. >> i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. and for once the news out of washington is mostly focused on a key part of president trump's economic agenda. >> a key to that agenda is repealing obamacare. one bill already passed the house. now it's the senate's turn, which is where we start. after so much secrecy, republicans in the senate finally came out with their own draft to the health care bill to owned obamacare. here's what the bill changes. medicaid expansion to millions of lower income americans gets phased out. states have the flexibility to wave coverage of essential health benefits. that's the list of more than a dozen things like pregnancy coverage, mental health, emergency services that obamacare mandates that every single insurance policy has to cover. the individual employer mandates to have insurance or provide insurance are going to disappear, as are the taxes on the wealthy that help fund obamacare. now we'll talk a little about that later. >> here's specifically what the senate bill keeps. low and middle incom

♪ >>> welcome to "velshi & ruhle" i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle.ell, everyone's attention this week was focussed on on-going russia investigation, there was a ton of other news affecting your job and your money. >> well, to some people it was jim comey week, but to president trump, it was actually infrastructure week, or at least that's what he wanted it to be. >> that's what he said. >> so let's start there. >> why don't we. president trump chose to focus this week on rebuilding our nation's public infrastructure. now, republicans and democrats agree our roads, airports and railways are in desperate need of repair and upgrades. if you think about it, the old and overused systems we use everyday slow the movement of people, goods and services and that, that is the very life-engine our country is built upon. and the president couldn't agree more. >> we have structurally deficient bridges, clogged roads, crumbling dams and locks. our rivers are in trouble. our railways are ageing and

ali velshi, weigh in on this. gave us a quick tutorial of what it means if you're looking to come into the country but these are pretty strong statements from republicans, they want to carry that party line, sticking to campaign promises. >> so this is the other half of the immigration conversation that the republicans have been having, the travel ban is one rt of it keeping dangerous people out. the second part of it is those people who are in here, can they -- the words of republicans enforce the laws that are already on the book, can they compel municipalities and sheriffs to enforce immigration laws? as you know sanctuary cities and number of said we are not in the immigration business, we are in the law enforcement business and if you cause us to do this we will lose the leads that we get from people in some of these i'm grant communities who refuse to report things to police because they are worried that they will get rounded up once they are in the system. so this is another piece of the heated debate. you

velshi and rhule.hle. >> i'm aslli velshi. i've been doing amazon ordering during the break. they're buying whole foods chltd and i saw the best tweet. some guy said, they're buying whole foods for $13.7 billion, which is how much it costs me to buy a luna bar and water there. >> they'll operate under the same name as a separate unit. we know amazon certainly have the money to buy an organization like whole foods. >> sure. >> the companies have different ethos. you shop at amazon, it's cheap, easy. >> whole foods is a lifestyle. >> people call it whole paycheck for a reason. it is interesting they're going to make an acquisition like this. also, what it means for other grocers. when the deal was announced this morning, you saw straight out of the gate, publix, walmart -- >> stocks went down. >> you have a problem when amazon is knocking on your door. >> the gain in whole foods was so much, it paid for the deal. at this moment -- >> yes. >> -- amazon has bought whole foods basically for free. it changes

. >> and i'm ali velshi. it's been a whirlwind week in washington. our businessman president doing what he can to focus americans on his agenda. >> doing what he can? i'm not sure. what he can do is tweet, and he does. before we dig in, i want to read a tweet from the president on friday. ready for it? despite the phony witch hunt going on in america, the economy and jobs numbers are great. regulations way down, jobs and enthusiasm way up. ali velshi, we have talked extensively already about how the retail industry is getting killed. >> yeah. >> we know based on actual numbers, not sentiment, that car sales are down. >> right. >> and just this week we saw that another month, third straight month of declining new home construction. >> right. >> so the president needs to be careful. >> right. >> she specializes in great slogans and saying. but if he's going to tout the economy and use economic data, those numbers can come back and bite him. >> there are some things doing well but there are some that aren't doing well. part of his base says i see the st

