Member of any party for quite a long time. Butties may land a punch. They may leave a mark but they have never not once in the history of our United States managed to match the strength and spirit of a People United in defense of their future. Thank you and god bless america. Good night. And good morning to you now on the east coast. Good evening on the west coast. Continuing coverage here of the state of the Union Address for an hour and 20 minutes, the nation watched as President Donald Trump gave his First Official state of the union speech declaring the state of our nation to be strong. The president cheering the tax cuts passed by his fellow republicans, celebrating the American Flag and National Anthem and declare agend to what he called the war against clean coal. He boasted about the economy and the state of American Business and he asked congress to work on infrastructure and also made a pitch for unity. Tonight, i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out
Releases. Have you congressman nunes, President Trump and majority of congressional republicans, even leaders like speaker paul ryan. On the other side, nearly the countrys entire National Security establishment. The fbi yesterday put out an unprecedented Public Statement saying we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. The fbi director Christopher Wray appointed by trump himself privately warning the white house against releasing this memo. The department of justice told nunes last week the release was extraordinarily reckless. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein went to the white house and appealed to President Trumps chief of staff john kelly not to make the memo public. He was rebuffed. Former cia director john brennan, a career Intelligence Officer tweeted, i had many fights with Congressional Democrats over the years on National Security matters but i never witnessed a type of reckless partisan behavior i am now seein
To his troubled business. And attorney general Jeff Sessions pushing back after the president calls his handling of complaints against the fbi disgraceful. The Washington Post saying their relationship hit a new low with mr. Trump labeling his long time supporter mr. Mcgoo behind closed doors. We begin this hour at white house with cnns kaitlan collins. In terms of hope hicks, and this resignation, is it tied to that testimony . Reporter it is not directly tied to that actually, erica. Many drew that conclusion when she stepped down suddenly yesterday after being in front of the House Intelligence Committee the day before for several hours and as hope hicks told the Communications Staff here at the white house goodbye, she said and made very clear she felt like now is the right time for her to go, but had nothing to do with those recent headlines, which some took to say she was denying that speculation it was because of that testimony, but, erica, there is no denying this is one of the
Spending deal to keep the government running and fund the military for two years, an eternity in washington terms, the president is still talking anti a Government Shutdown. On a morning when the president s lawyers and friends say he should not sit down with investigators from the special counsels office because he might get caught lying, the president is saying he can handle the truth. Also, the president wants a parade, a big one with tanks and troops. In a nutshell, he likes parades and wants one. Much more on that coming up. First, words we dont speak very often because its a thing that doesnt happen very often. Were getting whispers turning into shouts that we could be minutes away from a big, substantive bipartisan deal on capitol hill. Lets get to Suzanne Malveaux on capitol hill with the latest what are you hearing . Reporter e i spoke with senator dick durbin. Senators saying dont let the president taunt you, dont fall into his trap. There is a possibility of immigration on t
Democrat. 5. 79 is the number. Nbc news has not yet declared a winner in the race. Democrat lamb took to the stage and declared victory. It took a little longer than we thought but we did it. You did it. You did it. Now the chair of the House Democrats Campaign Committee also declaring victory on lambs behalf. I want to congratulate conor lamb and his team of grassroots supporters on an incredible victory. These results should terrify the republicans. Saccone campaign is not conceding. Animated rick saccone took to the stage and had to say this. You know, were still fighting the the fight. Not over yet. Going to fight all the way to the end. You know i never give up. You know my first race went into the night and we won that. Second race the same way. Were kind of used to this right . So thats it. Were not giving up. Dont give up. Well keep it up. Were going to win it. God bless you all. His campaign is telling nbc news theyve been in touch with Legal Counsel tonight, exploring full ra