on capitol hill, the fda commissioner pushing back. he was taken to task about whether the fda didn t move quickly enough. the united states was facing a supply chain stress before the recall that began in february. the pandemic, war in ukraine and labor supply issues have all had an impact. the fact is, food safety is not a priority. whomever looked at that report felt there was no need to respond at all from october to february, until there was a recall. that is a dereliction of duty in my view. before heading on his trip to asia, the president hosting leaders of finland and sweden at the white house as he backs their bid to join nato in defiance of vladimir putin and opposition from nato member turkey s president erdogan. in the face of aggression, nato has not grown weaker or more divided. it has grown stronger, more united. with finland and sweden s decision to request membership in nato, it will be enhanced for all time. this as ukrainian soldiers who surren
Its a privilege to work with this extraordinary team. I thank them for their constant work and love of craft. I thank you for the privilege of your time. That wraps up the hour. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, Robert Menendez and his wife appeared for their arraign money and pleaded not guilty in manhattan on federal Bribery Charges. The senators grip on his seat slips with a growing majority of his democratic colleagues calling for his resignation. Its debate night at the Reagan Library. Seven republican primary candidates try to break away from the pack. The heavy favorite, former president trump, skipping the debate but heading to an event for striking auto workers in michigan. The house and senate remain far apart on a way to avert a Government Shutdown three days from now. Breaking news overseas. Travis king, the american soldier who crossed into north korea in july, is back in u. S. Custody. Officials say happy to be back.
Personal contact without having the proper protective equipment. Funerals are another way, as well as preparing the bodies and the customs, the longrange traditions that have gone with the funerals. So the mechanism of transmission, which weve all said, direct contact with bodily fluids, amply explains what is going on right now in the west african countries. Youre convinced no significant outbreak in the u. S. The reason i say that let me very briefly reiterate it. The reason there is an outbreak now is because the Health Care Infrastructure and system in those countries is inadequate and uncapable of actually handling the kind of identification, isolation, rapid treatment, protection of the people who are come into contact and Contact Tracing. Thats something that we have very, very wellestablished here. So we have a case now and it is entirely conceivable. There may be another case. But the reason that we feel confident is that our structure, our ability to do those things would pre
The men and women confronting the militant threat. Nasa says investigators will find out why an unmanned rocket exploded and keep it from happening again. Theyll have a lot of debris to sift through this happened tuesday night on the virginia coast. Five, four, three, two, one. We have ignition. And we have liftoff. On its third crs mission to the iss. Main engines at 108 . We lost power. Launch team, launch team, be advised, stay at your consoles. Everyone in the lcc maintain positions in your console. In the lcc wow, the images are just spectacular. And you see the fire raging there after that explosion. The rocket was carrying cargo and some classified equipment to the International Space station. Orbital Sciences Corporation owned that rocket, and the private contractor will lead the investigation into the explosion. The u. S. Federal Aviation Administration and nasa will assist. Our team worked very hard to prepare it. We conducted a lot of testing and analysis to get ready for th
Surprise resignation of yet another Senior Administration official from the Trump Administration. This time its the director of the cdc, the centers for Disease Control. This is not just the latest highprofile departure of yet another highranking trumpappointed official. It appears to be yet another case where this resignation was over something that really should have been caught in the normal vetting process before this official was ever appointed in the first place. And there have been a bunch of those who have departed from the Trump Administration today. This is just the latest. Well have more on that story tonight. And while we are talking about highprofile departures from the Trump Administration, we can also confirm what we first reported during the president s state of the Union Address last night which is that the president s nominee to be ambassador to south korea, obviously a very important ambassador post, that nominee has now either withdrawn or been pulled from considera