Fatalities number in the thousands. As u. S. Troops are headed there to help. We will hear from the Associated Presss chief photographer in africa about the sights he saw in recent days. Just 18 days to go now. The campaigner in chief Takes Center Stage in new hampshire. Where senator Jeanne Shaheen is trying to hang on and where Hillary Clinton might be hanging out a lot more in the months to come. Im craig melvin. It is friday, october 17th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. A lot of new developments in the fight against ebola. Both infected texas nurses are waking up at specialized hospitals far from home. Emory University Hospital in atlanta and the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. Is a warm sendoff for that first nurse to catch ebola from human to human contact in the United States. Before pham arrived, one of her dallas doctors took video inside her isolation room. Thanks for taking care of the first patience. It means a lot. This has been a huge effort by all
Series of claims they initially made with the firing, has now begun to unravel. President trump sat down with my colleague, the anchor of the nbc nightly news for a dramatic interview amid this escalating controversy. We have some brand new survey monkey online polling out right now this very issue. Sort of snap shot overnight numbers. Well get to them in a moment. Well begin with the highlights of this lester holt interview with the president which began with mr. Trump unloading on now former fbi director james comey. Look, he is a showboat, a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago. It was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. Monday you met with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein duffle and for a recommendation . What i did was i was going to fire comey. My decision. You had made the decision before the recommendation. I was going to fire comey. Theres
Sources familiar with the matter that flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal egs poeb of his son who like his father is currently under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller. Flynns concern could be a factor in decisions about how to respond to muellers Ongoing Investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign as well as the business dealings of key Trump Campaign advisers. Im told as well, don, that flynns wife lori she shares his concerns about their sons possible legal exposure and that you can well imagine. And what legal questions is the special counsel focusing on regarding flynn . So this is somewhat revealing. I spoke to two witnesses interviewed by the special counsel investigators and they tell me that the questions regarding flynn focused on his and his sons business dealings, including their firms reporting of income from work overseas. There is a log. Its called the foreign agents registration act. It requires those americans acting as agents for
Included cory lewandowski, hope hicks, and Jeff Sessions. Pages testimony refutes his own public account of his interactions with russians and months of insistence by the c campaign that no Senior Campaign officials knew about them, a fact not lost on adam schiff. About two days before coming before congress, he said that when he went to russia as a private citizen, there was no mete meetings of any consequence, it was basically your talking to the man on the street. But now when they have released the transcript, he met with people as high as the frprime minister of russia. Long time bodyguard and confidant Keith Schiller who left his post at the white house just two months ago, all of this has we continue to learn more about the scope of russias support for President Trump throughout the campaign, which the wall street journal reports began on day one of trumps candida candidacy. With me here at the table, jim obrien, msnbc contribute. And msnbc National Affairs journali journalist.
Alone and are not the only ones who have a bone to pick with donald trump. 38 of americans say they approve of trumps performance, down 5 since september. 58 disapprove. The percentage who strongly disapprove outweighed strong approvers by a margin of 49 to 22. And the numbers show the fraying of the trump base. It shifted from 41 approval to 47 . Whites without a College Degree went to 58 approving of trumps performance to 51 . And joining me, Jennifer Ruben of the Washington Post, and legal scholar chris metzler, and rick tyler, a msnbc political analyst. An allrepublican panelist, this is going to be fun. You are my friend, and what do you think of these numbers and does it spell trouble . It historically spells trouble in the republican midterms, but this is a different time and different presidency and a different sort of following that he has in poll numbers that i have seen in different states. His following is following him, and they are still pretty firm. They have not if anyt