welcome to weekends with alex witt. we have breaking news to share from phoenix this morning. a sense of relief there after police make an arrest in the string of seemingly random freeway shootings. the weapon and the man who we believe that was responsible for what started this spree in arizona is in custody. 21-year-old leslie allen merritt, jr., was arrested in a phoenix suburb friday night. they have linked his gun to four of the 11 cars hit. they say he tried to pawn the guns used in the shootings. we knew something big was going down. i mean, as we were passing coming in, he they had already tooken him away but the military cops were still here. and we had asked them i was like, he must have been wanted and the cop is just like, yes. i m like that. i m glad if it is him that it s over. that that s that s for sure. well, the four shootings police say are linked to merritt include an attack on a tour bus and an suv and all on i-10. he faces criminal endang
hey there, everyone, high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to weekends with alex witt. the latest poll numbers are in, and it is a horse race. the washington post abc news poll out just a few hours ago shows hillary clinton leading donald trump by just three points, 46% to 43% among registered voters. clinton is looking a lot better within her own party, though. a new poll finds her likability at 75%. could the e-mail controversy not be hurting clinton as much as previously thought? the washington post reports today that the tech company that managed her service says, it was not wiped, meaning tens of thousands of e-mails potentially could be recovered. meanwhile, like prize fighters before a bout, the gop contenders spent the weekend taking verbal jabs against each other ahead of wednesday night s debate. donald trump is an entertainer. and i think i am a leader. we re going to make sure everybody in america knows donald trump is a fake. we need peop
9:00 out west. welcome to weekends with alex witt. donald trump is ratcheting up his position on immigration. the executive order gets re sippeded. one good thing you ll rescind that one, too? you have to. we have to make a whole new set of standards. and when people come in, they have to you ll split up families, deport children? no, we ll keep the families together. but you re going to keep them out? they have to go. what if they have no place to go? we ll work with them. they have to go. we either have a country or we don t have a country. trump offered a grave prognosis for the iran nuclear deal, but it will be nearly impossible for the next president to break the agreement. i would have told them up front you ll never get your $150 billion back. they are going to be such a wealthy, such a powerful nation, they re going to have nuclear weapons. they are going to take over parts of the world that you wouldn t believe. i think it s going to lead
fighting back. meanwhile, are any other messages getting out from the big red state conservative gathering? at odds on iran. leading democrat chuck schumer and the white house. will the deal survive? it s high noon in the east 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to weekends with alex witt. donald trump s campaign released this statement saying in part mr. trump made megyn kelly look really bad. she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard. mr. trump said blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever meaning nose but wanted to move on to more important topics. only a deviant would think anything else. trump was disinvited from the red state gathering event happening right now in atlanta as a result of his original comments last night. the host of the conference addressing the issue just a short time ago. i think it was inappropriate. i really think it was inappropriate. i ve got my wife here i ve got my daughter here i ve got 800 friends of mine here. it s a fa