it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you find trusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. . >>> 126 million people that is a lot of people. >> an objective statement of fact. >> 126 million people a lot of people, the number that may, may have seen accounts or pages linked to the russian government on facebook. >> basically from these russian troll farms. executives from facebook google and twitter will test fi today. expect a grilling about all of this and how could this have been stopped. what needs to be done going forward so it doesn't happen again. with us now senior media correspondent host of "reliable sources" brian stelter, today big for facebook and they are saying yep, 126 million people could have seen these ads. they're trying to give it context and they're saying that is equivalent to 0.004% of the content in the news feed. how much does this number matter? >> yeah. 126 million is the exposure number, meaning when you're on facebook and you're just scrolling through your news feed you may have seen th

thomson reuters.ight. new this morning, we now know the names of all 58 people killed in the shootings in las vegas. one of them was 34-year-old charleston hartsfield. thousands gathered last night for a vigil in his memory. the off-duty las vegas police officer and father of two went to the concert with his wife. so many more injured at the concert fighting for their lives in the hospital. scott mclane has been spending tile with them and joins us now. scott, again, they will be fighting for some time? >> yeah. absolutely. i should point out off the bat we know the identities of all 58 victims who were killed in this attack. they range in age from 20 years old to 67 as you mentioned, one of them was an off-duty police officer charlton hartsfield, a father of two, husband, national guardsman. he was an all-around patriot according to his colleagues. he was remembered in a vigil as you said. plenty of people fighting for their lives, 29 in critical condition across two hospitals. one woman in the hospi

thomson reuters. >>> hello. i'm kate bolduan. questions this morning in las vegas as authorities try to make sense of a senseless act. what turned a 64-year-old gambler into a cold, meticulous killer, and did he have help? >> get down. get the [ bleep ]. those are shots. run, those are shots. run. don't walk. >> run, go. go. go. everybody go.

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thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find thosewers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> this morning, once again, millions of puerto ricans waking up, another time, another day without power or water. >> despite the president's positive take on the recovery efforts there, many people in puerto rico not seeing those efforts for themselves. the death toll now stands at 34. that is a new number that the governor of puerto rico only released after the president was bragging about the low death toll. cnn's leyla santiago for us again in puerto rico with the very latest from there. leyla? >> reporter: john, i actually just got off the phone with the governor's office and asked why the difference. why was the death toll more than double after president trump left the island. and their response was, well, the department of public health released those numbers at 6:00 p.m. and they believe that it took a while to get to that death toll, because they had to do interviews with family to get a proper certification of those deaths. that's

it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise youwers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> this morning, the list of hollywood stars condemning harvey weinstein is growing. judy denver, kate winslet, glenn close, george clooney following meryl streep who did the same yesterday. weinstein has been fired, several board members out of the company as well, actress rose mcgowan taking to twitter with a message for the remaining board members, her message, you knew, you funded, you are guilty, resign. "the new york times" reports mcgowan reached a settlement with weinstein 20 years before the accusations of sexual harassment some of which he said i acted inappropriately were made public. joining me live to talk about this senior media correspondent brian stelter host of "reliable sources" and margaret hoover, worked in the bush white house, thank you for being here. so many questions, brian, let's get to the nuts and bolts, a board meeting among the remaining weinstein board members today. you've got rose mcgowan essentially saying yo

it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise youwer company. thomson reuters. >>> this morning new details in the investigation into russia's election metdsling. the daily beast reports retweeted messages from a russian troll account, most notably don jr. and kellyanne conway, up to a week before the election. next hour we will speak with one of the reporters who broke that story. >>> and this comes as cnn has learned some of the intricate plotses that the russians used, the tactics that they used to try to disrupt the united states population. drew griffin explains. >> reporter: in january of this year, well after the presidential election, new york martial arts instructor says he was contacted by a group called black fists, saying it would pay him to hold free self-defense classes for members of the black community. >> do you ever think this is weird? >> yeah. a lot of times i thought it was weird. >> reporter: weird, but the money was good. $320 a month, paid direct through paypal and google wallet, to teach just four classes and

