Finished a meeting with local leaders. They were near the niger border when their pickup trucks came under fire. The troops fighting back. Four of those men losing their lives before French Military assets came to their rescue. At some point during the firefight Sergeant Johnson got separated from his comrades. His body was found 48 hours later by niger een troupes and t known how he got there. How long he was alive. Why he was left behind. Joining me now as we sort out these details is our cnn senior diplomatic correspondent. Michelle, it appears the pentagon chief doesnt have the full story here. The lack of detailed information on how this happened, why the outcome, dismaying cnn is told by three officials even to the secretary of defense. He wants those answers. But there is an investigation going on. Doesnt seem like hes trying to rush the investigation. This is being handled by africa command. They are trying to establish a more detailed timeline, minutely minute if not more deta
Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Weve got very big breaking news tonight. On the eve of the house vote to send president Donald Trumps articles of impeachment over to the senate the house Intelligence Committee, that would be, of course, the economy that held the impeachment inquiry and interviewed the witnesses, that Committee Just released an incredibly incriminating cache of documents from Rudy Giulianis indicted associate, lev parnas and told you yesterday the documents were transmitted over to the house and tonight just in the past couple hours really we got a small group of them and weve been going through them and digesting just how explosive and wild the stuff in there is. They include the following. Handwritten notes from lev parnas on a Ritzcarlton Hotel note pad from vienna, the first of which reads, not making this up, get zelensky to announce the biden case will be investigated. Those are presumably directions he got from someone or his agenda was remarkably sim
Working with you. If you think about it, hey, the economy wasnt me, its the fed. Health care, wasnt me, its mcconnell. You know, shaggy should be his chief political advisor these days, i think. I dont know if he follows either of us on twitter, but i will try to reach out to shaggy and see if we can get this collabo done by the end of 2019, chuck. I have a feeling he knows were talking about him. Were going to follow the pod quaff cast as well. Thank you, chuck todd. Let me tell you what we have in tonights show. There are a lot of Different Things going on. First a brandnew video everyone is talking about in politics. 0 joe biden, former vicepresident , is speaking out on the criticism hes received this week and he is now announcing in his own words, hell be, quote, careful of personal space with women criticizing encounters they said made them feel uncomfortable. Well get into the video and other criticism of him later in the show. Also something weve been waiting to do tonight, wer
Shooting. Plus, tensions between william barr and House Democrats continue to boil. All of this after the attorney general threatens to skip out on thursdays hearing with the House Judiciary Committee. And a battle of the ages. Now poll numbers have joe biden as a clear frontrunner for the democratic ticket. But they also reveal a weak spot for his campaign. Is the former Vice President lit enough for americas millennials . We are going to get started on the left coast in san diego. Were going to start with the rabbi from that tragic Southern California synagogue shooting speaking out for the first time. He calls the gunman a terrorist and says the Jewish Community will not be intimidated by acts of hate. Im just so heartbroken by the senseless killings. Mean, you know, the constitution of the United States guarantees freedom of religion for all faiths. And we are so grateful to live here in this country that protects our rights to live openly and proudly as jews. One thing for sure, i
West. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New doubts about whether all republicans will be loyal to President Trump during the impending impeachment trial. There is a new call to action for senators. Within the last hour, new word from joe biden about whether he will comply with a Senate Subpoena and be a witness in the impeachment trial. A warning from Michael Moore about the odds of trump winning if democrats pick the wrong kind of candidate. Plus, the worst thing about canada editing trump out of a home alone movie. But we start with former vp joe biden walking back comments that he made yesterday out on the campaign trail, when asked how he would respond if subpoenaed by the senate. Here it is. Do you stand by your earlier statements that you wouldnt comply if you were subpoenaed to testify in an impeachment trial before the senate . Correct. And the reason i wouldnt is because its all designed to deal with trump doing what hes done his whole life, trying to take the focus off of h