There in the final last few seconds. In kelly, kentucky, Something Else emerges in the sky. We can see venus here at this point in kelly, kentucky. I love the fact that you can see venus. Even the president stepping out of the white house to watch. Finally, the last major stop for the Great American eclipse charleston, south carolina. The clouds cooperating. You know, it really puts us in our place as far as our role in the cosmos, doesnt it, the fact that we here on earth are part of something much bigger. And then sky gazers starting to make the long journey home. In remote rigby, idaho, bumper to Bumper Traffic for miles. The traffic coming out of idaho goes as far as the eye can see. Reporter this traffic jam started precisely as the eclipse ended. People already had packed, gotten into their cars. One family heading back to california. How long do you expect that to take you with this traffic . About 20 hours. Reporter 20 hours. Was it worth it . 20 hours. Way. And rob marciano, n
There was more bad news on that front. A new poll found that 38 of americans approve of the way donald trump is handling his job as president. 56 disapprove. It also found that just 24 trust almost all or most of what they hear from the white house. 73 say they trust some or nothing at all of what they hear from the white house. Hours before that poll was released the president wrote on twitter the trump basis is stronger and bigger than ever before. He saved his toughest criticism from a sitting u. S. Senator. It started this morning when he wrote interesting to watch senator Richard Blumenthal then never in u. S. History has anyone lied or defrauded voters like
blumenthal. He told about his conquests, how brave he was and it was all a lie. He cries like a baby and begged for forgiveness like a child. Now he judges collusion. More than eight and a half hours later he finished with this. I think senator Blumenthal Shauld should take a long vacation in vietnam so he could at least say h
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. A source says Michael Cohen is prepared to tell Robert Mueller that donald trump knew about that meeting before it happened. He did not participate in any meeting about the russia transaction. The president . The president did not. Im happy to tell him, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. The meeting with the russians. How can you be sure that the president didnt know beforehand . Youre saying its just a he said, he said. Nobody can be sure of anything. Earlier this evening, a long time former Trump Organization employee said this about the possibility of such a meeting occurring without trumps knowledge. Based on my experience working with trump and everybody that worked for trump, something major, something newsworthy, something press worthy, would always go before trump. Always. I think that he would have told donald about the meeting and then if it didnt amount to anything, it would have
Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 557 of the Trump Administration, 99 days now until the mid term elections. And this might go down as the day we witnessed a change resulting in the new defense strategy. It is about something Rudy Giuliani has started to say. In the days after the president ial election Donald Trumps advisers had a message about contacts between russians and members of the campaign team. In the ensuing months as numerous such communications were revealed the message changed. There was no collusion with russias effort to disrupt the election. On monday President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani presented a third line of defense, even if mr. Trump did collude with the russians he committed no crime. My client didnt do it. Even if he did it it is not a
crime. Hacking is the crime. The president didnt hack. He didnt pay for the hacking he said on cnn. The article goes on. It is just a word choice, said a Criminal Law Professor at georgetown. Im s
The 11th moThe 11th Hour gets on a monday night. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 557 of the Trump Administration, 99 days now until the mid term elections. And this might go down as the day we witnessed a change resulting in the new defense strategy. On the part of the trump team. Its about something Rudolph Giuliani has started to say, and tonight, mark at the New York Times has put it this way. In the days after the 2016 president ial election, Donald Trumps advisers had an unequivocal message about contacts between russians and members of the campaign team. There were none. In the ensuing months as numerous such communications were revealed the message changed. There was no collusion with russias effort to disrupt the election. On monday President Trumps
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Which was four of the six. That meeting never ever took place. It didnt happen. Its a figment of his imagin