week. i ll be joined by eric swalwell in just a moment. plus, exclusive nbc reporting on rhonda santa s presidential aspirations, and why republican donors are afraid to lend their support as of today. and will head to mississippi to get an update on recovery after some of the deadly storms there and what president biden is doing to help the region. let s get started. another week has come and gone since donald trump claimed that he would be arrested and we re still waiting to see whether an indictment will actually come down in new york city. but in that time, trump has gotten from making predictions to launching some dangerous attacks. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has been receiving death threats over his investigation into donald trump s alleged role in the 2016 hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels. now those threats came on the heels of a series of social media posts from trump, including one warning of, quote, death and destruction. i fear
Mexicans would pay for it, to use the money to take land away from farmers and ranchers on the border of the United States. How can any conservative support this guy . Senator, the definition of conservative has changed so fast in our lifetime its unbelievable. We need a dictionary to keep up with it. Senator michael bennet, democrat from colorado. Thank you, sir. Stay safe on the trail. Thats all we have for tonight. Well be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. Ari melber is picking it up. Good evening to you. We begin here with Breaking News rocking washington. Moment of truth. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that is what faces the nation tonight. Right now as she stepped out and made this announcement just within the last hour. Im announcing the House Of Representatives moving forward with an official Impeachment Inquiry. Im directing our six committees to proceed with their
investigations under that umbrella of Impeachment Inquiry. The president must be held accountable. N
I wanted to confirm a Point Of Order is the rules of decorum. I dont believe the gentleman from florida meant to violate them and i give him the benefit of the doubt. More than once he referred to a new york lawyer. If he could explain what he meant i withdraw my Point Of Order. Thats not a recognizable Point Of Order. Mr. Chairman, Point Of Order regarding the schedule. There is no Point Of Order regarding the schedule. In this case, there is. Will you answer my question . The gentleman will suspend. There is no recognizable Point Of Order regarding the future schedule. Will you recognize that . No. Mrs. Mcbath is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to follow up on one part of President Trumps conduct. I asked our constitutional scholars about last week. The Investigative Committees found evidence President Trump
intimidated, threatened and tampered with prospective and actual witnesses in the Impeachment Inquiry, correct . Yes. It is a federal crime to intimidate or seek to i
To exclude from trial . Therefore, from the American Public evidence. I mean, were prosecutors, we are used to evidence. Thats how we measure our cases, measure our progress. And if Senator Mcconnell has decided in coordination with the white house that its going to be run in a particular way to exclude facts and evidence and witnesses an documents what does that make the senate . It is just an amazing point for you to be making. Americas history is being an advocate around the world for the i think it is fair to call that a banana court, a banana republic, a kangaroo court. We used to be a country that helped bring the rule of law to other countries. So impeachment wasnt designed to be a trial like in an article 3 court but it was designed to be a process and a high mined one in which facts mattered. Right . The framers had this fascinating
trial. You could have put an Impeachment Trial in the judiciary. They didnt want to. Theoretically, the house, the house had the other job of sort
da. yet we have seen an increase in death threats that have been described to alvin bragg. tell us more about how trump s post shake donald trump s post, richard, are exactly, moving back up, donald trump s posts are inspiring the acts of violence that are being carried out in his name. the threats. violence. and this is exactly what donald trump wants. i have zero faith that he is going to stop. a leopard doesn t change its spots. this guy has priors going back to canada trump with this type of record. i have a lot of faith, though, that the criminal justice system will survive this test where former president is under multiple investigations. and by the way, this is not for anyone to celebrate over or destroy for. our justice system affords donald trump if he is a