>> listen, i can't speak for the former president or former first lady, michelle obama, but i can sayhat they have shown us an example of what moral leadership looks like. you know, after the massacre at mother emanuel in charleston, president obama could have shied away. he could have avoided the big issues of race and hate in american history that were provoked, but instead, he went down to charleston, and, you know, i was there in the audience, sitting behind the families as he gave that speech about american history and "amazing grace" standing just a few feet above the coffin of the reverend. this is a president, our former president, who has led in a moral way, and engaged the tough moral issues of this time. but unfortunately, in the memorial service that we had just recently after charleston, president trump wasn't there, and the reason he wasn't there is because he did not lead in a moral way. he did not draw a clear moral line, and i think that's a shame. >> i just want to share with everyone, on president obama, he hasn't said anything today, specifically, we know bush 41 a

. >> even rallying support for one of the women's strongest women, michelle obama tweeting, couldn'te more excited for these phenomenal women i met at signing day. keep up the great work and congrats on stepvie. each of these girls is going to college. sisters stepping toward dreams, bigger and bolder than their best moves on stage. >> what do you want people to take from this documentary? >> resilence, confidence, confidence and persistence. because if you do those three, you'll be successful, you'll be whatever you want to be, you'll achieve your dreams and the possibilities are endless. >> in baltimore, i'm byron pitts. >> big thanks to byron pitts. and step premiers in theaters tomorrow. >>> next, why the singer of what do you mean justin beeber is bowing out of the public eye for a while. his raw personal post to instagram. with my moderate to severe crohn's disease,... ...i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doing okay... then it hit me... ...managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor,... ...i learned humira is for people who still have sympto

>> from stephen colbert to tina fey and even michelle obama with big bird. to be a part of his man on the street interviews. >> you're nominated in the same category as "saturday night live". it's insane. i grew up watching that, and i think we should beat them. we probably won't. >> thank you for being on "billy on the street." >> thank you. >> oh, no! you have enough rewards. it's not rehearsed or staged. it's completely stpontaneous. >> would you have sex with adele? >> yeah. good for you. she would be fun. >> one of billy's biggest fans when he was starting out was joan rivers. >> exactly. ryan seacrest? >> joan would go to the producers at letterman or jimmy kimmel and say, you have to have this guy on, and they would say, who is he? joan was first. >> the 38-year-old hot commodity also stars on "difficult people," hulu's series about aspiring comedians. >> this has been bottling up in me a long time, and i have a lot to say and sing about how i feel. >> they are destined to be rich and famous, but they go about it in the wrong ways. >> i spoke to billy

her parents former president obama and michelle obama helped they are daughter move in monday. those are stories trending everyone is talking about the first one political correctness run amok robert lee cannot call a game because of his name. >> you dilute the issue. >> you take legitimate i can say if i saw eric ran reporter named robert lee. >> anyone named robert lee. >> i don't know that i pay attention to announcer's lane i could not careless. >> what interesting bigwigs at espn said this didn't come from corporate. this was just people in charm of broadcasting game assignments they made this random silly decision and makes no sense. >> it doesn't. >> it's getting him a lot of attention but it's dumb decision because it has you. >> take a real issue you get people who think the whole pulling down monuments is non issue you give them a flash foypt leach on to to say this is why we need to go the other way with political corre correctness. >> what do you do now put him back on the game. >> i would. i would be like my bad put him back we were wrong. anyway, much more to talk

it's not just michelle obama.of george bush and strange the same rules don't apply to melania. abby: why is that the case? used to be regardless of your political affiliation or of who your husband was, there was a certain amount of respect first lady of the united states. seems like very for the very first time we are not seeing is that amount of respect made to melania trump. why is it so different this time? >> i think mostly because they are rewriting the rules for donald trump. they don't like him but also they feel that it's not their job to be, you know, it's a different game they are playing. it's a way to get at donald trump through his wife. whereas generally you leave the wives alone. if the wife is actually heavily involved in politics, then you might do something. you know, melania trump is not involved. abby: then you think about the audience. talking about magazines in a lot of cases. fashion magazines reaching women across the country. who are they trying to reach here? i mean, is it just the left?

