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Taking up the healthcare hearings. First, a bipartisan effort to get to the bottom of President Trumps explosive and unsubstanunsu unsubstanch waited claims. Manu, the two committees of the subcommittee formally requested specific information on whether there is any wire tapping President Trump by president obama. What can you tell us on that . Reporter thats right. That senator Lindsey Graham of south carolina. Senator Shelton Whitehouse of rhode island. Members of a subcommittee who is looking...

Some of those tools could be right in the palm of your hand. And. I just heard it got to the backyard, but i dont know for sure how close to the house it has gotten. Jon powerful winds fanning Deadly Wildfires and four states, what weather conditions are expected to help the firefighters . It is all happening now. Jon we begin our second hour today in washington where we are waiting for the White House Briefing to begin. Welcome to happening now, i am jon scott. Heather im Heather Childers infer...

Thanks for joining us. We begin with breaking news and jobs, more of them. Talking about the february jobs report. Captures the first full month of growth. How many jobs have been created since donald trump became president. We have that answer. Bringing it to us, chief Business Correspondent christine romans. Its a big one. Not exactly as strong as the highest estimates but 235,000 net new jobs. Thats a good number here. When you look at the trend, a few months of good numbers here overall, 235...

Were very honored to have him. Mcmaster is a decorated army soldier, a veteran of the first gulf war, iraq, and afghanistan and a widely respected military strategist. Its safe to say what a privilege it is to continue serving. Known as a creative thinker hes a west point graduate and holds a phd in the military. The pick drawing praise from both sides of the political spectrum. Senator john mccain whos been among one of trumps critics, hes an outstanding choice to head security. This is one wee...

And inspiring america, an exnfl pro changing lives. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. The cia is urgently assessing the impact of what may be one of the most damaging exposures of vital secrets the agency has ever experienced. Purported details released by wikileaks of how the cia is able to turn personal and home devices into potent eavesdropping tools for spying overse...

Could be spying on us. Wikileaks released stunning documents detailing cia hacking secrets and why the spy agency cant seem to keep any secrets anymore. But well start with the linchpin to the entire republican agenda this term, health care. Two committees today marking up the bill for a final vote by the house possibly as early as next week. The white house today promising this is their bill, just as much as it is House Speaker paul ryans, and thats important because speaker ryan will need thei...

Is reckless to allow uncontrolled entry. Good morning, welcome to your new day and new week. President trump claiming he was wiretapped is stirring things up because nobody can seem to provide any support for the president s assertion. In fact the fbi reportedly calling on the Justice Department to publicly deny the president s accusation. Mr. Trump demanding Congress Investigating mr. Obama for executive abuses. Democrats accuse the president of trying to create a die version to deflect attenti...

Still in its early stages, and i talked about the president and the possibly Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and the president started talking about susan rice, about how this is a big story, it is going to become the biggest story, he intimated without powering any evidence, there are other people involved in this, and he was adamant that she had done something wrong and improper, suggested it was not getting the Media Attention that it deserved including the times and other papers. And when...

Further. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Senator hatch. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me first say that i agree with you that there is no legitimate basis for asking the attorney general to appear before this committee. It is a hearing before the attorney general has had a chance to address this matter further, as he has now done. Skipping that basic step of fairness makes it look like this is more about publicity and partisan posturing than anything else. At least it looks that way. Responding to written ...

A foreign adversary and the sitting president s campaign, the white house and the gop is in full change the subject mode. The scandal is not what we know, its how we know it. In a throw back to the benghazi days, theyve got a familiar scapegoat. Former National Security adviser susan rice. I believe susan rice abused the system, and she did it for political purposes. She needs to be brought in and questioned under oath. In terms of political manipulation of National Security information, susan r...