correspondent and host of "kasie dc" on msnbc, the great, the powerful, the very well connected kasie hunt good to have you all on the show this morning. so frame the morning. it's the last day of the summer. the new reports yesterday, of course, pressure mounting all around the president. people shocked at just how much pressure this president is under. the russia probe, the midterm elections, his legal team in limbo and now after hastening the exit of his top white house lawyer in a tweet, there is new reporting that donald trump is shockingly, woefully, ill-prepared for the constitutional crisis engulfing his presidency. it is crisis that could very well lead him down the panel to impeachment. many say it absolutely will.

ali -- i'm sorry, it's kasie hunt. where's ali? it's kasie hunt!> it's great to see you. i am kasie hunt. hey, it's all good. i am kasie hunt in for ali velshi. we begin with breaking news this hour in the trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the first trial in the special counsel's investigation. the prosecution's star witness, manafort's long-time business partner, rick gates, is about to take the stand in the bank and tax fraud trial. gates was originally charged as a co-conspirator in manafort's case, but he's been cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to conspiracy and lying to the fbi. with me now, former federal prosecutor, seth waxman. seth, thanks for being here and thank you for being willing to turn on a dime here and talk about a slightly different topic. this is perhaps earlier in the week than we had expected prosecutors to call rick gates, who of course was manafort's right-hand man. and we know from the opening of this trial that the defense is essentially going to try to argue that rick gates was real

kasie hunt, susan, aisha, stay with us.i rocah, thank you very much. >>> we're following breaking news in the paul manafort trial. the jury just asked a note be delivered to the judge and paul manafort has been brought back into the courtroom. we're not quite sure what this means yet but we'll have a live report from the courthouse straight ahead. >>> plus, turning on trump. omarosa has yet another secret tape revealed here on msnbc and it is just the latest drama exposing a vicious inner circle at the white house. ♪ this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's

>> kasie hunt there on the hill. come back if you get more. thank you. >>> on set with me in the studio, bureau chief for vice news tonight, shanna thompson. national politico reporter, sahill kapur. both friends of the show. reaction to what you have heard over the last six minutes, all this new stuff. >> reaction for the last 24 hours. >> i mean, that's another can of worms. >> anotherish shoo y isise eint impeachment, there is a fear in the democratic party that if you push this too hard, you'll rile up president trump's base in such a way that could affect the midterm election. i think it is interesting, one of our correspondents was in west virginia, as many of your people were, too, and talking to people. one, she talked to people there who hadn't heard anything about what was going on, as everything was falling apart yesterday for president trump. two, when she did explain what was going on, they were like, well, that makes us madder at washington, d.c. and more likely to show up and vote. there is an interesting sort of counter to be c

on msnbc kasie hunt. listen to that. >> it's getting longer everyday. >> i like it gets longer every time. >> nothing but the dave matthews band from now on. >> no. i object. >> dear lord. >> non-stop. we also have with us pulitzer prize winning columnist, historian, jon meacham will join us in a moment when he actually wakes up. but we have a lot to talk about today. john heilemann, first of all, couple quick things. first of all, i don't know how stupid rudy or perhaps maybe the fault lies with rudy, that he said, oh, mueller gave us a guarantee that this would be done by september 1st and all rudy has been doing and all donald trump been doing dragging their feet, saying what they're going to do, saying what they're not going to do, making it impossible to come to terms. so i actually -- they're the ones that are, again, they've gone to the four corners and are stalling and yet they're trying to blame mueller for not making a deadline. >> yeah. except here is the thing, joe, and i know we'll talk about

onnbc news congres correspondent kasie hunt has the fallout. orslow news day, huh? >> repr: mounting questions for president trump's allies on capitol hill today. he re is no good news in what is happening, obviously. this is very, very unfortunate and very rious. i want to see this go through our judicial system. f > reporter: the hand fullpublicans who often speak out against the president not holding back. >> i don't think i've essed anything like i've witnessed over the last year and a half. >> reporter: many republicans defending the president and insisting that cohen and manafort legal troublest related to the overall russia probe. >> the whole mueller thing was started based on some coouerns t the relationship between the trump campaign and russia. that's what i'm focused on>> eporter: democrats today demanding a delay in brett kavanaugh's nomination. st> to pick a supreme court e who could soon be effectively a juror in the case involving the president himself. >> reporter: republicanwho ntrol the calendar dismissing that idea, and the white house hitting ba

