navy admiral ronny jackson. and a report just came out and i should have brought it, i would have read it. but it's long but beautiful for ronnie jackson. secret service are all over the place, and they wrote a report that what he said was so false and so untrue. it never happened. and they could have ruined -- they could have ruined a lesser man. but dr. jackson, shall i call him admiral or doctor. doctor/admiral. tude at annapolis. graduating this year. incredible wife be -- uncredible family. admiral jackson was getting ready to leave service. not a blemish. perfect. a beautiful person. he said i was healthy. he's the one. when the fake news said why isn't trump giving the physical. why? dr. jackson and his staff, they went out and gave me a physical. that was a physical. and when they said i'm very healthy, the news was devastated. they were devastated. they didn't want to hear that. they didn't want to hear that. but he's a great family man. i said to him, i feel guilty. i said hey, doc, why don't you run t

navy admiral ronny jackson.ort just came out, and i should have brought it but it's long but beautiful for ronny jackson. secret service are all over the place. they wrote a report that what he said was so false and so untrue. never happened. they could have ruined a lesser man. but dr. jackson -- should i call him admiral or doctor? doctor/admiral. his son is a top -- like a top, top student at annapolis. graduating this year. incredible wife and family. you know, i feel guilty. i feel guilty. admiral jackson was getting ready to leave service and he served many years admirably. never a blemish. a lot of you know. he said i was healthy. he's the one. when the fake news started saying, oh, why isn't trump getting the physical? why? dr. jackson and his staff they went out and gave me a physical. that was a physical. when they said i'm very healthy, the news was devastated. they didn't want to hear that. they didn't want to hear that. but he's a great family man. i said to him, i feel guilty. i said, hey, doc, why

remember, ronnie jackson, the white house doctor, wanted him to lead the va.n tester called him candy man, saying he was too loose giving out prescription drugs. the president took note. >> he took a gentleman who is a truly high-quality human being, and what they said about him, tester started throwing out things he's heard. well, i know things about tester that i could say too. and if i said them, he'd never be elected again. >> the trademark, i would say irresponsible, innuendo by the president at the end there. but to your point, he got under the president's skin, which if you're tester's opponent, you like because that means the president will come a couple two, three times between now and the election. >> it also means if you're a voter in montana who on balance likes the president, you're going to see tester in particular as, you know, someone to vote against to protect the president. president trump is there trying to whip that sort of thing up. i think it's also safe to say that after running that ad, john tester now cannot seek the democratic nominat

ronny jackson and rex tillerson.ple that we snuck in wilford brimley and you didn't even notice. right there. hey,-- for those of us in the media, this ongoing staff purge is -- is amazing to watch. it's like a form of blood support. we ever we're riffity-- rivetted it is like something out of the hunger games. no, wait! it is the hungary to leave power games. -- hungry to leave power games. yes, hello! welcome. welcome citizens, one and all to the hungry to leave power games! oh, hmmmm, someone is getting erased. come caligula. come boy, yes, yes, down, down. tonight, citizens, we honor epa head scott pruitt. a man whose only flaw was being terrible. (laughter) s ahead of the epa pruitt had a passion for protecting our nation's fragile industrialists. early on he met privately with the ceo of dow chemical whereupon he decided to approve chorpyrifos, the pesticide that health studies showed can harm children's brains, which is not evil, according to anyone who has been huffing chorpyrifos. (laughter) do we have, do w

yes ronnie jackson to lead the veterans affairs department.at the time called him dishonest and sick, but he's largely avoided the direct fight with trump. in fact, he took out ads and 14 newspapers welcoming the president to montana, a little tongue-in-cheek. he also cut a tv spot thanking trump for signing 16 of his bills that he sponsored into law. he's a populace democrat in a state known for electing home grown democrats for governor in congress and he's favored to be the republican opponent, and that a state auditor matt rosen dell who won the republican primary june that thanks in large part over $59 spent by conservative. they moved to montana from maryland 16 years ago and his opponents have painted him as a carpetbagger who still has his east coast accent. in a poll taken in mid-june he had an eight-point lead over rosen dell, 52 - 44 with many undecided. in that same poll his approval rating was at 50% but not bad but his was even better at 54%. today we are expecting president trump to try to dig into that approval rating and if he

