i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena.sha year wood drops by sdio 1 a fotu >>> here we are, we made it to thursday morning. we're taking a live look outside of san francisco. thank you so much for joining us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. what is going on outside this morning. kari hall has been tracking that. >> as we take a live look outside, we are going to see in waln walnutemperatures. with our south bay high temperatures reaching the upper 70s i

i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. more whiplash at the white house this morning as president trump back tracks on both gun control and tax cuts the president reversing course on background checks for buying weapons after a conversation with the nra chief and he's also pulling his proposed payroll tax cut off the table. but the mixed messages end at immigration. the administration making it clear it wants to remove limits on how long it can detain migrant families and children. nbc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest tracie, good morning >> reporter: frances, good morning. the homeland security is announcing it now wants right and plans to hd migrant families for longer than the 20 days currently 20-day rule, the applies to facilities that are run by states, but not the federal government also, president trump pretty boldly here is now saying he wants to look at not allowing people who are born in this country to automatically become citizens it's a constitutional right. >> we're looking at that very seri

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. don't forget to follow us.e our handletionthis mog over the presumed suicide of jeffrey epstein as the medepict. >>> captured the couple awakened in the middle of the night by noise outside spotted through their the escaped murderer accused of murder >>> the hit singer bitten by a rattlesnake on the road to recovery >>> incredible images out of china where a five has wreaked havoc on hard-hit areas. >>> an emotional serena williams pulled out of her tennis match dropping out with a title on the line >>> and gymnast simone biles wows the crowd with two new record-setting routines as she cruises to her sixth.

thanks for waking up with us i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera.to you, august 12th. taking a live look out in downtown san jose where we start our monday morning. great to be with you this morning. thank you for joining us i am marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. all right. the gang is back together. >> yep. >> for some kids it is back to cool today. >> all right. >> yeah. we are starting out with great weather. it will be a little bit hotter. mid 60s in campbell. weep drop down to 61 degrees at 7:00 and see the temperrwher it is 78. our south bay high temperatures heading up to 89 degrees we will get a look at all of our micro climates comet up. mike, you have had

"early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump has approved a disaster declaration for puerto rico tropical storm dorian could bring flooding and near hurricane-force winds to the island today meanwhile, some areas there have not fully recovered from hurricane maria. >> we are much more ready than we were. but there is one thing that we have this time that we didn't have before. >> what's that >> we're scared. >> the mayor of san juan says an estimated 30,000 people are still living under those b tarps, meaning even a weaker storm still poses a big risk nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking dorian for us. good morning >> good morning. it's not about the intensity we're going to see a ton of rain also kind of a storm surge that's making its way in you can see the center of this storm is making its way into puerto rico. this has been this kind of up and down weather pattern with sustained winds fluctuating from 50 to 60 miles per hour in the last 24 hours. right now it's making its way northwest at 13 miles per

i'm frances rivera >> and i am phillip mena a state of emergency that's been declared in puerto rico as tropical storm dorian gains strength overnight it passed by nearby barbados, and if this continues in its path, it could hit puerto rico tomorrow as a category 1 hurricane. the island is still recovering from hurricane maria, which made landfall nearly two years ago. maria was the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history, killing nearly 3,000 people and destroying the island's power grid now people will are stocking up on food, water, and back up generators ahead of time meteorologist michele grossman now is tracking this tropical storm for us it's getting serious good morning >> hey there, guys it's going to be something we're going to watch at least through the weekend. let's take a look at what's happening now. this is what's called the enhanced satellite you can see it's a small storm now impacting windward islands to the leeward islands that is today the next several hours. it will then pass south of puerto rico wednesday as a tropical storm and then eventually hit hispaniol

i'm frances rivera with ayman mohyeldin.o the caribbean, flooding streets, toppling trees and capsizing boats but spared the islands from major disaster. now, the storm has its eye on florida and is expected to hit the state as a dangerous category 4. the governor issuing the blunt warning. >> the time to act is now. if you haven't acted, act to make preparations. do not wait until it's too late. >> hurricane dorian is getting

