msnbc live is next. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm in new york at msnbc world head quarter. it's 7:00 in the east on day 247 of the trump administration. president trump visits alabama and talks about the importance of loyalty while taking aim at members of his own party. >>> ten months after the election, the federal government tells 21 states their voting system were targeted. >>> a dam fails in puerto rico after hurricane maria. now most of the island is under water and under pressure to get help. >>> but first we begin with breaking news out of north korea. experts and military officials are trying to determine whether the regime has conducted another nuclear test after an earthquake was detected near the same location as a previous nuclear destination. lucy kafanov is following the latest developments from our london bureau. what do we know so far? >> very limited information at this stage. they detected a 3.0 earthquake in an area in north eastern north korea 12 miles away from where the north conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. the likely cause of the

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i want to bring in msnbc's garrett haake as well as opinion writer for msnbc contributor jonathan capehart. let's focus on this. we want to talk to you about the latest effort to try to repeal obamacare, but this is another one of the politically challenging elements right now to the negotiations taking place in washington. one of the democrats thought they were on the right side of right now but these d.r.e.a.m.ers have had enough with the top democrat in the house, nancy pelosi. >> yeah, that seems to be the case, peter. this is the challenge for democrats here. the democratic party is, in large part, united right now around the idea of being the resistance. but if the leader of the democrats in the house isn't resisting enough for the base, you're going to see moments like this. you know, we're going to talk about obamacare repeal. but immigration is in the same sort of category of issues that is so emotionally charged. and on the left now, such a lightning rod, particularly now that democrats and those on the far left are seeing nancy pelosi start to negotiate with president trump pote

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we have you covered here on msnbc. we will be here throughout the day with our team of correspondents. keep it right here on msnbc. >>> 22 minutes past the hour. we now know there are more than 400 shelters up and running, many at or over capacity. across florida, the people who went there, who weren't able to leave the state, very smart because we're seeing the power of the storm as it's coming in now maybe just about 40 minutes from hitting in the keys. gabe gutierrez joins us from the collier county emergency center operation in naples. this is one of the areas where a lot of people have gone to seek shelter. what's going on there, gabe? >> reporter: good morning. we've been seeing steady rain throughout the night. it's picking up at times. a little bit of a lull here. but authorities tell us that they expect the tropical storm force winds to really pick up in the next hour or so. in the next couple of hours. so they're getting ready actually to pull emergency responders from the streets when that happens. t chris,

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you're watching msnbc. >>> welcome back. you are watching special coverage of hurricane irma as irma barrels across the caribbean toward florida. local officials are bracing themselves or life-threatening storm surges, punishing winds, heavy rain. hurricane irma is now one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic basin, and our coverage continues. keep it right here at msnbc. >>> this is a deadly storm. and our state has never seen anything like it. >> all right. that warning was issued this morning from governor rick scott of florida as hurricane irma barrels toward south florida where it is expected to make landfall in less than 24 hours. the storm is now pummelling the north coast of cuba, after arriving overnight with winds up to 155 miles an hour and ten-foot high storm surges. irma's already cut a path of destruction through the caribbean where so far it's claimed the lives of 23 people. we're expecting a new update on the hurricane very shortly. i want to bring in wnbc meteorologist rafael miranda. >>

good afternoon, i'm chris jansing at msnbc headquarters. we're watching tropical storm irma as it roars into southern georgia. rising waters are still a danger in florida. a flash flood warning has been declared for jacksonville's downtown as winds change direction. jacksonville's sheriff tells residents along the river, get out now. and in the florida keys, damage is widespread. those who did not evacuate are assessing the damage. those who did leave are still not able to return. the storm

keep it here on msnbc. we will have you covered all day long. >>> good morning, breaking news, irma arrives. the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever lashing southern florida right now. the storm strengthening overnight back to a dangerous category 4. >> this is a life threatening situation. >> 135 miles per hour winds and rain battering the florida keys. hundreds of thousands already without power. a potentially catastrophic storm surge going up and down the coast. more than six million people, a third of the state's population, evacuat evacuated. we have corsp

