If it's Tuesday, voters are voting somewhere. And today, that somewhere is Illinois, where all eyes are on the Democrats and a crowded and combative race to replace retiring Senator Dick Durban. The top contenders in that race are Congressman Raja Christian Murthy, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, and Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.Our own Shaquille Brewster, who is often a road warrior on the campaign trail, caught up with all of them in recent days, and they make the case for why they believe they are the ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kelly O'Donnell in Washington. And we begin with an abrupt change in course from President Trump tied to the war against Iran and a top administration official resigning his post over the president's decision to go to war.After lashing out at NATO allies for rejecting his demands to help the US reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump is now saying the US does not need any help and that it never needed any help. Despite just yesterday saying that numerous countries wer ...

After two weeks filled with exciting games and a little bit of drama, the World Baseball Classic comes [music] to a close tonight. Last night, Venezuela defeated Italy in a thriller and punched their ticket to the championship game for the first time. >> They will face off against Team USA playing in their third straight final.[music] And NBC News sports editor Greg Rosenstein joins us now to break it all down. Greg, great to see you today. Just first, walk us through how we got here to this matchup.Well, f ...

Live from London, it's Saturday night. SNL legend Tina Fay is heading across the pond to host the first episode of the sketch comedy show's new British counterpart. SNL UK debuts on March 21st.Fay will be accompanied by the English band Wet Leg as the musical guest. Tina Fay, of course, was a fixture on Saturday Night Live and the show's head writer in the late 90s and early 2000s. She since returned to host on the OG SNL in New York six times. ...

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This morning we got news regarding the nation's counterterrorism director resigning. >> He wrote in his resignation letter basically that he could not continue to serve because of his opposition to the war against Iran. He wrote specifically that he did not believe that Iran posed an imminent threat, which is something that the White House and the president certainly have been saying was a reason for the justification. ...

We don't believe that we're, you know, flawless in any way. Um, and it's important uh that our our decisions are are subjected to scrutiny and and they are. Um, the problem sometimes um is that the criticism uh can move from a focus on uh legal analysis to uh personalities.Um and you see uh from all over I mean not just any one political perspective on it um that it's more directed in a personal way and that uh frankly uh can be actually quite dangerous. Uh judges around the country work very hard uh to get ...

Well, despite years of education reform efforts, US reading outcomes remain stubbornly low. Just 40% of fourth graders are working below what's considered a basic reading level for their age. That's actually the largest percentage since 2002.This is all according to a national assessment commonly known as the nation's report card. >> And when children don't learn to read early, experts say the consequences ripple across every area. In fact, they're more likely to fall behind academically, disengage from sch ...

Monica, in another turn this morning, we got news regarding the nation's counterterrorism director resigning. What exactly did he say and how's the president responding. Yeah, he wrote in his resignation letter basically that he could not continue to serve because of his opposition to the war against Iran.He wrote specifically that he did not believe that Iran posed an imminent threat, which is something that the White House and the president certainly have been saying was a reason for the justification. mo ...

How do you handle criticism of your court or your opinions today. >> Well, it does it does come with a territory. Um, often when any of us issued opinion, there's often a disscent usually not, but I mean people their most opinions or more opinions than anything else are unanimous.And that's pretty you get used to the criticism right away. Um, uh, uh, and it it can very much be be healthy. We don't believe that we're, you know, flawless in any way.Um, and it's important, uh, that our our decisions are are su ...