Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It seems hardly a week goes by without another viral video reminding us what an emotional Pressure Cooker airplane cabins have become lately. The latest an all out brawl among passengers aboard a california bound jet the same day u. S. Airline executives were hauled before congress to explain the behavior of their employees as well as airline practices that generate a lot of passenger resentment. Tom costello has details. Reporter it was an all out brawl as passengers boarded an l. A. Bound flight in tokyo. Someone help the guys crazy. Reporter the man in red exchanging punches with another the suspect described as an american, allegedly intoxicated, was arrested and charged with assault before the flight ever took off. I said, this is crazy. That kind of triggered him. He said, you think this is crazy . The government is crazy. The government
But the broader question is delay, i dont really much take that either. I think sometimes weve been criticized for dong you things too quickly. And now maybe were doing things for too slowly. So maybe im right in the middle of the sweet spot, i would argue. But i think the president has hit this timing perfectly, and i will tell you three reasons why. One of the things he told us to do before the executive order was get the money right. He has picked a cabinet full of people that know Business Operations and business functions have to follow first so that you can then provide policies to implement. You dont have the right money and backoff infrastructure to enforce those things, youll have to change your vision or change your amount of money. So just off the top of my head, the first, i already preemptive answered and that is we learned a lesson here that we dont want to innovate and secure policy on the Security Side without doing that in tant em. And you saw the president sign Techno
[ laughter ] thats right. James comey confirmed that the fbi is looking for links between President Trump and the russian government. But so far, the only missing link theyve found is eric. [ laughter ] james comey also said today that he has found no information that supports President Trumps tweets that former president Obama Wiretapped trump tower. Added comey, to be fair, the only place weve checked is hillarys emails. [ laughter and applause ] you cant check her emails enough. According to a new survey, only 43 of u. S. Voters can name a Supreme Court justice. Said one voter, hey, i tried to name one, but they wouldnt let me. [ laughter ] so [ cheers and applause ] a moscow zoo is suing a company that hired one of its raccoons to appear in a commercial, saying that when the animal returned, it was attracted to womens breasts. Or as mike pence calls it, a successful conversion. [ laughter and applause ] we fixed your raccoon. [ laughter ] President Trump met with microsoft found bi
[ laughter ] thats right. James comey confirmed that the fbi is looking for links between President Trump and the russian government. But so far, the only missing link theyve found is eric. [ laughter ] james comey also said today that he has found no information that supports President Trumps tweets that former president Obama Wiretapped trump tower. Added comey, to be fair, the only place weve checked is hillarys emails. [ laughter and applause ] you cant check her emails enough. According to a new survey, only 43 of u. S. Voters can name a Supreme Court justice. Said one voter, hey, i tried to name one, but they wouldnt let me. [ laughter ] so [ cheers and applause ] a moscow zoo is suing a company that hired one of its raccoons to appear in a commercial, saying that when the animal returned, it was attracted to womens breasts. Or as mike pence calls it, a successful conversion. [ laughter and applause ] we fixed your raccoon. [ laughter ] President Trump met with microsoft found bi
We will see you back here in an hour. Outnumbered search right now sandra a big test for republicans on capitol hill today where the house right now is debating. The revamped bill to repeal and replace obamacare, i have a vote, expected in the next hour. This may be a nailbiter, but republicans believe they can pull out a win and deliver on a top priority for President Trump. This is outnumbered. Im sandra smith. Here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, former deputy spokesperson for the State Department under President Obama, marie harper, and todays oneluckyguy, the Opinion Page Editor for the washington times, charlie hurt is here and he is outnumbered on a seriously busy news day. Lets get started. The magic number, 216. Thats how many votes republicans need to send the replacement for obamacare to the
yes, its gone through. That doesnt mean when the bill gets to the senate its going to be complete they gutted. Sandra republicans could claim victory here. You have the 8 billions