Potentially groundbreaking deal on u. S. And russian cooperation in syria. For the first time both sides will now be working together to try to end the conflict there, which could, if successful, as you heard the Secretary Of State there just a moment ago, could help battle isis in the country as well. The agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u. S. russian relations have been pretty frosty. Today the United States and russia are announcing a plan, which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume Movement Towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. Working together, russia and the United States, and our teams, have devised what we think is a more prescriptive and farreaching approach than we have been able to put together to date. This as donald trump tries to dial back his praise for russian president Vladimir Putin after being slammed for calling him a stronger leader than president obama. She talks about me. Oh, donald trump likes
he has to say to the press or if he wants to go back to his office. that s what happened in the moments after he left the press conference. senator joni ernst do the sign of the cross, almost as if she were praying for him during a moment that could have been potentially scary. this is not the first time there have been questions about the senate minority leader. we know that back in march, he suffered a fall at a hotel here in washington, leaving a fundraiser. that left him out of washington for several weeks. he was home recovering from a concussion and fractured ribs. of course he s back in the capitol now, and look, when he walks around here, we do see him sometimes walking with the help of aides. he has office, we are waiting to hear if they have anything else to provide. clearly they are meeting and trying to figure out how they re going to talk about this with the press. what s important to note is that moment seemed concerning. he was able to come back and continue talking to r
minority leader coming to the cameras, giving his opening statement, trailing off in the middle of a sentence and freezing there for more than ten seconds as senators around him and the press, too, just grew increasingly concerned about the moment. all right. ali vitali for us. thank you, we appreciate you jumping on that, and keeping an eye on that story. let s pivot here, everybody, to what took place in new york city today. 11 people have been injured in a fiery crane collapse in manhattan. video showing the moment the crane collapsed and hit a building on the street, and hit another building under construction, really startling and shocking video to watch as it plays out. rehema ellis is reporting from manhattan. good to talk to you. what do we know about the accident, why it happened, and the people that were injured? we just got an update, yasmin, the number of injured went from six to nearly a dozen,
fed chair jerome powell and what s going to play out. thank you so much. more breaking news, folks, a lot going on today. moments ago, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had to be escorted away from the cameras after freezing in the middle of his opening remarks in the weekly leadership press conference. i want to watch that moment and talk. good bipartisan cooperation. and a string of anything else you want to say or do you want to go back to your office? do you want to say anything else to the press?
sexual assault charges after more than 12 hours of deliberation. nbc s ali arouzi is live with the latest. as always, good to talk to you. what more do we know about the verdict and spacey s plans now that he has been acquitted? reporter: it was a month long trial, yasmin, and after that month of the prosecution and the defense presenting their case, the jury took 12 1/2 hours to come to their decision, and they found him not guilty on nine charges of varying sexual assault. some of the charges more minor. some of them very serious. kevin spacey steps in the glass dock in the courtroom, and he stood there and listened to nine not guilty verdicts being read out in front of him. he became very emotional. he started crying. he nodded towards the jury as a sort of a thank you for exonerating him. he hugged his manager, his legal team, and then he came out to the waiting press.