it's muhammad ali ... muhammad means worthy of all praises and ali means most high in the asian, african language." "how long have you had the name?" "well for about ... two weeks now." clay's name-change and adoption of islam was an early indicator that he had other fights in mind -- not just the ones inside a boxing ring. over the next few years, while defending his title 9 times, he grew more and more outspoken. in 1967, his candor would nearly derail his career when he refused to fight in the vietnam war. "it has been said that i have two alternatives -- either go to jail or go to the army." ali claimed be a conscientious objector on the basis of his religion, but instead, was largely vilified as a draft dodger, stripped of his title -- along with his license to box. "i'm not allowed to work in america. i'm not allowed leave america. home of the brave, land of the free." while ali battled it out in the courts, a new champ emerged to take his spot in the ring ... philadelphia's -own smokin' joe frazier.

>> a fun senate technicality, ali. basically when they put it down on april have to write what are called reconciliation instructions. passing a budget through congress it goes under special rules. essentially they wanted to keep it inside those lines, because otherwise it would go into the regular process that as everybody knows is subject to a filibuster, that takes 60 votes to break. we can do it under budget rules if we finish by end of the fiscal year. september 30th. self-improses, but unbreakable deadline in this particular case. why there was such a rush to get the bill on the floor. talking the hearing monday. potentially on the bill tuesday. vote as early as wednesday. now i would be surprised if it unfolds that way, based on what mccain has said, but i haven't heard definitively from mitch mcconnell's office yet. the sense, doesn't go by end of the week, september 30th saturday. they have to start over. the next set of those reconciliation instructions, the next budget they want to use it for tax reform. >>

>> that's right, ali. the statement that i cited before here on the show, i have obtained the statement right now. this is from the general of the mexican marine corps. it clarifies some of the points -- some of the theories we've been hearing on the ground throughout the morning. he says in this primary school behind me, there are 19 children that have been confirmed dead and six adults. those people include the teacher that was -- whose body was pulled out this morning who was not rescued alive unfortunately. then he adds there are 11 children that were rescued alive from this school. so 16 kids confirmed dead and six adults. 11 children rescued alive. he continues to say using sensors we have detected important signs of life. but he does not specify whether those signs of life in the rubble behind me are from an adult or from a child. i know we've been hearing here on our show live on the air from first responders who have been coming out telling us that there are -- it's about children who are there wh

ali? >> gadi we'll stay in touch with you and the sunny skies around miami have turned rainy at least on the southern part of the florida peninsula. thanks to gadi schwartz. we turn to mariana atencio in brickell, a suburb of miami. it has high-rises, construction sites and cranes. there are some particular challenges facing that community. >> reporter: the biggest challenge here, a, i will the storm surge we were hearing the governor reference i want our cameraman to point over here. we're already seeing this water pick up considerably. one or two feet at least, and if what perexperts say we might ge six to ten feet of storm surge you can imagine if this is what it looks like now what will happen to all of these buildings right here on my right. they are likely to get flooded if we see the storm surge. as you were mentioning this is usually a bustling area of miami. the financial epicenter of this city it looks like a ghost town right now. you can see there's some policemen behind me. the

ali, absolutely. when i hear people say things like that, i want to know what they're getting out of it. i can tell you this that scientists who dedicate their life, weather forecasters who dedicate their life and work for the national hurricane there, national weather service, they're not doing it to be rich. they're doing it to be scientists to help people get out of the way of storms and at this point computer forecast model says are giving us better foerksz than anytime in history. foerksz have never been better than they are right now. does that mean there won't be some wiggle room that about two or three days out the center of that storm can vary from 50, 60 miles from where the forecast is, but all of our forecast models are saying just about the same thing about irma. and it's not good news. >> all right. sam, thanks very much. stay safe out there. we'll be talking with you a lot. sam champion for us in miami beach. irma is closing in on florida, but right now it is 90 degrees and sunny in mia

let me let ali answer that. >> go ahead, ali. >> why don't they just pocket the money? >> one of the great examples i love to use with art, he is so smart, been around a long time, the idea is it would take tax rates down and create jobs. former governor sam brownback said it would be four years, they would see 100,000 jobs. they lowered taxes on art's advice specifically and a state of about 3 million people created just 28,000 jobs between january of 2014 and the same time in 2017. we are a year short but way below that. over in nebraska which has a yet smaller population of 2 million people, didn't cut taxes, job growth in the same period was 35,000. i don't know, there's no evidence if you cut corporate taxes that it results in job growth at this level. art very wisely cites 1986 and much bigger cut. that's not actually what we are talking about. i want to point out, art, we are old friends, i don't know why you didn't take issue with how fat i was. i appreciate you not discussing that. >> what can i say, a chubby ali is a very nice ali. >> he looks great. i want yo

