Myself. And new details from those close to james comey. The phone call he received from trump and how he tried desperately to avoid this moment with the president. The hug is entirely onesided and comey was just completely disgusted. Plus, go for joe, the president could announce a new fbi director this morning. Former democratic senator Joe Lieberman, now leading the pack. I think he would be a good choice. I think its a mistake to nominate anyone who has ever run for office. We begin today with the president just hours away from embarking on his first foreign trip. It is the president s major opportunity to put some distance between himself and the relentless wave of rough headlines here at home. We got a great team this morning to break all of this news down and i want to take you first to nbcs Peter Alexander live at the white house. Peter, we know that the president met with his lawyers about this new special counsel and hes also talking about it. What can you tell us . Yeah, ste
Toxic chemicals were not detected at the site of yesterdays explosion and fire at the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas. Fire Officials Say there is more of that to come. This morning we still have six trailers on the site that are loaded with organic peroxides and we are doing overflights and watching the temperature build up, hot spots, things of that nature. And we do expect that sometime, i wish i had a crystal ball, i really dont, but sometime soon we think there will be some additional trailers that catch on fire. Meanwhile, cleanup has certainly begun for residents returning home for the First Time Since the flood. The white house says 436,000 households have asked for fema help and 43,500 people are right now living in shelters. We have reporters fanned out across texas and at the white house with the very latest on the hurricane recovery and on washingtons response to it. Lets start with msnbcs Mariana Atencio just outside of the city of beaumont that was hit especially h
We need republicans to have guts on this issue. The plan doesnt make sense. He put 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and asked if she ever smoked marijuana. Not just to give fancy speech cant go along with the policies of sanders. We knew to expect that but what about the sentences trailing off a little bit . I went on biden 3030 and couldnt see essences there. He accidentally gave that number. He was supposed to talk about where to go to donate. Instead of saying text 3330. Go to joe 3033. I gave up my apple password. There was a moment to get more money for the campaign. 2 minutes into the top of the hour Team Coverage with pete hegseth having breakfast with friends outside detroit, Griff Jenkins outside the fox theater. I cant decide who is more important. Producers have decided. Good job. On the streets. Good morning. Im in front of fox theater and biden, it would be tom pettys role back down. Attacking every candidate on every angle from immigration to criminal justice.
Advocate for Sexual Assault survivors, now she says when she looks at it gives her, quote, a sense of shame and belittlement. Also today, bidens sense of humor about the whole thing i just want you to know i had permission to hug lonnie. [laughter] [applause] by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. We will talk about how that went over. If biden runs they will tear him up. Peggy noonan says dont do it, joe, it wont work. Its not going away it will linger she writes and more will come. Democratic operatives do not fear you will win the nomination. They you are too old. Your time has passed and you are not where the energy of the base is or the money. Karl rove and ashley join me in moments. Go to david spunt who covered this story all day and joins me tonight from washington. Good evening, david. Hey, martha, good evening. A lot of surprises from the former Vice President today. This was joe bidens first public appearance since the accusations of inappropriate touching. He waste
Representative for venezuela, Elliot Abrams says the situation on the ground is confused and that we have conflicting reports. This as the administration is hoping that this is the end of the maduro regime and the beginning of it with the military timely switching over to pitch him from power to support juan guaido. The National Security adviser, john bolton just spoke at the white house and stressed the importance of this moment. This has been building a long time. If this effort fails, they will sink into a dictatorship from which theyre very few possible alternatives. Its a very delicate moment. Maduros foreign minister has been responding throughout the day that boltons declaration is up and he says dream on ambassador bolton, not today. Abrams says theres negotiations going on and the administration is hoping those inside the regime step up and move to support juan guaido. Abrams says the administration did not expect these demonstrations today. Neil . Neil thanks, rich. My next g