Good evening once again as we start a new week from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 409 of the Trump Administration. Two years ago was massive violence and taking lives. The president characterized it this way. You had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people who were very fine people on both sides. Two years later now, Donald Trumps presidency has been wrapped in the label of racism and white supremacy. Indeed, right now broiled along those same lines, phil rucker of the Washington Post who joins us in just a moment reminds us that in the past month, trump, quote, used racist remarks to attack four congresswomen of color, maligned a majorityblack baltimore as a rodent and ratinfested mess, and trump and saw his antiimmigrant rhetoric. Trump said so much just before leaving the white house last friday. For them to throw out the race word again, racist, racist, racist. They call anybody a racist when they run out of cards. Im winning in the polls. Theyre desperate. The New York Post is reporting that shortly after that at a fundraiser in the hamptons, trump, quote, made fun of u. S. Allies, south korea, japan mimicking japanese and korean accents. Not the first time for him. Negotiating with japan, negotiating with china, when these people walk in the room, they dont say, oh, hello, hows the weather, so beautiful outside, isnt it lovely . How are the yankees doing, theyre doing great. They say, we want deal. Earlier on this network, former republican congressman and onetime governor of South Carolina mark sanford summed up trump this way. I dont think hes, you know, a White Nationalist, but i think that the White Nationalists think hes a White Nationalist and thats even more troubling. You dont want somebody thinking theyre speaking to you if youre in that particular line of thinking. So i think that the issue is, rightly, wrongly, theyre reading the tea leaves in a way thats sympathetic to them and thats a real problem. This weekend following a particularly difficult period in our country, trump was on social media pushing a Conspiracy Theory that the clintons somehow had Jeffrey Epstein killed in jail. It was quickly picked up and promoted by russian state media. Andy kearney, who is also standing by to talk with us, and Margaret Haber man of the New York Times spoke about this. They said, quote, its another example of something where he should stop and think about the fact that hes the president of the United States and stop his thumbs, but he never does. In addition to the conspiracy theories, they are worthy attacks against the fake news media, china, other nations that are ripping off the u. S. , joe biden, even a shortlived communications director, Anthony Scaramucci after the mooch appeared on bill maher which the president accidentally watched on friday night, scaramucci recently started calling the president s rhetoric racially charged and divisive to the country, and he says hes calling on republicans to look elsewhere in 2020. Hey, guys, we got to wake up now because were in a dangerous situation. The yellow light is on. Its going to go red. If he wins the next president ial election, look out. On that note, here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, andy kearney, White House Reporter for the New York Times, phil rucker, White House Bureau chief for the Washington Post, and michelle bernard, a lawyer, journalist, president of the Bernard Center for women, politics and public policy. Good evening and welcome to you all. Annie, there is something about a Conspiracy Theory. Sometimes its birtherrism. Sometimes its the clintons killed epstein in jail that gets into this president s head. He has long stoked conspiracy theories from birtherism to this idea there is citizens hand at work to take over his win or delegitimize him. We wrote in this piece today there is a special subcategory of his conspiracy theories that are accusing politicians of murder. He pushed aside the basic notion that ted cruz was involved in the murder of jfk. He has dabbed in the idea that the clintons were involved in vince fosters murder. He has a wide group of democrats to choose from right now, but none of them seem to have the same guttural sense of attacking the clintons who have been part of a right wing, that Hillary Clinton said rightly, theyve been part of a right wing conspiracy for a long time. But this muddies the water with facts. He knows that some people latch onto it and that works for him as a topic. Phil, our other topic in the broadcast is race, and how does one if one is, say, bureau chief for the Washington Post, how does one square the president s pushback . No one likes that label applied to them. How does one square that with the language and the behavior that got us here . Well, brian, you square that by telling the truth, which is some of the president s words and actions going back decades now are plainly racist. He is not changing his behavior and thats why the label still applies to him. The difference now compared to all these other moments where he has done things that led people to call him racist is that it threatens to become defining for him heading into the next campaign. He for a month now has been on the attack on these racial issues. He sent those racial tweets about the four congresswomen of color. He attacked baltimore for several days as well as its congressman, longtime congressman Elijah Cummings who is africanamerican. Then we see the rhetoric and the handling of the shooting in el paso. This is part of a strategy, by the