navy admiral ronnie jackson.ort just came out -- i should've brought it because i would've read it, but it's beautiful and long for ronnie jackson. secret service are all over the place, and they wrote a report that what he said was so false and so untrue. it never happened. they could've ruined a lesser man. dr. jackson -- should i call him admiral ordered doctor? he's a doctor. he's an admiral. his son is a top, top student at annapolis, graduating this year. incredible wife. incredible family. i feel guilty. admiral jackson was getting ready to leave service, and he served many years admirably. he actually said i was healthy. e was the one. when the fake news said, why sn't trump getting a physical, dr. jackson and his staff, they went out and gave me a physical. it was a physical. they said i'm very healthy. the news was devastated. they were devastated. they didn't want to hear that. he's a great family man, and i aid to him, i feel guilty. i said, hey, doc. why don't you run the v.a.? you're a leader. your

ronnie jackson.thdraw his nam after accusations of drinking on the job and improperly prescribing medicati. the i-team has done several interviews on the office of veteran affairs. >>> voters are letting psident trump know how he is doing. >> the majority of americans pr disapprove oident trump's handling of russia and immigration. tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with a deeper look at the poll numbers. >> reporter: good morning, guys. good morning, angie and aaron. ident's all, the pr overall numbers, steady. on specific issues,rocky, like russia. where 51%, a slight majority of americans in this poll, disapprove. half of thisoll was done before he met with russia's president. and half oit was done after. about a thi agree he's handled the situation well with migrant falies andeparating parents and their children aut four in ten give him high marks in other areas, such as trade. on the economy, the president does very well. liking the way he is dealing with the money and not so much the

reform to regulatory reform to voting against supreme court nominees to character assassination on ronnie jackson nominee for the veterans administration. were noty these polls part of the thousands and tens of thousands of people that attended a rally in great falls, montana, on july 5 and were cheering for the present. dodd-frank,entioned senator tester on the senate banking committee. he has been opposed to the presidents trade policy. lots of farmers near state are not thrilled about the president has been negotiating entree. how would you urge the president on the issue of trade, particularly as it impacts agricultural parts of your state? matt: we are watching those trade negotiations very closely. i was pleased to see the european commission president was going to come to the u.s. this week to have discussions about the different tariffs. i watched as the president stood on canadian soil and invited everyone that was there talking about trade to remove all tariffs, to remove all subsidies, and no one stood forward to join him in that effort. the president is working right now to make sure

after trump nominated his white house physician rear admiral ronny jackson to run veterans affairs, jackson multiple drunken episodes overseas, even banging on the hotel room door of a female employees. jackson said the allegations were without merit, but ultimately took himself out of the running. trump still publicly supported him. >> he would have done a great job. he has a tremendous heart. these are all false accusations. these are false -- >> reporter: the president also defended rob porter at bo ex-wives accused him of domestic abuse, which he denied. after resigning, trump said this -- >> as you probably know, he says he's innocent. i think you have to remember that. >> reporter: a series of women accused alabama senate candidate roy mir of pursuing relationships with them as teenagers. in some cases, forcing himself on them. moore denied the claim. >> he denies it. he totally denies it. he says it didn't happen. after fox news host was accused of acting inappropriately "new york times" reported he and fox news paid five of the acuers a combined $1 million in exchange for silence. k

because he blames him for the failed nomination of ronny jackson. the trump campaign is off to a start. they are raising money, organizing these rallies and becoming more and more frequent. we are seeing that he is starting to test out themes for 2020. and i think that elizabeth warren section was testing out an attack on her to see how the crowd responds. this is campaign trump. maybe he became a bit more presidential for a while, but now we are definitely switching more of an attack mode, and campaign mode. >> tara, it is not the first time he went after elizabeth warren. what did you make in that part of it? >> well, he has been attacking elizabeth warren for a while now. he gets instant gratification and instant reaction it the line of attack. he does use these rallies to test out these divisive material and lies. donald trump is very strategic. he may not be intellectually curious, but he is strategic and he knows how to push-buttons, and push-buttons of his supporters. every vicious attack, and every new lie they ate it up. it gives him reacti

