i'm ali velshi. stephanie is off. stories we're watching, white house has new chief of staff john kelly, sworn in by president trump. he's inside the full cabinet meeting at the white house as chief of staff. used to go to those as cabinet secretary. in russia vladimir putin cutting u.s. diplomatic staff. he said 755 staff will be removed from their roles in the country. the cold waresque punishment is in response to sanctions. four arrested for a plot to bomb an airplane in australia. they arrested after intelligence of islamic-style attack. security is tightened at airports as police continue to inveigate eincident. >>> also today republican senator john mccain begins trt for an aggressive brain tumor. his office says he's expected to return to washington by the end of the august recess. jury deliberations have begin in the trial of martin shkreli. he's called most hated man in america for spiking lifesaving aids drug. we'll bring you the verdict as soon as it comes out. we've been talking about the president's lase

ru"velshi & "velshi & ruhle."king to its lowest level in months. just a lack of confidence in what is going on right now. as we see the stock market is lower today as well. however, to a point that we have to make to people, it has been some years since the stock market has been an indicator of the economy. sort of decoupled. half of americans don't hold stock. >> half of americans don't hold stock. but they often tout the huge increase in the stock market, which is a positive, there has been a trump bump. last week, two of the greatest investors of maybe all time spoke in sun valley extensively about that disconnect, a booming market is not a direct reflection on an economy. please remember that. >> amazon is jumping into the meal kit delivery service. shares of blue apron dropped dramatically since monday. since the news broke that amazon has registered the trademark, we do the prep, you be the chef. >> blue apron, just ipo'd in the last couple of months, amazon comes knocking on your door. it is tough. >> yeah.

welcome, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. most of the headlines coming out of the g20 summit in germany are trump versus putin. president trump versus trade may bow just as up important. >> reports are huge tariffs are being hotly debated inside the white house which is where we're going to start right now. >> you know, it's extraordinary. president trump has been meeting with heads of state at the g20 and that's the global forum of 20 of the world's largest -- germany, russia, china and japan among others. an international trade policy is a huge topic of discussion, as of trump's threats to blow it all up. there have been reports of clashes not just around the world, between competing camps within the administration. on one side, i like it like a roundup, led by the american firsters, they want to slap tariffs as high as 25% on all steel imports. the other side led by globalists are dead against that. ultimately, the president decides. now let's just break down who's in those camps. of course the nationalists -- >> the ameri

more news with ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. i trust you're in nice cool ac. >> keeping it sweaty in d.c., nice. >> i'm going to let that thought go by. good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. so much to cover, let's get you started. >> american in paris, president trump meets the french president but cannot escape the scandal du jour. >> i like him. >> looking for more positive headlines with the white house particularly paralyzed with the russia matter back in washington. >> that short news conference later on today, he will almost certainly face questions about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign. >> they should have somebody like me on the staff. they should have had somebody to look into this thing and say, maybe this is a bad idea. >> jared kushner's security clearance, he should have one, right? he's a white house adviser. >> yeah, i think the bigger qui why jared kushner still has a job. >> people start talking under oath instead of just talking out into the air waves where they

with velshi and ruhle. work. >> he's punchy on a friday. >> npr came across several new job postings by the trump organization after getting permission by the federal government to hire foreign workers at two of the president's private clubs in florida. the jobs were posted on the department of labor website yesterday and as you can see they are looking for 26 cooks and 50 servers and 50 housekeepers and hostess and r bartend bartender. i've been all three, could have called me a few years ago. the pay varies from $10 to $14 an hour. as npr points out the mar-a-lago club in past years relied on foreign workers during peak season. >> joining us in person, in the flesh, normally in florida. >> love to be here. >> this is a h2b visa. >> it's a visa for temporary workers. in other words an employer needs somebody for a certain amount of months per year and they coincide with peak season for certain industry, landscaping, fisheries, ski resort in the winter and summer resort, place like mar-a-lago in the winter.

