her name was kerry phillips. i will tell you how their relationship started, but let me first make sure this works. john dean did the forward to this book. here's a picture of warren harding delivering state of the union address. you see coolidge sitting behind him in the vice president's the. -- seat. he was a great speaker. he was sought after around the country to be a speaker. that is a picture of him to start this off with. as i said, he was elected to succeed woodrow wilson as our 29th president. he won in a landslide. of thetory is one biggest in american history. he was a guy that everybody felt was a breath of fresh air for america. wilson just had a stroke and the white house -- wilson had a stroke and the white house was closed and his wife was running the government. you can see wilson is a little disabled in this picture. i think this is the guy named joe cannon, speaker of the house. they are on their way to the inauguration. as i just told you, eugene debs gave the speech and this is a picture of d

catherine's husband, phillip, had gone back to the u.s.efore business meetings, leaving his wife alone in nairobi with their five kids. >> i got woken up at about 5:00 wpm with a phone call from hur dear family friend, so i knew it was not good. >> do you remember what he said? >> there is an attack going on at westgate and your wife and sons are in there and they're separated. that's a call you don't want to have to make. >> the family friend had been at home recovering from surgery when he got an urgent text from catherine. >> what time did the first message come in? >> the first one came in at 12:52. she said pray, shooting in westgate. hiding. >> that's a message. >> it just blew me away. i actually wrote her back, really? and she said, yes, i don't know where the boys are. she said find blake. >> i started looking on the internet. somebody put out a statement on facebook saying don't call anybody because when the phone rings people are getting shot when their phone rings. paul didn't call but stayed in touch with catherine through tex

phillip? >> all right, ron mott for us. ron, thank you. >> hawaii is on alert bracing to get lashed by a major hurricane. lane now a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour. hurricane hte forecasters now say the islands are set to get socked with torrential r storm skirts by up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. officials are preparing for a major flooding and rescue operations. all hawaii public schools will be closed today and tomorrow. the storm is not expected to make land fall as it slides by. >> all right. let's turn it over to nbc meteorologist bill karins who is now tracking that monster storm. good morning. >> good morning. slow-moving hurricane, mountainous terrain, recipe for catastrophe. the storm is still approaching, 200 miles from the southernmost tip of hawaii. that's 240 from kona. they still have a beast of a storm. it will slowly weaken from here on out but it is still going to have a huge rain shield with it. when we get the enhancement with the topography, that's why going to

phillips visit is a big deal for these kids. they have no toys to play with him they aren't even enough for you to know. that when philip lived here amy was still a young boy. and now his later he's still here. come in he had been in my share used to two big bullies round the bend then when we know my cloths during the day when you have washed their minds i've ever have a. reason right now we used to stave off the corner where we used to a sleeping by the corner he was he was rated we just admit he was very storytelling he could be tended to tell he was told it might. philip storytelling skills helped him to forget about life in the orphanage it was almost as bad as living on the streets the stock forced him to work every day he was beaten and starved. i'm still amazed that i survived one that it was nothing short of a miracle i was warned that. life there was really stressful. i mean born the environment the physics had been lost to i was subjected to beatings and other physical abuse and general neglect the phenomenally signal

phillip? >> hans, thank you for that report. >>> president trump's legal team believes they are ready to handle any findings from special counsel robert mueller. in a new interview, mr. trump's attorney rudy giuliani says the team is prepared to rebut any conclusions from the investigation into russian election meddling, telling the paper, "a negative report gets it over with. we can answer it with, i think, a better report from us and then we get to wait and see what happens in congress." the legal team also sent a proposal to mueller about a possible sit-down with the president, but giuliani told the journal there won't be an interview until after september 1st to avoid interfering with the midterms. >>> the first trial in the special counsel's investigation will resume this afternoon, the prosecution is expected to rest their case against paul manafort today, who's facing tax and bank fraud charges that pre-date his time with the campaign. >>> explosive revelations about a former white hous

