The u. S. The white house denying any connection between the january exchange and the midnight Cash Transfer with regards to the negotiations. The state department saying they were conducted by different teams on each side. The funds transferred to iran were released solely to the settlement of a long standing claim at the u. S. Iran tribunal. That doesnt show why the money was hidden. Why send an unmarked plane with swiss frank and currency in the dead of night by the way by co indense on the day the hostages are released. Why keep it secret from congress and the people. They were funding terrorism and support the assad regime in syria and advance their nuclear programs, i think americans would be pretty upset. All of this coming a year after the controversial nuclear deal. Chairman saying quote hundreds of millions in the pockets of a terrorist regime means a more dangerous region, period. Paying ransom puts more american lives in jeopardy. We know the Iran Nuclear Deal was a mistake
Endifficult seeded voters and np independents in his nomination speech at the rnc and what about those folks worrying about trumps tone painting a dark picture of america . Is that a Fair Assessment . Governor Mike Huckabee will weigh in. Americas World Headquarters live from new york starts right now. We have the spotlight turning to the democrats as Hillary Clinton steps out for the first time in public since announcing she wants virginia senator tim kaine as her running mate. Mrs. Clinton and senator kaine wasting no time going after their opponents donald trump and governor mike pence on the gop ticket. Both speaking to a packed miami rally where at times senator kaine addressing the crowd in spanish. He is fluent in that language and is seen as someone who can help encourage more hispanics to vote. A lot is at stake in the key battleground state of florida where the Clinton Kaine team is looking to wage a different effort in tone and style than donald trump. Foxs Jennifer Griffin
Hate watch dog groups slamming Donald Trumps choice of breitbart boss steve bannon. The Antidefamation League released a statement said it is a sad day when the man who appeared over the altright is slated to be a senior staff member in the peoples house. The law center scolded the president elect trump in this tweet. He should rescind this hire. He promised to be president for all americans. And harry reid escalated his attacks on the president elect trump. President elect trumps choice of steve bannon as top aide signals White Supremacists will be at the highest level notis i white house. And fear in some kmume commu, one happened at a church in a latino neighborhood outside of washington. Graffiti reading trump nation. Whites only on a wall and sign advertising Spanish Language services. Washingtons bishop called on donald trump to speak out against the vandalism. Pretty much what trump did on sunday with the Television Interview since becoming president elect. He addressed acts of
The trump tax plan, one that could give business and individuals a big break but could also blow a multi, ready for this, trillion, trillion dollar hole in the federal budget. Youre in luck, im not just in d. C. With me ive got the best team in the business to break it down. I want to take you first to Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house. Kristen, we know President Trump is busy tweeting up a storm this morning. But talk to us a bit about his tax plan. What do we think is in there . Okay, steph, heres what we know so far. Todays announcement will essentially be a blueprint of the president s tax principles and priorities. Steve mnuchin and the president s top Economic Advisor expected to roll out the details a little bit later on this afternoon. The headline of this, steph, the proposed slashing of the business tax rate to 15 . Now heres the key. It will apply to big corporations and also Small Businesses as well as real estate firms, like President Trumps. Aides say the plan w
The ayes are 49. The nays are 51. The motion is not agreed to. The amendment is not agreed to. John mccain cast the deciding vote, joining two other republican senators opposed to the bill. That was Susan Collins of maine and senator murkowski of alaska. Mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on. Imagine many of our colleagues on the other side are celebrating, probably pretty happy about all this. But the American People are hurting. And they need relief. Mcconnells partisanship prompted this response from Chuck Schumer. I would suggest we turn the page. We turn, its time to turn the page. I would say to my dear friend, the majority leader, we are not celebrating. We are relieved that millions and millions of people who would have been so drastically hurt by the three proposals put forward will at least retain their health care. It may have been late in the evening, but donald trump was up dwighting. This is what came out. Three republicans, 48 democrats let america down. As i said