First, the rea action to tom harkins announcement that heel not be running for his sixth term in between 14. Its just time to step aside. Senate majority leader harry reid praising his hes been a champion for improving americans access to Affordable Health care. Tom is a passionate progressive whose deeplyheld principles prieded a Guiding Light to democrats for decade. Since a federal axe peels court has invalidated president obamas appointments to that board, some legal experts say the boards previous rulings may all be in trouble. And mitt romney is in washington, d. C. , this week. The Marriott Corporation honored him and his wife ann on friday and he had the board of directors after the election and tonight he will attend the bipartisan Alfalfa Club Dinner in d. C. And as he often does when announcing sweeping new policy measures, president obama will hit the road to unveil his plan for com prehundredsive Immigration Reform and hell do that tuesday in nevada where the white houses
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The evidence is now unmistakable. Aspects of the u. S. Economy after a long and difficult period of darkness appear to be getting more robust. And while there are lots of numbers out to prove the point of an improving economy, problem is, of course, its hardly being felt by all americans. But first, the good news, and its substantial. Here are the stock indexes at closing time today. All three closed up. Stocks, by the way, are nearing an alltime high on wall street. On the housing front, u. S. Builders started work on new homes last month at the fastest rate since the summer of 08. And finally, the number of americans seeking unemployment has fallen to a fiveyear low. We start off by getting more on all of it tonight from nbcs john yang in chicago. John, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. The signs are small, and theyre far from conclusive. And we
And while President Trump is congratulating the attorney general, he is attacking Amy Berman Jackson. Shes the judge presiding over roger stones case. Its judge jackson who also handled the case of Paul Manafort. Lets go straight to the white house and Kaitlan Collins, shes in the midst of all of this. We also know that the president pulled the treasury nomination of a former u. S. Attorney who oversaw the roger stone prosecution. You tell me, whats going on . Reporter theres a lot going on. That nomination that was pulled is just one small part of all of this. Its a crucial point. That is someone who oversaw the u. S. Attorneys office. That is the office that handled the prosecution of roger stone. Theyre also the ones in charge of several other ongoing major cases including that one related to the deputy or the former deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe. This is jess see liu. She was nominated for this top treasury job. She left the u. S. Attorneys office in washington, was replaced b
Although we may not be any closer to a clear winner there. Good morning, i am sandra smith. Ed i am ed henry. 100 of precincts reporting in iowa, the final tally showing a dead heat between Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. Somehow, both sides claiming victory. For us, this is a campaign that a year ago a lot of people were questioning why were even making the attempt went to see over the course of that year having started with four people, a state that has never been told what to do and weve got to earn every vote. I think we are the strongest campaign to defeat the most dangerous president in modern America History and we intend to do that. Ed meanwhile, the dnc chairman was a completely canvassing of the state after a number of vote counting and lengthy delay that keeps on going, has the latest for des moines. Given that razorthin margin and want to declare a winner but if you look at the numbers from the Iowa Democratic party, it is Pete Buttigieg by her nose in it may be drawing
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The evidence is now unmistakable. Aspects of the u. S. Economy after a long and difficult period of darkness appear to be getting more robust. And while there are lots of numbers out to prove the point of an improving economy, problem is, of course, its hardly being felt by all americans. But first, the good news, and its substantial. Here are the stock indexes at closing time today. All three closed up. Stocks, by the way, are nearing an alltime high on wall street. On the housing front, u. S. Builders started work on new homes last month at the fastest rate since the summer of 08. And finally, the number of americans seeking unemployment has fallen to a fiveyear low. We start off by getting more on all of it tonight from nbcs john yang in chicago. John, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. The signs are small, and theyre far from conclusive. And we have had had false starts before. But economists are pointing to data that