Death, what does this mean for the president s trip to india, would he have to cancel that would he go to saudi arabia . The white house established Vice President biden would lead a delltation to saudi arabia and that the president s plans in india would continue. But then news broke in india from officials here that the president had cut his trip short. Not by a long period of time. In fact less than a day. Hell still be able to give remarks on tuesday. Once that broke, then the white house did release a statement early this morning saying that was the case that they they said they looked at the schedules of when the Vice President would land in saudi arabia versus when the president was scheduled to leave india and decided it was just too tight a window of time why not have president obama continue on to saudi arabia on his way back to the u. S. Again, not cutting his trip here short by much. Our question was, why decide that now . Werent these schedules known in the beginning when
Pope francis in america, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. To our viewers in the west. We are back in new york tonight virtually outside our 30 rock studios and witnessing the massive crowds lining fifth avenue right now outside st. Patricks cathedral, awaiting the arrival of pope francis. Many stood for hours with a ring of security. Inside the cathedral, 500 people are among those joining francis for an evening Vespers Service which wrapped up a short time ago. Francis landed at Kennedy Airport to start the second airport to start the second leg of his american tour but not before delivering an emotional appeal to the heart for a place better known for bareknuckled politics. Lets begin below us. Nbcs Anne Thompson outside the cathedral where the crowd is finally disbursing. Reporter what a night for new york and pope francis. As his pope mobile came down fifth avenue under what was unprecedented security, tens of thousands of people lined one of the countrys mo
Raux trump rally. Raux trump rally. Yes darling . [ inaudible ]. Thats a very weak voice. We cant hear you darling. Wow. That is not a protester prime, right . Look at these people. Boy, what a bunch of losers, ill tell you. You are a loser. You really are a loser. No get him out. Joe johns joins me with more on the trump rally in michigan. Good morning. Good morning. Trump is famous for his one liners and insults directed at opponents but even for him some of the comments he made last night leveled at Hillary Clinton are surprisingly personal, ratcheting up the feud between the two candidates from the respective parties who are leading in the polls right now. And you see hillary, what happened to her . Shes terrible. Trump unleashing yet another tirade against clinton at the rally in michigan. Thats not a president. The billionaire coming under fire for using ar rrated derogatory term. And weighing in on her much discussed bathroom break from the debate. I know where she went. Trump t
Clinton tells cnn that trump with a loose canon and says americans cant take a chance on him in november. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news with ted cruz out of the race and the Republican Party declaring donald trump its presumptive nominee were standing by for a major announcement any moment now by the Ohio Governor john kasich. Sources say he decided this morning to drop out of the president ial race, telling friends that his heart is not in it. With donald trump now set to become the standard bearer of the party that he has left badly divided i went to trump tower in new york to sit down with the presumptive nominee. He says the general Election Campaign has already started and he talks about his call for a ban on muslims in the United States and how he would handle what he calls russias lack of respect. Hillary clinton has already shifted her focus to the general election, that means shes battling sanders and trump at
Conservative scrambling deciding whether to back a billionaire unabashedly vocal about his disdain for the party. Theyre much more sophisticated. Reporter both former president s said they will not support trump. Bush 41 retired from his politics and his son does not plan to participate in or comment on the president ial campaign. In an interview, cnns golf blitzer, trump is looking ahead and looking towards Hillary Clinton. Falsely accusing her of being the first to speculate obamas citizenship. The question is, before the certificate, one of the first, Hillary Clinton, she started it. She brought it up years before it was brought up by me. And so she can talk. Heres a person under investigation by the fbi. Shes only going to get the nomination because of some rigged deal, and frankly, maybe she wont even be able to run. Reporter the new standard bearer of the Republican Party outlining some of his potential policies. Taking a cue from Bernie Sanders and asked if hell raise the minimu