this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
changed things. richard engel, thank you so much. and you can see more of richard s exclusive reporting from iraq 20 years later tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. and joining us is decorated marine corp. officer, seth molten of massachusetts, part of the first wave of marines to enter baghdad and served four tours in iraq. congressman, take us back two decades. what are you thinking now about the u.s. invasion? well, look, as richard was just explaining, it s a complicated legacy. the whole history of iraq is complicated. the invasion went very well and we were greeted with flowers in baghdad because so many iraqis were thrilled we had gotten rid of this vicious dictator. then the country descended into civil war and we came back with a surge that was a successful insurgency strategy, but then i think most people think we pulled out quickly and we had to
how complex of a situation would that be? how does the u.s. military prepare for that possibility? to answer some of these questions only turned to somebody who i first met on this show a dozen years ago, 2010 i went to afghanistan to report on the then nearly decade old war there. president bomber had just announced a surge of new u.s. forces enter that conflict, and i spent time in afghanistan with ben hodges, he was the leader of the southern command in afghanistan, and we spent a long time together talk about his insights with the insurgency strategy on the troop search, iowa forces we re seeing. after general hodges left afghanistan, he went on to serve as nato s allied land commander in europe. ultimately, he became the commanding general of the united states army from 2014 to 2017. now that the united states have left afghanistan and is deploying soldiers and eastern europe, general hodges has
<p>While key to the mythos of Russian patriotism, the pivotal battle of Stalingrad, along with other more recent episodes of urban warfare, show that Russian forces face a difficult and bloody task in capturing Kyiv. As Russian troops now retreat to the east, has this been a lesson learned? </p>
<p>While key to the mythos of Russian patriotism, the pivotal battle of Stalingrad, along with other more recent episodes of urban warfare, show that Russian forces face a difficult and bloody task in capturing Kyiv. As Russian troops now retreat to the east, has this been a lesson learned? </p>