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some what's changed? what you're expecting? >> reporter: well, i can tell you what's happening right behind me right now. if you'll notice, there's some white clouds dropping. that's tear gas and was just dropped by an israeli zone. it's very bright against the sky so you probably can't see the drone. we can with our naked eye. it is -- that's why you're also seeing a lot of people running. the ambulances are here. the israelis are trying to disperse these crowds because they don't want to repeat what happened yesterday. this area is right on the israeli border. behind me there where the people are moving away from is the actual israeli border fence. and what has been happening is as people go toward that fence, they have been shot. and more than 50 people were shot yesterday, according to the palestinian health ministry. and about 2,700 people injured. so this is still an active protest area that the israelis try to keep people away, and this is just one area like this in the gaza strip. going back to that -- sorry, there's a little teargas coming. going back to that point made initially, the palestinians do not see the u.s. anymore as a fair arbiter of middle east peace. they don't think that peace is a reality with president trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, especially after the u.s. embassy move. as far as many people here are concerned, the peace process is dead. >> i'm going to let you get off camera to take care of that. i know you're in a situation that's a little dicey at the moment. i want to go to the west bank. this morning and richard talked about it, there are some palestinians who may be planning funerals even as others plan more protests today. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. in fact, we are at one of those protests that started in the heart of the city. thousands of people gathered. this has been a day that's been seared into the memory of palestinians about their independent struggle and struggle for freedom over the past 70 years. let me step out of the way toe give you a sense of what those protests have turned into because they've moved out of the city center and they've come out to the outskirts right near an israeli military base where you can see right now the front lines have been unfolding for the past several hours. we're on the side of the palestinian protesters. you can see that they flipped over a dump -- garbage dump bin, if you will. they've set some tires on fire. that's the smoke that's billowing there. and behind that smoke screen they've been throwing zoestones the israeli soldiers. the israeli soldiers have been firing back with rubber bullets and using teargas, very similar to what richard was describing in gaza. we've seen israeli drones flying above our head here and every once in a while they too have been dropping teargas on us and all the protesters that are on this side of the divide. there's no sign that these protests are slowing down, certainly given the atmosphere that has unfolded here over the past 72 hours. first with the embassy opening in jerusalem yesterday and the violence that we saw in gaza, as well as what we saw the day before with the jerusalem day celebration. so palestinians here feeling a sense of frustration and desperation. and as you can see it's spilling over on to the streets on catastrophe day. >> we're going to keep them around to keep us updated on the scene, what's happening on the ground overseas. here on set, we have the former senior adviser of the state department. also on set our panel for the next 56 minutes, nbc contributor friend of the show bets i can kood wood drif and senior reporter to the washington post aaron blake. when you look at what you're seeing from those on the ground, what happens next? what else happens as day turns tonight in the region? >> unfortunately more violence and hopelessness. this is the big story. we're focused on moving the embassy to jerusalem which added fuel to the fire. we focused on the shooting it which was horrible, a lot of deaths. but this is the catastrophe day 70 years later. it's not just a historic day for refugees, it's the presented. it's the way they live their lives. they live catastrophic lives today and they're right across the fence from just their previous homes, previous families. so in a way, this is a kind of an act of desperation. and because now there's an assumption that there is no path forward peace, particularly with the palestinians walking you out of the u.s. mediated effort with no trust in the mediation, mem people think even the two-state solution may be dead, where does that leave the refugees? >> well, the palestinian ambassador to the u.s. was out talking this morning. he's been doing some interviews and was on npr and to your point said this. >> i think our next move should be one word, multilateralism, because we have tried bilateralism for a long time. israel was not interested. >> so you're saying from where you sit the model of a u.s. mediator bringing israelis and palestinians to the table is gone? >> it's over. >> it needs to be more multilateral, more countries involved? >> it's over. >> well, this of course is not new, the idea of multilateralism and there's always a need for it. the question is who's going to bring power to bear? >> there's an inequality of power. the palestinians have been refugees for 70 years. those under occupation have been under occupation for 50 years. they're weaker than ever. they're preoccupied with their own issues. the europeans care about this issue, but it's not a top priority for them. so even multilateralism, while it might be at least something that opens up hope, it may not deliver. something else obviously need to be done at least on the humanitarian level. >> we'll talk about that, but i want to make sure people know what