good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get you started. >> if we don't get it done, it will be something that we're not going to like and that's okay and i understand that. >> we're going to keep working. >> until we get it done. >> i think everybody around the table is interested in getting -- my suspicion is in a netiation wi the democrats would includnone of th reforms that we would like to make. >> i would sit down in a heartbeat, they don't have the license to do that from mitch mcconnell. >> when did we get to the point where we said, no, we're not going to talk to democrats about a fix? we should be working with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. >> we should sit down with democrats. >> i don't think people will be dying because of what republicans are going to do. we're trying to save medicaid and -- >> we're getting very close but for the country, we have to have health care. >> getting close but not there, our own kasie hunt speaking to rand paul. >> obamacare subsidies and keeping regulations a

i'm ali velshi. six civilians and three attackers have been killed in what they are describing as a protracted terrorist incident in central london. police report just after 10:00 p.m. local time, 5:00 p.m. eastern time, a white van traveling south on london bridge veered off the road and struck several passing pedestrians. police believe that three attackers then emerged from the van with knives and began stabbing people in nearby borough market. that's a busy area with bars and restaurants. armed police responded to the scene and shot and killed three suspects who police say were wearing what looked like explosive vests, but that the explosives were fake. one widely circulated photo, the one you're looking at here, taken by a witness and not confirmed by nbc news, appears to show one man on the ground surrounded by police and wearing what appears to be a vest with canisters on it. police now say those canisters were fake. earlier, london ambulance reported that at least 20 patients have been brough

the best or nothing. >> welcome back, you're watching velshi and ruhle.avel ban. the trump administration is getting ready to implement parts of the travel ban reinstated by the supreme court monday. the 90 4i6 day ban restricts people from coming to the united states from six muslim majority countries, iran, libya, smol i can't and sudan and syria. now, that can include a family member living in the country, a student admitted to a u.s. university or worker with a job offer. a bonafide relationship is not a relationship that exists only to get around the ban. for example, one between refuge guys and immigrants rights groups that may reach out as potential clients, that's not included under the ruling the total number of refugees admitted for this fiscal year will be capped at 50,000. federal officials are busy getting ready to implement all of this and reviewing vetting procedures of visa applicants expediting completion of a biometric entry/exit system and the state department will resume in person interviews for all people seeking nonimmigrant visas. t

well to velshi and ruel. stephanie is off. let's get started. >> the plan we put in place would not allow individuals to fall in the cracks, not have individuals lose coverage. >> not cuts to medicaid, slows the rate for the future and allows governors more flexibility with medicaid dollars because they are closest to the people in need. >> if you are able-bodied and you would like to go and find employment and have employer sponsored benefits, then you should be able to do that. >> there's no way we should be voting on this next week. >> you have very serious concerns about the bill. >> right now i'm undecided. >> i'm not voting for something that looks just like obamacare and still doesn't fix the fundamental flaw of obamacare. >> what do you say -- >> mean, that was my term. i want to see -- i want to see, and i speak from the heart, that's what i want to see, i want to see a bill with heart. >> i give him my open and candid feedback. sometimes we agree. sometimes we disagree. >> what do you advise him in regards to his twe

ask your doctor about lyrica. >>> welcome back to velshi and ruhle. lady walking out to meet the president of panama. they are in a meeting and they are going to be discussing a range of things. >> a range of issues, including the fight against illegal drugs, organized crime and illegal immigration. panama is also where trump has a significant personal interest. the 70 story international trump hotel and power in panama city is the tallest building in central america. it has a somewhat troubled history. >> including ties to panama's former president. >> i like that, ali. >> who was tape into custody, former president of panama. there we go. i think that looks like the current president of panama's car. the former president was taken into custody by u.s. marshals one week ago at his home near miami raising the likelihood he could be extradited to face corruption and other charges. not the people you're looking at here. this is the current first lady and president of panama. >> let's bring enhance nichol who joins us live from the white house. hans, tel

