Sunday, December 31, 2017

NBC News Special Report Summaries for December 2017


See short summaries of topics covered during special reports that NBC News aired in December 2017 after the page break below: ↓
December 1:
1. Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged former United States National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for knowingly making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
2. Flynn plead guilty for making false statements to the FBI.

December 6:
President Donald Trump made a statement saying that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from the White House and multiple senators called for Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken to resign following sexual harassment allegations.
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December 7:
Senator Franken spoke from the U.S. Senate floor to announce that he would resign as member of the Senate "in the coming weeks."

December 11:
A terrorist's pipe bomb inadvertently exploded under the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, New York injuring four people in an attempted suicide attack.

December 18:
1. Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 derailed during its inaugural run onto Interstate 5 near Dupont, Washington causing multiple deaths and injures.
2. President Trump made a speech on national security strategy and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials in Washington updated the Amtrak derailment casualty count to three deaths and 62 injures.

December 20:
President Trump and Republican congressional leaders celebrated the passage of a major tax reform plan from the White House.

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