"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," tomorrow is the day, so says nancy pelosi, as the house prepares to send the two impeachment articles to the senate. after holding them back for nearly a month. >> i think we have a speaker that knows exactly what she's doing. >>> russia, are you listening? the same russian military spies who hacked the dnc in 2016, targeted the ukrainian energy company which once employed joe biden's son. >> we know the russians will leak and disclose this information to try and interfere in the 2020 election. >>> and family feud. going into tonight's democratic debate, the last before iowa, a fight breaks out between bernie sanders and elizabeth warren over whether a woman can win the presidency, as sanders's aides go into damage control. >> those conversations can sometimes get misconstrued. ♪ >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where nancy pelosi says the house will vote tomorrow on impeachment trial managers and sending those articles of impeachment to the senate but she's keeping secret the now of t

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. >> andrea mitchell is going to join us this hour. but one of things striking about it is she had secretary of defense esper on her program this afternoon. and when he was speaking about this situation, it really sounded like from his perspective things were under control now and the situation had calmed down. you couldn't get any clue from that appearance this afternoon that something like this was planned. >> yeah, and i mean -- you know, u.s. military and cia targeted killings around the world are a big deal, and they always are. but in terms of a consequential targeted assassination, in term of its military consequences, it's hard to imagine all that many that would be more consequential than this. when you set aside putting a strike on the head of a foreign head of state, for example. if you take away the idea of decapitating a state, one level below that kind of the most consequential military assassination you can imagine in the world is to kill the head of the koods force from iran. i don't know how long they had this planned

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our andrea mitchell pressed him on one. other key head lines that has been getting so much attention, the fact that president trump continues to insist he is within his rights to target cultural sites. he said he's potentially targeting 52 sites in iran if iran were to move to retaliate. some of those are cultural sites. it goes against international law, considered a war crime to target cultural sites so andrea pressed the secretary of state on the president's reasoning. listen to that exchange. >> reporter: i'm wondering whether you would also push back in your advice or in your role -- >> you're not really wondering, andrea. you're not really wondering. >> well, the president is saying -- >> it is completely consistent with what the president has said. we will take every action we take will be consistent with the international rule of law and the american people can rest assured that that's the case. let me tell you who has done damage to the persian culture. it's not the united states of america, it's the ayatollah. >>

andrea mitchell, nbc news >> a true legend in our business >>> that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, a slingshot and marbles, the new details we're learning about a man arrested and accused of targeting dozens of cars along 101. >>> plus. >> that is just so outrageous where someone's released that just had an assault rifle. >> the warning going out to san jose officers after a judge releases a felon back onto the streets. >>> first, we are following breaking news, concerns over that highly contagious coronavirus now comes to the bay area. the new developments just in to our newsroom. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. we begin with that breaking news. good evening, and thanks for being with us, i. >> tonight fear that the coronavirus which originated in china may be spreading in the east bay. >> nbc bay area sharon katsuda joins us now with the latest. >> we're told that there are ten persons under investigation in alameda county, and the same spokesperson who told us this la

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> thank you. and right now on "andrea mitchell reports" breaking news, power play, moments ago nancy pelosi telling her caucus evidence that he had to take out the iranian general because there was a plot to hit the u.s. embassy in baghdad and other embassies around the world. >> soleimani was actively planning new attacks and he was looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in baghdad. >> this was going to happen. and american lives were at risk. and we would have been negligent as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said, we would be negligent had we not recommended to the president that he take this action against qassem soleimani. he made the right call and america is safer as a result of that. >> and tom steyer's millions in ad buys is paying off as he rises in state polls, qualifying for a spot in next week's last debate in iowa. >> these polls don't surprise me. this is what i thought was going on. people need to know who can beat trump, and i can do it. >> tom

we are joining in our breaking news coverage of thebreaking ne developments by andrea mitchell. she's an international correspondent for msnbc news. ambassador wendy shoalman was the lead negotiator on the iran nuclear agreement. ned price is with us, a former cia analyst and former senior director and spokesperson for the obama administration. and daniel ben, white house official in the obama administration is also with us. andrea, i want to start with you. and i actually want to start with that interview you did this afternoon with the defense secretary. i watched every minute of it. it seems as though things had calmed from his perspective and there was no clue about what was going to happen tonight. >> well, there were some hints along the way because he had briefed pentagon reporters this morning as well and said that there could be a preemptive strike if they felt that u.s. interests or certainly u.s. lives were at stake. but there was no real hint in our interview we asked what would happen next. and appropriately, if they were planning this, he certainly would not commen

