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president-elect with the president of the united states, barack obama. they will meet in the oval office. it might last an hour, could last two hours based on historic precedent. they will have an opportunity to discuss all of the history that is unfolding right now, and the president, president obama, clearly wants to do as much as he can to make this a smooth transition. we know from president obama he was very grateful to president bush eight years ago, when president bush warmly welcomed him into the white house and provided him with a lot of the background he needed during this transition period between now and january 20th, when president-elect trump eventually on january 20th will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. dana, once again, it s a little frustrating to the journalists that the white house apparently has not allowed cameras to capture live images of donald trump arriving at the white house. we will have images, we will have cameras in ....
community. it s a trip that has gotten mixed reactions. the first funerals taking place for those killed. new u.s. sanctions on iran are set to take effect next week. president trump says he has no quarrel with the iranian people, but at the moment, they are the ones who are already hurting. much of italy is under alert for flooding from heavy rains, including venice, which has seen its worst flooding in about a decade. because i m happy pharrell isn t happy at all about president trump using his song at a rally on the day of the pittsburgh massacre. williams has sent a cease- and-desist letter to president trump. an amazing feat is set to go on full display in india. the world s tallest statue. stands nearly 600 feet tall, four times the size of the statue of liberty. wow, that s incredible. glor: good evening. i m jeff glor. and this is our western edition. and we are going to begin tonight in pittsburgh with a , esidential visit, the first f ....
in the battle between the white house and congressional democrats, the administration s to block former aides from testifying to house committees investigating the president, including former white house counsel don mcgahn and former white house personnel director carl klein. the president called the subpoena for mcgahn ridiculous. vowing to fight every summons from democrats. it s still my chief white house correspondent john roberts has more from the north line. john question mexico melissa, good afternoon to you. as he watched the president and the first lady on their way to the opioid event in atlanta, where it is currently sunny and 80 degrees a beautiful day but nice here in washington as well. they say the white house is going to fight the subpoena of don mcgahn that was handed to him earlier this week to appear before the house judiciary committee. on may 21st, additionally, the white house is going to try and resist all the blizzard of subpoenas expected ....
the president said he may send detained immigrants to cities with sanctuary policies. we ve got to get an update on this from john roberts. he is live on the north lawn. john? reporter: good afternoon. this morning it was an idea that was being floated by a bunch of white house aides and shot down. but this afternoon it is official white house policy with with with the president tweeting due to the fact democrats are willing to change our dangerous immigration laws we are, as reported, giving strong consideration to placing illegal ill grants in sanctuary cities only. the radical left always seems to have an open borders, open arms policy, so this should make them very happy. white house has been talking about this for a few months as a way to take pressure off of border cities. there might also be an element in there trying to stick it to democrats who won t cooperate with the white house. the president said he s being given strong consideration to placing illegal im ....
and georgia on our mind with both the state senate seats now for grabs. democrats are finding the peach state ripe for the picking, but is it ripe enough? welcome to thursday. it is meet the press daily. good evening. i am chuck todd here in washington. a hurricane is barrelling towards the florida coast. july was the hottest month ever recorded and on and on. hurricane dorian is expected to strengthen into a category four storm with winds of 130 miles per hour when it eventually hits florida. moments ago the president announced he was actually rescheduling a trip to poland so that he could stay in the u.s. to monitor the approaching storm. we realize that a hurricane in late august isn t unusual and that weather and climate are not the same thing. but, folks, the earth is getting hotter. ocean temperatures are rising and an urgent storm like dorian is an urgent reminder of all the climate mitigation we haven t done and the crisis that we face. today the trump adminis ....