. >>> everyone was focused on watching the eclipse monday, barack and michelle obama were helping theirt daughter move into the dorms at harvard university. >>> president trump continues to take aim at hillary clinton so many months after the election. well, now she's having her say about the man who she says made her skin crawl during awkward debate moments. she's also acknowledging her own mistakes in the devastating dre from washington with the details. >> reporter: mhillary clinton fr the first time acknowledging her own mistakes in that loss to donald trump. in the first excerpts released from her upcoming book. new reporting by nbc news reveals hillary clinton's lead over donald trump was a lot less certain than previously thought. especially in the last two weeks. as we hear the first excepts from her upcoming book about that tense standoff at their second debate -- >> donald trump was looming behind me. it was incredibly uncomfortable. he was literally breathing down my neck. my skin crawled. >> reporter: their face-off only two days after that access hollywood video. the trump

obama was dressed some kind of middle eastern and michelle obama was fatigue, a military carrying a rifle with her hand sort of r in a fist, black panther gesture. i don't know if you recall this. i recall it. but i remember that they had journal.that on the and the reaction, i don't believe they published it, but reaction was, as you would expect from members of the media people who had voted for the obama administration, they were up in it.s about it was scandalous, how dare you the omething like that on cover of the new yorker magazine. new yorker he magazine apologized left and right, up and down. i believe they didn't go through with that cover. to 2017, i don't seen in my life hell-bent on thrashing this administration as it has. members of cnn themselves go not live levision or on television, but, you know -- host: got you. got you. president's the head hanging from her hand and cnn gets -- she is a associate, she apologizes half-heartedly apologizes and of, you know, subtly blames masoganistic bullying nature of the administration. dorothy, republican line. caller: good morning, a

>> froepm sthen colbert to tina fey and even michelle obama with big bird, everyone want's to be a partreet" interviews. >> you're nominated in the same category as "saturday night live". >> it's insane. sbli and i grew up watching "saturday night live" and i think we should probably beat them. we probably won't. >> thank you for being on "billy on the street." >> thank you for having me. >> oh, no! you have enough rewards. you don't know what's going to happen on the street. it's not rehearsed or staged. it's completely spontaneous. >> would you have sex with adele? >> yeah. >> good for you. she would be fun. >> one of billy's biggest fans when he was starting out was joan rivers. >> so don't text on the air. >> exactly. who are you, ryan seacrest? >> thank you! >> joan would go to the producers at letterman or jimmy kimmel and say, you have to have this guy on. he's really funny. and they're like, now i've done all these shows and it's amazing. but joan was the first. >> the 38-year-old hot commodity also stars on "difficult people," hulu's series about aspiring comedians. >> this has

she chose to write to first lady, michelle obama. we are going to a special report now. >> the chief strategist for president trump has resigned. he was a controversial figure from the get go and was with president trump for a year. he joined him on the campaign for a chief executive and then a media pro -- but they said he populated america first and nationalism and no doubt controversial from the moment he entered the campaign partly because of his work with breitbart. the far right conservative news brand that people call racist in the past and he was quoted address saying breitbart was a platform for the alt-right a white soup premist movement. he is out of the white house for the last four days. i want to get to senior white house correspondent, who is tracking the developments for the last couple of days. walk us into how this happened and how this decision took place. >> it's not unexpected tom. but here is what i can tell you, this seems to just now be reverberating around the white house, a lot of people perhaps knew this wa

barack obama and michelle obama were moving their 19-year-old malia into harvard. starting as a freshman after taking gap year. somebody wasn't looking a the eclipse. they were recording. >> yeah. it was a cool sneak peek into their lives there. >>> just ahead hillary clinton revealing tapes on one of the election's most pivotal moments. you're watching "early today." new charmin ultra soft! it's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is softer than ever... so it's harder to resist. okay, this is getting a little weird. enjoy the go! with charmin! not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. (cough) i'm never gonna i'll take a sick day tomorrow. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days & moms take nyquil severe. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold &medicine. how dixie ultra plates?roved with two pounds of steak. in

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michelle obama tweeted this birthday message: >>> coming up, the san francisco mom accusing disney of spying on her daughter. >> plus, a popular bay area park that's getting round-the- clock security after a triple shooting in the middle of the afternoon. >> from "pharma bro" to federal felon, the guy who jacked up the price on prescription drugs now on his way to prison. why he is calling the verdict a victory. >> we're here in hayward where steph curry is playing in the second round of the ellie mae classic. will he make the cut and continue on to the final rounds this weekend? we'll show you how he is playing coming up next. were shot.. in the middle of the day. emily turner has learned: >>> san francisco police are stepping up security at dolores park at three people were shot in the middle of the day. emily turner has learned one of the victims may have been an innocent bystander. >> reporter: the crime scene from yesterday afternoon is clear but there are still signs of yesterday's shooting. it comes in the form of an increased police presence. on four wheels and on two. those w

