the new york times is reporting tonight that federal prosecutors are investigating whether rudy giuliani broke lobbying laws in his dealings in ukraine. is the president at all worried about everything giuliani has been doing on his behalf? reporter: yeah, he is. and you ve seen the president express that not only publicly but we re also told by sources the president privately has been questioning rudy giuliani and his connection to these two men who were arrested recently this week. the news broke yesterday. and the president in turn has been distancing himself from the lawyer who has essentially been on television defending him for the last two years through it all. instead the president is now questioning whether or not rudy giuliani is going to be a liability for him, something that people have been telling the president for weeks now, before all of this happened about his client s be areleased, telling the president he didn t seem the right person to represent him in this impe
stephen miller who were really trying to run dhs policy out of the west wing, not out of the department of homeland security. an indication his mood had changed had been after that washington post interview about ten days ago where he said he just didn t have control over the policy coming out of the dhs, the tone coming out of dhs. we re told by one person familiar, don, kevin mcaleenan didn t realize he was on the record during that interview, an interview that stunned a lot of people for just how blunt the dhs secretary was in it. you mentioned the washington post reporting, kaitlan. the new york times is reporting tonight that federal prosecutors are investigating whether rudy giuliani broke lobbying laws in his dealings in ukraine. is the president at all worried about everything giuliani has been doing on his behalf? reporter: yeah, he is. and you ve seen the president express that not only publicly but we re also told by sources the president privately has been questio
to save those stranded by flooding in texas. but first, washington is reeling from new explosive reporting that the president pressured a foreign leader to pursue an investigation that could deliver potential political dirt on his possible 2020 challenger. the washington post and the new york times now also reporting what the wall street journal broke yesterday, that president trump pressed the newly-elected president of ukraine to investigate the son of former vice president joe biden. nbc news has not independently confirmed it. the wall street journal reports during a phone call in july, president trump urged the ukrainian president about eight times to investigate hunter biden. according to people familiar with the matter. a source tells the journal, it does not appear the president offered anything in return but the month after the call, the administration did block aid to ukrai ukraine until last week. there is a bitter standoff. the trump administration is
safety and security of the people in the path of the hurricane. it is something very important for me to be here. the storm looks like it to be a very big one indeed. reporter: a lot of people have holiday plans to visit florida, 13 different airlines are offering waivers for anyone who booked a trip to florida this weekend, people vacationing certainly heading home early. shannon: both of those are good idea. another story that broke yesterday, former fbi director james comey violated agency policies multiple times, top republicans and rod rosenstein sounding off on the inspector general s report which we were expecting as we learn comey will not face charges. reporter: the justice
challenging. i think when this seat and love for president trump and conservative policies in our economy i think we will hold the seat it. will be a raucous race. president trump called us yesterday and specifically rachel, too. and just gave us his well-wishes and sent us his love. on air force one coming back from the g7 and took the time to call us. i think it speaks a lot about the president and how he values family as well and i thought that was really cool of him. steve: well, it was really good to hear your story first hand from both of you after the news broke yesterday. we wanted to hear you. , our thoughts and prayers are with the duffy family. ainsley: we ll be praying for that little girl. brian: jillian, you are prepared to bring us some news? jillian: good morning to you. start off with the big story we are following. johnson and johnson will appeal a ruling in a landmark opioid trial. the judge ordering the company to pay $572 million for fueling the opioid crisis in ok