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tamron? >> all right, hallee, thank you very much. >> in arizona we're learning more about the evidence police say led them to a suspect in custody tonight charged with some of the highway shootings in the phoenix area. this as the man's family says the wrong person is behind bars. we get the latest tonight from nbc. >> reporter: shaking his head as the charges were listed. >> four counts of endangerment -- >> reporter: police say the suspect leslie allen merritt jr. a 21-year-old landscaper terrorized drivers along i-10. he was arrested friday night at this walmart. >> all i have to say is that i'm the wrong guy. i tried telling the detectives that. my gun's been in the pawn shop for the last two months. i haven't even had access to a weapon. >> reporter: his bond set at $1 million. >> i could never afford that bond. i got two kids. >> reporter: police say merritt's gun was linked to the first four of the highway shootings. and according to a court document, the gun was not in pawn status du

. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm tamron hall. we begin with the new reaction to the marathon three-hour republican debate and the question now turning to who won? donald trump, the main target, and carly fiorina who many think shined last night gave their assessments this morning. >> i think that carly did well, but i didn't see her. you know, joe was sort of saying and all of them -- >> and me. >> and you that carly did well. i thought she did well, too, but i didn't see it as standout like you did, but maybe it's a different perspective. and, of course, i was being hit 15 different ways, everything i've ever said about a woman, i got hit. and i think everybody did at least pretty well. >> i was very satisfied with the debate. you know, when i went in, half the audience had never heard my name, and they didn't know i was running for president. >> was there a moment that you understood that i'm in complete total command and control of this debate? >> actually not, steve. i mean, yes, it was a long debate. and i tell you what, i h

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i'm tamron hall. developing right now, hillary clinton makes an abrupt shift in how she's dealing with this e-mail controversy that's dogged her presidential campaign. she's gone from being defiant to now apologizing for using a private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> i do think i could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. i really didn't perhaps appreciate the need to do that. what i had done was allowed. it was above board. but in retrospect, certainly, as i look back at it now, even though it was allowed, i should have used two accounts, one for personal, one for work-related e-mails. that was a mistake. i'm sorry about that. i take responsibility. i'm sorry that it has raised all of these questions. i do take responsibility for having made what is clearly not the best decision. >> overnight clinton also posted on her facebook page, quote, i wanted you to hear this directly from me: yes, i should have used two e-mail addresses, one for personal matters and

i'm tamron hall. developing now -- republican presidential candidate dr. ben carson is defending his comments on "meet the press" that he "would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation." and answering, no, if asked whether islam is consistent with the constitution. in the past hour dr. carson faced reporters in ohio. >> well, i would say if people listen to that interview, they'll notice that i said that anybody, regardless of their religion or affiliation, if they embrace american values and they place the constitution at the top level, then i'm supportive of them. >> carson also posted on his official facebook page last night those republicans that take issue with my position are amazing. under islamic law, homosexuals, men and women alike, must be killed. women must be subservient and people following other religions must be killed. until these tenants are fully renounced i cannot advocate any muslim candidate for president. nbc's john yang joins us live from sharonville, ohio. l

i'm tamron hall. we are following breaking news out of syria. russia has conducted its first air strikes in syria, reportedly near the city of homs. obviously this is ongoing and is the cloud that hovers over the debate between president obama and russian president vladimir putin on how to target isis. russian officials say the target was isis militants. the action came hours after the russian parliament gave putin approval to use military force in syria in support of president bashar al assad. msnbc's brian williams will have much more for us in just a few minutes on that ongoing breaking news. >>> another breaking news story we are following, this one the weather here at home. we just received a new advisory from the national hurricane center with the latest update on hurricane joaquin. joaquin was upgraded from a tropical storm just a few hours ago and people along the east coast are being told to prepare for the possibility of it making landfall along the mid-atlantic states. msnbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now with the latest on th

tamron. >> thank you, tom. also at jfk a man with a knife breached security and made it had on to the tarmac saturday just hours after pope francis left for philadelphia. the suspect was driving a black suv. he was allegedly pretending to be part of a v.i.p. motorcade when he flash what had looked like a badge and made it on to the tarmac. when he was caught, the suspect told police he was hoping to give the pope his business card. police say they also found five rounds of ammunition in his vehicle. the 39-year-old retired firefighter faces a list of charges. >>> planned parenthood will go before congress for the first time today since the release of undercover videos. the organization's president cecille richards is expected to staunchly defend denated tissue of aborted fetuses saying it's a providing health services for women. an abortion opponent obtained the video by pose pentagon as an executive for a fake company seeking to buy fetal tissue. >>> and forget getting the monkey off your back, how about tryin

