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the entire msnbc/nbc resources, we've seen so many of our correspondents that have been out there for days now. they're tracking the changes that they're seeing or feeling. we've got you covered all throughout the day. stick with msnbc to keep you informed. >>> hi. yeah, within the past five minutes we're seeming to get a real heavy downpour, definitely seeing the gusty winds. >> look at the trunk of the tree. it's not just the trunk that was uprooted, a chunk of the land. it's someone's backyard. it crashed through a fence here and now covering a sidewalk. >> this is a restaurant in florida city right on u.s. 1. guys, i just lost my -- you see the fencing. that has been ripped off. >> when you look at that, you realize we're still a couple hours from it even hitting the keys, so starting already to really feel how powerful this storm is going to be. we heard, for example, from a rep from the power company they're expecting millions of people, millions of people to lose power. half a million have lost it already. joining us on the phone, cammy clark, the public information officer for

liz: cnn joined with other media outlets including msnbc, nbc, "the new york times" to ridicule and criticize the trump administration earlier in the year when the president and his team said that they were wiretapped by the obama administration. meaning civilians not yet working for the government could have been wiretapped and spied on. now cnn itself, seems to be a doing a 180, an about-face, claiming in an exclusive report says it has got the scoop that the u.s. government did in fact wiretap former trump campaign chair paul manafort before and after the election, and that the government snooping continued into this year, into 2017. paul manafort was known to have talked to president trump earlier in the year and late last year. with me now, economist and author of the new book, the capitalist code, it can save your life, make you very rich, welcome, economist ben stein, good to see you, ben. >> nice to see you. liz: what do you make of the media going after the president saying you weren't spied on, lindsey obama administration didn't spy on you, that is flat-out ridiculous, but they're

it's next week, airing on msnbc, nbc, the today show, and you'll find it on social media.s called "one nation overdosed: a generation at risk." and it begins this sunday, october 1st. >> well, are you ready, folks? the weekend is upon us. amelia, just how low are we going to go? boy that sky is beautiful there. >> gorgeous out there right now. the cool est part of the week is sunday morning when we wake up in the suburbs with 40s and low 50s in washington. lack of rain and the impacts it te to get the grass seed down before most of us are worried about that first frost. if you are planning on doing that this weekend, know once it is down you need to water your lawn once a day and with no rain chances over the next ten days you're going to be watering at least ten days. and i talked about some unusual side effects. might see more acorns produced from the lack of rainfall. it's called bolting and i want to thank lynn johnson flores for that tidbit of information there. also the lack of rain unfortunately can lead to dull and dry fall color out there. hopefully as we start to

glen thrush, white house correspond end for the "new york times" and an msnbc nbc contribute and danielt ka from the american enterprise institute. i saw you chuckle at my jumbled introduction to yourself. >> it wasn't to me. i was wondering if you were going to mention that glen thrush has gotten off twitter. the twitter sphere is mourning. oh, we are going to talk about the president. >> don't put glen on the spot. >> i want to talk about senator about rasa making a hard pitch for graham/cassidy. i asked him over and over and over again can he guarantee to the people of wyoming that they are not going to pay more for preexisting conditions to the point where they can't afford it. he would not answer it. he kept going back tobook. why is that? >> becausebook has had failures. >> this is not -- >> you make a big change like this and no one can guarantee anything. it is a complex policy choice, i think. what this shows is how desperate the republicans are on the hill to have achievements. they failed on health care. and donald trump pivoted and decided to start cutting deals with nancy p

we will have continuing coverage on msnbc and nbc news and nightly news with lester holt. for now, i'm kristjchrikristjac >>> right now on news 4 midday, developments from a prince george's county courtroom. a convicted child abuser back before a judge. the action that could lead to an even longer sentence for former school aide deonte caraway. >> a rule change from here in washington this morning that could get fuel and supplies to storm ravaged puerto rico faster. >>> an emotional moment wrapping up on the floor of the house. louisiana representative steve scalise welcomed back to the floor. >>> good morning everybody. i'm i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with whip, steve scalise shot in alexandria in june. he's back on the house floor this morning. >> he was at a baseball practice with other members of congress when a gunman opened fire. scalise entered the house chamber to a long-standing ovation from the entire house chamber. speaker paul ryan introduced him to another raucous applause. he was quick to thank friends, family and officers who saved h

