We go behind the scenes. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. The trump era in washington has begun. President elect donald trump and his family arrived here from new york aboard an air force jet on this eve of the inauguration. The soontobe commander in chief laying a wreath at Arlington National cemetery ahead of an evening of celebration that included fireworks. Tonight from the capital behind me where mr. Trump will take oath of office and beyond, the city is wrapped in layers of security in anticipation of close to a Million People hoping to either witness or protest the event. Our coverage begins with nbc kristen welker. Reporter president elect donald trump touching down in washington just hours before taking the oath of office already surrounded by many of the trappings of the presidency. Joined by wife and all five of his children. His first stop, a thank you lunch for supporters tou
As more cabinet nominees are getting grilled on the hill. His pick for educaon sretary is set to come under some serious fire. Its time to make education great again in this country. Betsy devos, is he a disrupter of destroyer of the Public School system . And hitting back hard. The head of the cia blasting the president elect in a new interview say hg we crossed a line and disgraced the memory of those who lost their lives in the agency. We have got the latest. And breaking this morning, the trump effect, General Motors announcing right now they are putting a billion bucks into manufacturing in the u. S. This is just two weeks after donald trump called them out for sending jobs overseas. We have so much to cover. Were going to kick it off though with that growing list of lawmakers completely skipping fridays inauguration at the last count there was at least 44 democrats all from the house who say they will not attend trumps swearing in. Nearly 20 of all the democrats in congress have
For reelection. What was said . The white house wont say what was discussed during President Trumps previously undisclosed meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin. The two spoke during a g20 summit dinner joined by a kremlin translator. Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im Brianna Keeler and youre in the spaituation room. Breaking news. Suddenly President Trump is not taking no for an answer. After the stunning collapse of the senate gops health care effort, the president brought Senate Republicans to the white house and told them to try again, saying theres no choice but to repeal and replace obamacare. That comes a day after the president had advocated a repeal only approach and then seemingly gave up on health care saying he would just let obamacare fail. Today he said inaction is not an option, asking senators not to leave town for their august recess without passing a Health Care Bill. President trump singled out one of the planned opponents, nevada senator dean heller joking a
Today show viewers are shocked as nbc news fires longtime host matt lauer after an accusation of sexual harassment. His colleagues visibly stunned by the sudden dismissal as more allegations surface. And back on the hill. Donald trump jr. Agrees to meet with the House Intelligence Committee as soon as next week to answer questions about his contacts with russians. At the same time, special Counsel Robert Mueller is delaying grand jury testimony linked to fired National Security adviser michael flynn. Is it a sign of a plea deal, a plea deal potentially could it be imminent . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. A controversial series of tweets by President Trump derailing white house attempts to focus in on the gop tax bill. The president himself stayed mostly on message at an event in missouri that just wrapped up, but the white house is facing a barrage of questions right now about mr. Trumps retweets of antiMuslim Vid
To controversial f. B. I. Agent peter strzok. He was the same agent who softened the language james comey used in the Hillary Clinton email exoneration. Bill reaction from a lot of people including newt gingrich. I think it is a sad day for america when the federal bureau of investigation allows itself to be this corrupt. I cannot imagine that any american believes that if the same standard had been applied to Hillary Clinton that she wouldnt have been found guilty over and over. It wasnt the same standard and now we know why. You have members of the f. B. I. Actively antitrump and actively pro hillary. Sandra they say the agency stands for what do we expect from trump juniors appearance this morning expecting him at any moment . His first appearance before the House Intelligence Committee in a closed session that can handle classified information. We anticipate the focus will be on his communications with wikileaks and the Clinton Emails and his role in the trump Business Empire and w