A second storm coming. And two sisters on the way to see their dying father, kicked off their flight. How did this happen . Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night, and the war of words erupting on capitol hill. President elect donald trump has taken aim at the u. S. Intelligence community after their unanimous finding that the russians were behind the hacking during the election. Tonight, the Intelligence Community which has been silent, silent no longer. Marching up to capitol hill today calling the criticism from donald trump disparagement. It was a few days ago when asked about the russian hacking, the president elect said, i know things other people dont know, and promise to reveal it. Nothing yet from mr. Trump on that, but tonight, we are now hearing from the Intelligence Community. Abcs mary bruce is on the hill tonight. Reporter under fire from donald trump, the director of National Intelligence came to capitol hill today to make his case. Sir,
Good evening, im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. We are following breaking news from the house of representatives wherer being force sbod a redo on their tax bill. Just hours after celebrating the bills passage we just found out changes to the bill are needed to ensure that it falls under the senate rules that will allow for passage with their slimmest of motherinlaws. Essentially their ability to do this without the democrats filibustering. The house is now planning to vote again tomorrow. The senate plans to vote tonight. We are going to get back to this in a moment. Dont be fooled. Even with this fire drill, frank lesion it may make things worse for them perception wise, this thing will probably still pass. When it does the gop has what could be an even bigger problem. A messages crisis about who wins and who loses and their biggest legislative achievement since President Trump took office. They have taken populism and turned it into something arguably unpopular
The best news is youre back and well get into where liz has been. Im Leland Vittert in d. C. , outside of our studios, there are teachers and students, political activists gathering in what they call a unified demonstration against gun violence and appears by the signs theyre against other things as well. Student organizationers hope that will force congress into passing comprehensive gun control and improving School Safety. The main rally here in d. C. , alison barber, just above that very large crowd you see. Alis alison, we get that these folks are against a lot of things, n. R. A. Signs and the like. Is there one unified message that theyre for or theyre just angry . Theyre calling for a couple of specific Different Things that they say federal legislators can do to make this a better place. And i spoke with one and he felt that often his views have been misrepresented. He says hes not against the Second Amendment, in fact, his father is a fbi agent. He says what he and other stude
In the us well he has to be an adult and yet hes only twelve. Like this boy he lives behind bars the taliban wanted to force him to blow himself up. Need surgery but how can her parents pay for. Pretends to be a boy so she can live more freely her her. Family. Yes while these day begins before the sun has even risen over kabul the twelve year old should be asleep but has to work. Excessive. I feel really tires that i have to work all the same message. For me aswell as searches for anything usable in the rubbish he doesnt enjoy it but he has to earn the money. Well this is a service like that is of course its an awful job. My classmates wouldnt even touch the stratus was the teasing me for doing it but im poor and i have no choice. In the us well his father has been in hospital for months following an accident so the eldest son now has to feed the family he sells whatever he finds in the rubbish in the hope that the proceeds will be enough to buy some bread. And dont have enough to eat
A nail biting world of chess championship has finally produced a winner Magnus Carlsen has defended his crown by beating fabiano cover off in a series of quickfire time. Its good to have you with us tonight ratcheting up the tension russias president Vladimir Putin is accusing ukraine of orchestrating sundays naval standoff now russia seized three ukrainian boats and at least twelve ukrainian sailors theyve been detained pending trial u. S. President says he is deeply concerned about what happened ukraines president has declared martial law in the Border Regions and he is mourning that russia is preparing for war again. This is what life has become for many living around. Its the closest ukrainian city to. Both of which are now controlled by russian backed separatists. Clash with Russia Ukraine has begun to impose martial law. So you are the countrys president Petro Poroshenko has warned there could be a russian invasion will sit on. These tanks have not yet been removed from their wil