Of justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. That memo tonight led to her dismissal. The white house just put out a statement saying, the acting attorney general sally yates has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. Miss yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. The new acting attorney general is dana boente who was serving as u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of virginia. And just tonight, another development. We know not what to make of it involving the head of immigration and customs enforcement. As you saw briefly our panel is here ready to weigh in on our breaking news. First we start with nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker who joins us by telephone. Kristen, what more have you been able to add to the record tonight . Well, brian,
Trumps aides met repeatedly with russian officials and people close to the kremlin. Then as soon as trump got into office, he sought to ease sanctions on russia. Yahoo news reported that yesterday, late night in fact, unknown to the public at the time, top Trump Officials almost as soon as they took office tasked state Department Staffers with developing proposals for the lifting of economic sanctions, including the return of diplomatic compounds and other steps to relieve tensions with moscow. Investigators are trying to figure out what that all adds up to. President trump fired e man leading that investigation, james comey. Then he proceeded to threaten, mock, and humiliate him. Next week james comey will have his chance to respond when he testifies before the Senate Intelligence committee. Its going to be a blockbuster moment. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin today is speaking out there in a brandnew interview with nbcs megyn kelly and denying russias role in the hacking. Here he goes. You
News, whether roy moore will be pushed out of the race because of these reports, whether he might still win that senate race, despite this news, if these reports dont push him out of the race. Weve got that discussion coming up in just a couple of minutes. If you care about that news today, and its a big deal for the United States senate, its a big deal in its own right, you will want to steak around for a few minutes to hear that interview. I promise you. Weve also got some news tonight about a new pin in the map for the Robert Mueller investigation. Weve also got some very Surprising New poll numbers to report. Its been a long time since we had poll numbers on this show. When you get to these tonight, you will know why these are on the air tonight. Like i said, theres lots going on in the news. I want to start somewhere different. In 2008 at the end of the george w. Bush years, democrats knew they had a pretty good chance to win the white house that year if they played their cards ri
Will want to stick around for a few minutes to hear that interview. I promise you. Weve also got some news tonight about a new pin in the map for the Robert Mueller investigation. Weve also got some very Surprising New poll numbers to report. Its been a long time since we had poll numbers on this show. When you get to these tonight, you will know why these are on the air tonight. Like i said, theres lots going on in the news. I want to start somewhere different. In 2008 at the end of the george w. Bush years, democrats knew they had a pretty good chance to win the white house that year if they played their cards right. Lots of democrats ran. And a burch of them did well. Senator joe biden made a good run for it for a while but he didnt make it too far into the calendar year. Senator john edwards made a run for it and he did great for a long while. Ultimately john edwards did not make it to the finish line. Didnt seem like a particularly momentous thing at the time but a couple years la
John roberts at the white house to tell us where we are in the tax package. We start with nationals security correspondent jennifer griffin. North koreas first missile test since september. Good evening. Expert telus north korea can launch a missile over 7500 miles on a flattened trajectory, putting every city in the United States now in range. If the warhead survives rancheria. It is the third time north korea has ever fired and intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The icbm flu 2800 miles into space for a total of 15 minutes. Thats more than ten times higher than the orbit of nasas space station. It went higher frankly than any previous one. It splashed down in the waters off japan within 280 miles of shore. Translator today at 3 18 00 a. M. , Ballistic Missile was launched from north koreas western coast and has landed in our exclusive economic zone. The launch time unusual. North. Normally they launch at dawn or daylight. The latest provocation comes more than a week after President