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nbc's richard engel is there too. he will be joining us live from germany tonight ahead of his big richard engel special that we're doing here tomorrow night. his name is walter schelb. he said he basically is leaving because the u.s. government ethics rules are not strong enough to allow him to stand up to what this president and his family are doing. so he is leaving his job at the office of government ethics in order to try to strengthen those rules from the outside. very interesting resignation today. more on that ahead. there's a lot going on. we have a big show tonight. we are going to start with something different tonight. i said at the end of last night's show that we've got a little bit of a scoop to share with you tonight. this is that scalp. inhouse on our staff we have been talking about this as an inside -- kind of an inside-out story. okay. here it goes. we have this thing. we have been doing it on our show for a while now. it's called www.send it to rachel.com. basically the idea is that if you want to

richard engel is there too, going to be joining us live from germany tonight ahead of his big richard engel special we're doing tomorrow night. >> the head of the ethics office resigned tonight. the robust way he stood up to the trump administration and to trump himself on ethics issues and the president's unprecedented financial conflicts of interest. his name is walter shoeb. he said he was not forced out of the office of government ethics. he basically says he's leaving because the u.s. governmentestics rules are not strong enough to allow him to stand up to what this president and his family are doing so he is leaving his jb at the office of government ethics in order to try to strengthen the rules from the outside. very interesting resignation today. we've got more on that story ahead. >>> there's a lot going on. we've got a big show tonight. i said at the very end of last night's show we've got a scoop to share with you tonight. this is that scoop. in-house on your staff we've been talking about this as and inside, kind of an inside-out story. not your typical news story, not yo

so we will see. >> richard engel, the host of the brand-new series "on assignment with richard engel"ow night, 9:00 eastern msnbc. thank you so much. i'm super psyched for tomorrow. thank you for being here tonight. >> reporter: until tomorrow. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. leaving you, wesle. but why? you haven't noticed me in two years. i was in a coma. well, i still deserve appreciation. who was there for you when you had amnesia? you know i can't remember that. stop this madness. if it's appreciation you want you should both get snapshot from progressive. it rewards good drivers with big discounts on car insurance. i have news. i've used most of our cellular data. come on, susan lucci! ♪ because my teeth are yellow. these photos? why don't you use a whitening toothpaste? i'm afraid it's bad for my teeth. try crest 3d white. crest 3d white diamond strong toothpaste and rinse... ...gently whiten... ...and fortify weak spots. use together for two times stronger enamel. crest 3d white. manait's a series of is nsmart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with gl

but the good news is even though i'm not richard engel, richard engel is on msnbc tonight. i am taking over his hour but i am not taking over for him altogether. richard engel on assignment is going to be here on msnbc live at the end of this hour starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern. i know a little bit about what richard is going to be reporting on tonight. it is freaking compelling stuff. so you should definitely plan to stick around for that. that's going to be right after my hour. i'm here 9:00 eastern tonight. richard engel is at 10:00 eastern tonight. then after richard engel, brian williams is going to be here at 11:00 eastern. so settle in. we've got a big night ahead. i also want to tell you that tonight, this hour, we've got somebody here for the interview that i am very, very happy to have landed. he was the deputy distributor of the russia office at the state department for years. he was the senior director for russia at the national security council for years. he was the senior person at the pentagon on russia for years. he has stuff to tell us, and he is going to b

but the good news is even though i'm not richard engel, richard engel is on msnbc tonight. but i am not taking over for him altogether. richard engel on assignment is going to be here on msnbc live at the end of this hour starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern. i know a little bit about what richard is going to be reporting on tonight. it is freaking compelling stuff. so you should definitely plan to stick around for that. that's going to be right after my hour. i'm here 9:00 eastern tonight. richard engel is at 10:00 eastern tonight. then after richard engel, brian williams is going to be here at 11:00 eastern. so settle in. we've got a big night ahead. i also want to tell you that tonight, this hour, we've got somebody here for the interview that i am very, very happy to have landed

don't miss the program on assignment with richard engel. richard on the first meeting with putin will be tomorrow. 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> health care protests across the country. senator mcconnell showing some cracks on the upcoming vote. that's next. an't connect? michael, can we get this data to...? look at me...look at me... look at me... you used to be the "yes" guy. what happened to that guy? legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. so, you're saying we can cut delivery time? yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. that's a good thing, eligible for medicare? but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. c

