>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN FROM OUR NBC NEWS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW
YORK.
YORK. HERE WE GO.
AS WE START A NEW WEEK WITH DAY
963 OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
A NUMBER OF STORIES TO CATCH YOU
UP ON.
UP ON. SOME OF THEM ON THE MOVE STILL
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THE PRESIDENT SPENT HIS EVENING
AT A RALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA.
MORE ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION
COMING UP THERE IN JUST A
MOMENT.
MOMENT. IT’S MONDAY AND YET THIS HAS THE
MAKINGS OF YET ANOTHER CHAOTIC
WEEK.
WEEK. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE PRESIDENT
UNINVITED THE TALIBAN FROM CAMP
DAVID VIA TWITTER.
HE APPARENTLY WANTED A MEETING
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
AFGHANISTAN THAT WOULD BRING
PEACE TO AFGHANISTAN.
THE PRESIDENT LET US KNOW ABOUT
HIS DECISION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN HE REVEALED
THAT ALL PARTIES, "WERE GOING TO
SECRETLY MEET WITH ME AT CAMP
DAVID ON SUNDAY."
BUT AFTER AN ATTACK IN KABUL
THAT KILLED ONE OF OUR GREAT,
GREAT SOLDIERS AND 11 OTHER
PEOPLE, I IMMEDIATELY CANCELED
THE MEETING AND CALLED OFF PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS."
NEGOTIATIONS." TODAY TRUMP APPEARED TO RULE OUT
ANY FUTURE PEACE TALKS.
>> THEY’RE DEAD.
THEY’RE DEAD.
THEY’RE DEAD. AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, THEY’RE
DEAD.
DEAD. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO KILL
PEOPLE IN ORDER TO PUT
THEMSELVES IN A LITTLE BETTER
NEGOTIATING POSITION.
NEGOTIATING POSITION. WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY KILLED
12 PEOPLE.
12 PEOPLE. ONE HAPPENED TO BE A GREAT
AMERICAN SOLDIER.
AMERICAN SOLDIER. A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN FROM
PUERTO RICO.
PUERTO RICO. FAMILY’S FROM PUERTO RICO.
AND YOU CAN’T DO THAT.
YOU CAN’T DO THAT WITH ME.
SO THEY’RE DEAD AS FAR AS I’M
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. AND WE’VE HIT THE TALIBAN HARDER
IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS THAN
THEY’VE BEEN HIT IN OVER TEN
YEARS.
YEARS. SO THAT’S THE WAY IT IS.
>> TONIGHT, WE ALSO LEARN NORTH
KOREA HAS FIRED OFF TWO MORE
PROJECTILES.
PROJECTILES. EARLIER TODAY, THE "ASSOCIATED
PRESS" REPORTED PYONGYANG,
"OFFERED TO RESUME NUCLEAR DIP
DIPLOMACY WITH THE UNITED STATES
BUT WARNED ITS DEALINGS WITH
WASHINGTON MAY END WITHOUT NEW
U.S. PROPOSALS."
U.S. PROPOSALS." AND THERE IS MORE.
NEW REPORTING ABOUT AN APPARENT
ARRANGEMENT TO SEND U.S.
MILITARY FLIGHT CREWS TO
OVERNIGHT AT TRUMP’S GOLF RESORT
IN TURNBERRY, SCOTTLAND.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS,
"BACK IN 2014 TRUMP EPTERED A
PARTNERSHIP WITH A STRUGGLING
LOCAL AIRPORT THERE TO BOOST
TOURISM IN THE REGION.
THE NEXT YEAR AS MR. TRUMP BEGAN
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THE
PENTAGON DECIDED TO RAMP UP ITS
USE OF THAT SAME AIRPORT TO
REFUEL AIR FORCE FLIGHTS AND
GIVE THE LOCAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
THE JOB OF HELPING TO FIND
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FLIGHT CREWS
WHO HAD TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT."
ONE TRUMP POST FROM 2014, IN
FACT, QUOTES A SCOTTISH ISHISH T
NETWORK SAYING DONALD TRUMP
PROMISES TO MAKE PRESWICK
AIRPORT REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
THIS MORNING, TRUMP TRIED TO
TAMP DOWN ANY OF THESE GROWING
QUESTIONS ON THIS WRITING, "I
KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AN AIR FORCE
PLANE LANDING AT AN AIRPORT
WHICH I DO NOT OWN AND HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH NEAR
TURNBERRY RESORT, WHICH I DO
OWN, AND FILLING UP WITH FUEL
WITH THE CREW STAYING OVERNIGHT
AT TURNBERRY.
AT TURNBERRY. NOTHING TO DO WITH ME."
HE FOLLOWED THAT WITH, "I HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DECISION
OF OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT ONE
OF THE TRUMP-OWNED RESORTS IN
DUNBEG, IRELAND."
DUNBEG, IRELAND." STILL, LATER, THERE WAS THIS.
>> I HAVEN’T FOUND OUT OTHER
THAN WHEN A PLANE STOPS AT A
MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AND GETS FUEL, I DON’T OWN THE
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT. WHEN PILOTS -- I OWN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PLACES.
DIFFERENT PLACES. SOON YOU’LL FIND THAT OUT.