phillip agnew in florida, let's begin with you. first, your response to ron desantis and what he said just hours after this upset victory in the democratic primaryry whee andrew gillum won. talk about his words "monkeying it up." >> in florida, we call him a distraction. ron disaster. he is try to takakflorida b back into a vision of the past. we don't spend time talking about him. what we are talking about are the issues that andrew talked about, which is a new vision. we say we're moving with 2020 vision. there's no need to look back. we just need to look forward. on tuesday, we saw the majority of people in the state of florida want to move ford of dust forward. they wanant races for a public school teachers. they want the elected official who is unafraid to say climate change, let alone engage with climate change. so we have an opportunity after two decades of republican trifecta leadership in tallahassee, the governorship, the house and senate, to actually shift our state and move it from being a political punchline to a model

>> kyra phillips at the courthouse for us tonight. kyra, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the breaking developments in the west at this hour. those deadly wildfires, and tonight, real concern that two major fires could now combine as one. at least eight major wildfires now burning across california. firefighters battling those two fires very close together. tonight, the carr fire, a staggering number from that wildfire. more than 1,200 homes and buildings have burned to the ground, and that number is growing. abc's kayna whitworth from california. >> reporter: tonight, hot, dry conditions stretching firefighters across the state to their limits. in southern california, crews racing to contain the railroad fire in santa clarita. >> there's another drop. and look how effective that is. >> reporter: in northern california, a two-headed monster in mendocino and lake counties. the ranch and river fires together scorching nearly 75,000 acres. >> the fire's coming in pretty hot right this second. but the wind's kind of blowing down

phillips visit is a big deal for these kids. they have no toys to play with him they aren't even enough. when philip lived here was still a young boy. and now his later he's still here. come in he has been in my share used to to to big bullies round the bend they know when we normal can go across new england when you've washed their minds i've ever have a feeling. for these right now we're used to stave off the corner where we're used to a sleeping have a corner you was it was rated we just admit it was very still retaining he could be tended to tell me he was told it might. philip storytelling skills helped him to forget about life in the orphanage it was almost as bad as living on the streets the stuff forced him to work every day he was beaten and starved. i'm still amazed that i survived and that it was nothing short of a miracle. life there was really stressful. the. last two i was subjected to beatings and other visible abuse and general neglect deep enough to lisa go. but i got through it with sheer willpower and a hell o

the one tweet of the reaction to phillip rucker's article it appears to be, is the -- i guess, if you look in the time line, the one where he says and he is alluding to the meeting of his son, and i'll read from this tweet here. it says, fake news reporting a complete fabrication that i'm concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, donald, had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal done all the time in politics, and it went nowhere. i did not know about it. all right. so lots of points there. danny, is he admitting here to something that is conspireing, collusion? >> the statement is very concerning. i don't know if we can put it back up, but there are two significant sentences in that statement. the first is, this is a meeting to get information on an opponent. yes, that can be legal, but not when you are doing it with a foreign power under federal election campaign law. the last sentence is very significant. i did not know about it. why make that statement unless you're aware that the previous statement has some inculpatory effect? unle

tim phillips, president for americans for prosperity.o much for joining us. >> sure. >>> now we turn to social media which continues to add uncertainty to elections as bad actors use facebook to manipulate public opinion. facebook just announced that they have purged more than 30 accounts accusing them of coordinated, inauthentic behavior aimed at misleading facebook users and swaying the midterm elections. this comes after facebook had the worst day in stock market history as share price plunged almost 20% losing $120 billion in value and then on tuesday, the trump administration finally admitted that russian interference through facebook and other means did play a role in 2016. here's vice president pence speaking at a cybersecurity conference in new york. >> while other nations certainly possess the capability, the fact is russia meddled in our 2016 elections. that is the unambiguous judgment of our intelligence community and as the president said we accept the intelligence community's conclusion. >> putting a dot on that then. my gue

i'm marlie hall. >> i'm phillip 4:30.gin with breaking news at 4:30. good morning, and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're learning of a man shot while driving on 680 in the south bay. bob redell is live for us. do we know what started this? >> we don't. not as of yet. the investigation is still really early right now. marcus, we can tell you that chp has shut down northbound 680 between alum rock and berryessa as they investigate the shooting. they're looking for evidence that is going to affect the morning commute here in san jose, and they're trying to find out who shot the driver of this black honda a

