Language ratings. Good morning. It is sunday, july 19. Were going to begin on the west coast with some breaking news thats been developing and weve been keeping eyes on it. Its portland, oregon. What youre looking at is the Police Portland Police Association building, and at one point clear it was on fire. Officially overnight the Police Department there in portland declaring a riot. That fire, by the way, has now been put out. This is all happening, by the way, all this unrest as calls are growing to stop a crackdown by federal agents who have actually taken to the streets of portland. Some of them are in camouflage, in tactical gear, using tear gas on protesters, even pulling some of them into unmarked vans. That just resulted in more and more people hitting the streets of portland overnight. It was a 52nd night of protests. All of this as the New York Times claims it retained memos that refers federal officers deployed in portland apparently didnt have proper training. The governor
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
Phil Whiteway, who was ousted in August at the age of 71, alleged he experienced age-based discrimination and retaliatory actions for his refusal to voluntarily retire.