i'm stephanie ruhle. you're watching "velshi "velshi & ruhle." house speaker paul ryan is visiting the intel corporation in oregon to talk tax reform. the intel ceo is one of several top leaders who left trump's manufacturing council. tomorrow, ryan will hold another tax reform event at boeing in washington state. and will take part in an employee town hall. >>> president trump, he talked about ceos last night in his campaign style speech in phoenix. he addressed the ceos who left his council in the wake of his response to charlottesville. >> when it got a little heat with the lies from the media, they sort of said, we'll take a pass, but people are now calling me. people that have been, like, we'll take a pass. don, can we get together for lunch? >> i spoke to some of the ceos, it wasn't the media, it was your exact words. >>> walmart and google are teaming up in hopes of combatting amazon. google express will start selling walmart products online and allow customers to order through voice enabled technology. it is going to be the first time wal

& ruhle" with al roker. >> i think roker and ruhle sounds better. >> i get to be on tv with the al rokercould have gone anywhere in the united states. you're talking about spanning the u.s. and you're here at charlotte. >> i figured i needed to be at the start or the finish. the eclipse leaves continental united states. this is the last spot before it goes out into the atlantic and then crosses over bonnie tyler's royal caribbean ship as she sings "total eclipse of the heart" with the eclipse going over her, which ought to be pretty cool. >> it's going to be amazing. you've never seen an eclipse. >> i've never seen one in person so this is kind of cool. there's so much great geek out science about this. the idea that in space the shadow travels at the same rate of speed. here when it hits pacific northwest because of the slant of the erlt aarth and topograph traveling 2500 miles an hour. by the time it hits carbondale and kentucky, 1400 miles per hour. then when it leaves here, it bumps up to a little more than 1500. >> that's what excites the geeks. for girls like me, what am i going to

good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get started. >> we're going to talk about harvey into next week. >> it's brewing and building, not what i wanted to see. >> this is going to be potentially a catastrophic flooding situation. we can't stress this enough. >> the category three major hurricane is still in the cards. >> there is weather that is approaching and we want people to take appropriate precautions. >> this is going to be a very big deal for a very long time. >> it's important we all stay unified as republicans to complete our agenda. >> the white house and mitch mcconnell this morning dismissing reports of a disintegrating relationship. the "new york times" reporting a political cold war between the leaders with mcconnell privately expressing uncertainty that mr. trump can salvage his administration. >> he called bob corker and complained about russia sanctions. >> we certainly hope senator flake will continue to support the agenda he ran on and president ran off. >> i have to concern myself with my own cam

ruhle is back tomorrow but then i'm going to be off. we'll be back at "velshi & ruhle" on thursday.s hour, president trump is set to leave the white house for a campaign style rally in phoenix, arizona, the event announced a day after his news conference last tuesday at trump tower during a week when he struggled several times over his response to the deadly domestic terror attack in charlottesville on august 12th. that prompted the mayor of phoenix to write an op-ed asking the president to delay the rally and calling for cooler heads to prevail the healing process. >> we cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other. let us find the courage to heal our divisions within. >> now this morning vice president pence spoke with matt lauer defending the president's initial response. >> man, i know this president. i know this heart and i heard him. i heard him on the day when he denounced hate and violence in all of its forms from wherever it comes. i heard him on that monday and heard him as well on tuesday like millions of americans did, where he cond

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi.news coverage continues with "andrea mitchell reports." >> we're following breaking news from barcelona, spain. here's what we know now. a van, a white van driving into a crowd of pedestrians in a city square in a popular tourist district. police are calling it a massive crash. emergency crews are on the scene. spanish media reporting that as many as 20 people may have been injured. as for the driver, he reportedly ran away, that is not confirmed. and nbc's keir simmons is following this from new york. let's talk about what we know, we do not yet know this is a terror incident, it may be a terrible accident, we want to make very cautious about that. that said, this follows what we have seen in nice, in years past, what we have seen almost recently, of course, right here in the united states in charlott

thank you for watching this edition of "velshi & ruhle." i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi.tchell reports." >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," chemical reaction. two blasts at a flooded chemical plant just 25 miles northeast of downtown houston sending a plume of smoke into the air and sheriff deputies to the hospital causing concern for those nearby as that fire continues to burn. >>> yeah, so the bottom line is that we do what is called plume modeling and that's what we base a lot of the evacuations on and so by all means, yes, the plume is incredibly dangerous. >> we believe at this point that the safest thing to do is to allow the other eight containers, product in those to degrade and burn. >>> surveying the storm. vice president mike pence touches down in texas, moments ago. he'll see the damage and meet with hurricane harvey victims as houston residents start the very long process of picking up the pieces. >> just don't think it could happen to you and it is just weird. we didn't even think to move our cars. >>

