To save those stranded by flooding in texas. But first, washington is reeling from new explosive reporting that the president pressured a foreign leader to pursue an investigation that could deliver potential political dirt on his possible 2020 challenger. The Washington Post and the New York Times now also reporting what the wall street journal broke yesterday, that President Trump pressed the newlyelected president of ukraine to investigate the son of former Vice President joe biden. Nbc news has not independently confirmed it. The wall street journal reports during a phone call in july, President Trump urged the ukrainian president about eight times to investigate hunter biden. According to people familiar with the matter. A source tells the journal, it does not appear the president offered anything in return but the month after the call, the administration did block aid to ukrai ukraine until last week. There is a bitter standoff. The Trump Administration is refusing to release a w
washington post reports, quote, far-right trump supporters are posting the names of prosecutors and government workers online and yell at him at demonstrations. threatening them, sometimes revealing details about their personal lives. that is according to two experts and political extremism. joining us now to discuss nbc news correspondent ron hilliard, msnbc political analyst and former congressman david jolly, an msnbc legal analyst lisa reuben vaughan. i wonder, you are on the trail right now, how is trump talking about his indictment on stage in front of his supporters right, alicia, look he has taken his legal peril on the road. he is not running from this. he is not trying to mask the fact that he has been criminally charged and is facing pending trials. instead he is using the stages and the microphone that millions of viewers not only on his social media accounts but also on right-wing outlets to try to galvanize support for