Starts now. Tonight the president goes there on just about every topic imaginable during a free wheeling i am promise to you 40minute news conference. And that man at his side, Mitch Mcconnell, the man steve bannon is trying to run out of office. And perhaps most troubling, trump falsely asserts that he does what other president s failed to do when it comes to americas gold star families. All of it and more on a monday night as the 11th hour gets under way. Well, good evening once again as we start off a new week from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 270 of the Trump Administration brought us an unexpected question and answer session between the president , the reporters who cover him, and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Right there in the rois garden. It will likely live on as the source of many of the headlines you will see well into tomorrows news cycle and these days, thats a long time. Their Mission Today was to talk up their closeness and cooperation, despi
He says it didnt happen and you know, you have to listen to him also. No endorsement, but no doubt President Trump wants roy moore in the u. S. Senate despite Sexual Misconduct allegations. And new Sexual Harassment allegations against the dean of the house of representatives. Now the biggest newspaper wants john conyers to resign after he used taxpayer money to settle with another accuser. Welcome to early start. Nice to see you this morning. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking news overniepgght, a u navy plane crashing in okinawa japan. It was headed to the uss reagan carrier. Four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in asian waters. Ivan watson was in okinawa and hes now following the developments for us from hong kong. What can you tell us. Reporter thats right. This accident took place according to the u. S. Navy within the last three hours. It was a u. S. Navy aircraft that was approaching the uss Ronald Reagan. Thats an Aircraft Carrier thats been operating in
Reagan. They are said to be in Good Condition there. Now, it has been a very difficult and deadly year for the navys seventh fleet out in the pacific. They have lost 17 sailors, 17 sailors killed this year in two separate major collisions with commercial shipping and two u. S. Navy warships. The mccain and the fitzgerald, as you will remember, both had collisions with cargo ships. 17 sailors losing their lives in those incidents. Theyve had actually a total of four incidents with their ships over the past year. And just as recently as saturday, a minor incident when a navy when a japanese tug apparently scraped yet another u. S. Navy ship out there. None of these apparently related, of course, to this aircraft accident. It remains under investigation, but as we begin this holiday weekend, of course, the absolute top priority is to try and find the three missing. John, poppy . Indeed. All right, Barbara Starr for us, thank you so much. Please keep us posted, barbara. This morning, the p
Meddling in the 2016 election. Bloomberg reports President Trumps former strategist and Corey Lewandowski asked to testify about russian interference before the house intelligence committee. Also today, nbc news reports that house lawmakers are interviewing President Trumps longtime personal assistant rona graph at an undisclosed location in new york. And all of this comes a day after deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe sat for a second marathon interrogation by lawmakers. Mccabe spent a total of 17 hours over the past couple days testifying. A source familiar with the testimony told nbc news that mccabe did confirm that then fbi director james comey told him that trump had, indeed asked him for a loyalty pledge. And on another note, moments ago, the New York Times reported federal prosecutors in brooklyn are seeking bank records about tints associated with the Family Company of President Trumps soninlaw jared kushner. Well bring you more on that report in a moment. First, we should note
Release. He also called for prayers for those involved in the search and rescue mission of a crashed u. S. Navy plane, but very little likely to divert attention from the president effectively endorsing his partys Embattled Senate candidate in alabama. The president batting away the accusations of several women who say roy moore pursued them as teenagers. Instead, the president is breaking ranks with leading republicans who have called on roy moore to step aside amid the myriad claims of sexual misconduct. The reason, moore says he did not sexually assault a 14yearold girl and said he did not ever try to seduce other women. Well, he denies it. Look, he denies it. He totally denies it. He says it didnt happen. He said 40 years ago, this did not happen. Let me just tell you, roy moore denies it. Thats all i can say. He denies it. And by the way, he totally denies it. Well, he denies. Roy moore denies it. And by the way, he gives a total denial. He totally denies it. I think you see the t