On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff theres word the gunman who mowed down concert goers in las vegas, may have considered other targets, in other cities. Stephen paddock killed 58 people sunday night, before taking his own life. Now, its widely reported that he had booked a hotel room in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival, two months ago. Other reports say he also researched Hotels Near Fe
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff theres word the gunman who mowed down concert goers in las vegas, may have considered other targets, in other cities. Stephen paddock killed 58 people sunday night, before taking his own life. Now, its widely reported that he had booked a hotel room in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival, two months ago. Other reports say he also researched Hotels Near Fe
Finding love again. The widow of former Vice President joe bidens son beau now dating his younger brother. This morning what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triple threat. Music, movie and tv superstar Jennifer Lopez live in our studio today thursday, march 2nd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. Looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez here. Between now and then a lot of news. A lot of developments this morning. Our top story the Trump Administration facing a controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming that attorney general Jeff Sessions met facetoface with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year, that is raising questions about whether sessions intentionally misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Got all of it covered. We start with Peter Alexander
Donald trumps Election Campaign after questions about his contact with the russians. There are new calls now from California Democrats for sessions to step down because he did not disclose that he had met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. During the campaign. Tonight, President Trump tweeted Jeff Sessions is an honest man, he did not say anything wrong, he could have stated his response more accurately but it was clearly not intentional. Abc News Reporter e lolona zack in washington. Reporter the latest revelation, the president s own soninlaw, jared kusnyer met with the russian official at trump tower in december. Meanwhi meanwhile. I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. Reporter nonetheless, attorney general Jeff Sessions denies he did anything wrong. I never had meetings with russian operatives or russian entintermediaries about the tru campaign. Reporter but he did meet with the Russian Ambassador twice. Session says his meetings were a
Shooters girlfriend, mary lou is on the way to the u. S. Back from the philippines. [ gunshots ] go back, go back. Get back. Get back, get back. Cnns kyung lah is here with more. She joins us with the investigation. Lets play some more of the buddy cam footage and then well talk. Lets watch. [ gunshots ] [ sirens ] theres gunshots right here. [ sirens ] [ gunshots ] go that way, go that way. Theyre shooting right at us, guys. Everybody stay down, stay down. Wheres it at . North of the mandalay bay. Its coming out of the window. So we know the first 911 call started at 10 08 p. M. The shooting went on for about nine to ten minutes according to investigators. You see in that video the unthinkable becoming real to First Responders and concert goers. Reporter you know, we should try to put this into perspective, don, as we listen and look at these images. You may notice that these First Responders, theyre wearing these vests. Theyre wearing a vent vest. And the reason why theyre wearing th