cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. welcome back. after initially saying he would refuse to testify in a senate impeachment trial, former vice president and 2020 candidate joe biden is now reversing course. on friday, during an appearance before the des moines register editorial board, biden said he would not comply with a subpoena for testimony, but at an event the next day, biden backtracked and here is what he initially said followed by his reversal. >> do you stand by your earlier statements that you wouldn't comply if you were subpoenaed to testify in an impeachment trial before the senate? >> correct. and the reason i wouldn't, is because it's all designed to deal with trump doing what he has done his whole life, trying to take the focus off him. new details from opposition from within the white house to >> it's all about what he does president trump's demands to all the time.

halt military aid to ukraine. according to the "new york times," john bolton and mike his entire career. pompeo and mark esper tried to take the focus off. convince the president to release the aid. this guy violated the constitution. >> well, first of all, i would pleade obey any subpoena that was sent >> plus, leaders are across the to me. but the point i was making is as country speaking out against an attack at a rabbi's home in new it relates to me, is the only york. three people are dead rational reason, and you know including a gunman after shots were fired at a church near ft. worth texas on sunday. this in the papers you've written that i could possibly be worshippers returned fire after called in an impeachment trial, is can i shed any light on the gunman began shooting. whether or not he committed the crime he is accused of, and there is no reason to believe i would have any notion about whether he committed that crime. good monday morning, everybody. it is december 30th, i'm yasmin every single solitary person who vossoughian, amin is off this has investigated what has morning. we begin with new information at happened in ukraine, including the heart of the impeachment all of the people unoath in his investigation into the administration, said biden is as president. it's part of an extensive piece by "the new york times." clean as a whistle, biden did on the nearly $400 million in his job. the question is, did in fact trump do his job? military aid that was withheld >> biden also tried to clear up from ukraine. the matter in a series of tweets as democrats pushed for witnesses at the senate trial, on saturday, writing this. i want to clarify something i

the times reports that during an said yesterday. in my 40 years in public life, i oval office meeting in late have always complied with a august, secretary of state mike lawful order and in my eight pompeo, defense secretary mark years of as vp, my office, unlike donald trump and mike esper, and then national pence, cooperated with security adviser john bolton, tried but failed to convince the legitimate congressional oversight requests. but i'm just not going to president to release the aid. pretend that there is any legal the times cites in parts basis for republican subpoenas interviews with dozens of current and former gation for my testimony in the impeachment trial. that's the point i was making officials, congressional aides yesterday and i reiterate, this and other as well as previously impeachment is about trump's undisclosed emails and documents conduct. of the report also lays out the not mine. the subpoenas should go to battle within the trump witnesses with testimony to offer to trump's shaking down administration, meaning acting the ukraine government. chief of staff mick mulvaney as they should go to the white the chief con duties for transmitting the president's house. still ahead, new details demands for the freeze. about michael bloomberg's as the national security advertising more against the council, pentagon and the state president and trying to use a department pushed back, the times reports that lawyers with the white house budget office, lesson that republicans learned they developed an argument, that in 2016 before it is too late. >> and elizabeth warren's 2020 the president's role as campaign is souning the alarm commander in chief would quote simply allow him to override over fundraising dollars. congress on this issue. that's more and much more coming up. happy veterans day. as we now know, the president did not release the aid until september 11th. after learning about the

whistle-blower report. and despite concerns from at least one republican lawmaker, senator john kennedy is defending majority leader mitch mcconnell for vowing to work with the white house ahead of the senate's impeachment trial. in an interview last week, with the nbc affiliate in anchorage, alaska, gop senator lisa murkowski says she was quote disturbed by mcconnell's coordination with the white house. here is how senator kennedy responded to those remarks just yesterday. >> i think senator mcconnell is entitled to his opinion and his approach. so is senator murkowski. so is senator schumer, so is senator blumenthal. it is not a criminal trial. the senate is not really a jury. it is both jury and judge. the chief justice is not the judge. he's the presiding officer. there are no standards of proof. there are no rules of evidence. and every senator, unless we pass a new rule, by 51 votes in