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. president trump is attending the final day of the g7 summit. while he has been treating about how everything is going, there has been controversy and double speak. the white house was blind sided when prime minister zarif showed up. french president said they supported new talks. trump said no comment when asked if he planned to meet with zarif. the president and his aides sent mixed signals over the trade war with china, and it began with this exchange. >> any thoughts on escalating the trade war with china. >> for sure. why not. might as well. >> do you have second thoughts about -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> so here's how the president's chief economic adviser larry kudlow tried to explain that way. >> if i can reinterpret that. he spoke to us, he didn't exactly hear the question. what he was intending to say is he always has second thoughts and he actually had second thoughts about possibly a higher tariff response to china. >> when it comes to north korea's re

. >> good monday morning i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. >>> authorities canceled all departure flights after thousands of pro-democracy crowded the terminal hundreds of fliers were left stranded at one of the world's busiest airports matt joining us from cohong kon. why are the protesters targeting the airport? >> this is the fourth day of occupying this airport so, this is sort of a continuation, but they never had the previous numbers and that's because they're reacting to the fresh scenes by the violence by the police not here by in central hong kong and they show police firing tear gas inside one of the mass transit railway stations at close range against the protesters and really beating them up. there was also an image that was circulating widely on social media of a woman who was shot by some sort of police projectile on her right eye and now people are saying there is a possibility that she might lose sight permanently in her eye that is what insighted these protesters to go to the airport this morning in huge numbers and that's why you see them with eye patches on part

. >> i'm frances rivera. >>> breaking news, officials say a series of attacks across southern california have left four people dead and two injured. >> as our investigators were handling this scene, we began to get additional reports of several othe cmunity that involved this suspect. is accus people at multiple locations in orange county. authorities believe the motive was robbery and the attacks were random two people were killed at an apartment complex and one person died at a subway restaurant. the suspect was taken into custody at a 7-eleven where security guard had been stabbed and later died at a hospital. >>> a nation on edge after three dell mass shootin deadly mass shooks in a week several scares reveal the fragile state of our country in times square a motorcycle backfiring triggered a stampede. in virginia "usa today" -- their offices had to be evacuated after an unfounded report of a man with a gun our ann thompson has more. >> reporter: this is america on edge people running for their lives terrified it's happening in their town. >>ter get shot down innt workers evacuated t

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump is stirring up controversy this morning on everything from guns to greenland. the president apparently much more serious about buying the icy northern territory than pavemented announcing in a tweet overnight that he is canceling a trip to denmark after the prime minister used to entertainment the idea of selling greenmark to the u.s. nbc's -- the president seems to be reversing course on his calls for a new gun control law. >> reporter: the white house says he never really supported universal background checks. but he clearly came out in favor of stronger background check laws after the recent shootings in texas and ohio. but now listen to what the president is saying about that after a creation with the nra. >> a lot of the people that put me where i am are strong believers in the second amendment and i am also. and we have to be very careful you know they call it's slippery slope. and all of a sudden everything gets taken away. we're not going to let that happen >>

i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena in el paso, texas. the country is reeling after two mass shootings one in texas and one in ohio. two cities, 1,600 miles apart both grieving. in el paso a 21-year-old gunman opened fire near a cruded walmart. dozens of people sent scrambling 20 killed and 26 injured >> we have cover aage, no doubt covering another mass shooting is tough, but especially when it happened where you grew up and where you call home. >> it's deeply personal, frances. my brother is a firefighter and was among those who were the first responders on the scene. i worked at the mall that so many people were running from, including my aunts and cousins who were inside. thankfully they were safe. but 20 people and 20 families that are grieving this morning and they are not coming home from the day of shopping they were allegedly targeted because they were hispanic and look just like me. this community is waking upin shock and disbelief that something like this could happen here most of the families, like i said, they were back to sc

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking news this morning, a suspect has been taken into custody after philadelphia was kept on edge for nearly eight hours. police say that it all started with an attempt to serve a narcotics warrant. a gunman opened fire and six officers were shot overnight, the suspect identified as maurice hill surrendered to authorities >> he's coming out he's coming out. >> police on the ground say he was then taken to the hospital nbc's craig boswell joining us >>craig, good morning. this was a very tense situation for police at one point they had two officers trapped inside? >> reporter: yes, phillip. good morning good morning, everyone there were two police officers trapped inside this north philadelphia home. there were also three other civilians inside this barricade i had home with a gunman that police say was heavily armed with a number of weapons including an ak-47 a s.w.a.t. team rushed in and rescued these officers right around midnight. they fired tear gas into this home got in and g

