Transcripts For KNTV Today 20170321 : comparemela.com

KNTV Today March 21, 2017

I have no information supporting those tweets. Trump now stands alone in insisting he was wiretapped. Whats his next move . Mysterious suspect. Video emerges showing a man allegedly carrying tom bradys stolen jersey. That jersey, along with one that brady wore at another super bowl, now in the hands of the fbi. Where is that suspect today . Why hasnt been an arrest . And today exclusive. Members of the famed wallenda family speaking out together about the highwire accident that left several of them injured. We questioned, was it our fault . Will they return to the wire . Nik is here live with a big announcement today, tuesday, march 21st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. This is an extraordinary move. To say no Electronic Devices, besides phones coming into the u. S. We are looking into the reason behind the move. Thats our top story. The new intelligence threat on the type of electronics that passengers can carry on flights bound for the u. S. Two reports this morning. Lets start with miguel almaguer. Hes at Los Angeles International airport this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. This ban will affect about 50 flights arriving into the u. S. Each day. Many airlines are warning their passengers of the changes. But they have until friday to fully implement them. The new temporary restrictions banning most carryon electronics come after elevated intelligence, indicating terror groups continue to target aviation. Including, quote, smuggling explosive devices in consumer items. The ban will not affect some flights coming into the u. S. From overseas. The ten impacted airports, all in the middle east and africa, are now on notice. Nine overseas airlines with flights directly into the u. S. , given four days to implement the new rules. Passengers on those flights will no longer be allowed to carry on Electronic Devices larger than a smartphone. Tablets, laptops and similar sized electronics will need to be checked. The fact theyre limiting this ban to a electronic device, means they must have very detailed, very pristine intelligence about what the threat is. Reporter citing efforts to hide explosives in shoes, underwear and printers, u. S. Officials decline to be more specific about their intelligence or how recently it was obtained. Theres no change for Domestic Airlines or security at home. And theres no timetable for how long the ban, affecting 50 flights a day, will last. Possibly in the future, people will get used to the fact that you cannot bring a laptop or an ipad on a flight. Reporter the push to keep the u. S. Safe, impacting how some travel into it. No u. S. Airlines are affected because no u. S. Carriers operate flights from the affected airports into the u. S. Most International Travelers wont notice any change. Savannah and matt, back to you miguel almaguer, thank you. Te williams is taking a closer look at whats behind the restrictions. Peat, most pete, most of us have gone to an airport and asked to turn on our laptop to check it. What do we know about whats behind this new threat . Well, the officials were talking to arent disclosing much about that other than saying its based on an assessment of intelligence. This is apparently based on a combination of concern about terrorists, refining plans to hide explosives in electronics. And assessment of security at specific airports. Thats what produced a detailed outcome at the ten airports in the middle east and africa. Its not an urgent threat. These restrictions have been d discussed since at least the last week. And the airlines have four days to put them into effect. Compare that to the governments action when a liquid bomb plot was discovered. The ban on liquid was imposed instantly, overnight. And its worth repeating that this applies only to flights to the u. S. From those airports and not to any of the thousands of flights a day inside the u. S. , matt. Pete williams in washington. Pete, thank you. Now, to the fallout of the fbi directors dramatic capitol hill testimony. Talking about President Trump and refuting his claims of being wiretapped by president obama. The fbi director confirmed that there is an investigation of possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. The president not making mention of either of those things at his political rally in kentucky. Lets start with Peter Alexander at the white house for us. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Make no mistake. This was a monumental day. This morning what President Trump dismissed 24 hours ago as, quote, fake news, we know is very real. With some of the countrys top Security Officials confirming the fbi is investigating whether Campaign Associates of the sitting president of the United States colluded with russia during last years election. This place is packed. Reporter President Trump rallying red state kentucky. Louisville. Reporter but avoiding the elephant in the room, the rebuke by fbi director james comey before a congressional committee, before mr. Trumps wiretapping claims. I have in information to support those tweets. We have looked carefully inside the fbi. Reporter the president standing his ground that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower. President obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone . No president could. Reporter and comey acknowledging that the fbi is investigating possible ties between Trump Associates and russian operatives. All of it after hacking of Top Democrats emails during last yearamign. Putin hated secretary clion mucthat the flipside of