the senate is entitled to approach it his own way. >> i thought that the house proceedings were unnecessary unfair, and when the american people walk away from the senate trial, if we ever have one, i don't want them to say, well, we were just run over by the same truck twice. >> meanwhile house minority whip steve scalise argued yesterday that speaker pelosi has a duty to send over impeachment articles to the senate. the congressman says they will be sent over but it may not be until february. >> it is our duty to turn it over. it is not like some mechanism she can control. the house passed it. they shouldn't have. >> do you believe speaker pelosi is overreaching by trying to influence a senate trial? >> well, it's about her role to happy veterans day. happy veterans day. go over to the senate. happy veterans day. she could run for the senate if student veterans of america she wants to be a senator. but the house has a role, the champions those who have served senate has a role, it is time

for the smat to do their job. and also prepares them for their next chapter in life. look, for months she was saying please take a moment this this veterans day to remember how important it is, they have service members, who put their education and to remove this president careers on-hold to give back to all of us. immediately, he is a threat to their whole way of life and once we thank you. feliz día de servicio. they passed the impeachment, she happy veterans day. doesn't want the senate to get happy veterans day. the papers to start the trial. please visit studentveterans.org they can't have it both ways. i think people see through this charade. >> how long is too long to wait here? >> i think we have to wait until we have some assurances that the trial is not going to be some sort of a sham, or a joke. >> i mean i'm talking extremes here like -- >> well, i mean it is certainly possible, but i will not get ahead of the speaker. >> so over the weekend, president trump reupped his attacks on piecer pelosi. yesterday, he tweeted, crazy nancy pelosi should spend more time in her city and less time on the impeachment hoax. president trump has blasted to 68 million twitter follower, and

the whistle-blower whose complaint led to his impeachment, last thursday the president tweeted an article that contained the whistle-blower's name. but then on friday, he retweeted a post that placed the name prominently in his time line and follower's feeds. and at one point it was no longer visible making it appear it was deleted and twitter says it was a technical glitch and it was not deleted, the whistle-blower's name has not been officially released due to welcome back. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour with the whistle-blower protection laws. latest on those u.s. air strikes joining me on the set, msnbc targeting iranian-backed legal analyst danny cevallos. militias in iraq and syria, am let's begin with some of this response to the killing of an new reporting, mark esper, john american civilian contract ner iraq. we get the latest from msnbc bolton, mike pompeo, trying to sit down with the president in late august telling him you have news national security to release this money with correspondent. >> reporter: u.s. f-15s targeted regards to ukraine and doing an iranian backed syria sunday good for that country. striking five locations, in >> it paints a picture, this retaliation for a deadly barrage "new york times" report, of a of rockets that killed an system that actually works when something odd is going on. american last week. in a statement, the pentagon in other words, when this request came through, to delay aid, you see all of these said the group, has a strong different mechanisms for

stopping that kind of unilateral linkage with iran and has decision going on. repeatedly received lethal aid not just at the, necessarily in the executive branch, but also and other support from iran used elsewhere, at the white house to attack u.s. and coalition forces. possibly, and all of these u.s. officials say the militia different folks in government has conducted 11 rocket attacks delayed this, because their against coalition bases in iraq initial reaction was what the in the last two months. heck is going on. the largest last friday when >> but why, in fact, do you think this is a system that is militants fired more than 30 working when you have his top rockets at a base near kirkuk killing an american contractor, and wounding four u.s. troops. three national security folks sitting down with him, convincing him to release this on sa u.s. aid and it seems like two weeks later, it took him more than two weeks if in fact this happened military response which required in late august, it took more than two, we the aid being presidential approval. striking three locations in iraq, and two in syria. released of september 11th after he caught wind of the the militia group says that whistle-blower report, that it took more than two weeks to dozens of the fighters were both release the aid. >> that's what makes it so killed and wounded in the strike. the u.s. is still assessing compelling, is that this is whether they know of any casualties on the ground. obviously something that other folks came to the president and yasmin? told him this is not going to >> thank you. the u.s. military said on work, there is still a delay and it shows the tension even within sunday that it also carried out the executive branch, and it air strikes against the highlights why these are folks al-shabaab militant group after that the senate would probably a deadly car bombing killing 79 want to hear from in terms of people in the somali capital of

