Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early. I am kasie hunt on this thursday, january 7th, and we will start with the very difficult news. One of the saddest days in modern american history, as protrump rioters, insurrectionists, really, incited by the president , stormed the United States capitol in a failed attempt to thwart the certification of joe bidens election victory. Here was the president addressing his supporters just before the capitol was breached for the First Time Since the war of 1812. And were going to have to fight much harder. And mike pence is going to have to come through for us. And if he doesnt, that will be a sad day for our country. And after this, were going to walk down and ill be there with you were going to walk down were going to walk down, any one you want, but i think right here were going to walk down to the capitol and were going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and were probably not going to be cheer
Welcome back to msnbc live on this saturday morning. Im geoff bennett. And im yasmin. It is january 245th, 2020. Today, the stage is set for the president s defense to begin its arguments. This after democrats presented their case over three days. The morning papers capturing that drama. And the New York Times, quote, branding trump a danger democrats cap the case for his removal. The Washington Post echoing that with democrats focused on trumps care as they argue for the president s removal. And then there is the usa today. That edition of the paper this morning, looking at the day ahead. President trumps defense lawyers promising a compelling case in the impeachment trial. Here is how democrats concluded their arguments against the president. Take a listen. By july of 2019, white house officials were aware of serious allegations of misconduct by President Trump. The white house itself released refused to produce a single document or record. The president of the United States issued a
Being here. But first, this easter egg from saturday night live. By the way, the president s probably going to bomb north korea tonight. Okay, spicy has got to hip itty hop and deliver these eggs east as much candy as you want because this is probably our last easter on earth. Blug. And good day. Im andrea mitch in washington. Vice president pence putting the north korea regime on notice after visiting the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea. The Vice President said today if north korea does not get rid of its Nuclear Weapons, the u. S. Will protect its interests by whatever means are necessary to bring stability to the region. Joining me Kristen Welker at the white house and Janice Mackey fryer in seoul, south korea. Janice, youre right there in sk which is within artillery range of the north. Millions and millions of people, 28,500 u. S. Troops in south korea. What does the Vice President real mean about them getting rid of their Nuclear Weapons . Theyve shown no sign of
And to keep pushing contentwise in terms of getting an answer while your subject is trying to blow you off, and you have to not get distracted in this instance by the sort of adorable interruption that happens in the middle of you doing your work where we encounter the republican senator from mississippi and learn about how lovely his family is as depicted on his Christmas Card this yearf it all happens in a short period of time. Youre about to see it here. This is hard to do. But haley talbot from nbc and Julia Boccagno from cbs get it done. They nail it. They get yelled at a little bit for their trouble before its all over with, but honestly, this is how you do it. If you want to grow up to be a reporter, this is how you do it. Lets roll it. Can we ask you about the iran briefing . Well, i cant talk about it. Its classified. How would you characterize it . Did you think it was sufficient . Were going to people are t calling it the worst briefing theyve ever got. Theres competition fo
Is talking up nato. Speaking of the impeachment of this president , its still pelosi versus mcconnell on what happens next. But now some big names are piping up about getting on with it. All of it as we get on when the 11th hour on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1,084 of the trump administration. And notably, 300 days now until the 2020 president ial election. Today we saw trump take a step back from the brink of a wider and quickly escalating conflict with iran. Hours after the iranian Ballistic Missile volley aimed at american bases in iraq. No americans were harmed in last nights attack by the iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe. And only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. The civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the iranian regim