A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Federal crime. Tonight, the president is changing his story again, claiming that he learned about Michael Cohens Hush Money Payments to women later on. His words, later on. That contradicts the evidence and cohens assertion under oath that he was acting on the directions of mr. Trump. The white house insists the president has done nothing wrong. But the cohen plea deal, along with Paul Manaforts criminal conviction, have escalated a legal and political crisis being likened to watergate. This hour ill talk with Michael Cohens lawyer, lanny davis, and House Intelligence Committee member jim himes. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First lets go to our White House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. Kaitlyn, we heard from the president in a new interview. We also heard from him on twitter. Reporter thats right, wolf. The president s first public remarks since Michael Cohen implicated him in a crime yes
Country. Department of labors tracking entrepreneurs. As the president was implementing his spending agenda, that agenda that took us from record high deficits of the bush administration, to record deficits three times higher in the Obama Administration. The number of new establishments, entrepreneurial activity, for the yearending march 2010 march, 2010, was lower than any other year since the series began. Since they began keeping record, mr. Speaker. In 2010 under this administrations stimulus policies, entrepreneurial activity was at the lowest level in america since we began keeping records. I dont mean at the lowest level of people succeeding. I mean the lowest level of people trying. The lowest level of people trying, mr. Speaker. What does it mean about us . What does it mean about our future when we have beaten the enthusiasm to try out of our people . Frightened it out of our people. Mr. Speaker, thats not just a department of labor report. We talk a lot about that. What is i
About the next step in nigeria and ukraine. Shinseki orders a wide ranging view of practices in va hospitals around the current. But the question surrounding deaths of those of phoenix hospital days before he faces lawmakers on capitol hill. Well take you live to arizona for the very latest on a growing scandal. And very good friday to you, im Kristen Welker in washington. Vladimir putin is making his first visit to crimea since his country annexed the region from ukraine arriving by boat. The visit comes hours after the russian president presided over a military parade through red square as they mark victory day and defeat of nazi germany. There are reports of fresh violence today and multiple deaths in the southeastern ukraine where forces clashed with proRussian Troops trying to take control of a government building. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel joins me now from donetsk, ukraine. Thanks for joining me. I want to start with the reports of violence. Whats the latest
Where u. S. President barack obama starts the final day of his africa trip. On his agenda an address to an assembly of the African Union, the first u. S. President to do so. On monday he met with the ethiopian Prime Minister. They discussed the civil war in south sudan. During a joint News Conference they clashed over the issue of freedom of the press, but mr. Obama praised ethiopia for its efforts in antiterror operations against militants. The contribution to the African Union in somalia have reduced areas in al shababs control. Groups like them offer terror and dree struxevux and have to be stopped. They spoke out about the nuclear deal with iran. Mike huckabee who is a republican president ial hopeful caused a lot of controversy when he the linked the deal to the holocaust. This president s Foreign Policy is the most feckless in american history. He is so naive he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and embassybasically march them to the door of the oven. He is
One is driving hours and hours to hear joe biden speak. Heres why the man can barely string a sentence together. The antismet pick attack took place this weekend in, poway the country wasnt built by wall street bankers ceo, and hedge fund. Ua took incredible cuts in their future and their pensions and a the left to get it working. Same is happening in a big hospital system. We havee to rethink how we defie and what constitutes successful economy. They see workers just as to an end not a end of themselves in themselves y. Much more many medical research to diseases like cancer and addiction and alzheimers. Now, not what you call polished performance. This is the guy thats going to beat donald trump even the audience was bored. Check out the little guy in the back. Look at him yawning. Barely make i it through the speech. Thats why the president nicknamed him sleepy joann sleep y joe he doesnt have a motto. Make America Great again do you have one . Make america moral again maim america