Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. In our world lead, an unprecedented decision by israel after an unprecedented and normbusting message from President Trump. Israel announced today it is blocking two sitting duly elected members of the house of representatives from entering that country. The announcement came less than an hour after President Trump tweeted, quote it would show great weakness if israel allowed representative omar and tlaib to visit. Minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace, unquote. The congresswomen have called for the economic boycott of israel. They strongly dispute the president s characterization of their views. Either way, we know of no time in this nations history when an american president urged a foreign country to ban american lawmakers from entering. The move by viewing has been criticized by even staunch israelsupporting organization suv an apack and the Simon Weisenthal center. Congresswoman omar issue
Left unchecked. In a fiery dissent, republicans argue impeachment is part of a larger effort to delegitimize the president. Impeachment is likely to head to the senate next. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer who is set to speak any minute now has requested testimony from a number of current and former Administration Officials including john bolton and mick mulvaney. He says their testimony is necessary to help shore up support among republicans. The four witnesses weve asked for, the documents weve asked for are directly dispositive on what the actual facts were. Now, the house came up with a whole lot but there are some of my republican colleagues who say the charges are serious but im not sure theres enough evidence. Thats why these people should come. But a number of Senate Republicans have muld not calling any witnesses at all and Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is saying he wants to get a senate trial over as quickly as possible. Joining me from capitol hill, nbc news correspon
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