Nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In what has already been an especially perilous year for Law Enforcement the shooting death of a Police Officer in illinois today touched off a massive manhunt in the air and on the ground. It happened well north of chicago in the community of fox lake. The veteran Police Lieutenant was shot during a foot chase and was found stripped of his weapon. Schools were locked down and people told to stay indoors as police swarmed the area in search of the suspects. It comes as Police Fatalities nationally from all causes are rising dramatically. Nbcs john yang is near the scene in fox lake with late details. Reporter from the air and on the ground a massive intensive manhunt for the killers of a veteran Police Officer. S. W. A. T. Teams, canine units all closely searching nearby wooded areas, local businesses and homes. The suspects are considered armed and dangerous. Theyre being described as two male whites and one male black. We have the evidence
Residents and representatives. Jon President Trump has unvowed to do the agenda, whether he can reverse National Monuments is unclear. Lets talk about erin from the paste washington post. Why is it unclear . The president used an authority since 1906. We havent seen an example of a president trying to undo one of those designations, so we really are in unchartered territory if president elect trump does want to undo this specific designation. Now, we dont know specifically if this is one he will object to. Certainly many republicans in congress do. But this would be one of the areas where there could be a legal fight if they do decide to fight back. Jon president elect trump maintains that the fact that hes moving into the white house is a direct repudiation of so much of the Obama Administration stands for and yet, the outgoing president seems to go pedal to the metal to get some of these things done that he thinks are important, witness the banning of drilling on the atlantic shelf a
Senior most levels are responsible and president obama said there will be a proportionate response to disrupting the American Election campaign season. We also know that the administration has hinted strongly that theyll take a covert action in cyberspace and hinted strongly theyll not reveal exactly what that is but they say that the target of that strike or that retaliation will know that something has happened. The administration is very concerned about revealing sources and methods. Theyre very concerned about a potential escalation in cyber space of a tip ftit for tat. But president obama said theres a lot of unknowns and the United States is not sure how such a tit for tat might end. The bottom line is that we expect if they do anything there, it would be very private and we would not know about it. But again, today, we expect today or tomorrow that there will be some announcement about sanctions targeting some russian officials responsible for this hack and leak operation. Ron a
Thats all coming up. New polling engaging americans top concerns. Taxes, the environment and immigration were at the top when asked which issues the government should address in 2018. Topping the list is health care. 48 of americans said health care is the top domestic issue. This is up 5 from 2017 and 17 from 2016. At 31 , concerns about taxes also increased by 17 . Resp respondents were asked about President Trumps performance. Less than half said he fulfilled Campaign Promises and democrats say he did not. After the first year in office, 71 of americans say the country is going in the wrong direction. When asked if the country as a whole has been better off since President Trump took office, 52 say we are worse off. 25 saying the country is better off. Rick, what jumps out at you . Startling numbers. Terrible numbers for trump, in particular, if you look at the stock market, the economy and gdp growth and the projected gdp growth, he should be riding high and getting what a normal p
Well, i feel badly for general flynn. I feel very badly. Hes led a very strong life. The latest on all things russia. Washington post reporter contributor, the one who broke the trump flynn Legal Defense story and Garrett Haake with us as well remains to my envy in sunny palm beach where the president is on vacation. How worried is the white house about what Michael Flynn may say to Robert Mueller and his team . Well, any good lawyer will be preparing for the worst. My sources inside the white house, seems to me the president s lawyers feel very confident theres no evidence, no indication of any criminal conspiracy and that Michael Flynn does not have any information that would incriminate the president. However, given that, despite that confidence, theres also just a general concern that if Michael Flynn as part of his Cooperation Agreement might provide information that accuses a senior trump official or even the president himself of something thats untoward, that there are ways in w