i'm richard lui alongside frances rivera. we're going to start with this. president trump has revoked the security clearance of former cia director john brennan, punishing a prominent critic of the president as a former white house aide makes explosive claims and the jury heads to deliberate in the trial of trump's 2016 campaign chief. white house press secretary sarah sanders announced the action by reading a statement from the president, take a listen. >> mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct characterized by frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nation's secrets. the very aim of our adversaries which is to sow division and chaos. >> when the white house distributed the statement it caused question as to the timing as the document was dated july 26th. the white house said that was an error, and it was not meant to have any date at all. the day before his clearance was stripped, brennan, a senior national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc, commented on president trump's use of the word "dog" to describe a former white house a

i am richard lui. trump's red scare.he president lashes out at a report that white house counsel don mcgahn has been cooperating with robert mueller without his knowledge and going as far as comparing the investigation to mccarthyism. >>> plus, omarosa goes on the record confirming she has more tapes and she's absolutely willing to share them with robert mueller. >>> and philosophy of truth. according to rudy giuliani, the truth isn't the truth when it comes to the president sitting down with robert mueller. so if the truth isn't the truth, what is it? here we go. >> the mueller team is panicking. they know they don't have a case. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. this whole mcgahn thing leaked from them. >> mcgahn is trying to save himself because trump would throw him to the fishes if he could. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. >> truth is truth. i don't mean to -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> in trump world, everybody lies. i mea

i'm richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. here's what we're watching, charlottesville, one year later, the president tweeting the city under lock down. and new protests planned. what changed since those clashes. today, the city's mayor weighs in on that. >>> and the white house is firing back over omarosa, her latest book. >> the moment we're living in is grave. the democratic party must be a party that fights fire with fire. we will make america decent again. >> stormy daniels' attorney right there on why he is explores a 2020 presidential run. >>> a stolen plane chased by military jets and then crashes into a small island. what the pilot told the control tower during that flight. we'll start this hour with breaking news. republican congressman chris collins who is charged with insider trading taking a dramatic step society, suspended his re-election bid. s in's white house correspondent kelly o'connell is there with more. kelly, what do you know? >> of course, chris collins was the first member of congress to endorse candid

up next, richard richard lui. >> i'm richard lui in for alex witt. here's what's happening. omarosa unplugged on "meet the press" on what it was like in the trump white house and if she thinks the president is racist. >> i was complicit with the white house deceiving this nation. i was the only african-american at the table. i got banged up a lot. >>> a new audio recording omarosa says is of white house chief of staff john kelly threatening her. >>> plus, the protests about to get under way in washington after several demonstrations in charlottesville. what's being done to keep things from getting out of hand. >>> we'll start with new reaction from omarosa manigault-n manigault-newman about explosive claims she's making about president trump including allegations that a tape exists where the president uses the "n" word. here's what she told chuck todd in an interview on "meet the press" earlier. >> after i closed the book i had an opportunity to go out to los angeles and sit down with the person who has a copy of the table and i heard his voice. >> you have heard the tape? >

i'm aaron gilcrest, the news continues with richard lui. >> thank you. i'm richard lui in new york.s for being with us. breaking news, counsel cooperation, a new york times report claiming white house counsel donald mcgahn is cooperating with robert mueller. what this unusual move could mean for the president. >>> plus who is next? president trump is vowing to revoke more security clearances. this as former cia director john brennan speaks out to msnbc for the very first time since having his clearance revoked. >> what really gets under my skin is mr. trump's lack of decency and integrity and honesty and his lack of commitment to this country's well being and national security. mr. trump is motivated whatever is in the best interest of mr. trump. >> and pitch problems. steve bannon talks about his plan to save the president. but wait until you hear what he has to say about the infamous trump meeting. >>> we'll start with breaking news out of the new york times in the last couple of hours. white house counsel done mcgahn reportedly cooperating extensively with robert mueller obstruct

i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we'll start this hour with breaking news from "the new york times" on robert mueller's obstruction inquiry into president trump. white house counsel don mcghan has reportedly been cooperating extensively in the special counsel investigation. we just learned this from "the new york times" within the last three hours. in this report, mcgann was centrally involved, they are reporting, in the president's attempts to fire mueller. and now investigators are focusing on trump's comments and actions during the firing of former fbi director james comey and his repeated attacks against attorney general jeff sessions for his recusal from the russia investigation. but trump's former lead counsel in the russia probe, john dowd, in reaction to this report saying this -- the "times" report is, quote, complete fiction while claiming don mcghan was a strong witness for the president, john dowd. for more, msnbc's jeff ben tet white house, nbc news and msnbc legal analyst, senior fellow and government t

