Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Said i know my client is charged in conspiracy but he really colluded. Thats different. Thats a different word. It is nonsense people focusing on the Dictionary Definition when crimes do not care about how we define them. Betsy, Rudy Giuliani is not the only one saying collusions does not matter. Clearly there is a message and strategy is going on here. Let me play what the congressman had to say. If hes proven to have not told the whole truth of the fact the campaign looking for dirt and someone offers it, you listen to them, nobody is going to be surprised. There is something in politics that you take for granted. What is it politics that we are expected to take for granted now Betsy Woodrow . Thats certainly a question. The reality is Cyber Security experts and Law Enforcement experts and political operatives across the spectrum all agree if
Rudy Giuliani is trying to get in front of that. I want to remind how the white house keeps on changing its story. Lets start on 2016 of november. Home hicks said there was no communication and back in 2017 sanders, to the best of our knowledge, there was no communication. And donald trump jr. Denied any campaign related meetings and a month later he admitted a me meeting with the russians and a day later he admits that the campaign was discussed but no meaningful information was shared. September of last year, don jr. Says i did not tell my dad about the meeting. Today Rudy Giuliani says, President Trump did not participate in the that meeting. Put all of this together, where does it lead us . It is a remarkable evolution you are describing there, chris, and bad facts for the trump
administration. There were no contacts. By some counts there were 82 contacts between trump as campaign and the russians. The fbi were in Donald Trumps campaign that russian intelligence were trying to infiltrate. We are not sure what specific things were said in that meeting but this much we know that there is no evidence that the Trump Campaign came clean and said oh by the way we had these meeting s with the russians and George Papadopoulos approach of emails. This drip, drip, drip looks awful for the trump folks and it is not surprising that Rudy Giuliani is relegating to arguing that conclusion is not a crime. What was charged of the indictment of the 12 russian officials, mueller says those known and unknown of the grand jury were complicit. Lets discredit him, right . Lets say we are telling the truth and everybody else out there whos accusing us of something is a liar everyone though lets remind people again speaking of changing narratives, rudy used to good things of Michael Cohen, take a listen. He does not have any in criminating evidence of the president or himself. The man is an honest, honorable lawyer. You had said not too months ago that Michael Cohen was an honest and honorable man and now you are saying hes a pathological lawyer, how is it . How do i know that he was a lawyer taping his client. If you tape record your client and you lie about, off character. He went onto say that he
words to get other criminals. All cooperating witnesses have credibility issues. So Rudy Giuliani is being a little disengenerous when he says someone like Michael Cohen is not credible because what he should have added was and i probably would not used him when i was a u. S. Attorney as a cooperating witness. We go back to the question of legality verses the politics of this. Lets take a look at the latest polling of trump on russia. 53 of the people think that trump acted either illegally or unethically with russia and putin. Is this clear at this point . What we hear is thats not what people are talking about. They are talking about the economy and other things. Whats the sense of the credibility of this
administration and what impact it can have on this term . The number one issue for voters basically across the board is the economy. If the economy is doing well and people have jobs and they can take care of their families, thats the top priority. That does not mean thats the only priorities. One interesting thing that we have seen and monitoring the politics of the russia story is for a while the numbers seemed kind of baked in. Republicans have a certain view of the narrative and democrats and independence were not as interested. But then when President Trump had that controversial Press Conference with putin a couple of weeks ago, the numbers seemed to be changing and sort of based on looking at different types of data that it appears of a significant increase. Something untrue or troubling of the relationship between trump, putin and the russian government. So trumps activities ironically
are likely to have the biggest impact on the way that americans view the russia story and perhaps more so than news report given that we have known many of trump voters dont believe things they hear in Mainstream Media or outlets. It is going to be tough to predict of exactly the way this will play out. Betsy and ken and geof. Thank you to all of you. We are at 90 days. As republicans brace for a possible way, the president may have just made things more come bli ka come complicated with a single word. Waiting for a reunion. The new order for the judge forcing the Trump Administration to find missing parents of Migrant Children who are in the governments custody. First, Michelle Obama and president obama were in the house where beyonce and jayzs
concert in maryland this weekend. They were feeling it. Check out the moves and fans took notice. Well be right back. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. 99 days until americans go to the polls. Donald trump who up the antiyesterday raising the topic of a lot of republicans would prefer he would stay away from. I would be willing to shut down the government if democrats would not give us the vote for border security. He promised to hit the roads. I will go six or seven days during the week and i will be campaigning for all of these great people that do have a difficult race and we think we are going to bring them over the line. Lets call it a direct contradiction to when he said this. He ought to be out working and he ought to be out but every time i look at him, hes campaigning. Lets bring in our political analyst and jake sherman. The president is absolutely contradicting himself and doing exactly what president obama did
