Space. We could see this live in our hour. Plus, bigotry, White Supremacy against any form is blasphemy from the american creed. That from george w. Bush in a rare public speech. Well play you his reminders for america and the white house he once occupied. Lets get to it. Sarah sanders set to speak in less than a minute and were waiting to hear from the white house on a variety of topics, including ambush of troops in niger and the fallout. What happened . We dont know. Why were that there . We dont know. John mccain says the white house has not been forth coming about details of the ambush. Lets listen to Sarah Sanders now. Good afternoon. As you all saw earlier today, the president met with the governor of puerto rico this morning to discuss the ongoing hurricane recovery efforts. The administration is working tirelessly to help our fellow citizens recover and rebuild. Well stand with them throughout this process. Its been awhile since ive had an opportunity to share a letter to the
Sexual misconduct claims against him completely false. And were live in vietnam as President Trump is half a world away from the problems back home in washington. The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. And good evening once again from the nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 295 of the Trump Administration, and tonight it is now clear that the attention of Robert Mueller is, for the time being at least, bearing down on mike flynn, the retired u. S. Army general who was one of the stalwarts of the Trump Campaign effort and who served as National Security adviser for 24 days in the west wing. Nbc news reports today mueller is investigating a possible deal between senior turkish officials and flynn during the president ial transition. This report says in part, quote, four people familiar with the investigation said mueller is looking into whether flynn discussed orchestrating the return to turkey of a chief rival of turkish president erdogan who lives in the u. S. Flynn was of
Release, though he has chosen not to release it himself. Back to the hill it goes. The New York Times reporting, mr. Trump who had a brief window to block the memos disclosure on National Security grounds was expected to Tell Congress on friday that he had no sxokss would likely not request any material be redacted, according to a Senior Administration official. It would then be up to the House Intelligence Committee whose Republican Leaders have pushed for the release to make the document public. New reporting by the Washington Post gives us some insight into how the president arrived at that decision, that conclusion. According to the post, before he had even read it, trump became absolutely convinced of one thing. The memo needed to come out. That the president did not actually see the memo until wednesday afternoon, that would be yesterday, following committees monday vote to initiate its release. That was after the president was caught on a hot mike coming up the aisle after the s
Now theyre free. An American Woman, her husband and kids released five years after militants captured them. Theres a problem bringing them home. Also firefighters pouring into california from neighboring states trying to help control the wild fires that have done so many damage. Its heart breaking, its crushing. This looks like another planet. When you see these homes that have been reduced to rubble. Now strong winds an intense heat as firefighters attempt to save lives and peoples homes. Recently they brought in a powerful new weapon. Lets get to it. Good thursday afternoon. John kelly made a surprise appearance at that White House Briefing this afternoon taking the podium for the First Time Since beening chief of staff. He responded to reports that he may be on way out. Im not quitting today. I dont believe and i just talked to the president i dont think im being fired today. And im not so frustrated in this job that im thinking of leaving. General kelly did get laughs from reporter
Well, nbc news reports that according to an unnamed whistleblower mike flynn sent a text to a former business associate 11 minutes after donald trump was sworn in as president. Saying, russian sanctions would be quote, ripped up once trump was inside the white house. And that a u. S. russia Business Plan to build in the northeast was good to go. While the president was delivering his inaugural address, and the timing of the text means by our calculations it was during this portion of the president s speech. I will fight for you with every breath in my body, and i will never, ever let you down. America will start winning again. Winning like never before. The speech where the president later contended it did not rain, the speech known forever as the american carnage address. The whistleblower gave that account to the House Oversight committee in june. While today Maryland Democratic congressman elijah comings laid out the allegations against flynn in a letter. To the committees republica