President. I will not let you down. And is john bolton about to take america to war . All options are on the table. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. While Michael Cohen was reported to prison today to begin serving his threeyear sentence, his coconspirator, the man behind cohens criminal hush money scheme, according to prosecutors, was still at large, comfortably ensconced in the white house. This morning cohen turned himself in to a federal prison 70 miles north of new york city to serve his sentence for a number of crimes, including the ones he committed together with the president of the United States. The president identified over and over again as individual one in Court Documents was effectively cohens unindicted coconspirator. They conspired together to cover up damaging information that could have jeopardized Donald Trumps campaign for president. And heres the thing. It worked. The public never learned that information before casting the
That could threaten u. S. Forces in the middle east. The patriot battery is an air Defense Missile with roughly 100 missiles they can shoot them Ballistic Missiles and aircraft. The pentagon also announced tonight that its moving an amphibious war ship from europe, the uss arlington, which transports u. S. Marines, and these vehicles, and rotary aircraft to support Amphibious Assault or expeditionary warfare missions. The arlington is replacing another u. S. Warship in a swap. They will join the uss Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group and the u. S. Air force bomber task force. In a written Statement Released by the pentagon, the department of defense continues to closely monitor of the iranian regime, the military and proxies, adding the United States does not seek conflict with iran, but we are punctured and ready to defend u. S. Forces and interests in the region. Bret . Jennifer, thank you. The breaking details, well come back with more information. There is still no deal today bet
It is tuesday, may 21st. Along with joe, willie and me we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle, Jonathan Lemire, Washington Bureau chief and author of the mate tr matriarch, susan page and jeremy bash is with us well. We have a lot going on, including investigations into the Trump Presidency and attempts to hold the administration accountable. The white house has directed former counsel don mcgahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this morning. In a letter to Committee Chairman jerry nadler, white House Counsel said the Justice Department has, quote, advised me that mr. Mcgahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a Senior Adviser to the president. He went on to say the president has directed mr. Mcgahn not to appear at the committees scheduled hearing. A lawyer for mcgahn later said the former white House Counsel would, quote, respect the p
Pressure on china, threatening a new, more severe round of tariffs if there is no breakthrough in the yearlong trade war. The wall street journal reports that china is considering pulling out of trade talks that were set for this week. President trump is also changing course on whether he thinks special Counsel Robert Mueller should testify before congress. On friday, the president told reporters that the attorney general is the person who should make that call. But now he says that mueller should not testify, period. Theres a lot of ground to cover around the world. We begin with Barbara Starr live at the pentagon with the u. S. Military action on iran. Whats happening, barbara . Reporter good morning, alisyn, an extraordinary statement by the administration on sunday night. And now this morning, a u. S. Aircraft Carrier Task Force and air force bombers are heading to that region in the middle east, where there are thousands of u. S. Forces. They are deployed up and down the persian g
Different tyranical form of government as other republics have over the centuries. Nadlers committee voted by party line to hold william barr in contempt of congress to refuse to testify and hand over the Mueller Report. This will mark only the second time in American History a u. S. Attorney general was declared in contempt of congress. For six weeks, Committee Democrats sought the full un redacted version of the special counsels report. However, just before todays hearing, the Justice Department informed the committee at least for now the president asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials. The latest white house resistance is one of many efforts to Block Congress from fulfilling its responsibilities and the contempt citation with the first and dramatic escalation in the ongoing standoff. Im joined by the vice chair of the house judiciary in todays hearing. White house correspondent from the pbs news hour and joyce vance, former u. S. Attorney. Its a