>>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." we're still seeing the pain being felt from the terror attack that happened one week ago. these are pictures of the funeral service for pilot burke bates killed in a helicopter operation. he would have turned 41 years old the next day, last sunday. he survived by his wife and 12-year-old twins, son and daughter. killed alongside hj cullen whose funeral will be held tomorrow. this morning another company booted the neo-nazi website the daily stormer from its service. that comes after they posted dispairaging comments about heather heyer was killed. networking company cloud flair that performs performance and security services for companies joined go daddy and google in dumping the daily stormer. the ceo explaining that the daily stormer site was bragging about how cloud flair was onere them. this was the tipping point for me. cloud flare ceo and co-founder matthew prince joins me now. to a lot of people they would think disassociating from a neo-nazi and white supremacist and kkk group

tripadvisor. >>> welcome back to qu"velshi & ruhl ruhle".president trump and north korea trade barbs through the media, the u.s. military is ramping up its presence in the region. the b1b have been practicing maneuvers since they arrived. of the bases on there are strengthening to 7,000 u.s. service member on an island only 30 miles long. u.s. allies are also getting in on the show of strength as plans for two weeks of american and south korean war games are still in place. despite the proposal for china and russia to halt gains in return for the north stopping the missile testing, u.s. demand commanders are considering how to announce the exercises lacking an official communication channel with pyongyang. in japan, b 1-b bombers took part in a joint drill. northern viper 2017 will involve 3500 service members, including ground and air elements. the deployment is expected to last for a total of three weeks. >> and one of the new things we've got this morning is this. this is homeland security for the government of guam releasing this missile

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i'm stephanie ruhle. we're talking about the new developments out of the pentagon this morning, just days after the "uss john mccain" collided with an oil tanker near singapore on monday. the u.s. navy has removed the commander of the seventh fleet, vice admiral joseph acon citing loss of confidence in his ability to demand. this week's collision marked the fourth accident involving navy ships in the pacific this year alone. hans nichols is at the pentagon. hans, what's the latest on this investigation? >> the investigation is continuing, but the initial read is that the admiral in charge of the pacific fleet had lost confidence in admiral acoin. he was relieved of his command. he was expected to retire in a couple of weeks but the navy wants to send a message of accountability and that accidents like this are unacceptable. you mentioned the four. the last two have been deadly, over 17 -- potentially 17 sailors have lost their lives. we still don't know if there are any remains left of those ten on the "j

flonase sensimist. ♪ >>> welcome back to qu"velshi & ruhl ruhle".s different without you here. >> good to be here. >> tom carper from delaware is with us right now. good to have you here. thank you for being with us. >> good morning, how are you? >> good. last we checked, i haven't got an update on this but president trump has not signed the bill that was septembnt to him with respect to the sanctions on russia and iran and north korea. given things are heating up with north korea and the u.s. presence in russia has been diminished, what's your take on this? is he going to sign it? is he delaying for any particular reason? >> i hope he listens to the advice of people around him like general kelly and who i suspect understands very well when the countries behave as russians have in some cases of the iranians have, and certainly as north koreans have that there have to be consequences for that. can't be the senator house speaking, can't just be the administration, all to be speaking with one voice. their behavior is unacceptable. the iranians, everyon

>> the serious stephanie ruhle look?one. >> you know, we don't do that in real life, right? it's just for the pictures. kara is a silicon valley expert and we're talking a lot about women and their situation in the workforce. but particularly in silicon valley. we've talked a lot about this bro culture that's come under fire because it manifests sometimes in sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the workplace. but it's more than that. critics say the male dominated tech world makes it harder for women to actually raise the money that's needed when they want to start and grow new businesses. in fact, there's a new report that actually documents how few women get the fraction of the venture capital funding when you compare them to men. and this report says that women's share of funding is not actually growing. believe it or not, it's shrinking. >> if you want to start a business, you need cash. more often than not, that cash comes from venture capitalists. but it's a well documented fact that most of this money is

good morning, i'm stephanie ruhle with so much to handle. how about this one, like any dad would do. the white house confirms, that's right, confirms now that president trump did in fact have something to do with that statement donald trump jr. made about the meeting with the russian lawyer. >> he certainly didn't dictate but, you know, he -- like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> not exactly like any father would do. a former d.c. detective suing fox news, alleging they misquoted him about the death of a dnc employee and drops a bombshell claim about the white house. >> the president has reviewed this story and wants it out there. >> and 30 minutes from now, the opening bell on wall street. the dow at record highs and poised to strike 22,000. >> our stock market has reached an all-time high today. all-time high. think of it, nobody ever talks about it. >> mr. president, we talk about it every day and we're going to begin with the administration's 180-degree turn on whether or not the president had a role

