Good day, everyone. A very busy morning on the sunday talk shows. Tensions with iran dock nament t dominate the discussions. The president made the right decision. We will reduce risk. I think general milley said, is there risk of attack, of course there is. We are doing everything we can to take that down and protect american lives. I accept there was a threat. The question of how imminent is something that i need more information on. We need answers on whether this is part of a meaningful strategy, what choices were offered to the president and why he believed this was the best choice. The intelligence assessment made clear that no action, allowing soleimani to continue his planning, his terror campaign, was more risk than taking the action we took. We learned the hard way in iraq, in the iraq war, that administrations sometimes manipulate and cherry pick intelligence to further their political goals. This dramatic escalation is putting americans at greater risk. I really worry that
Impending mess before them and disagreements over this . Hello, everyone. Im kegndis wilson. Trump scrapping plans to hold the g7 summit at his resort. Coming after days of backlash, including from those inside the president s own party. Nancy pelosi in jordan at this hour. Shes trying to broker a pact with middle east allies to make a fragile ceasefire in syria even stronger. The pressure mounts for President Trump to spell out a strategy for stability in the region. The ceo of Facebook Says its an issue of free speech. How will he answer to lawmakers when he heads to capitol hill within days from now . We will start this hour with that abrupt aboutface for President Trump. After receiving severe blow back from democrats and republicans, the president says he will no longer host the g7 summit at his struggling south florida resort. According to the president , his team will immediately begin searching for a new location. He mentioned camp david, the site of the 2012 summit. Hans nicke
Called vague intelligence about an unfully formed plot against the Baghdad Embassy and not ability multiple embassies. Joining us now from tel aviv is Foreign Correspondent matt bradley, from toronto nbcs erin mclaughlin, and daily beast political reporter and an msnbc contributor. Matt, lets start with you in the region. Whats the latest reaction to irans admission that they accidentally shot down that ukrainian plane and what kind of response should we expect in the coming hours . I think here in the middle east, obviously this has really pulled the carpet out from under the iranians as far as theyre getting the upper hand morally and tactically against the United States. Say what you will about President Trumps impetuous decision to assassinate Qassem Soleimani, but no civilians have been killed, at least not in this latest rounds. Now the iranians, not only were they embarrassed by the lack of damage their counter strike did against american targets in iraq, but now they have to ex
With amon mowheldin filling in for lawrence. I was going to say ice is back with a brand new invention. Take it away, friend. That was good. We have a lot to get to. Today a new editorial hits, saying Senate Majority Mitch Mcconnell Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is a clear and present danger to the constitution. Were going to talk about that. And as the impeachment stalemate continues is there a chance moderate republicans will buck their leader and President Trump in support of impeachment witnesses in the senate . Also ahead, the show trial this saudi arabia for the murder of u. S. Journalist, u. S. Based journalist jamal khashoggi. U. S. Intelligence says the crown prince ordered the assassination. But today anyone close to the prince was cleared of wrongdoing. Trump white house quickly followed with a statement of support for that verdict. The former u. S. Ambassador to saudi arabia will be here as well. And later, one of the last words favorite freshmen congresswomen kati
And the Trump White House quickly followed with a statement of support for that verdict. The former u. S. Ambassador to saudi arabia will be here as well. And later, one of the last words favorite freshman congresswomen, katie porter, she is ending her first year on capitol hill on a very high note, and there will be a special last word from lawrence and rachel. But we want to begin this hour with the stalemate over the Senate Impeachment trial of donald trump amid a renewed push from democrats for witnesses to testify. In fact, witnesses that the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell does not actually want. He has already declared that he will not be an impartial juror in all of this. He is coordinating trial strategy with the white house. And he has rejected minority leader Chuck Schumers request for any witnesses before the trial even begins. A new editorial in the bulwark argues that Mitch Mcconnell is a danger to the constitution and a problem for america. Editor at large bill kr