Tonight broke big news about the federal criminal investigation that has dogged new Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie for nearly a year now. Wnbcs jonathan dienst reporting late tonight while federal prosecutors in new jersey continue to investigate the shutdown of lanes onto the George Washington bridge last year, as some still unexplained act of political retribution, federal officials tell wnbc tonight that those investigations thus farce have found no evidence that governor Chris Christie personally had advance knowledge of the shutdown plot nor have they found evidence that he took part in the plot personally. Again, the investigation continues. But that is the first substantive leak from the federal criminal investigation of the bridge shutdown in new jersey. The u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey has been incredibly tightlipped. Thats the first reporting weve had from that. Well have more coming up in a few minutes including governor christies own reaction to that leak
After she was physically assaulted he took a shoe and threw it at their 18monthold child. And scotland goes to the polls to decide whether to leave the United Kingdom. Thats not a tattoo. Its a birthmark. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The Senate Just Voted to give the Obama Administration the authority it needs to train and arm members of the Syrian Opposition. President appearing on camera in just the last hour to praise members of congress for getting it done. I that were strongest as a nation when the president and Congress Work together. I want to thank leaders in congress for the speed and seriousness with which they approached this urgent issue. The strong bipartisan support in congress for this new training effort shows the world that americans are confronting in confronting the threat from isil. And as of this evening, congress moved to fund the government through december 11th to arm the rebels a significant change in american policy and
And tonight, waiting for a ruling which could come down at any time concerning the senate race in kansas, of all places, which very well might determine who controls the whole u. S. Senate this year, all eyes tonight on the kansas supreme court. We do not know when that ruling will come but it could come at any time. Theres a lot going on, theres a lot worth watching. We start tonight with isis. The sunni militant group in iraq and in syria that the u. S. Government says were now at war with. Isis has now released a new video that is not another beheading video, thank god, but it is plainly aimed at an american audience. Its 52 seconds long. It appears to be a trailer for a longer video of some kind, but we dont know that for sure. What they have released is this 52 seconds worth of propaganda video. It is propaganda, but in terms of its news worthiness, it is worth seeing because it shows what theyre capable of in terms of their skill in producing a message about themselves but also g
Live near the trickysyrian border today. That is right. Seems to be in the crucial stages. We spent the day at the border and so the most intense fighting we have witnessed in the week we have been here. Take a look at what we saw. We have been witnessing several airstrikes isis today mostly on the southwestern side of the city. Its the black plumes of smoke coming up. That is outside the city. Today we have been seeing and hearing loud, intense fire coming on the very center of the city indicating there is street to street close combat between the defenders. A huge blast that happened at the center of the town according to our sources and to the looks of things seems like a u. S. Airstrike. Unable to confirm that and other sources later on saying it was a isis car bomb or truck bomb, regardless it is a sign of the nature of this conflict. We were there all day we witnessed intense fighting at the center an in western side of the city and a quiet on the east side where isis has had a f
Also. The nbc station here in new york tonight broke big news about the federal criminal investigation that has dogged new Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie for nearly a year now. Wnbcs jonathan dienst reporting late tonight while federal prosecutors in new jersey continue to investigate the shutdown of lanes onto the George Washington bridge last year, as some still unexplained act of political retribution, federal officials tell wnbc tonight that those investigations thus farce have found no evidence that governor Chris Christie personally had advance knowledge of the shutdown plot nor have they found evidence that he took part in the plot personally. Again, the investigation continues. But that is the first substantive leak from the federal criminal investigation of the bridge shutdown in new jersey. The u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey has been incredibly tightlipped. Thats the first reporting weve had from that. Well have more coming up in a few minutes including gover