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President potentially has tonight caused more questions about his motivation by ending his Resignation Letter with the phase that pays, america first. As the 11th hour gets under way on a monday night. As we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 830 of the trump administration. This may be a big shiny extraction, but after all things tonight, the attorney general is objecting to being questioned by a lawyer at a house hearing. He wants to ...

Tonight, the attorney general is objecting to being questioned by a lawyer at a house hearing. He wants to be questioned by only members of the house Judiciary Committee. William barr has threatened to cancel his testimony. Then the house thursday. So far the Committee Chairman in the house, jerry nadler, democrat of new york, is not backing down. Its not up to the attorney general to tell the committee how to conduct its business. We will decide what the most effective way of asking questions a...

Trying to get him to do that he doesnt want to do, in order to really figure it out, you got to go back and look at the history of, like, Harriet Myers as white House Counsel or janet reno for bill clinton and the eric holder contempt controversy in the barack obama presidency. I mean, you have to go back to George Washington and the whole idea of executive privilege in the first place. I mean, its it is the exact kind of rabbit hole that i fit perfectly inside. I could live the rest of my life ...

Terrorists at the southern border. And we look at how aoc is trolling the gop. But we start with President Trumps pr offensive on his broken wall promise. Trump scrambling with democrats, standing tough, and more signs republicans are cracking on day 17 of the trump shutdown. Trump announcing today he will address the nation from the oval office for the first time tomorrow, and he will visit the border on thursday, saying it is a humanitarian and National Security crisis. This is a crisis for tr...

And im sad for all the people who sacrificed in the way they have in something that was being won. One of the concerns i had from the outset with syria is that officials with the Obama Administrations and pentagon at the time could never give me a straight answer whats our objective. Congress never authorized it. Thats a problem and why i applaud President Trumps decision. Bill kevin, good morning. Whats up . Good morning. I can tell you this, when you go to background briefings on topics like t...

You keep talking about it. No, the last time you shut it down. No, no, no, 20 times i wonder if i sit real still if they will even notice im here. Im a manila envelope taped to a beige wall. No one can see me. None of us have said you want to know something . You want to put this on my you said it. You said it. President pence. The pence administration. The michael pence president ial library and casino. That was quite a scene yesterday. Wow. Yeah. At his worst, donald trump has been a bully and...

To agree with him on the necessity of a barrier on the southern border and came to us and said, look, we agree with you, youre winning the battle on the importance of a barrier on the southern border but we simply cannot work with you while the government is open. Cnns Boris Sanchez joins us at the white house. Boris, mulvaney probably meant to say while the government is closed, not open. That notwithstanding, hes claiming a number of democrats are telling him in private, in secret, dont tell a...

The president said he can relate, they can adjust. They can adjust. He cant relate. I want you to see whos paying the price for our politics. And this all comes to a head when the president speaks to the country about the border tomorrow night. Our First Closing argument of 2019 is a letter to our leader. The time is now, my friends. Lets get after it. Day 17 of a Government Shutdown that should have never happened. My new years wish was that this congress do their damn jobs, find solutions, kee...

People, families who dont have an adjustment they can make. The president said he can relate, they can adjust. They can adjust. He cant relate. I want you to see whos paying the price for our politics. And this all comes to a head when the president speaks to the country about the border tomorrow night. Our First Closing argument of 2019 is a letter to our leader. The time is now, my friends. Lets get after it. Day 17 of a Government Shutdown that should have never happened. My new years wish wa...

Almost certain to become the longest, it is not just democrats at the white house that they have to worry about. I want to bring in cnns joe johns, and the oval office speeches have gravitas that twe tweets do not. Does the president believe it is going turn his way and the poll ing is consistent on this that a minority of americans support the wall. Will the president be able to change that . That is certainly the Million Dollar question, and that is certainly what the president is hoping with ...