witnesses. and it relates back to nancy mogadishu. four quote terrorists were pelosi's original notion of killed in the strike according to the u.s. military which delaying, possibly waiting it conducted operations with the somalian government. out, even to wait for courts to the u.s. has increased its come back with a decision on strikes in somalia and in april whether or not these folks can of this year, the u.s. testify. >> what do you think of the omb military's africa command says lawyer, basically coming up with more than 800 people have been this argument the president has the right to do this? killed in air strikes since april of 2017. to withhold the money. >> that is not correct. nobody claimed responsibility for the recent car bombing for a couple of reasons. attack. number one, there are two but the capital is regularly hit different kinds of money. by al-shabaab militants allied there is the money that comes through the state department. to al qaeda. that can, the president has a and the associated press is little more power to delay. but the money that comes through reporting that the taliban's ruling council agreed to a congress, that's already been temporary cease fire on sunday. pre-approved, by the executive which could provide a path to a branch, in that the ukraine, peace deal with the united states. the white house did not comment. ukraine has been certified as e but the u.s. has maintained that any peace deal would have to money. going back to another reason ensure that terrorists would not constitutionally speaking, it is use afghanistan as a base. the congress who has the power for now, the details as to when to tax and spend and when they appropriate that money, it is to the ceasefire would actually be spent. begin remain unclear. and that is the, something that the taliban's chief still has to maybe president trump wasn't aware of, when he started approve of the decision. delaying the payment or the the u.s. currently has about funds being transferred. 12,000 troops in that country. >> danny cevallos, thank you, my and a peace deal with the taliban could end america's friend.

appreciate it. a man charged with attempted 18-year involvement in murder and burglary after afghanistan. which is by the way the stabbing five orthodox jewish longest-running war in u.s. people in new york has pled not history. and a man charged with guilty. the saturday knit attack happened at a rabbi's home in attempted murder and burglary after stabbing five orthodox suburban muncie new york on the jews in new york has pled not second night of hanukkah. guilty. the saturday night attack happened at a rabbi's home in nbc's kathy park has the latest. >> are you feeling remorse? >> do you feel bad at all? suburban monsey new york on the seventh night of han cast >> do you care. according to one witness, the >> reporter: a first look at suspect entered wearing a scarf on his face while wielding a 37-year-old, the suspect in the brutal stabbing in muncie, new machete back and forth. the 37-year-old man was stopped york, now facing five counts of attempted murder, he pleaded not after victims fought back using pieces of furniture in the home. guilty to all counts. the suspect then fled the scene, and tried to enter a nearby on saturday night, a hanukkah celebration turned into an synagogue. but was actually blocked by evening of horror as the suspect those inside. officials say the suspect was stormed a rabbi's home packed with adults and children. arrested nearly two hours later, covered in blood. >> go ahead and move in. four of the five victims were >> witnesses say he began treated and released from the hospital. stabbing at random, injuring new york governor andrew cuomo five before running next door to has called the latest attacks on the synagogue. >> he came in with a big knife, the jewish community an act of domestic terrorism. a lawyer for the suspect said he had a quote long history of machete, known what it was and mental illness, and pulled it out of the holder and hospitalizations, and the man

moving at people right and left. >> officials have not announced remains in jail on $5 million a motive but the crime has bail. and we're also following shaken this large orthodox that deadly church shooting in jewish community, on edge after texas. two people were killed, during a state of the anti-semitic sunday's service. the gunman is also dead, after attacks in the new york new two parishioners returned fire, jersey area, at least the tenth incident in just the last week. we get the latest from the >> it seems like it is an open reporter jack hyburger from our season against jews in new york station there. >> reporter: it happened in the city. >> the new york governor has middle of church services. this live stream showing the ordered police to increase gunman approach someone standing at the side, and he then pulls patrols in new york state. >> i have considered this an act out what appears to be a long gun, and fires. of domestic terrorism. let's call it what it is. these people are domestic terrorists. shooting two people. >> the president tweeting, we must all come together to fight another church-goer pulls out his own gun and fires back. and eradicate the ecivil scourge taking down the gunman. terrified parishioners dive for of anti-semitism. on the final night of hanukkah, cover. some fleeing the church. a call for peace, while the others moving toward the downed community moves forward with resilience in the wake of gunman, their own guns drawn. the shooting happened at west darkness. >> thanks to kathy park for that freeway church of christ in the report. two people are dead town of white settlement, texas, following a shooting at sunday just outside of ft. worth. services at a church in white 911 calls about gunshots started settlement, texas, and the to come in just before 10:00

