harry reed obviously changed his mind over the years. about a half a dozen candidate who is back this idea including rinn santorum and ben carson. >> no doubt that illegal immigration is costing our country money. the average illegal immigrant has a zent grade education and poorly educated households, whether they're native, u.s. citizens or illegal immigrants end up taking more from benefits than they end up paying in taxes. so there's no doubt about that. politically speaking i think that it is probably stronger ground for republicans to look at things like securing our borders, looking that you're actually utilizing the laws that are on the books and defunding sanctuary cities and looking at things like that than looking towards ending birthright citizenship. >> i will point to this, gary b., that there is something that's even been written about in liberal publications called birth tourism. it's not just a problem with people from mexico who want to come here and have children who are citizens. it is also a problem with people coming

ask your doctor about cialis for daily use and a free 30-tablet trial. >>> senate majority leader harry reed is now the 27th and most powerful senate democratic to get behind the plan. in a statement reed said the deal is the best path to stop iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. joining me now is president of the plow shares fund. joe, what kind of impact is senator reed going to have on the debate over the iran nuclear deal? >> it is a huge deal, michael. he's not only the leader of the democrats in the senate but he's a well-respected voice on national security issues. and he was under intense pressure by opponents of the deal so come out against the deal. so his coming out in favor of it not only puts his voice there but the leadership office behind it. and he says he would do everything possible to make sure the deal prevails. today we saw another senator follow reid's lead. the number is now 28 senators on the democratic side in favor of the deal. two opposed. >> does this counteract what chuck schumer had already done by standing against the deal and throwing his weight and influence

an effort supported by harry reed. >> the dangerous chemicals inside it is literally killing the pilotsit's no secret that they kill. each year more than 24,000 deaths are triggered in the united states alone. that's why it's time to close the dirty plant. >> reporter: like many reservations, the community is plagued with poverty, unemployment and chomism. the shutdown of their toxic neighbour is welcome relief. no one knows what we go through unless you live here. i'm a mother, one day i'll be a grandmother, i'm glad they will not poison the future generations that hopefully they'll overcome it, and let the children and grandchildren have here as tribal members. >> reporter: the tribe didn't end up shutting down the plant. they turned to solar, controlling areas among the interstate. change saving $3 million in energy bills. they broke ground on a solar energy plant. the first utility self-solar project on tribal lands. they are not taking chances with mv energy. >> there's still coal and ash, stuff that is out there that is it contaminating our land now. what are we going to do about

in fact, hair eye reed at one time -- harry reed supported butting preinstructs on his birth right citizenshipmajor democracies in europe have restrictions of some form in birth right citizenship. you can make an argument that the birth right citizenship issue that moving toward restricting it in some way to the children of either permanent residents or citizens is a progressive policy in a sense. it's all the major democracies in europe now are -- have evolved in that direct. >> but would it be there without donald trump snap jason johnson, what's happening is not donald trump said something interesting, he's talking about it. reporters are trooping to the events of the 16 other candidates and saying, donald trump said this. what do you say? they have to bounce off of him now. >> right. right. this is sort of like, you know, if you play with lebron, you know, every time he does something they are asking all the players in the league what do you think about what is happening with tom brady. if you take donald trump's name out of it. when you have a front runner you have to respond for whoever

. >>> harry reed supports the iran nuclear deal. lawmakers are debating whether to accept that agreement signed by the world leaders last month. tehran says it will reduce its nuclear program. in september congress will vote on whether to honor that deal. meantime, the british foreign secretary was in iran today, there to reopen the british embassy. >> we will have overcome the deficit of trust on both sides, which has existed for a long time, in a way that will allow us to have more constructive relationships in the region and beyond in the future. >> iranian officials on the other hand were in london getting their embassy up and running. a sign that britain is already laying the groundwork for economic ties with iran. that could mean business deals worth billions of dollars. >>> angry protesters and riot police battling in the streets of beirut. the demonstrations growing over frustrations that protesters believe is an ineffective corrupt government. the prime minister hinting he might resign during a press conference today. water

. >>> senate democratic leader harry reed saying he's throwing his support behind obama's nuclear ideal could make it difficult for opponents to get to a majority to scuttle the agreement. back to our msnbc special. >>> in november 2001 when american airlines flight 587 crashes into a queens residential area, the scars from 911 are still very raw. >> the industry was recovering. traffic was down. people were apprehensive. it was a period of time that, after 40 years of being in the industry, i have never seen before or since. >> i see the plane. the engine fall down. >> two months after the attack, another plane is down. and at first, an act of terrorism is feared. >> we've preliminarily put the city on high alert. we have closed certain things down just to make sure we find out what this is all about. >> former inspector general of transportation, mary schiavo, followed the investigation. >> that was everybody's first thought. but there were a number of, you know, clues, and they came out really quickly that it wasn't because you had -- you know you had the cockpit voice recording. the

