Negotiating behavior by President Trump. This is a diplomatic crisis that is the doing of the president himself. We continue to believe there is a very Good Opportunity for peace to be achieved. Theres no scenario in any Peace Process that jerusalem is not recognized as the capital. This is not an american first Foreign Policy gesture. This is a trump first move. This is a big day in washington when it comes to the russia investigation. The president s son donald trump jr. Is testifying on capitol hill. A closed door interview with the House Intelligence Committee today. Hes expected to face questioning about the trump familys denying reports that bob muellers team is subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for records of the president s financial dealings. New information obtained by nbc news is shedding more light on what trump junior was looking for from a russian lawyer. Russian Attorney Says donald trump jr. Asked her if she had evidence of illegal donations to the Clinton Foundation in a meetin
Statement before a House Committee today and manu raju joins us now with the latest. Lets talk about this testimony. Last hour i was talking to congressman swalwell. I understand that donald trump jr. Evoked Attorney Client privilege when asked about conversations with his father. Yeah, thats right. That was earlier this year after the initial reports came out about the trump tower meeting from june of 2016. Now, what donald trump jr. Told the committee today was that he could not disclose this meeting that did occur after those initial reports came up, the meeting between him and his father, because of Attorney Client privilege because it occurred in the presence of attorneys who were in the room. Now, youll recall, anderson, how this played out. First the New York Times reported this story. There was an initial statement that was misleading about exactly what that meeting was about. We know that he was promised dirt on the Clinton Campaign. And then afterwards, he met with his father
Department to begin preparation to move the American Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. This will immediately begin the process of hiring architects, engineers and planners so that a new embassy when completed will be a magnificent tribute to peace. Just a short time ago israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Trump for what he calls an historic decision. This has been or goal from israels first day, and we will continue to work with the president and his team to make that dream of peace come true. I also want to make clur there will clear there will be no change whatsoever to the status of the holy sites. Israel will always ensure freedom of worship for jews, christians and muslims alike. President trump, thank you for todays historic decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital. The jewish people and the jewish state will be forever grateful. Leaders from a number of u. S. Allies including jordan and saudi arabia warn todays announcement could destroy a possibl
Health care to millions of americans has been struck down by a u. S. Judge. The Affordable Care act or obamacare was former president Barack Obamas signature piece of legislation. But a rule has ruled it unconstitutional. Right now it earemains in effec. That means those who want it can still signup for it. But that ends in just hours because the deadline is saturday night. President trump who tried to repeal the legislation earlier on in his presidency tweeted the rule bieg a highlyermented judge was not surprising and great news for america. Why the top democrat in the house promises to intervene to up hold what she calls the lifesaving protections for people with preexisting conditions and promises to reject the republican effort to destroy the Affordable Care act. Former assistant u. S. Attorney in los angeles, david katz, joins me for an indepth look at this. The Affordable Care act has survived legal challenges before, so whats different this time around . Well, there were about
Sell-offs in Tier-one banking stocks on Tuesday extended losses on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) stock market capitalisation by 0.07 per cent. Notably, investors lost N38 billion or 0.07 per cent, as the market capitalisation which opened at N56.069 trillion, closed at N56.031 trillion. The All-Share Index also closed 0.07 per cent or 68 points lower