mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.ressman writing arpaio was convicted of defying court order to stop defying the fourth amendment. what is your reaction? >> well, you know, it's people like that and anybody who questions this pardon, i'd like them to actually study the case and understand what it was about. one of the big problems is that we never got a jury which is something we asked for multiple times. people say i would have loved to have you on a jury because you would have seen. it was nothing to do with race or latinos. it was a very technical order that says it is not a federal immigration agency and therefore they cannot enforce federal immigration law. so what happened here is the sheriff's office did not understand the order because they looked at it and said surely we can keep cooperating with the feds. it is a common practice across the country. that is what sheriff joe is quiskted for, it was not for violating civil rights. it was for a very technical violation of a very ambiguous and hard to understand

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. john mccain former p.o.w.dard bearer for the republican party as you may know is back home in arizona undergoing round one of cancer treatment, including chemotherapy for a recently diagnosed glioblastoma. a very aggressive form of brain cancer. john mccain has now spoken. let's talk about all of this news with our panel. with one proviso. in about a minute we're coming to the top of the hour and have to welcome a new audience as our spot news coverage continues tonight. vivian salaam a, matthew nusbaum and endear a remains with us. powerful words from not just any member of the u.s. senate. >> absolutely. he's right to speak out. i'm glad he did. a gop congressman from michigan, justin a mash also tweeted that he was auto appalled that the president would pardon someone who is supposed to be a law enforcement official but who was flagrantly ignoring the fourth amendment, violating it. i don't think this should come as a surprise to us. our own president has repeatedly shown his disrespect for the first amendm

mr. arpaio for any liability for violating a court order. without courts that function in a way that the public respects and the government respects we're really could get into a constitutional crisis. the president and his folks say, look, the constitution gives him the broad power and the authority to pardon, you know, anybody on a federal level like that. many people are asking do you think he he could he -- if we start to investigation he could end up pardoning himself. can a president pardon himself? that's one of the key questions that is being asked right now and that's why i think it's important to make clear it isn't clear because with arpaio, again , we're not entirely sure. can the president pardon himself , i think if he wassen geajed in some kind of obstruction of justice or committing some kind of crime it would be really difficult for a court to up hold that. we can look at it from this perspective and say there's a gray area we're not sure where it's going to go from here. we can talk about it, but who is the one out there th

mr arpaio said the pardon was a great honour. he's a big supporter of law enforcement.first rally, and i always said, regardless of pardon or no pardon, i'll be with him till the end, and i say that. arizona lawmakers have vowed to fight the president's decision. he made a cowardly and pathetic move, and let me say that again — it was a cowardly and pathetic move, by a cowardly and pathetic man, to wait a few days while we're in the midst of a hurricane, where people's lives are in danger, to try and slip this part in under the radar. this is about as far under the radar as he can possibly get it, and it should be under the radar, because he's ashamed of it. he should be ashamed of it. that is the reaction to the decision by president donald trump to pardon a controversial sheriff who many campaigners declare as being the right wing. let mejust right wing. let me just tell you about another story emerging from india. security has been tightened in at least five north indian states where... nearly 30 people died in the violence that erupted after the conviction for rape

mr arpaio said the pardon was a great honour. he is a big supporter of law enforcement.e first rally and i always said, regardless of the pardon, i will be with him to the end. and i say that. arizona lawmakers have vowed to fight the president's decision. he made a cowardly and pathetic move and i will say that again, it was cowardly and pathetic by a cowardly and pathetic man to wait a few days whilst we are in the midst of a hurricane, when people's lives are in danger, to slip this pardon in under the radar. this is as far under the radar as he can get it and it is so because he is ashamed of it and he should be ashamed. iraqi forces say they have broken through the defences of so—called islamic state and reached the centre of the city of tal afar. close to the syrian border, the city is one of the group's last remaining strongholds in iraq after they were driven out of the city of mosul. the iraqi offensive to liberate the city has been under way for six days. sarah corker reports. iraqi soldiers fire rockets at is positions in tal afar. so—called islamic state has

