Staff, now says he was wrong to join President Trump for a photo op outside of the white house grounds last week. The president led milley, along with other members of his cabinet, to st. Johns church last monday, just moments after protesters were violently cleared from Lafayette Park by riot Police Firing tear gas. But tonight, in a break with the president , milley said being there was a mistake and the military should never be involved in domestic politics. Milleys comments as a group of republican senators are also pushing back on President Trump, moving forward with a plan to rename military bases currently named after confederate generals. On his way to an event in dallas today, the president lashed out at the sponsor of that legislation on twitter, along with the Federal Reserve bank, after it issued a dire forecast on the nations economy. That forecast, along with growing concerns that coronavirus cases are spiking in parts of the country, sent financial marketing reeling toda
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Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Well get to the impact of that big selloff on wall street in a moment. But right now weve got late details coming in from france where two americans are injured and are being called heroes in a shooting attack aboard a highspeed train from amsterdam to paris. Without the intervention of the americans were told casualties could have been far worse. French Officials Say a man opened fire with an automatic weapon in whats being called a possible terrorist otack. Nbcs keir simmons is on the story. Reporter the attack left three passengers injured including two americans. At least one of them a member of the u. S. Military. A womans bag is left splattered with blood after a gibman reportedly opened fire aboard a highspeed train from amount ststerdam to paris. The French Interior minister at the scene say the two americans intervened to stop the attacker who was reportedly armed wi
The Dow Jones Industrial average plummeting 530 points, or 3 . Thats a 1,000 point loss for the week. And it happened against the backdrop of what indications show to be an improving u. S. Economy. Helping us make sense of it and what it could mean to your boom line, heres nbcs tom costello. Reporter on wall street today a rout, capping off a month of pain with americans pensions and 401 k s in a sea of red. The Dow Jones Industrial average having its worst day in four years today, dropping 528 points. This is the worst week for the dow since 2011. Reporter the dow, s p, and nasdaq all in a nose dive. The dow has now slid 10 from its alltime high. E biggest reason for the selloff is a world away from americas main streets. The chinese economy is slowing fast, and we live in an interconnected global economy. How bad is china . Its worse than you think. Whatever you might think, its worse. Reporter last week china devalued its currency to make its exports cheaper, sparking concerns of a
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