way, that the president has for his reelection where he wants to use cultural divisions, he wants to use race to divide the country and to mobilize, to galvanize his white supporters in 2020, and its probably going to continue, and im sure well continue to see the democrats label him a racist in the presidency. Michelle, as i welcome you to the broadcast, i have this for you from jennifer rubin. On trump conspiracy theories this is from the wall street journal. There is a simple formula for responding tho these episodes. One, reaffirm that they are baseless crazy theories, 2, remind americans that as president , trump has access to the very best intelligence but instead prefers to spread rumors, and 3, trumps microphone is the loudest in the world, and whether he intends to, his words will stir some unstable and or evil people to act, and 4, in putting americans at risk, he violates his oath, and if he believes in what hes saying, he is also mentally unfit to lead. What is a patriot to do . A patriot simply needs to call out every single instance of racism that we see at the behest of the president and the followers who follow the lead of his language. Ever since this president has been in office, black and brown people are quaking. It leads one to believe that lady liberty would be weeping if she could and some to ask whether Martin Luther king and heather hire who died in charlottesville, whether they died in vain. Some of the actions weve seen since charlottesville because of the president s language have given rise to, for example, people that we will see referred to as golf cart carolina and permit patty and cornerstone caroline, people who have called the police, for example, on africanamericans for things that are really trivial. Black men having a barbecue in oakland, california. A young africanamerican, i think she was eight years old, a little girl selling bottled water without a permit. Another woman much like occurred with emmett till accused a little africanamerican boy of groping her in a grocery store, and all the videotape footage absolutely demonstrated that his backpack nicked her. He in no way groped her. We are going back a few years ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of brown versus board of education as well as so much civil rights legislation. This administration has taken us back 50 or 60 years. We continue to see that black men are two times more likely to be killed at the hands of police than white men. We saw two white men in the last few weeks. One went to a walmart in, i believe, in florida, another one in missouri. One mentioned three more days till my probation is up, then im going to get my ar15. Dont go to walmart next week. Another man goes into walmart covered with a gun, ammunition 100 rounds of ammunition. Hes in a bulletproof vest. Both of them are arrested in walmart where as just a few years ago, a young man goes into a walmart in beaver creek, ohio, a young africanamerican man. He is shopping for a bb gun. A white male calls the police on him, and he is killed. He is gunned down. All of this, i believe, is a result of the president s rhetoric, and he has to be called out on it every single day because lives are at stake. You cant go to church and be safe, you cannot go to a synagogue and be safe, you cannot go to a movie and be safe, you cant shop at walmart for School Supplies and be safe. The administration separates children from their families, the administration arrests undocumented workers at factories but does not do anything whatsoever to the people who hire them illegally. There is an attack on black and brown people in this country, and the simple thing for the patriot to do is to vote and to call it out every time we see it. And to anni karni, into this out of the atmosphere flies a story out of nowhere, Jeffrey Epstein has died in his prison cell here in new york. Its a tragic story for all the victims, its an interesting story because of all the entanglements. What is the level of interest, the level of worry youve been able to ascertain from the Trump White House . Well, his Campaign Aides were worried about the past friendship starting in 2015 when he was thinking about launching a president ial campaign. Donald trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been seen on footage that nbc got, filmed oglogling a woma in the early 90s. There was a falling out. Its unclear why. Havent spoken in more than a decade. Donald trump wanted to highlight the breakup rather than the actual incident, but he always saw it as a weapon to use against the clintons because epstein also had a relationship with president bill clinton. In the tweet he sent, i talked to historian Douglas Brinkley here today, and what he said was his connection is to bill clinton, not to the donald. So thats what hes doing here. Hes aware that there is questions about what their relationship was. But i dont sense a lot of fear among his aides about a direct connection between the Trump Administration and this strangeness of the suicide. And we saw rudy giuliani, mr. Trumps personal lawyer, go out and try and walk him back from spouting these conspiracy theories saying, lets wait for the facts to settle. It is the Justice Department that trump oversees that has to figure this out and figure out what went wrong. So i think with that, i interpret it as kind of trying to let the Justice Department have space to do their job here without the president s interference. Phil rucker, we note the Weather Forecast for tomorrow, which is a chance of showers beginning at midday in