so, far it doesn t look like any of those insurgent republicans in the senate are willing to have that fight and potentially risk a shutdown. but there are still two days to go here before, friday and anything can happen. a christmas shutdown, how does that sound to their constituents? we ve been there before. i know, indeed. thanks, garrett hague. vinegars crossed that won t have biden. tom winner, glenn kirschner, appreciate it. and an autopsy by the new york city medical examiner revealing that grant wall, the international sport journalist, died from a slowly growing aortic aneurysm well covering the world cup in qatar. this morning, his wife, a member of the presidential transition team s covid advisory board, talk to cbs about her husband s work and his passions. there is so much about the culture, the politics of sport of soccer, to him it was a way
been stalled for years. joining me now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett hague, nbc investigative correspondent tom winter and former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner. garrett and tom, let me have tom talk first about what is going to happen, jim, in terms of the extradition and the charges against bankman-fried. all, right internet, the current extradition agreement that is in play was signed in nassau, bahamas in 1990, went into effect in 1994. effectively, what it says, between the u.s. and between the bahamas, as long as somebody is charged with a crime that might be charged in the other, country in other words there is similar statues that are on the books. and that there are no other mitigating factors and it s not some sort of a political retribution, there s a couple other caveats. generally, extradition is approved. and so, based on my reading of that treaty, based on the law, it appears here that sam bankman-fried probably has a
at the time of the july 25th call, and that, ultimately, the president did meet with zelensky and the u.s. security assistance was released to ukraine in september 2019. we are going to have a fact check on all of those points moment. new reporting from the washington post claims infighting is undermining the white house s response to the inquiry. according to the post acting chief of staff mick muscle vapy blames malone for not doing more from stopping witnesses from testifying and he is confirming democrats accusations in front of television cameras and reporters during that october $17 press conference and adding at tomorrow s hearing you have to wonder if the white house is prepared for the fight. joining us now msnbc correspondent garrett hague, pbs news hour white correspondent
outlined in the press were not a big deal, if in fact that was the case. joining me, msnbc correspondent garrett hague, and shannon pettipiece and ned price. so good to see all of you. garrett, let s start with the state officials on the hill right now. what can you tell me about the testimony they ll provide today and how it fits into this big picture of impeachment? reporter: sure, we re expecting the handover to happen between the officials and cr cramming two depositions in one day. kurt volker was the president s envoy to ukraine, and each of them can speak to small pieces of this here.
on one sweeping charge as a framework for their impeachment case against the president. abuse of power. and a new poll shows support for the inquiry now out paces operation for the first time. half of americans say donald trump should be impeached and removed from office. joining me from capitol hill, msnbc correspondent garrett hague and political contributor, jake sherman. jeff mason, also with me, former state department senior adviser and former white house senior director, everybody, welcome. garrett, wow. that was quite a statement from that congressman about what he s heard so r far. what are you hearing about ta r ltaylor s testimony? testimony someone told not to talk about the specifics of what goes