city subway. witnesses say the man was threatening fellow passengers. donors raised $2 million to defend daniel penny charged with manslaughter putting neely in a fatal choke hold. i m dana perino. bill: laura stack was a very impressive woman. our best to her and her cause. i m bill hemmer. good morning. 41,000 people from all walks of life contributing to daniel penny s legal defense fund donors praising him as a hero and denouncing alvin] for bringing the charges against the decorated marine who stepped in to protect others. penny s lawyer thanking the public for their generosity and defending penny s action. he didn t go to the subway seeking to harm anyway or attack anyone. he was putting himself in harm s way for the benefit of others. dana: laura engel is live in the newsroom today. hi, laura. supporters of daniel penny showed up over the weekend helping to raise $2 million for his defense fund. it happened in the last few minutes. as the 24-year-old continues
to know. more than 30 dead in buffalo. anger and frustration and now questions mounting about the response. were residents adequately warned about this monster storm? the national guard going door-to-door and more than 400 pieces of snow equipment on the ground to reopen streets. calls for prayer around the world for the former pontiff. pope francis saying his predecessor s health has taken a turn for the worse. one nation overdosed. the break glass tool that high schools are turning to do stop fentanyl overdoses in their hallways. and the incredible come back. a varsity athlete attacked by a shark. how she recovered to swim her way to a state title. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester on a very busy night. we are tracking two developing stories right now. one of the worst airline meltdowns in recent memory and for southwest it is far from over. the airline canceling more than 2,500 or 62% of it
morning. i heard you talking to one of the people who got off the bus said they were from venezuela they said no, the border is o open. griff: that s right, brian, ainsley, steve. mommy s ago two buses showed up. we confirmed with officials in texas governor abbott s office that there is a total of 101 migrants. there is 53 on one bus. 48 on the other. both buses originating in eagle pass, texas. and we are meeting some of the migrants. what s your name sir? what zero. where are you from. we are from venezuela. griff: venezuela. do you know where you are? yeah. we know where we are. we are in washington, d.c. in front of the white house. griff: this is in front of vice president harris home. okay. thank you. griff: did they tell you that you were going to go to the vice president harris house? yeah. just now. griff: they did just now. who are you here with. my family. griff: this is your family? and what would you like to say? would you like to say
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. A lot. The 2016 election was all about issues. People voted for trump. They didnt like him and they didnt like some of the stuff he did. Its not antiimmigrant fervor. They cared about ilLegal Immigration in trade and the economy. They said on these issues, i think this guy, he may not be somebody i want to invite to my tea party or have a beer with or whatever. I cant imagine any true american not wanting to have a beer with donald trump. Katie if you drink beer. Charlie beer or anything. They trusted him on the issues. He was talking about issues that republicans and democrats. A guy like adam putnam in florida, very popular politician from there. It hurts him, the fact that he was in washington so long. He hadnt been bringing up these issues. Trump slashes in the brains of these issues that we are not supposed to be talking about. Juan thinking about what youre saying