after trump nominated white house physician ronny jackson to run veterans affairs, jackson was accusede drunken episodes overseas. even banging on hotel room door of female employee. jackson said the allegations were without merit, but ultimately took himself out of the running.still publically supported. >> he would have done a great job. >> these were all falls accusations. >> the president also defended rob porter after both ex-wives accused him of domestic abuse. >> trump said this. >> as you probably know he says he's innocent. i think you have to remember that. a series of women accused senate candidate roy moore for having relationships with teenagers and forcing himself on them. moore denied the claims. trump still supported moore in his senate run. >> he denies them. >> look, he denies them. he totally denies them. said it didn't happen. >> after fox nudes host bill o'reilly was accused of acting inappropriately with female guests on show, paid five accusers a combined $13 million in exchange for silence. thing to that trump still had his back. telling the times quote, i don't

jon tester railroaded ronnie jackson, president trump stake for va secretary.eat for individuals who support president trump and wanted jon tester to show up. >> melissa: how would you knock him specifically? >> there is no doubt this is going to be a tough race, democrats have to hold on, i don't think there's anybody better in montana to take that on than tester. look, all you really have to hang on is if you are republican is to try and attack tester for not supporting president trump. >> melissa: the state likes the president. he won by a lot. who is going to support the president more? it's going to be the republican. >> people who stand up to their beliefs and don't try to run away from things they've done, you don't see him trying to have it both ways and say i'm for trump but i'm not like democrats did about obamacare in 2012. >> melissa: let me ask you the broader question. republicans could flip as many as five seats in the senate. what do you think the bigger numbers are like, if you watch the president's plane take off there, this is something we've

the naveie admiral ronnie jackson.for the democrats in november is a vote to let ms-13 run wild in our communities. [ booing ] >> president trump: to let drugs pour into our cities and to take jobs and benefits away from our hard-working americans, and we're not letting it happen. >> melissa: that was president trump firing up his base in montana last night and previewing themes that he will highlight working to help the g.o.p. to maintain control of the senate in november and even his own job in 2020, the president going off on jon tester, the state's democratic senator and launching attacks against hillary clinton, the justice department and immediate the the media and slammed democrats who want to abolish i.c.e. and michael and alexandra with us again, michael, how much of a threat is for the president to show up, in air force one and doing rallies in red states were democrats are looking to be reelected? >> i think that it is a tremendous problem for the democrats because i believe that the voters are very smart, i

there to hurt john tester's reelection bid because he plames tester for the failed nomination of ronnie jackson. the trump campaign is off to a start. they are raising money and organizing rallies and they are more and more frequent. they are starting to test themes for 2020. i have been told he uses the rallies to see how crowds reaction. the elizabeth warren remark was testing out the crowd. this is campaign trump and what we saw on the campaign and he became a bit more presidential for a while talking about economic and tax plan and health care issues, but now we are definitely switching more to attack mode and campaign mode. >> what are did you make of this and not the first time he's gone after elizabeth warren. is he trying to bait democrats and think this is the opponent he wants and trying to elevate her? what did you make of that? >> he has been attacking elizabeth warren for quite a while now. to the point made earlier, he gets instant gratification and reaction to that line of attack. for one thing, i think he uses the rallies to test run the divicive material and newest set of lies.

the president initially was going to nominate ronnie jackson, but he was forced to withdrawal. >>> in a highly unusual move, senator rand paul says he'll meet with the president today and ask to revoke the security clearance of john brennan. former intelligence officials typically maintain their high-level security clearance even after they leave their posts. >>> and don't miss this. the british prime minister theresa may has a lot on her mind these days, brexit, her relationship with president trump, europe, her own future. what does she do to relax? asked at an event in newcastle, she said she likes to walk, cook, and watch a little bit of american tv. >> i have over 150 cookbooks. i spend quite a lot of time looking at cookbooks. and i have -- i do enjoy, if i get the time, watching -- does anybody here know the american series "ncis"? i quite like watching "ncis" when i can. >> and? >> it's a top-rated american show. isn't it always in the top? so she has her finger on the pulse of american viewing habits. >> the prime minister has domestic political trouble. should she be telling

then we had ronnie jackson, the presidential physician who trump wanted to be secretary who was forcedo withdraw amid misconduct allegations, and the agency has 360,000 people, and it has always struggled to give veterans timely benefits and to give them timely health care. and what's really troubling to a lot of people and now on capitol hill is that even after shulkin was fired, there was a big brain drain at the agency, lots of qualified people left because they were just concerned about the chaos. now what we've got is mostly civil servants who have really nothing to do with politics are being moved around, so a lot of people are very concerned, especially on capitol hill now. >> keep asking the tough questions, lisa rein at "the washington post." appreciate you so much for your reporting. >> thanks for having me. >>> up next, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg forced to apologize after comments he made about holocaust deniers, why he doesn't think the social media platform should block the content. and now for the rings. (♪) i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing

