Oscar gold. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. A good friday evening to our viewers in the west. Tonight were getting our first detailed look at what an obamacare replacement might look like in the trump era. With millions of americans waiting to learn the fate of their Government Health care coverage, nbc news has obtained a draft republican proposal making its way around capitol hill. It sketches out big changes including how those with preexisting conditions would be covered. And how its all to be paid for. But the rush to repeal and replace obamacare comes as new polls show it has reached new levels of popularity. We get details from our White House Correspondent kristen welker. As the debate rages about americas healed care system, President Trump taking fresh aim at obamacare during his speech at an conservative conference today. Obamacare doesnt work, folks. New details about a republi
Tonight among several stories. First from the Washington Post, that current and former u. S. Officials are saying u. S. Spy agencies intercepted these conversations of russias former ambassador to washington, Sergey Kislyak. A source saying, kislyak told his superiors in moscow that he did discuss campaignrelated matters, including specifically policy issues that are important to moscow with, yes, Jeff Sessions, smack dab in the middle of the ongoing 2016 campaign. The post cites a u. S. Official that says this means Jeff Sessions was misleading the public. I never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the Trump Campaign. And the idea that i was part of a, quote, continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false. And, quote, a former official said the intelligence indicates sessions and kislyak had substantive discussions on matters including trumps positions on r
Things, i just feel like its because were all cursed, and we dont get real weekends. So fridays just end up being a busy day. But there are some things in the news tonight that feel like legit, deliberate friday night news dumps that are supposed to be burying these things. Right. And your reporting on what outgoing former director shaub said adds context to that. I am ari melber in for Lawrence Odonnell this evening. It seems attorney general Jeff Sessions week did go from bad to worse. We have this breaking news tonight among several stories. First from the Washington Post, that current and former u. S. Officials are saying u. S. Spy agencies intercepted these conversations of russias former ambassador to washington, Sergey Kislyak. A source saying, kislyak told his superiors in moscow that he did discuss campaignrelated matters, including specifically policy issues that are important to moscow with, yes, Jeff Sessions, smack dab in the middle of the ongoing 2016 campaign. The post c
Russia with ties to Russian Intelligence Service. Just got that. Manafort was trying to secretly ghost write oped to defend his past work in ukraine. Reading this filing from mueller, says that Paul Manafort was working with long time russian colleague currently based in russia and assessed to have ties to a Russian Intelligence Service. This is a breaking story. Going to speak to senator Sheldon Whitehouse about this and other items. But former ethics chief richard painter. I just got this as i know you did. Your view of what bob mueller is saying in this document, which is signed by him. Not all documents are. And whether you see this as grounds to adjust Paul Manaforts bail agreement. I secertainly do see it as grounds, put him back in jail or house arrest. When judge says dont hang out with russian intelligence officials during your time out on bail, you obey the judge. Were a country with rule of law here. These people dont seem to understand that this business of collaborating wi
That often. Liberal think tanks have studies claiming to prove its true. In the Democratic Party is a bedrock principle. America would collapse without a steady torrent of new arrivals from the developing world, thats what they tell us. Immigration doesnt just improve the economy, who wouldnt have an economy without it. I want us to be a country where hardworking immigrants who pay taxes and, by the way, one half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes. These people are just waiting. Waiting for a chance to be able to contribute fully. And by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already americans, in my view. We cant continue to grow this economy unless we grow more diversity. Our history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society. Tucker half of illegals pay their taxes, says Hillary Clinton, you should be impressed and grateful. This is not a new talking point, as you can tell from the aging video we just showed you, but li