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a im aishah hasnie. alex alexandria hoff from washington. >> the chinese foreign ministry has imposed unspecified sanctions on speaker pelosi and her family. while in tokyo yesterday, the speaker says that chinas action are part of an effort to isolate taiwan and she said her trip did not change to the statues quo. and calling the exercise in the taiwan straits a grave problem and several missiles landed in japans exclusion zone. here is antony blinken. >> since china has launched a do...

Admission that among swing voters, among women, among independents, theyre dying. >> whats interesting is if you believe, any poll can be an outlier. if you believe there is this shift, it does seem there is some sort of shift, whats interesting to me and still an open question is the white house is actually running a very similar playbook on this as they did -- >> totally. >> -- to mueller. the presidents trying to discredit it in the court of a public opinion. were hearing congress being calle...

The debt ceiling debate. i can tell you that republicans are already starting to drive their own narrative, sending out e-mails accusing the president of campaigning instead of legislating. so the rhetoric has already begun, even though congress is not back in session until september. and i expect president obama, leading up to september and congress returning, will continue to make these trips talking about the economy, talking about ways to improve job growth. thomas? >> kristen, i want you to...

Quite unpleasant. that might be why president obama went to have lunch. he got a lot of comfort food. >> comfort food on a rainy day. kristen welker reporting from marthas vineyard. thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. our first read team notes with president obama on marthas vineyard and john boehners on the congress recess. its giving them time and space to ponder what are to do after a disappointing spring and summer. joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. first re...

Discrimination in voting, and maybe a court will decide this is too big of a burden on racial minorities. certainly, a major tool that the justice department used to have in its tool kit to challenge these kind of laws no longer exists. thats been a big factor. >> michael, do you think congress will take up a new and improved voting rights act? >> no. frustratingly, the answer is no. superficially, you look at this and say, of course they will. in the last reauthorization it was nearly unanimous...

From people ive never even met before thanking me for my honesty and coming out in such a public way. i guess thats the reaction i had really hoped for, that me doing this while i was still president of the young democrats before my term ended, that it could have a positive impact. >> and you recently looked at running for congress in the state of west virginia. im sure its only a matter of time before you actually put yourself in a race. obviously, theres a way to go for an open gay to run for ...

News cycle, by the way. >> he blamed it on the media. i was sort of reminded -- and i know krystal probably feels the same way -- of the akon song "dangerous." noticing you noticing me from across the room. its like, hey, bro, of course were noticing your sexting. its the biggest thing about you. if we talked about what you did in congress, its nothing. so, yeah, were going to notice you for what remains the weirdest digitized sex scandal to date. if that surprises you, if you dont get why were ...

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