It was going to resume the search which started last night. We had sun rise in hawaii within the past hour so news search this morning is underway. The coast guards put out a statement saying using an airplane, hoelicopter and more resources expected to arrive in next hour. Federal government along local agencies all taken apart on research. Theyll be looking at in land canyon as well to see any trace of this helicopter. This appears yesterday on the islandkauai. Now this is a green and white helicopter. There were seven people on board. That includes the pilot and six passengers and two of them are minor. This hoelicopter did have an electronic locater on it. The locaters have not centansen signals received by authorities. That search is underway. What are the weather conditions for the search . Yeah, first of all, visibility is relative lilo. There are some windy conditions, the continued winds around 20 Miles Per Hour today. There are waves in the water there so that creates some issues and rain showers are in the forecast. Keep in mind kauai is 80 uninhabited. It is covered by state parks. So you are dealing with vast remote area for this search. Nbcs joe fryer, thank you for the latest on that. We have new development as new report suggests that President Trump is searching for his next secretary of state. Mike pompeo says to be weighing the anthropologipossibility as a 2020 senate run in his home state of kansas. Pompeo has until june to make a final decision. President trump has been tossing around names and trying to figure out pompeos potential successor. Covering the white house at palm beach florida, hans nichols. Reporte we got some new report and maybe hes rethinking and there are some mixed signals there. Whats going on . Reporter we know mcconnell is interested in holding onto that seat. If the seat is endangered of falling in the democratics hand, the president would release pompeo to go ahead to run for that seat, that would mean hes no longer a secretary of state. Whats interesting is that the president is casting about additional names. This is further along at least of what people are saying. You dont start planning for someones departure unless you are certain that person is indeed going to depart. There is a couple of usual suspect names out there. Steve mnuchin would move over to treasury. And also potential richard grenel, the current serving ambassador to jeremy is also being mentioned, senator marco rubio and as well as senator tom cotton. A lot of potential out there and nothing official. I got to tell you the president just left his golf club. We have the sky cies and heaven open up here. If he was out at the golf course, he may have gotten a little wet. Hans nichols, thank you so much for that update. We got new details in the case involving Eddie Gallagher, the retired navy seal acquitted of shooting civilians and killing a captive isis fighter over the summer and acquittal that was pushed and celebrated by President Trump point. People are talking suggesting that gallaghers misconduct is evil and toxic. President trump ordering the nye vi to allow gallagher to keep his rank. The fallout resulting in the ousted commander, Richard Spencer who opposed of gallaghers misconduct. Kate snow is joining me. Tell us what is being said. This is a case the president has been personally involved in. This is the case where gallagher was acquitted but now we have today from the weekly tv series from the New York Times are new exclusively obtained navy interviews with the seal team members who first accused gallagher of misconduct. Now you are hearing them in your own words, we want to warn you what you are about to see and hear, it is disturbing. I saw eddie taking a shot at a 12 years old girl. Reporter tapes never been seen before in public. Members speaking along camera with military investigators in the spring of 2018 about Eddie Gallagher. The guy got crazier and crazier. Reporter information taken exclusively by the weekly. One after another the platoon members come in they paint a picture of a leader that gone completely rogue. They say he was killing people just to kill them, men, women and children, did not matter. Reporter the times reviewed hundred s of messages sent by gallagher. Hes telling other seals and angry and he wants to spread the name of his accusers to make sure people know in the hopes they will be blacklisted by other seals. Reporter videos obtained by the weakly never seen outside the courtroom shows the isis fighters prosecutors accused of gallagher murdering. Gallagher is seen with a medic bag pushing him and the camera goes black. You said he staped him one time or multiple times . Reporter he saw gallagher stabbed the isis fighter multiple times. Probably two or three times which is like a stab right here in a few times. Is there any possible way of what he was doing medical purposes to help this guy . No. Reporter scott changed his story at gallaghers trial and said he was the one who killed the fighter. Did you suffocate him . Yes. Reporter Eddie Gallagher was con vi convicted of posing with the photo with the corpse, he was found not guilty of murder and proclaimed his innocence. They did not perform well in combat. They were afraid of being called after being powered. They made up a story and they wound up with it. Reporter over night gallaghers attorney calling their accounts unsupported and fake. If there is a problem of chief gallaghers mental state, they would have examined him and found out there is none. Reporter in november President Trump ordered the pentagon not to strip gallagher from his rank and pin. The Navy Secretary was fired for his handling of the case. The president publicly showing support for the navy seal. He was a great fighter, one of the ultimate fighters, tough guy. Reporter just this weekend, gallagher posting photos, meeting President Trump for the first time at maralago. The navy seal and attorney for corey scott is not commenting today. Nbc news have not spoken with any of the