A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today all right, hello again, everyone, thanks so much for joining me this saturday. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. Today the fbi begins its latest investigation into u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. His confirmation vote is now delayed another week as investigators look into Sexual Assault allegations against him. The investigation was sparked by a lastminute change of heart from key republican senator jeff flake. Who was cornered in an elevator, hours earlier, by emotional protesters. Look at me when im talking to you. Youre telling me that my assault doesnt matter, that what happened to me doesnt matter, and youre going to let people who do these things into power. Thats what youre telling me. When you vote for him. They were more than emotional. They were demanding and they were informative. After hours of heartbreaking testimony on thursday, senators like
All of it as this special edition of the the 11th hour gets under way. Geegts once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. The holidays are here again. We are on the brink of a new year and it gives us another chance to revisit some of the conversations weve had here in this studio at this very desk with storytellers, journalists, and writers that we admire. Throughout broadcast were going to listen to the people who told those stories, the best and the most prolific documentary filmmaker of our time, biographers of the president s inner circle in the east wing and west wing of the white house. We will also hear from some exceptional men and women who were born outside of our country but decided to devote their lives and lifes work to the United States and what they mean to all of us in this perilous time for our countrys political life. But we begin this hour of storytelling with one of the very best storytellers around, our friend ken burns. It comes from right in here
President trump distances himself from giuliani, denying he ordered them to talk to the ukrainians. Rudys not worried. I see comments, hes going to throw me off the bus. He isnt, but i have insurance. And supreme ambition. A bombshell new book unpacks the secret back story of how Brett Kavanagh got to the Supreme Court. Fueled with pentup anger about President Trump and the 2016 election. This is a circus. And good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is kicking off his thanksgiving holiday in florida with a round of golf and a work of art for his 67 million twitter followers. Yes, thats the president s tweet today, sending this masterpiece to the masses, after touting his good health to a raucous rally tuesday night in florida and choosing to ignore new details about the timeline regarding military aid finally get to go ukraine. In new reporting from the New York Times, two people familiar with the matter say President Trump had already been briefed on the whistleblo
President of ukraine. Laid out in rather plain and direct word withing, they found that donald trump, and we quote here, personally and acting through agents within and outside of the u. S. Government solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, to benefit his foreign government, and to harm the prospects of a foreign rival. The president placed his own interests above the nation interests of the united states. Sought to undermine the integrity of othe u. S. Election process and endanger u. S. Nation lt security. Investigators say the Vice President , secretary of state, acting chief of staff, Secretary Energy and other senior officials, quote, with were either knowledgeable of or active partis pants in an effort to extract from a foreign nation the personal, political benefit sought by the president. The report accuses the president of quote, an Unprecedented Campaign of obstruction. Adding the evidence is overwhelming. And so too is the evidence of his obstruction of
Under way. Well, greetings once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. The holidays are here again. We are on the brink of a new year, and it gives us another chance to revisit some of the conversations weve had here in this studio at this very desk with storytellers, journalists and writers that we admire. Throughout the broadcast were going to listen to the people who told those stories. The best and the most prolific documentary filmmaker of our time, biographers of the people inside the president s innermost circle in the east wing and west wing of the white house. We will also hear from some exceptional men and women who were born outside of our country but decided to devote their lives and their lifes work to the United States and what they mean to all of us in this perilous time for our countrys political life. But we begin this hour of storytelling with one of the very best storytellers around. Our friend, the awardwinning documentary filmmaker ken burns. Countr