but mr. potts? d. >> reginald potts appears to be insulted they even ask. >> and i can tell you you're lying. >> nailah? he was nowhere near her, he said, the day she vanished. >> i was not in her apartment on the 18th, period. >> or her apartment building? >> or apartment building. >> of course they told him they had evidence. >> distinctive bentley in her [ bleep ] parking garage or building. >> that's it. >> and i can tell you, that's a lie. >> a police frame-up, to which the detectives said -- >> reginald, do you understand about videotapes? there's cameras. >> yes, including nailah's apartment building. and there is reginald, plain as day with nailah. arriving and leaving with her on that very day she disappeared. >> so you knew he was there? >> yes. >> but reginald? doubled down on his denial. >> i am certain that i am nowhere near inside of nailah franklin's apartment building. >> accused the police of fabricating evidence. >> you've been very creative with photoshop. i guarantee you cannot fi

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mr. trump, especially with the midterm elections right around the corner. joining us now with reaction from capitol hill, nbc's tracie potts. tracie, good morning. >> hi, good morning. well, let's put this in context, because the shutdown threat comes just 60 days, two months before the government's budget deadline. and as the senate gets ready to head to recess. now the president says he wants not only funding for a border wall and border security, but he wants to end catch and release when immigrants country, they'rent their court date. he wants to end the lottery system and replace it with what he calls merit-based immigration. but to tie this to the budget and threaten to shut down the government, some lawmakers are asking the president to put the brakes on that. >> i think hopefully most of the appropriation bills will actually be passed. a little better prioritization spending. i certainly don't like playing -- i don't think it would be helpful, so let's try and avoid it. >> also this weekend we saw a tweet storm by president trump in the russia investigation, criticizing special counsel robert mueller and an all-out

mr. shulkin. t >>> toughks this morning nttween the u.s. and iran. meanwhile, presirump is dealing with new fallout from the russia investigation. tracie potts has the latest developments from capitol hill. >> reporter: never ever threaten the united states again or you will sufesr the conseque the likes of few throughout history have ever suffered before. that is president trump's tweet just a few hours ago afteran leader promised the mother of all wars. but the public is notit happy how president trump is dealing with another nuclear nation. 51% disapprove ofow he's handling russia in the new nbc news/wall street jrnal poll. his overall job approval remains steady. mr. president, they meddled in the elections, they stole podesta's e-mails, they t meddl dnc, we could be next. >> they will better at it.and be >> reporter: they are responding to a secret court warrant releasedy the justice department used to spy on trump alviser carter page. the presidentls it a scam. the government thoht page was being recruited by russia. >> we can now confirm that he did, in fact, have meetings with russian officials. >> no, i have nev been an aid to the f