the president twitter teases a major announcement about the southern border he ll be making saturday afternoon. the 11th hour on a friday night starts right now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i m steve kerr nacki. brian williams is under the weather. day 729 of the trump administration, day 28 of the shutdown, soon to be day 29. we begin with breaking news. special counsel robert mueller is disputing this buzzfeed report that broke late last night claiming that the president of the united states directed michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. citing two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, buzzfeed reported that trump also endorse add plan to visit russia during the campaign and to meet personally with putin to advance the deal, and that the president in two & two of his children, all
shutdown but i wanted to ask you about something else. a story leading a lot of news today. it s widespread reaction to that buzz feed report and writers were citing two unnamed federal law enforcement officials that something candidate trump asked his personal attorney to do during the presidential campaign. the respect reporting president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. trump also support add plan to visit russia during the presidential campaign. this story got a lot of attenti attention. i imagine that some are trying to get this story. but i remember back to 2006 and jason leipold, i was a spokesperson for the u.s. press secretary and you were the u.s. deputy chief of staff. we worked together.
congress. president donald trump directed h his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. trump also support add plan set
longest shutdown ever in just a moment, but we begin with some significant breaking news coming from buzzfeed news within the past hour or so. . buzzfeed news posted a story that says president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. president donald trump directed h his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. trump also support add plan set up by cohen to visit russia during the presidential campaign in order to personally meet president vladimir putin and jump-start the tower negotiations. make it happen the sources said trump told cohen. even as trump told the public he had no business deals with russia, the sources said trump and his children, ivanka and donald trump junior, received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of
386 have parents who already have been deported, and officials have heard from 299 parents in the last week. however, they don t have any information for 26 parents and still have not file add plan to reunite any of the 559 remaining children with their families. meanwhile, a federal judge in washington ordered a plane carrying a mother and daughter to return to the u.s. while their deportation hearing is underway. u.s. district judge emmet sullivan called the removal pretty outrageous and threatened to hold attorney general jeff sessions in contempt. aclu attorneys were notified of the woman and her daughter during recess and requested the judge delay the deportation. upon arrival in el salvador the pair was sent back to texas, according to dhs. gene robinson, a floob pproblem persists despite all the media on this child s separation. still hundreds of children without their parents at the