announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the best-selling author of "brown is the new white," steve phillips. [applause] steve: good morning. audience: good morning. steve: i'm delighted to be here. this is my first bioneers conference, so i'm honored to be with youou here. [cheering and applause] and i'm particularly delighted to be able to introduce the keynote speaker vien truong. her bio and all of her accomplishments are online, and you can read that, and they're part of the program, so i won't

this book you were just waiting around, actually, steve phillips talked about me in that book. [laughter] rep. ellison: i'm not making this up! anthony: backstage, i promise. rep. ellison: i'm going to my online copy of the book. i'm going to my copy of the book, and finding the page -- i think it is 130-something -- [laughter] rep. ellison: yeah, let me see, i will just put my name in there, maybe i will find it. "ellison." anyway, he says i'm doing a good job turning out the vote. i just can't find it fast enough. "in minnesota, congressman keith ellison has proved that a an intelligent plan tied to majority demographics cannot only win an election but increase voter turnout even when the internal stat is down across the state and country. in 2014, statewide voter turnout in minnesota was down 3%, but ellison's team increased turnout in his district by 5%, and they did it by having a plan." [applause] rep. ellison: you may think, look at ellison bragging. i'm not bragging. i hate bragging. i'm just telling you that the democratic party is not one big old thing, that there is

this book you were just waiting around, actually, steve phillips talked about me in that book. [laughter] rep. ellison: i'm not making this up! anthony: backstage, i promise. rep. ellison: i'm going to my online copy of the book. i'm going to my copy of the book, and finding the page -- i think it is 130-something -- [laughter] let me see,: yeah, i will just put my name in there, maybe i will find it. "ellison." anyway, he says i'm doing a good job turning out the vote. i just can't find it fast enough. congressman keith alison has proved that movement tied to majority demographics cannot only win an election but increase voter turnout even when the internal stat is down across the state and country. in 2014, statewide voter turnout in minnesota was down 3%, but son's team increased turnout in his district by 5%, and they did it by having a plan." [applause] rep. ellison: you may think, son bragging. i'm not bragging. i hate driving. and just telling you that the democratic party is not one big old think that there is 50 state parties. how many county parties are there? you can

steve. ♪ >>> "early today" starts right now. >> good i'm phillip frances rivera.illions are preparing for protein shal devastation as harvey up gramted to category two hurricanes, hurdles to the gulf coast. powerful winds reaching over 100 miles per hour expected to bring torrential rain and flooding. energy companies are scrambling to prepare for the hurricane. some refineries are shutting down completely. gas prices have been spiking since wed winesday with one exp saying a 10 cent increase >>> look at what the folks aboard the international space station see as they look at the storm from space. it could be the strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. in over a decade. maya, what is the latest on hurricane harvey, from corpus christi, texas. >> reporter: right now we're seeing all of the signs a major storm is approaching the area. you have people filling up their cars and getting out of tune. have garbage pickup suspended. on our way into corpus christi we saw a steady stream of cars making their way out of town. when we stopped at a store in the houston area, it w

sources in the white house say the president is nervous about firing steve bannon because of his following from his web seat. frances, phillip>> all right. ed ward lawrence live for us in the capital. thank you >>> there were a number of claims the president uttered during his explosive remarks, blaming both sides for the violence that erupted in charlottesville, but how truthful are these claims? nbc's gabe gutierrez has that report. >> jews will not replace us. jews will not replace us. >> they were there to protest -- excuse me. you take a look the night before. they were there to protest the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. >> you will not replace us. >> reporter: this was that talking about the neo-nazis and the white nationalists because they should be condemned totally. but you had many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists, okay. >> reporter: but many were and several such as white nationalist christopher cantwell advocated violence. >> i'm carrying a pistol, i go to the gym. i'm trying to make myself more capable of violence. i'm here to talk in the hopes of that somebody more c

with us we have mike barnicle, e leez jordan, sam stein, harold ford junior, steve schmidt, and phillipthe big story in the post this morning. we'll start with the report that says president trump overruled his closest advisors including family members when it came to the initial response to the new york times story about a meeting between donald trump junior and a russian attorney back in 2016. now, those advisors reportedly pushed for full transparency, but were overruled at the president's personal direction. "the washington post" citing multiple sources with direct knowledge. reports that the misleading four-sentence statement was personally dictated by the president flying home from the g-20 summit on july 8th. according to post, presidential advisor, son-in-law, jared kushner's lawyers knew how damaging the e-mail could be, exple explicitly about white house and the campaign. hope hicks huddled with lawyers and advocated for a more transparent approach. in one scenario they said kushner's team talked about sharing everything, including the contents to the e-mails with a mainstream

christopher and arlene phillips, thank you for coming in, not for the right reasons. but thank you. let's returned to stevers, and what this means for the direction of travel for the trumpet administration. i'm joined by richard painter who worked in that white house under george w bush as his chief ethics lawyer. thank you forjoining us. you have been critical with some of your messages. surely the president has woken up to public opinion and he's ready to put things right. ready to congratulate him? this is definitely a step in the right direction to remove mr steve bannon but there are others in the white house with connections with the alt—right. this is a dangerous group, the spread of racist stereotypes on the internet and encouraging even more extremist groups such as the ku klux klan and nazis rallying in charlottesville. the alt—right has sought to influence ourforeign policy, sebastian gorka is still in the white house who is still very much a threat to our foreign policy. he has an obsession with muslims and wants as in a confrontational posture towards muslims throughout the world, which is def