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena in el paso, texas. the country is reeling this morning after two mass shoot ings in el paso and ohio claim the lives of 29 people in just 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. here in el paso, a 21-year-old gunman opened fire inside a crowded walmart inside cielo vista mall people went scrambling for cover. 20 people were killed and 26 people were injured. >> we have coverage with phillip in his hometown of el paso phillip, especially when it happens to be where you grew up and where you call home. >> it's surreal, frances, it's something that i could have never imagined would happen here i got the news on saturday and then it hit me like a ton of bricks, especially when i found out i had family members that were i cousin were inside that cielo vista mall when they got word that shots were ringing out and chaos ensued and they were able to run out thankfully in time, and they were safe. but so many people -- 20 families here that are grieving after that my brother, he is a first responde

i'm frances rivera >> i'm melissa ray burger.aheared. >>> it's wednesday, we'll take you out to the bay bridge toll plaza where things are slowing down a bit. that's not the bridge with all the problems. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew for marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. we have some breaking news in the traffic department. >> this sounds dramatic. the san mateo bridge, a tow truck overnight went off the bridge it sounds dramatic, but the san mateo bridge touches land and there's a marshy area as you approach the h

good morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena in el paso, texas. the nation is in mourning today after the deadliest and darkest 13 hours in the country, with back so back mass shootings here in el paso, texas, and in dayton, ohio here in el paso, chaos and gunfire erupted at a walmart near the cielo vista mall. the gunman opening fire on dozens of families on a busy saturday morning, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. >> special coverage on "early today" with phillip in his hometown of el paso. no doubt covering another mass t especially so, phillip, when it happens where you grew up, where your family is, and when are you call home. >> reporter: >> it'l, frances on saturday i was getting ready to go to work and anchor an hour of msnbc and i got that email alert, and it started to -- it didn't really hit until i started to flooded with text messages from my mom and then from friends. and then i started getting alerts and then my mom told me that my aunt and my cousin were inside that cielo vista mall we were talking about and they ran out b

i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. flights are back up and running at the world's busiest airport after a night of violent clashes inside hong kong international it was an explosive scene as waves of pro-democracy protesters faced off with riot police, shutting down the airport. in one instance an officer was cornered and beaten with his own baton. joining us from hong kong is janis mackey frayer. these protests are becoming more persistent and more intense. what's the government's response >> reporter: good morning, frances. the airport authority made the move yesterday to get a court injunction to prevent the terminals being flooded again with protesters. hundreds of flights were canceled over two days thousands of passengers were stranded they wanted to ensure that this, one of the world's busiest travel hubs, could get back on track. there are still some protesters here in the terminal they've been confined to the area behind me on the arrivals level. they've been told they need to stay there anything beyond these

. >>> good tuesday morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena in el paso, texas. the country is once again grappling with grief after the unspeakable tragedies in dayton and here in el paso where the pain deepens after reports that two more people who were shot at walmart have died. bringing the death toll to 22. authorities now zeroing in on the alleged gunman patrick crusius and how the allen, texas, native ended up 11 hours away here in el paso but one thing is clear this community is not letting this divide them >> in the face of intolerance and hatred and violence, this community is coming together and displaying an extraordinary strength that i don't think this country or the world has ever known. >> and, phillip, with el paso being your hometown, you've seen that strength firsthand with your family and friends who know people who didn't survive this >> yeah, frances, unfortunately overnight i did learn that one of my mother's colleagues, her sister-in-law and her husband were among the dead, killed here at the walmart behind me it really speaks to the very

cnbc i'm brian sullivan let's check the other top headlines including an important update from frances rivera never put an octopus on your face >> first, president trump and the first lady are back at the white house after grieving dayton, ohio an el paso, texas. the president was met supporters including first responders in el spo pass so. >>> the fda is investigating 127 cases of seizures after vaping the agency said it received about 92 reports from kids and young adults they say it's unclear whether e-cigarettes caused the seizures >>> here's a lesson the hardware about marine life. she did this to enter an oregon fishing derby contest. this is a baby octopus on her face she didn't know they can bite or that they have venom in their beaks. i didn't know they had beaks the moment is captured here when she ripped it off her face a few days later her throat closed and half of her face became paralyzed now he's on antibiotics and she still has a swollen face the only time an octopus needs to be anywhere near your face is if it's when you're about to eat a grilled one. other than that, should

i'm ayman mohyeldin with frances rivera. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning.." it is monday, august 26th. with us we have msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay. columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. and "mor

