It is a shameful moment for the United States. And the biggest moment yet in the russia investigation. Former fbi director james comey will testify before congress after being fired while investigating possible links between Russian Election hacking and the trump campaign. As with any Counter Intelligence investigation thshlgs also include an assessment of whether any crimes with are committed. Our guest this is morning, former secretary of state john kerry and epa administrator scott pruitt. Joining me for inside an analysis are hugh hewitt, host of the sail he will radio network, stephy cutter, michael gerson, columnist for the Washington Post and hearth mcghee, president of the Progressive Group demos. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. We have three big stories that were following. The u. S. Withdrawal from the paris climate agreement. Former fbi director james comey set to testify on capitol hill and once again were waking up to news of a terror attack and
And memorial mystery. Our monday inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The head of the fbi dropped two bombshells over capitol hill today. Both however landing at the white house doorstep. James comey in public testimony joined a growing chorus of intelligence officials and lawmakers rejecting President Trumps tweeted claims of being wiretapped by president obama before the election. I have no information that supports those tweets. And we have looked carefully inside the fbi. The department of justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. Then there was this. That the Trump Campaign has been under an fbi investigation since last summer in connection with russian meddling in the election. The fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. And that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals
The latest on all this. Reporter hey, carl. If a few hours ago, it was the calm before the storm, it now feels like the storm is approaching with members of the house scurrying back and forth, a flurry of activity as people are taking meetings and going back and forth from the floor as we build up to that vote this afternoon. Of course, this comes in the wake of what you mentioned, that ultimatum coming from the white house delivered by budget director mick mulvaney, although this morning on squawk box, he did now say its up to republicans to reach a consensus among their own party. Heres what he said. As to whether or not negotiations are ceased, i think we made it very clear last night that if the republicans need to work amongst themselves on the hill in order to tweak the bill a little bit here or there, in order to get the necessary votes to pass, thats fine with the president , as long as it doesnt change the underlying bill, and i doubt that it would at this point. Reporter ther
Announcer from nbc news, World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, the u. S. Is promising to respond after an American Naval destroyer came under missile attack tonight near yemen, the second time in less than a week. Pentagon Officials Say the missiles were launched from territory controlled by iranianbacked rebels. The ship was not hit and there were no american casualties. But the attack have raishe stakes in the region and threatened to draw the u. S. Into yemens civil war. Nbcs hans nichols has late details. Its the second time in four days missiles have been fired at the american destroyer. The uss mason. The suspects behind the brazen attack . Militias backed by iran. The latest incident began around sundown tonight. One missile was fired from an area in yemen controlled by iranianbacked rebels, the the mason deployed its own missiles as defensive countermeasures. The u. S. Officials did not confirm if the u. S. Destroyer scored a
Announcer from nbc news, World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, the u. S. Is promising to respond after an American Naval destroyer came under missile attack tonight near yemen, the second time in less than a week. Pentagon Officials Say the missiles were launched from territory controlled by iranianbacked rebels. The ship was not hit and there were no american casualties. But the attack have raishe stakes in the region and threatened to draw the u. S. Into yemens civil war. Nbcs hans nichols has late details. Its the second time in four days missiles have been fired at the american destroyer. The uss mason. The suspects behind the brazen attack . Militias backed by iran. The latest incident began around sundown tonight. One missile was fired from an area in yemen controlled by iranianbacked rebels, the the mason deployed its own missiles as defensive countermeasures. The u. S. Officials did not confirm if the u. S. Destroyer scored a