>> all right, richard engel, thank you. by the way, you can hear much more on the trump-putin relationship in the first installment of richard's special series, on assignment with richard engel. it airs tonight on msnbc. >>> turning now to an urjtd warning concerning america's nuclear power plants, officials say hackers have launched a series of cyberattacks targeting a dozen of those u.s. facilities. once again russia is the prime suspect. nbc's pete williams with the details. >> reporter: u.s. officials say tonight they sent a bulletin warning of a series of cyberattacks beginning on may on companies that run a dozen nuclear power plants. serl u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news russian hackers are strongly suspected because the attacks resimible previous cyber intrusions known to have been carried out by the russians on electrical grids in other countries. among the targets this time, u.s. officials say, the wolf creek nuclear plant in burlington, kansas. the fbi and homeland security say the cyberattack appears to

special series "on assignment with richard engel" that airs tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> with president trump on the world stage, the senate republican leader raised new doubts today about his ability to get the latest health care reform bill passed. many others in congress faced protests in their home districts over the repeal and replacement of obamacare. nbc's kasie hunt now with the backlash. >> reporter: tonight congressional sources tell nbc news a vote on the healthcare bill likely two weeks away. in kentucky today senator majority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledging he might not get the 50 republican votes he needs to pass the bill. >> if my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action with regard to private health insurance market must occur. >> reporter: he can only lose two votes or the bill will fail and there's still a major divide within the republican party. shelly moore caputo back home in west virginia today where thousands rely on the medicaid expansion. >> i still have pretty serious questions. >> reporter: dozens of

>> richard engel in iraq tonight. you can see more of richard's reporting this evening in his special series "on assignment with richard engel" tonight at 10:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> former president jimmy carter is out of the hospital in canada tonight one day after being treated for dehydration. the 92-year-old carter became weak while working on a habitat for humanity project. and he spent the night in the hospital as a precaution. he returned to the work site this morning for an event marking the end of the project. >>> there's more to tell you about tonight. still ahead, the new warning about high-speed police pursuits. what the city best known for these chases is doing now to cut down on bystanders being injured and killed. >>> also, stood up. why so many brides-to-be are in panic mode and making alternative plans tonight. >>> we're back now with a warning in what some consider the car chase capital of america. a new grand jury report says police in los angeles county must curb their high-speed chases because to

richard engel is there. >>> sex for sale? new evidence that one of the world's largest classified ad websites solicits sex overseas. >>> and inspiring america. why one manmade it his mission to mow lawns for free in all 50 states. it's a cutting-edge idea. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening. the mayor of little rock, arkansas, says his heart is broken. 25 people were shot and others injured as they tried to flee the venue where a rap concert was under way. two in critical condition tonight. multiple shooters were involved. at least two dozen shots were fired in just 1 1 seconds. police do not suspect terrorism but think it was gang-related. it's the 173rd mass shooting in the u.s. so far this year, a faster pace than last year. gabe gutierrez is at the scene. >> reporter: around 2:30 a.m., the concert turned into chaos. [ gunfire ] gunfire erupting in the crowded club. people running for rock is advising multiple sho

nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel was in the thick of it. >> reporter: tonight thousands of demonstrators once again descended on hamburg with a mission to disrupt this meeting of world leaders. and some had a message for one of them. >> for me personally, it's one of the reasons why i'm here, because of trump. >> reporter: for many, president trump embodies everything these anti-capitalists, anti-elite protesters are against. the police are clearing people out, moving through the streets, using their pepper spray and sometimes, as you can see here, just pushing people out of the way. most of the demonstrators were peaceful, but others, often dressed in black, self-described anarchists, were looking for a fight. >> people protests is not strong enough. >> reporter: they wanted violence and they got it. the police have just escalated from the water cannons. they're charging the protesters and they're trying to get out of here as fast as possible. authorities called in reinforcements. hundreds of officers added to the 20,000 police already on the streets. along with 45 wate

