Good morning and welcome to am joy coming to you live from Independence Hall in philadelphia on the eve of the democratic convention. Hillary introduced her running mate on saturday. Tim kaine put to rest the idea he is boring. He came and fired up the owd in a 40minute speech talking passionately about where clinton should be president and telling his own life story and frequently switching from english to spanish. And trump weighed in on the pick on meet the press this morning. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, the other thing about him, hes bought and owned by the banks. And the third thing, hes in favor of tpp and every other trade deal that hes ever looked at. Msnbc kasie hunt joins me live from the convention site. What is the lay of the land this morning . Reporter good morning. The balloons are stored in the ceiling here at the Wells Fargo Center in philadelphia as democrat are ready for this. But there are a couple of things showing a few shadows on what is going on. This dnc
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We have seen political standoffs of all kinds in washington, but nothing like what is playing out right now in the chambers of the house of representatives. Oldfashioned sitin led by a civil rights icon. Democratic representatives literally occupying the house floor, refusing to budge until a gun control bill is brought up for debate. Social media continuing to provide images of the revolt, even after housecontrolled tv cameras were ordered turned off. Nbcs Peter Alexander is at the capitol right now with the latest. Not next year, but now today reporter an unprecedented demonstration, dozens of democrats today calling for a vote on gun control. Rise up, americans. This cannot stand. We will occupy this floor. Reporter disrupting the house session. The house will be in order. Reporter republicans in retreat, forced to go into recess, cameras showing the protest. The cameras
Tensions between his administration and some media outlets. The white house, on the defensive, about its response to reports of russian links working to destroy credit reports. Senior staff asked senior members of the Intelligence Community and mom makers to reebok critical news stories about the campaign ties to russia. In the meantime President Trump is focusing on his next big event, addressing a joint session of congress on tuesday, his very first such speech. Today, we got a preview as he spoke about lost jobs during his weekly address. This week i met with manufacturing ceos who are going to be read working to bring back those jobs, and i mean really good paying jobs. I will be talking more about these issues in my joint session address to congress and to all americans next tuesday evening. Kristen fisher was live from the white house tonight. Lets start with the Washington Post report which claims the Trump Administration was actually trying to enlist lawmakers. The counter stor
Tensions between his administration and some media outlets. The white house, on the defensive, about its response to reports of russian links working to destroy credit reports. Senior staff asked senior members of the Intelligence Community and mom makers to reebok critical news stories about the campaign ties to russia. In the meantime President Trump is focusing on his next big event, addressing a joint session of congress on tuesday, his very first such speech. Today, we got a preview as he spoke about lost jobs during his weekly address. This week i met with manufacturing ceos who are going to be read working to bring back those jobs, and i mean really good paying jobs. I will be talking more about these issues in my joint session address to congress and to all americans next tuesday evening. Kristen fisher was live from the white house tonight. Lets start with the Washington Post report which claims the Trump Administration was actually trying to enlist lawmakers. The counter stor
Reports about contact between trump aides and russian officials. This is what the Communications Director says. Chairman nunez did nothing inappropriate. He made inquiries by the New York Times and no evidence to support them and told that to multiple supporters and then a white house aide asked if hed speak to one more. So he spoke to that reporter as well telling the person the the same thing he told other reporters. And so as far as the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is is concerned, this was not at all inappropriate. We know the chairman of the senate Intelligence Committee, chairman richard bird, told something similar to the Washington Post but of course, this is something thats raised the ire of people like the democratic vice chairman of that committee who said he had raised concerns with the director, mike pompeo and bur about what it might mean for the independents of the investigations taking place and speaking more broadly about the investigation into this mat