WHEN I -- BECAUSE I’LL BE AT
SOME POINT PRIOR TO THE ELECTION
I’M GOING TO BE GIVING OUT A
FINANCIAL REPORT OF ME AND IT
WILL BE EXTREMELY COMPLETE.
I’M GOING TO GIVE OUT -- I’M
GOING TO GIVE OUT MY FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AND YOU’LL BE
EXTREMELY SHOCKED THAT THE
NUMBERS ARE MANY, MANY TIMES
WHAT YOU THINK.
I DON’T NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY
TAKE A ROOM OVERNIGHT AT A
HOTEL.
HOTEL. >> TONIGHT, POLITICO IS
REPORTING AIR FORCE CREWS HAVE
STAYED OVERNIGHT AT THE RESORT
AT LEAST FOUR TIMES, TWO MORE
THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
NOW CONGRESS, AS YOU MIGHT
IMAGINE, AND THE AIR FORCE, ARE
INVESTIGATING.
INVESTIGATING. A LOT OF DEFENSE TYPES AND
ANALYSTS HAVE ARGUED, INCLUDING
ON THIS BROADCAST BY WAY OF
REMINDING US WE HAVE AIR BASES
ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR JUST THIS
SORT OF THING.
THERE ARE ALSO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
TONIGHT CONCERNING THE
PRESIDENT’S FALSE CLAIM THAT
ALABAMA WAS IN THE PATH OF
HURRICANE DORIAN.
HURRICANE DORIAN. IT’S NOW GROWN INTO A FULL-SCALE
CONTROVERSY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
LASTING LONGER THAN THE STORM,
ITSELF.
ITSELF. LATE FRIDAY, THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION CONTRADICTED ITS
OWN SCIENTISTS DAYS AFTER THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, A PART
NOAA, IN BIRMINGHAM, ISSUED A
CORRECTION SAYING, "ALABAMA WILL
NOT SEE ANY IMPACTS FROM DORIAN"
IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO ERRONEOUS
WARNING FROM THE PRESIDENT.
WELL, TONIGHT "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" REPORTS SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE WILBUR ROSS THREATENED
TO FIRE TOP EMPLOYEES AT NOAA ON
FRIDAY AFTER THE AGENCY’S
BIRMINGHAM OFFICE CONTRADICTED
TRUMP’S CLAIM.
TRUMP’S CLAIM. THE "TIMES" PUTS IT THIS WAY.
"THAT THREAT LED TO AN UNUSUAL
UNSIGNED STATEMENT LATER THAT
FRIDAY BY THE AGENCY DISAVOWING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE’S
POSITION THAT ALABAMA WAS NOT AT
RISK.
RISK. THE REVERSAL CAUSED WIDESPREAD
ANGER WITHIN THE AGENCY AND DREW
ACCUSATIONS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY THAT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, WHICH IS PART
OF NOAA," WHICH IS ALL PART OF
THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, "HAD
BEEN BENT TO POLITICAL
PURPOSES."
PURPOSES." NOAA’S STATEMENT ON FRIDAY IS
NOW BEING EXAMINED BY THE
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
INSPECTOR GENERAL. LATE TODAY, A COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON TOLD NBC
NEWS, AND WE QUOTE, "THE NEW
YORK TIMES STORY IS FALSE.
SECRETARY ROSS DID NOT THREATEN
TO FIRE ANY NOAA STAFF OVER
FORECASTING AND PUBLIC
STATEMENTS ABOUT HURRICANE
DORIAN."
DORIAN." MEANWHILE, THE "WASHINGTON POST"
ALSO REPORTING THAT NOAH’S CHIEF
SCIENTIST WILL INVESTIGATE WHY
THE AGENCY BACKED THE PRESIDENT
OVER ITS OWN STORM EXPERTS ON
DORIAN.
DORIAN. AND ALL THAT BRINGS US TO WHAT
MAY BE AN EVEN MORE ALARMING
DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.
DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. WE TOLD YOU IT WAS A BUSY
EVENING.
EVENING. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CONFIRMING
THAT A CIA INFORMANT OF OURS WHO
HAD SENT SECRETS BACK TO AMERICA
FOR DECADES WAS ABRUPTLY PULLED
OUT OF RUSSIA.
THE PAPER WRITES, "THE MOSCOW
INFORM
INFORM INFORMANT WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO
THE CIA’S MOST EXPLOSIVE
CONCLUSION ABOUT RUSSIA’S
INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGN THAT
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ORDERED
AND ORCHESTRATED IT HIMSELF.
AS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT’S
BEST INSIGHT INTO THE THINKING
OF AND ORDERS FROM MR. PUTIN,
THE SOURCE WAS ALSO KEY TO THE
CIA’S ASSESSMENT THAT HE
AFFIRMATIVELY FAVORED DONALD J.
TRUMP’S ELECTION AND PERSONALLY
ORDERED THE HACKING OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
"THE INFORMANT, ACCORDING TO
PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER
WAS OUTSIDE OF MR. PUTIN’S
SINNER CIRCLE BUT SAW HIM
REGULARLY AND HAD ACCESS TO
HIGH-LEVEL KREMLIN