and he criticized him. Real republican congressional and Senate Candidates clambering for donald trump to get out on the cal pain trail. It depends on where you are. You look at some of these govern governors races and maybe they will of the kand candidate for the governor and florida where he had his son building a wall with toy Building Blocks making america great. What the president thinks, jake, hes got this great message of a Strong Economy and the fight against isis and he thinks thats a winning message for republicans. Can that over coovercome borde t
separations and the potential of a shut down and the meeting at helsinki. I think number one is the president is not going to be everywhere. Republicans have seats that Hillary Clinton won. To bring a guy who lost two years ago of those districts does not any sense. Yes, the president has a good message if he choose to talk about it. The economy is up. He does not stand messages and does not talk about that. The reality that republicans are starting to come around and the republicans that i am talking to is the house today would be gone and the republicans would likely keep it today. If we are talking about the election today, the house is gone and President Trump in many other places that it would take to keep the house is not a helpful surrogate in any way shape or form. I think thats a really good point you make. I would think that if you are a candidate who are in a close race and the president is going to come to you, there may be just a little bit of concern between the time you announce
that hes coming and a couple of days where he shows up, who knows what hes going to say, right . It could be Something Like lets shut down the government, with republican ron johnson was asked about if he is expected to shut down. I want to remind folks what he said yesterday. Most of the Appropriation Bills have to be passed a little bett better. I certainly dont like to play shut down politics. How damaging is this ahead of the races . I dont think it is helpful so lets try to avoid it. An under statement. It could apparel their Supreme Court nominee which is republicans are happy of Donald Trumps pick of judge kavanaugh. Why would they risk being the ruling party and being blamed for a government shutdown. It does not make sense. Donald trump is going back to the wall. He sees the wall is his critical and Rhetorical Device that helped him win the presidency and galvanize his president s base. We are talking about credibility and trump verses cohen. What about trump and the voters . Is it all baked in right now . He says things that are not true and he says them everyday and he says them multiple times o f the day. For people who have decided thats a problem theyre not going to photo for him anyway. If he continues to do it, it does not matter at all. We have seen candidates running races that had nothing to do with President Trump and republicans trying to run races that had nothing to do with President Trump. Democrats are going to get away. Sth a lot of democrats believe that the president s issues are well known and there is no reason for us to talk about it. It gives us an opening to talk
about popular issues, issues that are popular of our bases, medicare and abolishing i. C. E. And Democratic Leaders dont believe it is helpful element for them. We found out not only are the cope brothers really concerned of what the administration is talking about and doing what republicans in washington are doing. They are ruling out giving some of the hundreds of millions of dollars they plan to spend in this cycle to democrats. What is going on when you are talking about the coke brothers . I think the coke brothers are going to follow and support candidates who have a free market ideology, thats not what donald trump has been enacting with his trade wars with his capitalism and picking winners and losers. The coke network are fed up and they should put their dollars where it is going to be backing
causes that they actually believe in. There is a question of turn out. Every midterm more than anything is about people just being not at all interested and not coming out to vote. A few studies found 13. 6 Million People of 10 registered voters voted in democrat primaries and by this point, fewer than 7. 4 Million People or 6 have cast ballots. Traditionally midterm turn out we know has been really poor. Is this indication of all of us talk about enthusiasm especially on the left and we are hearing some of this because the Supreme Court on the right is going to happen. I have been one of the skeptics who are not sure that the numbers are off the charts but could they be . I think they would be. We have a huge set of evidence, 1940s, the president loses the
chambers of congress. Except for 2002 right after 9 11 and 1998 when bill clinton was in the middle of impeachment. I dont think it will make a difference. Republicans are going to lose the house based on what we know today unless there is some lets hear your prediction on the senate if it is held today. The Senate Republicans have an institutional advantage to keeping their majority. There needs to be some sort of Intervening Events for republicans to keep their majority. It is impossible for the republicans to win the senate. There is some races that i am really watching tennessee where i think where the former governor democrat candidates can win in a place of tennessee and arizona and nevada and florida, democrats are going to lose that seat they have right now. It is going to be close. There is time for a little bit of an outlier but i would not pick too much from it. Thank you both so much. Demanding answers. The Trump Administration says 650 children in its care are still separated from their parents because the parents were deemed in eligible. The judges respond, try harder. Well have more of that coming up. Fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Lean on me, when youre not strong and ill be your friend ill help you carry on lean on me. The clock is ticking for the Trump Administration after the federal judge overseeing the unification of Migrant Children separated from their families. The deadline is wednesday to turnover a list of all parents who are deemed in eligible for unification by the government including those who are deported and those who are not united