life biographer says activism is ali's greatest legacy. >> ali had the power to speak out because he was a superstar. now we see athletes taking more responsibility, in part because they have more control over their own careers. >> reporter: ali declared himself a conscientious objector in 1966. >> here today, his rejected induction into the military service. what happens now to his title? >> reporter: ali would be stripped of his title and prosecuted. in 1971, the supreme court would rule unanimously in ali's favor. >> he said he would give up his life. he would sooner die before he was compromise his convictions and i think that's why he matters today. >> reporter: billie jean king would advocate for equal rights and opportunity at the miami open in 2016. >> everyone thinks women should be thrilled when we get crumbs. okay? i want women to have the cake, the icing and the cherry on top. >> reporter: in summer 2016, the wnba's minnesota lynx would bear black lives matter shirts. >> this is a human issue, and we need to speak out for change together. >> reporter: four off-duty police

life biographer says activism is ali's greatest legacy. >> ali had the power to speak out because he was a superstar. now we see athletes taking more responsibility, in part because they have more control over their own careers. >> reporter: ali declared himself a conscientious objector in 1966. >> here today, his rejected induction into the military service. what happens now to his title? >> reporter: ali would be stripped of his title and in 1971, the supreme court would rule unanimously in ali's favor. >> he said he would give up his life. he would sooner die before he was compromise his convictions and i think that's why he matters today. >> reporter: billie jean king would advocate for equal rights and opportunity at the miami open in 2016. >> everyone thinks women should be thrilled when we get crumbs. okay? i want women to have the cake, the icing and the cherry on top. >> reporter: in summer 2016, the wnba's minnesota lynx would bear black lives matter shirts. >> this is a human issue, and we need to speak out for change together. >> reporter: four off-duty police officers pr

ali. >> all right. and then there was a meeting at the white house today, just ended, with the emir of kuwait. there was a press conference after that, and the president was, once again, asked about north korea. >> yes. and notably, none of the domestic issues came up at this east room mini news conference of the but the president did talk about what could happen with respect to the growing power and the saber-rattling of north korea and its testing of nuclear related devices. and the president said that military options remain very much on the table. he hopes it doesn't come to that. he's frustrated that talking sometimes has not proven to be persuasive with north korea for past presidents. here is president trump. >> we've had presidents for 25 years now. they've been talking, talking, talking. and the day after an agreement is reached, new workmens' in north korea, continuation on nuclear. so i would prefer not going the route of the military, but it's something certainly that could happen. >> so not

life biographer says activism is ali's greatest legacy. >> ali had the power to speak out because he was a superstar. cw we see athletes takiorav mne trspol over their own careers. >> reporter: ali declared himself a ciesconusiont in 1966. >> here today, his rejected induction into the military service. what happens now to his title? >> reporter: ali would be stripped of his title and prosecuted. in 1971, the supreme courtould rule unanimously in ali's favor. >> he said he would give up his life. he would sooner die before he was compromise his his and i think that's why he matters today. >> reporter: billie jean king would advocate for equal rights and opportunity at the miami open in 2016. >> everyone thinks women should be thrilled when w crumbs. okay? i want women to have the cake, the icing and the cherry on top. >> reporter: in summer 2016, the wnba's minnesota lynx would bear black lives matter shirts. >> this is a human issue, and we need to speak out for change together. >> reporter: four off-duty police officers providing security at the game in the twin cities would leave

ali velshi picks things up from new york now. ali, a wonderful reminder, i think, to end on. >> excellent reminder and thankfully sometimes good things like that go viral. it's all over the internet. thank you for the reminder. have a good afternoon. desperation in puerto rico. there seems to be no relief in sight despite containers sitting at the dock waiting to be opened, distributed to people. the long lines get longer as people now travel hours for the basic necessities, like food and water, cash and gasoline. the u.s. and the local government promising a massive response. >> -- of over 10,000 federal personnel, including 5,000 u.s. military and national guard personnel. >> the federal government is shouldering the entire burden of being able to push as much as we can through. >> but those on the ground want to know where that help is. at this hour we are expected to hear from the mayor of san juan who has painted a very different picture than those in washington. tom bossert, elaine duke of the department of homeland securit

