And Harvard Law School from which he joined the United States after army after 9 11. He served a tour in afghanistan as well before leaving the army and joining the battle for sanity in washington, d. C. Elected in 2012, cotton ran and won his senate seat in 2014. Now from the Senate Intelligence committee he has become a frequent visitor to the oval office. One of the legislators is said by many to trust. Thank you for joining me this morning. Thank you, hugh. Good to be on with you this morning. You know terms are four years. Even though this has been rocky, how do you make a fouryear term in this president s successful . It is important we try to deliver on the agenda that the president campaigned and we campaigned in the congress. Were working right now on tax reform to put more money in the pockets of working class americans and getting our economy growing again. Also working on longterm Budget Solutions so we can fund our military just like the president promised on the campaign.
A tiny unknown town in texas and a baby being killed, unborn baby being killed, a little toddler but now the individual, Devin Patrick kelley got his weapon. He was kicked out on bad conduct discharge. Terrible violence against husband wife, exwife and her son, an in tpapt, who he broke the infants skull. Cruelty to animals. Yes. There is a long string of some sort of mental problems. Yeah. But he was still able to purchase a weapon. Several weapons, actually, when he got out, and was a civilian in texas. Because . Because there is a huge loophole that we are now learning about that exists between the military and the civilian law enforcement. It is a combination of things. One of the things i think we will find in this investigation is just the fact that there is a difference in language. Ucmj doesnt have a Domestic Abuse specification. Josh, story of the week . To politics, a democratic sweep in virginia and new jersey which will set the stage for the 2018 midterms. The big takeaway
Disrupt the president ial election appears even more widespread. For the first time yesterday the department of Homeland Security told 21 states the russian government tried to hack voter representing station files at polling stations. Targeted states included ohio, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. But first, we have been following a developing story out of north korea. Concerns of another nuclear test were raised after china detected seismic activity near the site of a Previous Nuclear detonation. But we are just getting an assessment from the pentagon right now. Lets go to janice who is follow the latest developments from beijing. Janice, with a good morning to you. This is very con sroe is luted at this poin at this point. Of course any reports of tremors in north korea are going to rattle some nerves and generate interest these days. So far there is no consensus on this magnitude 3. 4 earthquake in north korea. It happened about four hours ago. A u. S. Official has gone on the record a
Not of nostalgia, but of challenges today. And later in the show, a barrage of decisions came down from the white house late friday, including the controversial pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of arizona. And i have an issue with that one. But we start with the overwhelming damage along the texas gulf coast from Hurricane Harvey. Its now a tropical storm, but harvey is bringing catastrophic levels of flooding that could continue until thursday in many parts of texas. Search and rescue efforts are just beginning as the slow moving storm continues to spawn flash floods and tornadoes. Rainfall is expected to reach historic levels totaling as much as 40 inches in some areas. Lets go to bill karins of the Weather Channel where houston is receiving the brunt of the storm right now. Good morning to you, reverend. Unfortunately, this is the worst Case Scenario weve seen he overnight. People are dying in the houston area from the catastrophic floods. Weve had five reports of fay talgities fataliti
Federal Law Enforcement official on both sides of the aisle. Hes undercutting anybody that gets in his way or calls his power into question, like when he tweeted earlier this month about former fbi director, jim comey, after years of comey running the fbi its reputation is in tatters. Something that those with actual knowledge of the fbi say simply is not true. When he repeatedly makes the claim that russia gate is nothing but a lie. Theres absolutely no collusion. I tornado madid not make a phon russia. It was a democratic hoax and an excuse for losing the election, and it never should have been this way. It begs the question whether trump will be successful in so duh sporting reality, that even if Robert Mueller finds evidence of collusion or obstruction of justice, trump and his supporters will declare it all fake news and find a way to avoid justice. Joining me now, my panelists. Sarah, i thought of you when i was on hardball the other night and asked by Chris Matthews for my asses