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Anything. You are seeing a president whos digging in ahead of a number of fall battles and really starting to wage a war with members of his own party. When he attacks these people, he is shooting himself in the foot. This is his Signature Campaign pledge, so he wants it and wants it really badly, thats why he is threatening this Government Shutdown and ramping up the fight with mcconnell. Also ahead this hour, three speeches, three very different versions of trump in the past 48 hours. The prompter president versus trump unplugged. Is he giving the country a case of whiplash . Lets debrief with our team of reporters. Nbcs Peter Alexander is live at the white house where the press briefing will kickoff. Garrett hague, usually on capitol hill covering our legislators is here with me in the newsroom. And jeremy peters, reporter for New York Times which broke the story about the escalating feud between trump and mcconnell, and josh dossy, reporter with politico. Peter, lets start with you. Weve seen a lot of versions of this president in the past 48 hours. How serious should we take him and which is the version of the president that the American People or that the white house at least would like the American People to trust . Reporter in terms of how serious we should take him on threat of Government Shutdown if the Mexico Border Wall construction of it is not provided by congress, here at the white house, Senior Administration official says take it seriously. This is something hes sincere about, something that matters, something he campaigned on, and a point he will punctuate as members of congress get back, he will say it in person the same as he said on twitter. This official at the white house tells me while they think it is unlikely there would be this sort of Government Shutdown next month in september, seems more likely to them it could happen later down the road, perhaps later this year in december. In terms of his shifting tone, the president on twitter accusing his critics of suggesting that basically he cant change tones and he says dmal democrats need to find someone to change tone. He was somber on the afghanistan speech, dynamic and fun speaking in arizona, and more respectful and strong in his most recent remarks. But it is not so much the tone thats drawing a lot of these questions, its the shifting messaging, the contradictions, preaching unity and harm me ony in the middle sandwiching it with a series of comments most would agree were heavily divisive, and thats frankly where a lot of criticism is coming from now. On the Government Shutdown on building the wall, i would be remiss to not ask if mexico is paying for it. Whats the white house saying about that . Thats a question were going to be posing to Sarah Huckabee sanders soon, that people are asking us. If the president all along said mexico was going to pay for the wall, why is he threatening a shutdown that would effect tens of thousands of americans, punish American Workers if congress doesnt provide the funding. It is one we dont have an answer on yet, well try to pose it to the white house and Sarah Huckabee sanders in a short time from now. Punish the American Public for not funding the wall he said mexico would build. Garrett, the president was up this morning tweeting about paul ryan but Mitch Mcconnell, a number of times. Lots of rumors about how theyre not on speaking terms, reporting, not rumors. Mitch mcconnell addressed that a little earlier today. Take a listen. This new administration in washington and this congress is interested in getting america growing again. We have different speaking styles clearly. What it is is were in Constant Contact to try to put together a shared agenda, which we agree on, and were working together to move that shared agenda. For me, it is important that the president succeeds, because if he succeeds, the country succeeds. Different speaking style. Polite way to put it. Mcconnell and ryan saying they have a shared agenda. The agenda is a big one coming up in september, they have a lot of big things they want to move forward. Why do they believe theyre successful on that when they couldnt get health care done . Bottom line is republicans are more in lock step on issues like tax reform than health care. Are they . They are because it is less emotional issue. Still going to be fights. Tax reform is hard, hasnt been done in 30 years, theres a reason for that. They think they can keep the party in lock step on this. Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell are smart enough to know they cant win a twitter fight with donald trump. The way they can be more popular and move the ball forward here, they have to get things done. They want to try to pass tax reform, would right a lot of wrongs in the caucus if they can agree on that and avoid unforced errors. Both of those legislative errors see tripping over debt ceiling vote or fight about the border wall that shuts things down in congress as an unforced error, and theyre committed to avoiding that if possible by keeping their heads down, focusing on things they can control. Do threats from the president work . In the short term, they might. We are talking about the border wall today. We wouldnt be if President Trump werent bashing his own party over the head about how important it was to get it done. In the long term, they cause more problems than they solve. The republicans have to spend millions of dollars on this jeff flake race, going to spend millions in a primary, and whoever comes out of it, going to spend millions supporting that person in general election. Theres money theyre not spending going after claire mccaskill, joe manchin or others that would be vulnerable otherwise. And flake and senate colleagues, every time this happens, they rally around each