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barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this ....
this was the last day before the trump presidency s 100th day. and congress put in less than half a day because there is no trump agenda item alive in congress right now. there is no bill moving anywhere in congress now. no legislative vehicle that is a trump agenda item. we have never seen a 99th day like this for a president. every president s busiest legislative year is the first year. it s when their power of persuasion over the congress is at its highest. and it only goes down after that. what a president accomplishes in his first year is usually most of what the president will accomplish in his first term. this is so clear historically that when bob woodward chose to write a book entitled the agenda, he decided to focus entirely on a president s first year. and he picked a president with a loaded first year agenda, bill clinton. at this point in bill clinton s first year, the congress was working overtime. at the same time, congress was working on nafta, a giant tax bi ....
just moments prior. live in bridgewater new jersey near the president s golf club where he is expected sometime now. brian? reporter: hi, sandra. look. a rashable development just an hour ago with the president deciding to disban entirely two of his key economic councils. the manufacturing council, which was built entirely to help him keep american jobs here with 12 big time ceo s on that council. as well as disbanning the strategic and policy council really meant to help him forge a new economic policy. well, the president under pressure really sending out that tweet saying that he s essentially relieving pressure for all of these ceo s who are now forced to make a decision as to whether to stand by the president or not, given his comments on charlottesville. remember, nine ceo s out of the 12 in that manufacturing forum had resigned as of this afternoon. in fact, 20 minutes after the president sent that tweet in resigned. yesterday in a press conference, the president stru ....
main event is now over. so that does it for us from hamburg tonight. rachel will be back on monday, and i will see you again next friday live from iraq where we will take you to the front lines for the final push to drive isis out of the city of mosul. now it s time for the last good evening, richard. thank you for all that reporting. but you go, i do want to ask you given everything, do you think putin got what he wanted out of president trump today? i think he absolutely got what he wanted. i think he came in with this intention to have a long meeting. i think he wanted to overwhelm the president, presenting him lots of options, lots of things they could discuss, put some meat on the table for them to start digging right into it and hoping this will lead to more discussions, more follow-on, and a tighter relationship. interesting. richard engel, thank you very much. absolutely. i am ari melber live in new york for lawrence o donnell. now for months, people have be ....
campuses, in part because many students feel that going to an elite undergrad institution is not going to improve their chances in the economy. eli stoeblckoles, heidi przybyla, and jason johnson. tonight on all in. i got the white supremacist, the neo-nazi, i got them all. what the president did this summer. kkk, we got kkk. i got em all. response to charlottesville. very fine people on both sides. the response in north korea. they will be met with fire and fury the response to ht hurricane. the intensifying russia investigation. my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer. the fights with his own disa. where america stands after its first summer of trump. i don t think anyone is interested in having a shutdown. no chance, we won t raise the debt ceiling. no chance. networ america s not going to default. we have to close down our government, we re building that wall. all in starts right now. good evening from ....