The president and by his senior aide Steven Miller in may explaining the president s rational for firing james comey the fbi director t. Letter was never sent, the white House Counsel believed it was quote problematic. According to New York Times which broke the story quote a different letter, written by the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein and focused on mr. Comeys handling of the investigation into Hillary Clintons private email server was sent the day before he was fired t. Multipage letter enumerated trumps longsimmering complaints with comey, including comey was unwilling to say personally trump was not under investigation in the fbi inquiry into the russian meddleing in the 2016 election t. Letter quote did not dwell on russia. Also today, President Trump responded to that Washington Post report last night that he may be on a collision course with his new chief of staff, according to post, trump chafes at some of john kellys moves to restrict access to him. He dubbed him t
Harveys devastating impact as nfl superstar j. J. Watt begins to spread some of the 18 million in donations he has helped raise. Plus, a bizarre death and investigation at this years 70,000 strong burning manifest val. Msnbc live startsz right now. Politico reporting that the program granting work permits to those undocumented immigrants who arrived as children. The president is expected to make an announcement on tuesday after wrestling with what to do on the issue for months. Heres the president back in february. Take a listen. We are going to deal with dhaka with heart. I have to deal with a lot of politicians, dont forget, and i have to convince them that what im saying is right. The president s decision comes as up to ten states threaten to sue the administration if the program is not canceled by tomorrow. Nearly 800,000 daca resip yebts shielded from deportation since the program started in 2012. The ramifications could be massive, impacting those socalled dreamers. Reaction has
For many of whom america is the only country they know. This tuesday donald trump is expected to announce whether he will end the Obama Era Program allowing the d. R. E. A. M. Ers to remain in the u. S. , known as daca for short. While candidate trump referred to daca as illegal amnesty on the campaign trail, once in the white house, he promised to handle the issue with, quote, heart. Well now his hand is being forced by first ten and now nine republican attorneys general and one republican governor. For threatening to sue the administration is no action is taken to end daca by tuesday. And despite widespread popular support, 64 approve of daca in the latest nbc News Survey Monkey poll, as well as calls from his own party and the Business Community to keep the program, donald trump may be on the verge of making one of the cruellest decisions of his administration. And joining me now is journalist and founder of define american, jose vargas and maria hosa, host of the latino usa and chr
On the russia investigation. Robert mueller obtaining a letter that was drafted by the president and his senior aide Steven Miller in may explaining the rationale for firing jm, the fbi director. The letter was never sent because they believed the content was, quote, problematic. According to the New York Times which broke the story, a different letter, written by the Deputy Attorney general and focused on mr. Comeys handling of the investigation into Hillary Clintons private email server was ultimately sent to the fbi director the day before he was fired. The Washington Post reports, the multipage letter enumerated trumps long simmering complaints with comey. That comey was unwilling to say public reply trump was not personally under investigation in the fbis inquiry into russian meddling in the 2016 election. The letter did not dwell on russia. Also today, President Trump respond to that Washington Post report that he may be on a collision course with his new chief of staff. Trump ch
Young, undocumented immigrants known as dreamers that it protects. Plus, another hurricane. This one irma, en route to american soil, florida. Puerto rico already declaring a state of emergency ahead of landfall. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Good morning, im alison kosik. Its tuesday, september 5th, 4 00 a. M. In the east, 3 00 a. M. In houston, and 4 30 p. M. In pyongyang. We begin with north korea. Defying International Condemnation over its latest Largest Nuclear test with signs of more tests to come. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , nikki haley, arguing at an Emergency Security Council Meeting that the International Community must exhaust every last bit of leverage over pyongyang to avoid a nuclear war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We must now adopt the strongest possible measures. Kim jonguns action cannot be seen as defensive. His abusive use of missiles and his Nuclear Threats show that he is