but saturday morning i am here on msnbc. i returned from the united kingdom late last night and have been following the news through the british media. to catch me up on the national news i have asked three of the belt waugh's best young reporters all rising stars in the craft of journalism to bring me and thus you on what mattered most in the past two weeks and the week ahead. they are james hol mapp of the "washington post" annie lipsky, and politico playbook he every morning. welcome to all three of you. i have to begin the news of the day as president trump is tweeting this morning. let me bring people up to date with what he has had to tweet. john mccain never had any intention of voting for this graham/cassidy bill. he campaigned on repeal and replace. let arizona down. arizona had 116% increase last year with deductibles very high. chuck schumer sold mccain a bill of goods sad. large block grants to states in is a good thing to do. better control and management. great for arizona. mccape let his best friend l.d. down.

let's take a check of comcast, the parent company of msnbc closing the day in the red. the new york times ending the day in the green. dr. keith ablo says this is a perfect metaphor for everything wrong with the left. good to see you, doctor. can you explain your case? >> good to see you. absolutely. listen, what better evidence could thereby o there be of the way that the left weakens people and makes them dependent on the state and the huge essential authority o on this that there's still regal in therapist's offices because hillary clinton lost the presidential election. listen, in my office as a psychiatrist, you come there to get strong, to find out how to fight back, how to achieve the things you care about. the trouble with the left is it's a "house of cards." why? because the idea is to weaken people, to convince them they're all victims. then when they're on the ropes, it's a little tough. they either end up in psychiatrists' offices falling apart or like crybabies throwing things on college campuses. it's very bad for them. it's really a terrible sign. liz: yo

welcome back, everybody, to msnbc world headquarters. as this hour, the storm is now at category 4 and poised to make landfall in the next 24 hours. over 5 million floridans are under mandatory evacuation as we've been talking about. bonnie, for those people that have been just getting up in the morning, everybody has had their eye owes hurricane irma understanding the fact that florida is in the eye of the storm. the entire state. you can't outrun this thing. no, you're right. and waking up to a completely different story today in terms of where the impacts might be. the storm is working its way further off to the coast of cuba. this is where it's been pounding much of cuba right now. boy, that torrential rain just continues to bring a lot of rain to the region and strong wind, as well. we're seeing the rain bands work towards the florida keys and it's relentless for cuba, though. 245 miles south-southeast of miami, florida. winds 155 miles per hour. this is a category 4 hurricane. possibly become ago category 5. the movement to the wes

steve clemons is an msnbc contributor. wesley clark is a retired four-star general, former supreme allied commander at nato. a big thanks to both of you for being with me this afternoon. general, let me start with you. is this the same old war of words or is it different this time? and how serious should we take the possibility of an h-bomb testing? >> first of all, if it were to be an h-bomb test, it's a very different thing. on the other hand, he's been pretty adept at letting other people give the specific threat and not carrying through. i don't think he's deranged or crazy. i think kim jong-un is very, very strategic and dleclever in this. we shouldn't be engaging in a war of words like this. it doesn't help us. it doesn't lead to anything. if it does lead to some kind of an h-bomb test, then all bets are off because this has been one of our concerns for years that atmospheric testing like this could wreak havoc on electronic systems around the world if it were done in certain ways. we don't want this to happen. >> th

stick with msnbc to keep you informed. >>> hi. yeah, within the past five minutes we're seeming to get a real heavy downpour, definitely seeing the gusty winds. >> look at the trunk of the tree. it's not just the trunk that was uprooted, a chunk of the land. it's someone's backyard. it crashed through a fence here and now covering a sidewalk. >> this is a restaurant in florida city right on u.s. 1. guys, i just lost my -- you see the fencing. that has been ripped off. >> when you look at that, you realize we're still a couple hours from it even hitting the keys, so starting already to really feel how powerful this storm is going to be. we heard, for example, from a rep from the power company they're expecting millions of people, millions of people to lose power. half a million have lost it already. joining us on the phone, cammy clark, the public information officer for florida's division in monroe county, give us a sense right now. we're looking at exactly where monroe county is, right in the path. what your biggest concerns at t

