Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of h
Resigned tonight. The robust way he stood up to the Trump Administration and to trump himself on ethics issues and the president s unprecedented financial conflicts of interest. His name is walter shoeb. He said he was not forced out of the Office Of Government Ethics. He basically says hes leaving because the u. S. Governmentestics rules are not Strong Enough to allow him to stand up to what this president and his family are doing so he is leaving his jb at the Office Of Government Ethics in order to try to strengthen the rules from the outside. Very interesting resignation today. Weve got more on that story ahead. Theres a lot going on. Weve got a big show tonight. I said at the very end of last nights show weve got a scoop to share with you tonight. This is that scoop. Inhouse on your staff weve been talking about this as and inside, kind of an insideout
story. Not your typical news story, not your particular scoop. But i think its important. One of the few times weve ever had a sco
Event and they were keeping it separate. With some prodding from the press, they decided to allow a few reporters in and one camera. Two hours later, they changed their minds. So theres no press inside this event right now. We have no idea what the president is saying to donors, and we likely wont find out unless one of the donors tells us. How much is the trump Hotel Getting paid to host this . I know you were asking some questions about that. Reporter thats a great question. We have no idea who is paying for this event tonight that the president is attending. We reached out for comment, and our requests have not been answered. So it could be the rnc. It could be the reelection campaign, and it could be that the hotel donated the space. We dont know. Is it normal for a president to hold a fund raiser for rhis reelection five months after taking office . President s obama and bush didnt
unprecedented and remarkable in and of itself. Put it all together and once again donald trump is so
United states immigration and Customs Enforcement will hold a Press Conference at 2 15 today. Probably not too far away. To announce the results of a highly successful recent gang surge operation. The president has made enforcement of our nations Immigration Law the top priority and todays announcement will under score not only that commitment, but his focus on targeting transnational gangs and prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety. Also today Secretary Mattis met with the turkish Prime Minister to discuss a range of bilateral Security Issues and the secretary reiterated the United States commitment to protecting our nato allies and both leaders affirmed their support for peace and stability in iraq and syria. One other thing i wanted to point out. Last night obamacare suffered another serious blow as aetna announced its decision to pull out of the nebraska and Delaware Marketplaces which ends their phar teus payings in exchanges
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Own new program which will air 6 00 p. M. Weekdays. Well announce the start date eventually. But you can mark your calendar in a rough way if you want. A big breaking news night. So im happy to hear what Rachel Maddow has in store for us. Youre giving us a calendar alert that could exist in the age of digital calendars. Youre telling us to pencil this in in general but i cant give you a start date. Write a macro so at some point that stakicks in and it starts. Thats all i was allowed to say. A very Laurie Approawyerly a tonight i had an a block all set and ready to go. We worked on it this weekend. All this Breaking News Stuff this evening and then this happened this evening and we had all of this crazy stuff happening with the legal teams that are trying to defend or
senator rand paul from kentucky said he wouldnt vote for it because Repealing Obamacare was still too much like obamacare. Whatever. For whatever reasons the two of them said they wouldnt vote it. So we were heading into