when they go low, you go high. cnn can report that hillary clinton called donald trump i am officially to conrunni resident of the united states. when they go low, hugo high. cnn can report that he has called on trump to concede the race. we are building the wall. the justice department has announced a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and if trump was part of that. president putin was strong and powerful in his denial today. he is becoming the fourth president to face the prospect of impeachment. we are in a civil war. [donald] when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they re rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. when mexico saddens their people they are not sending their best. they are bringing drugs and crime. their and some, i assume, are good people . when trump announced his candidacy for president he was not seen as a serious
roller coaster of talks and more talks and rumors. i think that most of the hostage families are just committed to the work of doing everything we can and speaking to whom ever will listen about the importance and the true urgency of getting all the hostages home. find getting all the hostages home. and ou have getting all the hostages home. and you have been in those meetings with very, very crucial players in all this. do you think this makes a real difference? my this. do you think this makes a real difference? difference? my profession is as an historian. it s difference? my profession is as an historian. it s difficult difference? my profession is as an historian. it s difficult for - difference? my profession is as an historian. it s difficult for me - difference? my profession is as an historian. it s difficult for me to i historian. it s difficult for me to say right now what a difference it might or might not make in 50 years from now. i believe that future his
hi, nicolle. i only ask of you one thing, and we make no predictions. i just ask that you don t go on vacation or stay near your phone or facetime and broadcasting abilities, okay? i feel like the whole summer is potentially hazardous for vacation planning. i haven t totally broken this until this moment on live tv to my family but i feel like between jack smith and willis it s dicey. to your family and everyone, we say, that s a little bit of personal breaking news. good to see you, nicolle. have a good show. thank you. our thanks to our colleague nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. while we try to do it all with good spirit, ace mentioned, there is a lot going on. facts and precise aspects of what we know, because we don t know everything and don t know the future. here s something i know, it will be a pretty packed broadcast. donald trump s number one aide during the insurrection in the classified documents handover, chief of staff mark meadows just w
to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s