seth bennett.nes said it would like there was someone filming overlooking their training session. the application that it might‘ve been someone application that it might‘ve been someone from the new zealand camp. the new zealand coach was asked if he had ever spied on other team's sessions in the past. i have not done it since... 2000... i better do my numbers right for sub 2001, we used to do it. just don't need to do it any more. because you see everything. you can watch everyone's training on youtube or whatever there is. there is everything out there. there is no advantage in doing that now. absolutely zero. and more calls for an independent review into austrian rugby is the team returned home from the world cup. they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by england and though rugby austria have pledged their own review, former players and pundits fear that won't go far enough aside —— rugby australia. onto tennis now and there was a shock at the swiss indoors tennis as alex zverev was knocked

. >> reporter: sam bennett is a sixth-generation farmer. his family's been on this land in northwest iowa since 1883. like most farmers here, he grows mainly corn and soybeans. but today, bennett is showing close to 100 fellow farmers some big changes he's making on his land. going to harvest looks like the rye will be ready before the oats. we have about 2,000 acres altogether on our farm. we've started integrating small grains like oats and rye into our rotation, too, and those really aren't crops that are found really anywhere in iowa. there'not a lot of acres of those. >> reporter: this practice of growing a variety of crops--ki a break from the corn and soy beans-- is called"ie diverscrop rotations." bennett says he plants these crops closer together so there are more of them. soil, which improvoil andthe water quality. >> i think my dad comes from a generation that if you work harder, you'll be more ccessful. and i think what i'd like to say in my generaon is that if you work smarter, you'll be more successful. and taking on me of the

let's go live to minute maid park — and our reporter seth bennett. hi seth. what has been going on. midway through the second inning and we are tied at two apiece here. washington is starting remember we talked so much about this being a great matchup of two fantastic pictures but it has been the bats that have been swinging and making the noise so far. washington taken a 2-0 the noise so far. washington taken a 2—0 weed in that first inning. trea turner walked, adam eaton then got on base before anthony rendon smashed a ball to centre field wall scoring two runs. justin verlander struck out a couple to end any for something on the other side of things for sub gorges figures struck out, jose altuve got on base and then was thrown out trying to steal and michael brantley got himself on base with a base it and then alex bregman who has had all kinds of problems with the bat in the postseason said last night that he was sending us back home and sleeping with it to try changing his office on his luck changed remotely as he had a two run home run. and that brings

it's a 7 game series. and our reporter seth bennett is in houston for game one. the astros — a dynastyo look beyond them. remarkable run from this nationals side to get here. they are an incredible team that has great backing from fans here in houston. they really are the superstars of this town in the organisation have said they want them to go orange, orange shirts absolutely everywhere around. they've got some great starting pitches and they are started up by two of the very best in the game and from there, they rely on their great backs, the likes who have just been an absolute superstar it is only five foot six. a tiny guy but he does it and they won the world series two years ago there looking to win at least the second world series, they really are the favourites coming into this. so eve ryo ne favourites coming into this. so everyone will want the underdog to win and the washington nationals, a remarkable run from them and no one thought they would get this far and suddenly they find themselves in the world series. it is an incredible story,

could do flow or indian born husband bennett terry and american michael kramer have helped millions of children by favoring practical steps to tackle their problems over theory all 3 lecture at u.s. universities. why we're taking a broader question of why it's not learning in school and then they break that down into many more detail questions and then they combined. say something about on the like or some form or policy come back for. the royal swedish academy of sciences lord the trio for what it called groundbreaking research into what works and what doesn't in the fight to reduce global poverty their work showed how poverty can be addressed by breaking it down into smaller and more precise issues in areas such as education and health care new solutions with untested on location . etc do flow is only the 2nd woman to be awarded the nobel prize for economics and also the youngest at $46.00. it was incredibly humbling to tell you the truth i thought i didn't think it was the style to win the nobel prize. and you have to take your 1st to learn her husband r.b.t. bennett you have been s

bennett. mitch mcconnell's op-ed. first of all, let me put up a full screen of an important part of it here. the combination of a u.s. pull back and the escalating turkish/kurdish hostilities is creating a strategic nightmare. mitch mcconnell writes for our country. even if the five day ceasefire announced thursday holds, events of the past week have set back the united states campaign against islamic state and other terrorists. invite the brutal assad regime and its iranian backers to expand their influence and we are ignoring russia's efforts to leverage its increasingly dominant power. jeff bennett, when mitch mcconnell writes an op-ed like this, he's also signaling to other republicans, here's my position. go for it. it's okay to say yours, too. >> you're right about that. he is giving other republicans cover to criticize president trump. republicans president trump needs on his side, especially as this impeachment inquiry continues a pace. what's so interesting to me about this op-ed, chuck, is that it comes afte

