Going to be such a low point we have a snoop around to catch a glimpse topping the discreet lockers of the secret structure june 10th w. This is due to be news live from berlin Angela Merkel insists her government will press on the german chancellor says shes not planning any changes to the countrys Governing Coalition this after the surprise resignation of the leader of the Social Democrats a move that plunged the Coalition Top night into crisis. Im
rebecca ritters welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel says her Governing Coalition will press on with its work despite a surprise resignation today at the top of its ranks and reanalysis announced shes stepping down as leader of germanys Social Democrats the Junior Partner in merkels grand Coalition Says she also plans to give up her seat in the German Parliament the announcement comes as her party recognize agonizes excuse me over its future following a double election defeat now less was under pressure after german voter
Murray, thanks to both of you. Thanks for watching our msnbc special. Find me on weeknights. Its the beet, 6 00 p. M. Eastern. It started as a 30minute phone call between two president s. It erupted into a fullscale scandal that now threatens to bring down donald trump. Today im announcing the house of representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Our president sacrificed our National Security and our constitution for his personal political benefit. Theyve been trying to impeach me from the day i got elected. And you know what . They failed. Youve seen the headlines. Tonight well dive deep into the part of the story you havent heard. And key players will reveal for the first time what really happened. As we go on assignment. The conversation just after 9 00 a. M. On july 25th started out friendly. President donald j. Trump calling his newly elected counterpart, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. This is from the official notes of the phone call released b
Been looking for an excuse to impeach this president for a long time now. In fact, when they took over the house pardon of the interruption here. Im going to step out here at the top of the hour, but our coverage of the impeachment proceedings continue now on msnbc. Stay with us. Its all about politics, hurting the president , hurting his reputation. They dislike him intensely. As i mentioned the other day, they really loathe this president and theyre trying to hurt his chances in the next election. But one of my real concerns, and i have a lot of them about this whole thing, and i mentioned this earlier today, im very concerned about is that the democrats are really lowering the bar for impeaching a president in the future. Its becoming too routine. Its becoming the new normal. For 200 years in our nation we had one impeachment, one in 200 years, Andrew Johnson. And now in less than 50 years
were in our third one this time around. And i really am concerned that from now on in all like
California, a federal judge in california gives a win to trumps attorneys arguing against the provisions that would have kept him off the ballot if he didnt turn over his tax returns. Congratulations to Harmeet Dhillon and her team. Shannon a fox news alert, state Department Inspector general heading to capitol hill with an urgent matter at hand, that news as mike pompeo arrived in italy. One of two countries along with australia at the heart of the investigation into the investigators. Democrats are turning up the heat on mike pompeo. Rudy giuliani and william barr. We will tell you what barr and the us attorney dura mater after, the academic epicenter of the counterintelligence russia probe. Giuliani calls him a deep state operative. Mueller had a different take. What do we know about the man
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President for a long time now. In fact, when they took over the house, one of their members filed articles of impeachment that very day and really since Inauguration Day many wanted to impeach him. This is really all about in my view, its all about politics. Its all about hurting the president , hurting his reputation. They dislike him intensely. As i mentioned the other day they really loathe this president , and theyre trying to hurt his chances in the next election. It may well do just the opposite. One of my real concerns, and af lot of them about this whole thing. I mentioned this earlier today, im very concerned about is that The Democrats are really lowering the bar for impeaching a president in the future. Its becoming too routine. Its becoming the new normal. For 200 years in our nation wed had one impeachment, one in 200 years, Andrew Johnson and now in less than 50 years were in our third one this time around. And i really am concerned that from now on in all likelihood when