"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> thank you, ayman. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," "get over it." the acting white house chief of staff upends the president's repeated denial of a quid pro quo. >> i have news for everybody. get over it. there's going to be a political influence in foreign policy. >>> giving away the store. the vice president announces a peace deal that isn't. selling out the kurds as turkish forces keep up their assault today in northern syria. >> one way to look at this is that president erdogan and president trump buried the hatchet. they buried it right in the back of the kurds. >>> and government bailout. the president awards his struggling miami golf resort a big federal contract for the g-7 summit next year, forcing foreign governments to pay his company to attend the gathering of world leaders. >> the purpose of the emoluments clause is to keep the president of the united states of america from profiting off of foreign money. this is about as direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create. >>> and good day, eve

birthday to my friend and colleague andrea mitchell, a little birdie told me today is a big day for andrea mitchell. >> well, let's just hope today is a big day for the nats. that's what i want for my birthday, i want the world series. >> that would be a perfect gift for all of us. >> it would, for you and all. thanks so much, my friend. >>> coming up on "andrea mitchell reports," facts matter. an army colonel who listened in on president trump's ukraine call testifies he heard the president make specific references to joe biden in that conversation that were edited out of the partial transcript the white house eventually released, the white house touting that as a perfect and exact transcript. >> it was an exact transcription of the conversation. i released a transcript of my conversation, an exact transcript. all because they didn't evknow that i had a transcript done by very talented people, word for word, comma for comma. >>> open hearings. the house prepares to vote tomorrow to create the roadmap for impeachment hearings which could ultimately lead to a trial in the republican-led sen

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giuliani is firing back at bolton overnight, texting me this, andrea. i always liked and respected john. i'm very disappointed that his bitterness drives him to attack a friend falsely and in a very personal way. it's really ironic that john bolton is calling anyone else a hand grenade and john is described by many as an atomic bomb. it underscores the fact that there are holes in the white house's strategy. they sent out that letter saying they were not going to comply with this impeachment inquiry but that gets a lot tougher to do when you're talking about former officials like fiona hill who are not governed, they would argue, by the same rules and regulations as government officials. and i know josh has a lot of reporting about what went on behind the scenes between fiona hill's team and the white house. >> josh, fiona hill, british-born, superb academic, working in the white house and the intelligence community. tell us about her testimony, her background, and her relationship with john bolton that may have led john bolton to resign. >> reporter: a

right now, "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you, craig. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," caught in the web. two of rudy giuliani's business associates in his investigation of the bidens have been arrested at dulles airport as they were trying to leave the country after refusing requests to testify this week to the house impeachment inquiry. >> this pair of businessmen born in the former soviet union were clients of rudy giuliani and they were helping giuliani meet people in ukraine who he was later lobbying to do the things that president trump wanted including investigate the bidens and investigate what they think happened with ukraine in the 2016 election. >>> assaulting our allies. turkey's military expanding its air and ground attacks against kurdish allies in syria as european and israeli leaders warn this could fuel the resurgence of isis. the president's most loyal republicans are also alarmed at what they're hearing from the front lines. >> reporter: here in northern syria, there is one sentiment that is being expressed, that the people have been betrayed by the

hey, andrea. >> hi, chris. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the middleman. a key player in the impeachment inquiry, gordon sondland, tells house committees it was the president who directed rudy giuliani to dig up dirt on the bidens in the ukraine. >> reporter: can you say there was no quid pro quo? >> i'm not giving any comment before my testimony. >> reporter: are you here to salvage your reputation? >> i don't have a reputation to salvage. >>> meltdown. the president insults the house speaker leaving the military brass with their heads hanging as the speaker walks out following that name-calling. >> what is the plan? my plan is to protect america. that's a goal, that's not a plan. what is the plan for us to be protected from isis now that some of them have been unleashed? >> the first thing i say is that the greatest insult that occurred in that room was simply the lack of policy on how to contain isis. there's a real danger to the american people. >>> and the giant from baltimore, congressman elijah cummings dies at 68, leaving an elegant legacy of leade