mr arpaio said the pardon was a great honour. he's a big supporter of law enforcement.pardon or no pardon, i'll be with him till the end, and i say that. arizona lawmakers have vowed to fight the president's decision. he made a cowardly and pathetic move. let me say that again, it was a cowardly and pathetic move by a cowardly and pathetic man, to wait a few days while we are in the midst of a hurricane, where people's lives are in danger, to try to slip this pardon in under the radar. this is about as far under the radar as he can get it. it should be under the radar because he is ashamed of it, he should be ashamed of it. security has been tightened in at least five north indian states where nearly 30 people died in the violence that erupted after the conviction for rape — of a self—proclaimed religious leader. thousands of supporters of gurmeet ram rahim singh went on the rampage in reaction to the courts verdict in the town of punchkula. police used live rounds to try to stop the violence and 2,500 people have been arrested. our correspondent justin rowlatt is there

mr arpaio said the pardon was a great honour. he's a big supporter of law enforcement.wmakers have found to fight the president's decision. he made a cowardly and pathetic move, and let me say that again — it was a cowardly and pathetic move, by a cowardly and pathetic man, to wait a few days while we're in the midst of a hurricane, where people's lives are in danger, to try and slip this part in under the radar. this is about as far under the radar as he can possibly get it, and it should be under the radar, because he's ashamed of it. he should be ashamed of it. the national trust has accused some visitors to the lake district of treating the landscape like a music festival site. the organisation says the increasing popularity of wild camping, where people pitch a tent away from organised areas, is threatening the beauty of the region. dave guest reports. wild camping is about getting closer to nature and getting away from civilisation. it's about spending a night high upon the hills, away from civilisation, often away from other people. and spending that night with n

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.nd so, fred, what this does here is it seems -- we seem to have the president endorsing racial discrimination at precisely the time that he is getting a whole lot of criticism for his seeming to give comfort and cover to white supremacists in the wake of the violence we saw in charlottesville earlier this month. so it sends a message that if you're an ally of the president, the constitution, courts, the law, civil rights, constitutional rights just may not matter, fred. >> all right. athena jones at the white house. thank you so much. so let's get some more perspective on all of these big changes inside and outside the white house. we're joined now by doug hi, cnn political commentator and former rnc communications director, alice stewart, former ted cruz communications director. good to see both of you. >> hi, fred. >> doug, you first. was it appropriate for the president to do this friday night at the height of a storm? >> i think when you see something happens on a friday night, you

arpaio he kept arizona safe. >> and then ignoring a court order to stop racial profiling. mr. rongly hinted he would pardon arpaio at a rally earlier in the weeks. but arpaio wasn't the only head line from this day. >> controversial presidential adviser sebastian gorka, that's him right there, is out of the white house. and the president also keeping transgender people out of the military. we get the latest from cnn's alexander m alexand alexander marquardt. >> white houses have long been known for dumping stories negative for them on friday night. but the trump administration has become notorious for it in the past few weeks. first, a presidential pardon to the highly controversial sheriff joe arpaio, convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to stop racially profiling latinos. now, the justice department making clear they had no role. and a source telling cnn this is the president's pardon. arpaio thanked trump on twitter. trump called him a worthy candidate for a pardon after, quote, a life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration.

mr. arpaio, who clearly tiscriminates against letting s latinas.he comments he made about federal jurors -- when are we going to wake up that this man is a racist? what would it take for people to realize he is a racist? a judge has found this sheriff guilty, that he violated the law. every on the right make excuse for him and i don't see how in the america we can continue to let this man be a our president knowing he is a racist. host: here is a tweet from bernie sanders. he writes -- bernie sanders echoing what we just heard from milton. bruce is calling from baltimore, maryland. he is a republican. caller: good morning. i'm sick and tired of the nationts all around this that because donald trump wants to enforce immigration laws that he is a racist. it is absolute nonsense. for you to use this term "not undocumented" is incorrect. the correct nomenclature is ."llegal immigration come to baltimore and see the illegal immigrants the mayor remove these confederate statues assumes we should be a sanctuary city and give sanctuary to break federal law