nbc news -- is going to examine the issue of hazing. it's a special series of reports including on today, msnbc and here. on "nbc nightly news." we'll take a short break. it was a dream job today for a boy who likes to mow lawns. >>> there's late word tonight from equifax, the credit monitoring company at the center of that personal information breach hitting nearly half of all americans. the chief information officer and chief security officer are retiring effective immediately. the first heads to roll as congress demands information and lawsuits pile up. >>> it was an unusual letter to president trump from an 11-year-old boy and it got the president's attention. today frank giaccio of falls church, virginia, got his wish to mow part of the white house lawn. he seemed to do it with such determination that it was hard for the president to get his attention. afterward mr. trump called frank the real future of the country. frank also got to visit the oval office. >>> the winning streak continues in cleveland and number 22 in a row came in dramatic fashion. a come from behind win in the tenth inning to leap over the 1935 chicago

>>> more now on the breaking news we just got in to msnbc here, michael cohen telling nbc news he will before the senate intelligence committee tuesday. cohen has been a big part of trump's business and political affairs for years. the senate committee has already interviewed jared kushner. back with me, analyst and u.s. intelligence veteran malcolm nance. malcolm, what do you make of this? we were talking about the money trail, but there's also the political trail, right? >> yeah, you're absolutely right. and this is rather surprising, because not only is he going to testify, but he's going to testify in a closed session, but he was under subpoena, which means that he is a target of, certainly of the intelligence committee's investigation, and they really want him in there to explain some of the things wih been alleged over the last year. so, by bringing him in in that closed session, i think we're going to get -- you know, this isn't the most leak-proof congress that we've had, so we're going to get some information, which should be quite substantial this week. >> might this be about

>> and a program note on monday, nbc news is going to examine the issue of hazing on american college campuses. it's a special series of reports including on today, msnbc here on "nbc nightly news" with lester break. it was a dream job today for a boy who likes to mow lawns. what's tha? p3 planters nuts, jerky and seeds. i like a variety in my protein. totally, that's why i have this uh trail mix. wow minty. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. what do you have there? p3 it's meat, cheese and nuts. i keep my protein interesting. oh yea, me too. i have cheese and uh these herbs. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. >>> there's late word tonight from equifax the credit monitoring company at the center of that personal information breach hitting nearly half of all americans. the company says its chief information officer and chief security officer are retiring effective immediately. the first heads to roll as congress demands information and lawsuits pile up. >>> it was an unusual letter to president trump from an 11-year-old boy and it got the president's attention. today frank giaccio of falls church, virginia, go

. >>> so today msnbc and nbc news along with the "today" show and "nightly news" are taking a close look campuses about what parents and students need to know this fall. you probably heard about what happened at louisiana state university where an 18-year-old freshman die in what police called alleged hazing with all fraternity activities now suspended. and sadly, that last week is just the most recent incident like this making headlines. my colleague kate snow has more on that story, plus some new poll numbers showing how americans think this issue should be confronted. 18-year-old max gruver was a big sports fan writing for local papers and blogs. but last thursday just 24 days into his freshman year at lsu the fphi delta pledge was rushe from the fraternity house to the hospital. >> he wanted to be in the fraternity. and it was something he was adamant about. >> reporter: but his life ended in the hospital, a case the police are investigating as a hazing incident. gruver had a lily elevated blood alcohol level bplus thc in his blood. his roommate is talking about him. >> don't let him

for a fourth year in a row, msnbc and nbc university partnered with the global citizen festival. ll air a live seit live. >>> counting down to megyn kelly live. things you might not know. >> one, i used to be in terrible debt when i was in college and law school. i had no money. i used to get sick when the bills would come every month. it's not so much i didn't pay my bills. i did it more on a quarterly basis. the creditors don't like that. secondly, i lo family gatherings. thanksgiving every year. seven cards dead, up and down the river, you make it. i am passing the tradition along to my children, 7, 6 and 4. >> never too early to start with the cards. >> you can play poker. >> i'm a blackjack girl, but i learned to play poker. >> what's something about you we don't know? >> i can sing probably every word to '50s music. >> oh, i did not know that. >> really? >> wouldn't have guessed it. >> my dad used to make cassette tapes with me, for me, of '50s music. >> really fascinating. we'll have to play some. >> i wanted braces so badly, i put bracelets on it. the gummie bracelets. >>

