Judiciary committee will off a multiday affair. Each senator will give an Opening Statement and well hear from neil gorsuch himself. In an hour james comey and mike rodgers will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on alleged russian interference in the election and President Trumps claim which is still unsubstantiated on the wiretapping of president obama. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, lets go back to shannon in the senate skybox for what we can expect when the gorsuch confirmation hearing starts this morning. Shannon. Shannon judge neil gorsuch comes in with a sterling resume but democrats are vowing to be tough on the president s pick for the nations highest court. Hes a graduate of columbia, Harvard Law School and got a ph. D. At oxford and where hes his wife and the American Bar Association has unanimously given him the highest ranking. Gorsuch knows hes heading into potentially rough waters today. Way back in 2005 he wrote an article that touched on h
To end any investigation including any investigation involving general flynn. Ken delaney is the nbc news intelligence and National Security reporter. He joins us. Ken, what can you tell me . Reporter greta, just want to clear something up because i was confused about this at first. This is such a fast moving story. It wasnt after the dinner that comey wrote the memo. It was after an oval office meeting, a day after flynn resigned about two weeks after the dinner. But the upshot is the same and were speaking to we have multiple former Law Enforcement officials confirming this now. I spoke in particular to one very close friend of jim comeys who recounted this whole scenario and said that donald trump asked comey to drop the matter that flynn was a good guy, and comey was noncommittal. And i asked this source, why didnt comey, you know, resign on the spot and go public . And the source had no comment. But it raises the question of whether any other such conversations took place, and did
With great thanks to my and for filling in last week. Thank you for being here with us. Good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. Woodrow wilson was first elected president in 1912 when he ran for reelection in 1916, one of the animating issues of that campaign was world war i which was raging in europe and which wilson promised the United States would not join in 1916 he was barely rehe electricitied and the u. S. Went into the dechaired war on germany and wilson was not only facing the typical headwinds that a president s party faces in midterm elections, but he was also roundly dehe tested for world war i and other things. In 1918, Woodrow Wilsons party got beat. The republicans getting congress, that had far reaching consequences in all sorts of ways, bullt in the house it mea a gigantic and cons kwen tall promotion for Albert Johnson. Such a generic name. Actually hard to google. There was a another congressman named Albert Johnson who had nothing to do with him. A federa
Started. Harris now theyre all going to wonder what we were talking about. Jason l. A. Look, i put it in and im done. Sandra did i mention its a busy news day . Lets begin. President trump making a surprise announcement as he prepares to deliver a speech to south koreas assembly tonight. He made the comments during a toast at a state dinner held in his honor in seoul. At the joint News Conference earlier, President Trump spoke about the threat from north korea. North korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action. The United States stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities and with that being said, i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal. Sandra the next stop on the president s tour is beijing. He mentioned china in his remarks and appeared to send a message to vladimir putin. I want to just say that president where we will meet tomorrow in china has been v
Do it. Do it. Do it. This is a race that says a lot about the stark divide in america right now. On one side, a candidate who is accused of child molestation. Who faces multiple accusations of sexually abusing teenagers. A man who answered a question about when america was last great, a question asked by an africanamerican voter by saying this i think whats great at the time of the family was united, even though we had slavery, they cared for one another. People were strong in the families. Our families were strong. Our country had a direction. Yes, incredibly, Roy Moore Says america was great during slavery. And supporting him . The president of the United States, the man whose history of racist remarks is so incendiary, two top africanamerican congressmen, john lewis himself, a civil rights activist, and Benny Thompson, are boycotting the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum tomorrow because the president will be there. The congressman saying the trumps attendance is an ins