let me -- richard engel made a great point. this is an iraqi fight.qis have a hundred thousand forces surrounding and occupying that city of every branch. they have good ground war fighters now. anybody who was -- >> you say now. because a few years ago they cut and ran. that's why isis got the territory it got in iraq. so this is a different, better trained, more determined force they're going to defeat them in the end. >> they're going to defeat them within the next few days. that will be it for isis in iraq, but you know the iraqi militia forces and the iraqi army, they're determined not just to push to the iraqi/syrian border they may cross it since isis eliminated it. they're determined to get rid of isis in its entirety. >> right. that border was at its best, it was berms and fences. when isis took over that area between iraq and syria there's no border there. they have some check points, but there's easy to do. malcolm, one thing, i asked an hour ago, does the end of isis having territorial space and they still have a lot of it in syria, that s

our richard engel on the front lines. >>> wildfire emergency. infernos raging in 11 states. thousands under mandatory evacuations as flames consume dozens of homes. >>> hit and run caught on camera. car slams into a cyclist and takes off. the driver now facing charges. >>> living longer. why science says having another cup of this could have major health benefits. >>> and inspiring america. one veteran's dream comes true. a place for summer fun for fellow wounded warriors and their families. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. great to be with you on this monday night. we learned that the senate intelligence committee is looking to speak to presidential son don jr. as he becomes the closest person to president trump so far to acknowledge meeting with the russian contact during last year's campaign. that contact, a kremlin connected lawyer offered to provide what donald trump jr. now says was information helpful to the trump campaign, but the white house says there was no collusion to influence the election. the revelation, however, has piqued interest on c

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richard engel, moes elnow under control.pens now in iraq. >> reporter: well, there are big questions about what happens to the city of mosul, what happens to this country. if you talk to iraqi officials and talk to some u.s. military officials, they will tell you that mosul is now on a path to success, that isis has been driven out and that the isis experience, three years of isis occupation will only serve to bring the people of mosul together because they don't want to go back to the horrors they just lived through. but the history of the city, the history of the country and history of the american involvement in iraq suggests that is not going to be the case. the sectarian divisions in mosul are perhaps greater than ever. there are now shiite militias in a hard line sunni city. the kurds who are controlling the area where we are right now, have decided they are going to hold a referendum in a couple months about independence, about breaking away from iraq once and for all and definitively. so i think that the trajectory,

jihadist group, but now there are fears the isis terror threat could grow elsewhere the nbc's richard engel is on the front lines. >> reporter: tonight, the biggest city in isis's so-called islamic state is in the hands of iraqi troops. the prime minister came, sounding triumphant. here in the heart of a free and liberated mosul, he said, we announce absolute victory. iraqis did fight hard for this, but they had a lot of help, about 1600 american advisers, men like lieutenant colonel keiser followed the battles and called in airstrikes from command centers near the front lines. >> this time they wanted us, they needed us and they see us more as helping the iraqi army liberate. >> reporter: and iraqis were out today, cheering mosul's liberation. there is still fighting going on in possibilities pockets of the city. but clearly they're beginning to celebrate. but they're dancing on rubble. mosul's old city has been absolutely devastated. 800,000 forced from their homes and isis held thousands as human shields during its three-year occupation. mosul was the crown jewel. and there are concerns

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richard engel reports from mosul. >> reporter: the final push is on to clear isis from what was its key stronghold, the city of mosul. we were with u.s. backed iraqi troops on the front line. their fire is not precise but overwhelming enough to allow them to advance. >> it's very close street fighting. we're on the rooftop here. they say they're maybe 50 yards ahead maximum. >> reporter: casualty rates among some iraqi units are at world war ii levels. u.s. officials tell nbc news isis' hold on the city is down to less than half a square mile. >> we don't have a lot of visibility, it's rooftop to rooftop 100 meters to 10 meters on the engagements. >> reporter: we're seeing the toll of three years isis occupation and the toll this offensive has taken on the people and isis suicide bombers hid among them. the old historic city of mosul raised to the ground and lost and ancient mosque isis prized then destroyed. >> reporter: the mosque stood here for 850 years and saw empire after empire. this was the seat of the so-called islamic caliphate. that's where the flag flew. it was here baghdadi