we're looking at here. these are live pictures coming in from the west bank. these are the protests that aman was walking us through. we also know that the united security council is meeting now the. we expect to see nikki haley, presumably continuing to follow the white house line that was set yesterday from the podium when deputy press secretary ra shah placed the blame for these deaths squarely on hamas. >> you saw a pretty measured response from the white house yesterday. it wasn't just ra shah, it was secretary of state mike pompeo, didn't seem to want to talk about this. they didn't have a ready set of talking points for this. nikki haley may continue that, may not say a whole lot about what this is, may say it's hamas. but she's also shown a tend dance -- tendency to say other things that are different from the rest of the trump administration. >> i would expect a very outspoken tone from ambassador haley. she's one of the one that's the most adamant defenders of israel on the u.n. she is probably the most vocal advocate for israeli positions and these issue. and this presents a crisis point for haley and the trump administration. yesterday, correct me if i'm wrong, but was the most deadly day in gaza since 2014. >> right, since the war. >> this is a really difficult time for everyone involved and it puts the trump administration in a tough spot because the president campaigned on wanting to bring about this peace process but now, as you said, the prospects of the united states being actual honest brokers seems to be disappearing. >> aman wants to jump in on that. when we talk about this we talk about, for example, where this goes, what makes what's happening today different than what betsy was referring to back in 2014 which i know you also covered. >> reporter: yeah, you know, in fact having spent so much time here over the years you can clearly see that there's a sense, there's a shift in the sense of the attitudes of ordinary palestinians about the role of the united states and about the international so-called peace process. i think over the course of the last several years that i've come here, speaking to ordinary palestinians that shift has gone away from the form of diplomacy to more about activism. you're seeing the rise of more grassroots organizations in attempt to try to build a coalition with jewish organizations who share similar sentiments. we saw that protest outside the embassy on sunday. it was a group of the leftism israeli organizations. and they're trying to create that coalition to try to raise the pressure on israel in international forums. that's something that israel is concerned about. it's referred to as a boycott in divestment issues. it's something the israeli government is concerned about. but it seems a lot of palestinians now want to put more of their waitd behind those types of activism as opposes dollars to the kind of diplomacy that has not changed or improved the quality of their lives since the oslo process began. more settlements, the occupation is very much entrenched. people are still suffering a great deal on the ground and as a result there's been no progress or improvement in the quality of their lives. >> final thoughts to you on this. >> on the administration position, i mean, not only did they blame it on palestinians or at least on hamas, but they looked at that time like it was a menace. why are all these people dying while we're having our moment of celebration. >> the news cover brought that into stark relief, not a fan of trump's, but a picture of ivanka trump on the cover with dad by did i's little ghoul. >> and you see former cia director tweeting how this disregard for human lives by the administration and by the prime minister of israel. it's a very serious moment. it didn't reflect on the white house, but who cares? they don't seem to care about anyone other than they'll base. and, remember, they took with them to the embassy yesterday a pastor who had said that jews are going to go to hell, who called islam and buddhism a cult. this is the man who is doing a dedication in the embassy as hundreds, thousands of people were being shot. >> and no clarity on how pastor jeffers and others ended up involved in that, as least as of now from the white house. >> we know how, because this is the base for the president and that's all he cares. >> b. >> i appreciate you coming on set to talk through this with us. we have a lot more to get to including president trump getting on his way to capitol hill this morning in just about 40 minutes or so. it's coming as more as more republicans want a public apology for a staffer's remark about john mccain. they say the real comment was not the comment but that it was leaked in the first play. what are the chances the president faces pressure to apologize today? that's next. ♪ tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks? 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[ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. so in about a half hour from now president trump will head to capitol hill and we are watching to see whether he gets an ear full about what's now day six of a story the white house doesn't really like. their failure to say sorry publicly about a staffer's bad joke about senator john mccain. our team caught up with john kennedy, aka senator sound bite and asked him about it. >> everything happens for a reason. and sometimes the reason is you're stupid and made a bad decision. i don't know ms. sadler so i don't know whether she's stupid or not, but she sure made a bad decision. >> we are live from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. i want to start on capitol hill with msnbc's garrett haake. the president is walking into a friendly crowd here, but john mccain has a lot of friends in that group too. