So, what does this all mean more broadly, hallie . We were at the g7 summit and six of the seven leaders there committed to the Paris Agreement and, of course, President Trump was the one hold out. Highly controversial here back at home. We know that the president was sent a letter by more than 20 senators, republican senators saying that they, in fact, want him to pull out. But democrats and some here within the west wing disagree. Ivanka trump, his daughter, Jared Kushner trying to push him to stay in. And if you look at some of our very recent polling taken in april, 67 of americans say they want immediate action on Climate Change now. The president tweeting himself that he would be making the announcement some time this week. So, i think that nothing will be final until we hear from the president himself, but, haley, if he does, in fact, decide to pull out, highly controversial move, but, again, something that he campaigned on and something that his supporters want to see. Kristen,
The Eleventh Hour gets under way. Good evening from our headquarters here in new york. Day 153 of the Trump Administration and tonight the president ventured west of the mississippi for the first time as president. He held a rally in cedar rapids, iowa that might as well have been a campaign stop. He went off script early and often and relitigated a lot of longstanding battles. He made some lofty claims about his accomplishments thus far about legislation and the number of coal industry jobs, for instance, that have been produced. He promised the crowd a Great National rebuilding. He promised health care with a heart. The largest tax cut in history. And he assured them hes going to build that wall along our southern border, but he said he had had an idea to make it a solar wall because as he put it, its one of the places where solar works best. He said the wall pays for itself, and thus, mexico will have to pay less. And yes, we will build the wall. Weve already started planning. It wi
Sort of stepping on the message of his own administration, this is what he said, hallie. The big story is the unmasking and surveillance of people that took place during the Obama Administration. This is nothing new. This has been the president s big argument all along. Which is that the press is not focused on the real story. This unmasking of individuals. All of that is going to be on display, though, next week when we expect former fbi director james comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee and, of course, the big question, what is he going to say, is he going to talk about that reported memo in which he says the president urged him to drop the russia investigation. Of course the other big announcement were waiting for at the white house today, 3 00 p. M. Today, the president is going to announce whether or not hes pulling out of the land mark paris climate agreement. According to a source i am told he is expected he is pulling out, but there are going to be some
Often and relitigated a lot of longstanding battles. He made some lofty claims about his accomplishments thus far about legislation and the number of coal industry jobs, for instance, that have been produced. He promised the crowd a Great National rebuilding. He promised health care with a heart. The largest tax cut in history. And he assured them hes going to build that wall along our southern border, but he said he had had an idea to make it a solar wall because as he put it, its one of the places where solar works best. He said the wall pays for itself, and thus, mexico will have to pay less. And yes, we will build the wall. Weve already started planning. It will be built. But ill give you an idea that nobody has heard about yet. And im not sure, but im a builder. Thats what i love to do. Thats probably what i do best. Im a builder. And were thinking of something thats unique. Were talking about the southern border. Lots of sun, lots of heat. Were thinking about building the wall as
And that is not the only political story we are watching today. Happening right now, the meeting of the president s Controversial Commission on voter fraud in manchester, New Hampshire. We are there live with an exclusive interview with one controversial member. Were getting the latest from our team of nbc reporters spread across florida and South Carolina this morning. But we want to get you first to some of the latest headlines on the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Just in the last bit, evacuation orders were lifted in jacksonville where emergency officials rescued hundreds of people trapped by the storm surge. More than 7 million homes and businesses do not have power. Most of them in florida. And it could take weeks for some of these people to get it back. 40 people have been killed by irma. At least four here in the u. S. And nbc news has just learned from a white house official they are looking into President Trump making a trip to check out the damage to the u. S. Virgin islands.