Im john berman filling in for jake tapper today, we do begin with the world lead. President obama asked him to do it. Secretary of state john kerry flew to baghdad to ask him in person, but iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki appeared to shut the door today on requests for him to form a sort of unity government, one that would include sunnis that maliki has shut out of the process for years. This would be all in the hopes of will quelling the uprising by sunni militants tearing iraq apart. So if the Prime Minister wont play ball the way the u. S. Wants it could mean those air strikes that maliki has been begging for might never come. President obama is sending a number of military advisers into iraq. As many as 300 total. The first wave of them getting down to business right now assessing the Iraqi Military strength and movements by the Terrorism Group isis which stands for the Islamic State in iraq and syria. Isis is taking over huge chunks of iraq in air strikes are being carried out
Find out what happens to them next. And thanks for joining us, earn. Protesters in several u. S. Cities are keeping the focus on cases of White Police Officers killing unarmed black suspects. Right now, protesters in berkley, california are blocking traffic on interstate 80. Were taking these live pictures here. And that blocking is causing a massive backup in both directions. Its a little hard to see right now in the dark, but a lot of people there on i80. And in pennsylvania students gathered together for a march and socalled die in. In washington, traffic was blocked a few blocks from the white house, during rush hour. And in new york, hundreds chanted outside the basketball game. The royal couple attended. We have more on that. Reporter inside, as the royals watched the basketball game, outside hundreds of protesters staging demonstrations. They did dieins. They walked against traffic, shutting it down. That was one of the mantras, shut it down, shut it down. There were many Police
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Tonight, Andrew Gillum responds. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 587 of the Trump Administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to Robert Mueller during the russia investigation is out. White House Counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. Axios was first out with a report this morning. That was quickly followed by this tweet from President Trump. White House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. I have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. This afternoon trump was asked about the departing white House Counsel. Don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. Privately before this he represented me. Hes been here now almost two years, and a lot of affection f