Burgdorf. While Rescue Efforts are still under way, Mexican Crews Race to save people trapped beneath the crumblings. The u. S. Geological survey said yesterdays quake was centered near the town of san juan roboso. Officials have lowered the death toll to 217 after initially raising to over 250 overnight. Dozens of buildings were reduced to rubble or severely damaged in densely populated parts of the city. The president says roughly 40 of the capital is without power. Meanwhile Officials Say at least 25 children and adults after their school in mexico city has collapsed. 11 people have been rescued. Still others unaccounted for. This is video from our colleagues at telemundo of their
office in mexico, shaking during that earthquake. You see them bracing themselves agency the tv monitors begin to sway. President trump tweeted his support. Writing god bless the people of mexico city. We are with you and we will be there for you. Steve, good to talk to you this morning. Just an incredible
He says he would like to cooperate with the impeachment investigators. He says he would also like to cooperate with the federal prosecutors who have charged him in the Southern District of new york. But he is right now out on bond awaiting trial. And i will just mention at the outset that i am cognizant of the fact that we are presenting the second part of this interview tonight rather than just diving right into some of the other momentous and historic news of today, including the start today of the senate trial of President Trump. Today marks only the third time in u. S. History that an american president has faced an impeachment trial in the senate and it was a solemn beginning today. The administering the of the oath to the chief justice of the supreme court, the administering to all u. S. Senators, all of the senators individually signing their names to the oath one by one in alphabetical order. Its a solemn thing. Its a sobering thing. This is a big deal. A and it is worth the ma
Dowd, the president s legal team has essentially come down to e one, john sekulow. A source tells cnn that the president has spoken with rob porter multiple times, essentially using him as a sounding board. Porter, who never obtained his full security clearance when he was working at the white house, was pushed out a couple of months ago after reports of Domestic Abuse involving not just one but both of his exwives. But, according to some reports, the president may want him back. And growing questions today around the president s tweets. Ridiculing his critics, typically a mainstay of his feed. Noticeably absent, any mention whatsoever of this woman, Stormy Daniels. Cnn has new reporting that the president knows he must handle the topic with more care than he does other matters and he, quote, unquote, knows the stakes. Lets start with senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny, waiting for that to begin. First on this thanks but no thanks from more lawyers to join team trump. You cer
Second. S that very big deal. Following all these storylines for us from the white house is nbcscally odonnell. Cally, run us through this. So much has developed since last night when we first heard of the discussion of a subpoena. Then another unexpected change to the trump legal team. For people who dont follow it as closely as you and i do it seems like a Seismic Shift like things are changing on the president s legal strategy. It is that sort of popping today but its been the works behind the scenes for a long time. By that i mean our sources have told us that the president and those top officials here in the white house have been trying to bring in this lawyer that you mentioned, emmett flood from the firm in washington, to bring him inside the white house. You mentioned his work on the clinton impeachment case, more recently inside the White House Counsels Office for george w. Bush. He dealt with investigation. He has relevant and recent experience in these key areas. A White Col
big deal. the issue at hand is not so much whether a president can be subpoenaed although that s relevant but whether the president must comply with a subpoena if he gets one. this is an important question which analysis from the new york times highlights. above the fold smack on a 1 of today s newspaper reads the headline why talking with mueller is a minefield. the analysis there says the list of questions reportedly compiled by jump s lawyer jay sekulow on what mueller would ask shows why his lawyers think an interview with the special counsel would be dangerous for trump. to talk about this, daniel goldman, danny is a vallos author of the piece i just told you about in the nooim. charlie savage, and jays vance, msnbc could transcriber and former u.s. attorney in alabama.