Supreme court. And new information about the infamous wiretapping claims. President trump says he got his information from watching tv. Not from any of the 17 agencies of the u. S. Intelligence community. Get to mark preston. Stephanie original travel ban a debacle, overturned by court. Now attempt two blocked before it takes effect. Black eye for the white house. Bad 12 hours. Given it started at 11 00 a. M. When we heard the House Intelligence Committee chairman come out and say he has seen no evidence as of yet that trump tower was wiretapped and saw Jeff Sessions attorney general say he has never briefed him. Travel ban right now we all thought would get through. Fact of the matter is, hasnt gotten through. Difficult time for the white house. And according to the judge, in part because of the administrations own words. President and people in his administration. Get to jessica. Does the judges decision indicate he believes this is muslim ban that violates the First Amendment . Enti
Of Hillary Clinton and his thoughts on her on a personal nature and the leaking of classified information. Theres a massive, massive difference between those two things. And i think it is, again, the interest and outrage that occurred last year by a lot of democrats that came to leaks, its interesting were not hearing as much outrage when it comes to our issues of National Security. April. A couple of questions. One, you said congressman a meeting with President Trump today. In the last solo press conference the president had he talked about senator schumer talked to elijah cummings. How did this smooth over and whats the conversation going to be on . Is it solely going to be on the high cost of prescription drugs . I think the nature of the meeting stems from the conversation they had on the phone, which was on prescription drugs. And and then im sure that if congressman cummings or the president brings up another subject, it will go there. Well try to have some sort of readout afterw
And schoolhouse rap. A teacher inspiring america with the power of music. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. The echoes of President Trumps explosive twitter accusations against president obama over the weekend drowned out todays news, the integration of a new travel ban. The white house operating in lowprofile mode today as the president s spoex spokes people seem to be trying to catch up with their boss and the source of his head scratching allegation, that former president obama had ordered the wiretapping of trump tower during the campaign, but with no offer of evidence, democrats suspect its all an attempt to deflect attention from the russians. Reporter the rarely pressshy president staying behind closed doors today, standing behind his explosive, unproven claim he was spied on by president obama. Quote, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in tru
Battlefields. How will it play at the kremlin. This is just the beginning. We will reduce taxes. Why some on the left are fighting against the plans to tackle taxes. Can democrats seize on a ground swell of energy as voters head to the polls for special election. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im katie turr. They are focusing on messaging for syria. Defense secretary james mattis and the commander of the Central Command finished their briefing at the pentagon. The goal in syria and the military campaign is focused on accomplishing that and breaking isis and dtroying isis in syria. This was a separate issue that arose in the midst of the campaign. The use by the assad regime of chemical weapons and we addressed that militarily. The rest of the campaign stays on track. Now all eyes are on moscow. Secretary of state tillerson who has touched down in the russian capital. There are no plans for the secretary of state to meet with Vladimir Putin. The m
Clarify areas of common interest and areas of sharp difference so we can better understand why these differences exist and what prospects for narrowing those differences may be. Were not going into syria, but when i see people using horrible, horrible chemical weapons, which they agreed not to use under the obama administration, but they violated it. Frankly putin is backing a person that is truly evil. I think it is very bad for russia. But the russian president firing back saying where is the proof they used chemical weapons . There is none. And the trust between the u. N. And Russian Military has deteriorated. This has james matti srks tampsn a dangerous escalation. We maintain communications with the russian mill stair and with the dipmatic channels that will not spiral out of control. Good day, right now andrea is in the morn ministers mansion in moscow. Rex tillerson is delivering President Trumps message on syria directly to Vladimir Putin. I want to bring in our panel on a very