We are grieving as Law Enforcement community. Everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further. We are grieving for each other. We are grieving for our loss and for our families. Only we can prove that we have the grace and the character and the common humanity to end this kind of senseless violence. 8 00 p. M. Eastern on sunday night. Im Brian Williams here with rachel maddow. This hour was supposed to be devoted to a preview of the Gop Convention in cleveland and instead we are covering this. People this morning could be forgiven for perhaps glancing at their device and seeing a headline that the problem was with them. After all, baton rouge, louisiana, had last been in the news for Something Else entirely on july 5th. And now this. The Police Department was alerted to something wrong via a 911 call. The people in the local area were alerted something wrong by the distinct and repeated sound of rifle fire captured here on amateur
Explosive story from steve bannon in alabama. Well talk more about the mitt romney tirade. And new details on the president s overnight call with romney. Talk about timing as we wait for the president s sign to show up on capitol hill. He left the trump hotel minutes ago. Hes talking with the House Intelligence Committee there as part of the russia investigation. So youre going to want to hear about the exclusive nbc news reporting on his trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer. Went to start here in washington with our team of reporters spread out. Kristen welker is over at the white house. When we talk about the jerusalem argument, this boils down to the president saying the status quo has not worked so far. This was a key campaign promise. I just spoke with a senior official who underscored that point, but also those who made the point that you just raised which is what we have been doing has not worked. So why not take this step, which by the way past president s said they were
Then, royalty. King abdullah ii of jordan on the move of the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. His answer to Donald Trumps concern that islam hates america. I think islam hates us. For them to feel isolated, thats the danger. And the kings hopes for the future of the middle east. But first, heres my take. President trumps state of the union speech mostly ignored the world outside america. He made a few tough statements on things like the iran deal and guantanamo and described, accurately, the evil nature of the north korean regime. But he said very little about his foreign policy. This masks a more dangerous reality. The Trump Administration has in fact either accidentally or by design laid out aggressive markers in three different parts of the world. Three red lines without any serious strategy as to what happens when they are crossed. The first is with north korea. Trump and his top officials have asserted that the area of strategic patience with north korea is over. The pres
I have a great panel to discuss. Then, royalty. King abdullah the 2nd of jordan on the move from the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. His answer to Donald Trumps concern that islam hates america. I think islam hates us. For them to feel isolated, thats thats the danger. And the kings hopes for the future of the middle east. But first, heres my take. President trumps state of the union speech mostly ignored the word world outside america. He made a few tough statements on things like the iran deal and guantanamo and described accurately the evil nature of the north korean regime, but he said very little about his foreign policy. This masks a more dangerous reali reality. It will Trump Administration has in fact either accidentally or by design laid out aggressive markers in three different parts of the world. Three red lines, without any serious strategy as to what happens when they are crossed. The first is with north korea. Trump and his top officials have asserted that the era of
Mulvaney is currently trumps budget director and was until recently simultaneously the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was originally the brainchild of elizabeth warren. The announcement that mulvaney will get his third Trump Administration position comes after trump spent the week pretty much flailing around publicly looking for someone, anyone to take the chief of staff job, after his first choice following the departure of john kelly unexpectedly and embarrassingly turned him down last weekend. So there is tons to get to tonight. First, after everything that happened this week, it seems fitting that this morning started with a mystery. Quote, more than a dozen reporters lined up in the hallway outside the courtroom about an hour before the first of three cases were set to be argued by u. S. Court of appeals judges. Reporters and members of the public were free to enter the courtroom during the first two cases. But the secrecy clampdown quickly followed as the c