Preparations are now underway. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, carol. Im inciside the wynn hotel on e las vegas strip, where the debate set is already ready to go. You can see the five paid yum behind me. Clinton, the front runner, has the middle podium. To her right will be sanders. He has been the insurgent candidate, firing up the liberal base of the Democratic Party. These new polls show, as you mentioned, carol, that clinton has a Comfortable Lead in the battleground states, including nevada. Well put that on screen, according to the new cnn orc poll. Clinton has 50 with sanders, 34 and the undeclared joe biden at 12 . If you take biden out, it helps clinton. She rises to a bigger lead. 58 for Hillary Clinton. 36 for Bernie Sanders. We want to throw this in, as well. South carolina is an interesting state if joe biden jumps into this race. He has a lot of support in south carolina. He vaults ahead of Bernie Sanders in that poll. Hillary clinton with 49 . Biden, 24 . Sand
Wisconsin. How many think its terrible what he did . Shes grabbing. Do you think it was so terrible he should be fired, lose his job . You know what i mean, right . They wanted me to fire him and destroy him and lose his job . Police in wisconsin meantime are looking for two suspects involved in an incident outside trumps rally in janesville. Teens there pepper sprayed. Cruz, meantime, leading in wisconsin at 40 , trump at 30. Kasich trailing at 21. Thats a big swing on the gop side. Were going to talk about that just ahead. And Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton in the badger state 49 to 45. Clinton appears to be looking forward to a general election fight taking on a trump ad in new york. Some people say we can solve things by building walls, banning certain people. This is new york. We know better. We begin with nbc news correspondent Kelly Odonnell who is covering the Trump Campaign in wisconsin. Lets take a look at poll numbers were just getting. Good news for ted cruz, a bit
An already surreal story. In a report for Rolling Stone the pa writes the pair met three months, after el chapos brazen escape. According to penn it happened in the middle of a mexican jungle and included tequila and tacos. Being surprised by el chapos, quote, chivalry. These clips are part of replies from followup questions from penn sent to a guzman representative who asked the questions off camera. Reporter the meeting, penn says, was brokered by mexican actress, kate, when she reportedly developed a friendship with el chapo after posting a series of tweets critical of the Mexican Government while celebrating a notorious drug trafficker. She has not commented since publication of the Rolling Stone article. Cnn has reached out to her. Their communication continued over the course of the next three years even after the 2014 arrest of el chapo that landed him here at this penitentiary. They stayed in touch via blackberry and letters. It was that relationship that eventually led to the
The bosnian war also on the show a new day and a new leader for isnt bob way supporters of incoming president emerson gaga are lining the streets of harare to welcome him back home thats after Robert Mugabe stunning resignation on true state brought almost four decades of author tearing rule to an end god was due to be sworn in as the president of zimbabwe on friday. Plus a change of heart lebanons Prime Minister hits the pas button putting his resignation on hold so heavy made the announcement a day after returning home to beirut in just three weeks after he suddenly stepped down while in saudi arabia so whats behind this latest twist well get the details from beirut. And britain hikes funding for braggs it as it slashes growth forecasts for the next five years when you more and business. Thank you very much for your company. The former Bosnian Serb Army chief accused of leaving some leading the massacre of eight thousand muslim men and boys has been found guilty of war crimes crimes
Good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Epa administrator scott pruitt joins the list of high profile departures from the white house. Hours ago pruitt sent his resignati Resignation Letter to the white house as he faces scandals. A sweetheart deal on a condo rental linked to a lobbyist and ordering aides to help him obtain a used mattress from trumps hotel in washington. Right now pruitt is the subject of 15 ongoing federal investigations. Earlier today in a tweet President Trump announced he had accepted pruitts resignation. He wrote, quote, within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will be thankful to him for this. He goes onto write, the Senate Confirmed deputy to the epa Andrew Wheeler will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa. In his own Resignation Letter pruitt praised him. He goes onto say, its extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first becau