Watch Live: Trump Announces Afghanistan Strategy

NUCLEAR ARMED STATES WHOSE TENSE
RELATIONS THREATEN TO SPIRAL
INTO CONFLICT AND THAT COULD
HAPPEN.
NO ONE DENIES THAT WE HAVE
INHERITED A CHALLENGING AND
TROUBLING SITUATION IN
AFGHANISTAN AND SOUTH ASIA, BUT
WE DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF
GOING BACK IN TIME AND MAKING
DIFFERENT OR BETTER DECISIONS.
WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT I WAS
GIVEN A BAD AND VERY COMPLEX
HAND, BUT I FULLY KNEW WHAT I
WAS GETTING INTO, BIG AND
INTRICATE PROBLEMS, BUT ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER THESE PROBLEMS WILL
BE SOLVED.
I AM A PROBLEM SOLVER, AND IN
THE END WE WILL WIN.
WE MUST ADDRESS THE REALITY OF
THE WORLD AS IT EXISTS RIGHT
NOW, THE THREATS WE FACE AND THE
CONFRONTING OF ALL OF THE
PROBLEMS OF TODAY, AN EXTREMELY
PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF A
HASTY WITHDRAWAL.
WE NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN
LAST WEEK'S VILE, VICIOUS ATTACK
IN BARCELONA TO UNDERSTAND THAT
TERROR GROUPS WILL STOP AT
NOTHING TO COMMIT THE MASS
MURDER OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN -- YOU SAW IT FOR
YOURSELF.
HORRIBLE.
AS I OUTLINED IN MY SPEECH IN
SAUDI ARABIA THREE MONTHS AGO,
AMERICA ARE COMMITTED OF
STRIPPING TERRORISTS OF THEIR
TERRITORY, CUTTING OFF THEIR
FUNDING AND EXPOSING THE FALSE
ALLURE OF THEIR EVIL IDEOLOGY.
TERRORISTS WHO SLAUGHTER
INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL FIND NO
GLORY IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT.
THEY ARE NOTHING, BUT THUGS AND
CRIMINALS AND PREDATORS AND --
THAT'S RIGHT, LOSERS.
WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR ALLIES, WE
WILL BREAK THEIR WILL, DRY UP
THEIR RECRUITMENT, KEEP THEM
FROM CROSSING OUR BORDERS AND
YES, WE WILL DEFEAT THEM AND WE
WILL DEFEAT THEM HANDILY.
IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN,
AMERICA'S INTERESTS ARE CLEAR.
WE MUST STOP THE RESURGENCE OF
SAFE HAVENS THAT ENABLE
TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN AMERICA
AND WE MUST PREVENT NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND MATERIALS FROM
COMING INTO THE HANDS OF
TERRORISTS AND BEING USED
AGAINST US OR ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD FOR THAT MATTER, BUT TO
PROSECUTE THIS WAR WE WILL LEARN
FROM HISTORY.
AS A RESULT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW, AMERICAN STRATEGY IN
AFGHANISTAN AND SOUTH ASIA WILL
CHANGE DRAMATICALLY IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS.
A CORE PILLAR OF OUR NEW
STRATEGY IS A SHIFT FROM A
TIME-BASED APPROACH TO ONE BASED
ON CONDITIONS.
I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES HOW
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IT IS FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO ANNOUNCE IN
ADVANCE THE DATES WE INTEND TO
BEGIN OR END MILITARY OPTIONS.
WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT NUMBERS
OF TROOPS OR OUR PLANS FOR
FURTHER MILITARY ACTIVITIES.
CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND, NOT
ARBITRARY TIMETABLES, WILL GUIDE
OUR STRATEGY FROM NOW ON.
AMERICA'S ENEMIES MUST NEVER
KNOW OUR PLANS OR BELIEVE THEY
CAN WAIT US OUT.
I WILL NOT SAY WHEN WE ARE GOING
TO ATTACK, BUT ATTACK WE WILL.
ANOTHER FUNDAMENTAL PILLAR OF
OUR NEW STRATEGY IS THE
INTEGRATION OF ALL INSTRUMENTS
OF AMERICAN POWER.
DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC AND
MILITARY TOWARD A SUCCESSFUL
OUTCOME.