hey, andrea. >> hi, chris. >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," quid-pro-oh. new text messages reveal how the u.s. government was pressuring ukraine, while taylor writes "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a campaign." >> the quid pro quo is clear in these texts, not only do you need to open an investigation, mr. zelensky, but you need to put it on the record that you're going to do this investigation. >>> china, are you listening? a defiant president trump continues to ask for favors even as he faces impeachment for pressuring ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden. >> when i speak to foreign leaders, i speak in an appropriate way. i would like to do a trade deal with china but only if it's a great trade deal for this country. one thing has nothing to do with the other. >> i find once again the president inviting another country to interfere in our presidential elections repugnant and a fundamental breach of his oath of office. >>> and double dare. the white house is planning to tell nancy pelosi they will not turn over documents un

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> you this, crathank you, crai. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in new york. president trump appeared today with the vice president and secretary of state at his side, flanking him, declaring victory in syria, calling the turke turkey-syria border a success, even though the kurds are burying hundreds of their dead. >> turkey informed my administration they would be stopping combat and their offensive in syria and making the cease-fire permanent, and it will indeed be permanent. however, you would also define the word "permanent" in that part of the world as somewhat questionable. i have therefore instructed the secretary of the treasury to lift all sanctions imposed. we're willing to take blame and we're also willing to take credit. >> the president's actions allowing russia's president vladimir putin to cement his place in syria after stepping in as the cease-fire came to an end. russian troops now mobilizing in northern syria where american troops had been patrolling just two weeks ago. joining me now, nbc's kristen welker at the white

but i think it's bigger than that, andrea.e look like we cannot do foreign policy in the name of national security interest. we look like we can't basically run a play that is designed to advance our interests and our allies. so, on an even broader platform, i think putin and all of our competitors and enemies around the world benefits from this very tragic moment in terms of american foreign policy. >> ambassador mike mcfaul, thank you so much. >>> abandoned. president trump gives into turkey's demand to move in against allied forces in syria sparking condemnation including the fight against isis who says the president is committing malpractice. brett joining me next right here on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. nbc.uppo and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, d

>> this was a powerful moment, andrea. and i think you have to think that the floodgates have opened here. it began with ambassador masha yovanovitch and her incredible courage, mike mckinley, george taylor, the diplomats who answered the call to protect the constitution and not to protect the president. now you have an officer who obeyed a subpoena by the house committee. his testimony today is completing damning of the president's position. this is a person with unimpeachable character and integrity. he served our country in uniform. he told the truth today. the fact that he went to white house lawyers and thought that what he heard on that phone call, and he was on the line from the white house situation room, where president trump tried to convince the ukrainians to investigate joe biden, he was so concerned, lieutenant colonel vindman, that to go to the white house lawyers and say what he said today, this is the most powerful moment of any of the house hearings, to have someone like him, and frankly, shameful of some

you just summed it up, andrea, that's exactly right. and what you see here in addition to that is a clear cleavage between the professional diplomats, ambassador mckinley, ambassador yovanovitch, and others who have testified, versus the outsiders. the biggest outsider is someone who has nothing to do with diplomacy, mr. giuliani, but also ambassador sondland who paid for the position. he was the eu ambassador with no experience in ukraine. never has the european union ambassador been involved in this. and you see a clash. on the one hand, people trying to advance america's national interests and on the other hand, the throw amigos, as they call themselves, trying to advance president trump's personal reelection efforts. >> how do you think this should play out now that they are assembling step by step insider accounts with people who are bravely stepping forward, some giving up their careers, mike mckinley and others having had to quit over this. how do you think this plays out legally or in terms of the politics of impeachment? >> wel

what do i think, andrea? think there's plenty of people who used to work in that white house that know exactly what this president has done and will do if he stays at president and they've got to come forward with the information they have. obviously they can be subpoenaed. but i think they're going to have information that corroborates this. i don't know it, but i think it, because this president knows no limits and we've seen that time and time again. so while they're fighting over these witnesses that should lawfully be able to testify, i'm hoping they will also hear from some of the people that have been directly around the president, because those are the people who know the most. >> are you concerned about the safety and security and the identity of the whistle-blower? >> of course i am. our law allows people to come forward like this. ives i was heartened that senator grassley came forward and said this whistle-blower he's a right to come forward. it doesn't mean he's a spy, it means he's an allowed to

