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these are the slicers. they slice people up. they wanted me to walk up and go like this. some of the president at his rally in pennsylvania last night and much, much more of that. good morning, everyone. it s friday, august 3rd. welcome to morning joe. we have a number of important developments to get through this morning, including a stark warning from the intel community. russia is at it again. they ve got the public s attention, but what about the president s? does he care? what s going on? plus, dan coats speaks truth to power, again. the director of national intelligence admits he still does not know what the president told vladimir putin last month in helsinki. think about it. the director of national intelligence. and ivanka trump says that it was a low point for her when the separations of children from their family were happening Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the d ....
A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. white house correspondent jim acosta. the white house wants to show the administration takes election interference very seriously despite doubt the president continues to cast. update our viewers. reporter: that s right. the white house tried to show the world today that it s serious about stopping russian interference in u.s. elections. but the top administration officials on display today insisting they are on the case had to grapple with one very key question, whether the president himself takes the threat to american democracy seriously. the president has made it clear reporter: it was a show of force as the white house and top administration officials from the director of national intelligence to the national security advisor to the fbi director to assure the american people they are determined to combat russian interference in the u.s. elections. we continue to see a pervasive messaging campai ....
Get a jump on the day s news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. paul manafort spent $2.2 million on home entertainment technology. including $10,000 on a karaoke system. a lot of details prosecutors packed in. we will hear more from his accountant today as they delve into his finances. dave and kaylee. thank you, jessica. can the u.s. economy keep up the pace of swift job creation? we get a look at the labor market this morning when the july jobs report is released. economists are expecting 190,000 new positions. the unemployment rate is expected to tick down to 3.9%. it rose in june as more than 600,000 americans got off the sidelines and entered the labor market looking for work. the big mystery has been wages. that number expected to hold steady at 2.7% annual rate. wages have been stuck in that range for the past three years. as the labor market tightens, wages rise, but the growth has been slow since the great recession. wall street is looking at where the job ....
floo flighting if it does turn out to are accurate. we ve seen evidence of the ship to ship transfers. the u.s. has given evidence to the panel. and we also understand from this report that they say that the north koreans are, quote, increasingly sophisticated evasion techniques, this is what they are using, they are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to try to hide the fact that these are north korean tankers and ships at sea doing this kind of transfer. is so certainly this will be of concern to the security council sanctions committee. right. and what about south korea? they were the ones who first made this renewed connection with north korea and that ended up leading to a summit with the u.s. president. do you expect them to respond? reporter: well, we ve had no response from south korea at this point or from any of the players in the region. certainly this report was only handed to the committee on friday night. so there will be a lot of questions being ask ....
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. the senator from maryland. senator, good to see you. thank you for joining us. what do you make of that quite unexpected news conference today? it did seem like full court press, agreeing with the fact there was interference, there is interference, and i wasn t as confident that we know exactly what we re supposed to do about it, but it seemed like everybody in that room seemed to agree this is something we have to deal with. first, it s good to be with you. you re exactly right, it was very clear that russia interfered in our 2016 elections and it was acknowledged that it was mr. putin, the russian government, that was behind that. they acknowledged that this campaign is continuing both in trying to influence how voters vote as well as we are concerned that they may even go into our election apparatus. no evidence that they re doing that yet, but they are certainly exploring that. that was very clear. ....