Speakers are supposed to begin. Alaska, as is their right, has asked for a poll of their delegation, they dont feel the vote was accurately recorded at the podium. The fear in the gop, according to ben ginsburg that other states, this could be contagious. Thats right. And the civic dorks portion of the program is supposed to have just ended. Right. They have their daytime business and everything, but this roll call tonight is something that you love if youre into civics. Its supposed to be over and were supposed to be back to the grand tv show, with all the speakers, including Donald Trumps children, but thats already officially delayed. And it seems like were in a part of the process that may be just the beginning. As you say, we dont alaska is what were waiting on right now. A man from the alaska delegation stood up and said our votes were not counted the way we wanted them to be counted. Kelly odonnell is on the floor, i believe. Do we have kelly . Kelly, go ahead. We are in the mid
Were going to continue moving forward in that process. Thanks guys. Shepard the white house wrapping up the daily briefing. Sarah sanders there finishing things with questions about crime and the rest as you heard, wrapping up that briefing just now. The press secretary, Sarah Sanders, responding to questions about whether President Trump would try to silence people in the russia investigation. Look, im not going to walk through hypothetical conversations or negotiate with you guys. Thats something that the attorneys will do. I can tell you the white house will remain and continue to be fully cooperative with the special counsel and allow them to work through their process. Shepard the russia investigation is the news today after we got word that President Trump asked the fbis Deputy Director who was acting director at the time which candidate he voted for in the 2016 election. Thats according to the Washington Post newspaper. That said a Senior Trump Administration official tells john
Of the downstairs. We went upstairs. Resilience, resolve, rebuilding. After the storm. Lets get to it. Announcer now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news desk. Shepard after leaving behind destruction in the state of florida, irma is a Tropical Storm and moving over georgia where officials are already reporting extensive flooding and at least two people have died. In florida, forecasters that conditions are still lifethreatening, and the governor says standing water is an issue all over the entire peninsula. Forecasters say the storm surge brought record flooding to the jacksonville area. Crews say they have rescued dozens of people from swamped homes. Sheriffs Office Getting people to high water and out of highrisk areas. We will go live to jacksonville in a minute. People in southeast florida are starting to look at the damage. It made landfall in southwest florida as a category 3 storm and marco island yesterday, just south of naples. Some people in bonita springs, right b
Lets get to it. And first from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, the white house says its open to the idea of regulating bump stocks. Those are the devices that the shooter in las vegas apparently used to allow his rifles to fire much like automatic weapons. It comes just after the National Rifle association called on the federal government to review whether bump stocks comply with the law. In a statement leaders of the Gun Rights Group wrote the nra believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. More ahead on the trump administrations response to the massacre in vegas. Were learning the gunman may have had other targets in mind. Thats the word from the investigators. They say Stephen Paddock rented rooms overlooking two other music festivals. One in las vegas the weekend before this shooting and another in last august in chicago during the lollapalooza music festival. Theres rep
I was given that information. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. At the very start of the Trump Administration on day one, sean spicer made clear what posture the white house would take toward the press. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. Both in person and around the globe. These attempts to lessen then enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. That moment, that remarkable moment in which a representative of the president , the press secretary himself yelled false statements that everyone knew to be lies set the tone for this white house. The president who has vilified journalists decried unflattering stories as fake news and lied over and over again but the Trump Administration repeated attacks on the rights of american citizens to know the truth about their government did not have its intended affect. Press was not cowed. It was invigorated. Throughout this hour well talk to the journalists that