but andrea, we want to put this into a broader context. the president's comments coming as he is negotiating or at least trying to negotiate a trade deal with china, one that has had an impact on the u.s. economy, on the global economy. and so the fact that president trump would say china should investigate against that backdrop is certainly significant and you would anticipate it is going to get the attention of lawmakers on capitol hill, andrea. >> michael crowley, let's drill down a little bit on this new reporting about the vice president's role. some of us have been pointing out that this could bring him into the mix because of the whistle-blower's complaint. there is also reference to the fact that there has been a lot of pressure, the vice president did not go to the inaugural as planned, it was rick perry, the energy secretary, so that was a clear snub to zelensky when he was being pressured to cooperate. now we've got marc short from the vice president's office, his chief of staff, saying that the fact that "the washington post" r

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"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> right now, course correction. in a rare reversal president trump changes his decision to host the g7 summit at his own florida resort, yielding to congressional republicans who warned they would not be able to defend his awarding himself a huge federal contract on top of the impeachment inquiry. >> do you think it's appropriate for the president to have the g7 at his doral golf club? >> no. >> i don't understand why at this moment they had to do that. >> a dissent from the american republic into banana republic territory with all of this stuff has just been so stunningly fast. >> walk back. chief of staff mick mulvaney trying to reverse his admission of a quid pro quo with ukraine. the only problem, he said it on live television. >> definitely used that language because there is not a quid pro quo. >> what you just described is a quid pro quo. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. >> and abandoned, the kurds erupt in anger as u.s. forces pull out of syria and president trump breaks his promise to bring t

>> andrea borba, thanks so much. nustar energy did release a statement earlier saying, quote, "nustar is working with first responders to extinguish a fire at its terminal in crockett. " ajacent tanks are being cooled to minimize the risk of the fire spreading. >>> you can imagine this incident has created quite a situation with respect to traffic. drivers are being asked to get off at highway 4 to, interstate 680 the east westbou. 780 to 680 again and go around on the luther gibson highway. that'll take you up to interstate 80 in cordelia. a big mess right now. and here's the worst part. the chp told us expect these closures to remain in effect for the next six hours to possibly all night long. and that's the reason why. live picture right now. the 5 has flared up again despite the amount of retardant that has been put to, t f and explosions and we first reported shortly before 1:first. 1:50. a loud explosion and several explosions thereafter. at 2:45, our crews heard the sirens from the first responders. 3:00 pm, a

. >>> "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> you this, ayman. >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," look who's talking. former u.s. ambassador to ukraine answering questions on capitol hill behind closed doors. while rudy giuliani was conducting shadow diplomacy in ukraine, looking for dirt on joe biden. what is the secretary of state know and when did he know it? >> reporter: did he support the ambassador being recalled months before her tenure was up? >> i've supported every mission that the state department has been engaged in and will continue to do that. >>> crisis point. growing concerns that thousands of isis prisoners being held in northern syria could escape as syrian kurds guarding them for the u.s. are now forced to fight the at yoturkish onslaught to t north, and civilians are caught in the crossfire. >> reporter: the front lines here in northern syria are deserted, people are escaping this turkish assault with whatever they can carry. >>> and unplugged. at his first reelection rally since the impeachment inquiry began, president trump is decidedly unplugged in

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> thank you, craig melvin. >>> next on "andrea mitchell reports," the justice department opens a criminal investigation into the origins of the fbi's russia probe. what's the crime? who's under investigation? and why are the findings of the nation's 17 intelligence agencies and the republican-led senate intelligence committee not enough for the trump administration? >>> falling in line. republicans escalate their assault on the house impeachment inquiry, trying to slow down the pace after two weeks of damaging testimony. >>> plus going home. thousands gathering in baltimore this hour, including two former presidents, for a final farewell to congressman elijah cummings. the man that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called "our north star." ♪ >>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell and we're keeping a close eye of course on congressman cummings' funeral service in baltimore. we'll take you there when president clinton begins his remarks followed by president obama. >>> but we begin in washington where the justice department is pursu

