One more solid month of summer and thats it. But thats okay because why . Because simon cowell is going to be a daddy. Daddio. Good news and bad news. He has i guess is the way you say it. Both new york papers. The interesting thing isnt so much that he was with a girl and shes pregnant. Its that the girl happens to be one of one of his friends wives. And apparently theyre separated and have been separated for a while. Did you hear that or no . I hear some people are saying they have been separated for a while. Other people saying no, they just recently separated when the husband found out. Thats andrew silverman, her Real Estate Developer husband. So i dont know which is true, hoda. I just work here. Of course you do. But you know the news. Whats weird is they all went on vacation together, which is always i have done that many times, hoda, and not come back pregnant with somebody elses baby. It is possible, even in todays world. Sources told u. S. Weekly us weekly. Oh, yeah. In the u
Today, thursday, august 1, 2013. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. We will take you live to cleveland in just a moment. But first, Edward Snowden almost a year after receiving asylum in russia. Good morning to you. Well, Edward Snowden was expecting a permit to leave the airport and get some space really while he waited months, he thought, for a possible temporary asylum. But he got something much better than that. An official tast track passport. This is Edward Joseph snowdens terrific to freedom. His new passport, granting him temporary asylum for one year. Snowdenstranded for more than five weeks while russian authorities reviewed his asylum request. And within minutes of the news, snowdens lawyer confirmed that snowden with passport in hand left the airport. But citing security reasons, the lawyer refused to say where snowden was going. Snowdens release comes just y days after eric holder sent a letter to russia au
Agree more. And if the underlying facts that the Intelligence Community brings us are incorrect we should call that out. I just have not seen any evidence indicating that in this case. Oftentimes we come to different strategic or policy points of view based on that information but thats an entirely different thing. Director clapper, i want to go to a little bit more of not just the classified information, but the relevance of publicly available information, of the whole picture of russias activities within the context of this election. Can you talk a little bit about the activities of the russian governments english language propaganda out lets and how they complete a complete picture that is supplemental with what we saw to the hacking in this case. I appreciate you raising that. There hasnt been a lot of focus on the packing, this was actually part of a Multifaceted Campaign that the russians mounted. Of course, rt, which is heavily supported by funded by the russian government, was
Conservative Federalist Society. Will one get the nod late today . We learned that judge Amy Coney Barrett is not in washington tonight or will it be someone you do not see, senator mike lee. When it comes to confirmation, will any republican senator vote no . Will any democrat from a red state vote yes . A number were invited to the announcement tonight. Their answer could say a lot, already the battle lines are being drawn. Now normally in the senate we have a process of advise and consent on the Supreme Court. In the old days, the president would consult with republicans and democrats in the senate on a qualified judge. And then after careful deliberation nominated jurors could get bipartisan support. What we have here is the exact opposite. Tonight, President Trump will announce his nominee to fill the Current Supreme Court vacancy. We dont know who he will name, but we already know exactly what unfair tactics the nominee will face. They wont be new and they wont be warranted. Well
United states, and he is upholding his duty. Melissa but democrats arent backing down. Senator Tammy Duckworth criticizes the move this weeken weekend. Frankly, i think there are enough people in the senate who are concerned that what he is doing is robbing from the military and the dod to go build this wall. Its really not even the best way to fight the crisis. That there is one at the border. Melissa lets go left a chief White House Correspondent john roberts for more. Melissa, good afternoon to you. Its president s day and there are a lot of people who are not at work today. Many of them have taken to the streets at cities across america. He could probably hear somebody on a bullhorn behind me. Moveon. Org this is that Lafayette Park directly across from the white house. They insist of the opposition to the president s Emergency Declaration is a purely political. Here is stephen miller, the president s chief policy advisor on Fox News Sunday yesterday. I guarantee you this if donald