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back, i am kris jansi jansing. time now for your morning primary.hing you need to know tch tropical nate moving in land this morning, made land fall twice in louisiana and mississippi, bringing flooding and power outages along the coast. nearly three weeks after hurricane maria hitting puerto rico, the mayor tweeting increasingly painful to understand the american people want to help and u.s. government does not want to help. we need water. >> multiple law enforcement officials now say that note that was found in stephen paddock's hotel room are calculations that he used for greater p persissio during the rampage. and spacex just launched from california sending ten communication satellites into orbit. >>> tensions between president trump and rex tillerson seem to spill on social media again. trump tweeted, presidents and their administrations have been talking north korea for 25 years. agreements made massive amount of money and has monot worked. sorry, but only one thing will work. still, director of office of budget nick mulvany denied this. >> h

it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise youd to find trusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> tech giants facebook, apple, amazon and others under pressure for european regulators from congress and the president himself. a few consumer facing tech ipos off to a rough start as they make their public market debuts. we take a look at snap, blue apron and roku. managing director. josh spencer is portfolio manager with global technology fund. when you look at what european regulators are doing you think this is just an attempt to take silicon valley to the wood shed because they are not domestic. why are you convinced it is that and not what we have seen over the past couple of decades >> i think we can talk about tax and what right taxation is. what the european union is doing is really about antifree trade. they are trying to control american companies and penalize them for their success. >> josh, looking at some of the recent ipos how they have perform ed is this just a communication problem or something deeper >

thomson reuters. >>> historians, conspiracy theorists, this may be your day.sident trump has called for the release of previously classified documents all about president kennedy's assassination. >> it's not known if the president will decide to keep some files secret. it's a big deal these are coming out at all. joining us to discuss presidential historian douglas brinkley, professor, thank you for being with us on this big day for you. what are you expecting from this release? any bombshells? >> well, i think we're going to be most interested in seeing what the cia files are, particularly as it relates to lee harvey oswald. oswald was in mexico city before coming to dallas. he had visited a cuban coun sue late. there's been a lot of the conspiracy theories about even if you believe oswald was the lone gunman who was he working for? was it just an oddball geek, fanatic who shot the president, or working with cuba or russia or mafia in miami or chicago, so i think when is the first batch of these are coming out, people will be honing in on the oswald files of

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find thoserusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> a tropical storm in the caribbean gaining strength and could hit the coast possibly as a hurricane. this is tropical storm nate and it looks like new orleans is in the risk storm right now. >> certainly, once this gets into the gulf of mexico it will hit something. it's hard to get out of the gulf and miss the u.s. going under the florida keys or over cuba is unlikely with the storm here. the storms are here near ha honduras and nicaragua. it will hit them in 12 to 14 hours and that will tear the storm a little bit. maria was torn up over cuba and then got back in the warm water and strengthened again. that's likely what could happen here. a quick glance to cozumel or cancun, and straight through here would make it a stronger storm. at this time yesterday it was an 85-mile-per-hour prediction, and now it's at a 75-mile-per-hour prediction because of the interaction with nicaragua and honduras. still it's going to get into warm wa

thomson reuters. >>> in a show of force, the u.s.over the korean peninsula overnight. this is the first-ever nighttime military exercise in conjunction with south korea and japan. the drill came after president trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to threats from north korea. >> so all of this is happening as we're learning north korean hackers allegedly stole classified documents that included u.s. war plans. let's go to seoul, south korea. our international correspondent, alexander field joins us from there. stole u.s. war plans? >> reporter: hey, poppy, john, yeah, it is what it sounds like. look, we know that north korea has a cyber threat as part of its arsenal, really, of weapons that it plans to use. we are seeing evidence of this according to a lawmaker here in south korea. he is a member of the ruling party. he says he was given the information by the south korean defense ministry and what he describes in a hack that happened back in august of 2016, when he said that north korean hack terse got into

thomson reuters. . >>> this morning 70% of puerto rico is still without power. 70%.the fbi is now investigating that controversial $300 million contract with whitefish energy. >> both facts mean the fema director brock long is likely in for a grilling when he takes a seat on capitol hill in moments. the senate homeland security committee is holding this hearing on the federal response to hurricanes that battered millions of americans this year. rene marsh has been all over this, especially the whitefish deal and joins us now. that has to be the focus, right? >> oh, yeah. you can bet that they are going to get that question. the focus of this hearing is going to be that federal response, did anyone drop the ball? if so who? we know the head of fema will be there, brock long, as well as top officials from the department of defense, health and human services as well as the army corps of engineers. back to that headline off the top there, the fbi, cnn has learned, has now opened a preliminary inquiry into the $300 million whitefish energy contract which was secured by pu