. >> harry reed said it is not right for this country. i think that is something -- yeah absolutely going trd. >> we should end. >> to me it is about enforcing the laws in this country. >> joining us from des moines iowa, msnbc political correspondent casey hunt. it seems like donald trump has become a bit of the pace setter for the debate on immigration within the gop. o talk to us how broad is the trump effect on the gop race right now particularly on this issue of immigration? >> well i think that in many ways what donald trump is doing is exactly the opposite of what republican party leaders wanted to happen after they lost the 2012 election to obama. they outlined all the ways they were going to broaden the base and appeal to spanish voters. this was not among them. whether or not to deport the children of undocumented immigrants born here in the united states. those are conversations that republicans frankly didn't want to be having. and in iowa mitt romney declared he would veto the dream act and it came back to haunt him in the ge

joining me now a former spokesman for harry reed and the one person i want to talk to about how thisut. before i get your advice to lawmakers on how to survive this let's just take a little time machine back to that summer of 2009. take a listen to what was going on in those town halls. >> you all have the most to gain in this effort because right now -- >> the t cost of medical tear has risen primarily because of the government. >> just say no. >> the obama health care plan which you support, this man would be given no care whatsoever. >> it reads like something that was brought up in the early 1930s in germany -- >> my question to you is why you continue to support the policy as obama has. >> one day god's going to stand before you and he's going to judge you, and the rest of your cronies up on the hill. >> all right. jim. are you screaming yet? >> what bad memorys? >> are you going to screen that? if you're the quarterback and you have the senate democratic caucus in the huddle or the strategy team how are you gaming this out? >> expecting a tough august as you just suggested. i'm

harry reed announced his support today, posting this tweet that reads, i strongly support the historic agreement with iran and will do everything in my power to ensure that it stands. a vote on the nuclear agreement is expected in mid-september after congress returns. senator reed's endorsement comes after charles schumer and bob mendez made it clear they won't not be voting in favor of the deal. would requireeto 13 democrats to join all 54 republicans in voting against the deal. >> tonight on q&a, curt dion has been visiting the grace of u.s. presidents and vice presidents since he was nine years old and documenting his adventures on his website, kurtz historic sites. he talks about his interest in american history. thate one gravesite everyone has trouble getting to is rockefeller site. how did you do it? father callsat my an act of god. he saw this gigantic tree had fallen crushed the fence. he went in and saw nelson rockefeller's grave and decided that he would have to get me there fairly quickly after that. on 8:00dion tonight p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> scott wal

for four years it was hard because harry reed ran the senate and nothing was happening.we have a president standing in the way. that's why i decided to run for president. >> immigration a big topic of the debate on thursday night. senator ted cruz came out swinging against you and other candidates on the stage. take a listen to him and we'll get you to respond. >> a majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty. i have never supported amnesty. >> pointing basically to you in that exchange. what's your response? >> well, amnesty is what we have now. i mean, today, if you sneak into this country illegally, no one's going to find you or deport you. and if they deport you, you come back in as this animal in california was able to come in five separate times and ultimately wondered that wonderful young lady in san francisco. we have to address it. if we do nothing, what we'll get stuck with is de facto amnesty, which is what we have today. >> tlhere's been kricriticism a your position on abortion. we'll get you to clarify. listen to this. >> you favor a rape

. >>> up next is melissa harris-perry. joe reed is sitting in for melissa today.ned. >>> good morning, i'm joy reid in for melissa. we begin with breaking news this morning. roeters reports that the plane that went down over indonesia has been found. the plane was en route to the town of oxibill after leaving jayapura. the flight usually takes about 45 minutes but the plane lost contact about 40 minutes after takeoff. let's go to kelly cobiella. what do we know about this plane being found? >> reporter: they are citing an indonesian transportation official as saying this wreckage has now been found. villagers in this remote part of indonesia had reportedly seen the plane flying lo

. >> senate minority leader harry reid has come out strongly in favor of the agreement with a nuclear iran, diminishing chances that congress is going to block it. reedaid he had do everything in his power to make sure the deal stands. the "washington post" counts 31 senators in favor or leaning that way, just three short of what's necessary to uphold a presidential veto against a resolution of disapproval. >>> meanwhile, iran un-valed a short range, ballistic missile at a ceremony attended by the president. the government says it can more accurately pinpoint targets. a recently passed security council resolution called on iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capability, particularly those are delivering nuclear weapons. iran says none of its missiles are designed for that purpose. >>> the a.p.'s top college list is out. >>> plus a bolt from the blue. usain bolt stuns the world again. >>> wildfires out west out of control gaining even more ground in washington state. >>> first, take me to church, a capacity crowd in plains, georgia for president jimmy carter as he returns to teach sunday school. those stories and a check o

harry retired from the british army back in june. he last visited washington in may of 2013. his i-ten rare includes a visit with wounded service members at walter reed. >> a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief. it feels like a break today. >> how much of a break. >> we still got to 90 degrees at the airport and of course downtown we got to that 90 degree mark. the humidity has been up there. take a look. the clouds now enveloped the entire region. currently 87 degrees. any time that dew point is above 70 we're talking about rather uncomfortable and humiden thes. notice 79 due to a little bit of shower activity across parts of the region. we do have showers and thunderstorms here. zoom in on this area. i will make that box for you and you can see what we're looking at. zoom in on this shower right here in through south eastern, just to the south of frederick. right along 28. pretty good heavy rain coming down in that region and follow it down towards montgomery county. and then down towards southern maryland this is where we have seen the bulk of thunderstorms. that's something we will continue to watch out for as well. back towards the west. he

harry caused a bit of a stir when he visited washington back in may of 2013 spending time at the white house, the arlington national cemetery and the walter reed medical center. >>> straight ahead, a comedian takes a stand against plus sized segregation in women's clothing departments. >>> and right after the break, the information hackers are sharing after that breach on notorious cheaters website. >>> we are tracking thunderstorms on our first alert doppler. we are going to zoom into cumberland. good storm up here. notice the red indicating heavy rain, notice a lot of lightning strikes between fort ashby and cumberland moving essentially due north into pennsylvania. we will talk about more storms tonight and tomorrow as our yellow weather alerts continue >>> trending right now, the hackers who busted into asby madison servers have started sharing that data online. as you probably know ashley madison is a website for people looking to cheat on their spouses. the cyber crooks uploaded nearly 10 gigs of data including information about members, their log-ins, credit card numbers, a bunch of stuff. the data includes also what the members are loo