Told Jennifer Lawrence before their big hit this year. The prediction, even before that dance. Good evening and we begin with new information coming in on the capture of that drug lord, known around the world, described as cruel and ruthless and wanted in mexico and right here in the u. S. Tonight, abc news is learning one of the keys to tracking down joaquin guzman, el chapo, was his own family. Authorities had been tracking their communications, messages between family members, getting closer to his location. Leading to this moment right here, Mexican Marines taking him to the helicopter that would take him to prison. And where did it all end for him . Inside this nondescript mexican hotel. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas, picking up the story from there tonight. For the first time, taking us inside that hotel room. Reporter it all ended here in room 401 of the miramar hotel. Not a shot fired. This grainy video released today by mexican authorities showing that messy
Back. The president catching a lot of heat for his latest Budget Proposal and even some republican lawmakers say it wont fly in congress. Who wins . Who loses . Whats next . We start with health care and the big sales push from the white house. Time is running short. Theyre aiming for a thursday vote in the house on their obama care replacement bill. The president claimed he is gaining more republican support, but theres a significant block of republicans who still say they wont vote for it. Vice president pence is trying to shore up support today making the case to Small Business owners in jacksonville, florida. It is the second weekend in a row he has done that. Pence had one message, obama care must go. Florida cant afford obama care anymore. Job creators in florida cant afford it either. I heard it. [ applause ] i heard it earlier today the Small Businesses represented here. They told me that obama care hits them with mandates, regulations, higher taxes, and high are costs. Msnbcs
Whether he thinks it will end in military conflict. And down on the bayou. In trump country, residents give their take on the Health Care Proposal and the president , ahead right here on msnbc live. We begin with the first 100 days. President trump in florida for a working weekend. A day after meeting with the chancellor of germany, Angela Merkel. He tweeted, i had a great meeting despite what youve heard in the fake news. Nevertheless, germany owes vast sums of money to nato. Meanwhile, the administration is stepping up on its pressure on china to keep north korea from expanding its nuclear program. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in beijing today where he met with his chinese counterpart ahead of his meeting with president xi jinping tomorrow. We have agreed to Work Together to see if we can bring the government in pyongyang to a place where ty want to make a course correction and move away from their development of their Nuclear Weapons. But it is with a certain sense of urgency
A moment. But it is hard to believe seven days ago we were talking about the impending hurricane named harvey preparing to make landfall. This afternoon, the floodwaters continue to recede in most places, revealing the sheer enormity and destruction. Harvey downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves northeast. But the beast that was harvey battered texas, leaving a deadly trail in its wake. 38. Thats now the official number of People Killed by the storm, a figure expected to rise as emergency workers go door to door in neighborhoods that have been under water for days. The other priority, assessing the damage and the environmental threats faced by residents of houston and the gulf coast. People are not just returning home to find flooded houses and washedaway memories. There are now Significant Health concerns from standing water to possible pollution from the huge texas petro chemical industry. And this afternoon, there it is. A troubling sight in the atlantic. A new storm named
In afghanistan, if we think we can solve that, youre wrong. And the total eclipse begins in just over an hour, as eclipse mania builds across the nation, people are pouring into the oregon down where the lights go out first. Today because 100,000 people have shown up, it is the fourth largest city in the state. President trump is back at work in the white house today, preparing for a prime time address, for the troops in ft. Myers. Hes expected to announce hes adding as many as 4,000 troops to the force in afghanistan. That was a decision that was authorized, in fact, several months ago, but then put on hold by defense secretary mattis. The military strategy speech comes amidst another tragedy for the seventh fleet. A search continuing for 10 missing sailors when their destroyer, the usa john mccain was the u. S. Fitzgerald was involved in a collision just a few months ago. The commander of the navy fleet is speaking out. This is the second collision in three months and the last in a s