Haystack. Did the issue of adoption, its near and dear to my heart because i have two adopt edisons. Did that come up . Yes. In the meeting . Like i said, it was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. You know, thats not the premise that got them in the room, and then they started it was essentially a baitandswitch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. So this is nothing new, but, you know, like i said, im now understanding it is an important issue to you and near and dear to many peoples hearts, but this was nothing that was a Campaign Issue to us. This wasnt relevant to us, and it wasnt something we were going to do anything with. Except thats not what the president said over the weekend. Trump jr. Was not pushed to explain the shifting explanations behind the story. Meanwhile, vanity fair has reporting on former Communications Director hope hicks reappearance at the president s side over the weekend, just hours before he tweeted about the Trump Tower Meeting. Hicks served as the gobetween
when the president dictated his sons misleading statement that claimed it was primarily about adoption. According to vanity fair, hicks planned to spend the weekend at the president s golf club in new jersey. People said he asked her to come along to the rally. Vanity fair recently reported that hicks was discussed by some as a dark horse to one day replace john kelly as chief of staff. While speaking to the press aboard Air Force One Hicks said she would perhaps consider it if the time was right. We will have more on this later when vanity fair reporter Emily Jane Fox joins morning joe and prosecutors called rick gates, manaforts onetime partner and deputy in the Trump Campaign. Gates, avoiding eye contact with his boss, testified he was heavily involved in helping manafort hide millions of dollars overseas. He also told jurors Manafort Directed had him to make payments through wire transfers using income and accounts manafort asked him not to disclose. The former Trump Deputy Campaign chair acknowledged crimes he committed on his own behalf, Likeembezzeling Money from manafort. The charges against him come with a tenyear sentence. Supporting the states acting governor, the president backed a congressional Secretary Of State chris kobach had, vice chair of his defunct voter fraud commission. Trump made the endorsement in a tweet, of course, hours before
voters are heading to the poles. According to the New York Times a number of highlevel Party Options urged trump against supporting kobach fearing he could lose the general election. West wing aides had hoped to keep the kansas race away from mr. Trumps line of sight, but were uneasy about what he may do during his trip to the golf resort. Thats where the president unveiled his endorsement. Collier county who collier who a few days ago made the case why he should not side with kobach. This morning voters in ohio head to the polls in the closelywatched special election in the states 12th District. The heat is in a dead heat. A poll has Danny Oconnor ahead by one point over his opponent troy balderson. Last week a poll showed the opposite. The district has been reliably
red for three decade, but this election season theres a clear trend of Democrats Outperforming in republican territory. Henry olson, a Senior Fellow at the ethics and Public Policy center, points out ohios 12th District is split between an after fluent core with loads of romney, Clinton Voters and towns with lots of obamatrump voters. In 2016 trump carried frankly county, home to the state capital, while trump carried each of the rural counties. Overall trump Beat Kliclinton B 11 points in that district. In michigan, the democratic primary for governor pits Gretchen Whitmer against abdul elsayed. Now, in kansas, republicans are seeking a nominee for the open gop seat where democrat paul davis is expected to make a strong showing in november. Meanwhile, democrats have a
crowded field of their own in the Third District to take on incumbent congressman. In washingtons 8th district, a seat welcome by Hillary Clinton in 2016, voters have until today to cast mailin ballots. Lacy clay is facing a challenge from corey bush. A lot of action there, yasmin. Absolutely. Lets head overseas. The United States has reimplemented economic sanctions against iran that were lifted under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Specifically, the action targets irans auto, Civil Aviation and coal industries. It also impacts the trade of gold and other precious medals, in addition to banning the importing of carpets and food. Rouhani criticized the Trump Administration saying, quote, if you stab someone with a knife and then say you want talks, then the first thing you have to
