Hearing from our sources. Thats all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on studio b. But first from fox at 3 00, president obama speaking just minutes ago, calling syrias use of chemical weapons a threat to Americas National security. One, that affects nations all around the world. This kind of attack is a challenge to the world. We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. This kind of attack threatens our National Security interests. By violating wellestablished International Norms against the use of chemical weapons by further threatening friends and allies of ours in the region, like israel and turkey, and jordan, and it increases the risk that chemical weapons will be used in the future and fall into the hands of terrorists who might use them against us. The president also saying he has not yet made any final decision on whether the u. S. Will indeed launch a strike; that he and the pentagon continue to review o
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. During a time of heightened awareness of a potential terrorist threat, a man armed with a knife was able to jump the fence and make it inside the front door of the white house just four minutes after the president departed by helicopter on friday. Now the u. S. Secret service, especially the officers in uniform who patrol the white house lawn, find themselves facing some uncomfortable questions, like what if this assailant had been even more highly motivated or heavily armed . What if there had been several of them at once . Why is the fence relatively easily to climb and not electrified or curved or barbed at the top . No one wants a kremlin in the middle of washington. No one wants the peoples house to become a fortress. But securing what weve got and where our president s and their families live is tonight an issue. Its where we begin with nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. There have been
The coming hours, officials are worried about flooding as the storm dumps hundreds of millions of tons of rain. Many people had fled their homes in preparation for the storm. So far the government has not released any information on casualties. At the Cnn National Weather center, derek van dam is standing by with more on the storm. Hi there, what is going on . Well, robyn, we just received information from the typhoon center. 160 miles kilometer, roughly 100 miles an hour for our domestic viewers and the storm is becoming more and more organized as it interacts across the philippines, this storm, robyn, is putting this area in a very precarious region, but it has manila in its region as well. It slowly will edge closer and closer to luzon, and currently it is similar to a category 2, you can see as it interacts with the land throughout the central philippines, it will be downgraded, probably equivalent to a category 1 hurricane and exits the philippines by tuesday and wednesday. Noneth
Washington bracing for the worst. Overseas, theres isis and afghanistan. As well as new attempts to empty the prison at guantanamo bay. Plus, a Frightening Development in the fight against terror. With the Hostage Rescue Mission gone wrong. Chris jansings following all of it from the white house. Lets start with this torture report. How is the white house preparing for the reports release . Obviously, a lot of things go into a decision like this. And the release. Which at least according to Dianne Feinstein, the Intelligence Committee chairwoman, it is expected to be released this week. One of the things theyre considered is a possible repercussion. So theyre looking very carefully at the timing of when this report is going to be released. As you probably know. Mike rogers suggested there would be serious repercussions for americans. The release of this report could cause violence and even deaths. He talked about this yesterday. The president himself though as you also know left august
Release says that trumps net worth is now in excess of 10 billion. Thats compared to 8. 7 billion that they had previously reported in his summary, and that was as of june 2014 so over the course of a year it sounds like his net worth probably went up by about 1 billion if im doing the math correctly. Whats 1 billion among friends . Exactly. Sarah, i want to bring you in because there was some doubt as to whether he would in fact release this form and he talks about that in his statement and the press release, you know that there were nay sayers and not only did i do this and i did it before i even could have essentially. Whats your reaction to this . Yeah. I mean there were a lot of people a lot of republicans who said once donald trump has to reveal his financials hell get out of race then. Theres nothing to worry about. Hell be out before you know it. Its clear that he does not want to play into that narrative. Like m. J. Lee said weve just got a press release and he does dolph into