Go with it, few of the proprietors would walk away unless they had to. Were family and the guys that work with me are family, too. I take that to heart. Im not going to let them down and im trying everything that i can to keep us together. And if they do close, an empty storefront only tells part of the story. There are lost taxes and jobs, of course, but what well miss is the inventory of goodwill and good works that are often in ready supply and we wonder, how is that not essential . We got a lot to solve for. We have to get the American People and the American Economy healthy and the only way were going to do it is together. Thanks for watching this special hour. Im going to hand off to my friend and colleague eamon mohyeldin. Powerful reminder, thank you. Good morning to everyone on this thursday morning. Im eamon mohyeldin at msnbc headquarters in new york. Here are the facts at this hour. We have breaking news from the jobs market, another 3 Million People have filed for unemploy
Have White House Reporter jonathan lemire, columnist and editor of the Washington Post, msnbc political analyst euGene Robinson. Nbc news correspondent and host, kasie hunt. And historian john meacham. The author of the forthcoming biography of john lewis, entitled his truth is marching on, which accomplishes in october. We look forward to that. We have a lot going on this morning. The president leaves for arizona this morning. Jonathan lemire will be traveling with the president. He can tell us what to expect. Senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is planning to hold a vote for a gop Police Reform bill this week. But democrats may try to block the measure and House Democrats looking to subpoena attorney general bill barr, kasie hunt will be reporting on those stories and much more. An emotional seen at talladega as nascar drivers and crews rally behind Bubba Wallace one day after a noose was found in his garage stall. Look at that. Beautiful moment well be talking about that as well
Senate decision to go nuclear. Plus backing bill. President trump throws his support behind bill oreilly. I dont think bill would do anything wrong. Hes a good person. As more advertisers pull their money and one congresswoman goes there. Bill oreilly needs to go to jail. We begin today with the global challenges facing President Trump. The attacks in syria and the Nuclear Threat from north korea pushing him to seek help from russia and china, two countries that have not exactly been americas closest allies. We got the best team in the business to break it down and i want to take you first to chris, i want to start with this visit by chinese president xi jinping. This is the most Important International meeting we have seen so far. What exactly are the stakes . Reporter i think theyre enormous. Lets start with the economy. You heard that sound byte from the president , family refrain from him has been that america has lost jobs because of the trade imbalance so he intends to put a lot
Katy, theres eight of them. The department of justice has been interviewing among them people like senator john cornyn, for example, someone who has raised eyebrows, particularly on capitol hill. There is concern that could politicize his position. They are meeting with the crown prince in the oval office. He was asked just moments ago about this search, how its going, how its progressing. He said its happening, quote, rapidly. We expect to see any minute the tape playback from that. Thats why this briefing has been a little bit delayed. Typically they may be 10 to 15 minutes past when theyre set to start. We were waiting for the crown prince to be in the white house for the president to have that meeting. Were expecting to see sean spicer to talk to him about a number of headlines that have evolved over the weekend, specifically about the fbi search as well as the tapes. The president has not personally interviewed any of these candidates yet, and thats not expected until that short l
Sourced. 99 are getting pushed around and the 1 are not giving a dam. Amazing that this is the second story of the day, a huge one. Obstruction of justice. Reports out that the special counselor is zeroing in on President Trump perhaps with criminal charges surrounding james comeys finding and trying to halt the russian investigation. So much to cover. Good to be here in washington where were going to begin where House Republicans are meeting as we speak to talk over yesterdays tragic shooting. The house officially convenes in about 60 minutes, but today no such thing as business as usual. Not after this. Each and every lawmaker arriving here this morning. It is painful, painfully aware, that one of their leaders, majority whip Steve Scalise remains in Critical Condition, hospitalized just a few miles away. Youre looking at live at Nationals Park where the game is still scheduled for tonight. This game, this unity, important more than ever. And our team is covering every angle. I want