Getting those shots of the first lady also interacting with some of the victims. That will probably be to his benefit. Yeah. So for all of you again who may be just joining us as we are approaching and actually hitting the bottom of the hour here, 12 30 on the east coast, but 11 30 a. M. In houston, the president an his motorcade taking off from the Ellington Field there. He has just landed on air force one with first lady melania trump, and they are going to have a series of meetings. They are scheduled to meet in just a few minutes with folks who have been tremendously affected by Hurricane Harvey. Those who have been impacted and are just trying to look at their lives, figure out where things stand and begin the process of rebuilding, a significant lift for many, many people around the state of texas and of course in houston proper. The president will then be going to a Hurricane Harvey relief center. We are not sharing the details of which specific one. There are certainly security
First the breaking news. New video following the car incident in london. You can see police pinning down a person on the ground there after a car plowed into pedestrians outside of a museum. Officials say 11 people were injured. Lets go right to ali arouzi joining us with more from our london bureau. What can you tell us, ali . Reporter thats right. Youve just shown the video of the driver of the car being pinned down on the pavement by a combination of civilians and policemen. Were hearing that he tried to flee the scene on foot and thats why he was pinned down. Other witnesses say that he was handcuffed on the ground. Now, weve just heard from the London Ambulance services that 11 people were injured in this incident. Nine of them were taken to the hospital with leg and head injuries. Now, we dont know the severity of these leg or head injuries, but im sure well get more information from the London Ambulance brigade during the course of the day. But no fatalities thankfully have been
He calls it a witch hunt once more for evil politics. And all of this russia talk, as you alluded to, that big tax reform push on the hill right now. He says the republicans are making their big push for historic tax cuts and reform, is it coincidental . Not. Now, you might read that and feel President Trump is feeling the heat after these reports surfaced on friday evening and a palpable sense of apprehension and expectation now settling over the capitol and here at the white house. But as we talked about, the president s lawyer here in the white house, he represents all Administration Staff and personnel with regard to the mueller investigation. His name, of course, is ty cobb. He tells nbc news, his tweets are not, referring to President Trump, as some have asked a reaction to anything involving the special counsel with whom the white house continues to cooperate. What we know, thomas, is whats been reporting, this timeline all along, mueller, Robert Mueller appointed by Rod Rosenst
Also the season of war, at least in Steve Bannons mind. What he told the value voters summit and why the gop may need to worry. And a growing list of accusers against Harvey Weinstein. Well talk to one accuser about what she claims happened to her. New reaction following President Trumps executive order on health care. Lets go to Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house with more on this. Kelly, with a good saturday afternoon to you, tell us whats happening. Reporter the president began his day with tweets that relate to two separate actions his administration has taken concerning the Affordable Care act, obamacare. He did an executive order which sets in motion the possibility for across state line insurance purposes for associations and shorter term without all of the coverage elements for policies down the line. Also, his administration is saying it will no longer provide the costsharing payments which is the federal government paying Insurance Companies to subsidize the policies for
Russia. Everybody knows it. That was a democrat hoax. The russia probe the president is point fingers, but whos buying his claim of a hoax . I call on my republican colleagues to join me in calling for the firing of bob mueller. Look, its time for mueller to put up or shut up. If theres evidence of collusion with russia, lets see it. And the republican outrage. Would the president really dare to dump Robert Mueller . But at the top of the hour we have this breaking news. The president back speaking just moments ago outside the white house, insisting middle income americans will get a Christmas Gift in the form of a tax cut. His comments come despite democrats fierce opposition to the plan. Before they even know what the bill is all about, they talk about for the wealthy. This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that they have ever gotten for christmas. Mr. President , why are the cuts temporary . Lets go right to nbcs jeff bennett at the wh