garrett has been shot. >> wally was a fellow stuntman and garrett's good friend. >> garrett was one of those men that you could count on you hear in life that you're very lucky if you have five friends or count a friend or one hand, garrett was that friend to me. >> wally had been in the business for more than 30 years. >> garrett warren was probably the finest fight man you could ask for. i had hired him on several shows and got to know him, watched his expertise, phenomenal athlete, stuntman. >> you've probably seen garrett's work but didn't know. his stunt work was featured charlie's angels. and double teamed with jean-claude dam. >> he was a focused individual. people think of dare devils as stunt people, crazy people. that's the last person i want on my job.he >> wally says the focus shifted the minute garrett warren meant dlaud a claudia hara. >> beautiful woman. we wanted garrett to be happy. he had found somebody that he sounded like he genuinely loved and wanted to start a life with. >> there was something special about her.ou people who got to know her, a beautiful soul. men

major. >> garrett: thank you.tate and city governments face a christmas deadline to inform the federal government if they'll accept new refugees. president trump has reduced the number of refugees who can legally enter the country next year to 18,000, down from 85,000 in 2016. it's a sensitive political issue. but we visited a state where republicans and democrats are putting out the welcome mat. >> hello, how are you? >> garrett: kiki sharma was born in a refugee camp in nepal after her parents fled bhutan more than 25 years ago. >> it's an amazing journey i've lived. >> garrett: they resettled in utah and about two years ago, with help from the international rescue committee opened bhutan house, a restaurant serving cuisine from nepal, india and bhutan. >> the dream came true here for us. >> garrett: but that dream may be available to fewer and fewer. an executive action issued by president trump gives state and local governments power to refuse refugees. >> no other president would be doing that. >> garrett: bu

norah is off tonight, i'm major garrett.ay, christians around the world are celebrating christmas. many gathered in churches, odcluding at the national cathedral in washington, d.c. at the vatican, thousands filled laint peter's square to hear pope francis' christmas day message of hope overcoming t rkness. and while the view was heavenly, a good number of americans, including those on board the international space station, spent the day at work, trying to be festive. s la lenghi has more. e reporter: pope francis called for peace and love in a christmas message to millions around the world. from saint peter's basilica in the vatican, the 83-year-old pontiff urged for light in the dark corners of the world and the human heart. in the biblical city of othlehem, thousands of rorshipers gathered for christmas morning mass at the ourch of the nativity. at saint patrick's cathedral in manhattan, mass was standing room only. >> some people think that christmas is just about presents td stuff, but it's actually about bringing joy t

i'm major garrett.begin with post-holiday headaches for millions of travelers, especially those on the road. according to a a.a.a. prediction today, the day after christmas, would be the worst day to drive during the holidays, and for many, it's living up to its billing. a powerful snowstorm shut down two of the nation's busiest interstates today in, of all places, southern california, that left cars and trucks stranded for hours. elsewhere, there's been heavy rain, thick fog, and ice. that messy mix is expected to push all the way to new england over the next few days. we'll get to the forecast in a moment. but first, jamie yuccas leads us off with tough sledding, california style. or reporter: in the mountains north of los angeles, near- whiteout conditions. interstate 5, the main link between northern and southern california, was shut down, stranding thousands of motorists in the mountain passes. >> nothing we can do, nothing. >> reporter: the powerful winter storm dumped heavy rain, nearly 3.5 inche

i'm major garrett. we begin with new federal hate atime charges in a stabbing attack that shocked jewish communities across the united states. ss happened saturday night, the 7th night of hanukkah at a rabbi's home in monsey, new york, about 35 miles north of new york city. c federal court today the accused attacker was hit with five charges of hate crimes. one for each of his alleged stabbing victims, all of whom wrvived. prosecutors say the evidence found in the suspect's home and car include handwritten anti- semitic journals, internet searches into hitler and local temples and a bloodstained tachete and a knife. the attack follows a recent wave of hate crimes against jews not only in new york, but across the country. don dahler leads us off tonight. >> mr. thomas, why did you do it? g reporter: the federal hate climb charges against grafton thomas were described in the criminal complaint. authorities say the charges were prompted by handwritten journals found inside thomas' home, that show reference