you're watching "velshi and ruhle."sed in the shooting death of castile which shows the moment when a routine traffic stop turned deadly. we want to play this for you. you may find it graphic and disturbing. so, please, be warned. >> your brake lights are out. you have one active brake light. your third one is out. you have license and registration? >> sir, i have to tell you, i do have a firearm on me. >> don't reach for it then. don't pull it out. don't pull it out. >> don't pull it out! >> i wasn't. >> don't move! >> you may remember castile's girlfriend streamed the shooting aftermath on facebook live. here it is. >> stay with me. we got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back. and the police just -- he's covered. he killed my boyfriend. he's licensed, he's carried -- licensed to carry. he was try to get out his i.d. and his wallet out his pocket and he let the officer know that he was -- he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet. and the officer just shot him in his arm. >> obviously reynolds was i

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i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm city stephanie ruhle.s labor market is still adding jobs every month, just not at your local mall. >> from the impact of the paris climate agreement to where we start this week with the latest jobs report. >>

♪ >>> welcome to "velshi & ruhle" i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle.s attention this week was focussed on on-going russia investigation, there was a ton of other news affecting your job and your money. >> well, to some people it was jim comey week, but

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i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm city stephanie ruhle. america's labor market is still adding jobs every month, just not at your local mall. >> from the impact of the paris climate agreement to where we start this week with the latest jobs report. >> america's job market added 138,000 jobs in the month of may, which is lower than expected. the unemployment rate moved down slightly to just 4.3%. economists consider anything under 5% to be full employment when companies feel pressure to boost wages in order to attract and keep workers on their payrolls. yet average hourly pay for all americans have not gone up fast enough. at $26.22 an hour, wages have risen 2.5% in the last 12 months. ali, unemployment is down, conventional wisdom says wages should go up with that. it's just not happening. >> economists used to talk about 5% as full employment. if we're at full employment, which means 5% of people are not working because they don't want to be working, they're going back to school, something else is happening, why are wages going up as slow

i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get started. >> reporter: accepting gifts from foreign governments without the okay of congress. >> attorney general jeff sessions will testify before the senate intelligence committee. >> reporter: it's still unclear if the testimony will take place in public or behind closed doors. >> public versus private questioning of jeff sessions is key. you can understand why jeff sessions wants this in public. >> it is hard. and there's a level of viciousness that i was not expecting. i think some of the distractions and some of the verocity, i was a little blindsided by on a personal level. >> when he tells you to do something, guess what? there's no ambiguity in it. there's no, hey, i'm hoping we are friends. hey, i hope this happens but you have to do your job. that's what he told comey. >> today in the white house we have perhaps the worst and most dangerous president in the history of our country. >> we are expecting to hear from the president any minute. we'll bring you that tape

i'm ali velshi. we're following a lot of breaking news this hour. any moment now, we're scheduled to get an update on the condition of majority whip steve scalise. we're going to hear that from the lead surgery at med star hospital where the congressman is being treated. last night the hospital released a statement saying the congressman was still in critical condition, but improving following his surgery. at least missed last night's congressional baseball game, obviously, but his presence was felt in the ballpark, despite democrats' victory over republicans, 11-2, they elected to put the trophy in scalise's office as he continues recovering. joining me now from that news conference is msnbc's garrett haig. it's not underway yet, but what do we know? >> reporter: well, we're expecting to hear from the lead surgeon here at med star who's been treating steve scalise since he came in on wednesday. he remains in critical condition, but we expect to get an update on the two surgeries that we know he's had so far, including one last night that was descri

i'm ali velshi, good morning. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. i'm not sure i can get through this but let's get started. >> always tierrific to be able o leave the washington swamp, phony witch hunts against me. everything going. we won last night and even the worst of them said that was a big win for trump. i love all people, rich or poor but in those particular positions i just don't want a poor person, does that make sense? solar wall. let's see. we're working it out. panels, beautiful. pretty good imagination, right? my idea. >> if we went and got the single greatest health care plan in the history of the world, we would not get one democrat vote because they are obstructionists. they are obstructionists. >> it would be a beautiful, beautiful thing if we could get together as two parties that love our country and come up with that great health care. those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. >> we've signed 39 pieces of legislation. t

