What the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jongun would understand. Plus, senator ron johnson suggests john mccains brain tumor caused his no vote on obamacare. Meanwhile, Mitch Mcconnell dings the president. Our new president has of course not been in this line of work before. And the president takes a swing at mcconnell right back. And finally, the growing Opioid Epidemic. The best way to preep vent dug addiction and overdose is to prevent people from abusing drugs in the first place. The mayor of nashville shares her deeply personal story after losing her son to addiction. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in new york. And welcome to mtp daily and welcome to the scenario weve all been dreading when the president s credibility crisis clouds with an actual crisis involving Nuclear Weapons and threats of all out war. How many times have we had to ask this question, should you that i this presiden
Correspondent Pete Williams from d. C. And pete, what happened at Burnett Chapel church this morning that we know of, what are you hearing from your sources . Reporter what were told is that this gunman from Rutherford County arrived at the church driving a blue suv, got out of his vehicle and immediately shot a woman who was walking into the church. She is the one fatality we believe. He then entered the church and opened fire wounding seven other people. One man who was inside the church confronted him, and were told by the police that that man, that parishioner, was beaten with the gun. He then despite his injuries went out, got into his car, he has a permit to carry a weapon, came back in, and apparently when the xwugunman, the gunman t himself. And as you said, the gunman is in the hospital now. We dont know whether those are life threatening oig injuries or not and were waiting to haear more detail. Police have said that they dont know of any connect between tio the gun mand aman
And when it is a local issue, theres got a lot we can do. When the department of justice has a role to play, we want them to be independent and follow up on that front. When you said the president was very clear in his statement about this issue, he said, theres a revolution going on in california. So many sanctuary areas want out of this ridiculous crime infested and breeding concept. What did he mean by breed something. The president has recognized this is a major problem. And a lot of people even in california want to see the issue of sanctuary cities addressed. The president is doing what he can. What does he mean by breed something when you think of breeding, you think of animals breeding populating. Im not going to think what you think. Breeding can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. The president is talking about a growing problem. I dont have anything to add. I wanted to ask you about pakistan, theres been a number of attacks in afghanistan the last two days, this is the
Thats shooting at the location. All six people shot, four killed, including 20yearold joe perez and 23yearold akeilh dasilva. I could only think of my brother when i was hiding. James shaw, jr. Confronted the gunman and took his rifle. I thought, hes going to get us either way, or get me either way, so i was looking for an opportunity, waiting for a chance. When i saw the barrel down, i just saw my opportunity. I attacked. No doubt, he saved many lives by wrestling the gun away. This is the president s huge Foreign Policy week. Just a few hours from now, he will welcome french president emanual macromacron. Later this week, hell host angela merkel. Theyll discuss everything from syria to trade wars, with macron expected to press President Trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. New developments surrounding north korea and august jsuggest leader there is taking the american president for a ride. Wow, we havent given up anything, and they have agreed to denuclearization. So great
Catherine herridge begins coverage by telling us where we stand. After the other of brutal recriminations in the call for the Republican House Intelligence Committee chairman to be removed, the white house signaled the memos release is imminent. We are concerned about National Security and transparency. We want the public to understand and know whats going on. White house at the memo was undergoing a final National Security check and the president s signup. Its going to get review from all relevant stakeholders. Intelligence focused on folks in Law Enforcement. Traveling from the g. O. P. Or retreat in West Virginia, sr. Whereas officials that they will Tell Congress probably friday that the president is okay with it and which actions are unlikely. Speaker of the house defended the process and chairman of thousand halogens committee and staff authored the memo. I think they would love nothing more than to play politics and change the subject. Devin and has helped shepherd through a rea