The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters. Day 372 of the trump administration. President back at the white house tonight after his trip to davos. He had a busy week including formally unveiling his latest immigration proposal delivering the first state of the Union Address as president and attempting a retreat with house and senate republicans. All of it now against this backdrop of the latest big story, the white house has been forced to react to the New York Times exclusive last night that the president ordered the firing of Robert Mueller but for his white House Counsel who said if he goes, i go and so it was never carried out. While the times broke the story, similar accounts and confirmations followed from nbc news, the washington post, fox news. Today the president had the opportunity to respond to these reports. [ indiscernible question ] did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fake news, folks, fake news. New york ti
Davos but ignoring questions on Robert Mueller in light of that bob shell story he had ordered him to be fired. The clock ticking down to the next big event in the russia investigation. Steve bannon scheduled to be the next big interview. Is it getting more difficult to carry out the task of protecting the president from himself . The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. Day 372 of the trump administration. He had a busier than usual week ahead. It includes formally unveiling his latest immigration proposal. Delivering his first state of the Union Address as president and attending a retreat with house and senate republicans. All of it against this backdrop of the latest big story the white house has been forced to react to be New York Times exclusive that the president ordered the firing of Robert Mueller but for his white House Counsel who said if he goes, i go. It was never carried out. Similar accounts have followed. The president had the opportunity to respond to these reports.
Administration brings a major shakeup for the west wing and a big change in status for one of the president s most senior, most trusted aides. Jared kushner President Trumps soninlaw in Senior Advisor has been stripped of his high level security clearance cutting off his access to highly classified information like the president ial daily brief. Nbc news has learned that kushner who has been working under the highest level interim clearance for all this while, more than a year learned about the downgrade in a memo on friday. The decision comes as white house chief of staff john kelly moved to overhaul the White House Security clearance process after the resignation of staff secretary rob porter amid allegations of spousal abuse on his part. Tonight a senior official told our Kristen Welker that the president quote, has faith in this soninlaw and his Senior Advisor to continue to work at the level he has from the beginning to continue to make progress in his major pieces of his portfoli
Campaign. But tonight new reporting on what an fbi informant was actually investigating inside the trump camp. Plus Rudy Giuliani claims Robert Mueller has narrowed the scope of potential questions for donald trump, which would officially qualify as an interesting development. And were live in santa fe, texas, tonight where ten people are dead, ten wounded in a School Shooting outside houston as the 11th hour begins on a friday night. And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Tonight the death toll is ten in santa fe, texas, following this nations latest mass School Shooting. The accused gunman is in custody. He is 17. Well have a live report from texas ahead in this broadcast, but first we begin with what was day 484 of the Trump Administration and the president s new attacks on the fbi. Stepping up the pressure on the bureau and the Justice Department as part of his latest moves to cast doubt on the entire russia investigation as led by Robert Muell
Way. Good evening, day 477 of the Trump Administration, exactly one year to the day since we heard this. I was going to fire comey, he made a recommendation but regardless of rem decontamination i was going to fire comey. I said to myself, i said this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that she should have won. The president s comments to lester holt became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation, tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry and this is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has spoken with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani he writes, quote, friday preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off someth