NBC News Special Report Summaries for January 2017

See short summaries of topics covered during special reports that NBC News aired in January 2017 after the page break below: ↓

January 6:

1. Initial reports of a shooting in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2 at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FL) with a gunman in custody.

2. Number of victims rose to five dead and eight injured from FLL mass shooting.

3. Continuing coverage of the FLL mass shooting, FL Senator Bill Nelson named gunman as Estaban Santiago, and unconfirmed reports of more shots fired at the airport.

4. Florida Governor Rick Scott held a brief press conference from the FLL airport.

January 10:

President Barack Obama delivered his farewell address from McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

January 11:

President-Elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since winning the 2016 presidential election from Trump Tower in New York City, New York.

January 18:

Former President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, former First Lady Barbara Bush, hospitalized in Houston, Texas due to health complications and President Obama delivered his final press conference.

January 20:

1. President-Elect Trump, Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, future First Lady Melania Trump, and their families departed Blair House to attend a service at Saint John's Church

2. President-Elect Trump, Vice President-Elect Pence, future First Lady Trump, and their families departed Saint John's Church to have a meeting with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House.

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3. The Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, Coverage of an anti-Trump protest in Washington, District of Columbia, and the Inaugural Parade.

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January 21:

Women's rights marches worldwide and President Trump spoke from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

January 23:

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer delivered his first daily briefing to the press corps.

January 25:

Television legend Mary Tyler Moore passed away at age 80.

January 27:

President Trump and United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May held a joint press conference from the East Room of the White House.

January 31:

President Trump announced his Supreme Court judge nominee, Neil Gorsuch, from the East Room of the White House.