i'm ali velshi. two terror attacks in europe in the last 24 hours. along champs-elysees.r of the car is now dead. that terror incident comes just hours after a van drove into a group of people outside a mosque in london appearing to target muslim worshippers leading ramadan prayers. >> i see him waving his hand and shaking his hand like he's very proud man and like had -- not like a man tha commit -- >> he wasn't horrified. >> he wasn't hor

ali velshi picks things up from new york.l always have your back, i'm sorry. >> an droo deserdrea deserves i. we'll leave it at that. she's amazing. you're amazing. >> join me at 5:00 eastern, i'll be doing "meet the press daily". >> we'll be back. katy tur have a great afternoon. we'll see her in a couple of hours. i'm ali velshi. we're tracking the latest on the senate's health care bill. a new version of the bill released today with minor changes. we're also waiting for the nonpartisan congressional budget office to put out its highly an fats ee ee ee eed anticipated markup of the bill. so far, these five republicans senators are opposed to the bill as it is written. also keeping an eye on a number of other senators, eight to nine of them who are currently undecided. some of whom are expressing concern about the bill. >> i'm very concerned about the cost of insurance for older people, with serious chronic illnesses. and the impact of the

ali velshi picks things up right now. hi, ali. >> katy, have a great afternoon.ll talk to you in a bit. >>> i'm ali velshi, the senate health care bill is in critical condition after this week's health care bill was canceled but according to leadership, it is not dead. >> we'll continue working so we can bring legislation for-to-the floor for debate and ultimately a vote. we know that we cannot afford to delay on this issue. we have to get this done for the american people. >> although at least one influential republican senator thinks there is a friday deadline to pass this bill. >> if we don't reach agreement by friday it's probably the end of a sole-party effort for health care. if we don't reach by friday then the way forward is obamacare collapses, challenge democrats to work with us to find something better. >> as it stands right now, eight republican senators are currently against the bill, many others are undecided, this as a number of republican senators are talking about reaching across the aisle and working with democrats on health care teed. >> you're

hey there, good morning, everybody i'm stephanie ruhle in d.c. >> and i'm ali rel she velshi i york.legal fighting the trump administration will implement the president's travel ban. >> reporter: the specifics of the new guidelines are still unknown. >> politico said the secretary of state unleashed his anger at the white house staffer. >> what rex tillerson did was way overdo. >> with a great health care package. >> what do you mean by

. >> ali velshi is joining me now because we have breaking news.office sees 22 million more uninsured by 2026. someone printed it big enough for my eyes to see. what does that mean? >> that's the headline. by 2026, there would have been 28 million people who didn't have insurance. for whatever reason. whether they weren't part of the exchanges, didn't choose to buy insurance. that would have been the problem to solve. under the senate approved plan that number would be 49 million so we're comparing everything now versus obamacare. what the cbo refers to as current law. so under the senate plan, 22 million more people would be uninsured. 22 million fewer people would have insurance than they would by 2026 under obamacare. the cbo is very detailed. it takes about -- talks about the effects on the deficit and on premiums. we both got it at the same time so i'm not as far down the report yet to give you those pieces of information. but i throw this caution out at this point in the discussion. and that is, when talking about the effects on people, we ne