new jersey with some violent weather perhaps moving in late in the day. We note that because that often means no golf, that means interior time, that means television, that means twitter. Are there and weve asked you this before are there moderating factors, people around the president . Are they on this trip . Are they in his life . Brian, there are always people around the president who wish they could be moderating influences who try to be moderating influences, but the reality is trump is going to say and do and tweet what he wants to do. And weve seen it time and again where john kelly, the fourstar general, the disciplinarian, was not able to moderate trump. Ivanka and jared who billed themselves as calming influences on the president , i believe theyre in new jersey now, but they, too, are unable to moderate the president. I think hes up there, he was initially over the weekend, with his new press secretary, stephanie grisham, who is close to the president , close to the first lady. But its doubtful shed be able to moderate him. I think the reality is if he sees something on television tomorrow that gets him angry, that stokes one of these grievances that he has, well all hear about it when our phone buzzes in the tweetlands. Michelle, the occasion we marked today, charlottesville, the occasion you spoke passionately about, silence on the white house from that. Surprise or no . No surprise whatsoever. Taking a look again and thinking about the video clip that you played earlier, the president didnt deal with charlottesville in a humane way whatsoever. To go out and speak and say that there were good people on both sides of the equation despite the fact that it was a white supremacist who killed heather hire and injured dozens of other people, the president is embarrassed. He does not want you know, it looks like he is upset by being called a racist, but as they say, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, its a racist. Hes offended by that. I am in no way surprised that he did not reference charlottesville because he does not want people to continually go back to that one video clip of him saying there were good people on both sides of the equation. To michelle bernard, annie karni, phil rucker, our thanks for starting our conversation on this new week on this monday night. Coming up for us, the latest details on the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Now that a sexual predator is dead, what about all of his victims or his enablers . What about all of his famous friends . The attorney general of the u. S. Weighed in on the case today. And later, the russian explosion that some are comparing to the chernobyl accident. Is it a fair comparison . As the 11th hour is just Getting Started on a monday night. Were learning hard details in the news that Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide on saturday. Epstein, already a sex offender, was facing new sex trafficking charges. He was being held by the feds, remember, at the metropolitan correctional center, mcc for short, here in manhattan. Officials tell nbc news epstein was taken off suicide watch back on july 29, even though he was found in his cell days earlier with marks on his neck. He was supposed to be checked on frequently, and yet an Administration Source said a number of hours elapsed between checks of epsteins cell, although the precise time gap between checks is not clear. Mcc, just for some context, has housed some big names in the past from gadi to madoff to el chapo. This morning at an event in new orleans, attorney general bill barr said he was appalled and angry to learn of epsteins death and he added this. We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. The fbi and the office of Inspector General are doing just that. We will get to the bottom of what happened, and there will be accountability. But let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with epstein. Any coconspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it. Two of our returning veterans back with us to talk about this case. Jonathan dienst, chief investigaive reporter at wnbc and jessica roth, former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, now a professor at the Benjamin Cardoza school of law here in new york. Welcome to you both. Jonathan dienst, im duty bound to point out that the acting head of the bureau of prisons works for that man, the attorney general. It should be known if there is a problem at a big name facility, big enough to house ramsey yusef. What have you learned about the gap in time of him being checked on . The gap in time, he was not checked on in his cell for numerous hours. Were hearing the range of three hours to six hours is the gap. Were still waiting for clarity from investigators, but that is a significant time when theyre supposed to be checking on this highprofile inmate who had a previous possible suicide attempt, that they were to check 30 minutes or less. Go to that door, there is a little glass window there, look in and make sure hes breathing and hes all right, and if not, you knock on the glass until you see movement and then you move on. Standard is every 30 minutes, every 60 minutes . Every 30 minutes or less. This is the kind of thing that gives birth to conspiracy theories. Everything we heard is that this appears to be a suicide and there was no foul play involved, and there was a list of protocol violations. The list seems to be growing by the hour, but there is nothing to indicate any sort of conspiracy or criminality in terms of the actions, but its