. >>> i'm dara brown at msnbc world headquarters. nbc news confirms iran test-fired a medium range ballistic missile a day after iran showed off a new ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads. it also follows president trump railing against the missile program at the united nations this week. >>> in hurricane-ravaged puerto rico, authorities are trying to evacuate some 70,000 people downstream of a failing dam. now back to hardball. >>> we're back with the hardball round table. margaret, tell me something i don't know. >> trump is continuing to taunt rocketman but the airlines are showing him so respect. swiss airlines, lufthansa and scandinavian airlines are rerouting their planes around the sea of japan to not come in contact with anything that rocketman might do. >> the congressional black caucus legislative conference is in town. this year the big stars are the members of the congressional black caucus. kamala harris and cory booker, all the chatter about them and whether they're going to run for president. >> trump is

he is currently a political analyst for nbc news and msnbc.k you. i'm excited to be here. >> seth: i'm so happy to have you. >> this is fun. >> seth: i want to start by saying, it's great to me that being press secretary is difficult no matter who the president is. it seems the hardest part now, for be it, sean spicer before, or sarah huckabee sanders now, is that president trump is watching the press conference in real-time. >> yes. >> seth: was that the case with president obama? was he watching the press conferences? >> i did not have an audience of one to my successors have had. in fact, when president obama offered me the job in the oval office, he said there are two things i needed to know. and the first one was, i'm not going to watch your briefing every day. presumably, he's got better things to do. he is after all, the president of the united states. >> seth: and isn't it good he has better things to do than watch a press conference. >> well -- well, the irony is this. the average american has better things to do then to watch the whi

. >> stay with this nbc station, msnbc, and nbcnews.com for the latest on hurricane irma. lester holt, al roker and the entire team in the hurricane zone will be recording live from florida, 4:30 eastern time, 1:30 pacific. for now, i'm kate snow for nbc news in new york. my sweetheart's gone sayonara. this scarf all that's left to rememb... what. she washed this like a month ago! how's a guy supposed to move on?! the long lasting scent of gain. now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. >>> good morning. it's 9:59. i'm kira klapper. you've been watching an nbc news special report. hundreds of people flew to the bay area to escape hurricane irma. you can see their stories right now on our website. also on nbc bay area.com we speak with a former bay area couple now living in florida riding out the storm. and our own vianey arana is in south florida covering irma. follow her on facebook and twitter where she's posting new pictures, videos, and stories. let's go to meteorologist rob mayeda with a look at a warm sunday forecast. >>> a taste of summer

my guest tonight is an nbc news correspondent, msnbc anchor and author of the new book "unbelievable:w seat to the craziest campagin in american history." please welcome katy tur! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to the show, katy. >> thanks for having me back. >> trevor: congratulations on your book doing really well. it is, honestly, one of the craziest stories. you're not lying when you say front row seat to the craziest campaign in american history. this is a book about your journey, and it really is like a weird romantic story with no romance. ( laughter ) involving yourself and now president donald trump. >> that's the weirdest way anyone's described the book. >> trevor: i try my best. >> i've heard a lot of descriptions and that is by far the weirdest way. >> trevor: when you read the story, it almost felt as if there was a strange connection between you and donald trump. >> i was there from the beginning. donald trump, i don't know if you remember, was not taken seriously when he announced his candidacy is that oh, we remember. ( laughter ) >> donald trump runni

nbc -- msnbc's marianna atencio is in viter, texas. mariana, i want to start with you. last updates we're seeing from viter, those homes with five feet of water. some neighborhoods just under water virtually. i know yesterday there was only one road open into viter. now is it looking this morning? >> you can just see around me, chris, this is the only highway that goes from lake charles, louisiana, to bow metropolitan. this is what so many vehicles have attempted to do this morning. this is the only highway into viter right now. this is a larger truck that just went by me. easy for that truck to go through. not easy for everyone to try to cross into vitor. it still remains pretty much an island. the river is receding, but not fast enough. they are also out of power in many areas of vitor. you can see an electrical substation behind me. >> we saw people trickling in. it's a signal that things are not improving fast enough, and as people are talking about the bigger cities, houston, of course, where a lot of people still need help. it is really the smaller towns here that

