abortion ban, don't want permitless carry the republicans point to the november elections and say, we won big. the governor won by 20 points. they pick ed up congressional seats. they feel they have a mandate. that's how they are acting right now. >> gary, i thank you for being with us this morning appreciate it. >> thank you for having me starting this monday, we will have a new reporter joining us that's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i'm so happy we will be having her with us every day here on msnbc. that wraps up the hour for me i'm jose diaz-balart you can watch highlights from

today's show i thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," mike pence creating new legal problems for donald trump just days after the former president's arrest and arraignment in new york. pence now reversing course and deciding not to appeal a federal judge's order to testify in the special counsel's appropriate into the january 6 insurrection. my interview with kevin mccarthy at the reagan library getting his reaction to the trump indict mement in indictmet do you worry he could lose the general election because of this and the other investigations that are potentially more serious? >> if someone wants to play with indictments, it helps him to campaign better. i look at his numbers. i'm not sure if the democrats think this is helping in a manner what i know, it hurts the nation

>> what he says about china as china reacts today his decision to forge a bipartisan approach to the relationship between china and taiwan his meeting here in california with taiwan's president tsai ing-wen. do you worry that meeting with president tsai in the united states is going to further escalate the tensions? >> no. it shouldn't be any means. i would sit down with president xi macron is sitting down with president xi what would foster a worse situation is a lack of communication. what china should look at today is that republicans and democrats are united good day, everyone i'm andrea mitchell in los angeles today. special counsel jack smith is clearing a major hurdle in his investigation into former president trump's role in the january 6 insurrection with mike pence a central figure in the

president's discussions leading up to and during the capitol riot, deciding now he will not fight a federal judge's order. he will testify to the grand jury joining me now, barbara mcquad and and joyce vance. this development could lead to a breakthrough in jack smith's investigation into january 6th we haven't heard that much about that >> no, we haven't. the former vice president's testimony is key i was looking -- it's hard to keep track of everything i was reminded that at one point, john eastman, the lawyer who worked with trump on this plan with fake state electors, had written a two-page plan for convincing mike pence to participate in the scheme. it will be invaluable for federal prosecutors to get mike pence's testimony about the outreach that he personally had from john eastman and also to learn what president trump at

that time was saying and doing in regards to the pressure campaign on trump. all of this opens up a lot of head room for jack smith >> take us through the process if mike pence actually goes in to testify before the d.c. grand jury, joyce. >> he will go in to testify like any other witness, alone, without his lawyer he will be asked questions by federal prosecutors. he can assert a fifth amendment right if he has one. we have seen no indication that he believes he has any criminal exposure many grand jury proceedings also involve questions that grand jurors wish to ask from witnesses. those can be very illuminating the reality is, pence will have very little protection we believe the ruling from the judge, which is under seal, carves out a very narrow area of privilege of speech and debate clause immunity. other than that, what the

president did and said leading up to january 6 will be fair game. >> i want to broaden the conversation and play part of the interview i had with house speaker mccarthy out here in california can i ask your reaction to the indictment >> the indictment makes me very sad and concerned as a country it's not just republicans who view this as political you have former governor cuomo you have "new york times," people see it. think about this, the indictment came not from an attorney general of a state, not even from a d.a. of new york city it's a borough who campaigned on the idea of indicting. my fear is what's going to transpire is that here we are at america, our greatest strength is the rule of law applied equally. what's going to deter some small d.a. in a red state to go after a democrat president when they come out i don't want our country to continue to spiral, to play politics this way. i think we should respect the law. i don't think any legal mind

sits and thinks this has merit of where it's going. i think it's played where somebody is running for president and a former president. i think when i look across the street from the capitol, i see lady liberty sitting there blindfolded with a scale that's supposed to be equal everyone would sit back and tell you, regardless of party, regardless how they feel about president trump -- you have jbe bush, mitt romney saying for what it is i think it's spiraling the country in a place we don't want to be. let's start respecting each other. let's respect the rule of law. >> you are the leader of the party. do you worry he is the republican frontrunner he likely will be the nominee, right now. do you worry he could lose the general election because of this indictment and the other investigations that are potentially more serious >> if someone wants to play with indictments, it helps him campaign better. i look at his numbers.