elise jordan is with us and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie dc" on msnbc, kasie hunt. also we'll ask kasie about california congressman duncan hunter indicted on charges of misusing campaign funds. the second congressman to endorse trump in february of 2016. the first was representative chris collins who was facing insider trading charges in new york. it is a waterfall of news this morning, and for the historical perspective, best-selling author and pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham has brushed up on his nixon for us this morning, but honestly, john i do not think there's a parallel. we'll see what you come up with. a legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. what the conservative drudge report described as trump hell hour. his 2016 campaign chief paul manafort convicted by a jury on eight counts at almost the exact same time that trump's former lawyer michael cohen entered a guilty plea to eight counts and speaking in open court directly implicated the president in a federal crime. this is the worst day of donald trump's presidency.

. >> kasie hunt, the numbers are showing shifts. is there anybody in congress at this point. >> people are driving their cars. it's donald trump's disapproval rating. 58% ditz approve. >> democrats are looking good. >> 51% democratic candidates. 39% republican. that will get worse with every threat of a shutdown. >> republicans were feeling better earlier this summer the. there were a couple of weeks where they thought, okay, things seem to be moving in our direction. that has evaporated in the most recent weeks in the polls that you're seeing. and, there's an increasing sense of, i wouldn't go all the way to despair but of kind of throwing their hands up in the air. the shoutdown talk. it's -- he says one thing one day, one thing the next day. the people i talk to, they say who the hell knows what he'll do? we're trying to convince him not to go down this path. it could send our whatever slim chances we have of holding on to the house, potentially put the senate, which they had been confident about, at risk. but, at the end of the

nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of ca kaciedc, kasie hunt.ontributor for msnbc and nbc news, peggy. >> -- peggy noonan and peter baker. >> peggy, i want to start with you. always curious what you're thinking. obviously donald trump this past weekend -- well actually hard to say that he went to new territory because he's always in new territory, but, obviously, more unhinged and more unmoored than usual. obviously concerned about his son's possible legal troubles. but where do you put donald trump, the white house and this country as we move into the dog days of august? >> well, i still think in a funny way, even though there's so much that happens each day the news cycle always seems to dance that there's too much going on. at this same time nothing happens, i think, until more mueller stuff comes in and a final report comes in. that's the point at which you really know where you stand. having said that, i think the thing with the president is something true of him now that was true of him the second day after he took office. it's been true t

republican senate candidate, kelly ward in scottsdale, arizona, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt. kasie, the polls have had the more establishment candidate, the one that is the favorite of republican senate leadership, like mitch mcconnell, martha mcsally, ahead of kelly ward and joe arpaio. any reason to think that could change? >> reporter: chris, the only reason could be that we have seen so many unpredictable twists and turns in our politics in recent years that, you know, one wants to make sure that we don't say in advance what we expect. >> absolutely. >> reporter: but i do think all the indications and trends are moving in martha mcsally's direction. there were definitely some nerves in washington there for a while. there was reporting that mitch mcconnell and others had tried to urge president trump to put his finger on the scale for martha mcsally in this race, because as you referenced in the intro, this has really been all about, who is the closest to president trump? these candidates have sort of been falling all over themselves to show their ties to the president. a

i want to bring in kasie hunt. kasie, congressman collins is on the ballot. and according to new york state law, there is no way for him not to be reelected, if the voters choose to reelect him. donald trump won that district by 59% of the vote. chris collins was the first member of congress, completely, the first member of congress to endorse donald trump the candidate, before even jeff sessions did from the senate. his most loyal supporter and his congressional liaison during the transition. >> at a time when there was literally no one in the republican party who was holding elective office at the federal level who would stand next to president trump. chris collins is the guy who took that leap. and we know how the trump family views loyalty like this. but you're right, he's likely to be reelected. there is no real way to strip him off the ballot without collins' consent in doing so. and let's not forget, there's history of member of congress continuing to serve even when they're under a cloud of indictment. >> democrats as well as republicans. >> exactly.