>> good afternoon, andrea, thanks for having me on. you think his actions as revealed in the letter released earlier today is not all that dissimilar from the wholesale obstruction of congress that this administration has been engaged in for the better part of the last nine, ten months. we saw that obviously with the number of subpoenas issued by the judiciary committee, interactions with attorney general barr and so forth. i will say chairman schiff, who i think has done a masterful job of getting to the bottom of the facts and exposing the facts to the american people, he articulated very well the task before the house, which is to say we're hopeful that witnesses will comply with subpoenas that are duly issued by the committees of jurisdiction, but to the extent that they do not, as you know, nearly 50 years ago, when the impeachment proceedings were proceeding against president nixon, one of the articles of impeachment was contest of congress because of his administration's refusal to comply with duly-issued subpoenas. the administ

>> good afternoon, andrea.today was a solemn day, it's one that none of us really looked forward to. but you're d right, we did affo, as we move to this public phase, a process, a process for the president as well as for republicans. i can't controlel how they spen their time. but it is time for them to get serious about what is alleged. of course we have seen efforts in the closed proceedings to out theoc whistle-blower. we saw the stunt of storming the secure room. but the american people are going to expect aeo seriousnesso this process. and i hope my colleagues awaken to just what the president did and what it means if we look the other way and don't least seek to hold him to account. >> with all due respect to congress and to your colleagues, we bothyo know what happened in the judiciary committee in the post-mueller hearings. first of all, it took months to even get mueller there, and legal wrangling, and the stunts pulled by the tdemocrats, the kentucky fried chicken and the rest. what are you doing amon

andrea: well, in coffee?hope that we will be able to give a substantial contribution to virtuous agriculture. this is why i am starting it. enriching the soil with organic carbon, thanks to that, making better coffee. more resilience to climate change. and showing the way to the rest of agriculture that this is feasible and with very good results. jason: up next, the sport of kings. talking about polo, but with a twist, this time on ice. carol: sounds like fun, i think. plus, no more michelin man. we try on scaled-back puffer coats. we had some fun. jason: we did. we looked great. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. jason: i'm jason kelly. you can also listen to us on the radio on siriux xm, channel 119. also a.m. 1130 in new york, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 f.m. in washington, d.c. carol: a.m. 960 in the bay area. in london on dab digital, and of course the bloomberg business app. we turn now to this week's pursuits section, where it is about posh

andrea will be back tomorrow.ore we go, i'm so honored to announce that i will be co-hosting the democratic debate in georgia alongside andrea mitchel, rachel maddow and ashley parker. i could not be more excited or really mondre honored. >> that is a power group of women. congratulations. >> i'm going to start prepping right now. >> hugh about kelly oow about k? >> so well deserved. i'll be there cheering her on. >> time-out. it is not just a powerful group of women, it is an extraordinary group of top notch journalists who are going to be leading the debate. kristen welker, i won't even say i'm happy for you, i'm happy for us, we're fortunate that we will be watching that debate, it is going to be fantastic. look at that, ashley

wanted and i think some of these dancers are really just right again a lot of demands there though andrea what's at stake here if india were to scupper the deal. well the deal is pretty significant ben and just to give you an idea it'll give it'll produce once it's set it'll produce a 3rd of the global g.d.p. with nearly half the world's population but countries in east asia have already proven how integrating with global supply and value chains actually help and that's what and it gets the region needs all the help it can get especially with all the trade barriers that all these various countries are putting up by these governments now adding to that it helps having the r.c.b. actually helps with a number of things namely it raises productivity it goes out put it also creates jobs and ultimately ultimately it does stimulate demand overall so the us e.e.p. could actually be the one jolt that the indian economy needs particularly because it already has a much and i was intrigued deficit with 11 out of the 50 other member countries as of 20182019 always all that's given india actually needs

