This morning by the Prime Minister of israel, b of terrorism and radical islam please join me in welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu and first lady, sarah netayahu. [applause] mr. Prime minister. Todays key american proisrael community is gathered, 14,000 strong, to send a clear message to the people of israel, those of us in this room, and millions more support israels struggle for peace and security. Thank you for your leadership and thank you for being with us today. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to welcome the Prime Minister of the state of israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. I bring you greetings from jerusalem. The e eternal, undivided capital of israel and the jewish people. [applause] i want to thank all of you for working so tirelessly to strengthen the alliance between israel and america. Americans support for israel, for that alliance, is at an alltime high and i can tell you there is no coun
Mr. Peters . You see democratic leader, Chuck Schumer after the mccain vote. Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell standing with his arms folded. Schumer choked up about mccains return despite the diagnosis. Turn the page another way. All of us were so inspired by the speech and the life of the senator from arizona. He asked us to go back to regular order. To bring back the senate that some of us who have been here a while remember. Maybe this can be a moment where we start doing that. The majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell says its time to move on. As i said, we look forward to our colleagues on the other side suggesting what they have in mind. Now, mr. President , its time to move on. Lets get to Cnns Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. A dramatic ending to the years long fight over obamacare. Reporter at large points, it wasnt expected. Republican leaders thought they were going to get there. House Republican Leaders thought they were going to get there as well. It was scheduled with the expec
We hop this will result in a different pathway. Vice president mike pence denies vehemently hes thinking about a 2020 run himself. Vice president pence is a very loyal, very dutiful but also incredibly effective Vice President. And tick, tick, tick. It is day 200. From the comey firing to blink and you missed him, scaramucci, what in the world has been going on . No. No. We have got to begin this morning with the u. S. And more than a dozen other countries racing against the clock trying to force north korea to give up its pursuit of Nuclear Weapons before those weapons are actually unleashed. And youre in luck, because we have the best team in the business here. Nbcs bill nealy live in the southern philippines where secretary of state Rex Tillerson is meeting with his asian koump counterparts. What exactly is the secretary of state hoping to get out of all this . Reporter well, stephanie, good morning. The first astonishing thin i have to say is that Rex Tillerson is a double noshow,
Muellers investigators have also interviewed attorney general Jeff Sessions. A source says that the conversation lasted several hours and inquiried about whether the president obstructed justice. The president just weighed in about the sessions interview toda today. Are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel . No, im not at all concerned. Did you talk to him . Sbl no, i didnt, but im not at all concerned. And responding to the current fbi director, a source says that Christopher Wray threatened to quit after attorney general Jeff Sessions pressured him. Sessions wanted wray to make senior staff changes, firing andrew mccabe. The president spoke out a few minutes ago and said thats not true. That didnt happen. Did Christopher Wray threaten to resign . Not at all. Not even a little bit. Hes going to do a good job. Lets go to jim scuitto, national correspondent. First on the story of the fact that we now know muellers team interviewed comey at some point la
And im hoping that the government replaces so that we can live back up there. It was a beautiful place to live. I feel very fortunate to have a van. I look at other people with a car and kids and feel like im driving around in a hotel. I had one morning where i broke down and cried, yesterday morning. But for the most part im keeping a smile on my face. Sandra jeff paul as an update from malibu. Whats the latest on the fire in Northern California . Sandra, authorities releasing a staggering and sobering number last night. 631. Thats the number of unaccounted for people as a result of the camp fire that has burned in Northern California. Volunteers are now helping in the efforts to sift through the wreckage looking for any remains. The situation so bad investigators are using mobile dna lives to help identify victims. The death toll stands at 63 in this fire. That number likely to rise with so many missing. You feel terrible for these people. It has been devastating for them. I couldnt