kasie hunt picks things up right now. kasie, e tu, bruta?'m so sorry, katy. >> my feelings were hurt. >> i should have said that you obviously do. i couldn't take credit for going to every phish concert. >> jake sherman and i, we want to bring you. we want to bring you to a phish concert. although your show is named after ac/dc, it's more a phish lyric, which is what i put in sharpie with the shirt that you gave me. it's -- >> i'm happy to go to a phish any time just don't drag me to the dave matthews band. >>> i'm kasie hunt in for ali velshi and i have a packed hour for you, including the democrats' push for the house and, of course, space force. but first there's, quote, so many lying and dishonest people, says president trump. that's the picture he and his legal team are working to painting as his lawyers continue to delay an interview with the special counsel. so far the ongoing negotiations don't look so promising. >> why do you want to get him under oath? you think we're fools? you want to get him under oath because you want to trap h

kasie hunt is outside the capitol. those in in the rotunda have a chance to pay their respects it will then open to the public. explain to us what will happen this afternoon. >> that's right, kate. the traditional way we go about this process of lying in state and one of the great traditions is is that it's for the public, for the americans that senator john mccain served for so many years. starting at 1:00 eastern time, they'll open these doors to the public. the doors will stay open for viewing until 8:00 tonight. unless there's still people stayi standing in line, if that's the case, they'll allow them to pay their respects. some remarkable symbolism out here on the east front of the capitol. the sun is shining on the capitol. it was pouring, pouring down rain for just only a few minutes right as the casket was carried inside. a reflection of the mourning and the celebration of john mccain's life as we have seen here today. kate. >> kasie, thank you so much. >>> our thank as well to kelly o'donnell and much more on

kasie hunt is back with us for the 3:00. 't know what mike pence is thinking when he stares adoringly at the speak as the president speaks, but i wonder if any of that is going through his head? >> reporter: let's just say that some of the behavior that we have, has been alleged against this president, is not necessarily anything that the mike pence that i have covered for many years would have ever approved of. katy, it's nice to see you. >> you too. >> iam kasie hunt in for ali velshi. rick gates, former trump deputy campaign manager, and manafort's longtime business partner, has just concluded his testimony and for the first time in the trial, we're hearing about manafort's time

kasie hunt, my friend and colleague, joins me on set.nks for being here. >> great to see you, too, kristen. >> elslison is the favorite to win tonight, but the allegations are serious. could they derail him? what do you anticipate the impact is? >> they are serious. keith ellison has been a progressive rising star, the first muslim-american elected, or the only muslim-american serving in congress for quite some time. obviously, the co-chairman of the dnc, a hero in progressive circles. he is, we should point out, denying the allegations. we have a statement from him. quote, karen and i were in a long-term relationship, which ended in 2016. i still care deeply for her well-being. this video does not exist because i have never behaved this way. any characterization otherwise is false. >> firm denial. >> yes. a firm denial. saying that this video doesn't exist. they disagree on that point. she says the video does exist, as you mentioned in your top read, but she's not going to release it. one twist on this is that the allegations were initi

. >> let me bring in nbc news kasie hunt who covers all things congress for puts kasie, to anna's point here and we've been having this conversation the last few minutes related to collins. let me ask you about his political future. is it is there any sense that speaker ryan or other members may come out privately or publicly to put pressure on collins to step down? is that a realistic scenario here? >> it's possible. the house speaker has shown a relatively low tolerance for bad behavior compared to the way some other congressional leaders have handled those issues in the past. but at the same time it's not uncommon for members of congress to serve while they're facing and fighting an indictment. and in the last instance greg who faced issues that he had about ben jacobs, the guardian reporter during his race, the speaker said it's really up to the people of montana and we're going to see how that plays out. in the instance of a conviction, obviously, things tend to evolve a little bit differently and the one thing i will say is that democrats may have a little bit of trouble or potent

