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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 ....
the election is being rigged by corrupt media, pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president. reporter: donald trump trailing in the polls and plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct is falling back on his favorite safety net. the election is rigged. it s rigged like you ve never seen before. the investigation of hillary clinton was rigged. it s all rigged. it s all rigged. the gop nominee now insisting there s a monumental conspiracy to rig the entire election against him. trump tweeting today, of course there is large-scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. why do republican leaders deny what is going on? so naive. but trump s claims aren t true. there s no evidence of widespread voter fraud. and the candidate s claims are putting election officials, even those in his own party, on edge. today, ohio s secretary of state, a republican, who plans to vote for trump, blasted the candidate s claims as reck ....
say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. god created you, chris, to be here. thank you, michael. ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. no way. i was not lying, actually. that was me being nice. that is all in for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. i don t take it personal at all. it was an impression. it was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. i don t mind, doesn t bother me at all, which i m sure you can tell. thanks, my friend. thanks, michael. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. here s the story. in march of this past year there was an explosion in pasadena, texas. pasadena, texas, is about 11 miles outside of houston. there was a big explosion followed by a fire. smoke and flames could be seen for miles around. look at that. the whole neighborhood around this fire and explosion had to be evacuated. even the houston ship channel, the freeway onramp for all american oi ....
running the trump organization. it worked that way in the campaign and in the white house. people like gary cohn, one of his chief economic advisers, peter navarro, he would have them battle it out about tariffs. navarro s side ended in winning. that s also been trump s long-held view about tariffs. gary cohn later resigned, mostly because of that decision made by the president. but he is someone who, in our reporting, shows in recent weeks he s grown more and more frustrated with some of the advice from his straf. he s also grown more and more frustrated more of his staff is leaving, but at the same time, he feels a little liberated, he s been telling people close to him that he wants to trust his instincts, trust his gut. he thinks that s what won him the election in 2016 and that s what he waunnts to rely on more and more in the white house, and we re seeing that this week in particular, the decision on tariffs and the surprising decision on north korea. how much does tha ....
prosperity. second, the united states and north korea will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean pinsula. third, north korea commits to workd the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. and finally, the united states and the north commit to recoveringrisoners of war, missing in action remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. president trump held a news conference just a short time ago and revealed what appears to be a major concession on the american side ending the u.s./south korea joint military exercises which he called war games. can you be specific about what assurances you are willing to give to kim jong-un? does that include reducing military capabilities and just to follow up on your answer no, we re not reducing anything. at some point i have to be host and i used to say this during my campaign, as you know probably better than most, i want to get our soldiers out and bring our so ....