is not just tariffs. they will take the barriers down and charges no tax, but it is not good enough because they will always sell more cars. buyingonsumer habits are their cars, not our cars. yvon

the president just wrapping up a raucous rally in evansville. we'll break down his remarks throughout the hour so stick with those. -- so stick with us. also tonight, are congressional republicans about to go to war with big tech? house majority leader kevin mccarthy is going to join us later in the hour to break it all down. the looming fight over bias in silicon valley. plus, the reason we are here: violence continues to rock thisn amazing american city and violets political leaders might be asleep at the switch, we camt to get answers. fox's own gianno caldwell went to some of the most dangerous neighborhoods anywhere in this country to talk to gang bangers and ex-cons. some exclusive video you do not want to miss. but first, as we just mentioned, the president is taking all comers in evansville and if you are just getting caught up, here is what you may have missed. >> the failing "new york times," which by the way, if i wasn't here, they would be out of business. "the washington post," the "new york times." cnn. [ crowd booing ] so a writer

maybe an inch of rain possible from evansville to showers and thunderstorms threat from chicago to st. louis. and also watch out in south dakota. >>> temperatures will be very summer-like. it's either soggy and warm sounds like august and feels like it, too. >> thank you so much, bill. >>> a family at newark liberty airport had more fun bgained fo. a dance battle erupted. tsa officer joshua mccaul was getting the family through security. one of the three children started busting up in dance moves. then he challenged the airport worker. the new jersey director of tsa says mccaul was all too happy to accept and kept the family flying safe. >> a dozen people missed their flight because of that. >> but it was fun. >> university of maryland speaking out about the death of one of their football players. m. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... sho

maybe an inch of rain possible from evansville to dianapolis. will be isolated.hat's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> so, we finally get a dry day and a nice summer-like day, too. temperatures in the upper 80s low 90s in many areas of the hest coast. especially northeast. there is your chance of showers and thunderstorms threat fromo chicagot. louis. and also watch out in south dakota. >>> temperatures will be very summer-like. it's either soggy and warm sounds like august and feels like >> thank you so much, bill. >>> a family at newark librpty t had more fun traveling than they bargained for. a dance battle erupted. tsa officer joshua mccaul was getting t family through security. one of the three children started busting up in dance moves. then he challenged the airport worker. the new jerse director of tsa says mccl was all too happy to accept and kept the family flying safe. >> a dozen people missed their flight because of that. >> but it was fun. >> university of maryland speaking out about the death

you can see evansville in the heart of it.hecking today's temperatures, plenty of readings in the 80s and 90s. 91 in new york city. 88 in kansas city and denver. some zbln what cooler in the west. ♪ >>> and coming up, when we could see the first apple car. >>> also ahead, breaking overnight, a mass overdose at a city's park. more than 70 people taken to the hospital. what drug do police say they were taking? >>> and the bizarre crash. how did two cars end up slamming into a home? when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. >>> it's bad enough when one car crashes into your house. but how about two of them? that's what happened to this home in glendale, arizona. police say an 18-year-old man passed out behind the wheel of a volvo and slammed into a white suv, sending both vehicles into the same house. no one was at home at the time. no one was seriously injured. >>> now look at this. two united passenger jets are

. >> evansville, you are very special people. thank you, indiana. thank you.at man he just mentioned joins us live in the next hour of "fox and friends first". stay where you are. [crowd chanting] rob: friday, august 31st, the president rallying the crowd in indiana with his america first message and railing against democrats. >> a vote for mike's opponent is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and who else? maxine waters. jillian: border security to corruption in the doj the president warning about voting for democrats in november. rob: border security getting approved. jillian: one of america's biggest banks freezing customer accounts.

