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The goals and agenda of the president s commission on combatting drug addiction and opiod crisis which he established yesterday. The commission, which is going to be chaired by new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is the next step in the president s promise to the American People that he would take real action to keep drugs from pouring into our country and corrupting our communities. Under governor christies leadership and working closely with the White House Office of american innovation, the co...

Thanks, my dear. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy monday. There are only 100 people who serve in the United States senate. Like the how it is, the senate does all its work through committees. Thats where they work on legislation and oversight and investigations. There are a lot of internal politics about who gets on what committee and who gets to be chair of a committee. In some states, certain committees are very important and give you a lot of homestate advantage if youre ...

Well, hallie, thats the tricky part here because this bill has been written in secret to the point that you had republicans complain that they dont know whats in it. Mike lee put out a facebook video yesterday and conservative member from utah especially saying, hey, im supposed to be one of the small group of 13 people writing this bill and i dont know whats in it. Now, the reality is that there are some members who have been very involved in crafting it. Bill cassidy of louisiana and i think w...

On russia, hacking and leaks. Bill team fox coverage for you today. Catherine herridge inside the hearing room on the hill. Christ stirewalt standing by and we begin with doug mcelway. What can we report about the president s new nominee . Announcement came by twitter at 7 45 this morning saying i will be nominating Christopher Wray to be the new director of f. B. I. , details to follow. He is a partner in the law firm of king and spalding where he specializes in white collar crime. He graduated...

White house tapes was to influence jim comey to tell the truth in testimony. But did the president s deception backfire . And dennis diplomacy. Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman says the president should follow his example and go meet with kim jongun. Rodney did not see the dictator on this trip but in the past they rode horses and sang ca karioke. Breaking news, the white house says the president has no intention of firing special Counsel Robert Mueller even though the president is once again critici...

Barrage of questions about President Trumps to release tapes to embarrass james comey. Spicer refusing to discuss possible white house recordings and saying the president has been cleared. Does the president really have tapes and will congress subpoena to get them . And in range for a strike. North korea conducts its most successful missile test to date firing a rocket potentially capable of reaching the u. S. Military base in the pacific. Possib possibly carrying a nuclear warhead. Dictator kim...

You are looking at live pictures of that as well. We will hear from house leaders on political matters. Lets go to the fbi hearing. I believe we are hearing the latest update on the investigation. Lets listen in. Good morning, everyone. My name is andrew veil. I am the assistant director in charge of the fbi field office. Thank you as we provide a final update to the shooting that occurred a week ago today in alexandria, virginia. Standing with me are my colleagues, special agent in charge of th...

Colleague of stonewalling. The attorney general did confirm he left then fbi director james comey alone with President Trump in the oval office on february 14th. I was standing there and without revealing any conversation that took place what i do recall i did depart. I believe everyone else did depart. And director comey was sitting in front of the president s desk and they were talking. Thats what i do remember. I believe it was the next day that he said something, expressed concern about bein...

He doesnt do this often. But today he pulled back on the bill. Its been delayed until after the july 4th recess. Then the Senate Republicans got on a bus and went to the white house where they sat around a giant table with the president , who was notably book ended by two of the plans critics collins of maine a no vote, a murkz ever alaska who was called out by name by the president who added if they cant make a deal thats okay. I thought id ask you folks to come say hello and well discuss healt...

One reporter wasnt having it. The 11th hour begins now. And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Another eventful one day. Day 159 of the trump administration. And the president s promise, the republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare faded today. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is a cagey veteran and inside player, and a very good vote counter. He doesnt do this often. But today he pulled back on the bill. Its been delayed until after the ...