Attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama Administration. Rob schmidt is live in new york city newsroom with the latest. What can you tell us . Its a big name here in new york. The us attorney as well as 45 other obama appointed us attorneys out of jobs today. The white house asked for resignations and he declined and had to be fired. In each week from this afternoon, hesaid i did not resign. I wasfired. Being a us attorney will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life. He was appointed the us attorney to the Southern District including manhattan by president obama back in 2009. He appeared to be a big standing with President Trump after being told to stick around late november after being with thenewly elected president at the tower. After the meeting he did not reporters. Had a good meeting. I said i would consider staying on. I agreed to stay on and ive already spoken to senator sessions. He nominated me to be the attorney general and he also asked me to stay on. Look
A big bomb in the time of war. The size and scope now the subject of so much concern. The blast heard around the world. The biggest conventional bomb the u. S. Has ever used. The u. S. Military pulled out the big guns in the fight against isis today. A 21,000pound bomb, the largest nonnuclear weapon in the United States has ever used. Afghan witnesses living in miles away from where the bomb was dropped said they could feel the earth shake when it detonated. Called a Massive Ordnance Air blast, but its nickname . The mother of all bombs. 22,000 pounds, the largest nonnuclear bomb the u. S. Has ever dropped in combat. Greg wow do you know what a nonnuclear bomb is . Its a bomb and so productively, the media and celebrities freak out over a strategy that addresses the world beyond slogans on twitter, or sappy essays on how to understand the enemy. George took dropping bigger bombs does not make you a bigger man, donald. Thanks, george. Your hot take has the strength of a farewell scribbl
Thee size and scope now the subject of so s much concerned. The blast heard around the world. The biggest conventional bomb the u. S. Has ever used. The u. S. Military pulled outt the big guns in the fight against isis today. A 21,000pound bomb, the largest nonnuclear weapon in the United States has ever used. Afghan witnesses living in miles away from where the bomb was dropped said they could feel the earth shake when it detonated. Its a devastating weapon. Called a Massive Ordnance Air blast, but its nickname . The mother of all bombs. 22,000 pounds, the largest nonnuclear bomb the u. S. Has ever dropped in combat. Greg wow this is a point of fact. Do you know will what a nonnucr bomb is . Its a bomb and so predictably, the media and celebrities freak out over a strategy that addresses the world beyond slogans on twitter. George takei you remember him . Former star trek actor and Online School . He tweeted this. Dropping bigger bombs does not make you a bigger man, donald. Thanks, g
Thats going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. Ill see you tonight on nbc nightly news and nbc today. My colleague katy tur picking it up. Reporter our word of the day today, its actually a name hillary. You are graduating at a time when there is a fullfledged assault on truth and reason. People denying science, con cobbingcob ing concocting rings out of pizza parlors. Some things we see with our own eyes, like the size of crowds. Hillary clinton unplugged. The wellplaced jab she took at President Trump while delivering a commencement speech at her alma mater. Also this hour, under scrutiny. Senior adviser Jared Kushner is now coming under the fbis scrutiny. Maybe the closest adviser to the president making him one of the most powerful people in this country. It does seem that they have significant information. That should make a whole bunch of people in the white house nervous. Reporter the president s soninlaw and adviser is now a focus in the fbis russia probe. Could it affect his
Is also facing a looming government deadline. Kristin fisher is live from the white house with more details. She has her eyes on that and more. So, chrisingen, what is the top priority . Reporter it has to be avoiding a government shutdown. That is the one deadline that cant be pushed back. Everything else can. Budget director Mick Mulvaney says hes confident that a deal can be reached but, remember, republicans ability to come together on a spending bill has always been a little bit questionable especially since they were unable to come together on that first obamacare replacement plan. So now it appears that at the president s request they may try to deal with a new, amended replacement plan and the spending bill all at once, the same week that Congress Returns from easter recess. It appears there has been some progress on health care. Sources say the leaders of the two House Republican groups who clashed on the last bill have reached an agreement on language of a new amendment, but