Good evening. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have attended a memorial in New York on the 23rd anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. It was a much more sombre affair after last Nights Head to Head Tv Debate ahead of the election in november. They were insults and a stream of personal attacks, and they sparred on issues including abortion, Foreign Policy and the economy. Both sides claimed victory after the 90 Minute Debate watched by more than 57 Million people. From philadelphia, heres our North America Editor, sarah smith. At a September 11th memorial service, it was Donald Trump who orchestrated a cordial greeting this morning. Quite a contrast to Kamala Harris striding across the stage last night to demand a handshake from a reluctant mr trump. Good to see you. Have fun. Thank you. It was contentious and ill tempered, with both candidates in attack mode. Stop with the continuous lying about this stuff. What she says is an absolute lie. Yet again, i said i
President biden will actually sign three Executive Orders to undo President Trumps harsh Immigration Policies including those separated from their families at the border. Well talk to a Biden Administration official about that. And House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy just finished speaking in texas. He didnt get any questions about what he will do with congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene and her inflammatory statements as Pressure Mounts for Mitch Mcconnell. Well get reaction. We have a lot to unpack. Joining to us start off our coverage, cara lee is covering the white house for us. And Jonathan Swan is here as well. Great to have both of you. So lets get right to it. Run us through the key arguments made by the House Impeachment Managers and the president s legal team. Sure. Well, on the house Impeachment Manager Side of this, you have them making the argument that the president has singular responsibility for inciting this riot on january 6th in the capitol. They say he has the u
scares. right here on cnn news central. right now, desperation is growing as tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the violence that is unfolding and escalating in sudan. over the last 24 hours, a mass evacuation has been picking up speed and urgency. u.s. officials have confirmed all of the u.s. personnel have been evacuated on president biden s order, u.s. special ops flew into the capital city and the troops were on the ground less than ong nearly 100 u.s. diplomats and staff and family members out. now, at this hour, roughly 16,000 americans remain in sudan and most of them holding dual citizenship, and now at this hour, tony blinken is speaking about the crisis for first time since this u.s. evacuation. listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and t
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. This is a threat we need to take extremely seriously and to tackle and respond to with fierce determination and focus. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders told nbc news today that President Trump instructed his team to speak at todays news conference. Asked when the president made the request, sanders didnt respond. And its important to point out, just last friday the president met with his National Security council on Election Security for less than one hour. After the meeting, the white house released a statement that said the administration would not tolerate foreign interference in elections. But it did not mention russia by name. Lets bring in our leadoff panel. Jeremy bash, former Chief Of Staff at the cia and the pentagon
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Should is, thats rudys latest talking point. Was this Performance Today something long in the works, they were asked to submit their remarks, or were they asked to change the topic from the mess the president created yesterday with his Early Morning tweet about getting sessions to end the russia investigation . I think this has been building for some time. We saw dan coats a week or two ago raise some alarm in that interview with Andrea Mitchell in aspen. Weve seen alarm is a good way to put it. Let me show you his answer about helsinki. Lets watch that. In the runup to the helsinki summit, u. S. Officials, ambassadors to nato, ambassadors to russia, said the president would raise the issue of malign activity with president putin. He didnt discuss that, at least at the press conference. Youre saying today that the president has directed you to make the issue of election
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