still very early on. A questioning about criminality, did anyone fake the logs that they said they did the rounds when they didnt . The union and some other officials tell us it was properly staffed, that there were two employees on assignment in that wing, and that was the appropriate number. You see the New York Times reporting tonight that one of the two was not a fully trained correction officer. We hear about staff shortages, weve heard stories about secretaries being promoted up or regular staffers coming up and asked to do some of the jobs of correction officers. Unclear if thats, in fact, what was going on in the wing that night, and if played any role in any of this, to be determined. The investigation ongoing. Medical examiner not really seeing suicide as the finding until the fbi and the Inspector General complete their work to make sure there wasnt somebody who provided him with materials. Were hearing its most likely a bed sheet that was used, but was he given anything . Did somebody intentionally look the other way . All of these are questions that are being looked into. As of now there is nothing to suggest any of that. It sounds really like just a series of horrible errors and bad protocols and lack of discipline. Thats what it seems like this early on. But still, we have a full investigation to wait ask see what they come up with. Counselor, i am guessing you sent your fair share of customers to mcc during your years as a fed. But if all of us in Civilized Society want to say that the victims are our number one concern, will they get justice . Does this case continue with a dead man at its heart . This case will continue. And the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, jeff berman, made that clear over the weekend. He issued a statement in which he said the investigation will continue into accomplices and coconspirators. The charges against Jeffrey Epstein himself will proceed because he is dead and you cant proceed with a criminal case against someone who is dead. The investigation will continue. Jeff berman said his office will continue to stand up for the victims. And he pointed out that jeff epstein counted for a conspiracy count which means jeff berman was already prepared to say in court that at least one other person was involved with epstein to engage in this illegal sex trafficking. Since those charges have been filed, we know the federal agents conducted that search of Jeffrey Epsteins home in new york where they uncovered troves of additional evidence. We know today there was the search conducted at his residence in the u. S. Virgin islands. We know from reporting that his pilots have been subpoenaed for their testimony about who else was involved in the transport of victims for sex trafficking. So theres lots of additional evidence that prosecutors are going to be going through, and i think we just need to be patient and take mr. Berman at his word that the case is ongoing. Briefly, in 30 seconds or less, all the boldfaced names weve seen swept up in this, a president , a harvard professor, a prince from overseas, they all will still have to argue their cases because theyve been put out there. Its too soon to say precisely what role, if any, those boldfaced names will play in any future criminal case or in any civil case, because we should mention those civil cases by victims can continue against Jeff Epsteins estate, and there is also the possibility of a civil Asset Forfeiture action against places like his mansion in new york that were used to perpetrate the crimes. Were still figuring this story out. We have a mystery in front of us, but our thanks to both of you for coming by. To jonathan dienst and to jessica roth, our guests tonight. Coming up, the alarming missile explosion in russia. Once again the world would love to know more than russia is saying about a nuclear accident. Well talk to our former u. S. Ambassador to russia when we come back. And the Alzheimers Association is going to make it happen. But we wont get there without you. Join the fight with the Alzheimers Association. In all of contemporary history, only the United States has used Nuclear Weapons against another nation in japan august of 45. There have been many accidents, and days ago there was another one. At least seven people are dead after an accident along russias northern coast. The New York Times reports it happened during a test of a nuclearpropelled cruise missile. A spike in radiation levels was detected shortly after the explosion, but in keeping with old style soviet tradition, russian authorities initially denied that, and since then theyve offered limited details. According to the times, the russian governments slow and secretive response has set off anxiety in nearby cities and towns and attracted the attention of analysts in washington and europe who believe the explosion may offer a glimpse of technological weakness in russias new arms program. This missile is thought to involve some kind of prototype that putin bragged about during his 2018 address to the nation. He said they had a weapon that could circle the globe and evade u. S. Missile defenses. President trump became the first u. S. Official to publicly comment today. It can best be summed up with his parting words, quote, not good. Joining us tonight, michael mcfaul, former ambassador to putin in russia. Why should we be worried . Why should we be skeptical . For people who are in chernobyl and learning about the soviet union, whats different about the soviet union we remember when we were young, and russia, for