major. >> garrett: tom hansen, thank you. now to the arctic, where a popular symbol of christmas is threatened by climate change. wild reindeer and caribou populations have dropped more than half in the last twenty years. in tonight's "eye on earth," mark phillips in finland reports on efforts to save them. >> reporter: the reindeer in santa's village in northern finland have to work for a living. it's where rudolph's cousins provide sleigh rides, albeit on the ground. and where you-know-who welcomes children of all ages. but all is not what it seems in this winter wonderland. >> brrrrrrroooom! >> reporter: to find the real reindeer-- and the real trouble- - you've got to go about 250 miles north of santa's village. in temperatures approaching zero. but winter -- even up here -- isn't what it used to be. our guide is andte gaup-jusso, from the ancient sami people who have been herding reindeer since the dawn of time. and the climate here in lapland, he says, is changing. it melts? >> it melts and the next day it freezes. >> r

so garrett, that's where we stand. and we were correct in assuming that it is about flights and planes and trains and automobiles. >> yeah, absolutely. congressional logistics. look, you see a lot of performative anger in hearings like this. that with us the real thing that was the ranking member who felt completely broadsided. remember we had a recess about 9:00. they were supposed to break up for half an hour. it went on a little longer than that. that usually tells us there is some kind of negotiations taking place. in fact, when they came back from thatress rest says around 9:45, you saw this was clearly wrapping up. even some members praising the way the chairman had handled things up to this point allowing this free-flowing debate there was no guidance given whatsoever to the minority. and it's not even clear whether democrats knew about this. we have not seen them come out to the stakeout cameras to speak on their own behalf, whether this is something democrats knew was coming or whether this was closely held by

>> garrett.his week asinine candidates are set to visit new hampshire -- -- amy klobuchar and andrew yang and michael bennett ringing in the new year. there hasn't been a dnc recognized poll in more than a month to gauge the support. these candidates are really making a push to sway this notoriously late breaking electorate. the voters decide very late and many of the candidates are trying to attract the state's independent voters which make up 40% of the electorate here. >> julia, i'm thinking about a candidate like amy klobuchar who has come on late and spent her focus there. can someone like that take advantage of the late breaking nature of new hampshire and try to gain momentum there? >> yes, new hampshire is truly anyone's to grab. there has been a consistent four at the top. unlike the caucuses reaching a level of viability to make it past the state, it really is anyone's game. you have candidates like andrew yang about to open their offices here. you have candidates who are really trying

garrett: we think it is going to be some time. if you look at the vehicles they have in the market place right now, really their bestsellers , but theyevy volt really haven't been selling well overall. it is really a reflection of the fact that americans have lost their appetite for passenger cars. suvs, crossovers, pickup trucks now account for 70% of u.s. auto sales. the product that they have out there right now just has not sold very well, and i think that is why they are making this move, making the investment in battery technologies. they really need to come up with new models that are going to sell better with the public. guy: some of the big european automakers are shedding jobs pretty quickly as they try to divert cash flow into this electrification effort. to what extent have the u.s. manufacturers done that? do you think they are behind or in advance of where the europeans are? general we would say in , the big three u.s. automakers, gm, ford, and fiat chrysler, are really behind the europeans in terms of development an

garrett. >> nbc's kathy park. cathy, stay with us for a second i want to play a little bit of sound into the newsroom from another witness. this is brand in you to us. take a listen. >> i saw him walking in by the door, i asked who was coming in in the middle of the night with an umbrella. while i was saying that he pulled it out from the thing and he started to run into the big room, which was on the left side, and i throw tables and chairs, telling him he should get out of here. he injured a guy, he was bleeding here, bleeding in his hands all over. i ran into the other room because i tried to save my wife, i saw him running down this way and i ran out and two ladies came along with me, they are still hysterical. what time is it now? i don't know the time now. and they are still hysterical right now. >> a lot of detail there, cathy. are police still on the scene? how active is this scene and this investigation right now this morning? >> reporter: garrett, since the incident happened last night around 10:00, you

