With that request to hear from him set to go out in the next 24 hours. Speaker pelosi just this morning on a public hearing with the special counsel. The congress of the United States will honor its oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. To protect our democracy. Weve got our team of reporters here with the latest on every angle of this story. Mike is on the hill for us. My colleague Kelly Odonnell is down in west palm beach, florida, with the president. On set Elliott Williams and former counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee and Betsy Woodruff and aaron blake. Getting to kick it off here today and talk through this subpoena and this request that just went out and the other request that jerry nadler says he is going to be making today. Yeah, hallie, what we have known to come for some time. The chairman subpoenaing the Justice Department not just for the full unredacted Mueller Report but all the supporting documents. Requesting to see not just
Of this confidante. Hope hicks, shes a wonderful person. Shes been through hell, they put this wonderful woman through hell. Its out of control. People are absolutely they use the word, its a good word, i guess, unhinged. As though that wasnt enough, were live with the House Speaker as she gets ready to answer questions on all of this this hour. Nancy pelosi now using the i word in a new word. Not impeachment but another one that might get under the president s skin. Theres one word that i will use to describe him now after hearing that yesterday, its ineffective. Ive been using the word criminal but i think one that might have more persuasive to people is hes a totally ineffective president. Our team is here with these stories and many others were bringing you this hour. Well talk about iran in a minute. Let me start with Kelly Odonnell on the hill. Also white house coordinator for pbs news hours. Politics reporter for daily beast. Both msnbc contributors. Kelly, to you. This hearing
Morning that she may be thinking about getting into the race. Weve got a busy 10 00 a. M. Hour and our team is here covering all of it. We start in washington with the white house on defense, on the receiving end of a bunch of news that might mean more problems for the president. First, brand new nbc news reporting on the simmering frustrations inside the Justice Department and a dispute inside the special counsels office itself. Some members of mulers team frustrated with the attorney general, questioning why he didnt use more of their findings in the letter to congres congress. Thats as some on barrs team say the special counsel fell short of that task. Democrats demanding six years of the president s business and personal tax returns. At least one Administration Official saying theyll work to protect the president s privacy, setting up what will almost certainly be a court battle royale. Lawmakers now looking for documents and a facetoface with one of the top organizers. We have a l
From him right here on nbc news. The Ballistic Missiles fired at american bases we believe were intended to kill americans. But how do we know, especially when reports suggested the opposite. That classed briefing for lawmakers behind Deadly Strike on irans top general clarifying little according to many and triggering a jcpoa family feud. Lame briefings like the one we received arent adequate. Whether you mean to or not, youre empowering the enemy. Nancy pelosi talks from that room youre seeing live there almost certainly about this and takes questions about reporters. Maybe ready to make news on Something Else, when she will send articles of impeachment over to senate. Even one of her Committee Chairman says this is time. We have one joining us live. Anthony brown joining us along with senators from both sides of the aisle, new jersey and indiana along with msnbc news at home and around the world. We have a lot to get to. Garrett, im going to start with you. This is where the action
Our team is covering this and all the mornings big stories from across the country and around the world and i want to start in the region. Matt bradley is in northern iraq. Courtney who covers the pentagon for us is here in washington. Matt, first to you, tell us what youre seeing. Reporter hallie, you know, this incursion is starting off with air strikes which would be a typical order of battle that you would expect from the turks. They have amassed on the border and this is actually starting in that peace corridor. Hes described that he wants to move 20 miles south of the Kurdish Border so theyre no longer flush against the turkish southern border. Were starting to see air strikes and there are turkish troops that have amassed. I should tell you, hallie, its not just turkish troops. Were starting to see Free Syrian Army forces and these are turkishbacked syrian arabs who are coming from mostly the northwest part of syria who the turks actually removed from syria, took by bus presumab