You cant correct their wrong by doing wrong yourself. We cant fight reckless violence by being reckless and violent ourselves. We must become the change we seek as gandhi challenged us. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. No quick solution in iraq. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im steve ko rnacki. The u. S. Finds itself again entangled in iraq. Al malaki has thrown the government into a state of chaos. Hes refusing to seek power and has immobilized the iraqi army which is now surrounded with special forces and tanks. Today a new Prime Minister to replace malaki as the new government prepares to dislodge him. At the same time, u. S. Military action against the Insurgent Group in iraq known as isis continues to escalate. The u. S. Launched at least 11 rounds of air strikes against isis including four just today. Senior military official is now saying air strikes alone will not stop isiss advances. Late today president obama addressed the growing crisis fro
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. 11 00 p. M. In hawaii. We will have the projections of Hurricane Lane. We start with the white house. The white house struggles to contain the fallout from the Michael Cohen guilty plea. President trump is turning to personal attacks. Cohen implicated trump for coordinating Hush Payments to a porn star to sway an election. Yesterday with an interview with fox news, the president tried to minimize cohens role in life and in business. He was one of many lawyers for me. They say the lawyer and they like to say the fixer. I dont know where that term came from. I dont know if he was a fixer. He has been a lawyer for me. He did not do big deals. Small deals. Not somebody with me that much. Somebody who said i did not live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. He turned out not to be a very good lawyer. Thats what the president says now about the man who once
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Unlock all doors and i see the pride when they say i am an american. To see how florences program unlocks the doors of the american dream, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Happening now. Hurricane lane battering hawaii with strong winds and deluge rain. Another ally appears to have broken with the president. The executive who helped kill stories about the president s affairs before the election cooperating with investigators. And a Predominately Black Georgia County could close most of the Polling Places before midterms. Critics say it is doing to muzzle the majority vote. Good morning. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy friday. August 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 10 00 p. M. In hawaii. We start with Hurricane Lane on final approach to hawaii. It is now category three. Officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. More than 19 inches fell on the big island. Governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches
The administration is directly arming kurdish fighters in iraq. American aircraft meanwhile continue to pound targets there but a struggle over control of the Iraqi Government is threatening to complicate that crisis. The fourth round of air strikes has been carried out against the group known as the islamic state. The American Drones and fighter jets are hitting vehicles and mortar locations. U. S. Troops have also made at least four airdrops of aid to thousands of displaced iraqis. The latest delivery included 88 bundles of supplies including water and ready to eat meals. The u. S. Effort appears to be aiding the Kurdish Force whos are celebrating a key victory. Kurdish Officials Say they have regained control of two villages in the region. It is the first victory for the group since the militants pushed them into retreat. Over the weekend, president obama said the air Strike Campaign may last for months while once again ruling out american ground troops. But republicans are offering
And make this the summer of style. Amid new u. S. Air strikes in iraq, confirmation this morning the cia is arming kurdish fighters. The conflict juxtaposes a new ceasefire in the region between israel and hamas. Well go live to the middle east. Back at home, a democratic divide in hawaii as the incumbent governor gets ousted by over 30 points and the Senate Standoff is too close to call in a primary haunted by a late senators legacy. Also this morning, were marking 40 years since an unprecedented week in American History when Richard Nixon resigned and the presidency passed to someone elected by one House District in michigan. Good morning from washington, its monday, august 11th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Im luke russert in for the great chuck todd. We start with the u. S. Role on a battlefield americans thought they had left behind. U. S. Officials now tell nbc news that the cia is directly arming Kurdish Forces battling isis fighters in northern iraq. Up until now, the u. S.