andrea mitchell, nbc news >> a true legend in our business >>> that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >> victor: you should have made ciara promise to keep our secret. >> xander: and you shouldn't have told her anything in the first place. >> victor: i had no choice. i was about to lose my granddaughter. >> xander: well, now you might lose everything. i mean, my god, the consequences if she talks, and not just for us, for a lot of people. >> victor: i know, damn it. >> xander: well, you better start praying that she keeps quiet. because if she doesn't, all hell is gonna break loose. >> victor: doing everything i could to protect maggie, now it could all blow up in my face. [baby crying] >> sarah: isn't she beautiful? >> xander: i've agreed with you the last 11 times you've said that. >> sarah: oh, it's the mother in me. i guess i'm never gonna lose the doctor in me either. i was so scared when she didn't cry at first. that's not a very nice way to come into the world now, is it? [baby crying] >> xander:

you can't do anything. >> andrea mitchell report tlg. >>> former secretary of housing and you aurban devme castro is suspending his candidacy. i'm going to keep fighting for america where everyone counts. hope you'll join me in that fight. castro was the only latino candidate. 14 candidates remain. a few weeks ago, nbc bay area interviewed castro when he was in the bay area. you can watch that full interview on nbcbayarea.com. >>> a lawyer for the man charged in that deadly bart stabbing is asking for a venue change for that upcoming trial. accused in the stabbing death of 18-year-old nia wilson at the bart station in oakland in 2018. he is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing sister. she did survive. the lawyer is requesting a venue change saying he cannot get a fair trial locally. >>> two suspects are in custody this morning, a thirdecon with stabbing at ain a man's death. police say that the arrests are thanks to surveillance cameras that captured the license plate of the black getaway suv as it raced through oakland montclaire neighborhood. he nearly ran down

course the host of "andrea mitchell reports" on this network each day. steve schmidt, a former republican strategist who has since left the party. chris hill, former u.s. ambassador to iraq, the chief global adviser and diplomacy professor at the university of denver. also among our diplomatic experts. and rocket costa, national plig reporter for "the washington post," morator of washington week on pbs. andrea mitching, i'd like to begin with you. there is a great phrase in washington that comes from the highway business, and that's the off-ramp. does the battle damage assessment going on in the light of day right now, if indeed we stay at zero casualties -- does that afford the president of the united states an off-ramp? i'm going to ask you the question i asked general mccaffrey. for those drafting the president's remarks overnight for delivery tomorrow morning, what can he say that's tough, but what can he say that if this is the american wish, takes a pass at us launching a return volley? >> well, in fact the most hopeful thing i heard was a couple o

from the white house where the late night lights are on our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in washington following this rapidly developing situation andrea >> reporter: mike pompeo, secretary of state, is at the white house with the president, i'm told. he has been the most hawkish of all of the advisers on iran he advocated very strongly for the killing of soleimani he defended it vociferously and as the top diplomat and most experienced one in the administration, more than the new defense secretary, the acting head of intelligence, he is certainly right now the most powerful adviser to the president. there's some early analysis, and this could be the fog of war, but there's some early analysis that these missile strikes may have been deliberately misfired or not deliberately hitting their targets as a propaganda warning, as a face-saving gesture by iran, that they wanted to show some force they wanted to show a reaction because of soleimani, but they were much less -- targeted much less precise than the september strikes against the saudi oil fields, aramco that is mak

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. today in iran, national frustration in anger spilling out onto the streets, massive numbers. a sea flooding out throughout the day and many mourners seeking revenge for the targeted killing of long time commander qassem soleimani. here's what we know at this hour. the general to replace him is vowing revenge against america, but specific types of action iran could take? still unknown. they're reacting on the foreign policy front to end the limits of enrichment during the uranium nuclear deal. and war powers resolution to limit executive actions rargd iran by democrats. and the parliament of the big step over the weekend potentially expelling u.s. service members of the country for good. at the certainty of it all, president trump doubling down on his threat to violate cultural law. we have nbc chief correspondent, richard engel in iraq and kristen welker and michael crowley and jeff mason. first to you, richard. extraordinary scene in iran today. there had been weeks if not months of

here is andrea mitchell >> reporter: two embattled leader, one impeached, the other indicted pitching a middle east plan others say is more about politics than peace. >> they say it's the toughest deal ever to make. >> reporter: israel's benjamin netanyahu indicted for bribery and fraud, charges he has denied, trying to win another term in march after two failed elections last year, today getting a big boost. >> mr. president, your deal of the century is the opportunity of the century. >> reporter: completely shut out the palestinians protesting today in gaza because the plan would give israel more of their land. a future palestinian state reduced to a patchwork connected by roads and tunnels. israel would control all of jerusalem with a future palestinian capital on the outskirts of the city. >> obviously, a peace plan that has the acceptance of one party but not the other ultimately is not going produce peace. >> reporter: the president had already moved the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, eliminated u.s. aid to palestinian refugees, and endorsed israel's claim to the golan heights. now

