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MSNBCW MSNBC Live With Alex Witt August 11, 2018 16:00:00

That is our show for today. Hi to the kendrick clan in south carolina. At the family barbecue. Sorry i couldnt be here. Thats it for am joy. Richard lui has the latest. Also, the kendrick clan jonathan. Youll invite me one day. Youd love it down there. Thank you, jonathan. Im richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. Heres what were watching, charlottesville, one year later, the president tweeting the city under lock down. And new protests planned. What changed since those clashes. Today, the citys mayor weighs in on that. And the white house is firing back over omarosa, her latest book. The moment were living in is grave. The Democratic Party must be a party that Fights Fire With fire. We will make America Decent again. Stormy daniels attorney right there on why he is explores a 2020 president ial run. A stolen plane chased by Military Jets and then crashes into a small island. What the pilot told the Control Tower during that flight. Well start this hour with Breaking News. Republican congressman Chris Collins who is charged with Insider Trading taking a dramatic step society, suspended his reelection bid. S ins White House Correspondent Kelly Oconnell is there with more. Kelly, what do you know . Of course, Chris Collins was the first member of congress to endorse candidate trump. Its sending repercussions throughout the Republican Party. Collins maintains hes not guilty of the Insider Trading charges but has assessed his charges and the wider map of what republicans are facing with the election for members of congress just a couple of months away. So by suspending his campaign, he is stepping out of the way. And that will trigger a flurry of activity among republicans in new york 27 which stretches from buffalo to rochester, to give you an idea of where thats located, to try to find the right candidate to put on the ballot. This is a district that President Trump won quite easily. So, this was a prime opportunity, for democrats, had call difference chosen to stay on the ballot, there could have been the kind of nationalization of that race to bring in lots of money and resources to help the democrat. And if that were to happen, of course, we know the margin democrats are looking for it. It looks like its within reach. A double of dozen seats. And theyve got targets around the country and this one suddenly became a prime opportunity once the indictment happened on wednesday. To give you a sense of this, collins who initially said he would continue on has had time to reflect with his party. He said in part, democrats are laser focused on taking back the house, electing nancy pelosi speaker and then launching Impeachment Proceeding against President Trump. After extensive discussions with my family and my friends over the last few days, i have decided it is within the best interests of the Constitt Wents of new york 27, the Republican Party and President Trumps agenda for me to suspend my campaign for reelection to congress. He does intend to stay in congress for a while, not resigning his seat. But this sets off a scramble for republicans on what could be complicated this close to the election to remove the name from the ballot and get a new nominee on there. Richard. Thank you so much, Kelly Oconnell with the latest on that breaking. Lets bring in the White House Correspondent for the washington examiner. Around josh barrett, an msnbc contributor. Josh, why now . Why the change and what does this mean for the midterms and for the president . Well, i think it may be Reality Setting in. The terms of this indictment for Insider Trading are just amazing and how brazen what representative collins is accused of doing is. I mean, literally being there on the white house lawn and calling his son, when the stalk is about to fall 90 when they learned the one drug they made is not going to be approved for use. So it sort of reads like an open and shut case. Its going to be very difficult for republicans to defend him. And really, hed gotten little from the party. After shock, i think its clear to him and i suspect he got some nudging from top leaders in the party trying to push him out of here. While this district is a strongly republican district, its not impossible for democrats. Collins had just gotten reelected. Democrats have a serious candidate in this district, theyre looking at this thinking they could beat collins because its not that republican. It would be easy for a candidate not under indictment. The process of replacing a candidate in new york is especially byzantine and weird. And the ridiculous things you have to do to get off the ballot in new york. Theyre going to have to figure out howf they want to replace him how to get off the ballot. Old days of 20 or 30 points in a president ial election, you never know. Gabby, reflect on that, why now . And what does it mean for the republicans and the president . Hes liking facing pressure from the chairman of the National Congressional committee who came