individual seals. The New York Times did reach out to every one of them. They all declined on camera. Gallaghers lawyer, hes now filing suits against this New York Times report. This is a riveting story. Those texts sent by gallagher and those were not the only ones. Here is one. We are going to answer to pyre power someday and everything happens for a reason. Not compromising our integrity and keeping right on our side is all we can do. Making sure they tell the truth. Gallaghers Attorney Says thats evidence they were coordinating in their stories. Kate snow, thank you very much for this. We appreciate it. Up next, we are on the campaign trail with Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobachar with just over a little more than a month until the Iowa Caucuses kicking off, the 2020 race, will they be the ones to make a move in a volatile race. The strongest opponent democrats may face, trumps economy. Why it could be their greatest challenge in 2020. You are watching msnbc. 0. You are watching msnbc what does help for Heart Failure look like . The beat goes on it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. The beat goes on it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. Ladiladidi entresto is a Heart Failure medicine that helps your heart, so you can keep on doing what you love. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Heart failure can change the structure of your heart, so it may not work as well. Entresto helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. 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Andrew zelensky endorsed sanders. This time hes remaining neutral because he wanted to consider other candidate. He wanted to support a candidate whos leading the movement that you are seeing in the democratic party, talking about big ideas loo i c like medicare for all. The campaign wants more of those people, more people supported him in 2016 especially a state like New Hampshire where he won in 2016. They want those voters to come home, and so far it looks like they are. If you look like the average of polls in New Hampshire, senator sanders is in first place. Sanders have regained that second place position right below joe biden. Hes having town halls and multiple stops today and hes going to be here all weekend. This is his first stop since the christmas week. Hell be spending the weekend here in New Hampshire talking to voters directly. Shaquille bewster. Thank you for that. Tonight klobachar will be in de moines celebrating. Our road warrior is in iowa with Amy Klobachar herself who has been making a lot of money since we saw her in the debate who has been seeing some movement in the polls, take it away. Reporter hey chris, we are in emit county earlier this morning. This is the 98th county tour. Senator, tell us why it is so important for you to visit every single county in iowa. You need to have a president candidate and a president whos willing to go out there and it is not just about campaigning but also about how i will govern. I dont want to be the president for half of america but all of america. When you look at what happens in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have made a fantastic president but one of the things that happen was people stayed or voted for donald trump, over 30 kinds in iowa. They voted for barack obama and donald trump. I want to bring them with us. Thats one of the reasons i go to all these places. I have done it my whole political career. I think you should go not where it is comfortable but where it is comfortable and you bring people with you. It is all about not just campaigning but governing. Reporter here in iowa, you kind of have a slow rise in the poll and recorded double. We call it a surge. Reporter what needs to happen to surpass or is it other competitors who are in double digits ahead of you. What need s to happen . Well, i am getting closer and closer to where they are. Part of this is we did this in my opinion the right way, out in our true minds and many of the people here are one of my mentors in politics. He came from behind and won in the end, that means just getting out there and talking to everyone. What you see in rural iowa just like you see in other places in the midwest is they make a bun f of promises and we see a 20 increase in bankruptcy. I know about this and i am on the committee. I think those support for me and because of that as well as the last few debates. I was really able to talk and define myself. Reporter i was speaking to some voters who are impressed with our debate. They were concerned of speaking to the rest of the country after iowa and east coast and west coast states you need to appeal to. What will you do moving towards super tuesday if there is a pact out of iowa. There are so many other things that i talk about here that resonates everywhere. We are going to New Hampshire in two days and i will be there up for the next three days. We are going to nevada. It is a lot of the same. It is about the things that matter to people, just like on that debate stage, what unifies us is more on what divides us, making sure we do something about climate change, immigration reform. It is really surprising how you can get the same kind of questions in california that you do in iowa. I am not worried about that at all. I have been someone thats been able to win in urban and rural and suburban and thats everywhere. Reporter sorry, chris is talking to me. I know she does not have an ear piece, i wonder if you can ask her, she mentioned the surge. The headline have been great for her. Kamala harris is an example of the surge. Have they talked about that within the campaign and what are the specific things theyre planning to do to build on the momentum to not let it slip away which we have seen so many times over the courses of campaign for decades. Reporter sure. I will repeat that a little bit here because the senator does no have a mic. I kind of went rogue. Reporter Chris Jansing is asking we are seeing a surge and we saw