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> thank you, ayman.appy new year. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," boiling point. rising tensions following the worst attack on a u.s. embassy in years, escalating the administration's crisis with iran and weakening an already fragile government in iraq. >>> from the pentagon, the secretary of defense joining us today. >> you know, enough is enough. this part of iran's malign behavior that they've been spreading across the region from africa to the middle east, into afghanistan now, for 40 years. >> coming up, more of my interview with defense secretary mark esper. >>> undeterred. while tension flares in the middle east and the president wrestles with an historic impeachment in a reelection year here at home, north korea's dictator seizing an opening. >> kim jong un has played the president like a stradivarius violin. he has used the time and the photo ops to

nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell puts it this way. powerful secretary of state in decades rivaling henry kissinger, james baker and con conda lisa rice. >>> john to you first, "new york times" analyzed pompeo as well saying, the strike against the iranian general has affirmed his position as the second most powerful official in the trump administration behind only the president himself. john, you're actually quoted in this article. talk us through it. >> i think what we see in the reporting of the past few weeks is that president trump's decision-making sort of process has gotten much more informal, smaller and driven by the whims of the president and it appears that mike pompeo, secretary of state, has used that to drive his agenda which is a hawkish policy against iran and he's been able to leverage a smaller process, a president who's sort of able to be manipulated when he gets fired up, but also a sort of -- sort of what we could say would be sort of less experienced people across the situation room table, mark esper the secretary

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," star searchpeachment trial of an american president will now feature the return of ken starr. bill clinton's nemesis, now on the defense team for president donald trump. >> a lot of presidents, some good, some not so good. but you got a good one now. even though they're trying to impeach the son of a bitch. >> connecting the dots. rachel

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. great to see you. >> geoff, thank you. what a day. the incredible news coming out of washington today and the middle east. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," on the brink. tensions soaring after president trump orders a drone attack at the baghdad airport, killing a powerful iranian commander, the leader of iran's proxy terror groups around the middle east and a cultural hero to those at home in iran. trump cabinet officials say it was to stop an imminent attack by iran. they're now warning americans in iraq and iran to leave immediately. president trump out of sight so far but defending his decision on twitter as iran vows revenge, saying, quote, the u.s. has crossed iran's red line, we will teach them a lesson they won't forget. >> there was an

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," tomorrow is thes to send the two impeachment articles to the senate. after holding them back for nearly a month. >> i think we have a speaker that knows exactly what she's doing. >>> russia, are you listening? the same russian military spies who hacked the dnc in 2016, targeted the ukrainian energy company which once employed joe biden's son. >> we know the russians will leak and disclose this information to try and interfere in the 2020 election. >>> and family feud. going into tonight's democratic debate, the last before iowa, a fight breaks out between bernie sanders and elizabeth warren over whether a woman can win

pompeo taking questions from reporters including our own chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. on the final question from andrea, let's be clear here. secretary of state mike pompeo is saying something different than what president trump has suggested. the secretary insists that the u.s. will not conduct any action that operates outside the bounds of international laws. striking a cultural site would in fact violate those international laws. and so there is a discrepancy between what president trump has said on sunday, seeming to double down on that and what we're hearing from secretary pompeo. he talked about the imminence of the threat from general qassem soleimani who was killed in the u.s. air strike last week, but just like national security adviser o'brien declined to offer evidence or proof of what that threat was. i want to go to our team here. peter alexander and ali arouzi in iran. and richard engel and courtney kube is here and also joining us former secretary of state william cohen. secretary cohen i'll get to you in a moment but i want to start with you, richard a