. >>> let's check on the morning's other top headlines, for that we go to frances rivera in new yorkst six days after that mass shooting at a walmart in el paso, an armed man showed up at a walmart in springfield, missouri causing chaos he was detained until police arrived and arrested him the suspect had a loaded weapon and over 100 rounds of ammunition no shots were fired. >>> yet another shakeup for the trump administration sue gordon, the deputy director of national intelligence has resigned her decision came after president trump named a new acting head of the intelligence commission announcing it will be joseph maguire. >>> if your last name is green, here is an opportunity to save some serious green mr. and mrs. greens can book a free ticket on frontier airlines this month the airline hopes the promotion will highlight the company's environmentally friendly focus back to you. >> too often in the media we throw the word hero around but that firefighter in missouri, hero >>> when we come back, too fast and too furious perhaps. uber investors bracing for a wild ride. a $5 billion

here with more is nbc's frances rivera in new york. >> it is a tough morning for the country after those mass shootings in el paso and dayton claim the lives of 29 people in 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. in el paso, a shooting opened fire near a crowd walmart. 20 people were killed and 26 others injured mes of the fami most of the families were back to school shopping and had to dive for cover the rampage started in the parking lot with the gunman shooting his way into the store. the shooter, patrick crusius, surrendered on murder charges. a similar scene in dayton, ohio. it happened outside a popular bar in the oregon district the shooter walking up in an alley and firing dozens of rounds into a crowded street nine people were killed and 27 others injured authorities say police fatally shot the gunman within 30 seconds of firing his first bullets. president trump is expected to make a statement about the shootings at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the president spoke briefly sunday, extending his condolences to those impacted, and praising law enforcement for its quick acti

and that does it for me, i'm frances rivera. up next, my colleague kendis gibson.ne. i'm kendis gibson at msnbc headquarters in new york. a busy saturday. the fbi opened an investigation into the death of multimillionaire accused sex offender jeffrey epstein. what happened to the alleged victims? >>> hawkeye focus. nearly every presidential candidate is in iowa. the one topic on top of their minds right now. >>> and mississippi crying, children left in tears, as their parents are taken away from them in a massive raid. the outrage right now. >>> but we begin with breaking news, the fbi and doj announcing two separate investigation sboogs the death of jeffrey republicstein. the disgraced millionaire was found

frances rivera. up next, my colleague kendis gibson. kendis, all yours. >>> good day, everyone. i'm kendis gibson at msnbc headquarters in new york. a busy saturday. the fbi opened an investigation into the death of multimillionaire accused sex offender jeffrey epstein. what happened to the alleged victims? >>> hawkeye focus. nearly every presidential candidate is in iowa. the one topic on top of their minds right now. >>> and mississippi crying, children left in tears, as their parents are taken away from them in a massive raid. the outrage right now. >>> but we begin with breaking news, the fbi and doj announcing two separate investigation sboogs the death of jeffrey republicstein. the disgraced millionaire was found dead. apparently a suicide this morning. found unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 eastern time this morning. the 66-year-old was pronounced dead an hour later at a new york city hospital. three officials are familiar with the matter telling msnbc news that epstein hanged himself in his control. he faced federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was known fo

i'm frances rivera with ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> hurricane dorian slammed into the caribbean, flooding streets, toppling trees and capsizing boats but spared the islands from major disaster. now, the storm has its eye on florida and is expected to hit the state as a dangerous category 4. the governor issuing the blunt warning. >> the time to act is now. if you haven't acted, act to make preparations. do not wait until it's too late. >> hurricane dorian is getting stronger and forecasters say it can hit florida as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane in the coming days. dorian intensified to a category 2 last night. as of right now, there are no evacuation orders in place, but the entire state of florida is under emergency. you can expect those evacuation orders to be coming soon. it's friday, august 30th. this morning we have with us washington anchor for bbc news america, katty kay. associate editor for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. msnbc political anal

i'm ayman mohyeldin with frances rivera. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, august 26th. with us we have msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay. columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. what don't we have to talk about this morning? we'll begin with president trump's new comments this morning on the continued escalation of his trade war with china. speaking earlier this morning in france amid the g7 summit, the president said that beijing has signalled it wants to try and reach a deal. >> china called last night our top trade people and said let's get back to the table. so we'll be getting back to table. i think they have been hurt very badly but they understand this is the right thing to do i have great respect for it. i have great respect for it. this is a very positive development for the world. >> this comes after president