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thomson reuters. >>> new fallout this morning from the scandal surrounding harvey weinstein. of women accusing him of sexual misconduct continues to grow. scotland yard is reportedly investigating weinstein. received a report wednesday about an alleged sexual assault in the united kingdom from the 1980s. also developing, another board member of the weinstein company is out. a source in a position to know tells nbc news richard koenigsberg is the latest to step down. he's among four other member who have resigned since the scandal surfaced. variety reports some board members are pushing for the company to be sold while others say they want to stay and try to weather the storm despite business partners bailing and debt piling up. i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. good to see you. this is kind of tricky from a legal perspective. you are part of a major corporation. many of them do very little and they get paid a lot of money. they're often the owner's friends and other rich people. bailing when things get bad is actually -- can be legally perilous. because i

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. time for your morning primer. you need to know to get your morning started. we begin with the wildfires in california which has killed 11 people. 15 fires spanning 110 square miles in all have destroyed more than 1,500 homes and businesses as well. >>> and new details exactly what happened in minutes before last sunday nights deedly shooting in las vegas. now say gunman shot a security guard about six minutes before opening fire into the crowd. >>> texas tech university was placed on lock down after a campus officer was shot and killed. the officer was in the process of booking a student on drug charges when the student allegedly shot the officer and then escaped of the stud enwas later recaptured. >>> democrats are now threatening to shut down the government over president trump's latest immigration demands. those demands will include a wall along the entire u.s. mexico border and a crack down on sanctuary cities. >>> turn up the volume for this ladies, fashion designer donna karen was taken out of context showin

it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise youto find trusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> right now, wildfires raging in california's wine country, right now residents are fleeing in sonoma county. hotels, at least one hospital in the midst of being evacuated because of the fires nearby. those living in half a dozen neighborhoods told to leave immediately. the images moving people out of this hospital as the flames approach. the fire has jumped a freeway, that is significant and the sheriff says residents are being taken on busses to nearby shelters, shelters they note are filling up quickly, happening as two wildfires are burning also in napa county. evacuations also under way nearby there. we'll keep a close eye on that for you. president trump meantime taking credit for the progress in puerto rico's hurricane recovery. he wrote, quote, nobody could have done what i've done for puerto rico with so little appreciation. so much work. now despite the president's remarks the governor of puerto rico this morning

thomson reuters. at stanford health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer.f we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. >>> breaking news. secretary of state rex tillerson and the president's national security adviser mcmaster briefing reporters on what the president will say in just minutes and why he is making the dramatic move. michelle kosinski was at the briefing and has the details. what are they saying, what are you hearing? >> reporter: the first thing we heard from secretary of state tillerson sounded like reassurance. he wanted to say off the bat the u.s. is staying in the iran nuclear deal, we're not out of the deal, not renegotiating the deal, the deal is intact. he wanted to say that over and over again to make sure everybody

thomson reuters. >>> good morning, everyone i'm sue herrera.e is your cnbc update at this hour video so shot by sonoma county sheriff showing intensity of the flames of the so-called tubs fire embers floating above the squad car as the officer drives through the tubbs fire, one of 17 to hit that state as it spread to 2800 acres and destroyed about 600 homes. jetblue says hurricanes will cost the airline more than $100 million in lost revenue and will cut into profits for the third and fourth quarters. the airline flies to many destinations in florida and the caribbean. supermarket operator kroger meanwhile says it's considering selling its gas station convenience stores saying it will be more valuable if they were outside of the company. the business has more than 780 stores and 11,000 employees. as you probably know the grocery store operators have been under pressure after amazon bought whole foods. in the sports world nhl expansion team las vegas golden knights played their first home game last night. in a pregame ceremony they honored victi

thomson reuters. . >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. don't know what's in that box. i need to see my husband. those are the words today from the grieving young widow of fallen sergeant la david johnson. speaking out for the first time publicly this morning, to abc. why couldn't i see my husband. every time i asked to see my husband they wouldn't let me. >> what did they tell you? >> they're tellingat

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find those the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> new details of an ambush that left three special soldiers dead in the african country of niger. pentagon correspondent has much more on this. what are you learning? >> good morning. a significant and ongoing military operation at this hour. three united states green berets killed or wounded several hours ago when they came under attack on a mission with local nigerian forces in west africa. we know that french forces in the region are conducting operations on the border looking for the attackers. it was also french helicopters that moved in overnight and evacuated the american dead and wounded and providing covering fire at the location where they had come under attack. so now this very much turning into an international military operation in west africa. what were the u.s. troops doing there? they partner up with the west african forces and try to help them in assisting them in going after whether it's al qaeda or other isis elements in the re