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle.mitchell reports" with our friend andrea mitchell. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," show of force, the u.s. testing a long range missile from an air force base in california. a not so subtle warning days after north korea's second icbm test. but in his first briefing, the secretary of state reaches out directly to kim jong-un with some caveat s. >> we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. but you're presenting an unacceptable threat to us. and we have to respond. >> punishing russia, the president signs the sanctions bill without fanfare, nor comment on vladimir putin's expulsion of u.s. diplomats but he's taking a shot at congress for what he calls clearly unconstitutional provisions despite what the vice president had to say

speaking of you next, those of you tuning in to watch "velshi & ruhle," we're going to stay with our breaking news and it will be rescheduled at another time. let's bring in jim cavanaugh right now, msnbc analyst.

>>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." us is ben cardin of maryland, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and the finance committee. senator, good to see you. we have been having a conversation with eric prince, formerly of blackwater who wrote this op-ed of how he wants to privatize the war in afghanistan. sounds like the president's intrigued by it, open to it at least. we spoke to general barry mccaffrey who said it is an anyoni nimcompoop plan. the losses are heavy and the costs are high. to the extent he's introducing a new idea, what are your thoughts? >> well, first, good to be with you. i think using private contractors makes no sense whatsoever. this is a military function and it needs to have the accountability of u.s. military control. so i am very much opposed to using private contractors to do what our military should be doing. but i do want to underscore, we don't really have an arctticulad policy from the trump administration. they have been in the office for almost seven months. this war has b

i've got to read one quote for stephanie ruhle here. so taylor swift testifying on why the front of her skirt looked normal if a photo taken when she says a radio deejay was groping her. taylor swift's answer to that deejay's lawyer, quote, because my ass is located on the back of my body. taylor swift 1, world 0. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> good on you, taylor swift. she ain't going to shake it off. hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, not tough enough. new tweets today after president trump emerges from his golf club to double down and then some on the north korean nuclear threat. >> north korea better get their act together. >> defense secretary jim mattis urges calm like secretary of state rex tillerson. >> it's gaining diplomatic results and i want to stay right there right now. >> and why what the plt is saying now about north korea, about mitch mcconnell, about everything would mean he gets absolutely nothing down in the terms of the agenda. >> the words of the president have little meaning for a l

stephanie ruhle picks up the vrge c coverage right now. good morning. >> i'm stephanie ruhle with so much to hit this morning starting with the unanimous yes to sanctions and north korea pledging retaliation. new developments on the rising tensions now. >> we hop this will result in a different pathway. >> vice president mike pence denies vehemently he's thinking about a 2020 run himself. >> vice president pence is a very loyal, very dutiful but also incredibly effective vice president. >> and tick, tick, tick. it is day 200. from the comey firing to blink and you missed him, scaramucci, what in the world has been going on? >> no. no. >> we have got to begin this morning with the u.s. and more than a dozen other countries racing against the clock trying to force north korea to give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons before those weapons are actually unleashed. and you're in luck, because we have the best team in the business here. nbc's bill nealy live in the southern philippines where secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting with his as

i'm stephanie ruhle. you're watching msnbc and it is time for your "morning primer," everything you need to know to start your day. we begin in israel where white house senior adviser jared kushner met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu just hours ago. he's scheduled to meet with the palestinian president later today in an effort to revive peace talks in the region. >>> meanwhile, in the city of charlottesville, virginia, they have covered up the robert e. lee strach you atue at the cent controversy there. the city council voted for it. >>> in texas, preparations under way ahead of tropical storm harvey with a hurricane warning in effect for parts of the coast. harvey could make landfall as early as saturday. >>> the megamerger is full steam ahead. amazon cleared two of the biggest hurdles it needed to to close its $13.7 billion acquisition of whole foods. it got approvals from a u.s. regulator and the grocery chain's shareholders. >>> and talking about big money, hougt this one. someone in massachuse