. >> major garrett is here with a preview. >>> good evening, tonight on the cbs evening news, the finalholidays. enter weather creating a travel mess this christmas eve. cold temperatures, rain and fog. what to expect when you're on the move. >>> plus, will introduce you to a christmas tree farmer and the community who rallied around him when he needed it the most. that is tonight on the cbs evening news right after kpix 5 news at 6. >>> thank you. >>> the memorial church offered a prime red primary lunch to 100 people in need. >> mayor london breed served the food. >> makes me feel can feel great that people care, people have passion and the folks are here, in most cases may not have a place to live and a family to visit this holiday season. >> the longtime charities serve three males. today it teamed up with the cities house of prime rib. >> hundreds of oakland's duty students will return debt-free things to a ceo. sel has donated $15,000 to cover student lunch debts. he hopes to inspire wealthier tech companies to also contribute to education. and help at risk youths in school. >> th

>> garrett: ...and some less- traditional rituals. first lady share greetings with those far from home. >> we wish everyone a joyous and merry christmas. >> garrett: also tonight: "bumpy times." queen elizabeth uses her christmas message to discuss a rocky royal year. rising tensions. u.s. spy planes fly over the korean peninsula after the north's "christmas gift" threat. a fire in minneapolis forces f re than 200-- many of them children-- out into the cold. we visit the arctic, where the ice is retreating, and reindeer populations are going with it. plus, remembering songwriter allee willis. ♪

garrett, let me start with you. a source saying that the phone records are gold and they need to know more about what is on the other end of these appearance and numbers. >> yeah, the phone records are this tantalizing new set of leads here for the committee. they don't speak to so much what we already know from the witnesses, the depositions, the evidence around the ukraine case that was presented thus far, but chairman schiff said that they suggest that what was being done here was much more widely known and well coordinated and this we had thought previously. and also suggested that the efforts to put the squeeze on ukraine might have even started with the previous president of that country before zelensky even took over. this is all information that they are getting from these phone records. and while it was interesting that he wouldn't say exactly where the phone records came from, there is one little note buried 200 pages in to this report that says lev parnas has started to provide some documents to the commi

susan -- garrett, were you also in the room when nancy pelosi said that? >> yes. >> so garrett, let me start with you, then we'll talk to nancy -- to susan page about nancy pelosi about whom she's writing a book. and garrett, i have rarely seen nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, that angry. >> no, that question clearly got under her skin but the answer was instructive because it really was just the most fiery version of what she's been saying for a long time, that this is not personal when it comes to the president. she's said this at every press conference, that she prays for him, that she prays to address things in a different way. she pulls no punches on policies of his that she does not agree with but rejects the categorization that she hates him. kevin mccarthy was asked affidavit, he says he takes the speaker at her word but does think there are people in the democratic caucus for whom the word "hate" might be more applicable when it comes to the president. pretty extraordinary action from nancy pelosi. again, all in trying to frame what democra

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msnbc's garrett haake on capitol hill. nbc's geoff bennett here with me on set. kristen, starting off with you, unlikely that the white house is going to all of a sudden decide they're going to participate in this, they've been saying we'll wait for the senate trial which will be more fair, from their at some point standpoint. but the democrats have to get their act together, literally, this weekend as they write their articles of impeachment. >> that's right, and i think the way you have laid that out is right, andrea, the fact that we are anticipating the white house will say they are not going to cooperate with these hearings. the last letter sent by the white house counsel pat cipollone said they see no reason to do so because they see the process as unfair from the start. that is the expected argument or at least part of it from the white house. we expect we'll get that close to that 5:00 p.m. deadline. and then what changes? then the white house continues with its defense mode posture. we've seen this from president trump. i was with him with london while h

msnbc correspondent garrett haake.arrett, first of all, congratulations on your body of impeachment reporting. we've relied on you -- >> thank you. >> through the whole process. so we will start today on the first day of the rest of donald trump's presidency. what is the state of play this hour? >> well, the house is wrapping up their last votes. ironically the final vote they will take is on the usmca, the trade deal that donald trump so much wanted to see get passed this year. they will leave washington, d.c. without selecting their managers for the impeachment case in the senate. that is a necessary step before the articles of impeachment can be transferred to the senate. and while it is possible that they could do something by unanimous consent in a proforma session to some procedural efforts over the holiday break, what this tells us is something we sort of already knew, that the house is not going to push the case into the senate until the new year. speaker pelosi said today she wants the time to see exactly what