but ali, could i just ad one thing to what michael was saying? michael identified that there had been a bipartisan desire to cut the corporate tax rate. that is true. president obama, in fact, opened the door to that in his treasury department talking about a framework for doing that. but they had the condition that it pay for itself. why? because the government needs more money, not less. we've got a huge number -- tens of millions of baby boomers who are coming onto the social security and medicare rolls. we need more government revenue, at least not to lose it. what's happened with the republican plan so far is they have failed to make the tradeoffs necessary in order to make a corporate tax rate paid for by taking away loopholes. if you don't do that, you're just going a cut and expanding the deficit. >> if i was a corporation, shouldn't i pick the bernie sanders single payer option? because that would be the best for me. that would cost me the least. >> you know, i don't know about that. look, there are some pay fors in here. a paid for, for

southwest florida, ali. that's the area. finally our one map that shows the computer models, in is what's shifted in the last two hours, now taking it more over the top of dee west akey west. still off the coast 5:00 p.m. sunday. the angle of approach makes this a nightmare of a forecast. that's why a lot of people got out of the way. who wants to take a chance? the forecast is now a little bit better for the east coast of florida, but don't come back. just stay out and wait and see what this thing does. >> we're going to be together a lot over the next 72 hours. thank you, bill karins. joining us now is chuck lindsey, the city manager of mare thon, florida, which is located in the florida keys. chuck, good to see you. you heard the potentially good news, and it's too early to tell, but potentially good news that the eye of this thing might go west of you guys. there are still some people in the florida keys, though. >> yeah, absolutely, ali. you know, just in marathon alone, remember, it's a long chain of islands. but just

a dazzling day for moeen ali, and not a bad one for his team—mates. ben stokes and joe root showed away with blistering half before moeen ali sent england's cold stratospheric. a century of quite brutal brilliance. his last 60 i’u ns quite brutal brilliance. his last 60 runs flashed in just 14 balls, including eight sixes. the crowd loved it, the west indies less so. by loved it, the west indies less so. by the time he completed his century in predictable fashion, england were seemingly out of sight. the west indies‘ target, 370. with chris gayle at the crease, anything was possible, but his bat speed israeli matched by food speed. he dawdled on 94. adil rashid did not and by barely a coat of varnish, his hopes vanished. so barely a coat of varnish, his hopes vanished. 50 soon did the west indies‘. the winning catch taken by moeen ali. his marriage and very much england‘s bay. it was a good time to come into bat. i settled myself thinner and i had licensed to clear the small robes. it is my sort of size of boundary. once you have cleared the r

>> what ali means is that these years are tough for kids who are different and ali has been different for most of her 25 years. >> i was really young. i was 18 months old and i got a decease. and so it cut off the circulation to my feet. >> two below the knee amputations were needed to safe her life. they didn't however slower down. in fact ali says she never felt different as a kid until you guessed it middle school. >> i had like a hard time because i was bullied a lot. as she reached adulthood she ha has become more comfortable with her story and two prosthetic feet. still she never wants to call too much to them. she wants to be known not as the teacher with prosthetics but just simple a good teacher >> please welcome ali graham. made this summer was so out of character. >> a big deal for me to do that. >> you take newspaper rods. >> as part of a science teacher camp at the exploratorium tlfrs a kbegs to build something from packing material. >> pretty sturd judge. >> what ali built. >> we have a whole leg. >> was a working prosthetic leg. >> we're going to test it now. >> which s

>> reporter: hey, ali. ali, stephanie, i'm in south beach. but let's work on jacksonville a little bit. i work in jacksonville before moving to new york. so the areas you're talking about in deval county, it's the largest city because jacksonville and duval county are the same. jacksonville is duval county. that area along the river floods a lot. those communities are constantly ready to move. and so jacksonville, this river that flows through that area, it floods in a lot of these neighborhoods. so they are going to, with all the rain that has been in north florida now, they are going to open up those bridges and allow the people to evacuate. all morning long, we have been seeing on twitter, people taking pictures along the banks there and talking about the river rising very quickly. and in some communities, they are caught on two sides by water so giving them a chance to get out of there. so here we are in south beach this morning. and this is kind of what you're seeing around the beach area. i'm standing in the middle of the road. and thes