joining me now, andrea mitchell. michael steele, former senior advisor to jeb bush.ndrea, i -- it -- >> i'm on fire. >> it is just -- and -- honestly, trying to -- we -- we had an argument today what should be the lead. you know, and nobody was wrong. right? it is alarming what we are seeing but let's begin with what just happened in turkey and what i don't understand is the president and mike pence are presenting this -- i understand trying to put lip stick on a pig. but this is -- it is literally a 180 of exactly what happened. >> i was just reading a tweet from a correspondent on mike pompeo's plane heading to te tellaviv. they're being briefed and he's asking questions and i'm tweeting back to him ask why he sold out the kurds. why did they sell out the kurds? they have to disarm -- give up their land and disarm? >> give up their land and disarm. >> it has been a relatively peaceful coexistence. they've lost 11,000 troops fighting isis, men and women. but we have lost, sadly, four american special forces. four in these years. that was the deal that mattis was wil

andrea andrea h andrea mitchell has that story >> reporter: the anonymous trump administration official writing a book saying too many people have confused loyalty to a man with loyalty to a country tantalizing hints on the book jacket, claiming you will hear a great deal from donald trump directly for there is no better witness to his character than his own words. anonymous last year wrote a "new york times" column declaring "i am part of the resistance. >> can you believe it, anonymous, meaning a gutless editorial. >> reporter: the author now calling on others to come forward before the election writing, the truth about the president must be spoken hopefully others will remedy the error of silence and choose to speak out. >> anonymous will explain why they need to remain anonymous, but really, come on, just have the courage to come forward and tell us who you are and what you know. that will make the what you know part so much more powerful >> reporter: the author reportedly relied heavily on notes from white house meetings the president, who famously doesn't like note taking, once sn

>>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," blocked. the state department blocks a use ambassad u.s. ambassador, a key witness on ukraine, testifying today, as a new poll shows a majority now supports the impeachment inquiry. >> by preventing us from hearing from this witness and obtaining these documents, the president and secretary of state are taking actions that prevent us from getting the facts needed to protect the nation's security. >>> backlash after resounding rebukes from mitch mcconnell and other top republicans. the president tries to walk back his support for turkey's planned attack against america's kurdish allies in northern syria and invites turkey's controversial president to the white house. >> we want to bring our soldiers back home. these are the endless wars. and we're not fighting, we're policing, to a large extent. >>> and a different kind of president. my interview with president jimmy carter, not missing a day of work even after an injury. what does he think about the push for impeachment? >> i think it still re

all of this is really stoking racial tensions, andrea. this is a tactic we've seen from this president in the past, making statements, comments that draw headlines, and in essence it diverts from other headlines that are problematic for him. in this case the ongoing impeachment inquiry on capitol hill, as you pointed out, a key witness, bill taylor, testifying behind closed doors today. president trump clearly wants the focus to be on his tweet, on this conversation. and yet we know that that testimony is ongoing and will undoubtedly yield some revelations that will add to the broader scope of the ukraine matter that we've all been witnessing. now, my colleague peter alexander pressed hogan gidley, the principal deputy press secretary at the white house about the use of the word "lynching." gidley said the president has been good for african-americans and cited the low unemployment rate. the white house is struggling to defend this. >> even the republican leader in the house, minority leader kevin mccarthy, had difficulty with it. garrett

guy: andrea, always a pleasure.me minister boris johnson outlining -- in parliament, but he admitted a deal is some ways ways. joining us from brussels is maria tadeo. he only has a few days. how much time can he take? maria: what we hear on the ground is essentially, at least when it comes to the european perspective, this is probably too little, too late. they will need dates to answer to the new proposal, which sees northern ireland being treated differently to the rest of the u.k. it is a yes to the single market, no to a custom union. forst johnson is saying is still do or die, but there is still time to get the deal done. today when we are getting the reaction and digesting the proposal, the two sides are talking past each other, both on the timing but also the content of the new plan. vonnie: -- guy: what is it that brussels does not like? this is a relatively new proposal. a somewhat new proposal from the u.k.. give us the specifics of where the problems lie. maria: the irish government still does not by thi

andrea i want to start with you first. the democrats are today making it clear that they want state department employees to testify. how is the state department going to respond? >> well, the state department has already responded with mike pompeo's vigorous vetter and he repeated that today in rome at a news conference saying that the state department employees have to -- the right to have an attorney from the state department. the state department counsel, that anyone from the house committee has to go through procedures through the legislative affairs office at the state department before talking to any officials. he accused the committee of bullying and trying to intimidate them. not so, according to the democrats. that is not the way the law is written. i interviewed senator chris murphy as did rachel maddow last night saying that the procedures are that, in fact the state department attorneys agency lawyers cannot be in the room for these secret depositions because that would be intimidating to the state department o