. >> welcome to "velshi & ruhle." i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. people always say it's talk russia, russia, russia with the media. how about immigration. the immigration debate hitting america's farms. we all know migrant workers have been the life blood of u.s. agriculture but most come from mexico, and now they are not coming. when farmers need them most, harvest season. >> meanwhile it was made in america week for the white house but for the rest of washington it was another week of battling over russia, white house staffing and, as always these days, health care. >> well, republicans in the senate despite fighting obamacare for so long couldn't even get enough votes to open trumpcare for debate. that is as key gop moderates defected on the case of senator john mccain rushed away for medical treatment. the talk has gone from repeal and replace to repeal only to just kill obamacare and back to rebeal and replace. president trump has pressured lawmakers. he's had some stuff talk, into putting off their summer recess to try again next week. but th

right now my colleague ali velshi picking things up. >> have a great rest of the day. good morning, everyone, my colleague stephanie ruhle is out today. but let's get started. >> call on all nations to confront this global threat. i don't like to talk about what i have planned. but i have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about. i don't draw red lines. president obama drew a red line. >> again, we've drawn a line. we have said this cannot go on. >> they have the missile ability to potentially reach and that simply takes options off the table for the united states. within 50 miles of the border, 26 million koreans, 130,000 americans. >> the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. >> will you once and for all yes or no say russia interfered in the 2016 election? >> i think it was russia and could have been other people and other countries. could have been a lot of people interfered. >> maybe it was russia, maybe it was the dude in jersey. >> they say it was russia. why won't you agree and say it

tylenol® >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle."ng thing about us, we're kind of -- >> ali's hair. >> we're kind of business nerds and follow economic and follow the money. as we continue to follow breaking developments surrounding the 2016 meeting in june at trump tower where donald trump jr. was hoping to get dirt on hillary clinton, the "washington post" is turning to another trump child, ivanka. president trump has been railing against companies who outsource jobs overseas. he's promised to bring jobs back in part by declaring buy american, hire american. he threatens american companies that make things overseas but the "washington post" claims ivanka trump's business practices don't necessarily follow her father's molt tto, t company relies heavily on foreign factories and companies including bangladesh and indonesia and china using low wage laborers. all clothing products from the company -- we asked people to guess, how much was made in the united states? a lot of tweets said zero percent. zero, none. that would be possible.

tylenol® >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle."r before the end of the summer. following president trump's abrupt firing of james comey am may. the senate judiciary committee voted unanimouslyt 1200++ so bob mueller to your point is going to stay on course. jeff sessions isn't going to do much given he's recused himself from all things associated with russia. do you think jeff sessions should quit at this point. in a norm at setting, you would guess that he should but could one make the argument the president is just baiting jeff sessions to quit, so he can put somebody else in the position, he can control more? >> trying to know what is on the president's mind is always somewhat hazardous activity, but here's what is clear about these threats to jeff sessions. it is an issue larger than jeff sessions. the president wants a political lackey in that role. jeff sessions should not be forced it resign for obeying the ethical rules and upholding the rule of law. i oppose jeff sessions. in fact, i was first member of the judiciary commi

this is velshi and ruhle. we're talking whether the president discussed sanctions with russia in the high-profile meeting with vladimir putin. >> we heard they discussed russian interference in the election. remember that tepid statement from secretary of state tillerson. >> that was off camera. >> where he said he brought up the concern of the american people not the administration. president trump himself, however, tweeting sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with president putin, which did seem to contradict what secretary tillerson said. he was one of only six people in the room. here is his voice. >> the president took note of action that is have been discussed by the congress. most recently additional sanctions that had been vote out of the senate to make it clear as to the seriousness of the issue. >> which was it? they talk about sanctions or didn't talk about sanctions? >> hijacking his own team, undercutting rex tillerson who joined the president three days ago. why do this to your top lieuten

