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The side of portugal. >> who is being talked about as a potential successor? >> cnn terrorism analyst says u.s. officials are telling him that one man who could succeed him is almali. he rose up through isis ranks. he is as you would expect very unsavory character. >> yes he is. thanks for that report. the breaking news continues next. the full house of representatives expected to vote on the impeachment inquiry this thursday as democrats prepare to go public with their probe. not even our compe...

Nearly 30 people were killed in mass shootings in both el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, this weekend. as we mentioned earlier. these tragic events are almost exclusive to the united states. largely because high availability of firearms in this country. this graph from "the new york times" shows that there are about 270 million guns recorded in the united states, whereas no other country has more than 46 million guns. joining me now, jim cavanaugh, hes an msnbc terrorism analyst and retired spec...

Probably the second biggest development of the day. as william barr takes over as the most watched man in america and robert mueller puts his feet up. for the rest of us, were back to hurry up and wait. joining me now is ken dilanian, nbc news intelligence and national security reporter, barrett burger, former federal prosecutor for the southern district of new york, malcolm nance, msnbc terrorism analyst and author, and jane newton small, time magazine contributor. let me go first to you, ken. ...

5% pay raise in exchange. leaders of the local teachers group calmed the proposal a disaster waiting to happen. and this morning, people in hawaii and arizona are probably laughing at the rest of us -- those are the only two states that do not observe daylight-saving time and as such they did not lose out on an hour of sleep this morning. hey, in our benefit. at least the clocks on our microwaves are the right time since last october. theres that. switching gears now. there may be 604 days u...

With me now is paul kruk shank, editor and chief at ctc sentinel and a cnn terrorism analyst. good to see you, paul. so how stunning is this to hear now, yet another resignation, which really is a protest resignation to president trumps policy of bringing u.s. troops home from syria. >> well, the concern here is this u.s. pullout could lead to a resurgence in isis. it could lead to isis rebuilding their international attack capability. we perhaps saw this videotape play out before in 2010, 2011 ...

Public safety director speaking this morning about the horrible mass shooting weve been reporting about in the synagogue there. officials saying there are multiple fatalities and injuries and the man in custody, the suspected shooter identified as 46-year-old robert bowers. he allegedly yelled, all jews must die, when he rushed into the synagogue and started shooting. it is considered a hate crime. federal authorities are taking the lead in the investigation. so what is the state of domestic ter...

Safeguarding our elections. their latest concern, microsofts announcement that it had shut down a phishing attack aimed at senate offices and two conservative think tanks. watch this. >> some of the undisciplined comments that the president makes creates just as much trouble for these people as they do for us. and the rest of our country. >> true to form, the kremlin promptly denied involvement. that is nonsense. the president should call it that and forcefully respond. >> julia ainsley, malcolm...

Those names and their accomplishments to get a better sense of the caliber and the sacrifice and the service of these men and women. lets start with greg vogel. the deputy director for operations. he was in charge of covert opes and credited with safing the life of hamid karzai during a friendly firefight after 9/11. remember that. there is leticia long. the former director of the geospatial intelligence agency and the first woman to head an intelligence agency. jeremy bash and koupcounter terro...

Criticize us. that signal is inappropriate and deeply regrettable. decisions on clearance should be based on national security concerns and not political views. counselor to the president kellyanne conway answered questions about john brennan this morning at the white house. take a look. >> former eer cia director. he has shown no interest in helping the administration. further, the national security interests of the country, he paid for his opinion now, and it is against the interests of this a...

An area nearly the size of los angeles ravaging more than 80 homes. national guard troops pitching in to fight the western wildfires with 1,000 troops now in california 450 helping in oregon and 170 fighting two fires in washington state. all this while c-130 karl planes are dropping 50,000 gallons of water a day. secretary of state mike pompeo with a message about iran tweeting that the regime is at odds with peace. urging our allies to deny irans leaders the funds to oppress its people impleme...