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Official day of mourning will be recognized by all parts of the federal government on wednesday. here with me now, msnbc contributor jennifer ruben who writes the right turn for the wash post. in the era, as the first president who died in the era of donald trump, all of the focus is on the ways that he contrasts, right? people say, well, he was affable and kind and he was graceful and humble and he had a life of service and he served in world war ii. he sacrificed. and all these things that are obvious rebukes of donald trump. it's almost inescapable that context, it seems to me, in the way p...

Americans head to the polls and one of the biggest questions, control of the house. democrats are optimistic they think they will take the majority again. republicans, not conceding anything. this is a new wash post abc news poll, shows democrats are leading 50-43% on the generic bat local. the gop making gains from last month when democrats led by 11, joining me right now is house majority whip steve scalise, republican congressman from louisiana. he sits on the energy and commerce committee. good to see you congressman thanks very much for joining me this morning. >> good morning, maria grea...

Brian Williams examines the day's top political stories and current political-campaign news.

The same people who are telling me, well, he has no business running an agency. >> right. it is complicated, jason, because you have the wash post coming out and saying that the white house and secret service have denied some of the allegations against dr. jackson, the white house has said there is no evidence that he wrecked a vehicle, for instance, as the president's physician, the white house on friday said officials conducted a thorough review of ronny jackson's vehicle records, found three minor incidents, no evidence that he wrecked a car. the secret service also said there is no evidenc...

Higher to go to. those are the concerns that you hear both from people in national security circles here who know and watch north korea for a long time and amongst europe. it's possible that donald trump has done something through his unconventional means and which is what he said he was always going to do, he's thrown it all up in the air and maybe there's a chance this could work. i think the general consensus is let's go ahead with the meeting and see what that promise actually means in practice. >> meanwhile there's talk of a peace treaty between north korea and south korea when those kunt...