. >>> nbc news business correspondent ali velshi joins me now. if you're one of the millions who have obamacare and think it's status quo at the point, what is the reality? >> we're not clear what the president wants to have happen. he does have power. one of the lesser known provisions of obamacare is money goes from this administration from health and human services to insurance companies to subsidize them for taking on these insureds. because of the uncertainty, even if obamacare doesn't get repealed, insurance companies are worried they'll lose those subsidies. that's why they've been pulling out am sof markets. they'll increase premiums as a result of the uncertainty. you could end up with obamacare existing as the law of the land but coverage unavailable but too expensive for average people. >> ali velshi, thank you for your insight. >>> in other news tonight, the outraged family of an australian bride-to-be is demanding answers why a minneapolis police fatally shot her after she called 911 herself. authorities have confirmed she died from

handing to ali velshi in new york going solo. >> i'll try to do a good job. i'm ali velshi. stephanie ruhle is off. let's get started. >> plmpz latest performance review unflattering. his approval rating falling to 36%. >> his disapproval numbers are higher than bill clinton or barack obama. >> this week marks six months since the trump administration was sworn into office. >> i don't know how many meetings he had in total. i don't know whether most of them were listed. >> the changing story is embarrassing. the changing story is stupid. the changing story is a mistake. >> this is about as clear evidence you could find of intent by the campaign to collude with the russians. >> level of credibility from senior levels of administration really is suspect, and i think suspect regardless of which political party you belong to. >> opposition research is a big part of the campaign. >> doesn't go on with the russians all the time, jay. >> here is what happened. first of all, nothing happened. >> a lot more disclosures ahead that follows the pattern of all these leaks from apparently

ali velshi, are we taking the president's bait? think of the things we should be focused on today, paul manafort, russia, health care? >> when i saw the tweet, the first thing i said this morning we will. we will talk health care today and talk about russia and that stuff and we will talk about transgender people in the military because we can all hold more than three thoughts at the same time. let's talk about trans jendser people in the military, shane. i would imagine it's tough in life being a transgender person in america, not because of the personal struggle but the community in which we live still learning to understand these things. then you join a military, all about rules and tradition and that's extra hard. then you put your life on the line because you join the military. i would imagine a transgender person who makes it all the way to being a member of the -- one of the u.s. military services has got to be one of the best people we have around protecting our freedoms? >> to be quite honest, inherentlyeing transgender pe

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. let's get started. >> son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner, we now know what he'll tell lawmakers on capitol hill. >> did anybody with the campaign collude with russia. >> meeting today with the senate committee behind closed doors and he won't be under oath. >> he attended for about 10 minutes and texted his assistant and said this is a waste of my time, get me out of here. give me a quick call. this is not useful to me and he left the meeting. no coordination, collaboration between the trump campaign and anybody involved with russia. >> subpoenas are going to be necessary for trump jr. and paul manafort to appear and the other witnesses. >> why is he tweeting about pardons? >> well, i think, unfortunately he may have have had a conversation in the oval office or somewhere about private pardons have not been discussed and pardons are not on the table. >> why are we talking about pardons, there's no presidential pardon, no presidential crime. >> we support where the legislation

you are watching velshi and ruhle. we continue now with breaking news, donald trump jr.is the full e-mail chain that we have not verified it that shows how his meeting with the russian lawyer was put together, no comment from the white house about the new release of this e-mail. joining us now, cnbc editor at large john harwood, writing expense live abo extensively about the trump family history. >> this is all right out in front of us. donald trump since 1987, when he wrote the art of the deal, talked about doing business in russia, and they have done business in russia, including the miss universe pageant. he wanted help from the russians in the campaign as the e-mails make clear. russians provided help to president trump and now despite what senator cruz told you a few minutes ago, he has been helping russia, how? because a big goal of the russians is to weaken the western alliance, weaken nato, president trump has been grudging in his support for nato, article 5. took it out of the speech earlier. he did reiterate it at the g-20 the other day and now we see why he wa

