out. see you tomorrow. thanks so much, craig. a great day to all of you, i m alison morris at nbc headquarters in new york. president trump is slamming nancy pelosi and the democratic party over impeachment, saying she s desperate. of course impeachment is in limbo right now because pelosi is in a standoff with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell until she gets assurances on how the senate trial will run. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is traveling with the president. hallie, those strong remarks came after the president s annual holiday videoconference with the troops this morning. reporter: the clouds have definitely cleared here in south florida, alison, although you could say the shadow of impeachment yet hangs over the president. he knows we re here in sunny west palm just down the road
hallie jackson in west palm, thank you so much. natasha bertrand, national correspondent for politico. david ignatius, columnist for the washington post, and harry litman who served as deputy attorney general in the clinton administration. let me ask you about this standoff between mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi. she wants assurances about what the senate trial might look like before she sends off the articles of impeachment. the president says mcconnell can do whatever he wants. how will they solve this problem? first, they re not going to solve it for a couple of weeks, as hallie good, in that good report from mar-a-lago. pelosi i think is clearly seeking some leverage to get some assurances that the senate trial will not simply be a rubber stamp instant acquittal of donald trump.
it remains within the scope. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else within the campaign who did so. michael flynn has just pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to the fbi. the president fuming as the special counsel zeros in on his last win. no russia did not help me, okay. russia. i call it the russian hoax. reporter: nbc s peter alexander reporting on the top-ten political moments of 2017. we ll be right back with today s big picture from sunny west palm.