Solar eclipse, communities along the path of cashing in. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The president has been clear on this tragedy and so have i. I stand with the president. The president disbands his to Business Advisory council. Theyve all decided to pack it in. Thats a black eye for the white house. No other way to put it. These ceos can do what the leading members of the Republican Party have not been able do, which is to say we denounce you and were out. Ut. You tell me what he needs to say so we can move beyond this. Im not going to speak for the president. I speak for myself. Ive denounced it. The president has done a good job of speaking for himself. Hes denounced bigotry, hatred, violence. A memorial was held for the woman who was killed in saturdays violence. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Guess what. You just magnified her. A desperate search under way for the crew aboard an army chop theyre crashed off th
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Meaning, is he going to say okay if they dont come to an agreement on an interview . Ill just write a report without it. Is he going to launch a subpoena fight, which will take months and months and months. And go to the supreme court. Exactly. And its risky for Robert Mueller to do that. Because he might not win. And it just really depends on what he has and what he thinks he needs to ask the president. So its so unknown that the Trump Legal Team is and particularly on the political side of it, theyre doing what they have to do. And guiliani, along with the president , and jay sekulow, to a lesser extent, they have realized that what they have control over right now is the court of public opinion. Sure. And so theyre going to continue to push that. And
Haunting. As always, you can find me on facebook, twitter, snapchat and instagram. Im around on social media all day long. I will also, just as a quick programming note not be seeing you for the next week. My colleagues will be stepping in for me as i take a little time. Wont be heading to jersey, stef. I know thats your favorite place. Clearly its not a vacation. I cant imagine what youre going to be doing. What else would one want to do . Take it away. All right, my friend. Enjoy. Thank you. Good morning everyone. Im back. Stephanie ruhle here, my partner off today. Friday, august 2018. It is the 10th. Some parts of the country, it does seem like the america we know and love doesnt exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been put on the american people. Much is related to illegal and
legal immigration which some love. Laura ingram and her White Supremacist speech. Im still at a loss as to how that made it to air. Yesterday, melania trumps parents became u. S. Citizens and wer
Just a moment. Deadly attack in charlottesville, virginia, 20yearold spectacular james alex fields just and in court within the last hour. Hes accused of ramming his car into a crowd killing one woman and injuring 19 others. Plus President Trump will meet with attorney general Jeff Sessions and fbi director christopher wray. The president facing criticism for not explicitly condemning the role of White Supremacists in the deadly protest. We condemn in the strongest possible terms they egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. President trump yesterday stated clearly that he condemns hate and violence in all of its forms. They made a very strong statements that directly contradicted the ideology of hatred, violence, bigotry, racism, White Supremacy. Though things must be condemned in this country. They are totally unacceptable. That was a strong statement. That actually was. A strong statement. What he was referring to that the president made wasnt
What now for all the United States and its ongoing struggle to understand its own complicated heritage. The president s comments have been chewed over. At a bare minimum, the president said folks who mar cmarched alot a bare minimum, he called these very fine people. You had some very bad people in that group but you also had people that were very fine people. They were people protesting very quietly the taking do you know of the statue of robert e. Lee. You had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest. Very fine people. Make no mistake. This it is an important moment, a different moment which is developing for our eyes this morning. So what now . Lets go first to jeff zeleny at trump tower. The theyve had a night to digest and see the reaction to the president s statement. Wondering if youre getting a sense from inside the white house staff, the trump team how they think things are going this morning. Reporter good morning, john, the people inside the white