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washington and new york and as the evening goes west with the time zones, in cities across this country. our coverage continues here, of course. for the top of the next hour, we will throw it to chris hayes in dallas, texas. chris? brian, thank you very much. good evening from dallas. i m chris hayes. this is msnbc s continuing live coverage of the deadly ambush attacks on police in this city last night. not too far from where we are right now. as peaceful protests continue tonight in cities across the country like you are seeing, tonight in atlanta, last night here in dallas, a gunman opened fire on 12 officers, killing five of them. two civilians were also wounded in the attack. the events unfolded at the end of a protest march over the recent police shootings of african-american men in louisiana and minnesota. cell phone video from the scene last night captured the rapid barrage of gunfire as police rushed to the scene. [ gunfire ] the suspected gunman is dead, identifi ....
see you tomorrow from cleveland. hardball is next. the politics of division. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in new york. we, the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility. those are the opening words of our constitution. we know because we were taught them. but how are our two major political parties promising to meet these goals including ensuring domestic tranquility? we will know much of that answer in the next two weeks as the republicans and then the democrats meet in convention adopt platforms, nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. tonight we look at the choice facing americans or at least how the choice is being presented by the parties themselves. tomorrow president obama joins vice president biden and former president george w. bush at a memorial service for the fallen police officers down in dallas. the president while in europe of course meetin ....
we appreciate your time. for all of us here at abc tonight, president-elect trump praising vladimir putin. calling him, quote, very smart. this, just one day after president obama sanctioned russia over those election hacks. diplomats expelled. two russian compounds being closed. putin refusing to retaliate. missing plane. the private jet vanishing without a trace over lake erie. two families onboard. the frantic search tonight. winter blast. up to two feet of snow. 100,000 customers without power. temperatures dropping. your new year s eve forecast on the way. abc news exclusive. todd fisher speaking out for the first time about the private, final moments with sister carrie fisher and his mother debbie reynolds. the heartbreak, and his plans for a service honoring both. flight risk? surveillance video of this pilot staggering through security. allowed into the cockpit. passengers noticing something wrong, and what they did just before takeoff. good evening. it s ....
believe me, is the united states of america. tucker: the president also denied allegations he pressured to fired fbi james coming to advance in an investigation of former national security advisor michael flynn. did you urge james comey in any way, shape, or form, to back to me investigation against michael flynn? no. no. next question. tucker: donald trump is a volatile president. he s impulsive, he changes course on a dime, sometimes without claiming why. he s elusive about what he really believes that he talks and tweets about himself too much, too much for his own good or for the country s good. by the way, he s not always a great manager. the white house is actually pretty chaotic right now, but not just media spin. it s real. if you voted for tom, you already know this. you probably knew it back in november when you voted for him. but what you also knew, and what has worth remembering right now, is that there are worse things than what we currently have. so, the left ....
watch their body language. in the press conference, which is the first time we assumed questions about don junior will come up. what, errol, are you expecting? i m expecting in addition to all the things we ll end up talking about, there will be interesting stuff around trade and tourism and all the normal things that go on when two nations of this kind are together. when the questions begin, though, i m very interested to hear what the french press is going to ask. we ve got this narrative and it s going to probably continue here for a long time where the president says all of american media is against him except for the conservative press. it s all fake news. we re making things up, getting paid more to say things damaging to him and so forth. the french press who are a pretty sharp bunch, they have nothing to do with any of that. they ll answer very straightforwa straightforward questions whabt what did you dorks when did you do it, what s going on with your son? are you ....