Allegation at his confirmation hearing. I was devastated as a human being. And i was scared. The nominee with a forful denial. Nothing happened ever. Will this derail his confirmation . E live on capitol hill. Those stories psat were le violent pt of a teen accused of killing a Police Officer in italy. An ugly scene in cincinnati overnight as the bench is cleared. And suspensions areureo follow. Plu lifesaving catch. The moment a toddler falls from a sixth floor bance copy and is caughtoo by onlkers in the ght place at the right time today wednesday j, y 31st19. Announcer from nbc ne, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hodkotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Weome to today. Nice to have you with us on wednesday morning. Were at the Halfway Point in the democratic debate. 20 candidatesou have to split it up in two nights. A lit what w saw in miami. Its the top story. This heated Opening Night to the democratic debate in detroit. It exposes key differen
And well talk to chuck todd about what happens next. More than a Million People taking to the streets this weekend for the Second Annual womens march. Many of them with a message for President Trump on his First Anniversary in the white house. Well hear from some of those voices. Well take you inside north korea where lester holt has just arrived for an exclusive look at the nation ahead of the 2018 olympics across the border in pyeongchang, south korea. And later, a sunday sitdown with hollywood royalty, Dame Helen Mirren. With a pair of movies on the way, we talk about a career that spanned more than half a century, her oscarwinning portrayals of the queen of england included. We share a little sparkle, you know. Neither mentions t but we both know its there sort of thing. But she doesnt acknowledge it. Its a bit of a wink. Yes. No wink. The queen doesnt wink. Of course the queen doesnt wink. A sitdown with helen mirren later in the show. Lets begin with the Government Shutdown now i
Deal on major components by friday. The four key negotiators, pelosi, schumer, meadows, mnuchin, they plan to meet this evening. Lets start there with nbcs kasie hunt. Shes on capitol hill. Kasie, where are we seeing progress . Where are we seeing division in these talks . Reporter well, craig, we heard yesterday from the white house side that they are still trillions of dollars apart in these negotiations. So that suggests theres still a long way to go. We know there are three key areas. Theres Unemployment Insurance, which we hear they are making some progress toward. There was an offer on the table for 400 a week for people through december. Democrats have some reservations about that and are more likely to suggest perhaps 600 through january. Remember, Mitch Mcconnell signaled he may be willing to move forward with that, that its not a red line in the sand for him to include that. I think thats pretty telling. You also, of course, have money for state and local governments. That is
Occupying the white house. President trump sothe defensive amid another series of stories that question his fitness for office and the character of his administration. In just the past 24 hours, the bob woodward back and its avalanche of critical stories, including the tapes of the president telling woodward he was aware how deadly the threat was posed by the coronavirus in early february. And that his goal was to downplay the threat of the virus to avoid a panic. On top of that, a whistleblower at the department of Homeland Security alleges he was told to stop providing intelligence reports on russian interference in the upcoming election in part because, quote, it made the president look bad. The same whistleblower claims they distorted intelligence to match President Trumps statements on antifa and anarchist groups as well. Including eliminating threats from White Supremacists in reports. Emails obtained by politico show they tried to dictate what dr. Anthony fauci said on televisio
Tried to derail an investigation into his National Security adviser and preetdly lied in its aftermath. This morning well talk to two members of the Intel Committee who led that line of questioning, democrat joe manchin and republican Susan Collins. Good morning everyone. Its friday, june 9th, welcome to morning joe on capitol hill. With us we have columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius. Senior political analyst Mark Halperin and New York Times reporter michael schmidt. Good to have you all on board. What a fascinating day. It was fascinating. It seems like a bad day for the president , and the spinning by his lawyer and his press secretary or one of them was stunning to me, absolutely stunning. I said it all day yesterday. Ill say it all day today. If you want obstruction of justice you can look at what donald trump himself said to lester holt and what his spokesperson said, what he said to the russians, and then you can build around that if you want to