Bret baier. There are signs of movement tonight on gun control in the blistering reaction to last weeks School Shooting in florida. President trump is indicating he would be in favor of efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases. This comes at some of the survivors are making plans to go to the state capital this week in march on washington next month, as they demand change. Correspondent Steve Carrigan start us off tonight parkland, florida,. Good evening, steve. Good evening. We got our first look at the accused shooter in court today. The 130 pounder was in a red jumpsuit reserve for the most violent offenders. Appearing in court for a motions hearing, 19yearold suspect nikolas cruz kept his head down and said nothing. His public defender says cruz will plead guilty to 17 counts of firstdegree murder in an effort to avoid the death penalty. For antigun rallies held in major cities across the country. Young people in washington late in front of the white house dem
Kremlinology style coverage and speculation about who is in favor and who is out of favor and who has been able to move their desk closer to the oval office and who might some day be fired and who is angling. The government is not supposed to be conducted like the gong show, right . It has been a weird 24 hours in the news because of this word that went out prfrom the white house last night. H. R. Mcmaster was to be fired. Why did the white house put that word out last night . I dont know. And neither do you. But you should know that right before the white house put out that word last night, this is the last public thing that National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster did yesterday afternoon. Russia is also coproviding political cover for assads crimes, from february 24th to february 28th, russia conducted 20 Bombing Missions every day in the eastern guda and damascus areas. Russia also twocondemned russiar using chemical weapons. This morning, the United States, france, germany and the
Fire the National Security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster. I have little no appetite at all for kremlinology style coverage and speculation about who is in favor and who is out of favor. Who has been able to move the desk closer to the oval office. Who is angling for what job. The government is not supposed to be conducted like the gong show. It has been a weird 24 hours in the news because of this word that went out from the white house. About the National Security advisor was to be fired. Why did the white house put that word out last night . I dont know. Neither do you. But you should know that right before the white house put out that word last night, this is the last public thing that National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster did yesterday afternoon. Russia is also providing political cover for assads crimes, from february 24th to february 28th, russia conducted 20 Bombing Missions every day in the eastern guda and damascus areas. Syria. Thwarting efforts to hold the regime accountable fo
A very turbulent year in office, u. S. President donald trump is a day away from giving his first state of the union speech. And one of the big talking points everyone is waiting to hear, his plans for immigration. Here is the thing, though. Lawmakers from both party, they will be under pressure to reach a deal to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, and theyre stressing the need for compromise. Cnns Boris Sanchez has more now from the white house. Reporter white house officials telling cnn that the president is set to strike an optimistic tone during his state of the Union Address on tuesday night. The theme of this speech, building a safer, stronger, and prouder america. A source telling cnn that the president is expected to try to reach across the aisle and appeal to people that are not in his base, in part doing that by touting his economic record and the major success that weve seen recently in the u. S. Economy, specifically, with the stock market and low unemp
Of candor. In a statement mccabe responded in part and its a long and emotional statement, i am being singled out and treated this way because of the role i played, the actions i took and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. This was an unprecedented effort by the administration driven by the president himself, to remove me from my position and possibly strip me of a pension that i worked 21 years to earn. To have my career end in this way is incredibly disappointing and unfair, but it will not erase the important work i was privileged to be a part of, the results of which will in the end be revealed for the country to s see. Another dramatic moment on a friday night. Repeating our top story, former fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe has been fired tonight. Now to the Rachel Maddow show. The National Security adviser to the president of the United States did not get fired today. And that counts as both news and a surprise because the white house sparked