michael bennett, thanks very much. the best of luck. >> thanks for having me. >> still to come, the justice department puts out a really unusual statement distancing itself from the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. more on that after the break. panera's new warm grain bowls are full of good. full of flavor. color. full of... woo! full of good. so you can be too. try our new warm grain bowls today. order now on doordash. when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering seven things every medicare supplement should have. it's yours free just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable licensed agent-producer can answer any questions you have, and help you choose the plan that's right for you. the call is free, and there's no obligation. you see, medicare covers only

baroness bennett of manor castle, which is in camden, north london.n to sit in the house of lords. if you got baroness gardner of parkes as the other, you win today's special prize. but that was tuesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for the latest from the commons and the lords. bye for now. hello. well, after the overnight rain, wednesday is going to bring some sunshine. in fact, a lot of clean, fresh air coming our way of the atlantic. before that happens, the atlantic. before that happens, the early birds will get some rain. the rain could be heavy at times. they will probably be breezy as well. now, the weather front is coming off the atlantic. there is a low pressure here. that's actually heading away as well. but in the short term, the weather front will be moving across the uk. eventually, it will clear out into the north sea. but before that happens, some of us sea. but before that happens, some ofusa sea. but before that happens, some of us a real soaking through the early hours of w

doctor rogers bennett says her data indicates there is more warm water coming. >> it's very similar to heat waves on land. we're going to be in climate change. we're going to be looking at the increase of the intensity and frequency of marine heat wave heat waves. >>> police called to a middle school after threatening graffiti was found on campus. crews painted over the message on an exterior gym wall. police are working on a lead in the case. there is video surveillance of the suspect, and police will step up patrols to that school for the rest of the week. >>> intrt at odds with the aclu over a panhandlingan. the aclu argues asking for money is protected by the first amendment. last year it sued the city of sacramento over a similar ordinance. >>> snoiz is spending $14 for more electric vehicle charging stations. the investment would roughly double the current amount of charging station stations. >> reporter: 25% of these were targeted in coastal communities trying to make sure everyone can benefit from the green dividend, particularly given what we know about auto missions and clean

somebody else standing close to a camera is geoff bennett. a lot happening on capitol hill or a couple moving pieces. right now kurt volker who has been the special representative to negotiations for ukraine, resigned last week. he is on the hill right this second. i assume that's why you're outside to try to grab kurt volker as he's walking out. is that fair to guess? >> you know the beat well, hallie. that's right. you're right about that. we know that the former ambassador arrived about a half hour ago. our colleagues in that hallway staking out the room have told us that congressman mark meadows and jim jordan have entered the room to watch the proteceedings even though you have staff deshs. >> wait a minute. i thought it was a staff inquiry with volcker. >> the staffers are the ones taking the deposition but lawmakers are allowed to walk into this proceeding and watch. we saw that yesterday with jamie ras kin when the state department i.g. met on the senate side and he was there and briefed reporters after the fact. we expect to hear fro

we're also joined by matt bennett who knows this issue inside and out. evelyn, to you first, you know her and you've worked with ambassador yovanovitch. what insights could you share in how she may be getting ready to move forward? >> everything i know about her tells me that this woman is going to want to tell congress everything she knows. she was deeply wronged by this administration in trying to fulfill her duties. she's a solid, straight arrow. not a flashy person at all. foreign service officer. that also means she has the backing of the institution. i'm not talking about the secretary. i'm talking about the foreign service. they have their own association, their own union, if you will. she's definitely, i can imagine, getting a lot of advice internally from state department lawyers, because of how they've been treating her all along. and i'm sure she has her own private attorneys or private advisers, but she's going to want to speak. so it will be interesting to see what she does. >> we are hearing now from devin nunez, the ranking member on the h

