about you clearly were upset that somehow there was an implication that military aid was being frozen because the president wanted an investigation. that was ron johnson earlier on meet the press. hans nickels, this started with a reporting coming out of the wall street street journal which we started our segment with. fill us in potentially where senator johnson is trying to make his argument here? reporter: he seems back in trump s campaign. when the report came out, it seemed as though he was questioning why the president was with holding aid and questioning the motivations behind why the president was with holding that $391 million in military aid to the ukrainians. he does seem to have changed his tune a little bit. i think to the point and i think he s right to sort of correct me that the white house is prepared for battle on this, there has been back and forth inside the white house in what the best strategy is. i would just make the point that
ukraine. we are going to start right here 3:00 p.m. in the east coast, 12:00 p.m. out west with the bombshell recently confirmed by nbc news, a second whistleblower has come forward with information in the trump ukraine scandal. the attorney saying i can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection with the august 12, 2019 disclosure to the i.c. inspector general. joining me is hans nickels who is posted on the north lawn of the white house right now for us. let me get your take on this, because the second whistleblower s attorney is saying he or she has first-hand information. many people are calling this a game changer in this situation. if the second whistleblower does have first-hand information, that under cuts the initial argument from the white house that the initial whistleblower was working off hear say, was working off second
conversation. later in the day, he said look i know what pressure is like and i didn t bring pressure. and the president is also hinting at this idea that maybe he will release to a third party parts of this transcript or something, a read out of the call. the other development was here in houston where we actually did hear from senator cornen talking explicitly and said congress will likely look into this. they are now cleaning things up here. you were there with tens of thousands of people. hans nickels joining us live from houston. mayor pete buttigieg is traveling through iowa meeting voters on a bus tour. next, we sit down with him to talk about the state of the race, right here on msnbc. talk race, right here on msnbc. (dramatic orchestra) performance comes in lots of flavors.
what the message for this community would be coming out of church this morning. he said it was one of hope in reminding people the light shines much brighter than any darkness ever could on any particular day. obviously this is not a high moment for the cities of odessa and midland. when you talk to folks, it s reminding them of what their community is and what their community represents. that is a good message, but a hard one to believe some days, particularly a day like this. thank you so much vaughn. to the white house now. hans nickels, we have the president who made his on camera remarks on camera. what s he saying? reporter: the president is at the white house. he s going to fema in a little bit. he seems to be saying two different things. one, he s in touch with a lot of senators both before and after the shooting. it s unclear which senator he s spoken to after the shooting. he says there s a comprehensive package all inclusive that s likely to get passed through
number one as 2020 contenders are traversing the country this hour making pitches to voters. first stop, here s beto o rourke. we want to make sure we jealously hold these institutions of our democracy and employ this mechanism of impeachment as an absolute last resort. ultimately, i believe this will be decided at the ballot box in 2020 by you, by me, by all of us in this country. getting this country back on the right track. our road warriors hans nickels and leanne caldwell on the ground following the campaigns. hans first to you in houston texas following senator kamala harris. have we heard anything yet about the mueller report from her? is she expected is to address it when she takes the stage behind you. reporter: look last night she weighed in and insisted william barr at attorney general testified before congress. that s her line.