tamron? >> all right, anne, thank you very much. >>> big new developments this morning in the volkswagen emissions scandal. german prosecutors have started an investigation of former chief executive martin winterkorn. now the investigation will focus on allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated emissions data. winterkorn quit last wednesday after almost nine years at helm of europe's largest carmaker saying he had no knowledge of manipulation of emission results. >>> a fifth victim of last week's duck boat crash in seattle has died. 209d-year-old woman who was not identified was an international student at north seattle college like the other four people who were also killed. the ride the duck tours are on hold ind efinitely after new allegations from an ntsb investigator. it said the duck boat involved in the crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended back in 2013. it's unclear if the company that owns the vehicle was aware of that warning. >>> joyce mitchell, the

i have a question, tamron. i heard you had a meltdown yesterday, is that true? >> meltdown. >> are you serious, prince? >> al, al, al roker. >> yes, sir. >> can you get your assistant a cupcake and a hug, please? prince and i, if you don't know already, we're close. we talk pretty much every day via some form of -- >> don't we all. >> and so his new album -- by the way, "hit and run phase one" exclusively early september and the other song i'll get to in a second is "free yourself" and we're in communication with prince and his team. >> no, don't tell them, don't tell them. >> oh. >> can't leave us hanging. >> can't tell you too much, but the bottom line is can we hear the second song "free yourself." >> hear it. crank it up. >> this is your 34th studio album, right? >> i lost count a long time ago. >> you lost count a long time ago. >> but you're teamed up again with a phenomenal team, joshua wilson, this new kid on your team is brilliant, but the reviews have been tremendous. people are saying this is a jam, romantic top to bottom, everything that we love abou

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i'm going to pause because i need willie to jump in and say we got this, tamron hall. we're going to win this. >> 120. that's a big number. >> from the golden bikini -- >> that's all you. >> i don't know what they are paying you right now. i don't have that. >> okay. so from the golden bikini to models who are raking in the gold, "forbes" just released the list of the highest paid models, brooke, because you're entertainment may need to help me on some of the names. coming in at number for you, victoria secret model doutzen kroe sze, $7.5 million and the longest running victoria secret in history adriana lima and cara delevingne brought in 9 million, a drop in the bucket and the number one top earning model, gisele bundchen shares more money than all of them together, 44 million. even know she's retired from the cat walk still has lucrative contracts. does that mean she makes more money than her husband? >> yes, in salary. maybe with his endorsements, i don't know. wow, that's incredible. >> 44 million and she's retired. she can buy all of us bikini. >> good genes. >>

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tamron explains why. hey, tamron. >> yes, he's in the air right now flying home with that hardware. carson a big winner at theamies last night and congrats to our buddy and team for "the voice" who won for outstanding reality competition. carson instagrammed from the airport early this morning, take a look, making the humble trip back home. i said on twitter it's bring your statue to work day tomorrow. got to see this. another big winner at the winner was hbo. not only did they take home the most awards for any network, emmy host andy sanberg gave them major love sharing his hbo now user name and password on live tv and, guys, actually his real user name and password. people went bananas logging on to the subscription-based service and, of course, we watched it all play out and watch all the emmy-winning shows and hbo joined the fun as they should have. if anybody needs hbo recommendations, thank andy samberg. major fail. all the people logged in and crashed the website. many are assuming that this was a, mag stunt. andy. we don't know. we don't have any confirming a. we will know i

tamron?-- my aunt died after teaching for 73 years, teaching special education. they're the ones that have held the church together. they haven't had scandal. they have worked like hell since the time they went in at maybe the age of 17. they've held the church up and they're humble and they do the job and they's holy and they're not even there today. they should have been the ones receiving the pope, i think. >> to your point, we did see many of the nuns yesterday. but in the audience today, chris, thousands of invited guests, sister simone campbell, assistant director of the network of nuns. a controversial nun, if you will. but still nevertheless a significant figure in the debate over the role of women in the church, the role of nuns and how nuns are viewed within the church. among other guests who were there to your knowledge we are very aware some of these people were seen as controversial invites. you have a gay catholic blogger from houston who said he struggled returning to the churc

