White house official who listened to call visibly shaken and what new evidence of growing support for the impeachment inquiry means for democrats. We are dedetermined to find the answers. All that and what happened at the Supreme Court today when the Trump Administration argued that employers can discriminate against lgbt workers. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, here we are. The white house is now openingly defying Congress Power to investigate the president for high crimes and misdemeanors. Just tonight white House Counsel cept an unhinged eight page letter to nancy pelosi and the Democratic House chairs investigating trump. It accuses them of violating the constitution and rule of law by depriving trump of his rights during a trial. Even though, to be clear, an impeachment trial is not whats happening. It wouldnt take place until much later in the senate. And thats not how any of this works. The letter asserts, quote, President Trump ca
Thursday night. Well, good evening to you once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was 938 of the Trump Administration and another of the norms of behavior in the world fell away today. It wasnt shocking that donald trump asked israel to turn away two members of congress who wanted to visit israel. He wrote this about congress wn ilhan omar and rashida talib. Quote, it would show great weakness if israel allowed rep omar and rep talib to visit. Again, that part wasnt the surprise. It was a genuine surprise, however, when a prient israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave in and gave way to the american president. Israel said they would not be allowing the congresswomen into their country. Netanyahu released a statement that read in part as a vibrant and free democracy israel is open to any critic and criticism with one exception. Israels law prohibits the entry of people who call and operate to boycott israel whose perception harms the country. This afterno
Administration and quickly here well update this at the bottom of the hour. We have 12 dead now in Virginia Beach after a mass shooting by a longtime coworker. Four people hospitalized including a Police Officer. The gunman is also dead. First off, lets begin our broadcast here tonight with those new developments that are still on this friday evening emerging from the Mueller Investigation. This week we heard Robert Mueller say he closed down his office, but his investigation launched several others which are still ongoing, including the one involving mike flynn who was briefly trumps First National security adviser. Youll recall he took a plea and copped to lying to investigators about his conversations with a former Russian Ambassador to the u. S. , sergei kizlyak. Those conversations took place december 2016 during the transition. Earlier this month, a frarj ordered the Justice Department to make public various materials related to that case. That including transcripts of any audio
Ambassador Gordon Sondland. In that statement holmes who testified behind closed doors late today. According to a transcript obtained by cnn, holmes said that during that call, quote, i heard President Trump ask so hes going to do the investigation, referring to president zelensky . Ambassador sondland replied that hes going to do it adding that president zelensky will do anything you ask him to. Holmes testified after the call he asked sondland about the president s views on ukraine. Quote, ambassador sondland stated that the president only cares about big stuff. I noted that there was the big stuff going on with crew crane like a war with russia, and ambassador sondland replied he meant big stuff that benefits the president like the biden investigation that mr. Giuliani was pushing. For more im joined by u. S. Congressman denny heck, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the department of defense. Barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney. And Charlie Sykes, editor at large
Scam. Tonight now reporting on why donald trump doesnt want Gordon Sondland to talk. I actually spoke to President Trump just a few minutes before he placed the call. New reporting on the crazy frightening call that left the white house official who listened to call visibly shaken and what new evidence of growing support for the impeachment inquiry means for democrats. We are dedetermined to find the answers. All that and what happened at the Supreme Court today when the Trump Administration argued that employers can discriminate against lgbt workers. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, here we are. The white house is now openingly defying Congress Power to investigate the president for high crimes and misdemeanors. Just tonight white House Counsel cept an unhinged eight page letter to nancy pelosi and the Democratic House chairs investigating trump. It accuses them of violating the constitution and rule of law by depriving trump of his right