i'm not smuure if the democrats think this is helping. but i know this hurts the nation when someone uses the rule of law for political purposes, america looks weaker the other thing that's scary about this, what does it say to the rest of the world? you would only read about these type of actions, never happened in america before, in other countries. we're better than that america is too great to have such a small political mind like this d.a. does i think people on both sides -- i would hope if this was on the other side of the aisle that i would stand up just as strong now if someone would use this for political purposes against a democrat >> barbara, i know you don't want to talk politics. i don't want to draw you into that the context of these investigations, multiple investigations, is political what do you make of the republican attack on the d.a., the point they are making that this -- that this is so unusual

an allegation, the way it was stepped up to felonies and the rest what do you make of the political charge against alvin bragg? >> what kevin mccarthy said there stands in violation of the rule of law. he isn't saying donald trump is innocent what he is saying is, how could this happen in america that we could charge a former president? if the rule of law means anything, it means no one is above it, even a former president. it's a sad day a person who has been the president has been charged with a crime if he is committed a crime. he will have his day in court. the mere fact that a former president has been charged is consistent with the rule of law. there is a concept called selective prosecution which says it's a violation of due process of law for a prosecutor to single someone out for prosecution for an arbitrary

basis, like race or religion or political affiliation. to show that, you have to show the prosecutor has declined to prosecute others who have committed this crime who are not politicians. i have not seen any allegation of that. in fact, alvin bragg filed this charge 30 times since taking office 15 months or so ago what they are saying not that this is selective prosecution but that a former president should get a selective free pass that's not how the rule of law works. >> can we figure out how will donald trump, if he is going to continue in this campaign, manage, if he is indicted on these other charges, the special counsel, mar-a-lago, january 6, how do you go through the hearings and everything else and end up facing a trial, as now scheduled in this case, right in the middle of the primary season >> i think that's going to be a challenge for him in terms of schedule in addition to this case, i think there's a very strong possibility that we will see charges out of georgia before

the end of the year and federal charges before the end of the year, possibly in both those cases. he could be defending himself in four cases while running for president. i would not be surprised to see donald trump ask for a delay in all of the trials until after the election then i could imagine him even having the awe udacity to say te trials shouldn't end until after the term in 2029 >> if he were elected. if he were elected on the federal cases at least he would not face prosecution and they would be delayed until after the election he could pardon himself. barbara, joyce, thanks to both of you ahead, more of my interview with the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, on one of the few issues that brings republicans and democrats on capitol hill together. china.

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today, china is condemning house speaker kevin mccarthy for hosting the president of taiwan at the reagan library here in southern california. that's predictable china is saying that the u.s. is now moving down a wrong and dangerous road china is facing a rare united front from democrats and republicans. it's unusual in today's politics speaker mccarthy drew praise from his predecessor, nancy pelosi, despite their past conflicts, for the bipartisan show of support of taiwan. i spoke to the speaker after the meetings about what was gained about forging a bipartisan approach to this aggressive

stance from china, especially over taiwan. what was the importance of this meeting today? it was bipartisan. it was very unusual. >> i think that is one of the greatest importance, that you are finding that one of our greatest challenges with taiwan and with china in the future is never speaking with one voice. when i became speaker, one of the first things i set out to do is create a bipartisan committee. we created a new select committee. we watched republicans and democrats together, the speaker for the first time in the house of representatives sitting down with the president of taiwan and having a discussion to foster peace for the future i think it goes with the philosophy of reagan you have watched a house be very divided be united on this issue. we want to make sure the world fosters peace, freedom and democracy. what can we do now as policymakers to make that world better speed up arms sales to taiwan. foster greater economy, be it

technology, medicine and others. foster that bond for democracy and freedom. i think that will create a more united front with china and for the world, learn lessons from ukraine so we are not back here in another country a few years from you no. >> nbc reported that china did collect information, intelligence, sensitive intelligence by circling, doing figure eights over sensitive military sites contrary to what the u.s. was saying, what the administration was saying >> that's very disturbing. the one thing you have to understand is, never should they have been able to go through our airspace a balloon is almost like a drone. it's hovering. we know when a satellite comes over, we can cover up. the idea that they were trying to collect, it shows how dangerous the world is for the future this is why it's more important than ever the republicans and democrats speak with one voice when that balloon came over, you