SOME DAY AFTER AN EFFECTIVE
MILITARY EFFORT PERHAPS IT WILL
BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A POLITICAL
SETTLEMENT THAT INCLUDES
ELEMENTS OF THE TALIBAN AND
AFGHANISTAN, BUT NOBODY KNOWS IF
OR WHEN THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN.
AMERICA WILL CONTINUE ITS
SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHAN
GOVERNMENT, AND THE AFGHAN
MILITARY AS THEY CONFRONT THE
TALIBAN IN THE FIELD.
ULTIMATELY, IT IS UP TO THE
PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
OWNERSHIP OF THEIR FUTURE, TO
GOVERN THEIR SOCIETY AND TO
ACHIEVE AN EVERLASTING PEACE.
WE ARE A PARTNER AND A FRIEND,
BUT WE WILL NOT DICTATE TO THE
AFGHAN PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE OR HOW
TO GOVERN THEIR OWN COMPLEX
SOCIETY.
WE ARE NOT NATION BUILDING
AGAIN.
WE ARE KILLING TERRORISTS.
THE NEXT PILLAR OF OUR NEW
STRATEGY IS TO CHANGE THE
APPROACH IN HOW TO DEAL WITH
PAKISTAN.
WE CAN NO LONGER BE SILENT ABOUT
PAKISTAN'S SAFE HAVENS FOR
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, THE
TALIBAN AND OTHER GROUPS THAT
POSE A THREAT TO THE REGION AND
BEYOND.
PAKISTAN HAS MUCH TO GAIN FROM
PARTNERING WITH OUR EFFORT IN
AFGHANISTAN.
IT HAS MUCH TO LOSE BY
CONTINUING TO HARBOR CRIMINALS
AND TERRORISTS.
IN THE PAST, PAKISTAN HAS BEEN A
VALUED PARTNER.
OUR MILITARIES HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER AGAINST COMMON ENEMIES.
THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED GREATLY FROM TERRORISM
AND EXTREMISM.
WE RECOGNIZE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
AND THOSE SACRIFICES, BUT
PAKISTAN HAS ALSO SHELTERED THE
SAME ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRY
EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KILL OUR
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEEN PAYING PAKISTAN
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE
HOUSING THE VERY TERRORISTS THAT
WE ARE FIGHTING, BUT THAT WILL
HAVE TO CHANGE AND THAT WILL
CHANGE IMMEDIATELY.
NO PARTNERSHIP CAN SURVIVE A
COUNTRY'S HARBORING OF MILITANTS
AND TERRORISTS WHO TARGET U.S.
SERVICE MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS.
IT IS TIME FOR PAKISTAN TO
DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO
CIVILIZATION, ORDER AND TO
PEACE.
ANOTHER CRITICAL PART OF THE
SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY FOR AMERICA
IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP ITS
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
INDIA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST
DEMOCRACY AND A KEY SECURITY AND
ECONOMIC PARTNER OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WE APPRECIATE INDIA'S IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO STABILITY IN
AFGHANISTAN, BUT INDIA MAKES
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TRADE
WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WE
WANT THEM TO HELP US MORE WITH
AFGHANISTAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE
AREA OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND
DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO PURSUING OUR
SHARED OBJECTIVES FOR PEACE AND
SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA, AND THE
BROADER INDOPACIFIC REGION.
FINALLY, MY ADMINISTRATION WILL
ENSURE THAT YOU, THE BRAVE
DEFENDERS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WILL HAVE THE NECESSARY TOOLS
AND RULES OF ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE
THIS STRATEGY WORK AND WORK
EFFECTIVELY AND WORK QUICKLY.
I HAVE ALREADY LIFTED
RESTRICTIONS THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION PLACED ON OUR WAR
FIGHTERS THAT PREVENTED THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND OUR
COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD FROM
FULLY AND SWIFTLY WAGING BATTLE
AGAINST THE ENEMY.
MICROMANAGEMENT FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C., DOES NOT WIN BATTLES.
THEY'RE ONE IN THE FIELD AND
DRAWING UPON THE JUDGMENT AND
EXPERTISE OF WARTIME COMMANDERS,
AND FRONTLINE SOLDIERS ACTING IN
REAL TIME WITH REAL AUTHORITY
AND WITH A CLEAR MISSION TO
DEFEAT THE ENEMY.
