These people have the best seats and best roles in the proceedings. And what has Hillary Clinton been up to lately . Shes been flying under the radar. She has been up to a lot. Well have all the details ahead on the show. We begin with the message that president obama will deliver to the nation on tuesday night. Details of a major tax proposal that hell offer in his state of the Union Address leaking out overnight. Basic idea is one that the president and his party have been stressing for years, asking the wealthiest americans to pay more using that money to help working and middle class americans. Tax reform is also something republicans talk about. Though their idea of reform may be very different from what the president is about to sell. With all of the details on the president s plan what he will be saying on tuesday night, we turn to nbc News White House correspondent kristinen welker. A lot coming out this morning. Take us through it. Just to reiterate the point, you made the pre
News World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. She didnt blink. Refusing to budge on issuing marriage licenses for samesex couples. But her subordinates issued them anyway and that was enough for a federal judge in kentucky today to free county clerk kim davis, who had been locked up for contempt. And while other workers in the Rowan County Clerks Office are now issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples, kim davis emerges from behind bars defiant as ever. Embraced as a hero by some on the religious right and making it clear the fight isnt over. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in grayson, kentucky. Please help me welcome to the stage kim davis reporter kim davis walked out of the Carter County Detention Center after almost five full days behind bars as a rock star. I just want to give god the glory. He is his people have rallied, and you are a strong people reporter a judge suddenly setting her free because her deputy clerks issued marriage licens
To all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. Republican president in 11 years to have such a huge advantage. The gop now controls both the house and the senate. The house under a trump administration, trump says he will deliver his campaign promises, stoking great optimism among his supporters and great fears among those who did not see this win coming. We are covering the campaign and the fallout. We begin with jeff zeleny, on the phone from the site of clintons speech in just about a half hour. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are outside the new yorker hotel in midtown manhattan. I can tell you the scene here is one of disbelief and long faces for clinton donors, top advisers and rank and file staffers. We are watching them walk into the hotel now for what will be a concession speech, the first time we hear from secretary clinton since her epic defeat last night. And just talking to a coup
Its wrong. Youre saying the words are wrong. How about the actions . Well, the actions would be even worse if they were actions. Talk and actions are two different things. Going nuclear, previewing tonights town hall showdown. Donald trump already going there, tweeting about bill clintons scandals from the 90s. How will Hillary Clinton respond to trump going after her husband. Nobody can dispute the fact that youre a rapist [ boos ] you have to feel sorry for them. They had a bad day yesterday so theyre trying to make it up. This is what is the matter with politics. When other people pour poison down your throat, dont drink it. And october surprise party, did saturday night live get it right on the clinton camps reaction to the trump tapes . What i am doing is apologizing to all the people who were offended by my statements but, more importantly, to the people who were turned on by them, i hear its really 5050. Since mr. Trumps comments were so bad oh, so, so bad. Just horrible, horrib
Yesterday. If le pen and far left candidate are the two top vote getters. Emmanuel macron. I love when you speak spanish, even the words flow it was a good day. Ultimately structurally in terms of french politics, what a revolution. Explosion. First time since 1965 you didnt have somebody from center right or center left. This seems to be french people saying, fine, well have your Political Revolution but were going to do it in a way that doesnt completely uproot french tradition. I think youre almost certainlily right. Two weeks before the final round, the establishment has already begun to rally around Emmanuel Macron. So the markets we s up a couple hundred points, they would have bun down a hell of a lot more. New york times, we have no idea because were americans, but ugly americans, isolated, le pen gets 5 of the tally in paris but actually cleans up in the south of france. The story of two frances. All right. Yeah. Explain that to me during the break. Mika not there stimulating