nbc's holly jackson joins us with more. >> good evening, tamron. ben carson's campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the muslim community, as tonight there's new fallout from those comments, with one group calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. from a typically soft-spoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on "meet the press" whether a president's faith should matter to voters? >> if it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i have no problem. >> so you believe that islam is consistent with the constitution? >> no, i don't -- i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> the comments, seizing the spotlight in the republican race. >> the constitution provides that there should be no religious test for public office. and i'm a constitutional. >> reporter: article 6 states no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office. that clause cited by m

tamron at the news desk. tamron. >> good morning.s at the united nations this morning. it was his seventh appearance before the world body. he prompted to be more blunt than he has been in the past. >> if we cannot work together more effectively, we will all suffer the consequences. that is true for the united states as well. no matter how powerful our military, how strong our economy, we understand the united states cannot solve the world's problems alone. >> also on the agenda, his first private meeting in two years with russian president vladimir putin. the two were expected to discuss russia's appearance in ukraine and syrian civil war, which has led to europe's refugee crisis. >>> pope francis flew back to rome overnight saying he left the united states with a heart full of gratitude and hope. nbc's anne thompson in vatican city. anne, good morning. >> tamron, pope francis said he found washington formal but warm, new york exuberant and philadelphia very demonstrative in his first ever trip to the united states. it's clear ameri

>> tamron, that's the great question. i think what happens next in the immediate term is the potential for some productivity and one of the reasons why john boehner was in such trouble and why some house conservatives were rebelling against him was that to be able to get the government open knowing that the republicans and conservatives didn't have 60 votes and the senate to defund planned parenthood, knowing that president obama would veto such legislation as president of the united states, given that, he would need to have to work with house democrats to get any kind of legislation through for the simple reason that 40 to 50 house republicans have said that they wouldn't sign anything, even keeping the government open for a month or two unless it defunded planned parenthood and now with john boehner set to exit, there's an idea of a continuing resolution and then team up with nancy pelosi or the obama white house for long-term funding issues as much as he can and john boehner and the news conference today said he's hopi

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tamron? >> gabe, thank you very much. >>> up next, our new poll shows donald trump is the least popular presidential candidate and joe biden is the most popular if he joins the race. this as trump spends much of this morning defending his tax plan that includes tax cuts for the poor -- but also for the rich. >>> and developing now, the northeast bracing for tropical storm joaquin. that could make landfall this weekend. we have a new updated forecast for you. join conversation online, find the team at "news nation" on twitter and feignind me on face, twitter and instagram. we'll be right back. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. the way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. you could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. or, you could make things easier on yourself. that's right, the quicksilver card from capi

. >> the news from tamron in fortunately. >> good morning everyone. against an audience member who made disparaging remarks and false claims in new hampshire thursday. one man told trump that quote we have a problem in this country, it's called muslim. he said they are training to kill us and asked trump when can we get rid of them? the man also repeated the claim that president obama is a muslim, and not an american. trump did not contradict that man but later his campaign told nbc that quote christians need support in this country, their religious liberty is at stake. hillary clinton is hitting back at carly fiorina the sharpest critic she has on the republican side. during wednesday's debate fiorina challenged clinton to watch controversial undercover videos by an anti-abortion group reportedly exposing planned parenthood. mrs. clinton responded thursday that planned parenthood served to provide necessary health care for millions of women an said she is proud of her accomplishments even though fiorina said it's hard to name each one of them. >> it'

i'm al along with natalie and tamron. willie on assignment.op. >> a good one. >> in fenway park, we have alex out on the plaza. >> he's not hula hoping. >> and kate is pretty good at it. >> alex is as bad as i am. >> you've got to move your hips. >> that's one of those skills. >> it's all in the hips. ready >> i can't do it anymore. so weird. >> it's a great workout. >> there we go. look at that. >> hula hooping. >> this is not -- >> come on. >> but, you know. >> especially -- >> never stopped us before. >> coming off a night of melatonin. >> yes. i took a melatonin tea and still feel asleep. >> hula hooping, wouldn't that wake you up? >> makes you go to sleep. >> whenever i take that i feel dousy. >> isn't that the point. >> but not next day. >> you want to wake up the next day. >> if you're going to nitpick. >> supposed to be perky. >> you said you wanted to go to sleep. didn't say you wanted to wake up. >> be more specific. >> now i know. >> i think alive people, not just roman catholics in this country. >> yeah. >> but i think a lot of peo