-- or rather president trump was particularly annoyed with him over the failed nomination of ronnie jacksontary of veterans affairs. so i wouldn't be surprised if dr. jackson's name is invoked, but this will probably be a fairly predictable-looking rally like the one we saw recently in north dakota and some of the other ones that we've seen lately, but obviously tester is particularly disliked or disdained by trump i think seems. >> yeah, good point there. great to have you with us. thanks for getting up early for us. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, we will go live to thailand where efforts are under way to rescue a team of 12 soccer boys and their coach from a flooded cave. they've been stranded now almost two weeks and now there's a new threat on the way. we will have the latest for you. plus, wicked weather here in the states. extreme heat fuelling wildfires across the west and major flooding in parts of the south. bill karins has the forecast. ♪ any object. any surface. if you've got a life you gotta swiffer and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the

ronny jackson put president trump on a diet last year. how is that going?sted about a half hour. [ laughter ] >> seth: what's the most exciting part of the president's job? >> being a russian spy. [ laughter ] >> seth: what happens when the president sees a door labelled "pull"? >> president trump will continue to push. [ laughter ] >> seth: what does this administration do when they discover russians attempting to hack into our voting systems? >> we encourage them. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what does president trump call bras? >> support things. [ laughter ] >> seth: what did donald trump say to putin after the 2016 election? >> thank you very much. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] [ applause ] change of topics. sports question. what did you think of michael jordan's famous step back shot to defeat the utah jazz in game six of the 1998 nba finals? >> he was traveling. [ light laughter ] >> seth: when you're looking for melania, where is the one place you know for sure she isn't? >> under president trump. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] [ cheers and applause ] >

ronnie jackson withdrew after workplace misconduct allegations. >>> hundreds of parents separated fromldren may have lost their right to reunification according to the trump administration. as many as 463 migrant parents who were separated from their children at the u.s./mexico border may not be eligible to be reunited with their children because they've been deported according to justice department court filings yesterday. the filings reported that 879 migrant children have been successfully reunited with their parents so far. that's up 364 since last thursday. the administration has until this thursday to reunify the remaining children that were taken from their parents as part of president trump's zero tolerance policy. >>> georgia voters are headed to the polls today in a heated republican run-off for governor. the contentious race pits two established georgia republicans against one another. cag ex l thought to be the presumed front-runner fell short of the threshold to clirchl tnc nomination in may. he has gained attention for his ads showing him with a shotgun. both gop candidat

navy admiral ronny jackson.s in november is a vote to let ms-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour into our cities, and to take jobs and benefits away from our hard-working americans, and we're not letting it happen. julie: president trump firing up supporters in montana this week in what many are calling a preview of his midterm election strategy. let's bring in jamie weinstein host of the jamie weinstein show pod cast of the national review on-line and founding partner of jmw. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. julie: president trump went out on on offensive, launched attacks to the justice department, the media, hilary clinton, the me too movement and more. is this the winning strategy to maintain control of the senate and even his own job in 2020? >> it is immensely entertaining. it is possibly effective in certainly in certain areas and i think at points profoundly disturbing especially when he continues the attacks on the press as the enemy of the people. this is the t

friend of mine, a man that i said "why don't you run the va, you would be great," navy admiral ronnie jackson. she is a low iq individual, maxine waters. i said it the other day. i mean honestly, she's somewhere in the mid 60s i believe. let's say i'm debating pocahontas, right. i promise you i will do this. i will take -- you know those little kits they sell on television for $2? learn your heritage! we will take that little kit and say -- but we have to do it gently, because we're in the me too generation so we have to be very gentle. >> you all remember that evening. somebody came in with a thumbs down after campaigning for years that he was going to repeal and replace. you know, all of the rhetoric you see here, the thousands points of light. what the hell was that, by the way. thousand points of light. what did that mean, does anyone know? >> so the big question we're asking today is this. will trump's 2016 playbook work in 2018? nbc's kellie o'donnell is traveling with the president and joins us from berkley heights, new jersey. peter baker, the chief white house kporcorrespondent for n

