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>> Announcer: THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
HERE IS KATE SNOW.
>>> GOOD DAY EVERYONE.
WE’RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
SOME BREAKING NEWS ON THIS DAY
AFTER CHRISTMAS.
AFTER CHRISTMAS. PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING A
SURPRISE VISIT OVERSEAS TO IRAQ
TO VISIT U.S. TROOPS.
CONFIRMED JUST NOW BY THE PRESS
SECRETARY AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHO
SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
FIRST LADY TRAVELED TO IRAQ LATE
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT TO VISIT WITH
OUR TROOPS AND SENIOR MILITARY
LEADERSHIP TO THANK THEM FOR
THEIR SERVICE, THEIR SUCCESS AND
THEIR SACRIFICE AND TO WISH THEM
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT HALLIE
JACKSON.
JACKSON. THIS HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED FOR
SOME TIME.
SOME TIME. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED MAYBE A
MONTH AGO WHETHER HE WOULD VISIT
OR SEAS AND HINTED HE WOULD.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
HE SAID HE HADN’T YET, KATE
BECAUSE HE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLY
BUSY SCHEDULE.
BUSY SCHEDULE. BUT HE HIMSELF TALKED ABOUT
TRYING TO GET TO AN ACTIVE
COMBAT ZONE TO VISIT TROOPS.
YES, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
MOMENT NOT JUST FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP BUT FOR FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP AS WELL.
IT HAD BEEN A NOTABLE PERIOD OF
QUIET, I WOULD SAY HERE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, NO TWEETS FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE HAD BEEN SOME QUESTIONS
BUBBLING UP ABOUT HIS
WHEREABOUTS THE WHITE HOUSE WAS
SILENT ON THAT, BUT NOW WITH
THIS TWEET FROM PRESS SECRETARY
SARAH SANDERS WE CAN REPORT THAT
HE HAS TRAVELED NOW AS YOU’RE
LOOKING AT THESE PHOTOS TO IRAQ
TO VISIT THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
THE PRESIDENT HAD COME UNDER
FIRE FOR NOT HAVING DONE THIS
SOONER.
SOONER. AT THIS POINT IN HIS PRESIDENCY,
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
HAD ALREADY VISITED IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH VISITED
THE COUNTRY JUST EIGHT MONTHS
AFTER THE START OF THE WAR THERE
IN 2003.
IN 2003. PRESIDENT TRUMP SORT OF RARE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REGRET SAID
THAT AFTER HE DID NOT VISIT
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ON
VETERANS DAY HE WISHED HE HAD
DONE SO AND INDICATED HE WOULD
TRY TO GET TO A COMBAT ZONE LIKE
THIS.
THIS. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS, OF COURSE,
VISITED ALONG WITH THE FIRST
LADY WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER,
FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN WASHINGTON.
OSAN AIR BASE IN SOUTH KOREA AND
MET WITH TROOPS THERE, BUT THIS
IS CERTAINLY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
A REAL MARKER IN HIS PRESIDENCY.
AN IMPORTANT FIRST IN HIS ROLE
AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
AND KATE, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT IT
COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE
PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
IS GOING THROUGH REAL CHANGES.
SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS
WEEKEND WE LEARNED THAT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JIM MATTIS,
EXPECTED TO LEAVE AT THE END OF
THE FEBRUARY WAS ABRUPTLY TOLD
HE WOULD BE OUT NEXT WEEK ON
JANUARY 1st.
JANUARY 1st. HIS NUMBER TWO WOULD STEP IN TO
TAKE THAT ROLE.
IT’S OUR REPORTING BASED ON
MULTIPLE DEFENSE AND
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT NOTIFY
SECRETARY MATTIS OF THAT HIMSELF
BUT IT WAS SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO WHO MADE THE CALL,
KATE.
KATE. SO IT’S A MOMENT THAT IS
SENSITIVE FOR THE MILITARY AND N
THIS TIME OF TRANSITION, BUT
OVER THE HOLIDAYS, LONG
TRADITION OF PRESIDENTS VISITING
TROOPS.