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> thank you so much. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president trump is signaling an end to escalating military confrontation with iran. speaking from the white house to the american people moments ago, his first direct response since the killing of qassem soleimani, delivering a message to iran and an update on our soldiers in the region. >> i'm pleased to inform you the american people should be extremely grateful and happy. no americans were harmed in last night's attack by

and we're now joined by andrea mitchell, host of "andrea mitchell reports," right here on msnbc. and andrea, i'm interested in all of your thoughts on the big day, in addition, your views on some of the developing news in the findings from a government group about whether the ukraine aid was properly handled by this administration and the implications of mr. parnas breaking his silence? >> first of all, lev parnas and whether or not he's going to be permitted as a witness, certainly the documents that were turned over before the articles were actually approved and brought over to the senate, those -- that evidence can be included. whether he should also be as part of the evidence. republicans already overnight including susan collins saying this shouldn't be part of it. the rachel maddow interview should not be part of it. he is not to be trusted as a witness as senator lindsey graham indicated. there's going to be that fight as well. the ukraine government today announcing an investigation -- >> on that fight, let me play a little bit of the interview for your analysis given you

reports," andrea mitchell. have the political reporter for the "washington post" robert costa, he's moderator of washington week on pbs. yesterday, willie, i sent mike barnicle what i thought to be the best ad about boston ever. >> isn't that great. >> do you see the -- >> hyundai. >> hyundai ad. it was absolutely incredible. man, so i sent it to barnicle, i go best ad ever. boston ad ever. he comes back, he sees that ad and comes back with the aflac dunkin' donuts saturday night spoof. >> nothing captured massachusetts better than that. >> which by the way -- >> look it up, folks. >> both ads were run in the scarborough household last night and my kids were howling. very good recommendation, mike. really all of this chatter, this is willie, this is really a message to alex and dan and the rest of the crew. >> need to see it. >> we want to see those ads by the end of this segment. >> yes, impeachment is important, middle east peace plans are important, but nothing is as important as these boston ads. >> the ima

. >>> plus a a tough ex-change between secretary of state mike pompeo and andrea mitchell. how he reacted when a question about the threat s s to attack cultural sites in iran. and a check on your weather, when we come back. eck on your w, when we come back. (janine) ghostbusters!... of course i'd love to take an informal poll. i used to be a little cranky. dealing with our finances really haunted me. thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeeper's helping customize it for our business. (live bookkeeper) you're all set up! (janine) great! hey! you got the burnt marshmallow out! (delivery man) he slimed me. (janine) tissue? (vo) get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. the easy way to a happier business. >>> welcome back. during a news conference a at the state department yesterday, secretary of state mike pompeo dismissed a question from andrea mitchell regarding the president's threat to attack iranian cultural sites assuring that the united states will be consistent with international rule of law. >> the president said on air force one coming

and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchel reports.s and remember follow the show online. and next is "velshi and ruhle." >> i've seen you in a lot of incarnations, i've never heard andrea mitchel sports commentator. that's amazing? . >> she's a number one nationals fan. >> i know she is, but what she did was a whole thing i think we could be watching two minute clips on what's going on in sports? >> another show possibility. >> yes. >> ali doesn't talk sport. >> there you go. >> really? >> i do. but andrea, great to see you. have a great afternoon. >> thanks, guys. >> it is january 13th. coming up this hour on "velshi and ruhle," exclusive reporting that president trump authori

. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> tensions wthered several dangerous flare-ups since last spring, including major provocations in and near the strait of hormuz i visited tehran in august amid the tensions and got some insight on how iran might approach conflict with the u.s. >> reporter: in tehran today the american flag burned in the streets. angry reaction to the american assassination of iran's top military commander. iran's national security council tonight issuing new threats, saying a very grave revenge is awaiting the criminals who bloodied their hands with the blood of soleimani months ago we traveled n to peoe reetnd in their homes and to government officials, including the head ol security council a visit during another moment of inflamed tensions following suspected iranian attacks on oil tankers and iran's shootdown of an american military drone back then he shared with me this warning >> translator: in the case of war, the u.s. will be in a very terrible situation. >> reporter: will iran use asymmetric warfare? >> translator: iran has multiple instruments at hand, inc

let's get more from andrea mitchell. >> reporter: protests in pakistan as crowds angry over soleimani's killing burn mock u.s. coffins. celebrations in syria as president assad's critics express joy over their enemy's death. an exodus of american oil workers in northern iraq, obeying an emergency order from the state department to get out now. and extreme caution in israel which deployed tanks to the golan heights bordering syria while u.n. peacekeepers beefed up patrols between israel and lebanon. 3,500 more u.s. troops being ordered from the region from ft. bragg. the rest of the global response force continuing the build-up in kuwait and potentially baghdad. u.s. embassies on high alert. starting in baghdad following the siege that helped trigger the targeted killing of the iranian commander. here at home in new york police are on heightened vigilance in what they call sensitive areas and critical structures. >> we are now potentially facing a threat that's different and greater than anything we have faced previously. >> reporter: there is increased protection in washington at key fo