Kamala Harris have a search and some people say Pete Buttigieg have a surge. And leading up to caucus, i think that was i think part of what we have done here is not based on one viral moment even though the last two debates have gone really well. It is based on building support. I think people may be surprise of this of elected of anyone in the race. Thats the hard work of meeting with people and getting their support. We got great endorsement and New Hampshire as well. If i am in the middle of that impeachment hearing in january, those endorsements are going to be key for me because there are people thats going to go out and speak for me and talk to their neighbors and friends. Reporter where you are capitalizing, virtual town halls and obviously creative options. Yes, i am someone in it for. Isn to life and save in more ways than one. For small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. Shop everything home at wayfair. Com 2020 democratic contenders back on today. The president s low Approval Rating just 42. 6 . Jnn under estimating chances of reelection, democrats also;vbn acknowledgedx their own. Businesses from amazon to ti tiffa tiffanys reporting a strong breaking season and yesterdays breaking record on wall street. How can democrats top trump in this economy. Joining me now is beth. I want to take a look at the headline thats so striking to me when i logged into the wall street journal. Rank and file workers get big holiday raises and holiday cheers as nasdaq crosses 9,000. Of course, things can turn from now until the election. The rank and file workers finally feeling some movement in a tight job market with their salaries. How big of a challenge could this be for democrats . It is the economy stupid or cliche, the state of the economy. Just because it is a cliche it does not mean it is true, right . However, you mentioned this in your intro of President Trumps popularity rating is pretty low with respect to the booming economy. We have not seen that before. There is a few reasons we can examine why that is, one, people are uncomfortable of the president s behavior of a lot of cases and the drama and chaos and impeachment does not help. It indicates the economy is very strong and you are right with that. There are pockets that have problematic with people. The stock market does not indicate for a lot of americans how they should be feeling of the economy and most americans are not invested in stocks or serve a mutual funds but not looking at the stock market. Americans have a lot of high costs and that dont seem to be going anywhere down. Some workers are seeing their income going up. There is high cost of medicare and student debt that a lot of people are carrying around and consumer debt. Just some of those costs keep it going up and up. People are feeling vulnerable. Theyre feeling vulnerable and when i talk to a lot of republicans and i am sure you read it in the Washington Post today. It was a story of one family and the mother have been picking up a couple of part time job. They were having trouble making ends meet. They were in Single Digits under 10,000 on her income, for example, around 5,300. This is all from my memory. They went to get help. The family were excited they got some grapes at the food bank. They gave the president credit in spite of everything thats going on with trade because hes trying. Hes really trying to help us. Thats what a lot of republicans are banking on that and feeling in his base. Hes doing everything he can and hes fighting for us. Right, that may be some of the trade war and they see the end of it, a light at the end of the tunnel. All voters are some of trumps strongest supporters. If theyre starting to feel their personal economy is not Getting Better and some of the promises he made for many workers in 2016 are coming through, they could reevaluate their support. These are kind of trumps strongest supporters in 2016. They invested in him and wanted him to succeed and hoping, if they turn the page, theyre fwoi going to see some goodness for himself as well. Lets say the economy continues to roll and talk to economists yesterday. This is not like it was last year at this time and a lot of people thought there is going to be a corruption and potentially even as much as a reception that people still feel like indicator for the economy. If you are Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and you built a lot of your campaign on this income disparity on trying to make things better for folks who are struggling, does it mute your argument a little bit . Not at all. What they have hoped into really feeling their success and both of them, income inequality is still a problem. That sentiment has not changed. It has been decades now and rich people are doing very well and everyone else have been slow and steady back for the economy. Thats going to take some time. Thats where senator warren and sanders have tucked into a lot of peoples anxiety. Beth fouhy, thank you so much. Well hear from people who live on the border with mexico and trumps promise for a wall. 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The first three years of the Trump Administration, only four miles of border walls have been built. We toured a short stretch of new wall in texas with the the Rio Grande Valley sector chief. We need to press them, this is going to help us, this is going to be a force multiplier for us. Reporter the pace has been slow. You think that theyll make deadline . Well, we always hope that we can. Reporter whats standing in the way of achieving those goals. Most of the land the government wants to build the wall on here in texas is privately owned and not all landowners are willing to sell. It is a land that my grandmother says dont ever sell it because this is part of our lives. Reporter we visit the cavasoz family in march when the core of energy was surveying their farm to build a new wall. The line is where they want to build the border wall. Reporter no warning and they get this map. One day