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garrett, i appreciate your note about trying to get devin nunes to talk to us. we hope you're successful in that effort. we'll let you go and see if you can find anyone. let me bring into the conversation by phone john brennan, former director of the cia and lucky for us now an nbc news senior national security analyst. let me read you from the report. i'm sure it is a pattern of behavior that is all-too familiar to you. the house intel committee report says this, in making the decision to move forward, we were struck by the fact that the president's misconduct was not an isolated occurrence, nor the product of a naive president. instead the efforts to involve ukraine in our 2020 presidential election were undertaken by a president who himself was elected in 2016 with the benefit of an unprecedented and sweeping campaign of election interference. undertaken by russia in his favor and which the president

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i have garrett haake and shannon. garrett, i understand that you are just now hearing from some of the president's republicans allies, including senator graham, right? >> reporter: that would be news to me. the republicans here have been defending the president from the get-go here. they have not missed a step on this, disputing the idea that the democratic talking points here have been saying that the facts are undisputed, the republicans say wait, we still dispute these facts, pushing back aggressively against the way the democrats have handled the process and trying to focus on the idea that democrats have done impeachment at the expense of everything else. that's why the framing today has been important. the democrats walked right out of the announcement of these articles into a closed door caucus meeting where they talk about other legislative priorities and talked about the deal on the usmca that appears to be moving forward and the other things they are trying to get done before the end of this year. anything t

. >> we're going to go shortly to msnbc garrett haake. he was in the room where mel lows si just w wrapped up. also with me, kelly o'donnell, jake sherman, senior writer for politico, david jolly, former republican congressman from florida and is now an msnbc contributor. jake, i think it's worth taking a breath, stepping back for a second because things have been moving so quickly this morning, to just say this is an extraordinary moment. this is, as nancy pelosi says, an historic moment, what we're seeing unfold over the last couple hours, a very serious moment. give us your headline from what we've learned from nancy pelosi today. >> not a surprise, but his stork, you're absolutely right. this is the first time democrats have said they are drafting impeachment articles to attempt to remove the president from office. this was basically -- there was no chance this wasn't going to happen once the process started. now it's in full gear in a month in which the government runs out of money and the president trying to get a major trade deal a

garrett, thanks very much. let me turn now to pete and ben. and i want to get at something here with both of you, which is having to do -- and, pete, you had it in your interview yesterday with bill barr. this dispute over was there a proper predicate here to open this investigation? i'm going to play some clips here from mr. horowitz, senator graham, and senator coons. take a listen. >> it was opened with the proper predicate, sufficient predication, by a person who was not one of the text message persons. and senior to those people. the confidential human source operations, while permitted by fbi policy, should cause everybody to give pause as to whether that policy's sufficient to provide accountability over decisions. and finally, that the fisa process here was not used appropriately, properly. and the rules were not followed. >> for a moment, let's assume that there was a lawful predicate to open up a counterintelligence investigation. what has been described as a few irregularities becomes a massive criminal conspiracy. >> president trum

garrett haake is on the hill. garrett, we've got this rules committee meeting set to start in just about an hour here. you've also got more and more dems from these very key districts, these vulnerable democrats saying they're all in on impeachment here. >> reporter: yeah, hallie. a lot going on. first the rules committee meeting, this is one last step in the process before impeachment moves to the floor. you'll have members of the judiciary committee, essentially presenting the impeachment resolution to the rules committee. you'll see some questioning in the first half of this. the second half of it plays out almost like an open mic night. any member can come down and offer an amendment and bash it, defend it. we can see what happens in the course of the day today. it all ends up in the same place with an all-day floor debate tomorrow on impeachment itself. now, as to the vote count here, we have seen over the last 24 hours or so a number of these front-line democrats, democrats in the most republican-leaning dis

msnbc's garrett haake. again, garrett, nothing unexpected has happened so far. but there was something. this morning at 9:00 a.m., when nancy pelosi came out and says, you've got the green light. draft the articles of impeachment. >> yeah. that's right. and the relevant committees are moving pretty quickly to follow the speaker's instruction. we know after her press conference this morning, pelosi met with the committee chairman from the relevant committees who will be working on this. and democrats on the judiciary committee have been told to go ahead and stick around this weekend to prepare for that monday hearing. monday hearing like this is sort of unusual in the first place. typically, congress doesn't really get up and running until tuesday, wednesday, thursday. but you can tell now that democrats are trying to move pretty quickly here. one of the debates that's still outstanding is what do they do with the information that came out during the mueller report? i've heard from democrats across the spectrum here. some believe that that should be set aside and

