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One of the moms in that picture saying, quote, my baby would have died if she had stayed in venezuela. Important reminder of the struggles that country is still facing. The photographer here, nachos doche from reuters. You can send me a snapchat or instagram. More news nor from ali vels who only has good things to say. Good afternoon. Ill probably catch you later this afternoon. Thursday august 23rd, lets get smarter. Michael cohen, tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for m...

Conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We have to unify. We have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of Political Violence of any kind have no place in the United States of america. So far the devices have been what appear to be a pipe bomb. What we saw here today was an effort to terrorize. This clearly is an act of terror, attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this coun...

Welcome back to special coverage here on msnbc. im stephanie ruhle with my partner on loekcation, ali vels. new york city mayor bill de blasio had an important message for everyone in the political spectrum. >> to all public officials of all partisan affiliations, dont encourage violence, dont encourage hatred, dont encourage attacks on media. you can disagree but you have to show respect for people and air your disagreements peacefully. o unfortunately this atmosphere of hatred is contributing ...

Basis for president trump to say the markets would crash if he were impeached. >> if the president actually believes that, and he might because his self-absorption is so complete that he seems to think that everything revolves around him. if he actually believes that, hes completely out of touch with reality. were in, ali, as you know, a nine-year bull market, most of which occurred under president obama. if you take the totality of president obamas eight years in office, the dow is up 149% duri...

That doesnt exist. >> rick, do you give him an a-plus? >> the best ill give him, ali, is a participation trophy. donald trump is a great self promoter but there is a level of self-diluti self-delusion from this guy that defies comedy, even. >> lets talk about the problem with that, though. if were not able to be in the least self-critical, this is a problem. the world is closing in on donald trump on a million fronts right now, which weve been covering the last few weeks. at some point there mig...

Our kids first, and c, because were not well trained at these things, nor do we necessarily wish to be, you know, a teacher -- wii heve had teache say to us, what if its a fellow citizen with a gun? we are going to think nine times before shooting that person because our instinct is to protect them. what if another student gets injured in the commission of trying to shoot someone? teachers are saying, there is a problem, but were not equipped to be the people that shoot shooters. >> ali, everyth...

Chose to run for his seat. but again, we dont know if hatch is planning to retire yet. hes been mum on rumors that hes heading towards retirement. but i do think given his age that it is likely to happen and mitt romney would be the go-to candidate to take the seat in utah. >> the president son the ground a little while longer. well see if we get anything out of the senate. gabby, thank you for being with us. that will wrap us this hour of "msnbc live." im chris jansing. its to my colleague katy...

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