. >> and i'm phillip mena. an interview with the special counsel in the russia investigation seems further out of the question for president trump this morning. in a new interview with reuters, the president said he is worried any statements he makes under oath to robert mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him. the interview just his latest attack on the mueller probe following a report that a key staffer is cooperating with investigators. nbc's susan mcennis is joining us now from capitol hill with the very latest. susan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, phillip and marlie. this is a hastily arranged interview soon after the administration learned white house counsel don mcgahn spent 30 hours talking with special prosecutors involved in the russia investigation and also amid increasing attacks by the president agaves mueller in the probe. president trump said he could get involved in the investigation instead choosing not to. he told roit ers i could go in and run it if i want.

phillip? >> all right, hans, thank you for that report. >> a global heat wave is drawing new attention to the threat of climate change. with this summer's extreme weather in europe, australia and across the globe, scientists are beginning to sound the alarm. here's nbc's matt bradley. >> reporter: in germany, fish are drowning. in switzerland, thirsty cows are getting air lifts of water. in southern australia, one of the worst droughts in history during their winter. >> this is certainly uncharted waters. it's not a record that we're happy about. >> reporter: this summer's global heat wave has seen some topsy-turvy weather drawing new attention to the hot thirsty elephant in the room, climate change. worldwide the past four years have been the hottest ever recorded, and it's only been a year since president trump withdrew from the paris agreement on climate change. >> the paris accord would undermine our economy, hamstring our workers, weaken our sovereignty. >> reporter: but withdrawing won't

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>> kyra phillips with us tonight.>>> pope francis tonight is fighting off calls for his resignation. what italian media is now reporting, after the pope was questioned about an american cardinal. it all comes after that blistering grand jury report, as well, on the catholic church in the u.s. abc's david wright tonight from vatican city. >> reporter: tonight, pope francis reportedly has no plans to resign, despite the archbishop's explosive accusation. according to the italian news agency "ansa," close associates of the pope told them he's "embittered" by the documents, claiming he knew cardinal mccarrick was a predator, but "is not thinking about resignation." >> nobody can remove him from his place as pope. that's the church law. >> reporter: the allegations have exposed a deep rift in the church. >> many of the people who are critical of pope francis naturally are inclined to believe the accusations. >> reporter: supporters of pope francis have sought to debunk archbishop carlo vigano's text, detail by detail. the

kyra phillips with us now. so many questions about this. do you know when this was recorded?a's lawyer saying it's paragraph of true love and you learned it was actually recorded in moscow? >> reporter: it was, about four years ago. butina set up the studio time through a friend, david. and now her lawyer is saying that she and ericson are still together, as a matter of fact, he visited her in jail over the weekend. david? >> all right, kyra phillips continuing to follow the case. >>> pope francis tonight is fighting off calls for his resignation. what italian media is now reporting tonight, after the pope was questioned about that blistering grand jury report on the catholic church here in the u.s. abc's david wright from vatican city. >> reporter: tonight, pope francis reportedly has no plans to resign, despite the archbishop's explosive accusation. according to the italian news agency "ansa," close associates on the pope told them he's "embittered" by the documents, claiming he knew cardinal mccarrick was a predator, but "is not thinking about resignation." >> nobody can r

