The National Security advisor Michael Flynn is out after general flynn spoke to the russians about sanctions and lied about it. Now the questions dont stop with general flynn. Overnight, we learn that the Justice Department warned the white house last month about flynns contacts with moscow and possible vulnerable about blackmail. One twist in the stunning fall of the closest confidants. Lets get the latest from ryan browne. Ryan, flynn is out. Now questions about what the president knew and when. Reporter that is right, john. This developed in the waning days of the obama administration. Then acting attorney general sally yates. Discovered the conversations that they had not adhered to what flynn and Vice President elect mike pence had been saying about the Russian Ambassador kislyak. They had transcripts and sanctions were discussed among other issues. There was a discussion within the obama administration. Then director with john brennan and james clapper. We believe they were infor
Jon the push to drive the Islamic State from its last iraqi stronghold in the key city of mosul. And diplomacy with north korea . Senior north korean representatives reportedly getting ready for talks with former u. S. Officials. It is all happening now. Jon but we begin with a new executive order we are expecting on Border Security and immigration as the white house signals it could come as early as tomorrow. Welcome to our second hour of happening now on this president s day. Im jon scott. Im Heather Childers and for generally, very busy day again while we wait for any new action from the president , Vice President mike pence was speaking at nato headquarters earlier today in brussels. Reassuring are allies of americas commitment to preserving freedom and peace in europe. Whatever our differences are to confidence share the same heritage, same values and above all the same purpose, to produce peace and prosperity through democracy and the role of law and to those objectives we will r
Our goal, without a doubt, is that all customers are satisfied before they leave. That does it for this hour of msnbc live. Katy tur picks things up there. Thanks, craig. Donald trump is out of washington and he hopes far away from the controversies of this week. Destination, South Carolina. You can see him now. Hes in the cockpit of that dreamliner, that boeing dreamliner that he was praising just a moment ago in front of huge crowds, cheering on the commander in chief in South Carolina, who paid them back, donald trump did, by making big promises. Were also here today to celebrate jobs. We have the greatest people anywhere in the world. We have the greatest spirit. As your president , im going to do everything i can to unleash the power of the american spirit. And to put our great people back to work. Our mantra, buy american and hire american. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is in North Charleston, South Carolina, where President Trump delivered his remarks at boeing. We also are going to get N
They called the governor, she was at a basketball game at the time but she heard them out from the prison and told them okay, if they felt like they couldnt complete the execution, they should call it off. The state would stop the execution in the middle of it. So they started to make preparations to bring Clayton Lockett back. They tried to revive him after spending time to kill him but by then he was groaning and convulsing and then he was in and out of consciousness. After 43 minutes, including them trying to call it off, after 43 minutes he died of a heart attack. That was april, 2014. Just botched. The idea basically whether you think about the Death Penalty, this is not the way its supposed to go. Youre supposed to be rendered unconscious. Oklahoma blew it. And the drug they were using to try to kill him is a drug that oklahoma had never tried to use before and we learned the execution team, the people sticking him with the needles, the medical people and corrections people, peop
Chris, but evening to you. Like being back out on the campaign trail. A raucous crowd here at boeing. You can hear them flying over my head right here. A big rally in Melbourne Florida tomorrow. A lot of work to do as he launches an urgent search to find a new National Security advisor. President trump left charleston heading for maralago where he will spend part of the weekend interviewing candidates. The president has already identified acting advisor Keith Kellogg and general david betrays as possible replacements. Fox news has learned the president is also hiring former nsa chief general Keith Alexander and Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster as well as stephen hadley, the National Security advisor in the last bush administration. The president had hoped to have Robert Harward on today, but harward turned the drop down citing family reasons. Jobs were front and center on the president s agenda today, appearing free for a friendly crowd 5,000 strong at boeing 787 Dreamliner Assembly p