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kasie hunt is back with us for the 3:00. kasie, i don't know what mike pence is thinking when he stares adoringly at the speak as the president speaks, but i wonder if any of that is going through his head? >> reporter: let's just say that some of the behavior that we have, has been alleged against this president, is not necessarily anything that the mike pence that i have covered for many years would have ever approved of. katy, it's nice to see you. >> you too. >> iam kasie hunt in for ali velshi. rick gates, former trump deputy campaign manager, and manafort's longtime business partner, has just concluded his testimony and for the first time in the trial, we're hearing about manafort's time with the trump campaign. gates is cooperating with the special counsel's office, after pleading guilty to lying to investigators and he's not holding the back. he just confirmed previous reporting by nbc news that paul manafort promised a friend of his a job in the trump white house. for more on this, we're going to go now to ken dilani

. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt joins me live.ow said last night that duncan hunter is the luckiest politician around, because earned normal circumstances he would be all over the airwaves. but in between manafort and cohen, his story got lost. >> yes, ali, i've been here long enough to have covered members who ultimately resign in disgrace and it's usually an all-consuming story for all the reporters up here on capitol hill. as you point out, there are instead these two massive stories about hamanafort and cohen. and this is a congressman who supported trump. at the same time, the allegations are serious. as you outlined, he and his wife are accused of misusing campaign funds for personal reasons. a variety of expenses, including tequila shots, including tickets for family members to fly to see the steelers, including a $600 airplane ticket for his pet rabbit. i could go on. this is something that had been in the works for a while. people have been talking quite a bit about the cloud hanging over duncan hunter to the point that d

questions relating to my affiliation with -- >> let's go to nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. what's been the strategy? >> reporter: well, they've been trying to be out front casting this as a culture of corruption under the trump administration, the president as you know well campaigned on draining the swamp and their argument is well actually, it's really just the opposite on a conference call this morning, congresswoman sherry gustos a former jornlist herself mimicked an editorial meeting at any one of the news organizations, should we lead with wilbur ross or scott pruitt, which person set of problems should we focus on first to try to underscore this is something we've seen that runs ram pant through the administration, the list of trump associates and trump in this case chris collins, this is an unrelated to anything to do with the trump campaign but he was of course the president's first supporter in congress. so that list is remarkably long. that's not to say democrats haven't had their own challenges with their own members facing criminal charges or questions about c

join kasie hunt for kcdc. first it's "meet the press." >> this sunday, the passing of an american original. john mccain, war hero, icon of integrity and political maverick died late yesterday four days shy of his 82 pd birthday. a prisoner of year for five and a half years for north vietnam. >> i fell in love when i was a prisoner in someone else's. >> this is a man that we'll all want to watch. his name is john mccain. >> republican presidential nominee against barack obama with a sense of history. >> senator obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. i applaud him for it. >> a fearless critic even of a president of his own party. >> for the sake of some half baked spur yus nationalism cooked up by people who would rather fine xam goscapegoats th solve problems. >> always with honor. >> in the end it matters less that you can fight. what you fight for is the real test. >> this morning we remember john mccain. i'll talk to hillary clinton and his arizona senate colleague jeff flake. plus

kasie hunt, nbc news, the capitol. >>> democrats are raising new election hacking fears. the democratic national committee says it's foiled a phishing attack penetrating its database, culprits unknown. during the 2016 campaign thousands of dnc e-mails were hacked and released, a crime traced to russia. >>> we'll turn to another major story tonight, the suspect charged with kidnapping and killing university of iowa student mollie tibbetts, making his first court appearance today. the judge ordered him held on $5 million bond as controversy erupts over whether he was in the country legally. nbc's ron mott is there. >> do you have anything to say for yourself? >> reporter: today 24-year-old immigrant cristhian ba hain yeah rivera in court facing a first degree murder charge in the death of mollie tibbetts, both living in the same rural committee. >> mr. rivera, you have been charged with murder in the first degree -- >> reporter: authorities say riff veras wa in mexico and was in the country illegally. he'd worked four years at a small family-run dairy farm owned by a promin

