Im ale velshi live in mork p. E. D. Headquarters. 37 million americans already cast ballots. Candidate keeping a furious pace in the closing days. Right now Hillary Clinton on her way to philadelphia and will chose out her campaign there, joined by singer katy perry and her running mate tim kaine spurneding the entire day in florida. Hillary clinton was in south florida and forced to cut her halle short by a sudden downpour. Getting all wet. And donald trump on his way to reno, nevada and later on to colorado. He was earlier introduced by his wife melania. We start with donald trump and his frantic push to find a path to 270 Electoral College votes. Just last in our North Carolina trump hammered clinton over the fbi email probe. She illegally destroyed 33,000 emails after receiving a congressional subpoena i mean, think of that. She made 13 phones disappear. Some with a hammer. She is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the presidency. Nbcs katy tur joins us live from wi
And happy saturday. Welcome to news headquarters. Im elizabeth prann. Leland im leland vittert. Congress is getting back to work next week with a full plate, including the testimony that everyone is waiting for. Former fbi director james comey goes before the Intelligence Committee on thursday. This, as the white house sets up what they call a special unit to deal with various investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Kristin fisher live on the north lawn of the white house as this war room is getting set up. Hey, leland, the big question, will President Trump try to keep former fbi director james comey from testifying by invoking executive privilege. Thats the nixon era rule used during watergate and it was used by former president clinton and former president barack obama. The big question for President Trump, what would be more damaging, comeys testimony or the way it will look if he tries to muzzle him. Yesterday, press Secretary Sean Spicer was n
Between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. The white house confirms that the two leaders met for a second time during the g20 summit. And an officer says north koreas latest Missile Launch shows the regime has the ability to reach the u. S. , but lacks accuracy. Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday july 19th, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. Well this morning the republicanled effort to overhaul obamacare seems on the verge of collapse. Mitch mcconnells late itch pitch to repeal the Health Care Bill without replacement is already being met with resistance. Senators Susan Collins and mccafferty also have come out against that. And rob portman from ohio also saying in part, i dont think its appropriate just to repeal. Weve also got to put a replacement in place. Despite those concerns, mcconnell said the party will move forward with the plan. At the request of the president and Vice President , after consulting with our members, well have the vote on the motion to proceed t
Years in my career. A pro growth policy in washington, quite amazing. It was an amazing year with a lot of energy the market and awesome for the companies down here. Take a look at the markets for last year. The dow surging 25 . Few saw these gains coming. In fact when asked at the beginning of 2017 when markets might recover, Nobel Prize Winning economist paul craigman said his first pass answer is never. Oh, what a difference a year makes. Take a look at technology. The sector that drove the markets gains. Amazon, and other tech giants. Consumer discretionary gained 33 . Materials producers driving investors looking forward to Infrastructure Spending by washington. Telecoms Companies Facing high debt loads and energy with oil gluts easing. Traders say washington, especially the white house, had a lot to do with stock gains as investors cheered tax reform and the president s drive to cut regulations hampering companies. Fundamentals didnt hurt with the s p stocks profits growing 11 .
Antigovernment protesters did battle again. Back to you. Welcome to americas news headquarters from washington, im Kristin Fisher nice to be with you. Leland good to be with you, good to be, but at home. The armynavy game is coming up and the president is headed there. Kristin thats right. Leland good to be with you, im leland vittert. We begin with the fallout over the new filings from special counsel Robert Muellers office and federal court. Ellison barber is at the white house with the president s reaction. Jacqui heinrich on the new documents targeting Michael Cohen. And the mueller team says former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, what hes told others, and we begin with garrett. They claim that Paul Manafort lied on multiple ways on multiple occasions, accusing him of lying about five issues, 125,000 payment that he made through a Political Action committee to cover a debt that he owed. His interaction with a russian ukrainian political consultant who allegedly has ties to russian