Not fit under budget reconciliation rules that allow them to pass a bill with just 51 votes, not 60. Despite the obstacles ahead, President Trump declaring his optimism overnight. I think well get it through. The republicans are very united, like seldom before. I mean, you see that today. The republicans came together all of a sudden, two days ago. It was like magic. Theyre very, very united. You saw that today and youll see it again. The bill is stacked with many, many changes to the entire health care system, and christine, we will go on and on about what this bill does to change the health care debate, but we will start with Sunlen Serfaty, who kind of breaks down where this debate goes from here. Reporter good morning, dave and christine. Well, House Republicans have been promising and campaigning on repealing and replacing obamacare for the last seven years, so this certainly is a significant legislative win for them, but to note, this is a shortterm victory. There still is a lot
Jersey and Sheldon White house and senator roger wicker. Good morning. Im Mark Halperin of nbc news. Joe is battling a case of laryngitis. Mika is tending to a family matter and willie is going to join us momentarily. He had a bit of a late night last night. Hell explain that when he gets with us. With us, katty kay. Lots going on in the republicans vote on health care. The shock and sadness of the death of Otto Warmbier. He was convicted in 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He was returned with brain damage. They claim he contacted botulism. President trump, who once said it would be an honor to meet kim jong un weighed in on warmbiers passi passing. Otto warmbier has just passed away. He spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition. But he just passed away a little while
Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, february 27th. We have so much to get to, including brandnew developments from vietnam. Later this hour, we expect to see the president leave with his one on one with north koreas leader. We will have live coverage of that. First an explosive headline at home, racist, con man, cheat, these are some of the words Donald Trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen will use to describe the president later this morning. A draft of cohens Opening Statement obtained by nbc news includes allegation that is the president had advanced knowledge about hacked democratic emails. That donald trump, jr. Alerted his father about what cohen believes was the june 2016 meeting offering dirt often hillary clinton. Cohen claims trump urged him to lie about seeking a real estate deal in moscow and will provide a check allegedly signed by the president in august of 2017 that cohen says was a reimburse am for paying off Stormy Daniels, along with claiming trump exhibited what c
With the north korean laddeader we get under way on a friday night. Good evening once again. Day 764 of the Trump Administration, and at the end of another consequential week what is likely the last major move in Robert Muellers long roning prosecution of Paul Manafort nap is not the last of it, where manafort leaded got two counts of conspiracy. Specifically the judge found manafort lied about sharing campaign poling data with him and discussing a peace plan for ukraine that would benefit russia. The feds said the relationship goes to the heart of what the special Councils Office is investigating. This upcoming sentencing memo could tell us more about exactly what that means. However there may be new criminal charges ahead for manafort. This is interesting, the kind of charges his fred the presideien president , cant save him from. First reported by bloomberg and the New York Times that the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is preparing a case against Paul Manafort against alleged t
From our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 764 of the Trump Administration, and at this friday evening at the end of another consequential week we are closing in on what is likely the last major move in Robert Muellers long running prosecution of Trumps Campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Muellers team had until midnight tonight to file a sentencing memo in washington. Thats not the last of it. Manafort pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy involving his work in ukraine. A judge last week ruled that manafort lied about his communications with con tan seen the kilimnik, a former business associate according to to the fbi. Specifically the judge found manafort lied about sharing campaign poling data with him and discussing a peace plan for ukraine that would benefit russia. The feds said the relationship between manafort and kilimnik goes to the heart of what the special counsels office is investigating. This upcoming sentencing memo which may not be made public right away co