kasie hunt?ng i -- in the broadest possible sense, that struck me, as i was listening to the hr mcmaster interview, the idea that these kinds of national security officials, and we've seen it in other instances, the letter that was written and signed by so many national security officials in response to the revocation of john brennan's security clearance, these are not people who as part of their sort of inner creed of how they operate are political people. one of the central tenants of holding a job like that is that you don't get involved, you don't criticize your commander in chief, you execute. and to have h.r. mcmaster, even in the terms that he did, come out and say something like that in public, i just -- if anything, it understates the magnitude of what is actually going on. >> and just one other thing, back to mika's point, not only are all the people who had talent left, they're also the ones with experience. his inner circle has no idea how washington works. and they're the ones who ar

kasie hunt is with us. >> joe, are the google dolls cool or uncool? >> that's a good one.you something. the google dolls are cool. amazing. iris amazing. you know what if you don't like the dolls, if you don't think black balloons aren't the best songs of the '90s turn off the tv right now. >> and eamon javers is here. >> he often sings his questions to the white house staff and the president in tune. >> i was more of a punk rock guy than a google dolls guy. they were harder core and then drifted more into a poppy kind of thing. i liked them before they sold out. >> i liked them before they sold out and after they sold out. it's great. >> you're good with all of it. >> anybody like pink floyd? >> we all liked pink floyd. >> got it. >> okay. here we go. >> in an interview last night president trump's lawyer said special counsel robert mueller will personally have a lot to answer for just hours after they rejected mueller's reported latest offer to get a sit down interview with the president. trump's legal team said they made a counter offer. i'm sure it's fantastic. >> ther

kaz kasie hunt, your beat. leader of the democrats after the fall? >> it's a real possibility simply because so many running out in the country, if there is a blue wave, all come to washington. a lot said i'm not going to back nancy pelosi. it's a very tough vote to ask them to take. remember, this will happen first behind closed doors then a full vote in public on the floor of the house. for her to say to all of these people just got elected, first thing i want you to do, break a promise you made to voters, that's a tough spot to be in. it's complicated. jim clyburn wouldn't do this without nancy pelosi blessing, first of all. he doesn't necessarily represent the generational change a lot of younger meshes demanded. that said, he points out the significance having an african-american speaker would be hard to miss and generate a lot of support. democrats are in a bind with joe crowley's loss. nancy pelosi is not wrong when she says she is an extraordinarily accomplished legislator. the things she's pulled off o

i'm willie geist and host of kasiedc, kasie hunt. >> just don't sing dave matthews. >> we'll get you in on dave matthews in a few minutes. >> dave matthews. >> jonathan lamire, heidi prisbilla and national affairs analyst for nbc news john highland and the white house correspondent for pbs news hour. joe and mika have the morning off and we'll begin with president trump revoking the security clearance of cia director john brennan. white house press secretary sarah sanders announced the action yesterday by wrereading statement by the president. >> mr. brennan's line and recent country is consistent with access to the nation's most closely held secrets and facilities. the very aim of our adversaries. >> focused on a nude to protene among those he holds responsible for the russia investigation saying, quote, i call it the rigged witch-hunt is a sham and these people let it. so i think it is something that had to be done. on msnbc yesterday brennan said the president is acting out of fear. >> i think he fears individuals who could damage him. could damage his standing from the american p

ca kasie hunt, thank you.on examiner and nbc news' katy tur. the paperback version of her book "unbelievable" is out now. my front row seat to the craziest campaign in american history and the craziest 18 months that followed the craziest campaign in american history. there are a lot of people that have been wondering. one political analyst said the matchup between donald trump and bernie sanders would have been far more interesting because you would have had working-class voters on the left and working-class voters on the right and working-class voters in the middle picking from two populist messages. here it looks like we may have that matchup in florida with a trump apostle and a bernie apostle. >> i think that is absolutely right. i think that there are a lot of people who supported bernie sanders who felt cheated of their candidate. now there is the opportunity in florida. andrew gillum is clearly to the left. he campaigned against i.c.e. he has strongly redistributive policies. on the other hand desantis

