One top democrat hoping for any evidence that he sayse1 will pre the president isnr guilty of hi crimes. Well dig into that in just a moment. On this busy week, though, Robert Mueller will testify one capitol hill. The president leaning hard into his culture war. He, again, this morning issued a flurry of tweets atj king the mueller testimony as a democratic doover, also attacking four democratic congresswomen of color, a story line that he has pushed fori] eight days now. We break it all down with msnbcsko gacnat haake. He is at the Naacp Convention in detroit where nancy pelosi and ashida tlaib have bothe1 spok. We have an msnbc political analyst in kimberlyni atkins, sn National Correspondent for wbur, bostons npr news station. Garrett, start with you in detroit, how big of an issue there hiwa the president s remarks been . Well, craig, its interesting, the theme of this conference is when we fight we win. E1 and so all the speakers have had exactly that tone in address the president and his policies. Q it was really onlye1 tlaib who took on the president directly over hise1 attacks on the socalled squad. She wasted no time in doing it. As soon as she took the stage. Take a listen. Hello yeah, im not goinge1 nowhere. Not until i impeach this preponderate. Its beyond just the four of us, the squad is all of you. And craig, even as ime1 speaking to you the speaker on stage behind me just made another reference to the squad, the idea that all folks here need to stick together essentially to oppose this president. Tlaib spoke to reporters after she left the stage but unfortunately we missed the president s tweet. It came a few minutes after she left. Lp but absolutely not backing down from thisx oc back and forth wi the president who is now calling her, once again,e1 a racist. All right,q t garrett, stand for me if you can. Michael, it looks like the president has called out your reporting specifically on his twitter feed. You wrote about the political crisis created by the trump tweets. I want to read a bit of your article. Well put it on screen and ill read itco for the folks. President trumps own top aides did not think he fully understood what he had done last saturday when he fired off a trio of racist tweets. As isnico often the cas trump a alone impulsively. Now the country would have to pick up the pieces take us inside, michael, if you can the corners of washington for those, how blind sided have white house aides and republican lawmakers been over the initial tweets and thelp aftermath . Gn211n they didnt know they were coming and then they spent several days working with him to sort of reframe those tweets and thent you had that process rept itself later in the week last week after the chants at the rally in North Carolina where they askedni him to basically disavow. He did and then he kind of came 91 and sometimes go too far si those around him and then he tries to recalibrate without obviously admitting error or admitting that he isni backing down. We saw that early in the week where, you know, the tweets made took issue with the fact that, you know, saying these people these four congresswomen should go back to their country. He sort of dropped t ag rhetoriv afterwards. And said anyone who could criticize us should go back can leave the country if they want and then he pivoted to whether or not they loved the n issue of patriotism, which is a place where republican strategist and people inside the white house are far more comfortable. As we know ct trumpfa controversies, they tend to diev xd days. He outrages, walks it back. Democrats it back, republicans cover. It is a fla song and dance. This one, though,q continues. The president againxd tweeting juste1 this morning, how for eid days after his initial tweets, whos are voices in this white house that can temper the president sc twitter feed . Are there any no nrone. I dont think anyone can, and most of the people i talk to in the white house say the way to survive in the Trump Presidency is not to try to censor the president or try to get him to dweet differently. Its to be ready to ride the wavesq when he throws a curve ball at all of the white house aides and they have to scramble. Last week and i would say this week white house aides are continuing to scrambun to try to really in some ways translate what the president is saying on all week the white house was trying to pivot but then thatt chant came in North Carolina and it was very clear Trump Supporters heard him loud and clear. I dont mean to cut you offo occasion e theco somberstop and were having thisco conversatio President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump there standing with heads bowed inside the Capitol Rotunda paying respects to the lateni Justice Stevens, lying in repose. Last week. Set toe1 lie in repose there i6 the Capitol Rotunda. He is at the Supreme Court, ive been i]told,i] not the capitol. President trumpw there and th first lady at the Supreme CourtSupreme Court, again President Trump and first lady melania are paying their respects to justic steve. Ji h lc and, again, it should be noted here that what you make about this president s politics so far his effect on the judiciary so farlp has been undeniable in addition to his Supreme Court election he has been able to courts as well. To thats right and a lot of people who stick with President Trump