This case is about carmen. This case is about nick. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im natalie morales, thank you for watching. Good morning on this sunday morning. Im Frances Rivera at msnbc world quarters. Its 6 00 in the east, 3 00 out west. Heres whats happening. The impeachment battle intensifies. The latest on the timeline an the strike that vi for both sides. Plus, the new effort to unmask the whistleblower. A political pressure on the other side to delay and stone wall as long as possible. If they do impeach the president , the senate doesnt vote to convict, imagine what kind of a presidency youre going to have. The American Public is very smart and they will understand if the story is told and in a simple way. Also, the new report about Hillary Clintons emails and how the Trump Administration is still investigating them. And they are back. The gang at sn all right. Returns poking fun at the president and his personal attorney. Spenl this morning, the battle lines as im
counsel leaking about the white house chief of staff and you see this quote from omb saying it was approved by the lawyers at ef step every step of the way. it seems like nasty place to work. just to get in the weeds, but the white house counsel is investigating one of his deputies. mr. eisenberg who is the white house counsel lawyer assigned to this pig pen of a mess is being revud. it was his decision to store the notes on a top secret server that one of the witnesses said was a mistake. that is also under scrutiny. what do you know about the white house counsel s investigation into his deputy and the acting chief of staff? reporter: well, sunday s around here it feels like everybody is investigatining everybody else. and leaking about it. reporter: the investigation into there deputy white house counsel is significant because
so basically what morrison did was he went to the secretary at the white house and tried to make sure that sondland was actually talking to the president. and in every instance, it checked out that those conversations had actually occurred, don. so morrison very concerned there. obviously it s troubling given the fact that sondland, during his testimony, trying to downplay what he knew about that. alice, stand by. i just want to get a response from max. then i ll bring you in here. what she s reporting is important, max, because it gives you the level of concern for people inside of the white house to the extent of the president s role in this ukraine call. right, don. or in this shakedown. i mean it s crazy that trump is still claiming it was a beautiful and perfect call wh e whereas everybody in the white house who heard the call or saw the transcript realized how problematic this was. this is why they were told not to talk about it. this is why it was put in a top secret ser
or saw the transcript realized how problematic this was. this is why they were told not to talk about it. this is why it was put in a top secret server because his aides realized this was political dynamite. what he was asking for was a very corrupt, very improper request. he was essentially attempting to extort the president of ukraine for his own political benefit, and that came across very clearly. let me bring you in, alice, because max mentioned this a little while ago, and i know you have good sources in washington. the washington post is reporting that a growing number of gop senators are considering acknowledging trump s quid pro quo or his shakedown or attempts thereof, but say it doesn t rise to the level of impeachment. i mean this is a major shift. it s not in terms of what they have thought all along. look, many will acknowledge privately that what they believe that the president said on this call and what he inferred on this call was inappropriate, and they will agr
other people in the administration, perhaps mick mulvaney if not the president. and to get ready, everyone should read the profile in your paper, his wife who runs the family business speaks out. it s going to be really interesting. greg miller, thank you for spending some time with us. after the break next time donald trump wants to complain about the investigation into his call with the leader of ukraine, he can walk downstairs to his home office and shout at the top of his lungs at his own staff because the new york times reports that the white house is now investigating the lawyer who made the decision to place the transcript of that call on a top secret server. we will bring you that new reporting as well as the latest on the criminal investigation into rudy giuliani out of the office he once ran sdny. and donald trump s blunder as he doubles and triples down on the politics of betrayal. russia does a victory dance. we ll bring you trump s latest policy coup for putin. those