a.m. >> we're going to need help. gunman was also killed when >> the person shot by the security guards returned fire. suspect died at a local hospital. as we stated, the suspect is >> the perimeter reports deceased. indicated the man entered the church and fired a weapon. >> governor greg abbott today issued this statement in response, our hearts go out to a couple of members of the church returned fire, tracking the victims and families of the suspect, who died at the scene. those killed an evil act of and the threat has stopped. violence that occurred. due to the heroic actions of the i am grateful for the church members who acted convictly to take down the shooter and help parishioners at the church. prevent further loss of life. >> officials say the man sat >> places of worship historically have always been down in church wearing a under attack. disguise before pulling out a they're easy targets. shotgun and opening fire a motive for the incident has yet >> multiple law enforcement to be determined. still ahead, the pentagon says the u.s. military has agencies are now assisting the carried out air strikes in iraq investigation as police work to and syria against an iran-backed militia group. figure out the motive for the deadly attack. what defense secretary mark >> the beginning of the year, esper is saying about the the end of the year holiday, it matter. is all very tragic. plus what we're learning about a any time that we suffer loss in temporary cease fire involving the taliban and what it could our community, it not only mean for peace talks. those stories, and a check on affects the people who were here your weather when we come back. today but it affects the first can you heal dry skin in a day? responders as well. >> thanks for that report. five people are also dead, including the nbc reporter, after a small plane crashed

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produced 116 versions of its ads, reaching over 15 million people in just the first two weeks of december on social media. over the last month on facebook and google alone, bloomberg spent $18 million on ads attacking the president. according to a messaging firm that works with democrats. his campaign is also spent 128 million on television ads. according to the firm's advertising analytics. the former mayor is expected to spend between 300 to $400 million in advertising across all media, before, before the super tuesday primary in march. that price tag would be equal, almost equal, excuse me, to a president obama's campaign spent on advertising over the course of the entire 2012 general election. let's talk about this. and joining us from washington politics editor for bloomberg, anna edgerton. good morning to you. thanks for joining us on this monday morning.

is there any early evidence here that this investment, the former mayor bloomberg investment, will welcome back. be paying off in the polls? despite america's strength in >> well it is an interesting unemployment numbers axios strategy, because michael reports many companies including at&t are forcing workers to bloomberg is not focused on early primary states like most train their foreign of the other democratic replacements. candidates right now. like you said, he is focused on joining me now on the story from the battleground states. washington, political reporter where trump really needs to be for axios, steph, good morning defeated. if democrats have a chance of winning the presidential election next year. to you, thanks for joining us, now, in that article, you cited, appreciate it. talk to us more what more you're "the new york times" reported learning about this growing job that they're targeting 10 to 15% of trump voters, that they think outsourcing issue for u.s. could be swayed by these employees? >> so this is a common business advertisements in order to turn model that has been ongoing for against the president, and vote the past several years for for a democrat. several major companies, this be that michael bloomberg or someone else. >> i also know that bloomberg year in particular, at&t has informed thousands of the had some new reporting this employees that they will be forced to either work for an morning on the senators that outsourcing contracting company, everybody is going to be watching as this impeachment after about a year, they're trial plays out in the senate. likely to be let go or resign tell us more about those at risk without severance and many of the workers have been forced to republicans. train foreigners who are either >> so there are 35 members of here in the u.s. on visas or the senate who are going to be running for re-election next overseas to actually do their year, and they're all going to jobs. have to pass the vote, either