watched the action of the house. every single member of the house, be it republican or democrat, voted together on a resolution denouncing the ccp for that action itself what they were sending that knowledge back to china. i think you will see the gang of eight take action and maybe the house take action based upon further information we gather. >> the gang of eight, the top leaders who get the intelligence do you worry that meeting with president tsai in the united states is going to further escalate the tensions? >> no. it shouldn't by any means. i would sit down with president xi macron is sitting down with president xi what i think would foster a worse situation is a lack of communication. what china should look at today is that republicans and democrats are united what we are looking at today is making sure the rhetoric doesn't get higher looking at, how can we deter that war does not happen peace through strength there's actions we can take looking back what happened in

ukraine so five years from now, we're not in the same place that ukraine is today democracy is fostered greater and strength and freedom. >> at the same time, what would you do about a potential invasion u.s. intelligence estimates, according to congressional testimony just last month, that within five years, china is going to try to take over taiwan. >> you know what's so interesting? it was seven years ago i went to the white house and met with president biden advocating they sell javelins to ukraine so russia would not invade. weapons to stop the tanks. i wonder if that decision had been made then, would russia have never invaded it's five years now from, it's important we take this meeting now. how can we speed up the weapon sales, which go just with what reagan said. keep ours relationship with china and deters someone thinking that they can enter

another country and that they can defend themselves and we can stand for freedom so the world is a safer place that's why it's important. your question where i watched you ask that question standing behind the berlin wall knowing you were there, think of that moment when there were two germanys and the stance that america took and how the world is safer and germany is united today. what we are doing today is protecting us five years from now if we take those actions >> with all due respect, didn't president trump undermine the u.s. posture towards ukraine because of his support for vladimir putin >> i don't know where the president was on that. what i see happening today looks like the 1930s you have something different changing you have china, russia, north korea and iran coming together like an axis of power of the old days of germany, italy and japan. when you think back and study history, if the lawmakers do nothing, what transpires that's why today you are watching lawmakers, something you don't see in washington very

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speaker mccarthy's meeting with taiwan's president here in southern california yesterday was followed by house foreign affairs chairman mike mccall's arrival in taiwan today with members from both parties. in the face of this united front from the u.s., china launched military drills close to taiwan and vowed a resolute response. it was low key compared to firing of missiles over taiwan and imposing a blockade when nancy pelosi went to the island last august. joining me now is leon panetta previously, bill clinton's chief of staff what is your reaction to the bipartisan meeting between taiwan's president, kevin mccarthy and china's response? >> you know, i think it basically stresses the

difference between democracy and autocracy. in a democracy, having both political parties come together to meet with an official from abroad is what we do i thought it was important to have a unified position there, to be able to meet with the president from taiwan, to be able to discuss common concerns. i think it was done in a low key way that is very appropriate here president tsai basically had a low key trip she didn't go to washington. she didn't try to meet with a high official. she basically has kept it very responsible. i think the meeting in california was another example of a responsible way to conduct diplomacy. >> do you worry that the visit here to the u.s. though, which was more than just a transit, despite what they said she went to new york and central america and came back in

do you think it's going to further escalate tensions, which were at a fever pitch between the u.s. and china >> well, the hope is that china doesn't overreact. i realize what they did after speaker pelosi's visit and the fact that it added to the tensions between the united states and china right now, president xi is supposed to meet with president macron of france, meet with the european union leaders trying to advance their economic interests. i don't think this is a good time to overreact. will they? i don't think so i think they know that at this point in time, the more important issue is whether or not they're going to be able to maintain any kind of economic strength in europe >> this week, nbc news reported

exclusively that that massive spy balloon captured and transmitted in real time intelligence from sensitive u.s. military sites, sometimes doing a figure eight over the sites, before the u.s. shot it down, waiting until it got to the coast. how concerned are you about that that's something the u.s. -- the administration has not acknowledged >> what the united states confirmed is what we suspected, which is that this was an intelligence balloon whose main purpose was to gather intelligence it was a pretty sophisticated technology that was on board that bae a balloon. at built -- the ability to communicate information back to beijing almost instantaneously it was -- it's a dangerous intelligence gathering effort by china. it was appropriate we stop it, take it down we should have taken it down

