From john king. John . Mitch mcconnell and donald trump at the moment breathing a bit easier. They intervened to prevent this man, Don Blankenship, a coal executive with 30 of the vote in. He is running third. So well still count the votes as we go through, but right now the republican establishment fine with either attorney general battery morrissey or evan jechkens. They were worried about Don Blankenship if he won the nomination that democrat joe manchin would likely win and keep in a hand a seat the republicans very much think they can pick up this week. Despite all the talk of a blue wave, donald trump won West Virginia by more than 40 points. A lot of votes to count, but if you watch this play out, you see some of the morrissey votes up here in the northern part of the state. This is where he lives. Actually originally from new york but lived in West Virginia for some time. You see his support tends to be in the northern part of the state. Again, hes running 35 state wide. Jenkin
Much of the questioning was focused on her role using enhanced interrogation techniques, torture after the 9 11 attacks. And, showing headlines regarding Donald Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. There are new allegations that a Russian Oligarch paid him half a Million Dollars and that cohen was promising access to trump, all sorts of people and businesses. All of these issues are sure to come up this hour during Sarah Huckabee sanders briefing which we will bring you as soon as it begins. Joining me now, nbc muses kelly odonnell. So much has happened since the last White House Briefing im surprised they are having one. They have a lot to answer for. But the cohen allegations are overshadowing the things the president would like us to be looking at, that is continued success on the north korea discussions. Thats right. It will be a 24hour day at the white house because of the anticipated arrival of the three americans released from north korea happening in the overnight hours. But
Around. He started shooting at mr. S seaman, and everybody started screaming and freaking out. Mr. Seaman ran up and tackled him. Reporter seaman threw a basketball at the shooters forehead, swatted the gun out of his hand, and tackled him. Lease a hero. Without hes a hero. Without him, im not sure all of us would have made it. Good to be with you. Can they salvage the summit . This morning a mix of cautious optimism and renewed faith that the meeting between kim jongun and President Trump may happen after all. This less than two days after canceling the upcoming sit down. President trump says his team is having, quote, productive talks with north korea. With 2. 5 weeks to go, can this meeting really happen . Our team of reporters and analysts are covering every angle including will ripley who just returned from north korea hours ago. We start with cnns Sarah Westwood in washington, though. When he says productive talks, how much confidence is there that this meeting could actually sti
Questioned a Russian Oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to u. S. Investment firms linked to him made to President Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen after the 2016 election. Now this Development Raises all sorts of questions. Where did that money go . Where did that company get in return for the payments . And why were funds directed to a Shell Company that was set up to pay hush money to a porn star . Also breaking tonight, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels allege thats cohen received 500,000 from the u. S. Company linked to the oligarch after the election. And thats where were going to begin this program on the hour head with the attorney. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. So this is the information that you got today. We know that inspectors for the special Counsel Robert Mueller questioned this Russian Oligarch about payments to Michael Cohen. You have information regarding the payments. What are you alleging here, michael . Well, were alleges that there is ab
Canceled. Jeremy diamond is where the president just delivered the commencement speech, minutes ago. Jeremy, the president , we heard, had been furious about the rhetoric coming from north korea. It certainly doesnt seem he is so much today. Yeah, thats right. If you were feeling a case of whiplash right now, i dont think anybody would blame you. Less than 24 hours after the president sent a letter to kim jongun to cancel this planned summit in singapore next month, the president now appears to say well, this summit could be back on the table. He suggested that u. S. And north korean officials are once again speaking to each other, once again communicating potentially about the logistics of the future summit between himself and the north Korean Leader kim jongun. This would be, of course, the first summit between a u. S. And north Korean Leader. But it is difficult to see what exactly has changed beyond that communication. Yesterday, the North Koreans put out a statement signaling they