impeachment really quickly because the president was a clear and present danger. but now this process could be being delayed further into january than was originally expected, so they re questioning, okay, either it s urgent or it s not urgent. they re questioning that, but they re also confused about this idea that nancy pelosi first they wanted to use it as average, democrats did, and now she says, i want to see what the senate does first. i think they re very confused about what s happening right now. it s hard to respond to something until they know what the next move is, too. who isn t confused? kevin, it s kind of confusing right now. it really is. the way the constitution is set up and the system is set up, it s virtually impossible for the house to force the senate to do something or the senate to force the house to do something. i used to be a house staffer. they look at it as kids at christmas dinner. it s not likely speaker pelosi will be able to have that much influen
it is time to look at what our sources are saying. nbcnews.com s laura strict her joins me. what are your sources telling you? we did a story two weeks ago about a state department official named mina chang who embellished her resume. last week she resigned. today we have a story based on we heard from numerous people who came to us, house staffers, people that used to work with her, saying there was more to the story. that s our piece today. we re looking at how did she get this job at the state department. part of that was because she befriended key people along the way, a house staffer, another state department official. laura, kind of taking a step back here, what are the broader implications of this for the trump administration? obviously this is a story that got a lot of attention. what are the broader
documents, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with more on this. where does it stand mike? the house staffer said they will have an update regarding the level of compliance. they are not tipping their hand so far but the committee says looking to three major areas potential obstruction of justice including the possibility of interference by the president and others in a number of criminal investigation and other official proceedings. potential public corruption including violation of the clause of the constitution, conspiracy with campaign and financial recording laws and abuses of power including attacks on the press, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies. the committee s top republicans say this is a sign democratics including jerry nadler are hedging their bets. jerry nadler sent out 81 letters asking for information ranging on white topics. you almost know that they are concerned about mueller or not having what they want because 30 of these letters had anythin
interesting to note the judge said he will see friday, a different judge. the same judge that paul manafort has been seeing. that judge issued a gag order in the manafort cause to stop the media attention. it s possible we ll see one friday. back to you. shepard: thanks. news just in. who is going to give the democratic response to the state of the union address? stacy abrams will give it on february 5. next week. that s according to the senate minority leader, chuck schumer. she ran for governor in georgia and lost after a lengthy and disputed election over blocked votes. of course, president trump s address was supposed to be tonight. was postponed during the government shut down. stacy abrams to offer the democratic response a week from today. yet another ex-white house staffer coming out with a tell-all. this time president trump s campaign is warning, it s willing to go to court to shut him up. that s next.
being here. u.s. capitol police this is a crazy story. they arrested a democratic house staffer who they believe was the person behind the leak of personal information belonging to republican senators. that last place was pretty nice. i don t like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that. ((horn beeps)) come on. feeling unsure? what if you had some help?