so they're being forced to train the people who will ultimately take their jobs. for or againstism peop impeachm and some of the people that i spoke to have actually worked at at&t for over a decade, for some of them, significantly longer there is about a half a dozen that are interesting to watch. than a decade, and many of them and most democrats will vote in favor of impeachment. talk about how they love at&t most republicans vote against. and feel abused by the system, but corey gardner of colorado, and feel like it is not fair susan collins of maine, for, their knowledge of the company and their knowledge of republicans who are running in the job, to train someone who democratic leaning states may join with democrats in the procedural votes that will set the tone for how the trial will will be ultimately replacing them. >> i can only imagine it is incredibly demoralizing to be an be carried out. >> we have the iowa caucus february 3rd. that could be feasibly running idea put in that position. up against the senate and you wrote about the mayor's impeachment trial if this thing does actually go into february story and the news cycle. as some have possibly hinted at, what made the top storys? >> the highest search traffic in talked about. a single moment was for any idea how can this affect hurricane dorian and pretty common, we have been doing this bernie sander, elizabeth warren, story often for the past several amy klobuchar, senator cory years, and typically, these booker, michael bennet, will kinds of catastrophes generate a balance this considering they lot of google search, people need to be on the campaign trial wanting to see the path of the hurricane, and what they need to do to prepare for it. during that time. >> it will be an interesting next two months both in washington and around the one thing that i thought was interesting was that country because you have these

impeachment, up until last week, didn't make even the top four. candidates who would really like to be on the trail. >> wow. they would like to be in iowa, >> just last week, when there new hampshire, competing for the was a vote in the house, for state and talking to voters but they're also going to be here in trump's impeachment, we did washington, where they're going finally see that come into to be in the middle of the biggest political story. so on the one hand if they're fourth place, but i think it taken off the campaign trail, shows how something that we but on the other hand, they're think is really historic, that going to be right in the middle is very historic and certainly of what a lot of people are going to be paying attention to. pay a lot of attention to >> it could also feasibly be doesn't generate the most search their moment in a way if they stand up for something that they interest from the public at believe is right. large in the u.s. >> and certainly in line with >> absolutely. polls when asking vote bers >> thank you so much. appreciate it. impeachment and if it is top of good talking to you. still ahead, it wasn't only ukraine. new reports that rudy giuliani mind when heading into 2020. was also involved in u.s. appreciate it. thanks. and let's get a check on the diplomatic efforts elsewhere. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> the number one searched story, weather. >> there you go, bill karins. >> dorian was crazy. that was a category five. >> if you feel like your home is little theo's nose had cause for alarm. in the path of possible destruction and you want to, you his ordinary tissues were causing it harm. know, safeguard your family and your home. they left his nose raw, with each wiping motion. >> anyone close to florida, yes, so dad extinguished the problem, with new puffs plus lotion. it is hard to imagine, it is

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leaders quote discussed a range of issues of mutual interest and agreed to continue bilateral cooperation in combatting terrorism. "the wall street journal" noting however, that the white house did not immediately confirm the call. let's take a turn now and get a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning. it is a wild start. 70 mile-an-hour winds in ohio. with this line of storms going through. and some people are losing power. so yes, it has been a little difficult, northern half of the country, yesterday, minnesota, the dakotas had, a lot of ice, a lot of snow, blizzard warnings are still up around the fargo area and then again, i just mentioned the high winds, with a few of these storms going through ohio right now. and it is going to change in a hurry today in this region of the country. the worst of it as far as travel goes, northern new england, a significant ice storm overnight in the higher elevations, and save $100 on your coolsculpting treatment. $12.99 all you can eat ♪ now with boneless wings. lower elevations a rain event but snow pretty good in new only at applebee's. hampshire and up in the areas of everything was so fresh in the beginning... maine. so as far as travel goes today, but that plug quickly faded. at the airports, because of the windy conditions developing later today, and the rain in new luckily there's febreze plug. york, we could see significant

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and then as we head toward midnight as we ring in the new year, not that many problems east of the rockies, and the big storm system will be here, heading into the northern rockies and also into the pacific northwest, calm and quiet is the rule for much of the country, and then for new years day itself, really no issues, areas east of the rockies, a little bit of rain in south texas, and the only problem area will be getting around through the inter mountain west. and overall for many people with new years eve plan, looking pretty good. >> good news. >> not too cold either. there have been some frigid new years eves around this country. >> especially new york city on new years eve. >> 38 degrees when the ball drops, no problem at all. >> and for people waiting for winter and cold, another week. at least seven days from now, the first significant cold blast. >> thank you, bill. still ahead, a republican senator and evangelical christian speaks out on what he calls the quote conundrum for people of faith when it comes to the president. we're back in a moment. ♪

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