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joining me now nbc capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. democrats are keysiseizing on i. was it before this, and is it likely it's changed significantly since what happened yesterday? >> well, we'll have to see, chris. this is an incredibly republican district. it's not one where we would have expected a democrat to be able to play at all. now sources i've talked to say that the person they have running as a democrat in that seat is not necessarily somebody that should be written off. as in it's potentially a high quality candidate but the makeup of the district may be such that simply doesn't matter. so i do think one of the interesting tests that we're going to get out of this is whether or not voters actually care about these kinds of issues anymore. we've seen -- there are plenty of examples across the years of people who have been sometimes unexpectedly lost races after they were embroiled in some sort of corruption-related scandal. voters simply said no way. i think that the 2016 experience, the lessons of donald trump, the in number of thins he was able to weather

. >> here's what arpaio told kasie hunt about john mccain. let's listen. i'm going to bring you that, but he was asked if john mccain is a patriot and a hero, and arpaio said it's hard for him to answer because he never had a hero until several months ago when, after 75 years, he found his hero. i don't know if you know what he said, charlie, but he said donald trump is that hero. let's go to florida for a second and talk about that. ron desantos, another situation in which he has won the primary for for governor -- for senator -- i'm sorry, for governor for a campaign party. here's the ad that he ran. let's watch it. >> everyone knows my husband ron desantos is endorsed by president trump. but he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> people say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. >> big league. so good. >> i just thought you should know. >> i mean, charlie, there is an example of somebody who i

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, national insecurity as war breaks out over security clearances. >>> plus, breaking this evening, the white house doesn't actually know how much their own general counsel has been telling the mueller investigation. inside the scramble to find out. >>> and later, federal official claims none of the migrant children handled by the u.s. government have been lost. joined by republican senator rob portman who dispels that remarkable claim. >>> in a moment, we're going it talk about new reporting there is a sense of uncertainty throughout the trump legal team over don mcgahn and what exactly he's been telling the special counsel. but we begin through the looking glass. >> why is everybody so obsessed with the president of the united states they can't even begin or finish a sentence without mentioning his name five times? it's kind of weird. >> that's an interesting question to answer. part of the issue is stories keep evolving, like when the president's son met with natalia veselnit

. >> good afternoon to all of you, i am kasie hunt in today for craig melvin. stop this. president tells is attorney general to end the russia investigation in a string of tweets on the same day his form er campaign chairman's trail. >> the press briefing should start in about 15 minutes. we'll see how they respond to questions about this. plus, russian influence, hearing on capitol hill reveals russia's push to sway american voters went deeper than we thought. we all these talks, when do we see action to stop it? off message, the president says you need to buy

i'm kasie hunt for in nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. eful in how i say hi, kasie, how are you doing? the last time we got in some twitter trouble so i'll leave it there. >> thanks, chuck. >>> if it's friday, is mueller about to go mum? good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." a lot of people are bracing for more indictments from mueller's probe or the u.s. attorney's investigation in new york.

let's get the inside scoop from nbc's kasie hunt, sabrina siddiqui, and rick tyler, former spokesmant gingrich and ted cruz. cas kasie, what's the atmosphere on capitol hill? >> lucky for duncan hunter that there was a lot of news crowding out his own. the house of course is out of session this week, in august. the senate is back, here. but this is another situation where republican leaders are having to grapple with somebody connected to the president, with a lot of ethical questions swirling around. the house speaker paul ryan strips duncan hunter of his committee assignments while this plays out. the speaker doesn't have a lot of personal tolerance for things like this. so i'm looking to see if he gets pushed further, if hunter were to make potentially an announcement along the lines of the ones chris collins made, which is that he was not going to run for reelection, because at the end of the day this just adds to the set of problems that republicans are already facing in this midterm cycle. they are not expecting this to be an easy year for them at all. and this is yet another t