through this controversy over his twey continue to tell me and other reporters that it really is about his judicial nominees and the fact hes been able to get almost a Record Number of judgesq appointed all across the country with the help of senator mitch mcconnell. That said white house aides ive talked to have acknowledged to me that they think the president made aco mistake when he talked about the socalled squad going back to their countries and hes trying to make thate1 change. On friday i put it to the president bluntly when i asked him are you backtracking from disavowing this chantt in nort carolina that said send her back and he refused to answer the question and said democrats were thee1 ones that were racis. You have a president trying to have it both ways. He wants the crowd to feel supported who chanted sendt h back and saying hes really talking about patriotism. Kimberly the republican so far has been, shall we t say,e1 muted, Vice President pence hedged his answers to questions on cbs on sunday. The spokesman whoq took up the president s mantle on fox news, advisere1 Stephen Miller, here what he said. I think the term racist, chris, has become a label that is too often deployed byok the q to silence and country, punish and suppress people they disagree with. Me cu issue. The heart of nrw3 congresswomen detest america as itfa exists ase qa i currentlyni constructed. They want to tear down the structure of our country. They want ruco to be a socialis openi] borders country. Andni we know that pretty mu nothing that he said there was true. But what does it say,lp kimberl that Stephen Miller is the white houses voice onni this . I think it speaks volumes. We have a white house that has no one in a senior position, very few people of color atok a. And no b i i american in that white housue< there is. And so fore1 an accusation of racism to be countered by Stephen Miller of all people, who is one of the chief architects of the nationalistic tone that the president has taken since his inauguration, i ] jjz that in itself speaks volumes. The president himself has . ;lp m clear that he has no intention of giving up < race, using thats a tool on his way to the Supreme Court from his twitter account. He, again, attacked these four members of congress, calling them racist. As he went to that very solemnf occasion where justice john pao. Stevens isr8svrg in repose. So if thaul doesnt temper his tone on a day like today then nothingq will. This president has used racet is firstsident has used racet campaign. And hee1 sees that as a winning strategy, focusing onehnn cultu wars and attacking opponents using that as a dividing line. Michael, i want to talk a littlew3 bit more about the political reaction. I want to read one more part of your story here. Zfd many in both parties werets7c stunned as how far he had gone this time. Republicans were fearful of the potential damage but reluctant to confront or contradict trump. The white house and the Trump Campaign sought to contain thec furor without alienating key supporters. Democrats finally unified after a week of squabbling to roundly condemn the president. Whats been happening behind we have to make sure thisok cha does not continue at rallies going forward. And that led ultimately to the president saying he was unhappy with the chant. Balance. Y delica in congress anste would rather just turn the page. You know, theres a danger, onef of dividing republican coalitions going into theco 202 elections if they highlight these differences. Secondly, theres a selfish interest at play because President Trump has shown hes very willing to go after members of his own party if they criticize him publicly. So a lot of members dont want to do that. And so they pthey tend to fall back on statements like we should bring the country together, we should focus on the issues,co or this isnt about re or immigration, where people came from. Came from originally. co bob mueller set toe1 testi1 wednesday before two committees on the hill. From this administration on the that ents plans to watchmhea testimony . I put the question i put the question directly to President Trump on friday. Will you be watching rwuiq muellers testimony . He said he does not plan to watch it. But i think we should all be ready for the president to be seeing clips of it if not watching the entire thing. White house aides will definitely bee1 keeping an eye it. There is a lot at stake for this there is a lot at stake for this white housel feel as though the Robert Mueller report really landed with a thud in washington and across the country. People arent really reading it or talking about it. There is the potential for Robert Mueller to be talking about the president instructing twe people to lie, trying to stop the investigation and putting it on television as democrats really wante1 to do, could mean some political problems for the president. Michael, the president also apparently saw fit to goe1 afte you and your colleagues there at the Washington Post in a tweet calling the Washington Post story fake, fake news, as he does from time to time. Youre1 reaction to being called out there by the president of the United States like that . I think its very much in keeping with his way of dealing with criticism, includinge1 criticism from those close to him and around cohim. All right. Well leave it