In the middle of a tragic loss. Look at these people in a shelter. The president was in missouri, as you know, and this is what he said today. I have seen the resilience of the american spirit firsthand all over this country. To the people of houston and across texas and louisiana, were here with you today. Were with you tomorrow and we will be with you every single day after to restore, recover and rebuild. Martha some of the most red stories online today are still about the first ladys shoes. Or what a desire to see the right photo open hug and sensible shoes trumps, shall we say, their concern for the actual story of how effective the response is or is not for the people of texas. I dont think he understands human scale of misery. I dont think he can connect with the compassion that you normally have when you see a disaster like this. Very little in terms of empathy of this president or talking to the people of texas. Today President Trump visited texas but he forgot empathy with hi
After it, that is when the whole thing became a brandnew ball game. Ty cobb was out, 49 questions leaked to the press and the new man on the team everywhere pressing new lines of attack. It is not campaign money. No, no Campaign Finance violation. People in pay that money when it is not true. Sometimes they pay it when it is not true even more than when it is true, because it is so unfai unfair. Martha this is a sparring stance that the president is known for. I only go after them when they go after me. I am a counter punch her. They go after me, i go after them. Martha giulianis media blitz triggered a new style votes from the mueller site in a form of a leak to nbc news this afternoon that then turned out to be wrong. Nbc reported that trumps lawyer Michael Cohen had been wiretapped. And that at least one of the calls that he had made that was picked up was to the white hous white house. Giuliani said at the time, he did not think that that was true. And he turned out to be right. Nb
second to the court, you know, this is going to cost us $10 billion in federal revenues that would help the federal government obviously with all of its debt and tax obligations, and that s going to be difficult, and secondly, they said this is an essential part of our energy plan. at the same time, interior secretary ken salazar was going around looking at the country, looking for opportunities for solar, wind power and things like that and people didn t know the administration behind closed doors was pushing for oil and gas leasing to be opened. martha: you know, it all makes sense, when you read it that way, this is an investigative, very good piece in thewell journal by long-time reporters there and they re looking into this andfying to figure trying to figure out, and it raised a question, about the initial reaction, to make sure that bp was blamed for everything, to make it perfectly clear that bp was the bad guy and i think that everybody can understand and feels that they are
partners and they want to see the u.s. military push back that date saying we need to stay until the job is finished. martha: thank you very much, reporting live from kabul, afghanistan. rick: back home the growing heat wave is creating serious concerns for people walking through the soup pea weather in our nation s capitol, the washington d.c. area now under a code red air quality warning. that means the temperatures are approaching one hundred degrees and locals are advised to stay inside air conditioned areas and avoid any strenuous exercise and work outside. i go from one shade spot to the next shade spot and make our way that way. stay hydrated. drink a lot of water. rick: electric problems have knocked out power to about a thousand people in arlington, virginia. martha: bombshell allegations of dirty tricks in the nevada senate race between the gop s sharron angle and harry reid the
charges, and that they didn t feel like this was a case that should have been prosecuted prosecuted. here is the statement from tom perez, the assistant attorney general who is accused of lying, he said, quote, the position of the disposition of the case was ultimately by the career attorney acting as assistant attorney general for the civil rights division. we assure you the department is committed to cough hencive enforcement of the civil and criminal enforcement. martha: shannon bream reporting live from washington, thank you very much. rick: the lone star state is now reporting tar balls have started to turn up on some of its beaches. the u.s. coast guard confirming small tar balls have been found in texas, they washed up on east beach inical vexon and crystal beach on the boulevard peninsula. crews are working quickly to try to get the oil off the