i'm tamron hall. this is "news nation." we begin with major developments in both the republican and democratic presidential races. on the republican side, a new national poll out just this morning shows donald trump surging to 32% support among gop voters, becoming the first of the republican candidates to top 30% in a poll. his closest competitor, retired neurosurgeon ben carson is second at 19%. and jeb bush is in third with only 9% in this poll, that is down four points since last month. and trump's surge comes as he continues to unleash fiery rhetoric like he did in that rally he headlined alongside ted cruz and sarah palin. >> never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. and i mean never. we are led by very, very stupid people. very, very stupid people. >> and let's talk about the democratic side. more troubling poll numbers for hillary clinton. a new quinnipiac university poll out this morning shows senator bernie sanders now leading

i'm alex witt in for tamron hall. >>> we are just hours away from the second major republican showdown of the 2016 campaign. donald trump himself says he expects his republican rivals to hit him hard when they all face off in tonight's debate. all indications are he will not be disappointed. at least several of trump's rivals indicated they plan to shift the hands-off approach they took towards him during the first debate and target the brash front-runner this time. tonight 11 candidates will be on the main stage with trump right there in the middle. the four with the lowest poll numbers will take part in the earlier so-called undercard debate. more now on the final preparations and also what's at stake tonight. nbc's peter alexander reports from the site of tonight's debate, the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. >> reporter: alex, good morning from simi valley. the spotlight will again shine brightly on donald trump but also on some of his challengers, note notably ben carson and carly fiorina.

there's tamron hall.eah. >> it will be interesting to see if they ask the president to eat squirrel. bear has to cook up a lot for the president and 35 members of the secret service who are there with him. >> luckily there will be a moose next to him. >> there is the boiling your urine to drink it. >> what? >> that was an episode, too. >> really? >> hope he avoids that fate. >> how are those cheerios? >> a hard right turn from i . ==pma= >>> a very grood tuesday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. more than a dozen people looking for somewhere to stay temporarily after an early morning south fire in the south buy. luckily everyone neighboring out safely. firefighters limited were of the damage to the garage where they believe that fire started. the people living there will be allowed back in to gather their belongings and may be able to resume living in the home within a week. >>> we're keeping a close eye on the markets this weekend. opened with a thud this morning. stocks sank 2% at the open. looks like t

i'm willie with natalie and tamron. al has the day off.are being held across the country to honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. you are looking at the pentagon there. we saw a reading of the names at ground zero a few minutes ago. of course the ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, where some heroes took down the plane perhaps bound for the capitol of the united states. it's amazing. we were saying you wake up on september 11 and it hits you. it's been 14 years. i come from a town across the river in new jersey that lost 12 people. my next door neighbor was one of them. there are personal stories. my sister in law was in one of the buildings. you think about the firefighters and their families. men and women who went to iraq and afghanistan and their families and the wounded warriors still dealing with it. the ripples go out forever. >> the day gives you pause and a day you hope we all remember and have learned so much from what happened on this day. the day of so many heroes that need to be honored. still so many heroes t

there's tamron hall. she ate squirrel. >> yeah. >> it will be interesting to see if they ask the president to eat squirrel. bear has to cook up a lot for the president and 35 members of the secret service who are there with him. >> luckily there will be a moose next to him. >> there is the boiling your urine to drink it. >> what? >> that was an episode, too. >> really? >> hope he avoids that fate. >> how are those cheerios? >> a hard right turn from >>> live, this is news 4 new york now. >> good morning, everyone. 7:56. and 77 degrees out at this hour. in the news this morning, police release surveillance video of a hit and run in the bronx. it shows a 51-year-old woman being hit on jackson avenue on august 19th. and it's giving investigators a good look at the driver. he's seen getting out of the car after the accident and after a few minutes, he returns to his car and drives off. the woman is recovering from scrapes and bruises on her arms and legs. >>> and if you're getting on the roads, we have an acc