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie rhule. let's start with the breaking news out of north korea. the white house confirming in the last hour that north korea has officially released an american college student who had been held captive there for nearly a year and a half. the 22-year-old, an undergraduate at the university of virginia, was serving a 15-year prison sentence with hard labor for alleged anti-state acts. his release leaves three other americans still held in north korea. we're going to take you directly to nbc's hans nichols, joining us from the white house. let's talk about this boy, otto. he's been in prison for a year and a half. he was in a coma for a portion of it? >> he was in a coma for more than a year. we've just spoken to ambassador richardson, who was clinton's ambassador to korea on a lot of the issues. he's spoken to the family and confirmed that otto was indeed in a medical como. he's being medically evacuated, flying home to cincinnati right now. to recap what's happened in the last 18 months, new y

i'm ali velshi. we're following a lot of breaking news this hour.cheduled to get an update on the condition of majority whip steve scalise. we're going to hear that from the lead surgery at med star hospital where the congressman is being treated. last night the hospital released a statement saying the congressman was still in critical condition, but improving following his

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. the breaking news is out of paris.ncident near the notre dame cathedral took place. kelly cobiella is in the london bureau. what do you know? >> police in paris confirmed there was an attempted assault on a police officer in the vicinity of notre dame cathedral. there are reports that people have been told to stay inside the cathedral if that's where they were at the time. people have been advised to stay away from the area by paris police in a tweet that came through just about a half an hour ago. an eyewitness tells

. >> i'm alli velshi. >> you have senators not on board. >> they are also four good guys and friends of mine, it's not they are opposed, they'd like to get certain changes and we'll see if we can take care of that. boy, would the people love to see two parties getting together and coming up with the perfect health care plan. >> do they want our votes or don't want our votes? they have to have at least two of the four of us and that means the bill has to get better and has to get more to our liking. >> robert mueller, do you think he should recuse himself? >> very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome, you never know what's out there. i didn't tape. and i don't have any tape. >> he has not made such tapes but there could be. >> there's a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in the hearings. >> well, it wasn't very stupid, i can tell you that. >> this was an unprecedented move by the administration to point the finger at a super power in the midst of an election, the current president through hishetoric is sending the signals that this is something that will be tolerated

this is "velshi and ruhle." through ou and she has not thrown me out yet. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. there are so many topic that is the president is on top of that i'm like, what? the president is expected to announce his plan to privatize the air traffic control system. part of his infrastructure program being rolled out this week. >> so we want to talk a little bit about what this means. now, generally speaking, as owe no, i'm canadian, i don't often fall on the side of privatetizing everything. there are things that should be privatetized and shouldn't. i'm not a fan of privatizing certain things. but about 10,000 flights a day that air traffic control in c canada takes care of. it's four times the amount in united states. it has improved safety and tends to bring costs up. >> up? >> yeah, believe it or not. because now you're not spreading the cost base over all tax taxpayers. you are spreading it over users over the air traffic control system. the airlines have a piece of this and pass it over to you. here's

i'm ali velshi. two terror attacks in europe in the last 24 hours. along champs-elysees. weapons were found in the car and the driver of the car is now dead. that terror incident comes just hours after a van drove into a group of people outside a mosque in london appearing to target muslim worshippers leading ramadan prayers. >> i see him waving his hand and shaking his hand like he's very proud man and like he had -- not like a man that commit -- >> he wasn't horrified. >> he wasn't horrified. waving his hand. >> the attack behind me and the attack in manchester and the attack on london bridge and the attack on westminster bridge all an attack on our shared values. shared valus of tolerance and freedom and respect. we won't allow these terrorists to succeed. >> this is the fourth attack since march in the united kingdom. earlier this month, several men attacked london bridge. eight people were killed there. less than two weeks before that, 22 people were killed. many children after a bomb exploded outside a train station and arena where an ariana grande concert was just

more news with ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> i think tom brady sumo wrestling is better than your >> good morning, i'm stephanie rule. >> i'm alli velshi. >> you have senators not on board. >> they are also four good guys and friends of mine, it's not they are opposed, they'd like to get certain changes and we'll see if we can take care of that. boy, would the people love to see two parties getting together and coming up with the perfect health care plan. >> do they want our votes or don't want our votes? they have to have at least two of the four of us and that means the bill has to get better and has to get more to our liking. >> robert mueller, do you think he should recuse himself? >> very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome, you never know what's out there. i didn't tape. and i don't have any tape. >> he has not made such tapes but there could be. >> there's a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in

good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle.t you started. >> if we don't get it done, it will be something that we're not going to like and that's okay and i understand that. >> we're going to keep working. >> until we get it done. >> i think everybody around the table is interested in getting -- my suspicion is in a negotiation with the democrats would include none of the reforms that we would