do is remove the knife. Rouhani did say he would sit down with trump for a meeting, something trump recently said he would do with no preconditions. However, rouhani said, first the United States would have to apologize and compensate for the past, adding, what sense do negotiations make when they impose sanctions. He said that the meeting is only suggested for domestic consumption in america ahead of the elections. A joint statement was issued criticizing the president s approach to this. Secretary of state mike pompeo says Sanctions Relief would require enormous change from irans leadership. However, nsa leader john bolton says the administration is not looking for Regime Change, a stark contrast from last summer when he promised Regime Change before the end of 2018. The declared policy of the United States of america should
be the overthrow of the mullahs regime in tehran. The behavior and the objectives of the regime are not going to change, and, therefore, the only solution the to change the regime itself. And thats why before 2019 we here will celebrate in tehran our policy is not Regime Change, but we want to put unprecedented pressure on the government of iran to change its behavior, and so far theyve shown know indication theyre prepared to do that. I think this is regime is on shaky ground. White an aboutface from bolton to say the last. Joining me now from axios, dave lawler. Good to have you. Lets talk about the newlyimposed sanctions on iran. We are hearing from rouhani obviously were not having talks unless you take away the sanctions, also hearing they want the jcpoa reinstated if they were to sit down with the president and negotiate from
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welcome back, everybody. Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Police Department officials are calling on residents to help step the surge in violence up following the deadliest weekend in that city in more than two years. At least 74 people were shot, 12 of them fatally, between friday afternoon and monday morning. The victims ages ranged from 11 to 62. Local media says 47 people were shot just on sunday alone, the most shooting victims in a single day since september of 2011. Speaking yesterday, the mayor and the superintendent of the citys Police Department visibly frustrated, called for accountability of the people behind the violence. Watch this. There are too many guns on the street, too many people with criminal records on the street,
and there is a shortage of values about what is right, what is wrong, what is acceptable, what is condoned and what is condemned. And we as a city in every corner have an accountability and a responsibility. You know what i never hear . I hear People Holding us accountable all the time. I never hear people saying, these individuals out here in the streets need to stop pulling the trigger. I never hear that. I never hear that. They get a pass from everybody, and they shouldnt, they shouldnt. Here is the thing. Despite the weekends blood shed, Officials Saying gun violence is actually down 70 from a year ago, while homicides have fallen 20 in that same time period. Recently, writings by mike pence could put the president in an awkward situation involving impeachment of President Trump. Pence argued that a president should be held to the highest moral standards and should be removed from office if not. He cited then president bill clintons affair with a white house intern and public lies about it as an example. In one piece, pence writes in part, quote, if you and i fall into a bad moral habits, we can harm our families, our employers and our friends. The president of the United States can insin rate the planet. Seriously, the very idea that we ought to on have at or less than the same moral demand placed on the Chief Executive we place on our nextdoor neighbor is ludicrous and dangerous. Throughout our history we have seen the presidency as the repository of all of our highest homes and ideals and values. To demand less is to do Enjustice To Te injustice to the blood that bought our freedoms. He also adds in another article, further, the president s repeated lies to the American People in this matter compound the case against him as they
demonstrate his failure to protect the institution of the presidency as the Inspiring Supreme Symbol of all that is highest in our american ideals. How time changes things. Lets get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Hey, bill. Good morning to you. We are watching this mendocino complex fire. It just continues to expand in size. Now theyre reporting that over 280,000 the acres, it is now the largest fire in californias recorded history. The fire history goes back to about 1932. How is this for a stat . We just broke the record with this fire, this video youre looking at here. Last year the thomas fire broke the record for the largestever. In backtoback years the larkest blazes ever, and this Doesnt Take Into Account The Carr Fire which burned 1,000 structures and killed five people seven days ago. Yeah, our thoughts and prayers to all of the people in california and all of the families and firefighters on the