nbc news. don't discount who i was reporting for. msnbcnd nbc news, he wanted to be treated kindly by us, and i think he felt that meant that we were going to gloss over all of the very many controversies he would cause or the outrages he would cause or the reversals he would do, the flip flops. he didn't feel like things were fair. he wanted -- fair to him was -- >> not nice. >> yeah. >> and this is the violent tone at the rallies. take a look. >> get 'em out! get 'em out! [ cheering ] >> get 'em out of here. >> you write in the book that the people at the trump rallies were nice people, but inside a trump rally they are chained, they can yell and scream and say things they would never say anything on the outside. you had a grandpa spit at you. what do you think it was about? >> trump was crude and in his halo of crudeness, other people were allowed to be crude. you walked in the doors and you were part of a show. when donald trump said he was going to build a wall, they knew to say mexico was going to pay for it. when he talked about hil

msnbc news.com. this has been a nbc news special report. >>> boy, you look at what's going on down there, it's hard to understate the beating the crib has been taking over the past few days. it seems like with jose's arrival they are not out of the woods yet either. >> not even close. they are not catching a break by any means. people in florida, as we know, doing whatever they can with what they can. also virginia's governor taking action. >> virginia's governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency. days after returning from houston, fairfax urban rescue group landed in puerto rico to help with there. >> hurricane irma is barreling towards florida as you mentioned. news 4's david culver gives us a look at the eerily quite scene in florida ahead of the storm. >> you won't see me but you can hear me. ooichl i'm driving down ocean drive in south peach in this suv. if you know south beach you know on friday night, this is usually a place bustling. this isn't a place you would dare to drive, let alone pull up and park in front of the clevelander. that is the reality in south beach tonight. as i c

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he is a political analyst for nbc news and msnbc.lso with us, the chief white house political correspondent for the new york times. i am pleased to have oath of them here. what are the implications? clearly, there will be no repeal of obamacare, but what does the future hold? >> the trump presidency has become an era of disappointment for republican base voters. they look at this agenda for health care, tax reform, which remains stalled, and they see all these promises that have been made for nearly a decade not going anywhere in washington. president trump so far has been able to avoid the blame and fallout of all these pieces of legislation sitting on the shelf , but it was an embarrassing, almost humiliated day for senate majority leader just trying to get something to the floor that could pass. yet again, he proved he just does not have the ability to get the necessary votes. charlie cole in with a problem votes? ting the glenn: the problem is it is not even really a bill. it is sort of a notion. it was patched together by lindse

me from washington is the moderator for washington week on pbs and a political analyst for nbc news and msnbcwelcome to the start of fall, bob. great to be with you, charlie. charlie: what were the pressures on the president? what were his instincts and why did he make the decision he did? a. costa: it was such revealing decision by the president to choose to delay making a decision. candidate, politician, and now a president who revels in being the decider. he decided to punt the decision to congress, to let republicans decide the fate of 800,000 mostly younger immigrants that came here and were protected under the obama era executive action. we see a president a grappling ,ith his base that wants purity wants results, and his instincts showdvisers, they want to the republican party as more compassionate as appealing to hispanic voters even though they know the president is well known as someone who is supportive of a border wall. we see a president trying to navigate all these different forces and interest. and clearly in the context of what you said, his reference to children. aidessta: th

a speechwriter for president ronald reagan now an nbc and msnbc political contributor.to see the president and the spanish prime minister very briefly. we'll go to that if we see it pop up. now we have this standoff between the u.s. and north korea. let's go to the president. >> we welcome the prime minister of spain. he is someone highly respected in this country. we have a very close relationship with spain, and mr. president, it's an honor to have you in the oval office. it's an honor to have you at the white house, and we're going to be discussing trade and other things, and we look forward to doing it. and mr. president, thank you very much. >> the president welcoming the prime minister, also known as the president, of spain, and they will be having a joint news conference at about 1:45 which we'll be carrying live. back to you, peggy noonan. the president's big speech at the united nations had a lot of good notes about the importance of the united nations, of collective action. but at the same time it began this direction of calling him rocket man. by the end of t

