it's something veteran journalist mike allen done. he's the co-founder of the news organization axios, a veteran of time and "the new york times." he is rare rarely in new york or up this late. we have created a graphic just for you. you have made a list of the dumbing down of normal. i'm going to ask you to give us a dramatic reading of your own list tonight. >> yeah, you said this is going to be the trump version of good night moon. so by a quirk of the calendar, this is day 181. and brian, we get numb to the daily shocks. you were talking just a few minutes ago about repealing the laws of civics. icivics. i think sometimes we forget that the trump show is not something to binge watch and it's not entertainment. it's our government. this is for real. so it's not normal for the president of the united states to sign off on a story that his son is going to tell to make up for a meeting he probably shouldn't have taken. it's not normal for the president to hold a cabinet meeting that consists of, as the viewers saw here, the staff taki

and from washington, mike allen, the cofounder of axios.nd yoni appelbaum, the senior editor for politics at "the atlantic." it has been a heck of a week. i heard the president before he left for france was frustrated and lashing out over the fact the russia story will not go away. i have heard it suggested by some he saw this story involving his son as perhaps the worst development and worst day of his presidency. we have new developments. more new developments today. we have heard the president has hired a new criminal attorney, ty cobb. megan: they have been looking for someone to come in for some time now to be the enforcer on this probe, figure out how they will react in terms of rapid response, as well as making sure people adhere to a similar storyline going forward. you are right in the sense that it cuts the issues surrounding his presidency as he goes away again. it intensifies. it is getting worse. drip, call it drip, dread. we are almost at flood, flood at this point. you wake up to new revelations about who was meeting with don

we begin with politics talking to mike allen, megan murphy and yoni applebaum. >> some of the things that are happening, the antics that are happening. this is the personal lawyer of the president of the united states. we talk all the time about the president's tweets and whether they're appropriate or not, whether we're dealing with mika or some of the other things. i do get worried that we are becoming so inured. this is something in the next 24 news cycle, the next event, the next thing we brush off. are we becoming inured as voters and society. but some of this is unacceptable. >> we continue with craig unger, a new republic discussing trump's russian laundromat. >> where you can go through all of the purchases for example at trump tower. whenever you get a name you google it. he sold many apartments there in florida, he had developments where about a third of the units were sold to russians. in panama city panama, he has a trump towers and dozen and dozen of the units were sold to russians. this was a fire sale in a way to bring in russian money, donald trump, jr. said as much.

we begin with politics talking to mike allen, megan murphy and yoni applebaum. >> some of the thingst are happening, the antics that are happening. this is the personal lawyer of the president of the united states. we talk all the time about the president's tweets and whether they're appropriate or not, whether we're dealing with mika or some of the other things. i do get worried that we are becoming so inured. this is something in the next 24 news cycle, the next event, the next thing we brush off. are we becoming inured as

this is mike allen. most of people in america will never have heard of him.ut everyone in decadent d.c. knows him. he's the ultimate insider who writes a daily newsletter. this week he went on a rant that was profounding revealing. the trump administration is not normal, he said. over and over again he lists things that are not normal. be smart, he said it's just not normal. working americans don't want normal. what has normal done for them? as peggy noonan put it two wars and economic collapse and borders we no longer pretend to control. donald trump was sent to washington to be the opposite of normal. he's certainly delivering on that. the 50% of americans who are the victims of elite failure. when they see the elite going on and on about russia, they sight of as an insult to them and the real crisis in their lives. i know you in the elite are mystified about this. you talk about the reality of pro-trump media coverage that downplays the russia story. don't you see? that's how half the country thinks of you. they think you are living in an alternative reali

this is mike allen. most of people in america will never have heard of him. everyone in decadent d.c. knows him. he's the ultimate insider who writes a daily newsletter. this week he went on a rant that was profounding revealing. the trump administration is not normal, he said. over and over again he lists things that are not normal. bemart, he said it's just not normal. working americans don't want normal. what has normal done for them? as peggy noonan put it two wars and economic collapse and borders we no longer pretend to control. donald trump was sent to washington to be the opposite of normal. he's certainly delivering on that. the 50% of americans who are the victims of elite failure. when they see the elite going on and on about russia, they sight of as an insult to them and the real crisis in their lives. i know you in the elite are mystified about this. you talk about the reality of pro-trump media coverage that downplays the russia story. don't you see? that's how half the country thinks of you. they think you are living in an alternative reality w

and from washington, mike allen, the cofounder of axios. the senior editor for politics at "the atlantic."

