That of course a response to this. We should note that u. S. Diplomatic staff have been evacuated for their safety. Lets get to arwa damon live in istanbul with the breaking details. Arwa, you spent a lot of time on the ground in iraq. You look at these images as echoes of 40 years ago in tehran when the u. S. Embassy was taken over there. Tell us what youre seeing and what were hearing from iraqi officials. Reporter that most certainly would presumably be the fear at this stage, but the situation has not quite come close to escalating to that just yet. The iraqi Prime Minister under his title as commander in chief put out a statement saying while the demonstrators had a right to mourn the victims of those u. S. Strikes, they should most certainly not be engaging in t acts of violence against the u. S. Embassy, saying that would be in defiance of iraqi law. At least there we have an attempt to try to calm down the situation, and these protesters, look, are not your ordinary protesters.
As the 11th hour gets under way on this monday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,061 of this Trump Administration, and within these next 48 hours, President Trump will likely become only the third sitting president in u. S. History to be impeached. The House Rules Committee meets tomorrow then on wednesday, the full house expected to vote on two articles of impeachment, abuse of power, obstruction of congress. Over this past weekend, the head Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer sent a letter to majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, the head senate republican, requesting that four witnesses be allowed to testify in a possible senate trial. They include white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security adviser john bolton. To engage a trial without the facts coming out is to engage in a coverup. To conduct a trial without the facts is saying were afraid. We have something to hide. To conduct a trial without relevant witnesses w
Scenes has really been trying to direct a lot of the messaging effort surrounding impeachment and the white houses efforts to push back at times growing frustrated when he felt like the white house messaging wasnt hitting the mark he hoped it would on tv or on the front page but the president for now focusing on the silver lining, the fundraising boon this has been for the president s reelection campaign. The president , in fact, tonight, he just left the white house and is on his way to a fundraising reception at his own hotel here in washington. And, jeremy, according to the New York Times, a democratic congressman from new jersey, Jeff Van Drew is thanning an event at the white house possibly in a couple of days. What do you know about this . Reporter well, sources are telling us congressman van drew, a democrat from new jersey is expected to switch parties and become a republican at some point soon over this impeachment inquiry. Now, van drew had voted against opening the impeachme
It was everything we said it was and everything they said it was not. We now have confirmation, corroboration that the deep state exists, that it worked to spy on and frame a president ial candidate and plant the seed for his overthrow in the ugliest, most corrupt attempted political coup in u. S. History. That it occurred at all, is stunning. But that it was manipulated to take down a president and remove him from Office Almost as soon as we put him there, essentially overthrowing a government, is an outrage that demands the most severe consequence our criminal Justice System has to offer. Now, you put this together with the russia collusion, and nancy this week saying off for 22 months, ago . But its been four and a half years. Thats right, nancy, and you still havent come up with a reason to impeach him. But you radicals are all in on getting rid of trump, and since you cant find anything real, you make stuff up at a whackamole speed. So the Inspector General decides the opening of
With the president and his team. Will there be a big show or a quick trial . This thing will come to the senate and it will die quickly. Ill speak to senator rand paul next. Plus fighter in chief. As impeachment divides washington, 2020 democrats split over the best way to win over the country. Anyone who starts off saying we cant bring america together is just throwing in the towel. What kind of president do americans want in their corner . Democratic senator Sherrod Brown joins me to discuss. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is bracing for impact. President donald j. Trumps name will likely be added to a very short list in the history book this is week, but certainly not in the way he may have hoped, as the house of representatives considers to use the strongest rebuke the u. S. Constitution allows them, to make him just the third u. S. President to ever be impeached. The defiant president is watching the drama unfold from the white house as he plots h