phillip, susan, and bazel. there are other events in the world besides steve bannon, but let's talk more about steve bannon. this is an interesting phil thing that i have been noticing in some of the reporting tonight. apparently steve bannon is getting under donald trump's skin because of the perception that steve bannon played a critical, strategic role in the rise of donald trump, and this really did truly bother donald trump to the point -- >> we have seen this before. if someone has a reported role in donald trump's rise, and donald trump wants to be -- this is the guy in the republican convention who said i'm the one guy alone who can fix it. i think he still tries with the exception of when he is blaming everything on mitch mcconnell. he still tries to put that forward as being everything that is good is because of me. everything that is bad is because of someone else. >> for somebody perspectively who might be asked to join this administration, somebody with a credible, solid resume, you look at not just bannon, but you look at the entire roster over the last eight months. what do you take away from

i spoke to our white house correspondent phillip crowd there earlilier he tod us why this is happening no. you know there is not one exact reason as to why steve ban is leaving today in fact there is. this there are still different versions sir alex as to whether steve bannon actually resigns that is something that he is trying to get across right now that he actually resigned over a week ago. all that he was fired by the u. s. president that's the most likely outcome that this was of course the decision. by the u. s. president donald trumpmp there are a w reasons why steve ban and. is gone today festival steve band and that took a lot of the spotlight away from donald trump at times that was one. very famous time magazine cover for example that said on trump didn't like at all. might seem like a trivial reason but is an important one in this trump white house then there is mainly one interview that steve band and gave a few days ago. to a left wing websites in which he clearly contradicted points of view all of u. s. president donald trump and actually admitted. that the u. s. didn't really have a clear military option now for north korea at

steve bannon becomes the latest high—profile aide to leave trump's white house. and on newsnight, we have the latest on the investigation into the terror cell responsible for thursday's attack, and arlene phillipsnd christopher biggins are with us to remember sir bruce forsyth. good evening and welcome to bbc news. one of british television's biggest stars, sir bruce forsyth, has died this afternoon, at the age of 89. the prime minister and stars of stage and screen have been paying tribute to the man whose career in show business began in 1942, when he was just 1a. he continued to work for more than 70 years, with hit shows including sunday night at the london palladium, play your cards right, the generation game, and most recently strictly come dancing. his former co—presenter tess daly said today that she was heartbroken to hear of his death, and called him a friend, a gentleman, and a true legend. our correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. live from london, this is strictly come dancing. please welcome your hosts... bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back m

phillips said to provide services for same-sex couples violates his religious views. a colorado state court (steveery has taken down it's social media - because the owner says she has been bombarded with negative comments. (grant) you can talk about climate change all you want but if people who live on this planet do not take care of it...it won't be around forever.(steve) and so in tonights people behaving badly that basically means is, when you go to ocean beach, you're either part of the solution or you are part of the pollution. if you are planing to visit ocean beach in san francisco, there is something you need to remember.to put it plain and simple bring some shoes.. i'm not kiddingnats: ambiance because the beach is filthy .. you'll find things from baby diapers to wine bottles most of the trash is concentrated around the fire pits this is more than littering this really dumping junk visitors are only permitted to burn firewood from march 1 till the end of october. the wood should not contain nails . because rusty nails and bare feet don't mix nats ambiance the national parks service ask t

steve bannon, who is reportedly rumored on his way out, told a progressive news outlet he welcomes the fight with democrats over the race issue, saying that they will counter with economic nationalism. phillipances? >> edward lawrence, thank you. >>> this morning, one senator is taking a stand against those confederate statues that seemed to spark the initial protest in charlottesville. this time, taking aim at those standing in washington's capitol. democrat cory booker saying he would introduce a bill to remove several of the statues, adding this is just one step. his move comes as work accelerates across the country to take action. crews in baltimore took down four confederate markers, avoiding violent protests like those in charlottesville. >> on monday morning, i spoke with the president's city council. i said the climate of this nation, that it's important we move quickly and quietly. >> workers in birmingham, alabama, boarded up the confederate tower there. the mayor of richmoar richmond,, says he wants to see the removal of his city's monuments. the governor of virginia also called for the removal across his state. >>> in charlottesville, a thousand people attended the memorial for

the fed uses to forecast inflation, the phillips curve idea of the inverse relationship between the unemployment rate, so within the minutes say there? matt: steveas risen on the inflation outlook. we had a nice discussion in the minutes about the so-called looks curve relationship between the labor market and inflation and whether it is a useful framework anymore. and a few participants cited evidence that the framework was not potentially -- particularly useful. importantly, it said most participants still thought this was about framework. this is the interesting debate, we have low inflation, low in employment, so there are a bunch of reasons that were apparently discussed on why the relationship may not be working. basically they come down to, maybe the coefficient of the relationship between the labor market and inflation has changed. but there were some fundamental reasons that do not relate to the labor market on why those numbers are low and this decided pricing power to advances in technology. if we continue to see these in the inflation data, where it is cell phone crisis, then hotels in a lot of data -- and the latest data, maybe we w

and the news is while you were just speaking phillip, the alleged filler everett miller has been charged with first degree murder. geraldo, let's talk about steve0 minutes ago tweeted this out i wanted to thank steve bannon to his service it was great, thanks. now, the question becomes what's he going to do next there's a story in the wall street journal that apparently he met with mega donor robert mercer on wednesday talked about life after the white house and they were discussing launching a new conservative television channel. >> well i don't think that will go anywhere but first of all i want to talk about steve doocy, what are you doing up on saturday morning. >> abby: yes thanks for clarify ing. >> steve: i need the ot baby. >> glad to see you now i am a friend of the 45th president of the united states and i'm honor ed to say so and i am root ing for his success. it is there for comforting to me to be able to look at the departure of steve bannon from the highly critical position and say everything that donald trump has done in the last eight months that i don't like i blame now on steve bannon, whether it's true or not. >> steve: like