Enough pain for a lifetime. You do not want to miss the story of this remarkable young woman sharing her story with us. But i want to start with the world of politics and plenty to discuss on this tuesday morning. I want to start with my colleague, kristen welker, over at the white house. Kristen, take your pick. I guess lets start with iq tests. Reporter where to begin, right, hallie . Theres so much to talk about today. Right, the iq test. President trump essentially serving up some increased tensions with his secretary of state ahead of their lunch today, which will be tracked very closely. We wish we could be flies on the wall, of course. But he said this to Forbes Magazine in relation to news reports we broke that secretary tillerson referred to him as a moron over the summer. Take a look at the quote. He said, i think it is fake news, but if he did that, guess well have to compare iq tests. And i can tell you who is going to win. That is a striking escalation of the tensions, hal
And the search for the missing submarine with argentina crew on board. Time is falling hout. And we had a camera rolling as we watched charlie rose enter his new york city apartment. How are you doing, mr. Rose . Do you want to say anything to your accusers, the people accusing you of all the wrongdoings . It is not wrongdoings. Thats what he had to say. This morning, rose was noticeably absent from the set of cbs this morning. But take a listen to what was said there. Were going to begin with news affecting all of us at this broadcast and this network. Cbs news has suspended our cohost charlie rose over allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Stunning developments. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is here with details of the new accusations. Stephanie, good morning to you. Reporter hey, kristen. Charlie rose as you know is the host of pbss the charlie rose hoe and cohost of cbs this morning. Eight women came forward to the Washington Post, five of them anonymously, three named themselves, and two have c
See there, an area where a railway car is flattened on the ground. We are told there are multiple fatalities in this, we dont know the number of fatalities or the number of injuries. We can tell you they are still working alive rescue scene on the multiple cars you see dangling off that overpass. Out of sight from the view of the cameras now, the county sheriffs officer that was there giving an update a short time ago, we have had a couple of days earlier. We were told 34 additional cars are upside down, landed off that train line in a wooded area there. This is massive. We know the number of people aboard the train has reportedly now gone up. 78 total we are told were there including five crew members. That of course is according to amtrak. You have 78 passengers plus five crew, the situation of them trying to get people out and if there are fatalities, where they can get to them. They will do so as quickly as possible. We are told this will be a rescue and recovery operation, it is p
Thenacting fbi director Andrew Mccabe venting about him, venting about his wife calling her a loser, slamming james comey. The reaction or lack of it from capitol hill. We start today, of course, at the white house with my colleague, nbcs kristen weller. Big day for the president. We know some stuff about this speech. We know what the president wants to try to do but we have Big Questions remaining about how this thing is going to shake out tonight. Thats right, hallie. Happy state of the union day. What we know about this critical speech that the president will be delivering later tonight, hell be trying to strike a note of unity and hell be hitting five key points, jobs in the economy, no surprise there, thats something that weve spent a lot of time talking about, trade, infrastructure reform, Immigration Reform as well as National Security. But heres what we dont know, hallie, will he stick to the script . And will he clearly outline what he wants to see on immigration . Thats going
Headline making news today. That is the reporting that the president ordered the firing of Robert Mueller back in june. Nbc news, you have confirmed those details. Walk us through where it stands, and this pushback, as one would expect, from the president today. Reporter thats right. Nbc news has confirmed the New York Times reporting that President Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller back in june. He ordered that of his counsel, don mcgahn, who pushed back forcefully, refused to do it. Even went so far as to threaten to fire over the issue, saying it would be politically disastrous for the president and for his presidency. Now, the broader context to this, peter, is that it underscores the fact that this is a russia probe thats escalating, getting closer to the president himself. The president has repeatedly denied considering firing mueller. By the way, he was asked in june. He was asked a number of times after that, and he consistently said he wasnt considerin