Morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. Im frances rivera. Certainly a lot happening. Breaking overnight could a Government Shutdown have just been averted . Word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible Government Shutdown. It is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trumps Central Campaign promise. We will build a great wall along the southern border. And mexico will pay for the wall. Were going to build the wall. We have no choice. For more were joined by tracie potts. Whats the latest on this reversal and what led up to it . Reporter well, frances and yasmin, what led up to it the fact that democrats and some republicans on capitol hill did not want to deal with the funding for this wall this week while they were trying to prevent a Government Shutdown. As you said it was a Associated Press the president fulfi
Suspended for another incident just weeks before. And nbc news exclusive. Faye dunaway breaks her silence. Can you laugh about it . No. Why she says she still hasnt recovered today. Tuesday, april 25th, 2017. From nbc news, this is need with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. If theres stages of grief, i guess shes not quite at the were ready to laugh about it moment. As we approach the 100day mark of this administration, i think the president should sign an executive order making it okay. I know. To move on. Well have more interview with faye dunaway, first, the deadline to keep the government operating and not shutting down. President trump indicated that hes willing to drop his border wall funding demand to get a deal. We have several reports. Well start with Peter Alexander at the white house. Good morning, peter. Reporter good morning to you. The initial 1. 4 billion price tag to begin bui
And im melissa mola. Well see the sun as we go through part of your day tomorrow. Quite a bit shower activity on it currently. You see the green, where we have the lighter rain. Were looking down 95 toward fredericsburg. The yellow, more moderate rainfall. Mostly the light rain in parts of virginia and loudon county, and across 66. If you take a wider view, lot of this moisture coming in from the atlantic. As we go through the rest of the day today you can expect the showers to stay in the forecast. 2 00 p. M. , pretty widespread rain around 5 00. Some of this could start to tapper off. Overall a chilly day. Summerlike temperatures straight ahead. The Apartment Fire where a man was found dead in prince were live at the scene on sherbrook circle. Yes, there are many questions still unanswered about what happened in unit 202 here this morning. Now, a resident who lived just below told me a few moments ago that an investigator asked him if he heard gun shots last night. And we have found
, 8d rw another important story that were watching tonight is the deteriorating situation in afghanistan. 9,000 u. S. Troops are on the ground, trying to help the afghan army hold back a resurgent taliban, but the job is getting tougher by the day, thanks in part to moscow. Charlie daggetta has this. Reporter u. S. Defense secretary jim mattis arrived as the country crumbled deeper into chaos. The russians are complyisupplyi taliban with weapons. His top general John Nicholson made it more clear. That. Reporter the visit comes after a sneak attack by the taliban on an Afghan Military base that killed at least 140 Afghan Soldiers. Military vehicles drove taliban uniforms past checkpoints. Survivors said the militants then opened fire oni unarmed Afghan Soldiers returning from a mosque. They called the attack barbaric. The taliban also claimed responsibility for another attack at camp chapman that houses cia and special operations forces. In 2009, seven u. S. Officers were killed in a su
Eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. Captioning funded by cbs this is a real atthre, whether we want to talk about it or not. North a koreis a big world problem, and its a problem that we have to finally solve. President trump pressures north korea as tensions rise. Military option is the absolutely next to worst Case Scenario. The worst Case Scenario would be north korea mayor egit to an icbm. Is there any situation where you would vote for a bill that would vote for a border wall. No, becauses it a waste of taxpayer money. Isnt mexico going to pay for the wall in. Initially the president said we needed to get the funding going. Arkansas has become the first state in a yore to carry out a double execution. A good step for justice. No reports of anyone being seriously injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of chile. This is reaho ise potential for flash flooding expected in the southeast. This water is so close to where these people live. Elton john cancelled all of h