Greeted three american detainees who were freed from north korea back to the united states. Violence in the middle east is unraveling. 248 hours after trump officially pulled the plug on the iran nuclear deal, israel said it attacked dozens of iranian tarts inside neighboring syria. Trumps troubles at home are also spiraling. New questions today as new details surface over payments that his personal Attorney Michael Cohen took from companies for potential access to the president. Cohen seemed unphased. Todays Washington Post headline quotes cohen as saying, im crushing i. How Michael Cohen, touting his access to President Trump convinced companies to pay millions. Joining us with the latest from the white house is jeff bennett. Jeff, the president has he left or is he leaving. He hasnt left just yet. On his way. He has a night set up for a rally when all of these things are going on in washington . Thats right. And the white house still isnt answering questions about Michael Cohen. On
The United States. Its probably one of the reasons i was elected, maybe one of the main reasons. But were not going to let that happen. But trump has other things to worry about right now. Hes dealing with a significant resignation from his legal team. The president s lead lawyer, the guy on the right, john dowd has resigned. The latest shakeup comes as the president told this to reporters. Will you testify to special counsel Robert Mueller. I would like to i would like to, said the president. Covering all of this for us, from the white house, is nbc news geoff bennett. Lets start with the president s legal woes. What is happening today . Reporter well, yeah, remember last week the president tweeted that john dowd was doing a great job and he was very happy with him. Now doud is stepping down in a decision we understand that is ma mutual. And saying the president didnt feel he could guide the team and dowd was frustrated with the president bringing in new attorneys and it is a sign tha
It was supposed to be a speech all about taxes and tax reform. And while he did spend some time talking about that, even criticizing West Virginia senator joe manchin for not supporting the tax legislation and making it more difficult to pass, he largely talked about immigration. Ramping up the heated rhetoric in the wake after announcing he plans to send the National Guard to the border. What is so striking about the border announcement is that were getting very few details about how it is actually going to be carried out. How many troops will going to go, how much will it cost . Will they be armed. Still being hashed out according to dhs secretary Kirsten Nielson who i spoke with today. But the president really trying to ramp up the rhetoric to make shes case there is a threat and that is why theres an urgent need. Take a listen to what he had to say moments ago. Yesterday it came out where this journey coming up women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before. They dont w
Reporter drawing on his experience as a College Football star to play a prison Team Quarterback in the longest yard. All right, all right reporter and drawing on his hollywood years to shape the role as a panographer with integrity in boogie night. It won him late acclaim, including an oscar nomination, after years away from the headlines. This has been a long journey for me. Im very, very happy. From smoky and the bandit to boogie nights. Burt reynolds will be remembered as a legendary leading man, whose career spanned more than half a century. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. Weve got a little more on this in just a moment. Burt reynolds was 82 years old. Youll know him the from deliverance, the longest yard. He received an oscar nomination for boogie nights in 1997. He lost that to robin williams, who got it for goodwill hu hunting, but it is noteworthy that reynolds was, according to the hollywood reporter, hollywoods top grossing actor every year from 1978 to 1982. And that
More. After offering condolences over the foam to new zealands Prime Minister, that set off a nationwide conversation about antiimmigrant sentiment. The president is going to veto what was passed just 24 hours ago. I want to go right to new zealand where sarah james is covering the shooting in new zealand. It is now daytime, she has been working through night, we first learned about it around 11 00 p. M. Last night. Now the Prime Minister is calling it one of new zealands darkest days, thats right, she is also saying it is act act of transfo terrorism and hate. And what happened is that 49 people were skilled in attacks on a mosque. It is a beautiful area. Im in front of the hobble where today 48 people are being treated, some with multiple gunshot woundwounds, some in crl condition, and that is in addition to all of the people that lost their lives when a gunman open fired in a mosque just about a mile away from where im standing now. We have one image from inside the car and we show