The white house is billing the event as the largest gathering of African Leaders ever in washington. A second american missionary affected with ebola is setbrants week are the only ebola patients ever treated in the u. S. Ramping up for a potential president ial run, senator rand paul will continue his brief through iowa today. That does it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Stick around. Join us in an effort to restore confidence, dignity and decorum to this institution. Former White House Press secretary james brady died today at the age of 73. Only 69 days after Ronald Reagan took office. One bullet striking reagan in the chest. Another penetrating bradys skull. The tragedy turned bradys wife sarah and eventually brady
himself into advocates for gun control. What may be an emerging genocide. Shiite men are herded together and executed in mass graves. News about the experimental drug used to treat that american doctor infected now back here in the United States. A docto
All right, thats going to do it for this edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning look at that, willie. That is a beautiful view. Beautiful day. Its a Beautiful Day. Last couple , not so beautiful. Its thursday, august the 14th. Great to have you here with us. Along with you, we have got washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay and nick consori and then with bloomberg news, al hunt. Yesterday, willie, really bad storms out there. Did you see some of the pictures . Even out here on long island. Cars on the highways up to their roofs. Looked like a river. It was. Yeah, parts of the midatlantic and northeast cleaning up and drying out after heavy rains sparked flooding across several states. The hardest appeared to be long island. Islip 13. 27 inches in under 24 hours and more than a foot in less than a day. More than the region receives in an entire summer. The rainfall shattered previous records and a lot of cars abandoned and a lot of people h
On the record with Greta Van Susteren is up next. See you tomorrow. This is a fox news alert. The secretary of defense is warning, warning every single american about isis. Isil is as sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. Theyre beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously well funded. Oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. So we must prepare for everything. He says we must prepare for everything, you can hear it in his voice, the pentagon is in a crisis mode. Meanwhile, across the potomac river, the lights are out at the white house. No one is home. President obama still on vacation. And today, he was back on the golf course, that is despite being slammed from the left and the right. Democrats and republicans both slamming him about playing golf yesterday, and that was just minutes after talking to the nation about the beheading of an american journalist, and john
Cur curry, then nhl stanley cup finals game one between the rangers kings. On the broadcast tonight, celebration cancelled. Stunning news from Bowe Bergdahls hometown, plus what we learned about that dramatic moment of freedom caught on camera. U. S. Forces facetoface with the taliban. Burning questions being answered tonight with Hillary Clintons revealing about 2016, her health and the health of her husband and what she has to say about Monica Lewinsky. Flying blind, a growing danger for pilots and passengers nationwide from lasers on the ground. How the fbi is fighting back. Against all odds, a towering achievement today for one of the most inspiring teenagers you will ever meet. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening everyone. Im ann curry in for brian tonight. As were seeing for the first time, the moment caught on videotape when Bowe Bergdahl was freed and taken into the protection of u. S.
Carnage at, yet another u. N. Schoolhousing refugees in gaza. The third time they have bombed the u. N. Run school. The state department was appalled by the disgraceful shelling outside the school. There can be no question of the state identity . No, absolutely, no. There was encouraging news about an american doctor infected with ebola. I cant think of a better place in the world, other than Emory University hospital, to care for this patient. The plane has picked up the second ebola patient to go to georgia. Congress has left the building. Leading the president promising to go solo on the humanitarian crisis at the border. So thats not disagreement between me and the house of republicans. That is a green light between the republicans and the house of republicans. What are you going to do about it . I think congress has to sit down and have a serious look at this constitutional and that includes that i word we dont want to say. I think it would be foolish to discount the possibility.