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i think ali velshi is right and ron klain. jonathan martin just said on twitter, "news: two arizona republicans with direct knowledge tell me they now anticipate mccain will vote no on skinny." >> wow. >> again, we apologize on behalf of our elected representatives that anything has been labeled skinny. it is a piece of legislation that potentially affects millions of americans. garrett haake, our correspondent in the rotunda. garrett, it's true and maybe it isn't, but is a difficult person to put pressure on. ask the north vietnamese. the other person getting a lot of pressure is lisa murcowski who was a no vote and she took a tweet from the president about this. that was about the interior secretary trying to put pressure on here. we can't see her on the floor on the camera angles, but the producer in the room said there is a large group of republicans around her on the floor potentially working on her as one of the other people who was thought to be a likely or possible no vote and trying to get last minute arm twisting fro

. >> it's saturday and i'm ali velshi, what a week. >> what a week. i am stephanie ruhle. a week of drama in washington with president trump's closest aides at open war with one another. >> the biggest drama played out on the senate chamber floor so let's start there right now. >> it has been desperate times in the senate with republicans trying to come up with something, basically anything that can dismantle the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. the latest defeat came in the wee hours of friday morning. trumpcare has taken many forms over the last six months, but all aimed to significantly alter the current law of the land. so for fact sake, why hasn't president trump been more successful? it may have a little bit to do with this. president trump and his administration have promised better health coverage for all americans. even though every analysis available says the opposite. under trumpcare the president promised significantly lower premiums, but the senate legislation would not have lowered premiums for a large number of people. according to the kaiser fa

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>>> i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. what a week.cifically got the air sucked out of it with new revelations suggesting collusion between the trump election campaign and russian government operatives. >> now, sanctions against russia are at the center of donald trump jr.'s controversial meeting last summer. we'll have more on that what means in a few moments. >>> first, it was another big week for our nation's health care. >> it matters. senate republicans have come up with their revisions to their first obamacare replacement bill designed to win over more gop lawmakers. the revisions provide for cheaper, what they call skinny plans, offering narrow insurance coverage that will not cover all essential health benefits. and for the first time, americans would be able to use tax credits to cover catastrophic insurance and tax-free health savings accounts to pay their insurance premiums. meanwhile, massive, massive medicaid cuts are staying in place. ali, the republicans say they're offering americans cheaper choices to pay for health in

facebook, instagram, @ali velshi on snapchat.right now. >>> hi everyone. 4:00. 10:00 in hamburg, germany. two men obsessively worried about how they're perceived by the citizens and the press sent an undeniable message by the duration of their interlude. donald j. trump and vladimir putin spending two hours and 15 minutes together today. joined only by the chief diplomats and one translator each. president trump reportedly went there on russian meddling according to his secretary of state and for his part vladimir putin reportedly agreeing to a limited cease-fire in southwestern syria. we have reporters with eyes on all of the developments. but first, secretary tillerson spoke to reporters in hamburg after that marathon session. >> the president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the american people regarding

don't miss velshi and ruhle this saturday.unique take on the news with a focus on in this case the trump administration, how its policies affect jobs, money and the economy and this week i have a special feature on space. tomorrow's the 59th anniversary of the founding of nasa. so that's all going to happen tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. eastern with my buddy stephanie ruhle. you can find me on twitter, facebook, and instagram. thanks for the comments on my glasses by the way. i'm on snapchat @velshi. thank you for watching. see you later. but "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. 4:00. 24 hours ago, i asked if we were anywhere near the bottom in our political discourse. by the end of the hour i had my answer. in an interview conducted by ryan his sa, anthony scaramucci displayed a toxic level of animosity toward two of president trump's most senior white house advisers. according to one with first hand knowledge of trump's appetite, he said it can get worse and he chided me for suggesting we

ali velshi picks things up for now. >>> thanks very much. good morning. i'm ali velshi. wednesday, july the 5th. stephanie ruhle is off today. let's get started. breaking overnight. new images of north korea launching its first missile that could potentially reach the united states. the secretary of state calling this a new escalation of the threat. >> they flew for 40 minutes, 1700 miles up into space. if you flatten that out it means they could put a missile on america's doorstep. >> kind of like two streams coming together. the titanic and the iceberg. i would say those streams haven't quite crossed. they are probably a year away, maybe a year and a half. >> we do have challenges but we will handle those challenges, believe me. >> all eyes will be on that all-important meeting at the end of the week with russia's president vladimir putin. white house officials say there is no agenda for that meeting. >> we didn't have any relationship at all. there was a time when he used to come to moscow but you know, i never met with him. >> adding to the tension, hamburg is prepar