that coin was, he had the clear preference for the person who was running against the person he hated so much. Reporter his warning, it could happen again. They will be back. Could be back in 2020, 2018. Reporter the hearing is partisan. Theres a gray cloud you put over of people that have important work to lead this country. Reporter with republicans zeroing on illegal leaks. Will that help or hurt our ability for National Security . Hurt. Reporter this tweet from the president s official account, leading to a factcheck from the fbi director. Russia did not influence the electoral process. Is that accurate . Weve offered no opinion, have no view, have no information on potential impact because its never something we looked at. Reporter backing up his boss, the president s spokesman, insisting the Russian Investigation is much ado about nothing. Theres a point you continue to search for something that everyone who has been briefed hasnt seen or found. Reporter trying to distance the president from key campaign advisers, who democrats accuse to having ties to russia. General flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. Paul manafort who played a limited role for a limited amount of time. Reporter flynn served as National Security advisor. And manafort chaired mr. Trumps Campaign Last summer. The white house had recently suggested that British Intelligence might have helped president obama spy on trump tower, an allegation the British Government fiercely rejects. And the head of the National Security agency publicly warned that spreading false claims like that risks damaging the u. S. Relationship with one of our closest allies. Matt and savannah. Peter, thank you so much. Lets bring in ari melbourne and nicolle wallace. Lots to unpa. Lets look at the extraordinary revelation that yes, in fact the Trump Campaign is being investigated by the fbi for alleged ties to russia. Put it in perspective. This is not something you hear every day. This is the first time the fbi has confirmed it. Probably why they had to confirm it was President Trumps repeated statements, some were shot down. This is significant. It does not mean theres a fire of collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign. That will be investigated. But theres enough smoke to have a federal inquiry. Its huge. There were a lot of headlines. Savannah and i were talking before the show. There were two that stood out. In the middle of the day, the potus twitter account, the white house sends out a tweet mischaracterizing something that comey said during the morning session, that director comey corrected them on that in the afternoon. They knew the eyes and the ears of the world and the media were on that session and they tried it anyway. I was on the phone. We covered the hearings on our sister network. You were covering them over here. We were on the phone with the white house in realtime. And in realtime, they were denying what was coming out of their own officials mouths. This digging in on the wire trapping was described by two confants as delusion. He believes that the term wiretap should be more broadly defined. He was sticking by his guns. It was described as incapable of admitting when hes wrong. He puts the rest of his cabinet in a precarious position. Secretaries of defense have meetings with other countries. And now, secretary mattis is going to have to stand shouldertoshoulder with another defense secretary. And im certain he will be asked if he believes the fbi director of the United States or rather delusional president of the United States of america. Well, the other item that came out that caught our attention was what we just saw in peters piece. Sean spicer the White House Press secretary is now saying, general flynn, he was just a volunteer in the campaign, like he was putting up yard signs. He became National Security adviser. And you have the talk of paul manafort, who spicer says plays a limiting role. He was the campaign chairman. We know the facts. He was booked on the show. We had him on the set in cleveland. Heres the strategy. Their strategy is to cleave off anybody that was not a paid staffer. This is a distinction in their minds to separate out people that may be part of this investigation into russia and trump camp ties. Ari, lets talk one of the things that the republicans spent time talking about was leaks. And the damage that can be causedleaks of classified information. They have a real point on that. What can the fbi do to plug the leaks . They can investigate that. It was two hearings. Democrats asking about russia, and republicans asked about leaks. Both are real issues. You dont know where they will land. And honest and faithful people in the military and intelligence service, do talk to the press on and off the record. We looked up the top ten folks on the campaign. In the general election. Seven of them were unpaid, including people like Jared Kushner and steve bannon. You dont have to be a trumpologist to know, that volunteer does not cut ice, not legally, not financially. If you are the biggest trump fan in the world, you know the difference between true and false. So, why what is the strategy there . They are betting that their folks are so committed to trumps early success, they will pin all of this on the media and on, perhaps now, the fbi director, although thats hard to imagine, considering the arc of his campaign experience. But what i saw when i was talking to trump voters, they love this controversial agenda. They are behind him 100 in poli eff and shaking up washington. They are not comfortable when he wilderness and so far away from establishment Government