Veto the huge Coronavirus Relief package passed by both houses of congress. So direct aid for millions of americans is in very real jeopardy this morning. To be clear, the president himself was not part of these negotiations, at all. He was too busy trying to overturn an election. But he swooped in overnight, blindsiding everyone and insisted that Congress Give americans 2,000 stimulus checks, instead of the 600 thats in the deal. Now, House Speaker nancy pelosi, this morning, is trying to capitalize on this and secure that extra money immediately. We have some new reporting on where this might be headed. But generally speaking, there is mass confusion. One republican aid tells cnn President Trump seems to be, quote, coming unhinged. Also overnight, President Trump issuing a wave of new pardons, among them, three corrupt former republican members of congress, who men who pleaded guilty as part of the mueller investigation, and four military contractors who were convicted in connection
Administration, leaving 13 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president. And what a uniquely dark time in our modern history. This was, of course, the day after our humiliation on the world stage, an embarrassing, violent spectacle of american citizens looting and defacing our own capitol, which they overran and entered with ease. Tonight donald trump in something of a hostage video recorded remarks written for him on a teleprompter. He denounced the violence that he incited. And in a shocker to his base, he admitted hes out of there 13 days from now. I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States capitol. Like all americans, i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal Law Enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. America is and must always be a nation of law and order. The demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy
Thank you. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Well, good evening once again. Day 1,449 of the Trump Administration leaving 13 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president. And what a uniquely dark time in our modern history. This was, of course, the day after our humiliation on the world stage, an embarrassing, violent spectacle of american citizens looting and defacing our own capitol, which they overran and entered with ease. Tonight donald trump in something of a hostage video recorded remarks written for him on a teleprompter. He denounced the violence that he incited. And in a shocker to his base he admitted hes out of there 13 days from now. I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States capitol. Like all americans i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal Law Enforcement to secure the building and excel the intruders. America is
Poppy harlow joins me. We have a lot of anticipation building at the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. In just a few hours, President Trump and Russias Vladimir Putin will sit down for a facetoface meeting. Will russias election meddling be part of their discussion . This meeting happens as current and former u. S. Intelligence sources tell cnn that since the election, russian spies have stepped up their intelligence gathering efforts in america. Officials say the kremlin is emboldened by the lack of a strong response from the Current Administration and from the Obama Administration. We have it all covered. Lets go first to sara murray whos live for us in hamburg, germany. Good morning, sara. Reporter good morning, poppy. Well, president s trump and putin did meet briefly earlier this morning for the first time. They shook hands but the real substance will come later in what is sure to be a closely scrutinized formal bilateral meeting between the two leaders. If putin likes donald trump,
The president keeps calling the Russian Investigation a witch hunt. Do you think its a witch hunt against the president . From what i read in the newspaper, something that has gone on this long without any real meat on the bone suggests to me that there is nothing there relative to our president. Is there a cloud because of it hanging over this white house . Yeah, you know, there may not be a cloud, but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly. Well, kelly later explained what he meant by embarrassed was distracted. Thats actually what he meant to say, not embarrassed, even though he said embarrassed. Anyway, muellers critics didnt admit it was trumps own words, lets face it, in part that put him in the crosshairs of this criminal investigation. It was one years ago today that trump admitted to lester holt of nbc that he fired former fbi director james comey precisely because the fbi was looking too closely at his connections to the russia. He admitted this. Lets watch.