. >> richard engel reporting from the flients where u.s. troops face isis booby traps and fighters hiding. beaches closed. tens moments for passengers as an engine catches fire. great news for fourth of july burger lovers as well. and the minions make mincemeat out of the house. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning to you i'm richard lui. new jersey governor is facing a major backlash after this image you see here surfaced of his family. enjoying a day trip to the jersey shore. headlines reading, jersey to christie, get the heck off the beach. now on any other day there would be nothing wrong with this picture. this is not your ordinary day. with a budget standoff with the governor and the legislature causing more than 50 state parks and beaches to close after the state missed a deadline. so while new jersey families are not able to enjoy sometime on the sand to ring in the fourth of july, police turning away people by thousands, their governor was able to do just that and he did so just before having this exchange with a report

richard engel, nbc news, moscow. >>> tonight new moves from federal health officials in the battle to get more people to kick the habit. step one is a path to make tobacco products less addictive by cutting the nicotine. nbc's kristen dahlgren tells us more. >> reporter: calling it the leading cause of preventable disease and death -- >> cigarettes are the only legal consumer product that, when used as indicated, will kill half of all term users. >> reporter: -- the fda announcing a major regulatory shift. its first priority lowering nicotine in tobacco products. also the role of flavored products like menthol cigarettes in attracting young smokers as well as cigars and e-cigarettes. ashley has been smoking for six years. >> if i wasn't addicted to nicotine, if i wasn't addicted to cigarettes, then i would have no problem quitting. >> reporter: the cdc estimates more than 36 million americans smoke. more than 3200 kids under 18 start each day. smoking leads to 480,000 deaths each year. >> thank you for calling the hot line. >> reporter: at national jewish health in denver, hillary run

richard engel has more from moscow including an interview with the founder. >> reporter: the lab runs one of the largest computer security operations in the world. is all of this just a front for russian intelligence? >> reporter: the software runs on computers all over the united states, but it's also installed on u.s. government networks, and that has officials in washington worried. >> we have lots of reports about the connections bet we the company and the fsb, russian intelligence, and the russian government. >> reporter: senator jeanne shaheen is introducing language into a bill that would ban the products from department of defense systems. so you think the labs is a danger to the united states? >> i think they pose a threat. >> reporter: how serious? >> well, we don't know yet. >> reporter: but the leaders of the intelligence and defense agencies already seem to have made up their minds. >> would any of you be comfortable with the lab software on your computers? >> resounding no from me. >> no. >> no, senator. >> no, sir. >> no, senator. >> no, sir. >> reporter: which may be w

richard engel, nbc news, erbil. ♪ >>> last night orchestra music, balloons and displays of light in nicefrance paid contribute be butte to the terror victims there one year ago gee. isis claimed responsibility when a terrorist grovedrove a truck a dro crowd. bastille day 2017 in paris ended with a spectacular fireworks show. president trump was there earlier in the day to mark the storming of the bastille during the french revolution and 100 years since the u.s. entered world war i. here at home the french revolution will pay out. it's an annual tradition. it starts at 2:00 be and actors will take to the walls of the penitentiary around 5:30. and then it ends with them letting the audience eat cakes, faisity ca tasty cakes that is. 2,000 cakes will rain gown from the down from the walls. >>> local brides to be are wondering if they will have a dress to wear after\gown from the down from the walls. >>> local brides to be are wondering if they will have a dress to wear aftergown from the down from the walls. >>> local brides to be are wondering if they will have a dress to wear aftergown f

richard engel, nbc news, mosul. >>> still ahead, the new battle off the court for superstar venus williams. why one man's family says she's to blame for his death. >>> also "titanic" treasures. an exclusive look at never-before-seen artifacts saved from the world's most famous shipwreck. stay with us. >>> we're back now with the new legal battle facing tennis superstar venus williams. she's been named in a lawsuit by the family of a man who recently died after a car crash involving williams. and according to the police report, williams was at fault. here's nbc's tammy leitner. >> reporter: just days out from wimbledon one of tennis' biggest stars is at the center of a deadly accident investigation. >> vehicle accident north lake boulevard. >> reporter: police say venus williams caused this fatal crash june 9th near her home in palm beach gardens, florida. williams' attorney says she had a green light and was only going about five miles an hour when she got stuck in the middle of the intersection because of traffic. the light changed and that's when the accident happened. linda barson and h

