Know that its friday. You know that. We have a very special fall back friday, the one and only special icon and Pulitzer Prize winner together tonight. I dont think you want to miss it. Lets begin with the big news. Speaker pelosi playing hardball. They will not give an inch to build the wall mexico would pay for as the shut down goes into the 13th day. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer made it plain after meeting with trump. Were just completed a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. We made a plea to the president once again. Dont hold millions of americans, hundreds of thousands of workers hostage. We told the president we needed the government open. We resisted. He said he would keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or each years. Years. It sounds unbelievable. A president threatening to keep the government closed for years all because mexico wouldnt do what he said he would make them do. Thats his version of the story. Heres do
Now. It was an absolute nightmare. Asserting privilege. In an hour the House Judiciary Committee will vote on whether the attorney general should be held in contempt. One element to the escalating showdown as the administration denies a request for any documents relating to former white House Counsel don mcgahn, who spoke with Robert Mueller for more than 30 hours. A member of the House Judiciary Committee will join me live. And a decade in the red. The New York Times gets a look at the irs tax records for President Trump from 1985 to 1994. The major revelation, donald trump the businessman reported more than double the losses of any other taxpayer in america. So were watching several developing stories at this hour but we start with the devastating scene out of colorado, where were learning new details of the deadly shooting at a school in a denver suburb. Kids from kindergarten through high school sent running for their lives. One purpose dead, eight others injured, two of them criti
Administration transfers Migrant Children under the age of 12 from a transfer facility in texas after a National Outcry over the reported conditions they have endured. The children arent being given enough food. They are hungry. The facility is very cold at night, children have told me that they have had trouble sleeping because theyre so hungry, and they wake up because of the cold. Good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The day before the first president ial debates here on msnbc news. Heres a live look inside the debate hall in miami where the stage is set for a special two night prime time event and the anticipation is building as the lar largest and most diverse field in history prepares for the first high stakes political test of the primary season. Joining me now is nbcs Peter Alexander in miami. Joel payne, and democratic strategist. Ruth marcus, columnist and msnbc contributor, and sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast and an msnbc contributor as well.
Is badly broken. So whats at stake here it goes well beyond this complaint and this president to whether any oversight is possible, any whistleblower is protected and were determined to validate that authority of the congress. The Washington Post was first to report that the communication was a phone call between the president and a foreign leader and that it included a promise from the president. A call that was recorded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the u. S. Intelligence committee to file a formal whistle blower complaint with the Inspector General. But acting director of National Intelligence, joseph mcguire, is refusing to give the details of that call to congress, deviating from what is usually the normal circumstance in that occasion. And there is still a lot we dont know. Who was the president speaking with . What did he promise . The president respond, though, today on twitter, quote, is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would Say Something inappropriate
I think that hes, you know, a good guy. I was going to say underserved over there because i would actually like to see more of him but i think hes like on all day on the weekends. I think his message is right, and hes right about rachel. Hes right about other folks. Hes right about some of the folks at fox news, who i know, who i disagree with. I think if i was really in a jam or a bind, honestly i think i could call sean hannity and say, i need some help, and i think he would do it. You know, he spends a lot of time talking about us and criticizing. I think he could spend more on the president and on his own folks, but thats neither here nor there. I do think i dont disagree with ellen, and because you know me, listen, youre friends with everyone. You know, youve got trump guys who youre friends with. Youve got people would dont like trump. Youve got clinton. Youre friends with everyone like me. I have the same thing. Believe it or not, i have Trump Supporters who are friends of mine,