i follow the alt right blogs where they call michelle obama a man. that is abusive. >> tucker: should they go to jail for that? >> no. but if it's done in a medical thing -- hold on. constituted, tucker, prolonged continuous intentional abuse by a healthcare provider. that is abuse. that should be criminal. >> tucker: it should be criminal. okay. what about thinking it? what if i have unpleasant thoughts about you and you find out i had them. should guy to jail, too? >> that's human nature. >> tucker: oh, human nature. but using the wrong pronounce should -- how many -- "abuse" is a subjective term. we're not talking about physical abuse. we're saying hearing something -- >> mental abuse. >> tucker: okay. a subjective category again. how many times would i have to misuse a pronounce before i went to prison? >> it has to be -- i gave you the three criteria. prolonged, continuous intentional abuse by a health care provider. >> tucker: how many times would i have to misuse a pronoun before the police came, handcuffed me and sent me to a prison cell? >>

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check out this lovely tweet michelle obama sent. >> and in honor of president obama's birthday, donaldrump went on vacation. who do we have next? >> is it me? >> it is you. >> somebody on the prompter's is having fun. you've got to watch my show tomorrow night. it is going to be grand, 10:00 pm saturday, saturday, saturday. time for this. greg's liberty corner. even pop stars get angry when they can't get an you b uber. here is seal, angry because the uber driver will not let him in. stormed off, decided he would just swim across the channel and find a better way home. lucky for him he was drunk so there was no drunk driving and he just did the right thing. bye-bye, seal. good-bye, greg. okay. can you top that one dana? >> well, i have a little bit of an update. this is something you have not seen before. there is jasper who had surgery today. so people have been asking me what the update was. i found this little spot on his lip. i was a little concerned. it was a melanoma. that had to go back and they took a little bit more and they took the lymph node as well. when you see something,

flawless in keeping watch co larry: a student in south carolina michelle obama over the holidays. a christmas card to mrs. obama. -- he sentm a letter her a letter saying how thankful he was that she was the president was the wife. brown forgot all about it, until the former first lady finally got back to her. >> thank you so much. i love to hear about the lives of our young americans. imagine?n you brown said the simple words brought inspiration only to her to children in our future. autria: frame it, hang it up in the classroom. we know it is only august. if you are feeling frustrated, where you might want to head to feel some snow. veronica: it is going to the a hot one today. temperatures are in the 90's, but you will be able to see snow at the national harbor. the summer snow globe open tonight and runs until thursday, september 3. d.c. withis august in snow falling around you as you enjoy music and drinks. be sure to get the tickets in advance at harvard don't summer snow globe. it is like a nightclub meets winter. it is gorgeous. all right, hey, here is what we are talking

michelle obama tweet this picture with the caption another year older but the same phenomenal guy i married nearly 25 years ago. happy birthday barack obama, we mr. obama turns 56 today. >>> happening right now the world's largest collector car auction keeps on rolling in pennsylvania. harrisburg. this is the fourth year that mecum brought its auction to harrisburg. watch it live on the nbc sports network. >>> parts of south jersey are still soggy after heavy rain yesterday. today the mayor called the flooding historic. he also said the flooding looked bad but it all went according to plan because the rain that fell across the city ended up in this area where he says there's a drainage system. >> the city's drainage system. all the water that's here collects here and gets pumped to our sue wag treatment plant and that's how the system should work. >> officials are expecting more calls today about flooded basements and the amount of damage from the storm. >> we can say good-bye to 90 degree weather. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is back with your most accurate weekend forecast. how is it lookin

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. >> michelle obama's trip to paris was a three-year scandal and the secret service is bankrupt from all of the trips that donald trump has taken. >> if you're going do something that would upset populous people, do it way harder and escape the gravitational pull. >> there's a mean girl aspect to that post. >> especially for an actress. >> but there's something about it that that is the mode of the trump -- the mode of the trump -- >> in my piece told i compared her to the real housewife and then i realized she was worse than a real housewife because real housewives have had to reckon with the racism they faced 0en the show and they've eve been immediately -- >> it's about cultural signifiers. the thing that people like about donald trump, it's not that she understands the working class, it's that he is not sophisticated in his ideas. and the way that she's responding on that instagram is like what a high school girl who was not a nice high school girl -- >> she's 36 years old. she's older than me. she's 36. >> also to me, the core thing here is shamelessness. like there's something