my colleague, richard lui is taking over. geoff bennett, garrett haake on the ground in washington, d.c. much more coming up here on msnbc. i've been making blades here at gillette for 20 years. there's a lot of innovation that goes into making america's #1 shave. precision machinery and high-quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. now starting at $7.99. gillette. the best a man can get. need a change of scenery? the kayak price forecast tool tells you whether to wait or book your flight now. so you can be confident you're getting the best price. giddyup! kayak. search one and done. >>> we're watching breaking news this hour for you. good sunday to all of you. i'm richard lui in for yasmin vossoughian. one year ago today, the country was forced to face an ugly truth. a life taken during a demonstration of hate. the president criticized for his response and not come condemning it. a year later now, a difficult conversation on racism continues. this is the scene now this hour in washington, d.c.,

>>> are ii'm richard lui. i want to start this hour with president trump right now on his way to ohio where he will hold a rally this evening for congressional candidate. this is just three days before a high stakes special election there. troy balderson is locked in a tight race with democrat danny o'connor for a seat there that the gop has held for decades. polls show balderson's ten point lead has shrunk to just one point. so now the president is trying to reverse that trend. meanwhile trump is taking to twitter to try to make the case for tariffs by claiming tariffs are working far better than anyone ever anticipated. in an earlier tweet, he questioned the intelligence of lebron james as well after the baseball superstar criticized trump in a televised interview. >> what i noticed over the last few months, that he has kind of used sport to kind of divide us and that is something that i can't relate to because i know that sport was the first time i ever was around someone white, you know, and i got an oppor

i'm richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. year later, the president tweeting the city under lock down. and new protests planned. what changed since those clashes. today, the city's mayor weighs in on that. >>> and the white house is firing back over omarosa, her latest book. >> the moment we're living in is grave.

up next, richard richard lui. >> i'm richard lui in for alex witt. here's what's happening.n "meet the press" on what it was like in the trump white house and if she thinks the president is racist. >> i was complicit with the white house deceiving this nation. i was the only african-american at the table. i got banged up a lot. >>> a new audio recording omarosa says is of white house chief of staff john kelly threatening her. >>> plus, the protests about to get under way

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i'm richard lui alongside francis. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning.t's wednesday, august the 15th, and with us today we have donny deutsch, president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass sighing already because he knows we'll be talking baseball top of the show, and host of "politics nation" and president of the national network reverend al sharpton and msnbc news reporter heidi przybyla and columnist and associate editor of the "washington post"

richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. msnbc headquarters in new york city. here's what's happening for you. we're going to start with breaking news. republican congressman chris collins today saying he is suspended his re-election campaign in a shift there in the wake of the charge of insider trade. geoff bennett has the details. geoff, what do we know? >> reporter: hey there, rick, as you mentioned congressman collins is stepping aside, suspending his campaign after earlier this week being arrested and indicted on charges of insider trading. collins maintains he did anything wrong. but republicans have offered little more than a defense. so it is a statement he issued today. he says this, democrats are laser focused on taking back the house, electing nancy pelosi speaker. and then launching impeachment proceeds against president trump. they would like nothing more than electing in this district. if that statement didn't make it clear, you should know that chris collins is in fact an ally. in fact, he was the first member of congress, the first nationally me

i'm richard lui alongside frances rivera. we're going to start with this.ked the

evening's joe scarborough, host of msnbc morning joe and joined us on the phone tonight talking to richard lui. >> he remained a committed small government conservative throughout his entire career. and you know, but he was always a maverick. he was not an insider. i remember david briar a former rules chairman of the republican party telling me when i first came to congress, he said there are two doors. and you need to choose which door you want to walk through when you go into congress. you can go in as an insider or you can go in as an outsider. and of course i think he meant that to encourage me to go in as an insider. i chose the other door. but senator mccain was always an outsider. and always a maverick. and you saw that in 2008 in his presidential campaign. he was a guy that was supposed to walk away with the nomination and the campaign just went terribly. and he was bleeding money. he was -- bleeding support in the fall of 2007. and everybody thought that john mccain was finished. but he wasn't comfortable as a front-runner. this guy was a maverick. and i remember in my late father te

