White house. The president is back in washington from florida where the firestorm ignited by racial comments hes quoted to having made about african nations and racism has not died down. Now reporting on that meeting in the oval office, white house officials and congressional aides tell the post this, quote, when President Trump spoke by phone with senator richard j. Durbin around 10 15 last thursday, he expressed pleasure with durbins outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the highranking democrats efforts. He then asked if Lindsey Graham was on board, which durbin affirmed. But when they arrived at the oval office, the two senators were surprised to find that trump was far from ready to finalize the agreement. He was, quote, fired up and surrounded by hardline conservatives such as senator tom cotton and he shrugged off suggestions from durbin and others the president called nations from africa socalled blankhole countries. The rift over those remarks threatened prevent
Another nickname on yet another enemy today. All part of the 11th hour just getting underway on a monday night. And as we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 361 of the Trump Administration, a day devoted, of course, to remembrance of the reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and politically the start of a critical week for this white house. The president is back in washington from florida where the firestorm ignited by racial commen comments hes quoted to having made about african nations and racism has not died down. Now reporting on that meeting in the oval office, white house officials and congressional aides tell the post this, quote, when President Trump spoke by phone with senator richard j. Durbin around 10 15 last thursday, he expressed pleasure with durbins outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the highranking d democr democrats efforts. He then asked if Lindsey Graham was on board, which durbin affirme
they will tell us why he says that, maria. very much a focus on wall street. we have reaction to the story reported on cnbc that some elite traders pay to get a lock at data. many asking why this is illegal. we will explore who will be looking into that and close that hole in the law. would you pay $25 for a ticket to see iron man? that is exactly where the movie business is heading. lucas sharing a stage with julia. stay tuned for that shocker. 25 bucks, maria? would you pay that, scott? it is get morgue expensive. no. in the market, this final hour of trading, a rally under here. and with the highs of the afternoon heading into this final stretch. dow jones up 135 points. last trade there. first rally of the week for this market. up almost 1%. nasdaq looking at double-digit move. take a look. nasdaq at highs of the session with a gain of 35 points. higher on nasdaq and standard and poors poors. as you can see, sitting right at 1630, scott. hank smith, michael ga
take advantage of cooling centers if you don t have air conditioning. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. bob turk has a look at temperatures and the reason this heat is sticking around. bob? let s take a look at temperatures now. just about as hot as it has been the last three hours. but the dew point, it s high. when you combine those who, it feels like 101 on your skin. 110 in easton. 92 in ocean city. and only, only, i say, 80 in oakland. about 100 degrees the way it feels in oakland. now, for again tomorrow and friday. the weather service has issued an excessive heat warning during the afternoon, 12:00 to 8:00. heat index temperatures can reach between 105 and 110 degrees. both of those days, probably even into saturday, it appears at this point. where is all of that coming from? bernadette joins us with the forecast. we have been hearing about all of the record-breaking heat over the country. and this is why. there s a large area of heat. and the jet st