for our last hour of coverage, my friend ali velshi takes it away here. >> good evening, i'm ali velshi, breaking news right now after seven years of campaigning and long-held promises senate republicans have been soundly defeated in their attempt to repeal obamacare. the loss comes after they lost one last-ditch effort to kill the bill that they have derided for so long. it looks like it all came down to senator john mccain who received a round of applause as he walked into the chamber, signaling the thumbs down and keeping the affordable care act the law of the land. msnbc's garrett haik has been with us through the evening, garrett, i think that is your camera on senators -- you have a different camera. there are senators mike enzy leaving the senate chamber, tell mu me how it went down from your perspective, you said people didn't know where john mccain was going on this. >> i think six hours ago this result would have surprised a lot of people, after that press conference this evening where john mccain, lindsey graham, ron johnson and others said they would vote for the bill if the

for our last hour of coverage, my friend ali velshi takes it away here. >> good evening, i'm ali velshi,

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i'm ali velshi. brian will be back on monday.t from nbc headquarters in new york city. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> well, we have inmate kevin blanco who is a little upset. >> no, no. you've got to use force. >> they'll take their food for hostage. they'll take a shower hostage. >> strip down or stay right there. >> if it will get them the attention they want, they'll take it hostage. >> shoot me one more time and i'll come down.

i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle.ea mitchell reports." >> john mccain is back for the key health care vote and jared kushner is taking questions from the congressman en on the intelligence committee. we'll find out a pivotal vote just hours from now. >> tom price is also here. by the way, are you going to get the ves? he bter get them. he better get them. otherwise, i'll say, tom, you're fired. >> the breakup? the president was joking about his health secretary but it's no joke about his attorney general. white house officials comparing the trump/sessions relationship to a couple on the verge of divorce. >>> look, i know that he is certainly frustrated and disappointed in the attorney general for recusing himself, but that frustration certainly hasn't gone away and, you know, i don't think it will. >> and on my honor. president donald trump at the boycott jamboree talking about loyalty but last night's speech wasn't

see you later on. >>> i'm ali velshi.mes out about president trump's time in office and the ongoing russia probe, today might very well get its own chapter. the president's son, donald trump jr., tweeted out a series of his own e-mails. they detail the leadup to that now infamous campaign season meeting with a kremlin-linked attorney. the person trump jr. was e-mailing was this fellow here.

as always, find me on twitter, facebook and instagram @ali velshi, on snapchat. i'll hand it over to "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace which starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 and it's a big day on both ends of pennsylvania avenue today. john mccain is back in the senate, one week after sharing his cancer diagnosis with the world. galvanizing his colleagues on both sides of the aisle with a stark reminder of the constitutional mandate that binds them. >> let's trust each other. let's return to regular order. we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. that's an approach that's been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down, without any support from the other side, with all the parliamentary maneuvers that requires. we are getting nothing done, my friends, we are getting nothing done. this

ali velshi picks things up for now. >>> thanks very much. good morning. i'm ali velshi. july the 5th. stephanie ruhle is off today. let's get started. breaking overnight. new images of north korea launching its first missile that could potentially reach the united states. the secretary of state calling this a new escalation of the threat. >> they

