This hour, reaction to President Bidens primetime oval office appeal for 105 billion in Military Support for israel and ukraine. History taught us when terror i haves dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price, they keep going. The cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. The president pushing back on congressional critics balking. Its a smart investment thats going to pay for American Security for generations, keep us american troops out of harms way. Reaching out to muslims at home, feeling the pain of islamaphobia. You are hurting. I want you to know, i see you. You belong. I want to say this to you, you are all american. You are all american. Threats mount to u. S. Troops in baghdad. New signs that israels Ground Invasion into gaza may now be imminent. The Aid Deliveries are still not moving from egypt. Protests grow in the west bank. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington where House Republicans are finishing the week exactly
Courts been in session, julia . Reporter so court is just Getting Started behind me, hallie. They had a little bit of a delay this morning but right now were seamana for thes Defense Attorney come up to the front. Hes ready to ask rick gates more questions. On the way into court downey said they were feeling good and confident today that they are doing well in this case, especially because he is now continuing that crossexamination. It was pretty ruthless yesterday. They found gates to be someone who had a secret life. They had him detail this private flat london that he used to have an affair. Talked about stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from paul man for the. They also started asking him about like to the fbi and for some reason gates was a little squirrely on that issue. He wouldnt come out and said he did it even though thats what he pled guilty to just months ago. Theyre trying to paint someone that the jury would not believe as credible, which is key to their defense str
Among those questions, what it could mean for 2020. Could some in the president s party be rethinking whether they want to stick with mr. Trump amid the impeachment fight. Well break down all the im kagss of last nights elections results. A significant new twist in the Impeachment Inquiry. Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland changing his story now, backing up the testimony of several other key witnesses regarding aid to ukraine and the commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. But why was he allowed to change his testimony . Were going to dig into that in just a moment. Lets go right to the implications of tuesdays elections. For that i want to bring in msnbc National Political correspondent Steve Kornacki. Hes at the big board. Nbc news road war i dont Vaughn Hillyard joins us from louisville, kentucky. Vaughn, its a state that President Trump won by about 30 points in 2016. Here we are just three years later. Looks like there will be a Deck Kr Democrat in the governors me
parties who have come here today to participate in a day that s usually a celebration, particularly for the new majority. they want to get their picture taken. they want to shake hands with the new speaker. they want to be part of this historic day. they don t want to do it at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning or friday. that dynamic, that little bit of pressure, in the same way we joke about the senate magic, that approaches holidays and things, where members want to get home, so they vote for things they might not otherwise vote for, it s possible you could see a similar dynamic at play here from spouses and family members perhaps texting members to say, get this rolling here. we have other places to be. stay with us. we will be here for a while watching this play out. first, let s bring in msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. what are you watching for? explain let s get in the
grande valley this year with the release of mayra flores, raise doubts about the democratic playbook among latino voters, even though democrats say they are confident about november, republicans say latino voters are not as fundamentally aligned with the democratic party as history would suggest. with the control of congress at stake, voters will tell us who is right come november. to help us put everything into perspective and to understand this shift among latinos ahead of the midterms i m joined by msnbc national political correspondent and also a democratic strategist and former communications director for the dnc. thank you both for being here. let s go straight to the board, steve. a republican like person like mayra flores will say that there is a shift happening across south texas, does your data support this? we absolutely saw that not just in the 34th district but across south texas, a big shift. we will show you with the 34th