Two weeks ago. Yesterday, for example, fox news obtained a written declaration from an exboyfriend of Christine Fords. In that declaration the exboyfriend said that ford once coached a friend through a polygraph exam to help her get a federal job. If true, that would contradict what ford told congress. The man also said that during their entire six year relationship, ford never mentioned it being a victim of Sexual Assault or any other kind of trauma and said she flew on airplanes many times including small prop planes around hawaii. You will recall that she was too afraid to fly to come to washington. She also claims she was a claustrophobic and he claimed that she was not afraid of enclosed spaces. Are these claims true . We dont know. For disputes them and theres no evidence to support them independently but theres also no evidence to support fords allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. And thats a point, we need to know more but we dont know more because no one is asking these questi
Our new report on the impeachment threat suddenly shrinking for the Lieutenant Governor while the governor promises to stay in office talkital talking today about White Privilege and blackface. You didnt know the history . I think were all on a learning curve. Plus the two women getting into the 2020 mix. How to take on donald trump and the new twist involving jeff y bezos fight against the inquirer. We start with the breakdown and shutdown talks. This time its not because of the border wall the president wants. The main Sticking Point is the number of beds in ice detention centers. Democrats want to limit the beds to put a lid on how many immigrants the government can detain. The president will be met by protesters and by a counterrally as well. Hell also be met by Kristen Welker on the road for us along with kasie hunt on capitol hill. This for the president is going to be a time to get out there in front of a friendly crowd and try to sell his shutdown message. Reporter and you know
Sucking up the most oxygen. Is it a gender thing . Weve got that deep dive coming up later in the show with our team here, covering all of it on whats turning out to be a busy tuesday. So we start this hour with that news surrounding the investigation into Michael Cohen. Those redacted search warrants, right, related to that fbi raid on his house, his officer, his safety deposit box, et cetera, just released. Let me get right to nbcs tom winter whos been reading these documents. Also with me, joyce vance, msnbc contributor. Paul butler, nbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, professor at georgetown law. And ana palmer, senior washington correspondent for politico. Sahil kapur joins us too, National Political reporter for bloomberg news. Tom, you have had a good hour, i think, 50 minutes, at least, to look through these documents. Bring us the headlines. What are we learning . And maybe, as importantly, what are we not learning from these . Well just go right to what were not lea
Could have a story to tell if he is willing. Now President Trump has said he will take steps to block john bolton from testifying at the Senate Impeachment trial which could begin sometime next week. He made the statement to Laura Ingraham for an interview airing tonight. She asked why not allow him to testify. This thing is bogus, why not allow him to testify. The president testifies, no problem except you cant be in the white house as a future and have a security adviser, anybody having to do with security, league and other things, especially ingraham interrupts saying, are you going to invoke executive president. The president says i think you have to for the sake of the office. I want to go to Phil Mattingly at the capital. If he invokes executive privilege, could it change the speakers thinking in sending over the articles . Reporter im told it could not shift the strategy to send the articles next week. It underscores the reality the House Speaker and democratics have been facing
Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. Thank you for joining us. 5 00 a. M. In atlanta, georgia. We appreciate it. We begin with the white house and the impeachment inquiry. The ukraine scandal now engulfing the Trump White House and its moving rapidly on multiple fronts. Here are the latest developments. House democrats have subpoenaed the white house to turn over documents and other records related to ukraine, after the administration ignored a request to do so voluntarily. And the Vice President of the United States, mike pence, hes in the mix now. His meetings in poland with ukraines new leader have prompted a request for documents. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo missed a friday deadline to provide lawmakers with ukraine documents and records. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Says it is hopeful that information will be handed over soon. And th