probably earlier it tells us a lot about china in terms of their intelligence gathering capability and the fact that that represents a threat to our security it's something that we have to -- we have to take action to make sure that we protect our security that's first and foremost. whether it's china or russia, the first thing we need to do is protect our national security. >> turning to the middle east, this is the second dayin a row that israeli police have clashed with palestinians at the third holiest site in islam, jerusalem's al-aqsa mosque rich haas was on yesterday and told me it's stupid to send israeli forces into one of the holiest shrines of islam because people were piling rocks and

fireworks. there's no doubt, said secretary of state blinken, that there is problems on both sides and that this should -- this is a cause of concern how can the u.s. help moderate some of the responses here >> i would hope that we might be able to get netanyahu to recognize that israel is the only democracy in the middle east we have been very proud of our relationship with israel and the fact that they are a democracy a democracy respects the institutions of a democracy and freedom of religion, very frankly. the step of going into a mosque and doing it in a very brutal fashion only exacerbates the

trouble israel is in right now israel has enough problems dealing with iran, dealing with syria, dealing with the issues that they are confronting in the middle east. they don't need to undermine their democracy. i'm afraid that's what's happening right now. >> i want to ask you about evan gershkovich, "the wall street journal" journalist. he has spent a little more than a week in a prison in moscow he has not yet been declared wrongfully detained. that process is under way. what is vladimir putin trying to gain how do we get him out of there and get him home safely when he is accused of espionage, when we know how the kremlin handles these espionage cases? we have paul whelan on a 14-year sentence, serving four, on a false conviction of espionage. >> andrea, this is a typical putin move

it's a blatant move. we understand what's happening here there's no other reason to have arrested this correspondent than to hold him for some kind of trade with russia's spies. in this country and elsewhere. what it does is it totally abuses these individuals who are trying to do their job on behalf of journalism and trying to report the news. this is not a spy. we all know he is not a spy. russia doesn't operate that way. russia operates on the basis of doing what it feels it can do and get away with. so they're going to take this individual, probably have a show trial the way they did with others, and then try to see if they can ultimately trade this individual for a spy in another

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right now in nashville, tennessee, protesters are back at the tennessee state capitol, demanding action on gun violence after last week's deadly school shooting republicans today planning an unprecedented vote in the statehouse to expel three democrats for their gun protests on the house floor last week one of them, a former teacher, spoke out earlier on "morning joe. >> in nashville where we lost six, the first action this body took was not to do something about gun violence, but to expel three members who spoke up against gun violence >> priscilla thompson joins us

from nashville i guess the last time a member was expelled was during the civil war from the tennessee state capitol, if i heard this correctly. this would be expelling three members who say they didn't have a chance to speak out when the gun protest occurred last week >> reporter: yeah, that's right, andrea since the civil war, there have been two members of the tennessee statehouse that have been expelled. one was for sexual misconduct. the other was for another criminal charge. it has never been for something like this, where these lawmakers took to the floor last week as protesters were gathered in the gallery and they demanded change as it relates to gun legislatiolegislatio -- legislatatio -- legislation and gun reform republicans said they created chaos and disorder on the house floor, that this was unacceptable and it dishonored the house of representatives

that's where we find ourselves today with the vote expected to take place here sometime soon. at the end of the session today where each lawmaker will have an opportunity to defend themselves this vote will take place in a gop controlled legislature that's why hundreds of protesters have flooded into the gallery of the house of representatives. there are people who are in the overflow out here in the hallway. you hear them cheering as democratic lawmakers walk by and as some of the representatives that are charged in this matter, like representative justin jones has come out and spoken to demonstrators. they have cheered and stood in support of him we have heard them booing as republican lawmakers walk by you can hear them getting loud just behind me the last chant that we most recently heard was them saying, kids are still in body bags. i think that speaks to the pain and the frustration that so many people are feeling here. i spoke to a high school senior

who helped organize her classmates to be here today. she hadn't come to any other protests last week or earlier in the week she said that this was one about safety she says she's in fear when she goes to school she's worried about the next generation of students and what they might have to experience. any time a shooting like this occurs, it's always devastating. it is especially devastating for so many people that many of these children were so young people here are asking, how could this have happened again how is nothing seeming to change that is what folks are looking to do here, make their voices heard on the issue of gun reform also on the issue of democracy we have heard republicans compare what those democratic lawmakers did on the house floor last week in protest to an insurrection democratic lawmakers are saying they are talking more about our protests than the lives lost and

