Good evening. It appears likely now that barring a big last minute change, large portions of the federal government will shut down tonight at midnight eastern time. The first time in 17 years. The simplest way to put it is this. The republican controlled house is passing bills, the democratically controlled senate keeps rejecting. Will keep operating while stopping aspect of the Health Care Law. Thats where we are. Live pictures tonight show both ends of this drama in washington. This is in the hands of congress which now enjoys a 10 Approval Rating from the American People in the latest polls. This will be a long night, and a lot of Government Services appear poised to go away at least temporarily. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs chuck todd. Hes on the white house lawn. Chuck, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. No chance of becoming law. It includes some provision on the Health Care Law is that Senate Democrats and the president have said are dead on arrival. When this c
A display of savagery that is even extreme for isis. The group has released images showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage. The word came while King Abdullah was on a visit to washington. He is cutting his trip short. Jordan will soon show proof of its power. Very tough talk also from the United States. Police say it will stand with jordan until the barbaric enemy is defeated. Senator richard burst standing by along with correspondents and analysts. Brian . There is shock, anger, outrage on the streets of amman, jordan and with that pressure on jordans king to respond. The question is how will he strike back against isis . Outside King Abdullahs palace protests over the killing of the jordanian pilot. The king says he, too was angry. In a message he recorded in washington he made this vow. In these difficult moments it is the duty of the sons and daughters of jordan to stand together and show the meddle of the jordanian people. The top military spokesperson take
Talking about driving this collapse is the price of oil. Absolutely. I mean the price of oil is back to where it was when i first started covering energy back in 2003. It is amazing to me, id like to buy about six barrels and put them in my office. Its very good for the consumer. It means the price of gas is going to go a lot lower so of course, thats something to celebrate. But it is tough for the stock market. Because its bad for oil companies. They drive the dow. Its also going to mean a lot of layoffs in the industry, thats inevitable. Its bad for the big banks. They back a lot of these trades. Back a lot of the contracts. The real question is, what does it say about the economy Going Forward . Thats why theres so much focus on the price of oil. Even though you think oil going lower would be a good thing. Besides putting barrels in your office, are there other people who see this as an opportunity . You know, not quite yet. When you look at the stock market, a lot of traders and pr
And mexico city after the terrible quake and heroic rescue operations under way as the 11th hour gets under way tonight. And good evening, once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. Tonight the damage from these two natural disasters is very nearly indescribable. Were going to get reports from both the hurricane damage in puerto rico and the earthquake aftermath in mexico. Both of them later on in this broadcast. It is also day 244 of the Trump Administration, and tonight we have new stories and new headlines that reveal a lot about where the Mueller Investigation is right now, how expensive it is, how lasting an effort it is. The latest news tonight comes from the Washington Post and zeros in on Paul Manafort. Specifically his communications on the campaign before trump became a nominee. He offered to provide briefings on the race to a russian billionaire closely aligned with the kremlin, according to people familiar with the discussions. Manafort wrote in the july 7, 2016
Were going to get reports from both the hurricane damage in puerto rico and the earthquake aftermath in mexico. Both of them later on in this broadcast. It is also day 244 of the trump administration, and tonight we have new stories and new headlines that reveal a lot about where the Mueller Investigation is right now, how extensive it is, how lasting an effort it is. The latest news tonight comes from the Washington Post and zeros in on Paul Manafort, specifically his communications during the campaign before trump became the republican nominee. It says he offered to provide briefings on the race to a russian billionaire according to people familiar with the discussions. Manafort wrote in the july 7th, 2016 email, quote, if he needs private briefings, we can accommodate. That july 7th email dam at a busy time for the campaign. Manafort wrote it less than a month after he sat in at that june meeting with donald trump jr. Jared kushner and a group of russians. Two weeks later trump acce