because of some criminal history. Jacob soboroff first reported this story over the week. Jacob, let me start with what this all means basically, the American People were assured that these families were going to be reunited and everything was being done, whats the problem here . Tell me about it chris, thats the exact specific question that the judge was asking. We were down there in Federal Court on friday, 2051, everybody remembers it is the number of kids that were separated. There was a deadline set with the aclu and the government reunited 1800 kids with their parents. It was a smaller number around 1400 and about 370 went to live with sponsors or other Family Members inside the United States. The government basically said, we got 650 kids who are in eligible to be reunited and that term ineligible got people scratching their heads. What does it mean . Parents are deported out of the United States before theyre able to link backup. Lets make it clear. Theyre taking their kids away from them and they send their parents out of the country and now theyre saying theyre
ineligible to go with their parents . Can you believe that . We have been asking the Trump Administration all last week, do you intend to reunify of those what are ineligible category. Can those children be deported back to the country where they came. Thats where theyll be reunited. They wont be able to pursue asylum. It is mind blowing and think of what these parents came to the United States for, run away from violence and Domestic Violence and abuse and the u. S. Government, the Trump Administration was basically saying you can go back. Thats not what the judge says at all. For the kids who are still in custody, the stories are just heartbreaking. Our colleague danielle silver
wrote about a honduras mother seeking asylum and her children were cold and huddled under those sheet blankets. The constitutional laws said his group has seen a substantial increa increase and detained children have inadequate access to Drinking Water and food and mats and blanket and basic toiletries. The younger a young child were to separated from their parents, it is like likely theyll have negative impact. It is the months of separations after. I met with honduras mother of the two boys. On the face of byron, the younger brother, he was one of
the saddest things that you can see for me of a father of a young kid looking at a little boy. They just cant comprehend what they went through and who knows if theyll ever be able to and you continue to argue everyday that you had these kids separated from their parents and quote on quote, ineligible kids. We are out of time. If they dont, they can be held in contempted court. It will be difficult for them to do so. The judge was not having it and i dont think hell let us stand in the deadline pass. Thank you jake soboroff. In the meantime, wildfires, three from a Single Family reported dead in southern california. More are still missing. Authorities are investigating at least 18 missing person reports. Nbcs Steve Patterson is in redding, california where more than 723 homes have been destroyed by flames, whats the latest there . Reporter burnt to the ground, chris. The latest is a little bit of relief. Firefighters have managed to push the front line out of city centers like this back into more rural communities. What does that mean . It means basically that citizens here can start coming back and unfortunately theyll come back in a lot of cases where you see of devastations as widespread of this house after house and rows of rows of homes reduced to ash and rubbles and twisted metals. Firefighters again continue to battle the front line. This is being pushed back as more of those evacuations are in city centers are being lifted. This is one of the worst fires
to hit california. This fire again causing so much damage. It is Fire Behavior that is increasingly more erratic and leading to fires that are lasting longer and burn hotter and faster. We spoke to a fire captain of this happening and the behavior they are seeing of the latest fires. Listen to this. Extreme is not even the right adjective to use anymore. It is an under statement because fire is exploding in california. The biggest concern is the safety of our firefighters and the safety of the public. Again, so many structures now burned. Six people dead and mostly the population are elderly and children including one family of three and this fire again continues to burn out into those rural areas. Firefighters are hoping to push it far enough back to get people back in their home. Whats the temperatures out there for those firefighters . What conditions are they fighting in . Expected to be another high of 105 today. This is just a continuation of what we have seen all week and in the forecast, nothing but hundred degrees temperatures. It is brutal out here for those firefighters. Unbelievable work that they do. Thank you so much, nbcs Steve Patterson. Reporter yes, sir. Whos talking about retirement . Ruth baderr ginsburg. Shes laying out her plans. Thats coming up in about 20 minutes. Or plan for tomorrow . At kpmg, we believe success requires both. With our broad range of services and industry expertise,
kpmg can help you anticipate tomorrow and deliver today. Kpmg. But i found Bladder Leak Underwear thats actually pretty. Always discreet boutique. Hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. So i feel protected and pretty. Always discreet boutique. The Senior Analyst in atlantic. Both panic and celebrating over Ruth Bader Ginsburgs comment after the play. This is one of the situations where you look at her life and it has been a series of at harvard law school, there were 500 students in her opening class and 400 were men. So this is a woman who has been against the odds winning against the odds her entire life and yes, you have the entire liberals thats hoping she wins the odds. Shes 85 and already past the Retirement Age and fighting of the last six retired justices. We see clips of her nodding off during the state union address. It is reasonable to have
