Louisiana senator mary landrieu, wwe wrestler, producer Ricky Schroeder and country star leann rimes, theyre supporters of the National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation Last night here in d. C. I had the privilege of emceeing the gala and celebrating the foundations 20th year and to keep kids from dropping out from high school and if they already dropped out, its a huge problem in this country. One in four kids drops out before graduating. That hurts their employability, their income and also hurts the country. 115,000 graduates so far, 20 of them on stage last night sharing amazing stories. Hats out to you supporters. And more information on the happening now blog. And scott is with the celebrities where he belongs, i might add. Looks like a fun night. A great event. And theyre all great people. Thank you for joining you gos, america live starts right now. Byebye. Megyn fox news alert. The president s advocacy group, organizing for action, goes on the defense after calls for it to be
War party, the stop the Government Party here at home. Watch tonight as someone whos pandered is attacked op openly, ir rev rantly, disgustingly. I told you tmd come to this. Now weve got the proof on camera. They listen only to the loudest, angriest person in the back row. Mitch mcconnell, what matters to the republican far right now are the few who dare to be even further right. Now its come to this, the Huffington Post and Washington Bureau chief from mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. The 2013 version took on his constituents with antiimmigr t antiimmigrant, bill defense talk. Heres his exchange with angry right wing tea partiers. Why didnt the army go down there and stop them . Because the only thing that stops them, im afraid to say and its too damn bad, but is a gun. Thats all that will stop them. The border is 2,000 miles long, sir. I dont know how many troopings and army people you think would have been required. Ill give you expert information that says probably
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com happening now in the newsroom, attack talk. Totally convinced, not for the first time. Remember, not for the first time Bashar Alassad has used chemical weapons. There must be accountability. I believe we should use maximum have maximum use of cruise missiles. Obama orders a report justifying a strike as assad tell s america, you will fail. Also, yosemite tinderbox. Firefighters replace tourists as thousands race to save an american treasure. Oh, my god. This morning, condition critical. New concerns for the largest trees on earth, californias beautiful sequoias. Have they met their match . Plus, extreme heat shutting down schools in the midwest. Temperatures soaring well above 100. Its just really hot, and its just hard because were sweating and stuff like that. Classes cancelled, practice postponed. Relief not coming at least until the weekend. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. We be
House lawmakers taking action and president obama vowing to act alone as thousands of children are pouring into the country without their parents and with no place to go. House lawmakers approving investigation late yesterday. But critics and Senate Lawmakers say it has no chance of ever becoming law. Molly heninberg is live from washington with the rest of the story. Hello, democrats dont like the legislation, but republicans say they did their job. They stayed on the job 0 an extra day, even as the senate left town for the august recess, in order to finish an immigration bill which pretty much passed along party lines. Its a 694 million border bill that boosts security and adds Immigration Judges and detention facilities. A companion bill also ends a 2012 program by the president that grants work permits to immigrants who were brought here illegally as children. Republicans say the president should urge the senate to come back to town to vote on it. For all the rhetoric from the pres
Kkk. He had an awkward runin with a protester and had a journalist get into an altercation with a secret Service Agent. He sought to look ahead. We are going to win with health. We are going to win with education. We are going to win at the borders. We are going to win with our military. We are going to win, win, win, win. We are going to make America Great again. Greater than ever before. I love you. Go out and vote. I love you all. Reporter not only telling them to get out and vote today, super tuesday, but looking ahead with his schedule. He has a jam packed plan. Three stops, including a rally in ohio. He will watch the Election Results in florida. These are two states that dont vote until march 15th. They are home to the candidates in the race. John kasich and senator marco rubio. It is clear Donald Trumps campaign is not taking anything for granted. They want to compete everywhere. Sara, thank you. Turning to the democratic race. Hillary clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders in poll