Protest a new york grand jurys failure to indict a Police Officer in the choke hold death of eric garner. First, we begin this hour with news that broke overnight that an american held hostage by al qaeda was killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. The sister of photo journalist luke somers confirmed to an nbc news partner that fbi agents have informed her of her brothers death. A top security official says the failed attempt came after al qaeda promised to present luke somers today. He was abducted 15 months ago in yemens capital city and this week the pentagon revealed it had tried to rescue him last month. Chuck hagel who was in kabul this morning says that somers and another hostage were murdered by the terrorists during the mission. He did not identify the second hostage. The group since identified that hostage as South African peer corky. It is his highest responsibility to do everything he can to protect american citizens and bring them home safely. For now were joined by ms
Lean on a phone and periscope. Sandra what happens on the couch stays on the couch. Kennedy including selftanner. Harris i would not know about that. Sandra the countdown is on, fewer than 80 days from now, republican president ial nominee donald trump continuing to stay on message. He stuck to the teleprompter at rally in virginia. Watch . Crime will do go down and law and order will be restored to the United States of america. Were going to put our American Workers first. Were going to put our people first. The gop is the party of abraham lincoln. And i want our party to be the home of the africanamerican voter once again. I want a totally inclusive country, and i want an inclusive party. Sandra trumps speech and his performance over the past week getting rave reviews from his new Campaign Manager, Kellyanne Conway. This is the best week i think so far in the trump campaign, mostly because he is able to be himself, the authentic donald trump, but also pivot he made on substance, geor
Americans pull together, and we are one country. And can President Trump heal the divide within his own party . This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york, in for chuck todd. Willi welcome to homtp daily. Our country could use historical unity. Diving into the politics in a moment, but lets start with what is now Tropical Storm irma exiting florida after impacting the entire state from the keys to the panhandle, jacksonville and the northeast part of the state receiving recordsetting flooding in the wake of irma. Rain combined with a storm surge caused water to spill over the banks of the st. Johns river. Flood levels along the river surpassed the previous high recorded in 1864. The city ordered people to stay inside amid the surge today and to fly white flags outside their homes to signal for help. Floridas governor said river flooding is the greatest risk left to the state. Southern georgia and eastern alabama are currently experiencing the dimi
Chairman Paul Manafort. A new headline from the wall street journal tonight reads, the u. S. Monitored manafort after he left Trump Campaign. The report says surveillance of manafort didnt involve listening to mr. Manaforts conversations in realtime u. S. Officials are knowledge of the matter said, but armed with a warrant investigators could have conducted clandestine surveillance of mr. Manafort possibly by obtaining copies of his emails and other electronically stored communications or by having agents follow him or conduct physical searches of his property. Nbc news, we should tell you, has not verified this report. This news comes as an analysis piece in the Washington Post posed an interesting question and theory. Trump versus manafort . The white house sounds ready go to war. That got our attention today. Teams from the two men appear to be engaged in a back and forth playing out in the papers. The piece cites last nights post report saying manafort offered give a kremlinlinked
The u. S. Monitored manafort after he left Trump Campaign. The report says surveillance of man fo manafort didnt involve listen to mr. Manaforts conversations in realtime u. S. Officials are knowledge of the matter said but armed with a warrant investigators could have conducted clandestine surveillance of mr. Manafort possibly by obtaining copies of his emails and other electrle n electronically scored communications or by having agents follow him or conduct physical searches of his property. Nbc news, we should tell you, has not verified this report. This news comes as an analysis piece in the Washington Post posed an interesting question and theory. Trump versus manafort . The white house sounds red doi go to war. That got our attention today. Teams from the two men appear to be engaged in a back and forth playing out in the papers. The piece cites last nights post report saying manafort offered give a kremlinlinked russian billionaire private briefings on president 16 campaign. Inv