ruhle.e like to look at the markets and last week had big records on the dow hitting the 22,000 mark. taking a break today it seems. >> indeed they did. a little break. remember the dow is only 30 stocks led by big tech names like apple. the president took to twitter yet again to criticize one of his biggest adversaries, the media tweeting the fake news refuses to report the success of the first six months s.c. surging, economy, jobs, border, military security, isis, ms-13, et cetera. that's absolutely not the case because we talk about the markets all the time and what is interesting, the president forgets that his base so many of whom don't even own stocks. those forgotten americans. for fact sake, let's get to the bottom of this boom. president trump loves to tote the stock market's gain his presidency is jump starting the c economy. for no other reason because they are not in the market. according to gap lop, only 52% of u.s. adults invested in stocks in 2016, a sharp drop from 65% in 20

i'm stephanie ruhle.ing msnbc and nbc news has learned exclusively details about president trump's increasing frustration over u.s. strategy in afghanistan. with senior administration officials describing a july meeting at the white house as tense. here's what we learned about that meeting. the president's key advisers surrounded him including secretary of defense jim mattis. the sources say the president lashed out, suggesting mattis should fire the general in charge of afghanistan venting, quote, we aren't winning. the officials say the president also seemed annoyed that china not the u.s. is making money mining rare minerals in afghanistan. the president then left the meeting without deciding on a strategy which they need from him, leaving his advisers stunned. officials say mattis left the meeting visibly angry and he went for a long walk by himself to think it over. i want to bring in retired four-star general wesley clark, current senior fellow at the ucla center. you have to help me out with this o

i'm stephanie ruhle. you're watching msnbc. new this morning, "the new york times" says a d.c. grand jury has already issued subpoenas in special prosecutor's robert mueller's investigation into russia's attempted interference in the 2016 election. the grand jury was first reported by "the wall street journal," but here's a key point. a grand jury is not a trial jury that determines dpi s guilt or innocence. our guests joining us. mika, i'm unfamiliar with how this works. what is the significance of grand jury and what does it do? >> so, a grand jury allows a prosecutor to go deeper into an investigation. issue subpoenas, demand document, call witnesses for a full development of the record before they decide whether or not to charge someone with a crime or in certain cases of a grand jury issue a report about what's happened. it's important that this grand jury is in washington because they're only supposed to look at crimes that happened in their jurisdiction, in washington, where the white house is loca

i'm stephanie ruhle.he driver behind that deadly car attack in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend is set to appear in court for the first time in about 40 minutes. one reporter filming the immediate aftermath of that deadly car attack found herself as target when a man approached her and punched her if the face. >> stop recording! >> that happened just two days ago. joining me now, the reporter who was attacked, the hill's taylor lorenz. first, how are you? >> good. yeah. >> what exactly happened? for those of us watching this weekend, the image, it felt like movie. it certainly didn't feel like 2017 charlottesville, virginia, home of the uva cavaliers. you tell me, what happened? >> sure. this was my first time in charlottesville but not my first protest by any means. it did feel different than other ones. the tensions were high. there were these two competing groups that sort of were both focused very much on each other rather than their message to sort of like the broader i guess public. i fee

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks so much. hi, there. i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning we have a lot to hit starting with the president's working vacation, railing against the media, against a senator and claim nothing one's paying attention to his successes. this morning, someone's defending their boss. >> sometimes there's unnecessary chatter, but you have to look at the results. >> the u.s. about to begin a new fight against isis as early as today and certainly not where you would expect. >> this isn't iraq or syria. it's marawy and the philippines and isis captured it three months ago. >>> and "money, power, politics," how president trump's trade policies are already doing damage to parts of his own base. >> we will rebuild rural america. >> we begin with the president himself is saying he's working hard while va cautioning at his golf club in new jersey but also doing a lot -- what else do you do on vacation? watching tv and hanging on social media. you v you know what i'm talking about, twitter. tiff best team here to break it down. peter alexander in

i'm stephanie ruhle. paul manafort is responding to the bombshell report of his home being raided by fbi agents. "the washington post" reports that the predawn search took place july 26th, just one day after manafort met with senate staff members. during that meeting "new york times" reports that manafort turned over notes from a 2016 june meetings in trump tower that included russians, along with donald trump jr. and of course jared kushner. a spokesman sass he's consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries, and did so on this occasion as well. isn't it amazing that the fbi would raid his house if he's cooperating? >>> seema ire joins us along with my panel. to obtain this kind of search warrant, would robert mueller not have had to convince a judge that there's probable cause? absolutely. that's a good point. i think what happened and what "the washington post" did report is perhaps manafort was not turning over all the documents. you have the greatest legal minds in financia