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stay with msnbc for continuing coverage. we will be on all through the night. we will be on into the morning when we are expecting irma to make landfall. we will have the very latest. and if you need information or hirk help during t hurricane help, call the tampa hurricane hotline. 844-852-8889. keep it here. >>> we're back with our coverage of hurricane irma. a couple things i want to tell you are coming up. ten minutes from now we're expecting to hear from florida governor scott. elhave the latest on what's going on there. also, just got an techlt mail from my old friends on the white house press team. they are waiting a receipt out of that meeting we showed you a picture of the president and his entire cabinet at camp david. they are gaming out what they are going to do in terms of the federal response to this forecast for hurricane irma may have shifted slightly west, but miami is not in the clear from dangerous conditions. the most severe storm surges could stretch more than 200 miles from miami to north of fort meyers. some of the worst, again, on the we

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. >> now for more i want to go to msnbc's jacob who is on the ground in naples. what are you seeing? >> reporter: a loft people trying to get into shelters. jermaine arena had an enormous line out the door. the storm was tracking to the eastern part of florida and made the turn to the west. a lot of the people waited until the last minute and may have not have had the resources to get to a shelter. and today was a mad dash and a very, very long line. the line stretched city blocks to get into the shelters around the ft. myers beach area. these are people in low-lying communities often around sea level that will have nowhere else to go once the storm surge comes up to 5, 10 or that devastating 15 feet that we have heard projected in some cases. ultimately, everyone did get into that arena that is normally used for sporting events and political rallies. i walked inside briefly today. it's a tough scene, honestly, to tell you the truth. there are people not well there, people on oxygen tanks. but other people sort of breakthrough what would otherwise be a hard situa

we welcome msnbc in our home every night. a pleasure to personally welcome you to the hemingway home tonight. thank you, craig. >> i appreciate it. next time i want a tour. we'll go from that to the chief of police for key west. this is chief donald j. lee. again, chief, you correct me if i'm wrong, but your jurisdiction includes the hemingway house. is that right? >> yes, it does, craig. >> i gather thank you heard my interview there with mr. gonzalez. what do you make of that decision to ride it out and the property itself pretty much being hurricane proof? >> well, you know, i don't think it's a wise or prudent decision. i hope that it works out for them, and i hope it works out for everyone who has decided to stay. you know, we have done everything possible in key west to try to get everyone to evacuate. quite frankly those who have not done so remain at their own risk. we're getting ready to face the eye of a category 4 hurricane here. we're already experiencing tropical force sustained winds at this point. numerous torn

bonnie schneider with us still, msnbc meteorologist. the difference as you saw there, bonnie, because we've been watching phillip's shorts. he's got a jacket now, rain is coming down, and there's going to be a reason why it's under mandatory evacuation. >> that's part of the reason we're saying how large this storm is. it's still 275 miles south-southeast of miami. where phillip is, that's north of miami. so he's experiencing some of the winds already. i want to update everyone on the hurricane warnings. they extent pretty far north now. key west under a hurricane warning. that eyewall coming on shore on some of the northern tier areas of cuba, so cuba is getting the brumt of it. so category 5, 270 miles south-southeast of miami. the maximum sustained winds are at 160. this storm is holding on to its intensity. you think maybe it would weaken, but the water temperature is too warm. so we are anticipating the potential for a weakening, but still a major hurricane. landfall is possible in the florida keys. perhaps a second one on the coas

>>> right now on msnbc, "andrea mitchell reports s." we'll see you tomorrow. >>> with thousands of shipping containers stuck in the san juan port, why didn't the white house order a factory military response to save puerto rico? as the navy hospital ship only sets north from virginia today. >> ultimately the government to puerto rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort will end up being one of the biggest ever to be funded and organized and what we will do with the tremendous amount of existing debt already on the island. >> we have 20,000 federal troops. not federal workers, federal troops. i had 200 ships and 40 helicopters. puerto rico is bigger than katrina. if someone wants to call me from the northern command, call me and i'll give you the numbers. >> four trump commissioners are now under watch for the flights. clocking as much as a million dollars on the president's dime. >> clearly we weren't sensitive to the taxpayer on these instances which is why i've taken the actions that i've taken to

