i'm david gura. drawn by republicans can be used in the election. with this map, democrats are expected to pick up two seats. still, democrats say while this version is less unfair than the original map, it is still too partisan. republicans ran out the clock on this one. it came just before candidates have to file. voting lines will be redrawn in 2021. he's with the national redistricting committee and advise tore former attorney general eric holder. i look at the column in the "new york times". it's an unfortunate ruling, because it rewards a political party for dragging its feet. >> first of all, thanks for having me on. we characterize this as a victory in the sense that it is the first time this decade that people in north carolina will be able to vote on a map that was not drawn to give republicans 10 of the states 13 congressional seats. there are lessons to be learned here. we're only two years away from the redistricting process happening again in north carolina and in states around the coun

i'm david gura.sident trump will be in london this week for a nato summit. news on how nato is funded, something the president cares a lot about, we know. and what are called common costs. the "new york times" reports as he did the last summit meeting in july 2018, the host has reason to be worried as well. president trump's past visits to the uk have been fraught with protests. with election day around the corner in the uk, prime minister boris johnson's party members are concerned. what they worry about the most is trump will go off script. one official confided this was the biggest risk facing the operation. the president can't be stopped to weigh in on ill-judged comments, they said. ned price, let me turn to you, first of all. there was a piece in the economist. he talked about the state of today. what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. this is a ceremonial meeting. it is important to have all the heads of state there, including the president of turkey. >> nato is facing i

now it is time for "up" with david gura. >>> well, this is "up". i'm david gura. and a democratic lawmaker opposed to the impeachment inquiry is expected to defect from the democratic party. nbc news reporting congressman jeff van drew plans to register as a republican. the next democratic debate is just days away. and there's an effort under way to change how candidates qualify for future debates. senator cory booker is behind it and one of his top advisers will join us on "up". the "washington post" unveiled the biggest pinocchios of 2019. it includes this moment. >> they gave the server to crowdstrike or whatever it's called, which is a country -- which is a company owned by a very wealthy ukrainian. >> are you sure they did that? are you sure they gave it to ukraine? >> well, that's what the word is. >> that's what the word is. plus, new comments from the intelligence and judiciary committees ahead of the house vote to impeach president trump this week. up with me is a. scott bolden, white collar defense attorney and former chair of the national bar associatio

i'm david gura.ran in the spotlight again this morning. this time for holding a four-day naval drill with russia and china in the indian ocean for the first time. iran's military leader speaking on state television they are not just about improving readiness. hosting the powerst our relations have reached a meaningful point and may have an international impact. >> such a gift to the iranian army for no reason. i find this entire thing fascinating from a national security perspective. at first it doesn't make a lot of sense for the chinese and russians to engage in such a public drill with iran's army. it doesn't make sense for their business goals globally. that doesn't make sense. it concerns me for a number of reasons. there are only two reasons. given it is not in russia and china's interest, only two reasons they could have done this. first, give the finger to the united states and say we also are a force to be reckoned with in this region. you are not the only power of influence here. so that's

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. >>> coming up at the top of the hour "up" with david gura. what he has in store for us this morning. >> going to pick up from what you were talking about with shaq, pete buttigieg still struggling, trying to get support from black voters, also criticized for some comments he made about a decade ago about minorities and education. this morning mayor pete at the reverend william barber's church in north carolina and before morning worship and a conversation with the candidate reverend barber is going to join us on "up." looking forward to having that conversation. >>> also an update from one of the billionaires in the race, we can use the plural now, tom steyer will join us from nevada where he has been campaigning. alex. >> busy couple hours ahead. thank you for that. >>> so the president calls the democrats do nothing. a new article crunches the numbers and shows the reality that refutes the president's claims. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm

time now for "up" with david gura. >>> this is identify up."a with just 37 days until the iowa caucuses and 45 days until new hampshire, "usa today" with a warning for democrats, stop squabbling, the paper says, and focus on the big picture. which of the candidates is best equipped to defeat donald trump? the president venting on his vacation. he's in florida, irritated by impeachment as lawmakers are at loggerheads and that christmas gift kim jong un promised president trump has not materialized. at least not yet. the latest on north korea as mike pompeo gets a new deputy, a sign, reportedly the secretary of state is planning to

i'm david gura.resident trump's anger boils up over impeachment even as he's on vacation. mitch mcconnell says he's in no hurry to start the trial. nancy pelosi says she not going to hand over articles of impeachment until she's guaranteed a fair and impartial trial. some potential witnesses, former vice president joe biden saying he would not comply should he be subpoenaed to comply. let start with that conversation. i believe we have tape of the conversation with that board. let play a bit of that, centering around the prospect of him being subpoenaed. >> reporter: do you stand by your earlier statements that you wouldn't comply if you were subpoenaed to testify in an impeachment trial before the senate? >> correct. and the reason i wouldn't is because it's all designed to deal with trump doing what he's done his whole life, trying to take the focus off him. this guy violated the constitution. he said it in the driveway of the white house. >> dan, you see him there leaning in, making that point, po

