The eve of highly congressional testimony. This standoff is happening now between Matt Whitaker and the Congressional Panel hes scheduled to face tomorrow afternoon. Whitaker drew this line in the sand saying he will not show up unless hes assured he will not be subpoena should he avoid answering certain questions. Not only that, but whitaker has put the Committee Chairman there nadler on the clock saying he wants that assurance in writing tonight no later than 6 00 p. M. All of this is happening as the president s permanent pick william barr just cleared a big hurdle of his own. So we start with laura jared, our justice reporter whos all over this breaking news. Take us inside this standoff and what is going on . Were really in a limbo mode at this point with a will he or wont he will show up tomorrow. That 6 00 p. M. Deadline now ticking away that whitaker has imposed for the house judiciary committee, the chairman jerry nadler to let him know whether or not hes willing to withdraw t
Democrats withdraw his subpoena. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. Mike . Reporter good afternoon. Quite a battle between the attorney general and the democrat leading the house Judiciary Committee. Attorney general Matthew Whitaker and new york congressman gerald nadler, the kphaeur man of the Judiciary Committee going back and forth in a power struggle over whitakers appearance before nadlers committee. Whitaker writing, quote, consisting with longstanding practice, i remain willing to appear to testify tomorrow provided that the chairman assures me the committee will not issue a subpoena today or tomorrow and that the committee will engage in good faith negotiations before taking a step down the road. The tpheb move would appear to be up to chairman nadler. Dana theres a new effort to get the president s tax return. Reporter yes. The tax writing committee, they are interested in getting at president trumps tax returns so theyre gonna talk about
At the border. Would you have advised the doj to implement the policy of zero policy . We never would have supported such a policy proposal. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are facing off, battle lines being drawn between an increasingly embattled president and House Democrats investigating his policies and his finances. President trump punching back this morning on twitter, in all caps, slamming the congressional oversight as president ial harassment, and again slamming house intelligence chair adam schiff before calling Congressional Democrats nuts. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent kristen walker, nbcs kasie hunt, Paul Charlton in phoenix, and security analyst matt miller, former chief spokesman to attorney general eric holder. Welcome, all. Now you have career hhs officials, the people in charge of refugees and migration, saying they never would have recommended zero tolerance. Well get to this in a lat
Now the acting secretary of the department of Homeland Security, that he, the president , would part mcaleenan if mcaleenan ever went to jail for denying entry to migrants, as one official paraphrased. Its not clear if the president was joking or serious. I asked the white house for a comment, they referred me to the department of Homeland Security. A dhs spokesman tells me that the president has never directed the acting secretary to do anything illegal. President trumps apparent lack of commitment to staying within the bounds of Immigration Law has been a constant theme in recent weeks. In fact, we also have some additional breaking news on the proposal President Trump has now confirmed hes considering transporting undocumented immigrants and releasing them in sanctuary cities, places which limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The president tweeted earlier today, quote, we are, indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in sanct
Like. Ivan, tell us whats going on. Ana, a destructive afternoon has turned deadly. Numerous tornado reports are coming out of texas. Seven tornadoes. The National Weather service will be out there to confirm these reports and see if there were seven. 58 severe wind and 38 large hail, coming down the size of baseballs. Some good nuanews, texas is don in the clear at this point. However louisiana is not. Mississippi is not. Alabama is not. We still have a very long evening. In fact we continue to see a tornado watch that is in effect for portions of eastern louisiana and western mississippi. I think this will be the worst of it. This continues in effect until 9 00. Ill put the radar on top and youll see a cluster of thunderstorm activity, and some of these could be producing tornadoes. We had a Tornado Warning just within the last half hour. So it is not over yet for portions of louisiana and into mississippi. I want to put this into motion because what will happen tonight is, were goin