Student held in iran talking to us. Now his case is tied to the future of the nuclear deal. But we begin with what could be a make or break moment for that republican tax bill. Now the second time in the month that its come to this, President Trump is heading to capitol hill. Hes going to try to do some arm twisting and this time its with republicans in the senate where there are still some holdouts. And later, hell meet with congressional leaders back at the white house. Msnbcs garret hake has been speaking with skeptical republicans on capitol hill. Republicans go in there and if they are going to get something through, this is sort of the last best chance right now, is this tax reform issue. Who are the republicans that he has to worry most about and what is his message to them today . Reporter well, theres about half a dozen republicans who have concerns about the bill and the timing and different portions of it, and a lot of it is with whom the president does not have great relati
Todays top stories this hour hoff Shepard Smith reporting. On this friday afternoon, hope youre warm wherever you are. Im bill hemmer in for Shepard Smith. President trump saying he was surprised and only found out recently that rob porter was facing accusations of abuse by his two exwives. Was said when he heard about it. Hes also very sad now. As you know, he says hes innocent. I think you have to remember that. He said first strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that. So the white house not saying exactly when john kelly found out about the abuse claims. The Associated Press reporting that kelly became aware last fall when porter had trouble getting a security clearance. The white house saying kelly only became fully aware this past week. The a. P. Reporting white House Counsel don mcgann new about the accusations a year ago around the time President Trump took office but porter was deep in the president s inner circle. He helped write the state of
We could get the redacted Mueller Report on russian interference in the 2016 election next week. Thats new today from the attorney general william barr in day two of hearings on capitol hill. During questioning, the attorney general said spying did occur on president Trumps Campaign and that he would take a look into whether any rules were violated. Bar said, quoting here im not suggesting that those rules were violated, but i think its important to look at them. Why is he concerned . Well, for the same reason were worried about foreign influence in elections. We want to make sure that during i think spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. Its a big deal. Shepard barr offered no specifics and no evidence that such a thing actually happened. The attorney general says the special counsel prosecutors did not find evidence that President Trump or members of his campaign colluded with russia to meddle in the election. Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstruc
student, shia wong and another man that ran an art gallery in tehran was sent to prison and sentenced to 27 years with no explanation. president trump promised to sanction iran if they did not release the americans being held. more to come on that, jennifer. thanks. few days ago, you saw the huge philadelphia eagles parade. well, the fans have come to the rescue for one of their players after he lost something special. tell you what that is coming up next. e lexus es. with standard technology like lexus safety system plus. the lexus es, and es hybrid. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.
and now to an nbc news exclusive. the wife of an american graduate student being held in iran is speaking out this morning calling his detention unjust. the princeton ph.d. student is serving a ten-year sentence for espionage. he was sentenced in april but over the weekend his case took a new turn. stephanie gosk is here with that story. stephan stephanie? hey, steve. well, shia wong went over to iran for his thesis to do research according to his wife. she explained to us what happened to him while he was there and the accusations that the government is now laying against him. this video appeared over the weekend to put pressure on the united states to pull out as it continues whether to pull out of the iran nuclear deal and