Facetoface, the accuser in bill cosbys criminal trial takes the stand, saying she was drugged and assaulted, but acknowledging she then stayed in touch with the kmecomedian. Cosby seemed to take it in stride. Were live at the courthouse this morning. Also, a terrifying tipover at the americas cup, and the clooneys famous pals react to the arrival of their twins. Today, wednesday, june 7, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today, 7 00 on the west coast on a wednesday. Thank you for joining us. Its a busy news morning already. A lot going on at home and around the world. Beginning with breaking news out of the white house. The president revealed his pick for a new fbi director. Here is how he did it. He was on twitter this morning saying i will nominate christopher a. Wran, a man of impeccable credentials. Wray would take over for fired fbi director james comey who will be te
Leaders are not allowing lengthy debate. Later this week theyll take up a bill funding defense related programs, also for energy, water, legislative branch, v. A. , military construction. Votes later. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord our god, thank you for giving us another day. As they are returning to the capitol, please be with the members of this peoples house and all their undertakings today. You know them through and through. You know how they relate with one another and know them as the American People do as the 115th congress of the United States. Lord, help them to know you. As ultimate truth, send your spirit upon them that you might find a dwelling place among them so that all your people can place trust in them as leaders as well as their representatives. May all that is done this day be amen. Ur greater glory the speaker pro tempo
Live now to the National Press club where army chief of staff general mark milley will be todays speaker, he is the top uniformed official in the army assuming his duty as chief of staff back in 2015. Live coverage. Good afternoon and welcome to the National Press club the place where news happens. Im myron belkein the 2014 National Press Club President and a former correspondent and bureau chief for the Associated Press in england, india and japan and i now teach journalism and the importance of accuracy at George Washington school of media and public affairs. Before we get started i want to remind our inhouse audience to please silence your phones if you havent already done so and for our viewing and listening audience please feel free to follow the prok on twitter at npclive. And for our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Before
Im myron belkein, the 2014 National Press Club President and a former correspondent and bureau chief for the Associated Press in england, india and japan and i now teach journalism and the importance of accuracy at George Washington school of media and public affairs. Before we get started, i want to remind our inhouse audience to please silence your phones if you havent already done so and for our viewing and listening audience please feel free to follow the program on twitter at npclive. And for our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Before i introduce the head table, i want to recognize two very special tables on my right and your left in the audience which are comprised of members of the National Press clubs American Legion post 20, which was founded on november 11, 1919, one year after the signing of the armistice that ended t
Good afternoon. And welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im the 2014 National Press Club President and a former Foreign Correspondent in and bureau cheap for the Associated Press in india, england, and japan. And i now teach journalism and the importance of accuracy at George Washington University School of media and public affairs. Before we get started, i want to remind our inhouse audience to please silence your phones, and for our viewing and listening audience, please feel free to knoll program on twitter, at hash tag npc live. Accomplish for our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Before i introduce the head table, i want to recognize two very special tables on my right, your left. In the audience. Which are prized of the members of the channel press clubs American Legion post 20, which was founded