. >> garrett haake is on capitol hill for us in this historic moment. i was following your calls for energy drinks but obviously something pretty remarkable to witness there this morning. >> reporter: yeah, nicole, when they recessed last night, the chairman said to go home and think about this and there was thought of us covering this the republicans to gum up the works more, offer procedural votes, try to dismiss the hearing but going home took some of the vinegar out of the proceedings. this was always going to be a foregone conclusion how the vote in the committee would go and i think we saw that realized this morning. that does not mean that the fight over this is over. i expect to see at least a day or two next week of a very bitter fight over these articles on the house floor. democrats have largely given up the hopes to convince any republicans to come across the aisle and vote in favor of the articles but not true going the other way. still republicans think they might be able to peel off some of the vulnerable democrats in front line districts

garrett, let's start with what we just heard. nancy pelosi was giving no quarter there in that press conference. she said you can ask as many questions as you want. well, she didn't let them ask as many questions as you all wanted, but she's sticking to her guns. she wants to see what happens. tell us what's going on behind the scenes and what the mood is on the hill. >> i'm not sure we got much clarity from the speaker. here is what she did say. she said she wants to find out what the senate trial process will be before she can determine how many managers she'll appoint. those are the house prosecutors of the impeachment case essentially, and who they will be. practically speaking, that means we're probably not going to find out those next steps until the new year. the house is set to have one more vote today and they're probably going home for the rest of the 2019 calendar year. what i think we're seeing practically is a delay into the new year for how this is going to go. the speaker is also on her way, as we speak, to go meet

garrett, thank you. kelly, let's go over to the white house because the president and his people are talking about this and thinking about this this morning, we know. >> reporter: well, good morning. hallie. this is certainly something this the president has on his plate. and when garrett hints at the im patience, it's one of the character traits of the president that is quite add odds with mitch mcconnell in terms of sbulsiveness, versus the calmer, planning calculating approach that mitch mcconnell brings to this. and one of the things that the president has said is that he will listen to the senators who are advising him as he's putting together his plan for a senate trial. and he expects to have pat cipollone, the white house counsel, leading that effort, also always keeping the door open for additional lawyers to be included. and when we've heard mitch mcconnell talking about his own sense of not being an impartial juror, think of that as an audience of one at pennsylvania avenue, a reassuring signa

phil rucker and msnbc correspondent garrett haake on capitol hill. phil rucker, garrett haake, i'll start with you. it had letterechoes, to me, of . he took out the exclamation points and sort of dumped all of his grievances into a single document, in his words, for the purposes of history. >> yeah. nicole, i would go so far as to say this may stand as one of those historical momentos of the trump presidency. this is an important document, six pages long. you're right in how you characterized it. it's almost like trump decided to take all the arguments he has made on twitter, at campaign rallies, on camera to reporters throughout this entire impeachment inquiry and jam it all together in this letter. he used every description he could come up with, from fake to fantasy, to illegal, to dangerous, to describe this impeachment inquiry. then at the end he acknowledged that he doesn't think his letter, his appeal, his protest is going to do much to persuade the outcome of tomorrow's vote. you know, he realizes that this is pretty much set and predetermine

so i want to go to garrett haake up on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. we know what final result will be. they just opened the chamber doors and some of the first members to get on to the floor for this morning's debate are members of the house freedom caucus. that tells me that we are expecting a bache oig bare knfi. we'll see an hour of debate to open the debate and then six hours of debate time. but it is more like watching a basketball game, the clock can stop and start for votes, it can stop and start if the speaker takes the floor. they would like to make the argument that republicans -- or the democrats voted to impeach this president after dark in the night of washington, d.c. democrats much as we saw during the markup want to happen during the light of day. i expect to see a lot of constitutional arguments from democrats to try to expand the time line here beyond just that july 25th phone call. and expect to hear republicans parroting a lot of the president's talking points. they will call that 25th phone call perfect and they will say that vote