all ali velshi picks up the coverage. >> good morning, i'm ali velshi in for stephanie ruehl. breaking news, a terrorist incident right at the height of this morning's rush hour. this picture of the device planted on a train was just obtained by nbc's investigations unit. i've got a great team with me to help break this all down. i want to start though in london with nbc's kelly cobia. what's latest? >> good morning. you can still hear the helicopters overhead and there's a very wide police presence around this tube station in london. we're about a 35 minute drive away from the airport. the station itself is a good distance from here, about a quarter mile away, a five-minute walk from where we stand. and we're being kept well back as this investigation moves on. two u.s. intelligence officials have been briefed on the incident tell nbc news that the device in question was a five gallon bucket with a lid on top placed inside a plastic grocery bag. some of those pictures on social media show some wires sticking out as well. the same intelligence officials say this device flashed

ali? >> the b2 is where he is. the big one we're looking at right now, i believe, if i can make that out clearly. we haven't seen the president coming out yet. tell me what happens when we've been seeing these things happen in north korea. what we tend to have afterwards is a show of force by the u.s. military, sometimes in conjunction with the south koreans or the japanese where they fly planes very close to the demilitarized zone. what is that about? >> it's an indication of the amount of force the u.s. can project. the most recent time they did it, they fly the b1s based in guam. it's one of the main threats in terms of delivering ordnances. what they did is flew the f-35. those took off from japan. the important thing about the f-35, this is the new fighter. it's been controversial and overbudget. it has a lot of capabilities and can deliver quite a payload. when they do these missions, look to see what other countries are flying along with it. it's usually a three-country mission. south korea, japan and the u.

>> reporter: hey there, ali. that's a great question, and we're still waiting to hear actually from both of these teams about what's going to happen tonight. let's start with the dallas cowboys. they have not said anything publicly. i reached out to them again today, and they said they have no statement at this time. the head coach said earlier this weekend that he didn't think that this was something he was going to be talking to his team about. that he didn't feel like they needed to have a team meeting and the cowboys owner jerry jones. one of the most outspoken owners against the protests. now, keep in mind, the weeb about comments are before the latest controversial and what president trump said. here's what jerry jones said about taking a knee. >> well, i do not think the place to express yourself in society is as we recognize the american flag, and all the people that have made this great country. the very opportunity for us to be there in front of the nation. so that's not the place to do anything, other

ali, the wind is starting to pick up again. it is starting to blow and debris is being thrown around so we're going to have to fall back to our suvs and probably head little bit south but we'll check back in with you in just a little bit. >> i understand. you get to safety as that wind picks up. is he getting the back end of this? i want to listen in to the weather channel for a moment while i catch up with bill on what's going on. jim cantore on the weather channel is reporting now. let's listen in. >> reporter: we're maybe a little southeast, brian, still. >> wow. jim is talking to the weather channel at the moment. he's not middle -- he may be in the middle of a conversation with them. that's ft. myers, florida. tell me, bill, where ft. myers is in the course of the storm. >> the last two stories we were slowing you, the northern eyewall is now going through where jim cantore of the weather channel is located out there. our reporters in naples went through this same northern eyewall, went through bonita springs. it is weaken

>> reporter: that's correct, ali. she seems to have implied there are some two to five children within her range she has been able to detect. we don't know if those children are alive or not. but that is what she was able to tell first responders according to local media reports. the way they detected her body is through heat sensors. they've been able to provide some water through a hose. and i did speak to a first responder this morning as i got on the scene who told me they were able to provide oxygen as well. probably similar to the oxygen tanks we just saw rolling into the scene here behind me. >> and your photographer has just pushed into that shot behind you. we're seeing the building. the rescuers have, i guess, had to stop a few times because of fear that that building might collapse. if you felt any aftershocks since you've been covering this? >> reporter: i have not, ali. the first thing, though -- hold on. they're bringing a truck out. we're going to keep this image up for you guys. hopefully. [ speaking s

i'm ali velshi. how is the president who believes in america first philosophy going to face off against the world? >> we must ensure that no one and no member state shoulders a disproportionate share of the burden. and that's militarily or financially. >> all right. the president delivering his first comments this morning at an event aimed at reforming the united nations, but will the president carry that same tone tomorrow which he addresses the 193-member organization, or is, will his temper -- is he tempering his america first remarks? and america needs help of others with not only the north korean crisis, but getting ready to meet with the french president macron, the paris accord, the last time they met, a little awkward. begin with hallie jackson outside of trump tower. hallie, donald trump getting ready for a meeting with president macron. what's going on? >> reporter: yeah. listen, we know that the paris climate agreement is likely to come up. we've heard just this morning the president's top