andrea mitchell has the latest >> reporter: tonight, new warnings about more attacks like the new year's assault on the world's largest embassy, the fortress-like u.s. compound in baghdad, repelled by now by u.s. forces. 650 from ft. bragg to kuwait defense secretary mark esper telling us the group could be planning more attacks. >> what will happen if these iranian-sponsored militants come back? >> enough is enough. this is part of iran's malign behavior that they've been spreading across the region from africa all the way through the middle east into afghanistan now, for 40 years. and it's this type of bad behavior that simply needs to end. >> reporter: esper saying the u.s. may act preemptively if lives are threatened u.s. officials believe iraq let the militants get close to the embassy, angered by american air strikes inside iraq last weekend against iranian-backed militias late tonight, reports of rockets striking the baghdad international airport, causing casualties and iraqi security officials say, setting several cars on fire with no indication of who fired the rockets. >> andre

i'm also joined by andrea mitchell and garrett haake on capitol hill. richard, i know you're on the phone as you're making your way to the area. talk to us about the significance of the attack and what you've learned. >> reporter: well, i think it's absolutely significant. it could be a pivotal moment. he was not just the top general. in many ways he was the architect of iran's foreign policy. he was the man who was in charge of building the relationships, maintaining the relationships, and often guiding the relationships of iran's proxies. of iran's malitia groups and powerful allies, like hezbollah in lebanon, like malitias in syria, groups that have carried out numerous attacks in the past. this is an almost shadow army that iran has used to expand its influence all around the world. qasem soleimani was in charge of it and how to deploy it. and now he's been killed and the big concern is what will happen and how about those malitias react now that he has been killed. malitias in baghdad have told us that they're on a state of readiness and they are e

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, "time" magazine columnist david french, yamiche alcindor, and steve inkeep, host of npr's "morning edition." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. think of this as a three i morning, iran, impeachment and iowa. on iran, you can argue that president trump's killing of qassem soleimani was either reckless or bold, but they find themself struggling to explain whether soleimani posed an imminent threat. protests broke out in iran after officials admitted it was the iranian military that shout down a jet, killing 176 people. next, there's impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi moved finally to send over articles of impeachment for a senate trial that could begin this week. that was a victory for mitch mcconnell who resisted pelosi's delay tactics. >> and on iowa, des moines register poll released this weekend shows one more reshuffling add the t

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and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchel reports. stay with us and remember follow the show online. and next is "velshi and ruhle." >> i've seen you in a lot of incarnations, i've never heard andrea mitchel sports commentator. that's amazing? . >> she's a number one nationals fan. >> i know she is, but what she did was a whole thing i think we could be watching two minute clips on what's going on in sports? >> another show possibility. >> yes. >> ali doesn't talk sport. >> there you go. >> really? >> i do. but andrea, great to see you. have a great afternoon. >> thanks, guys. >> it is january 13th. coming up this hour on "velshi and ruhle," exclusive reporting that president trump authorized the killing of iran's qassem soleimani seven months ago. now, what does that mean from trump's take on his story, and his credibility? >> plus senator cory booker is out of the potential presidential -- excuse me. out of the presidential race officially. we're going to take a look at why he couldn't gain momentum nationally and what it says about

investigation tying the saudi crow prince to a phone hack on amazon billionaire jeff bezos nbc's andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: tonight the shocking u.n. report linking the saudi crowned prince mohammed bin salman to 208 hack o the richest man in the world, jeff bezos. head of amazon, at "the washington post." u.n. experts saying they believe the crowned prince was trying to influence if not silence "the washington post" reporting on saudi arabia, all starting with "the post" publishing harsh criticism by jamal khashoggi in 2017. two months later, the saudis bought a spyware company. in march the crowned prince meets with president trump at the white house. the next day the saudi leader invites bezos to a private dinner in los angeles. at that april dinner bezos and the crown prince exchange phone numbers to correspond on whatsapp. on may 1st, an encrypted video file from the crowned prince's account is sent to bezos through whatsapp, which technical experts say infected bezos' phone. khashoggi was killed in october by saudi government officials with the cia concluding with high confi