i'm stephanie ruhle. too little too late. the president denounces white supremacists. >> they have been condemned. >> but has the damage already been done? three major ceos quit the president's advisory council as he tried to get back to the agenda. >> our economy is now strong. unemployment is at a 16-year low. and businesses are more optimistic than ever before. >> and on the north korea front, south korea wants to prevent war by all means as kim jong-un promises to monitor all u.s. actions. >> that's called war, if they shoot at us. if they do that, then it's game on. >> he's back. we're going to begin with president trump working out of his home, trump tower, where he got a very rude reception from protesters who are angry over his response or lack of response to the hate-fueled violence that took place in virginia. so how is the big question, does the president get his agenda back on track? tiff best team here to break it down. nbc's kristen welker live at trump tower. kristen, president trump, or hi

hi, i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle, who is eclipse watching. she may make an appearance later. but this morning, the strategy for afghanistan. president trump set to announce today his plans for america's longest war with more troops expected to be part of that plan. >> once you announce what the strategy is, we can get more precise on afghanistan troop levels. >> the post-bannon white house. the president's former adviser back at breitbart ready to g to war against democrats and republicans. >> steve bannon was undermining the administration and had to g. >> after all the hype and buildup, it is finally eclipse day. thousands of people with their special glasses descend on towns around the country to watch the moon cross the sun. >> it is a human experience. it is a chance for us to connect with the cosmos in a way we normally can't do. >> but before we connect with the cosmos, we begin with the president's highly anticipated primetime address tonight where he'll outline the path forward in afghanistan after 16 years of combat in the nation's

stephanie ruhle picks up our coverage right now. >> thanks so much, willie. i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning out of nowhere, hurricane harvey could become the first major hurricane to hit the united states in 12 years. a massive e fact on the state of texas and on gas prices. >> thedictable about the storm, it's unpredictable. get out of dodge. >> gary cohn talks for the first tomb after charlottesville saying the administration must do more in condemning neo-nazis, white supremacists, and the kkk. >> you had some very bad people in that group but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> both sides. >>> and the goesry store war is on. amazon promises lower prices of whole foods starting monday, putting serious pressure on every other store in america. >> amazon's appetite for growth, for domination, is basically unquenchable. >>> that potentially life-threatening headquarturric barreling towards state of texas and it is no joke. hurricane harvey is a category 2 storm. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storm's path and we have the best team in

i turn it over to velshi and ruhle. >> good morning. i'm stephanie ruhle. >> it's wednesday, august 16th, 2017. let's get started. >> what about the alt-left that came charging, as you say at the alt-right? do they have any semblance of guilt? >> what about the fact they came charging -- that they came charging with clubs in their hands? do they have any problem? i think they do. you had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent. i condemned neo-nazis. i condemned many different groups. not all of those people were neo-nazi, believe me. not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. this week it's robert e. lee. i notice stonewall jackson is coming down. i wonder is it george washington next week and is it thomas jefferson the week after. there was a group on this side. you called them the left. they came violently attacking the other group. i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. the other grou

, host of "live with stephanie ruhle" and co-host of "velshi and ruhle." you spoke to all of these, stephanie, some people saying he was used to just get rid of other people in the white house. does he feel like he's scapegoat or he was used? >> he would not characterized himself as a scapegoat. he was definitely surprised by this. he's a true believer, he came in to serve the president, he loves the president. >> he said that 100 times when -- >> like 10,000 times. on friday i spoke to people within the white house other than anthony and they said president trump loved what he did and that globalist faction of the white house who wanted bannon and reince out, they're thrilled reince is out, hoped bannon would be out too. anthony did not realize he was being served as the hitman and then the hit would be ot on him. it's going to be really interesting to watch all this play out, especially if you factor in who brought anthony in? it was ivanka and jared. now here are ivanka and jared, well, here we are, stand eight long side general kelly. this is not a cut

