Second act. He fights the ghosts of 2016 as he runs under a new reality, frontrunner . Were going to start with breaking news as we come on the air. According to the associated press, at least two people are confirmed dead in alabama after a tornado ravaged parts of that state. These pictures are from the town of smiths station, alabama. Pasts of the same system are responsible for massive trukss in a town outside of columbus, georgia. One home was reportedly knocked off its foundation and spun around in the air for some time. Theres searchandrescue effort under way but no word on how many injured in georgia or if there are any fatalities there. Were monitoring this story and will bring you more in an update in a couple of minutes. Our hearts are obviously with the people in those affected areas. But we do want to bring you now a broad view of what is happening here in washington. About 16600 days away from the 2020 election. A new nbc the wall street journal polls the president s aroo
She was in the middle of it. The chance to talk to her about it, i wasnt going to pass up about it. Shes being sentenced to federal prison. Shes saying chrissiest is the only person powerful enough to pull it off and im willing to tell you some of the ways he got off. Shes a remarkablebly specific person in that scandal. That story she is telling is provocative stuff. It was just riveting to watch because i remember every detail of this. And the way you brought up the specifics of her texts and time for traffic problems in ft. Lee and the single most memorable line of the whole thing, and her attempt to provide what she considers context to that, i found some of that understandable. I just cant imagine though being in those jobs and actually participating in Something Like that. I just cant imagine whats going through the minds of people who are doing that. And the sentencing judge for the sentencing of bill baroni and the sentencing yesterday of kelly talked about that. The judge who
Tonight in rambling telephone call, President Trump repeats no collusion, no obstruction and goes on to reargue the case against hillary and obama and mueller and beto orourkes crowd size. Joe biden makes it official on video and a fundraiser tonight but going after trump head on and there is reporting tonight hes the democrat trump fears the most. And the news of the 2 million ransom from north korea in exchange for Otto Warmbier and what putin will tell trump after his meeting with kim jongun. All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. The president remains kneedeep in his campaign to strike back against the filings of the Mueller Report, and to shake off the democrats efforts to investigate his white house. Here briefly is some of what he told sean hannity tonight on fox news. There was like a onesided witch hunt as i called it. Bob mueller i appointed to run the fbi and next, hes the s
Ago and offers graphic details of the alleged attack but why did she wait now to come forward. And the dear letter. President trump is touting his relationship with kim jongun. After sending what north korea calls an excellent letter to the dictator. Can the two leaders move beyond being pen pals. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. President trump orders what he calls hardhitting sanctions on iran, linking the move to last weeks downing of the u. S. Surveillance drone. The order targeting the top leaders as the president backed away at the last minute. Ten minutes from a military strike against iran. But iran isnt backing down. The state news agency calling the sanctions a sign of americas desperation and the Navy Commander warning that more drones could be down. At home the president has also backed away from the brink postponing immigration raids planned for ten u. S. Cities saying deportation would be delayed to give
Victim of another hate crime. Someone comes in with a rifle and starts shooting all over the place and you see your friend and Family Member not surviving, its not the feeling that you want to feel on a daily basis. Much more of that in a bit, but we begin this hour with a capital test of wills and a big question now that lawmakers are back at work. Just how far did against want to go . The tine mick is the defining question in Congress Today and how the House Democrats answer on three specific issues which will dramatically shape the next 18 months to two years look like. On infrastructure whether they will cooperate with the president at all is worth the price of progress. On impeachment, the question, again, is about balancing what the base wants versus what Speaker Nancy Pelosi fears, a bad verdict from voters 2020 who say that democrats crossed the line, betz but the urgent question this very hour. Will democrats subpoena the president s attorney general . William barr says he won