We begin with the Obama Administrations latest attempt to explain the misleading information given out in the days after the september 11th attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Four americans including the u. S. Ambassador to libya died in what we now know was a terrorist attack. But that isnt what the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations susan rice said when she went on National Television five days after the attack. Today rice is up on capitol hill. Shes explaining what happened and some bigname republicans clearly are not very happy with her answers. Our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash is following whats become a pretty long day a tiring day for the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Whats the latest, dana . Reporter wolf, the three republican senators who had vowed to block susan rice from being secretary of state if the president nominates her had really softened the rhetoric in recent days. Im told the reason for that was because it was a curtesy in order f
Tweeted, cannot allow this. Following that, a. G. Bill barr said they would intervene and overrule. What happened next is being likened to a trumpera saturday night massacre. All four of the prosecutors on the case removed themselves, one resigned from the doj. According to our reporting, it is not an ace isolated incident. A person familiar with it tells nbc news the president rescinded the nomination of jessy lieu who supervised the case against stone. Lieu is also the attorney who decloind to press charges against former acting fbi director andrew mccabe. And senior justice officials also intervened to help change the sentencing recommendation for employers former National Security adviser Michael Flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. Democrats are calling for an investigation into the matter, the same democrats who last week warned that left unchecked, President Trump would be given a pass. They say hed be unbound and above the law. The past 24 hours might be our first
Who is the president now . They point at themselves. Caught on video. A dash cam recording shows a man with his hands up being fatally shot by Police Officers. Also coming up for you, decision day for the European Central bank. How much money is it willing to spend to stimulate the eurozone economy . Its being called deflate gate. Did the new England Patriots cheat their way into the super bowl . Thanks for joining us everyone. Days of deadly fighting and an apparent coup attempt may have come to an end in yemen. A Government Official says houthi rebel have agreed to a tentative deal to restore order there. Under this plan the government will make change tos to the constitution to give the rebels more political power. The rebels have agreed to withdraw their militias from government buildings and to release the president s chief of staff. He was abducted you may remember over the weekend. The tentative peace deal still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Whether the countrys presiden
Here we go at 8 30 p. M. On his 1,032nd day in office, a former reality tv host and the current occupant of the white house became the third u. S. President to be impeached in Congress Since americas republic was found 240 years ago. The charge, abuse of power. It was confirmed on a mostly partyline vote in a debate marked by frantic floor speeches defined more by their volume than persuasive wit. The next article of impeachment was for obstruction of congress with the legislative majority against impeaching the president proving in a most historic way that donald j. Trump was tragically wrong in his bizarre belief that article two of the constitution gave him the power to do whatever he wanted. The checks and balances provided by madison hes constitution ma contusions last fall proved otherwise. It was many of those women who represented trump districts whose votes assured that history would not blindly look past a president abusing his power to demand campaign help from foreign leade
A 2nd term and what would that mean for the country. Also coming up an anniversary here in germany at the core of the countrys democracies the basic law was enacted 70 years ago speaks to this talk president spoke on short book about what it means for germany today. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us former actor and comedian Volodymyr Selenski is being sworn in at this hour as ukraines new president selenski won a landslide victory in last months election but theres still little known about the future direction his leadership will take he has no political experience although then playing the president in a Television Set call this election is widely seen as a protest vote against the failure. About going president or ashamed. For more now d. W. As Nick Connolly joins us from outside the Ukrainian Parliament in kiev nick a t. V. Sitcom actor who played the president is about to be sworn in as as the real thing is supposed to be a surreal moment for ukraine. Good morning ter