A roundup of the days events. A roundup of the days events. Both officers fire, Shooting Blevins four times. Blevins later dying. At a Press Conference today, members of a police union said the two officers acted heroically and believed their lives were in danger. The whole time, hes looking back, getting position on where the officers are at to acquire a target to shoot them. Reporter at a later Press Conference, the county prosecutor took to the podium to defend the police department. But before he could announce charges would not be filed against the two officers, family and protesters rushed the podium, cutting him off. We want the cops arrested within the next 48 hours and prosecuted to the fullest degree of the law, because this was murder. And alex perez joins us live tonight from minneapolis. Alex, emotions raw there. We saw the family and the protesters at that News Conference today. They want justice for their family member. And the city bracing for possible more protests . R
Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 557 of the Trump Administration, 99 days now until the mid term elections. And this might go down as the day we witnessed a change resulting in the new defense strategy. It is about something Rudy Giuliani has started to say. In the days after the president ial election Donald Trumps advisers had a message about contacts between russians and members of the campaign team. In the ensuing months as numerous such communications were revealed the message changed. There was no collusion with russias effort to disrupt the election. On monday President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani presented a third line of defense, even if mr. Trump did collude with the russians he committed no crime. My client didnt do it. Even if he did it it is not a
crime. Hacking is the crime. The president didnt hack. He didnt pay for the hacking he said on cnn. The article goes on. It is just a word choice, said a Criminal Law Professor at georgetown. Im s
Lets get after it. I love the media. I love the media. Check out these old headlines trump promises 4 growth and economist say no way. Or this one. If trump thanks he can get more than the present Economic Growth hes dreaming. Last but not least, hello larr larry,. If you use the standard of what the administration has held out hope for, three or 4 growth there is nothing in any data suggesting that we are moving towards that three4 standard. Greg oh yeah . Eat this larry. Im thrilled to announce that in the Second Quarter of this year the United States economy grew at the amazing rate of 4. 4. 1 . [cheering and applause] they like it. So, who could have predicted that . I believe its time to establish a National Goal of reaching 4 Economic Growth. My great economists dont want to say this but i think we can do better than that. Greg the optimist. I wish you find the right sentiment to express how i feel. [laughter] i wish i could remember what i was laughing at but as trump proves the
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Wanted a site so bad, and i said david, dont make it 140,000, that sounds too cheap. Make it like 400,000, thats okay too, david. So we saved almost a billion dollars. I could tell you these stories all day long. Airplane purchases, i could tell you all day. [cheers and applause] and we started working and, for 400,000 we will actually have a very beautiful American Embassy in jerusalem. Now that is one i guarantee no other president has done. Can you imagine cricket hillary doing that . Can you honestly . [boos]
in all fairness, in all fairness to her, can you imagine anybody else doing that . Nobody else. Nobody else is going to do that. And i could tell you stories about what we have saved with purchases for military, or general mattis would be glad to tell you, and he cant believe it. Some of the generals have said they have nev
He refused, threatened to resign and thats when President Trump backed down ultimately deciding not to fire the Special Counsel. But again, were seeing this new point of frustration from President Trump with these new attacks. Again, the most direct at robert mueller. The backdrop is important to point out. A few days ago, the president s former Attorney Michael Cohen spoke to a number of sources who then told cnn that he was ready to testify to the Special Counsel that President Trump approved that june 2016 meeting between russian nationals and his son donald trump jr. And other members of his campaign. So the president responding to that coverage. He also tweeted angrily at the media today we should point out. Yes, he did. He tweeted all over the place. Boris sanchez in new jersey where the president just head back to the white house. Thank you. A lot to discuss on this sunday evening. Joining us now is cnns senior
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