. >>> we start right now where that desperate race against time continues, rescuers telling msnbc that they now believe that three children including a young girl are all trapped and alive in the rubble of a flattened school, there the youngest of the children, just 5 years old, rescuers doing everything in their power to get these kids out alive, msnbc's marianna atinsio is there at the site where she's been the last few hours, what do we know right now, marianna? >> reporter: craig, it's just been a dramatic past couple of hours, activity here has just kept increasing. in the past comfortable of minutes, rescue workers going inside, doctors with scrubs, as you know, the hand in the air, which is that sign that people should remain silent because they're trying to communicate with people inside, that truck that you see over there, just came in in the past couple of minutes, craig, and that is a truck that came in with the oil workers here in mexico, and as you know they have a very big oil industry here, and i was speaking to some of the oil workers and they tell me that their assista

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stay with msnbc throughout the morning and afternoon, we'll have constant updates. we will be with you throughout irma. >>> so we have seen what is happening already. we have seen some of the rain, some of the wind, we know that the northern eyewall has already made way to the florida keys. we are expecting that landfall to happen anytime now. but north of that i want to go to nbc's jo ling kent, she's been in ft. lauderdale. i understand we're seeing some debris, seeing some things being whipped around by the winds. >> what you see in front of me are palm tree fronds and these are come off here in broad county. what we see are increasing winds. as you know, we are not in the path of the eye of the storm any longer, but this area really prepared for this and hunkered down. there's still 100,000 people out of power. these fronds that you see here are supposed to sustain a pretty high level of wind and we aren't even at the highest winds that we are expecting here in the ft. lauderdale area. we're expecting winds of about 60, 70 miles an hour. there is a tornado watch

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i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters. it's 10:00 a.m. out west. here's what's happening right now. president trump fired up over nfl player protests. what he wants owners to do about it. >> get that soven a. [ beep ] ofrt field right now. he's out, he's fired. >> he's fired! >> but the nfl strikes back. the commissioner defends the shield and the gridiron games players. is the president's use of the bully pulpit out of bounds? we have a former nfl star joining us in just a moment. >> they finally get a president who will sign the legislation and dhoenlt have the guts to vote for it. >> and it's time to check out with the gop. is the health care bill a lost cause? but we're going to go to summer set, new jersey. kelly o'donnell is at her post there for us on a saturday. with a thank you to you. we've got the president. do you think he's gotten himself into some trouble with this latest comments on the nfl and the tweet on steph curry today? >> well, he has certainly stirred things up. and the president has a habit of doing that often using twitter

msnbc's marianna atense ois there. what's the outlook at this point for restoration of running water in beaumont, marianna? >> reporter: craig, the people you see behind me, they have been working tirelessly overnight to make sure that the citizens of beaumont do get water restored. they have made some advances, but it's been incredibly challenging. beaumont basically is an island right now. it took us about three hours to get into the city. it's completely flooded every which way. and basically, as you mentioned, one of the big problems is that these electrical pumps that pump water into the city's water treatment plant, which is over here to my left, they are completely flooded in. they are under water, and that is what caused this massive water shortage here in beaumont. now, as i mentioned, there are folks behind me working to make sure that the citizens of beaumont have water restored. actually, exxonmobil is here. you guys are big into oil, obviously. tell us what you were doing. what role are you playing in rest

msnbc political analyst rick tyler and msnbc national security analyst evelyn farkas, former assistant secretary of defense and joe reuben also here former u.s. deputy secretary of state. peter, standing by for this news conference, what are we expecting to hear from president trump? >> well, certainly a lot of topics that the president will be pressed on on this day. just moments ago the treasury department announcing that it has slapped new sanctions on eight north korean banks as well as 26 north korean bank workers. obviously the crisis in north korea right now is one that is at the center of the attention in terms of national security concerns. we haven't heard from the president yet after the foreign minister of north korea declared in fact that the u.s. had declared war on that country. he's likely to be pressed on that topic. obviously the conversation we've been focusing on and much of this country has been debating right now is the president's relentless sort of feud with the nfl in the course of the last several days tweeting now more than 20 times since friday when he calle

live from msnbc headquarters in new york. right now protesters are converging on the nation's capitol. protrump supporters are demonstrating with the goal of boosting president trump's america first agenda. it comes after outrage over negotiations with top democratic leaders. the commander in chief meeting with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi over a possible daca deal. also, protests taking place at the lincoln memorial as part of the march on

