Theres a lot to cover including the bruising day on wall street. Now theres growing concerns over a potential recession. Plus china with two big stories. They are still consuming hong kong and the trade war with washington. And congressman steve king managing to offend just about everything with his comments on abortion, rape, and incest. Well get the latest reaction from capitol hill with some republicans calling for him to resign. But, we begin with a developing story out of philadelphia. An armed suspect accused of opening fire and wounding six officers during an eighthour standoff has surrendered early this morning. Shortly after midnight a Police Spokesman tweeted that a suspect was in custody and that s. W. A. T. Officers were clearing the house where the standoff took place. Police on the scene said the suspect surrendered without incident and was taken to a hospital for treatment because teargas was used. The gunfire began wednesday afternoon as police were serving a narcotics
The hong kong thing is very tough situation. Very tough. Well see what happens, but im sure it will work out. I hope it works out for everybody, including china, by the way. I hope it works out for everybody. Its a very tricky situation. I think it will work out. And i hope it works out for liberty. I hope it works out for everybody, including china. I hope it works out. Hope nobody gets hurt. I hope nobody gets killed. The president then deflected blame for the protests on twitter, quote, many are blaming me and the United States for the problems going on in hong kong. I cant imagine why . He followed that up with a second post urging everyone to be, quote, calm and safe in the wake of the Chinese Government moving troops to hong kongs border. Not exactly a rousing call of support for the right to protest. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent matt bradley, Washington Post National Security reporter john hudson and daily beast columnist and author of the coming collapse of china gord
Minnesota congresswoman omar, a somali born u. S. Citizen. Today though, the president came to the defense of the crowd. President trump, you said you were unhappy with the chant. However, the chant was just you no he what im unhappy with . You no he what im unhappy with . Im unhappy with the fact that a congresswoman can hate our country. Im unhappy with the fact that a congresswoman can say antisemitic things. Thats what im unhappy w those people in north carolina, that stadium was packed. It was a record crowd. I could have filled it ten times as you know. Those are incredible people. Those are incredible patriots. But unhappy when a congresswoman goes and says im going to be the president s nightmare. Hes going to be the president s nightmare. Shes lucky to be where she is. Let me tell you. The president was referring to comments congresswoman omar made after returning home to minneapolis where she got a heros welcome from supporters. Send her home when i said i was the president s
Former fbi special agent, clint watts. Washington bureau chief for usa today, susan page. So its come to the point as one person observed on twitter that when you ask about the recent mass shooting in this country the answer is which one . Well, well get to the dayton, ohio, shooting in just a moment. Well speak with the citys mayor coming up this hour. A motive in that shooting remains unclear. There are some theories emerging online and well report on them if something gets confirmed but well start with the el paso massacre, because the motive in that shooting is apparent and its political. Yes, we have a major gun problem in this country. Yes, we have a Mental Health crisis in this country. Absolutely. Kevin mccarthy, well even say that video games can cause some issues, but we clearly have a White Supremacy problem in this country and the president is acting again as an accelerant. It was written, days before the el paso massacre this was before the massacre. That instinct and expe
Get safe water to its citizens so they have to line up for it and carry it home, all of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a tuesday night. Good evening once again. From our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 943 of the Trump Administration. And in the midst of an economic slowdown that could threaten his reelection, a looming battle over gun control, growing fears about domestic terrorism and the like, the president , eager to avoid all of those topics today chose russia and chose today to signal new support for russia and Vladimir Putin. Trump renewed his call for russia to be welcomed back into what is now known as g7, the group of leading industrialized nations due to meet this weekend in france. The United States, canada, united kingdom, france, italy, germany, and japan are all members. Russia was suspended from the group when it was known as g8 when they invaded the crimea portion of ukraine. Today trump said its time to let russia back in while also taking a not so