peter baker, jill colvin, garrett haake. thank you all three of you for coming on. coming up for us, a former federal prosecutor on rudy's perilous and puzzling travels to ukraine.us the moment between these two men, joe biden and the iowa voter he called a damn liar as "the 11th hour" is just getting started in front of the national christmas tree on a thursday night. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh! -ahhhh! elliott. you came back! >>> rudy giuliani under investigation for his role in ukraine is in ukraine tonight where naturally he's conducting interviews as part of his investigation into the bidens. earlier today the associated press obtained photos of giuliani meeting with a ukrainian lawmakers. the ap reports he has promoted unsubstantiated claims against the bidens. "the washington post" reports he's a key figure working to build a corruption case against hunter biden adding, quote, he pressed giuliani on the need to set up a joint investigation into corruption in ukraine at the meeting in kiev. he also vowed to set up an anti-corruption group

joining me now from capitol hill, msnbc's garrett haake. garrett, let's talk about this. the next step in this process is recommendation to the full -- it's a recommendation that goes to the full house for a vote. the republicans are working to try and sway, i think the number is 30 or 31 so-called front-line democrats. democrats who are in districts in which they have not won handly or they've turned the district over to try and get them not to support this impeachment resolution. >> that's right. many of these democrats represent districts that the president carried in 2016. so they'll be top targets again of republicans in 2020. look. when the only vote that we have taken as the full house happened, that was the vote to open this impeachment inquiry. there were a number of democrats who apreaproached it more cautiously than others. they wanted to see what information turned up. some of those democrats will be the target of republicans who would like to peel away more than the two votes they got from democrats in opposition to the impeachment inquiry in the first place.

joining from capitol hill, garrett haake, phil rucker, with us at the table chuck rosenberg, carol lee, and michael steele. i want to get to what is obviously the big history that was made today, articles of impeachment, but there is this sort of i -- i think a way to describe it as a shiny object, this offensive being orchestrated b for the purpose sort of riling up and reanimating donald trump's base before they hear any of the facts from the ig report yesterday. what do you make of christopher wrayat finding himself today in the uncomfortable position of being attacked by donald trump on twitter, and contradicted by the ag? >> it's okay to be uncomfortable and okay to be contradicted if you're speaking the truth. what directorpe wray did was spk the truth. the ig report found, the ig found and reported that there was no political bias or political motivation that infected the work of the foik. that's what director wray said. if you're contradicted for telling the truth, if you're uncomfortable because someone i attacking you for telling the truth, guess what, you told the truth. >>

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garrett, we've been talking a lot about the process, about what has happened and what comes next. you to just pull me back and tell me what it's like to be on capitol hill right now. this is an historic day, only the fourth time impeachment articles have gotten this far. does it feel different than a normal day? >> reporter: ironically the vote itself was anticlimactic after 14 hours yesterday of debate that did feel like it was building to a very important moment. look. the two sides here have been so dug in really for the last couple weeks. everything that's happened here, bliel historic, was something of a forgone conclusion. but over yesterday in particular these hours and hours and hours of debate, it really did feel like we were building to something momentous. most of the folks who cover capitol hill were not around for the clinton impeachment, all experiencing this for the first time. most of the members for the house side weren't here for the clinton impeachment. it feels like a historic moment and uncharted territory here. we can all read and study what's going to come a

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joining me now from capitol hill is msnbc's garrett haake. garrett, what's the feeling on capitol hill about what this week's going to look like? >> i think it's another buckle your seatbelt week, ali. we got members just starting to come back into town. tonight, we'll have the release of that report. sometime tomorrow night after members approve it. then the hearing wednesday. there's potential to go either way. i could see it being anti-climactic since it's focusing on broader constitutional grounds. but it's the judiciary committee, which has traditionally been the most partisan committee in congress. members going after each other as much as they might be going after the constitutional basis for this report. and then, oh by the way, we're going to have rolling deadlines all week long. we could potentially have additional hearings announced next week. we've got this deadline on friday for the president and his attorneys to decide if they want to participate in the inquiry at all. so we're up against an end of the year deadline. it isn't a