against mike pompeo, gina haspel and known to the president for being the main person who stopped ronny jackson to be veterans affairs secretary. tester's re-election campaign is predicated on working with president trump when he thinks it's good for montana. he's running an ad in every major newspaper touting bills he has worked on that the president has signed. any big public break from the president is a risky proposition for tester in a state that did vote overwhelmingly for the president, has a democratic governor. the more that the supreme court is an issue, closer and closer to november, the more difficult it will be for him to swim in these waters, whereas his republican opponent will be standing side by side to president trump and velcroed himself to the president to his advantage. >> the flip side of this, we talk about these democrats in red states, also the republican wild cards and really the big republican wild card right now is susan collins, the signal she's sending about roe. when you look at these three potential picks we're talking about here, do you see susan collins having

steve: the president said that the allegations against ronny jackson were all untrue.interesting is while he said he was there to push the republican senator, the republican 20 become the senator to take john tester's spout. think about it though, maybe in addition to trying to get that seat red in the future, he is trying to get jon tester who has got it right now to vote for his upcoming supreme court justice pick, which he is going to announce on tuesday night. so, it's -- is he doing something there where it's like have you got to get rid of jon tester. if you are jon tester you are thinking okay. i'm going to have to take a vote before the november election. if they judge me on whether or not i go for donald trump's pick, i could be toast if i don't. i could win over some supporters if i do. what do you do? abby: every senator, democratic senator red state going to deal with this state. do you support his pick or not? red state. if you go against a supreme court pick that could be your doom. brian: or round 2 of tax cuts. robert mueller at it again. he decides he

the president is not a fan of his after he went after ronny jackson who was going to be the next v.a.ter camera after camera to make sure he didn't get that position. ainsley: not to mention he is a democrat. the president is a republican and he wants matt rosen dale to get that post. congressman greg gianforte is also out there in montana, and he wants him to get reelected. steve: what can the people of montana expect tonight, hire is the president a couple months ago taking a shot at senator jon tester. >> senator john tester of a really great place montana who voted by the way in favor of sanctuary cities. weak on the border, didn't vote for tax cuts. what they said about this great american doctor ronny jackson, an admiral in the navy and tester started throwing out things that he has heard. i know things about tester that i could say, too. [cheers] and if i said them, he would never be elected again. [cheers] steve: i think that's going to be a pretty good preview of what the president is going to be doing between now and the midterm elections. he is going to go out to all these

ronny jackson withdrew his name as claims of misconduct surfaced. >>> victims in the vegas massacre are, which owns the hotel where the gunman fired from is suing about a thousand victims. the company is seeking a preemptive ruling to avoid liability for the attack the victims say being sued makes them feel as helpless as they felt during last october's shootings. >> it enrages me to think that this company can just try to skip out on their responsibilities and their liability. . >> i'm disgusted. in fact, i've already lost my son and now they want to sue me. >> while many of the victims say they will continue their legal battle against the hotel company for as long as it takes. mgm resorts international says the case belongs in federal court, because resolving each individual lawsuit on its own would take years. >>> the residents of brooklyn, iowa, are holding out hope for a college student. molly tibbitz was last seen going for a job five days ago. abc's alex perez has more on the latest investigation. >> reporter: the desperate subpoena for molly tibbitz is intenseing. the 20-year-ol

jillian: president trump picked wilkie after his first joyce ronnie jackson with drew his nomination.chicago cubs fans steel a foul ball from a little boy and hand it to the kid next to him. the kid dropped after the first base coach dropped souvenir. he wound up getting a last laugh. he went home with two balls, with haw very baez. ainsley: little boy tried to catch it. dropped it. gave it to the woman. the map grabs it. todd: how stupid is this guy, a camera is always on you, even if you are a -- jillian: not first time it happens. see stuff like this all the time. boy ends up going home with two baseballs. one signed. >> did the woman give the ball to the little kid? jillian: i can't confirm or deny. home with a autographed ball. steve: straight ahead on the monday, president trumps gears up for the meeting with vladmir putin our next guest says the president needs to send a clear an unambiguous warning to president putin. daniel hoffman spent his career as a cia station chief in moscow. todd: this guy's attempt to hide from the cops was a total washout. the story behind this pictu