Move this up a little bit. Appreciate your flexibility today. So the pool has enough time to cover the Vice President and secretary shulkin as they welcome honor flight veterans to washington on the anniversary of veday. The Vice President hosting more than 120 veterans of world war ii, the korean warp and vietnam wore as part of National Military Appreciation Month and Public Service recognition week, highlighting the trump administrations commitment to our military and Public Service. Also today, the Vice President and secretary price, secretary shulkin, all attended an event on the scientific continues in biomedicine. Key leaders from government, the private sector and academia excused the United States comprehensive biomedical landscape and further educated white house staff, including assistant to president , ivanka trump, and reed cordish on the topic. The readings organized by the National Institute of health and left by the director, dr. Francis collins. A company are were prov
Late. Good afternoon. The president this morning met with general mcmaster general mcmaster is helping lead the team that is organizing the president s upcoming foreign trip. The president has been focused on meeting with the team, getting ready for the various stops he will be making. The president has seen a great desire for america to reengage and be a leader once again in helping solve the worlds complex problems. Hes already made moves behind the scenes with leaders and in public statements to show that america is reasserting its leadership on the world stage. These visits are another important part of this american resurgence. The president will further our strategic objectives in the region my creating new opportunities that will strengthen the United States and our allies weakening our enemies. Many of you are interested in the logistical aspects of this trip. We will have for the briefing struck the week. Throughout the week. I would like to announce that thepresident has invi
Washington, d. C. Center at 6 30 eastern. Pence hostedt mike world war ii, korea and and vietnam war veterans at the white house for an event recognizing military Appreciation Month. Good to see everybody. How about a round of applause for these great guardians . 2 [applause] honor onis my great behalf of the first family here on National Military Appreciation Month to welcome so many heroes to this special place. On behalf of the president of the United States of america, welcome to the white house. [applause] also thank you to secretary shall confer that great introduction. That great job youre doing day in and day out to help americas heroes. Would you join me in thanking the secretary of Veterans Affairs for bringing about transformational change . [applause] and also, can i invite you to give a big round of applause to the second lady of the united 31tes of america, my wife of years and a marine corps mom . [applause] it is deeply humbling for me to be here today, with all the gua
Nbc news has learned Richard Simmons will file a lawsuit today against multiple publications for articles described as unflattering and hurtful. Will the fitness guru finally reenter the spotlight in court today monday, may 18, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning, im savannah guthrie, we have craig melvin in for matt and, shh, people are sleeping outside. Folks waiting for harry styles who kicks off our summer classic series. Well reveal the lineup we have for the summer. Are you impressed . Its quite the lineup. Something on the list for everyone. Stick around for that. Well get right to our top story. We start in washington. This muchanticipated hearing on capitol hill on russian interference into the president ial election. Acting attorney general sally yates. She was fired by President Trump. Nbc National Corr
Hello. What a friendly, beautiful group. You can even sit down, right . Well, thank you. We love you very much. You are very special people. Thank you for being here. So bright and festive. It is an honor to welcome to the white house activeduty servicemembers, military spouses we have a lot of spouses. And mothers of our men and women in uniform. I especially want to thank the spouses of the military ei aides. I am dealing with them all the time and they are incredible people. Gretchen, jessica, kelly stand up, please. Stand up. [applause] incredible people. Great job. Really, a great job you do. It isnt easy. It is a lot of work and we appreciate it. Thank you. I have to say to all of the folks that work almost as hard can they work harder . I guess, maybe. We want to thank you. We want to thank you. To all of the military families here, thank you for the service. To ourally important great nation. We are getting stronger every day. I can say this to the military folks that our natio