Agencies like the fbi. Youre saying dont expect an apology from the white house on any of this anytime soon. Dont hold your breath. Thank you very much. It is another busy day on capitol hill. Trump taking his health care pitch to republicans. And his Supreme Court nominee, neil gorsuch, is expected to face tough questions at his confirmation hearing. Kristen welker is on the hill for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. It is a highstakes day here on capitol hill. President trump will meet with house republicans, aiming to ramp up support for the Health Care Bill. Overnight, gop leaders offered amendments to the bill to win over holdouts. Among the changes, calling to repeal for obamacareera taxes. But with the clock ticking, its not clear they have enough votes. This is our longawaited chance to finally get rid of obamacare. Reporter a latenight sales pitch. President trumps fullcourt press ahead of a crucial vote thursday. Mr. Trump digging into obamacare again. Its been one broken promise after another. Reporter and again. Obamacare has been a complete and total catastrophe and is getting worse and worse by the day. Reporter this is the first highstakes legislative test of the young trump administration. And of the Unlikely Alliance of mr. Trump and House Speaker paul ryan. Im impressed with the president himself, rolling up his sleeves, getting involved. Listening to members brokering compromises, getting us on the same pag reporter President Trump saying obamare is failing in kentucky. But the rate of uninsured dropped 13 Percentage Points between 2013 and 2015. For kentucky residents, its more complicated. Whats your key priority for a new Health Care Bill . Deductibles. I want them more affordable. Reporter youre not sure all of obamacare should be repealed and replaced . Exactly. Reporter an official tells nbc news changes have been made to win over skeptical conservatives and libertarians. And neil gorsuch is back in the hot seat. During his opening statement, judge gorsuch trying to paint himself as above the political fray. These days we hear judges described as politicians in robes. Seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to impart the law impartially. If i thought that were true, i would hang up the robe. Reporter look for Democratic Senators to weigh in as they grill him about the attacks on the judiciary. His disparaging comments about the judiciary have shaken the foundations of respect for rulings. Reporter while republicans will try to highlight his conservative record. No one could have chosen better than neil gorsuch to represent conservatism on the Supreme Court. Reporter one gop official tells me House Speaker paul ryan expects the president to show he not only supports the Health Care Bill but he will be willing to fight for it. That allimportant vote on thursday, falls on the seventh anniversary of when president obama signed his Signature Health care plan into law. Matt . Savannah . Kristen welker on capitol hill. Thanks. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with nato Foreign Ministers to stay home with a visit by chinas president next month. And days later, he will travel to moscow for a meeting with russian officials. Thats according to the state department. Tillerson had been expected to attend his first meeting of the 28 nato allies which takes place april 5th and 6th in brussels. We want to show you vur surveillance video. Police are looking for this woman, driving this car. You can see her back out of her parking spot. Nearly hitting a family. Seconds later, reverses again, this time, striking several people, narrowly missing a 3yearold girl. No one was hurt. The women could face five counts of assault with a deadly weapon. We have dylan back for another day. Tuesdays are harder than mondays. Was it fun to go home after calvin after work . We have more record high temperatures to talk about today. Back through dallas, oklahoma city. We had highs in the lower 90s yesterday. The first 90s of 2017. And the widespread warmth is going to continue to hang around the southern states. Lubbock, 90 degrees. 23 degrees above average. Memphis, about 78. Charlotte, 81. Temperatures will start to cool off and push farther south. Areas like st. Louis, youll drop by about 20 degrees today. Still in the 60s. Yesterday, you were in the mid80s. Youll notice that difference. Wednesday, through dallas, into lake charles temperatures in 80s. Tallahassee near 90 degrees. The heat starts to rebuild as we go into thursday. Oklahoma city, back up near 20 degrees above average. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. Whether youre after supreme performance. Advanced intelligence. Or breathtaking style. Theres a cclass just for you. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Lease the c300 sedan for 389 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Good Tuesday Morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. A live look at emeryville. Dealing with slick road conditions. Pockets of heavy rain wind down late morning. But as of now, we are still seeing rain through San Francisco. And a good part of the east bay from richmond, oakland. The north bay seeing rain winding down. As you head through the trivalley, expect more heavy rain the next 30 minutes. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Coming up, lost and found. Tom bradys missing super bowl jersey found in mexico, as new video allegedly shows a man leaving the locker room with it. Did that suspect also strike during past super bowls . Then, first daughter ivanka trump, moving into a west wing office. Wha

© 2025 Vimarsana