there. Jared and kim thank you. Gar et a Garrett Haake in detroitt e1 covering the Naacp Convention. Why the secretary of state mike poqldo says hes taking it with a significant grain of salt. The president also says its totally false. Plus, more than a Million People expectede1e1 to take to streets in puerto rico today as the governor there continues to refuse to step down. It is the largest demonstration san juan has seen yet. Well take you there live. T fors they guarantee your rates wont go up just because of an accident. Smart kid. Indeed. Are you in good hands . Would shakespeare have chosen just some pens . S. Methinks a tul pen would serve mlady well. Thanks and a unicorn notebook get everything on your list. This weeks doorbuster notebooks for 10¢, 10¢ in store or online from the advisors at office depot officemax. Here, hello starts with hi mple. How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone [ camera clicking ] wifi up there . Ahhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. 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What else is tehran saying about all of this . Hi,xd craig, at this briefin this morning they were quick to point out that since donald trump came to power and since gina haspel was appointed cia chief the u. S. Hast considerab ratcheted upfa its clandestine activities in iran by recruiting a fairly large number ofxd irann assets to spy for them and to conduct acts ofthhap otage in in f. a them. Theyfa wanted to make it very clear that no surreptitious actions infa iran go undetectedy the Intelligence Ministry. Theyre saying that they have eyes everywhere and they will catch people that are trying to pull moves like this. Now, even though secretary pompeo said thatxd much of this was oklies, the iranians did release an awful lotfat of information today and on the surface it seems legitimate. We do need to do a lot more digging. Its not craig,look, as you unusual for iran to make these announcements. Theyve made it up. Ive made these announcements a lot of times in the past. Theyve brokent up controll by the cia i it was, however, very unusual to give a briefinge1 to the media, especially a foreign media. I was{jju uq to go. It was unusual to make ae1 documentary about this which theyve released on state tv and to go into all the details abo5a these people. They lured people in. They were going after a u. S. E1 1 they tried to sweeten them saying they would give them u. S. Visas and jobs abroad. And then the head of the counterintelligence unit said theseq assets were tricked by te United States because they never got those visas,e1 and they nev got those jobs. It was also unusual that they released all this audio and video and photographs of diplomats, some of them with their families, that the y iranians alleged are cia agents. They released a2n clip of a fee alleged cia agent talking to her apparent asset in dubai. She was speaking to him in persian, giving him instructions and telling him to be very careful because there aret a l of iranao Intelligence Officers operating in dubai, and he should have his wits about him. So they made a big deal about this. Theynb wanted to both for domesc consumption and foreign consumption. They wanted to warn people in iran that if they have anyxd inclination of spying for the u. S. Or becoming an asset for thefa cia, that they are going be caught and the consequences will bexdxd severe. Ti kt gaylm tweeted about this report, calling it totally false and more lies and propaganda. This is what the secretary of state just said. I would urge everyone to understand that thee1 regime haa long history oft lying. I would take with a significant grain offr salt any assertions actions theyve taken . Should we be taking it with a grain of e1salt . Jf i think so. But its anxd eye for eye that going to leave everyone blind in the end. You see an exchange of words and it all comes ate1 such a really fragile and volatile time when you talk about the uk tanker a you talk about the iranian sh thats being held right now. You have really voices that are growing louder and the question is, how do youxd really deescal1 amid maximum pressure campaigns, amide1 these reallcco sounds fr all sides that make it very clear, thatlp an off ramp is gog to be harder and harder to find. You see the uk, the u. S. ,x in certain ways, in circles trying to figure out how to get out of this moment. Britain holding a crisis meeting after iran sees its oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. Heres the thing for folks who dont follow this stuff as closely as you do, gayle, and t would be gained bye1 claiming tt tkpwhats the play there . Dy . Tkpwhats the play there . Dy . aq ou know, this is really, in the narrative. Iran wants to show thatni the sanctions, whichw3 has really li it with awjuk difficult economy, you see the u. S. Wants to send iran to almost no exports of oil when the irania, economy dependsi on oil exports. There is an iranian ship filled with corn sitti e off the coast ofxd brazil that cant go anywhe because itco doesnt have fuel. You have all these situations where the sanctions of the United States are hurting the iranian economy, hurting the way the tcan access red meat, whats projected to be the largest demonstration in puerto rico history, more than,e1 a million demonstrators are expected in san juanxd calling r the governor to step aside. The demonstrations coming despite his promise sundaye1 no to seek reelection following the controversy over his leaked and offensive text messages. Ok ur psoriasis symptoms didnt follow you around . Thats why theres ilumya. With just 2 doses, a majority of people were clear or almost clear. And over time, even more people were clear or almost clear. All with dosing 4 times a year. After 2 initial doses. 