Start doing some irish dance move and i just run right by him. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. N. M Anthony Mason. The sniping between President Trump and some members of his own party has now escalated into open warfare. Eoday the president went to capitol hill to have lunch with republican senators, but two of them issued stark warnings about the president s ability to lead. Arizona republican jeff flake announced he wont run next year so he can freely speak out against mr. Trump, calling him a threat to democracy. Nancy cordes has more on this extraordinary day. None of this is normal. Reporter arizonas jeff flake stood on the senate floor, his voice quivering as he called the president indecent, reckless, and undignified. So, when the next generation asks us, why didnt you do something, why didnt you speak up, what are we going to say . Mr. President , i rise today to say enough. Reporter the breadth of his condemnation was matched
The Trump Campaign itself was soliciting stolen clinton emails. In the last few days, the president and associates and conservative media and on capitol hill have finally found what they say is the real russia story. Evidence, according to them, that democrats and not the president are up to no good. They seized on a semiobscure sevenyearold uranium deal with russia that was approved by nine different agencies of the federal government and the revelation that the Clinton Campaign paid for research that eventually resulted in the infamous deal dossier. The document detailing the president s alleged russia ties and some other stuff. And for the president who talked to reporters today outside the white house, those stories came as the ultimate vindication. Whats your reaction i have to say the whole russian thing is what its turned out to be. This was the democrats coming up with an excuse for losing an election. They lost it by a lot, they didnt know what to say, so they made up the whol
It was where we were doing this. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The highestranking u. S. Military officer took questions today on the deadly ambush in the african nation of niger 19 days ago. But he had few answers on what went wrong in what was supposed to be a lowrisk operation. Four american soldiers were killed, and among the Unanswered Questions why it took two days to recover one of the fallen geericans. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. The perception is the department of defense has not ten forth coming. O reporter the chairman of the onint chiefs of staff tried to dispel that perception today. The assessment was that contact with the enemy was unlikely. Ro reporter general Joseph Dunford said the group of u. S. Soldiers and 30 nigerians had had been on a reconnaissance patrol 85 kilometers from nigers capital city. They came under attack from approximately 50 enemy using small arms fired, rocket propelled gr
Fire. What he said that triggered a firestorm. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this friday. That Eleventh Hour release of secret Jfk Assassination documents is offering fascinating new perspective on the events just before and after the murder of president kennedy including what the cia knew about Lee Harvey Oswald and what the russians were fearing at the time. But even as historians, journalists and amateur historians sift through the trove of documents, it is whats not there thats causing the most intrigue tonight. The release of hundreds of additional pages blocked by President Trump in the name of national security. Pete williams has details. Reporter the documents offer more proof that the secret service was apparently never told Lee Harvey Oswald might be a danger to the president even though the cia and fbi had him under surveillance for months as a potential communist threat. Oswald was added to the list of threats to th
Thousands of classified documents about the kennedy assassination, about to be made public. The day conspiracy theorists have been waiting for. Good evening. And thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the fallout over the deadly ambush overseas and the deaths of four American Special ops soldiers. Conflicting reports surrounding the ambush and how the four soldiers died two weeks ago. Sergeant Ladavid Johnson laid to rest. His family at the center of a public battle over comments President Trump made during a condolence call. The war of words involving the president s chief of staff, john kelly, and florida congresswoman wilson, who claims general wilson owes the American People a policy for lying about statements she never made. Meanwhile, republicans and democrats demanding answers about the mission from the trump administration. The white house yet to publicly respond. David wright leads us off. Reporter in florida, a tearful goodbye. Sergeant Ladavid Joh