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. the sheriff and the president both so called birthers had been allies ever since arpaio declared in 2012 that president barack obama's birth certificate was a computer generated forgery, a claim long debunked. arpaio campaigned repeatedly for trump and shortly after receiving the pardon, he spoke to cbs phoenix affiliate kpho. >> i know it came from his heart. two years ago i supported him in the first rally. and i always said, regardless of pardon or no pardon, i will be with him to the end. >> reporter: arpaio could have faced six months in prison but legally may not be out of the woods. civil charges are still pending. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> mason: and in a moment, norah returns with the story of texans coming together in tragedy. >> o'donnell: one of the worst storms in history has brought out the best in texans. we were stuck by the many scenes of people coming to the aid of their neighbors. ten-year-old devon and best friends franklin and deleone ages 16 and 14 r

mr. arpaio when this big story is happening?> well, it's a friday night, and that's pretty standard for politicians who want to get something out that they don't want a lot of coverage of. but this administration does that more than most. the arpaio case is, i think, for the president, another blemishiblemish on his record as far as civil rights and equality is concerned. here's a person as sheriff was denying a court order. here's a person who's supposed to be the law keeper and a lawbreaker. and so this is a really plumb gift to his base. but to those in america who were concerned about the president's response to charlottesville, this only makes matters worse. >> it is important to point out this was the pardon of the president and the president alone. he did not refer to the justice department, which is standard. the question here, how significant are pardons for presidents when you look at presidents past, those who made those decisions typically at the end of their term, this president making it right at the start? >> that

mr. arpaio and also friend of the show. such a loyal friend. you are wounded but will here.te it. at some level, heaters are going to hate or disagree as it were in washington. the constitution is pretty clear on is that the president's powers are absolute. >> basically unreviewable. people are complaining the sheriff was good, that's why you need a pardon. anyone who is pardon committed a crime under the judicial system. that is kind of the way it works. from a legal, it may not be safe, but we've seen presidents on both sides of the aisle use it to the dismay of members of the opposite party. some people say that because the president may attack to attorney general sessions about the investigation before the pardon it makes a pardon invalid. is there anything to that? >> know, the president's pardon power -- in the past have pardon people on the eve of the trial, after trial. you cannot mass pardon. i don't see any reason. it's a unitary executive branch. all executive authorities have that conversation. >> there has been some discussion in terms of the political chatter a

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. margaret, donald trump doing what he has been doing for a while. that is poking the establishment wing of his party. >> both of the republicans from the state of arizona. and jeff flake came out in favor of the political issue, a pardon. the president not only signaled to the base that he's going to live up to his promises but he also -- and we don't know yet how deliberate this was, how incidental it was, but signaled to anyone who might be in trouble, who is a loyalist, who will stand by those people who stood by him. there's speculation about whether there's any intention to signal anything to the folks in the mueller probe. that's speculation at this point but explains why this is such a controversial dynamic. it's a situation where the president certainly has very broad powers. every presidents do. it's interesting to do it presentencing. a lot of the things about this case are unusual and therefore subject to discussion. unless somebody wants to challenge it in court -- i know t

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions." while, arpaio told the arizona republic in an interview friday that he would not have handled his immigration sweeps any differently, saying -- "my guys did nothing wrong, and i didn't do anything wrong." your response? >> well, my response is that has o. since thes m. beginning. he is much like trump that he does not admit he makes mistakes. as first john mccain, his quote is right on target. gets things right. as far as trump's concern, he is been right more than wrong on this issue. i want to address the point that the president made in his pardon that arpaio has given a lot of service. the 20 years he was sheriff of maricopa county were not good years, as far as a law man is concerned. he devoted a great chill of energy to his immigration -- great deal of energy to his immigration sweeps that were profiling latinos. he diverted resources and funding from other important law-enforcement processes. there were 400 plus sexual assault cases that were not investigated by his department.

