Theyre putting on a sleazy ad in the middle of the super bowl on sunday. So when you sit down with your family, wife daughters to watch this, you may be exposed to pornography. Straight up pornography on network television. I dont think that this years lady eating a hamburger ad will lead to a wide spread boycott of the chain running that ad. I dont think it will, but that boycott effort was announced on an American Family association. They have been in the news because theyre taking the chairman of the National Republican party and apparently dozens of other mens of the Republican National committee on an all expenses paid trip to israel. Theyre due to leave on saturday and they will be gone for nine days. Members of the rnc are not a Free School Lunch kind of bunch. Theyre well off. If they want to go to israel nothing is stopping them from paying for themselves. Who cares. What people care about, and what i think has become an interesting story this week, the rnc decided not to go o
Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Good morning early birds. The white house is pushing back on criticism this morning after it emerged that President Trump had a second undisclosed discussion with Vladimir Putin. It happened july 7 at a dinner for World Leaders at the g20 in germany. The white house only going public after they were asked about the discussion. White house also acknowledging the only witness to this oneonone chat with russias translator. Just russias translator. The u. S. Translator at the dinner only spoke japanese. The conversation raising some Big Questions about what exactly was discussed and why the meeting was never disclosed. President trump responding to coverage of the revelation with a fiery series of tweets. Our reporting begins with sara murray at the white house. Reporter good morning. Another meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin coming to light yesterday. This one was after they hel
Pardoned for a criminal contempt conviction. Of europe said about arpaio, the definition of select as our rage. This is why people dont trust the media so much. Abby 6 00 a. M. In the east in the east coast come of a. M. In texas. A flash flood emergency in americas fourthlargest city. Tropical storm harvey looms over houston, texas this morning. Pete rescue crews rescuing dozens of people trapped by rising waters in their homes, cars, killing at least two people we know of so far in the situation on the ground getting worse. The experts say it would be catastrophic is exactly that this morning. The images that came in throughout the afternoon and folks trapped in their cars is where most of this devastation was happening in the two deaths i know of also related to being trapped in high water. We knew this was the case yesterday. The storm is now lower to a Tropical Storm versus a hurricane. Tonight there was a category four hurricane. The storm is far from over. Think about the next f
All the democrats fault. Mr. President , what about the daca kids . Should they worry about whats going to happen . They had this great opportunity. Democrats have really let them down. Its a shame. Now people are taking advantage of daca. Fact check. Undocumented immigrants who come into the country now cannot, as he said, take advantage of daca. Only those in the country before 2007 are eligible for the program. Its written down, its on the books, its all right out there. President trump was also the one who originally pulled the plug on the program. Remember when he wanted to Work Together on a deal . I feel having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital, because this should be a bipartisan bill. This should be a bill of love. Truly, it should be a bill of love. Lets debrief with our team of reporters. Katherine lucy is a White House Reporter for the associated press. Ashley parker is a White House Reporter for the washington post. And an msnbc political analyst. And ken vogue
Back. Reporter i spent 20 days without being able to speak to him. Every time they move me from one facility to another, i would say, and my children, what about my children . And no laughing matter. How the attorney general of the United States responded to chants from a high school audience echoing Trump Campaign rallies. Ha ha ha. Lock her up. [ audience chants lock her up ] and good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is setting off political fireworks with an an unprecedented threat to strip security clearances from half a dozen former Top National Security and intelligence officials, veteran officials, some of whom worked for decades under president s of both political parties. The president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because theyve politicized and in some cases monetized their Public Service and security clearances. But the white house did not check two of the officials, former fbi director james comey and his Deputy Andrew mccabe