Pedal power, a man who believes all kids should have a chance to ride a bike no matter the challenge. This is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. The culture that began with reckoning of sex crimes today shook the nations capitol as lawmakers responded to sharp criticism of inappropriate behavior. One of the most prominent democrats in the house, senator conyers stepped down as top democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and al franken speaking for the first time on accusations he groped women. Senator franken says he wont resign and will be back at work tomorrow. Kelly odonnell has the latest. Reporter after 10 days out of sight and under scrutiny. I have a long way back to win back the trust of the people of minnesota. Reporter senator al franken speaks out. Ive especially let down the people who have seen me as a champion for women. Reporter franken has been accused by women of unwanted advances. Today, he spoke only to minnesota tv and local reporters. This has been a
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We are monitoring demonstrations tonight in louisville and around the country as protesters react to the decision today by a grand jury in kentucky to not pursue murder charges against Police Officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her own apartment just six months ago. One officer was charged today with a relatively minor felony but not for the shooting of taylor herself. We will have much more on the protests as well as and that charge later in the show. Conversations with john legend and many others. But we begin tonight with a chilling moment, ive got to say. I dont know any other way to say it. The president of the United States threatening violence to stay in power. Sounds weird coming out of my mouth, but thats what happened. When explicitly asked to commit to a peaceful transfer of power today, he declined, and this was his response. Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer of power after the election .
Was announced, the National Guard was deployed. It almost looks like preparations for a hurricane or impending flood. Tonight there has been continued protests. There have been some arrests. Some protesters have set small fires. Police are out in large numbers, and we are receiving reports just in the last few minutes, preliminary reports, that a Police Officer may have been shot in downtown louisville. Our nbc affiliate in louisville reporting tonight that an officer was shot around 8 30 p. M. Tonight. Well bring you more information on that as we have it. Were going to be going to our reporters live on the ground in just a moment, but all afternoon and evening reporters on the ground in louisville say there is a palpable sense of anger and grief and disbelief there all of these months into this controversy after a grand jury indicted one of the three Police Officers involved in Breonna Taylors death. That one officer was not charged with anything having do with her death specifically
Show. [ theme ] stephanie happy wednesday everybody. Jacki schechner, you know i have so few things in my life. Look how happy i am about my new coffee mug. What does it say . Stephanie it is green in time for st. Patricks day. Ooh. Does that mean theres no pinch ug . Stephanie here now is colin farrell. Messing about with mrs. All the rumors are true. I got about a third of that. Then again if he looks like colin farrell, it doesnt matter. Stephanie all right. Now here we are. Were getting lucky. Jacki, news clover leaf. Good morning everybody. President obamas got a busy day today. After his morning briefing in the oval office, hes going to head up to the hill to meet with House Republicans for the First Time Since june of 2011. The goal now is to find some sort of compromise deficit reduction deal before the summer. But president obama is expected in this meeting to bring up other items including gun control, raising the minimum wage and cyber security. When it comes to finding a de
Top of the hour, 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. And im alisyn camerota. Tonight the video is devastating, but watching it may give us vital clues that could help us track down the isis terrorists who appeared to have executed american journalist Steven Sotloff. Plus, Ferguson Police now wearing body cameras. Is it too little too late . And is the real problem fundraising for the officer who shot Michael Brown . Also, are you buying the new iphone . Are you planning to . I dont know. You may want to think twice. Well tell you why. Lets begin with the breaking news tonight. The fight against isis in the wake of the apparent beheading of american journalist Steven Sotloff. Cnns justice correspondent pamela brown joins us with more. Pamela, great to see you. Lets start with the breaking news tonight. More u. S. Military personnel we understand are headed to iraq, 350 more. What do we know about this . Yeah, thats right, alisyn. We know that the u. S. Is s