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i'm stephanie ruhle.t trump has shaken up the white house hiring general john kelly as his chief of staff. what does it mean for ivanka trump and kush ksh and thejared their access to the president? ivanka. tweeted yesterday she's looking to, quote, serving alongside kelly, a word that has received a huge amount of criticism and a white house official tells bloomberg that the couple's walk-in privileges are unlikely to be taken away under kelly. all this as politico reports that ivanka and jared are trying to lower expectations on how much sway they have over trump' sway they have on trump's decisions. along with my panel steve and rick tyler. where does this new shakeup leave jared and ivanka. they are standing alongside general kelly putting out this narrative how offended they were about anthony scaramucci's word choices although she is silent when a barrage of offensive word choices had been used by her father for years and she brought anthony in. mr. scaramucci. >> it's certainly true that jared kush

i'm stephanie ruhle. so happy to learn that willie nelson is alive and doing well. i love that guy. >>> now to d.c. for more news with hallie jackson. >> you and me both, girl. thank you so much. busy day here in d.c. right now, the senate is getting ready to gavel in, then getting ready to gavel back out since recess starts today. no delay, after all. gop control in congress after six months, no health care after all either. no budget. no infrastructure. no tax reform movement. no signs of life for new immigration proposal with one gop senator calling it potentially devastating. the white house is pushing it hard with president trump trying to make good on a promise to his base. he's also looking for ways to make some kind of breakthrough in afghanistan with multiple sources telling msnbc news that he has been venting, threatening to fire the commander in charge there with the nation's longest war. msnbc exclusive. we're following that plus a whole bunch of other story lines. kristen welker and kasie hunt, we'll get to them in a moment. first i want to bring in our

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. nbc's peter alexander is with vice president mike pence in colombia for an exclusive interview. we'll be hearing from him in just a moment. >>> deadly attack in charlottesville, virginia, 20-year-old spectacular james alex fields just and in court within the last hour. he's accused of ramming his car into a crowd killing one woman and injuring 19 others. >> plus president trump will meet with attorney general jeff sessions and fbi director christopher wray. the president facing criticism for not explicitly condemning the role of white supremacists in the deadly protest. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms they egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> president trump yesterday stated clearly that he condemns hate and violence in all of its forms. >> they made a very strong statements that directly contradicted the ideology of hatred, violence, bigotry, racism, white supremacy. though things must be condemned in this country. they are

i'm stephanie ruhle. coming up right now more news in the house with my friend, hallie jackson. >> lovely to see you in person. >>> we have a lot happening right now and for the next 60 minutes starting any minute with that court appearance by the man suspected of mowing down counterprotesters in charlottesville now charged with second degree murder. >>> the president still not calling out the hate groups w s behind the violence even though some of his top advisors are. that includes his attorney general who in the next 90 minutes will be arriving at the white house along with the fbi director to talk about that new investigation into what he's describing as potentially domestic terror. and now the mother of the woman killed in that attack talking exclusively with nbc news. telling us she's upset, but not angry. hoping her daughter's death serves some greater purpose. we have our team set up and ready to go with all the details and i want to start with tom costello on the ground in charlottesville. walk u

. >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle."ou are looking at livismages from trump tower where protesters showed up yesterday. the president was there for the first 9/11 since his inauguration. after the attack in charlottesville, protesters are showing up not just in virginia, but in cities across the country. >> why do you carry that flag? >> because this is my hair dama heritage. my family fought to save their farm. >> they are protesting over 1,000 monuments that still stand on public property honoring leaders of the con ffederacycon. this is part of a larger push to take down those memorials. yesterday it n. durham, north carolina protesters took things in to their own hands and toppled a confederate statue. people cheered, everyon began kicking the monument. and a confederate flag on the south carolina headline mass headlines in 2015 when authorities learned that a convicted mass murderer dylann roof who shot and killed nine black church members in charleston was inspired by that very flag. you might be surprised to learn

with us now like she never left, because she didn't, stephanie ruhle. and panel for the hour, shane goldmacher and business reporter for "the wall street journal," shelby holiday. shane and shelby, i want to start with you. i want to play off what we're talking about when we talk about the president's frustrations, his tweets. lindsey graham is out with this ferocious new statement saying mr. president, like most i seek to move our nation, my state and our party forward, toward the late, not back to the darkness. he continues, because of the manner, however, in which you handled the charlotte theville tragedy you are now receiving praise from some of the most racist and hate-filled individuals and groups in our country. for the sake of our nation, as our president, please fix this. here is the question, though, guys. you have lindsey graham coming out, talking about this. you have other republicans who, as the usa today has reported, mitch mcconnell, for example, in a silent fury. it's silent. for many, it's silent. obviously for lindsey graham it's not