>> no and no. >> so, let's get to sekyra phillips. the president reacting to ivanka trump's words today? >> reporter: that's right. ivanka trump said today she doesn't believe the enemy is the immedia -- the media is the enemy of the people. and the president responded, "they asked my daughter ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. she correctly said no. it's the fake news, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people." so, there you have it, the president and his daughter tonight, david. >> kyra phillips tonight, thank you. >>> and abc news was first to report that the special counsel wants to ask president trump about obstruction of justice, both in written form and in person. and tonight, the other developing headline here, the president's lawyer now saying when the president will decide whether to do it. a decision likely, he says, within days. and about russia, the president's fbi chief, the director of national intelligence, the director of homeland security, all of them coming o

phillips makes it clear. he goes nixon's strategy was to go after the non-racist southerners of the peripheral or the upper self. that's a nixon won. the proof is in the pudding. nixon lost the deep south. he won the out or peripheral south. it's accomplished it is torture goldwater features into. i discuss all of his and the book. there's nuance to it at a meter jump over the new wants but let me just say that, i will confess i've been to the nixon library and listened to the watergate tapes and in private nixon kind of hate everybody. i mean, he doesn't like the irish turkey doesn't like the italians. he doesn't like ivy leaguers turkey doesn't like the ancient greeks picky called the ancient greeks. socrates socrates was a like that. nixon had a lot of private resentment but he was also a very machiavelli in figure who weighed what he said the public and that's really why the left has been able to find in the cognitive private tragedies play this is out in the public sphere, find a privately nixon had a ha

australian archbishop convicted of covering up child sex abuse has avoided jail time phillip wilson will serve his twelve month sentence in home detention after the court was told he has early stages of alzheimer's disease he's the highest ranking official in the roman catholic church to be sentence for covering up child abuse a probe ageing group is protesting against the speech planned by pro independence politician and the chan hong kong freedom of speech and political representation has become a growing issue pakistan has begun celebrations to mark seventy one years of independence presidential parade a long way flag raising ceremony were held in central islamabad the nation also paid homage to the founder of pakistan that is more psyllium in karate so how does the world now.

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phillip? >> all right, as always, thank you so much, tracie. >>> this morning one of college football's biggest names is on paid administrative leave amid reports ohio states's urban meyer m h about domestic violence accusations made against a former assistant. he denied knowing about a 2015 claim against wide receiver's coach zack smith who was recently fired after reports his ex-wife courtney was granted a domestic violence order of protection against him. independent journalist brett mcmurphy reports he obtained text messages from 2015. they are between courtney smith and the wives of other coaches including meyer's wife discussing the alleged abuse. he says the text indicate coach meyer had knowledge of the situation. nbc news has not seen or verified those texts. the university said in a statement, it is conducting an investigation into these allegations. adding, we are folk used on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. >>> meyer also issued a st

>> reporter: chris phillips??the baggie in the bathroom? >> no, i'm saying he have access to my house. >> reporter: by the way, chris phillips was never a suspect in the case. in fact, he was a witness for the state. but daniel was adamant that he, at least, was innocent. >> i'm not the one who killed that girl. i'm not the one who killed shelley. i have two younger sisters, sir. what if that happened to my sisters? what if that happened to my mom? i would kill myself before i hurt anybody else. i couldn't kill her because she reminds me of my younger sister, amanda. [ sniffs, cries ] what if that happens to amanda or kati? [ sniffs ] i would kill myself. >> reporter: but it happened to shelley. >> that's what happened to shelley. but i'm not the one who kill her. even if i have to go through this, i'm still telling you, i'm not the one who kill her because i can't. that would be like me killing my younger sisters and i love them. >> reporter: would the jury have believed him, had he testified? we'll never know. b

would descend back in the coming hours and joining us now from rome is journalist philip williams phillip it's good to see you so is this the first time in its city that a politician will be investigated for his role in forbidding migrants to enter the country. for this specific crime i don't think care. ever be another similar case clearly the phenomenon of mass migration across the mediterranean is relatively new last four or five years. old and it's only new government staying in power not much more than two months that is taking this very hard look that has led to a standoff and the. people being cooped up on board the ship for a total of ten days since they were first rescued. and philip the fact that the migrants are allowed to leave the boat just after the prosecutors announced being best occasion can we read a link into that. it's difficult to say clearly the government has been working to find a solution for these migrants because it was about our seniors but then had to have them. confined on that a small boat in such a large number and there were demonstrations in the port by p