. >> good afternoon to all of you, i am kasie hunt in today for craig melvin. stop this. the president tells is attorney general to end the russia investigation in a string of tweets on the same day his form er campaign chairman's trail. >> the press briefing should start in about 15 minutes. we'll see how they respond to questions about this. plus, russian influence, hearing on capitol hill reveals russia's push to sway american voters went deeper than we thought. we all these talks, when do we see action to stop it? off message, the president says you need to buy an id to buy groceries the day after his administration floats the idea of a huge tax cut for the rich. we start with president trump's twofold twitter attacks today demanding his attorney general end the special counsel investigation. he defended the target of one of the biggest indictment results in that probe. former campaign paul manafort. the white house press briefing in about 15 minutes. we are expecting sarah sanders to take the podium and answer questions about why the president wants to end the probe

kasie hunt is on capitol hill. what to do? if they can do anything on the legislative side so where are they starting? >> reporter: halle, the challenge primarily and this is a situation where there is actual agreement on both sides of the aisle that this is a real problem and they need to do something about it, the big obstacle is president trump and many lawmakers just don't feel as though he has prioritized this had or taken any real steps to fight back against it in part because he can't confront this without feeling as though it calls his own 2016 win into question and you cover him every day, you know very well how that affects this president. so that's the challenge facing democrats and republicans on capitol hill and this hearing is want to hear from experts about how these campaigns evolve and what potential solutions there might be to try to combat them going forward. mark warner the democratic vice chairman of the senate committee wrote up a white paper. he has a background himself in technology companies having wor

. >>> i'm kasie hunt in for ali velshi and i have a packed hour for you, including the democrats' push for the house and, of course, space force. but first there's, quote, so many lying and dishonest people, says president trump. that's the picture he and his legal team are working to painting as his lawyers continue to delay an interview with the special counsel. so far the ongoing negotiations don't look so promising. >> why do you want to get him under oath? you think we're fools? you want to get him under oath because you want to trap him into perjury. we're not going to let you do that. the real story is that that this case is going to fizzle, it's going to blow up on them. the real question what we talked about before, there's a lot more to what they did that nobody knows about yet. >> that nobody knows about yet. as axios writes, trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, is setting unmeetable expectations for special counsel robert mueller. a kind of insurance policy with the president's base. if that's what it is, an insurance policy, the president's lawyers aren't the only ones taking pa

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, one year after violence overtook the streets of charlottesville, virginia, thousands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. while one of his long-time collaborateers accuses him of being a racist. >>> later, long-time listener, first-time caller, the president's legal team takes their case to primetime radio as they assail the attorney general on twitter. >>> known for the history of nonviolent expression, is watching and waiting. a handful of white nationalists, just two dozen, gathered within sight of the white house earlier. thousands more met them head-on during a rainy night here in the nation's capital. and i want to start with our team of reporters that has been out in the rain all day and night. i want to start with garrett haake. garrett, you started your day at the metro meeting this small group of protesters, frankly. can you walk us through what you've seen over the cours

i'm kasie hunt for in nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, chuck. >> how are you doing? i'm going to be careful in how i say hi, kasie, how are you doing? the last time we got in some twitter trouble so i'll leave it there. >> thanks, chuck. >>> if it's friday, is mueller about to go mum? good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." a lot of people are bracing for more indictments from mueller's probe or the u.s. attorney's investigation in new york. today another manafort associate, this one with ties to russia and cambridge analytica pled guilty and is cooperating with mueller's investigation. we know that one of trump's long-time aides, roger stone, who had a back channel with wikileaks during the campaign is himself expecting to be charged by mueller. stone says he thinks donald trump jr. is going to be charged as well. based on the long trail of mueller's indictments and guilty pleas so far, it seems like some of the folks associated with the trump campaign could be next. we also know high level justice dep