this is mike allen. most of people in america will never have heard of him.ut everyone in decadent d.c. knows him. he's the ultimate insider who writes a daily newsletter. this week he went on a rant that was profounding revealing. the trump administration is not normal, he said. over and over again he lists things that are not normal. be smart, he said it's just not normal. working americans don't want normal. what has normal done for them? as peggy noonan put it two wars and economic collapse and borders we no longer pretend to control. donald trump was sent to washington to be the opposite of normal. he's certainly delivering on that. the 50% of americans who are the victims of elite failure. when they see the elite going on and on about russia, they sight of as an insult to them and the real crisis in their lives. i know you in the elite are mystified about this. you talk about the reality of pro-trump media coverage that downplays the russia story. don't you see? that's how half the country thinks of you. they think you are living in an alternative reali

and from washington, mike allen, the cofounder of axios

but -- especially in my eyes because i'm a democrat, but they're setting themselves up here mike allen with a slogan is just going to create this conversation at this table and at tables across america. they need a person who stands for those things in how he or she has lived his live and can commune those things effectively with his or her voice. then the slogan should follow. making the sloeg and then finding the person is like trying to replace a television anchor in a spot. you can't do it. a person is a person. >> right. we vote for people, not platforms, and the democrats here are just trying to say we're something besides anti-russia. but the interesting part of it, the anti-trust element that you were talking about is a little bit trump, and specifically, it's a little bit bannon. they're saying the bigger the better. corporate monopolies in the end hurt jobs. if they decide to go after tech, this could be a place that white house could agree we know steve bannon and others in the national swing of the white house would love to go up against the google, facebook duopoly, and a

like a lot of people, mike allen did that, and i had a newsletter and i thought i would just pick somethinged that day. and it grew into something more. and i guess if i had to goal, it would be to remind people that we have been through a lot. looking back on it, i have been doing it five years now, we usually figure it out, america, we usually end up stronger. not always, but we usually get past these things. >> i have always thought history is a great educator because it repeats. >> these are themes that come through the book, but immigrants, we talk a lot about imgrabts, illegal, legal, let's leave that aside and the political battle going on now. what i found is that immigrants helped us. at key points when we really needed something, and that could be an invention, a political stance, an idea like freedom of the press, there was an immigrant there to provide it. >> because of unfortunately of time, i'll have to be that the first of two points you want to make, people will have to read the back to get the second, okay? up next is "meet the press." thank you for watching, have a good su

would expect the spotlight from the legal perspective to be on the president's son, but really as mike allend the other day, it's on the president's son-in-law. >> why do you think that is? why do you think that the spotlight is more on the president's son-in-law versus the president's son. is it because, a, he is inside the white house. are you hearing any indication that there's going to be sort of more transparency coming out of the white house considering all the statements that have come to light in the last couple of days? they may want to get ahead of the story here. >> right. the white house will tell you that they've been absolutely transparent. they praise the transparency of donald trump jr. for releasing the emails. one of the reasons why jared kushner is really under the spotlight here is because he failed to disclose those meetings until it was a little bit late. the other thing is he has very close personal ties to the president. we're hearing that he is a very close personal advisor. especially on matters of foreign affairs. it's important for trump's legal team to protect th

we begin with politics talking to mike allen, megan murphy and yoni applebaum. >> some of the thingsre happening, the antics that are happening. this is the personal lawyer of the president of the united states. we talk all the time about the president's tweets and whether they're appropriate or not, whether we're dealing with mika or some of the other things. i do get worried that we are becoming so inured. this is something in the next 24 news cycle, the next event, the next thing we brush off. are we becoming inured as

mike allen wrote that trump is building a wartime cabinet.hat's part of what is going on. >> i think anthony is a guy the president likes. he was on the team early, great defender, great looking grow, big head of hair. engaged with you nicely for a half hour, it was a pleasure to watch, he's a smart guy, the president trusts him, likes him. i don't think he's building a wartime -- i think sean spicer, great patriot, anthony just brings a different skill set to the table. >> what do you think? >> i loved that interview as well, he's a happy warrior. i did have to note the tweets that he had before, if you told me that the president was going to point head of communications who was prochoice, anti-gun, pro gay marriage who praised hrn hrng, who called trump a hack, believes in climbed change, who is anti-wall, i'd say, that's my kind of guy. >> he doesn't hold those positions any more, though. >> trump held most of those positions. >> as a communications director, you're there, you represent your client. anthony's views are not material here, t

