Yasmin vossoughian. There is a lot to get to this maybe they were clients of rudy. Morning. But we want to begin with the you would have to ask rudy. President s wild night in but my son had a meal with minneapolis. Its where he held his first them as well. Just fyi. Campaign rally since the launch the president s outside counsel of a formal impeachment inquiry. Jay sekulow told nbc news, as for about 102 minutes he just basically let it rip against all of his favorite targets. The indictment state, neither the president or the Campaign None of his attacks were as were aware. Danny sevz is with us. Vulgar and personal as those against joe and hunter biden. And when asked if Rudy Giuliani joes son hunter got thrown out of the navy and then he could be indicted the president said i hope not. Became a genius on wall street he said i hope not. He didnt say no categorically in about two days. Not. He said i hope not. In legal terms that sounds like by the way, whatever happened to a little
Giuliani buttdialed an nbc reporter rudy is a great gentleman. Hes been a great crime fighter. He looks for corruption wherever he goes. Then, why is the president suddenly trying to sell his d. C. Hotel . And the incredible scene in baltimore today, where the honorable Elijah Cummings was laid to rest. Like that Old Testament prophet, he stood against corrupt leadership of king ahab and queen jezebel. Reporter all in starts now. Good evening from washington, d. C. Im ali velshi in for chris hayes. One of the ongoing arguments that the white house has been making about the impeachment inquiry is that they do not have to comply because it is not a formal impeachment inquiry. They say, the white house says, it does not count until there is a formal vote on the house floor. Well, today a federal judge blew a huge hole in that argument, saying that the impeachment inquiry is legal. Even in cases of president ial impeachment, a House Resolution has never, in fact, been required to begin an
Lawyer was lobbying the president on behalf of turkey. Plus what we learned from todays new impeachment witnesses, the key impeachment witness now flying in from ukraine and why Mick Mulvaney is officially kneedeep in all the president s mess. Hes coughing in the middle of my answer. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. This is how bad things have gotten in the wake of Donald Trumps decision to abruptly with no warning pull u. S. Troops out of Northern Syria and give turkish strong one the u. S. Was forced to bomb its own base. Heres how the wall street journal described our military, quote, carried out air strikes to destroy the syrian headquarters of the American Campaign to destroy isis after rapidly pulling americans from the base. We bombed our own headquarters in the fight against isis because they were about to be taken over pie Turkish Backed forces. With this situation rapidly deteriorating the president is having what the speaker of the house c
The fast moving developments in the middle east as President Trump orders the withdrawal of all remaining troops from Northern Syria. The decision was revealed by the secretary of defense who says turkeys invasion has increased the risk to u. S. Forces on the ground there. We get the latest from nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. Reporter the u. S. Is getting out of syria at the worst time, just as turkey is making Rapid Advances in its war against u. S. Allies,ed kurd of syria. U. S. Officials tell nbc news and they say the militias include former members of al qaeda and isis. It means turkey, a nato country, is using alleged terrorists to attack the kurds who fought with u. S. Troops against isis for four years and carved out their own unofficial little state in the process. Now that autonomous zone is collapsing, and as the turks and their lismilitias push deep nearly all of the troops in syria are leaving announced by mark esper. I spoke with the president last nig
Was expected to discuss President Trumps dealing with crew yan in a deposition behind closed doors today. The white house moved to block the ambassadors testimony, and could provoke new front with democrats who are warning the president about interfering in their on going investigation. Lets get to the center of the tension in washington with hans nichols and msnbc correspondent Garrett Haake who is on capitol hill for us. Garrett, let me begin with you. Its been about 90 minutes or so. We heard from adam schiff, what is their next move now that theyve been blocked from this testimony. Reporter this is testimony that had been sought voluntarily from sondland. That will almost certainly change to testimony hell be subpoenaed to give. Ill expect well see in the nottodistant future, file a subpoena for Gordon Sondland and documents in his possession. Sondland had Text Messages on his personal device he had given to the state department but not to congress. Those will be things that schiff