Not entirely. Why was this policy not put in place back then because it would have been 100 coverage . What we have said is the president stands ready to consider additional travel restrictions as necessary to further protect the american public. This is an example of additional travel restrictions that could be put in place by our Homeland Security officials to ensure the safety and security of the american public. When the president was asked in the oval office on thursday evening of last week about a travel ban, the president asked me why he did not believe a travel ban would be in the best interests of public safety, but indicated an openness to add additional restrictions that could be put in place to protect the american public. This is an example of one of those travel restrictions, and this ismething that this is not relatively creative policymaking. This is where the department of Homeland Security had to work with airlines that are flying passengers from a variety of countrie
Hope may be fading for this portion of the search, but theyre certainly giving it everything theyve got and theyre already planning for phase two. No end in sight as investigators are now only days away from completing the search in the targeted area. And still, no sign of flight 370. Back in the water this morning, bluefin21. After turning up empty scouring twothirds of the intended seabed so far. The search in the air drastically scaled back due to rain, poor visibility, and she i have seas from Tropical Cyclone jack. It represents the best guess as to where the plane may be. If nothing is found, the search area may widen dramatically with more equipment. Investigators say theyre in the early stages of talks on longterm search plans, as far out as july. On monday chinese families ofs those on board flight 370 arrived at a Beijing Hotel expecting a briefing with technical experts from malaysia. But that meeting was canceled. The families turned away. Even a small pieces, they havent f
Im Yasmin Vossoughian at msnbc headquarters in new york. President trump wrapping up day one of his nineday foreign trip. Hes in riyadh, saudi arabia, receiving a warm welcome. Hes wrapping up with an official dinner and tour of the palace. Tomorrow is the highly anticipated address to the muslim world, a speech drafted by stephen miller, the white house adviser, behind the controversial muslim ban. While the president is focused on diplomacy, the controversies he left behind here in the u. S. Continue to generate headlines, including that jim comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee after memorial day. Before that, the president has a foreign trip to get through with plenty of diplomatic headlines. The president and his team hit the ground running. President trump signing a nearly 1 110 billion in arms deals with saudi arabia effective immediately. Plus, another 350 billion over the next ten years. Take a listen to this. It was a tremendous day. I just want to thank
We begin with two big new pieces of the trumprussia picture. New reporting that cnn broke on the intelligence that first raised suspicions last year. Also what cnn has just learned about what attorney general Jeff Sessions did not reveal about his contact with russians during his security vetting. So what have you learned . Attorney general Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with russian officials. This new information from the Justice Department is the latest example of sessions not listing contacts he had with russian officials. Earlier this year, he came under criticism from democrats after he was revealed he did not disclose these same contacts with the Russian Ambassador during his Senate Confirmation hearings. Sessions met with him at least two times last year, including at the Republican National convention, and he did not note those interactions on his form. The form actually requires him to list any contact he or his family had with a Foreign Government o
Series of claims they initially made with the firing, has now begun to unravel. President trump sat down with my colleague, the anchor of the nbc nightly news for a dramatic interview amid this escalating controversy. We have some brand new survey monkey online polling out right now this very issue. Sort of snap shot overnight numbers. Well get to them in a moment. Well begin with the highlights of this lester holt interview with the president which began with mr. Trump unloading on now former fbi director james comey. Look, he is a showboat, a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago. It was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. Monday you met with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein duffle and for a recommendation . What i did was i was going to fire comey. My decision. You had made the decision before the recommendation. I was going to fire comey. Theres