it is time now for "up" with david gura. >> this is "up". i'm david gura. as chuck schumer demands testimony from witnesses we have not yet heard from, new information on what the office of management and budget did to freeze aid to ukraine. dozens of new administration emails made public and important insight into what they are thinking. congressman john yarmuth of kentucky and a new book on nancy pelosi's politics. high tensions between the u.s. and north korea ahead of a year-end deadline and concern over the christmas gift kim jong-un promised the united states. >>> and religious on this sunday morning. questions the house speaker's prayerfulness the late dean of the house of representatives reaction from al sharpton. >> senior fellow for the center of american progress, deputy assistant secretary of state and contributing writer. and the white house correspondent for pbs news hour. you saw her moderate this week's democratic debate. my colleague was there for that debate. still there. still in los angeles. john allen joins us this morning from californ

it is time now for "up" with david gura. >> this is "up". i'm david gura.witnesses we have not yet heard from, new information on what the office of management and budget did to freeze aid to ukraine. dozens of new administration emails made public and important insight into what they are thinking. congressma

. >>> right now time to see what's ahead at the top of the hour on "up" so my colleague david gura is me. >> after the impeachment hearing on monday, the house judiciary committee is going to draft articles of impeachment. i went to washington, d.c. to talk with a member of the committee who may know more than most about it. jamie rasken, a professor of constitutional law who joined us for our latest installment of "up." after the exit of kamala harris from the presidential race, big questions about the democrats and diversity. sought manifest in a new dust-up between mike bloomberg and cory booker. the dnc vice chair will join us. >>> to be or not to be -- about medicare for all. among the 2020 dems, we're going to talk about it, plus this headline -- obamacare is working and how might this change the conversation? that discussion, next. i didn't have to call 911.help. and i didn't have to come get you. because you didn't have another heart attack. not today. you took our conversation about your chronic coronary artery disease to heart. even with a stent procedure, your condition can

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now it is time for "up" with david gura. >>> well, this is "up". i'm david gura.ed to the impeachment inquiry is expected to defect from the democratic party. nbc news reporting congressman jeff van drew plans to register as a republican. the next democratic debate is just days away. and there's an effort under way to change how candidates qualify for future debates. senator cory booker is behind it and one of his top advisers will join us on "up". the "washington post" unveiled the biggest pinocchios of 2019. it includes this moment. >> they gave the server to crowdstrike or whatever it's called, which is a country -- which is a company owned by

everywhere. >>> this is up, i'm david gura.rbing video of a 16-year-old from guatemala who died in u.s. custody. he was seriously sick with 103 fever when put in a holding cell in texas. nurse practicer asked him to be checked on and warned if he worsened, he should be taken to hospital. if you look at that video, he was never checked on. he's on a cement bench and on the floor stumbles to the bathroom and collapses. his cellmate finds him unconscious. he died by the time officials arrived. his death has renewed outrage over the policy towards migrants and the lack of basic resources. issued a statement that, quote, the employees are saddened with the loss. john sanders the acting commissioner resigned from his post shortly after carlos' death saying, quote, i really think the american government failed these people. i was part of that system and carlos' death will follow me the rest of my life. i want you to react to this. six migrants have died in the course of this policy. what is your reaction to it? more than a year after

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i'm david gura. and tonight phase two of the impeachment inquiry is set to begin.ld its first hearing, and republicans are now calling on congressman adam schiff to testify. i'll discuss it all with the vice-chair of the house democratic caucus. that's congresswoman catherine clark. she is going to join me live. >>> plus, the president heading to london tomorrow for meetings with nato allies. how are his troubles here going to hobble him there? i will ask congressman r

my colleague david gura this morning joining us with a preview. >> joe biden, the wife of joe biden isachment inquiry. she's talked about the strain it's placed on her family and has been on the campaign trail. i'll sit down to talk with her about what she's hearing from the voters. and we'll talk about what we can learn from the election that took place in the uk this week. long-time labor party member will join us, a lot of people looking for parallels, what happened in the uk what might it mean for what's going to happen. >> the first lady defends president trump's attacks on 16-year-old greta thunberg, how she justifies her actions amid her "be best" dpan against bullying on social media. >>> today nbc news education correspondent rehema ellis and ali velshi, six of the 2020 presidential candidates will discuss their plans for the future of education in america. the forum starts this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. msnbc.com and nbc with special coverage on msnbc throughout the day. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-r

i'm david gura in new york. "deadline: white house" begins right now. ♪ >>> hi, everyone. blockbuster reporting in the "new york times" on the part of the president and his closest aides and the withholding of ko congressionally approved military aid. it's the kind of reporting that forces a conversation about the target-rich environment that trump's most senior advisers could represent as witnesses in an impeachment trial of donald j. trump. the heavy sourced new report relies on dozens of interviews with current and former administration officials, plus, previously undisclosed documents and email exchanges that reveal in the starkest terms yet the behind the scenes skraccramblin. quote, i

i'm david gura.cut once as they decide how broad to make their articles of impeachment. >>> after a lackluster performance on wednesday, they seek to put an exclamation point on president trump. >>> and separation sunday. democrats running for president focus on each others' business ties as voters hope they will increasingly get down to the business of beating president trump. >>> and as pete buttigieg