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie rule. out on social media and if you like it, don't like it, give us feedback, #velshirule. >> i feel some of you don't need encouragement to do that but thank you nonetheless. >>> time for andrea mitchell on "andrea mitchell reports". >> right now, outrage, anger across america, as american college student otto warmbier dies after being sent back from north korea in a coma. with three americans still illegally detained there, president trump issues a warning to the dictator, he once called a smart cookie. today pointing the finger at the obama administration. >> it is a total disgrace what happened to otto. that should never, ever be allowed to happen. and frankly if he were brought home sooner, i think the result would have been a lot different. he should have been brought home that same day. the result would have been a lot different. >>> tuesday special, voters in georgia's 6th district are heading to the polls in the most expensive congressional race in american

. >> i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie rhule. let's get started. >> the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi. those were lies, plain and simple. >> says, quote, despite somentsl and complete vindlatioication. and, wow, comey is a leaker. >> first, he'll try to charm you. if not, he bullies you. if that doesn't work, he walks away from you. just walks away from the deal. if that doesn't work, he sues you. >> the president's new at this. he is new to government. >> good morn ing. we're doing well. do you have any comments on mr. comey's testimony yesterday? >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> i don't work for the whitoe house or in the white house. i don't know if tapes were made. >> top presidential adviser and the son-in-law jared kushner is expected to meet with committee staffers this month. >> this has been a ten month witch hunt. >> this is the only thing they had on trump. >> we're under siege, you understand that. but we will come out bigger and better and stronger than ever. you watch. >>

ali velshi picks things up now. sean spicer didn't ask the president of the united states whether or not russia hacked into our election. >>> good afternoon, i'm ali velshi. makes nearly a fifth of our economy and affects many americans and could change in the next few days. we're talking about health care. as we speak, senate republicans rushing to put their secretive plan up for a vote before their july 4th recess. amid growing outcry from democrats over the lack of transparency over the whole process. this afternoon, gop senators say they expect to learn the actual contents of the health care overhaul by the end of this week. and as i'm sure it is where you live, health care is a topic of major conversation in georgia today. they've got a special election going on there right now for the congressional seat left vacant by health and human services secretary tom price. polls close in less than four hours. a live coming up. start at the white house though, talking about health care. kristen welker standing there for

i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. the breaking news is out of paris. an incident near the notre dame cathedral took place. kelly cobiella is in the london bureau. what do you know? >> police in paris confirmed there was an attempted assault on a police officer in the vicinity of notre dame cathedral. there are reports that people have been told to stay inside the cathedral if that's where they were at the time. people have been advised to stay away from the area by paris police in a tweet that came through just about a half an hour ago. an eyewitness tells nbc news that police sho this man at least thr times after he tried to assault this police officer. it's not clear the status of this man, whether he was killed, but you're looking there at a picture of paris right now. just outside notre dame cathedral, you can see the police presence there. no tourists there. normally tourists in the area. that's a popular spot, right in the heart of the city. a big tourist spot, notre dame cathedral. this follows, as you'll remember, back in april the shooting of

right now, i'm send eing you ov to hang out with my colleagues, ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> don't> she'll get a brand-new one that'll be better. >> have a great day. >> thanks, guy. >> i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie rhule. let's get started. >> the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi. those were lies, plain and simple. >> says, quote, despite somentsl and complete vindlatioication. and, wow, comey is a leaker. >> first, he'll try to charm you. if not, he bullies you. if that doesn't work, he walks away from you. just walks away from the deal. if that doesn't work, he sues you. >> the president'new at this. he is new to government. >> good moring. we're doing well. do you have any comments on mr. comey's testimony yesterday? >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> i don't work for the whitoe house or in the white house. i don't know if tapes were made. >> top presidential adviser and the

