It has been a very busy if not a very productive day on capitol hill after meeting again this afternoon for the 11th time, negotiators dont seem anywhere close to a deal. They told reporters that they were at a standstill before todays talks and they told reporters virtually the same thing after todays talks. I will once again make the offer well come down a trillion, you go up a trillion and well be within range of each other but again, this is a very different set of values across the table. She said you guys need to come up a trillion dollars. Is that a nonstarter for you . Thats a none starter. It was a disappointing meeting. We reiterated in very strong terms our offer. I said come back when youre ready to give a higher number. Unfortunately, we did not make any progress today. We discussed the same issues. They cant come up with any significant cuts in their bill. What they want is a 2. 5 trillion blank check. The white house says it has offered concessions to democrats on issues
Preparing for possible unrest in the wake of the election. The doctor on the Coronavirus Task force who has the most influence over the president apologizing tonight for an interview with a russian propaganda network. What he said in the interview was absolutely bizarre. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett, welcome to a special edition of outfront. Tonight the final stretch. The campaign trail, candidates going into the night as they close in on the finish line. Joe biden wrapping up his second event in pennsylvania. The president in North Carolina right now. This is his third rally today. He still has two more to go in georgia and florida. These are all crucial swing states tonight. He has got to win these states. With just 48 hours until the first polls close, stakes could not be higher. Here the final argument this sunday. They want to close down your factories, ship your jobs to china, eliminate private health care, destroy the suburbs. They want to abolish oil, coal, n
15 yearold angel and 17 yearold jazzy stiletto. Oakland police are still investigating what happened and twen towers is the chair of the open violence prevention coalition. The Organization Works with young people to show them that they dont need to turn to violence. Yeah, problem over solved without fire. Its a sad. Theres a lot of the times out of 10 of us understand is that can be chris. All oakland city Councilmember Loren Taylor says hes devastated to see another shooting in his city. Im frustrated and furious that guns are in the hands of kids killing kids like this is. Be on out of control. Theres clearly Mental Health issues that are unaddressed and unresolved in our community. Our young people, our being recruited into criminal activity. City Council Member dan called echo taylor sentiments saying the city needs to do more to address the root cause of violence, prevention, intervention and enforcement. They all have our part of the solution. We have to, you know, do better job
His eventually obituary, that is how we wrap up our wednesday night broadcast. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. It is wednesday, the 18th Of December in the year 2019 and President Donald Trump is impeached. The vote in the House Of Representatives tonight to impeach the president was not close. It was 230 to 197 on the first article, which was abuse of power. One democrat voted present. On the second article, Obstruction Of Congress, it was a vote of 229198, again, with one vote present. These were not slim margins. The successful vote to impeach the president tonight, of course, does not remove him from office. The decision of whether or not to remove him from office will now be made in the United States senate, where hell be put on trial in a proceeding overseen
by the Chief Justice of the United States supreme court. Were talking about that as if it is a forgone conclusion, as if thats the next obvious thing
Atlanta, im George Howell. We will have those stories in a moment. First, were getting new video from the Regional Government of kurdistan that shows the u. S. Raid on an isis compound inside iraq. U. S. Special forces and kurdish fighters storm the compound on thursday in a mission to rescue hostages believed to be in danger of execution. A u. S. Soldier was killed during the operation. 70 hostages were freed but not the kurdish captives they were september in to rescue. That raid has critics raising questions about the u. S. Role in iraq. It was the first time the u. S. Forces directly engaged isis militants on the ground in iraq. Yet, american Officials Say the role of u. S. Forces is to train and assist the iraqis, not to engage in combat. Earlier, our john mann spoke with cnn military analyst and retired Lieutenant General mark perkily. He once served in that area. General, thanks for being with us. You know that area well and we can imagine this attack, planes, helicopters, bridg