mike: i was watching the channels, nbc and be i msnbc *. mollie: when we have such a focus on optics, and the obsession with melania trump's stilettos. howie: we want to put up headlines on this subject. she for 5 or 6-inch heels. "vanity fair," who wears stilettos to a hurricane in. michael: that was heartless but silly. howie: it portrays the first lady -- michael: she is not the first fir lady to get picked on. hillary clinton got picked on when she wore a page pant suit to a press briefing. this thing he said about the media not getting in harm's way and being cowards as you off key. howie: a lot of journalists did go into dangerous conditions there. erin: when the president was focusing on tack reformulater in the week i saw a number of cable news chryons saying the president is pivoting to tax reform when there is a death toll in can. that's too much to say pause we expect the president to walk and chew gum at the same time. howie: these are on msnbc. trump talks taxes as gulf death toll climbs to 19. erin: i remember seeing that. on

next week, nbc news ant msnbc will begin a special series. it's called one nation overdosed. generation at risk. the series begins this sunday with a focus on the smallest and most innocent victims of the epidemic, children. begins sunday night. >>> let's get a check at the weather. cool crisp air is here. here's a live look at the south philadelphia. how about the weather along the shore. let's get down there. temperatures in the low 70s today. this is cape may. picture perfect out there. ool cool though. >> very cool. nbc 10 meteorologist joining us now. >> it's kind of nice. friday night football and you want to maybe put on that light weight jacket. it feels appropriate now. we have a cool down ahead. saying wait a minute we just had one now. even a bigger one ahead. before eget to that some isolated showers possible tonight and tomorrow. and these are going to be isolated. we have an extremely dry air mass to any rain that develops is going to have a hard time. you can carry your umbrella but there's not going to be a washout. the cool down i'm speaking of is behind the

we've invited the ceo to appear on nbc and msnbc. no dice.now is congressman warren davidson and mike licht is joining us as well. he's a consumer advocate for the u.s. public research group. congressman, i'm going to start with you. i don't know how many different ways i can say how outraged americans should be. no matter where you are on a political spectrum, you have no choices about credit reporting. nobody chooses equifax. nobody chooses the information that goes to equifax and everything about me they have, they profit off of. then they lost my stuff and they made me try to swear off some rights in order to find out about it. it just doesn't get worse than this. >> sadly, it could get worse, and we need to make sure that it doesn't. frankly, these guys have been very irresponsible and their actions immediately after the discovery of this have created a lot of suspicion. i heard you earlier saying that you've extended an invitation to their ceo. i'm positive he's getting lots of invitations, including soon from the house of financial ser

hello, everyone, i'm alex whitt here at msnbc headquarters in new york. nbc news has confirmed from u.s. officials that north korea has in fact tested an advanced nuclear device. sources telling nbc news what they've seen so far is consistent with north korea's claims. north said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on to one of those intercontinental ballistic missiles the country's withbeen testing. president trump calling north korea a rogue state, highlighting china's unsuccessful efforts to rein in the north and criticizing south korea for what he described as talk of appeasement, saying north only understands one thing. a south korea official reacting saying south korea has experienced the tragic war and will not give up the denuclearization of the peninsula and will continue to pursue peace. here's what the president said a short time ago. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> we'll see. >> "we'll see." nbc's gehrig haig is at the white house for us. we're hearing from the president. let's talk about in total what we'

for a fourth year in a row nbc and msnbc universal have partnered with the global citizen festival. simulcast, and you can also catch it on the nbc news app. always a great concert. >>> finally, we're counting down to monday's debut of "megyn kelly today." with two more days she reveals two more things about her you might not know. >> you might not know, one, i used to be in terrible debt when i was in college and law school. i had no money. i used to get sick when the bills would come every month. not so much that i didn't pay my bills. i just did it more on a quarterly basis. as it turns out the creditors don't like that. secondly, i love poker. we grew up playing it at all my family gatherings, thanksgiving every year. five card draw, up and down the river, you name it. i am now passing that tradition along to my own children, seven, six, and four. >> never too early to start with cards. >> you play poker. >> i'm more of a craps, black jack kind of girl, but i've learned to play poker. >> something about you we don't know. >> i can sing every word to '50s music. >> i did not know

