Prosecutors on sentencing recommendations for trump ally roger stone. It was a move that drew cheers from the president but increased worries his improper influence is undermining the rule of law, and apparently trumps critics werent the only ones worried. To have public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women here about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job. I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. Barrs push back there was unusual. Remember the last attorney general to defend the doj in the face of trumps attacks was Jeff Sessions who was sent to the doghouse and never let out. But there are questions now about whether barrs push back was sincere or all staged in coordination with the white house to quell a possible revolt within the doj. Four career federal prosecutors withdrew from the s
Happy valentines day. Happy valentines day. Im waiting for my present. Were the cable news anchors that like each other. Thats what make us special. I didnt get mine from you yet. All right. Right after the show. Thatll be coming your way. Its 6 00 here in new york. There appears to be trouble in paradise between President Trump and bill barr on this valentines day. The attorney general delivering a rare rebuke to his boss insisting the president s tweets about the Justice Department are making it, quote, impossible for barr to do his job. Barr says hes not going to be bullied or influenced by anyone. Key questions this morning. What exactly is the attorney general speaking out against . Hes not necessarily opposed to leniency for the president s friend. Hes just taking a bold public stance against tweets. Also why did the attorney general feel he needed to do this interview . Who is the audience and what does it tell us about anxiety inside the Justice Department . Finally the white h
And now she has to try and navigate through it. I think secretary clinton has not made her position clear. Thanks for watching folks. Well, after two decades of thinking about it talking about it. Hes finally going to do it. Donald trump wants to be president of the United States. He wants to move forward. He says he can get the job done. The unvarnished new politician has done one thing on day one. Hes made a very boring republican field very entertaining. So earlier i walked up to 5th avenue, to trump tower for Donald Trumps president ial announcement. Okay it is showtime. I had the opportunity to bring donald trump into the ed show corporate boardroom and ask him a few questions. Welcome to the boardroom. Were excited to have you here. This time you have done it and i think it is going to be a great addition to the field. Here we go with a few questions we have. First i want to tell you that i thought your daughter was very impressive and gave a fabulous introduction. You have got t
Blackstone has the latest. Medic two for medical emergency. Reporter at 12 41 a. M. Ambulances rushed to the building where a fourthfloor balcony broke away. At least ten people fell from the second or third floor. Reporter it happened during a latenight 21st Birthday Party with a group of irish students most of them visiting on summer work visas. Owen buckley is a student from ireland who heard the commotion from his thirdfloor apartment. Reporter at least 13 people were on the balcony, which appeared to peel away from the building, landing upside down on the balcony of the floor below spilling victims 50 feet on to the street. Jason biswas also lives in the building with his parents. I looked down. It was just death. I was in the presence of a lot of death. I didnt want to stay there for too long. Reporter the students are visiting on the popular j1 visa program, which allows foreign students to work and travel in the u. S. During the summer. In ireland, the deaths and injuries are s
A rivals computer . The fbi investigating. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. Good evening. College students at an Apartment Building packed onto a balcony. It turned to horror when it suddenly collapsed, plunging nearly 40 feet to the ground. And tonight we know these are the six students who lost their lives. Seven others gravely injured tonight. We begin our coverage with nbcs jacob rascon. Reporter tonight berkeley california is mourning the loss of six students and seven others are fighting for their lives after a fourstory freefall. To have this happen at the start of this season is something that has left us all frozen in shock and in disbelief. Reporter the victims late today, olivia burke, owen culligan nikolai Schuster Miller walsh and ashley done hoe donahoe from california. People saying one of the balconies broke and at least ten from the second or third floor. Rep