other. Sure, you can change the conversation for a day, but you harden opposition down the line and making it more difficult to accomplish longer term goals for this short term transitory gain. We see him fighting with other republicans when it comes to health care and the border wall, were not seeing whats going on behind the scenes. Josh, you have fascinating reporting on this today, how the president is clashing with republican senators over russia related matters, something we havent been focusing on in the news lately, but youre right. Trumps chewing out of gop senators, according to people briefed on calls, reflected the president s frustration that fellow republicans would make moves that could damage him particularly on an investigation that he detests. Josh, flush that out for us. Sure. So President Trump called tom tillerson, North Carolina republican, to express displeasure from legislation that keeps him from firing bob mueller, and called bob corker, tennessee republican, to express frustration over the russian sanctions bill. The president felt boxed in by both moves. He said he has no plans to fire bob mueller, wants to keep the option open. He felt the bill was unconstitutional, didnt want to sign it. Said in the end, i am signing this because i have been pushed into signing it, i would prefer not to sign it, and he has gotten frustrated with the russian probes over the past few months and particularly with republicans who are not defending him publicly, he lashed out at Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell over that as well, so youre seeing frustration within their own party on russia related issues and measures meant to censure or limit his power. So theres those that he is fighting with publicly among the Republican Party and those that are still whispering in his ear, even though theyre no longer in the white house. Jeremy, your latest piece, you say nationalists like steve bannon, ousted from the white house last week, counselored the president to take a hard line on wall funding to buck up his political base, after the embarrassing defeat of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care act. They have warned mr. Trump signing a funding bill that doesnt include substantial sums for the wall would enrage his core supporters. Jeremy, in your reporting it seems to underline that Donald Trumps desire to build this wall and desire to stick to the wall is much more about placating his supporters than making sure that congress is able to pass it. Its about honoring what is perhaps a Central Campaign promise. You were at the rallies, you remember well the shouts of build the wall, build the wall. I think those chants are going to become shut it down if congress doesnt give trump some Border Security funding. I dont think it needs to be funding for a wall across the entire border, but it has to be something. I think the reason this could come to the brink is the republicans did not learn any harsh political lessons from the Government Shutdown of 2013. If anything, they learned they can come away from what appeared to be politically catastrophic move and win seats, which is what happened in the mid term elections of 2014. On top of that, building a wall and enhanced Border Security are not terribly unpopular items with the general public, so you couple that with the fact that Donald Trumps base is not going to care if he is seen as the one shutting down the government. They dont like government, they will cheer him on if he does this. In terms of political cost, it is hard to see at this point how a shutdown would hurt donald trump, and i know that thats the thinking of some inside the white house. Garrett . Important to understand how a shutdown would happen in this context, because what you would probably see is something would get passed out of congress the president would refuse to sign, debt limit or budget issue or Something Like that, so the president would own this. Youre not talking about a Republican Congress that would shut down the government. And i do think the president s base would feel this. You would see president obama owning this, he was the one in charge. Right. President trump would own the shutdown, based on how it would come to pass. If youre part of the president s base, cant go camping in a National Park or get access to services you depend on, things like that, they are going to feel it. I would caution against seeing the same lessons in 2013, playing out now, where you have complete republican control. I would caution against taking any past president s, except for whether or not donald trump will stick to prompt erer go off prompter. Trump will always be thanks for being with us. Great reporting all around. Peter, stick with us, might get back to you when it comes to the hurricane. We are following two other breaking stories. First, harvey is now a hurricane. The storm packing 80 Miles Per Hour winds was upgraded in the last hour. It passed Corpus Christi, texas, officials are having a press conference now, theyre asking residents to evacuate the city on a volunteer basis. Texas senator ted cruz posted this message to constituents on facebook asking them to be careful. We have reports from the ground in Corpus Christi and from the National Hurricane center later in the hour. Back to Peter Alexander who was at the white house, peter, what is the white house doing regarding harvey at the moment . We can now report on msnbc that President Trump has been briefed regarding the progress of this hurricane. This Hurricane Harvey as it approaches parts of texas now, im told by a Senior Administration official, it was the Homeland Security adviser who briefed him on details about harvey earlier today. Of course, the white house reminds it is state and local officials that are the leads now, theyre encouraging all of those in that area