the nra just released a statement and i m going to read part of it now, despite the fact the obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions, the national rifle association is calling on the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law. the nra believes that the devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. these bump fire stock parts were a main focus in the white house briefing just a moment ago. kristen welker was in that room and now she s at the north lawn of the white house for us. kristen, sarah huckabee sanders talked about how they want to be a part of the conversation, but she was making no commitment from that podium. reporter: no commitment, katy. what she said moments ago is that, look, the president doesn t think right now is necessarily the time to be focused on th
on russia when it is in our interests to do so and when it s in our interests to work with russia, we ll do that as well. this president has not softened or weakened any position that barack obama had on russia and, in fact, he s gone much further. harris: washington correspondent rich edson has more from the state department. rich? reporter: good evening, harris. the united states and allies are expelling more than 100 russian diplomats from their country. here in the united states, the administration says these russian diplomat, 60 of them, and their family, have a week to leave the country. a dozen are located in part of the united nations mission in new york, 48 are part of russia s diplomatic relationship with the u.s. senior administration officials say the diplomats were involved in intelligence operations in the united states. the administration is also giving russia one week to close its consulate in seattle. trump administration officials say they chose seattle
four have been rescued but others face another night of darkness, peril and a ray of hope. who has the inside track for the supreme couk the special counsel interview with the president? is this the witch hunt everyone thinks it is and is there a factual basis for this? the special counsel must meet or the president won t talk. good day to all of you. i m alex witt with headquarters in new york. you can imagine where we begin, this breaking news in thailand with the latest on a massive operation to rescue 12 boys from a flooded underground cave. rescue operations have been suspended for the night. officials say oxygen tanks used in the mission have all been depleted, they need restocking. four boys have been brought to safety, and they are right now receiving medical attention, though nine people still await rescue. moments ago i spoke with a doctor who said the boys mental stability is critical in an operation of this nature. really important knowing how to relax, a
conference explaining himself, hi, garrett. well, eric, what the governor is asking folks to believe that he initially apologized for that photo and claimed that it was him in it because he felt he needed to apologize for those who were offended but that it wasn t until later on in the evening as he sat back and thought back and discussed with classmates that he realized that it might not be in the picture and after he had realization, what other things that would play into this, i thought about the other mistakes that i have made throughout my life and he told one of them, just after medical school when he was at dance competition in san antonio that he dressed up like michael jackson and he did put black face on as part of that competition but he said once and for all that was not me in these picture and i don t know who put that picture there. my first impression actually is this couldn t be me but there was so much hurt that i was feeling people were calling so i reac