TROOPS. PRESIDENT OBAMA DID IT, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN HAWAII OVER THE
HOLIDAYS.
HOLIDAYS. PRESIDENT BUSH AS WELL.
SO NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER NOT
HAVING VISITED TROOPS LAST YEAR
AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN AN ACTIVE
COMBAT ZONE IS NOW DOING SO THIS
YEAR.
YEAR. STILL TBD, KATE, ON MORE
SPECIFICS ON THIS, FOR EXAMPLE,
IF HE WILL MAKE ANY OTHER STOPS
WHILE HE IS OVERSEAS, WHEN HE
MIGHT RETURN BACK HERE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. BUT OF COURSE THE BACKDROP TO
THIS DOMESTICALLY, KATE, HE
WOULD BE RETURNING TO A
WASHINGTON THAT AS OF NOW IS
STILL SHUT DOWN NOW, HEADING
INTO DAY FIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN HERE IN D.C.
>> HALLIE JACKSON, STAY WITH US,
IF YOU WILL.
WE SHOULD NOTE THERE’S A POOL
THAT TRAVELS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
SO WE’RE GETTING THOSE PICTURES
IN FROM OUR POOL CORRESPONDENTS
WHO ARE WITH THE PRESIDENT IN
IRAQ.
IRAQ. LET ME GO NOW TO OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY AND MILITARY REPORTER
COURTNEY QUBE JOINING US BY
PHONE.
PHONE. SHE COVERS THE PENTAGON.
COURTNEY
COURTNEY COURTNEY, IT WAS ONE WEEK AGO
TODAY THAT U.S. TROOPS WOULD BE
PULLED OUT ANNOUNCED BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THIS COMES AT A TIME OF GREAT
CHANGE IN THAT REGION.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
OF COURSE IT’S NOT JUST THAT HE
ANNOUNCED THAT TROOPS WOULD BE
PULLED OUT OF SYRIA IN A QUICK
SUCCESSION, TOO, THAT IT IS A
PRETTY RAPID WITHDRAWAL OF THE
2,000 PLUS U.S. TROOPS OUT OF
SYRIA.
SYRIA. WE ALSO LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INTERESTED IN
DECREASING THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT
OF U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
THERE’S BETWEEN 14 AND 15,000
AMERICAN TROOPS SERVING THERE
RIGHT NOW AND MAY WANT TO CUT
THAT AS MUCH AS HALF IN THE
COMING MONTHS.
COMING MONTHS. THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE
U.S. PRESENCE IN THESE ACTIVE
WAR ZONES IS REALLY CHANGING.
ONE THING THAT’S PRETTY
INTERESTING TO NOTICE IS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MRS. TRUMP
THEY WENT TO IRAQ WITHOUT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JIM MATTIS,
HIS OUTGOING SECRETARY WHO ONLY
HAS DAYS LEFT IN THE PENTAGON
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. HE’S DUE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND ACTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
NOW DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
PATRICK SHANAHAN WILL TAKE OVER
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.
BUT IT’S INTERESTING THAT HE DID
NOT TRAVEL THERE WITH SECRETARY
MATTIS.
MATTIS. SO, THIS COMES, OF COURSE, AS
HALLIE WAS SAYING THE FIRST TIME
WE’VE SEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP EVEN
WHEN HE WAS A CANDIDATE HE NEVER
TRAVELLED TO A WAR ZONE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE
SEEN HIM WITH TROOPS IN A WAR
ZONE.
ZONE. COURTNEY KUBE, THANKS.
OUR NBC MILITARY ANALYST OFTEN
WITH US AT TIMES LIKE THESE.
GENERAL, TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE,
THE ATMOSPHERE RIGHT NOW AND
WHAT THIS TRIP MAY MEAN.
>> Reporter: WELL, I THINK IT’S
GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD
NOT BEEN TO ANY OF THE DEPLOYED
U.S. COMBAT FORCES NOR FOR THAT
MATTER THE BORDER WHERE U.S.
