Catch me every day at 4 00 p. M. Eastern in this very studio. Brian will be back here at this time tomorrow night. Thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. All of that red, started get red, republican. It started getting red, red. A tiny dot of blue along the ocean. His hand starts shaking. Oh, my god, another state came. Oh, my god. Whats going on . Fake news. So bob casey doesnt mind ms13 coming in. These are the slicers. They slice people up. They want me to walk up and go like this. President trump tries to
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Night. Thank you for watching. We are back in 30 minutes with more news for you. Glor on the cbs evening news this thursday, a wild day in washington. Defense secretary james mattis is stepping down. And a Government Shutdown appears more likely. Severe weather could interfere with travel plans for millions. And well meet one of santas oldest and happiest elves. All that and much more beginning with the headlines in 60 seconds. The defense secretary james mattis is leaving. This comes right in the middle of this debate over u. S. Troops in syria. President trump has tweeted, i greatly thank jim for his service. Drama here at the 11th hour. Washington might be getting a Government Shutdown for christmas. This idea of a wall is dumb the fact is we need the wall. A purple heart veteran launched a gofundme page to pay
for the border wall. Were all just kind of sick of waiting around. We are taking the matters into our own hands. The Holiday Travel rush well under way. Rain and storms just
Passenger jet with more than a hundred on board. The French Military is securing the scene of wreckage in northern africa. One black box has been recovered and now the question why did the plane go down. Welcome to americas newsroom. I am bill hemmer. Good morning, everybody. I am martha maccallum. They are saying essentially that bad weather is believed to be blamed but they cannot rule out the possibility of terrorism. Amy kellog is live. What do we know . Reporter the reason terrorism cant be ruled out is it appears a fire began on the plane before it crashed so the debris needs to be tested for explosives. The plane broke into pieces upon impact. So it didnt explode in the air and there is no indication it was shot down so for those reasons investigators are tending toward the theory of bad weather but nothing can be ruled out at this point. The plane was an air algeria flight to algeria. It was travelling when asked to changing course due to bad weather and disappeared in the Morn
Against Ukrainian Government forces. It is according to u. S. Military officials a game changer, something which could change the nature of the relationship between russia and the u. S. The attacks from the Russian Military assertions are being made not just from Ukrainian Government sources but from the u. S. State department and the pentagon as well. Russian military now playing a direct role in this conflict. And the fighting around that crash scene has really slowed down any investigation. Its pretty much a bare zone down there with no active investigation yet underway. Theres talk about some european nations sending police to provide security. But eight days after that tragedy its still just talk. In the meantime back in the netherlands 74 more coffins arrived placed into 74 hearses. The final transfer of bodies, victims from ukraine to the netherlands should take place on saturday. Eric, back to you. Steve, thank you. While the world watches, Vladimir Putin flexes his military mu
Officials a game changer, something which could change the nature of the relationship between russia and the u. S. The attacks from the Russian Military assertions are being made not just from Ukrainian Government sources but from the u. S. State department and the pentagon as well. Russian military now playing a direct role in this conflict. And the fighting around that crash scene has really slowed down any investigation. Its pretty much a bare zone down there with no active investigation yet underway. Theres nations sending police to provide security. But eight days after that tragedy its still just talk. In the meantime back in the netherlands 74 more coffins arrived placed into 74 hearses. The final transfer of bodies, victims from ukraine to the netherlands should take place on saturday. Eric, back to you. Steve, thank you. While the world watches, Vladimir Putin flexes his military muscles again. How is russia responding to these accusations and could this force president obama