mr. arpaio. are two republican senators in that state, that have drawn the ire of the president in recent weeks and months, that being jeff flake who the president described as toxic. as you know it was senator john mccain who eventually sunk the health care legislation. this speech, also in phoenix, potentially gives the president another vehicle, another outlet to talk about his new strategy in afghanistan that he laid out last night. on this day self top members within the administration pitching a new strategy which focuses not only on afghanistan but out asia, the south asia strategy they're calling it and specifically pakistan, trying to put more pressure on that country. secretary of state rex tillerson said today there has been an erosion of trust with the neighboring country to afghanistan. >> we have witnessed terrorist organizations being given safe haven inside of pakistan to plan and carry out attacks against u.s. servicemen, u.s. officials, disrupting peace efforts inside of afghani

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. enator flake says he would have preferred the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course. >> sheriff arpaio has been a controversial and pretty divisive figure in arizona politics for decades. sara sidner has a closer look at his policy and the relationship with the president. >> reporter: the case against sheriff arpaio began in 2007, a class-action lawsuit accused him of implementing a policy of racial profiling. arpaio was sued, accused of encouraging his deputies to retain people for no other reason than they were suspected of being in the country illegally. known for his tough-speak, his department's workplace raids, the tent city where inmates were housed and the pink underwear he made inmates wear, arpaio argued his department was simply enforcing the law. >> i'm the appointed sheriff. i report directly to the people. i won't be subservient to the federal government when they have come up with no proof. >> reporter: but arpaio lost his argument in the civil

last night, the white house said arpaio gave "years of admirable service to our nation" and called him a "worthy candidate for a presidential pardon." later in a tweet, mr. trump called arpaio "an american patriot" who "kept arizona safe!" in a tweet of his own, arpaio thanked the president and called his conviction last month "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the obama justice department." however, the f.b.i. investigation of arpaio for civil rights violations began during the administration of george w. bush. the pardon was unusual in that arpaio had yet to be sentenced and had not expressed any remorse for his crime, nor was any pardon application submitted for justice department review. this is the first pardon by president trump, and it comes much earlier into his time in office than the first pardons by previous presidents barack obama or george w. bush. some arizona republicans, including a former governor, applauded the pardon, while others like senator john mccain said the pardon "undermines" mr. trump's claim "for the respect of the rule of law." democratic senate leader chuck schumer denounced the pardon, saying arpaio "systematically"

mr. arpaio sends a message that law enforcers can ignore court orders and get away with it. thank you for being here with me and that does it for this hour. "mtp daily" starts just a couple seconds late with katie tur in for chuck. >> good evening. president trump just wrapped up a joint press conference at the white house with the president of finland. it was the first time we've heard from him on camera since

mr. arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt for failing to comply the to something that prohibited him from racial profiling. now, a category 4 storm. for more on how president trump is dealing with all of these developments, let's bring in ed henry. at the white house. >> just another friday night at this white house, i suppose. you talk about the storms out there, the serious storms bearing down on texas. the political storms potentially around this white house -- in terms of north korea, this could be seen as a good night for this president because for all the bluster from kim jong un, he backed down in recent weeks after president trump talked about all the fire and fury. then tonight, we see north korea launching three short-range missiles. you know what? they turned out to be duds. they didn't do anything at all. this is more bluster. the administration is feeling pretty good about that when you talk to top officials. in terms of sheriff joe arpaio, the president issuing his first pardon. this is something that is being widely criticized. the aclu calling arpaio races tonight. je

mr. arpaio sends a message that law enforcers can ignore court orders and get away with it. thank you for being here with me and that does it for this hour. "mtp daily" starts just a couple seconds late with katie tur in for chuck. >> good evening. president trump just wrapped up a joint press conference at the white house with the president of finland. it was the first time we've heard from him on camera since a series of storms, political and literal intensified over the weekend. president trump addressed the rising water in texas moments ago. >> we've pledged our full support as texas and louisiana battle and recover from this very devastating and historic storm. there's probably never been anything like this. >> president trump is scheduled to go to texas tomorrow. he also said he might return to texas again on saturday. and possibly to louisiana as well. and promised funding wouldn't be delayed by congress. . >> you're going to see very rapid action from congress, certainly from the president. and you're going to get your funding. it's a terrible tragedy. and i think yo