TROOPS WERE INVOLVED IN
CONFRONTING THE SO-CALLED
CARAVAN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA,
THAT HAD BECOME AN EMBARRASSMENT
BOTH TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND TO
OUR ALLIES.
OUR ALLIES. SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
AND I THINK AFGHANISTAN IS TOO
DANGEROUS N MY VIEW, FOR A
PRESIDENT TO VISIT RIGHT NOW.
IRAQ CONSIDERABLY SAFER.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL
TO THE PRESIDENT TO LISTEN TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY ON THE
GROUND THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMANDERS IN PARTICULAR THAT
ARE RUNNING ON OPERATIONS BOTH
IN SYRIA AND IRAQ AND PROBABLY
ELSEWHERE.
ELSEWHERE. SO IT’S GOOD NEWS.
>> GENERAL BARRY McCAFFREY, WE
STILL HAVE HALLIE JACKSON WITH
US.
US. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> ANY OTHER DETAILS ABOUT HOW
LONG THE PRESIDENT WILL BE GONE?
THE POOL IS JUST NOW REPORTING
IN AND HEARING FROM SARAH
SANDERS.
SANDERS. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, KATE.
AND TYPICALLY IN THESE INSTANCES
AND I CAN SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN INSTANCES PAST WHEN
PRESIDENTS HAVE GONE ON THESE
TYPES OF VISITS, THEY ARE
SHROUDED IN SECRECY AND THAT’S
FOR A REASON.
THAT’S FOR WHAT IS CALLED
OPERATIONAL SECURITY.
OPERATIONAL SECURITY. MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS
SAFE AND SECURE FOR THE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO TRAVEL TO
THESE HOT SPOTS GLOBALLY.
SO IN THIS INSTANCE, WHAT I
IMAGINE IS HAPPENING IS THERE IS
A LEVEL OF SECRECY SURROUNDING
THIS TRIP FOR THAT REASON.
AND WE EXPECT TO KNOW MORE FROM
THESE SMALL, SMALL GROUP OF
REPORTERS THAT WOULD HAVE
TRAVELED WITH THE PRESIDENT FROM
HERE IN D.C. AT THAT POINT.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT, OF
COURSE, HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON
UP UNTIL LEAVING AS THE PRESS
SECRETARY SAYS FOR IRAQ ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
CHRISTMAS DAY. BUT, WE DON’T KNOW WHEN HE MIGHT
BE BACK AT THIS POINT.
ALTHOUGH, WE ARE EXPECTING TO
HEAR MORE FROM THAT SMALL GROUP.
AS WE GET IT, WE’LL BRING TO IT
YOU.
YOU. YOU LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS, IT IS
STRIKING FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE
HERE TOGETHER ON THIS TRIP.
THIS IS A MAJOR FIRST.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMILES ON
THE FACES OF SOME OF THESE
TROOPS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
POSING FOR SELFTIES WITH, FOR
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. TAKING PICTURES.
TAKING PICTURES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION FROM EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD.
FIELD. YOU HEARD FROM GENERAL McCAFFREY
THERE, TOO, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
FOR PEOPLE WHO SERVE, WHO PUT
THEIR LIVES IN REAL DANGER, ON
THE FRONT LINES QUITE LITERALLY
TO SEE THE PERSON WHO IS THEIR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF WITH THEM AND
TO SHOW THAT SOLIDARITY.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
CRITICS HAD POINTED TO FROM THE
PRESIDENT GIVEN THAT IF YOU LOOK
AT HISTORIC MARKERS FOR
PRESIDENTS BEFORE, HE WAS WHERE
OTHER PRESIDENTS HAD BEEN.
AND THERE WAS A QUESTION MARK
ABOUT THIS, GIVEN THAT DURING
HIS CAMPAIGN THE PRESIDENT THEN
CANDIDATE TRUMP HAD REPEAT LID
TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO
AND HOW HE WOULD HELP THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY.
SO, SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AS WE GET MORE DETAILS, KATE, WE
WILL BRING THAT TO YOU THE
SECOND THAT WE GET IT.