the president held a campaign rally in evansville, indiana last night. trn by name. the president is not expected to attend mccain's memorial service at the national cathedral later today or his funeral at annapolis on saturday. >>> well, a 68-year-old california man has been charged with making multiple violent threats against workers at the boston globe. robert chain of encino was arrested yesterday. prosecutors say he threatened to travel to the newspaper's office and kill journalists whom he called, quote, the enemy of the people. here's nikki battiste. >> reporter: in the early morning hours, this california home was under siege. the focus was 68-year-old robert chain, who prosecutors say made 14 threatening phone calls to the boston globe's newsroom. are e of the peopl al eve 16th,, you in the expletive head later today at 4:00. the call came the same day the boston newspaper published this full-page editorial, appealing to newspapers across the country to condemn president trump's constant attacks on the press. >> because they are the fake, fake, disgusting ne

while standing by with expert analysis, the gop hoping to flip but we have garrett tenney live in evansville, indiana. >> this is the place to be tonight, the campaign says 12,000 people packed in for tonight's rally and a couple thousand who couldn't get in watched on big screen outside. the president spoke for more than an hour, the big senate race, talked about immigration, ice, and made a bit of news. just a few hours after saying jeff sessions was safe in his job at least until november he went back to laying groundwork for his dismissal by going after agencies that sessions overseas. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right. people are angry. >> i wanted to stay out but if it doesn't straighten out properly i want them to do their job, i will get involved and get in if i have 2. >> reporter: this was about the midterm elections, rallying support for mike braun over democratic senator joe donnelly. this unveiled a new nickname for donnelly. >> a vote for mike's opponent, sleepy joe, is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and who else? max

lou: trump getting ready to talk at a rally in evansville, indiana. hopeful mike braun. he's had a good record so far. he's 31-2 with his endorsements. he says the president reminds the hoosier state yes wants a republican senator in that mid-term election. the department of justice siding with asian-american students suing harvard for discrimination against them in their admissions process. hamarchgood night from new hammer out a deal between canada, mÉxico and trust. cheryl: news of china tariff action sending stocks sharply lower. but for the month the tow is up 2%. nasdaq up 5.4% for august.

he didn't let up thursday night at a rally in evansville indiana. >> look at social media.ng called free speech rights. you look at google facebook twitter and other social media giants. i have made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rate search results. comee president's comments ahead of wednesday's hearings on capitol hill where facebook the 00 and twitter coo will appear. they will appear before the house energy and commerce committee. representative reinke seller joins us now. -- brian costello. what do you make of the censorship and free speech and the issue that has been dogging these companies? the presidentings deciding comes with no evidence. it is a fairat characterization of where we are. politicalization of what it does and does not go into the algorithms and the content judgment calls when certain tweets are requested be removed. at the same point in time, there is some constitutional question around what right does a company have to remove content based ?urely on the political slant ultimately, i think the he

charles: president trump in evansville, for a rally. reporter: big senate race. should not be surprised by these crowds. this is literally around the block. it goes all the way down that way. an enthusiastic crowd as well. it goes all the way up. this is 5th street past main street and around the block. you can't even see it from where we are. it keeps coming. these are the true believers. this is the trump base. of course, there are the never trumpers. but the people that like what the president is doing. like the economy the way it is right now. but maybe have some personal issues with the way the president operates. it's keeping those guys in the tent that will be the key going forward. you can tell they are true believers, everything from the t-shirt. they keep coming. by the thousands. they expect maybe we heard as many as 3,000 people tonight. i don't know if they can all fit in the ford center tonight, but they are going to try. charles: you had a guy with trump socks. anyone else with something groovy like that? reporter: he's an african-american fellow.

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last night, the president in a campaign event in evansville, indiana, let it known just how displeasede is. listen here. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. because people are angry. people are angry. [applause] what is happening is a disgrace. and at some point i wanted to stay out, but at some point, if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job, i will get involved and i'll get in there if i have to. >> one thing you can probably count on, trace, even though jeff sessions will remain attorney general through the mid-terms, he will probably also remain the president's punching bag. trace? >> trace: that's probably accurate. john roberts live on the north lawn. thank you. yeah, we have breaking news right now. president trump speaking in charlotte, north carolina. he is talking about the executive order on retirement security. let's listen. >> i'm going to study that over the weekend. it's good time to study it, labor day. let's see how they do next week. a lot of people were against it. i'm goin