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Theyre calling on him to step aside despite that promise on sunday not to seek reelection following the controversy over his leaked and offensive text messages. There are also, and have been for some time, widespread reports of government corruption on puerto rico. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez remains in san juan for use1 this morning. Hejf oins me now on the phone. Gabe, whats the scene on the island right now . Reporter hi e1there, craig, you can see from the live pictures we are see a that is larger than any that we have experienced sincee1 this scanda broke a little more than a week ago. Protesters have shut down the main highway here. I will say all of this is peaceful so far but there is an incredible amount of people that showed up just after dawn here . apa they are telling me ist what the governor said yesterday that he was announcing he would not seek reelection next year and that he was stepping down as the head of his Political Party, yet he was not t autauq a they basically say that they will not quit until the governor himself quits and they plan to continue to put pressure on him until he does so. Now, craig, this is something that we have seen for the last several days, demonstrations. 1n appears to be thee1 largest organizers her say they had expected about a Million People so far,e1q its d to get an accurate estimate on the crowd size so far. I can tell you, craig,qnrahrj demonstration weve seen yet, craig. Were looking at these pictures here, gabe, we can see major, major roadways appear to be shut down entirely impassable, i know a number of businesses as you reported earlier many of the businesses there on the island have shut down. Do you get the sense, gabe, afp talking to some of these demonstrators and government officials as well, do you get thet sensee1 that theres any compromise that could be reached, short of governthe gov stepping down . T reporter xd hi there, craig, its a little difficult to hear you, i believe you saidehgo i gt a sense the governor is planning on stepping down . Yesterday ta the pressure and that he would step downni aheade1p,of todays protests because they have been so anticipated. Many Business Owners were fearful of what could happen here if they got off patrols or anything turned violent. So fsr they have not. But, again, san juan has shut down. Many businesseseq qq red to cl3 for the day. Cruise ships have decided not to dock herew3 cmotoday. This is something that the Business Community here on the island is fearful this could hurt tourism. There was somee1 sentiment that perhaps the governor was feeling the pressure and he would resign. He did not, however, and it remains to be seen how todays demonstration will change anyi f that. The next question is, do we know what happens . Well, lawmakers here, will they move to impeach him . Nothing clear at this point. Several people from the administration have also of this. Its really hard to u hes lost theu its very difficult to see how he survives politically through this. But for1b. Now, craig, he is holding on. Gabe gutierrez, on the phone for us the in san juan. San juan, puerto rico, of course theco capital. Gabe, keep us posted. The largest protest ever in the cpright nowpuerto rico under way tellsn the island usehpot far been peaceful as well. Meanwhile, the 2020 democratic contenders pushing toward their next rounde1 of debates. And a newe1 headline in the atlantic asks,e1 Elizabeth Warr has momentum, can she build a movement . Just this morning the candidate wrote this, the comant economic crash and how to stop it, in it she laysnr out a plan to increa minimum wage, cancelling some student loan debt, keepingo01 a closer eye on Corporate Lending and more. E1 joining me now, the former Deputy Assistant secretary of state, spokesman for Hillary Clinton and he also cohosts thq podcast unredacted. And the White House Correspondent for pbs newshour, a msnbc political analyst. Ok ille1 start with fayou, the atlantic article points out what warren hasc are we seeing ground Level Campaign building that has potential to go the distance, or is this the candidatei] of the moment . Elizabeth warren hase1 had a long ande1 storied following fo while now. T o[ i remember when covering senator Bernie Sanders in 2016 there were a lot of people who told me im really excited about bernie but i wish Elizabeth Warren was running. So i think now were starting to seenat when Elizabeth Warren is in the race Bernie Sanders is taking a hit because shes funnelingtxaajt that support awaylp from him and into her w3 campaign. I think she has laid out in a lot of policy ways, things that people can get excited about. Detail really bringings to her w3campaign. I think that that makes people feel as though its a movement more than a moment. Its so early i think it would be itsxd pretty normal to think that there are going to be a number