Attacked the American Embassy on new years eve said to be reacting to air strikes on outposts in iraq and syria which they said were responsible for the death of an american contractor. He was asked about iran as he was about to walk into his new years party at maralago. Mr. President i dont think it would be a good idea for iran. I like peace and iran should want peace more than anybody. It would go very quickly. Before we begin our discussion lets get the latest on tonights developments from ali who joins us from london. Thank you for joining us. Obviously this caught a lot of folks in the media off guard. This news tonight trying to play catch up. Take us through what we know at this hour about this killing. They have confirmed that he was killed in iraq on the way to the airport. He is a revered figure in iran and it wouldnt be an exaggeration to say that he is the second most powerful person in iran after ayatollah khomeini, the Supreme Leader and developed a huge network of milit
New york universitys center on law and security has viewed the unblacked out versions of those emails. What they found, it amplifies recent reporting from cnn and others about just how concerned and suspicious senior government officials were that the aid freeze to ukraine was against the law, or as the former top diplomat in the ukraine put it, at the time just plain wrong. As the committee is aware, i wrote that withholding Security Assistance in exchange for help with a domestic Political Campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and i believe it now. He, of course, testified to congress. Many of the people in these emails that were now seeing, they did not. And some are being blocked by the white house from telling what they know. And what they know is probably an awful lot, which is why this new reporting is so important. Were going to talk to the author who broke the story, kate brannon in just a moment. But first, we want to kind of set the table on wha
Days. Its also nice to be back. It turns out when you take off at new years in 2019 you come back to work right after new years in 2019, it turns out it is then 2020. I know mathematically this should not be a shock, but it does feel like a shock. It does feel 2020 has been looming so large for so long. It does feel sort of shocking it is here now. We are now officially among other things in a president ial election year. Iowa is a month away. I was up in New Hampshire for part of the break visiting with family members in New Hampshire. Were already playing count the yard signs game in New Hampshire ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Were also starting to block off the weekends on the calendar in forthcoming weeks when theres important primaries and caucuses on the weekends. Those are going to be workdays for those of us covering the Campaign Even though those are saturdays and sundays. It is all here. It is upon us. But for now at least it just means there is that much more to keep t
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 1078 of the trump administration, and tonight this president is facing rapidly increasing pressure, both at home and overseas. The president has been spending his last few days at his resort in florida. His administration has been preparing for impeachment trial in the senate. But ithe turns out the trump whe house has also been working on a military strike against a prominent iranian leader. The Defense Department tonight has confirmed that the United States has killed iranian general Qassim Soleimani. Soleimani may not be familiar to many americans, he was the head of irans quds force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary guard. Iraqi state tv says a general and Iraqi Militia leader were among several people who died in a drone strike at baghdads airport. The defenses Department Said t president metook, quote, decisi defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel o
Trump, the Senate Leaders prepare to square off. Democrats hammer away at new reports accusing the white house of a cover up. Plus the president ial race gets more volatile as deadlines close and voting is weeks away as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Good evening. Day 1078 of the trump administration. And tonight this president is facing rapidly increasing pressure both at home and overseas. The president has been spending his last few days at his resort in florida, his administration has been preparing for impeachment trial in the senate. But it turns out the Trump White House has also been working on a military strike against a prominent iranian leader. Defense department tonight has confirmed that the United States has killed iranian general qassim soleimani. Soleimani may not be familiar to many americans, he was the head of the quds force, elite unit of the revolutionary guard. Iraqi state tv says he and a leader were among several who died at the airport. Th