if you hear the bloodthirsty cries that will ring out in evansville, indiana tonight you will get the vibe for how intense among his supporters hatred for the media is. republicans are saying i wonder why the president's numbers don't go down. it may be for a third of the country or so, they do not believe one word of anything from any source about the president, and the only person they are willing to listen to about the president is himself. he's his own news agency. guy: what's this about lester hold fudging a tape. it doesn't seem to be in my book from what i can see. >> one of the reasons the president doesn't do very many interviews, since that very bad turn where lester holt said to him, did you fire jim comey? was it over the russia investigation? i am sure his advisors said don't say that. and he said yes, that's why i did that. it destroyed the rationale they built. rod rosenstein wrote the letter. he was a flop of a flop of a flop and leave it there. but the president said it. this is not exactly new. he talked about it before. i think it may have been the point of the twee

lou: trump getting ready to talk at a rally in evansville, indiana.ins senatorial hopeful mike braun. he's had a good record so far. he's 31-2 with his endorsements. he says the president reminds the hoosier state yes wants a republican senator in that mid-term election. the department of justice siding with asian-american students suing harvard for discrimination against them in their admissions process. hamarchgood night from new york. guy: president trump on offense, lashing out at the so-called fake news and this time he's naming names. i'm guy benson in for kennedy. the president is at a rally in indiana. and the tweet storm started fast and furious this morning. the president had a lot to unload including quote i cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the media is. truth doesn't matter to them. they only have their hatred and agenda including fake books, al

take you there live for all of that as it unfolds this evening on "the story" and have one eye on evansville, indiana where the president is expected at a campaign rally part of his midterm push and endorse the republican looking to unseat the vulnerable democrat senator joe donnelly in november. we'll get you there live as well later in the hour as that gets underway. me meanwhile, earlier the memorial at the north phoenix baptist churn an array of -- churn -- church and the bible verse read by his daughter and many remembering the maverick lawmaker and war hero. >> what made senator mccain so special was he cared the substance of my heart more than where i came from. while some found our friendship unordinary it's what made him an iconic figure. >> you can see the outpouring of support and love for john mccain. he was america's hero. >> he said he hoped he'd played a small part in that story. john, you did much more than that, my friend. to paraphrase shakespeare, we shall not see his like again. >> martha: william la jeunesse arrives in arizona tonight as the tribute to senator mccain con

lou: trump getting ready to talk at a rally in evansville, indiana.orial hopeful mike braun. he's had a good record so far. he's 31-2 with his endorsements. he says the president reminds the hoosier state yes wants a republican senator in that mid-term election. the department of justice siding with asian-american students suing harvard for discrimination against them in their admissions process. hamarchgood night from new got e it there and my brother. we get your passion and hope we can get that debate going real soon. lou: good evening, everybody. our top story in anticipation building in us until we're an hour from now, president trump will hold a rally in support of senate candidate, mike braun, indiana as you see there. they've been filing into the venue there for hours. the president hoping to add to a spectacular record of trump endorse candidates who have won their races this year. primary record 31 wins two losses. no president in history has come close to his winning recor

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. >> the president just landed in evansville, indiana. you see him there, just getting into his limo there. you see the arrival, he is doing a campaign rally later tonight on behalf of the republican candidate for the u.s. senate challenging joe donnelly. right now, i suppose, he will be pretty lively in that campaign rally later tonight as he usually is. i'm interested in what you think, sessions gone right after the midterm elections? >> i think that we have -- you never know. it could change. that's what he said today but i think he's been convinced to do that. and one of the people we've seen out there a lot this week is lindsey graham which is a big reversal for lindsey graham. it was not too long ago he said holy hell before it would happen and there are a lot of people wondering why lindsey graham is doing this. there's some speculation he did it to slow roll it, to keep trump from doing it for a couple of months but there's also some speculation that maybe lindsey graham might like to be attorney general. >> very interesting. davi

. ♪ >>> this morning it was a raucous rally in evansville.sident held an event in indiana while behind the scenes his legal team prepares for the possibility of impeachment. >>> plus, after an emotional church service in arizona, the remains of senator john mccain have arrived in washington ahead of ceremonies at the u.s. capitol. >>> and a deadly crash in new mexico leaves seven dead and dozens injured. police say a semi trailer collided head on into a dray hound bus carrying nearly 50 people. good morning, everyo

