Girl on the right. She would become milliwalker. And my maternal grandfather worked in the coal mines of west virginia. Sent for his wife and infant daughter. My aunt bess is 93 and alive in western pennsylvania. I posted these and said now show me your family pictures. I really wasnt trying to make a political point though there were so many to be made. And i was overwhelmed with fabulous family photographs and remarkable stories. Heres a small sampling. Posting here are my grandparents and great grandparents in new delhi, so my grand father could study Civil Engineering at the university of delaware. They immigrated with just two suitcases. He was born here, his parents came from mexico to work in the fields of california. Hard work and passion for the country and their devotion to raising a family has created generations of happy and successful americans, passionate about the country in which we live. Im grateful for their sacrifices. Lawrence wrote, meet the original hale family. M
Security analyst, Michael Schmidt who will be with us in just a moment. Were miccing him up. Nbc news and name law analyst and editor and chief of law fair Benjamin Wittes is with us this morning, as well as julia ainslie. At 9 00 a. M. This morning, House Democrats are expected to hold a News Conference to announce articles of impeachment against the president. Five sources familiar with the discussions tell nbc news democrats will bring two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Two people familiar with the matter tell the Washington Post that under the current plan, the Judiciary Committee would vote on the articles on thursday setting up a floor vote next week. This comes a day after the release of the 434page ig report that found the fbi was justified in opening the 2016 trump russia investigation. Also today, the president meets with russias foreign minister in the oval office. Quite some timing, joe. What a day yesterday, my gosh. Incredible. You saw at some point
Press. Do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against iran . You have children without their parents. You have kids taking care of kids. Do you think impeachment is a good politics for you . If you could have one doover as president , what would it be . Meantime, three days to go until the first democratic debates begin. How the candidates are preparing. New today the president addressing ongoing fears of a potential military conflict with iran. The president has said he will impose major sanctions on iran starting tomorrow after he called off a retaliatory strike. Chuck todd pressed the president on what kind of negotiations have potential agreement. He is seeking with iran. Im not looking for war. And if there is, it will be obliteration like youve never seen before, but im not looking to do that, but you cant have a Nuclear Weapon. You want to talk, good, otherwise you can have a bad no preconditions . No. Just last year mike pompeo made 12 demands of iran. This
The stage for public hearings with the witnesses who provided the most compelling evidence. Such as ambassador bill taylor and colonel vindman. The democrats also intend to lean heavily on the evidence provided by trump himself. The transcript of his july 25th call with president zelensky in which he asked the newlyelected leader to pursue an investigation of biden. Now, trumps answer to all this . Do a madhouse style dramatic reading between the phone call of himself and president zelensky that a trump ally told me today, trump still maintains publicly and privately is perfect in every way. Trump telling the Washington Examiner in an interview yesterday, quote, at some point, im going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on Live Television and i will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it. When you read it, its a straight call. Important to point out that its a summary of the call. And even the summary makes clear that military aid and a meeting were both c
He wrote the depositions are an attempt p attempt to, his words, intimidate and Bully State Department officials adding that he would prevent any attempts to do so. Now, the secretarys defiance comes as sources tell cnn pompeo was actually listening in on the phone call and contrast that with a little over a week ago when pompeo claimed he hadnt even read the whistleblower complaint about that conversation. And then there is bill barr. The nations top Law Enforcement official wholl reportedly has been meeting with counterparts in australia and elsewhere in this bid to persuade several foreign governments to help discredit the mueller probe. All of that is happening as an important week plays out for house intel chairman Adam Schiffer and his committee, highprofile appearances including kurt volker, the former Ukraine Special envoy who quit the day after that whistleblower complaint went public along with President Trumps handpicked Intelligence Community Inspector General. And we shoul