THAT'S WHY WE WILL ALSO EXPAND
AUTHORITY FOR AMERICAN ARMED
FORCES TO TARGET THE TERRORIST
AND CRIMINAL NETWORKS THAT SOW
VIOLENCE AND CHAOS THROUGHOUT
AFGHANISTAN.
THESE KILLERS NEED TO KNOW THEY
HAVE NOWHERE TO HIDE, THAT NO
PLACE IS BEYOND THE REACH OF
AMERICAN MIGHT AND AMERICAN
ARMS.
RETRIBUTION WILL BE FAST AND
POWERFUL.
AS WE LIFT RESTRICTIONS AND
EXPAND AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD,
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING DRAMATIC
RESULTS IN THE CAMPAIGN TO
DEFEAT ISIS INCLUDING THE
LIBERATION OF MOSUL IN IRAQ.
SINCE MY INAUGURATION, WE HAVE
ACHIEVED RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS
IN THAT REGARD.
WE WILL ALSO MAXIMIZE SANCTIONS
AND OTHER FINANCIAL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST
THESE NETWORKS TO ELIMINATE
THEIR ABILITY TO EXPORT TERROR.
WHEN AMERICA COMMITS ITS
WARRIORS TO BATTLE WE MUST
ENSURE THEY HAVE EVERY WEAPON TO
APPLY SWIFT, DECISIVE AND
OVERWHELMING FORCE.
OUR TROOPS WILL FIGHT TO WIN.
WE WILL FIGHT TO WIN.
FROM NOW ON, VICTORY WILL HAVE A
CLEAR DEFINITION.
ATTACKING OUR ENEMIES,
OBLITERATING ISIS, CRUSHING AL
QAEDA, PREVENTING THE TALIBAN
FROM TAKING OVER AFGHANISTAN,
AND STOPPING MASS TERROR ATTACKS
AGAINST AMERICA BEFORE THEY
EMERGE.
WE WILL ASK OUR NATO ALLIES AND
GLOBAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT OUR
NEW STRATEGY WITH ADDITIONAL
TROOP AND FUNDING INCREASES IN
LINE WITH OUR OWN.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THEY WILL.
SINCE TAKING OFFICE, I HAVE MADE
CLEAR THAT OUR ALLIES AND
PARTNERS MUST CONTRIBUTE MUCH
MORE MONEY TO OUR COLLECTIVE
DEFENSE, AND THEY HAVE DONE SO.
IN THIS STRUGGLE, THE HEAVIEST
BURDEN WILL CONTINUE TO BE BORNE
BY THE GOOD PEOPLE OF
AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR COURAGEOUS
ARMED FORCES.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF
AFGHANISTAN HAS PROMISED, WE ARE
GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO HELP DEFRAY THE
COST OF THIS WAR TO US.
AFGHANISTAN IS FIGHTING TO
DEFEND AND SECURE THEIR COUNTRY
AGAINST THE SAME ENEMIES WHO
THREATEN US.
THE STRONGER THE AFGHAN SECURITY
FORCES BECOME, THE LESS WE WILL
HAVE TO DO.
AFGHANS WILL SECURE AND BUILD
THEIR OWN NATION AND DEFINE
THEIR OWN FUTURE.
WE WANT THEM TO SUCCEED, BUT WE
WILL NO LONGER USE AMERICAN
MILITARY MIGHT TO CONSTRUCT
DEMOCRACIES IN FARAWAY LANDS OR
TRY TO REBUILD OTHER COUNTRIES
IN OUR OWN IMAGE.
THOSE DAYS ARE NOW OVER.
INSTEAD, WE WILL WORK WITH
ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO PROTECT
OUR SHARED INTERESTS.
WE ARE NOT ASKING OTHERS TO
CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, BUT TO
PURSUE COMMON GOALS THAT ALLOW
OUR CHILDREN TO LIVE BETTER AND
SAFER LIVES.
THIS PRINCIPLED REALISM WILL
GUIDE OUR DECISIONS MOVING
FORWARD.
MILITARY POWER ALONE WILL NOT
BRING PEACE TO AFGHANISTAN OR
STOP THE TERRORIST THREAT
ARISING IN THAT COUNTRY, BUT
STRATEGICALLY APPLIED FORCE AIMS
TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR A
POLITICAL PROCESS TO ACHIEVE A
LASTING PEACE.
AMERICA WILL WORK WITH THE
AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AS LONG AS WE
SEE DETERMINATION AND PROGRESS.
