Just asking. Lets start with that i am etch p impeachment push. Doing double duty on capitol hill today. Clearly it is vacation season. Theres a high likelihood it is not going anywhere. What are republicans hoping to do . Mark maude doueadows and othersg this. Reporter this move by the congressional allies at the very least ensures that the first serious talk of i am speechment here on the hill is focused on someone other than President Trump. Youve got mark meadows and jim jordan and other members of the fl Freedom Caucus accused Rod Rosenstein of obstructing their efforts to get to the bottom of what they see is antitrump bias affecting the fbi investigation and also the continuing investigation into russias attack on the 2016 elections. So these articles of impeachment accuse rosenstein of withholding documents and information from congress, something he denied. And also accuses him of abusing the fisa warrant application process and we now know that rosenstein signed off on the fb
To block White Nationalists from using the social media giant to spread their message. But will it work . Well dig into that in a bit. We start with President Trumps opening day pitch to michigan voters. Expectations are for another rousing Campaign Style speech. Its his first since the mueller investigation, yet this visit is also a canary in the coal mine for his reelection. The president barely won michigan. Fewer than 12,000 votes separated him from Hillary Clinton. More importantly, the grand rapids area should be an easy pick up for the president next year. Ce kent county consistently goes republican did until last year. Its one of the biggest problems that republicans face. Lets start with nbcs kelly odonnell. Shes at the white house for us. Tell us a little bit more about why the Trump Campaign decided to go specifically to this part of michigan. Reporter well, its rarely a mystery when campaigns are planning their travel. Youll see big events that are tied to fundraising, espe
On the impeachment fire is getting added by the day after appearing to admit he did bring ip joe biden and his son with the president of ukraine, one thats at the center of a whistle bloer complaint. The president insists he did nothing wrong and democrats say they need to see more. Now theres a new tougher tone from nancy pelosi that may gave hope to those pushing for impeachment. Theyre warning if the whistleblower complaint is not turned over well be entering a new grave chapter of lawlessness. Were following the latest developments and all of the days top stories, hands nichols is at the u. N. And jeff bennett is posted up on capitol hill. Hans, let me start with you. The president in just a little bit is about to take the world stage to give a speech but looming large is this phone call with ukraines president. Reporter look, weve had two subtle shifts from the president s team this morning on what their new argument is. It came from Rudy Giuliani who was on fox business and giuli
A kind of referendum, whether he likes it or not, on President Trump in a place he smoked the kme competition last time around. But hes had some mixed messages on whether this is really all about him. I dont see it as a bellwether. The 18 election, the big thing is, i was not running. People say, oh, it was a referendum on trump. It wasnt. Im not running. Im not on the ticket, but i am on the ticket, because this is also a referendum about me. Our nbc news team is here following a lot of new developments today and the rest of the days top stories. Let me start with nbcs jeff bennett over on capitol hill. Boy, jeff, i know theres a lot of running around, a lot of running through the hallways this morning on capitol hill. Lets start with what were expecting to hear from Chuck Schumer. Were drinking out of the fire hose of news here on capitol hill. But to your point, Chuck Schumer and senate daemocrats are planning to force a vote to overturn President Trumps declaration of a National Bo
Our team is covering this and all the mornings big stories from across the country and around the world and i want to start in the region. Matt bradley is in northern iraq. Courtney who covers the pentagon for us is here in washington. Matt, first to you, tell us what youre seeing. Reporter hallie, you know, this incursion is starting off with air strikes which would be a typical order of battle that you would expect from the turks. They have amassed on the border and this is actually starting in that peace corridor. Hes described that he wants to move 20 miles south of the Kurdish Border so theyre no longer flush against the turkish southern border. Were starting to see air strikes and there are turkish troops that have amassed. I should tell you, hallie, its not just turkish troops. Were starting to see Free Syrian Army forces and these are turkishbacked syrian arabs who are coming from mostly the northwest part of syria who the turks actually removed from syria, took by bus presumab