>> I’M SURE YOU WILL.
HALLIE, THANKS SO MUCH.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO COURTNEY
KUBE, OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND
MILITARY REPORTER.
MILITARY REPORTER. COURTNEY, THERE ARE, I THINK,
ABOUT 5,000 OR SO TROOPS, U.S.
TROOPS, THAT STILL SERVE IN
IRAQ.
IRAQ. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ACTUALLY DOESN’T GIVE OUT
NUMBERS, RIGHT?
NUMBERS, RIGHT? TO TRY TO KEEP THAT A LITTLE BIT
MYSTERIOUS.
MYSTERIOUS. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT.
AND SECRETARY MATTIS IS A BIG
PROPONENT OF THAT.
HE’S BIG INTO -- HE IS VERY,
VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT SECURITY
MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE THAT I’VE EVER
COVERED SINCE DONALD RUMSFELD.
WE KNOW THERE ARE MORE THAN
5,000 U.S. TROOPS SERVING THERE
NOW.
NOW. DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DON’T
HEAR AS MUCH AS IRAQ SINCE MOSUL
WAS CLEARED OUT OF ISIS, IT IS
STILL ACTUALLY A DANGEROUS
LOCATION.
LOCATION. I MEAN, THERE ARE U.S. TROOPS
THERE AND THEY ARE SERVING IN A
LOT OF CASES IN DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS.
SITUATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO WE HEARD ABOUT AN AIR
STRIKE THAT THE U.S. TOOK ON AN
ISIS CAVE.
ISIS CAVE. KILLING A NUMBER OF ISIS
FIGHTERS.
FIGHTERS. SO THE COUNTRY IS CERTAINLY NOT
CLEAR OF THE ISIS PRESENCE, BUT
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN
THE IRAQI COUNTERTERROR SERVICE
FORCES AND THE IRAQI MILITARY
AND POLICE HAVE REALLY TAKEN
BACK CONTROL OF MAJORITY OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS STILL
THAT UNDERGROUND ISIS PRESENCE.
AND IT’S REALLY WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
HAPPENING IN SYRIA AS WELL.
THAT AS ISIS IS FOUGHT AND AS
THEY FALL IN MANY PLACES,
THEY’RE REALLY JUST GOING UNDER
GRO TO RE-EMERGE ONE DAY WHEN
THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMP FLEW
INTO A DANGEROUS AND ACTIVE WAR
ZONE ON THIS TROOP.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY DON’T
KNOW WHERE THEY FLEW IN OR HOW
MUCH TIME THEY SPENT OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT, BUT THERE ARE MORE
THAN 5,000 U.S. TROOPS WHO SPENT
CHRISTMAS DAY AWAY FROM THEIR
LOVED ONES THERE.
>> THAT’S AN IMPORTANT POINT,
COURTNEY KUBE.
COURTNEY KUBE. BACK TO HALLIE JACKSON AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. ANY MORE DETAILS?
>> Reporter: WE ARE GETTING MORE
DETAIL, KATE, FROM REUTERS WHOSE
REPORTER IS ON THE GROUND
TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
SO REUTERS IS NOW REPORTING THAT
THE PRESIDENT IS, AS WE KNOW, IN
WESTERN IRAQ.
WESTERN IRAQ. AT THE ALISAD AIR BASE THERE AND
IS GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER STOP AT
AN AIR BASE IN GERMANY ON HIS
WAY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.
STILL, AGAIN, TBD ON THE TIMING,
BUT HE DID SPEAK WITH REPORTERS
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THOSE
REMARKS TALKED ABOUT THAT SYRIA
DECISION THAT YOU’VE BEEN
DISCUSSING WITH COURTNEY AND
GENERAL McCAFFREY, HIS DECISION
TO WITHDRAW U.S. TROOPS FROM
SYRIA.
SYRIA. HE SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES, QUOTE,
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
COME AROUND TO MY WAY OF
THINKING.
THINKING. IT’S AN INTERESTING COMMENT,
KATE, GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE
REASONS WE UNDERSTAND HIS
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DID
ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCE HE WOULD BE
RESIGNING IS BECAUSE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DECISION ON SYRIA.