phillip had big plans. he had a haircut and went to a pool party. his family said he went to the seet lounge to listen to some music. the shots were fired. that's when phillip fell dead to th ground. >> he puts a big air hole in the family's hea. ody believes phillip is gone until we go. >> so far 103 murders. same time last year 74. back to you. >> suchy. trag all right. thank you. >>> a man once named teacher of the year facing criminal charges that he sexually assaulted a student. >>> and the heat is on again. doug is back to tell us how hot it will feel around here and the changes that could be comingor our labo fr it is 92, heat index o 100 degrees. hazy, hot and humid. look at that. that is a haze and smoke. that smoke coming from the california wild fires and cloud cover from stos off to the north and west. still 90 degrees though. winds at miles per hour. notice the numbers here. it is 89 here. the heat index has been the real player. >> it is dyingff. i'm not worried about any of these. we are watching some of them. this is movin towards us

so to dede phillips i say, thank you.e rest of you i say, please get out there and do some kickass stuff to distract us from all the terrible stuff. this has been "the kind of story we need right now." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we got a great show for you tonight. her new film "mamma mia! here we go again" is in theaters this weekend, amanda seyfried is back on the show, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] she is an nbc news correspondent and anchor of the 2:00 p.m. hour of msnbc live, our friend katy tur is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] and one of our favorites, brandi carlile is here to sing for us. and this is so cool, last month brandi played a hometown fundraiser where she met a 13 year old named benicio bryant who sang her the song "the joke" and blew her away. so brandi brought him here to sing it with her tonight. i met him backstage. he's a super cool kid, and i'm just so looking forward to that. so you're here on an excellent night, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] but before we get to any of that, r

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david: tim phillips, president of america for prosperity. good to be here.president trump says the manafort and cohen convictions were not about the russians to we will talk with a former white house official who saw the russian hacking coming and we could have stopped it. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." i'm shery ahn. david: i'm david westin. some people saw the russian interference in the 2016 election coming. obamabruen served in the white house and is the director of global engagement. he warned of the russians were trying to expand their cyber cap -- cyber campaign. cannot find the money to fight the hackers. brett bruen is now the founder and president of global situation room and international public affairs consulting firm. he comes to us from washington to welcome to bloomberg. good to have you here. tell us in a nutshell, what do you see coming and what did you try to get done? brett: in 2014, we saw the russians throw everything in the kitchen sink at the ukrainian elections. we stoo

the express reports that phillip hammond has been rebuked by no 10 after reigniting the tory feud overolls may have deliberately spread misinformation about vaccines on twitter. shoaib plunges straight in? the daily express. what does hammond think he's playing at, demands that paper in bold large type. he's going road which the phrase they use in the us. he's warring again. trying to settle nerves over a new deal brexit. nobody really wants that, it's better forget it deal but even if we don't he has issued some reports, 24 in all saying what the consequences could be. the payment has gone one better saying the physical consequences will be dire and he's been swiftly rebuked by downing street for saying so. there's a lot of detail in these documents. we had a discussion earlierfor he said documents. we had a discussion earlier for he said he tried to look on the website and does not feel he's any the wiser because of the end of the day and they say they do wa nt to end of the day and they say they do want to deal, but do you think it has moved the debate forward in any way? i don't. i

phillips.- esther esther phillips egg on the long road.s, she is one of those artists to a created the space for aretha to fill. grammyetha wednesday award for this, she mixes incredible gesture by offering her award toesther phillips who acknowledged who she was in the field at her legacy, but also her impact as an artist. about want to ask you "natural woman" and her relationship with carol king. is a wonderful song. carol king was part of a generation of women who were performing and writing their own music, and not necessarily getting credit for being in the singer, songwriter, producer's they were. we see the ame case with other artists from that time. even aretha franklin, often the one behind her keyboard for her music, they were creating the music but not getting credit as producers. when aretha records "natural woman," is a coming together of geniuses, songwriter and performer, and becomes one of aretha franklin's most significant songs. on me, her use of the song her live album "amazing grace," or she does a conflated version of

