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Be okay -- they're playing loose with the law which you wouldn't think he would do. >> tom, we're going to have to cut the interview short. i think we got the gist of what you're saying. some audio issues. we appreciate you joining us. we will see whether mr. johnson gets that vote that he wants. be very interesting to see this play out. thank you, tom. u.s. defense secretary mark esper was in afghanistan this weekend and was one of president trump's chief opponents. house speaker nancy pelosi's office said she's just wrapped up an unannounced visit to the country. >> nancy pelosi also visit...

Welcome back, everyone. well, u.s. defense secretary mark esper was in afghanistan this weekend. so was one of president trump's chief opponents. house speaker nancy pelosi's office said she's wrapped up an unannounced trip to the country. she met with esper and top afghan officials. pelosi also visited jordan on saturday. she led a congressional delegation and met with king abdullah, middle east policy and syria topped the agenda. the impeachment inquiry of u.s. president donald trump rolls on this week. several top diplomats are expected to testify before congress, and that includes bill tay...

President of the united states. >> nearly six weeks after president trump touted extreme vetting a far more reserved rollout today out of public view. the white house tweeting this photo of the president signing the revised executive order. >> this is a watered down version of the first one. this is a watered down version and let me tell you something. i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way which is what i wanted to do in the first place. >> msnbc's chief legal correspondent ari melber is joining me right now, along with our panel. jess mcintosh now executive editor, a...

Is facing real challenge because of his damaging admission that the house benghazi committee was politically motivated. he has tried to take that become but inside the republican caucus, opponents are not letting him off the hook that easily. nbc's luke russert is live on capitol hill, just outside the republican conference. luke, how serious is this challenge? do we know? it's a secret ballot. >> reporter: well, andrea, i think it's safe to say kevin mccarthy is going to be okay within the confines of the house gop conference today. all he needs is 124 votes. he just walked into the room, he ...

As we see in our own state of the union and this kind of applause, which is bipartisan because support of israel in this country has always been bipartisan. you've got 50 democrats who are saying they're not attending this and this is a speech that the president has made very clear he believes is political and by the way, is counterprogramming with a trade call with foreign leaders at the same time that the prime minister is set to speak before the congress. >> jake, when you see these images, it does look very much like a state of the union address. the prime minister of israel in this partic...