i'm richard lui in for yasmin vossoughian. one year ago today, the country was forced to face an ugly truth. a life taken during a demonstration of hate. the president criticized for his response and not come condemning it. a year later now, a difficult conversation on racism continues. this is the scene now this hour in washington, d.c., a city on edge with a white nationalist rally set to start in about an hour in lafayette park there, directly in front of the white house. it is the same group behind the violent rally that happened in charlottesville, virginia, last year that i was just mentioning. so far, very few white nationalists have shown up. a much larger number of counter protesters there to hold their own rallies nearby. we have reporters monitoring the situation. we're going to start with nbc's garrett haake with the white nationalist rally. and a lot happening there. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, richard. i'm actually on the edge of that rally. we are blocked by the police on one side from getting any clo

evening's joe scarborough, host of msnbc morning joe and joined us on the phone tonight talking to richard lui>> he remained a committed small government conservative throughout his entire career. and you know, but he was always a maverick. he was not an insider. i remember david briar a former rules chairman of the republican party telling me when i first came to congress, he said there are two doors. and you need to choose which door you want to walk through when you go into congress. you can go in as an insider or you can go in as an outsider. and of course i think he meant that to encourage me to go in as an insider. i chose the other door. but senator mccain was always an outsider. and always a maverick. and you saw that in 2008 in his presidential campaign. he was a guy that was supposed to walk away with the nomination and the campaign just went terribly. and he was bleeding money. he was -- bleeding support in the fall of 2007. and everybody thought that john mccain was finished. but he wasn't comfortable as a front-runner. this guy was a maverick. and i remember in my late father tell

i'm richard lui. thanks for sticking around. you can follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter. let me know what you think. "all in with chris hayes" is next. you have a great night. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> you're not going to like what you're going to hear but it's going to happen on tuesday. >> explosive new testimony in the trial of paul manafort. >> i'm not going to get into what tactics were used. >> tonight why paul manafort's accountant said she falsified records at his request, and what it means for donald trump's former campaign chair. >> paul manafort just came on, he's great. >> then, why the manhattan madam just met with robert mueller. >> i never forced anyone to do anything. >> and what it has to do with roger stone. >> kristin davis is a good friend of mine. >> plus new reporting on the saudi money flooding trump's new york hotel, and why a federal judge tonight is calling the trump administration reunification efforts unacceptable. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. at the close of the first week of paul manafor

richard lui with your hour's top stories.re at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida. authorities say the gunman, 24-year-old david katz, killed himself thereafter. the "washington post" reports that president trump rejected a white house statement praising john mccain's heroism after the senator died saturday. sources say the president insisted on instead sending out a tweet offering sympathy to the family with no mention of mccain's accomplishments. for now back to "headliners: john mccain remembered." >>> as the millennium approached, john mccain, a man deemed a political maverick for his bold moves and father of seven, decided to take aim at the top job in the country. >> it is because i owe america more than she has ever owed me that i am a candidate for president of the united states. >> from the very beginning he was an underdog against the son of a political dynasty. >> george w. bush emerged in the summer of 1999 as the most potent political force either party had ever seen in its presidential nominating p

i'm richard lui alongside francis. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. it's wednesday, august the 15th, and with us today we have donny deutsch, president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass sighing already because he knows we'll be talking baseball top of the show, and host of "politics nation" and president of the national network reverend al sharpton and msnbc news reporter heidi przybyla and columnist and associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. you went to the game? didn't you richard? >> good to see you do investigative journalism, mr. scarborough. >> i love people that root for the underdog and you're a yankees' fan. >> only in new york is a team that's 31 games above .500 the underdog. >> willie, you tweeted something out last night, which is pretty astounding, about just how well the yankees are doing and what do you say? yankees would be in first place by four, five games in most divisions? >> yeah. i think four out of the other five divisio

richard. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell there with the mccain family with the sad news and details. kelly, thank you very much for that. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. >> hi, richarrd lui at nbc headquarters with a special report. sad news, again, arizona senator john mccain has died. we have heard this happened at 4:28 local time. we're getting that announcement from senator mccain's office on friday his family announcing medical treatment was being stopped. mccain had been fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than one year. cindy and john mccain were married for 38 years, senator john mccain would have been 82 this wednesday. again, breaking news this hour, arizona senator john mccain has died at the age of 81. here's nbc's kelly o'donnell with more. >> reporter: a spirited young aviator, the fierce campaigner. >> we face many dangerous threats in this dangerous world. but i'm not afraid of them. i'm prepared for them. [ applause ] >> reporter: an irascible statesman. >> we never hide from history. we make history. >> reporter: through it all, john mccain carried himself as a joyful warrior. >> i've enjoyed every single day of it. the good ones and th