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, hallie. these republican senators are always going to be friendlier towards john mccain, he's one of their own. there's this club mentality when in which senators in both parties tend to look out for their own put hear that a little bit in the defense of mccain and the calls for apologies that we've seen from an increasing number of republican senators, including two prominent republicans i spoke to just this morning. take a listen. >> senator, shut white house apologize to john mccain for the remarks that the aide made last week? >> i believe so. certainly the comments that were made if in fact they were made and no one's denied they were made, i find them to be offensive and i think more indicative of what our politics has become, so angry and bitter. >> does the white house owe him an apology? >> if i had said that i would apologize. >> reporter: hallie, the follow-up conversation with senator rubio is indicative of what they've realize, they're not going to get that apology. that's just not something this white house does. what you hear from both of those sman little bit of resignation here and this is a classic example of what we've seen time and time again here, the conflict between the president's style and the substance of what he produce dollars. these are all people who like what the presidents has done on taxes, on north korea, on moving the embassy to jerusalem, but it really chafes them the way he talks and the way his white house acts and the tone that is pets. ness not what that's folks like to see. but as we've learned over the past year and a half or so it's not going to change and you hear a little bit of that resignation talking to senate republicans up here. >> the other piece of it here, it's one thing to talk to you in the hallway and say, yeah, the president of the white house should apologize. it's another thing to walk up to the president when he comes in for the policy lunch today and to ask for that personally. i'm not sure that that is going to happen, that there's a big appetite to that over on the hill. >> reporter: no, i'd be surprised to see that ask happen. we and some of our colleagues have talked to senator flake or lindsey graham or the folks who are closely allied to john mccain who would presumably be the most likely people to raise that in a setting and gotten a bit of a brush back. remember, in many cases the best way to get a message in front of the president of the suits to say something on television. and we've seen not only republicans over the weekend trying to raise the issue in that way. i would be very surprised if we saw someone stand up in this lunch this afternoon and say something directly to the president. >> yeah. a message that's presumably better heard on certain cable networks than others. thank you, my friend. i want to go to the white house and geoff bennett. jeff, the white house continues to focus on the leaks e leaks, not the kmebt itself but the fact that the comment leaked out. and there's a new warning now that maybe that could trig air staff shake-up, uh? >> reporter: that's right. kellyanne conwait white house senior counselor to the president is saying something on the record that we heard whispers of over the weekend that there could be staff changes to come as a result of all this. take a look. >> you autd to be competent, you ought to be loyal, and you ought to be able to reinforce the agenda that prevailed here. and so i can't -- can't go on more, but i had several discussions with the president on this very topic today. >> do you expect personnel changes as a result? >> i do actually, yes, i do. >> reporter: so a bit of a cliff hanger there, but to be clear, the staff changes are relate to the leak, not to the comment or to the substance of that comment. white house officials, as you see there, are still framing this as a leak problem. and so that point, so is the president, hallie, president trump not one really known for subtlety is saying that some of the people who work for him who leaked to the press are in fact traitors. here's the tweet he put out. he says the so-called leaks coming out of the white house are a massive overexaggeration put out by the fake news media in order to make us look bad as possible. with that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards and we will find out who they are. hallie. >> so, geoff, thank you sir. i'll see you in a little bit. here's the thing, the president clearly has leaks on his mind this morning. he tweeted a couple minutes ago while we're in commercial break right during this segment about the fake news stories made up from these leaks about him. this sunday his skin. he's hated looeks leaks from the beginning. he's talking about what he zrieks as his best poll numbers in a year. we're fact checking that because his numbers are a little bit up but we'll see if that's the case. where does this go from here? because the white house has drawn its line in the sand? >> it sets him up for an intense conversation on capitol hill today. >> do you think so? >> i do. i think will change the topic a tiny bit is zte. >> i wanted to talk about that as well. there is some new reporting that we have who talk about the national security risks that zte pose dollars. this is just a couple weeks after an onthis show we talked about the pentagon saying don't buy zte phones we're not going to sell them anymore because we're concerned about them and the president is talking about them. >> that's a major point of friction that's almost guaranteed to come up in the president's meeting with senate republicans today. john corbin and marco rubio have both publicly said they have some issues with the president's kmebts about zte with him coming out and essentially defending this company on twitter. they have access to a lot of information about zte and we can assume they know things about this company that we don't