Set the record straight on the administrations handling of covid19 with new documents that show the president s actions taken, and the very latest russiagate bombshell this week more than a dozen government issued phones belonging to members of Robert Muellers Team Including lisa page and andrew w eisman, has been wiped clean, entirely. Obstructing justice is against the law but will they pay a price . Congressman devon nunes investigates with us, also this hour the former super bowl championturned republican congressional candidate Burgess Owens is here on his race in utah and why he believes biden will be remembered as the democrat who lost the black vote et al that and a lot more as we look ahead right here right now on sunday morning futures. Maria but first this morning President Trump has added 20 names to his list of potentially Supreme Court nominees this week including three republican senators. Tom cotton from arkansas josh ho lly from missouri and my next guest the first gue
U. S. Debt. Warren targeted Goldman Sachs chief lloyd blank fine if her latest ad among others but blankfein firing back mocking warren saying quote maybe tribalism is in her dna. This as impeachment early signs that it may be hitting a wall. No got ya moment. Voters dazed and confused. Not changing their minds. Thats the economist magazine, the l. A. Times and reuters now saying that as legal pros warn democrats are standing on the narrowest ground for impeachment in u. S. History. Tonight we have more sound of democrats saying this is about stopping trump from getting reelected. How the hearings backfired on the dems as a witness made the case for a probe of hunter biden. This the country now on new ground, we debate, can a candidate for the presidency really legitimately be a jury person for a senate trial against a sitting president while campaigning against that president for the oval office . Also, attorney general bill barr says the Justice Department watchdog report on the russ
Hearing of tchment inquiry. Wednesday. This mornings witness former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. She has already arrived at the hill this morning. More than 30 years she spent a veteran of the u. S. Foreign Service Serving under both republican and democratic president s. She became a target of President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani and was ousted by the president earlier this year. Helping us follow it all this morning we have chuck todd our meet the press moderator in washington. Andrea mitchell is here. Richard engel and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weisman now an nbc news legal analyst. Lets start on the hill. Nbcs jeff bennett at his post with what to expect this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Marie yovanovitch has been a Foreign Service officer for some 33 years serving in six president ial administrations, three times as an ambassador in hot spots all around the world, two times appointed by a republican president in
Testifying on capitol hill about the Russian Investigation into the published report released by his office. The house judiciary hearing was the first of two hearings that focus on the reports findings relating to the Trump Administration and allegations of obstruction of justice. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the report and the investigation into the russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. I will now recognize myself for a brief Opening Statement. Thank you for being here. I want to say just a few words about the themes today. Responsible for the coming integrity and accountability. Your career for example is a model of responsibility. You are a decorated marine officer. Awarded a purple heart and bronze star for valor. He usurped in the department of justice and immediate after
Morning, congressman and Ranking Member doug collins here to talk about all things mueller after yesterday. Ohio congressman house intelligence and weighs Means Committee member joining us and house energy and commerce manager debbie plus tennessee congressman and Committee Member is here on israel boycott bill, and c op of Raymond James paul riley on company fernings but ceo of ups will weigh in on earns and brotdzer economy. Dont miss a moment of it and top story this hour more than six hours on the hot seat yesterday former special counsel answering to lawmakers for first time leading dmets with little hope for impeachment mueller taking heated questions concerning the wording of his report and the conclusions. Watch. The president claimed your report found no obstruction and that exonerated him but that is not what your report said is it . Correct that is not what the reported said. Report did not include that he did not commit obstruction of justice is . Is that correct . Thats co