risk of failing. we are dealing with a catastrophic loss. norah: plus dangerous heat inspecting tens of millions of americans from coast to coast. the news starts now. there is a new round of severe storms spanning the midwest tonight treating fresh have. good evening to your crime norah o donnell. and we are going to begin our broadcast once again tonight with wild weather in the u.s. it has been our lead story almost every night for the past tendays. and that is because it has been the hottest, wettest start for summer ever in some areas, all made more likely by climate change. the extreme weather is having dire consequences, authorities keepig a close eye tonight on this minnesota dam that is facing imminent failure. in south dakota, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed. and for about 60 million americans, a significant heat wave continues. the good news, it will likely peak in the next few days, but the national weather service warns that heat persisting over
happen. pamela diaz i thank you for coming. it s such a painful story. we thank you for coming and updating us. thank you for joining us on another busy monday night. in the wake of last week s verdict, as alarming as it is it isn t exactly surprising how donald trump and all of his accolades have been spending their time. attacking the system that held him accountable with escalating dangerous rhetoric, targeting everything from d.a. brad to the judge and even the every day, the 12 every day americans who served as jurors. trump and his buddies are even claiming, this is a favorite of theirs, that the system is rigged. but the system , but that could be farther from the truth. a new walter of the cook political report. we ll break down the political implications of all of this for november. but first, i want to start with a little bit of a thought experiment. about this whole rigged argument trump is spewing out there. let s consider for a moment that we live in an alter
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. Election process a top priority. Reporter if the president has done so it has not been in public. Standing along side russian president Vladimir Putin last month mr. Trump said this. He said it is not russia. I dont see any reason why it would be. Reporter ever since that moment at the Helsinki Summit The White House has been trying to clean up his words. National security adviser job bolten trying to do so today. When the two got together President Putin said the first issue that President Trump raised was Election Meddling. Reporter the comments from all officials were a far cry from what the president has repeatedly said. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Lets go. We are finished here. Thank you very much. Make your way out. Reporter so the question is
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Right now. Its not an order, the president s opinion. Are President Trumps tweets considered official white house statements . The president is the president of the United States, theyre considered official statements by the president of the United States. Wow. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Im confused. So confused. What is that line from the office . Universe, you win. Its thursday, august 2nd. And what a way to start the day. What a way. So, is it the official policy of the president or not . I think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. He was just venting. Just like a baseball game. When hes actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. Or Obstruction Of Justice. As brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. Talk about fake news. You talk about deep state conspiracies. You fire prosecutors and you have a were
Lets hope its healthy. It must be. After hearing the news this morning. A revealing admission from the government. Health and Human Services had warned the Trump Administration that separating kids from their families would be dangerous to the children. The president did it any way. So he did it knowing exactly what would happen. He also continues to tell supporters that the free press is the enemy of the people. And as you can hear, the results are chilling. Its getting bad out there. Paul manafort also back in court this morning. After prosecutors kicked off their case against him. Well have the latest on that. Boy, i just andrea, ill talk to you and mike, who have been around a little bit. Through difficult times. In covering difficult stories. Watching whether donald trump goes to the vfw and the press,
he points at the press, and whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo at the press there. Whether he whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo and take the free press in tampa. This is part o