know. the fact that they're concerned is really telling and fb there's one thing that's going to be a point of contention in that meeting i think zte is it. >> so they're testifying in front of the senate intelligence committee today now and he was asked about this. bill facing a confirmation vote currently saying, yes, essentially getting zte into the u.s. market could be a risk. this is happening now what? a half an hour before the president shows up on the hill. >> right. it seems like this is the latest thing that the president maybe tweet without it getting vetted behind the scenes. they don't seem to be on the same page. it will be interesting to see how they can square what he called for in that tweet with their actual actions. it doesn't seem like there's real appetite for doing what the president called for. >> betsy, you think it's going to be a tense meeting today. jeff flake points out that he doesn't think that it will come up, he doesn't think anybody's going to bring it up. this is jeff flake who knows john mccain well wlor has been active in speak out about against this kelly sadler comment. zte may be a wedge issue. but the opening of the bates in jerusalem as you look at potential for fallout there, i don't know that you'll see a lot of senate republicans talking that up. >> there's a lot they agree on and there were several snat republicans on hand for the opening of that. there's plenty that they'll all be able to have a.m. mickable friendly conversations about. but this zte issue is an important one and it hits close to hem. the fact that cordon is involved in this is important. he's the second most powerful republican, the fact that he's publicly criticizing the president for his zte comments i think cordon has said he specifically has questions for trump on this issue. so it's likely to come up. it's likely to be something that's a source of conversation. >> and by the way, that flake comment about how the sadler thing is not going to come up in this meeting, that's the thing that makes the opposition, their head spin. the fact that had something all these senators feel the need to say publicly but when they have the president in frobtd of them they could bring this i with them and say you guys need to sort this out, yet they wouldn't actually broach that with him i think just proves they don't feel like they have any influence on him whatsoever. he really has all -- he's holding all the cards in this relationship and they can say these things publicly but until they actually bring them to him personally, it doesn't really -- kind of rings hollow. >> we'll know in two hours because the president will deliver that speech at the top of the hour at 11:00 eastern and then he heads over to the lunch. i'm going to ask you two to stick around because we have more to talk about after the break, including first lady melania trump expected to spend a week in the hospital after a kidney procedure. but that timeline may be changing. what the white house is now saying. plus we talked to a doctor about what this may mean for the first lady's health. ♪ when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy really woke people up, to showing that we need to invest in this community. i knew having the right partner we could turn this place around. it was only one bank that could finance a project this difficult and this large, and that was citi. preserving affordable housing preserves communities. so we are doing their kitchens and their flooring and their lobbies and the grounds. and the beautification of their homes, giving them pride in where they live, will make this a thriving community once again. ♪ we want to take you live to the united nations security meeting where nikki hailly is now speaking. >> it should occupy our attention here in the security council. in recent days, hamas terrorists backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure. that is violence that should occupy our attention too. the common thread in all of this is the destabling conduct of the iranian regime. a ra jean that provokes violence throughout the middle east while depriving its own people of basic human rights. the united states welcomes a discussion of this violence in the middle east. we welcome in discussing the ways we can cooperate with each other to put an end to this violence. there's far too little discussion in the security council on iran's destabilizing presence in syria, it's promotion of violence in yemen, it's support for terrorism in gaza, and it's dangerous and illegal weapons build up in lebanon. however, in the minds of some, today's meeting was not called to discuss any of those examples of violence in the middle east. today's meeting was called to discuss the violence that some suggest was connected with yesterday's opening of the united states embassy in jerusalem. for some people, the embassy opening is said to be a reason to engage in violence. how is that justified? as our president said when he announced the decision in december, the location of our embassy has no bearing on the specific boundaries of israeli sovereignty in jerusalem or the resolution of contested borders. it has no bearing on jerusalem's holy sites. it does not prejudge whatever the parties might negotiate in a peace agreement. it does not undermine the prospects for peace in any way. and yet, for some, this is supposedly a cause for violence. but let's remember that the hamas terrorists organization has been inciting violence for years, long before the united states decided to move our embassy. in recent days, multiple news organizations from documented the hamas incitement in gaza. they've reported that hamas maps and social media show the fastest routes to reach israeli communities in case demonstrators make it through the security fence. they have reported on hamas messages over loud speakers that urge demonstrators