4 00 a. M. In the east. Is donald trump going to open his wallet in the final weeks of the campaign . He will need to shell out 40 million in 12 days to meet his pledge. More on that in a moment. This morning, donald trump finds himself in a new back and forth with the father of the slain American Army captain kahn. Overnight, donald trump repeated his claim that khan would still be alive if he were president at the time. Khans father is lashing back. Had i been president , captain khan would be alive today. We would not be in the horrible, horrible mistake. This is the most cruel thing you can say to grieving parents. That if i were there, this would know happen. There is no sincerity in the remarks. Just a dozen days now to go until the election. Cnns Jason Carroll has the latest from the Trump Campaign in North Carolina. Reporter john and christine, at the rally in kingston, he went over familiar points we heard before. He says the National Polls showing him running behind Hillary C
President trump is back on home soil after the g20. While he may have put his America First agenda on the world stage in hamburg, how do his counterparts rank him and the u. S. . The president returns to a washington where the senate struggles to salvage a health care bill. Investigators on the hill and the Justice Department doggedly pursue that russia probe. Amid all that, the president faces escalating tensions with north korea and kim jonguns rapidly increasing military might. Is he engaging in brinksmanship or posing a genuine threat . Hello to all of you. Im alex witt at msnbc headquarters in new york. Now heres whats happening. A new setback for Senate Republicans as senators return to capitol hill this week to resume health care talks. Two more republican senators, rubio and john hobben of north dakota say they cant support the bill in its current form. More fallout over President Trumps meeting with Vladimir Putin. Heres former cia director john brennan in an interview with my
In washington, d. C. , Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Nen theres his war of word with the democrats and. What a day yesterday. Good morning. It friday, august 11th. Mika has the morning off. With us we have vet van columnist, mike barnicle, woor still trying to find a title for him. Send is in with two proof of purchase jeremy peters. John, you were on the air yesterday when these press avails happened. They were really bizarre in many ways. Yes, were all focusing on this new cold war between us and north korea and like austin powers, theres only two things that care me, of course Nuclear Power and the other carney. I think this the long run, this war that thhes raised with mit mcconnell, Mitch Mcconnell runs capitol hill. And it just ongoing to anybody who knows how the big ban works. This is a little improvised. Comparing the administration right now. But on the no republican president would wage war on the majority leader of the United States senate. At the same time hes wa
Efforts by the president or others to hamper the investigation. Cnn sources say the terms for questioning the president are far from set. Mr. Trumps lawyers want him to answer in written form only but understand there may be inperson interviews. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders was asked why the president has not simply fired mueller. She said in part because of how the media would react. Why doesnt the president just get rid of bob mueller, just fire him . Mr. Gidley said today that its wasting taxpayers money. In that regard, why doesntly just end the investigation doesnt he just end the investigation because its wasting the taxpayers money . Look, we want to see this come to a complete and full conclusion. I think we all know what everybody in this room would do if the president did that. I dont think thats helpful to the process. The report on muellers plans come as we learn two critical players in the probe have already spoken to muellers Team Including a member of the cabin
And we begin with a live picture of the white house appearing to defy a new court order that families detained under the zero tolerance policy must be released within 20 days. The Washington Post says that the new filing does not explicitly say the Trump Administration plans to hold families in custody beyond the 20day limit, but says official plant to detain them as they undergo detention proceedings, which in many cases can last months. The news coming as more than 130 demonstrations are set for today in an effort to pressure the administration to reunite some of those families and put an end to the zero tolerance policy. Meanwhile, President Trump is at his home in new jersey this weekend and shifting his focus to the short list of candidates hes considering for Justice Kennedys replacement. Here is what he told reporters aboard air force one last night. Have you spoken to any of your top five candidates yet . No. I start that process on monday. Not this weekend . No. We have it set