. >> i'm ali velshi. let's listen to this for a second. >> gentlemen yields back the remainder of his time. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask to speak out of order to join you in thanking god for the return of our colleague steve scalise and to do -- to have him do so in such a strong way. you were brief, mr. speaker, i'll be even briefer. thank god our prayers are answered. i take great pride in steve because we're both italian americans and i think that's a sort of some of his strength. right, steve? i, too, want to say how proud we are of jennifer, harrison, and madison and of your staff and of our first responders, our capitol police who took such good care of you. but if it is as you said an attack on you is an attack on all. we all came through this magnificently because of your strength. so the day we came to the floor when you weren't here, we were all team scalise. today we are team scalise. thank you for being so wonderful. god bless you. [ applause ] >> five-minute voting will continue. the ques

i'm ali velshi. a powerful earthquake has hit mexico city. it is a heavily populated region 150 miles outside of mexico city. we were just looking at some of them -- i'll show them to you again, some of the first images we are getting of the damage from you are our sister network telemundo. as of right now we are told there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths in mexico city. this is very early. we are still trying to get information on mexico city, and pueblo, and spaces in between. today's earthquake comes less than two weeks after an 8.2 tremor hit the country killing 186 people. today the anniversary of a quake that struck back in 1985. earlier in the day some of those in mexico city were holding drills because of the anniversary. we will continue to follow the latest on the earthquake. we will bring you the updates as we get them. we are working hard to get you more information. >>> the other story of the day. trump and secretary of state rex tillerson are meeting right now with the president of the u.n. general assembly after pr

>> right, ali. the interesting thing, even though the eye of the storm may have continued on, what we're also now seeing is the return flow around this. so we're starting to get that return flow coming back in here. we'll going to be watching that very closely. storm surge now probably on the western shore will be happening, and maybe the southwestern shore. but right now it's 95 miles east of punta cana. dominican republic. 115 mile-per-hour winds, category 3 but can still do a lot of damage. rest assured. category 5, and -- we've seen damage from 1. a 3 can still hurt you. we're looking at now, next in line, the dominican republic. good news for the dominican republican irk, it's moving a little further north. they're on the weaker side of the store. winds 50 to 75 miles per hour. a storm surge of about four to six feet. rainfall, four to eight inches, maybe um to a foot. next place we're really concerned about. this is friday morning. the turks and caicos are on the rough side of this thing. coul

ali, exactly what you want to hear. what people in south florida want to hear, because today -- remember, ali, when you and i talked a day, two days ago we shed this would be an all-florida storm. this storm, irma, landfall in the keys, in southwest florida, causing flooding now in northeastern florida, and so it is. it's an all-state problem and cleanup. a massive undertaking. people who are even here on miami beach and in miami proper don't have water. don't have power. in a lot of these areas. you can't have an area this big with 80% of the people without power, without having a huge power issue. it wasn't until that briefing, ali, i think i understood how difficult it would be to get the power back on. they have to notify homeowners. we're not talking two, three days. that's something for me, this is my neighborhood. for me as a homeowner, me as someone who lives here that made me goek, ru-ro. even when you hear that, first time, doesn't drill down. an important thing to these people down here. >> sam, let's talk --

it fell once again to moeen ali to rescue things. late i’u ns to moeen ali to rescue things. late runs as pressures here as they will be down under. this could have been a run chase to remember but when rain pours you take the past score. england werejust rain pours you take the past score. england were just six runs ahead. basher par score. english cricket has done well this summer but they will be glad to see the end of summer. there was somewhere in the region of 25 to 30 overs and we were gauging duckworth—lewis. everything was going to plan until we started losing wickets. if it had rained 15 to 20 minutes earlier, we might have been a bit unstuck, but what a performance from moeen ali and jos buttler to rescue us and win the game and time it to perfection. i thought they were outstanding. eoin morgan and his england side had to make do without ben stokes. he has been named as captain for the ashes tour but footage has emerged of him involved in a physical exchange. he was arrested on monday morning on suspicion of causing actual orderly harm. he was released by police