i'm ali velshi, good morning. >> i'm stephanie ruhle.can get through this but let's get started. >> always tierrific to be able o leave the washington swamp, phony witch hunts against me. everything going. we won last night and even the worst of them said that was a big win for trump. i love all people, rich or poor but in those particular positions i just don't want a poor person, does that make sense? solar wall. let's see. we're working it out. panels, beautiful. pretty good imagination, right? my idea. >> if we went and got the single greatest health care plan in the hist

you have another busy 60 minute ace head with my friends ali velshi and stephanie rhule.nd on the internet, as well. to you in new york. >> we've been considering having you stay there a while. it is extremely busy today. >> when -- hallie jackson, it is a busy hour. when was it not a busy hour? >> when was the last time you were saying, here to stretch for you are ali and stephanie? >> 2014. >> that's correct. let's party like it's 2014. have a great rest of your day. good morning, everyone. i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie rhule. let's start with the breaking news out of north korea. the white house confirming in the last hour that north korea has officially released an american college student who had been held captive there for nearly a year and a half. the 22-year-old, an undergraduate at the university of virginia, was serving a 15-year prison sentence with hard labor for alleged anti-state acts. his release leaves three other americans still held in north korea. we're going to take you directly to nbc's hans nichols, joining us from the white house. let's talk abou

much more news on this very busy day with my colleagues ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> i love them stephanie ruhle. >> and i'm ali velshi, let's get started. >> ominous warning to syria. >> the new stern statement implies an attack by the assad regime could be imminent. >> a warning that took some u.s. military officials by surprise. >> it's an unnerving statement, i'm not sure what information he has i'm all for deterring assad from using chemical weapons. >> i'm trying to figure out by the end of close of business today, there a health care bill we're talking about. >> you think it's not going to impact you and your family, dead wrong. >> it's not people are getting pushed off, it's that people will choose off not to buy something they don't like or want. it's the biggest signature issue we have and biggest promise we've ever made in the modern era. >> have you seen a single person come out on the air on your program or anywhere else saying this is a good bill? >> no. >> obviously it's not good news, the important

well to velshi and ruel. stephanie is off.ted. >> the plan we put in place would not allow individuals to fall in the cracks, not have individuals lose coverage. >> not cuts to medicaid, slows the rate for the future and allows governors more flexibility with medicaid dollars because they are closest to the people in need. >> if you are able-bodied and you would like to go and find employment and have employer sponsored benefits, then you should be able to do

facets that they put together they post a lot of people from some big networks in the states ali velshi move from c.n.n. he's a well known journalist over to al-jazeera america so they have the big names that even had an interview they had a with a well not exactly interview but a tape of bin ladin speaking and this is the way they started off they started off very strong award winning the ad shows that were award winning some great journalism great investigative journalism and then it just kind of went all downhill from there that station actually was bought the spot on the dial if you want to call it that from al gore or from a station that he had al gore ended up suing them because he said he didn't get all the money that he was supposed to from al jazeera we know that they had a lawyer on board who was. really a lawyer discover this guy was a lawyer at all he wasn't able to practice law in the states and i think most importantly there were allegations of both the sexism as well as anti semitism within outages era of america so al-jazeera when they were shutting down they said you kn

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i'm ali velshi. the clock is ticking closer to a senate vote on health care.that bill has not been lifted. we did learn a few moments ago, senate republicans will be given a discussion draft of the bill during an all republican closed door meeting at 9:30 am. you know, guys, we'll all have to see this bill eventually. why not just show it to us? i'll talk to one of the organizations demanding to meet with mitch mcconnell over what cuts would mean for the 29 million americans with diabetes. >>> also on capitol hill today, house and senate designed to pinpoint russia's role in the hacking of the 2016 general election and how we can be spared from having the same what happened conversations in future elections. secretary of state rex tillerson, secretary of defense james mattis holding a press conference alongside chinese leaders at the capitol. perhaps the most important topic of the discussion today, the big one, north korea. >>> and we're following breaking news in flint, michigan. possible terror attack at the airport there. th this, after a police officer wa