mr. arpaio and his wife some relief.ys his political career isn't finished. >> let's talk about what we know. the former sheriff was found guilty of criminal contempt for disregarding a court order in a racial profiling case. so i'm not sure if what you're saying about this case is actually what happened. >> caller: okay. i hear that, and that's a respectful dissent, and appreciate the tone in what you said. but i would argue substantially more. that there is no law against profiling. and i'm using the broader term of profiling. i'm not saying specifically racial profiling. there is no prohibition on that. law enforcement officers would be almost impotent if they didn't profile people. if you look for someone 6 foot tall and 180 pounds and driving a pin toto, that's a profile. >> is the president now saying that racial profiling is okay by the profiling? because you're saying there's no specific law against it, but, again, legally, i'm not sure if you're accurate on that. >> caller: don, let me make this assertion. i've

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions."ow harmful are those words coming from mccain at this point, michael? >> they are powerful words and they are true in the sense that the president has the full authority under article 2 to make a pardon, but there are rules in place within the justice department, they have an office of pardon attorney, and that attorney is that office that's supposed to make recommendations to the president on the adequacy of a petition for pardon. and so there's a process. you usually wait five years after the time of your sentencing. the u.s. attorney in the district usually weighs in on it. if there are victims, they get to the weigh in on it. the individual who is considered for pardon is supposed to show contrition and that there is supposed to be this waiting period so that there isn't a denigration of the rule of law. and all that stuff, you know, the president has sort of thumbed his -- put his nose -- whatever the expression is, i can't get i out right, but has sort of ruled against that princ

mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. >> sally yates, the former attorney general fired by presidentls his own contest for our constitution, our courts and our founding principles of inequality and justice. >> and part of me is not surprised, but at this point, i don't expect anything. i just don't expect anything positive out of donald trump. but part of me is shocked. shocked by an elite where there has been the backlash out of charlottesville, and now signing an order banning transgender. this guy, he has a 34% base. he's not the president of the united states of america. he's the president of the divided states of america. all he wants to do is pit american versus american. he has got to know what it means to most of us in the latino community to pardon joe arpaio. it is a slap in the face for most latinos. this man has built his career as being a racist, discriminatory. and attack on hispanics and immigrants in arizona. what he's done today, donald trump, is another slap in the face to the latino community. >> we'll talk more about what came out of the white house overnight and

mr. arpaio and then intends to fight more furiously in his own direction or the direction of people he wants to protect. one way or another, one way we might want to look at this is he is communicating to the prosecutors an attitude toward the rule of law that for somebody who is currently under inquiry at least for potential obstruction of justice, is not what it seems to me his lawyers would want him to communicate. as you point out, this is an extraordinary use of the pardon power. it really looks to me more on the facts like a direct interference with the administration of justice, not consistent with the normal criteria for granting pardons. it was done in highly political circumstances as in the announcement at the rally. it seems to me that for somebody whose attitude toward the rule of law is very much at issue, after the comey episode and other related activities of his to try to slow the course or end of russia investigation, this is, it seems to me, an imprudent step on his part, i suppose i'll put it that way. >> you're almost saying that on the narrow basis of donald trump's per

mr. trump said, arpaio's life has been detected the public from crime and illegal immigration. the 85-year-old was due to serve prison time. >>> ahead and update, we're have new video coming in of hurricane harvey slamming the texas coast coming in by the moment at this hour. >>> and i'm meteorologist, i'll have the latest, plus dangerous heat for the bay area, where it hits, 103 degrees. that's 11:20 tonight. >> what is shown in the videos is extraordinarily distressing. >> more fall out from the disturbing video that show a cheer coach forcing his cheerleaders to do the splits. >>> and getting to wine country just got a little easier. the new train that's connecting several north bay communities. breaking news: just after 1am in texas... huuircane harvey is hitting near rockport texas. ==anim== ==vo== thosnndfdds of people have >>> just after 1:00 a.m. in texas, hurricane harvey you can see the live radar is hitting. thousands of people have been evacuated in the region, just the reporters now, really remaining in the eye of this storm. the national hurricane center is warnin