here's where the problem is ali. that facebook has 2 billion active members, 1.3 billion of which go on the site every day. frame of erchs are. there are 2.1 billion people who describe themselves as christians. facebook is essentially the same size as christianity. the you tube portion of google is essentially the same size as islam. these people are so big that the notion that they are not responsible for what's goes on in my opinion is just completely wrong. and i think that it has caused them great harm. it has caused our country and other countries great harm. and this is a top conversation we need to have right now. and quite frankly i think we need to bring pressure to bear, especially on facebook, to go in there and start to actually police the stuff in advance not just clean up the mess afterwards. >> let's think about tv networks. cbs was penalized for the inadvertent showing of a nipple during a super bowl, right? the fcc comes down hard on network television, for instance. and by the way, cable television

ali velshi picks things up. what strikes me when you talk about coming in legally versus coming in illegally, it's important to remember these were children brought in by their parents. they didn't have a choice. many have been here so long. where do they go back to? >> this is a difficult situation and it is, you know, at least we're getting past the argument they're a drain on the economy. we've been talking about that a lot. people like this are working and paying taxes. gaining the initial aftershock of what is likely president trump's most executive decision to phase out the obama-era d.r.e.a.m.er program known as daca. 800,000 young people like the one you just heard from who called the united states home for most or all of their lives will have to go back to their parents' country of origin. one that president trump has gone back and forth on for a long time. >> how do you tell a family that's been here for 25 years to get out? they've done wonderfully, they've gone to school, gotten good marks and are pr

let me let ali answer that. >> go ahead, ali. >> why don't they just pocket the money? >> one of the great examples i love to use with art, he is so smart, been around a long time, the idea is it would take tax rates down and create jobs. former governor sam brownback said it would be four years, they would see 100,000 jobs. they lowered taxes on art's advice specifically and a state of about 3 million people created just 28,000 jobs between january of 2014 and the same time in 2017. we are a year short but way below that. over in nebraska which has a yet smaller population of 2 million people, didn't cut taxes, job growth in the same period was 35,000. i don't know, there's no evidence if you cut corporate taxes that it results in job growth at this level. art very wisely cites 1986 and much bigger cut. that's not actually what we are talking about. i want to point out, art, we are old friends, i don't know why you didn't take issue with how fat i was. i appreciate you not discussing that. >> what can i say, a chubby ali is a very nice ali. >> he looks great. i want yo

>> reporter: right, ali. an outline. a plan to make a plan. republicans are by and large so far lining up behind that. most importantly in the house. the freedom caucus caused so many problems for paul ryan, and establish member republicans going back quite a while said he will support the outlines of the plan. the plan moves through the house, moves simultaneously through the senate and a lot of difficult decisions to turn essentially a nine or ten-page youft line into a total rewrite of the tax code and republicans are pretty clear eyed about how difficult this is going to be to get all of their members on the same page to potentially try to lure democrats to support this. but they also know that the states are incredibly high for them. legislatively, republicans have almost nothing to show for their control of congress over the last nine months and nobody but it better than lindsey graham who i talked to earlier today. >> it's the difference between succeeding as a party and failing. it's the difference between having a majority in 2018 or

>> reporter: hi there, ali. just getting information from fpl, florida pow around light, the main utility company in florida that says it was providing power to at least part of this facility where these six nursing home patients died, as you mentioned, 115 of them were evacuated this morning. just a heartbreaking scene, ali, to see the overhead images of these nursing home patients being evacuated. some in wheelchairs, on stretchers, taken to early hospitals around the area and speaking with family members throughout the day saying they've been frustrated for the lack of information and several families found out their loved ones are okay and have questions exactly how this happened. initially police say first calls around 4:00 a.m. in a news conference a short time ago. the police chief said closer to 6:30. there is some discrepancy when the initial call came in. we spoke with somebody that worked at this facility and that person said that the generator at the facility was working yesterday, but at this point,

. >> i'm ali velshi. here we go again, the united states and its territories are looking down the barrel of another ma'am mot storm, but this time it is different. it's the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. it's so strong it's showing up on size mom ters. that's the equipment that's designed to detect earth wakes. hurricane irma is a category 5 hurricane right now. winds of 185 miles an hour. catastrophic damage is expected. the storm could slam right into south florida this weekend. governor rick scott is about to brief the media any moment now. we're going to listen to him when he does. congress today is just starting to sort out its own storm issues, including funds for what harvey did to the houston and surrounding area. the house overwhelmingly passed a $7.85 billion disaster aid package just hours ago. but because it's such an important and you remember ent bill it's quickly becoming a negotiating tool for other government funding efforts r. president trump has a large stake i