that's his -- i think president obama, michelle obama also expressed you know, it's a fish bowl, it's a difficult job. >> stephen: sure. i think president bush said the same thing. it's not like it's not a difficult job. >> stephen: getting back -- being the communications director is a difficult job. ( laughter ) >> stephen: my original question was -- you're a guy who said he hits free-throws with a top coat. >> i've seen him doing that, yeah. >> stephen: saying condemning white supremacists and neonazis is a one inch putt. why do you think he choked? >> it's a counterintuitive thing with him as relates to the media. the media expects him to do something, he sometimes does the exact opposite. >> stephen: you're saying he does -- >> some of that -- >> stephen: -- to do the opposite of what was expected of him? >> some of that worked during the campaign. >> stephen: he's now the president. >> i understand, but me's also going to see his base, he's flown to ohio andther places. >> stephen: you're saying his base is nazis? >> of course not. let's be fair to him today, he condemned the n

she's a former aide to first lady michelle obama.ounced her campaign for governor this week. but bethesda magazine reported she's been registered in both maryland and dc an violation of election laws. the campaign acknowledged the dual registrations to the magazine but did not respond to today to nbc 4. they must have lived in the state and been registered to vote for five years. >>> also on the running for maryland governor in 2018, former naacp director, prince georges county director, state senator of richard, and entrepreneur aleck ross. they're running on the democratic ticket challenging republican governor larry hogan. >> a sinkhole formed in her front yard. but tonight new questions about how it happened and who foots the bill for repairs. >> well, a lot of you want it. we're working for you to make sure youave what y hou >>> a ten-foot sinkhole is swallowing a woman's garden and it is growing. she lives in a neighborhood in capital heights. it can happen outside your house, too. bureau chief tracee wilkins is working for you

michele obama said in her convention speech the presidency doesn't change you, it reveals you. this is who donald trump is. at the question is who are we? now as a country and how are we going to react to this? he is not going to change but are we going to react to what he has said and done and to this sort of embrace of racism, and that is a question for republicans. it's a question for democrats. it's a question for all of us. >> well, chris, saved axle rod just mentioned paul ryan. the who's that? i haven't heard from him. said well we're on vacation now. what is going on here? he didn't even mention the president by name. john mccain did in his tweet. but look, again, the job is to fight injustice, and to reinforce morality, to stand firm. how do these men and women justify being so quiet? we couldn't get them on television this morning. this wasn't to defend the health care bill that doesn't make a lot of sense. this is about moral agency and fighting hate. we got one congressman scott tailor. th none of them would come on. >>they're cowards. >> on the one side people do t

administration and thinking how sensitive they were to any perception they were getting advantages or michelle obama go on expensive vacations and it would become a big embarrassment. there's not really that sense from the trump administration. they've embraced the wealth even when it gets some folks in trouble. >> right. and also they, they don't apologize and at the same time have a base of working-class voters who put the president in office and one that he says he's vowing to protect. we'll see how this one plays out. thank you all for joining us, panel. thanks for joining us on "inside politics." wolf blitzer is up after a quick break. baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. luckily, the geico insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. everything stolen was replaced. and the hooligan who lives down the lane was caught selling the stolen goods online. visit geico.com and see how easy it is to switch and save on renters insurance. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 10:00 a.m. in phoenix. 1

. >> i was remembering today a former first lady, michelle obama said being president doesn't changeou are, it reveals who you are. let me pause our conversation. we'll continue just on the other side of this break. he's defended all of his life. >>> we are back to our conversation with a lot to discuss with steve schmitt and john me cham. as a son of the south you no doubt listened with great interest as the president today talked about monuments and some people fear it's about to be open season on monuments. two questions for you as a southerner. what about republicans in the south where we see developing courage, you have corker in tennessee who a lot of people are watching. but also where is the line on this country of imperfect people founded by imperfect people doing the best they can for a couple hundred years? >> well, you know, monuments i think tell us as much about the people who erect them as they do sometimes about the people they memorialize. they tell us about the era. you had a moment with the jefferson memorial in washington where franklin roosevelt was obsessed with

. >> if i wanted to name drop i might say that i have decorated for michelle obama, laura bush, the firstm a christmas decorator and i like really fancy places like the white house and the governor's mansion. >> oh, yeah. no big deal. >> do you know what what diner en blanc is, you get your friends together, 6,000 of you tonight, they'll give you a secret location, we all go down there and we put our table out and eat and drink wine and cheese and stuff like that. >> this year i decided to compete. they have a competition. they give out historical topics. i was honored to win and i brought my table today. >> the theme is mummers. >> how can i lose! the finished product. the mummers mummers are all about glitz and glam and feathers. so we have feathers, we have specifically 1901 mummers parade they had horseshoes for good luck. and i made these crazy glitter chairs because i knew you needed a glitter chair. >> you covered it in glitter? i took an old chair from a yard sale and i glammed it up just like the mummers would do. >> sounds comfy. >> beauty must suffer. we did a lot of paper, flo