concerns of an 85yearold even one who pumps iron and about what her future may hold. How much concern do ys what her future may hold. How much concern do y do you set there . I think there is a lot of concerns. When Justice Ginsburg announced she has five more years left, so Many Democrats celebrated. People are very worried that President Trump is going to get another nominee to the Supreme Court. Hes already gotten two he thinks he can get as many as four, right . Yes, hes thinking that he can get as many as four and a lot of republicans are looking at this and still supporting President Trump especially evangelicals and a lot are hoping that he can overturn roe v. Wade. I talked to a lot of evangelicals whos saying while the president is brash, they see very prolife policy coming out of the white house. As a result, democrats are very,
very worried and really, really happy that Justice Ginsburg is going to be there for at least another five years or for not more. I know that you got to run. I know kavanaugh is back on the hill today. How much of the possibility of these replacement obviously Brett Kavanaugh but the possibility that there could be more after this is a motivating factor of voters in the midterms. I think it is definitely a lot on peoples minds. You can see there are people there trying to push democrats to get more control of the senate in general and control the house because they think that if the president does get a nominee, the least that democrats if they can control congress, they can do is force the president to nominate someone thats going to be a little bit more modest and somebody thats a swing vote. President trump does not want that. He wants somebody thats Ultra Conservative and push a lot of republicans talking points and a lot of things that republicans
want out of the Supreme Court but if democrats can pull it together and rally their voters to push for a control relief of the house, people will feel better about where the Supreme Court is. I know you are going to run, well let you go. Derek, i am going to back to you and pick up on what you have been talking about. The Washington Post put this way. To her supporters, ginsburg does in some ways appear to be an invincible super hero. She has survived both colon and pancreatic cancer. This one is actually making some money. It is still selling to some audiences i know here in new york city. What is about her . What is it about her tha that there is the obvious
concerns that a lot of liberals have that donald trump indeed got four replacements that they dont want her to go anywhere while donald trump is president. What is it about her that captures so much attention . It is the biography and the substance. First you have the string of first that when she applied to law school, she was already a mother and wife and spent decades fighting for the rights of mothers and wives in this country. She has this incredible biography and shes tainted of this legal body of work thats consistently fought of discrimination and the rights of women and you juxtapose that and you have Jeff Sessions on the left and turning back on the clock of Racial Discrimination issues when it comes to
minorities. And donald trump has explicitly said that one of his goals of the Supreme Court is put justices on the bench wholl roll back roe v. Wade. You have trump establishing himself and as being against the exact thing that Ruth Bader Ginsburgs career. He tweeted once that her mind is shocked. Because she was speaking after a play about antonin scalia. It does sort of make you think at a time where people could disagree in words and reason debates and sit down next to each other. That was the relationship of scalia. That was not a relationship it
is specifically common in today in washington. In ten minutes or so. The president will take questions from reporters in a joint conference. Thats inside the white house with the Prime Minister of italy. Hes facing Mountain Legal pressures and new questions of meetings at trump tower. So you have, your headphones, chair,
just minutes from now at the top of the hour President Trump and italys Prime Minister conte are expected to host a Press Conference. The two are meeting right now. Trade and tariffs topping the agenda. Nbcs Geoff Bennett back with me live from the white house west coast know that the president has tweeted his support for the Prime Minister who took office a couple of months ago. They met early this year at nate e. What are we expecting today . Interesting watching the interaction between these two men. They dont seem to have much in common. The italian Prime Minister is kind of a softspoken law professor, but italys government is really being driven by antiestablishment forces that are in favor of drawing closer to russia and closing the door to migrants. You can see the kind of obvious parallel there between the u. S. And italy. Thats something that President Trump spoke about just a short time ago in the oval office. Take a look. Taking a break. A stance that few countries have taken, and frankly, you are doing the right thing, in my opinion. A lot of other countries in europe should be doing it also. Some have taken that stance a long time ago and they are doing a lot better. Reporter so immigration should be on the agenda. We expect they will talk about russia. Italy might want some u. S. Help in stabilizing libya. Of course, there is always the kfrlgs about the ongoing Trade Negotiations and tariffs. Lets talk about that really quickly. We snow the president has threatened to tax imported cars by 25 . That would not be good news for italian car makers. We had an announcement of the ceasefire in the trade wars that were announced. Could the president still follow through on that . What are we expecting is this expecting to be a tense
conversation . Reporter remember what we have sis an agreement between te u. S. And eu to keep talking to continue these negotiations. This is something the italian Prime Minister is keenly focused on, in part because italys economy hasnt kept pace with the european peers. You have an economy hit by higher oil prices, reduced consumer confidence, and then you add to that these tariffs. So thats certainly something that the two men have talked about in private. They had the bilateral meeting. We expect it will come up when they take questions from reporters. We have Hallie Jackson and Kristin Walker in the room. Well be right back. So no matter what you trade, or where you trade, youll only pay 4. 95. Fidelity. Open an account today. Todays Senior Living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms
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