The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 384 of this Trump Administration has handed us a very busy wednesday night indeed. We begin with the troubling news about russia and hacking into the 2016 u. S. Elections, which of course is part of the foundation of the entire russia investigation. Our colleagues here at nbc news report exclusively that the department of Homeland Security has found that russia actually penetrated Voter Registration rolls in several states ahead of the 2016 election. Here is the departments head of cyber security. I cant talk about classified information publicly. For the visibility we did have, we saw targeting of 21 states. And an exceptionally small number of that 21 were actually successfully penetrated. This report comes as secretary of state Rex Tillerson warns the u. S. May not be able to prevent future russian interference in such things. Yesterday he warned that if russia
Led into a military engagement in iraq, which was one of the biggest mistakes weve had in foreign policy. I have never seen an administration that is less forthcoming about such critical information than the Trump Administration. Harris we deployed a Striker Group and 5,000 troops and the threats we are told were real. Rich edson at the state department. Reporter a Senior State Department official is telling us this threat stream is real. That iran is directly linked and it would be an act of negligence if the United States did not order the departure of the state Department Employees working in iraq. Though the official does say this does not mean that the United States is rushing to conflict with iran. Secretary of state mike pompeo cancelled a trip last week to germany, flew to iraq. He cited concerns about neighboring iran then. He continued to high light iran during his trip this week in russia. We fundamentally do not want war with iran. Were looking for the regime to simply stop
Campaign trail with candidates making their pitch in two crucial states New Hampshire and south carolina. Also happening in just a few hours, day two of gun control rallies as act viss demand action from congress and the president. Yesterday demonstrators rallied in cities across the country. Meanwhile, the 2020 democrats took on gun violence. What do we teach our children . We cant protect you. So were going to send you to school and teach you drills about how to hide and shelter in place. It truly feels like this time is different. We have to make sure it really turns out to be different, and that means ensuring theres a political penalty for anybody who blocks common sense gun reform demanded by a vast majority of the american people. Though i was talking about the president s racism repeatedly, though i was talking about this attack on hispanics and immigrants, i needed to sound the alarm much more loudly than i did. I will not make that mistake again. And Senators Elizabeth Warren
Iran shot down a surveillance drone. Theres a difference of opinion between the u. S. And iran where that drone was flying when it was shot down. Iran claiming it was above iran and u. S. Saying it was in International Air space. The shooting coming days after the president blamed iran on recent attacks on foreign shipping tankers, all of it illuminating with the Washington Posts David Ignatius describes as irans credibility problem. Quote, theres still a vast truck gaft abroad and at home, a president who has repeatedly insulted major aiallies and denounced federal intelligence agencies is finding his word devalued what should be americas best weapon for containing iran. Given iranian intransigents and in america view washington is the problem these days. That is where we start with some of our favorite reporters and friends. With us at the table nbc and msnbc National Affairs analyst John Heilemann, former underseblts for diplomacy and public affairs, rick steppingle, former aide to
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