>> i can push him out and say good morning, everyone, i'm stephanie ruhle. >> and i'm ali velshi, we have a lot of busy things today. it's thursday, august 3rd. let's get started. >> the president is clearly scared of russia and that's been consistently con veveyed by his policy since he was sworn in. >> the narrative that the trump administration is not serious about pushing back on russia. putin will see this as a sign of weakness. >> the administration officials describe the president as increasingly frustrated. >> recently suggesting firing the war's top commander. >> do you have confidence yourself in general nicholson? >> of course, i can't imagine a more capable commander in they -- on any mission. >> if the president doesn't listen to the generals, like general nicholson, afghanistan is go to collapse. >> two conservative senators would slash legal immigration by 50% in ten years. >> this competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak english, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy. >>

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. this morning rising water. texas staggers under the weight of hurricane harvey's unprecedented onslaught of floodwaters and it's not over yet. >> i just was walking. i don't have no shoes on and my shoes that i did have they're like soaked. my clothes floated out the apartment. it's just everything. it's like i just lost everything. people were carrying babies on their shoulders. all i could grab was my wallet and my phone. that's all i knew to grab. >> thousands trapped. should there have been a mandatory evacuation order? >> if you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are cree yafting a nightmare. >> and as the president plans to visit texas tomorrow, is there a rift opening between president trump and his highest ranking cabinet member, rex tillerson? >> and the president's values? >> the president speaks for himself. >> but let's begin with the desperate situation unfolding right now in south texas, growing more dire by the minute. this is a flo

i'm stephanie ruhle. to get a sense of the outpouring of support for houston in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, check out this photo. it has gone viral. a houston-based radio host tweeted it saying, "this is houston. wanna know what this line is for? food? water? housing? nope. these people are waiting in line to volunteer." those people are great americans. these acts of kindness add to the growing list of companies and celebrities donating millions of dollars to relief frts and people just like you and me, every dollar counts. corporate donations so far total more than $66.5 million and includes a $4 million pledge by the houston astros. join megaby phone, jim crane, owner of the astros. jim, first, i want to apologize to you. houston, your city, clearly under duress. what has it been like for you to watch your beloved city? >> well, it's a huge disaster. you guys are covering it well on tv. i'm not in town and can't get in town. won't probably be able to get back in -- i think the airport is open to

i am chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. this morning, harvey hovers off the coast, dumping more rain, pushing floodwaters higher and word that a reservoir may now be overflowing as rescuers work around the clock to pull people to safety. >> there's a big-time, huge rescue going on, entire families and groups of people live in the neighborhood just down the road here just down tidwell who are walking through the water. they have just been rescued by boat. >> entire towns are under threat. the rush to beat the water. >> it's bad. it's really bad. >> and the president now on board air force one. it's just started to move bound for texas. he's promising swift action to help the state recover. >> the people are handling it amazingly well and the people of texas have persevered. >> we begin with tropical storm harvey gathering strength in the gulf poised to make a third landfall as floodwaters keep rising in houston and emergency teams work frantically to rescue rez tesidents still trapped in r homes. president and the first lady

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks, mika. hi, there. i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning we have a lot to get through, starting with the businessman president losing his businessmen, forced to dissolve who two advisory councils to cover the fact that those business leaders already dumped him. >> i'm endorsed by some of the greatest business people in the world. >> more cities, more statues. the calls for removal of confederate memorials drawing protesting around the country. >> those people now desecrating the historical monuments. they need to get a life and go on. >> and did steve bannon pull a scaramucci 2.0 and accidentally go on the record with a reporter? >> i like mr. bannon. he's a friend of mine. >> we have to begin this morning with the biggest names in corporate america turning their backs on president trump in the wake of charlottesville. these are men and women that control half a trillion dollars in the u.s. and saying they can no longer work with this president and they're not the only ones. we have a great team to break it down this morning. f

i turn it over to velshi and ruhle. >> good morning.gust 16th, 2017. let's get started. >> what about the alt-left that came charging, as you say at the alt-right? do they have any semblance of guilt? >> what about the fact they came charging -- that they came charging with clubs in their hands? do they have any problem? i think they do. you had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent. i condemned neo-nazis. i condemned many different groups. not all of those people were neo-nazi, believe me. not all of those people were white