>> geoff bennett giving chase. yovanovitch expected to be questioned about rudy giuliani's shadow diplomacy and other events leading to her being pulled back from her post in kiev in may, including months of pressure from giuliani and the white house on ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son hunter. joining me now, nbc's geoff bennett, on capitol hill, we just saw him getting the nonanswers but asking the right questions. carol lee and michael crowley. geoff, first to you, any break in the proceedings so far? >> reporter: eleanor holmes norton, d.c. congresswoman, came out and told reporters that so far u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch is credible and says that no one tried to limit her testimony. i think that's important here because when we saw marie yovanovitch making her way here to the house side earlier this morning, she was flanked by members of her outside legal team. she was patient enough with me when i tried to pepper her with questions, she chose not to answer but she did not say whether or not s

let me bring back in nbc's jeff bennett following the action. tell us what the letter says and what the lawmakers are looking for. >> here's what we know. in about 20 minutes we expect to hear from house speaker nancy pelosi and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. what nbc news has now learned is that you do have the three committee chairman from the respective committees that are looking into this question about what happened between president trump and his interaction, his phone call with the ukrainian counterpart and so what we've learned is that the three chairman are releasing a memo and a draft subpoena that would compel the white house to turn over any related documents. i think it's interesting that we're learning of this now, the subpoena will be released formally on friday. but this is still in a memo form, as i understand it, that cummings has shared with members of the house oversight committee. we have seen a dramatic shift in the approach from house democrats. i think the speed of this impeachment inquiry

you knew he got your back. >> reporter: a legacy defined by loyalty, conviction, and kindness geoff bennett, nbc news, baltimore. >>> it is back to work at general motors. the united auto workers today approved more than $2 billion some of the union's 48,000 members are expected to return to raises and new job opportunities. >>> a new york city event for actors took an unexpected and dramatic turn this week when performers recognized one high profile guest sitting in the audience, accused sexual predator harvey weinstein. stephanie gosk has details. >> nobody's going to say anything >> reporter: harvey weinstein's night out at a manhattan bar triggered raw emotion. >> i'm going to stand four feet from a [ bleep rapist and nobody is going to say anything. >> reporter: comedian kelly bachman, herself a rape survivor, was there to do stand-up >> what was your first thought when you realized it's him? >> shock and kind of disbelief, a feeling of being triggered >> reporter: she called weinstein out onstage. >> and you know we have to bring ow whistles to after hours. >> reporter: getting boos a

>> i think he's trying to save his reputation, despite what he said to geoff bennett about not having a reputation to protect. >> geoff bennett, we should point out, getting pushed away from asking him a legitimate question. >> that was sondland's attorney robert ruskin, an experienced washington attorney. good for geoff, for standing up to his right to do his job and ask questions. when i look at sondland's testimony, i see someone who for years was chasing the bright lights of an ambassador ship, tried to en grace eight himself to the president, got in over his head, wound up doing something inappropriate and is now trying to save himself, telling a story that in some ways doesn't add up. he says, of course it's not appropriate for the president's outside attorney to be directing foreign policy, that should be done by the state department. he said it's not appropriate for the president to direct a foreign government to investigate one of his political opponents. he says throughout this time he was working to get ukraine to advance an investigation into corruption into buries ma. he

jeff bennett, nbc news, washington >>> an urgent manhunt is underway in texas tonight for who killed a key witness in the trial of amber guyger, the former dallas police officer convicted for the murder of her unarmed neighbor here is morgan chesky with that. >> reporter: his emotional testimony helps convict a dallas police officer of murder tonight, dallas p.d. trying to solve the mystery of who killed joshua brown. the scene six miles from the complex where brown lived last year when he heard the fatal gunshots fired by amber guyger killing botham jean. by the time police arrived here at the complex, officers found brown outside one of the buildings shot multiple times but alive. the only clue who pulled the trigger a silver four-door sedan seen speeding from the scene brown died at a nearby hospital but days before his family attorney says he expressed fears the high-profile trial made him a target his testimony expected in ancity of dallas. >> how pivotal a role would josh have played? the first witnesses we called. >> reporter: lee merritt, who represente botham jean's family a

geoff bennett, nbc news, washington >>> gymnast simone biles made history again today as the u.s. won a fifth straight world team title in germany it gave bile the world championships, the most ever for a female gymnast biles is also the favorite to win the individual all-around title on thursday. >>> there is much more ahead tonight, including the urgent warning as flu season approaches new signs about how bad this one might be, and what you should do now to prepare >>> also, ellen degeneres defends her friendship with george w. bush her message to critics >>> and the incredible moments as dogs are reunited with their families after that devastating hurricane. we hope you'll stay with us. announcer: time magazine reports: "the new american addiction. how juul hooked kids and ignir news outl- juul took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. markets e-cigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use e-cigarettes. juul is "following big tobacco's playbook." and now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn e-cigarette protections. vote no on juul. no on b