you get your water bill and life bill and this letter from the federal government. Governments ability to claim. imminent domn ptions. To claim. imminent domn the government needs private property, they can take it as long as they pay for it. Reporter part of kushners mission, use imminent domain. The offer is less than 100,000 for private acres. The cavasozs worried their land could be next. If you would talk to us, we would say no. It has nothing to do with money. We want our land. No amount of money is going to make us happy. We are not rich people. This is our legacy. This is what we fought for. No amount of money is worth anything. Reporter from mission, texas, msnbc. Joining me now is our National Security reporter at the Washington Post. So you feel for these people obviously, this is their legacy and their home. They want to keep it but under imminent demaiomain, what recou do they have . As we have seen the administration is going to put a great deal of resources and attention to getting this land as quick as possible. We know the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner is spurring the department of justice and trying to mobilize as many resources as the government attorney as possible to acquire this land expediti s expeditiously and trying to get crews out as soon as possible. There is virtually no new wall in spite of the promise the president made during his campaign and for the first three years of his presidency, there is really nothing in terms of new walls to show for it. Having said that, what about the logistics of it just getting all things done over the course seven or eight months or so. It is really daunting. I think thats one of the things kushner is discovering as he rolls up his sleeves and takes over the project in order to complete the 450 miles of walls that the president have promised, thatll require the government to obtain hundreds of private properties along the river in texas and build on those properties in the next year. That does not seem realistic. 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For small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. Shop everything home at wayfair. Com really interesting update in big legal cases with ties to President Trump. Parnas is down one lawyer. Hes the associate of president s attorney, rudy giuliani. Hes charged with Campaign Finance violations. Parnas is in such dwyer financial straights he cant afford two defense attorneys. Prosecutors tried of parnass bail revoked. And prosecutors making an argument for not releasing the president s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, from prison early. Lets bring in tom winters. Lets start with parnas. What do we know of his finances, whats going on here . Based on that hearing that you reference there that we had. We learned that Million Dollars that oligarchs attorney asked for that back. In addition to that, his counter attorney said that hes now down 94,000 left in the account from the original Million Dollars that he received from that oligarch attorney. Thatst thats a tremendous drawn down from cash. He can no longer afford having two attorneys, well known defense attorneys, somebody thats perfect for white collar type crime case, somebody thats well well known and respected. Somebody who would be ideal if you were facing these types of charges. You can go for a billion bucks quickly. Yes, if the judge jolted the hearing, you are not that expensive, mr. Parnas. The judge asked him questions of how he can go through cash that fast. Lets talk about Michael Cohen, dont even think about getting out early. Dont even bring or talk about this. When cohen came to them and now we are getting details from some of these filings. He was sentenced in december of 2018. He came back to them and said i try to give you more, i just want to get my sentence reduced. He met with them in two occasions, one in january and february of this year. He continued to lie to us and we have questions about his credibility as a witness. That substantial systems that he says, no. All right, we have not talked about Michael Avenatti in a long time. We are learning just how much money he owed when he allegedly tried to extort from nike. Exactly right. It is an ongoing back and forth of what could be admitted in his trial. Socially less than a month. What Michael Avenatti wanted to do is you cant bring nsk information with my finances. The reason why he was trying to help nike and it was not an extortion was he was trying to expose serious wrong doing and help nike through it, giving them payments to go to certain schools and universities and where they are. He owes 15 million on the day he was arrested. More money people can think about of having to spend than to be in debt of that much money. He owes payments for his spouses, child support. Basically here, this guy has all the reasons in the world to try to extort him. 15 million reasons. Tom winters, always great to see you. 2019 was an incredible year including everything from el chapo and epstein. Well break down our top ten stories by our own ari melber, you are watching msnbc. You are watching msnbc female anchor its 6 39, time for news update male anchor . An update on the cat who captured our hearts. Female anchor how often should you clean your fridge . Stay tuned to find out. Male anchor beats the odds at the box office to become a rare nonfranchise hit. You can give help and hope to those in need. Todays Senior Living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. And theres never been an easier way to get great advice. A place for mom is a free service Liberty Mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. I wish i could shake your hand. Granted. