The deadline to a Government Shutdown can now be measured in just hours. And by all accounts, neither side is closer to a dole. President obama met with senior staff sunday, but critics say it might be too little, too late. Nbcs tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. Good morning, tracie. Is there any hope left that this can be avoided . Reporter well, theres always hope, and its possible they can come up with something to prevent the shutdown, but its not looking probable. Were not seeing the type of work behind the scenes that typically happens when theres some sort of compromise in place. And the senate, theyre not even coming back to work until this afternoon. The senate . Theyre not here. Reporter theyre back this afternoon likely to reject the offer on the table. Republicans say theyll fund the government and prevent the shutdown only if the health law is delayed one year. Theres a time and place to debate obamacare. But not at a time when millions of innocent pe
A san jose house party that turned violent. No one was hurt. He also was found in possession of illegal firearms and weapons clips. Smith also pled no contest to a dui last year when he crashed his pickup into a tree in the evergreen area of san jose. He was also accused of swimming out his license plate in that incident to avoid detection. Now, the District Attorneys Office insisted today that there was no special treatment, no plea bargain. The defendant, mr. Smith, changed his plea on all counts so it wasnt a negotiated plea deal with the d. A. s office. He changed his plea and the sentencing will be determined by the corporate thats the difference between a plea bargain where you see charges dropped or an agreed sentence. Here he merely changed his plea and the sentencing will be determined later. Reporter mr. Smith could be sentenced anywhere from 0 days to 4 years and 4 months in county jail. He is due back here in san jose before that same judge on july 25th. At that time, he wi
Heart now, baby captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The commander in chief promised today to fix whatever is wrong at v. A. Hospitals thats keeping veterans from getting care. Some have allegedly died while waiting for treatment. It was the president s first Public Comments in more than two weeks on the growing scandal in the department of veterans affairs. But critics, including senator john mccain, said, not good enough. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Reporter president obama flashed his anger but fired no one. When i hear allegations of misconduct, any misconduct, whether its allegations the v. A. Staff covering up long wait times or cooking the books, i will not stand for it. Not as commander in chief but also not as an american. If these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable. It is disgraceful, and i will no
Breaking his plea deal on a variety of subject matters. Last hour the white house denied the president did anything wrong. I dont think the president has any concerns about the reports because he knows there was no wrongdoing by him and there was no collusion. The president has voiced his unhappiness from the beginning this has gone on, this ridiculous witchhunt, more than two years. Still nothing that ties anything to the president. Wed like to see it come to a conclusion. Theres a lot there. To get the latest lets start the hour with nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, good afternoon. Good afternoon to you. So the guardian somewhat softened the account of the meeting. Now saying it was apparent meetings between assange and manafort in london. But it also says it has no idea what the two men talked about. The timing here is interesting, 2013 and 2015, well before the Trump Campaign, times when Paul Manafort was actively lobbying on behalf of the russianbacked governmen
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