Trumps interview with new Meet The Press moderator kristen welker. Well have more of his comments including the delusion hes taken credit for following the 2020 election. Plus, President Joe Biden is in new york this morning ahead of the speech tomorrow in front of the United Nations. Well have a preview of what else is on his agenda for the highly anticipated summit. And also ahead, the latest from capitol hill on the looming Government Shutdown. Republicans have a new shortterm solution, but its not clear if they have enough votes from within their own party to pass it. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, september 18th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin with this. Former President Donald Trump takes responsibility for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Let that sink in. In a wideranging exclusive interview with new Meet The Press moderator kristen welker, trump saud it was, quote, his call to believe the false
Republican party that is poised to unleash painful consequences about the whole country. Some recess. Over the first to back for the House Of Representatives was in fact chaos. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has been unable to move forward with crucial Appropriations Bills or Government Spending bills, and its not because democrats and republicans are fighting with one another. The fighting is happening among republicans. There have been ultimatums, insults thrown between members, closeddoor meetings, and no progress on anything substantive for which the house is actually responsible. And listen to essential the government will shut down, if nobodys past, mccarthy announced that he will open an Impeachment Inquiry into president joe biden. Now that is a gambit that is certain to fail. And i dont mean that mccarthy cant possibly get biden removed from office if not just impeach of the house, but a trial and a vote in the senate. It is unclear if a mccarthy can win Impeachment Vote in the
To a verdict avoiding Government Shutdown . Ken paxton, he just survived his Impeachment Trial and the threat of being removed from office over allegations of corruption. One of the states Impeachment Managers joins me to explain what happened at todays senate vote. Im Simone Sanders townsend, and i have something to say. We begin with seismic developments this week on capitol hill and in highprofile legal investigations. The latest . A filing from Special Counsel john smith in the Election Interference case against former president donald trump. Smith has asked the judge to grant an order narrowly limiting trump from making public statements about the identities and testimonies of witnesses. As well as any disparaging or intimidating statements about any party in the case. Including attorneys or court personnel. Just hours after that filing was unsealed, trump ranted against jack smith on his social media platform. And during his campaign events, calling the Special Counsel, quote unq
at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell has more news right now. right now on andrea mitchell report, ukraine s president zelenskyy is in washington in a last ditch effort to persuade reluctant lawmakers for billions more in aid. republicans are tieing it to more money for the border. also, president trump reverses course at the last minute and says he will not testify as a closing defense witness in today as new york civil trial despite previous claims that he would. this is our new nbc des moines register poll shows president, former president polling higher with iowa caucusgoers than any previous republican at this stage. steve kornacki will break it all down at the big board. plus, the recognition of penn s president shifts the attention to harvard and mitt after last week s testimony by the presidents of all three universities. leaders of harvard are meeting today. and the abortion debate heating up in texas with a state supreme court court now bloc