And we do say good morning on this thursday. That big moment happening right now today, the first facetoface meeting between the new administration and a russian leader. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson sits down with russias foreign minister in a meeting that could offer some guidance about how President Trump intends to deal with moscow. This comes as more lawmakers are demanding answers into the trump teams russian ties and as President Trump tries to shift the blame. Today for the first time a high level Trump Administration official will come facetoface with a Russian Authority when secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets wist russian counterpart in germany but its the secret meetings with Trump Campaign officials and russian operatives that everyone is talking about. Everyone except the president. Mr. President , can you guarantee that nobody on your campaign had any contact with the russians . Mr. President , any questions on russia . Mr. President reporte russian revelations as
The hill sent out polls darken for democrats and vox said, a brutal new batch of polls for clinton. In a few minutes, Charles Krauthammer will be here. First, Trace Gallagher is in our west coast newsroom tonight with new data from the critical battleground states. Hey, trace. Real clear politics has moved colorado to a tossup. This week alone, real clear politics has moved New Hampshire, michigan and colorado into the tossup category. Back on august 15th, hillary led in New Hampshire by 8, michigan by 7 and colorado by 11 points. Also concern for the Clinton Campaign is just in the past 48 hours, rcp has trump taking the lead in the allimportant battleground states of florida and ohio. Both are well within the margin of error, mind you, but its important to remember, the last time a candidate lost ohio and won the presidency was 1960. And no president has lost florida since 1992. The simple math here is that over the past month, 72 Electoral College votes have moved from Hillary Clint
New york, a stormy night with very poor visibility. Law enforcement saying the plane quote came in too fast and landed too late. Rescue crews getting the passengers off the plane quickly, as quickly as possible. Everyone is say, according to a spokeswoman for the campaign. Some noticeable damage to the runway if you look there closely, although the campaign tells reporters theres no structural damage to the plane. Pence was on his way to a fundraiser here in new york, which has been called off now. He tweeted this tonight, so thankful everyone on the plane is safe. Grateful for the First Responders and the concern and prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow. Donald trump saying this at a rally in ohio tonight. I just spoke to our future Vice President , and hes okay. Do you know he was in a big accident with a plane . The plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave danger but i spoke to mike pence and hes fine. He got out. Everybodys fine. The faa says it will inv
You will get the change youve been waiting for for your entire life time. Happy three days before the election, lets call it, on a saturday morning. Were glad youre up early with us as we come to you live from d. C. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Its the final weekend of the campaign, donald trump, Hillary Clinton putting it all on the line, going across all the battleground states this morning. The polls are tightening and new battlegrounds are emerging here. Hillary clinton slipping just a bit in our latest electoral battleground maps. She is below 270 for the first time donald trump is above 200 for the first time as well. The biggest shift, though, is in ohio. It is now moving to lean republican. Take a look, if you would, its moved from lean democrat to toss up. Hillary clinton and her surrogates are blanking these battleground states. Shell kick the day off in florida and head north to pennsylvania. Donald trump meanwhile is making four stops today florida, North Carolina,
Tonight, the president elect once shared doubts about americas generals is turning to another highranking military veteran. Donald trump has chosen retired marine corps general john kelly to serve as Homeland Security secretary. Homeland security tonight, the Transition Team says mr. Trump will nominate Linda Mcmahon to head the Small Business administration. She was a major trump backer during the campaign. This, as mr. Trump says he may announce his choice for secretary of state next week, confirming that mitt romney still is in the running. The president elect revealing in a new interview that hes been consulting with president obama on some of his potential appointments, saying he takes his recommendations very seriously. Ill talk about the transition with congressman ted yoho, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by, as we bring you full coverage of the days top stories. Up first, lets go to jason carroll. Hes over at trump tower in new york city with more on the