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find those trusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> we are back now with a look at the morning's headlines and the latest from las vegas. police have released the most detailed time line to the date of what happened sunday night. we learned that the gunman stephen paddock fired more than 200 rounds at a security guard approaching his hotel room on the 32nd floor at mandalay bay, and only one bullet hit his leg. and we are also hearing the attorney for mary llu danley. >> i never knew he was planning violence of any way. >> 59 people were killed before he killed himself. >>> and now, looking at nicaragua as there is a level one hurricane approaching, and it is to make landfall around the louisiana and mississippi border, and we will keep an eye on that. and today is the deadline for dreamers or undocumented immigra immigrants brought to the u.s. as children to apply for are renewal applications to prevent deportation. some lawmakers want the deadline extended pointing to the $490

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back to "velshi & rhule."orth korea, iran diplomacy versus military action. the president's feud with the high-profile republican senator bob corker and the president's tweets this morning on immigration and the nfl. a lot to discuss with my next guest. francis rooney of florida is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. also the house senate joint economic committee. and serving his first term in congress and previously served as ambassador to the vatican under president george w. bush. congressman, president trump basically at war with senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. and corker says trump is on a path to world war iii. what do you think? >> well, i think all that is distractive from the pursuit of the mission of protecting u.s. interests in light of these very difficult problems you just -- >> for sure. but that's the president himself causing this distraction. do you agree with bob corker? or the president? >> well, i don't think any of it is helpful on either side. >> steve

thomson reuters. . >>> good morning once again, everybody. i'm sue herrera. here is your cnbc news at this hour house democrats making an emotional appeal on capitol hill for stricter gun control laws. former representative gabby giffords who was shot in the head by a gunman in 2011 calling for bipartisanship to enact the gun measures. >> now is the time to come together, be responsible democrats, republicans, everyone we must never stop fighting. fight, fight, fight. >> a ruling to extradite cyber crime suspect to the united states where he's wanted in a $4 billion bitcoin case he was arrested in greece in july he's expected to appeal that decision. >>> an entertainment mogul david geffen donating $150 million for construction of a new building of galleries at the los angeles county museum of art the museum said it is the largest single cash gift from an individual in its history. it will be a wonderful addition to the city. that's the news update this hour back downtown to "squawk alley." carl, back to you. >> sue, thank you very much. we want to get to the

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find thosewers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> the trump campaign's digital director claims facebook is why donald trump is president n. a revealing interview, brad parscale reveals using the facebook technology to micro target voters with hundreds of thousands of ads. >> words, colors, changing things because certain people like a green button better than a blue button. some people like donate or contribute. what can make people react? so much noise on the phone. you know? or on your desktop. what is it that makes it go -- i'm going to stop and look? >> he knew what to do because he says he had facebook employees embedded in the campaign offices. often working there several days every week. >> i want to know everything you tell hillary's campaign plus some and your people here to teach me. >> inside? >> yes. >> how do you know they were not trojans horses? >> i asked them to be republicans. people that supported donald trump from their companies. >> than's what you got? >> yeah. they

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back to "velshi & rhule." this morning democratic senators are talking about president trump's shifting position on a bipartisan deal on health care. >> well, he has been a all over the map on this. although his most recent comment suggests that maybe he'll come on board. >> the president's backing and forthing on this as on so many other things is sort of making him a little bit irrelevant to the discussions in the senate. >> that's a wow. earlier this week, the president seemed to support the deal worked out by lamar alexander and patty murray. >> obamacare is a disaster. it's virtually dead as far as i'm concerned it really is dead. and i predicted that a long time ago. lamar has been working very, very hard with the democratic -- his colleagues on the other side. patty murray is one of them in particular. and they're coming up and they're fairly close to a short-term solution. >> well, that seemed like a positive. yesterday he seemed to walk that back in a tweet saying, quote, i'm supportive of lamar as a