president trump -- joe arpaio and further exercises the law. mr. p. sheriff arpaio's tactics are unpopular, and in november he was defeated by 1 points. mr. trump's disdain for federal judges also isn't making friends in the federal judiciary. that will have to rule on his decisions in the coming years. a pardon is a depressing sign of our hyper politicized themes. >> donald trump does it on friday night. that plays to what he considers to be his base, but even conservative editorial paujz are objecting in the most strenuous of terms. >> right. some of his closest allies in congress as well. you know, the president politically maybe scores a point here with his base, which is small. >> this is a question with how he gives the middle finger to the doj. there was a blog piece wrote about how president trump at his rally when he previewed the arpaio pardon said he was convicted of doing his job. he criticized the conviction. it's curious that he didn't let the legal process play out if he believed the conviction wasn't rightful in the first place. why

mr. trump's immigration policies and plans for joe arpaio. >>> the search continues for ten missing u.s. sailors off the coast of singapore. they were lost when the u.s.s. john s. mctan collided with an oil tanker. it was the second major collision involving the fleet in two months. >>> the search for five missing army soldiers lost when their koptder crashed last week has been called off. the crew was on a training mission when it disappeared. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> the man who shot and wounded a job yesterday was the father of a high school player convicted of rape in 2016. he's expected to recover. the suspect was shot and killed by a probation officer. the judge who was carrying a gun also returned fire. >> i mean, this was just cold-blooded attempted murder on a judge. and that's not the way it's supposed to be in america, but it is, and that's sad. >> records indicate the judge was overseeing a lawsuit filed by the suspect. they're looking for a motive for the shooting. a detention hearing is looking for a man who planned confederate soldier. the city is

mr. montenegro. you're defending donald trump, a person who accused mexican immigrants for being rapists and criminals. and you know precisely that is not true. so, you are defending arpaion, president trump, who has been accused of racist remarks. those are the people you are defending, mr. montenegro, an immigrant from el salvador. >> jorge in this country we follow the rule of law. in this country we believe that everybody has a right to a process. if they're going to be charged to a process that was -- >> he was charged. arpaio was charged. >> correct. and there was a judge who should have recused herself. the original family member was one of the folks that started the lawsuit against sheriff joe. and when it's time to actually do the trial, as the constitution states, we need to make sure we do it -- if it's going to be criminal -- which, by the way, this happens in other countries, jorge. >> this has been a long process. >> it's called political persecution. this happens in other country. >> no it's called discrimination. >> when folks don't agree with you, they use the jushl system. >> it's not political persecution. >> that does not happen in this country. in th

and he's done an amazing job. >> yang: last year, arpaio was defeated in his bid for a sixth term as sheriff. it was the same night mrump won the white house, and the power to give arpaio a presidential pardon. we take a deeper look at this controversial pardon with brian kalt. he's a michigan state university law professor, and author of "constitutional cliffhangers: a legal guide for presidents and their enemies." >>> from your perspective as a constitutional scholar or professional of law, what make this pardon so-and-s noteworthy >> it's unusual to a president to make a pardon this early in his term. in recent history, presidents waited until after the election. after the ford pardon of new mexico son which probably cost president ford the election, presidents have been reluctant to use the pardon power, when they have, they've waited until there aren't really political ramifications for it. >> o'brien: aside from the timing, is there anything about the nature of this pardon, what it was for, what sheriff arpaio was convicted of doing that makes this sort of noteworthy >> the merits of the pardon. it's unusual fo

mr. trump sparing former arizona sheriff joe arpaio possible jail time, a free pass some say for a man who illegally targeted immigrants. reporter dave bryan with the reaction. >> was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? >> reporter: tuesday night in phoenix president trump charged the crowd of supporters by raising the case of arizona sheriff joe arpaio who was found in criminal contempt for continuing to category latino drivers to be pulled over by deputies violating a court order -- target latino drivers to be pulled over by deputies violating a court order. >> i'll make a prediction. i think he's going to be just fine, okay? >> reporter: sure enough three days later he was right. on a night when most americans were focused on the hurricane slamming into the gulf coast states, the white house quietly announced president trump pardoned one of the most controversial law officials in the country. >> a pardon at this point would gratuitously bless what he did and he engaged in unconstitutional racial discrimination and when he was called on that by a federal court, he openly defied that