commander told me, you never know. >> richard engel on the ground inside iraq tonight. thank you. >>> now, a disturbing disappearance here at home in illinois. a young scholar studying at the university of illinois vanished last month and police there fear the worst. a 28-year-old man has been arrested and authorities are now revealing chilling details about what they say was found on that man's phone. nbc's ron mott has the details. >> reporter: tonight, the baffling disappearance of a 26-year-old chinese scholar at the university of illinois taking a twisted turn. june 9th, yingying zhang vanishes but not without a trace. officials say that's her taking a bus to sign an apartment lease. after missing a transfer bus she's last seen getting into a black car authorities now say was driven by 28-year-old brendt christensen who offered her a ride. her disappearance rattled the community. rallies were organized to find her. her dad flying in from china. according to the criminal complaint, christensen was recorded explaining how he kidnapped yingying zhang holding her at hi

richard engel, nbc news, mosul. >>> still ahead -- what's the payoff to work at the white house?s show just how much some of the president's closest aides are getting paid. >>> also, at 5:00 tonight -- it's not just hot shots on the ice but also models. two san jose sharks stars are baring it all for a popular sports magazine issue. you won't believe the pictures. that's coming up. little rock nightclub this weekend has been arrested. >>> the rapper performing when gunfire erupted inside a little rock nightclub this weekend has been arrested. ricky hanson performed and was arrested on outstanding warranted unrelated to the mass shooting. he's facing charges including aggravated assault and being a felon in possession of a gun. no arrests have been made in the power ultra lounge shooting which injured 28 people. multiple people there opened fire, possibly as a dispute between local gang members. two of the victims are in critical condition. the rest have nonlife threatening injuries. >>> many of the president's most prominent aides are also the highest paid. a staff salary documen

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports from mosul. >> reporter: the final push is on to clear isis from what was its key stronghold, the city of mosul. we were with u.s. backed iraqi troops on the front line. their fire is not precise, but overwhelming enough to allow them to advance. very close street fighting. we're on this rooftop here. they say that [ inaudible ] may be 50 yards ahead maximum. casualty rates among some iraqi units are at world war ii levels. u.s. officials tell nbc news isis' hold on the city is down to less than half a square mile. >> we don't have a whole lot of visibility. it's rooftop to rooftop 100 meeters to 10 meeters in those engagements. >> reporter: with we're seeing the toll of three years isis occupation and the offensive has taken on mosul's people. more escaping and hiding among them, isis suicide bombers. the historic old city of mosul has been razed to the ground, lost an ancient mosque that isis prized and then destroyed. now this is all that's left of the mosque. it stood here for 850 years. it saw empire after empire, and this w

also in hamburg, germany, our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has made his way there as well. richard, of course, tomorrow perhaps the most anticipated meeting of two world leaders in recent memory, president trump and vladimir putin. i know you've done some reporting here on what we can expect. what can you tell us about what we might see in this first face-to-face meeting? >> well, we've done a lot of reporting looking at exactly what is vladimir putin's russia these days. who is vladimir putin. how did he get to where he is. so what is this meeting likely to be like? what is this relationship likely to be like? to understand the meeting, you have to understand putin. putin is -- grew up poor. he lived in the tough streets in russia, pulled himself out of poverty because he had this dream of becoming a spy, joined the kgb, actually served here in germany, learned german. someone who is very efficient and was considered someone who's good at keeping secrets. he quietly rose through the ranks and ultimately ended up in power because all the people around him were too involved

let me -- richard engel made a great point. this is not an american fight. the iraqis have 100,000 forces surrounding, occupying that city of every branch. they have really good ground war fighters now. >> you say now, because a few years they cut and ran. that's why isis got the territory. it's a different better trained -- >> other they're tough. they're going to defeat them within the next few day. that will be it for isis in iraq form the militia forces and the iraqi army, they're determined not to push to the iraqi/syrian border. they may actually cross it since isis eliminated it. they're determined to get rid of isis entirely. >> at the best the border was berms and fences. and when isis took over, there's no border. you would be hard-pressed to find it. malcolm, let me ask you this one thing -- does the end of isis having territorial space, and they still have a lot in syria, but that's coming to an end as well. when that's gone, does it have a material effect on terrorism if isis doesn't have physical land over which to govern? >> that's difficult t

