Storms hitting right thousannow. More than 20 million americans. And hollywood loses a beloved host. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night, and we begin tonight with that explosive claim from President Trump. That president Obama Wiretapped him before the election. Tonight, more than 48 hours later, still no evidence from the white house to support the president s claim. But his tweets over the weekend stated it as fact. The president tweeting, quote, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Tonight, reaction from president obama. President trumps own fbi director stunned, pushing back. This evening, the former director of National Intelligence right here. Was there a wiretap . Leading with abcs chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. Reporter there is still no proof tonight, none, to back up President Trumps twitter claims that the fbi bugged trump tower on orders of president obama. Still, the White
Storms hitting right thousannow. More than 20 million americans. And hollywood loses a beloved host. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night, and we begin tonight with that explosive claim from President Trump. That president Obama Wiretapped him before the election. Tonight, more than 48 hours later, still no evidence from the white house to support the president s claim. But his tweets over the weekend stated it as fact. The president tweeting, quote, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Tonight, reaction from president obama. President trumps own fbi director stunned, pushing back. This evening, the former director of National Intelligence right here. Was there a wiretap . Leading with abcs chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. Reporter there is still no proof tonight, none, to back up President Trumps twitter claims that the fbi bugged trump tower on orders of president obama. Still, the White
One big question this morning, is the federal government open . Youre looking at a life picture of the capitol this morning. We are learning that workers are on a threehour delay and have the option of unscheduled leave. And a lot of people are wondering which schools are closed and which are open. Take a look at this map. Everything in red on the map is not open today. Yellow is where there is a twohour delay and here are the places that have not made a decision yet. D. C. Public schools, arlington, alexandria. West mooreland, fredericksburg schools in virginia. Prince georges, charles, st. Marys and Calvert County schools in maryland and Mineral County schools in West Virginia all have yet to make the call. If you did not hear your School District name just now, it is very likely closed today. All the closings are on the nbc washington app and at the bottom of your we also check the forecast right now, because when i was coming in it was a little sleet, a little freezing rain. You ca
But what could be more pressing than to make sure our veterans receive the care that they need and deserve . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Other members will be filtering back. But i would like to hear from the acting secretary now. And customarily, we give five minutes, but youll have more time. This is a serious discussion, and we want you to have the time you need to make your case, and we want the members here to have the time they need to ask you the questions. All right, senator burr suggested maybe we should wait a few minutes to make sure all the members come back. Lets take a very quick recess here. Okay. Lets reconvene, and senator, i think were up to you and your Opening Statement. Thank you, senator chairman sanders and Ranking Member burr for convening another very important hearing to address the issues at the v. A. Its critical that we continue to have these oversight hearings to do everything we can to hold v. A. s feet to the fire and make sure that accountability is there.
What do we have coming up for you . Italy with its first Tour De France victory. We will break down the business of cycling. We sit down with the worlds most expensive living artist, jeff koons. To find out what makes to make a modernday masterpiece. Payia could be forced to tens of billions of dollars to exowners of yukos. The former company was once russias largest oil producer. The hague is expected to deliver a decision shortly. Us with thee joins details. The company that effectively took control of the assets. At the time, it was russias largest oil producer. Man. S russias wealthiest he was arrested, accused of tax evasion and Money Laundering and the company was bankrupted. He went to jail. To whichent bought them in a series of transactions. Shareholders has been suing russia in this Arbitration Court in the hague. They have been doing that since 2005 and we are supposed to get the judgment today. The expectation is that the court will rule in favor of those suing the russian