Yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Wean begin with President Trump who defended himself from the New York Times f report of a Counter Intelligence report. The firings of comey and mccabe were justified by the justice department. And not alleged bias towards donald trumpbi but yesterday th president said of the fbi quote, others are going to go. Yes or no, have you or are you now have you ever worked for russia . Iwo never worked for russia. Youd know that answer better tn anybody. I never workedth for russia. Or not only did i never work for russia i think its a disgrace that you even ask that question, because its a whole big fat hoax. Ig its just a hoax. I have never seen a turn around in a bureau or agency like i have with the fbi. They are so embarrassed. I think 12 people now have been terminated. And others, if you look at whats happening, others are going to go. So when you say should i have confidence in i the fbi or intelligence agencies, when i see all of these people, wh
Well, good evening once again from our msnbc headquarters. Day number 626 of the Trump Administration. Its also day 25 of the government shutdown, it will be 26 in the next hour. This evening the mueller team did receive its latest court filing laying out point by point what it says former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort lied about exactly after he began cooperating with Law Enforcement whi enforcement. While entire paragraphs are blacked out between the redactions, there are multiple headings that say things like, quote, proof manaforts statements were false and misleading, relating to his alleged lies of contacts with russians as well as contacts with people in the Trump Administration. Today we also learn that mueller is not done with manaforts former business partner, rick gates. In a joint filing, lawyers for both mueller and gates asked for another delay in sentencing because gates, quote, continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations. To put a finer point
Tonight, hints of more to come from Robert Muellers investigation as the man expected to become muellers supervisor as the next attorney general promises to protect the russia investigation, and he breaks with the president over whether or not its a witch hunt. Plus, what may be a very happy night at the kremlin. Brexit has blown up. There are new questions over trumps commitment to nato while we fight among ourselves. And about that shutdown. This was day 25, and while more workers have been called back on the job including faa and irs, they still arent getting paid and no one is about to blink as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. Well, good evening once again from our msnbc headquarters. Day number 626 of the Trump Administration. Its also day 25 of the government shutdown, it will be 26 in the next hour. This evening the mueller team did receive its latest court filing laying out point by point what it says former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort lied about exactly afte
Alongside those other bad things was bird flu. That was the other thing that happened in 2005, the international freakout over bird flu. Deadly bird flu found across asia. Bird flu in turkey is deadly strain. Lethal bird flu. Week after week after week after headlines like this, particularly in the later part of 2005. Here is the b. B. C there hitting peak freakout. Bird flu could kill 150 million people. By halloween that year, 2005, nbc nightly news was airing terrifyings packages like thiso inform you what the freakout was about and let you know soberly that really, you should be as freaked as out everybody else because there is nothing you can do to protect yourself. Among dozens of influenza strains, it is worrisome because its spreading rapidly in birds andap infecting a few humans, often fatally. If the virus mutates to spread person to person, millions around the world could be infected. That is called a pandemic. How likely is a pandemic any time soon . Nobody knows. What can
Forcing thousands of more federal employees to return to work without getting paid. This as ceos and the president s own advisers start raising the alarm on the longterm negative impact on the economy. Jamie diamond of jpmorgan warning that the shutdown could wipe out First Quarter Economic Growth entirely. And in money power politics, new reporting that high level executives at t it mobile had reservations at trumps dc hotel one day after announcing a megamerger that would need the administrations approval. Executives staying at least 38 times, including the companys ceo who previously mocked trump hotels in now deleted tweets. Hmm. Were going to begin this morning with lawmakers looking for promises from attorney general nominee bill barr that heal not interfere where Robert Muellers investigation. That might it be bad news force Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and trump himself. But good news for everyone who just wants to get answers. I have a great team to break it down. First, i wan