Recount in that senate race. The second person whose voice you heard there was bill nelsons lawyer mark elias. If that name sounds familiar to you, he was also involved in the payment to fusion gps from the Clinton Campaign for the russia dossier. That was in the middle of the Senate Florida race as well. A bit of a tangled web out ther there. Anyway, here is the current count in the senate race. 15,000 votes separate phil scott and rick nelson. A machine recount kicks in when the spread is less than half a percent. And the second set of official returns show it tighter than a quarter of a percent, then they go to the old hand recount. Remember this moment . We didnt win it tonight. We didnt win this transaction. Martha not so fast. Now gillum and desantis might be heading to a recount with about 36,000 votes separating them this hour. Trace gallagher has the story from our newsroom. As this Broward County needed more controversy, breaking right now bags of early male in votes in browa
Morning argued that such a move would betray kurdish allies who have fought alongside american troops in syria and who could find themselves under attack in a military offensive. If you need any more proof that trump made todays decision unilater unilaterally, the Washington Post writes this. The decision signals a halt to an extended american Ground Campaign against the islaj state and upends plans across the u. S. Government articulated by senior officials as recently as this week. For an Ongoing Mission to stabilize areas once controlled by the militants. But donald trump disagreed. This morning he tweeted this. Weve defeated isis in syria. My only reason for being there during the trump presidency. The whiplash was best described by josh rogen who writes for the Washington Post, on a piece entitled trump undermines his entire National Security team. On monday, the u. S. Special representative for syria engagement publicly pledged that the u. S. Commitment to syria would not waver.
To central america. Another 4. 8 billion to foreign aid, specifically for southern mexico. Why cant President Trump get the money for the border wall . Is the administration failing and preserving president ial promises, or a republican lawmakers backing down from a fight . Senator John Barrasso joined us alive in minutes, but here is a Trace Gallagher digging into where things stand at this hour on the border wall funding battle. Good evening. Good evening. President trump has made no bones about wanting 5 billion to build a wall on the u. S. Mexico border. He even wanted democratic leaders, saying he was proud to shut down the government for the money. But saying five billy dollars would never make it through congress, the president appeared more flexible, with the white house saying it would accept less money, at least for now. Watch. We are looking at every avenue available to us possible. The president has asked everyone of his cabinet secretaries to look for every bit of funding
But at this point neither side appears eager to budge. Nbcs pentagon correspondent hans nichols is at the white house and nbcs garrett haak sechlt on capitol hill. They join tonights panelist Washington Post reporter eugene scott, Washington Post opinion writer jennifer rubin, and nbc news analyst howard fineman. Hans, i do want to start with you. The president made this surprise visit to iraq, and when he got there he bragged about or admitted at the very least he completely ignored the advice of his generals. What does that mean Going Forward . Well, that means that the process the normal process that weve come to expect with president s in consulting their National Security council, their apparatus, might not necessarily be as traditional with this president. Which could be the understatement of the night. It was clear the president had long wanted to get out of syria. It was clear that some people were counseling him against getting out of syria, and when he made his decision it wa
And troops this afternoon from al Assad Air Base in iraq including this quick snippet from an exchange with reporters showcasing the president s defiance over the shutdown back home. How long do you think the shutdown will last, mr. President . Whatever it takes. I mean, were going to have a wall. Were going to have safety. We need safety for our country. The president also seemingly tried to pin the blame on nancy pelosi saying nancy is calling the shots. While in iraq the president defended his decision to withdraw troops from syria, a decision which prompted defense secretary jim mattis to quit. Here is audio of the president admitting that yes, hes defying his generals. So i gave notice in syria. You know the way it was reported was like i just pulled out. I didnt just pull out. Ive been talking about it for a year and a half. Ive been telling the generals lets go, go ahead take more time, lets go, take more time. Constantly giving them more time. Finally, i said okay, its now time