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muhammad ali was a decembispies figure. he decided he wasn't going to vietnam because he felt like it was an unjust war. they took everything from him. he had to earn it back. my father cleveland sellers, they took months away from his life, he charge tried and convicted and went to federal prison for that. there are people that paid an ultimate price. do not give me we are disrespecting our country because we're not. what we're trying to do is make it a more perfect union. there are people in this country who have given a check for liberty, justice, and freedom and it's been marked insufficient funds. what we have to do is make sure that we understand, i don't want anything from anderson cooper, i don't want anything from any white person in this country to be plainly plainly blunt. but what i do want is an opportunity for equality. i don't want to bring anderson down, i just want to have the same playing field. that's all we're asking more, that's why people take a knee. >> all the president is saying when you're on the p

>> ali, doesn't make much sense to me. i spoke to dr. ben carson about a month ago and he said we have 5 million open jobs across the country right now. and the problem we have in country is actually a lack of skilled labor force. that's the problem. so there's finally open jobs. if these 700,000 people are not in the job pool, 550,000 open jobs in the country now. we have a shortage of work supply right now, of lab arers. >> can you tell me for those not as familiar with it across the country, how immigrant labor works in to the kansas economy ask what are the jobs they do and why is it that it requires this sort of labor to get those jobs done? >> sure. first of all, the fastest growing dairy in the country. dairy, milking cows is very, very labor intensive. and people don't realize this. we have to milk our cows two or three times a day, seven day as week, 365 day as year. a labor-intensive situation. i visited dairy in kansas, they deliver about 30 bull steen calves every day. maybe five or seven workers for that particular part. whe

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i'm ali velshi. >> i'm stephanie ruhle. let's get you started. ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light >>> more than 100 nfl players knelt in defiance after president trump speaks out against the league. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag? to say, get that son of a -- off the field. >> i have a daughter. i do whatever i have to do to make sure she can look at her dad and be, like, hey, he tried to make a change. >> it was divisive. >> for him to use this platform to divide us more is not something i can stand for. >> if you're a multi-millionaire who feels oppressed, you need a therapist, not a publicity stunt. >> they can do the free speech on their own time. >> he should apologize. they're not sobs. they're thoughtful, smart guys. >>> the latest push to overhaul obamacare may be in critical condition again. >> can only afford to lose two, and they already have. >> it is difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. >> r

i think the death of my harm all —— muhammad ali last year and watching hundreds of people pour out onto the streets of people pour out onto the streets of louisville. the contributions muhammad ali made to society, the united states and around the world and the risk that he took to his careerfor standing and the risk that he took to his career for standing up for justice. shortly after that, at espn in its most watched show, the sp awards, allowed the format nba superstars to open the show, speaking about police brutality, community relations between the police and racism in america and that also helped set the stage for a colin kaepernick to take any for the first time in september and now with a vast numbers of players we have seen taking action so far, i think they will feel really good about it. so many times we treat our athletes in the united states and i suspect globally, as people who simply use their bodies. their injuries, what they think the outcome of the season will be, we don't ask about serious social justice issues as is happening right now. i think for athletes that fee

>> reporter: they're pulling it with a rope, pulling it by hand, ali. a car that is practically a pancake after the earthquake. we know that there was a parking lot at this textile factory. three stories. and most of what was there was completely flattened out. now they're trying to push this car by hand. as you can see, it's a very rudimentary effort here. there are no sort of big machineries except for a big crane. but everything is being done by hand which means that there are people getting hurt. there's even a unit where they're giving out tetanus shots to people because it's a very volatile situation. i'm going to move over here. >> mariana, that's extraordinary. the work they're putting forth. but in all honesty, as we're approaching 80 hours out, how confident are officials that they'll still be able to find people alive? >> reporter: we're going on day three and hope is diminishing, but again, when you have active rescues overnight, not only here but in other sites with that be just brings new energy and life to these rescue workers. and you're

