But first the subpoena war hitting home for President Trump. A short time ago the democratic head of the Senate Intelligence committee spoke for the First Time Since the revelation that his committee issued a subpoena for donald trump jr. Republicans unhappy with the subpoena. And with the republican head of that committee senator richard burr, and his counter part marc warren careful with his words about the subpoena. Not so much though on his opinion of the guilt of President Trump. Whether it is trying to sometime any tstymy the congressional investigati investigation let us begin with our nbc reporters. Kelly odonnell on capitol hill, hans nichols at the white house. The with me, harry litman. Mr. Nichols, well start with you. This all seemed to catch the white house a bit off guard. It did. And this is something that the white house would like to get a heads up on precisely so they can answer questions about what their response will be. Now, they would point out that he is a private family member, they wouldnt necessarily go through the white house, but listen to what we heard from Mick Mulvaney last night, listen to how he said it was kind of bad etiquette. The fact that the president s son got a subpoena from a republicanled committee, i have no difficulty with the bipartisan, but to subpoena the president s son and not get a heads up was lets say bad form. Now, for the white house, this is an indication that congress will continue to investigate him, it wont just be the house committees or house judiciary. There is the senate as well controlled by republicans. And it is also an indication that committees on both sides of capitol hill take their investigative purpose, their investigative mandate, seriously. Looking forward to what the president wants for on do the rest of his term, there are so many issues that he will need congressional support on. Leave aside all the subpoena talk. They are talking about 2 trillion infrastructure spending. Later in the day they will talk medical reform. There is going to be a big push to pharmaceutical reform as well. On all that you need the cooperation of capitol hill and the president needs to have better xhcommunication with capitol hill. And kelly, do we know when the subpoena was issued, whether it was before or after senator mcconnell declared case closed in that Senate Speech . The committee has not given us those details. Perhaps donald trump jr. s attorney could provide some of that information. There is a disagreement among republicans in authority here in terms of the leadership. Some saying that this could be an attempt to try to close the investigation that the Intelligence Committee has been running in the senate for a couple of years, that this is sort of a final act in their work. Others have been very frustrated and up set by this move which require the republican chairmans agreement. And of course part of it is about discrepancies that they perceive to be needing to be addressed by donald trump orr w jr. Who had provided other testimony and then at the conclusion of the Mueller Report, additional facts about the trump tower meeting or the moscow project that they want to get clarification on. But the timing is something that the committee has been very quiet about as they do most of all of their work trying to keep details very private. But the case closed mantra from republicans in charge, whether it is Mitch Mcconnell or others, is echoing through the halls here. And it certainly is in conflict with what this one very powerful and notably Bipartisan Committee has been doing. Don jr. s problem is that his Senate Testimony in 2017 would appear to conflict with the Mueller Report in a number of areas. Among those areas, that he was only peripherally aware of the e did not tell his father in advance about the trump tower meeting, and whether he knew the meetings purpose beyond asking if they could attend. And let me expand on whether he told his father about the trump tower meeting. He told senate investigators, quote, i did not. However, this is what the Mueller Report says. Michael cohen recalled being in donald j. Trumps office on june 6, 7 where trump jr. Told his father that the meeting was going forward. If they get him to testify, is donald trump jr. In trouble . Yeah, i think he is in hot water. First of all by the way i believe that the subpoena did issue before mcconnell put his line in the sand as much as a couple week ago. But, yeah, he is in a fix. Recall that trump jr. s thought before he was going to be indicted and this was the reason. It looks pretty apparent that he lied his first time out. And when he has been called before to testify, he has tried to wave a political flag and say this is all partisan politics. Really cant did that with a republicanled committee. So he will be on the hot seat and it is not clear he may try to at that time fifth amendment. That would be one possible way out. But that would have implications for potential criminal prosecution down the line. So he is in a fix. And in addition to your duties here on msnbc, you are also a contributing columnist there at the washington post. And you wrote today about this idea of using this protective at certification of executive privilege in the fight over the former white House Counsel don mcgahn. You argue that the act of turning over the Mueller Report made it a tough hill to climb are for the white house. Plain s explain. First i want to explain the protective privilege. It is not as broad as reported. It is a sort of freeze the linebackers move so that they can determine is there anything there that may be subject to executive privilege. There wouldnt be likely to be very much, but it is not illegitimate to say let us determine it. However, whatever may be subject to executive privilege or anything either could still be subject to a waiver which would then trump the executive privilege. And that would happen if the information has already been revealed. Not simply the report itself, but the basic information even of the underlying documents. If they have already given that up and recall when they gave th privilege so the game is up in terms of waiver even if there is executive privilege qualified materials. Harry, thank you. Hans, kelly, thank you as well. More on that story we continue to for him here. North korea firing two rounds of missiles overnight according to south korea. The missiles launched towards the east, they fell into the sea of japan as we understand it. Richa Richard Engel is following the story very closely from london for us. And richard, from time to time we see this from the north koreans. Acting out, if you will, like perhaps aed to letter who doesnt get his or her way. Well, this is exactly what north korea does when it doesnt get its way. It gets angry and it shows its displeasure by usually launching rocket, usually in that direction into the sea of gentlemjapan. And when it is really, really angry, it blows up a Nuclear Weapon under ground or launches a ballistic missile. These were short range so i believe a moderate displeasure. So why is north korea expressing its frustration. One, the u. N. Special envoy for negotiations with north korea is seoul right now, so it was a message to him, to the United States that north korea wants to get back to the negotiating table, wants to see progress in the negotiations. Because north korea is having a terrible are that vest. Ment worst harvest in decades. And that means that its people with struggling. That vest. Ment worst harvest in decades. And that means that its people