the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as members prepare to return to their home districts endow them with ears to hear, voices of their constituents. those who voted for them and those who did not. it is the strength of our representative democracy that all have a voice in the governing of the nation. our nation will soon be remembering presidents washington and lincoln, giants of america s history. one presided over a nation united in its inception behind their president. the other over a nation divided soon after his election. may each of their examples be inspiration to all americans that faithfulness to the constitution and all the laws of our land and the hope of our founders is the responsibility of us all to bring our political discourse. bless us this day and every day . may all that is done be for your greater honor
Bought his weapons said the gunman passed a full background check. Meanwhile, the fbi is trying to determine whether the gunman had recently scouted Walt Disney World and other locations as potential targets. And hospital officials are very optimistic that the shooting victims being treated tonight will recover. I still believe god is great. I still believe that, you know what, we can have forgiveness even in this. Nbc 10 has Team Coverage as we uncover more about the victims, the suspect and the investigation. Lets begin with nbc 10s George Spencer who joins us live from orlando. George, if you can, give us a sense of what is taking place there right now. Reporter jaqueline, really just ground swell, an outpour of community and support only about a mile away from the attack scene. This memorial and stage will soon house a cityrun vigil just about an hour from now. It comes as Orlando Police now confirm they have notified the family of all victims except one as we are getting a firstha
Saying the president has gone too far. The latest in a string of moves the president has made, firing Alexander Vindman, gordon sondland, withdrawing nomination for jessie lieu whose office worked on cases. Publicly criticizing government lawyers that prosecuted stone and judges overseeing the case, and demanding the Justice Department call for lesser sentence for his long time friend, attorney general bill barr has not commented publicly on any of this so far, but he has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee where he will be asked about all of this. Heres the problem. That will not happen until march 31st. Thats more than six weeks from now. And in news cycles, thats a lifetime. I want to bring in ken delaney that covers intelligence and national security. Bill barr will have to answer on these questions, but it is not until the end of march, and what are the consequences . Good question. This could be one of the most important oversight hearings featuring an attorney
I also think now the attorney beginning of the end for donald general feels free to come in and say whatever he wants trump. Senator Elizabeth Warren on because he believes with this her call to end trump corruption. President he do whatever he yes, roger stone, im looking wants. To senator collins, i hope she at you. Knows, as we all do, that the and can anyone really predict who is the most electable president has learned absolutely nothing from this ordeal. Candidate . The attorney general is now all in starts right now. Scheduled to testify to a committee on march 31st. Good evening. From new york im chris hayes. Am i crazy or is that way too far away . The crisis is happening right President Donald Trump has very clearly learned his lesson from now. Its happening before our eyes. The impeachment acquittal he has defied your committee and granted him one week ago today by every republican senator save not come to it and now he has one, and the lesson is that he agreed to come in tw
Generals role in the felony convictions of Donald Trumps friends and former advisors. First the bombshell news that william barr, whos already under fire in the sentencing of trump advisor, roger stone, is taking the rather extraordinary step of investigating the investigation into trumps former National Security advisor, mike flynn. Flynn admitted to lying to the fbi and should be sentenced soon. The new york times, quote attorney general william barr has assigned an outside prosecutor to scrutinize the case against President Trumps former National Security advisor mike flynn. This is highly unusual and could trigger more accusations of political interference into the work of career prosecutors. Nbcs own carol lee adds details. Quote, the Justice Department recently opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fbis interview of Michael Flynn while he was serving as president Donald Trumps National Security advisor. Barr asked the u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of