starters . I just want to send my condolences to the russian families who lost loved ones in this accident. This is a tragedy for them, first and foremost. Its an unnecessary tragedy because it doesnt make sense to have nuclearpowered missiles. The difference is the soviets didnt have that weapon, so thats one difference. The second difference is we have more information, we have more Data Collection than during chernobyl, and obviously this is a much smaller tragedy. But it is a tragedy. Its a scary tragedy, and it raises concerns about what is motivating putin to develop these kinds of weapons which i think make no sense. When you heard the report, though, today that people were taking iodine tablets in the region, people around where this happened, when you see some of the photos of tourists with a cloud and a smoke column behind them, its incredibly eerie, all of it. I agree. And this government, Vladimir Putins government, is not good about telling the truth, and i would remind all those people bingeing on chernobyl and the secrecy around it. Thats when gorbachev decided we have to go a different way. I would also remind the viewers that this is not the first tragedy russia has had under Vladimir Putin. Just last month there was a nuclearpowered submarine that went under. I think 14 people were dead. And the lack of reporting about it is what you have in autocratic regimes and people dont like that when they live in those rregimes. They want to know what is going on, especially when it could affect their individual health. I know this caught your eye today, as it did ours. This is a poll showing 44 of Young Russians defined as ages 15 to 29 would like to move permanently to another country. First of all, whats your confidence . This is gallup world poll, june to october, 2018. What is your confidence in methodology . Whats your confidence that real life backs up that kind of a number . Well, im presuming, i dont know the facts but im presuming gallup has to partner with a polish agency in russia which almost all but one, in fact, have a relationship with the government, so the actual data may be even more shocking. Brian, think about how incredible those numbers are. What does that say about mr. Putins legitimacy, what does it say about his Popular Support . Were always hearing hes so popular. Those numbers dont suggest he is popular among the youth, and i would also like to point out that you just we just witnessed the largest demonstrations against Vladimir Putin since 2012 over the weekend. 50,000 people came out in moscow to protest their desire for free and fair elections, local elections. Most of those people were young moscowites. Not a good sign for Vladimir Putin. This is why we have you counsel to us and why well have you back in short order. Michael mcfaul, thank you for coming on, as always. Coming up for us, the political battle thats brewing in this country over gun control after last weekends two Mass Shootings. A former member of Congress Says its the democrats that have more to worry about than you might think. Well talk more about that theory when we come back. Cheryl gay stolburg of the New York Times says with strong opposition from republicans who are in charge of the senate and President Trump in the white house, an assault weapons ban has virtually no chance of being signed into law before 2021. Nearly 200 House Democrats are backing legislation to reinstate the ban, which is not enough to even pass the house and voting on such a measure would be politically ricky for vulnerable moderates. With us to talk about it, david jolly, a former republican member of congress from the state of florida who has since left the house and since left his political party. So, david, lets put it this way. Right now you can have impeachment in regular or diet. Were having diet, apparently, the single calorie impeachment. A lot of people say for the reason that augers into this reasoning, to protect moderate democrats from casting a very eventful vote because, after all, if you want to stay in the majority, everybody and more has to get reelected every two years. Look, thats absolutely true, and impeachment is a good analogy. But i would say the complaints should not be with those swing districts, it should be with James Madison and if the house doesnt want to do its job. I would say this for those whose priority is an assault weapons ban right now in this environment, if a democratically controlled how else of representatives cannot pass a ban in this environment, then the notion of an assault weapons ban is dead. Its not happening. This is why the democrats took the house. My fear is the way this has now been framed as democrats and much of america has asked congress to do something, and the eyes have turned to Mitch Mcconnell in the senate. What will actually be done is a victory will be declared around very little. Congratulations to the democrats for moving their universal background check over to the senate. Republicans refuse to do that, democrats did it. But brian, all that does is expand the type of transactions that are subject to a background search. Unlicensed transactions at gun shows and the internet. It does nothing to address the weapons used in el paso or gilroy, california or vegas or orlando. It does nothing to address highcapacity magazines like we saw in dayton. It does nothing to address expanding comprehensive background checks to include Mental Health evaluations, to include nonprosecuted Domestic Violence incidents. What is sitting in the senate is important, but its very