Blake as his family calls for justice. To stand up, not just for jacob, but for all the people who have not gotten justice. President trump fanning the flames, calling black lives matter protesters thugs at a Campaign Stop last night in new hampshire. Today the president is visiting hurricane laura. While trumps 2020 rival joe biden tries to clear up a number of lies republicans told to the nation about his policies. Well break down this weeks gop convention, the voters republicans were targeting, and how democrats plan to push back. And breaking news. Why the director of National Intelligence says he will no longer brief congress in person about foreign interference in this years election. We start in kenosha, wisconsin, where marchers are rallying today, calling for justice for jacob blake. Todays vigil and march marks the seventh day of demonstrations in the wake of the policeinvolved shooting. Blake remains in serious condition after being shot in the back seven times by officer ru
The candidates are tonight. Anyone not in nevada is campaigning in states that vote on super tuesday. And the Bloomberg Campaign is the other big story. Actually several big bloomberg stories. The first, Bloomberg Campaign is responding to a report that bloomberg is considering Hillary Clinton as his running mate. And the second story is from the washington post. The Bloomberg Campaign responded claiming that the former mayor doesnt tolerate discrimination or harassment. And Josh Letterman is in las vegas. All right, josh, what can you tell us . Reporter well, there has been a busy day of campaigning here in nevada as the candidates fan out ahead of this debate coming up early this week and then the caucuses over the weekend. We heard from harry reid, havent heard him much in public recently, but he was out casting his ballot as early voting kicks off in nevada today. And he was asked by some reporters who were out there today what he thinks about these growing concerns within the Demo
We did discuss the whoa, we didnt discuss payment of wall. That will be for a later date. This was a very prelim nation meeting. I think it was an excellent meeting. Within hours of that meeting, trump was back in the states and back in rare form in front of rocket supporters and in ohio today. We will build a great wall along the southern border. And mexico will pay for the wall. Were going to build a wall, mexico is going to pay for the wall, were going to stop drugs from coming in. Trumps arizona speech was the last straw for some of his top latino surrogates, several of whom politico supports in light of the most recent hardening. Joining matt as he himself used that term. What did you make of the speech that he then turned around and gave in arizona last night. Discussions with the president. I think that was an important step. And the security is important. The security is important to all americans including latinos an we feel that that is an important first step and moving forw
Picture of trump on his plane talking on the phone with his running mate, mike pence, as adviser, former new york city mayor, Rudy Giuliani, the only major supporter of donald trump who made the sunday talk show rounds was also on that plane. Rnc chairman Reince Priebus there as well. All of this amid the extraordinarily upheaval created by friday nights release of that 2005 tape in which donald trump brags in vulgar terms about groping women. Trump then issuing that latenight apology hours after the video was elireleased, his apology posted online, but also lashing out at bill clinton in that video. This morning, donald trump taking aim at the dozens of republicans rescinding their support of him, tweeting so many selfrighteous hypocrites. Watch their poll numbers and elections go down. The rejection by fellow republicans kept coming today. I thought about years from now when my daughter kate is old enough to know what is in those tapes and understand what he is talking about, i want
Welcome to this hour of msnbc, and im Jonathan Capehart. We have breaking news, the National Democratic committee is electing the chair as we speak. And moments ago indiana mayor pete butte geeg as well as howard dean have announced they are dropping out of the spot. And whoever wins the spot is going to have a difficult job uniting the party, and getting more democrats elected to the office nationwide. With me, is jayne who is the pt president of the Democratic Party who voted today, and janelle smith, National Correspondent for msnbc news, and my colleague at the Washington Post Catherine Rampel and republican strategist rich galen and thank you all for being here. Let me start with you, jayne. Have you cast your vote yet . Yes. We just cast our votes all four for indiana for congressman ellison and waiting for the paper ballots to be counted. Can you tell us why Keith Ellison from the 5th Congressional District . Well, we are excited about him because he understands grass roots orga