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. >> the president's son met with a russian who claimed to haven. >> on saturday told donald trump jr. we primarily discussed the adoption of russian children. >> 24 hours later this latest claim he had been prompted dirt on hillary clinton. >> i don't know much about it. it was a nothing meeting. >> no information was received that was meaningful or helpful and no action taken. >> certainly shows a willingness to collude. >> here we're talking about a foreign adversary government working with a presidential campaign. >> unacceptable. this borders on treason, if not self treason. >> we discussed impenetrable cyber security so election hacking and many other things will be guarded. >> having capabilities to make sure we both fight cyber together, which i think is a very significant accomplishment. >> it's not the dumbest idea i've ever heard but it's close. >> that might be putin making vicious fun for him knowing he'd fall for it. >> i'm sure vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he's doing the hacking. >> the meeting

i'm ali velshi. stephanie ruhle it off. >>> chief of staff sworn in. american dreams meet can kelly stop the chaos after a week that's widely seen as political tm

. >>> welcome back to "velshi & ruhle."want to talk about this, as the senate ponders the next move on health care, the house may soon decide if it will follow the senate's lead and pass tough negotiations, real legitimate sanctions against russia. sanctions that could devastate its recovering economy. the proposed sanctions target four main areas, defense, energy, finance and technology. and they would ban u.s. companies from doing business with some russian firms and ban some russians from traveling to the u.s. the bill would also impose sanctions on iran and north korea. i'm joined now by the one and only ian bremmer, this is extraordinary. if you think of the russian economy, we talk about russia versus u.s., like they are a super power. their economy even without the sanctions is in the toilet. eight years ago it was did he have vas taillighted. ifthy get hit with these sanctions now, then what? >> the russian economy is also small, smaller than that of the five boroughs in new york city. >> so important. >> it is a mi

you can find me on twitter, facebook and instagram @ali velshi and snapchat @velshi.olle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00. there is big news on the russia this hour. the guest list grows. the identity of other participant in the meeting arranged by donald trump jr. to get dirt on hillary clinton is now known. the "new york times" is reporting that the latest name to surface is that of ike kaveladzee who was sent to make sure that the favor was executed. >>> today news that donald trump jr. and paul manafort, who were in the meeting, have been cleared by special counsel bob mueller to testify in public. >>> first to the republicans' big fail. the senate republican health care bill all but died. trump is in denial at this point, and he is not taking the fall. >> i don't think it's dead, no, but i'm certainly disappointed for seven years i have been hearing repeal and replace from congress and i have been hearing it loud and

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> and i'm ali velshi.1st, get start. >> the key figure in the controversy is speaking out to us this morning xbl we know about president putin and president trump meeting three times in the g-20. they met for the bilateral and met at the dinner and -- >> maybe they want to toilet together. >> the white house is trying to turn the tables on the special counsel leading the russia investigation. >> the president what he thinks the thought, it is quickly on his lips. >> the mueller investigation has so much conflicts of interest, it's almost an absurdity. >> where is this going? if you're going to keep up every chute and ladder and the president made very clear this is a witch hunt. >> he lost two members of his legal team. >> the post also reporting mr. trump asked advisers about

see you later on. >>> i'm ali velshi. when the book comes out about president trump's time in office and the ongoing russia probe, today might very well get its own chapter. the president's son, donald trump jr., tweeted out a series of his own e-mails. they detail the leadup to that now infamous campaign season meeting with a kremlin-linked attorney. the person trump jr. was e-mailing was this fellow here. music publicist rob goldstone. he said an attorney had quote, information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. talking about hillary clinton and donald trump. and more than that, the e-mails indicate that donald trump jr. was told in advance that this attorney was with or representing the russian government. as for that attorney, he met with my colleague, keir simmons, who tracked her down in moscow, in an exclusive interview she denied any connection with the kremlin but in an apparent contradiction to what donald trump jr. has said, the attorney says the

i'm ali velshi. we've got another one. a brand-new explanation from the white house about that secret meeting at trump tower. president trump tweeting today, most politicians would have taken a meeting like this. the one don jr. took because, quote, that's politics. hours later sean spicer saying this. >> it's quite often for people who are given information during the heat of a campaign, to ask what that is. that's simply what he did. there's nothing as far as we know to lead anyone to believe there was anything except for a discussion about adoption and the magnitsky act. >> voters may want a better explanation. a new poll, only 26% saying that the meeting was appropriate. the white house now trying to take the focus off the russia investigation again. declaring, are you sitting down for this one, made in america week. despite many trump products still being made overseas. here he is checking out the front seat of a fire truck. and this is president trump trying on an american-made cowboy hat. >> y

