Catch me every day at 4 00 p. M. Eastern in this very studio. Brian will be back here at this time tomorrow night. Thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. All of that red, started get red, republican. It started getting red, red. A tiny dot of blue along the ocean. His hand starts shaking. Oh, my god, another state came. Oh, my god. Whats going on . Fake news. So bob casey doesnt mind ms13 coming in. These are the slicers. They slice people up. They want me to walk up and go like this. President trump tries to
energize his supporters in pennsylvania. He spent the Night Rallying for a republican candidate facing an Uphill Battle in the critical swing state. Plus, some of americas top intelligence officials come together with a warning about russia and promising to defend against Election Interference this november. An enemy of the people. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders declines to answer whether she agrees with the president s phrase to describe members of the media, but First Daughter ivanka trump Isnt Staying Silent on the matter. Good morning, everyone. It is friday, august 13th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin along side Yasmin Vossoughian. A number of the top intelligence officials came together at the white house to deliver a surprise and united warning over the midterm elections. Russia is still making efforts to interfere in the upcoming contest. The move was in contrast toPresident Trumps general silence on the matter. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander has more for you. Reporter good morning to you. The best way to describe it was a show of force, a lineup we havent seen since President Trump took office. A white house adviser telling me the president instructed officials to tell americans what theyre doing to defend americas election but raising the question why he hasnt said all of this himself. From americas Top National Security and intelligence officials, a united front, vowing to protect u. S. Elections against a new round of threats from russia and other adversaries. We acknowledge the threat is real. It is continuing, and were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the American People can have trust in. Just three months ahead of the mid terms, the officials detailing a pervasive Russian Campaign to try to weaken and die vield the u. S. Make no mistake, the scope of this foreign influence threat is both broad and deep. Our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. Reporter though the officials note it is not as robust as in 2016, but the response under President Trump will be stronger. The president has specifically directed us to make the matter of Election Meddling and securing our election process a top priority. Reporter but noticeably absent, the Commander In Chief who would weeks ago was still casting doubt on russian meddling. Is russia still targeting the u. S. Thank you very much, no. Reporter standing with Vladimir Putin, seeming to resquekt tr reject the Intelligence Communitys opinion that russia interfered. The head of the fbi asked how america should square the intel warning with a president who repeatedly attacked his agency. I can assure the American People that the men and women of the fbi starting from the director all the way town will follow our oaths and do our
jobs. Reporter and they signalled a new strategy to conduct secret cyb cyber. I wont discuss the specifics except to state were well trained, ready and capable. Reporter one more note, President Trump thanking the north Korean Leader kim jongun for a new letter he received. The white house said the president has sent a response, all coming after a moving ceremony this week, the remains of u. S. Soldiers who died during the korean war finally home. Back to you, yasmin. Thank you for that report. Senator john mccain is reacting to the warning from americas Top National Security intelligence officials you saw there. He tweeted out saying, our top intelligence officials have repeatedly warned that putin continues to target our election, and saw chaos. Until he pays a price these attacks will grow. Introduced new Sanctions Bill with my colleagues to defend our democracy. That bipartisan bill the, quote defending American Security from kremlin aggression act of 2018 which senator Lindsey Graham called a Sanctions Bill from hell, would significantly increase economic, political and diplomatic pressure on russia. It would also require twothirds of the senate to sign off on any plan for the United States to leave the nato alliance. It all comes as senator rand paul is set to head to moscow, leading a Delegation Meeting with russian members of parliament on monday. During his rally in pennsylvania last night, President Trump offered up his goto topics to get his base fired up. The event was intended to drum up support for republican congressman lou barletta in his bit to unseat democrat senator bob casey but it featured some of the president s greatest hits, including criticizing nato and his new favorite, justifying shutting down the federal government to get funding for his border wall. The United States is not going to continue to spend our
Updates of the days news. Large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people. All right. So white house Senior Adviser ivanka trump also broke with her fathers administration yesterday on its decision to separate hundreds of Migrant Children from their parents. Take a listen. That was a low point for me as well. I feel very strongly about that, and and i am very vehemently against Family Separation and the separation of parents and children. So meanwhile ivanka, who has also been an outspoken supporter of paid family leave, says the issue will need the support of both republicans and democrats in congress to pass. I view this as something thats going to require bipartisan compromise in order to get done. So in other words not in this congress . In other words, no, not in this congress. Ms. Trump went on to say she is cautiously optimistic it could happen next year. Now to the latest in the
thur of the political playbook. Casual friday for Daniel Lippman. Yes, no tie. Feel free to send your favorite tie entries to daniel at politico you got it. Heading your way, buddy. Lets talk about how the white house was trotting out National Security advisers yesterday during the Press Briefing, as we mention earlier. Really wanting to explain the dire Security Threat ahead of the midterm elections. We saw dan coates, we saw kirstjen nielsen. What has been the president as response so far . It seems theres been a mishmash what top Security Officials are saying about what russian interference and what the president is saying and doing. I think, you know, while it is great that they are out there warning of this, it doesnt seem like there is much effectiveness on the part of dhs and other agencies in helping states
prepare for this. A lot of states have not actually used or asked for money for election security, and congress hasnt been exactly eager to give the millions of dollars necessary for this. So it looks like were going to have a repeat, and already facebook is warning that, you know, they are worried about the interference issue. Lets switch gears for a moment and talk about that somewhat combative Press Briefing that took place yesterday. Sarah Huckabee Sanders refusing to answer if the president sees the media as the enemy of the people, something he has said clearly in the past. Whats holding them back from denouncing that claim or Sarah Huckabee sanders in particular from denouncing that claim the same way that ivanka trump did . I think when you are a Family Member like ivanka trump you really have much more free rein to say whatever you want. And when it is your boss who you would be disagreeing with in the case of sarah sanders, it is much harder to say, oh, yeah,
hes totally wrong on this. You know, this is one of his main platforms these days, to call us the enemy of the people. And so it is just this lack of courage on some white house officials part who, you know, they just dont want to disagree with their boss. But wait until the book, you know, all of these people are going to write books and say, i wish i had stood up a little more. Im sure theyre going to expect a lot of people in the media then to help normalize and legitimize those accounts. Thank you very much. We will touch base with you in a little bit. Still ahead, the National Archives has bad news about a document delay regarding Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but republicans are still planning to move forward with a confirmation hearing. Speaking of books, an inside look at the trump white house. The president as former aide and contestant omarosa, what she is saying about the president s
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as i did because i knew him way back when. They thought trump was being trump, off the cuff, but i knew something wasnt right. Omarosa served as Communications Director for the Office Of Public Liaison for seven months before she was reportedly fired after Butting Heads with white house Chief Of Staff john kelly last december. She denied she was fired. The white house did not respond to a request for a comment by daily mail. Com. Unhinged hits stores later this month. Fiery things in there to say the least. Im sure a lot from omarosa in days and weeks for days to come. You should propose to do the reading of the book on tape. The voice of omarosa . Yeah, you never know. Lets get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. I listen to audio books back and forth to work. Im not listening to ayman. I get an chohour of it now and thats it. Lets take you into what happened yesterday in virginia. We had about four to six inches of rain near the lynchburg area
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