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Different than before saying that they want to try to get the information out of the court to see whether or not any impeachment probe is warranted. She seems to be going away from her previous concerns that republicans who control the senate will ultimately kill any impeachment push now at a meeting this morning, nancy pelosi told her members that if they needed to support impeachment inquiry they could. She told me the same thing on her way into the meeting. But a number of members made clear ...

Report, mueller saying for the first time that from the out set of the probe under Justice Department rules, his office could not indict a sitting president but indicating that now its up to congress. The opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal Justice System to formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doindoing and beyond Department Policy we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially it would be unfair to potentially accus...

Heres speaker nancy pelosi. Stand by. Good morning. Here we are. Continuing a late night into the next morning. I would say to the members who can hoot with the owls and soar with the eagles the next morning. Theyre there on the floor with the appropriations bill. I want to start off the morning to say that leader mcconnell seems to take great pride in calling himself the grim reaper. Its part of his political campaign. Its part of the pride he takes as leader of the senate. As you see, what he ...

Vladimir putin a pass. Thats what happened when Mitch Mcconnell blocked two bipartisan bills in the senate which would have helped protect your vote from foreign interference. One, to help get election machines to have paper ballots, second to mandate campaigns with foreign offers of help to report to the fbi. The timing couldnt be more perfect. It came one day after former special Counsel Robert Mueller told us in his own words what he and his team found in their 18month investigation, that the...

Against attorney general william barr and former White House Council dan mcgann as Speaker Nancy Pelosi facing increasing pressure to start impeaching inquiry. I respect their impatience, its important. Shes a nasty vindictive person. A key member of the House Judiciary Committee. Then i believe i could no longer support an amendment that makes that right depending on someones zip code. Joe biden flips on federal abortion funding after backlash from democrats. We will ask sundays panel to win ov...

Foreign governments way. Moscow mitch needs donald trump to win to keep the spigot of far right judges flowing. Were going to have more on this growing republican shame in tonights show. Were also hearing disturbing new details about the 18yearold american citizen who was detained by customs and Border Protection for three weeks, even after showing officials his i. D. , his Social Security card and his birth certificate. That is coming up as well. But first, we are crossing a threshold. That is ...

Sea change . Can he expand his base beyond the diehard supporters in maga hats . Will he be a oneterm president elected by a minority of American Voters or the standard bearer of american conservatism for the next generation. As peter baker puts it in the new york times, what kind of country do americans really want at this point . The big question today is, can maga 2. 0 win over a majority of American Voters . Joining me now, nbc news political reporter monica alba, former rnc chairman and pol...

Rico. The island, which was decimated by hurricane maria, and the target of political attacks by donald trump, signaled impeachment could be on the horizon. Nbc news has this quote, the news came after three attorneys kmised commissioned by the president of puerto rico unanimously found five offenses that constituted grounds for impeachment. Of course, an investigation that uncovers offenses that constitute grounds for impeachment has undeniable parallel to calculations being made by washington ...

Hes ready to take on the democratic establishment. And so are some of the democratic candidates. Bidens 2020 rivals pounce on a new comment about his old senate colleagues. Tonight im talking to one of the president ial candidates hitting biden the hardest. Plus, democrats on capitol hill push for answers from one of President Trumps closest confidants. And from speaker pelosi. Welcome to wednesday. Its meet the press daily. And we begin with a big new dilemma facing democrats. Because he made i...

Exists heading into 2020. It is that same threat Robert Mueller laid out when he testified before Congress Earlier this week. Over the course of my career i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy. The russian governments effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious. It wasnt a single attempt. Theyre doing it as we sit here and they expect to do it during the next campaign. You ready . But in the nearly 48 hours since he gave that stark warning, republican lawmakers ha...