more news with ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. cool ac. >> keeping it sweaty in d.c., nice. >> i'm going to let that thought go by. good morning, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. so much to cover, let's get you started. >> american in paris, president trump meets the french president but cannot escape the scandal du jour. >> i like him. >> looking for more positive headlines with the white house particularly paralyzed with the russia matter back in washington. >> that short news conference later on today, he will almost certainly face questions about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign. >> they should have somebody like me on the staff. they should have had somebody to look into this thing and say, maybe this is a bad idea. >> jared kushner's security clearance, he should have one, right?

handing to ali velshi in new york going solo. >> i'll try to do a good job. i'm ali velshi. get started. >> plmpz latest performance review unflattering. his approval rating falling to 36%. >> his disapproval numbers are higher than bill clinton or barack obama. >> this week marks six months since the trump administration was sworn into office. >> i don't know how many meetings he had in total.

i'm stephanie ruhle. >> i'm ali velshi. get started. >> son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner, we now know what he'll tell lawmakers on capitol hill. >> did anybody with the campaign collude with russia. >> meeting today with the senate committee behind closed doors and he won't be under oath. >> he attended for about 10 minutes and texted his assistant and said this is a waste of my time, get me out of here. give me a quick call. this is not useful to me and he left the meeting. no coordination,

good morning, i'm stephanie ruhle. >> and i'm ali velshi.ly 26th, let's get started. >> american heroes week and the president has defined who he now believes are heroes. >> please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. >> they are about 250 individuals that are currently serving that are transgender. >> it's a sad day that he's taking us backwards on this issue after so many years of making progress. >> any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare and i'll predict they have a lot of problems. >> we have two republicans that wednesday against us which is very sad, it's very, very sad for them. >> it's time for democrats to stop resisting. that's their term, resisting. resist. >> i'm very disappointed with the attorney general but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> you can fire him. >> i could but we'll see what happens. >> i can't imagine recess,

ali velshi is on assignment today, it is wednesday, july 19th, let's get you started. >> president trump had a previously indisclosed conversation with vladimir putin. >> got up and went around the table and sits down next to putin and they are yucking it up, very engaged and animated. >> focused on one leader for an hour, you know, that's t good forum at the dinr party, right? >> reflected a much warmer relationship between trump and putin than he has with any of the other leaders in the room. >> we have no idea what was discussed. >> there wasn't even an american within ear shot to listen to what these two talked about for an hour. >> there's nothing secret about this. there were literally hundreds and hundreds of cameras when the president spoke to vladimir putin. >> let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it. i'm not going to own it. >> that's outrageous, we won't let him sabotage our health care system, we have to work in a bipartisan way to make it better. >> it would be nice to have democrat support but they are obstructionists. >> isn't a great thing the republicans looked ove

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i'm ali velshi. have a great weekend. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the plot thickens.rdball." >>> good evening. i'm steve corn actikornacki in matthews. doubts about the evolving account of donald trump jr. who attend that had meeting on kremlin sourced dirt on hillary clinton. this morning there was a report that there was a previously undisclosed person also in the room that day. the russian american

i'm ali velshi. brian will be back on monday. good night from nbc headquarters in new york city. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> well, we have inmate kevin blanco who is a little upset. >> no, no. you've got to use force. >> they'll take their food for hostage. they'll take a shower hostage. >> strip down or stay right there. >> if it will get them the attention they want, they'll take it hostage. >> shoot me one more time and i'll come down. >>> here at the penitentiary in new mexico, we have a level ii facility. a level v facility. and we have a level vi facility. level ii is more of a restrictive, minimum inmate where, you know, we allow to work outside with minimum supervision. level v is supervision all the time. and obviously level vi is a full-time observation of those inmates. >> you all right? >> this is the maximum security facility on level vi for the penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst within level vi and level vi is