thanks for joining us in this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, donald trump s son eric due back on the stand minutes from now. what he and his older brother said in court today in the civil fraud trial. a senior hamas leader just reiterating his vow to repeat the horrific october 7th attack on israel again and again as fighting ramps up in gaza. what does it mean for the future of the conflict? plus, the long journey to escape. at least 79 americans and their family members have been allowed to exit gaza in the last two days, according to a senior biden administration official. but for palestinians, the only way out is having a significant injury, as the situation there worsens daily. and here at home, a vote to expel embattled republican congressman george santos fails in the house. but his legal and political troubles are far from over. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments in new york. we are waiting for eric trump to get b
democrats, can t control themselves. they will go so far, because they taste impeachment. they want impeachment. add in the presidential contest and it will be like birds flying off the telephone pole. the first democratic presidential candidate to the left who says, impeach trump. how can anybody not support that and run for president. you can t go soft for donald trump. the energy of the party is so entrenched in hatred of trump, they will demand impeachment of trump. i will predict here today in december of 2018 that this will backlash on the democrats. it will cause a problem for the democrats because it makes them so beholden to the liberal trump haters, to the people in the middle that want to see people in washington get things done. wise guys all agree? there will be a backlash? can i put a caveat in this? he needs the economy to be doing okay, on stable footing. we are in a really good spot
joining me, cnn national security s i want to talk about the russian hacking brief being delayed. he puts quotes around the word intelligence and hacking. is he setting himself up for a difficult relationship with the intelligence community, and is that a bad thing? or is that maybe a wise thing? well, i d be a little cautious how you do it. if he s pushing the intelligence community on its analytical products and what they re finding and what they re recommending, i think that s perfectly okay. where it gets a little dicey is if you re attacking the integrity of the officers who are out risking their lives right now trying to get information, that will backlash in a way that i don t think they ll anticipate. i hope they re not getting there, i hope that s not what this is. if he wants to s ts to challeng
community on its analytical products what they re finding and recommending, i think that s perfectly okay. what gets a little dicey, if you re attacking the integrity of the officers out risking their lives right now to get information, that will backlash in a way i don t think they will anticipate. i hope they re not getting there or that s what this is. if he wants to challenge this in about less than 16 days he s going to get the keys to every cabinet. he will have all of the information he needs to make his own assessments. he can have dissenting agreements come to the white house and talk him through where he thinks he wants to be on a particular position. if you jeopardize the relationship between the executive and these intelligence agencies, i think that s a dangerous place to be mainly again because these are almost living original numbers out doing living organisms, didn t care about the election and out doing their bit some
white house is almost more concerned about a rating drop than anything else because it would raise the amount of it would raise the rating on the amount of money we have to pay on interest on our own debt. exactly. every american not only would the government increase the amount it would have to pay but every american would see the effects in higher interest rates. that is the consequence which is maybe lesser than a default which would be a more sort of falling off the cliff kind of response, but still significant. the white house wants to avoid it and so do republicans, so do john boehner and mitch mcconnell because they know some of that will backlash against them. game of chicken who will swerve on the last second. john harwood, i ll see you at the white house in a little bit. congress is working overtime as the deadline for default approaches, but all is quiet on the white house front these days. will president obama stand by the veto threat on two of the debt ceiling. we