mike allen wrote that trump is building a wartime cabinet.part of what's going on right now in terms of the shuffling. is scaramucci part of that? >> i think anthony is a guy that the president likes, has a great deal of confidence in. was on the team early, great-looking guy, big head of hair and engage and pleasure to watch as a smart guy. the president trusts him, likes him. and i don't think he's building a war-type guy but putting in some new players. sean spicer, like the guy. known him for a long time. anthony brings a different skillset to the table. >> he's a happy warrior. i did have to note, though, the tweets that he had before. if you told me the president was going to point head of communications who was pro-choice, anti-gun, pro gay marriage who praised hillary clinton and callanti-wall, you , i'd say, that's my kind of guy. >> doesn't hold those positions any more. >> so, i would say that as a communication's director you are there and you represent your client. anthony represents the client of the president of the united stat

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. >> reports this morning from mike allen, the president sort of like to the political is him that happened, it was salty. vulgar. and the comments that you read there from anthony scaramucci, i am going to sure if few, but we will clean these up for television, as he describes not only reince priebus, he also took some shots at steve bannon as well. he said that reince 316, you want to leak something, he will be asked to resign very shortly, he said he is a blank paranoid schizophrenic, he went on to say that he was actually blocking him from getting in the position that he got for six months, so it was awful, but the white house will obviously continue to push this narrative that you cannot get along personally but still work together for the betterment of the white house and the american people. >> bill: kevin, thanks. let's get an analysis now with our senator, chris stirewalt, chris, good morning to you. let's go back to health care. ted cruz calls it a betrayal. when you think about years ago, they voted for repeal, then they turn around and say it's not going to happen, how do they r

mike allen is talking about in iraq the o's this morning, senator mccain did the heavy lifting last nightuys like you say enough to the experiment that is donald trump? guys like usfully never give up, because there are so many things that the country needs to do. gary is a symbol of a team at the nac, secretary mnuchin is trying to put together a team of treasuries, coming along slowly. i hope they stay there. the country needs them, the president needs them. we just have to move the agenda forward. tom: this is so important right now. in shock over what we observed last night. this is not appropriate behavior, at the minimum it is indicative of a set of dysfunctions. if they don't make a course correction quickly, then indeed, i think we will see very serious repercussions and midterm elections here in this is not jim bakker's white house, but it is not too late. if you remember that george bush had a 30% approval, and lost huge in 1994. a have time to correct it, they need to get policy done. they need to focus on tax reform, economic growth, and job creation. how does this translate i

withmarty, mike allen general mcmaster, this is a guy i think we can say in uniform in the white houseonship. when do the resignations?start have you been surprised we haven't seen bodies moving in or out like the legal team? marty: i think it is something i have thought aboutmarty:. at what point does it just get too much? i think these senior members of his cabinet think they are doing something that is patriotic, that is serving their country as they service president. .- serve this president at a certain point you would think it is too much. we don't have any indication anybody is planning to quit, but it is a contentious environment in the white house. tom: marty schenker, congratulations on a post -- on a great week of political coverage. -- driving forward the financial story of the president's past and present life. business week, two covers again, very important than a great tech cover about what to do. you just heard rupert harrison and chris verrone talk about tech leadership and the strength of that leadership. this will give you wonderful background reading over the weeken

. >> very polished performer mike allen raised an interesting point. this is a complicated job. he's never done anything like this how ready is he to take on all the complexities of it i have no doubt he can perform in front of a camera brilliantly and that he is just the kind of guy that trump wants not only because he's a fighter and battler, but because he's cut from the same successful businessman cloth that trump is and oh, by the way, he's a bloody goo g--lookid-looking guo >> they have similar styles for sure he's run a business. i know being white house communications director is very very different than running a fund of funds. but you do have to manage people you do have to delegate. you have to sell you have to, i mean, he's going to -- >> what was it, the conference, quite successful and enduring property he built from basically nothing. several of us, not i, have participated in it over the years. yeah, there's no doubt he's a builder and a very good communicator >> i wonder if certain things now come back to haunt him he sold to h & a, chinese firm he put that russ

