She looked like a snowman. Grammy awards. All of this matters. Every story within every voice; is that right, ladies . Yes. Yes, it is. What a make a way to living barely getting by its all taking and no giving just use your mind and they never give you credit its enough to drive you crazy if you let it 9 to 5 steve she has still got it a tribute to dolly parton last anytime recognized out in hollywood at the Staples Center. Ainsley many of them have been on our show thats her god daughter. Brian if i didnt quit clarinet in 8th grade i could have been there. Ainsley you could have been there. You could have been in the background. Brian we thought we would have a deal to talk about this week. We might or we might have one that implodes. Thats where we are heading. So optimistic on friday. Steve were we . Brian senator shelby and the others 17 other bicameral. Bipartisan coming up with a border agreement. We thought we were focusing on the wall. Instead we are focusing on beds as well.
Call, i will shut down the government. Okay, we disagree. I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I am not going to blame you. He got his wish. The government is partially shut down days before christmas. Both the house and the senate adjourned late friday night but will return on saturday. I want to go to Brian Stelter and Phil Mattingly and hello to all of you. That sound that you hear which is crickets in washington. Thats the Government Shutdown for the third time this year. How long do we expect this going on . I talked to a veteran, he made what i thought a point. The reality is there is no elegant way out. There is no way that every party involved can claim a win. The reality of the matter is somebody is herbessentially goio be bludgeon and have to cry mercy. As we are in a partial shutdown, is anybody willing to cry mercy. Is the president willing to blame. When you look at the dynamic as they
President s plans to deal with iran Going Forward. We are less than a month away from the first big test of 2020, the iowa caucuses, very busy weekend on the campaign trail, and some brand new polling from the Hawkeye State to go through. Plus, my one on one interview with former secretary and former candidate Julian Castro on the eve of a big swing hes going to take through iowa for senator Elizabeth Warren. The iranian government took the blame for the crash of the ukrainian airline, joining me is ali rue sooe live from tehran. Let me start by getting the back story, what led to all of this, what precipitated it, what the government sate about that plane just yesterday . Reporter hi, david, well, obviously when that plane got shot down, the story in iran from that day until this morning was that it was an accident, that the plane suffered engine failure. It tried to make a hard turn back to the airport and it crashed on the way down. Now we know that those were not the facts. This mo
American people. But now President Trump says its another country, lets say russia or china or his words, norway, offers him information on an opponent in 2020, he thinks he would take it. If foreigners or russia or china offers you information on your opponent, should they accept it or call the fbi . I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen. I dont think theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country norway, we have information on your country, i think we want to hear it. Isnt that interference . Its not interference. I think i would take it. If something is wrong, we go to the fbi. If somebody comes up with Oppo Research, oh, lets call the fbi. The fbi doesnt have enough agents to take care of it. You go and talk honestly to congressman, they all do it, they always have. Its called Oppo Research. Thats not quite right. We will get into what Oppo Research actually is in a movement but its also very important to remember that it is illegal for
Open hearings. The house prepares to vote tomorrow to create the roadmap for impeachment hearings which could ultimately lead to a trial in the republicanled senate, where only a rare few are willing to comment. Im doing my very best to keep an open mind and ill wait to make comments on the evidence until we see all the evidence, all the facts laid out. And inferno. A massive new fire breaking out in california as we speak. Hurricaneforce gusts, dry air fueling more fastmoving brush fires across the state. All it takes is one ember be tossed in the middle of the night. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Well have more on that california disaster, in fact in the simi valley area around the Reagan Library, coming up later in the program. First, here in washington, President Trumps claim that his call to the president of ukraine is perfect is being called into question by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a decorated iraq war veteran so i understand to the Security Council wh