Markets taking a nosedive today after President Trump tweets a surprise announcement, that the United States will impose tariffs on goods from mexico until mexico stops migrants from crossing the u. S. Border. Breaking news, flooding in the midwest and plains reaches an even more dangerous level. Mandatory evacuations under way at this moment after a levy breach overnight. Weve got barr versus mueller. The attorney contradicts the former special counsel, saying there was no reason mueller should have avoided coming to a conclusion on obstruction. I personally felt he could have reached a decision. In your view he could have reached a conclusion . Right, he could have reached a conclusion. We must start this morning with President Trumps surprise announcement overnight, tlern threatening to hike tariffs on all mexican goods. That would take effect in less than two weeks. Two people who know how this works are with me from the white house, hans nichols and kayla tausche. Hans, what is th
Gained access to irs transcripts. Mr. Trump spent a decade in the red. To quote the report. Mr. Trump was propelled to the presidency, in part, by his selfspun narrative of Business Success and setbacks triup fantly overcome. Hes attributed his first run bankruptcies to the recession that took hold in 1990. But ten years of Tax Information obtained by the New York Times paints a different, and far bleeker picture. The picture painted of the president in the New York Times is a far cry from the master deal maker mr. Trump held himself out as. From the moment hes been in the public eye. And it is a far cry from the image mr. Trump portrayed to his supporters from the day he announced his run for presidency. Take a look at that. We need a truly great leader now. We need a leader that wrote the art of the deal. All of my life ive heard that a truly successful person, a really really successful person and even modestly successful cannot run for public office. Just cant happen. Im really ric
Thats right. At a minimum democrats are hoping if this doesnt move the needle on impeachment, at least it can reach swing voters. Our own nbc news wall street journal poll shows a third of americans believe that the Mueller Report cleared President Trump of wrong going. Another third are not sure about that. So what that shows is that theyre just it just hasnt broken through. Democrats are hoping even within the constraints of Robert Mueller sticking to the four corners of the report, if he goes on television and talks about the findings it will reach more people. Heres what one said in describing that strategy. It is important mr. Mueller make it clear he did not exonerate the president. The evidence is overwhelming. It is damning. When the American People fully understand it it will increase the calls for a fullon impeachment process. Republicans are going to push back and argue it is not damning. The president was not charged with crimes. And Robert Mueller is not saying he would ha
Between the minority backing donald trump and the popular majority want him gone out of their faces and their lives and out of the white house. Joe biden is making his bid 18 months ahead as the surest person to make that happen. President trump will be in a fundraiser in des moines while in davenport, iowa, joe biden will be giving a speesh where he plans to talk about a range of issues. It comes after dueling events where biden offer this is scathing assessment of the president. Look, i believe that the president is literally an existential threat to america. He is a genuine threat to our core values. This is a guy who does everything to separate and frighten people. Its about fear and loathing. Its about what he calls people names and no president has done Something Like that. Its bizarre. And its damaging. On his way out of washington, d. C. , the president tore into biden. I heard biden who is a loser. Joe never got more than 1 except obama took him off. It looks like hes failing.
Kamala harris out. Calling cory booker well spoken and hjulian castro says they ned a better plan for 2024. A former prosecutor who worked in the southern and Eastern District in new york, also msnbc legal analyst. My colleague, National Political reporter for nbc news, chris is a senior fellow and was a senior aid to president obama. Editor and reporter for buzz feed news and the host of the podcast, impeachment today. The president and ceo of National Constitutional center and at the George Washington school of law. Nancy pelosi has announced the house is moving forward what impeachment. The house will hold its second hearing for lawyers and lawmakers. Telling the chair President Trump does not plan to participate in that hearing. Their focus is now on the republican lead senate. In a letter calling this, quote, adopting the articles of impeachment would be rememberingless abuse of power. Ill start with you. You saw that letter. What should we make of it, the tone, the tack . This ne