ambassador to germany richard grennell, a staunch trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. >> jon karl with us tonight from the white house. and jon, we know the new acting director of national intelligence has been openly skeptical about russian meddling in the 2016 election and now we have these new headlines tonight. >> reporter: yes. back in 2016, grennell wrote an opinion piece for fox news that called the intelligence community's findings on russian interference unproven. he also added that russian interference had been around for deca decades. but david, i'm told by two senior officials that grennell will not be on the job long that the president will nominate a director of national intelligence soon, possibly within days and it will not be grennell. >> all right, more to come on this. jon, thank you. >>> meantime tonight, president trump's long-time associate roger stone sentenced today. he was convicted on seven counts. the president had said federal prosecutors had asked for too much prison time. well, today, the judge, before handing own her sentence, issued a blist

grennell is a time bomb waiting to explode. he loves twitter and tv. he's the guy who doesn't know how to handle classified information. we think maybe he as a time bomb is going to explode sooner than donald trump. >> while we're sitting here talking about all of this, russia continues to do what they do. when it comes to that, not necessarily the side of things with the development but with trump's firing. can we do anything? do the american people have any recourse against russia? any barriers? sorry to ask a long question but quickly. >> so, quickly, what americans can do is make sure that early and often they are contacting their elected representatives to lodge their disagreement, their concern and their disgust with the ip ak that we see and they can make sure they register people to vote. if congress is not going to do the job, then the american people have to take it in their own hands come november. >> glen and katie, thank you both very much. >>> coronavirus still more than a global health crisis. it's also a financial one. >> the cost of do

and it will not be grennell. david? >> all right, more to come on this. jon karl leading us off. thank you. >>> meantime tonight, president trump's lo-time associate roger stone sentenced today. stone convicted on seven counts, including lying to congress. the president had said federal prosecutors had asked for too much prison time. well, today, the judge, before hands down her sentence, issued a blistering rebuke of stone and then her sentence. here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: roger stone, the so-called dirty trickster and long-time friend of the president, smiling as he walked into court today amid cheers and jeers. >> traitor! >> reporter: but the smile drained from his face as he got a blistering dressing down from judge amy berman jackson. jackson making clear stone's conviction on seven felony counts, including lying to congress and witness tampering, warranted severe punishment. the judge bluntly saying stone "was not prosecuted, as some have claimed, for standing up for the president. he was prosecuted for covering up for the president

. >> it was only last week when the president put rick grennell.he thinks this was so provocative this will bolster ratcliffe's nomination. what does it say about both of these guys? >> that's a lobar for tho position, no less provocative. to me, they're both in the same category. both highly partisan politicians and not -- and don't have any particular professional qualifications that i think would make them suited to be director of national intelligence. in that sense it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. i do think -- i'm speculating here, there may be some complication with the federal vacancy act because as i understand it, the time clock was going to run out on march 11th for ambassador grennell. they would have turned into pumpkins on march 11th. by nominating someone, perhaps this restarts the clock. >> putting loyalty above experience, how dangerous is this? >> well, i think it's very dangerous. i think the first requisite for someone in this position should be professional capabilities and experience, expertise. in fact, the intellig

. >> in a tweet the president thanked richmond grennel ambassador to germany for stepping in and will be nominating a new candidate soon. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> still ahead, the u.s. women's soccer team with back-to-back world church-- back-to-back world champions and their push for equality. >>> and faster connections. the reason your new 5g phone is stuck at the factory. nd a back-up at the bay bridge toll plaza. mike has his eye on the morning commute and any night crashes that could affect your 7 rit no. mckissack and mckissack is the nation's oldest black-owned design and construction firm. before mike, we were desperate. there n of opportues f black-owned businesses to compete. mike saw that and he leveleddr black-owned businesses. over the years, we have heard a lot of talk. but mike came in, and he actually did something about it. and that's how mike will get it done as president. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> very sad situation here. southbound 101 we have three out of five lanes blocked by a leddy crash. four vehicles involved. one

richard grennell will become acting director of national intelligence criticism that that job shouldld by someone with deep expertise in intelligence. saudi air base where some 2500 u.s. troops are stationed, pompeo visits. finally good news, university of southern california will faze in free tuition for students with an annual family income of $80,000 or less. ownership of a home will not be counted in determining a student's financial need changes are fazed in for the first year students fall of 2020 kelly, that's the most expensive or one of the most expensive colleges in the united states. tyler paid like six cents when he went to uva in the '70s i paid three grande semester at ver virginia tech. >> usc, it's also free tuition, you get caught up in the bribery college scandals, they played a prit big part in that too. >> it wasn't free for many of the parents who will be in jail. >> that's right. brian sullivan, thank you. >>> here is what else is coming up on "the exchange. >> l brands says good-bye to victoria's secret. oracle employees are getting ready for a walk-out is appl

let's go to grennell college, grennell, iowa. tom foreman is there. this is the first round., wolf. people are not moving a lot. here and there. but widen out and take a look at what we see already. the big winner at the moment would be bernie sanders over here. look at those numbers for him. he is currently showing at about 44, 45% of the vote here. that's the first two sections of bleachers here. down here is the warren vote, another big winner at the moment. it's all preliminary. she's currently right on the doorstep of 30%, 28.6%, something like that. let's swing over to the other side and see what's happening over here. on other side you have a bunch of other candidates, including joe biden who currently are showing no indication that they can reach the threshold level, which means they have to get to enough voters to have that 15%. pete buttigieg has a pretty good showing there, but probably not enough to get him in, if you look at the numbers. this is just this site and just moments ago, wolf, we saw people running across the fluoro here to join in with some of these c

ambassador to germany, richard grennell, would replace mcguire as acting dni despite having no intelligenceerybody that has known him says he's a partisan hack and is ill equipped to handle this over his head, will he holds the job for one week or one day. >> willie? >> so let's bring in hans nick yol with more on this. he's in on this and ken delaney. you and andrea spoke to several different sources for this story. it looks pretty clear that the director of national intelligence, a representative for him, mr. mcguire went over, talked to the house intelligence committee and said the russians are coming for the 2020 election. they want donald trump to win again. donald trump catches wind of this briefing. dni doing its job be rates joseph mcguire, the acting director of national intelligence and on wednesday announces that he's out and richard grenell is in. how did this all go down? >> well, in my intelligence sources are absolutely aghast over this. this is one of their worst nightmares. what you're describing here is the behavior of an autocrat. up until now, we all know that donald tru