i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york city. thanks for being with us on this sunday. here's what we're following for you this hour. we are moments away here from president trump departing his bedminster, new jersey, golf club, and then heading for new york city. we're watching live pictures there of manhattan. this is a live look in front of trump tower where he will be staying after his arrival. by the way, his longest stay since being elected as president of the united states. the visit is also part of his highly anticipated debut at this week's u.n. general assembly. president trump scheduled to address the member nations on tuesday. joining me now, daniel littman, political report your, katherine ram pell, opinion writer at the with wp, msnbc terrorist analyst malcolm nance, and maya wiley, senior vice president of social justice at the new school. all-star panel here. katherine, we have the president now coming to manhattan. he is going to be addressing the u.n. for the very first time but with a message, from what we understand, of nationalism, of america first,

you have been watching msnbc's coverage of the storm. this morning, we'll continue to follow irma's path as the hurricane creeps closer to landfall in florida. overnight, it strengthened back to a category 4 storm. here's what it looks like right now in ft. myers, florida. you can see the palm trees whipping in the wind. this is what it looks like on the east coast, a live picture from ft. lauderdale. the winds have been picking up here overnight. krystal klei is tracking

that, @msnbc. pull that guy just on tv. congressman democrat from connecticut on that committee. congressman, good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> ali, how ya doing? >> good. so roger talked about the fact he has no evidence of collusion. but your committee is interested in either collusion or interference? and there seems to be ample and mounting evidence of russian interference in the election. >> well, that's right. i mean, every week we learn a new story about how the russians are doing this. and it's not just us. there was a german election in which i'm convinced they were playing there. they were trying to affect other european elections. a key thing we're doing is really getting at the question quite separate whether there was any u.s. person, trump campaign collusion. how? what's the breadth and scope of what they did? social media, turns out, the facebook story, possible purchase of ads by russians to affect our election. the tentacles they had on this thing grow the more we do

thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live. i'm ali velshi. "hardball" starts right now. >>> lord of the flies. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. they're dropping like flies. donald trump has shed almost all of his senior staff. the result one of the most chaotic unstable west wings in recent history. take a look at this incredible photo. it's of the men pictured in late january. the only ones that remain in that picture of president trump and vice president pence. then there was the firing of james comey i

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on saturday morning, i'm here on msnbc. though you might not believe it from some broadcasts, president trump has strong allies inside this beltway. i bring conversations with two of them this morning. i talk with housing and urban development secretary dr. ben carson. i open with the man who is president trump's favorite senator, senator cotton. a graduate of harvard college and harvard law school from which he joined the united states after army after 9/11. he served a tour in afghanistan as well before leaving the army and joining the battle for sanity in washington, d.c. elected in 2012, cotton ran and won his senate seat in 2014. now from the senate intelligence committee he has become a frequent visitor to the oval office. one of the legislators is said by many to trust. thank you for joining me this morning. >> thank you, hugh. good to be on with you this morning. >> you know terms are four years. even though this has been rocky, how do you make a four-year term in this president's successful? >> it is important we t

joining me now, msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider. let's get an update on the storm, where it's going. the fact that it's tracked slightly to the west, how does that affect things overall? >> it affects things in a big way in terms of where we'll see the most storm surge, the most damaging winds. unfortunately for cuba, the storm hasn't moved yet. if you look here, there's the eye, watch it work its way to the north coast and just kind of stay there. it's been bringing torrential downpours to cuba, and hurricane-force winds as well. the eye made landfall as a category 5. that's the first time a cat 5 hit cuba since 1924. let's talk about what's happening now. the interaction with land has weakened it a bit in terms of irma. i don't think it's going to stay weak for long. location is 225 miles south of miami beach. that's where the center of circulation is. winds are at 130. it's just a category four at this point. the water temperatures as it crosses the florida straits, it's going to intensify once again and could see it get even str

