And msnbc contributor, jeremy peters. Hans, starting with you. What were learning about numbers, locations, possible Additional Forces in afghanistan. Break it down for us. The numbers, the range is 3,000 to 5,000. Thats what were hearing. I just got off the phone with a Senior Administration official. Theyre stressing this is still in the deliberation process. No final decision has been made. And President Trump is asking some questions about this proposed policy. What we know about the policy, more troops to fight directly against the taliban. Bolster the Afghan National army. What trump is asking about is whats the regional approach. He is asking these questions namely because its difficult to see a solution in afghanistan unless you have some sort of approach to pakistan. The hostages. The network holds them in pakistan. A great deal of fighters that go back and forth. Remember, a couple of weeks ago it was the secretary mattis went to kabul. I was there with them. Theyre talking a
First to Kristen Welker with the breaking news out of the white house. The release of this student. Walk us through the nuts and bolts here. I know this has just come out in the last few minutes. This is significant because we have seen all of those recent provocations by north korea. Let me tell you what the white house is saying at this hour. They just released a statement that says, at the direction of the president , the department of state has secured the release of otto warbeir from north korea. He is en route to the u. S. Where hell be reunited with his family. The department of state continues to have discussions with north korea regarding the three other american citizens who are detained there. Of course, that continues to be a focus of this administration, trying to get those three detained students freed. This all comes as something incredibly curious happened overnight, hallie, Dennis Rodman, former nba star, visiting north korea. I spoke with a white house official and sa
Heart and soul of the gop, is President Trump winning . Also dirty politics. Nbc news has confirmed Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National committee paid for research leading to explosive dossier leading to links between russia and Trump Campaign. Metoo, they have come together to share powerful stories of sexual harassment, not just in hollywood. Well talk to the woman who started the movement that became a hashtag and talk about affecting real change. We start with republicans who are trying to save the marriage. As President Trump heads to dallas for an update on hurricane recovery in texas at a Campaign Event, tax cuts appear to be the only baby that can unite this fractured gop trapped in an unhappy union. Two republican senators spent all of monday taking highprofile shots at President Trump. One, senator jeff flake, continued the onslaught with an editorial today in which he compared the president to joe mccarthy. The president , meanwhile, took the fight to one of his favo
Rattling the west wing, author michael wolf on the today show. What hes saying in face of the threats from the president. The book as of 61 minutes ago on sale coast to coast. Days earlier than expected. My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has walked on earth at this point. Reporte with us now to kick off the show, Michael Schmidt, Nbcs Kristen Welker is standing by at the white house, also onset here, former Deputy Assistant attorney general, robert driscoll, and our panel for the next 60 minutes, White House Reporter for bloomberg, shani pettypiece and nick johnson. Lets get to it and drilldown on the New York Times report. Because you need to know what is in it and what we didnt know before. So michael, i want to start off with this graphic here. This morning President Trump is telling the white house lawyer apparently back in march to instruct the attorney general Jeff Sessions to stay on in the russia probe. Nbc news has jus
Thats going down in North Carolina. A congressional race is clouded in controversy and explosive allegations of voter fraud that had democrats up in arms. The States Democratic Party chair is joining me live later in the show. Plus, on the hill, they delayed debate. They might not be able to delay a potential shutdown over a border wall showdown. Because all the president wants for christmas is that big beautiful wall. And he may make lawmakers stay away from home for the holidays to get it. We have a team of reporters and analysts here to cover all of it. It is turning out to be a busy tuesday. We start with deadline day to day. The series of deadlines that will trigger new documents which may reveal more than what weve seen so far about Robert Muellers investigation and specifically what hes learned from three key figures who were in President Trumps orbit. Michael flynn, former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort and former fixer and president ial Attorney Michael Cohen. First up flynn,