my dog, by the way, gunner, natalie's dog, and tamron's dog is jagger. whose dog will jump the farthest farthest? we'll tell you. >> okay. so competiti natalie. it's a good moneymaker. >> what is your dog's name? >> story. >> my heart goes out to story. the challenge will air nationally on nbc on january 2nd. >> that's fun. these dogs are amazing. >> we'll have slow motion. >> okay, good. >>> a friend of mine named slow missouri mo. when you think oscar who do you think? >> whoopee. >> yeah. >> i'm old school johnny carson. >> yeah. >> what year was that? >> in the '80s. >> really? >> yeah. second to bob hope for the oscar shows and the most. next year there will be at least two hosts according to david hill joking two is better than one. imagine you're in there. one of your hosts drops dead from cardiac arrests. wow. you get your second host who keeps going. >> but they wouldn't because your co-host would be dying. >> you might findome humor -- >> it's going to be a bummer. you know. >> yeah. >> the elephant in the room the body on the floor there. >>

i'm francis rivera in for tamron hall. we begin with what could be a new headache for hillary clinton. the state department released a huge new batch of e-mails from her time as secretary of state and some contained now classified information. but the state department says that information was not confidential at the time it was sent. clinton has always insisted she never knowingly sent classified data using her private e-mail. nbc's andrea mitchell is in washington with more on what's exactly in the latest batch of e-mails. >> good morning, francis. this is the story that just won't go away for hillary clinton. and today the largest batch of clinton e-mails yet, more than 7,000 pages released under court order overnight. roughly 125 are now classified, though they weren't at the time they were sent. this time none were top secret, but 125 were classified confidential in the last few days, including this 2010 e-mail about press reports. the state department was softening the administration's stance in nuclear talks with ir

there's tamron hall. >> it will be interesting to see if they ask the president to eat squirrel. bear has to cook up a lot for the president and 35 members of the secret service who are there with him. >> luckily there will be a moose next to him. >> there is the boiling your urine to drink it. >> what? >> that was an episode, too. >> really? >> hope he avoids that fate. >> how are those cheerios? >> a hard right turn from >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. we're a few minutes before 8:00 a.m. it is hot and muggy out there. let's get our first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> vai, hazy sunshine from the city to the shore. it's a live view of cape may. sunny skies and it will warm into the upper 80s in cape may. right now, atlantic city's reporting 74 degrees, 71 in dover. still seeing 60s for this hour in pottstown and reading but it's not going to last. 57 in philadelphia won't last either. we're headed for the 80s and then the 90s. 79 degrees at 9:00.

. >>> nbc national correspondent tamron hall was at philadelphia city hall tonight hosting an event to shed light on the state of education across the country. hall is a temple university graduate. she hosted the gala to highlight the work of the stepping stones scholars. the group helps prepare urban students for acceptance at top college prep schools. >>> prices at the pump still falling. ahead tonight, where we found some of the region's cheapest gas. >>> and cars kept off a local bridge, so folks can kick up their heels. where they're dancing the night away. >>> i'm john clark. the owls could be doing something they haven't done in 36 years. what a finish to their win today. thewi boys are back in town. getting ready for the showdown in dallas. >>> fuel prices continue to fall. and as usual, the cheapest prices are in the garden state. our camera found several gas stations just minutes from philadelphia. charging less than $2 for a gallon of regular. this citgo is selling regular for $1.79 a gallon. according to aaa, the average price in south jersey sits just above $2 at $2.03 a g

i'm alex witt in for tamron hall. we begin with the race for president and a new poll out this morning showing dr. ben carson now pulling almost even with donald trump just one day ahead of the next big republican debate. "the new york times"/cbs news poll shows trump at 27% among republican voters nationwide while ben carson has now climbed to 23%. their next closest rivals, jeb bush, mike huckabee, senator marco rubio all tied at 6%. tomorrow is the second gop debate at the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. once again donald trump will be center stage. coming off his massive rally at a huge arena in dallas last night, nbc's peter alexander is in simi valley with more on the run-up to tomorrow's debate. >> reporter: hey, alex, good morning. this is hallowed ground for republicans. today the good news for californians, like yourself, is this is wet and hallowed ground. but tomorrow there will be 15 republican candidates sharing this stage in the two separate debates, all trying to claim the mante

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