Not the resistance from the left but from within. The New York Times is publishing a shocking anonymous op ed from a Senior Trump Administration official. It is so unusual, it is so biting, its such ab indictment of the president , the only way to lay out the case this person makes is to read the entire thing to you. So, here it is in full. The opinion piece in the New York Times. President trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern american leader. Its not just the special counsel that looms large or that the country is bitterly divided over mr. Trumps leadership or even that his party might well lose the house to an opposition hell bent on his downfall. The dilemma that he does not grasp is that many Senior Administration officials are working diligently from within. I would know, i am one of them, he writes. It goes on to say, to be clear, ours is not the Popular Resistance of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its polic
Former senator, former democratic president ial nominee john kerry is here tonight on this show for the interview. Hes going to be here live on set with me. Im very excited about that. It is always exciting. It is always and almost intimidating privilege to have the opportunity to ask questions of somebody who has been a president ial nominee from a major party, let alone somebody like secretary kerry who was also an immediate past secretary of state, let alone one with 28 years of experience in the u. S. Senate. So it is always exciting to have the chance to talk with, to ask questions of somebody who has that kind of experience. But after a day in the news like today, man, take your pick of the number of things you would like to talk to somebody like john kerry about. Hell be joining us in a moment. Even if you start with the small stuff today, today ended up, today, what would usually be like relatively small bore news, right . That an indicted sitting congressman and his wife had t
Diverse class of lawmakers in the history of our country. Today both the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus swore in their largest numbers ever. The progressive caucus, members of congress who proudly identify themselves as liberals or progressives, the progressive caucus is now on track to include about half the entire Democratic Caucus in the house. A record 102 women were sworn in today to serve in this congress. 35 of those 102 women will be serving in congress for the very first time. Today the youngest African American woman ever to serve in Congress Took her seat. So did the first muslim women, plural, as did the first native american women, plural. There were a lot of firsts as the 116th Congress Took their seats today. I want to start with something today that has happened once before. Today nancy pelosi took back the gavel to become speaker of the house. That puts her third in line to the presidency, second in the line of president ial succession
The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams, whos under the weather tonight. Hes hoping to return to the lineup soon. In it is day 1,021 of the Trump Administration. The president is back on the campaign trail in louisiana tonight. Th one night after bruising Election Results for republicans and hours after House Democrats announced the impeachment effort is about to go public. Open hearings get under way exactly one week from today. R tonight in the state he twice called louisiana, trump again lashed out at the democrats. Democrats are becomingly increasingly totalitarian, suppressing dissent, defaming the innocent, eliminating due ef process, staging show trials, and trying to overthrow american democracy to impose their socialist agenda. Tonight the Washington Post is reporting that trump wanted attorney general william barr to hold a News Conference declaring that he had broke
Democrats in a state where voting starts to count 89 days from now. The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams, whos under the weather tonight. Hes hoping to return to the lineup soon. It is day 1,021 of the Trump Administration. The president is back on the campaign trail in louisiana tonight. One night after bruising Election Results for republicans and hours after House Democrats announced the impeachment effort is about to go public. Open hearings get under way exactly one week from today. Tonight in the state he twice called louisiana, trump again lashed out at the democrats. Democrats are becomingly increasingly totalitarian, suppressing dissent, defaming the innocent, eliminating due process, staging show trials, and trying to overthrow american democracy to impose their socialist agenda. Tonight the Washington Post is reporting that trump wanted attorney general william b