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage. >>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. president trump blaming protesters and counterprotesters for the awful violence in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> you know who disagrees? president trump's own party out in force telling him he's wrong. >> there is no moral equivalency between the kkk, the neo-nazis and anybody else. >> and republicans call it a moral reckoning for the party and for the people who work for president trump in the administration. >> which one of you can't live with yourselves for working for a guy that elifts praise from david duke? >> we've got a lot to cover, beginning with the fallout from president trump's jaw-dropping, surprise press conference yesterday. members of his own party, even his own staff, trying to distance themselves from the president after he went out of his way, he really went rogue, to defend participants in this weekend's white supremacist rallies and insisted that anti-hate pro

i'm jans january in for stephanie ruhle.ime for your "morning primer," everything you need to know to start your day. in baghdad, secretary mattis made an unannounced visit. >>> the intense manhunt across europe is over. spanish authorities say they shot and killed the man suspected of plowing a van through crowds of people in barcelona last week. the 22-year-old was shot almost 30 miles west of barcelona wearing a fake explosive belt. >>> more than 40 people were injured overnight after two high-speed commuter trains collided near philadelphia. authorities say one train was heading into the station when it hit an empty parked train just after midnight. >>> chaos erupted at city council meeting in charlottesville monday as demonstrators blasted members for allowing the white nationalist unite the right rally that left one woman dead. angry residents held a sign that read "blood on your hands." >>> johnson & johnson has been ordered to pay more than $400 million to a 63-year-old woman who says she developed ovarian cancer aft

>> joining us now, msnbc anchor, stephanie ruhle.of the office of government ethics and now senior director of ethics, walter schaub and washington's chief, susan paige. lets start there stephanie, because you spoke with scarramucci. >> i did. i speck to him on sunday night and he was in the mode of i am here to serve the country and i made a mistake of my language but it is full steam ahead, i will be at work in dc, first thing tomorrow. something that i find rich here for the white house to say and sarah hucklebee sanders to be saying that language is too much and for jared and ivanka to put out this narrative was awe feof. nobody was offended when scarramucci was served as hit man getting bannon out. well, we did not want anthony here and general kelly. >> two-thirds day ago, it was ivanka and president trump who brought anthony in the white house and met with him for an hour and a half. hours later, president trump offered him the job. the last week, white house's lawyers were spinning worried of anthony's conflict because his co

good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle.rted. >> we're going to talk about harvey into next week. >> it's brewing and building, not what i wanted to see. >> this is going to be potentially a catastrophic flooding situation. we can't stress this enough. >> the category three major hurricane is still in the cards. >> there is weather that is approaching and we want people to take appropriate precautions. >> this is going to be a very big deal for a very long time. >> it's important we all stay unified as republicans to complete our agenda. >> the white house andit

good morning, everyone. >> i'm stephanie ruhle, it is friday, august 11th.rted. >> solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded. >> people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. north korea better get their act together or they are going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world. >> let's see what he does with guam. he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before what will happen in north korea. >> defense secretary james mattis with a far different tone. >> you can see the american effort is diplomatically led. it has diplomatic traction. it is gaining diplomatic results. >> training every day all the time, just so we're ready. we're always prepared to prevail and fight tonight. people of guam are just as important as folks that fly the aircraft. >> president is expected to meet this afternoon with nikki haley. >> i would like to denuke the world. want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on payroll and as far as i'm concer

you would think it is slow, still busy next too with i my colleagues ali velshi and stephanie ruhle inan interesting thing, i was born in kenya. born in nairobi. just moments ago i found out that stephanie ruhle did some studying in kenya and lived there. >> entire semester. >> you are like soul mates. >> we should have a show together. >> warriors, me and ali. you left her speechless. hallie jackson, we'll catch up with her later. >> i'm ali velshi. >> it is tuesday august 8 kt, let's get started. >> a new poll out just last night shows that the vast majority of americans do not trust the information they are getting out of the white house. >> the poll shows 59% of republicans approve strongly. that is down 14 points since february. >> one that concerns me the most is the level of support and intensity among his base. it seems to be falling a great deal. >> if i were a political consultant looking at the candidate with these kind of numbers, i'd have him on 24 hour suicide watch. >> the trump administration weighing options with north korea after the harsh response to new u.n. sanctio

, you're both there in new york. >> hallie, thanks very much. >> i'm stephanie ruhle, it is thursday,1st, glad to be back with my partner. much to cover. let's get started. >> they reveal the sheer magnitude of destruction. >> alarming situation is playing out right now in crosby, texas. >> reports of two explosions and black smoke coming from a chemical plant near houston. >> no way to prevent the explosions due to flooding and lack of power. >> the largest fuel transporter is shutting down its main pipeline to the northeast. >> houston's fire department is beginning a block by block search for