garrett haake and geoff bennett on the hill. garrett, what we heard from ambassador sondland as he walked in and his expected testimony here? >> so remember, ambassador sondland is a political appointee. he was a major donor to president trump. i think the expectation among some folks on capitol hill was that he would toe the company line here. his opening statement which has been released, reporters have it, josh got it, you can read the whole thing on line, blows that theory out of the water. you see someone who is frustrated to have not been allowed to testify last week. he describes the situation in which the president himself directed everyone who should be dealing with ukraine policy, to instead work through rudy giuliani. sondland's statement is very kind to sondland as you might expect. he says that, in fact, there was kurt volker and rick perry who did most of the work through giuliani. but he describes himself as disappointed that giuliani, the president's personal attorney, who again has absolutely no actual role in t

geoff bennett, nbc news, the capitol. >>> in california my shake was released allowing anyone in the city with a smart phone to be given a heads up that an earthquake is coming. >> reporter: rolling out statewide today after several serious tremors, california's early earthquake warning system is now public alerting residents this is about to happen. after criticism a similar system failed to warn people in los angeles when this quake struck in ridge crest, the new app is available statewide. >> the app works using gps technology in california. it finds the user's exact location anywhere in the state pin pointing your location by region, then by city. your cell phone should get an alert that a shock wave is on the way. you should get that alert before the ground even starts to shake. after a series of jolts this week, this morning millions took part in the great shake outearthquake drill. it was 30 years ago today the landscape changed in california after the quake killed 63. tonight looking back on the past, the state is preparing for the future at a time when every second counts. >

let's go back to geoff bennett at capitol hill.rough what comes next. >> reporter: we should say at the start that there is no replacing congressman elijah cummings, but when we think about next steps, it's important to remember that impeachment is a political process. and timing and messaging account for a lot. democrats say that the impeachment process, the inquiry will continue without delay. and that's in large part due to the fact that the house intelligence committee under the leadership of adam schiff is really leading the inquiry, even though you have staffers from the depositions from the foreign affairs committee and the house oversight committee. so they're saying the investigation will continue a pace just as congressman cummings would have wanted it and we learned yesterday by way of a tweet from ayanna pressley that he was actually signing his name to subpoenas in his last few days here. that has to do with the timing. let's talk about messaging, because this is where democrats have their work cut out for them. there

our football reporter john bennett is alongside me.e had their game at liverpool will be interesting. so many issues for arsenal at the moment. you will remember that their captain, granit xhaka, was booed, he was substituted and he showed his frustration. he cupped his ear to the fans, took off his shirt, and it was a very angry reaction. there has been no apology since then. he won't been no apology since then. he won't be involved in the game tonight against liverpool, but that is still against liverpool, but that is still a big issue for you and the fans appear to have lost faith in him as well, and the other issue is o zyl, —— messett oh mesut ozil, who starts backin —— messett oh mesut ozil, who starts back in the team, and does that cause more problems for unai emery? and there is no sadio mane, no firmino. and chelsea are playing a young side but notjust in this competition, because it has been more choice for them elsewhere as well. we might get to know some of their other youngsters as well, some of the other unheralded, the

hill speaking out and accusing her estranged husband of spreading revenge porn here is nbc's jeff bennett. >> reporter: a dramatic downfall for a freshman lawmaker once seen as a rising star in the democratic party, elected to congress as part of the 2018 blue wave. california congresswoman katie hill set to resign. >> i will not allow myself to be a distraction. >> reporter: hill making the announcement after the house ethics committee said it would look into allegations she had a sexual relationship with one of her congressional staffers hill who identifies as bisexual denies the claim but admits she did have a relationship with a female staffer of her campaign, which she called consensual but inappropriate. >> i never claimed to be perfect, but i never thought my imperfections would berelation female staffer of her weaponized and used to try to destroy me and the community i've loved. >> reporter: tabloids publishing nude pictures of hill and the campaign staffer online >> some call this electric assault, digital exploitation and some call it revenge porn hill blames political operativ

i was there 20 years ago, geoff bennett is describing accurately what happened. bill clinton was very disciplined in the aftermath certainly in defending and they had a war room set up and they did a lot of legislation. they worked with congress. but he did not talk about it. he had the added element in that his impeachment was about a sexual affair involving someone not the first lady so he had the domestic troubles that were very, very clear to all of us who were covering the white house at the time and covering the administration at the time. but they got things done. it didn't stop everything else. but in contrast, this president was at the u.n. last week and every time he walked past a camera he would stop and talk about the bidens, not about what he wanted to accomplish with north korea, iran or coalition building and you're seeing it again today. >> geoff, he tweeted that he wants to get infrastructure, health care et cetera done, but we haven't heard him talk about it. he's mentioned it in passing op twitter. what we saw this morning with nancy pelosi was