HOWEVER, OUR COMMITMENT IS NOT
UNLIMITED, AND OUR SUPPORT IS
NOT A BLANK CHECK.
THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN
MUST CARRY THEIR SHARE OF THE
MILITARY, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
BURDEN.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT TO
SEE REAL REFORMS, REAL PROGRESS
AND REAL RESULTS.
OUR PATIENCE IS NOT UNLIMITED.
WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES WIDE OPEN
AND ABIDING BY THE OATH I TOOK
ON JANUARY 20th, I WILL REMAIN
STEADFAST IN PROTECTING AMERICAN
LIVES AND AMERICAN INTERESTS.
IN THIS EFFORT, WE WILL MAKE
COMMON CAUSE WITH ANY NATION
THAT CHOOSES TO STAND AND FIGHT
ALONGSIDE US AGAINST THIS GLOBAL
THREAT.
TERRORISTS, TAKE HEED.
AMERICA WILL NEVER LET UP UNTIL
YOU ARE DEALT A LASTING DEFEAT.
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, MANY
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE IS
BEING SPENT ON OUR MILITARY, AND
THIS INCLUDES VAST AMOUNTS BEING
SPENT ON OUR NUCLEAR ARSENAL AND
MISSILE DEFENSE.
IN EVERY GENERATION WE HAVE
FACED DOWN EVIL AND WE HAVE
ALWAYS PREVAILED.
WE PREVAILED BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO
WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING
FOR.
NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE ARE
GATHERED TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
PATRIOTS LAY IN ETERNAL REST AT
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
THERE IS MORE COURAGE, SACRIFICE
AND LOVE IN THOSE HALLOWED
GROUNDS THAN IN ANY OTHER SPOT
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
MANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT
AND DIED IN AFGHANISTAN ENLISTED
IN THE MONTHS AFTER SEPTEMBER
11, 2001.
THEY VOLUNTEERED FOR A SIMPLE
REASON.
THEY LOVED AMERICA AND THEY WERE
DETERMINED TO PROTECT HER.
NOW WE MUST SECURE THE CAUSE FOR
WHICH THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES.
WE MUST UNITE TO DEFEND AMERICA
FROM ITS ENEMIES ABROAD.
WE MUST RESTORE THE BONDS OF
LOYALTY AMONG OUR CITIZENS AT
HOME, AND WE MUST ACHIEVE AN
HONORABLE AND ENDURING OUTCOME
WORTHY OF THE ENORMOUS PRICE
THAT SO MANY HAVE PAID.
OUR ACTIONS AND IN THE MONTHS TO
COME, ALL OF THEM WILL HONOR THE
SACRIFICE OF EVERY FALLEN HERO,
EVERY FAMILY WHO LOST A LOVED
ONE AND EVERY WOUNDED WARRIOR
WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD IN DEFENSE
OF OUR GREAT NATION.
WITH OUR RESOLVE, WE WILL ENSURE
THAT YOUR SERVICE AND THAT YOUR
FAMILIES WILL BRING ABOUT THE
DEFEAT OF OUR ENEMIES AND THE
ARRIVAL OF PEACE.
WE WILL PUSH ONWARD TO VICTORY
WITH POWER IN OUR HEARTS,
COURAGE IN OUR SOULS, AND
EVERLASTING PRIDE IN EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
MAY GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY AND
MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP INCLUDING HIS
REMARKS DESCRIBING THE PATH
FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN.
THE PRESIDENT READILY
ACKNOWLEDGING THE ABOUT FACE
HE'S DONE ON THE ISSUE SAYING
THAT THINGS CHANGE, PARAPHRASING
THAT THINGS CHANGE WHEN YOU SIT
BEHIND THE DESK IN THE OVAL
OFFICE.
HE DID NOT ANSWER A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
THAT APPARENTLY BY DESIGN AS TO
HOW MANY TROOPS WOULD NOW BE
COMMITTED SAYING THAT THAT SORT
OF OPERATIONAL DETAIL THEY WILL
NO LONGER PROVIDE OR HOW LONG
THE U.S. MILITARY COMMITMENT
WILL LAST AS WE ARE NOW IN THE
16th YEAR OF THE WAR IN
AFGHANISTAN.
LET'S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL
DIRECTOR CHUCK TODD WHO HAS BEEN
WATCHING LONG WITH ME.