of frontni runners, democratic consultants and pollsters that ive talked tg say we could see a round of front runners up untilni next year. Sanders might beni losing hi New Hampshire firewall saying in part with a little more than six months to go until the 2020 New Hampshire primary sanders he has gone from being the unquestioned front runner to second place and sliding. You are in axd unique position someone who has faced a Sanders Campaign before. What does his future look like . I think were seeing why abeth warren didnt run in 2016. There clearly is some overlapokn their support base, although politico had a very interesting piece last week about howxd the dem krafices are actually prett distinct. I dont know how to two of those square. In terms of New Hampshire and whether hes taken it for and standard supporters will say, well,c there are so many people running and thats veryf true. The best thing that Bernie Sanders could hope for is that people are just out there shopping and doing due diligef; but theres no real sign that theyre going to come home and i think New Hampshire is a great example of that and whats really interestingnn to me is well, two things. Jf first, sandra and warren areco going to be on stage together on the first night of the debate, which they were not the last time. So it will be interesting to see how much bereigt attacks bidens opposed to its not either or as opposed to warrene1co bute1 second thing is that in a normal race warren would have been expected to come in first or second in New Hampshire because of neighboring massachusetts. Because bernie is floundering, if warren were to do well in New Hampshire it would actually be considered a bona fide win, no different than winning, you know, in any other early state from scratch. You know, heres the thing. One of the things that i continue to find cut mean, a number of the other candidates, in fact a majority of the other candidates vyingco for the democratic nomination, we still dontcoxd know a whole about them. I mean, has he hit a ceiling . Sa the people who are going to fall in love with nibernie, arent ty already backing bernie . Well, hopefully hillarys not watching because im about to make a comment that drives us all crazy. Its possible that people voted for bernie more because he was theco lesser ofw3 two lesse1 li candidates as opposed to him being entirely about a movement and now that hes competing with people who have thee1 same or tppositions to drive them away, youre seeing that he did start a movementok but it was smaller1 than expected and he doesnt have the corner of the market. I mean, Elizabeth Warren has been very interesting. Shes a case study on two fronts. First, washington, d. C. In the political establishment wrote her off because of her dna testing last october said that she was dead in the water, she could never come back from that. Boy was that wrong, whether it was ugly or not, it was a car crash, but it was smart she did it and she moved on from it. Second, shes really running a campaign where youre supposed to. She u goes out there every day, absolutely bubbling over with excitement. She has planq after plan after plan. I cant really shes made mistakes, ie1 cant name any of the top of my head. Its nice to see someone succeeding doing it that way. Goingfa out there saying this i what i stand for, this is what i am. Thanks for pulling double duty. See you tonight on pbs. Thank you, craig. A big week on capitol hill. Perhaps youve heard. After months of anticipation bob mueller finally testifying, borrowing any lastminute changes still couldco happen. But will either side of the aisle be able to call wednesdays testimony a political win . Lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. Oh under 7 . announcer and you may lose weight. In the same oneyear study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. Oh up to 12 pounds . announcer a twoyear study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. 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Can you imagine goingw3 to the 3zfrom democrats an . Yeah, hes seen it all, craig, because these he has to be careful to not give out any information that was grand jury information which was not already released. That would be potentiallyfa a crime in and of itself. So he has to be very cautious of he has made a statemente1jf bef that hes going to stick to the four corners of the report. Fa that legislators can ask him anything they want. He can answer. He doesnt have to answer. It seems like from his histln that hes prettyt i] good at dot questions and not answering what the public may look at it and say, is he dodging because hes trying to hidefa something . So he has to walk a very fine line as to being remaining it says ig met into the evenings with fbi colleagues for days ahead of congressional appearance, poring over thick binders, role played with members of congress, congress has changed ae1 great deal sinc he left the fbi, part of the republican has changed a great deal. If thats how he prepared then what should bob mueller expect from republicans on the panele1 now . T well, look, the republican are going to try to get bob mueller to repeat that there was no collusion even though the report says they didnt look into collusion and that there was no conspiracy with the campaign that rosee1 to the lev of indictment. But