your leadership on this. you stand tall in the face of really this breaking of laws and ignorance as it relates to the impact here. thanks very much for being here this morning. governor greg abbott in texas. thank you, sir. thank you, maria a. maria: quick break. coming up, exclusive reporting from peter schweizer on hunter biden s laptop, why was he telling the secret service not to follow him to and aroundlo china. senator ron johnson joins us as tony padesta a takes on a lobbying gig for none other than the ccp jewel, huawei, right after this. someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. so i did. it s okay, you can stare. when you re a two-time gold medalist, it comes with the territory.
what a gold-star widow is saying about a condolence call. myesha johnson said she died when she got the call from the president about her husband dying in niger two weeks ago. the president said he had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from beginning without hesitation. we ll be watching this story all day. and the senate is set to vote on the $36.5 billion hurricane relief package. the money will give needed boos help out the flood insurance program to pay for claims related to hurricane harvey. once the bill passes, the next step hits the president s desk for his signature. and in an nbc exclusive, we are learning robert mueller is investigating tony padesta and his firm. he is looking into whether