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andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: elizabeth warren and bernie sanders shying away from the feud. a he said/she said after sanders denied telling her a year ago it would be tough for a woman to beat donald trump. >> i think you called me a liar on national tv >> what? >> i think you called me a liar on national tv >> let's not do it right now. if you want to have that discussion, we'll have that discussion. >> reporter: she had to know she was still wearing a mic. warren says she has nothing to add. with both vying for many of the same liberal voters, social media lit up with some sanders supporters using a hashtag like warren is a snake accusing warren of leaking the accused conversation as she was slipping and he was rising in the polls. other democrats say women candidates won big and have to get over what happened in 2016. >> i think democrats have ptsd from the last election and they are looking for a reason, an explanation for why donald trump won and it's easier to say it's because a woman can't beat him than accept america wanted donald trump. >> reporter: six major progre

nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the overnight developments good morning >> good morning. happy new year to you hoda the siege is over for now but tensions remain high after the worst assault on a u.s. embassy in years weakening an already fragile government in iraq this morning a massive show of force from the u.s. military president trump ordering deployment of about 650 soldiers to the middle east in response to the thousands of protester whose stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad late wednesday militia leaders reportedly ordering the militants to disperse after a massive show of american force including u.s. apache helicopters releasing flares from the sky retaliating for u.s. air strikes in iraq who had previously attacked u.s. forces killing an american contractor. nbc security using tear gas against the demonstrators trying to scale the embassy walls after torching a security reception area and guard post along the perimeter. >> we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job when there were there. instantaneously. as soon as we heard. >> i

andrea mitchell has the details on this one. >> good morning, savannah.ddition to being the world's richest man, jeff bezos also owns "the washington post." mohammed bin salman was behind one of the most prominent critics, that assessment rejected by the saudi government. this new investigation alleges the hack also reports a pattern by mbs to crush his critics. >> reporter: new calls this morning for an investigation into crowned prince mohammed bin salman after an explosive report alleging mbs may have been involved in a hack on the phone of jeff bezos, the world's richest man and owners of the post. part of an eh port, they say, to influence, if not silence, the "washington post" reporting on the kingdom. bezos and the crowned prince exchanged phone numbers in an april dinner in los angeles. after months of reporting by jamal khashoggi, weeks later, he was sent a link used by mbs which technical experts say infected his phone. there was data leaving the device in the hours and months after receiving that video. khashoggi was murdered in istanbul in oct

andrea mitchell. thank you. nbc's chief correspondent joins us by phone.you spoke to iraq's president a short time ago what is he saying. >> reporter: i spoke with the president of iraq and he's deeply concerned he is deeply concerned that there will be a war with iran with the united states and that war will largely be playing out in his country in iraq. that it woebn't be a direct war. you are not going to see --. but it will be a proxy war where iran uses ally, shia militias that are very powerful in iraq rieght now and mobilize those militia can the u.s. will attack those and there could be a cycle of violence and the president of iraq says the situation is too precarious and too fragile that iraq nould shot be condemned to at cycle of violence that we've had to many wars over the last four decades. the president of iraq deeply concerned in the statements to nbc news qasem soleimani is a unique figure a powerful figure. and the reason there is such concern that killing one iranian general could lead to some sort of conflict, conventional or by proxy, i

here's nbc's andrea mitchell >> reporter: the shocking new report linking the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman to the 2018 hack of the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, head of amazon and the "washington post." u.n. experts saying they believe the crown prince was trying to influence, if not silence "the washington post" reporting on saudi arabia all starting with the post publishing harsh criticism by saudi born columnist jamal khashoggi in 2017. two months later they bought a spy wear company in march the crown prince meets with president trump at the white house. the next day the saudi leader invites bezos to a private dinner in los angeles. at that dinner they exchanged phone numbers to correspond on what's app on may 1st, an encrypted video file from the crown prince's account is sent to bezos through what's app which technical advisors say infected bezos's phone. khashoggi was killed, with high confidence the crown prince was behind the plot. the next month a photo was texted to baezos' account of a woman with whom he was having an affair, then exposed by the national enqu

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, david french, yamiche alcindor and stevinskeep, host of "morning edition." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. think of this as a three i morning, iran, impeachment and iowa. you could article president trump's killing of castle so-- castle soleimani was reckless and bold. but now did he pose an imminent threat? anti-government protests broke out in cities across iran after officials there admitted it was the iranian military that shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing 176 people. >>> next there's impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi moved finally to send over articles of impeachment for a isn't the trial that could begin as early as this week. that was a victory for mitch mcconnell who resisted pelosi's delay tactics and refuses to allowing new witnesses or the introduction of new evidence. >>> and on iowa, a des moines register poll re

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