look, heres the thing about the whole muellerco report. Ok it was in two parts. The first part was russian interfezkce ym an American Election in 2016. n two dealte1 with the campaigns culpability ine1 coordinating with russia. They didnt find that. But i think this is reallyhgging to be more of an indictment of the congress in the end because what mueller p, where it wille an interesting conversation if they bring it up andzv i imagin well get to it which is whyc the president not okindictable . I think mueller holds the opinionn qok constitutionally, a president whos in charge of the Justice Department, cannot bet indicted. And that impeachment inherently a political process left by the founders was left that responsibility to the congress, and ifeiitjj the president , or impeach, indict would be the word right . Then they should act and in the end i think people are going to be left with the idea that if you want to remove the president fore1q malfeasance or things th he broke the e1law, that the indictment through the Justice Department is not the way to go. Its through the political process, which is impeachment, and that responubility, according to the constitution, and thats what i think mueller holds, will follow the congress and the congress is not moving on impeachment. And heres the thing, ann marie, we goti] ai] preview ovee weekendr usschi to ff who believe, he talked to kristen welker, one of the questions that he may ask of bob mueller is should we indict this president oncefa he is out of office . The other chairman of the committee that he is going to appear before, a man by the nam1 of jerry nadler says the report itselft presents very substantl evidence that the president faok the United States is guilty of highxdxd crimes and misdemeanord ueller to present d misdemeanord those facts on wednesday. How do they go about achieving that . Well, they would havy to hae an attorney general in place who would be willing to proceed with an indictment of l 5a afew he leaves office. Who comes in, what the political atmosphere is, whether the attorney general wantse1 to proceed. Certainly barr has said that he doesnt find the current attorney general,tulf he doesn find enough there on the obstruction toxd indict, you kn theyreok hoping in congress th hopefully mueller will come out from their point of view withe1 additional evidence, with additqo71 statements that they cane1 then use later on. Its unlikely hes goingq to be very, very cautious. Do you think that a fair amount of wednesday is basically going to be bob mueller reading parts of his report to members of congress, calling their attention took page blah, blah. It could actually be Congress People reading from the report and asking him, did you say this, did you write this . Part of the reason theyre doing this also is to bring thislmt into the public mind sphere so theyre thinking about it, also so they can get statements to use them potentially in the president ial race. Theres a lot of politics going on and they want to bring out what he said in the 448 pages of his report. Thank i]you, to you both. Ao[ few moments ago preside trump and the first lady paid their respects to the late Supreme CourtJustice John Paul stevens, the body of Justice Stevens lying in repose in the great hall of the high court where he served for nearly 35 years. Justice stevens, in fact, served longer than just twoe1 otv t justices. He died last week at the age of 99 on july 16th, just< a day stjfter having a stroke he diedt his as the president faces scrutiny over his businesses, new report that his administration is considering hosting several World Leaders at one of the president s golf clubs. Axios reporting they narrowed down sites to host the g7 summit and one is national doral, the president s 800acre golf club in miami. I wanted to bring you back to ask you about this. Theres no way they would actually consider doing that . Of course they would. Look, doral is one of the properties, they lost the pga tour. That property from 2017 to 18 lost 60 of its business. They need the business. Theyll compete hard for the business. We had a Supreme Court case about the clause in which trump won. So i expect him to go full throttle to get all the business they can. I think the oppositics of this terrible. The ethics of it are terrible but this hasnt slowed down this president. I think in any other administration well, weve never really had a businessman run the country. I always argued against it. I think ive been proven right but, no, you can expect the reason is ceos have all the wrong temperaments to run a country. This country is run by consensus. That means you have to get along with other people and get them to do what you want by perfect situation, compromise and trump has no temperament for that, as weve seen over and over again. Expect doral to compete hard for this g7 meeting. Well let you go for real this time. Thanks, buddy. Thank you. A live picture of the white house. Any moment were told that the pakistani Prime Minister will be arriving for his meeting with President Trump. This visit, of course, coming amid the escalating tensions with iran. In the next hour, former cia director, defense chief leon panetta will join my colleague, Andrea Mitchell, to talk about the latest flash points in that region. 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