out today and said he was pleased with this decision to suspend his reelection bid. Obviously, republicans are battling an uphill bill to keep their House Majority in november. And this is just one more Potential Race that could go for democrats if he had remained in. His opponent, Nate Mcmurray has already seen a surge in support since this indictment was first released. I think theyre scrambling to find a have a yav viable candid replace collins who can carry that district and not give one more seat to democrats to take over the house. Gabby, josh, starting off the sprint with us. Thank you so much with that Breaking News on Chris Collins. Well be talking to you in a bit. Also, were watching this hour for, charlottesville, on lockdown, Security Preparations underway, many in place ahead of tomorrow that will mark one year since that tragic event was spurred by the white nationalists rally there. Meanwhile, a short time ago, President Trump did tweet about the deadly violence of a year ago. For more on this, nbcs kyle perry in charlottesville. Rena shaw, and atima omara. And well go to you first. Yesterday, we saw the flashing lights, the cordon. You are saying its very high in terms of security. What are you seeing now . Reporter yeah, maybe over the top, but over the top by design. You can hear the helicopter ahead of me. This is one of the check points behind me, that you have to cross. When i say unprecedented overthestop securiover overthetop security, when you go down the road, you can see the statue of lee that sparked so much a year ago. Police are telling people they do not want people to calm to charlottesville. Theres a list banned, things included like bear spray. Hairspray. It does not include guns. Go ahead and look at the shift change. A lot of people are concerned that this open carry law in virginia is going to cause people and allow people to show their rights to second amendment. That could cause problems. The bottom line here, though, there is such a mass itcive presence. As you said, the president did tweet about the events of last year. Probably and what happens the criticism that youll hear is that he was making up for a lack of making a strong statement about what happened here. Weve got it up on the screen now. It will be interesting to see not only how things play out here, richard, as you know, the permits were rejected in charlottesville. They were granted in washington, d. C. Probably all eyes will move north, richard. Cal perry, thank you. Eddie, start this off for us, were watching the pictures together today. It seems calm. Hundreds of officers are there as cal perry was telling us, what is the worst and best outcome and the president addressing the tension of a year ago . The worst outcome would be violence and the loss of life of heather heyer, we want to mention her name. The white nationalists gathering in d. C. And threatening charlottesville, Shethese Folkse just an exaggerated version of what we are in the nation. Before we single themselves out as villains and find how do we make this possible we will find ourselves on the Hamster Wheel. Atima, i want to play for you countries. Is pretty much in mind with whole he is and making up for a halfhearted Tweet Of Last Year isnt going to make up for it. Coincidentally, from spike lee, blackkklansman is opening up. Let me tell you what he said. He hasnt said anything about the oneyear anniversary. Right. He hasnt said anything about heather heyer, who lost her life. So, its another example of who this guy is. I mean, its not even for debate anymore. We know who this guy is. So, we do know, we have the tweet from the president , looking one year on. Is that enough, do you think, for those on the Hamster Wheel as our good friend eddie was describing it as . Absolutely, one tweet is not enough. Spike couldnt be more right. Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Express clear support for that thing. I think were at a time where honest open conversation from this president and the comfort hes giving to bigots, we need to talk about that clearly and often. Eddie, i want to watch what Laura Ingraham was saying sthis country isnt what it was because of immigrants. And all that students and spies. It adds on and adds on. Interesting thing, he comments about the nfl, players exercising their Constitutional Rights but he says nothing about the white nationals coming to washington, d. C. What Laura Ingraham said actually echoes what trump said in europe. Theyre exactly the same. Whats driving this is the democratic shouft iic shifts. More importantly in 2008 for the first time in the history. Country, our president was elected without the majority of white people voting for him. And it fueled, it set off the fire. And ever since then, we have been grappling with this fact that there is a segment of this country who cannot accept that this is no longer a white nation in old europe, right . What you get is this emboldened or loud bigot, or loud racist, combined with the liberals. Combine that with the conventionalism of american capitalism where people are busting their behinds. And trump sits right in the sweet spot. And were focusing on the loud bigots but we dont understand the transformational changes happening underneath thats driving all of this. Trying to understand two simultaneous phenomenons in front of us. Right in front of us. 