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One of the moms in that picture saying, quote, my baby would have died if she had stayed in venezuela. Important reminder of the struggles that country is still facing. The photographer here, nachos doche from reuters. You can send me a snapchat or instagram. More news nor from ali vels who only has good things to say. Good afternoon. Ill probably catch you later this afternoon. Thursday august 23rd, lets get smarter. Michael cohen, tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for me for one of many. They would say the lawyer and they would add the fixer. I dont know if he was a f...

Basis for president trump to say the markets would crash if he were impeached. >> if the president actually believes that, and he might because his self-absorption is so complete that he seems to think that everything revolves around him. if he actually believes that, he's completely out of touch with reality. we're in, ali, as you know, a nine-year bull market, most of which occurred under president obama. if you take the totality of president obama's eight years in office, the dow is up 149% during that time. the dow is up about 29% during trump's presidency is so far. it is true that in 201...

Coverage on msnbc. up next, barney frank joins us to defend part of his legacy. first here's josh lipton with the market wrap. >> thanks. stocks on wall street ending higher. the nasdaq and s&p notching record closes ahead of the french election sunday, the dow ending up 55 points. the s&p 500 closing up 9 points. the nasdaq closing up 25 points. april's positive jobs report giving the market boost. employers added 211,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate dipping on 4.4%. a ten-year low. apple closing at a record high, helping lift the dow and nasdaq. shares jumping 1.7% to $148.96. that...

Credit rating down a notch. if anything the market res acted inversely. that didn't really hurt our credit outlook at all. in a way i just view these agency downgrades as kind of a commentary on a fiscal path that does look tough. look, in terms of the qe stuff, what my point was this. what these measures by the federal reserve do is they lower the rate of interest. the cost of borrowing in the economy. that's going to help a little bit. but interest rates were already pretty low. many of our firms are already sitting on lots of cash reserves. what's holding the economy back is not the cost of...

"early start," i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started here. >> this was a good one, guys, if you missed it. the tarmac in arizona got hot. it wasn't about the weather. it was about the president and the governor. jan brewer and barack obama getting testy on the tarmac and brewer even pointed her finger, shaking it, wagging it at the president. what was this all about? why did they have an issue and have they resolved it? >> just five days left until the florida primary. there are ...