. >> it was a message president trump took to a campaign event in evansville, indiana last night warningthings don't change he may step in. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. but at some point, if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job. i will get involved and i will get in there if i have to. >> trace: back on trade president trump sent a notification to congress that he intends to sign a new trade agreement with mexico and canada 90 days from now. whether canada will be a part of that deal will all hinge on trade talks that will resume here in washington next wednesday. bret? >> bret: and they will be off the record. we'll see. john, thank you. have a good weekend stocks were mixed today the dow lost 22 the s&p gained a third and the nasdaq picked um 21. for the week the dow was two thirds of a percentage point. the nasdaq was up two. we are learning more tonight about the activities of justice department official bruce ohr in connection with the infamous trump dossier. chief intelligence cor

. >>> the president is moments away from stepping into the room of supporters in evansville, indiana, at a rally that has connected him to middle america. people outside the beltway, outside the corridor. that's one story of donald trump. the other story is the new york heir who doesn't like people because they have southern as accents and degrees from what he call sub par colleges. including jeff sessions. during the president's quest to turn senators against ag, he has been grifg that he doesn't have the ivy league pedigree that he prefers, that he can't stand his southern accent, and he talks like he has marbles in his mouth. joining me now, the former congressman from oklahoma. and the staff writer of the atlantic who has covered trump for quite some time. i'll start with you. this is the heart of it. the great populist voice of the forgotten american outside the bubble of elite new york is obsessed with ivy league pedigree, with the new york time, with every single trope that you could imagine. >> that's right. his sweaty, desperate, courting of the elites that he rails against o

take you there live for all of that as it unfolds this evening on "the story" and have one eye on evansvillecampaign rally part of his midterm push and endorse

continuing his war of words against many of the big cap tech companies here's what he said at a rally in evansville, indiana last night. >> you look at google, facebook, twitter, other social media giants, i've made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rigged search results. >> he also added we won't let them on trocontrol what we can,o see and learn from let's welcome back jimmy pethokoukis. you have written for "the week" one of the best magazines out there. you write for them you've been way ahead of the game on this topic, regulation, big tech, this pushback. do you think trump is laying the groundwork, a prodding or poking or sending a whistle out to his agency guys, hey, look into this >> i don't know to what extent this is just sort of a beginngi up the base, a permanent emotional issue for republicans, much like immigration, he can turn to to get people excited, or to what extent it can go beyond that. on democrats there's great interest to take action against the large technology companies, particularly on the antitrust side there are some r

. >> and president is heading to indiana today for rally in evansville endorse republican senate candidatee bron when he's there. >> well amazon is firing back at one its harshist krit arings. tracee carrasco joins us with that and more headlines making news this morning. >> a frequent target of criticism from president trump. now has a new battle brewing this time with senator bernie sanders and amazon is firing back. on its company blog amazon said fired back an it called inaccurate misleading accusations by sanders who has said he'll require large employers like amazon and wal-mart to i a, quote, living wage or face a tax. amazon disputed those claims stating that average hourly wage for a full-time employee is over 15 dollars an hour. amazon even invited sanders and his staff to tour one of its warehouses. curious it see if president will weigh in on this one. >> amazon is one of the better paying companies in the nation i'm surprised that he would pick on them of all people. >> i agree. and someone else -- in addition to bernie sanders -- is not happy with amazon who is that? >> that'

