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History. Threat assessment. Andrew mccabe tells Savannah Guthrie on the today show he ordered a counterintelligence investigation into President Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin in 2017. He says he briefed leaders in both parties about that. He says no one obtained. We had information that led us to believe that there might be a threat to National Security, in this case that the president himself might in fact be a threat to the United States National Security. And going nuclear. Whistleb...

Say doesnt exist. How the president s own words may come back to bite him. And hate crime or hoax. Thats the question Chicago Police are trying to answer, investigating whether the investigation against smollett was staged. We have a show with our team set up and ready to go. Fallout from Andrew Mccabe. The president calling him a liar. The white house saying he has no credibility and the doj maint n maintaining mccabes version of events are inaccurate and incorrect. So heres mccabe in his own w...

Gillibrand announces, introducing herself as someone who isnt afraid of progress. Thats wooim wooi ihy im runni president. And jeb bush says he wants america republicans to have another option. I think someone should run just because americans should be given a choice. Its march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. And now a st. Patricks day safety message from ice t. Dont puke in the [ bleep ]. Good message. Katie phan, and executive director of the Civil Rights Group color of change. Let me start wit...

Wasting time and trying to have a doover of the 2016 president ial election. So we are expecting to hear from Speaker Pelosi and democratic leadership in moments. Both are facing new pressure to start the impeachment proceedings. Our team of reporters is here with the latest reaction and todays big story. Lets start in washington, d. C. Leeann caldwell and Geoff Bennett for us. Were expecting to hear from the leaders of the house shortly. If nancy pelosi well see if nancy pelosi has more to say ...

Ally of pompeos that is significant, of course, coming on the heels of the oust of the president s former National Security adviser john bolton, who was widely perceived as being a hawk, someone who clashed frequently with pompeo, with President Trump, frankly, one of the breaking points of course over how to handle iran and whether or not the president should invite members of the taliban to camp david. Something that bolton was staunchly opposed to and of course those are just among the elemen...

House. Were looking at the president s party as well, how republicans are trying to defend their leader with what our First Read Team calls a weak hand. As one of their former colleagues says its time to put their principles over their careers. Also, what does all of this mean for joe biden . The president s allies are trying to transfer the heat onto the former vice president. So is his Campaign Ready to handle that pressure . Well dig into that in just a bit. But we start at the center of this...

Ukraine policy from the nsc, knows about the cut offof military aid. Its going to be a crucial part of this testimony. Thats the quo in the quid pro quo and fiona hill probably can tell us about that. And the bidens strike back. Hunter biden announcing he will step down from a Chinese Investment company and stop doing any foreign business if his father selected president , as joe biden fiercely defends his son. No one, no one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. No one has asserted that...

Fight against the president s unsubstantiated claims about his son. And meanwhile, a Seismic Shift on capitol hill. The list getting longer by the hour as more democrats are backing action on impeachment, reportedly the dam is breaking. Seven freshmen lawmakers with National Security backgrounds wrote a new scathing oped backing an impeachment inquiry. The House Speaker set to hold a closed door meeting in just a few hours. Two of those aforementioned lawmakers will join me. But we start with Pr...

On. The lawmaker that led the charge literally into a secure room, delaying testimony from a top pentagon official protesting the process. What about the substance . Were learning this morning that President Trump liked that whole thing after thanking republicans for having his back. These are warriors. These are people that fight with me all the time on the witch hunts. Weve got our news team lined up with both ends of pennsylvania avenue and around the world with other big news today. Garrett ...

Kurdish leaders say theyre under attack despite the peace deal announced by the president. It would be unthinkable to me that turkey would not suffer consequence form malevolent behavior. Elijah cummings becomes the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the capitol, beloved by democrats and republicans. Elijah was truly a master of the house. He respected its history. And in it, he helped shape americas future. Hes defined bit character of his heart, the honesty of his dialogue, and ...