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With flooding from storm surge and rainfall. the damage so far doesnt compare to the destruction left behind in the bahamas. but it is creating potentially a visible humanitarian crisis. so lets go to ali vel chit back with us. you have some strong winds th e there. we lost you for a minute. >> that was a fun trick to do all the heavy lifting. this is the first time i learned that trick. thank you for helping me out. its a little unpredictable out here. its ironic because thats not been anywhere...

Measure. good to talk to you. were going to take a quick break. our coverage continues. im ali vel chit. ill be right back. fpz every day, visionaries are creating the future.

Political leaders of seven industrialized nation plus the union and all of the entities responsible for their security, well, the trump organization stands to profit a lot. we should also note that trump national doral, the flagship property and biggest moneymaker for the trump organization reported a $75 million profit in 2018. and while thats definitely a good chunk of change, those profits are down from $116 million in 2016. "the washington post" reported last month that the presidents scores...

Public support. they havent done any of the work to communicate with the country. i agree with john boehner, which i rarely do, but i think this bill is here to stay. i think obamacare is here to stay. >> rick, back to your point you just made, ali vel shi made it a couple days ago, the idea they did abandon order for this particular piece of legislation, why was that? >> you know, i dont know, craig, because to me its sort of like -- its like science, you know, it has principles and that you ha...

>> too big to fail. its okay if the bank was trading its money and failed but it was trading your money. >> ali, lets get real. president trump throws this out there, and hes not the only one, gary cohn mentioned it before, too, but the likelihood were going to see this happen, given the magnitude of things on president trumps plate, this aint going to happen. >> given the mnuchin and gary cohn is his advisors and goldman has a seat at the table -- >> a wink to bernie sanders supporters. im stil...

Theyre bad people or people you dont know. its disgusting. im going to give wilbur credit for the fact that in the business world you can say that, in the political public service world you cant. i hope theres an apology forthcoming. >> referenced what its like going on air force one, its fantastic and makes up for flying coach the rest of the time. im going to take a leap here, im going to guess wilbur ross doesnt fly coach often. >> legendary billionaire industrialist, thats why hes there, and...

>> yeah. ali, i mean the russian media see it no so much of a flip flop as a betrayal. they are calling donald trump a warmonger no different from any other u.s. president. the kremlin isnt quite going that far, but today, russias foreign ministry said, well was very critical that donald trump stood by the nato secretary general yesterday, and celebrated natos expansion to include month nay xwro a country that was once allied to moscow. vladimir putin, of course, former kgb officer, would love t...

Hours. lets get to our reporters and analysts, our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is in the briefing room waiting for it to start, bill neely is in moscow, steve clemens, msnbc contributor in washington, editor at large for the atlantic and the national journal fill rut ker the bureau chief for "the washington post." i want to start with halle and phil because y will be getting to work quickly on the presser. >> sure. ali, let me take the two topics one at a time. any moment if s...

Interests. he instructed us to take all steps realistically possible to make it clear that he is not exploiting the office of the prency for his personal benefit. hes voluntarily taking this on. the conflicts of interest laws simply do not apply to the president or the vice president, and they are not required to separate themselves from their financial assets. >> all right. donald trump bringing out a lawyer today using much of that first news conference he held in a long time to outline how he...

Patricia baena. they gasped when shown the pictures. >> the gasp is that -- >> this is not the first time ive heard it, you know. and people go, oh, my god. >> dont you remember years ago when clinton was doing his thing with monica lewinsky, we had the same response. well, people did. she was overweight. what does he see in her? how come he would take a chance with a girl -- >> if shed been a drop dead gorgeous beauty, then wed be like, oh wee hate her, but at least she looks good. >> interesti...