ago to protect arpaio, who campaigned for him last year and shared his hard line views on illegal immigration. citing three sources with knowledge of the conversation, "the post" says mr. trump pressured attorney general jeff sessions to drop the case against arpaio before this sring's trial, but sessions declined, advising that would be inappropriate. the terrorist vehicle attacks in spain ten days ago claimed another victim today when a 51- year old german woman died of her injuries from the barcelona van attack on the famous "las ramblas" boulevard. that means 16 are now dead from the attacks, and 24 people remain hospitalized. "isis" has claimed responsibility. in britain, police have arrested a second man for friday night's attack outside london's buckingham palace for suspicion of involvement in terrorism. on friday, police subdued and arrested a 26-year old man who drove a car toward them, then got out, yelled "god is great" in arabic, and allegedly brandished a four-foot sword. no members of the royal family were in the palace at the time. a multi-racial coalition of activists plans to begin a ten- day march tomorrow from charlottesville, virginia, to washingt

mr. trump's defense of joe arpaio?presidents clinton and obama they had done controversial pardons as well that were politically motivated. >> to be sure the constitution permits a president to pardon whoever he or in the future she wants but each pardon is subject to scrutiny. with respect to sheriff arpaio, his treatment of immigrants and his violation of their basic rights is an issue. however, as president trump said, there are issues with pardons that president clinton made and that president obama made. this is, but i think that it is a fair discussion in the country about the purpose of a pardon and also the reason for a pardon and what does it say about public policy? i think that is the major concern about people, because there still is some serious questions about how undocumented immigrants are treated. cheryl: noelle, other big thing i think line of questioning from reporters, they wanted to talk about a possible government shutdown. that is the budget deal, congress on the way back finally to washington, n

. >>> one day after president trump pardoned the controversial sheriff joe arpaio, we're now learning mrp took a personal interest in this case before it even went to trial. >> that is according to the "washington post".president reportedly asked the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions about dropping the case, however mr. sessions told mr. trump it would be inappropriate to interfere. >> the pardon was just one of several major developments, all h overshadowed by the hurricane. more from athena jones. >> reporter: several big headlines in the last couple of days. among them the departure of aide sebastien gorka. he was a counterterrorism adviser to the president and he was dismissed on friday. he says he resigned. white house officials say otherwise. and gorka now a list of aides who have left in the last month or so. we're talking about press secretary sean spicer, chief of staff reince priebus, chief strategist steve bannon, now sebastien gorka joining that list. i should nould note that after departure of bannon, sources said that gorka was on thin ice. he was part of the nationalist

mr. trump it would be inappropriate to interfere. >> are arreare arpaio was event convict convicted.nd he received a pardon friday. >> and a white house official says we noour tknew the preside wanted to do this for some time and worked to prepare for whatever the moment may company. >> and sarah huckabee sanders said this about the president's inquiry to the attorney general, it's only natural that the president would have a discussion with administration lawyers about legal matters. this case would be no different. the justice department declined to comment to the "post" about the story. let's bring in a woman who teaches at the university of london. less citlie leslie, your election to the fact that the president asked the department of justice about dropping a criminal case against a political ally. >> i think it's deeply disturbing because it's yet another indicator that the president does not have an appropriate level of respect for the process of justice and for the rule of law, to actually intervene and specifically ask that a case be shut down. and so deeply problematic. nev