>> and kyra phillips back with us tonight outside the kroum. we saw the tweet from the president, asking who was treated worse, paul manafort or al capone. but then the president also mad. you and i have seen a lot of tweets today, haven't we? and you saw president trump's tweet, david, this morning, where he said manafort only worked for him for a very short period of time. but remember, manafort was on the trump campaign for six months, and that includes three months when he was the top official. >> kyra phillips following the trial for us. kyra, thank you. >>> there is a breaking headline from houston at this hour, after a prominent doctor was shot and killed. we've been covering this case. among his patients, former president george h.w. bush. late today, police now revealing they have identified a suspect and a possible motive. here's abc's marcus moore in texas. >> reporter: tonight, police say the suspect seen here moments after gunning down a well-known houston cardiologist may have been angry at the doctor for decades. >> so, it appear

the shop owner jack phillips has filed a $100,000 lawsuit against the colorado governor.t says he broke colorado law by refusing to celebrate a gender transition cake. phillips says the state is on course to crush him. because it despises how he practices his faith. the colorado civil rights commission had shown hostility to his religious beliefs. >>> in california, all of the evacuations for the carr fire has been lifted. the fire has scorched more than 200,000 acres. the inferno left seven people dead and it is 67% contained. residents in redding are rallying around the couple whose trailer sparked the fire. when a flat tire rim showered sparks. a redding woman's facebook appeal drew in hundreds of letters from residents saying they forgive them. >>> a search team located the sunken stern of the world war ii destroyer that hit a mine off the coast of alaska. all this happened on august 18th, 1943. "the uss abner lee" was searching for mines in 1943 when a huge explosion blew the rear section off the ship. the bodies of 70 men were never found. the team from the national

thank you tojo phillips and nigel nelson. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review.ses is jason sullivan. what have you got for us?

during that time phillips must wear ankle bracelet. the victim tells us she feels like she's being penalized. >> the judge tells me how he can relate to how -- not really relate but tell me he would feel how i felt and see in my life if it was him b then you're allowing him a second chance, and like to me to takeify again. i have my whole family to worry about, but not onl do m hand my kids and that day in september, he threatened my entire family. >> now greenwich says another man also charged in the attack has been released as well and he aits trial. phillips is expected to me on trial some in december. doreen and pat,k bac you. >> jim handley, thank iyou. >>> london right now counterterrorism police are searching polices connected to the man who droveo car i a crowd outside parliament. it's the fourth vehicle attacki britain in 18 months. witnesses say the silver fiesta was speeding when it plowed into cyclists this three people were hurt and they are all expected to be okay. police are questioninghe driver. >> this video captured t

we get more from abby phillip at the white house. >> reporter: dave and kaylee, we get the word that he would leave the white house in the near future came as a surprise. even republican senators were surprised donald trump made the decision. mcgahn was expected to leave the white house after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, the nominee for the supreme court. mcgahn had been at the white house since the very beginning of the trump administration. our sources tell us he has had an estranged relationship with president trump for over a year now. in that period of time, mcgahn has also become a witness in special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. president trump responding to the news that he broke himself over twitter had nothing but praise for mcgahn when we spoke to him at the white house on wednesday. listen. >> excellent guy. don mcgahn is a really good guy. been with me for a long time. privately before this. he represented me. almost two years. a lot of affection for don. he'll be moving on probably to the private sector. maybe the private sector. he will do very well. h

. >> i'm phillip mena. president trump is ramping up his attacks on special counsel robert mueller comparing his team's investigation to an ominous period of american history. the president lashing out of a "new york times" report that don mcgahn had spoken to the special counsel for 30 hours. >> it comes as rudy giuliani tells nbc news that he won't let the president rush into an interview with robert mueller and get trapped in, quote, a perjury. >> reporter: in the trump universe cooperation stirred confrontation. >> truth is truth. >> no, it isn't truth. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, argued that truthful testimony from mr. trump might not set him free. >> look, i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped in the russia investigation contradicted him, leaving the special counsel to decide the outcome. >> donald trump said i didn't talk about flynn with comey. comey says you did talk about it. tell me what the truth is. >> reporter: the president battled

