Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 589 of the trump administration. President trump is heading into this Labor Day Weekend and ending his summer after another very rocky week. He began it by pointedly not participating in the nations tributes to the late senator john mccain, who of course had been a frequent trump critic. Monday there was trumps reported resistance to putting out a statement by the white house. After several hours on monday, no public comment. Reporter mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Any thoughts on john mccain, sir . Reporter mr. President , do you have any thoughts at all about john mccain . Do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir . Nothing at all about john mccain . Reporter any reaction to the American Legion . Why wont you say anything about john mccain . The president did eventually note mccains legacy during a speech to evangelical leaders. But by that time he had
American icons. Poignant moments as senator jpl lies instate in the rotunda, and the late great Aretha Franklin. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 589 of the trump administration. Heading into this Labor Day Weekend and ending his summer after another very rocky week. He began it by pointedly not participating in the nations tributes to the late senator l john mccain, a trump critic. A statement prepared by the white house after the senators death over the weekend. For several hours on monday, no public comment. Mr. President. John mccain . Any thoughts on john mccain . Mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Any thoughts at all on john mccain . Do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir . Nothing at all about john mccain . Okay. Anything about john mccain . Why wont you say anything about john mccain . Sq the president eventually did note it to evangelical leaders but a
Made contact with his wife. She says he called her and said hes a little sad but doing okay. Hes being held in a correctional facility. He also said he may appear before a judge on friday or saturday. The news continues. I want to turn things over to don lemon and cnn tonight. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. And weve got to talk about what we heard from the president of the United States today. Because lets be clear, this is not politics as usual. This is not normal. This is the president going off the rails during an official taxpayerfunded event. A speech supposed to be about energy policy. But quickly turned into a rambling campaign speech. Joking about calling off the 2020 election. Have they ever called off an election before . Just said look, lets go, four more years. Yeah. Then you want to really drive them crazy . Go to hashtag third term, hashtag fourth term. Youll drive them totally crazy. Joking doesnt make it okay for a president to say lets call off the election. Theres
We are all out of time here. Ill look forward to e seeing you next weekend, but lets send you to d. C. Hey, alex. I look forward to seeing you in new york, but what a critical week ahead right here in washington, which is why were here. It is the impeeachment inquiry going into the public light. And just a few days, capitol hill will be the focus of some closed doors will open an the public will be able to watch the hearings in real time. Carl to testify first, state department official, george kent and the current and form rer ambassadors to ukraine. But today, its more about who will not be appearing. The republicans list, witness list, House Intelligence Committee chairman, adam schiff sent a letter to nunes saying no to their request. Kelly odonnell is at the white house with more on the impeachment and adam schiff said certain members of the republican list would be redundant. Well this is one of the new battle lines as we go into what will be this public phase. Couldnt be a more
Taxpayer funded event. A speech supposed to be about energy policy. Quickly turned into a rambling campaign speech. Joking about calling off the 2020 election. Have they ever called off an election before . Just lets go. Four more years. Yeah. Do you want to drive them crazy. Go to hash tag third term. Fourth term. Joking doesnt make it okay for a president to say lets call off the election. Theres nothing funny about that. Its also not okay. Not normal for president to use an official speech to attack political rivals. I dont know whos going to win. Well have to hit poke haunts very hard if she wins. Shes staging a come back. What a group. And sleepy joe. It is not okay for a president to attack his predecessor for of all things a book deal. This is costing me a fortune being president. Lawyers. Every day they sue me for something. These are the most people. Its probably costing from three to five billion. I couldnt careless. Nobody looks at obama getting 60 million for a book. Thats