Msnbc starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. My colleagues, Brian Williams and Nicole Wallace will be anchoring from new york. A lot more on that dramatic showdown tomorrow night coming up. We start out with stories of hard overcrowded detention facilities which have spurred so many calls for action. Since last friday, fume russ reports from exposed the squalid conditions for hundreds of Migrant Children held in a Border Patrol station in clint, texas. Now, House Democrats are scrambling to pass an aid package to address those very concerns. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been grappling, however, with a threat of a revolt, among progress ev lawmakers who according to New York Times say they fear that the aid will be used to carry out mr. Trumps aggressive tactics, cluling deportation raids. It appears democrats have the votes, however, to pass that bill tonight. The white house yesterday threatened to veto the bill, however, today, President Trump says hes waiting on the democrats for the mon
Married to Jared Kushner have denied there was any influence from the top. Did you tell anyone in the white house i dont think i have the authority to do that. Im not sure i do. I wouldnt i wouldnt do it. The president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husbands clearance, zero. What were the problems early on . There werent any. So no special treatment . No. And abbey lowell kushners attorney was way ahead of both of them, heres what he told cnn last year, it was downgraded and then restored. Who made the decision to restore his security clearance . How did that happen . The Intelligence Community and the fbi. It happened in the normal course, it happened the way it happens for thousands of people. There was nobody in the political process that had anything to do with it. There was nobody who pressured it. It was just done the normal, regular way. Asha rangappa is a legal and National Security analysis and bradley moss is an attorney who specializes in security cleara
Candidate who is making Climate Change the center of his campaign joins me on his sweeping new plan. And mother of Otto Warmbier breaking her silence talking about the 2 million u. S. Pledge to north korea and what she saw when she looked in her sons eyes. And we start with the breaking news that President Trump spoke at length today with russian president Vladimir Putin. Its their first call since the end of the russia investigation and, yes, the Mueller Report did come up in their conversation. Now, remember, President Trump said im sorry, president putin rather said that russia never meddled with the 2016 election, though the Mueller Report said this, quote, the russian government interfered in the 2016 president ial election in sweeping and systematic fashion. I want to bring in our kaitlan collins. She is at the white house. Kaitlan, do we know what exactly they discussed, for how long and what they didnt discuss . Well, pam, Sarah Sanders said this call lasted a little over an ho
This since the news broke this morning. Hi. Jeffrey epstein as we know had been placed on suicide watch nearly three weeks ago now after he was found in his jail cell with marks on his neck. Were not able to confirm whether he was still on suicide watch whens with a found when he was found this morning. Sources say that he hanged himself, but we have not been able to confirm that detail. We know he was found unresponsive in his cell around 6 30 this morning and despite life saving efforts both at the prison and a downtown hospital epstein was pronounced dead. The question will now become, who let this happen and how did it happen . Someone in federal custody, especially someone on suicide watch should be under constant surveillance and not be allowed to have any items use today harm yourself. We spoke with an expert who says the prisons only obligated to give clothing to inmates who they think could use the clothing for selfharm not to mention bed sheets, shoe laces and sharp objects.
How you can help. How you can learn. How you can get the skills to know your value and communicate it effectively. That does it for us this morning. Chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. Mika, thank you so much. Hello there. I am Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. It is thursday, august 22nd. Heres whats happening. After sowing distrust, confusion at home, President Trump heads to europe in a few days where his snubs and flipflops will meet head on with global consequences. And on issues far more pressing and consequential than greenland. The other g7 leaders have to be wondering what the heck the president has in store for their big summit this weekend. Even as here at home there are new reports today that people who have worked in this white house are increasingly worried about the president s behavior. I want to go to the white house and Peter Alexander who had a front row seat for the president s conversations with the press yesterday, one of many over the past couple o