Of this, theyre telling us, wolf, that Dennis Mcdonough, the white house chief staff, took darld kush next Donald Trumps soninlaw, who was a key aide during the course of this campaign, for a stroll on the south lawn of the white house. Its being described as a full stroll of the south lawn of the white house. Thats a good walk. On the south lawn of the white house, wolf. And youll recall, its that same stroll that president obama and Dennis Mcdonough took time and again, youll remember, right before president obama decided not to call for a bombing in syria, air strikes in syria, that he and Dennis Mcdonough took that stroll on the south lawn of the white house, and thats when obama revealed to mcdonough he wasnt going to take that action and call for air strikes in syria. Its interesting, just some of the color to pass on from here at the white house, in addition to this historic meeting between the president and president elect, two of the very top aides for both parties here, Denni
President elect with the president of the United States, barack obama. They will meet in the oval office. It might last an hour, could last two hours based on historic precedent. They will have an opportunity to discuss all of the history that is unfolding right now, and the president , president obama, clearly wants to do as much as he can to make this a smooth transition. We know from president obama he was very grateful to president bush eight years ago, when president bush warmly welcomed him into the white house and provided him with a lot of the background he needed during this transition period between now and january 20th, when president elect trump eventually on january 20th will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Dana, once again, its a little frustrating to the journalists that the white house apparently has not allowed cameras to capture live images of donald trump arriving at the white house. We will have images, we will have cameras inside the oval of
Lets go first to doug mcelway covering on the partial shutdown. s live from the rotunda on capitol hill. Whats the latest. Good afternoon, molly. Both houses of congress convened two minutes ago, and dont expect anything to get done because theres nothing to do here. Whatever is done is behind the president s chief negotiationing people, vicepresident mike pence, soninlaw Jared Kushner, and Chuck Schumer. Nancy pelosi im told is not in town. And the whip steny hoyer told me. If theres progress, its probably along the line of verba verbage, the word of the wall. Hoyer is of the belief if they could replace it with a term like virtual wall. He doesnt have the votes for a wall. He has votes for strengthsening Border Security through technological means, personnel means, and a number of other ways, and thats not going to change between now and whenever, so it would, i think, be in the best interest of the country and i think the best interest of the president and congress if we would come
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 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 are and thats what our decision is. Weve told them we expect him to show up on thursday and were going to co
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 are and thats what our decision is. Weve told them we expect him to show up on thursday and were going to conduct the inquiry as we said we would. The Justice Department told nbc news tonight, quote, the attorney general agreed to appear before congress, therefore, members of congress should be the ones doing the questioning. Tonight the New York Times reports nadler plans to have the full Judiciary Committee vote wednesday on whether to have counsel question barr. The committees Top Republican s