Federal investigators maybe replaying that televised moment as the 11th hour gets under way on a friday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This first friday night of the new year brings an end today 715 of the Trump Administration. Tomorrow begins week three of this government shutdown. Today brought what the white house likely viewed as good and worrisome news, first the good. Stocks surged nearly 750 points after taking a dive yesterday. That bounceback came after a robust jobs report, over 300,000 jobs added in december. There was also a new and potentially Ominous Development in the mueller investigation, more on that just ahead. We begin here tonight with this ongoing, yet still urgent shutdown. And the breathtaking reporting from the Washington Post tonight saying the white house may have been cavalier about a shutdown because they didnt fully understand what it entailed. And we quote the Trump Administration, which had not antic
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This first friday night of the new year brings an end to day 715 of the Trump Administration. Tomorrow begins week three of this government shutdown. Today brought what the white house likely viewed as good and worrisome news, first the good. Stocks surged nearly 750 points after taking a dive yesterday. That bounceback came after a robust jobs report, over 300,000 added in december. There was also a new and potentially ominous development, however, in the mueller investigation, more on that just ahead. We begin here tonight with this ongoing, yet still urgent shutdown. And the breathtaking reporting from the Washington Post tonight saying the white house may have been cavalier about a shutdown because they didnt fully understand what it entailed. And we quote, the Trump Administration, which had not anticipated a longterm shutdown, recognized only this week the breadth of the potential impact, several Senio
Targets to blame for the anxiety. Earlier today trump attacked democrats as well as the chairman of the Federal Reserve he appointed, writing on twitter, our economy is very strong, despite the horrendous lack of vision by jay powell and the fed, but the democrats are trying to will the economy to crash for now the New York Times is reporting in making those attacks the president is, quote, lashing out at what he believes is a conspiracy of forces against him. In private conversations with aides and allies, trumps insisting that his critics are trying to take away what he sees as his calling card for reelection. The Associated Press reports that the president is even wondering if the media and establishment figures are manipulating the data to make him look bad. According to two republicans close to him. This comes as a new survey today by the National Association for business economics finds that, quote, 74 of economists predict the next recession will hit by the end of 2021. In other
Country to the u. S. And in turn, the u. S. Is going to work to speed up the processing of asylum claims. For more on this late night deal, lets go to cnns Boris Sanchez at the white house. The president celebrating this deal in a series of tweets but how detailed is this agreement . Reporter well, yes, there is a sigh of relief on both sides of the border on this deal. Really, the Trump Administration getting something that they had wanted, from mexico, for some time, and this is to have the Mexican Government host undocumented immigrants who enter the United States illegally seeking asylum. The mexicans have agreed to offer those immigrants certain resources, education, housing, et cetera, and in exchange, the United States has agreed to expedite those asylum claims, and the president s eyes, this is a victory because it sort of tries to mitigate what he calls a catch and release program, that was possible during the previous agreement between these two nations. Mexico has also agree
Hurricane center says florida may not take a direct hit. However, much. Florida is in the cone of uncertainty, meaning landfall is still possible anywhere along the florida east coast. The governor is telling everyone in the state take Hurricane Dorian seriously. A lot of people have already boarded up as officials tell residents to be prepared with at least seven days of supplies. Were covering this hurricane from every angle. Cnn has crews stretched out across the coast. Lets start, though, with cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar in the weather center. Allison, so the track has changed a bit. What do we know right now . Reporter right. The latest information that we have from the National Hurricane center, winds are still at 140 miles per hour. Again, that is a category four major hurricane. The movement has changed a little bit. It has started to speed up ever so slightly. Its moving west northwest at about 12 miles per hour. Still heading toward the bahamas, still heading toward fl