Gretchen tomorrow, well have miranda lambert, who will stop by. You know her as a Country Music star sensation. Brian well review the president s big speech today and find out what its being to mean fort next four years. Steve log on to the after the show show. Now back to washington. Bill good morning from pennsylvania avenue, just across from the white house. The vips are arriving here in washington, d. C. It is an absolutely stunning day already. The stage is set, the mall looks terrific and festivities. They are about to begin in the second inauguration of president barack obama. A bit of a road show for us today. Good morning from washington. Im bill hemmer. Special edition of americas newsroom on this Inauguration Day from americas capitol. You look great. Martha terrific to be here. The viewing stand you see behind us. There is the white house. A huge day today. The public event follows the official swearing in we watched yesterday in a small private ceremony that took place in
Good evening. With a death toll of 4 and 16 wounded, all of them members of the u. S. Military, all of them shot by one man on home soil, tonight the u. S. Army launched a massive investigation into what went wrong and into security within the confines of ft. Hood in texas. The massive home to so much of our nations infantry and mechanized forces. For the ft. Hood community and the u. S. Army, its a second tragedy of course in five years. For the families of the departed, there is only mourning and sadness along with the lingering question of why. We have it covered tonight from texas to puerto rico, the home of the alleged gunman here and one of the victims. Nbcs mark potter starts us off from ft. Hood. Mark, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Were learning more tonight about the events leading up to the shooting. Officials dont believe this was a premeditated killing spree. Investigators say they believe shooting suspect ivan lopez acted alone after a confrontation with othe
New york just lost his title as the countrys reigning debate show stealer. And a friday focus on 2016, twists and turns this week that will give us insight and intrigue and even new information on the president ial plans and style of campaign thats coming up for some big time players. Good morning and happy friday from a wet and drenched washington theyre actually flash flood warnings, we shouldnt be joking about this for a bunch of counties in the surrounding area. Its been raining for hours. Its may 16, 2014. Lets go right to my first read of the morning. Get ready for primary palooza. Were less than 100 hours away from the biggest primary day this Midterm Election year. This tuesday six states will vote from coast to coast showcasing all of the Big National Story lines. Three states will feature the latest round in the Tea Party Versus the establishment. And in some cases whats surprising heading into tuesday is whats not a race. Lets look at kentucky, for instance, Republican Matt
Ground in gaza nor the latest in just a bit. But first, we want to start this hour with muchneeded good Economic News this week. On wednesday, the Commerce Department announced the u. S. Economy grew at a 4 rate in the spring. Thats a big turnaround from what had been a winter slump. On friday president obama touted the jobs numbers. Were now in a sixmonth streak with at least 200,000 new jobs each month. Thats the first time that has happened since 1997. Things are getting better. Our engines are revving a little bit louder. Of course, thats not the whole story for all americans. Wages are barely bundling. Workers arent getting more hours and longterm unemployment repains high. What xlit cocalled the meh economy. Obama outlined the economic challenges the country still faces. Im glad gdp has grown. Im glad that corporate profits are high and the stock market is booming. But what really i want to see is a guy working a nine to five and then some over time, i want him making more than m
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. When the president loses confidence in the head of the agency assigned to protect him and his family, it is time for her to go. For julia pierson, that time came today. The first female director of the secret service was forced out after one security lapse after another, including one that was revealed yesterday even as she was being grilled by congress. Well begin tonight with senior White House Correspondent bill plante. Reporter support for julia piersons leadership of the secret service was already waning after her appearance before a House Committee yesterday. It evaporated with the revelation that agents were unaware that during a visit last month to the c. D. C. In atlanta, a security contractor who had been previously arrested was allowed on an elevator with the president. It wasnt until he took photos of the president that he was questioned and then fired and agents discovered that he was carrying a gun. In a meeting this after