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern.ce overtook the streets of charlottesville, virginia, thousands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. wh

good afternoon, i am kasie hunt in again for my friend, ali velshi. all the president's men are in legal trouble. the first person to? congress to support trump's candidacy will be in court any minute. representative chris collins accused of insider trading. in another court some 200 miles away, trump's former campaign chairman, pfraul manafort, is o trial for bank and tax fraud charges. rick gates is finally off the stand as the prosecution begins to wrap up. just because there is no such thing as a slow news day here anymore, there is also this. nbc news has confirmed the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, is going back and forth with the special counsel's office on what it will take to secure a voluntary presidential sitdown. >> we have now given him an answer. obviously he should take a few days to consider it. but we should get this resolved. >> but of course i want to begin with the latest on congressman chris collins, one of the wealthiest members of congress, charged now with insider trading. he's expected to be arraigned on those c

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight august in washington feels even hotter than usual. president trump today publicly roaring as one paper puts it. speaking out on twitter about that trump tower meeting. possibly putting himself and his son in front of legal jeopardy. the president also ramping up his campaigning ahead of november while taking a shot at ohio's favorite son ahead of a high-stakes special election. >>> plus, when governor jay inslee was asked whether he'll take on trump in 2020, he said he's running against him already. i'll ask him what that means when he joins me live. >>> and congressman seth moulton turning fellow vetd ranz into members of congress. he joins me live as well. but first president trump who is spending his sunday at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, taking 0 twitter seeming to deflect from the investigation of robert mueller into his campaign. there was a familiar attack on, quote, the fake news, the enemy of the people. mueller and the so-called 17 angry democrats. the fa

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good afternoon, i am kasie hunt in again for my friend, ali velshi.l the president's men are in legal trouble. the first person to? congress to support trump's candidacy will be in court any minute. representative chris collins accused of insider trading. in another court some 200 miles away, trump's former campaign chairman, pfraul manafort, is o trial for bank and tax fraud charges. rick gates is finally off the stand as the prosecution begins to wrap up. just because there is no such thing as a slow news day here anymore, there is also this. nbc news has confirmed the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, is going back and forth with the special counsel's office on what it will take to secure a voluntary presidential sitdown. >> we have now given him an

join kasie hunt for kcdc.the passing of an american original. john mccain, war hero, icon of integrity and political maverick died late yesterday four days shy of his 82 pd birthday. a prisoner of year for five and a half years for north vietnam. >> i fell in love when i was a prisoner in someone else's. >> this is a man that we'll all want to watch. his name is john mccain. >> republican presidential nominee against barack obama with a sense of history. >> senator obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. i applaud him for it. >> a fearless critic even of a president of

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern.l. president trump today publicly roaring as one paper puts it. speaking out on twitter about that trump tower meeting. possibly putting himself and his son in front of legal jeopardy. the president also ramping up his campaigning ahead of november while taking a shot at ohio's favorite son ahead of a high-stakes special election. >>> plus, when governor jay

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. clearances. >>> plus, breaking this evening, the white house doesn't actually know how much their own general counsel has been telling the mueller investigation. inside the scramble to find out. >>> and later, federal official claims none of the migrant children handled by the u.s. government have been lost. joined by republican senator rob portman who dispels

on msnbc, kasie hunt.ightning bolts, but a lot of fire and fury out in arizona, especially coming from -- coming from kelly ward. how is that race looking? >> reporter: yeah. so if there's ever a reason to have a lightning bolt i would say it is this race. i mean you have these three candidates, joe arpaio, kelly ward and, of course, the establishment favorite martha mcsally. if you think about the broad symbolism of this, this is for jeff flake's senate seat, who as you mention you're going to talk to. he's stepping off the stage because he thought he couldn't win a primary here in as adrizo and he was right probably based on how the race is unfolding, and you have mccain stepping off the stage, another critic of the president. in their place it has become all about who is the trumpian-possible candidate. kelly ward in her press releases lists a tweet the president sent that was positive towards her a year or more ago. joe arpaio says he was the one standing next to him before anybody else knew trump's na

i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern.housands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. while one of his long-time collaborateers accuses him of being a racist.