Im thank you for joining us turkish president. Is wrapping up a controversial state visit to germany the trip was meant to ease tensions between berlin but its been mobbed by the differences of a human rights a short while ago at one inaugurated a giant mosque in the west a city of cologne in his speech he said it had been a quote very successful visit in a very critical period he also had appointed woods for his post saying germany needed to do more to tackle racism and islamophobia at zero one was welcomed by a large crowd of supporters from germanys to his community they were kept apart from critics of the president staging a protest on the banks of the river rhine. When young is outside the mosque in cologne. Now simon president opened the mosque with a speech what stood out for you. Well it was a pretty interesting speech as you said he said that hed had a useful trip in difficult circumstances and he thanked the german president for the welcome he received and then he made some i
Fantastical, literally unbelievable. Beinger at the traited by very evil people. Some of them are democrats; its a con game at the highest level. We are talking about the United States Supreme Court. Steve this is where we come from studio f office very busy thursday. Brian brian unbelievable scene in washington today. The president of the United States says so much focus on the kavanaugh situation as it goes with his accuser, dr. Ford. I might not even do anything with Rod Rosenstein today. I might put that aside because he wants to watch in between meeting with world leaders. Ainsley were going to be watching. The hearings will start at 9 00. They will be facing the Senate Judicial committee. A committee of men. You have 11 republicans. And you have 10 democrats, and they will take turns alternating every five minutes asking questions to the accuser and Brett Kavanaugh. Brian unless the prosecuting attorney from arizona will take the senators time, she could continue to take the five
Struggling to deny a story in the New York Times saying that early in the trump Th Administration rod rozenstein discussed trying to assemble evidence to be used in convincing the Vice President and the cabinet to remove President Trump from power by using the process authorized in the 25th amendment. Au and Rod Rosenstein in that story was being quoted as willing to wear a wire possibly himself to record the president , to gather evidence against the president. Speculation was then running high that the president would use the meeting that was scheduled for the same time as the Kavanaugh Hearing to fire Rod Rosenstein and force tv attention to shift to the theatrical drama of Rod Rosenstein arrive agate the white house and then leaving the white house. And then perhaps the president then making a statement about the firing, but the president canceled that meeting and decided to watch the hearing on tv like the rest of us. The meeting was rescheduled for today on an airplane, which cou
About what he knows. The republicans and kavanaugh are forced to wait and President Trump uses unusually measured words when talking about the woman who started it all, dr. Christine blasey ford. All of it as the 11th hour words when talking about the woman who started it all, dr. Christine blasey ford. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a busy friday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was day 617 of the trump administration, and it appears that in the last 24 hours three women may have changed the course of history. They are dr. Christine blasey ford, anna maria arcella and Maria Gallagher. Dr. Ford, of course, gave that emotional testimony yesterday, and those last two womens names, they are the women who stopped a u. S. Senator in an elevator today. They stopped jeff flake and held that door open because he had Just Announced he was going to vote yes on judge kavanaugh. They didnt want that to happen until he had hear
Away from President Trump taking questions in a very rare, solo News Conference. And if his newest comments on kavanaugh are any indication, it might get a little bit nasty. Welcome to the lead. We begin with the politics lead and the ugliest accusation ever made in American History against a potential u. S. Supreme court justice, as the nomination of judge Brett Kavanaugh seems at its most vulnerable point ever. A third woman today came forward with shocking allegations about Brett Kavanaughs alleged behavior as a teenager. Julie sweatnick who said she has held multiple security clearances, said in the 1980s where the Supreme Court nominee was present she saw kavanaugh, quote, drink excessively and engage in abusive and physically aggressive behavior towards girls, including pressing girls against him without their consent. Grinding against girls and attempting to remove or shift girls clothing to expose private body parts, unquote. Even worse, she claims in a sworn statement, she wit