. >> here for our discussion on a friday night, geoff bennett, white house correspondent for nbc news. carol, pulitzer prize-winning investigator for "the washington post," and phil he will its, politics correspondent for "time" magazine. welcome to you all. carol, i'd like to begin with you. are we being led to believe that the lack of a strategy is the strategy? that ad-libbing is going to be the way this goes? >> i'm a little concerned about the lack of a strategy, how little time it takes to figure out what it is. what i learned in the last couple of days with my great colleague josh dawsey is that the white house strategy boils down to the president's viewpoint. he helped dictate a letter from the white house counsel's office arguing why a probe of his interactions with the ukraine president was unnecessary and the administration wouldn't cooperate with it. he has been reluctant to believe that this impeachment inquiry would proceed and gather evidence, and it is gathering evidence and steam and snowballing. he was also arguing that there was no way they needed anybody to really

jeff bennett, nbc news, washington >> the judge in the amber geyger trial is defending her decision to hug the former dallas police officer who was convicted of murdering her unarmed neighbor in an interview that will air on the today show later this morning, judge tammy kemp says it is her responsibility to show love and compassion. >> i was looking at her and then my memory said, your job is to do justice, to love mercy, and walk humbly. so how can you not hug this lady >> meanwhile, the you aurgent mt continues for the murder of a key witness in the trial here's morgan chesky >> reporter: dallas p.d. trying to solve the mystery of who killed joshua brown. >> someone has heard gunshots. >> reporter: the scene six miles from the complex where brown lived last year when he heard the fatal gunshots fired by amber geyger killing botham jean by the time police arrived here at the complex, officers found brown outside one of the buildings shot multiple times but alive. only clue who pulled a trigger, the silver four-door sedan seen speeding from the scene. brown died in the nearby hospital

thank you, asa bennett and rowena mason. goodbye.e into the top half of the premier league table. the summer signing made his first start for the club and was the one to score the decisive goal, giving the club their biggest win since returning to the top flight. young or old, sheffield united fans have waited a long time to have nights like this back at bramall lane. after 12 years away, they are testing themselves against the best around once again that when you do it can often be hard to get them. but arsenal were quickly in again. the gunners at their free—flowing best, and who better than nicholas pepe to have on the end of it? by the looks of the finish, probably anyone. but for all of their attacking endeavour, it is the defence that continues to let arsenal down. too much room, the blades embracing the challenge. with plenty to do, arsenal were short of ideas. matters were taken into his own hands, only a full stretch son from henderson keeping him out. the second half was more of the same, lots of possession for arsenal but

your second choice is the sonoma county fairgrounds at 1, 3, 5, 0, bennett valley road and then there's also the option of the hills for a community center and 1, 5, 5, 7 healdsburg avenue. those are your 3 evacuation centers where the red cross has set up there as well. well the fire broke out wednesday night near the guy years. excuse me geysers geothermal power. and here's some video of the fire from a mountain camera in that area of the higher peaksvout intense, it was. fire crews say that the wind has just bushnell's flames towards of the guys are bill area and that forced mandatory. evacuations. well the smoke from the contained fire could start to move south. and here's the latest forecast from the national weather service. they're predicting that that when and will move the smoke toward summer in county and then sen gh over the ocean through 1 o'clock this afternoon. so we'll be monitoring that for you there's still a chance of that smoke a move farther south into the san francisco bay as well kron four's sackey as an update from cal fire. well, the biggthing re is that firefigh