and region to take heed of the messages and warnings they receive in anticipation of Hurricane Force winds and also significant rainfall expected in the days ahead. Again, the president has been briefed on progress of this hurricane as it approaches, making landfall in texas. It is likely we will hear more from the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee sanders, in minutes from now. Thank you very much. We are watching breaking news out of charleston, south carolina. Police have shutdown several roads and told residents to stay in place for what they call an active shooter situation. Officials say one person was shot at a building in downtown charleston on king street, the main drag there. The victim was taken to the hospital. That persons condition isnt known at the moment. Police say the gunman is holding a couple of people hostage at this hour, but the citys mayor says this is not a terrorist incident. We do know already at this point that the shooter is a disgruntled employee, this is not an act of terrorism, this is not a hate crime. Disgruntled employee who has come on the scene of his employment. Were going to keep an eye on the situation, bring the latest developments as soon as we get them. Next up. The tale of two trumps. Who should the country believe. Teleprompter trump or off the cuff trump. This is the story of john smith. Not this john smith. Or this john smith. 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Go irish see that . Yes im gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. Find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. We cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other. The only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself. Loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another. I will not mention any names. Love for america requires love for all of its people. How damn dishonest these people are. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us. These are sick people. We are one people with one home and one great flag. Monday, tuesday, wednesday. That right there, donald trump from just the first three days of this week. New york times headlines it, different day, different audience, and completely different trump. The Washington Post say trumps whiplash, three personas, three speeches, the same president. Even the president admits he has something of a jekyll and hyde thing going. On twitter called his afghanistan speech somber, his phoenix rally enthusiastic, dynamic and fun, his speech to the american legion, respectful and strong. Then he took a shot at democrats for not having anyone who can, quote, change tones like him. But it wasnt just his change in tone, it was a change in message from unity to division, from love to hate. A case of whiplash thats putting strain not only on our necks but arguably on our nation. Joining me, Amber Phillips who writes for the Washington Post fix blog, and sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast and msnbc contributor. Sam, so nice to see you. Been awhile. Great to see you too. I want to talk about the change in tone. The president said this is just him, fitting into essentially the different scenarios he is put in front of. It could be. Do we actually know whats going on inside his head when hes getting up on the podiums and giving these speeches, i dont know. In front of a place like folks, an arizona rally, campaign rally, he wants to hear the crowd roar. He seems like a guy that likes adolation from the crowd. He likes to be comforted by enduring audiences, the way to get them to cheer is throw them red meat. Theres a political strategic element, he wants to play role of victim, wants to lash out at critics, you can do it at campaign rallies, less so when you talk to veteran associations. Then theres a simplistic element to it, if he feels like he should be reading off the prompter, he will read off the prompter, if he wants to rif, hell rif. We talked to white house aides at the daily beast heading into the phoenix speech, their big fear is they just dont know which trump is going to show up. The one that will stick to script or the one that goes off prompter. You have to wait and see. Amber, your colleague phil rucker looked at three days of trump. Again and again, the pattern has been the same. The moments when trump stays on message as with his august 14 statement in the white house, almost inherently serve as a precursor for melt downs such as his News Conference the next day. So if youre an american citizen and hearing the president in one day saying we need to heal the wounds that divide us, this country needs to come together, the next day you hear him going after senators, one of whom is undergoing treatment for brain cancer, calling the media dishonest and disgusting, saying they dont like america, which message do you take . The one you choose, right . I think President Trump would pitch that as an advantage. You get to pick almost your own adventure, which president youre going to listen to and believe. Listen, i think the simplest answer here sometimes makes the most sense, that President Trump doesnt want to be teleprompter trump, he doesnt want to stay on message. He wants to be controversial. Watch him in phoenix. As my colleague pointed out, any other rally shortly after he has been somber, he loves to litigate grudges, loves going after the media, loves playing the victim and gets applause. Thats the trump that he truly believes is the authentic one, the one that got him elected by saying and doing stuff that other politicians wouldnt dare to do. So hell do it so long as he gets the roar of the crowd. Yeah, well, you know, honestly in phoenix, my colleague Jenna Johnson was there, reported the crowd started sitting down. I saw that. But im going to throw cold water on that, i love jenna, shes an amazing