we'll continue throughout this weekend on msnbc. that does it for our edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us on twitter,@mitchellreports and follow us online as well on facebook. craig melvin is up next right here on msnbc. craig? >> hey there, andrea. we'll pick things up now. good afternoon to you. craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters. florida bracing for impact. here's the warning from the national weather service. their language, not ours. quote, storm surge of 5 to 10 feet possible for all of south florida. some buildings will collapse into the sea. the advisory goes on to warn, some areas near landfall will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. time running out for folks trying to evacuate by land and air. traffic, as you can see here, getting heavier and heavier. gas is now in short supply along the evacuation routes. the storm unlike any we have ever seen before. it is expected to roar ashore in florida sunday morning. governor rick scott issuing the urgent warning a short time ago. >> do not put yourself or your f

let's get the scoop from ashley parker, an msnbc political analyst and an msnbc contributor. ashley, first to you. they're making one last-ditch effort. they only need 50 votes, and there could be some shifting. por importantly, this is co-sponsored by lindsey graham and we all know how close he is to john mccain which was the critical vote that sank it last time. what's going to happen? >> it's a good question because this legislation has a lot of the same flaws that even republicans found in the bill that failed. but a couple things have changed. one exactly is that graham-mccain reels shlationshi even though mccain hasn't said how he would vote yet, there is a sense he would vote against his friend. this is a hard deadline, and if they couldn't muster the 50 votes before, they're certainly not going to be able to do the 60 that would be required next time. and there is a sense among republicans if they go home without actually doing what they promised to do for seven years that there will -- they will pay a price electorally and i think that is also a pretty significant pr

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hi, guys, can i just -- we're live on msnbc. >> okay. >> what are you doing out here? >> just checking the weather. just checking the weather. we're just getting a feel for it. >> is this your family. >> this is my family. >> you have your small kids. >> no, no small kids. everybody is a teenager and over. >> you guys are laughing. i mean this is a serious storm that we're facing still. are you going to go home? >> on the way home right now. we're on the way home. >> you came out here what. >> to have an experience of irma, so our kids with experience this life thing that's only going to happen once in a while, i don't know how many years. but at least they have an experience of what it is to have a hurricane out on the beach. >> the police, though, they were here a minute ago. what have they told you? have they urged you to come back? >> not yet. >> because they have been patrolling miami beach. this is a mandatory evacuation area. >> right, right. we're not from the area. we happened just to come around. we saw all the people going in the water? >> are you tourists o

msnbc, frequent anchor daily. my colleague, my friend, katy tur. >> i like friend the best. >> i like friend the best, too. you have had the guts to write about this experience, and ba basically it took me back to the way i tackled covering ronald reagan which is to get to know the person you are covering so deeply by going every step of the way that when something untoward happens, a tweet against kim jong-un, you can explain with experience, well, that's why he reacted this way. that's why he called him rocket man despite advice from diplomats not to. you understand the president because of the way you covered the candidate. >> was invaluable to be there as long as i was there. i was there for 510 days or so. the first rally i went to was june 30th of 2015. this is when nobody, andrea, was taking him seriously. there wasn't a gaggle of political reporters there to cover his every move like there was for somebody like jeb bush, say, during that time or hillary clinton during that time. so because i was there from

the russian government can't come and buy ads on fox or msnbc to try to push an election. but through facebook, they may have accomplished exactly that goal. we need to better understand what's happened to the 2016 election and prepare ourselves for 2018 and 2020, because vladimir putin and his regime continue to interfere in elections across europe, and he continues to have interests and objectives that are quite different from ours. we need to make sure we're securing our future elections. >> senator chris coons, we covered a lot of ground. thanks so much. i really appreciate your perspective. >>> coming up, culture war. why is the president continuing attacks on the nfl? that's next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. organic. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and we make them for every moment in every corner of the country. we are the coca-cola company, and we're proud to offer so much more. >>> and welcome back. president trump continuing his unrelenting c

joining me now is bill ccrystal editor at large, and msnbc contributor. how embarrassing is this for chuck schumer to be caught on mike? and does it -- >> you tell me, i don't know. it is kind of comical. but i was thinking about that dinner they had, the 11 of them in the white house, to make policy for america. i think every single person at that dinner was from snoeshg or san francisco, with the exception of john kelly. a bunch of extremely wealthy new yorkers and people from bicoastal elites, making in this case, probably, a good policy decision. >> how would that be different from a meeting with republican leaders? >> the republican leaders are from the midwest and south. >> and all white men. >> that's true. >> paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, whatever you think of them. i was amused by the populist side of this. what happened to this great white house, these billionaires from new york. >> i get it. >> the truth s trump has no ideological core. he wants to, quote, win, he loves getting good press and in this case he realized he can sell out some of his s