geoff bennett, talk about the witnesses today and who we expect up there. tell us about katherine croft in particular. >> katherine croft is a current state department official. she had been the adviser to former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker. in her testimony, based on the opening statement which we obtained, she's prepared to tell house investigators a couple of things. one, that she received a number of phone calls from lobbyist bob livingston, requesting, urging that marie yovanovitch be fired, the oust eed ambassador to ukraine. croft will say livingston characterized yovanovitch is an obama holdover and associated with george soros, the billionaire philanthropist. croft says she doesn't know at whose direction or at whose expense livingston was working. livingston is a former member of congress who was in line to be speaker of the house but resigned because of his own extramarital affair. house investigators are scrutinizing the smear campaign against yovanovitch to see how it fits into the pressure campaign rudy giuliani was running at preside

not so for me for business thank you very much for that catherine catherine bennett there with a look at the day's and business use. some extra for media watch with emma james good evening i'm a- you're starting out with the latest on the investigation into yesterday's knife attack at the police headquarters here in paris. i yes absolutely the city and its police force very much still reeling from the events of yesterday. i'm mrs joined offices this morning for a minute's silence. out the perfect tool which is very much at the very heart of paris. on the eve the less it's a which is of course also whether noted on cathedral sets. i'm real sense of shock right now amongst at police offffices. i m the investigation though as with the morning is really a new just getting underway and- that has been a key change today in that the anti terror unit france's national anti terror unit. is that she taken over this investigation yesterday. authorities want rooting out terrorism but they did seem to think that the most likely line of enquiring was going to be the fact that i was supposed to be s

we watch his casket solemnly being carried up the steps of the capitol, i want to bring in geoff bennett, jake sherman, both of them on capitol hill. geoff, obviously this is one of those rare instances where we see both sides coming together. we're going to hear from people, leadership on both sides of the aisle. tell us a little bit about the honors that will be bestowed on elijah cummings over the next 48 hours. >> reporter: chris, today and tomorrow we are going to see a public celebration for a man revered for the deep and abiding passion he brought to public service, a man widely regarded for being a strong, moral force here on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi said el lie j cummings was her north star. adam schiff said he was the heart and soul of the democratic caucus. republican mark meadows said there was never a better advocate and never a better friend. so elijah cummings was one of the last remaining giants on capitol hill. that is why he's being so honored here today lies in state in the u.s. capitol. let's just reflect on that for a minute. as you mentioned, he was

>>. >> let me go over to geoff bennett. the loudest sound made today was the silence of any republican condemnation of the president call on chinchina, of all count china who got a great track record on the rule of law to be an investigative body here. what kind of answers are you getting off the record? >> the same answer we are getting on the record, chuck. what you hear from republicans specifically on the impeachment issue is not a defense of the president's language or the rhetoric. what you hear is an attack of the process of the messenger. that is sort of instructive w. t in some cases killing his pl politic political component, i think one may only look further than the different and divergent phase of lindsey graham and jeff flake. both men were senators when donald trump was elected. lindsey graham tweeted if donald trump were our nominee, we'll be destroyed and well deserved. after he was elected, lindsey graham became trump's best friend, his golfing partner and jeff flake was an opponent of his. jeff flake deci

nbc's geoff bennett on capitol hill. "washington post"'s anne gearan and nbc political analyst rick sten dpchlt stengal, author of "the information wars." first, kristen, the impeachment. tough new numbers today for the white house, showing a major shift in the polling. support for the inquiry and support even for going beyond the inquiry. >> it is notable and remarkable that support for the impeachment inquiry, andrea, now tops 50%, at 58%. as you pointed out, 49% say they support actually reducing the president from office. we know, and based on my conversations with the president's allies, had e is watching these numbers very closely. he's concerned about the fact that they're increasing. the backdrop to all of this is this intensifying back and forth between the white house and capitol hill with the white house just hours before sondland was set to testify essential will yessentially blocking that. the white house has signaled this, that they intend to block requests by congress for testimony, for documents, until co

geoff bennett, what do we know about this, when did he go in and when do we expect him to come out? >> andrea, this deposition is entering its third hour. staffers are the ones deposing the ambassador. members of congress of the respective committees have been going into the room. a couple of them left and wouldn't provide comment. mike turner from ohio put out a statement, he said he was there for the first part of the deposition and he believes ambassador volker is a straightforward, straight shooter, and that he would not have permitted nor would have participated in anything improper. that actually tracks with our own reporting, people who know the ambassador, who know his thinking, who know the role that he had when he was the ambassador, he was tapped by rex tillerson in 2017, he held that role, special envoy to the ukraine, until last friday when he resigned in part, we're told, because he wanted to be more free in what he told congress. even as rudy giuliani has said time and time again that he was working under the auspices of the state department, under the direction of ku

