Boy. Jeanie moss. Cnn. New york. And dont forget you can watch anywhere. Anderson starts next. We begin tonight with the president yet begin saying something that turns out not to be true and the white house covering for him. The white house official confirmed to cnn the west wing tried to after the president said this in the rose garden last week when asked why he hadnt said anything about the four u. S. Soldiers killed. Ive written them personal letters. Theyve been sent or theyre going out today but we were doing the weekend. That was monday. On tuesday, the president said this on a radio interview. I have called i believe everybody but certainly ill use the word virtually everybody where during the last month something happened. Keeping hip honest he hadnt called virtually everybody and in an email changed by role the president tweeted in response. Explain what he said. Thats right, anderson. And point out we tried to ask the question this all day long in response to the widow of
Were learning now that last summer at right about the same time Wikileaks Julian assange was contacted by a company linked to the Trump Campaign seeking access to emails from clintons private server. Thats according to four sources familiar with the outreach. Assange tweeting today i can confirm an approach by Cambridge Analytica prior to november of last year and can confirm that it was rejected by wikileaks. Those 33,000 emails deleted from clintons private server, they never materialized. So President Trump says today the real scandal is a revelation that Hillary Clintons campaign and the dnc helped to pay for that feign mouse dossier on trump and russia. I think its a disgrace. Its a very sad commentary on politics of this country. I want to bring in now cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Good evening to all of you. Welcome to the program. Mr. Chuto, to you first. We are learning tonight that Cambridge Analytica, a firm that was central to the data operation of
Very angry at the tone of his voice. And how he said it. He couldnt remember my husband name. The only way her name my husband name because he told me he had my husband report in front of him. Thats when he actually said la david. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. And thats what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country, why cant you remember his name . And that what made me upset and cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier. Sara murray joins me from the white house. The president didnt waste any time responding to the comments this morning. Reporter thats right anderson, and for many it was a perplex ing response because President Trump decided to dispute is account from a grieving widow. He tweeted i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sergeant Johnson and soak his name from beginning without hesitation. It is worth noting we had a number of occasions t
Alone and are not the only ones who have a bone to pick with donald trump. 38 of americans say they approve of trumps performance, down 5 since september. 58 disapprove. The percentage who strongly disapprove outweighed strong approvers by a margin of 49 to 22. And the numbers show the fraying of the trump base. It shifted from 41 approval to 47 . Whites without a College Degree went to 58 approving of trumps performance to 51 . And joining me, Jennifer Ruben of the Washington Post, and legal scholar chris metzler, and rick tyler, a msnbc political analyst. An allrepublican panelist, this is going to be fun. You are my friend, and what do you think of these numbers and does it spell trouble . It historically spells trouble in the republican midterms, but this is a different time and different presidency and a different sort of following that he has in poll numbers that i have seen in different states. His following is following him, and they are still pretty firm. They have not if anyt
And medal of honor for a hero who risked his own life to save so many others. Also tonight, why the world series could be a recordbreaker. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. Next news learned that the four americans killed in the ambush in niger may have walked into a carefully set trap. Their attackers aware of exactly where they would be. That theory gaining steam in the pentagon tonight as its top general is acknowledging that the military owes more answers to the families of the slain americans, and late today he went before the press to try to fill in some of the crucial blanks. The americans were killed in what they apparently thought was a lowrisk mission, and as that investigation continues, so does a dispute that overshadows that i have sacrifice. Our chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has details. Reporter late tonight, nbc news is learning the ambush in niger may have been a setup, a sneak attack by terro