Responsible for the prior legal review and approval of every military operation approved by the president and secretary of defense during president obamas first term. If approved, hell be the fourth person nominated. Im joined now by our White House Correspondent Kristen Welker standing by. Micha Michael Isikoff and usa today kplum columnist raul reyes. What can you tell us about jeh johnson and the president s announcement . Reporter jeh johnson was an early supporter of president obamas during the 2008 campaign. The two men reportedly having a good rapport, one of the factors that wept into this decision. But as say, hes the top attorney with the pat the penta now. He has been at the forefront of decisions made particularly related to the use of drone strikes as well as ending the dont ask, dont tell policy. When you look at the philosophy that these two men have they are really in sync, jeh johnson is opposed to the idea of an indefinite war. That is something he said recently and p
Of congress back in their home districts today facing their constituents still feeling the impact. Joining me for daily fix Chris Cillizza msnbc contributor and host of post tvs in play. Kelly odonnell and luke russert. Kelly and luke you have been doing yeomans duty. Nice to be off the hill. Good to have you home. Welcome home. For sure. Kelly, people are still going to be very angry about the way this played out and its only kicking the can down the road. One of the best things about Congress Getting out of town, they do have to look their neighbors, the the people they represent in the face and hear from them directly about what it meant and how they feel about it. Even people who feel these were legitimate issues, they need to be confronting this in a personal way. It is shortterm. In 90 days we get to do this dance again. We hope that the effect has been so great people will approach it differently and maybe, maybe one positive is there will be a seriousness about the budget. The
0 there s been no change in any of the airline security or airport security protocols that we know of on any airlines that fly into russia or any airports that lead there. the only change this week has been one that the russians themselves imposed a ban on liquid and gels on flights within russia. that s the nature of the threat. no new information about it, andrea, other than the fact it was picked up by europeans and u.s. decided to distribute it to airlines. and richard engel, what the russians are saying, one of the russian officials said that russia is as safe as new york or boston. they are saying it s overblown that it s media hype. reporter: they certainly are. we heard that message again today with specifically referencing new york and boston. and that is clearly a message that has come all the way from the top when vladimir putin was here, he said the same thing, as secure as boston that sometimes tragedies happen when there are international sporting events, hopefully on
0 the washington post quoting a senior official, johnson was responsible for the prior legal review and approval of every military operation approved by the president and secretary of defense during president obama s first term. if approved, he ll be the fourth person nominated. i m joined now by our white house correspondent kristen welker standing by. micha michael isikoff and usa today kplum columnist raul reyes. what can you tell us about jeh johnson and the president s announcement? reporter: jeh johnson was an early supporter of president obama s during the 2008 expressed concerns about the fact that he worked with president obama in 2008, calling him nothing more than a donor and expressing concerns about the fact he doesn t have a whole lot of experience when it comes to border security. i spoke to a white house official and he said this is a management position, no one will come in having a broad knowledge of all of these different areas and that that is part of the job. s
an akin controversy and blood of documents, can mitt romney rise above this? good morning. happy friday to you. how are you doing? hanging in there. we re hanging in there together. i m brooke baldwin. i m john berman. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we re going to begin with tropical storm isaac. he is gaining power this morning. it could develop into a hurricane sometime today. it s headed right for haiti where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after the devastating 2010 earthquake. the storm has already pounded puerto rico with rain and isaac is projected to head towards florida next as a hurricane by monday. it s expected to hit just in time for the republican national convention in tampa bay. we have a lot of questions about where it s going and what s new. we want to go right to rob marciano at the cnn hurricane headquarters who is pouring over fresh data in just literally seconds ago. good morning, john. yeah, the 5:00 advisory is out from the n