nbc news' geoff bennett joins me from capitol hill.th secretary pompeo saying these subpoenas are bullying state department officials, it might convince people that everybody who's been subpoenaed is somehow a trump al ally or defender, that's not necessarily the case. >> reporter: you're right about that. and marie yovanovitch is one of five former and current state department officials who is mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint to the house wants to hear from. she's scheduled to be deposed here, two stories below me in the secure house intelligence area. it is an open question as to whether or not she will show up. we have republicans on that panel who tell us definitively, no, she is not coming tomorrow. house democrats have not been that definitive. to your point, you opened the show talking about the dueling statements, the dueling letters we've seen between the secretary of state and house democrats, each side accusing the other of witness intimidation. marie yovanovitch giving her former post at the ukraine, the diplomatic

. >> geoff bennett is live for us now on capitol hill. i know you had an opportunity to see alex vindman walk in. tell us what you expect and what you're hearing from your sources and what's going down behind closed doors. >> reporter: hallie, we're posted up in front of where house democrats are holding the morning caucus meeting. one of the reasons why lieutenant colonel vindman's appearance is important because it provides the crack about the testimony. he is still a current white house official, and one of the things that house democrats say time and time again is that this call, this july 25th call between presidents trump and zelensky did not happen in isolation. you hear president trump say the call was perfect. lindsay graham will say there was nothing wrong with the call. democrats debate that point, but they also say it's what led up to the call and what happened after the call. and the testimony from lieutenant colonel vindman, which we obtained his opening statement. one, he raised flags after a july 10th meeting in which eu a

washington state who serves on the intelligence committee and took part in today's deposition, jeff bennett, a correspondent for nbc news, greg miller, a security correspondent for "the washington post," and susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today. thanks to all of you for being here. congressman, we are talking about this hearing today you've been a part of for the past eight hours or so. so let me begin with you and ask you what you heard today from yovanovitch, from the former ambassador. does it in any way advance the case in your view for impeaching donald trump, and if so, how? >> steve, first of all, we're not talking about any of the specifics which the ambassador shared with us today, but 8 1/2 hours let me say this -- let me say three things. number one, this woman oozes integrity. number two if anyone wants to bead it all on your character and values they have to read the opening statement which she shared with us and now in the public domain. it speaks eloquently to this woman's commitment to her country, her patriotism and dedication to her profession. and finally num

with me are asa bennett, the brexit editor of the telegraph, and the deputy political editor of the guardianou through the front pages. starting with the telegraph: house of commons speakerjohn bercow,

and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett, commenttelegraph, and rowena mason, deputy political editor of the guardian. good evening. in another setback for borisjohnson's brexit plans, the speaker of the house of commons, has rejected a government bid, to hold a vote on the prime minister's proposals for leaving the european union. mrjohnson had hoped mps would get a chance today, to approve the deal he agreed with the eu last week. butjohn bercow said a motion on the agreement, had already been brought before mps on saturday, and parliamentary rules prevented it from being debated again. the government says it's disappointed, but vowed to push ahead with the necessary legislation to enable britain to leave the eu by october 31st. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. again, number 10 hasn't got its way. again, the prime minister's plan to make mps choose overturned. ministers have been rushing to push things to a conclusion. but is there any chance now we can leave the eu at halloween? we've just got to get there now, haven

jeff bennett is in capitol hill. hallie jackson is at the white house. jeff, let me start with you in today's bizarre standoff. it was clearly a planned stunt. the timing of it and all of that. where do things stand right now? and when are we going to hear -- when are they going to resume their ability to hear testimony? >> you know what, chuck, i have to credit dan balls i think for perfectly distilling the current moment. he says it's no longer a question of whether or not president trump withheld this ukrainian military aid to compel ukraine's leaders to investigate trump's political rivals. all of the evidence points to yes. even the evidence that the white house put out points to yes. he says the question now is how does president trump explain it? and how do republicans respond to it? well, we've seen how republicans have responded to it. they have been making this process argument for days, if not weeks. complaining that because this fact-finding mission that democrats are embarking on, because that is not happening in the light of day, it is some

jeff bennett so capitol hill. kelly o'donnell at the white house. jeff, let me start with you.democrats' strategy and we heard a little bit of it from the congressman after the white house said it won't cooperate. he said we're just moving forward here. is that your sense from others? >> reporter: yes, and the take-away in listening to your conversation with congressman ro khanna is that democrats were prepared in part because the white house had telegraphed this position for days and warned that the letter was on its way. and this notion that the white house isn't going to play ball with house democrats in this impeachment inquiry, that is not new news to house democrats who say they've been trying to surmount a wall of obstruction that this white house has put up, not just on this ukraine issue, but on a number of investigative efforts. so late last night the house speaker nancy pelosi responded to the letter from the white house counsel with a statement of her son, which reads in part this way. she says the white house should be warned that the continued efforts to hide the