reporter, i followed trump on the campaign trail with her, people would leave rallies from time to time, it didnt mean they didnt support him. In phoenix, first big rally in 2015, people were flooding out. They were getting bored, he rambled on, he went on over 70 minutes at that one as well, but then they came back and voted for him, so you never can tell whether or not people leaving his speeches means they arent on board with his message. Sam, the other thing that is percolating today is donald trump on twitter, not just going after his fellow senators but also retweeting somebody, showing donald trump eclipsing barack obama. The fellow he retweeted and gosh, weve never seen this story before, has controversial tweets of his own. Few days ago he said we have enough of these jews where i live, lol. Someone else take them. They just cant drive. This is a man who is being criticized for not being tough enough on neonazis, now retweeting a man that says jews cant drive. It is troubling obviously, as a jew, you know, this has been a tough couple of weeks to watch this play out and this doesnt make me feel any better on a personal level to see the president retweeting accounts that are so clearly openly antisemitic like this. I wish whoever found that tweet for him, i cant imagine he found that himself, would do a better job vetting this stuff, it has an impact on a personal level. Professionally, im not exactly sure what the point of all of this is. Does he get off on the idea that he has an internet meme to retweet . Does it advance his agenda . Does he understand in that metaphor, he is the moon, obama is the sun, and he gets four minutes blocking out obama before obama comes back. I dont understand what the point of all of this is, except the fact that he is an impulse on twitter and elsewhere he cant control. Why whenever they retweet somebody, why wouldnt you retweet somebody, inevitably does it turn out to be somebody with some racial issue on his twitter. Are these the only people that follow donald trump and tweet him memes . Should be an assignment editor, thats a good story to assign to a reporter. Figure out the origins and nexus of these tweets which often come up through his account. I cant imagine, i cant imagine that he is there scouring the internet, scouring twitter, looking for these things. You have to imagine what they put in front of him. He doesnt follow that many on twitter anyway. Where is he getting this, who is feeding him this. Do they realize the megaphone to which theyre feeding it, it is dangerous at some point. If i was an assignment editor, i would get someone on that. Guys, thank you very much. And were following breaking news, harvey is now a hurricane and it is headed for texas. The latest update on what could be a major storm for the gulf coast next. 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Tropical storm harvey is now Hurricane Harvey. The National Weather Service Upgraded this storm this last hour. Harvey which is expected to make landfall in Southeast Texas saturday morning is intensifying quickly and is expected to deliver lifethreatening flooding. Check out this picture from noaa, showing what harvey looks like from space. Huge. Back on the ground, people are doing what they can to prepare. The mayor of Corpus Christi, texas spoke about evacuations at the top of the hour. We are up to and almost at the threshold of mandatory evacuations, but were not going to cross that line right now. We are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the low lying areas as they say get out of dodge. And the weather channels paul goodlow is in corpus kris tee, texas. Reporter i am east of Corpus Christi here, north padre island. People are still on the beach enjoying a hot, warm day here around corpus. Air temperature in the low 90s. It was breezy here but humid. Dewpoints in the mid 70s. You can see more people in the surf, notice gulf of mexico more angry here as were waiting for Hurricane Harvey to approach this way. This part of the texas coast has not seen a major hurricane, category 3 or stronger, in 47 years. Last one was hurricane celia in 1970 which devastated this parlt of t part of the island, they hope they dont have a repeat of that. People at the beach are enjoying it, but inland, theyre rushing preparations. Weather goes downhill tonight and approach of harvey late friday into early saturday morning. Katy, back to you. Paul, thank you very much. Joining me, michael brennan, chief hurricane specialist for the National Hurricane center. Michael, we just heard paul talking about this, 47 years since that area has seen a major hurricane, a category three. What are we looking at right now. Katy, we are looking at a dangerous situation that developed. Harvey that maximum winds of 45 Miles Per Hour, expect it to strengthen as it moves in the direction of the middle texas coast, approaching the coast tomorrow night and into friday. There are three main lifethreatening hazards we see with harvey. First is the wind. We expect major hurricane winds to come to the texas coast overnight thursday into friday morning. Expecting Tropical Storm force winds to begin to arrive on the coast as we get into the day tomorrow. Today is really the day for everybody on the texas coast to prepare. Also expecting dangerous storm surge. The National Weather service issued storm surge warning, new this year, all the way from port mansfield, texas to high island. Much of the texas coast in danger of seeing life threatening inundation from this hurricane in the next 36 hours, and were expecting to see in this area around Corpus Christi and victoria along the coast 6 to 12 feet of inundation from storm surge. Thats a life threatening h hazard. The mayor of Corpus Christi said heed advice given by officials today. In addition, going into the weekend, harvey will stall and meander around middle texas coast into early next week, and thats going to bring the third potentially life threatening hazard, very heavy rainfall in this area here, we can see widespread areas getting 12 to 20 inches of rain, up to 30 inches possible early next week. Serious storm, nothing to take lightly. Michael brennan, thank you very much. Always remember, better to be safe than sorry when it comes to a storm like this. Appreciate your time, sir. Thank you. Now to todays trump free headlines at the half. A Massachusetts Woman woke up today a multimillionaire. I cant say this name, she bought the Winning Ticket worth 758. 