in fact, alli velshi said it was four dark speeches all in one.political day for the white house. >> yeah, it got me thinking. i agree. i was watching it as it played out. a couple things jumped out at he me. there was the tone of this speech. there was the length of this speech. >> 35 minutes. >> more than half an hour. unlike a state of the union address he is going through it without audience reaction so the word down was enormous although it does get me thinking, we've had those moments with donald trump. we look at his republican national convention, wow, we have never had a convention like this. the tone was very strange. it was missing pomp and circumstance. the crowds were empty. we looked at his inauguration when he talked about carnage. we had never seen and heard an inaugural like this. again, it does get to it. i don't want to say this is a popular president. he is not by traditional measure a popular president. but with donald trump i don't think that's the question. i think the question is he stitched together a coalition that was ju

you can always find me on twitter, facebook, and instagram, on ali velshi. thanks for watching? white house with nicole wallace" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's health ca4:00. if you were my attorney general, would you haveecused yourself from the russia investigation? that's the question president trump is putting to friends and allies lately, along with sharing his theory that all of his current political problems are tied to that single act by jeff sessions, the act of recusing himself from the russia investigation, which led to the appointment of special counsel, bob mueller. "the new york times" today reporting that president trump has intermittently fumed for months over mr. session' decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation into meddling in last year's election. the white house today dodging questions about trump's level of confidence in his ag. >> how would you describe the president's level of confidence in the attorney general, jeff sessions? >> i have not had a discussion with him about that. >> the last time you said that, there was a developm

ali velshi standing by to take it away. >>> good afternoon. here in new york, still following fast moving updates in the aftermath of today's riveting testimony on capitol hill. if you're looking for a two-sentence summary of the testimony, it's not that easy. there is so much that needs to be carefully unpacked. that's what we plan to do with you this hour. before that, the president's personal lawyer just responded in the last hour to what mr. comey had to say. >> in some, it is now established that the president was not being investigated for clueding with or attempting to obstruct any investigation. as the committee pointed out today, these important facts for the country to know are virtually the only facts have not been leaked during course of these events. as he said yesterday, the president feels completely vinld indicated, and is eager to continue moving forward with his agenda with the business of this country and with this public cloud removed. >> now, in case weren't glued to the tv earlier, here are some of the biggest moments of

we're joined now by ali velshi, also page winningham, and garrett hake as well. we want to spend time looking ba back, he admitted that he has not read the bill and it's entirety, what he has seen so far is enough to help him figure out he is against it. the win over moderates in the senate, and what that has done you're seeing here is a provoking from the right side. he says he is speaking for three others. these are four of the most conservative senators on the republican side. it was about this change that had been made from the house bill to the senate bill involving subsidies or action is credits. helping lower income people pay for health insurance. it tied it to age and one of the biggest complaints you heard and that is until you got up to medicare age you're going to pay more and more and more. it ties it to income. if you're under the 400% poverty line you can get these credits. rand paul is looking at that, the conservatives are looking at that, and this is obama care. what is supposed to entice rand paul changes in medicaid. they don't quick in until

ali velshi, it is all yours. >> i'm running out of words to describe weird. >> it's sad. >> thank you. very good coverage. pointing out that the president are talking about violence. the press briefing just wrapped up on a day with so much news on health care, on the travel ban, most of the briefing was spent on a tweet the president sent out this morning about an nbc host. >> personally being affected by all of this as well. nothing is wrong with the president fighting fire with fire is the argument you're making. i would ask you this on a personal level. you have sat here and talked about your family from this podium. are you going to tell them this is okay? >> i've been asked to before, when it comes to role models as a person of faith, we all have one person question, i point to god. i point to my faith. none of us are perfect and there is only one that is. i would point that directio