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And you can hear exchanges between the suspect and the air crash, just before the crash, take a listen. Ive got a lot of people that care about me. And its going to disappointment them to hear that i did this. Like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose, i guess. Never really knew it until now. Okay. Lets go to our msnbc aviation expert john cox. John, that audio by itself we could talk about for quite some time. But i want to start with, first, what probably most americans are asking, how is it for a grounds person get access to a plane and do what appeared here, that is, take off and get clearance to fly around . Well, its this is a really unusual case. As an Airline Employee with the proper credentials. Hes been background checked. Hes been vetted. Walking on and off an airplane is something thats done routinely. Its done for maintenance. Its done for catering. There are a lot of people that move off and on planes while theyre sitting on the ground overnight. So, he would have access as an employee. What exactly went on here, i think were going to have to wait for the investigation to unfold to learn what really happen. Well, you might let folks in, but to give him the key to the cars. Is it secured . You have to have a key to turn it on . Well, there is a requirement for the cockpit door being locked. But there is a presis sequence of events that has to go on to get those engines to start. Its not like your car where you can just plug a key into it, turn it and it starts. Right. Turban engines require a given sequence. Its unclear how he knew how to do that. Its a turboprop. So you have to adjust the propellers. And then, once you have it running, to be able to taxi the airplane. It doesnt drive like a car. So, all of this was a surprise. He had evidently planned this for quite some time. And where he got the information is one of the questions the investigators are going to ask. How many buttons, would you say . Obviously, we dont know exactly, is it a tenstep process before he can get this plane up in the air . Its more than ten steps to get it airborne. Its probably about ten to get the engines running. Uhhuh. If you know exactly what youre doing. And thats the whole key, knowing the sequence of switches and lever movements that have to occur. Once you get that, then the engines are running. How do you get out to the runway. How well do you know what the taxiways are. And there was a lot of confusion with the air Traffic Control tower that the airplane wasnt moving it wasnt talking to the tower. The air Traffic Control did a fantastic job. Really threading the needle, the suspect did, getting it all right, getting it fast enough to get in the air. Was he doing tricks or was it more he doesnt know how to flied plane . No, some of this was a controlled maneuver. I saw some of the video, its a loop. And i also saw one thats an arun roll. Those are precisely flown maneuvers. He mentions that hes flown a lot of video games. And i suspect he used that as the means to do these aerobatic maneuvers. So, he clearly he had had some practice in some capacity before he got in the airplane. John, what a story. John cox, msnbc aviation analyst. Thank you, sir. Well talk to you later. Now, back to politics, the president s personal attorneys, rudy giuliani, jay sekulow, leveling new criticisms. And they can doing it as guest hosts of Sean Hannitys show. The pair during that radio show laid out examples of why they believe an interview with mueller might turn into a perjury trap. Flynn is the example. No crime. If it has been said, the president says, go easy on him. Which the president says he didnt say stop it dont do it. So, no crime. However, It Didnt Take place, according to the president. According to comey it did. Of course, if it did, it wouldnt have mattered. But youre right, if theres two different recollections of a meaning now you have a perjury situation. Correct. Josh barro, gabby morganello. Josh, its different to hear lawyers for the president take on a radio show. Number two, josh, what do you continue to argue about collusion here . If it doesnt exist still, and still its not a crime. Yeah, first, for them guesthosting this television show, i think you have to look at the president s legal strategy being in two parts. Theres a legal strategy and theres a pr strategy. The Department Of Justice says you cant indict a sitting president. Its clear that it wont happen, the Justice Department wont do it even if they had the congressional power to. So the president is not ultimately going to be put on trial for any of this stuff under any circumstance, accept, conceivably after he left office. So, really, the only thing he ha

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