Use proxy forces in the region will not be born just by those proxies, by iran leadership itself. The fallout, now, iran is breaking out of more limits on the nuclear deal while Iraqs Parliament votes to kick the u. S. Troops out of the country. Our troops will almost certainly have to leave iraq, unintended consequence. Our fight against the Islamic State will be seriously degraded as a result. Breaking news in washington, nbc news, carol lee confirming john bolton is willing to testify at a Senate Impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed. If he. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Today in iran, National Frustration in anger spilling out onto the streets, massive numbers. A sea flooding out throughout the day and many mourners seeking revenge for the targeted killing of long time commander Qassem Soleimani. Heres what we know at this hour. The general to replace him is vowing revenge against america, but specific types of action iran could take . Still unknown. The
Chief White House Correspondent john roberts has been following it. The federal judge with his ruling compelling former white House Counsel to testify. John joins us live on the north one. Good evening. It was a federal judge who just ruled a short time ago that don mcgahn does have to comply with the congressional subpoena to testify in the impeachment process. The reason why this is important is because so far the president has said that he and people who work for him have absolute immunity from testifying before congress. Dont forget there are other subpoenas out there as well. There is one to Mick Mulvaney. There is one to charles kupperman, former Deputy Director at the National Security council. There could be one for john bolton. Kupperman has another case that will be heard december 10. If this judges ruling that mcgahn has to comply, then potentially other white house officials who have been subpoenaed or may be subpoenaed may have to comply as well, as that goes to the next p
It is thursday, october 24th, im yasmin vossoughian. Ayman mohyeldin is out sick this morning. We begin with the wake of the escalating impeachment fight, republican strategy for defending President Trump, defending, growing more frantic by the day. On capitol hill yesterday a group of gop lawmakers stormed the secure room where a deposition was set to take place, a House Intelligence Committee official telling nbc news more than two dozen republican members participated. The testimony of laura cooper, the top pentagon official overseeing u. S. Policy toward ukraine was delayed by five hours, because of the outburst. House Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff suggested the demonstration was a response to ambassador bill taylors explosive testimony just the day before. Watch this. The testimony yesterday, they have been successful in stopping witnesses from cooperating. And so the president has elicited allies on the hill to see what they could do to stop the witnesses but we will g
Why theyre holding the vote in the first place. Quoting, she said we are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the house of representatives. Nobody is above the law. Tomorrow will mark five weeks since Speaker Pelosi publicly announced the inquiry. In that time, the president s top lawyer said Administration Officials cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry. Secretary of state mike pompeo has said his employees cannot testify. Rudy giuliani has refused as well. Today democrats threatened attempt after a witness refused to appear. One reason the president s allies have given for a lack of cooperation has to do with process, that there needed to be a single house vote to establish the inquiry. But that is not actually true. A federal judge on friday called those arguments, quote, cherrypicked and incomplete with,
As, quote, crazy. It comes as the its a tornado administration continues to have to clean up its messaging or try to clean up its messaging on that is no fun to see when everything from ukraine to syria to the site of the g7. Its coming your way. The twister knocked out power to cnn has learned that more than 100,000 people in the President Trump has grown dallas ft. Worth area. And left behind miles of increasingly frustrated with his acting chief of staff mick damage destroying businesses. Look at that. Mulvaney, the president not happy after mulvaney famously destroying homes. At least three people were hurt admitted to a quid pro quo with but are expected to be okay. Regards to ukraine and then chad myers is tracking it all claimed he didnt say what the from the cnn weather center. Tape showed he said. Is there still more of a threat for storms . All this as the president did they have a warning about announces he will retreat from this one . His goal of hosting the g7 there was ce