Stocks on the dow plunging over 600 points as china hits us back on tariffs. Then tonight we learned about contingencies for u. S. Troops going to war with iran as the president says, well see what happens. Plus, trump plans a new meeting with putin, Rod Rosenstein takes aim at jim comey, and trumps own fbi director appears to be his next big target. Just another monday night in the Trump Administration as the 11th hour gets under way. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. If youre looking for where we stand, where things are tonight, the headlines pretty much tell the story. The New York Times is reporting the white house has been reviewing plans for a potential military confrontation with iran. Former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who only left the job friday is speaking out tonight, calling the Mueller Investigation justified and characterizing onetime fbi director james comey as a, quote, partisan pundit. According to the times rosensteins former boss at
Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. If youre looking for where we stand, where things are tonight, the headlines pretty much tell the story. The New York Times is reporting the white house has been reviewing plans for a potential military confrontation with iran. Former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who only left the job friday is speaking out tonight, calling the Mueller Investigation justified and characterizing onetime fbi director james comey as a, quote, partisan pundit. According to the times rosensteins former boss attorney general william barr has now asked a federal prosecutor in connecticut to examine the origins of the russia investigation. The Washington Post tonight for good measure reports that before trump ousted top officials at homeland security, they had pushed back on a secret plan to arre migrant families living in several cities across our country. And tonight we appear to be in a full fledged trade war with china. All of this follows