to burst through the fence falsely claiming israeli soldiers were fleeing when, in fact, they were not. the same loud speakers are used by hamas to urge the crowds to, quote, get closer, get closer to the security fence. hamas has attacked the kareem shalom cross, the biggest entry point in gaza for food and medical supplies. this is how determined theytor make the lives of the palestinian people miserable. they light molatov cocktails and cause as much destruction as possible. when asked yesterday why he put a swats ticha on his burning kite, the terrorist responded, quote, the jews so crazy when you mention hitler, unquote. this is what is endanger the people of gaza. make no mistake hamas is pleased with the results from yesterday. i asked my colleagues here in the security council, who among us who accept this type of activity on your border? no one would. no country in this chamber would act with more restraint than israel has. in fact, the records of several countries here today suggest they would be much less restrained. those who suggest that the gaza violence has anything to do with the location of the american embassy are soarly mistaken. rather the violence comes from those who reject the existence of the state of israel in any location. such a motivation, the destruction of a united nations member state, is so illegitimate as to not be worth our time in the security council other than the time it takes to denounce it. yesterday's opening of our embassy in jerusalem is a cause for celebration for the american people. moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem was the right thing to do. it reflects the will of the american people. it reflects our sovereign right to decide the location of our embassy, a right that everyone in this room claims for their own country. importantly, moving our embassy to jerusalem also reflects the reality that jerusalem is the capital of israel. it has served as israel's capital since the founding of the state. it is the ancient capital of the jewish people. there is no plausible peace agreement under which jerusalem would no longer remain the capital of israel. recognizing this reality makes peace more achievable, not less. the united states is prepared to support peace negotiations and a peace agreement in every way. we want nothing more than peace. a piece in which people of all faiths are free to worship in jerusalem. a peace in which the rights of all people are respected and the future prospects of all people is bright. that peace will only be achieved if it is rooted in the realities that too many choose to deny. the united states's action yesterday promoted the reality and the desire for peace. it is our sincere wish that the nation's of the world will join us in this pursuit of credible, realistic, and enduring peace. as i conclude, i want to take a moment to mark the 70th anniversary of israel's independence. in this united nations security council, on behalf of the american people, i congratulate our friends in israel on the remarkable achievement of 70 years of independence. from humble and desperate beginnings, a proud people have realized the prophet isaiah's vision of a light unto the nations. may the next 70 years be ones of strength, of hope, and of peace. thank you. >> you have been watching u.n. ambassador nikki haley speaking to live to the united nations security council. we expect to hear representatives from other places in the region in just a bit. we're live where some of the protests are in the west bank. i have betsy and aaron with me here on set. as expected, betsy think you talked about it. you said you expected nikki hailly to come out and to be a huge advocate and a huge supporter of israel unsurprisingly and that's what we heard. >> this was classic nikki haley taking every opportunity to rip into iran. she made protected extended remarks about iran's role in destabilize egg the region. she criticized hamas and praised israel for their 70th anniversary of the independence. part of the reason these protests are happening is because of that 70th anniversary. it's simultaneously or israelis temperature the 70th anniversary for their independence and for the palestinians it's 70 years of being compellexpelled from t land. >> i want to get to ayman who is standing by for us in the west bank. ayman. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i was low pressuring to nikki haley as well and i was thinking what she was describing was her accurate aassessment of the situation both in gaza and reflecting the reality in israel. what i didn't hear in that speech is probably equally just as important, that's what is the reality of life like for palestinians living under israeli control? we're here in the west bank so we're not in gazanda it's important to emphasize over the past several years because of close palestinian security operation with israel, hamas doesn't really have a presence here. they don't have senior members here, most of the them have been arrested and rounded up. there isn't a strong foothold here as in gaza where they control. in the west bank, the reality of what life is like for palestinians abshaent mass under israeli control is something that sthe she didn't talk about. i think a lot of palestinians who live here would take offense to a lot of the comments that she said because where we're standing really reflects the reality of what palestinians are going through. sth in the occupied west bank under israeli control. palestinian protesters just off behind me there engaging in protests so commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of israel, but also the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of palestinians, many of them who still live in refugee camps in make it countries unable to return to them homes. when you ask palestinians what it is they want, it's probably what nikki