for more let's bring in mike allen. love the patriotic tie. looking good. let's talk about this.icized for overanalyzing and talk about fortunate's tweets. but they often fly feigns or contradict or overshadow something that the white house is trying to get done legislatively. >> these theme weeks you were talking about were an important part of the white house's part of driving the agenda, put point on the board on capitol hill. they sfad we focus week by week on a couple of priorities we can get something done capitol hill. but then you have energy and technology week when the president didn't tweet a single time about those. and during infrastructure and workforce development week got a couple of tweets in. the white house having communications plan but not looping in the president or president not being willing to do it. really, i think that's the smartest way to look at these tweets, that we get so much coverage of is the opportunity cost. what could the president be communicating about, what could he be obsessing about, what could he be trying to be to get on front page of

straight monthly increase >> all right now to politics this is pretty interesting i think this is mike allen's from axios steve bannon, steve ban be reportedly pushing a tax -- hard for me -- a tax hike, a tax hike on the wealthiest americans to pay for some steep work -- tax cuts on the middle and the working class. and this is classic bannon, populist, axios is reporting the president's adviser has told colleagues that he wants the top income tax bracket to, in his words, have a four, a four handle in front of it the current top tax bracket is 39.6. for americans who earn more than $418,000 annually. bannon is -- >> presumably also to fund a steep corporate tax cut. >> maybe -- >> in i think that is part of the deal >> that's all in the article from axios mnuchin and cohn are both, they don't want to do anything small. because cohn is gone it's not going to happen, he's out of there interested in transformative -- yeah >> all right well, four former barclays executives are in court in london today facing charges connected to 2008 emergency fund-raising in qatar. barclays is also a defendant

i carry with me mike frost of allen, kansas. he runs a feedlot that uses broadband technologies to monitor every cow's unique intake in real-time, that way he can assure particular buyers that his beef is of the highest quality. i carry with me a carnegie mellon professor. several years ago she founded a company that creates apps for sports teams and venues, delivering information to fans. the client included sports teams, including her beloved penguins. her personal story is inspiring. her family came to america through india and she is a great role model for indian americans and women in the stem fields. and i carry with me a doctor from the cleveland clinic. 2stroke patient's brain uses million brain cells every minute and the doctor explained how connectivity of the self has allowed the units to cut the time for stabilizing a patient by 38 minutes. i carry with me mike bosch, andy newton, travis carter, and others. they helped run competitive fiber providers, one in kansas, southern lights at the gulf coast, u.s. internet in

it was hosted by allen temple baptist church church, and the people plane city hall, and say mayor schaaf isn't doing enough. >> reporter: mike has been homeless the majority of his adult life, and this block between 84th and 85th is full of garbage and tents. it's a long walk, and next door, an emotional town hall was held, adding the issues in this area, known as the living room. dr. smith pastor of allen temple baptist church invited city and county leaders to talk about a plan to clean up the area. it's been three years for the same conversation. they laid out a plan for transitional housing. even safe havens for rvs, and more. [ indiscernible ] officials addressed the issue of high crime, open drug deals, prostitution, and paraphernalia littering the streets. >> it's an atrocity. i wanted to say, i still say that, you can go to certain parents of oakland, i can go to piedmont avenue, you don't see this. you just don't. but we see it here. >> reporter: complaints against the homeless endments grew over 6 years, part of the issue, garage. >> they're not going to complain about this block, they're going to complain -- >> re

mike. 4:48 this morning. >>> the search continues for two possible arsonists in the south bay. over two weeks, there have been at least ten miles within a mile of allen rock park. including one that burned a home. the president of the firefighters unit said an arsonist could be working there and fears another one is active in the area known as the jungle. that's the old homeless encampment. >> we see within the jungle area, multiple fires in a single day, three or four responses there and seem to be very, very suspicious to have so many like that. >> the firefighters union also says they're understaffed and they have asked cal fire for help. >>> some continuing coverage now and republicans in washington are urging state lawmakers here in california to vote against the cap in trade extension. house majority leader mccarthy among the california republicans opposing the plan saying it raises taxes for drivers. democratic governor brown is pushing state lawmakers to support the plan. he says it helps the environment. >>> two things to tell you about from bart's board of director's meeting in san francisco. first, bart's new police chief defends the depar

