A trip to the podium. What you have to do is be competent and believe in yourself that i can do it and youre going to do it. Then some potential olympians of the future, young kids and extreme sports. To the parents who say youre too young to be doing this, what would you say . Ill beat you to the top. Plus the olympic idea from kerry strug winning on one leg and the british runner that wouldnt give up after tearing a ham stranstring hamstring. Enduring cultural moments. We got another great group assembled around the table. Well talk politics but lets start with the roundup of the olympic action from the first full day in rio. Team usa got it. 19yearold Jenny Thrasher making it look easy. This is the first u. S. Gold in that competition since the year 2000. The american Mens Basketball Team trumped china 11962 kevin durant leading the way. The womens soccer team won 1nil. Tennis super star Venus Williams out. The australians too much for the pool. Australia taking home the gold medal
Hear exactly who is not laying out the welcome mat. The National Lead, she washed up from Boston Harbor thrown away in a black trash bag weighed down with bricks. Now baby bellas mom is in court. Why do prosecutors say her boyfriend allegedly beat the toddler to death . Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Our politics lead, after losing the white house in 2012, Republican Party leaders conducted what they called an autopsy among the recommendations. Quote, the Republican Party is one of tolerance and respect and we need to ensure that the tone of our message is always reflect f of these core principles. In the modern media environment a poorly now. There are two republicans who have an interesting way of demonstrating lesson learned. Donald trump talking in the most ambiguous terms now about whether or not president obama is a muslim. Spoiler alert, he isnt. And now dr. Ben carson saying a Muslim American should not be president of the United States. To which
Disclosure, make it complete. What we have here is a slow bleed. Tipping point . Opponents of the republican healthcare bill need to peel off one more republican vote. And the bill goes down. Can Mitch Mcconnell hold his line . Do you think the new version is better than the old version . I think its worse. It does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital Entitlement Program without having any hearings or consideration of the implications. So thats something that is a major reason that i find myself unable to support the bill. And odd couple, two former president s and their unlikely friendship. The best thing can happen to you in politics, is to be consistently underestimated. I was pretty good at that. And good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We have a lot of breaking news today. What donald trump jr. Left out of his account of that controversial june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer at the height of the campaign. Nbc news has learned the lawyer in that meeting was ac
Super poligrip, helping you enjoy the foods you love. Good morning, im alex whitt here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Right now on msnbc live, new twists today in the Stormy Daniels saga for the president and for his onetime attorney Michael Cohen. A new threat from the porn stars representatives. Another late tweet from the president on russia and collusion allegations. Hes claiming victory of sorts after a gop report is released. But a leading democrat says not so fast. The investigation is nowhere near complete. Religious war on capitol hill. Or has the chaplain of the house of represent i have beens has been based on politics because of something he said during a prayer . On the border, a developing standoff as hundreds of migrants await their fate. Hoping to get into the u. S. Theyre with the Trump Administration is saying this morning in a live report next. A live picture of the white house where the president is reigniting his feud with yet another red state democrat t
Yasmin vossoughian. After siding with Vladimir Putin on u. S. Intelligence on meddling in the election, in an interview that aired last night President Trump expressed unhappiness with the way his Campaign Aides who have been charged or pleaded guilty in the russia probe as he pointed to the word of putin to back up his own claims. He said there was no collusion whatsoever. I guess he said as strongly as you can say it. They have no information on trump. It was an interesting statement, too. You know, many years ago when i was there what was it, 13, 14 . A long time ago. He said there were many, many businesspeople there. In all fairness i was a very successful businessman but i was one of a lot of people. One thing you know, if they had it, it would have been out. As putin confirmed today, he didnt have such information on you apparently . He knew exactly about it. He has been saying it. It makes him angry when he sees it. It is very interesting. You look at what is happening, that wh