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he was taking the stage in evansville, indiana, to campaign for republican senate nominee mike braun. but the speech devolved into a replay of the president's greatest hits. after two days of wild twitter outbursts calling the media between the enemy of the people and falsely accusing nbc of fudging an interview, the president energized his local supporters by calling out, you guessed it, the fake news. >> these are just dishonest terrible people. i'm telling you that. terrible people. >> you can put terrible aside, the president is dishonest every single day. please remember that. he also renewed his a tattacks big tech, specifically google for having rigged search results. but this time it included a dire warning that if we're not careful, we could lose our free speech rights. >> i've made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, black listing and rigged search results. >> here's what makes no sense. he's warning us about potential kre censorship, but at that same event, the president made his noble call to protect free speech and that same night one of hi

we're in evansville, indiana ahead of the big event.ou, the president, you may argue with some of his tweets but look at the crowd already gathering outside the sports center here in evansville. a lot of enthusiasm for the president. there are these folks in this crowd that really think the president can do no wrong. there are those who think the president can do no right. we were sampling public opinion around here earlier. there is kind of a middle ground here. people that really support the president's policies but aren't so sure they're that crazy about him. take a look. >> i agree with a lot that he is doing, even though some of his methods may not be as traditional. he is the first president we've had lately that isn't kissing everybody's rear end. >> personally, i think he needs to tone it down some. >> if it's a choice between liking him on his comments and his demeanor or his policy, i like the policies so i can live with the demeanor. >> for poor working guy it hasn't improved his life at all. >> folks in this crowd as they fi

. >> and as mccain's body returned to washington, president trump was in evansville, indiana drummingrlier this week for raising the flag at the white house so soon after the senator's death, but last night before heading to indiana he insisted to bloomberg news that he did properly honor mccain. >> we had our disagreements, and they were very strong disagreements. i disagreed with many of the things that i assume he believed in, but with that being said, i respect his service to the country. >> in that interview, the president went on to deny that he missed an opportunity to unite the country after mccain's death. he also refused to comment when asked if mccain would have made a better president than barack obama. >>> at least seven people have now died after a bus crash on a busy highway in new mexico. authorities believe a tractor-trailer lost control after blowing a tire and slamming into the bus head on. many of the injured passengers remain in critical condition. the bus was heading from albuquerque to phoenix. >>> we turn to a devastating explosion at a water plant in chicago.

the president spoke in evansville, last night.d not mention attorney general jeff sessions by name, but he did issue a sharp warning. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. i wanted to stay out, but at so many point, if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job. i will get involve and i'll get in there if i have to. disgraceful. >> the president offered no proof for his claims about the fbi but he also reportedly said earlier in the day sessions will keep his job at least until november. he has criticized the attorney general many times for not taking charge of the russia investigation. remember that sessions recused himself. >>> prosecutors say a los angeles man charged with threatening to kill boston globe reporters had more than a dozen weapons at home. robert chain allegedly made harassing calls to the newspaper because he was angry it had organized an editorial protest against president trump. in part for attacking the press. court papers

in evansville, indiana, here is what he has to say. ump: look at social media. rights. you look at google, facebook, twitter, and other social-media giants. i made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rigged search results. lisa: meanwhile, top tech execs like the facebook coo sheryl sandberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey are preparing to testify before the senate on wednesday. joining us is a bloomberg opinion columnist. we have heard this tough talk from president trump with the big tech companies before. i guess now that there is a question of what to do either unilaterally or with support from congress. >> i think we have seen a little bit of follow from the president's remarks. senator orrin hatch sent a letter to the ftc asking them to essentially reopen or consider reopening an antitrust investigation into google that the federal trade commission close a number of years ago. i think that could be a direct result of the president's comments on these antitrust to situations involving big tech giants. caroline:

. >> celebrating our anniversary from evansville, indiana!e jacksons! >> from richmond, virginia. >> family vacation! >> from montgomery, alabama! >> hi to my best friend, lauren, in charleston, south carolina! >> my students in portland, oregon! >> and my mom in minnesota! >> whoo! ♪ >> aw. >> i think we have the best looking crowd. >> yes. >> welcome back to "today." we love you being here with us on a thursday morning, or as we like to call it, friday eve. >> yes, exactly. >> almost here. >> and vacation eve for someone we know. >> someone is packing her bags. >> that's right. >> we are going to get right to your news at 8:00. >>> president trump insisted overnight that he has nothing to fear from the bruising legal takedown of two former associates. however, he is changing a key part of his story. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us now with the latest on this. hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning to you. despite the shirti ishifting na, the president is tweeting in all caps after midnight, "n