. >> joining me is kristen welker, geoff bennett, and michael crowley. kristen, the walkout was extraordinary. for the speaker of the house to be insulted the way she was by the president and her to walk out are such a total breakdown. and this was not about impeachment. she said it didn't even columo . this was all about the withdrawal from syria and the domino effect of turkey, iran, and the middle east. >> that's right, andrea, the president clearly feeling defensive after that rebuke by congress. house speaker nancy pelosi essentially raising that with him during the meeting and president trump firing back. according to a readout from a democratic aide, president trump ended that meeting by saying, we'll see you at the polls. the white house isn't disputing that account. it really under scores how heightened the tensions are between the house speaker and president trump. as you point out, the white house tweeted that out essentially hoping it would underscore the president's argument that the house speaker had some sort of a meltdown. she flipped the

joining me now from capitol hill, nbc news correspondent geoff bennett, "los angeles times" white house reporter eli stock olz. and pbs news hour white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst jam yeesh alcindor. welcome. what do you expect to hear this week and how pivotal could bill taylor's testimony be? >> bill taylor is the star witness of the week. he's the guy in the infamts text chain that said you'd have to be crazy to hold up military aid for ukraine for a political request. you see the text right filip and we understand that he is set to appear here. he will be the flaft string of current and former foreign service officers who are defying the trump administration orders not to comply. so we expect him to trudge up here to capitol hill and tell these house investigators what he knows. we should also mention that he's also represented by the same lawyer who represented michael mckinley. he's the former right-hand man to secretary of state mike pompeo, who resigned i guess a week or two ago now over complaints within the state department about the pressure that was being

geoff bennett. steve scalise ordered pizza for the press. i was just speaking with a democratic lawmaker who called the move the republicans are doing desperate. regardless, it seems like this testimony from cooper is not going to happen anytime soon. >> it looks that way, katy. and here's what's happening. days of process arguments from republicans. republicans have been complaining about this closed-door deposition process. they say it should happen in the light of day. right? that's been their number one talking point as a means of undercutting, trying to undercut the impeachment inquiry. well, that escalated today. florida republican matt gaetz leading dozens of republican members of congress, none of them on the three relevant committees that are leading this investigative work. they bum-rushed the room according to members who were there and told us what happened. and as you mentioned, they brought their cell phones in, their electronic devices into a secure area. that in any other universe is a huge violation. so we'll have to see how

geoff bennett is back with us on capitol hill.icant this is and what we have learned >> reporter: in the last 10 minutes, the chairman of the house intelligence, oversight and foreign affairs committee want them to turn over any documents that they see material all connected to this ukraine controversy. i'm going to read directly from this announcement. recently public reports raised questions about any role you may have played in conveying or reinforcing the president's stark message to the ukrainian president. the report include significant references to a member of our staff who may have participated directly in the july 25th, 2019 call. documents you may have reviewed, including records of the call, and your meeting in warsaw during which you reportedly discussed the administration's hold on the u.s. security assistance in ukraine. so that is the letter from the chairman making clear their request to the vice president. as early as today, this is our reporting, we expect the white house to send a letter to the house speaker sa

geoff bennett on capitol hill and geoff, let's talk about what you expect on the impeachment front today. possible that we may see more subpoenas issued some time in the near future, right? >> you're right about that. yesterday the committees took a bit of a break in observance of the jewish holiday but today i'm told the staffers are back at it and we could see subpoenas dropping as early as today as house democrats try to glean more information that they view as being pertinent to their impeachment inquiry. i'm learning of a new strategy that house democrats are employing as a way o circumventing the stonewalling and lack of cooperation they're seeing from the white housep they will request interviews with former white house officials who are private citizens that might have information or incisight into t ukraine inquiry. fee yon na hill, well-known russia hawk left the trump administration this past summer is coming up to the hill voluntarily to tell the relevant committees what she might know about this ukraine call. meantime as democrats are trying to make the public case against p