We begin this hour with that shakeup at the white house. Reince priebus out, secretary of Homeland Security general john kelly in as chiefofstaff. The change here coming at the end of yet another tumultus week for President Trump, a week in which he continued to publicly humiliate his own attorney general Jeff Sessions. A week in which Anthony Scaramucci went on a profanity filled tirade and a week in in which republicans latest hopes died on the floor of the senate even after that defeat, though, opponents of republican efforts to replace obamacare are protesting outside of trump tower in new york this day. A live picture of that demonstration happening right now. Lets now go live to Kelly Odonnell, lets talk about what has happened over health care, the shakeup at the white house and pulling all those together for us. Reporter its hard to imagine if health care had gone through however bumpy the ride that Reince Priebus would have been fired or offered his resignation on this particu
As he prepares to address World Leaders for the first time. Hes a destructor. He enjoys engaging on social media. They do represent a grave threat. Even as people try to recover from irma, there is more hurricane trouble on the way. Tracking two hurricanes in the atlantic. The storm is expected to strengthen as it gains more steam. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning, its monday september 18th, 8 00 in the east. Chris is off. John berman joins me. All eyes on President Trump at the United Nations as he prepares to address World Leaders for the first time on that stage. Much of the focus will be on how the president explains his America First agenda and his past skepticism of the u. N. North Koreas Nuclear threat looming large over the annual gathering. Officials warn pyongyang that time is running out for a peaceful solution. U. S. Bombers and fighter jets again today conducting drills over the korean principle. Whi peninsula. Lets begin with the meetings
Soninlaw Jared Kushner was actually blocked from receiving a top level clearance by career officials based on what they reviewed in his background checks, but for some reason those views of career official, that determination that he shouldnt get a clearance was overridden by the white house and he was given a clearance anyway. So the white house personnel Security Director has been or is going to be subpoenaed by the Oversight Committee. And soon after we got word of that subpoena on the security clearance issue tonight, we also got word that that same Oversight Committee led by congressman elijah cummings, they are also now seeking to subpoena commerce secretary wilbur ross and the new attorney general william barr, subpoenas for both of those cabinet officials over the huge legal controversy that has erupted over wilbur ross intervening in the census to try to add a Citizenship Question to it. This is a matter on which federal courts have repeatedly squished commerce secretary wilbu
Things are, of course, a little bit nuts in tonights news. Weve had a whole bunch of breaking and developing stories over the course of this evening. Tonight, for example, we have new word that the Oversight Committee in congress is preparing to subpoena the white house personnel Security Director, specifically to respond to ongoing questions about how this administration has handled or mishandled security clearances. That is a question that started off as an acute one very early on in the trump administration, given the criminal charges that were brought against Trump National security adviser mike flynn. Similar concerns have continued most recently through the reports that president ial soninlaw Jared Kushner was actually blocked from receiving a top level clearance by career officials based on what they reviewed in his background checks, but for some reason those views of career officials, that determination that he shouldnt get a clearance was overridden by the white house and he
In the city of north where the message is if you want Drinking Water without lead in it, you will have to come and get it. All of this has the 11th hour gets underway on a monday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york as we start a new week. Day 942 of this Trump Administration. Finds a president whos facing down ominous size of his reelection and warning signs about an economy headed for a sharp slow down. Tonight both the Washington Post and the New York Times is considering propping up a weakening economy and hold off a recessions. A temporary payroll tax cut possibly reversing some of President Trumps tariffs and a plan to reduce Capital Gains taxes. The white house is pushing back on that first option, one official is telling nbc news and we quote, cutting payroll taxes is not something under consideration at this time. We should add in a place where minds have been known to change. Trump is trying to shrug off concerns of the economy while