i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. hope to see you back bright and early morrow on tuesday. to to ok honey you play with your monkey while i get your little brother cleaned up. daughter: uh oh. monkey swimming. irreplaceable monkey protection. detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria, but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. daughter: uh oh. lysol. what it takes to protect. >>> good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we begin debreaking news out of the east bay. all lanes in san leando have opened after a deadly crash. >> live at the scene right now with details on what happened. rick. >> reporter: yeah, this is kind of a chain reaction type of accident, but sam just hit it on the head about the traffic right now. all lanes have opened just as we arrived here, here on 880. this happened south of marina. crews cleared the wreck involving multiple vehicles that began a chain reaction of events. a vehicle with a

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. the flight schedule to fly from japan to los angeles. watch this here. you see passengers go back and forth. at one point flight attendants tried to move the man in the red shirt toward the front of the plane. he comes back and starts fighting again. japan today reports a 44-year-old american male passenger was charged with assault after choking an airlines employee last night. nbc has not confirmed whether that man is in this video. >>> unbelievable. every parent's nightmare a busy campus when a student allegedly stabbed a classmate and injured three others at the university of texas. police arresting 21-year-old kendrex white. they say he attacked the victims with a large hunting knife in the middle of a campus plaza leaving students stunned. >> i saw him stab the guy and that's when i realized like this was a real attack and i turned around and ran. >> the young man killed was identified by family as harrison brown, the other three victims are expected to survive. the university ca

i'm yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters in new york.resident trump wrapping up day one of his nine-day foreign trip. he's in riyadh, saudi arabia, receiving a warm welcome. he's wrapping up with an official dinner and tour of the palace. tomorrow is the highly anticipated address to the muslim world, a speech drafted by stephen miller, the white house adviser, behind the controversial muslim ban. while the president is focused on diplomacy, the controversies he left behind here in the u.s. continue to generate headlines, including that jim comey will testify before the senate intelligence committee after memorial day. >>> before that, the president has a foreign trip to get through with plenty of diplomatic headlines. the president and his team hit the ground running. president trump signing a nearly $1 $110 billion in arms deals with saudi arabia effective immediately. plus, another 350 billion over the next ten years. take a listen to this. >> it was a tremendous day. i just want to thank everybody. but tremendous investments to the u

i am ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we start overseas, a powerful blast left dozens dead, hundreds injured and massive damage after a car bomb exploded in the diplomatic district. afghan officials say at least 80 people killed, more than 300 others injured in kabul after a suicide car bomb detonated near the german embassy and other foreign offices. the blast so heavy, windows shattered in buildings more than a half mile away. more than 30 vehicles damaged or destroyed. the embassy is a 20 minute walk from the center of the explosion. no immediate claims of responsibility for the blast. >>> back in the u.s., once more the world's attention on a tweet the president sent shortly after midnight. president trump sent this from his personal account, writing at 12:06:00 a.m., despite constant negative press, covfefe. that's a number one worldwide trending topic all night and still is this morning as you wake up. it remained the last five hours. the post raises questions about who, if anyone, is monitoring one of the president

i'm yasmin vossoughian, with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. >>> during a dinner where comey wasconvince the president to keep him on as the fbi. over dinner, he says president trump demanded his loyalty and comey did not make. the ousted director believes that meeting was the beginning of his downfall. >> democrats are calling for an investigation into the firing, the letter to the committee chairman calls the decision abrupt and says it undermines the russian investigation. chuck schumer has invited deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to the hill to brief all 100 senators on the firing. of course, it was rosenstein's critical memo of comey that the white house first cited as the reason for the firing. >>> the white house scratched visiting the fbi headquarters. while many of them voted for the president, few are happy about the decision to sack comey and the way it was handled. >>> many are questioning the timing of the decision to p fire jim comey with the russian investigating heating up. here is the president addressing that concern with nbc's lester holt. take a listen.

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside richard liu.tions that president trump reportedly handed over secret intelligence to the russians. the "washington post" said trump revealed highly secret intelligence to the russians. it was a sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details had been held from allies even in the u.s. government. the foreign partner had not given permission to share the information with russia and trump's doing so defies an ally. they revealed the city where the partner detected that threat. a location at the "washington post" is withholding as well as plot details among urging in the trump administration who warned that it would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities. white house security adviser general h.r. mcmaster went before cameras to push back on this report. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sour