mike: i was watching the channels, nbc and be i msnbc *. mollie: when we have such a focus on optics, and the obsession with melania trump's stilettos. howie: we want to put up headlines on this subject. she for 5 or 6-inch heels. "vanity fair," who wears stilettos to a hurricane in. michael: that was heartless but silly. howie: it portrays the first lady -- michael: she is not the first fir lady to get picked on. hillary clinton got picked on when she wore a page pant suit to a press briefing. this thing he said about the media not getting in harm's way and being cowards as you off key. howie: a lot of journalists did go into dangerous conditions there. erin: when the president was focusing on tack reformulater in the week i saw a number of cable news chryons saying the president is pivoting to tax reform when there is a death toll in can. that's too much to say pause we expect the president to walk and chew gum at the same time. howie: these are on msnbc. trump talks taxes as gulf death toll climbs to 19. erin: i remember seeing that. on

we have complete coverage, host of msnbc's "hardball" chris matthews with us, so is nbc's peter alexander. he's at the white house. msnbc political analyst rick tyler and msnbc national security analyst evelyn farkas, former assistant secretary of defense and joe reuben also here former u.s. deputy secretary of state. peter, standing by for this news conference, what are we expecting to hear from president trump? >> well, certainly a lot of topics that the president will be pressed on on this day. just moments ago the treasury department announcing that it has slapped new sanctions on eight north korean banks as well as 26 north korean bank workers. obviously the crisis in north korea right now is one that is at the center of the attention in terms of national security concerns. we haven't heard from the president yet after the foreign minister of north korea declared in fact that the u.s. had declared war on that country. he's likely to be pressed on that topic. obviously the conversation we've been focusing on and much of this country has been debating right now is the president's relen

hello, everyone, i'm alex whitt here at msnbc headquarters in new york. nbc.s. officials that north korea has in fact tested an advanced nuclear device. sources telling nbc news what they've seen so far is consistent with north korea's claims. north said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on to one of those intercontinental ballistic missiles the country's withbeen testing. president trump calling

senior political analyst for nbc news and msnbc news, mark. republican strategist is with us. so, everybody was saying, well, maybe trump's made a turn. we didn't hear. you said, there's always a tweet 15 minutes away. there is always a tweet. >> general kelly took a nap. >> there were a number this weekend, of course. the one that has garnered the most attention. what did you think about the golf one. let's jab that. come on. what. >> that's the president of the united states who tweeted out this. mark? >> i don't love that. i don't love it. >> i'm serious. general kelly took a nap. >> no more loops on that. stop. >> that's the president of the united states. the midst of a crisis with north korea. i don't know how to get that tweet. problematic. >> you have again, mika, a guy who again should put the campaign behind him. he just can't do it. i don't know. it's a bad joke. you have the president of the united states talking about knocking over a woman, his former opponent. >> it's bad on so many levels. i can't think of one way someone would be overreaching or getting up and s

she's now an nbc news and msnbc global affairs contributor. ambassador sherman, you're uniquely experienced with your experience on the iran deal and coming close to a deal with north korea, trying to approach that under the clinton administration, which was the last time we seemed to be moving in that direction. so i want to get your reaction to the speech tonight. and i just want to give you the floor, there's so much there for you to react to. >> thank you very much, lawrence. that was a very moving opening. it's very hard to know where to begin. you know, lawrence, my dad was an enlisted marine in world war ii. he was wounded in guadalcanal and found his recovery on the west coast with my mom. they were a young couple. and he so did not ever want to see war again that he got very active and helped to found what became the american veterans committee. and he and my mom attended the founding of the united nations because he did not want to see war anymore. and indeed, that's what the united nations is about. yes, of course we all have our so

also a nbc news and msnbc legal contributor. david k. johnston with us, journalist who founded d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization to cover the trump administration and joy reid is back with us. and barbara mcquaid, i want your view as a prosecutor to some of these developments, this special prosecutor's apparent interest in air force one communications about a statement to a newspaper, for example. what could be of criminal investigative interest in the crafting of a statement to a newspaper? >> well, it seems apparent at the very least that robert mueller and his team are very interested in president trump's role in drafting that statement. now, making the statement that was false or misleading to the public or to the press in itself is not a crime. but it could be evidence of the corrupt purpose in a larger obstruction scheme and the phone records is intriguing suggesting that mueller and the team trying to figure out who they were talking to drafting that statement. so, it will be very interesting to see how that plays out. >> and david k. johnston, the reports of pau

