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the ukraine debacle. we also learned today this familiar face is coming back to the white house as a counselor to the president. plus as mike bloomberg sizes up super tuesday, donald trump attempts to size down the former mayor, who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. all of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 1,120 of this trump administration. 264 days to go until the 2020 presidential election. and tonight in a new interview, the attorney general, bill barr, who has been nothing but supremely loyal to and protective of the man who appointed him to office, seems to be saying two things. sure, he intervened in lowering the recommended prison sentence for trump s friend roger stone, who is a convicted felon. but he went on to say that the tweets from the president, which is how we know how pr ....
we can t keep our country closed down for years, and we have to do something. and hopefully that won t be the case, john, but it very well could be the case. we can t have our whole country out. can t do it. the country won t take it. it won t stand it. it s not sustainable. now there is science behind waiting longer to reopen in many places. the president pushing obviously thor way. as we have seen more states reopen, we can actually assess in realtime, and it is a grim process, believe me, but we can assess what this does when you reopen in different places. we are seeing spikes in different parts of the country. this chart is courtesy of the new york times. you see new york on the left, the epicenter of the breakout in a state that has been under these stay-at-home orders. the case number, though, is coming down, even in that hard hit area on the left that is the slope you see. now look to the right. that s the rest of the nation, which is confronting a growing ....
necessarily mean britain army rebel groups right now. the french have been a little more forceful, but the issue will now be passed to foreign ministers to decide. the current embargo expires at the end of may. if no compromise is found, britain and france could choose to let the embargo last and then go it alone. that would be controversial, but they have certainly use the second anniversary of the conflict to send a message we are not doing enough. overr more on the debate whether to arm the rebels and what if anything the major powers can do to stop the with georgee spoke w. bush s national security adviser. a year ago, you argue that farming syria s rebels was desperately required. where do you stand now? series rebelsg was desperately required. we are late. we should have done more before now. will britain and france get anywhere? i certainly hope so. that would have a good impact within the united states. we have a new secretary of state. i know he is as ....
on the verge of taking off. i haven t made any decisions yet. i have managed over what my future might look like and i m excited by some of the possibilities. i m sure you guys will be among the first to know once i have showed up. i am happy to talk about myself. i will as long as it s not my last briefing and i will probably have a few more polished things to say at some point before i go. i obviously want to thank the president, the vice president, first lady and dr. biden. it s been an amazing experience, just so fulfilling. and i said as we surprised some folks in here and the minutes before i came out that probably the best part about it is that in midlife you don t often make a whole new set of friends. not just friends but people you would fight by and for under any circumstance and that is what i have been lucky enough to get over these past five and a half years. people more often than not say to me that you have one of the hardest times. i m not saying it s e ....
it was a shock. you think they re on the right path and then you have no idea. inside a troubled mind. this afternoon, we re learning more about the possible motives of a high school freshman who opened fire in his school before turning the gun on himself, and the heroic efforts of a cafeteria worker. why some say new rules in quarantine for ebola. the doctor updates. also, isis fighters take a town. the u.s. ramps up the air strikes. concerns grow over the possibility of lone wolf attacker, as new york city police call a hatchet attack an act of terror. a busy saturday afternoon for you. i m richard lui. we ll begin with the shootings north of seattle. residents of washington are asking why a 14-year-old freshman pulled a handgun and shot in the school s cafeteria yesterday. one student was killed and four others were wounded before the gunman took his own life. hally jackson is there. can you tell us what is the latest, the condition of those wounded, those ....