. >> time now for "up with david gura." david, good morning. >>> this is "up." jeff flake directs his colleagues directly saying the president is not the only one on trial, it is also the gop. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is at ledger heads with the house speaker. president trump donald j. trup p trump is in palm beach. taking an attack at the evangelical magazine and the congressman john dingell and his widow. >> and debating the price of being popular. >> with us, cliff wats. security analyst. christina author of the book "black ethnics." and joining us from washington, d.c., white house reporter for the "washington post," also an msnbc political analyst. i want to start with where things stand at the end of an historic week. president trump in his west palm beach manson. lawmakers back home and the process at a stand-still. house speaker nancy pelosi continues to flex her political muscle against the white house and senate majority leader. >> our founders suspected a roeg president. i don't they suspected a rouge president and leader at the same tim

congressman's wife, debbie dingell, voted for his impeachment and this morning spoke with my colleague david gura>> i was in a state of shock when i got the first media call telling me that, what the president had said and my immediate reaction was about my husband, who i love, and am having a hard time this holiday, had a hard time at thanksgiving, he was a man of faith, and having someone joke about his or even -- it was serious to me when i'd heard it, that he might be in hell sort of -- it rattled me. >> joining me now political white house correspondent and associate editor anita kumar. anita, the president crossed over many lines in this three years in office. you're there at the white house every day. you get a sense that many within the white house feel as if he may have crossed over a line that he shouldn't have be with this? >> i do. i mean, i think you could sort of see that when stephanie grisham, white house press secretary, did media interviews after that rally, after the impeachment vote. obviously there to talk about impeachment but asked about it and her answer was, you know, she

i'm david gura.nd tonight democrats measure twice to cut once as they decide how broad to make their articles of impeachment. >>> after a lackluster performance on wednesday, they seek to put an exclamation point on president trump. >>> and separation sunday. democrats running for president focus on each others' business ties as voters hope they will increasingly get down to the business of beating president trump. >>> and as pete buttigieg draws massive crowds in iowa, joe biden tries to explain in a brand-new interview why boot yunl judge is struggling with black voters. >>> this is usually the time of year we cover shopping deals but the tonnage of what is left to do in washington before 2019 comes to a close is significant. there is a prescription drugs bill to pass the usmca trade plan to put to bed. and then there is a small matter of averting a government shutdown. and, yes, potentially impeaching the president of the united states. while attorney general bill barr is hosting his $30,000 holid

dingell told david gura the suggestion her husband was in hell "rattled me." now back to "dateline." ecome something of a legend >> reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms has become something of a legend at solving puzzles, these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala's body the day of the explosion. a story in there somewhere thought the atf. agent brian parker was assigned to find out what it was. what does this tell you overall? >> what it tells us is there was an incredible amount of force in the explosion. >> reporter: most of these pieces were once part of the electrical box. >> you have washers. different types of hardware in here, screws, nuts, wire. >> reporter: other pieces just trash. but a few fragments, just a handful, looked like they were pieces from a different puzzle. odd. >> cells from a 9 volt battery, galvanized steel that's been ripped apart. >> reporter: parker sent off the misfit bits and pieces to the west coast atf crime lab for analysis. >> to determine whet

i'm david gura. and tonight phase two of the impeachment inquiry is set to begin.ouse judiciary committee prepares to hold its first hearing, and republicans are now calling on congressman adam schiff to testify. i'll discuss it all with the vice-chair of the house democratic caucus. that's congresswoman catherine clark. she is going to join me live. >>> plus, the president heading to london tomorrow for meetings with nato allies. how are his troubles here going to hobble him there? i will ask congressman ro khanna. he is going to join me in the 8:00 hour. >>> but first a key deadline we have been watching all day in the impeachment inquiry has come and gone with no public response from the white house. jerry nadler had told the white house they had until 6:00 p.m. to decide whether president trump would participate in the impeachment hearing set for wednesday. so far we have not gotten a statement or presidential tweet or anything that indicates they have done anything but ignore chairman nadler. the president now faces another deadline, friday, to decide if he or

speaking with my colleague, david gura earlier, congressman jamie raskin said they have to get the balance just right. >> i want us to tell a comprehensive narrative about the president's high crimes and misdemeanors. and i want us to be very precise and focused in our identification of the high crimes and misdemeanors, but i think that all of the surrounding conduct in the events and the actions need to be in there. >> to the white house now. nbc's kelly o'donnell at her post for us. kelle, a couple questions for you. first off, what do we know about just this release, about the last ten minutes or so, about this judiciary committee report? >> reporter: this is in a sense, alex, a way for the committee to put almost in a book form a summary of the hearing they conducted with the four professors who brought in their academic expertise on what does the constitution say about impeachment. so, this is a guide that pulls together their knowledge, their experience, the case law, and so forth, authored by the committee staff to have sort of a blueprint for what are the legal sort of pathways for