personal financial records for use in a grand jury investigation while the president is in office. with the benefit of the district court s well-articulated opinion, we hold that any presidential immunity from state criminal process does not bar the enforcement of such a subpoena. end quote. joining me now, nbc news investigation correspondent. tom, you do a great job of not wading into areas that neither you nor i are expert. but there is a piece of legal importance to that. the court is not weighing in generally on trump and his culpability and what might be in those tax returns. they are asking a highly specific question. they re answering a highly specific question about whether the manhattan d.a. can get these tax returns from an accounting firm to further an investigation. that s precisely correct and that s something we typically see whenever we look at a in an appeals court decision. they re going to narrowly focus on the issues that were ruled on by the district court judg
against donald trump as the democratic nominee. so they re looking for somebody else besides biden. somebody who could fill that role. i heard a lot of people say they were interested in pete buttigieg. a lot of people interested in amy klobuchar. sort of that second tier of candidates poised to jump in there if enough folks in iowa start to get cold feet about biden. never a dull moment. three months away from the iowa caucuses. thank you to both of you. in less than three weeks on wednesday november 20th, msnbc and the washington post are hosting the next presidential debate live from tyler perry studios in atlanta. be sure to tune in right here on msnbc. coming up, the whistle-blower who flagged president trump s ukraine call is offering to provide written answers to house investigators questions. if that s not enough for president trump, who himself provided written answering during the mueller investigation, trump is relentlessly insisting the whistle-blower reveal their iden
uptick of six points since early october. the poll goes on to reveal that nine in ten republicans oppose trump being removed from office. but the president is going to need more than just republican support to get re-elected. we re one year away from election day. so what does this mean for president trump s re-election campaign? joining me now is a guy who sifts through all of this stuff and makes sense of it. nbc news political correspondent steve kornacki. steve, what are the numbers telling us? let s try to take you through everything a year out. donald trump s approval rating. the new nbc wall street journal poll. 45% in this poll. interestingly, compared to a few weeks ago, the last nbc wall street journal poll, this is actually up two points. so the question of whether all the swirls controversy around impeachment was going to have a measurable impact one way or the other, him soaring one way or crashing the other way on his approval rating, really trump is where he s been for
large scale can t possibly be a personal responsibility thing. you look at kevin s dad. he had a good union job, he was a cement finisher. he built one of the bridges across portland. and his whole life they had moved up. he bought his own home. and then they have five kids who we chronicle in the book and in the documentary. and of those five kids, four are now dead. that is not because you know, when you can predict a kid s outcome based on their zip code, that is not a fault of bad choices. that s a fault of the lack of system. i just want to bring some breaking news to my viewers. the united states has started the process of formally withdrawing from the paris climate change agreement. this is the landmark global coalition that is meant to curb emissions that cause climate change. this may come as a surprise because there are already people who think we pulled out of it because donald trump gave such a dark speech about the world and
testify. written answers, not acceptable. now, remember, donald trump himself provided written answers to special counsel robert mueller in the 2016 russian election meddling investigation. joining me now, national security lawyer bradley moss. bradley works for the law firm representing the whistle-blower who initiated the impeachment inquiry. bradley, good to see you again. there seems to be a relentless effort that is meant to lead to the whistle-blower s identity being made public. yeah. this is i mean, this is pretty disgusting by the president and his allies, ali. you know, what they re trying to do is deflect. this is pure political deflection from the substance. they don t have the facts. they don t have the law. so they re slamming their hand on the table and demanding this person become a public figure. demanding this person explain and answer questions publicly. and there s only one reason to do it. to intimidate the individual. and there s no obvious substantive reason