haley was talking about a dignified life and they're not able to get that through the diplomacy and oslo peace process that's lasted over the last 25 years og so. since the peace process began, since oslo began, since the palestinians sat across the table from the israelis, israeli settlements here in the west bank continue to be expand in the they did not come back, they were not restrained. land confiscation of palestinians, the check points that are all around the west bank, that is the reality for palestinians that nikki haley did not plengs in her speech. i think it's something that a lot of people here on the ground than live here would find very offensive and point to precisely as the reason why the united states can no longer be trusted as a bilateral broker between the israelis and the palestinians. >> aaron, in my reporting and conversations with white house officials, they do believe they have a sense that they can work to a peace process, that this is a short-term hurdle, but they believe that long term this could actually help as you hear ayman talk about there's a lot of sceptism from that from some in the palestinian community put also heard nikki haley talk about not just the peace process but the iran ya pra jet stream and frame this in the contest of iran and with the bad actions that the ianny regime has taken. >> i thought it was interesting that she tried to frame this in a way we didn't see yesterday from the wlous. she was talk about iran and thousand these demonstrations and the viebs that we're seeing were not necessarily connected to the embassy opening in jerusalem. there is some evidence that, of course, this is because of the economic situation on gaza. there's also the obviously the very important day that we're having today. but i think that when you -- when you talk about the timing of this announcement being yesterday, that was provocative to some degree. the fact that it's happening the day before a very important day in -- for palestinians, there was a dan shapiro former envoy from the bush administration was talking about how this movement was maybe the right movement but maybe at the wrong time, how it might have thrown fire on a tense situation in gaza right now. so i think that, you know, this has been a part of the trump administration's foreign policy is being provocative, being tough, and trying to get people to the table by being tough and not just giving them what they want. and so we'll see if that's what actually happens here. but certainly this is a tenser situation than we're talking about in other areas right now. >> and we'll see how this unfolds through the next several hours here on this network. we're keeping an eye on that. thank you. i want to thank ayman who jumped up for us there as well live from the region. we'll be right back with a live report from walter reed medical center here in d.c. for more on the latest on the first lady's health. 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>> they say she is resting and doing well today and they are expecting that shell be out by the end of the week. as you pointed the out, the president providing that updated timeline. the big question that everyone had, whether did she find out that she needed this procedure for that benign kidney condition? the first lady's office wouldn't comment. but the vice president did say something overnight while he was speaking at an event in washington, d.c. to mark the 70th anniversary of israeli independence. listen to what he had to say. >> the president asked me to be here tonight because as you're all no doubt aware earlier today the first lady under went a long-planned medical procedure and i'm pleased to report the procedure was a success and melania is already on the mend. >> reporter: so that word long planned, i asked the first lady's office if that was in fact correct? they had no comment, no comment on what specifically she learned she needed the procedure. bottom line she is here, she is recovering. of course that procedure came a week to the day after she unveiled her be best initiative. of course aimed at children and antibullying, antiopioid abuse, mental health campaign, the first lady's office saying that she is really eager to make that full recovery so that she is get back to work. and there have been bipartisan calls for a full recovery, no surprise, hallie. when something like this happens, politics get put aside so you have house speaker paul ryan, chuck shum, he all tweeting saying that they're also wishing her a full recovery, hallie. >> of course. kristen welker, thank you much. good luck out there the rest of the day. i want to bring in dr. janette. who is talking us through some of this. as kristen points out, melania trump is hardly the first first lady go through a procedure while in office. you had laura bush hospitalized in '06/2010, nancy reagan in 87. bet if i ford in 74, they all went through procedures while their husbands were president. so this in itself is not totally unusual, it's not totally unprecedented. tell us what you, you don't treat the first lady, but what mid help hap in this procedure. put that in plain english. >> that means that doctors went in and they had continue to tensionally partially oclued part of the blood flow to part of the kidney. and most like that i could have been from a benign tumor. a tumor, for example, like an angieio mayo lie poma. which say tumor that usually doesn't cause any harm unless it gets bigger and can grow and cause back pain, nausea, infections, it can cause one to have blood in their urine. but something would need to be done just based on size alone, even if you are asimplymptomati. she underwent the procedure and is doing very well from what we here. >> how would you find out about something like that this? is this you go in for a regular checkup and the doctors find it working up