Former white House Counsel don mcgahn. President trump says there is no reason to go any further, especially in congress where it is very partisan, obviously very partisan no don mcgahn. No officials to testify on security clearances and no tax returns either, at least not yet. The Treasury Department missed a deadline to turn them over the oh the house ways and means committee. Steve mnuchin will make his final decision by may 6. You have to believe its almost certainly a no. That will make this a serious legal issue. It could be up to the courts to decide. All of this is taking place on what we might call biden eve. Former Vice President joe biden is expected to finally formally enter the democratic race for president tomorrow. What impact will it have on the contest . More on that ahead. Ab lby philip is live at the whe house. The president and his team are seeking to give no ground to congress on this and other inquiries led by the house congressional committees. The president and
We start with the shutdown. We reached the end of the fifth week of this partial Government Shutdown. Day 35 to be exact. Missed paychecks for hundred of thousands of federal workers, federal agents, service members. The talk along washingtons pennsylvania avenue this morning concerns a deal with three weeks of funding, believe it or not after two senate bills one from the derjs one from the republicans failed to cross the 60 vote threshold. The republicans proposal garnered 50 votes. The alternative mustered 52 votes with every democrat and six gop republican senators. Not long after the vote President Trump suggested a compromise floating a down payment on the wall he said, mexico would pay for. Nancy pelosi put down trumps offer as nonsense. Mitch mcconnell met with Chuck Schumer and they have to see what happens at their meeting to see if they can work out something maybe on a temporary basis. One of the ideas suggested they pay sort of a prorated down payment for the wall, which i
Good evening once again from our nbc news Head Quarters in new york. Day 803 of the Trump Administration and as House Democrats intensify their scrutiny of the white house, the president is fighting back. His administration is up against two powerful committee chairman. Breath moving quickly to demand more information, testimony, documents or whatever they say they need to carry out investigations into the Trump Administration. Two subpoenas including the 2020 censuses were served. Were hours away from what will be a closely watched move on capitol hill. The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to authorize a supe subpoena for special counsel muellers report without redactions. William barr did not can deliver the report by the it deadline. Well use the supobpoenas as necessary. Special counsel said he couldnt exonerate the president of obstruction of justice. So barr took it upon himself to do that. Thats not the yaub job of the attorneygeneral. The president has said he want
For the rest of their lives. If the house brings the impeachment proceedings before us, we will deal with them. Subpoena the people who were mentioned in that report and bring them forward. I believe congress should take the steps towards impeachment. I think hes made it pretty clear that he deserves impeachment. Im also a leader to the house and senate to figure that out. Our team is here with that story and the many others we are bringing you over the next 60 minutes. I want to bring kick it off with hans nichols. A level of nonchalant but on his twitter a different story. I dont think its studied indifference. What we have from the president is a conist isnt mant message, number of tweets per minute seem to be picking up. 12 this morning. What youre hearing from the white house is this tension on whether or not they want to welcome in impeachment or they think this is completely unfair. As your reporting indicates, the president thinks impeachment may help him. The tension inside th
President is fighting back. His administration is up against two powerful committee chairmen. Both are moving swiftly demanding more information, testimony, dockments or whatever they say they need to carry out investigations into the trump administration. Y today four subpoenas from the House Oversight committee ef concerning White House Security clearances and the 2020 sen cuss were served. We are now hours away from what will be a closely watched move on capitol hill. Tomorrow morning the House Judiciary Committee led by jerry nadler is expected to vote to authorize a subpoena for special counsel muellers report without redactions. Attorney general william barr did not deliver the report by the committees deadline, which was today. Chairman nadler made his case for legal action. Well use the subpoenas as necessary. To make sure we get the whole report and all the underlying documents. Rt the special prosecutor said that he couldnt rule in or out, he couldnt exonerate the president o