. >> i want to just play a bit of an interview that my colleague richard engel did in his new seriesn friday on msnbc. this is with bill browder, who was the person that higher nitsky to -- this is what he had to say about -- >> greed, money and murder, these people are so obsessed with money, that they're ready to kill anyone who gets in the way. >> sounds like a mafia, it's a mafia, but it's running a sovereign state with nuclear weapons. >> we should not forget that nitsky died in a russian prison in 2009. >> i think vladimir putin is a very smart guy, even though i don't like him, i think he understands how to rebuild the soviet empire, that's why he's coming hospitals with innocent children in syria and invading ukraine and trying to build his empire, but you do have these russian mafias what are running the country, you have vladimir putin himself who's suspected of stealing billions of dollars from the russian state and converting it to his own use. i think we have to understand that russia only reacts to brick walls, when president trump stands up and says you are are not goi

live for us in iraq, nbc's richard engel, thank you so much for that. you can watch richard's special series, by the way, "on assignment" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. thanks again, richard engel. >>> joining us live from morganstown, west virginia, is bett fouhy, who is with senator sanders himself. hello there beth and senator. >> how are ya? >> hello there, richard. we just came out of the big rally here in morgantown, senator sanders hoping to pressure the senator from this state, the republican senator, to stand firm as she has thus far in opposing the republican senate bill, which could come up in washington as soon as this week. senator sanders is here, nice to see you, senator. >> good to be with you. >> thank you so much for doing this. so you said at the very beginning of your speech that you know how popular donald trump is here. he won the state by 42 points. that puts the senator in a big jam, does it not? >> i don't think it puts her in a big jam. this particular legislation is massively opposed by the american peop

thanks to richard engel, who often puts himself in harm's way to bring the latest.ning me now, admiral james. happy fourth of july. give us some context, how important is this battle being fought in mosul? >> it's enormously important. first of all, kudos to richard engel who has so much courage to go into these tough situations. it's important because the entire islamic state caliphate, their claim to owning territory really rests on two cities, mosul in iraq and raqqah in syria. as richard says correctly, also from my sources, this is going to be over in a matter of weeks, not months. and that's going to take away about 50% of the real territory they have. over in raqqah, we're closing in on them as well with a syrian defense forces. when those two cities fall, it will be the beginning of the end of the islamic state in the middle east. >> let me ask you about how you think the trajectory of this battle is going to go, does it get worse before it gets better, because just this morning in mosul, two female suicide bombers who were hiding in a group that was fleeing

thank you very much. >> appreciate it. >>> nbc's richard engel is in moscow outside the country house used by u.s. diplomatic personnel which may be shuttered and diplomats sent home as a retaliation for the new sanctions. richard? >> reporter: so the gate is closed. i am in what's called the silver forest just outside of moscow. and this is one of the country residences that has been shuttered. the foreign ministry of russia said this location, which has long been used by american embassy staff for barbecues, to relax, to get away from the pressures of every day life in moscow, that this facility will be closed. no longer accessible to american personnel at the end of this month. and a storage facility in moscow. but perhaps the more severe restriction is that hundreds of american personnel, according to russian media, will have to be sent home. because, according to the russian foreign ministry, only 455 american diplomats and staff are going to be allowed to serve in this country. and that number is quite significant. that's the exact number of russians who are serving in technical

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richard engel is reporting tonight that in capitals around the world, u.s. intelligence is picking up the fact that they are worried about the chaos in the white house. >> yeah. >> from anthony scaramucci through to jeff sessions, that they are seeing chaos in the government where they had never seen that before. >> one of the best history books i continue to believe that will ever be written about this era in american history will be written about foreign officials and foreign governments trying to figure out what the united states means anymore and how they need to adjust international relations, their bilateral relationships with us as a country given what happened at the top of our government. >> imagine, rachel, translators around the world reading their translations of the scaramucci quotes today to world leaders. >> yeah. you know, as you know, i blush easily, lawrence. so i had a hard time -- i didn't even try to pronounce what he said in that interview. but even just trying to learn enough about human anatomy to figure out what he was suggesting ste