Investigation is still front and center. The white house is now in damage control after a weekend that saw the president weighing in on fridays news that former National Security advisor Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. At one moment mr. Trump insisted hes not worried about what flynn might tell investigators. Well, and another tweeting about the reason he fired flynn. He knew flynn lied when he asked director james comey to drop the russia probe. Now they are cleaning it up saying the president wasnt the one who tweeted after all. Reporter the president s outside counsel saying he tweeted this tweet to an aide saturday. I had to fire general flynn because he lied to the fbi and the vicepresident. The president knew his former National Security advisor Michael Flynn lied to the fbi and then asked fbi director james comey to go easy on flynn. Dowd telling nbc news hes responsible and that the president did not know flynn had lied to the fbi when he fired him. Dowd also add
Good morning. Im francis rivera. Michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. Flynn is cooperating with muellers investigation leading the president to rewrite the narrative of why flynn was fired in the first place. The president tweet the i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. He has pled guilty to the lies. There was nothing to hide. The president knew flynn lied to the fbi web he asked james comey to drop the flynn investigation. For more we go to tracie potts in washington. Good morning. The president s personal lawyer john dowd says that he wrote that tweet but doesnt have an email or any evidence to prove it because he dictated the tweet to the white house social director, and thats how it ended up coming out. Meantime the president tweeting over the weekend a number of things in defense on the russia investigation, he never asked james comey to stop investigating mike flynn, the National Security adviser. The president saying he never a
Agenda including immigration and trade. The president will deliver his first state of the Union Address. The theme of the address is building a safe, strong and proud america, which is exactly what the president has work to do during his first year in office. To get ahead of what the president will say in his remarks, but it will obviously be must watch tv. Maria will have full coverage and analysis of the state of union taking the podium at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Previewing and analyzing beforeandafter. Does making Major Investments here to the tax reform package. Exxonmobil yesterday announcing it will spend more than 50 billion in the u. S. A. To ask at its business. Good news for the American Economy for nancy pelosi insisting that threats to the economy of the darkest cloud. Republicans firing back through real hard about coming out. The momentum down today down 167 points concerning this morning over Rising Interest Rates weigh on investors. The 10 year treasury yielded to. 69
Jail infirmary this morning. He was charged with discharging a firearm and homicide, with murder of a police officer, lying in waiters, and drive by. Dozens of members of the Hayward Police department stood in court for the appearance, including the chief of police herself. She stood just a couple of feet away from his mother and family. She feels terribly for the loss of Sergeant Scott lunger. She says she feels sorry for his family, but she says her son didnt do it. Im devastated for the whole thing, devastated for the officer who passed away, devastated for my son. But i believe in god. And i believe that while this investigation goes on, my son will be cleared. Reporter she didnt have a lot of details exactly why she thought her son would be cleared. After the hearing, we tried to talk with the chief of police. But dozens of Police Officers filed out of Court Without speak. But we do now have our First Official narrative of what happened during the shooting. So lungers partner told
After its launch, why are two major drugstore chains disabling the technology . We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for monday, october 27th. Good evening. And welcome. The price of oil has always had an outside impact on the economy, on the stock market and on consumers. Remember how careful you were about driving when gasoline was up above 4 a gallon and not so far ago . Or where you set your thermostat after getting your home heating bill. But right now with lackluster Global Demand and Oil Production especially here in the u. S. At a peak, gas prices are near a fouryear low. The price of crude has fallen roughly 25 since hitting a high back in june. And thats added to the volatility in the markets and worries now about how low oil can go. Today another sharp pullback in oil prices. For a time they even dipped below the 80 a barrel level before they recovered. At the close, oil was basically flat. And exactly 81 a barrel. Jackie deangelis has more on Falling