a u-haul truck crashed outside the white house. police say it was no accident. plus late night talks at the capitol, are the two sides any closer to a debt limit deal. and sabotage inside russia, kremlin blames ukraine as a group of russian citizens say they did it. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with what police are treating as an attempted attack on the president. a u-haul panel truck crashed into a security barrier in la fayette square. the vehicle then backed up and slammed into the barrier again. the driver arrested right away. he faces charges including threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or a family member. police have not yet released the man s name and there is no word on a motive. video shows park police taking inventory of the truck, packing up evidence including a flag with a swastika. time is running short this morning for the white house and re
Bennett, Betsy Woodruff and also charlie savage. Geoff, ill start with you. What was going on when the president made that comment about omarosa . The president was in the middle of a photoop there at his private estate in bedminster, new jersey. He was surrounded by Trump Supporters known as bikers for trump. And the voice you heard was that of Maggie Haberman part of the press pool and she asked if the president felt betrayed by omarosa. That is when he leveled that scorcher calling her a low life. But look, this is what the president tends to do to people whom he views as being disloyal. I think it is worth pointing out that the relationship between the president and omarosa has always really been mutually beneficial if not entirely transactional. She was able to use him to increase her public standing with that high profile white house job. And he was at times able to use her for a certain amount of
political cover when it came to some testy issues involving race. You bring up a re
a u-haul truck crashed outside the white house. police say it was no accident. plus late night talks at the capitol, are the two sides any closer to a debt limit deal. and sabotage inside russia, kremlin blames ukraine as a group of russian citizens say they did it. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with what police are treating as an attempted attack on the president. a u-haul panel truck crashed into a security barrier in la fayette square. the vehicle then backed up and slammed into the barrier again. the driver arrested right away. he faces charges including threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or a family member. police have not yet released the man s name and there is no word on a motive. video shows park police taking inventory of the truck, packing
is now called market street park. in part because it is on market street. but again, the statue is still there. there are a lot of fencing that have been put up around the perimeter of the entire park. we can t really get close to the park at all at this point. a huge change from last year when frankly people had gathered a around the statue inside the itself. all right. maya rodriguez, thank you. unite the right organizer is marking tomorrow s anniversary with a rally in washington, d.c. s la fayette square near the white house. today the president tweeted the riots in charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. joining me now is michael eric dyson, georgetown university professor and author of what truth sounds like.
service has discovered a drone flying in the vicinity of the building. officials say this one didn t make it over the fence, but did fly to within a block of the grounds coming down just across the street in la fayette square. the white house briefly went into lockdown as a result. the man flying it hasn t been identified yet but he reportedly cooperated with officers commands to land it before being arrested. the secret service says he s been turned over to the u.s. park police which has jurisdiction. with us now jeh johnson and chuck todd. mr. secretary, thanks so much for being with us. last weekend a lot of warnings, a lot of possible terror threats. what can you tell us? we re in a new phase in my view in the global terrorist threat where because of effective use of social media, the internet, by isil, codeal qaeda