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Under their jurisdiction. of course, chief of staff john kelly will be in the presidents office every few minutes giving him updates. you can bet theres no shortage of information thats flowing to the president in all of this at the moment. >> dana: what else do you think you might hear from the president at the top here? hes there to sign this important bill about the opioid epidemic and across the country. an achievement and campaign promise held. but this is a day when a country wants to hear...

We want to listen to what we have to say and will get back t to. >> vice president pence: those responsible will be brought to justice. [applause] it is great to be back. in scranton wilkes-barre. i will never forget the first time i gathered in this city, just a few days after the republican national convention where i got added onto a national ticket. i was here with a friend of min mine. i saw the enthusiasm for his vision for america -- >> melissa: obviously, hes not talking about the situat...

Working very closely with the law enforcement officials. we will continue to monitor these investigations, and those responsible will be brought to justice. >> it is great to be back in scranton wilkes-barre. >> i am is sorry that i interrupted you, frank, to bring you the vice presidents remarks at the moment. but you are saying how the fbi would be and will be responding to the seriousness of the incidents and including one of similar packages in different locati locations can. >> yeah, where ...

All week long weve been in flash flood watches in west central texas from dallas/ft. worth and stain owe. the heaviest rain over the weekend will be in south texas. i dont think were going to see anything like horrendous like earlier in the week with that catastrophic flash flooding but we will see some isolated problems. the cold is in the northeast. frost and freeze warnings for 53 million people. new york city is not below freezing this morning. look outside of new york city, much colder. scr...

Keng didnt have any knowledge of the killing of jamal khashoggi. there is new reporting today that suggests that may not be the case. wait till you hear this pretzel bend the president goes into to defend this guy. 22 days until the midterm, two weeks from norm. theyre struggling in the midwest. theyre having real problems in the part of the country from scranton to osh kosh that won the election last time. pay attention. the part of the country that gave trump the victory is turned against th...

Kentucky surge of moisture coming offth gulf, slow-moving storm, so the focus is to the north from nashville to louisville to cincinnati to cleveland. rainfall totals will slide into areas of the northeast the rainfall forecast over the next two days from kentucky into ohio, about two inches bep prepared on tuesday its going to be a soaking rain from new york city northwards all through new england. the heaviest rain for the ride home will be from ohio to cleveland. we take this overnight and ra...

White house. people who like trump, they are the dregs of society. by the way, should he be calling anyone that? our use some snobbish patrician and the fact is when we talk this is joe from scranton. who is this guy? >> about this whole slavery notion, the only candidate i recall being asked a question, when was ray moore was there. >> he lost as a republican in alabama. >> exactly. >> i dont even know what he said, i could care less. do you really want to suggest that your fellow americans are...

Wisconsin and that of hillary clinton from the numbers i saw wasnt close. joe biden was extraordinarily popular in part because thats how he spoke. thats what he believed. he under stood people in scranton, pennsylvania who were frustrated after eight years of george bush and eight years of barack obama. >> no doubt. theres no doubt that theres a lingering rear sentiment not only among former vice president biden but other democrats with the estrangement between regular democrats like biden and ...

Really unclear what he was going to do. but i think it also just reflects a sense by many in the democratic party that if the nominee had been joe biden, if the nominee had been joe from scranton, there would never have been a deplorable comment and most likely the democratic party would not have lost those critical midwestern states and would not have had a president trump. at the same time based on my own reporting this week, joe and mika, ive spoken with people who are close to biden and say ...

Here. is this an audition for 2020. >> it deny mean anything for my political future. i have been with meese guys my whole life. i go anywhere with these guys. these guys are the guys that bruning me to the dance as they say. >> as you mentioned brooke, pennsylvania was trump country in the 2016. but biden is a hometown boy here. he grew up in scranton, pennsylvania, as he likes to mention. in many ways this felt like being on his home turf today. and by the way, he wouldnt entertain the possibi...