A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat
problems. why is this what congress and the democrats are coming back to here when they come back from recess, as the impeachment caucus grows? and part of it is the strange saga of michael cohen. and i really wonder what you think, now that we ve taken it all in, it would be hard for people to understand at the beginning of this or if you saw this as a movie, how much ended up landing on mr. cohen s shoulders, including one of the longer sentences affiliated with the mueller probe. of course, it was handed off to new york. when he basically, apparently, did a lot of what was asked of him, first to help trump, some of which he later confessed to illegally, and what was asked of him by the congress. for context, we put together for your analysis, joyce, what donald trump said. he basically said, to use a common phrase, you better ask somebody, you better ask michael cohen, and ultimately the congress did. here was that condensed story. did you know about the $130,000 payments to storm
meet the press. we ll have the latest on hurricane dorian. look at the generational divide in the presidential race. among my guests will be somebody who would like to see that divide go in his favor. julian castro. the beat starts right now. chris jansing is in for ari. good to see you, chuck. i am chris jansing in for ari tonight. we re following a lot of stories. the walls are closing in. trump losing support as his trade war blows up and his administration got millions of dollars from fema. plus, more fallout as trump threatens to deport seriously ill children. i ll talk to one family whose 5-year-old is receiving life-saving care in the u.s., but has been told to get out. and the slow burn in the impeachment caucus. why dozens more democrats have come out in favor of impeaching trump since the mueller hearing. we ll get to all of it, but we begin with an update on hurricane dorian, as the monster storm barrels towards florida. nbc meteorologist bill karins is with us. bill,
look at the generational divide in the presidential race. among my guests will be somebody who would like to see that divide go in his favor. julian castro. the beat starts right now. chris jansing is in for ari. good to see you, chuck. i am chris jansing in for ari tonight. we re following a lot of stories. the walls are closing in. trump losing support as his trade war blows up and his administration got millions of dollars from fema. plus, more fallout as trump threatens to deport seriously ill children. i ll talk to one family whose 5-year-old is receiving life-saving care in the u.s., but has been told to get out. and the slow burn in the impeachment caucus. why dozens more democrats have come out in favor of impeaching trump since the mueller hearing. we ll get to all of it, but we begin with an update on hurricane dorian, as the monster storm barrels towards florida. nbc meteorologist bill karins is with us. bill, what should people be preparing for? that s the million-dol
nice. but, uh. what s up with your. partner? not again. limu that s your reflection. only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty it s turning into one of the biggest political surprises of the summer. the growing move to impeach president trump. 41 more democrats coming out in favor of impeachment since mueller testified before congress in july, bringing the total number of house members supporting an impeachment inquiry to 135. just this week, after trump threatened to pardon aides if they had to break the law in order to speed up progress on a border wall, a top democrat said that issue would be added to ongoing proceedings about whether to impeach trump. meanwhile, the slow burn of the growing impeachment caucus