7 million. Second largest jackpot in history. Pretty bummed i didnt win right about now. Officials under fire at the state lottery for incorrectly announcing the city where the Winning Ticket was sold. Juan chick was asked about how she felt about winning. Last night it was kind of like i didnt realize i won. Today as im driving here, im still like this isnt true, this cant be. And then now its like i am a winner and im scared but ill be okay. Now to a completely different story. To virginia where christopher cantwell, self described white supremacist during the rally in charlottesville is behind bars. Turned himself in after warrants were issued earlier this week. The 36yearold was denied bond and will remain in jail until his court date in october where he will face felony charges for illegally using tear gas. Over to the netherlands, performance by an American Band was cancelled last night because of a terror threat. Officials in rotterdam arrested a 22yearold from spain after being tipped off from spanish officials. They claim they found explosive materials inside the suspects van. It is still unclear why the band from los angeles was the target but they have another performance planned for tonight in poland. Officials there say theyll beef up security at the venue just to be safe. President trump may have shifted stances on a few things since taking the oath of office, but one thing that has not changed, his love for the border wall, a promise that dates back to the earliest of days of his campaign. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words. I will build the greatest wall that youve ever seen. Were going to have a real wall, and who is going to play for the wall . Who . Were going to build a wall. President trump is now at odds with congress over his new threat to shut down the government to get funding for that wall but how do people that live in the areas that might be impacted feel. Jacob rascon took a trip to texas, a state that shares a 2,000 mile border with mexico to find out. Reporter along the u. S. , mexico border just outside roma, texas, some ranches have been around before either country existed. These Properties Given by king of spain, the way i understand it, back in 1738. I am seventh generation here, remember . It has been in our family for better than 200 years. Reporter Border Patrol agents are never far from escobars backyard, but he says neither are human traffickers and drug smugglers. I lost my only son to the Drug Trafficking business. I have a daughter that got hooked on drugs. We might not stop everything that comes across with that wall, but if we can stop part of it, a good portion of it, lets do it. Reporter 20 miles away, she collects signatures for a petition against the border wall. What people are hearing, do they know and understand. I want us to come together and to help fight for our homes, for our livelihood. Reporter most of texas is privately owned, and for many land owners Property Rights trump even President Trumps wall. Theres nothing compelling or attractive about it for a rural land owner. Reporter david represents the Texas Wildlife association which opposes the wall on private property. On these vast rural expanses, it is impractical, interrupts access to water, you have to look at it. Reporter in recent months, the department of justice has contacted many texans that own border land, detailing where the government plans to build the wall, how much of their property they plan to take, and at what price. You really cant say no, you can just argue how much it is worth. As much as it pains me to admit that, if the federal government wants land for public use, theyll take it. Reporter they represent scores of families fighting for what the constitution calls just compensation for their land. This backyard overlooks the rio grande. He just started to build his new house when he got his letter. They want to build the wall. They offered me 400 for half the lot. Reporter back at the escobar ranch, roberto was told this is where the border wall will likely be built on his land. No problem, he says, on one condition. I want to be considered for very fair compensation, including historical value, sentimental value, all of those kinds of things in the compensation, then i need a gate to get to my pump there. Im a patriot, but i want to be treated fairly as well by my own country. Reporter even among its supporters on the frontlines, the border wall has a high price. In roma, texas, jacob rascon, nbc news. Remarkable. Just 400 for that guys property. Meanwhile, were waiting for Sarah Huckabee sanders to kickoff todays White House Press briefing. When she gets out there, well bring it to you live. Next up, isis claims it has an american child and it is now using him to recruit. Jett the blackhearts] who can turn the world on with her smile . Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile . 