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thursday admitting his role in a decades long tax fraud scheme. international community reacting this horror that this could be at the center of fighting. hello and welcome, it is friday, august 19, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where a federal judge has released a few new documents related to the search of donald trumps mar-a-lago home and the details they contain on the potential offenses sharpen the focus on the former president. the same judge signe...

everything he can to bring prices down. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. when the president gave the rousing speech about the economy today he never mentioned the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow. instead, he was looking backwards and talking about all the times that there were long lines of cars waiting to get boxes of food during covid lockdowns as he tried to make the point it ...

Of khashoggi and also theres a growing sense in europe and in much of the world that why is the president not only not listening to his cia but not listening to the 13 federal agencies that in the past few days issued a stark warning, a stark warning about whats ahead on the climate. >> right. >> when weve just come through all these forest fires in california and now the storms in the east that weve had, the drought problems that are facing farmers in the future, hes got his hands full. he real...

Especially from cape cod to the eastern senctions of long islan. look at the temperatures. middle and upper 40s from the nations capital all the way to the big apple. on the west coast, we have an atmospheric river event to allow moisture to fall into the central sections of california. measuring snowfall across the sierra nevada range. 2 to 4 inches and locally higher amounts expects in ventura county as more rainfall is expected for the region. back to you. >> wont solve their drought problems...

Year just responding to storms and to the increased drought problems and fires. you run the list of costs, its in the hundreds of billions of dollars that were spend being becau -- spending because were not responding to this. number two is this is a job creator. it is absolutely the single biggest job creator staring us in the face. >> last question. the emerging economies are the ones that are arguably the biggest polluters. >> you take a look -- the fires in indonesia that it will take three ...

Cause confusion and raise costs. in the "new york times," questions between global warming links to droughts. they argue there is no scientific consensus yet that it is a worldwide phenomenon and there is no definitive evidence that global warming is caution the most recent drought problems happening in california. >> and in "usa today," a story about how the irs is struggling and house of representatives that could affect you. budget cuts says it will mean fewer to help taxpayers. >> and in a f...

A massive drought, a bill stalling congress and questions about the farm bill and drought relief efforts that are blocked in congress by republicans. as you can see by this map, its a question most farmers across the u.s. and certainly at the iowa state fair, would like an answer to if they could talk to a senior house republican like say, paul ryan. but heres how ryan chose to respond. >> what do you think should be down about the drought problems here? >> well get into all these problems later...

As far as long island tornado, winds were 80 to 90 miles per hour. it was not a big, strong tornado like in the midwest but did do significant damage, especially to the large trees on long island. let me take you to the forecast and show you whats going on. as far as the radar goes, heres the norfolk area and virginia beach, where the announcement will be made live on msnbc. right now it looks dry and they are pretty lucky. theres a chance of showers and thunderstorms, could get over an inch of ...

look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. >> he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? well have a live report from the middle east. >> but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried o...