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the president trumpeting the successful raid that right down the isis leader al baghdadi and said he is considering releasing some of the video of the raid. but there are a lot of questions about whether mr. trump's language describing al baghdadi's death during the news conference could incite for violence from isis followers. military planners had to move up the operation because of the president's unexpected announcement weeks ago that he was withdrawing u.s. special forces from syria because if baghdadi moved again, it would be a lot harder to track him without u.s. surveillance on the ground. syrian kurds helped provide critical intelligence after the arrest and interrogation of one of baghdadi's wives and helped pinpoint his location. today mr. trump is defending his decision to break precedent by not briefing house speaker nancy pelosi and a small circle of over top house and senate democrats, although republican senators were looped in even days before. joining me kristin welk

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it's a day her friend and co-worker andrea ray will never forget. brittany uncharacteristically was late for work. >> she should have been there at 8:30. i was one of the only people that knew anything about norman. i went over there to norman's desk and i said, can you get in touch with brittany's mom? >> so i called and ask fundamental she heard from brittany. she said she hadn't and would check on her. >> was your first thought, oh, my gosh, maybe brittany has gone in labor. >> it was. that was i think everybody's first instinct, oh, she went into labor and she's in the hospital. >> robin went to her apartment to be sure her daughter was okay but when she called norman it wasn't happy news about a new baby. >> it was very frightening phone call. she was very upset, she was crying. and i'll never forget how she sounded on the phone. >> robin was frantic and her world was about to be turned upside down. >> robin is about to make a disturbing discovery inside her daughter's apartment. coming up -- >> oh, my gosh. >> what? ma'am, what? >> i ran out o

>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" chaos. the crisis in syria hits a devastating turning point as hundreds of isis fighters escape. the kurds turn to assad's army to protect them. what is the president doing? ordering the pentagon to pull out all remaining american troops so they don't get caught in the cross fire. >> it's shocking to me to hear a u.s. secretary of defense say, hey, we're going to pull the troops back because they're at risk. our troops are always at risk. they're prepared to be at risk. >>> the insider. president trump's former top russia advisor fiona hill testifying right now under subpoena from the impeachment committee where she is expected to say rudy giuliani and the eu ambassador were conducting a shadow foreign policy in ukraine. >> i want to know what fiona hill, who was running the ukraine policy from the nsc, knows about the cut offof military aid. it's going to be a crucial part of this testimony. that's the quo in the quid pro quo and fiona hill probably can tell us about that. >>> and the biden

andrea: thank you for having me here. all of us are involved in our courts every day so making sure our courts are representative of america is important to everyone, historically underrepresented groups. -- not just to minorities and other historically underrepresented groups. for the national hispanic leadership agenda, a coalition of 45 latino national organizations across the country who are invested in everything from civil rights to the environment to health care, we look at the issues that we care about, which are the issues that everybody cares about. the fact that this particular president has been so terrible on his record of nominating individuals from diverse backgrounds across all boards was just so absurd and unacceptable that we reached a point -- really, for us, the breaking point was that there was a retirement in the fifth circuit. the fifth circuit at the time had the highest proportion of latinos living in the circuit. today, the fifth circuit is almost 30% latino. and there are no -- no -- circuit jud

lester >> andrea mitchell, thanks, andrea. >>> president trump also finds himself embroiled in a new controversy, the white house announcing next year's g7 meeting of world leaders will be held at a trump resort here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: once every seven years the u.s. hosts one of the most critical summits of world leaders, and next year the president's awarded that honor to a personal property, trump doral, his golf resort near miami. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney quoting what he says a site selection official told him. >> he said, mick, you're not going to believe this, it's almost like they built this facility to host this type of event. >> why has no other g7 been held there before >> because they never looked at it >> reporter: critics pouncing. accusing president trump of granting a lucrative contract to himself. tonight the white house arguing it's not a conflict of interest. >> the president has pretty much made it very clear, since he's got here, that he doesn't profit from being here, has no interest in profit from being here. >> reporter: all coming

