Of donald trump. A veteran washington journalist walks us through just how many people have chosen how to walk out of this west wing as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. Day 740 of the Trump Administration gives us a stark picture today and a stark view of the reality of the world we live in. Thats because today our top combined intelligence chiefs, the people who define their job as keeping us safe, the directors of National Intelligence, the fbi, the cia presented their worldwide threat assessment to congress. Serious business. Their assessment of nearly every major threat is vastly different from what we have heard from their boss, our president. This was essentially a public repudiation by his own people of Donald Trumps world view. In particular what he has said about russia, north korea, iran and isis. Trump has gone to Great Lengths to avoid casting russia and putin as adversaries for starters. Her
They flatly accused you of creating an atmosphere of mistrust and hostility. Yeah. Well, first, theyre wrong about that. Back to that later. We begin the hour with shocking deadly hate and worldwide condemnation. At least 49 people are dead today after a terrorist attack on two mosques in the city of christchurch, new zealand. Police say a gunman opened fire at a mosque on friday afternoon local time. Friday, of course, being the busiest day for many mosques around the world, when muslims convene for friday prayers. One eyewitness says more than 200 people were inside. Worshippers scrambling to escape say the attacker just kept shooting. We hide behind the cars and under the car, and then when we see the fighting still on, we try to jump the fence, and then we hide next house to the mosque on the side. And fighting was on and on. The gunman then drove to a second mosque and opened fire there as well. Police have charged one man in his late 20s with murder. Hes expected in court saturda
The cnn newsroom starts now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The a5 00 a. M. On the east coast, starting with the breaking news around the death of a slain journalist. Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men under the terrorist act in connection with the killing. Head journalist lyra mckee was shot while standing near a Police Vehicle during a riot in londonderry. But the timing is as the world remembers the good friday agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland. Cnns diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is live. Nic, what more are you learning from investigators . Reporter well, the police say theyve arrested two men, one 18 years old. One 19 years old. Theyre taken to their Police Headquarters in belfast. Theres some hour and a half from londonderry. Not clear why these two were arrested. But police did arrest the two, showing at least two involved in shooting clearly, you can see the gunmen. So, perhaps, thats some of the evidence here. But also we should understand w