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. >> the senators i've spoken to on both sides of the aisle have been shaken by this constant stream of revelations, each one of them in and of itself dramatic and historic. and i think most senators are shaking their heads saying, is this going to end soon? i think we could do with a little less drama from the white house on a lot of things so that we can focus on our agenda. >> are you getting tired of this level of chaos from the white house? >> it would be n

i am yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin.mp arriving in italy's presidential palace moments ago for a bilateral meeting with italy's president. >> once that meeting wraps up, he will head to the ambassador's residence and meet with italy's prime minister. let's bring in claudia from rome. the president meeting with the pope earlier, give a sense how that played out in what i am sure was a well choreographed meeting. >> reporter: it definitely was. what was amazing to see, how president trump and the pope bridged differences. they started on the wrong foot last year with the pope saying whoever builds walls and not bridges is not christian, and president trump back then count erred it, replying it is disgraceful with the pope. they met at the vatican all smiles, and made a joke when he met with melania. he asked melania what do you feed this guy, pizza? apparently we are told is slovenian dessert. bold move. i am sure there were no diplomatic incidents, they were all smiles. in all seriousness, then met privately for 28 minute

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin on this business tuesday morning.mp meeting mahmoud abbas. >> we'll have more on that throughout the morning. the president is responding to breaking news overnight from manchester that at least 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at a concert in that city and its arena. here's the president earlier this morning talking about it. >> so many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by eefl losers in life. i won't call them monsters because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on losers because that's what they are. they're losers. and we'll have more of them. but they're losers. just remember that. >> joining us live from manchester, england, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. bring us up to speed on the investigation. let's talk about where the investigation goes forward. more importantly, what are authorities saying this morning about the potential for any other attacks? do they have the situation under control?

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. >>> late last night charges wereaccused of ramming his car in times uare, richard rojas. he tested negative for alcohol but positive for drugs. he also has hi dishonorable discharge from the navy in 2016. >>> former vice president joe biden was talking politics in las vegas last night. needless to say, it did not stay in vegas. according to fusion, biden said he he, quote, neither thought hillary clinton was a great candidate adding, quote, i thought i was a great candidate. however he did say he thought she would have been a great president. if asked if he would run in 2020, the former vice president said, could i? yes. would i? probably not. >>> back to our top story. deepening investigation into the russia's role in 2016 election. for more we go to nbc's justice correspondent pete williams. >> it's day two on the job for the outside special counsel, robert mueller. he's already hiring staff, ready to dive into an investigation that's been going on for months. senator said the deputy attorney general told them that

. >>> good morning i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. 13 people are dead after severe storms slammed the center of the country. this monster was caught on camera by storm chasers in east texas where it left a path of the destruction 35 miles long. the storm caused massive flooding in missouri and kansas. there were blizzard conditions in western kansas after the state was hit with a heavy spring snow. nbc's jay gray is in missouri this morning. what's the latest on these deadly storms? >> reporter: yeah. frances this is the kind of devastation so many across the strike zone are dealing with. this building pushed off of its foundation and pulled apart by floodwaters. >> look at this thing. >> reporter: a monster tornado. one of more than a dozen to strike this weekend part of a storm system that in other areas delivered flooding rains. >> some of the flooding we're seeing in parts of missouri has surpassed historic levels. >> reporter: soaking and swallowing entire communities. >> the power of water is something that people under estimate and so it is scary, you know, when it'

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. a lot to get to. every parent's nightmare a busy campus when a student alleg three others at the university of texas. police arrested kendrex white. they say he attacked the victims with a large hunting knife in the middle of a campus plaza leaving students stunned. >> i saw him stab the guy and that's when i realized like this was a real attack and i turned around and ran. >> the young man killed was identified by family as harrison brown, the other three victims are expected to survive. the university canceled classes following the stabbing and encouraged students to call parents. police say white's motive unclear. students said rising tensions may have triggered the incident >>> a dallas paramedic is facing a long recovery but lucky to be alive this morning after he was critically injured when a gunman opened fire on first responders. he was treating a separate gun shot victim when the suspect shot him multiple times. police swarmed the area and massive manhunt one officer rushed the emt to the hos

i'm yasmin vossoughian. frances has the morning off. it was a feat republicans promised for over seven years, and this morning they are a step closer to making the repeal of obamacare reality after their plan passed in the house giving president trump a major legislative accomplishment. as he took a victory lap ot the white house, senate democrats and a few republicans said the celebration could be premature. nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: president trump taking a victory lap. >> this is a repeal and replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. >> reporter: it's only a first step, but mr. trump turned it into a made-for-tv celebration flanked by republicans in the rose garden. >> how am i doing? i'm president. hey, i'm president. do you believe it. right. i don't know. i thought you needed a little more time they always told me. more time. but we didn't. >> reporter: the event came after a dramatic vote in the house that went down to the wire. >> the ayes 217, the nays 213. >> reporter: republicans say the bill will lowe

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ahmed.sident party is expected to arrive in an hour in tel aviv where the president will take part in the bilateral meeting with the president. the nation's prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to order his ministers to attend the reception at the airport after a change of plans disinvited them from the tarmac ceremony and reinvited them. only to view the greetings from the sidelines. netanyahu's goal is present a united government to a president hopeful restarting the peace process. the report is netanyahu had to wrestle a closed cabinet meeting with the members of the coalition to win approval of modest gestures meant to encourage the economy and ease conditions in the west bank. president trump scheduled to meet with abbas tomorrow. we saw them heading the flight for israel. >> andrea said this is historic flight as he makes the journey without stopping in another country. joining us from jerusalem is chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea, good to hav youack with us