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Malcolm, using a boy who speaks in what seems like at the least an american accent, speaks fluent english to recruit, they know theyre getting attention with this. This is a fascinating video. Let me say that off the bat. We havent seen videos like this in the way they use an american citizen. They used others, used a lot of french children and russian children, but ive noted some things about this video that sort of mitigate the impact of it. Number one, theyre in the city of raqqah, they talk about intensity of the american bombings and attacks in raqqah. It is almost taken by Syrian Democratic forces. I noted theres virtually no one in the video except for two children and one isis fighter. The purpose of this video is not so much to recruit but its almost like a last ditch cry of how desperate isis is. By bringing out an american child, that impact is to do what were doing to do, get it on television and try to get some sympathy for these children, who as you see at the end are being turned into weapon systems. So malcolm, we dont have the nationality confirmed, whether or not it is an american boy, neither does the u. S. Government yet, i should say, but using this and getting it on tv, how are we supposed to react . Do you ignore it . No, you certainly cant ignore it. What isis is doing in a very clever way as their propaganda warfare tools are diminishing, this is like a cut and pace vid paste video, theyre trying to get the fear of the fall of isis. Isis will die in raqqah, syria, very, very soon. That organization is finished. The fear they want to project is the widows of isis fighters and their children and as you see this one at the end of the video goes on to handle weapons and says you have to fear us coming to the United States. Unfortunately i dont think theres any fear of that for this child. The likelihood of this poor child surviving is about zero. And where does the fight stand right now. You say theyre losing a ton of territory in raqqah. How much are they being squeezed . Immensely. In the last year alone, isis lost 40 of its territory in the caliphate proper. It is on its last leg in iraq. That will be the end of isis as a major come pat forbat force i. Then we push down on raqqah, which isis put a token force there and is abandoning, then they move down to their last strong hold. The caliphate from two years ago will cease to exist. That doesnt mean theyre going to cease to exist as a tool of terror, a terror organization. Youre absolutely right, and i went to a conference in belgium last year, big discussion point was potential black widows, the women that come out of the refugee camps in syria and turkey who are the wives of isis fighters who may be repatriot ated, then the traumatized children some that may become suicide bombers or worse when they grow up. What to do with the victims. Malco malcolm nance, thank you for joining us. Time for a very short break. Were still waiting for the first on camera briefing from the white house in weeks. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to take the podium any moment. And the white house is also moving forward with the president s order to keep Transgender Americans from fighting for their country. What does it mean . Have you any wool . No sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. Luckily, the Geico Insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. Everything stolen was replaced. 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Effective immediately Transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender. In taking these steps, were eliminating policies that can result in transgender members being treated differently from their peers based solely upon their gender identity rather than upon their ability to serve. There are just over 2. 1 million active duty and reserve Service Members in the u. S. Military. According to a Rand Corporation study conducted last year, anywhere between 2 and 11,000 of them are transgender. While an Advocacy Group says that number could go high as high as 15,000. As for health care, rand says the u. S. Military spent about 6. 3 billion in total for its soldiers, and if it was to care for transgender medical costs, it would be between 2. 4 and 8. 4 million more. Which is just about. 04 to. 13 more. Thats almost nothing. By comparison, the military times reports said that the Defense Department spent 84 million on erecollect tile dysfunction drugs in 2014. About 42 million of that was just for vie ago gra. Nbc correspondent hans nichols joins us now with more on this. Hans, the guidance hasnt been officially released, but what do we know so far . Well, the preliminary version and what the expectation here is this will do a couple of things. Number one, it will provide authority to the secretary of defense on this issue of deploy ability, on who can actually go out to the front lines and fight. And what secretary mattis, katy, has been telling us all along that is his one criteria is lethality. Can fighters regardless of their gender identity provide lethal force on the front line. Thats going to be secretary mattis guidepost on this. What we expect to be in the memo is no pneumonia, no money at all for gender reassignment surgery and no new asengsz, new members of the military who have already identified as transgender will be allowed to join. I should stress this is all preliminary, and theyre waiting on it to come here. It could come this final formal memo from the white house could come this week. Katy. And well go back to you when you have that in your hands. Hans nichols of the pentagon. Hans, thank you very much. And we have one more thing for you right after the break. Stay with us. Thank you so much. Thank you so were a go . Yes we got a yes what does that mean for purchasing . Purchase. Lets do this. Got it. Book the flights hai si si ya ya ya what does that mean for us . We can get stuff. Whats it mean for shipping . Ship the goods. Youre a go you got the green light. That means go oh, yeah. Start saying yes to your companys best ideas. 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