condition. several football players among them a campus in mourning tonight. dennis rodman telling nbc news he s going to russia to help bring brittney griner home. the former basketball star has played a role in international diplomacy before the nationwide teacher shortage and how some school districts are dealing with it. kids in classrooms but the teachers are remote. and they were a secret weapon during world war ii now, finally being honored. we re with the last of the navajo code talkers. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. in a part of the country so accustomed to drought and heat, it s raging water that s trapped tourists this weekend, and destroyed businesses in southeastern new mexico, a flooded highway made it impossible for tourists to leave one national park, and in utah s zion national park, flash floods tore through canyons rescue teams are still out looking for one hiker that s been missing since friday tonight, 14 million peopl
Senator franken says he felt guilt, shame and embarrassment and would work hard to regain the trust of minnesota voters. Senator al franken high everybody, i wanted to say a few words before i get back to work, i know that i let a lot of people down, people in minnesota, my colleagues, staff, supporters and everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. You, i would say i am sorry. I know there are no magic words that i can say to regain your trust and i know that is going to take time, i am ready to start that process and it is going back to work today. Now im going to take a few questions. has visibly does your recollection differ from the womens accounts . Franken there are different allegations, there is den. Leann tweete she and i were on the uso tour the kids after her result, we were rehearsing for a sketch, i said i recall that differently from the end but i feel that you have to respect womens experience. I apologize to her and i meant i was very grateful she accep
, honorableu president of this great United States of america, President Trump. That you for inviting us now to hope code talkers to the capital and to the white house of this great nation we call United States. Us three ofve with the 13 surviving navajo code talkers of world war ii. He survived the battle. His Landing Craft was blown up and he had to swim to the beach to survive. Saipan, he got shut up really badly. He survived one year in naval hospital. Thomas, also one of the code talkers that was on iwo jima. A tough battle, three Marine Divisions landed on eulogy iwo jima. The code talkers within the fifth Marine Division, also, as if marine corps was not enough, he was is it any United States army. That awful battle. Brian is peter mcdonald, i am i am nott israel, i went in when i was 15 1944. Old in that we went onto north china toh sixth Marine Division get the japanese in northern china to surrender. They do not want to surrender. It took first Marine Division six Marine Divi
This is 15 minutes. [indiscernible] thank you president of these great United States President Trump. Thank you for inviting us not hope code talkers navajo code talkers. We have today three navajo code talkers of world war ii. One is 97 years old, a veteran of world war ii. His Landing Craft blown up, and had to swim to the beach to survive. ,he got shot up real badly survived one year in naval hospital. , also one of the code talkers who were on iwo jima, a tough battle. Three Marine Divisions landed on iwo. It was part of it the code talkers within the fifth Marine Division. Corps was notne enough, he enlisted in the United States army, served in the korean war, survived that awful battle. My name is peter mcdonald. I am the president of the 13 surviving navajo code talkers. I went in. I am 90 years old. I went in when i was 15 years old in 1944 and was with the st marine date on guam first marine brigade on guam and then went on to north china with six Marine Division to get those
30 minutes. Thank you. Madam president , i welcome you, senator from texas, after thanksgiving break, i have my parents, 94 and 89, with all children and grandchildren, and this and that. I would like to be thankful, blessed to have my mom and dad, happy about it. Now we are back. Precious little time to do it. Funding for the government expires this friday. 800,000 dreamers wait to hear they can live and work in the only country they have ever known. 9 million children reauthorizing the Health Insurance program and millions more waiting to restore funding for Community Health centers, the most costeffective and only healthcare lots of people can get. We need to funds costsharing programs that have pocket costs for low income americans because the administration refuses to do so. Texas, louisiana, puerto rico, the Us Virgin Islands are desperately in need of additional aid to recover from the natural disasters god brought on them and the debt ceiling must be raised again and in short o