Burgdorf. The head of the House Intelligence Committee says President Trumps handpicked nonsenate kmirconfirmed head of Justice Department should let Robert Mueller finish his investigation. Watch this. Now since you have received your briefings, is there anything youve seen or read that gives you concern about special counsel Robert Mueller or his investigation . Ive been fully briefed on the investigation. And, you know, i look forward to director mueller delivering the final report. And i really am not going to talk about an open, Ongoing Investigation otherwise. The statements i made were as a private citizen, only with publicly available information and im comfortable that the decisions that were made are going to be reviewed, you know, either through the various means we have but right now the investigation is, i think, close to being completed and i hope that we can get the report from director mueller as soon as possible. A few hours later House Intelligence Committee chairman democrat adam schiff responded to that comment saying. Quote an acting attorney general who refuses follow the advice of ethics lawyers and recuse himself from an investigation in which he has shown a clear bias is the last person who should speak for the special counsel while the probe is ongoing. Mueller can speak for himself. Since the first of really since the first couple of months of the special counsels appointment the president s allies assured him of a quick to end the investigation. Back in august of 2017 then white house special counsel you may recall told reuters i would be embarrassed if this is still haunting the white house by thanksgiving and worse if its still haunting him by the end of the year. Roger stone will appear in federal court in washington, d. C. Today on a seven count indictment in the special counsels investigation. Yesterday President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani telling nbc news that the president has not discussed pardoning stone if he is convicted. While White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders would not say if such talks were off the table. Has the president ruled out a pardon for roger stone . Im not aware of that. Havent had any conversations regarding that matter. Will you discuss that with him and leapt us know. I wont get into that at this point. Does that mean he hasnt ruled out a pardon. Im not aware of any conversation regarding that or any for it. To follow up, can you guarantee that the president wont pardon roger stone. Im not is going to talk about hypotheticals that are ridiculous. Heres a reminder from november. Trump told the New York Post that a pardon for Paul Manafort was never discussed but i wouldnt take it off the table. Why would i take it off the table . In that same interview trump mentioned flipping and the resistance of manafort, jerome corsi and roger stone. Adam schiff announced yesterday that Michael Cohen will appear before the panel on february 8th. He was originally scheduled to testify on february 7th but that was delayed after cohen cited threats against him and his family from President Trump. Adam schiff wrote mr. Cohen has relayed to the committee his lem mat concerns for his own safety as well as that of his family which have been fueled by improper comments made by the president. Cohens testimony is slated to take place the same day Matthew Whitaker is to testify. Cohen has been subpoenaed to testify before the senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors. That will take place february 12th. The president s state of the Union Address has been rescheduled for next week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Trump to give the address next tuesday, february 5th before a joint session of congress in the House Chamber and the president has agreed. In a letter sent last night to the House Speaker the president said it was a quote great honor to accept her invitation writing in part we have a great story to tell and yet great goals to achieve. The state of the union was originally scheduled to take place tonight but pelosi suggested it be postponed during the partial Government Shutdown. Next weeks state of the Union Address will take place 10 days before the february 15th deadline to avoid another Government Shutdown. According to a Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office the u. S. Economy took an 11 billion hit in the 35 days that parts of the federal government went unfunded. That includes 3 billion that will never be recovered. Cbo says those losses may just be the beginning to all of this. The report says underlying those effects on the overall economy are much more significant effects on individual businesses and workers. Among those who experienced the largest and most negative effects are federal workers who faced delayed compensation and privatesector entities that lost business. Some of those privatesector entities will never recoup that lost income. Nancy pelosi released a statement saying this. When the congress completes its bipartisan, bicameral work to fund the government, the should should swiftly sign that legislation to avert another shutdown and restore certainty to our economy and the lives of the american people. The white house is disagreeing with the cbo funding. They are doing the best job they can. I get that. I wont acknowledge any of that right now. As i said many times, you have just a whole bunch of very temporary factors and now that the government has reopened the switch goes right back on. Theres certainly no permanent damage to the economy. Joining us now from washington, d. C. , capitol Hill Reporter for the hill, molly hooper. Lets talk a little bit about this kind of discrepancy were seeing between larry kudlow and the cbo. How do americans feel the shutdown exacted their daily lives. Thats a good question. On capitol hill well hear from the head of the cbo and basically they are going to ask him and drilling down in these numbers and be able to see what republican members of congress are feeling about this. It may be one thing for the administration to say that they dont see any permanent damage. That may be true. However, what are members of congress, what are republicans hearing from members of their communities and constituents, individuals who have been impacted, not just the federal workers, but federal contractors. When we think of contractors a lot of times think of big defense contracting firms but they were fine because the military was taking