On this monday night good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 179 of the trump administration. This Weeks White House theme is made in america. Except for all the competing elements stepping on that narrative. The latest just breaking in the past few hours, the Republican Health care bill is again dead in the water in the u. S. Senate. Two more republican senators mike lee of utah, jerry moran of kansas, both together say they are going to vote no to advance the bill. They join the two other republican no votes. Collins of michigan, rand paul of context, that means despite having the majority in the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell now does not have the votes he needs to move this legislation forward. A reminder here is the what the president promised about Health Care Legislation back in may after the house passed their version of the bill. Were going to get this passed through the senate. I feel so confident. Moments ago, the president respon
Saying trump demanded to leave what he listed as several accomplishments. Here is new video we got in our newsroom. You are looking at Jeff Sessions leaving the department of justice for the last time to a round of applause. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Heres the context. Jeff sessions now joins a long list of the top Law Enforcement officials ousted in just the first two years of the trump administration. That includes those top fired fbi officials. Look at that in contrast to Donald Trumps own top aides the president has watched guilty pleas and flipping by his longtime lawyer, Campaign Chair and deputy chair and National Security adviser among others. Tonight i can reveal a president so intent on taking control into the investigation into his own campaign in the house thwhite ht he is willing to risk the blowback and guilty inferences that come with this type of move after the election. And that raises a question, not a question we like to ask, its the question of whether donald