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour. >> earlier this hour, the pope met president trump in the papal library. pope francis gifted the president three books. one on family, the joys of gospel and care of our common home the environment. he gave him a medal saying it is a symbol of peace. joining us now from rome, italy is claudio lavanga. claudio, tell us the reaction so far. >> reporter: it is not often you see president trump humbled by a meeting with another world leader. that is exactly what happened this morning. they were all smiles when they met. the reporters there in the room at the time report that president trump said i'm honored to meet you. that was a relief in a way. the pope and president trump started on the wrong foot for the past year and a half during the presidential campaign. there was back and forth of the pope calling building walls and not bridges and president trump responded to that saying it was disgraceful. it was nice seeing them smiling. then they went in for 28

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.ht now. >>> we are not here to lecture. we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do. >> i have been very, very direct in saying nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. >> instead we are here to offer partnership based on shared interests and values. >> but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense. >> i also promise that america will not seek to impose hour way of life on others. >> this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states. >> i stand before you as a representative of the american people. >> the best of times, it was the worst of times. >> keynesian. >> good morning, y'all. how are you doing? it's friday. it's good to be here. >> it is. >> president trump, he kind of struck a

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.hington starting right now. >>> i think people in america turn on the tv and think this is all that's happening, this is all we're doing and all we're discussing. that's not the case. i want the american people to know we're busy, hard at work fixing their problems. >> house speaker paul ryan says it's business as usual on capitol hill, but tell that to the markets. we just saw the biggest one-day drop since september over concerns that washington is grinding to a halt. as the trump white house works to get out of its own way, the president takes off tomorrow on what some would call a make-or-break trip overseas for meetings with dozens of world leaders. he'll leave behind a deepening federal investigation now led by a special counsel and growing signs that some republicans are beginning to lose patience with the president. good morning everyone. it's thursday, may 18th. welcome to "morning joe." with us columnist and associate editor of

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. >>> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. >> have a great weekend. >> did you ever urge former fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no, no. next question. >> that was quite a press conference, by the way. we're going to get like a four-minute chunk of him. i'm going to straighten my tie first and then we'll get a four-minute chunk of him contradicting himself. check mark on the tie. this white house, they can't keep up. is willie up in new york? >> yes. >> llie, how are you doing? >> it's like home alone 2, the one where he's left in new york alone. >> that's the one where he meets trump. >> it's very sad. jen is here, joe is here, a few of the guys, but just me and donald trump in the lobby of the plaza. >> go to the plaza, maybe you'll see the donald there. maybe michael jackson will wander around, all of your friends. anyway, the white house is so bad at what they're doing -- everybody is trying to think there's a grand conspiracy, there may be. just on the surface, they're so bad that donald trump

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> this week he's met with muslim leaders, jewish politicians and now the head of the catholic church. president trump will soon wrap up his quick visit to the vatican where he and pope francis met for the first time after publicly sparring on a number of issues, but there is no salvation from washington where the former cia chief gave the most compelling testimony today on russia's potential influence on the trump campaign. all of it coming as the terrorist attack in england raises threat levels dwide. we'll go live to manchester. welcome to "morning joe" on this wednesday, may 24th. along with joe, willie and me, we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. washington anchor for "bbc world news america," katty kay, and co-founder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei with us. we're going to begin with the testimony from the former director of the central intelligence agency john brennan. speaking yesterday before the house intelligence comm

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "morning joe," another morning, another damaging report for the trump white house, yet another. it's chaos. "the washington post" out yesterday with the screaming headline, trump revealed highly classified information to russian foreign minister and ambassador. with us to break it down this morning, we have the co-authority of the report, national security correspondent for "the washington post," greg miller lt columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. former treasury official steve rattner and msnbc political contributor rick tyler. a lot to break down. "the post" broke the story, later matched by buzzfeed and reuters alleging president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian ambassador in a face-to-face meeting. according to the paper, the information considered so sensiti sensitive, details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the u.s. gove

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> the senators i've spoken to on both sides of the aisle have been shaken by this constant stream of revelations, each one of them in and of itself dramatic and historic. and i think most senators are shaking their heads saying, is this going to end soon? i think we could do with a little less drama from the white house on a lot of things so that we can focus on our agenda. >> are you getting tired of this level of chaos from the white house? >> it would be noise to have a drama-free weekend. >> no such luck. this morning, a major development in the controversy over president trump's firing of james comey. a memo from former fbi director claims the president asked him to drop an investigation into michael flynn the day after flynn was fired. the big question this morning, is this obstruction of justice among other things? the chaos continues. this feels like a defining moment. with us we have "new york times" reporter who broke this comey memo story, m