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this states governor or to at least compete for that pick. you have the current governors brian kemp looking like he with cruise past former senator david perdue. and if georgias a test of the strengths of the former presidents endorsement, then alabama may be a test of what happens when he takes that endorsement away, with mo brooks making a late push for a senate seat. were also live on the ground in tex. we have you covered with the democratic primarily getting a ton of attention, b...

David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Wideranging conversation the two of them had. Let me play a tape here from senator Lindsey Graham, senior senator from south carolina, responding to all of this. When it comes to Michael Cohen, you should be very suspicious of anything he says. Hes on the hot seat. Mr. Cohen, if youve got something new to say, you need to come to congress and say it under oath. Everyone is a lawyer. I should say, Lindsey Gr...

And get them to the airport. so the question of how president biden is going to be able to deliver on that commitment that we just heard him make is an open question at this hour, alex. >> 100%. there are no answers at this point. we dont know. thank you so much, josh leaderman, from the white house. joining me now washington congressman adam smith, chairman of the house armed services committee. awful glad to have you right now given what we are talking about, which begins with your reaction to...

National security team on the situation in afghanistan, including the new threat from isis against the kabul airport. i want to go to nbcs josh leaderman at the white house. first, i want to get into a response we are hearing about this isis threat at the airport we are hearing from the white house. >> reporter: we havent heard from president biden himself who was expected today to go to his home in wilmington a day after he was scheduled to. now the trip is scrapped all together as the presiden...

This the most likely candidates, adam schiff, jerry nadler, rasken from maryland, these are people from very democratic states on the coasts, from new york, from california. and nancy pelosis really adamant that she doesnt want republicans to have that talking point of being able to say that this is a coastal impeachment squad trying to go after the president. she wants to show that democrats from all over the country are united in this. >> all right. nbcs josh leaderman, thank you so much. >> t...

Thoughts about his lead counsel. seven of the democratic candidates have stopped in pittsburgh to talk education reform. their vows for americas schools while union dispute puts the next presidential debate in jeopardy. its been a historic week for the office of the presidency and the history-making events have not stopped. after yesterdays vote from the judiciary committee to approve two articles of impeachment and a marathon 14-hour hearing the day before, the committees now working on the ful...

They were losing business. >> that was it. >> market share. >> leaderman bail bonds, a huge bail bonds company in iowa with 150 agents across the midwest and a drive through service just outside the gates of iowas poke county jaj. this is jacob in des moines who told us to talk to his brother josh. josh? davenport declined interview requests. cnn did digging and it turns outs the leaderman may have decided money would do the talking. since 2017 josh leaderman has paid a powerful iowa lobbying fi...

Of iowas polk county jail. it turns out the leadermans may have decided money would do their talking. since 2017 josh leaderman has paid a powerful iowa lobbying firm more than $70,000. and also donated more than $36,000 to republican campaigns in 2018. thats more money donated in one year than hes spent in the past 15 years combined. and josh leaderman for the first time ever last year made a donation to a republican representative in rural storm lake iowa named gary worthan. worthans district ...

Resident of our community by a police officer. it is as if one member of our family died at the hands of another. when a city is challenged just as when a nation is challenged, the most important thing you can fall back on is your values. >> pete buttigieg yesterday at the south carolina democratic convention pulling himself off the campaign trail for several days. the mayor of south bend was tested this week following the fatal shooting of erik logan a black man by a police officer in south ben...

With enough african americans in leadership positions within the city of south bend who could provide advice about how the community is feeling and what they need. lets listen to what they had to say. >> one thing about good leaders, they dont avoid trouble. they face it. and petes been good at that. pete needs to face that, and people are going to say what theyre going to say, but his record should speak for itself. >> when buttigieg says he cares about the black community. >> i dont believe th...