allen eagles. >> all the >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. at 9:00, the fog starts to fade. to hot temperatures at 4: >> it's a great start for the broadcast. >> all right. thank you. got a new netflix series. it is called "ozark" and getting great reviews and our man, jesse palmer. who is it laura linney. >> laura linney. >> she's amazing. she's incredible. so much fun to talk to and she plays a serious character on this show, "ozark" but we had so much to talk about, we discussed the role, playing jason bateman's wife and what it's like being a mom to a 3-year-old. >> i feel pretty good about it. it's a good idea and i did it for our family. what did you do today? for our family? >> so i love your new show "ozark." >> i'm so glad. >> it's dark, it's scandalous. >> ooh. >> it's graphic. >> it is. >> very cinematic. >> but there's also some dark humor. tell me about your character in the show, wendy. >> i play sort of typical soccer mom you think at the beginning of a family. i'm married to jason bateman's character and very quickly you realize some bad stuff goes down and t

allen in sydney. reporter: a dramatic day and the senate saw vice president mike pence cast a tie-break vote to allowre legislation to proceed. however, it is still not certain exactly which plan will ultimately go to a vote. senator john mccain returned to the chamber to applause from both sides raise after his brain cancer diagnosis. he warned he won't support the as is.version the boj has pushed back in its forecast for 2% inflation, underlying the view that japan may be years behind its peers in unwinding stimulus. the pboc says it is taking a greater role in financial regulation. the central bank says it will step up its supervision of institutions that previously child to the china banking regulatory commission. the news confirms what bloomberg reported earlier this month, the bank also saying it will pursue prudence and new for monetary policies and keep money supply growing at an appropriate pace. economists are raising their forecasts on growth in china after first-half gdp beat estimates. that gives policymakers room to curb excessive borrowing. third-quarter gdp is now seen expanding by 6.

mike hopkins ceo of , hulu. coming up, swedish-based phone carrier reported strong earnings this week. what is behind their growth, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i am paul allene latest first word news. the second round of brexit talks wound up with key divisions on display. negotiator refused to give the ground, telling the u.k. team to come back next month with more detail. a suggestionff that flexibility is needed on both sides. the first round of talks with about organizations, presentation, and clarification. britishrvey says exporters are sleepwalking into brexit, unprepared for leaving the e.u. of 550from lloyds bank percent have yet to review their plans, more than a year after the referendum. that is despite the e.u. for being a trading power for nine companies out of 10. they are concerned about a wait and see approach is not an adequate strategy. arends explained as have removed biological samples from the remains of artist salvador dali in an attempt to settle a paternity suit. died in 1989 and was buried in catalonia. a woman claims she is his daughter, claiming he had an sheir with her mother when was his housekeeper. samples will be analyzed in

mike sing their songs they talked about loyalties to citizens and complement them for achieving this height of becoming one of the american legion nation members. usa, usa. let us bring in governor george allen. a virginia and we are also joined by the former democratic senator and governor of indiana since we are just joining us. it is interesting. some people expected that. they will either benefit or possibly be affected by that. what you think is the end result. and it got pushed forward. i will give it my best shot. they will go through the amendment process. none of the democrat process. that is really all within the 52 republicans. i know george well have an opinion on this. to satisfy the conservatives that want to repeal everything. but also keep the moderates on board. that is just can be a very difficult balance to strike. at the end of all this they will pursue what they call the skinny alternative. they will repeal the mandate. provide healthcare for their coverage and they will also repeal at least the tax and medical device companies. my guess is that they will go that route. that's all we will get done right now. they will make a proposal on the rest of it. i think that is pr

allen was a husband, a father and officer of the year. steve: oh my goodness. fox news mike. this is a tragic story. the southport police chief says they lost a brother the indianapolis mayor says this is a sad, shocking reminder of the difficult, often dangerous work of police. lieutenant aaron allen of the south fork police department a division of the indianapolis metro pd was responding to a car wreck with information that someone was trapped inside the vehicle. the wreck was south of indianapolis. for reasons we still don't know someone from inside the vehicle opened fire. lieutenant allen was hit multiple times. he was taken to nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> we appreciate the community support as we continue to work through the loss of our brother. >> it was just unbelievable. and what was really sad is that shots were being fired. the police had to tell people to get back. i'm sure they were running to help the car accident victim. but when guns are drawn, drop. >> two officers at the scene returned fire. as many as 20 shots were fired. one person in