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guns and abortion rights are firing up voters ahead of the 2024 election. growing calls for gun safety laws in tennessee and nationwide appear to be falling on deaf ears in state capitols a new law in idaho prohibits anyone from helping a pregnant minor get an abortion in another state. it's punishable by two to five years in prison. joining me now, robert gibbs, michael steele and back with us, former u.s. attorney joyce vance. joyce, your reaction to idaho's law? it's the first in the country expressly criminalizing assisting with an out of state abortion >> right the idaho law has that affect because, of course, to access care now, many citizens of idaho will have to travel out of state

to get abortion care this includes not just voluntary abortions but medically necessary abortions for people who are miscarrying. idaho now takes the title in what appears to be a republican race to the bottom for statutes that restrict women's ability to control their own medical health the unfortunate news here -- there will be lawsuits launched by private parties that's already in the works. the unfortunate truth here is that these cases will be heard by a united states supreme court that increasingly has shown hostility to doing anything that will restrict a state's ability to enact laws like this one. >> michael, republicans may well be appealing to the base, energizing their base, with these abortion and gun laws. won't it hurt them in a general election >> i think so. there's no doubt here. when you look at the compilation

of three political moments the first was kansas on the heels of the dobbs decision. the result where republicans and independents in kansas resoundingly rejected restrictions on abortion at the ballot box then you look at this situation next where you have lengislator like in tennessee and elsewhere who are trying to restrict and constrict women's access it abortion then you layer on top of that what's happening in florida and other parts of the country with respect to this -- the wild, wild west respect toward guns. you want a gun get one, take it where you want, take it to the dry cleaner, to mcdonald's, we don't care. republicans are setting a national narrative around abortion, guns and the freedom of individuals to express openly as they are trying to kick out

three legislators in tennessee, for example, for advocating for gun -- against gun violence. setting a national narrative that's very difficult for them to pull in mainstream independent, center right, center left voters in a general election >> robert, what is your advice to democrats when they are running for office when it comes to guns and abortion >> w >> talk about it in the middle, early, late. abortion is the most potent political issue in american politics right now it's not just the republican base that's is animated by the issue of restricting abortion. in reality, it's just a part of the republican base. about 10% of the american people believe there should be a ban on abortion with no exceptions. that's 90% on the other side of that issue

look at what's animating the political race the most likely person to be the nominee other than donald trump, if you listen to people, is ron desantis he is on the verge of signing a six-week abortion ban. we saw in kansas and the 2022 election and in this supreme court election in wisconsin. joe biden won wisconsin by the same number of people that go to a milwaukee bucks home game. this race was decided by double digits in a 50/50 state. it was because of the powerful, potent issue of choice on abortion >> michael, what about the call from republican leaders, committee chairs on the hill, to de-fund the department of justice and the fbi because of the indictment of the former president? the white house is calling this maga extremism. >> why not

throw de-fund the police in there as well. let me get this straight we have spent the last how many years beating the heck out of democrats for de-funding the police, right? that's what they want to do. they want to de-fund the police. you have republicans advocating because donald trump is being held accountable under due process and the criminal justice system, now we want to de-fund the fbi, we want to de-fund the department of justice, we want to de-fund the police. go ahead, republicans. add that to the mix along with abortion and guns and see what that gets you with the american people the party is taking not a headlong but a direct spiral down into political oblivion voters now are going to look at every office, andrea, from dogcatcher to governor and assess whether or not those individuals currently in office are acting in their best

interests, and these three issues that we've talked about are going to be seminole among them and are going to be potent against, i think, republicans if they don't reverse course, which is not likely. >> robert gibbs, michael steele, and joyce vance, thanks to all of you and in memoriam, 20 years later we remember our nbc colleague and friend, david bloom, gone way too soon this is "andrea tcmihell reports" on msnbc. to verizon.. (cecily) so you got an awesome network... (seth) and when i switched, i got to choose the phone i wanted. for free. not bragging. (cecily) you're bragging. (neighbor) oh, he's bragging. (seth) who, me? never. oh, excuse me. hello, your royal highness, sir... (cecily) okay, that's a brag. (seth) hey, mom. i gotta call you back. (vo) switch and choose the 5g phone you really want, on us. like the incredible iphone 14. (cecily) on the network worth bragging about. (vo) verizon

