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this state's 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 georgia's a test of the strengths of the former president's 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. we're also live on the ground in tex. we have you covered with the democratic primarily getting a ton of attention, between a incumbent and a political newcomer backed by some of the biggest names in the progressi...

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 Graham is actually a lawyer. So he has some justification there weighing in, i guess, on what happens ...

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 don't 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 our new reporting of an isis threat against kabul airport. how much do you think this changes the ...

National security team on the situation in afghanistan, including the new threat from isis against the kabul airport. i want to go to nbc's 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 haven't 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 president stays with national security aides addressing the situation in afghanistan. we know he met this ...

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 pelosi's really adamant that she doesn't 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. nbc's josh leaderman, thank you so much. >> thanks. for president trump the impeachment battle is becoming a defining moment in his presiden...