And im gio benitez in for kendis gibson. We begin with new details in the Las Vegas Shooting rampage. Police say the shooter planned to escape, and they believe he had help, so theyre trying to track down possible accomplices. Sources say the gunman had recently checked into several hotels and may have considered targeting a different concert a week earlier featuring singer lorde and chance the rapper. The shooters girlfriend is talking to the fbi, but she insists she had no idea he was planning this attack. Abcs lana zak has more from las vegas. Lana, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, gio and diane. So in addition to the suite that Authorities Say the shooter had here at the mandalay bay hotel, he had also reserved rooms in several other hotels, and all of them overlook the concert venue. Right here, come in here. Reporter in this newly released video, you can see the heroism of ordinary americans in the worst of circumstances. Bring the guy in the chair with the chest. Repo
Heroin. First, we want to start with the big political headline of the day involving Kristen Welker at the white house with new reaction to senator bob corker this morning. And kristen, i want to kind of set up this thing here because corker told the New York Times that President Trump is treating the office like a reality show. Like he is doing the apprentice or something setting the country on the path to world war iii. And hes calling out the president s tweets that are untrue. Everyone does it according to senator bob corker. This is an extraordinary moment. When the republicans and the white house will be asked about today, and one Senior Adviser has been asked about it, right . Reporter thats right. And the white house is pushing back very hard against this stunning criticism by senator bob corker. Effectively saying it is unfounded, it is politically motivated. Take a listen to what Kellyanne Conway had to say and well read more tweets on the other side. Weve all worked with sen
Thats the best story ever. We have to everybody have flags. Im going to mount it on the shoulder pads of my cheap blazers. Im here. Amazing. At this time of night every night at 10 00, run it down the flag pole. Amazing. Great to see you. See you later. President trump is said to hate when the members of his staff get more attention than he is and being manipulated. Did chief of staff john kelly help his job today or did he make it a whole lot harder . Although i read it all the time, im not quitting today. The great fourstar general, john kelly. Kelly was in full crisis containment mode today. Im not so frustrate in this job im thinking of leaving. He loves it more than anything hes done. It is not the best job i ever had. A source close says he doesnt love this job. No one knows who that source is but im guessing its everyone with eyeballs. Does President Trump believe that the people of puerto rico are american citizens . Yes. Puerto rico. The president today seemed to be threatenin
We have confirmed that former rnc chairman, former white house chief of staff Reince Priebus met with muellers team today. Hes the highest ranking official to meet with the special council so far. He is seen as a key player in understanding the president s actions, because he was brent for many meetings, including discussions on firing former fbi director james comey, and white house meetings with russian officials. He was also privy to have white house internal documents. Priebus, you may recall, left his chief of staff post back in july and on another front tonight, in an nbc news exclusive, there are new details on the money trail having do with russia and former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort. The investigation reveals that 26 million changed hands in the form of a loan between a company linked to manafort and the o oligarch, a billionaire with a close ties to the kremlin. The loan brings the total of their known business dealings to around 60 billion over the past decades. O
In understanding the president s actions because he was present for many meetings, including discussions on firing former fbi director james comey and white house meetings with russian officials. He was also privy to white house internal documents. Priebus, you may recall, left his chief of staff post back in july. And on another front tonight, in an nbc news exclusive, there are new details on the money trail having to do with russia and former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The investigation, quote, reveals that 26 million changed hands in the form of a loan between a company linked to manafort and the oligarch oh leg dar i positives ka, a billionaire with close ties to the kremlin. The loan brings the total of their known business dealings to around 60 million over the past decade. Oh leg dar apass ka is the same man as the Washington Post reported last month that manafort offered to give private briefings to during the campaign. A spokesman for manafort responded with this