Collided tonight with this other ship. This is a japanese container ship, a commercial vessel. You can see its addition the damage to the container ship is comparetively lighter. Its to the front left side of the contair ship. The port side of the bow. These two very large ships apparently collided with each other about of 60, 65 miles off the coast of japan in the middle of the night local time, 2 30 a. M. Local time. Thats about 1 30 p. M. East coast time in the United States. Were not sure exactly why this collision happened. Things like this do not happen very often. I mean, its a big ocean. And these are two immense and modern ships. But nbcs excellent pentagon producer, courtney cuby, who has been on this story since it first broke, she tells us the fitzgerald suffered significant damage, as you can see, on its right side, the starboard side, and the damage is apparently both above and below the water line, which is bad. Just for reference, for visual reference, let me show you t
Trying to create an alternative reality is how i would describe it. And good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where a controversial memo under review at the white house and the deputy fbi directors early exit are dominating the headlines ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address tonight. Joining me now msnbc political analyst robert costa, National Political reporter at the washington post. Msnbc National Security contributor as well as New York Times washington correspondent michael schmidt, and National Political reporter carroll lee. First to you, carroll lee, your reporting on the conversations with Andrew Mccabe when the president first complained to him after the firing of james comey. This is the backdrop for this forced exit, early exit of Andrew Mccabe. Tell us what you know, what you reported. Andrea, its one of the first we know of. We dont know every conversation the two of them had. What sources have told us is the president was very frustrated watching
The president in the u. N. In new york city. Im sandra smith. Rachel mitchell is a career sex crimes attorney to question both parties separately. They will hold a vote on kavanaughs nomination friday morning. The president tweeting the democrats are playing a high level con game in their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. The politics of destruction. Behind the scene the dems are laughing. Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and his family. Bill peter doocy begins our coverage. Republicans on that committee, will they ask any questions tomorrow . Bill, it sounds like with very few exceptions the plan is for republican lawmakers when called on to yield their time to the prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is what were hearing from Lindsey Graham and the Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley explains the reason why like this. He says the goal is to depoliticize the process and get to the truth instead of grandstanding and giving senators an opportunity to launch their president ial campaigns. Im appreci