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today is a very difficult milestone for our nbc news family because it was 20 years ago today that we lost a very dear friend and colleague. white house correspondent weekend today show anchor, washington bureau colleague david bloom while on assignment. he was embedded with the third id, the famous tip of the spear on the march to baghdad after

becoming the first american correspondent to broadcast live with the troops from the battle zone for so many of us, david bloom and his family are frozen in time david shaking the sand out of his hair in iraq, his beautiful three daughters, just little girls back then, now adults. an actor, a paralegal, and a grad student there's no better way to honor him than to hear their memories, their stories about their dad. nbc's peter alexander brings us their story. >> reporter: david bloom was committed, compelling, and courageous on camera he shined, so talented and tenacious, covering the world's biggest stories from 9/11 >> 40 more stories of concrete, steel, and iron crashed to the ground. >> reporter: to the u.s. invasion of iraq. >> this sand storm has been pounding these troops here in the 315 infantry. >> sometimes we look back and think about what it would have been like if he was still around and, i don't know. >> i think he would have been

going to the most dangerous parts of the world >> yes >> still seeking those stories >> sad news today from the front lines of iraq. nbc's david bloom, a husband and father, adventurous spirit and our colleague died overnight >> reporter: david collapsed while embedded with the third ids that rolled north towards baghdad, a blood clot from deep vein thrombosis traveled to his lungs. beloved for his boyish enth enthusiasm, david bloom was just 39, leaving behind wife melanie and their young daughters, 9-year-old christine and nicole, and ava just 3 to the girls he wasn't david he was dad and a huge ball of energy. >> he would carry the three of us up our staircase at the same time with a twin under each arm and me on his shoulders. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: a >> and he woild pretend to lose his balance while we were screaming and laughing. >> reporter: for the twins now

29, some moments are seared into their memories. >> the last moment we saw him, we were all huddled in our entryway we held hands in a circle and he hugged us all good-bye and he got in his blacktown car and drove down the street and he stuck his hand out and was waving to us like the whole way down the street. after he passed i had like recurring dreams that he was coming back down the street in that town car, and he was coming home again. >> reporter: nicole shared with us some of her dad's last words to them, always unselfish, he wanted to make sure his daughters were too. >> when you're missing me as i'm missing you remember to say a prayer for all the other boys and girls who are missing their mommys and daddies too, and yes, my dear sweet girls when i'm a little bit scared, i promise you i will remember you and your mom, and i love you to the moon and back, love daddy. >> years later david's soundman returned to iraq and brought home sand from near where their dad passed.

>> makes you feel close to your dad even in this day. >> absolutely, a moment in time that really changed our family, and having a physical piece of that is really meaningful. >> seems like faith has helped all of you in its own way. >> yeah, absolutely. >> after he passed i used to keep a diary that i would write to him, it's random but i would say instead of dear diary, i would say dear daddy -- >> i didn't know that. >> yeah. if i was struggling with something, i'd be like can you please help me and kind of like reaching out to him up in heaven >> so who knows what this is >> oh, my gosh >> oh, my goodness >> this is the bloom mobile. >> oh, my gosh >> we brought david's girls and their mom melanie to see david's dream, the one of a kind vehicle he helped design to bring nbc's viewers to the war's front lines. >> i'm so grateful that he was able to talk to each one of his fw girls and to me within 24 hours

of losing his life >> what would david think of these girls, these women today >> i think looking down he's got to be so proud of the young ladies that they've become >> melanie bloom has made raising aware ness about deep vein thrombosis her lifelong cause. we honor david for his heroism, his kindness, his wonderful family just seeing those three little girls, watching them dwrgrow upw have seen them over the years, it is a great life's lesson for us all, treasure the moments and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports. thanks for being with us i'll be back in washington tomorrow follow the show online on fake and twitter @mitchellreports "chris jansing reports" starts right now. ♪ good