Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Robert mueller is not. See you in a bit. Here onset for another day, dan goldman, an msnbc legal analyst along with our pal nbc News Reporter carol lee. It is less hot than it has been all week. You picked a good day to be here. Dan, let me start with you, if you look at what each side wants, they are both looking for leverage. And the sticking point, one of them seems to be this idea much an in person interview. What is the framing behind that . The trump team wants questions on collusion only and special counsel wants to hear about it all. I think Rudy Giuliani is trying to figure out a way to drum up some leverage because ordinarily the witness of the defendant or target or subject does not have the leverage, the prosecutor does. And but because bob mueller is not talking and Rudy Giuliani is, hes able he has the whole Public Domain to make all of his arguments, even though as
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said initially. that is a story we re staying on top of and have been on since maria hit. live pictures right now over at the pentagon, where defense james mattis is waiting for arrival of mike pence because the trump administration is launching details on its space force today. in the next hour vp will lay out the plan at the pentagon making it the first new branch of the military potentially. more than 70 years, that s a story i ll be reporting on tonight for nbc nightly news. within just the last hour, democrats are coming out swinging against what they call a culture of corruption within the republican party. it comes after congressman chris collins was arrested on those federal charges of insider trading. we shared that breaking news yesterday. today collins is defiant, prosecutors say the congressman schemed with his son so his family could avoid big losses on an investment in an australian pharmaceutical company. collins served on the board and still a top shareholder. this mo