Im chuck todd and joining me for insight and analysis this morning are conservative radio talk hoe hose hugh hugh yitd nbcs Andrea Mitchell former adviser to president obama Stephanie Cutter and historian and journalist evan thomas. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this the meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning. It is dynasty weekend. They came from the two most powerful political families in american politics today. But neither jeb bush nor Hillary Clinton wants to be defined by their last names, and this morning both campaigns are hard at work jeb bush back from europe is in miami preparing for his anointment tomorrow and his campaign has released a little teaser today. Its a video that also happens to unveil the name of the campaign and logo and look whats missing, one key word bush. Hillary clinton woke up in iowa this morning, and for those who wondered if she will start taking questions from the media well weve learned that she
Is the u. S. Losing the war against isis . Im chuck todd and joining me for insight and analysis this morning are conservative radio talk hoe hose hugh hugh yitd nbcs Andrea Mitchell former adviser to president obama Stephanie Cutter and historian and journalist evan thomas. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this the meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning. It is dynasty weekend. They came from the two most powerful political families in american politics today. But neither jeb bush nor Hillary Clinton wants to be defined by their last names, and this morning both campaigns are hard at work jeb bush back from europe is in miami preparing for his anointment tomorrow and his campaign has released a little teaser today. Its a video that also happens to unveil the name of the campaign and logo and look whats missing, one key word bush. Hillary clinton woke up in iowa this morning, and for those who wondered if she will start taking questions
Remembrances were held in the three sites where many died. Joseph ross marxbank jr. Its a heartbreaking tradition repeated every september 11th in lower manhattan. Amy elizabeth toyen. They read the names of the lost with a constant theme, never forget. And myself, glenn davis early. I know youre watching. Youd be very proud that your beautiful wife, joan, has raised two wonderful boys. At the white house, the morning began with a somber remembrance and moment of silence at 8 46 a. M. When the first plane hit the first tower. Later, president obama spoke at a ceremony at the pentagon, where 125 people were killed in the building 12 years ago today. Our hearts still ache for the futures snatched away. The lives that might have been. Lives lost, but never forgotten like the passengers and crew members who died in shanksville, pennsylvania. Their names announced at the memorial with 200 in attendance. For most new yorkers, 9 11 is forever seared in their souls. With a cost of almost 3,000
Reporter alisyn, two things sparked alarm. One, the repeated contact between Trump Campaign advisers and russian officials, described as Constant Contacts. But also the level of officials, senior most advisers very close to the president who were in this communication. These communications considered significant enough that then president elect trump and president obama were briefed on it by the nations senior most spy leaders. Multiple sources tell cnn senior advisers to donald trump were in constant communication with russian officials during the 2016 campaign. U. S. Intelligence intercepting repeated calls since last summer raising red flags due to the frequency of communications and the high level Campaign Advisers involved. Those advisers include former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and recently resigned National Security adviser Michael Flynn. President elect trump and then president barack obama were briefed on details of these Extensive Communications according to u. S. Offic
And donald trump publicly urged russia to find Hillary Clintons missing emails. All of this was happening at the same time. This morning no direct response from the white house to cnns reporting. The kremlin and President Trump are dismissing these reports as fake news. Our Barbara Starr begins our coverage at the pentagon. Good morning. Reporter good morning, john and poppy. No surprise, another tweet from President Trump, a short time ago. He says, this russian connection nonsense is merely an attempt to cover up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clintons losing campaign. What that may have to do with whats at hand here is unclear to many. This press conference may give an indication of how much Congressional Democrats and republicans are going to pursue a congressional investigation into all of this. Cnn reporting overnight in fact multiple officials, associated with multiple Government Agencies telling cnn that trump aides had repeated contacts with russian officials and russian pe