You have an announcement youd like to make. I am running for president of the United States. Im very excited about it. When i look at this moment in time, i know that the American People deserve to have somebody who is going to fight for them, who is going to see them, who will hear them, who will care about them, who will be concerned about their experience, and put them in front of selfinterest. Senator harris made that announcement on abc and twitter at the same time this morning. Harris adding her name to the handful of announced candidates, or those who have formed exploratory committees for 2020. Theres a look at the list. The list could get a whole lot longer. About 25 democrats are said to be considering a bid for the democratic nomination. Lets bring in msnbc political analyst, director of progressive programming at sirius xm. Also, msnbc contributor, former director of communications for Hillary Clintons campaign. Jonathan, Washington Post opinion writer, also msnbc contribut
Responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. A rare event lighting up the sky. Super blood wolf moon. Total Lunar Eclipse left the moon in a dark red haze. Super bowl 53 is set, but the play everyone is talking about, the blown call in the n. F. C. Ayampionship. Saints fans taking out their anger on their tvs. Its the worst noncall in history. Today is a celebration of dr. Martin luther king, jr. s birthday and legacy. Parades across the country celebrating the civil rights icon. Glor good evening, im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. We are going to begin here tonight with the brutally cold temperatures that have followed a winter storm from the midwest to the east coast. Nearly half the country failed to get above freezing today. At least seven people were killed in the weekend storm. It caused big problems at airports. More than 4500 flights were canceled this holiday weekend. More than 10,000 delayed. Omar villafranca reports from vermont. Reporter tem
Email asking them to move to other locs harder hit by the sick outs. Talking about other late developments i want you to hear from some of those 800,000 men and women who work for all of us. How many of you are running out of money, raise your hand. All of you . I dont know how im going to pay the 250 a month for his medication. My husband and i have put ourselves on a macaroni and cheese and Grilled Cheese diet so therefore the kids can eat. Today the Senate Republicans introduced a bill along the lines of what President Trump is demanding including money for a border wall, temporary protection for some but not all daca kids and sharp new restricts on lawful asylum seekers. The vote on it could come thursday, a day before payday. Senators may also vote thursday on a democratic bill to reopen the government temporarily but not fund a wall. Neither measure is expected to pass, but a lot could change in the next two days. However, keeping them honest some things will not change. Two as m
The nra, the group spent 30 million on trumps campaign. That is a staggering number. It is more than the nra spent on all Political Races combined in 2008 and 2012. Its a love that trump returned. Theyre actually great people. This is an Amazing Group up. Theyre great people. Great people. One of the fras most scrutinized ties is to the russian you see on your screen, maria butina. She has already pled guilty to conspiracy of the United States as a agent on rmpblt allegedly infiltrating the nra. The same woman was somehow selected as the first questioner to candidate trump. She asked about his intended relationship with russia at a rally in los vegas. I am visiting from russia. Ah. Putin, a good friend of obama, putin. He likes obama a lot. Go ahead. My question, if you would likely be the president , what will be your foreign politics especially in a relationships with my country and do you want to continue the politics of sanctions that are damaging both economy or you have any other
First time. What hes now saying about the incident, and what he regrets. Well get to that in a moment, as well. We start with breaking news. Newly em popowered democrats one House Oversight committee, about to give President Trump a taste of republican medicine. The committee that republicans used for endless investigations into Hillary Clinton and president barack obama, opening a big one into the trump white house. Democrats focus . White house security clearances and the russia investigation. We should note, the white house has not immediately responded to our request for comment so far. Ken dilanian is here to explain this for us. Ken, we believe that this is the First Official launch of an investigation so far by this new committee. Is that right . Reporter it looks that way, at least the one announced with this kind of fanfare. Nbc news has obtained a letter from the chairman of that House Oversight committee, elijah cummings, to the white house, announcing he is opening an inves