thomson reuters. >>> my favorite thing to talk about. jobs number is out this morning. the u.s. lost 33,000 jobs. the fist decline in 7 years. average hourly private sector earnings are up and the unemployment rate is down to 4.2%. the economists expected a slow month following hurricanes harvey and irma disrupting businesses in florida and texas. and i want to bring back bill and brandon. when we look at the jobs number it's down but ie es due to the hurricane. is the thing that we need to look at is the stagnant wage growth? if you think about two things that elected president trump, it was draining the swamp and we know it's not getting drained, and incoming equality. the enthusiasm that trump and his sons cheering about the stock market. >> i think we're starting to see wage growth. when you look at the number here, it's encouraging. it's higher than it was. it's the kind of number we're looking for. the fed goes around and talks to businesses all other the country and the businesses say we're offering people extra hours and benefits and better health care but we ca

it's why at thomson reuters we provide you with the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find trusted answers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> actress rose mcgowan finished a powerful speech since accusing harvey weinstein of rape. jean casarez is in the room in detroit where she spoke. what did she say? >> she had a lot to say. this is the women's convention and there are thousands of women here, they're going to be here for the next few days, from all over the country, empowering women. rose mcgowan, these were the first public appearance she has made since she did tweet out that a man by the initials of hw. raped her. she did not say harvey weinstein's name in the speech but she had a lot of other things to say. take a listen to this. >> i have been silenced for 20 years. i have been slut shamed. i have been harassed. i have been maligned and you know what, i'm just like you. because what end to me behind the scenes, happens to all of nous this society and that cannot stand and it will not stand. >> she did mention the head monster of all, not naming a

thomson reuters. let's set it up. yesterday trump said this.t president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. >> then this morning, president trump walked those comments back somewhat. listen. >> as far as other representers, i don't know. you can ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama and other people. i don't know what obama's policy was. i'm speaking for myself. i'm not speaking for other people. i don't know what bush and obama did. you can find out easily. ask the military people. i believe his policy was different than my policy. i can tell you i called every one of them. >> how this started was a simple question at a press conference asking about the response to four american soldiers and why he has not spoken out publicly about it yet. let's discuss. scott jennings is joining me now and former special assistant to george w. bush. great to see you. president trump was not right in one regard. he seems to be trying to back track. i'm not clear as to what is actually going on.

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle.l in the russia investigation. the senate intelligence committee is not ruling out that the trump campaign colluded with russia to interfere in last year's election. community leaders making the announcement after interviewing more than 100, that's two zeros, witnesses and examining thousands of pages of documents. >> we have more work to do as it relates to collusion, but we're developing a clear picture of what happened. >> that was republican richard burr. let's get details now from nbc news intelligence international reporter, ken delinian. ken, what are the big takeaways? >> after six months of intense investigation, 100,000 documents, 100 witness interviews, the republicans and democrats on the senate intelligence committee cannot rule out that donald trump's campaign colluded with a russian intelligence operation to win the election. and if you talk to others, it goes beyond that. everybody is acknowledging there was some amount of collusion here. the only question is what was t

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." stephanie is on assignment. o'reilly is slamming a new report, revealing he paid out $32 million in a sixth settlement. the "new york times" reports that reporter fox news analyst lis wheiel accused him of a non-consensual sexual relationship and the sending of pornographic images to her. the "times" reports that fox knew about wiehl's complaints but renewed o'reilly's contract a month later in a deal that would pay him $25 million for the next four years. nbc has not been able to independently verify this story. a spokesman for o'reilly says, quote, once again, the "new york times" hazma liss maliciously s bill o'reilly, failing to print a sworn affidavit from wiehl, repudiating and chose to rely on unsubstantiated allegations, anonymous sources and incomplete leaked or stolen documents. all right. i want to talk to danny sa valorovalusavalos about this. let me take this to the wall first and show you what we've got. the latest accusation was previously unreported. for context, i want to take a look at the hist

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find thosenswers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> new this morning, defense secretary james mattis visiting the demilitarized zone, the dmz, an area that separates north korea and south korea and his main message is one of diplomacy actually saying that is the key to ending a nuclear crisis with north korea. listen. >> our goal is not war, but rather the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula and we stand shoulder to shoulder with you, with your soldiers, and with your people, in confronting the threats posed by the kim jong-un regime. >> secretary mattis is in the region now paving the way for president trump's much anticipated visit to asia next week. and it comes amid escalating tensions between trump and north korea's kim jong-un with the north renewing its threat this week to test a nuclear weapon above ground. let's discuss, with democratic senator ben cardin of maryland joining me in new york, the ranking member of the senate foreign relatio