joining us now, john hileman for nbc news and msnbc and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and a msnbc contributor. john, we do fairly have the headline. trump uses private e-mail in the white house. ivanka trump. >> yes. well, and it is -- you knew this was coming. right? >> i didn't know what was coming. i did not know. i could not have predicted for you the trump white house will be found in a widespread pattern to be using private e-mail after the lock her up campaign. >> it speaks to the profound cynicism of so many of the things that were said on the campaign trail. just like it speaks -- this is straight line to draw. between the cynicism of the way issues were deployed in the campaign that trump did not really believe in and certainly not carrying having made a case of them and not carry in and then say we'll do policy in a different way of opponent did. that cynicism, the same on display in attack on steph curly and colin capper nick and the players protesting. the cynicism is staggering and the hypocrisy. i can't tell what's worse, the race baiting, the profound a

from washington robert costa, "the washington post" political reporter, political analyst for nbc news and msnbc. also glenn thrush, political chief white house correspondent for the "new york times." pleased to have both of them here. robert costa, what are the implications of this? clearly there will be no repeal of obamacare, but what does the future hold? >> the trump presidency has become an era of disappointment for republican-based voters. they look at this agenda on capitol hill not only on healthcare with the graham-cassidy proposal but tax reform which remains stalled and see all the promises that have been made for nearly a decade not going anywhere in washington. president trump, so far, has been able to avoid a lot of the blame and fallout of all these pieces of legislation sitting on the shelf, but it was an embarrassing, almost humiliating day for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell just trying to get something to the senate floor that could pass. again he proves he just does not have the ability to get the necessary votes. >> rose: what's the problem with getting the votes, gl

steven kornacki, national political correspondent for nbc news, and msnbc contributor, eddie gladsteinclosest this investigation has got on the president trump himself. we've seen donald trump say don junior, he's a good kid, but this today even though don junior is not under oath, is this not getting us close or the that, hey, could his dad have been obstructing justice here in terms of the narrative with heard around this meeting? >> it entirely fends on what he says and what he's asked and depends on what the follow-up is and depends on what the facts are and we don't know all the facts. that's what the purpose of an inquiry like this is to find out. i think what garrett said is key to keep in mind, this is not one of those hearings you usually think about where there will be all these cameras, where the witness is going to get up and sworn in, where each senator is going to take five, ten minutes here. this is going to be the staffers, this is going to be a written record, this is not going to be legally binding in terms of being under oath. this is the setup for what we believe is

let's bring in nbc news and msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki hanging out with usday to give us the lay of the land. so steve, even the president is acknowledged now that strange does not have this thing locked up. >> no, absolutely not. there's a lot of suspense down there in alabama, like you said, it's moore versus strange, the names on the ballot, but what is so fascinating is this is donald trump, his interests are not aligned with steve bannon, a lot of the anti-establishment republicans who have been behind donald trump the whole way. so it's a fascinating tension there. here's what trump's trying to pull off. so again, his candidate, luther strange, came in second place in the preliminary. this is a rungoff, moore and strange, mo brooks came in third and is eliminated, but mo brooks endorsed roy moore in this race. so trump's candidate already finished behind roy moore in the preliminary by six points. the third candidate eely na lel threw support behind moore. you have palin rallying around roy moore. he's popular with the conservative grassroots in alabam

the national analyst for nbc news and msnbc. rachel, thank you for joining us.re here. let me ask you about this. is bannon relevant? can bannon by himself destroy an incumbent? >> absolutely he is relevant right now. i can tell you. >> did he get rid of somebody? >> he's going to try. he got a president-elected. so yeah, i think he's got some oomph behind him right now. and we talk about him potentially primarying some republicans in the senate, also trying to take out speaker ryan. he sound and alliance with a bunch of conservatives in the house who are also really upset right now because they're not getting obamacare repeal done. they're ticked at leadership. so he is whispering in their ear. potential ally to take out paul ryan. >> so you're betting he is going to dump ryan? >> i think he'll try. >> try, try, try. do you thank you he is going to win with any of these cases? >> i think that potentially on primary, it could be a big problem for mcconnell when it comes to senate primaries and pushing candidates further to the right. and then when they go in the