Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, september 21st, im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. We begin with breaking news overnight. Charlotte, North Carolina, is on edge after protests erupted after the Deadly Police shooting of a black man. More than 200 demonstrators gathered last night carrying signs and in some cases verbally taunting officers in riot gear. Authorities say officers used flash bangs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. They add 12 officers were hurt, including one struck in the face by a rock. The unrest began quickly after news spread about the death of 43yearold Keith Lamonte scott. They were serving a warrant on another man at an apartment complex when they came upon scott in his car. At this point all we know is, they are in the apartment complex parking lot and this subject gets out with a weapon, they engage him, and one of the officers felt a lethal threat and fired his weapon because of that. Now, a social media post by a woman who says she is the daughter
Right now. Announcer from nbc news, World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, the u. S. Is promising to respond after an American Naval destroyer came under missile attack tonight near yemen, the second time in less than a week. Pentagon Officials Say the missiles were launched from territory controlled by iranianbacked rebels. The ship was not hit and there were no american casualties. But the attacks have raised the stakes in the already dangerous region, and 24re9en to draw the u. S. Into yemens civil war. Nbcs hans nichols has late details. Reporter its just the second time in four days missiles have been fired at the american destroyer. The uss mason. The suspects behind the brazen attack . Militias backed by iran. The latest incident began around sundown tonight. At least one missile was fired from an area in yemen controlled by iranianbacked rebels, the houthis. In rapid response, the mason deployed its own missiles as defensive co
Tradition o one president at a time. Reporter e does like to weigh in and thats something hes been doing. While there are events unfolding around him, which means there is risk in weighing in. He has talked about israel. He has talked about job situations. He has been critical of the administration. Hes tweeted against president obama and then as we know, he has also indicated they have a good relationship. So one tweet says the transition is not so smooth. His Public Comments which we should point out are rare since the election, this was perhaps the only interaction i can recall since the election where donald trump took unexpected questions from members of the media and there tried to repair it and say, there is, in fact, a relationship with president obama that is working. So, chris, as you know, this is an unusual pattern that has continued from candidate to president elect and then, of course, to see even our own fellow clevelander don king who was pictured will and you and i rem
And yesterday press Secretary Sean Spicer quoted one of those nonsensical conspiracies. On fox news on march 14th judge napolitano made the following statement quote three intelligence sources have informed fox news the president obama went outside the chain of command and didnt use the nsa or the cia or the fbi and didnt use the department of justice. He used gchq. What is that . Its the initials for the British Intelligence spying agency that simply by two people saying president needs transcripts of conversations involving President Trumps conversations he needs to get it and theres no american fingerprints on this. Well, not surprised our allies in britain didnt like being losed as alibis. The Intelligence Agency spicer cited the gchq put out a Statement Today debunking the whole story. It said recent allegations made by media commentator judge Andrew Napolitano about gchq being asked to conduct wiretapping against the then president elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous
We just saw it like you did. Via the news and media, et cetera. A decision that we will begin very easily. By the way, we won the decision in boston. Kellyanne conway reiterated that argument on the first 100 days saying this is has always been about protecting the country from another terrorist attack. This ruling does not affect the merits at all. It is an intern ruling and we will get our day in court and have an opportunity to argue on the marriage that we will prevail. Washington state who initiated the lawsuit challenging the executive order is hes confident ever that the courts will continue to rule in washingtons favor. We have seen him in court twice and we are two for two. Thats number one, in my view, the future of the constitution is at stake. We respect that the president has brought authority when it comes to issues of executive orders, but, but they still have to follow the constitution. Thats the bottom line. Lawmakers from capitol hill weighing throughout the night inc