Colonel vindman and the ukraine debacle. We also learned today this familiar face is coming back to the white house as a counselor to the president. Plus, as Mike Bloomberg sizes up super tuesday, donald trump attempts to size down the former mayor who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1120 of this trump administration, 264 days to go until the 2020 president ial election. And tonight in a new interview, the attorney general bill barr, who has been nothing but supremely loyal to and protective of the man who appointed him to office, seems to be saying two things. Sure, he intervened in lowering the recommended prison sentence for trumps friend roger stone who is a convicted felon, but he went on to say that the tweets from the president , which is how we know how Preside
Attempts to size down the former mayor, who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,120 of this trump administration. 264 days to go until the 2020 president ial election. And tonight in a new interview, the attorney general, bill barr, who has been nothing but supremely loyal to and protective of the man who appointed him to office, seems to be saying two things. Sure, he intervened in lowering the recommended prison sentence for trumps friend roger stone, who is a convicted felon. But he went on to say that the tweets from the president , which is how we know how President Trump wanted the sentence lowered those tweets really make his job impossible. Barr spoke to abc news about his decision to overall federal prosecutors who had lowered federal guidelines recommending a
The ukraine debacle. We also learned today this familiar face is coming back to the white house as a counselor to the president. Plus as Mike Bloomberg sizes up super tuesday, donald trump attempts to size down the former mayor, who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,120 of this trump administration. 264 days to go until the 2020 president ial election. And tonight in a new interview, the attorney general, bill barr, who has been nothing but supremely loyal to and protective of the man who appointed him to office, seems to be saying two things. Sure, he intervened in lowering the recommended prison sentence for trumps friend roger stone, who is a convicted felon. But he went on to say that the tweets from the president , which is how we know how President Trump wanted
Quote, no other option but to step back from royal duties. And were going to hear from senator Chuck Schumer. The House Democrats, who will prosecute the case in the senate, have been here all weekend on capitol hill. We got the first sense on how theyre planning to lay out their case. Both the democrats and republicans filing paper briefs. Those arguments are spread out across 120 pages. We can sums are them for you in about 60 seconds. The president withheld hundreds of millions in military aid to an ally at war with russia, withheld a meeting the president of ukraine sought with his adversary in order to force ukraine to help them cheat. The articles of impeachment are two noncriminal actions, namely obstruction of congress and abuse of power. Even if all the evidence is laid out through the weekend, the stage has literally been set with staff moving big screen tvs on stands, pushing in tables, making room for the legal teams and wiring for video and computers. And still, the proces
Calling them the perfect setup for a flood of new cases. A major story on the political front as the New York Times reports that several prominent republicans including former president George W Bush say they will not support President Trumps reelection. We have Fox Team Coverage on all of the latest developments across the country. We begin with mark meredith. He is live at the white house. Mark. Reporter good evening, john. The white house says the American Economy is rebounding from coronavirus but the latest data shows there is still a threat from the virus here at home and abroad. The latest numbers show here in the United States 110 of thousand deaths 110,000 deaths. And when we look at the numbers globally, the death toll stands at over 400,000. There are concerns about cases in india and brazil. Americas Health Experts are watching to see if the protests over the past week could contribute to an increased infection rate. Dr. Anthony fauci said, quote, i get very concerned as do