care of. Its more of the smaller contracting firms who do business with the usda, fda and other agencies that were involved in this shutdown and were impacted by it who are taking hits. Remember, this is a three week this is a three week reprieve and the question is what happens at the end of the three weeks. Does the federal shutdown happen again. Its unclear what the results will be but well see, im sure well see a few fireworks up on the hill regarding this issue. Im sure there will be lots of ripple effects considering how long the shutdown went on for. Lets talk about the big news from Matthew Whitaker regarding the Mueller Probe. Im not sure if it was a slip on and how much sort of a melee that would cause in washington and across the Media Outlets as well. Saying that the Mueller Probe will be wrapping up soon. What do you think lawmakers here are bracing for with this news . Man, you know, its hard to tell. It will be very interesting when we hear from Matthew Whitaker when he goes in front of the Judiciary Committee that i believe hes supposed to be going up there relatively soon in the next week or soon. Keep in mind, though, hes the acting attorney general. Hes not the full attorney general. And william barr, the senate Judiciary Committee is going to be voting they are supposed to vote, technically vote on his nomination today. Generally due to procedural rules that vote will get extended to next week. Well see what the senate takes up in the next two or three weeks and what will bill barr say. Lawmakers, at least some senators were heartened by his answer saying he rather resign, barr would rather resign than fire mueller or end that Mueller Probe without due cause. When you have people like Charles Grassley introducing a bill to make public the findings of any Mueller Investigation that will be key Going Forward because the next question is what happened, or whats part of this report . Yeah. Again, i want to reiterate i dont know how many times we heard the Mueller Probe is wrapping up but yet its been going on and on. Molly hooper, well talk to you in a little bit. A story breaking overnight in texas. Five Police Officers were injured after a shooting at a houston residence last night according to police there. The officers were met with gunfire after serving a search warrant for narcotics in the southeast part of the city. Two suspects died on the scene. However, its unclear how many suspects fired at those officers. According to officials for the officers were struck by gunfire and another suffered a knee injury. Two officers are in critical but stable condition. 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We will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president , the National Assembly and venezuelans peoples efforts to restore their democracy it has long been a vehicle for corruption for venezuela officials and businessmen. This is a country thats very rich in oil resources. Theres no reason why these resources shouldnt be used for the economic benefit of the people there. Theres no reason for the poverty and the starvation and the humanitarian crisis. We also today call on the Venezuelan Military and Security Forces to accept the peaceful, democratic and constitutional transfer of power. I reiterate that the United States will hold venezuelan Security Forces responsible for the safety of all u. S. Diplomatic personnel, the National Assembly and the president. Any violence against these groups will signify a grave assault on the rule of law and will be met with a significant response. How do you define significant response . Well, were not going to define it because we want the venezuelan Security Forces to know how strongly we think that about guido, the National Assembly, the opposition and most importantly american personnel are not harmed. This is an unequivocal statement on our part. Is there any circumstance in which United States forces would get involved. The president has made it very clear on this matter that all options are on the table. So you see that image there. John Bolton Holding that yellow note pad yesterday during that briefing. Heres the interesting thing about that note pad. Written on it was, afghanistan welcome the talks and 5,000 troops to colombia. Bolton realized his error and turned his note pad around. But nbc news was told no assets are heading to colombia or venezuela. But an official told nbc news that the state department has been running contingency plans for evacuation of u. S. Diplomats. In the event that Nicolas Maduro target protesters or u. S. Embassy and if that does happen the u. S. Military may be needed, could it be staged out of neighboring colombia. And nbc news was told quote as the president has said all along all options are on the able. Cliff simms alleges the Trump Administration held more controversial attitude towards refugees. Simms wrote in his book a team of vipers he reconciled his Christian Faith in working for a president with his attitude towards refugees, including persecuted christians. Simms took his concern at one point to Steven Miller who he writes told him i would be happy if not a single refugee foot ever again touched americas soil. White House Press SecretarySarah Huckabee sanders yesterday denied the allegations. Steve miller is quoted, i would be happy if not a single refugee foot ever touched american soil. Is the policy of this administration eventually to get Refugee Resettlement down to zero . Im not aware of any statement that steve miller made and certainly not the policy of the Trump Administration. Sims will join morning joe later this morning. Lets get a check of our weather. Some really cold temperatures out there, bill . Coldest a lot of people have ever seen in their lives in the midwest and great lakes, especially anybody under 30. Lets show you the current wind chill values out there. We have a tax reform system that brought some snow yesterday. Thats trying to push into southern canada. That cold front is heading into pittsburgh. Typical winter cold is behind that. Then another cold front coming out of canada. This is atypical. Right now International Falls is negative 39, duluth is negative 35. This is just the beginning. Well track this over the next two to three days. As far as the warnings go one of the coldest air masses youve seen. 44 Million People are one wind chill warnings from north dakota all the way over here into areas of pen. Some of the other numbers that well watch. One of the things