Reporter absolutely, peter. They both highlight Critical Issues for the president as hes here at United Nations general assembly. I count you to you interrupt me. You alluded to it at the top of the show, the idea of the Iranian Nuclear deal, front and center in that consideration. Watch for this to be a theme over the next four days. Not just in this meeting, although its likely to take crucial importance in these talks, but also in the president s speech tomorrow. Weve heard u. N. Ambassador nikki haley say she believes this speech, which is already written, its been written for days now, which is different than what we sometimes see for these sort of big, notable remarks from President Trump, he likes to tweak and tweak until the last minute. Ambassador haley said the president will slap the right people and hug the right people n her view, and come out, she says, on the other side looking very strong. Expect iran to be one of the nations that verbally that the president , in haleys
Public. But we start with the latest mass the latest on the mass shooting in sutherland spring, texas, and new details on the shooters violent history toward women and children. Today, the air force is admitting it did not properly document a 2012 courtmartial conviction for Domestic Assault on the suspects wife and stepson whose skull he cracked. The error was meant the error meant there was no information in federal databases to prevent him from buying the firearms that he used to kill more than 2 dozen people on sunday and more than half of them were children. Two reports now from the Justice Department and from the pentagon. Lets start with Pete Williams and talking about the justice side of this. What more have we learned, pete, in terms of the investigation about the shooters history and his involvement in domestic gun violence, Domestic Violence . Well, i think the facts of his violence in Domestic Violence are very clear, but i think an important point has to be made here about
Special counsel robert mueller. Putting the president on notice that there will be a, quote, significant consequence. These truly are red lines. Would be a gross abuse of power. And diplomatic dilemma . President trump threatens to cut off american aid to other countries ahead of that key vote at the u. N. Considering the u. S. Embassy in israel. Ambassador Nikki Haley Says the administration is taking names. Jerusalem is the capital of israel. We begin today with the tax bill and what the president calls that big beautiful tax cut which he could sign into law as early as tomorrow, putting a notch in the win column, after what has been a very rough year for him and his party. Ive got a great team with me to help break it all down. And more importantly, what it means to all of you at home. I want to go to Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house where there was a lot of celebrating yesterday to say the least, kristen. I think we thought there was probably going to be a News Conferenc
Agenda, rebuild relations with congress, oh, and rangel the president s twitter feed. Thats just for starters. Lets go to nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, i would say the expectations bar for kelly is pretty high. But i guess the question is, can he meet it, and what does the white house want from him . Reporter the white house sees him as a stabilizing force, chris. For all of those reasons that you just laid out. Hes a 45year marine veteran, someone who has led with an iron fist. The president thinks that hes on a very good job as dhs secretary. The fact hes been tough on crime, tough on illegal immigration. So he wants him to bring some of those sensibilities to this new role. But it is going to be a steep climb. Theres no doubt about that. Part of what he is charged to do is to try to bring more stability to this administration, to cut down on the discord and the infighting. But, of course, the big question remains, will he be able to rein in the president . Some of the tweets, some o
The first place. The pentagon looks into the incident as john mccain says the administration is not being up front about the attack. And minutes ago, the governor of puerto rico arrived in our Nations Capital to meet with leaders, including the president. But a new report raises red flags over femas use of no bid contracts as they try to rush out aid. Were drenched. Its wet. We need to cool off some kind of way. Theres no electricity. No bid contracts. And in the russia investigation, an exclusive report from the daily beast, some of the biggest names in the Trump Campaign, including his own son don jr. Pushed tweets from russianbacked trolls before the election. We have a lot to get through today. Beginning with the president and his administration trying to walk the line between defending their contacts with gold star families but not disputing what those families are saying. All of this growing under what under any ordinary circumstances would have been a private call to a grieving