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wrapping up last night in rhode island. the second tour ends later this month. those are some of the stories on this monday. it is may 8th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you, everybody. the start of the workweek. going to start this half-hour with former president barack obama, looking to defend his legacy as the republican health care bill heads to the senate. the former president chimed in overnight accepting an award in boston. he urged congress to look beyond party lines as they consider the future of health care. house leaders insist their legislation will protect people with pre-existing conditions. senate republicans say they plan to come up with a bill of their own. abc s richard cantu has more. you are a fraud. you are a phony. and your days are limited. reporter: a tough sell back home for republican lawmakers, pushing the house gop version of health care reform. you are victimizing even more those who are ill. ....
wrapping up last night in rhode island. second tour end later this month. those are some of the stories on this monday. it is may 8th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you, everybody. the start of the workweek. going to start this half-hour with former president barack obama, looking to defend his legacy as the republican health care bill heads to the senate. the former president chimed in overnight accepting an apart in boston. he urged congress to look beyond party lines as they consider the future of health care. house leaders insist their legislation will protect people with pre-existing conditions. senate republicans say they plan to come up with a bill of their own. abc s richard cantu has the more. awe you are a fraud. you are a phony. and your days are limited. reporter: a tough sell back home for republican lawmakers, pushing the house gop version of heal you are victimizing even more those who are ill. reporter: t ....
off an alligator opening up about her ordeal. i started punching its forehead. it still wouldn t let go. how she used a trick she used on a field trip to save her own life. and kicking it off in style. one of the biggest pop stars in the world, harry styles, takes over our plaza for our first summer concert for the season, and the crowd is massive. today s tuesday, may 9th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. we re going to need more adjectives to describe that crowd. harry styles has a new solo album come harry, look outside. things are going to be just fine. we have six city blocks of crowd for him. let s get to our top story this morning. the possible expansion of the u.s. military effort against the tall ban in afghanistan. this is a plan that calls for the addition of several thousand more troops there. that s one of ....
war, benjamin franklin and other american envoys lobbied in france and spain. the papers of the continental congress contained the long-running correspondence between congress and its envoys of envoys abroad. the american diplomats efforts were rewarded in the treaty of alliance and the treaty with france, and the entry of spain into the war in 1799. arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause. and at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. the stories of our nation s early days cannot be told without reference to the records here at the national archives diplomatic correspondence, treaties, military commissions, and more documents on the international side of the american revolution. the two office we had here with us tonight will enlighten us about the roles france and spain played in our country s formative years. so let s now hear from the panel. to leave the discussions on it, we ar ....
i m frances rivera. of watergate size and scale, that s what republican senator john mccain calls the developing story regarding a bombshell report dogging the white house. nbc news confirming a new york times report that president trump asked then fbi director james comey to halt his probe of mike flynn, mr. trump s former national security adviser who was forced out after weeks on the job. trump apparently asked comb tee ease off the investigation in to flynn according to a memo the former fbi chief wrote himself shortly after speaking with the president. a source close to comey confirms the existence and contents of the memo with trump telling comey, quote, i hope you can see your way to letting this go, to letting flynn go, according to the memo. the source confirmed that comey wrote a memo about nearly ever interaction with trump. the white house denies the report releasing a statement that reads quote the president has never asked mr. comey or any one else to en ....