Story this valentines day. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The story behind the late night resignation of Michael Flynn continues to unfold tonight. Nbc learning exclusive new details about who knew what and when about the true nature of flynns conversation with the russians before the inauguration. The white house said today President Trump asked for flynns resignation calling it a matter of trust over flynns misleading accounts of his dealings. It didnt fully explain why now weeks after the president was warned that flynn, who was privy to the nations top secrets, might be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. Our team is working several angles to this story. Kristen welker leads us off. Reporter tonight mounting questions at the white house after National Security advisor mike flynn was forced to resign late last night after misleading the president , Vice President and others about discussing sanctions with russias ambassador before the inauguration. This was an act
Policy, many workers have migrated to cities abandoning their homes and fields. The existence of more than two million villages in china is said to be in jeopardy. The government has been devising new measures to address abandoned land for the past few years. Meanwhile, some people have begun reviving villages in their own ways. Villages that have been left behind amid growth are suffering from depopulation. Now one village is taking a unique, new step to combat this issue. The province is located next to the China Capital of beijing. Its long been known for its numerous agricultural regions. Its farmer town in southern hebei. About 1,000 people are registered on the Villages Family records but some 40 live elsewhere. All the young people have left town for work. The villages built around the road connecting to the villages to the city. This was the first paved road built here in the 1970s. Until this road was made there was a village along side a stream a short distance away. Stores a
Died while being taken to hospital. National intelligence officials in seoul told lawmakers they believe he was assassinated. South korean media reports say theres some information he was killed because he recently sought political asylum in the south. One expert thinks an assassination may have been ordered over another reason. Translator i had information that some north korean defectors were considering an exile government under the leadership of kim jongnam. Malaysian police are still trying to determine the cause of death. There are several accounts about how he was apparently poisoned with a needle, a spray or by a cloth put over his face. The police have arrested a woman with a vietnamese passport in connection with the case. They say they took her into custody wednesday morning at Kuala Lumpur International airport. Police say the suspect told them four men convinced her and another woman to play a trick on kim jongnam. She told them she didnt know she was involved in a murder
Died while being taken to hospital. National intelligence officials in seoul told lawmakers they believe he was assassinated. South korean media reports say theres some information he was killed because he recently sought political asylum in the south. One expert thinks an assassination may have been ordered over another reason. Translator i had information that some north korean defectors were considering an exile government under the leadership of kim jongnam. Malaysian police are still trying to determine the cause of death. There are several accounts about how he was apparently poisoned with a needle, a spray or by a cloth put over his face. The police have arrested a woman with a vietnamese passport in connection with the case. They say they took her into custody wednesday morning at Kuala Lumpur International airport. Police say the suspect told them four men convinced her and another woman to play a trick on kim jongnam. She told them she didnt know she was involved in a murder
And we do say good morning to you, everybody, on this thursday. Were going to start with that big moment happening right now today, the first facetoface meeting between the new administration and a russian leader. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson sits down with russias foreign minister in a meeting that could offer some guidance about how President Trump intends to deal with moscow. Now, this comes as more lawmakers are demanding answers into the trump teams russian ties and as President Trump tries to shift the blame for the dismissal of his former National Security adviser. Today for the first time a highlevel Trump Administration official will come facetoface with a Russian Authority when secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets his russian counterpart in germany, but its the secret meetings with Trump Campaign officials and russian operatives that everyone is talking about. Everyone except the president. Mr. President , can you guarantee that nobody on your campaign had any contact w