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Vote count angre that day, despite the fact that President Trump said he hopes Vice President pence, quote, comes through for us on the morning of the electoral vote confirmation. And the day before the count tweeted, quote, the Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors, which is not true, but he did tweet that. The House Democratic Impeachment Managers argue that President Trump over months and months filled a powder keg and then lit a match. Joint session of congress ...

To account for that blast. heres how todays events unfolded. before midday local time, supporters of hezbollah and the amal movement gathered at the palace ofjustice, pressing for the removal ofjudge tarek bitar, who is leading the inquiry into port blast. theyre chanting and burning pictures of him. this is the scene in one neighbourhood of beirut. two kilometres away, the situation had escalated significantly. you can hear gunfire and see bullets hitting buildings. hezbollah said they were fir...

Conversations about whether china is helping us or not helping us with north korea. conversations that the president leads about whether russia is intervening in the midterm elections. what are we supposed to believe? heres my bottom line. its a bottom line you would not have said two years ago, six years ago, ten years ago. when we go into these key questions, the president is not the arbiter of truth. that will be the members of his cabinet. that will be the congress. and that will be the medi...

Rights and opportunities of women in saudi arabia, but make no mistake, there are still real restrictions for saudi women. they cannot get married, travel abroad or open a bank account without permission of a male guardian. and we are following the crisis in puerto rico that seems to be getting worse by the day. nearly half of everybody who lives there dont have access to clean drinking water. some water pumps and treatment plants are not working. there are fears of contamination now. fema is ...

Hurricane maria. the island is short on food, electricity, cash, reliable communications, much more. and according to the department of defense, nearly 42% of the population, about 3.5 million people are without drinking water. there are 69 hospitals across the island. and according to the governor of puerto rico, only 20 of them are working. now, in some remote parts of the island calls for help have been seen written on rooftops, the mayor told msnbc that the roof needs to be ripped off like a...

Sharpshooters on rooftops. around the corner from the studio police sed up eight foot tall fences like this one, all along fifth avenue. to prepare for the popes motorcade and prayer service at st. patricks. shop owners will not be pleased. a live look outside our building. rockefeller center area, our building part of rock rock rock feeler street. theres no cross-traffic in this area. they removed garbage cans and sealed manhole covers along the route the pope will travel, and in addition, comi...

>> shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, were calling him danny. hes only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but hes at great risk. whats been happening? whats the latest? >> well, whats been happening, right? >> yes. >> they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. theres a part of the syrian army ...

>> shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, were calling him danny. hes only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but hes at great risk. whats been happening? whats the latest? >> well, whats been happening, right? >> yes. >> they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. theres a part of the syrian army ...

>> shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, were calling him danny. hes only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but hes at great risk. whats been happening? whats the latest? >> well, whats been happening, right? >> yes. >> they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. theres a part of the syrian army ...

Floodwaters have stranded another 30,000 on rooftops and other high places. rescue and recovery efforts are under way, but they have been hampered by damaged roads and bridges. in iraq new government figures show july was the deadliest month in more than two years. 535 iraqis were killed. over 1,000 were wounded, heightening concerns about the countrys security. the violence comes as iraq struggles to form a new government nearly five months after disputed parliamentary elections. the chairm...