. —— ali, who is syrian. as $0011 music. —— ali, who is syrian. as 50011 as music. —— ali, who is syrian. as soon as the polls shut and the exit polls come out i will have a special programme looking at those results live on the bbc news channel in the uk. for now, it is over to you, guys. sings in german. hurricane maria continues to exert its influence across the caribbean. 0n its influence across the caribbean. on wednesday the residents of puerto rico had to endure devastating, destructive winds and some life threatening flooding as the category four hurricane ripped through the heart of the island. i would like to illustrate the point in terms of the wind strength. sustained winds across puerto rico of 155 mph. this footage is from the south—east of puerto rico. doors were ripped from their hinges. the storm brushed the north—east of the dominican republic and has intensified again. there is and has intensified again. there is a level of uncertainty as to just where maria is going to go as we

a dazzling day for moeen ali and not a bad one for his team—mates. ben stokes and joe root showed the way with blistering half centuries before moeen ali sent england's hopes stratospheric. a century of brutal brilliance, his last 60 runs thrashing just —— thrashed in just 1a balls last 60 runs thrashing just —— thrashed injust14 balls including eight sixes. the crowd loved it, the west indies less so. by the time he completed his hundred in predictable fashion, england were seemingly out of sight. the west indies target 370, with chris gayle at the crease, anything was possible, but his bat speed is really matched by foot speed. 0n his bat speed is really matched by foot speed. on 94, he dawdled, adil rashid didn't, and by barely a coat of varnish is hoped banished, and so soon of varnish is hoped banished, and so soon did the west indies, the winning catch taken by, who else, moeen ali's match, very much england's day. and the swiss, bbc news. it's a good time to come in to bat and have licensed to clear the small ropes over here. did you g

. >> sorry, ali, we are having some trouble with our camera obviously. it is been getting rained on, are we good, brad? >> lets head back out and we can show you here what's going on. it has not slowed at all. we are still, i am just always checking. >> yeah, you watch and be careful. you know, you can see how this is whipping here and if you look back that way, we are seeing more and more branches coming do down, this eye wall is coming through fort myers here and we are just still getting the rain and the wind through all of this, so no sign of letting up at all. we were looking forward to maybe a break, as the eye came here but it looks like it is falling apie cha apart and we are not seeing too much clearing. we'll keep you posted on how conditions are. we do are getting some type of relief here, it is been like a roar for the past, you know, hours, two hours here. the wind is absolutely like a train coming through and there is no relief at all. think of what it does to the trees and building and the roof. it is remarkable seeing the puddles blowing

ali you and i were talking about this. theory signs out on miami beach that show the sea level rice and how catastrophic it could be over a long period of time. when you see it happening when you see these crazy winds and when you see storm surge pushing sea levels up 5, 10, 5 feet over a matter of minutes or hours and not years or decades, the idea that you wouldn't want to get out of there it's sort of stup fieing. that's whathe firefighters they don't want to say on camera. but many of them ialk to feel it's idiotic for people not to get out and go to safety. >> jacob, thanks. we'll stay with you through the course of the night as we continue reporting and coverage of hurricane irma if you had you'd like to help right now here is what you have to do. call 1-800-red-cross or text irma to 90999. you can also visit red cross.org. >> remember the 800 number. i know not everyone uses cell service or has a computer. you can call the red cross. 1-800-red-cross. >> we are going to sign off and ari melber is taking care of thing

ali, we still have a lot of time to watch it. that's the good news with this system, but we use the satellite, this is one of the instruments in our toolbox if you will to gauge the health of the storm. and based on this picture here, the storm is ventilating well which means it's breathing well. it's symmetrical and over the last few images you see this nice little eye developing here as we go through the last frame there. so the hurricane center diagnosed this as a little bit weaker at 11:00 this morning, but based on some of these latest images, i think they may bump the wind speeds back up. we still have a lot of time to watch it, but it is growing into a monster of a storm 6789 the latest check of the wind speeds, 110-mile-per-hour. you're going to see this number fluctuate over the next couple of days as it goes through eye wall replacement cycles. that's what harvey went through back last weekend. the storm steadily progresses as a category 3, potentially a category 4 as we go through early next week. so, again, this will

i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. welcome to aspeci special editi v "velshi & ruhle." >> the situation here is dire. we have been seeing howling winds and pounding win. san juan is getting hammered by maria. >> we are dealing with the first landfall of a category 4 hurricane since 1932. and the winds here are only increasing as the eye wall gets closer. >> in mexico, the death toll climbs to more than 200 from the powerful earthquake that caused buildings to collapse. >> this is the scene across mexico city, block after block, building after building in ruin. >> at a nearby school, we are told the bodies of 20 children have been recovered. the death toll now officially stands at about 200. that number will rise. >> we are covering breaking news as hurricane maria pounds puerto rico. this is going to be the worst hour yet, more than three people -- excuse me, 3 million people in the path of one of the strongest storms in the history of the atlantic. >> here's what we know right now. the hurricane is packing 150-mile-an