To make a lastminute play to try and strike a deal. Will it be enough . At the same time House Speaker paul ryan cancelled a planned meeting with the republican conference and pushed back his scheduled news conference. We dont know why, but in general, its not what you generally do as speaker if you have the votes locked in. Cnn reports the fbi has information that associates of donald trump may have possibly coordinated with russian operatives during the campaign, this as the Top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is facing intelligence backlash right now. Democrats accusing him of compromising their bipartisan investigation into the president s possible ties to russia. Moments ago, word of an apology. A lot to get to. First this. No deal, at least not yet. President trump hoping to twist some arms in the 11th hour ahead of tonights vote, again, if it happens, by cnns latest count, 28 House Republicans say they will vote no or are leaning that way. Remember, of course, rep
Going. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening from los angeles and to our viewers here in the west, we begin with an nbc news exclusive about russia and the possible future of Edward Snowden. The fugitive exnsa contractor who was granted refuge in russia after exposing secrets of some of americas most sensitive surveillance programs. Two senior government officials telling nbc news that russian officials are discussing the idea of turning snowden over to the u. S. Just a short time ago, snowden himself responded to his return return. But what would russia expect in return for a man seen by some here as a traitor and others, a hero . Heres Senior Investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden. Tonight, nbc news has learned that the russian government is considering offering fugitive Edward Snowden as a gift to President Trump. This, according to a senior official, who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports
Trouble down the road . Street fight to defeat isis. Lost in the daily back and forth of politics, the United States is at war. The battle against isis rages today. Our soldiers are fighting today. Now we know more are headed to the theater. Breaking today, the u. S. Sending more troops to the last major Islamic State strong hold in iraq as iraqi forces fight housetohouse in one of the bloodiest fights yesterday. The army is deploying 200 soldiers in mosul, the capitol of is Islamic State in iraq. The battle has been dragging on for months. The u. S. Forces will be assists and advising iraqi forces as they fight to liberate the city. We have a map here. The black areas are the places that isis still controls. In the red areas that you see all around, those are areas where isis still attacking. The fight is on in those red areas. In the yellow areas, isis still getting help from supporters. So thats a vast stretch. Theyre not in control. But theyre getting a lot of help. Mosul is in nor
Candidates in what could be a bellwether special election for montanas seat. Body slamming ben jacobs. Here is the audio posted by the guardian. You know, you were waiting to make your decision about health care. It just came out. We will talk to you about that later. Im just curious speak with shane. Sick and tired of you guys. The last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. Get out of here get the hell out of here the last guy did the same thing. You with the guardian . Yes. You broke my glasses. The last guy did the same thing. You body slammed me and broke my glasses. Get the hell out of here. I would like to call the police. Can i get your names . He just body slammed me. Moments ago the candidates spokesman issued a statement. Tonight, as greg was giving a separate interview, the guardians ben jacobs entered the Office Without permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in gregs face and began asking badgering questions. Jacobs was asked to leave. You heard the questions h
Earthquake near the suspected site. That is a northeast north korea. That would potentially make the last 5 to 6 times stronger than the north Korean Nuclear test last september. Condemnation pouring in right now from around the world and from president trump. Our chief White House Correspondent john roberts joins me with more. Good morning trish. What has the white house to send it this morning is to photographs we saw released last night. Whats with these on the screen so you can see for yourself. This is kim jongun on reportedly inspecting a thermonuclear Hydrogen Bomb warhead capable of being mounted on an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Now, as all things with north korea is impossible to confirm if it is a bomb or a shell or a mock up. Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying quote the National Security team is monitoring this closely. The president and his National Security team will have a meeting to discuss further later today. They will provide updates as necessary. Present also twe