From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. For the folks who have moved to an allelectronic webbased life, todays news maybe wasnt all that impactful. But for the folks with mailboxes in cities and towns across this countron dirt roads or in apartment buildings, theres always been mail on saturday. Six days a week, since the time of abraham lincoln. But today the u. S. Postal service says delivering the mail on saturdays must stop. If they are to survive. Its one of two American Institutions in the news tonight for differing reasons in changing times. We want to begin tonight with nbcs tom costello in glen echo, maryland. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, brian, no secret the Postal Service is up to its neck in red ink, handling 30 billion fewer pieces of first class mail today than just four years ago. And guess what . Delivery of packages booming because were all buying stuff online. This action is about just trying to keep
Shes cool on the show. I like all of your opinions. Keep tweeting me. Shannon bream is up next. Shannon has Lindsey Graham on friday will be a great show, as always. Shannon . Shannon he spent the day with the president. He will fill us in on that, laura. Thank you very much. Lets get you caught up on three breaking stories tonight. The Inspector General at the Justice Department is starting an investigation into what republicans contend is bias at the doj and fbi and the Russia Collision Investigation and those fisa warrants. We are learning that President Trump has fired his Veterans Affairs secretary dr. David shulkin. Senior North And South Korean officials are just launching highlevel talks to set up a planned summit in april with President Trump. Team coverage tonight, Tomlinson Standing by at the pentagon with why dr. David shulkin was locked up into his lets go. We begin tonight with chief National Correspondent ed henry following the new pressure on the fbi. Good evening. Whit
Were following all the breaking news in the pandemic mark would horrific milestones. The new death toll in the United States passed 8,000 people. And more than 1,000 reported dead just in the u. S. And globally the numbers are also so grim. 1. 2 million infected around the world. More than 64,000 plus dead. President trump today predicting that its only going to get worse in the coming few days. This will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week. And there will be a lot of death unfortunately. But a lot less death than if this wasnt done. But there will be death. The president s Coronavirus Response coordinator underscoring this is not the time to return to normal prepandemic life. This is the moment, not going to the Grocery Store or the pharmacy but doing everything you can to keep your family and friends safe. And that means everybody doing the sixfeet distancing, washing your hands. Pretty stunning statement from dr. Burke. The president clearly focusing on kic
Were hearing from a source, they told rich edson that mike pompeo, the secretary of state himself went to President Trump and said you need to fire this guy, steve linick. We found out late last night that he would be dismissed in 30 days. An obama era employee who briefed on ukraine last fall. The white house not commenting why the president did this. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put out a lengthy statement about the friday night firing. Its concerning that the president has taken the action as the house passes the heroes act, which contains critical funding for the state department ig to oversee and ensure the effective wise spending of Coronavirus Response funds. This firing will set back the important work of the office of Inspector General to perform critical audits, investigations and inspection of u. S. Embassies and programs around the world during the crisis. Kristin, this is interesting, this is from the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee eliot engel. Ive learned that
While his predecessor may soon be released. Why does egypt matter . Because it is seen as a linchpin in the middle east and is crucial to u. S. Ally israels defense. We have fox team coverage. Ed henry at the white house, looking at the administrations evolving policy. But Leland Vittert has more. Reporter just past midnight in cairo, where it is relatively calm but far from quiet, given rumors that Hosni Mubarak, former president , may get out of jail. Right now, it appears as though the army is winning the battle for the strength against the Muslim Brotherhood gunmen and battle for hearts and minds of the egyptian people, although it is coming at a high price. Under a banner on state tv reading egypt fighting terrorism, a military jet brought back the bodies of 25 Police Recruits killed execution style overnight by jihadist militants and left on the side of a road in the sinai peninsula. A clear message of revenge from groups loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood, allegedly for the death o