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Convicted on drug charges and murder conspiracy. Guilty on all ten counts. Sentenced to life in colorados super max prison. Number eight. The border crisis. Breaking news on the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. Overcrowding. Four showers for 756 immigrants. Sparking outrage across the country. None of us would have our children in that position. They are human beings. Number seven. The fight over the president s tax returns intensifies. Trump going to the Supreme Court, asking them to block a house subpoena for his tax returns. Theyre expected to rule in june. Number six. Trump aides convicted and jailed. Former trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen is now behind bars. Roger stone was convicted on all seven counts brought against him. Stone is now the sixth trump aide or adviser convicted as part of the mueller investigation. Number five. President trump gets a new attorney general. Number four. Financier Jeffrey Epstein dies in jail. He was facing charges for sex trafficking of minors. Jeffrey epstein is dead. He took his own life behind bars. His death now under fbi investigation. Number three. The College Admissions cheating scandal. This story is on the front page of every paper around the country. Actress Felicity Huffman pled guilty. Others decided to fight. Huffman spent 11 days in prison. Laughlin expected to go to trial next year. Number two, mueller completes the investigation, finding criminal conspiracy by russia and convictions of five trump advisers. The long awaited Mueller Report has been submitted. Perhaps the most highly anticipated, potentially explosive document in recent american history. Breaking silence in a pair of appearances, testifying before congress, holding a surprise press conference. If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. Our top legal story of the year, congress i mpeaches the president. For the third time in the history of our country, the house of representatives is going to vote on the impeachment of a president. The house voting to impeach trump on two articles. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress. It is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. The first president to face such a rebuke in his first term, after trump asked ukraine to investigate his rival, joe biden, soliciting foreign interference in 2020, Senate Leaders plan a trial in january. A year of justice in the headlines, many battles over the principle that no person is above the law. Lets bring in former federal prosecutor and legal analyst cynthia objecti cynthia oxney. Put impeachment aside, what were you watching most closely, what do you think is the most significant in the big picture . Of course impeachment is number one as you say, obviously. Two, im looking at two other things that happened this year that are important for whats going to happen in 2020. The first is the ruling on the president s taxes. We expect that in june. Its central to the issue, is the president above the law. And those should come, and will come in the middle of the Political Campaign season. I think thats a bombshell case everybody should be watching, those cases that are consolidated in the Supreme Court. The other is one not on the list because it is near and dear to my heart, the fifth circuit case having to do with the obamacare. The fifth circuit ruled in early december that the mandate itself was unconstitutional, sent it to the District Court to see whether that invalidated the entire law. Seems the judge in that case that will make the next set of decisions is very opposed to the law, and has accepted many of this week Justice Department arguments that the entire law should be found unconstitutional. It is kind of a weird situation they have in that lawsuit, and that is the Trump Administration has changed its position several times. But now this judge will rule whether or not the entire thing should be unconstitutional, and does that apply to the country, throwing 20 million out of health care, preexisting protection gone and Everything Else that comes with obamacare. While we know theres no real republican alternative to deal with these 20 Million People and their lack of health care all of a sudden, major family crises. Not only is that important for Going Forward for the families obviously, but also it is going to get thrown into the middle of the political mix. Thats why i think these two are pretty important cases Going Forward. We only have 30 seconds left in the hour. One thing that made the list, Supreme Court decisions which is interesting. Is there one youre looking for in particular, something youll be watching next year . Well, im really watching for that tax opinion as i told you. I think thats the most important not only because it is important to the investigations in manhattan and the house investigations but also to really resolve the question, is the president above the law. The president made this statement that he can shoot a person on fifth avenue, couldnt even be investigated. I dont happen to think thats true. I dont think theres Legal Support for that, but were going to find out what justice roberts, how much he can depoliticize the court and make a ruling on is the president above the law. Nothing is more important for me in the Supreme Court. Cynthia, good to see you. Happy new year, my friend. Appreciate it. Happy new year. Thank you for watching this hour of msnbc. I hope all of you have a healthy and happy 2020. Right now, ali velshi picks up our coverage. Sounds very final. Youre actually out of here. You have a great vacation. See you in 2020. See you then, friend. Thank you. It is friday, december 27th. Coming up this hour on msnbc, in hawaii, a search for a missing tour copter with seven on board, including children. We have the latest. And two economies in the trump era, markets are hitting record highs, Many Americans arent feeling it. Look at how that can be and what it means for 2020. And a shocking new report that details how some colleges are tracking students every move. What some are doing with the information and why it could be dangerous. New details in the case involving Eddie Gallagher, retired navy s. E. A. L. Acquitted of shooting civilians and killing a captive isis fighter over the