with struggling. The countrys economy is suffering. And after that last summit with President Trump, the talks didnt go anywhere, so now north korea for the second time in less than a week is firing off some of its weapons to show that it needs to talk, it wants to talk, it wants to get back to the table and it ntd with as to s wants to see progress because its economy is hurting and it doesnt like that it has gone into this stalemate after it thought that it was going to see progress after the meetings with President Trump. They are sending a message if not a couple messages. Richard, what are you watching for the next few days from north korea . I think from north korea we have to see if in fact there are statements from pompeo suggesting that there could be progress. Envoy who is there right now is trying to work out an agreement in which some aid potentially food aid would be sent back to north korea. So some trust building exercises. There was that program that was in place to repatriate the remains of American Service members who have been in north korea since the korean war. That was suspended. That could be resumed as a fairly easy trust building exercise. Some aid could start flowing. There could be dates set for another round of talks. So this is not the end in that is north korea rattling its sabres to say it is not happy with the current stalemate and it needs a resolution. Chief foern correspondereign Richard Engel in london. Thank you. Back here, lets return to 2020 contenders. Health care the top issue among democratic voefrts accorditers a recent poll. And candidates are shaping their message. P Pete Buttigieg talks about this way. I think that health care is free. I think that if you cant start a Small Business because you think that leaving your job means you will lose your health care, that means that you are not free. Nbc news found that buttigieg is the only top candidate not yet offering Campaign Staffers health care. Our road warrior is covering the Buttigieg Campaign in los angeles where there will be a rally roughly two hours from now. Josh, what did you find in your reporting and how is the campaign explaining it . Reporter women, the campaign is basically describing this as growing pains stemming from the fact that Pete Buttigieg had to build out a National Operation overnight. He didnt have the major separation and ground game in a Bernie Sanders a Elizabeth Warren had. So they are trying to negotiate a Group Health Plan if their employees. And in the meantime they also say that they are providing a 400 per month stipend to their salaried workers that they can then take on their own to the Obamacare Exchanges to buy health insurance. But that doesnt change the fact that as of now, he is the only top tier candidate who does not offer his staffers health care coverage. What has mayor pete said about his plans for health care if laekelected . Reporter well, he has an interesting approach. He does want to move toward a single payor system like a lot of the democratic candidates. But he doesnt want to do it overnight. He said you should introduce a public option like medicare for all and that over time americans will see that that works, they will see that what happens in European Countries actually can be cost efficient and that over time even though there will still be the option to buy private insurance, people will gravitate toward that system, they will be more comfortable with it and eventually america will move into a Single Health payor system. Josh lederman, thank you, sir. Hottest economy on earth according to President Trump. How much of a problem could that be for democrats in 2020 . 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Every time a foreign leader, a president , a prime minister, a king, a queen, a dictator, we got some of them too, every time they come into the office, they say congratulations on what youve done for this economy. It is the hottest on earth. It is incredible. And that could be a problem for the 2020 democratic field. How to defeat donald trump on the nations economy by most metrics is thriving. Lets bring in bret stevens from the New York Times and also an msnbc contributor. Rhetoric aside here, how critical is the economy for this president s reelection . Is it the single most important issue . Not just this president , but for any president when you think of president obamas reelection, bush, clinton and so on. The economic figures were what mattered most. And distressingly for democrats, you have the lowest Unemployment Rate in 50 years since pretty much since man walked on the moon in 1969. Youve got solid growth figures, low inflation figures. High productivity figures as well. So democrats have to take this into account. And i think if they are going to be smart about their electoral strategy in 2020, denying it or poopooing it or saying it is not real or simply saying this is just a product of a good economy that trump inherited from obama, which is true, just isnt going to cut it. They really need to Start Talking about how do you enlarge the economy, how do you create prosperity for more people, not simply denying a reality. Otherwise trump will use it against them. And your column today, this is a poorrtion. Trump is delivering on the core promise of the presidency. Democrats need a candidate who gets this. They need someone who will work to enlarge our prosperity, not redistribute it, they need someone who can communicate and deliver without embarrassing and frightening normal people the way trump does. Based on your article, it seems as if you think joe biden is probably the candidate most likely to be able to do that. That is look, as i also said in the article, joe biden is also the candidate likely to put both feet in his mouth and fall flat on his face. He is saying im a regular guy who is going to bring regular order to washington, regular behavior to the white house. And i dont have a grand plan to redesign american capitalism. Im a safe pair of hands is basically joe bidens view. Amy klobuchar is saying something very similar to that. Micha Michael Bennett from colorado as well. And i think that is the right view. The right approach is something similar to what george w. Bush did in 2000 when we also had a roaring economy. What was his message . Im ill restore honor and dignity to the white house and it won. Senator Elizabeth Warren, you did not mention her. She is on the cover of time, with what has arguably become the theme for her campaign. I have a plan for that. She laid out the platform that says the success of the current economy is going to cost americas middle class. Her policy calls for, quote, big structure all changes to put economic power back in the hands of the american people. Doesnt criticize the performance of the president , but criticizes the structure of you power. Is that message that could resonate with democratic primary voters . It will resonate with democratic primary voters. But my concern is that the views might be out of step with the views of the voters that you have to win in order to win the election. So what really matters here is how you align those primary voters with the people in ohio, with the people in michigan, florida and so on who are going to be the swing voters who determine who ends up in the white house in 2021. And one could argue that is a major problem, that oftentimes voters who cast their ballots in primaries could not be more different than voters who show up to actually and i think that is right. 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