BUT THE PRESIDENT IS CLEARLY
STANDING BY THAT.
HE’S ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHO
COULD REPLACE SECRETARY MATTIS.
RIGHT NOW IT’S ACTING DEFENSE
SECRETARY PATRICK SHANAHAN.
HE WILL STEP INTO THE ROLE WHEN
SECRETARY MATTIS LEAVES THE
PENTAGON AFTER THE FIRST OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS IN
NO HURRY TO NAME A REPLACEMENT.
HE SAYS ACTING SECRETARY
SHANAHAN COULD BE THERE FOR A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. HE’S ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. HE SAYS HE IS PREPARED TO WAIT,
QUOTE, WHATEVER IT TAKES, KATE,
TO GET BORDER SECURITY.
THAT’S A REFLECTION OF WHAT HE
HAS SAID IN THE PAST, INCLUDING
JUST YESTERDAY ON CHRISTMAS DAY
WHEN HE WAS HERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, PRIOR TO GETTING ON AIR
FORCE ONE AND HEADING OVERSEAS
TO VISIT TROOPS.
SO FAIR AMOUNT OF NEWS COMING
OUT OF THIS, OF COURSE, FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. KATE, VERY INTERESTINGLY, THERE
WAS A QUESTION AS RUMOR BEGAN TO
COME OUT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
PERHAPS ON HIS WAY OVERSEAS TO
VISIT TROOPS IN THE REGION, HE’S
ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WANTS
TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM SYRIA.
OUR BENT GONE REPORTER COURTNEY
KUBE REPORTS AND ASKED HIS
OFFICIALS AT THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. BUT, THE PRESIDENT IS TELLING
REPORTERS TODAY HE HAS NO PLANS
AT ALL TO REMOVE TROOPS FROM
IRAQ.
IRAQ. SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND AGAIN THAT IS FROM THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTING THAT,
ACCORDING TO THE AP REPORTER WHO
IS ON THE GROUND THERE.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT AND
THAT IT’S ANSWERING A QUESTION
THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE WATCHING THIS HAD, WHAT
MIGHT THE PRESIDENT SAY?
HERE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
WHO ELSE MIGHT THE PRESIDENT
MEET WITH WHILE HE’S OVERSEAS.
IS HE GOING TO TALK WITH LEADERS
IN THE REGION WHO WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY MOVING FORWARD THERE.
WHO WILL HE TALK WITH AND WHAT
WILL HE DO WHEN HE STOPS AT THAT
AIR BASE IN GERMANY ON THE WAY
HOME.
HOME. STILL A LOT OF INFORMATION
COMING FAST AND FURIOUS HERE.
AT US FOR THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT.
AGAIN, UNANNOUNCED FOR SECURITY
AND SAFETY REASONS FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THAT SURPRISE HOLIDAY VISIT TO
TROOPS OVERSEAS, KATE.
>> HALLIE, WHILE YOU WERE
TALKING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
QUOTE THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE
WON’T REMOVE, AS YOU SAID,
TROOPS FROM IRAQ, U.S. TROOPS,
BECAUSE IT CAN BE USED AS A BASE
TO STAGE ATTACKS ON THE ISLAMIC
STATE, IF NECESSARY.
TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS, ACCORDING
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THAT
THE U.S. CAN ATTACK THE ISLAMIC
STATE, QUOTE, SO FAST AND SO
HARD THAT THEY WON’T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL HAPPENED.
THAT’S A QUOTE FROM THE
PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS. WE’RE GOING TO BE BACK ON THE
AIR AS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON MSNBC,
ALSO ON NBC NEWS.COM.
WE’RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE MAY
GET VIDEO IN FROM OVERSEAS.
AND OF COURSE, WE’LL BRING THAT
TO YOU AS WELL AND WE’LL HAVE A
FULL REPORT WHEN I ANCHOR LATER
ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS.
FOR NOW, I’M KATE SNOW, NBC NEWS