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The possibility that 225 plus years into this country s history, almost 250, we may eventually actually get some rulings about where to draw those lines that will have consequences for future presidents. but that s not what anyone cares about today. charlie, thank you for that. garrett haake, appreciate it as always. now, adding to the revelations from witnesses so far, nbc news has exclusive reporting this afternoon that white house officials were alerted way back in may that ukraine s president was worried about rudy giuliani s pressure campaign to get dirt on joe biden. much earlier than we knew before. so it turns out ukraine s president was unnerved even before he was officially sworn into office. joining me now, nbc s national security reporter, dan deluse. so, dan, walk us through your reporting. what did you find out? and how does it complicate the administration s position? well, it does show that a senior white house official all the way back in may at about the ....
In a new report for the u.n. security council, the u.n. is investigating two north korean and iranian arms companies suspected of being in violation of sanctions. it s an investigation into who exactly is at the north korean embassy at tehran and what they re doing there, because the member state told us that north korea s most important arms trading companies and ballistic missile trading companies, namely comint and green pine, an associated corporation, both of which are blacklisted by the united nations, are extremely active in iran now. joining me now is ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser in the obama white house, now an nbc political contributor, and nbc national security and global affairs reporter dan deluse who has been ....
Covering this. dan, they ve been going back and forth over and over again to tehran. what s going on there? yes, in fact there s a pattern where they ve been flying to dubai and return to tehran in a few hours. this is the pattern of basically carrying cash for the north korean regime, that s the suspici suspicion. and that cash is financing the scheme. this details the ship to ship transfers. hugh griffiths, who we interviewed yesterday, said in 15 years of working for united nations investigators, has never seen anything like this, where they re repainting the hulls of the ships to make them look panamanian rather than north ....
Compounded venezuela s economy collapsing. what we essentially have is a failed state. what i ve been worried about is the trump administration doesn t seem to have a plan b. they recognize guaido but the military doesn t go with him. now we re pulling our diplomats out. we can use this collapsing situation as a pretext for military intervention. that to me would be a big mistake. dan, there s no question that maduro deserved to be pressured, sanctioned, whatever. guaido seems to be a legitimate leader with a lot of support. but this could be a very long siege if there are no more military defections. it s not clear they had a plan if it didn t work quickly. you re seeing that in other areas in foreign policy, where they have a very bold step but ....