Lets get to that list with our panel. So, 100 days in, the president admits the job he won back in november has been harder than he expected. I loved my previous life. I loved my previous life. I had so many thinks going. I actually this is more work than my previous life. I thought it would be easier. Now, the president is marking the 100th day milestone with a taste of that old life. Retreating to his comfort zone of big crowds and faithful fans. Hes holding a rally tonight in pennsylvania. This is a state that helped him win back in november. Turning red for the first time in nearly three decades. Rally will get under way about the same time the first punch lines are landed at the annual white house Correspondents Dinner in washington. This is normally a chance for the press and the president to mingle and take a few jabs at each other, lighthearted jabs. Tonight, though, President Trump will become the first president since Richard Nixon to outright skip this timehonored tradition.
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. A white house struggling to find a singular message about its syria policy following thursdays Cruise Missile attack tonight finds itself suddenly in damage control mode after Spokesman Sean Spicer tried to draw a moral comparison between Bashar Al Assad and adolf hitler saying hitler didnt even sink to using chemical weapons. The historical fact that hitler gassed millions of jews and others was not lost on many who were watching mr. Spicer as he spoke at todays press briefing. His words and attempts at clarification touching off an emotional response. Now just a short time ago came an apology. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has details. Reporter tonight, a messaging misstep rocking the white house after press Secretary Sean Spicer compared syrias president , bashir al assad, to adolf hitler. We didnt use c
Will be very closely watched. A story we are following live even as mr. Trump was aboard air force one, news continue to break about his embattled white house. Welcome to our viewers here around the United States and all around the world. Im jornl howell. Im paula newton. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east coast and the president of the United States is getting a lavish welcome from saudi leaders. Now, the kingdom has extended a few courtesies that were noticeably absent from president obamas visit last year. That means coming out to greet him on the tarmac. Mr. Trump was treated to a traditional tea ceremony. Within a few hours he and the first lady, melania trump, will head to the court. After that he will hold bilateral meetings with the king. The president looking to turn a page with this trip. The shadows of the problems he leave behind in washington seem to be growing bigger and bigger by the hour. Sources tell cnn that russian officials were so confident of
Spike of russian agents posing as businessmen to enter the u. S. Why now and what are they up to . A top member of the House Intelligence Committee joins us, live. And first strike . Have some pretty severe things were thinking about. Trump puts North Koreans on notice as they launch fireworks of their own on the fourth of july. How far is trump willing to go to stop them . Plus the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper where the state of our union is deconstructed talks with the russians. News this morning of a previously undisclosed 2016 meeting with the trump team and a high profile russian national. This time, its donald trump jr. Who, according to the New York Times, set up a meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower two weeks after his father won the republican nomination. The lawyer is best known for fighting a law president obama signed that blacklists russian human rights abusers. Putin retaliated by b
Trump puts North Koreans on notice as they launch fireworks of their own on the fourth of july. How far is trump willing to go to stop them . Plus the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper where the state of our union is deconstructed talks with the russians. News this morning of a previously undisclosed 2016 meeting with the trump team and a high profile russian national. This time, its donald trump jr. Who, according to the New York Times, set up a meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower two weeks after his father won the republican nomination. The lawyer is best known for fighting a law president obama signed that blacklists russian human rights abusers. Putin retaliated by banning American Families from adopting russian children. Donald trump jr. Says the meeting was also attended by trumps soninlaw and adviser, Jared Kushner and former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and it was primarily about the adop