i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters at the half hour. in hurricane-ravaged puerto rico, a failing dam is forcing authorities to evacuate up to 70,000 people. they live in a valley downstream from the dam which has been breached. there is little doubt that dam will break. another official said thousands of people could die. in mexico, the death toll has risen to 295 from tuesday's earthquake. search, rescue and recovery efforts drag on amid the hope of finding more survivors. officials say 115 people have been rescued in mexico city's ruins. >>> iran state media follows an unveiling of a missile. president trump spoke out against iran's missile program in his u.n. speech tuesday. russia's alleged effort to disrupt the presidential election appears even more widespread. for the first time yesterday the department of homeland security told 21 states the russian government tried to hack voter representing station files at polling stations. targeted states included ohio, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. >>> but first, we have been following a dev

msnbc live is up next. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc headquarters. >>> harvey aftermath, new dangers today as waters recede, including flash fires at a chemical plan leaving many to wonder what is in the air and in the water. >> gas stations running out of gas. how bad might it get? >>> president trump is set to visit texas today. >>> and the russian investigation, a new report in the hands of special investigator robert mueller, why that matter and how it might affect the president. details now on msnbc live. >>> hurricane had harvey cleanup begins. today president trump makes his second storm-related trip visiting houston and lake charles, louisiana. the congress is being askeder for more than $8 billion in harvey aid. epa officials say they're monitoring air quality after an explosion and fire friday at arkema each chemical manufacturing plant, the second this week. they say no high levels of toxic chemicals have been detected. >>> and beaumont is hit with a critical short aemg of drinking water. r

>>> good morning, i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west and a 248 of the trump administration. political football. athletes and team owners raising their voices against the president. what he stands to lose in his fight for the biggest name in sports. >>> escalating rhetoric from the white house, and pyongyang. this morning, why this back and forth is being called dangerous. >> kim jong-un, especially on a world stage, the more he has to respond. >> professionals in the foreign policy sphere do not want presidents to personalize these kinds of conflicts. it doesn't help. when it gets personal it makes it harder to come to the table. >> also, u.s. military planes do something that hasn't been done in almost 20 years. >>> plus, running out of options. republican leaders try to rally new support for the latest health care plan. days ahead of a scheduled vote. we begin with the fallout over president trump's latest feud with athletes, including new reaction from nba star steph curry on being disinvited by t

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let's bring in msnbc chris hayes in napeles, florida. it's still range behind you my friend. give us an update. >> we've had these varying intense bands of rain come through. coming and going. the wind picks up. it's strange how quickly they come up and how quickly is goes away. there are weird moments of odd calm. you can see it matches looking at the satellite images you can see the space between the intensity. if you have the national weather service map you can sort of zoom in and see even how small some of the most intense pockets of the storm will be as they shoot through. wave been getting the outer bands spordically here. as kristin noted it's just past 11:00. that's basically the kind of go or stay moment that local authorities have been giving to residents here when you should be not be out on the road. at this point the authorities told folks after 11:00 you should be in a safe place and not out on the road. that's the hour we reached. >> chris where are you? is that where you're going to sleep tonight where you are now? >> yeah we're in a secure structure, four mi

we'll be watching for your report later today on msnbc nightly news. the president started the remarks at the united nations talking about his building that is right next door. with us now is ambassador stewart haley, the former ambassador to the u.n. for special political affairs under president george wchl bush and our panel for the next few minutes, sarah westwood and newsweek national politics reporter nia burley. ambassador, i'll start with you, this is a moment for theth. he's on the world stage with a lot of foreign policy issues looming. you heard kristen mention north korea front row, what are you going to hear from president trump that they have not heard from nikki haley? >> first of all, it is remarkable the president is talking about the potential of the united nations. so this is a candidate who criticized the united nations and i think it is a reflection of nikki haley's influence and also the fact that they have confidence in the secretary general to be a real reformer. so now that they have set the stage on reform, they are going to us