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. time now for your morning primer.rything you need to know to start your day. we begin with news that u.s. special forces have captured a key militant in the attack on u.s. military in benghazi. u.s. ambassador christopher stevens tleend other americans were killed in that 2012 attack. >>> a federal judge on monday blocked trump's ban on transgender people serving in u.s. military. the judge ruled that the ban would cause injury to transgender military service members for the inheritent inequality they impose. >>> closing arguments could come as soon as tomorrow in the bribery trial of democratic senator robert menendez. a federal judge again refused to declare a mistrial. >>> a new question being raised after the u.s. coast guard said monday that the two hawaiian women lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon that they never activated. the women also said their boat was hit by a storm in early may but the national weather service records show no storms in the area at that time. mm, questions are going to ke

thomson reuters provides you the intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find thoseers. the answer company. thomson reuters. >>> we are back now with a look at your morning's headlines and we start with one of those breaking stories this morning. an american woman and her family are finally free after being held hostage for five years by a group linked to the taliban. caitlin coleman, her husband joshua and their three kids are now in custody he at the u.s. embassy in pakistan. the pakistani army says an intelligence based operation led to their safe recovery. >>> and we're hearing directly from harvey weinstein since a number of women have accused him of sexual harassment and assault. check out this video. wine establish spoke quickly to some photographers outside his daughter's house. >> i'm not doing okay. i'm trying. i got to get help, guys. you know what, we all make mistakes. second chance i hope. okay? >> weinstein spokesperson has released a statement before this saying, quote, any allegations of nonconsensual sex are denied by mr. swiweinstein. he's further

thomson reuters. >>> i'm stephanie ruhle. ali velshi is on assignment. please join me next week for more v"velshi & ruhle." >>> fuming mad. the president reportedly ste steaming by the secretary of state calling him a moron. while he denies president trump, it is touching adversaries alike. even as the president announced he's going to have a tough new policy against iran. >> the regime supports terrorism and violence and bloodshed across the middle east. that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions. they have not lived up to the spirit

thomson reuters. >>> imf managing director christine lagarde laying out her policy agenda.nce to sit down with her for an exclusive interview yesterday, asked about the increasing regulatory and political pressure on big tech everything from taxes, to fake news under the microscope. i asked whether companies like google and facebook actually deserve more regulatory scrutiny >> i think the way in which they operate and the value that they generate the activity from needs to be looked at, and i hope this can be done in cooperation with them you know, value that is driven by data, information, consumption, that we volunteer in a way without really us knowing about it determines the value of what they can offer in terms of services, and, clearly, revenue needs to be contributed by those companies. where it is contributed, how it is defined, how intellectual process is going to be used as a basis to allocate revenues and base taxation on, all these things are being -- need to be reinvented, and i hope that dialogue takes place, rather than, you know, harsh, adversarial debate >>

thomson reuters. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for those who know what they're really building.layers will attend next week's owners meeting to discuss the ongoing national anthem controversy. >> coy wire has more on this morning's "bleacher report." >> good morning and poppy, this "bleacher report" brought to you by the f-150. yesterday insinuated and tweeted that nfl commissioner roger goodell demands that players stand during the national anthem. that wasn't true. the commissioner clarified. >> there has been no policy change. what we've had is unprecedented dialog over the last year with our players, our owners, with community leaders, law enforcement, and what we plan to do is have a very in-depth discussion with our players and our owners next week and make sure we truly understand the issues and also understand the approach that we want to take together with the players. >> now as a form player rep, i have seen up close and personal how contentious the relationship between the league and the union can be, so the owners inviting executives from the nfl pa and players thems

thomson reuters. >>> happening now, the army sergeant is in military court.nter a plea at any moment. you will remember he walked away from an are remote post in 2009. he was later captured by the taliban. he says a fair trial he believes would be impossible under the trump administration. right to correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what's the case that bergdahl makes there? >> reporter: well, john, you know, this as you say, this case has been going on for years now. he was captured when he walked away from the base in afghanistan in 2009. held by the taliban for five years, tortured, has suffered health problems. charged with dessertion. now he is saying that he cannot receive a fair trial because of things that donald trump said when he was running for office before he became the president. one of the things that donald trump tweeted at this time and i want to read it to everyone is that -- and trump said, may as well go -- pardon me. that's wrong. i was going to read the wrong thing. let me just move ahead and you can read it right there on the screen.

