Brandnew hour begins now here on americas newsroom on a brandnew day. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Sandra im sandra smith. The big question at this hour what will the u. S. Do next . Right now iran saying it targeted the drone in iranian airspace but the United States says that is not the case. Bill this latest move marks the second time tehran shot down an american drone this month. Were live from the pentagon. Lucas, hello. Central command responsible for all forces in the middle east rejected irans claim the american drone flew over iran. Those reports are false. It was an unprovoked attack on a surveillance asset in International Airspace. The race is on to recover the wreckage of the drone shot down by an iranian surface to aramis ill over the strait of hormuz not far from where u. S. Officials say iran attacked oil tankers. The shoot down of the unmanned drone with a wing span the size of a boeing 737 airliner took place two days after Patrick Shanahan resigned. Army secretary m
Who says hed rather go to jail than enforce a proposed new law that takes guns away from people who may pose a risk. Up first, a matter of National Security and questions about who is allowed access to the countrys most important secrets. According to the chairman of the House Oversight commit, a white house staffer says about two dozen individuals were given security clearances despite initially being denied. Democratic congressman elijah congressman says the clearances were turned down due to a range of issues from fears about foreign influence to potential conflicts of interest. Lets get straight to congressional reporter lauren fox on capitol hill. What more can you tell us about this . Reporter what we know is Trisha Newbold appeared before the House Oversight committee and she told them she was deeply concerned about how the security clearance process was working at the white house, basically she would express she didnt think someone would have a security clearance and then that
Doors in the most sensitive of security positions. Every american should worry. Coming up this hour, former secretary of defense leon panetta and Senate Armed Services maybe tim kaine. Beyond hope. The president s closest aide hope hicks is the first former Trump White House official testifying since the Mueller Report but under serious restrictions under the white house exerting executive privilege. It just takes us to the court, wastes the taxpayers dollars and youll see the president say this is taking too long. The reason its taking too long is because its a team of obstructers. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is in flr thori this hour after that raucous reelection kick off in orlando and touting a big fundraising ha haul as well. The Trump Campaign brought in nearly 25 million in less than 24 hours. But will his loyal base be enough to fight off a democratic challenger in 2020 . Joining me now nbc chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson
Im sandra smith. Republican lawmakers demanding action from speaker of the house nancy pelosi calling the freshman democrats latest comment antisemitic. Gop lawmakers are urging the speaker to take action after congresswoman tlaib said this. You know, its kind of a calming feeling i always tell folks when i think of the holocaust and the tragedy of the holocaust and the fact that it was my ancestors, palestinians, who lost their land and some lost their lives all of it was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for jews. Sandra Jason Chaffetz will be here shortly to weigh in. Well begin with peter doocy with more. The tlaib is the firstever palestinian American Woman elected to comments but her comments about the holocaust are being seen as very incentive. Direct quote there is a calming feeling i always tell folks when i think of the holocaust and her history of what happened after is a fantasy based on lies spread to delegitimize the state of israel. That tweet got a direct res
Will be released midapril if not sooner and along in the process. This comes as six House Democratic chairs were pressing the attorney general to turn tuesday. Fox has been reporting it would be a matter of weeks and not months in the letter backing it up. In terms of material that will be redacted, some subject to criminal procedure which cannot be made public. Potential material which the Intelligence Community could say is compromising sources and message and materials that could affect other downgoing matters, some the special counsel has passed along to Justice Department offices. Barr notes although the president would have the right to assert executive privilege over certain parts of the report, the president has said publicly he intends to defer to the attorney general, so the attorney general says there are no plans to sub miment the report to the white house for a privilege review. But theres been a whole lot of heat on capitol hill to release the report including this from t