something else? what typically happens? >> that's gueye questioa good q. so either it's an incidental finding. it could have been found on her regular routine yearly physical exam. we know she has been having some issues already. she may have been suffering from back pain or maybe you are recurrent utis or high blood pressure, fever, infection, that's probably what prompted further investigation such as an ultrasound or kat scan which may have picked that up. >> when you look at the recovery process for something like this, we originally heard and talked about it with crits ten, the week-long timeline now it looks like two or three days. what typically happens in this instance? >> it's a very safe, very common procedure and usually most people are out within a day or two. and -- but they're probably keeping her a little bit longer just to monitor for comp p dietions make sure there's no reblood, to make surety procedure doesn't have to be performed again. to make sure she has normal blood pressure and urine output. >> thank you for that as it is something that we're watching there at walter reed. the march to the midterms is taken another step closer to september. have you idaho, nba, oregon, pennsylvania, and one of those pa seats is in the seventh congressional district, that's where republican charlie dent, officially, as expected, stepped down on saturday. we're going to cover some politics in pennsylvania. we're going to head over to allentown where jake is back on the campaign trail look at what districts are up for grabs. jacob, explain why this is one we should be watching today. it's an interesting storyline, kind of a micro cossism of what we might see around the country. >> i'm back in my happy place outside a polling place and in nationally, because as you said, there are a multitude of democratic opinions here. people here are saying the turnout has been miserable. but whoever emerges victorious from the democratic side could be an ind can i or the of what happen -- indicator of what happens in 2020. it's the new district lines that determines the race. that's what we came to check out. watch this. how critical is this road to the primary election? >> people on this side of the road are voting for a new member in the ninth congressional district, and the other side, a new candidate in the seventh. >> everybody on both sides used to be the 15th district. and on tuesday? >> well, we're going to have another set of characters as far as the burks county side and hehigh. >> reporter: and that's because of the redistricting? >> absolutely snncht the state's congressional districts had to be redrawn because they were gerrymanders. unfairly designed to benefit republicans who had won 13 of 18 seats three elections in a row. the boundaries don't look like understandable districts including the 15th. now redrawn to be the new 7th. so you're the chairman of this county republican committee? >> yes. this is our side of the new line. >> reporter: is there a difference in the political ideologies on this side of the line and that side? >> absolutely. absolutely. you've got burks county people who are very conservative. they're very second amendment and pro life, passionate about that. and then you have the lehigh county side which is a little more moderate leaning and tolerant of the different republicanisms within the party. >> reporter: even though this all used to be charlie dent's republican district, do you think there's a chance of a democrat winning on that side of the line? >> boy, i hope not. >> reporter: this is the city of easton where the delaware and lehigh rivers meet. this city was gerrymandered. with the new map, not anymore. >> vote may 15th, edwards. >> reporter: gregg edwards is running. we met up with him as he campaigned online district. now the voters here are potential backers. >> you going to vote next tuesday? >> absolutely. >> you a democrat? >> yes, i am. >> good. i hope to earn your vote. >> we've been knocking on 40,000 doors. >> i hope you have an extra pair of shoes. >> i'm gregg edwards. i'm running for congress. >> reporter: you used to live on the dividing line between the two congressional districts and now you're in the seventh? >> i guess. >> what are your issues? >> i don't think president trump is doing a good job. he's making a lot of mistakes. the deal with iran. >> that's troubling. >> and he blames everything on the democrats. >> you have a son? >> yes. >> does he play sax aphone? >> yes. >> i know him. >> reporter: this is retail politics. how does it feel with the new district lines? they're going to change on tuesday to be able to vote for mr. edwards. >> fantastic. might be able to make a big difference. >> we're going to change the national narrative. we need someone in congress who's going to represent the people. and i'm that person. >> you are. >> reporter: hallie, this is susan wild, one of the democratic candidates running. it's an unusual race. you crossed out the 15th district and put the 7th district on there. aside from the lines changing, how are you going to come out from the conservative democrat and gregg edwards? >> i think this has been a very challenging year for all of us. i do believe that my qualifications have spoken to the voters. we've spent a lot of time making sure the voters got to know me, who i am, and what i'm all about. and i think that's how i come out ahead. >> good luck tonight. it's nice to meet you. we need more people to turn out and for the weather to stay good. that's one of the challenges as always. rain predicted for the afternoon. >> jacob, thank you. by the way, he wanted me to tell you if you live in a swing congressional district and have a story about the issues that matter where you are, use the #upforgrabs. i want to talk about what jacob explained. pa 7 is interesting. you heard the interview at the end, the different