Im shannon mulaire. We start with that breaking news overnight. A Philadelphia Police officer ambushed and shot at least three times inside his cruiser. Phillys Police Commissioner says33yearold officer Jesse Hartnet is lucky to be alive after a suspect tried to, quote, execute the officer. Just before midnight eastern he was driving through a philly intersection, the suspect fired shooting 13 times, walking closer and closer until he was actually shooting from inside the driver side window of the police cruiser. Shots fired. Shots. Shots fired. Im shot, im bleeding the commissioner says the suspect emptied his entire nine millimeter handgun but the officer returned fire and hit the shooter at least three times. Police caught the assailant a short time later not far away. Hartnett is in surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. Well have more details as we get them into nbc news. Two men have been arrested on terrorism related charges here in the u. S. And Authorities Say there
Good morning, its monday february 29th, happy leap day. Im Louis Burgdorf reporting from los angeles this morning after an incredible night at the Academy Awards. Last night we saw spotlight take home the best picture raising the profile of Investigative Journalism but the other big story of the night, Leonardo Dicaprio finally taking home best actor. Well have full coverage of that and more from chris rocks monologue in just a moment. But first, capping off a week of major victories in South Carolina, and nevada, as well as his first major endorsements from the establishment figures in the republican party, donald trump plunged back in to controversy yesterday for his refusal to disavow former ku klux klan grand wizard david duke who is encouraging his supporters to volunteer in trumps campaign. Will you unequivocally condemn david duke and say that you dont want his vote or that of other White Supremacists in this election . Well, just so you understand, i dont know anything about da
Resurfacing allegations of sexual miskukd and discussed the 1993 suicide of clinton aide vince foster which has been the subject of farfetched and widely dismissed conspiracy theories. Something president obaclinton alluded to. You have to respect the republicans, theyre good at this. They de they delegitimize the people they dont like. You think the stuff i said about her, they accused me of murder. I mean, our memories are short. Its what they do. Well, then yesterday the Washington Post published this. When asked in an interview last week about the foster case, trump dealt with it as he has with many edgy topics raising doubts about the official version of the events, even as he says he does not plan to talk about it on the campaign trail. He revealed possible foul play, very serious and the circumstances of fosters death he says are very fishy. I dont want to bring fosters death up because i dont know enough to discuss it. I will say there are people who continue to bring it up bec
Well, thatll be up to the voters of new york and the other states that would be passing judgment in the weeks ahead. I think its kind of a silly statement. But hes free to say whatever he chooses. Is he qualified to be at the . Heres what i believe. I believe that voters will be looking at both of us. But i will take Bernie Sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time. You made a comment about Hillary Clinton being unqualified for the office of president. Is that something you regret saying . Well, it was said after she and her Campaign Said that i was unqualified. Well, i didnt hear her say you were up qualified. I heard her fail to say you were qualified. She didnt say unqualified. Well, look, the issue is after we won in wisconsin, and that was our sixth victory in seven caucuses and primaries, i think the Clinton Campaign has been getting a little bit nervous and i think they have been getting more negative. And i hope very much that we can have an issue oriented campaign. There
Good morning. Its wednesday, may 11th. Im jonathan capehart. To the latest on the Severe Weather, at least ten people were injured when a large tornado tore through western kentucky yesterday. Officials say it destroyed homes and businesses in mayfield and dumped hail across the state. It came just a day after tornadoes tore through parts of oklahoma and this morning, were seeing just how much power one twister packed when it hit the South Central town of katie. Take a look. A farm right up here. Dont, please, dont hit that farm. Holy man. Thats a violent tornado. Oh, my gosh. Thats the most violent motion oh, my. Get across the road right here. Oh, no its hitting that farm. No. Oh, no. Oh, no. Come on. Be okay. Man, oh, no. Oh, my god. Look at that. Oklahoma governor mary fallin has declared a state of emergency in 16 counties to expedite resources to the hardest hit areas. As a fait accompli, donald trump won last night, and still 20 of the voters in nebraska cast ballots for ted cru