6th committee. we re talking of course about jared kushner. what the panel hopes to learn from the former president s son-in-law and former senior adviser. we ll get to that a little bit later this hour. let s get right to our team covering ukraine on the ground. richard engel is with us and a big thanks to all of you gentlemen. richard, let s start with you there. ukrainian forces continue to put up a powerful fight there. but president zelenskyy says russia is planning a new offensive where you are. what are you watching for? so president zelenskyy overnight said that russia is planning a new offensive in eastern ukraine and this comes after the russians pledged to scale back their attacks,
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joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent and political reporter. founding director of defending democracy together bill crystal and democratic strategist and former executive director for the new york state democratic party. it s great to see all of you gentlemen. if anyone thought the criticism was going to make the president back off a bit, not a chance as we just saw from him. you re right about that and by now we have all learned that it s what donald trump says first that is instructive before he does the clean up under political duress. we saw this happening before after the charlottesville violence when the president initially said that there were fine people on both sides. after that he delivered a statement aimed at cleaning some of that up. the very next day he said there was blame on both sides in effect reversing the written prepared statement for him and going back to what he had believed all along. in this instance there was a reporter in the oval office that
today we have an opportunity to help the children of the border understand what we are up against with a white house. the president would like for this build to go down today. a vote against the bill is a vote for president trump. the next up is a senate where they have a bipartisan bill but it is unclear if the senate and house can get on the same page before the end of the week, sheena end. shannon: chad come alive on the hill, thank you very much. chad: instant reaction from president trump tweeting this. presidential harassment. that is it. let s turn to national security attorney bradley monts. congressman house judiciary committee will do the questioning plus harvard law alan dershowitz author of the book the case against the democratic impeaching trump, will come to all of you gentlemen. thank you commission end. shannon: i want to speak with the chairman of the house judiciary committee, where this hearing is going to take place. can we play that from the chairman abo
much heart from that, but i do. i don t find this close surprising and i don t think it is going to affect the tenuous house races that you heard discussed. the die is cast there. i have seen dave, brabra brad, and barbara and jennifer is not talking about the economy. i have seen mail where they are doing the same. the messages are not gone. they re being delivered and delivered right to the doorstep. we shall see how influential if at all. thanks to all of you gentlemen. appreciate it. don t miss our special preelection edition of prime time tonight starting with anderson cooper. cnn tonight with don lemon. it begins right here on cnn starting at 7:00 eastern time.