the president challenging omarosa s accusations in her new book that he is a racist. the white house bracing for what else she could have on tape. a key round of primaries today, including wisconsin. republicans are running to the right as they try to oust a red-state democrat. r-e-s-p-e-c-t the queen of soul in failing health. aretha franklin in hospice care. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. it s tuesday, august 14th. it s 5:00 a.m. that book unhinged is on book stands now. president trump refuting one of omarosa manigault newman s most damning charges there is an out-take from the apprentice where he uses the n word repeatedly. the president tweeting that the producer of the show called to say there are no tapes of the apprentice where i use such a
disappointing to see the president of the united states going out of his way, bending over backwards not to mention the name of a bill that carries john mccain s name for a very specific reason. you would like to think, even if you have disagreements with john mccain or you resent the fact that he didn t vote to repeal the affordable care act that you would have the class for an american icon, an american hero, in his dying days, quite frankly, to at least pay tribute in this moment, but the president couldn t do that either. good morning. it is tuesday, august 14th. with us, we have contributor to time magazine, msnbc political analyst and former aide to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan. political writer for the new york times and political analyst, nicholas caposori, and heidi press heidi and michael steele. should we get into it here? i would like to talk to
yesterday the guy couldn t even mention john mccain s name. the only thing i can figure out is that mccain s name is just a reminder of what he is not every day of his life. well we shouldn t be surprised in the way that donald trump talks or doesn t talk about john mccain, but it doesn t make it any less disappointing to see the president of the united states going out of his way, bending over backwards nos to mention the name of the bill that carries john mccain s name for a very specific reason and you like to think even if you have disagreements with john mccain and the fact he didn t vote to reveal the affordable care act you have an american hero in his dieing days, quite frankly, to at least pay tribute in this moment, but the president couldn t do that either. good morning. it is tuesday, august 14th. with us contributor to time magazine, msnbc political analyst and former aide to the
this morning on world news now crisscrossing candidates, the campaigns zero in on key states with paul ryan facing protestors on the trail. we are learning details of the keynote speech at the republican convention. it is tuesday, august 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. i m john muller in for rob nelson. great to have you back. love it. i m paula farris. in a moment, rising republican star who is going to play a big-time role at the convention. and then, the first lady makes a late-night tv appearance talking about serious and of course the silliest late night tv. got to have a little fun. see gold medal winner, gabby douglas.
this morning on world news now crisscrossing candidates, the campaigns zero in on key states with paul ryan facing protestors on the trail. we are learning details of the keynote speech at the republican convention. it is tuesday, august 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. i m john muller in for rob nelson. great to have you back. i m paula faris. in a moment, rising republican star who is going to play a big-time role at the convention. and then, the first lady makes a late-night tv appearance talking about serious and of course the silliest late night tv. got to have a little fun. see gold medal winner, gabby douglas. so cute.