Present when you are talking about the president marking the vote and there were 41, not 40 soontobe 42 when we vote on this mark i understand what you say about him having signed them but that still does not take away the fact that it is a signature piece of legislation that came from this president and those that supported it and its not likely that he is going to change his mind in that regard. That is what i dont see or hear and principally what i dont see is an alternative. The question that i have is what your Republican Study Group a year ago or a year and a half ago repeal and replace and repeal and replace used to be the mantra and now the mantra is defund. I ask you, do you and the study group have a plan or would we go back to the status quo . Absolutely we do have a plan. Let me get this plug. We officially unveiled our alternative called the American Health care reform act. The Republican Study Committee has would endorse this bill to comprehensively address the problems i
Tin steel, owner of bar marco, and a great employee andrew heffner. Congratulations. I think its a model for the country. I think its great. Because ive known people in the Service Industry who feel like theyve been shafted for years. Youre changing that youre paying attention. Good evening, rev. Good evening, ed. And thanks to you for tuning in. Tonights lead the president going on offense. Today in a joint News Conference with britains Prime Minister president obama delivered a message to Congress Warning he would veto any new sanctions on iran because they could damage negotiations over that countrys nuclear program. Congress needs to show patience. So respect to a veto i said to my Democratic Caucus colleagues
yesterday that i will veto a bill that comes to my desk and i will make this argument to the American People as to why im doing so. Its the latest in a string of veto threats aimed mainly at stopping the series of right wing bills in their tracks. And its in line with the agg
And President Trump is boiling it down in this speech to the simplest of phrases, a battle between good and evil. That is just one of the excerpts provided to nbc news from the white house prior to trumps remarks before the leaders of more than 50 muslim nations. Nbcs Halle Jackson is in riyadh, saudi arabia, this morning, traveling with the president. What do we know about this speech and the mood and the impression the president has of how hes been treated by the royal family in saudi arabia . Warm all around is what i would say, not just the temperature in riyadh, thomas, but the reception that the president has received from saudi leaders specifically. The headlines of the papers this morning, i meant to grab some on the way up, were all about President Trump being here in saudi arabia, meeting with king salman, receiving the highest honor that the saudi kim king can bestow on somebody else. It is potz tif, i think the white house views this positively but a lot of eyeballs and the
For everybody who is not there, not known where they are right now. In Southern California around los angeles, malibu, thousand oaks, simi valley, separate wildfires there are spreading fast pushed by strong winds and almost completely out of control. The fires are just too large, too fast for firefighters to contain them, at least for now. Cnn cameras and correspondents are all over the fire zones right now. Dan simon is in the completely devastated town of paradise. Youve been talking to people with little more than the clothes on their backs. How did they do it . Reporter it was very difficult. The main road that leads in and out of town is called skyway. In fact, they call it skyway to paradise. On thursday morning it was filled with cars, people frantically trying to leave town. Two people on the road for susan miller and her daughter, amber. I want to show you the video they got as they were desperately trying to leave. Ive never been more scared in my life. Its, on your, momma.
Fire in the states history. 100 people are still unaccounted for this morning. Also, the city of paradise virtually obliterated. People killed inside their own homes, some as they fled the flames in their cars. Heartstopping video as families were escaping. We have team coverage. Dan simon and scott mclean are on the ground with us. Lets begin with scott where mandatory evacuations still in effect. Good morning, scott. What is the level of confidence from people there, folks having been able to heed those evacuation orders . Well, i can tell you that theres been some frustration in the community, certainly a lot of the local affiliates are reporting on that. People expressing their frustration that they cant get back to even see if their homes are still there. And so the people who are still here know if they leave the evacuation area, theyre not going to be able to come back in. Thankfully, some evacuation orders have been lifted but others are still in place like here in malibu where