. >>> let's bring in andrea mitchell in washington andrea, there are a lot of fast-moving developments tonight involving the president's inner circle how does all this complicate his efforts to combat the house investigation? >> lester, tonight's developments widen the circle involving the president's closest cabinet officials. that complicates how they will defend him the attorney general was mentioned seven times in the whistle-blower's complaint and now is involved in that call the president made to australia's prime minister vice president pence helped pressure the ukrainian leader to cooperate by not showing up for his inaugural. and secretary of state mike pompeo has been subpoenaed to turn over documents, involving the forced departure of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, and rudy giuliani's diplomacy pompeo could also be asked to testify. tonight, he leaves for italy lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> also breaking tonight, the arrest of a california man charged with working as a foreign agent for china's intelligence service, providing a new window on u.s. attempts to cra

kpix 5 reporter andrea nakano joining us from the coliseum with the drama off the field. >> reporter: it was a battle for the a's to just get here this season, to be able to host the wild card game at home. the last two times were on the road, and they lost both times. but the a's are not just battling on the field this postseason. while it's a lot of work, the grounds crew was happy to put the diamond back at the coliseum for the american league wild card game. the t is expecting a sell out of roughly 56,000 people. >> i'm really looking forward to, you know, that huge crowd pulling for us instead of the yankees. >> reporter: a few tickets were still available on the team's website tonight, going for roughly $30. for those rooted in oakland, they have high hopes for an of left field today with t ains ng the coli to tethgoal wa buile affordable housing and more. this lawsuit even caught the mayor off guard. >> i was a little surprised, um, but it is absolutely prudent for the city to preserve their rights. >> reporter: oakland is losing the raiders, and the warriors have moved to san

it was on the san andreas fault , which runs right through san juan batista.t was widely felt throughout the area, as you mentioned, especially in hollister. almost everybody downtown hollister felt the earthquake. the earthquake itself, did very little, if any damage. >> i have been a resident in hollister. >> reporter: they say that they have felt a lot of earthquakes in hollister, but this one was more powerful than most. >> i heard the house creek. saw the tv star to move. i looked at the door and i could see the driveway moving. >> reporter: at the supermarket at some on batista, the earthquake was not strong enough to knock things off the shelf, but was strong enough. >> is shut for a couple of seconds. it was scary. >> reporter: at the hair salon next door, there was laughter and relief that the shaking did not do any damage. >> i was visually watching the leaves and everything shaking. >> i stepped into a doorway and actually held onto the doorway. >> reporter: she lives near the earthquakes epicenter, the farm and ranch country. >> there was a jolt. t

let's bring in andrea mitchell now. andrea, what are you hearing about the reaction to this new white house strategy >> lester, according to veteran ambassadors, today's decision blocking department witnesses from testifying had the diplomatic corps petrified they're caught between what they see as their obligation to congress and fear of losing their jobs after decades in the foreign service, these veterans see their careers potentially cut short in a department that has in the past been immune from political interference, regardless of who is president now many are demoralized and worried that secretary pompeo is more concerned about staying in the president's good graces than standing up for u.s. foreign policy and tonight's letter from the white house indicates this is just the beginning of stonewalling lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> also tonight, the turkish military is preparing for an assault against u.s. allies, the kurds. it comes amid wide criticism of president trump's plan to withdraw american tro

