lives in the civil rights movement. he particularly focused on medgar evers, a civil rights leader who was shot and killed right here in jackson, mississippi, where he lived with his family. his widow was here today, as well as his brother. in fact, he greeted president trump on the tarmac. president trump talked about the sacrifice and the significance of the work of people like medgar evers. i spoke with people here today. they said that they were largely pleased with the president s remarks. he didn t talk about the controversy at the backdrop of his visit, the fact that there were dozens of protesters who greeted himself outside, or the fact that a number of people decided to boycott this event, including civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, who said that his mere appearance here today was hurtful, because he says that the president has done more to divide this country than to unite it. but i did talk to a lot of people after this event today. here s what they had t
a riveting look inside the president s struggle for validation while watching up to eight hours of cable news a day. but we begin with new details in the alabama senate race. with just two days before voters cast their ballots, the roy moore campaign shooting down efforts of a purported ethics investigation should he win the election on tuesday. mitch mcconnell and his crew have been threatening judge moore from the get-go. they spent $30 million trying to beat him in the primary, and then all this fake news from the washington post surfaced. just moore is going to go to washington. judge moore is going to win, and i highly doubt there s going to be a senate investigation. but if there is, judge moore is going to be found telling the truth, just like he always has. and he will win. a new poll today showing roy moore with a four-point lead. let s go to vaughn hillyard in birmingham, alabama, where doug jones is expected to arrive at any moment. it appears he s running
reporter: this decision by the government to send antimissiles to the ukraine is really a major escalation in u.s. support for ukrainian government troops. they have been fighting against russian backed separatists on their own territory since 2013, despite a number of cease-fires, the fighting has sparked in the past few weeks. this could make a big difference on the ground. these modern sophisticated ant-tank weapons are portable and lethal. this is a immediate condemnation in moscow. government officials in the foreign ministry as well as the state have condemned the action saying it will lead to more bloodshed in ukraine. the u.s. officials say the weapons are purely defensive to be used on ukraine s own territory. thank you. mike: congress going on a break for the holidays leaving a large to-do list for the new year, challenges on health care, immigration and funding the government. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says to expect a shift in his chamber when congr
answers the same team said would be done last week. complicate matters? the fight of the person who will oversee the investigation. now three state democrats are suing over acting attorney general matt whitaker. the president is standing by picking someone who talked so openly about shutting down the probe. i did not know he took views on the mueller investigation as such. reporter: and when you found that out? i don t think it had any effect. if you look at those statements, those statements can be viewed either way, but i don t think reporter: you said there is no collusion. what do you do if a person is right? there is no collusion, he happened to be right. add to all that the president s battle with the media. we expect the key ruling on cnn s suit against the white house and its decision to revoke press access for jim acosta. let s start at the white house for nbc news jeff bennett and nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, i want to talk to yo
The case of an Oak Grove man charged with murder continues to limp along at a slow pace with another continuance granted in Christian County Circuit Court on