Warning the Korean Peninsula could on the brink of nuclear war. Can President Trump keep tepgss at bay . Also on the agenda, one georgia democrat rattles republicans. Its an extraordinary moment for georgia. With the eyes of the nation and indeed the world on us. Even President Trump is tweeting about tomorrows Congressional Election in georgia. Whats at stake for the white house . And the Republican Party in this closely watched race . Well take you through all of that and a nationwide manhunt. This is what we would consider a national search. For steve. So we are not going to leave any stone unturned. The search intensifying for the suspect in a murder live streamed on facebook. The alleged killer on the loose a second day the leads are few and far between. Well bring all of the developments in the investigation but we begin with the top story wg the escalating situation in north korea and stern worng from the country to the envoy to the United Nations the tension nystagmus the penin
Family spending their fourth of july holiday at his Bedminster Golf Club but being on vacation hasnt kept the commander in chief off twitter. This morning, the president responding to pushback from several states to a request from the white house for voter data from the 2016 election. Data that would be used by the president s voter fraud commission. He tweeted, numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. What are they trying to hide . The white house also dealing with the inability of congress to reach a Health Care Reform agreement. The president offering this suggestion, if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell responded last night that republicans are going to stick with their current plan. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell joins us near trumps golf club in new jersey. Kelly, is this an important disagreement betw
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Were glad youre here this evening. The stock markets spectacular ride carried it to a new record today as the dow shot past the 22,000 mark for first time. Its one sign of an economy thats hitting on many cylinders. Good news for wall street and certainly for folks with 401 k s and retirement dollars in the market. It can be easy to forget, however, that a lot of working people are still staring into nearempty wallets and are feeling left out of todays celebration because salaries are lagging behind. Our Business Correspondent jo ling kent has the Bigger Picture for us tonight. Reporter with todays record, the dow is now up 20 since President Trump was elected. Thats the story of one economy. While Many Americans feel like theyre living in another. Why are you here at amazon . I was originally working retail, and it just wasnt enough money. Reporter frustration shared today
In the signing statement, he wrote, this legislation is significantly flawed. In its haste to pass the legislation, the congress included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions. Also, he wrote, my administration will give careful and respectful consideration to the preferences expressed by congress in these various provisions. In the press release, he wrote, the framers of our constitution put Foreign Affairs in the hands of the president. This bill will prove the wisdom of that choice. Lets go to Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. Matt miller is an msnbc justice and security analyst. Megan murphy, editor of Bloomberg Business week. Kathryn ram pell, opinion columnist at the washington post, and allen gomez, usa today reporter to talk about the immigrations. Kristen, lets start with the confusion surrounding this statement. Ive never seen anything quite like it. What happened . Reporter the administration effectively put out two statements. One, the official signing state
The news and may have ratcheted things up even further. North korea best not make anymore threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond a normal statement. And as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. Lets goat our correspondents Nbcs Kristen Welker who is with the president , ken leiny, kiir simmons in london, and peter baker, chief white house reporter. Kris enwelker, first to you, what is the president threat wng fire, fury, and frankly power, the likes of which the world has never seen . Reporter well, what the president said today was certainly stepped up rhetoric, but it is consistent with what weve heard from other top officials within the administration, including the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nick kentucky haley who made it clear that all options are on the table when it comes to dealing with north korea, inclu