. >> >> i'm phillip mena. john brennan now says he's considering legal action after the president revoked his security clearance. >> meanwhile, mr. trump launching a new attack on the media via twitter this weekend. lashing out over a new york times report that revealed white house lawyer, don mcgahn, is cooperating with the special counsel investigation into russia meddling. >> reporter: john brennan firing back after president trump revoked his security clearance last week. the president is threatening to do the same to nine other high profile critics. >> i'm going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future. >> reporter: over 75 intelligence officials denounced the president's position. even members of the party said they've gone too far. >> just don't give them access to the classified material. >> reporter: president trump went on a twitter attack after "new york times" report that don mcgahn isoorating with special counsel's robert mueller russia election meddling investi

joining me now is phillip rucker, white house bureau chief at "the washington post." donna edwards, a former democratic congressman from maryland. michael steele, former chairman of the rnc. and benjamin wittes, the editor in chief of welfare blog. so ben, let me start with you on where we ended there. reporting from politico suggests that trump's legal team thinks an obstruction charge is imminent, regardless of anything to do with this sessions issue. what do you make of that? >> i think that the president's legal team, as a criminal matter, i'm sure would argue that the president didn't obstruct justice and would make a defense against that. as a political matter, in the face of a possible impeachment allegation that the president behaved in a way that, you know, impeded the due administration of justice, i think the answer is, duh! right? i mean, you know, they're just facing a certain reality there, that when mueller decides to drop a and line up all the facts that he has amassed, that that is going to be a devastating day for the president. >> and i'm just -- ta

gay couples rights were violated but instead declared that the state of colorado was mean to jack phillips so the struggle for rights continues the next front i sing a south carolina supermarket refused to honor a graduating student in the last debate omitted the middle. it was replaced with hyphen experience was kind of frustrating humiliating because i had to explain to my friends and family like what that meant and they were giggling uncontrollably at least my friends were humiliating well imagine the trouble i faced with the honors i received from my school. according to the a.c.l.u. there was a pattern to the court's decisions the supreme court does care about religious animus taint except when it doesn't the courts ruled in favor of the president from fifty y. and upheld the order because it was plausibly related to national security the taint is hard to find anatomically and legally speaking but he calls it a moslem brand you can see the taint. do you find this disheartening well it's not as bad as a far right german candidate promising to get rid of arabic numerals at least numbers

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> president trump. reeling from a potent one-two punch. >> first, the federal c jury convicted paul manafort on eight tourmaline counts. then michael cohen pleads guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations including hush money payments he claims were directed by the president himself. "the new york times" editorial board alluding to watergate with the headline "all the president's crooks." it could get worse for trump. cohen's own attorney tellingal maddow his client is more than happy to tell robert mueller all he knows. >> mr. mueller is dedicated to telling the truth. now he has no shadow hanging over him. the uncertainty is gone. he stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong. is he now liberated to tell the truth everythinging about donald trump that he knows. there's a cover-up here by our now president of the united states that is undeniable. >> nbc's chief white house correspondent halle jackson has more on cohen's plea deal. >> reporter: t

. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking news overnight, c black, police swarming a california hospital amid reports of an active shooter, but thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm. >> this incident involving an active shooter inside the mercy southwest here has been unfounded. want to report that there e re no injuries to any located inside. there was no evidence of any shots fired of any kind. >> over 100 emergency officials arrived within minutes after a code black was calledut for mercy southwest hospital in bakersfield. police say there is no threat to the 78-bed facility and roads around the area are being reopened at hhisr. >>> now to president trump who is takling the mueller inveigation head on and raising new questions about obstruction of justice. he slammed the rinsian med probe in a tweet calling attorney general jeff sessions to stop the quote, rigged witch hunt right now. the president although saying mueller is totally nflicted. nbc's peter alexander has the reaction on capitol hill. >> report