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thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. i'm city of nstephanie ruhle.our morning primer, everything you need to know to get your day started. we begin, this story is too much, with congressman tim murphy who is under fire after a pittsburgh post-gazette story claims the pro-life congressman urged a woman he was having an affair with to get an abortion. murphy's office declined to comment or respond to the story. classy guy. >>> the house passed a bill last night that would ban abortions after 20 weeks with exceptions involving rape, incest or health of the mother. it is not expected to pass the senate. >>> in a few hours, the senate intelligence committee will release its findings on the 2016 election meddling. the committee is expected to endorse a previous intel report finding that russia sought to influence the election through hacking and misinformation. >>> and amazon has been ordered to pay nearly $300 million in back taxes to luxembourg after the eu ruled it had been given an unfair tax advantage from the small country. in a statement, amazon den

thomson reuters.he latest woman to come forward to describe her encounter with movie mogul and sexual harasser and alleged assaulter harvey weinstein and writes this in "the new york times" this morning, i had shelved my experience with harvey far in the recess of my mind, joining in the conspiracy of silence that has allowed this predator to prowl for so many years. >> horrifying. also, director quentin tarantino who worked with harvey weinstein all the time apologizing for staying silent about weinstein's alleged abuse, saying that he knew that some of this was going on over the last 20 years, so much to discuss, joined by senior media correspondent, host of reliable sources brian stelter and the most significant development the lapd investigating. >> the third city we know there's an active police investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by weinstein. 15 days ago "the new york times" story comes out "the new yorker" the nypd opened an investigation, london police spoken with three women making

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. you're watching "velshi & ruhle."a group of players and their union leader in philadelphia today. on at general dthe agenda, the players kneeling to the national anthem. they are looking at changing policy to what players should do to what they must do during the anthem. the lead spokesman tells the "new york times" the nfl will also fine ways d ways to use it influence. i want to bring in spokesman and business owner and brant pat. brant, i want to start with you. do you think we'll see a rule change coming out of these meetings? >> it's hard for me to imagine the owners will be able to force players and say stand for the national anthem. i sense an issue with the players union on that. what i hope will happen is there will be a gentleman's agreement going forward, because there is no question that there are issues and pressures on the business side in this particular matter, stephanie. >> all right. appe andrew, at the end of the day, is there any thought that players, the union and owners can get together and find

thomson reuters. at stanford health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. >>> president trump firing off about north korea again this morning. writing on twitter the following. our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with north korea for 25 wreer, giving billions of dollars and getting nothing. policy didn't work. this comes after more cryptic tweets over the weekend where the president said only one thing will work with pyongyang. so far, we don't know exactly what that is. >> you'll figure that out pretty soon. >> the latest version of you will see, believe me. let's bring in will ripley. he spent a lot of time on the ground in north korea. great to see you. this all, this was all weeke

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back. i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle.our morning primer. everything you need to know to start your day. we begin in tampa, florida, whether the fbi is helping local police as they monitor bus stops and escort kids to school after three people were gunned down in 11 days. investigators have not said what evidence ties the three crimes together. >>> the long awaited sentencing of army sergeant bowe bergdahl is now delayed until wednesday. the defense filed a last minute motion saying bergdahl can't get a fair sentence after president trump's comments against him. >>> for the first time in his presidency, donald trump awarded the congressional medal of honor to a vietnam veteran. retired captain gary rose, a medic who saved more than 50 lives at great risk to his own over the course of a four-day battle. >>> former fbi director james comey has kept a low profile since his firing back in may. but he's confirming now that he's behind this formerly anonymous twitter account, tweeting a photo of himself in iowa, writing, on the

thomson reuters. >>> welcome back to "velshi & rhule."t bill o'reilly is fighting back angry over "the new york times" article that claims he paid $32 million to settle sexual harassment allegations in january. nbc news has not verified the reported settlement. o'reilly says while he legally cannot reveal details, he's resolved, quote, three things during his 20 years at fox. half the number of settles "the new york times" reports. he says he's outraged his family is getting hurt. >> we have physical proof that this is bull [ bleep ]. bull [ bleep ]. okay? so it's on you if you want to destroy my children further. all right? because it's all crap. the end game is let's link o'reilly with harvey weinstein. let's make him that. that's what we want to do. all right? and so we take him out of the market place forever. it's frustrating for me but unless i want another seven or eight years of constant litigation that puts my children in a kill zone, i have to maintain my discipline. am i mad at god? yeah, i'm mad at him. i wish i had more prote