The chair reserves the right to recess at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two thing things, faithfully execute his or her office, and protect and defend the constitution. That oath cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized or undefended then to successfully execute the office is moot there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so the duty to defend the nations foundational for the president ial responsibilities. But of the second responsibility to defend the constitution quicks what does that really mean we are not speaking of a piece of parchment parchment with the institutions of our democracy to defend the system of checks and balances the constitution and trying to defend the rule of law upon which the idea america was born to be a nation of laws. We do not defend the nation there is no constitution. But if we do not defend the constitution, t
The issue of healthcare a key concern for voters in 2020. Cheryl the champions return, team usa back home following a second straight world cup victory. Theyre not headed to the white house today. How democrats are taking a veiled penalty shot at President Trump. It is tuesday, it is july 9th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Were up all night for good fun. Were up all night to get lucky. Were up all night to get lucky. Were up all night to get lucky. Were up all night to get lucky. Were up all night to get lucky. Cheryl were going to get lucky today with these markets, i dont know. Welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Lets take a look at how your money is moving. U. S. Futures are moving to the downside. The dialogue has changed about the size and timing of this rate cut. Dow down 112 points. Cheryl we are seeing bond prices actually moving a little bit actually were seeing weakness in bond prices right now. The yield is at 2. 06 .
Bannon Going Nuclear against the republican establishment once again. Serial killer on the loose . Police in tampa, florida, looking for this hooded figure, trying to figure out if he could be responsible for three separate murders in the past two weeks. Residents on edge this morning. All that, plus two more women come forward with accusations of Sexual Assault against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. A 417 million award in a Johnson Johnson cancer case thrown out by a judge. And seventh heaven. The Houston Astros in the American League championship series to a seventh and deciding game after dominating the new york yankees last night. Now a trip to the world series is on the line, today, saturday, october 21st, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. And im sheinelle jones. Dylan dreyer is here as well
Had retweeted posts about leaking and hacking and once called the president a, quote orange fascist in a tweet of her own. And stalled agenda. Even as key republicans complain that the president s tweets are stalling his agenda the president is stepping up his tweet toy raids as the white house reverses course and declares his tweets, quote, official statements. Im wolf blatser. Youre in the situation room. Less than two days before fired fbi director james comey publicly testifies before the Senate Intelligence committee, President Trump says, and im quoting him now, i wish him luck. A source says comey will confine himself to facts and leave legal analysis to others. There are fresh signs of disarray at the same time within the white house. Sources say the president is concerned theres no war room to defend him from the russia allegations, and hes said to be angry at the attorney general Jeff Sessions for basically letting a special counsel take over the investigation. And in a stunn
22month long investigation. A historic weekend certainly. This hour, attorney general william barr reviewing the highly participated Mueller Report as he decides what to release to congress. Heres what else we know. House democrats will strategize their next move in a Conference Call about three hours from now. Nbc news has learned House Republicans were cautiously optimistic last night during a Conference Call. Barr told congressional leaders yesterday he may release the top conclusions from the Mueller Report as soon as this weekend. As for the white house, it says it has not been briefed on muellers findings. The president is at his Florida Golf Club as supporters seize on reporting that the special counsel is not recommending any further indictments. If theres no collusion that was found, it strongly vindicates President Trump but raises serious questions about who is going to be held accountable at the fbi, the bad act areas that had a political agenda. But this morning, i spoke w