mr. trump used the hurricane as political cover to pardon arpaio on friday.lso the president made the ban on transgender troops official. signing an order that direct directs the pentagon to move forward on that ban, though it remains unclear what will happen to transgender personnel that are currently serving in the military. >> that order also bans the department of defense from providing medical treatment to transgender service members, adding more to that, there is the ousting of sebastian gashinga, a deputy adviser to the president who had ties to far political groups and called i slam an inherently violent religion him they say gorka's resignation is is not a resignation per se, they report john kelly allegedly revoked gorka's security clearance, almost forcing him to resign, even doing so while he was on evacuation. they were set to be back at the white house on monday. nbc news also learning that special counsel robert mueller has now issued going subpoenas to public relations executives that work with paul manafor. six firms in all, receive subpoenas

mr. trump might follow through for controversial former sheriff joe arpaio, convicted of criminal contemptng an order to stop racial profiling of latino suspects. press secretary sarah sanders said late today, that the president will not be announcing a pardon for the sheriff, when the president appears here at a rally later today. but that leaves open the possibility, anthony he could do it some time in the future. >> chip reid in phoenix tonight. thanks. >> the help wanted sign is up for border patrol agents. but finding takers is a challenge. so the government is getting creative. here is don dahler. tens of thousands of fans came to the fest in minnesota. for the country music. >> interested in a career. >> customs border agent, came to the festival for the tens of thousands of fans. >> crystal was intrigued. never thought i would get a job. >> reporter: at a music festival. the agency struggled to hire 5,000 agents, president trump requested to help secure the mexican border. so the cbp got creative and is venturing to spartan races, county fairs, and country music festivals. >> what'

mr. trump hinted he may pardon joe arpaio. >>> hazmat teams called to the green bay police department headquartersething inside an envelope made two employees sick. no word on what it was but the opioid norcan was given. >>> seven muslim women petitioned the court next the government will need to ame amend sections of the law that allows that practice >>> lots of damage but so far no word on any injuries that is the news update this hour nus me itwred mp is backn o miteti >>> welcome back take a look at the market. stocks are at session highs on pace for their second best day of the month the s&p is up 20 the nasdaq when it comes to percentage gains, the biggest mover with a gain of 75 points tech and materials are leading the way. real estate is a drag. cisco caterpillar and apple are your dough leaders macy's and foot locker are topping the s&p 500 right now. >>> it's definitely a fickle crowd out there. facebook is losing teens and tweens to snapchat and instagram. for the first time in its forecast, e-marketers says facebook will see a drop in users in the 12 to 17 age group. there's two thing

mr. trump used the hurricane as political cover to pardon arpaio. >>> the president has made the ban on transgender troops official. signing an order that directs the pentagon to move forward on the ban. then it remains unclear what will happen to transgender personnel durnl serving. the ban also prevents it the -- to top it all off there's the ousting of sebastian gorca, a deputy advisor to the president who had ties to far right political groups and called islam an inherently violent religion. he says the exit is not a resignation, per se. however, yahoo is reporting white house chief of staff john kelly allegedly revoked his security clearance almost forcing gorca to resign and even doing so while he was on vacation. gorca was set to be back in the white house on monday. >>> nbc news has learned robert mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas to public relations executives who worked with former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. 16 firms received supds. mueller's team is focussing on an international lobbying campaign which ran between 2012 and 2014. the subpoena is the first publication tha

mr. trump might follow through on his recent suggestion that he's seriously considering a pardon for controversial former sheriff joe arpaio, who was recently convicted of criminal contempt for defying a judge's order to stop racial profiling of latino suspects. press secretary sarah sanders said late today that the president will not be announcing a pardon for sheriff arpyowhen the president appears here at a rally later today, but that leaves open the possibility, anthony, that he could do it some time in the future. >> mason: chip reid in phoenix tonight, thanks. the "help wanted" sign is up for border patrol agents but finding take sairs challenge so the government is getting creative. here's don dahler. >> reporter: tens of thousands of fans came to the lak detroit lakes, minnesota. customs and border agent tony thornson came to the weed fest for the tens of thousands of fans. >> you will visit c.b.p..gov. >> crystal bridgers was intrigued. >> i never really thought i would get a job here-- >> reporter: at a music festival. >> yeah. >> reporter: the agency has struggled to hire the 5,000 agents president trump request