Serious condition the Health Care Bill could affect millions of people. And leader Mitch Mcconnell has not held a single hearing. The options opponents of the plan have left. Drug overdoses theyre the leading cause of death for people under the age of 50. President trump launched a commission to deal with that crisis, but are lawmakers doing enough . To voice your opinions on these pulse questions, just grab your phone or your laptop, digital device, go to pulse. Msnbc. Com america and ere u can put in your responses, your votes. You can vote as many times as you like throughout the show. Of course, well give you the results as we go. Well start this hour now though with some breaking news just in to us here at msnbc. There are some reports of a terror attack on the capital of mali. A u. N. Official says people have been kill and wounded but no word yet on the usual in of casualties. The Associated Press is also reporting that hostages have been taken. Well keep an eye on top of this s
Been killed and wounded. There are believed to be hostages in this luxury resort. A u. S. Embassy official says he has not heard of any americans at the resort, at least at this moment. On the phone with us now is nbcs chlene gubash in cairo. What are you hearing right now . Well, so far, as far as we know the attack is still ongoing and the malian antiterror and the French Forces have already surrounded the area and theyre engaging the attackers. And so far, thats where the situation stands right now. Similar attack happened last year sorry in 2015, november of 2015 where militants took 170 people hostage and they ended up killing 20 people and the Security Forces rushed in. American Security Forces as well as french and malian Security Forces and managed to save 150 people. So they have been effective so far in fighting the militants. What are these known militant organized groups . Well, that i are. They are they are radical sunni militant groups that are linked to al qaeda. Im not
witch-hunt calling it a distraction. on friday the president tweeted in part quote, i m being investigated for firing the fbi director. but today one of the president s own personal lawyers made a startling claim when he appeared with chuck todd on nbc s meet the press. when did the president become aware that he was officially under investigation by the special counsel? the president is not under investigation by the special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were purportedly leaking information to the washington post about a potential investigation of the president. but the president as james comey said in his testimony and we know as of today, the president has not been and is not under investigation. now, so far the trump administration has not cleared up the confusion more has special counsel mueller s team. meanwhile the president is facing a friday deadline to confirm whether or not these so-called tapes that he twe
serious condition. he s showing signs of improvement as you reported he s more responsive and speaking with loved ones who are gathered here at his bedside at medstar washington hospital. so a few miles north of the capitol. it is being tweeted under his account he s following his beloved lsu baseball team as they compete in the world baseball finals. we learned on friday, much more serious than anybody had thought. he was close to death according to dr. jack sabah the director of the trauma center here at the washington hospital center. and more good news as well for another victim of that assailant in alexandria during that early morning baseball practice last wednesday. matt mika the lob yessist who was on hand, his family put out a statement yesterday saying he had too had undergone additional surgeries and he s communicating with loved ones through notes. so good news all around on this
entitled to some deference, both constitutionally and as any potential defendant would be in the sense of you re innocent until proven guilty. the fact they re looking at the firing of the fbi director does not mean it was inappropriate. this investigation could ultimately be great news for the white house if someone as respected as mueller finishes the job, maybe no collusion, maybe no obstruction and we move on as a country. it s interesting how much they attack him. but to the core of your question, you re a nation of laws and no one is above the law. including public officials, including judges, even the president, can be reviewed and investigated. now there are different processes in the constitution for how as lawyers wod y adjudicate it, how to deal with it. but no it s a rather remarkable statement from this lawyer. we saw alan dershowitz, respected law professor claim somehow there s no safeguard, that the laws don t apply to the president. that s not the case, that s not th