CHUCK, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
PRESIDENT'S PATH FORWARD?
>> YOU KNOW, LESTER, UNDER THE
BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK
SELLING A COUNTRY ON EXTENDING A
WAR THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
LASTED -- ALREADY LASTED 16
YEARS AND SIGNALING MORE TROOPS
ARE GOING AND SIGNALING THAT
THERE IS NO END DATE OR NO END
DATE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH
YOU, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT
TASK IF -- IF HE WERE
EXTRAORDINARILY POPULAR
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S EVEN HARDER CONSIDERING THE
SORT OF THE WOUNDS POLITICALLY
THAT HE HAS.
SOMETHING THAT HE DID TRY TO
ADDRESS A BIT AT THE TOP OF HIS
REMARKS, BUT LESTER, ON THE
POLICY FRONT, I THINK THE MOST
REMARKABLE ANNOUNCEMENT HE MADE
WAS THE RHETORICAL RATCHETING UP
OF PRESSURE PAKISTAN, NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT PAKISTAN BEING A
SAFE HARBOR FOR THESE
TERRORISTS, BUT EVEN INVITING
PAKISTAN'S SWORN ENEMY, INDIA,
TO PLAY AN EVEN BIGGER ROLE IN
AFGHANISTAN WHICH IS REALLY MORE
OF A THREAT TO PAKISTAN.
IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ACT
TOGETHER, WE COULD ACTUALLY STOP
WORKING WITH YOU AS AN ALLY AND
WORK MORE WITH INDIA.
SO I THINK THE POLICY
ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT THING THAT HE SAID
TONIGHT HAD TO DO WITH
RATCHETING UP THINGS WITH
PAKISTAN.
>> I PICKED UP ON THE SAME
THING, AND I WANT TO BRING IN
ANDREA MITCHELL OUR CHIEF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT.
HOW WILL THAT GO OVER IN THE
HALLS OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA?
IS THIS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE
TO THEM?
>> IT WON'T BE A COMPLETE
SURPRISE BECAUSE SECRETARY
TILLERSON DID CALL BOTH
COUNTRIES EARLIER TODAY, BUT IT
WILL NOT BE WELCOME.
THIS PRESSURE ON PAKISTAN AND
THAT IS THE OBVIOUS HEADLINE IN
ADDITION TO MORE TROOPS GOING
AND HIS POLICY REVERSAL AND THIS
WILL NOT PLEASE HIS BASE, BUT I
THINK HE MADE A VERY COGENT
ARGUMENT THAT THERE COULD NOT BE
A HASTY WITHDRAWAL, A COMPLETE
WITHDRAWAL, THE IMPLICIT
CRITICISM, OF COURSE, OF THE
OBAMA WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ WAS
WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO, AND
ALSO THE FACT THAT HE'S GOING TO
GET MORE COMMITMENTS FROM THE
NATO ALLIES, BUT SAYING THAT
NATION BUILDING IS OVER, THAT IS
GOING TO BE A SHOCK TO THE
SYSTEM IN AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE
THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT BOTH
BUSH AND OBAMA DID WHICH WAS TO
DO A CIVIL RECONSTRUCTION, A
GREAT DEAL OF IT, IN TERMS OF
THE EDUCATION AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFGHANISTAN.
A LOT OF THAT HAS NOW BEEN LOST
AS THE TALIBAN HAS RECLAIMED SO
MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.
>> ANDREA, VERY QUICKLY, LET ME
GO TO PETER ALEXANDER BEFORE WE
GO OFF.
THE PRESIDENT HAD MORE OR LESS
SIGNED OFF UP TO 4,000 MORE
TROOPS.
IS THAT NUMBER LIKELY STILL IN
PLAY EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT
TALKING NUMBERS NOW?
>> YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW,
LESTER.
WHAT WAS STRIKING ABOUT THIS,
THAT THE SPEECH BEGAN WITHOUT
MENTIONING IT, CHARLOTTESVILLE
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT LOVE AND
UNITY IN THE COUNTRY.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW HE SPEAKS TOMORROW WHEN WE
SEE HIM AT A MEGA RALLY IN
PHOENIX.
>> MORE REACTION ON THE
PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON YOUR
LATE LOCAL NEWS AND A FULL
WRAP-UP ON "TODAY."
FOR NOW, FOR OUR ENTIRE TEAM,
I'M LESTER HOLT, NBC NE

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