astrid: la historia de andrea pÉrez.ue hacemos mucho lo latino diferente nuestra cultura es la familia. el tratar a la gente y tratar de hacer que todo mundo se sienta cÓmodo contigo y que se sienta que eres parte de la familia es un ambiente muy importante para crear en mi equipo. hacemos muchas cosas que son estresante, pero tambiÉn no tomamos tiempo para conocernos los unos a los otros. cosas importantes para formar un equipo que este junto en las buenas y en las malas. a strid: le atribuye el Éxito que ha tenido a su mamÁ. andrea: mi mamÁ creciÓ en una familia que decidieron que ella no fuera al escuela, no fue a la preparatoria hasta mucho despuÉs en su vida. fue a la preparatoria cuando tenÍa 20 aÑos. apenas estuvo en la universidad a los 50, acaba de hacer su maestrÍa a los 60. soy un producto de lo que hace mi mamÁ, de las ambiciones que ha tenido. astrid: tuviste la oportunidad de crear esa visiÓn de "nike" mujer desde cero. andrea: creo que en general lo que empecÉ fue jordan mujeres, hemos tenido unas consumid

you sat down with andrea illy. he is a connoisseur and entrepreneur.oel: if you know anything about coffee, illy is one of those brands that means coffee. and quality. we talked to him at our good business festival in london we did a couple weeks ago. the thing i thought was profound, this is a third generation company. you think, coffee is a crowded market. think about all the different coffee companies. how did somebody like andrea illy distinguish his brand and think about future proofing it? because coffee is ultimately a commodity, and climate change is going to have profound impacts on that industry. sool: joel weber, thank you much. joel weber, editor of the magazine. turning to a top story this week, turkish troops crossing into northeastern syria to force u.s.-backed kurdish militants controlling the border area away from the region. jason: and president trump saying the u.s. will not stand in turkey's way. dozens of u.s. troops working with the kurds were pulled back earlier this week. carol: that's right, and that announcement took a lot of

andrea, thanks for your time. let's start with the big picture.it tell you that these campaigns found out about a specific russia operation from folks like me, through the media? >> yeah, i mean, it just raises the importance of more communication and coordination between all key stakeholders in the election. so increasing the communication and coordination between the private sector, between the government, and including with the campaigns. i think, you know, when we look at the upcoming 2020 election, and if we want russia to stop meddling in the election,'s going to take a concerted, coherent and consistent level of approach across all levels of government. that's something that's got to improve. >> "the washington post" talked to a senior official administration who said there's a strategy to address it but the strategy itself is classified. some experts have a different take. the paper writing in part, quote, other experts decry the lack of a public national strategy and say the relative silence from the government and the president's stateme

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we have live coverage tonight beginning with andrea. first reporter on the scene last night. what a difference 24 hours is making.>> reporter: it was absolutely crazy last night. when we reached the top of the mountain it felt like we were in a wind tunnel with debris swirling around us. the flames were racing up the hillside. tonight firefighters finally have a chance to catch their breath as the flames and wind have died down at least fo now.>>> this was the scene just around midnight on guises road. the 16 mile-per-hour winds down the mountainside. and raced through this rural community. >>> you could hear the wind coming down the canyon from here.>> reporter: he refused to listen to the evacuation orders and states to protect his home. >>> i told the fire guys i wasn't i was going to say.>> reporter: the fire burned a number of homes he was one of the lucky ones.>>> did you ever feel threatened by the fire? >>> this morning was pretty scary.>> reporter: as the sun came up crews had help from above. helicopters joined the effort to contain the kincaid fire. >>> cal fire 13

andrea? >> reporter: veronica, take a look behind me. the lines have not gotten any less intense here at the costco off monument boulevard, for gas, even though the reprieve is upon us for this part of contra costa county. the lines for gas in concord before the power goes out and the pumps were rendered useless were long. >> i'm gonna have to fill up my other work van or i won't be able to work tomorrow. now looks like i may not be working tomorrow anyway. >> reporter: and people were planning ahead, while the cost of a gallon was ticking away. >> if the power goes out, for the next day and a half, all the food's cold and we've got a comfortable place to live. >> reporter: some were trying to figure out how to save stored food. >> i have two refrigerators. >> that's a lot. >> yeah. that's a lot to throw away. >> reporter: in oakland, city leaders were worried abouto power. but also the very real possibility of wildfires with the horrors of the 1991 oakland hills firestorm still fresh despite the decades that have passed. >> for those of