talks with the taliban and there is this more narrow and immediate question of should the president have been entertaining, inviting taliban leaders to camp david under any circumstances? this whole thing is quite bizarre. but it s emmatic of trump s entire foreign policy, really seat of the pants. but this is really quite serious. we fundamentally know the taliban should never step foot in washington, let alone camp david on the eve of the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. it s just something there is really bipartisan consensus this is a bad idea. but look, these talks have been going on for eighth months. they have been leading a process of negotiations with the taliban for eight months. and there was never a ceasefire associated while the talks were under way. the taliban has been conducting attacks throughout this period. almost 16 americans have been killed. so the question is where was president trump when these talks were going on? was there any process which was a check in
today. and the taliban talks, bipartisan backlash and internal white house disagreement over the president s plan to meet with the terrorist group on u.s. soil. if it is monday, it is meet the press daily, i m steve kornacki in for chuck todd. breaking news. president trump is in north carolina where he was planning to tour some of the damage caused by hurricane dorian before heading to a campaign rally which could be a key indicator of which direction the 2020 election is heading. we ll get to that potential canary in a coal mine race later. we also learned the weather is keeping the president from touring the damage and that he will receive a previousing on air force one. a little late-breaking development. i said a lot was happening. at the same time the president is facing new questions about his administration s actions after the president warned falsely warned alabama remained threatened by hurricane dorian. this goes beyond the days of
all for just $10.99. hurry in! wednesdays are for outback. outback steakhouse. aussie rules. welcome back. president trump said late this afternoon that peace talks with the taliban are dead, but he s defending his decision to invite taliban leaders and disinvite taliban leaders to a meeting at camp david. i like the idea of meeting.
democrats on the subject of impeachment today. the house judiciary committee laying out the parameters for what it calls, quote, an ongoing impeachment investigation of president trump. a vote is expected thursday on those parameters. the details of which are less important than what they signify. the first effort that acknowledges, in earnest, that the judiciary committee is consider i considering impeach. . with me is a member of the house judiciary committee, steve cohen. thank you for joining us. i want to get to all of this. i want to start on what we were talking about in the last segment. clearly you re indicating you are. new reporting from the new york times that last friday the commerce secretary, wilbur ross, whose department has jurisdiction over noaa, called the agency s acting administrator and said that if the birmingham office tweet was not contradicted publicly, there would be firings. what s your reaction to that?