it is wednesday, october 12th. i m christine romans. president biden says he believes russian president vladimir putin is rational. mr. biden said putin s objectives invading ukraine were irrational and a serious misjudgment. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. so if he s not rational no, i didn t say he s not rational. you said the speech. i think his speech, his objectives. i think he thought they would welcome him with open arms. this is home for mother russia and i think he totally miscalculated. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington. what else did the president have to say about putin and ukraine? reporter: obviously the president warned of catastrophic mistakes and miscalculations. president putin continues to make these nuclear threats. as the u.s. grows more concerned while looking at the escalations happening in ukraine caused by russia. he warns of armageddon. take a look at
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it is an extraordinary day and we begin with that dramatic escalation in donald trump s legal problems and the fbi searches his estate in south florida yesterday unannounced. the former president posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was quote currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news that the investigation is related to the transfer of class fy classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago when trump left office, in february it was reported that 15 boxes were taken improperly to the president s estate. and at the time, the department of justice was asked to investigate. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. the for
the american summer concert series which means it s friday. usually we see aesthetic shot is cut the guitar down and scrambling down to the concert ready. a lot of guys michael ray did not. some trying measure your enthusiasm. it s palpable, michael ray, right here. is about the woman cut away. is he singing about someone in particular? do you all have the one that got away that still you think about? it cutter on the line. of [laughter] yeah, let s go. i m married, that s right. did she have her get away for a little bit and come back? 100%. i will win. after the olympics because it just kind of sits around like what do i do? i might want 800 will cain. is that what catapulted your career? she catapulted my career. if you noticed i m in new york city and someone is that i m taking care she s a good woman. every answer he s giving us to make his personal life better. there s nothing accurate. i always tell the truth. did you ask a question did affl
And while real madrids position might not surprise many, this is real sociedad, leading inter milan in group d. They take on benfica in lisbon. Sevilla are the third la liga side involved on tuesday and they host arsenal. Bayern munich are top of the group that Manchester United and copenhagen are in, the german champions are in turkey to play galatasaray. The Texas Rangers have reached Major League Baseballs world series. Defeating the defending champions in the process. In fact, they demolished the Houston Astros in the pivotal game seven of the American League championship series. Home runs from adolis garcia, corey seager and Nathaniel Lowe saw the rangers wrap up an 11 4 victory. Sending them to the world series for the First Time Since losing back to back fall classics in 2010 and 2011. It was. Remarkably. A seventh straight win in the alcs for the away team. With garcia hitting two homers. Going deep for a fourth consecutive game. Hes an incredible tire talent and we had contrib
joining us now, nbc news chief political analyst, chuck todd, the man behind the article and nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. chuck, when you go back and look at 2020, and why donald trump lost, is there a definitive answer for why he lost? i think if you surveyed political strategists and political scientists, you wouldn t get a definitive answer. i think he lost simply because of covid. there s a lot of people because of what happened after the election with january 6th, they think about his antics, the first impeachment. then we had the second impeachment that sort of took place right after the inauguration. we never really had that sort of consensus, you didn t have the after action reports because you have one party was in denial that they actually lost, so they didn t do an after action report. but in some ways, neither did the democrats and i think that what i feel like i m watching is what the biden campaign thought their theory of the case was in october of