lines in 100degree temperatures fighting those huge blazes. For today we are doing it again. It is dry and hot. 25 Million People under excessive heat warning from vegas to los angeles to kingman. Now the northwest is getting into it. Excessive heat warning issued for portland, and it will be hot in seattle and all areas of Washington State this week. Excessive heat in the northeast, kind of your typical summer weather. 31 Million People from new york city to maine are under heat advisories. That usually means temperatures between 95 and maybe 100. Once it goes above 100, at that time you get excessive heat warning. It will feel like 98 in new york city, raleigh will be 99. Thursday looks to be a better day as temperatures drop a little bit. But, once again, the california stats are just these fires are not regular fires. Theyre enormous blazes. Up to this point the fire season
had been a little below average. In the last month it exploded. Is it because of the extreme heat theyve been having on the west coast . Because of the Drought Conditions theyve had, a longterm drought, and the heat on top of that. Theres a lot of fuel to burn. Thanks, bill. Still ahead, everybody, we have great video. A soldier giving his family of a lifetime. You see part of it there. You dont want to miss this special moment, although you may want to have some kleenex ready for it. Were back in a moment. Here. And the Alzheimers Association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing Public Policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. But we wont get there without you. Join the fight with the Alzheimers Association. Welcome back. Time now for sports. We begin in columbus, ohio where buckeye fans rally outside of ohio stadium to show support for Head Football Coach urban meyer. He has been placed on paid administrative leave while the School Investigates claims he may have had knowledge of Domestic Abuse allegations involving a former assistant coach. We will see how it plays out for him the university of North Carolina suspended 13 members of the Football Team by selling teamissued nike jordan sneakers. Nine players, including the quarterback, have received fourgame bans while two will sit for another two games and another pair for one. The ncaa approved the request to delay two of the suspensions affecting multiple players at the same position. Turning to nascar, the nascar chairman and ceo is
taking an indefinite leave following his arrest sunday night in sag harbor, new york. According to police officers, they determined france was intoxicated after pulling him over for running a stop sign. He was arrested and found to be in possession of oxycodone pills. France, the grandson of nascars founder, issued a Statement Apologizing for the impact of his actions. His uncle, jim france, will take over as interim chairman there. Finally, for the moment of the night we head to cleveland where with the help of the indians, u. S. Coast guard chief petty officer tim lee was able to pull off a surprise reunion for his young sons. Their emotional response and the look on their face, his face, it just says it all. It is what it is all about. It is incredible. I love this moment. You can tell at first the son
doesnt necessarily know it is his dad because hes so shocked about it. Hes like, is that my dad and then he runs to him. It is so cute, a sweet moment for them. We need more of that for sure. Yeah. Still ahead, a social media sites crackdown on content. A new push by several Major Technology companies to ban alex jones and info wars. Plus, President Trump weighs in on the Deadly Wildfires in california, claiming the state is wasting water, but fire Officials Say hes wrong. Those stories next. E. E. But if thats not enough, our app helps monitor your spending too. And if thats not enough to help you save, we could start a carpool. Look at this traffic. Dont worry. Ok, if thats not enough well start a trainpool. Oh i have a meeting in five minutes. And if thats still not enough. I got it. Well just create a shortcut. Well do anything, seriously anything to help you save. Ally. Do it right. Talking 4th quarter . Yes. Your hair is so soft Upbeat Dance Music bell ringing these are the specialists were proud to call our own. Experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. Expert medicine works here. Learn more at cancercenter. Com
welcome back, everybody. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside louis bergdorf. Lets start with the mornings top stories. President trumps oldest son speaking out about his 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower on the heels of his fathers aboutface on the sitdown. Don trump jr. Is down playing the meeting after the president admitted it was about getting dirt on hilary clinton. Peter alexander has more on this shifting story. Reporter President Trump on vacation, but hardly in vacation mode. No public appearances but plenty of public complaints. Watching cable news coverage, still fuming about Robert Muellers inquiry even after himself reigniting controversy about the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting between his son and a russian lawyer tied to the kremlin. Donald trump jr. Trying to clean up after his father admitted outright it was about getting dirt on hilary clinton, blaming
the media instead. Theyve gotte