incremental. And this is a moment where if you are informed by a need for gun control, if thats how you inform your vote, you need nancy pelosi and the House Democrats to act on your behalf right now. Is another way of saying what youre saying, that its a relatively easy, certainly its an emotional issue. Its been a dark week in america. Its easier to call for this while running for president if youre one of the 24. Its quite another to be speaker of the house during this time. It certainly is. But i would also say, look, theres 235 democrats in the house. You can afford to lose 17 of those votes on an assault weapons ban and still see it passed. To your point, though, look, nancy pelosi has a tough job ahead of her because if she does not move for an assault weapons ban, then this issue is off the table for every democratic cabinet and the additional nominee. Because the nominee for the president ial nominee cannot call for an assault weapons ban next november if a Democratic House has been unable to even pass it themselves. But conversely, if House Democrats can pass this and get it over to Mitch Mcconnell, you have a perfect contrast going at the november 2020 between the democratic platform and the republican platform. One says we have passed an assault weapons ban and republicans are standing in the way. That is a much better environment for the democratic nominee to go to voters and ask for true reforms when it comes to gun laws in the United States. I hate when we reduce what our emotional issues down to the pure politics and arithmetic of it, but so often its where they end up. David jolly, thank you for your analysis and for joining us on this monday night. Coming up, well talk to the conservationist jeff corwin. 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Tell us why the average american watching either at home or perhaps theyre on Summer Vacation tonight, theyre watching and want to know the impact on this of this on them or their children. Well, good evening, brian, if youve ever looked up into the sky and seen a soaring bald engle or a hump back whale or at elk, all of these creatures exist today because of the endangered species act. Without the act signed into law in 1973 and the ultimate example of bipartisan, we would not have these creatures today. There would be no bald eagles alive if it wasnt for this incredibly Important Movement which saved our nations wild legacy. I know youre a conservationist and not a politician. Its been reported tonight that mostly democrats are scrambling whether its going to be through courts or congress or a combination. But you raise an important point. Richard nixon was president when this was passed and its taken a coming together of a whole lot of people to enforce it, the fact that as youre discussing, we have these animals alive and among us today. Brian, yes, i mean, imagine that, we can look to Richard Nixon and thank him for securing these symbols of who we are as a nation. The truth is, brian, the people that will be impacted the most will be our children with the loss and with the emasculation of this incredibly important endeavor and i can tell you from my heart that theres never been a president ial administration more willfully negligent when it comes to the stewardship of our Natural Resources than the Trump Administration. They have shown that they put power, politics and profit about protecting not only the symbols of who we are as a country, but also the Natural Resources that we depend upon. They made it clear this is not a priority. They deny the presence of Climate Change. Im in europe right now. Every day i have to try to explain why weve pulled out of the paris accord. Theyve taken dirty Energy Insiders and have put them in charge of these organizations like the epa and the department of the interior when it comes to protecting our Natural Resources. David bernhardt whos now the secretary of the interior, everyone try to wrap your head around this, was a former oil lobbyist, this is where we are now, where the son of the president , a big game hunter, can actually select the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. Its its hard to wrap your head around that this is actually unfolding, but unfortunately, brian, we have a radar screen blipping with so many distractions. This issue, so key to the survival of the next generation, is in jeopardy. 30 seconds, jeff, do you think they have underestimated the power of those who love the Natural World . Well, i have to tell you, brian, i dont know. I never thought in my lifetime i would see a president ial administration reduce sacred and protected federal landscapes Like National monuments. But i believe if we stand up, we make it known, we hold them accountable, its not too late, but in the bestcase scenario, brian, we are the last generation to secure our Natural Resources and our endangered species. Were running out of time and this is the wrong direction. Its an issue urgent enough that jeff agreed to wake up early for us at 5 54 a. M. In berlin. Thank you very much for agreeing to join us and talking us through this news and this issue. Coming up, a moment of genuine emotion in a business not known for it when we come back to it. danny let me get this straight. After a long day of hard work. You have to do more work . vo automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. danny every day youre nearly fried to a crisp, professionally vo you earned it, were here to make sure you get it. Quickbooks. Backing you. 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