candidates running. it's not just the redistricting. it's also the spectrum of resistance democrats to more conservative democrats all pushing their messages. this is going to be a test of what could succeed potentially come november. am i overstating it or right no. >> not at all. >> you're allowed to disagree with the anchor. >> but you're right. it's an interesting challenge for democrats as they're seeing crowded primaries that get messy and turn into fights. one thing i think democrats are taking heart is over the last several years republicans have had this same problem. they had some of the most scorched earth primaries. in west virginia a republican primary, one candidate accused mitch mcconnell of being a cocaine dealer. >> right. don blankenship. >> just the fact that the primaries are getting messy and crowded doesn't mean it's going to spell defeat for democrats in november. >> and there was the special election in pennsylvania a few months ago where we had a conservativish democrat who didn't line up behind nancy pelosi. republicans have won by going further right. they haven't had to moderate because the districts are drawn so nicely. in pennsylvania that's no longer the case. we find out today what happens. >> and to pick up on this, i want to bring in chrissy running in the sixth congressional district in pennsylvania. thank you for being with us. you're running unopposed in the primary, i believe, although we know the democrats around the state are not. you have said i saw in an interview recently, that it's draining if you have a bunch of democrats fighting among themselves. what's the solution? should dems pushing resistance take a more moderate message? >> i think the democratic process needs to work. that's something democrats do well. this is a democracy and anybody who would like to run should be able to. and anybody's message should be able to resonate. i think the best person will win in the end. we heard from kevin mccarthy talking about the democratic message. i want to play it and then talk about it. >> if nancy wants to obstruct everything with the hopes of winning the majority where she says she would become pespeaker and impeach the president. america wants the world secure and wants economic growth. those are the things we've been working on. >> so i'll ask you the question that a lot of democrats running for congress have been asked. if you get elected, would you back nancy pelosi to be speaker if the democrats take the house? >> that's a fascinating question, because it's a question that i literally only get asked by the press and by people in washington d.c. here in my community -- >> do you think it's an unfair question? >> i think it's a premature question. i think it's something just like everything else, when i have the opportunity to sit at the table with the seat at the table that i'll need to evaluate with the deliberation that evaluate everything with. i'm an engineer and veteran. >> have you considered it? >> i have to see who is running and their platform. first and foremost, i need to have a seat at the table. that means there's a long road between now and there and there's a long road before that. i need to continue to to -- focus on the issues of the community. health care, education. >> i have to ask you about this. if you are elected, it would break up what some folks have called the boy's club of pennsylvania politics. the idea that for the congressional district, you would represent pennsylvania in congress. more and more winning are running for elected office in this cycle. how much did that factor into your decision to run or did you make the decision independent of that factor? >> i made the decision independent of the factor. i didn't realize until i did research that we have the distinction in pennsylvania of being the largest state with no women in congress. and the 49th in terms of elected officials. so it's certainly shocking to me as i evaluated this opportunity and something that i thought about hard. but i also thought that not only do we need more diversity in terms of gender, but we also need diversity in terms of background and experience. i'm an engineer, a veteran, and also an educator and a businesswoman. those are also things in diversity looking in our delegation. >> thank you for joining us. we want to end the show as always coming up on 11:00 a.m. with today's big picture. it's in england. it's a weird one. that's fred. he looks pretty real. he's a robot who is built to mimic the human anatomy. an exact replica of an actor. can move like a normal person and can dance, by the way. give a ted talk and speak multiple languages. some people are getting freaked out by how real they look. more of them are in development in labs in england. the photographer here matt. i'll see you tonight on nightly news. for now, i turn it over to ali and stephanie. just stephanie today with fred the robot, our new friend. >> if i had an ali robot, i'd be set. until that sucker gets developed -- >> the world is not ready for that moment. >> probably not. hallie, thank you. good morning, everybody. i'm stephanie ruhle. ali velshi is
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A jury found Rhett Martin guilt of all four charges on Thursday.
Posted: Oct 22, 2020 7:10 PM
Updated: Oct 22, 2020 10:10 PM
Posted By: Anna Darling
FOWLER, Ind. (WLFI) – After four days of hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses, a jury has found Rhett Martin guilty of all four of his charges:
Count 1- Murder
Count 3- Murder, while committing robbery
Count 4- Arson
Martin was found guilty for the death of Daniel Riegle. Riegle was found shot to death inside his Fowler home after it had been set on fire intentionally. Martin’s cousin, Duane Scott Muse, is also charged in the crime. Muse’s case is still pending.
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