but first, garrett, you want to jump in on these phone calls? >> there's another set of call logs in here that are notable. nunes in april when giuliani was first stating to get on the ground in the ukraine and talk publicly about the investigation into the bidens, there's a several minute call with nunes then later on in the call logs, there's calls between nunes and parnas, the associate of rudy giuliani currently under federal indictment. nunes has been outside player in the drama, but based on these call logs, which again appear to be turned over pursuant to his sub b ppoena and not previously reported, looks like he's going to have explaining to do. >> i thought nunes is suing over reporting his connection to lev parnas. he's not engaged with the allegation, but he was suing saying it's all a bunch of fake news, right? >> he's a fairly lety jous person. my recollection is that he's sue ing about conversations about a meeting that a he had. this is now call logs, phone calls of several minutes in duration. he's not suing about that but perha

garrett haake is on capitol hill. and garrett, if we can, i'd like to start with you. set the scene for us there. and how, perhaps, today feels different from the last time we did this, the last time we set up what we knew were going to be days of coverage on the hill. >> reporter: yeah, brian, today the surprises won't come from the witnesses. the actual testimony we expect to hear today will be part history lesson, part legal seminar. if that's not very exciting to folks, the fireworks today could come from the members themselves. the judiciary committee in the house is historically the most partisan committee in the house, and this body is no exception. you'll see some of the president's top defenders here, doug collins, ranking member on the republican side jim jordan is back. matt gaetz will likely introduce himself as one of the president's more vocal defenders here. the witnesses here, all law professors, will lay out -- there are three democratic witnesses, one republican-called witness. based on opening statements, you will hear one witness lay out why he beli

garrett haake on capitol hill. the house financial services chair maxine waters defended speaker pelosi's decision to delay transmission of the articles of impeachment when she spoke with my colleague hallie jackson this morning. >> there is a lot of discussion going on about how the articles are going to be transmitted. and i think the only thing that the speaker is looking to is just whenever the senate is ready, and we're able to, you know, determine who our managers are, and understand the rules, we're ready. and i think there's no deeper strategy than that. i just think that too much is being made of this. i think that the speaker, nancy pelosi, simply wants to make sure that she understands what's going on. we have to identify our managers. we have to pick them according to maybe what the rules are and who will be the best to represent us. and that work has to be done. and this business about it being some strategy to leverage and all. i think that's just kind of like, you know, being made up in order to make

garrett, can you take me inside the room? this does look like, as a former staffer, i am noticing some of the staff work that's gone into the production. the audio/visual is all there. the testimony that underscores some of the arguments they are making is there. and to jason's point, the republicans that are sort of landing some blows seem prepared with arguments that whether they are good or bad, have at least been thought through. >> reporter: yeah. look, i mean, i think from the moment we got past the opening statements in the several parliamentary efforts that republicans made to slow down these proceedings, you saw that this is a choreographed production, the audio/visual elements, which, to the embarrassment of a lot of people, didn't work very well in the intel committee hearings when the fact witnesses were here. were all smooth today going back to some of those more powerful moments with bill taylor's testimony, the testimony of other witnesses. we were seen that all played out on video, the democrats in particular

jason garrett and the cowboys try to clinch the afc east with the wood in philly, it did not happen, up 3-0, a six-year touchdown, eagles up 10-0, 3rd quarter, 10- 6 philadelphia, mile sanders from short range, eagles up 17- 6, the last chance for dallas, a minimum is 21 to go then prescott, they need this with a two-point conversion but no, and complete, the eagles win 17- 0, philly clinches the east with the giants to next unit, if they lose in dallas beats washington, the cowboys are in. the number one sanford, the women, the cardinals, and a dunking freshman in texas today the fourth quarter tied at 52, this is a tight one, kenny williams down three, the card is up three. a tight game, three minutes to go, charlie collier with a monster game for texas inside with 20 points and 19 rebounds, texas up, five seconds to go, stanford needs three but they turned it over and texas upsets sanford 69-64, the cardinals undefeated 10-0, they lose to texas today and drop 10-1 in the top spot. >> something interesting about the raiders somebody things had to happen today, all the students had

i'll start with you, garrett. so far we know there's a hearing on monday and that's pretty much all that's on the books. walk us through what is expected in the impeachment inquiry as it creeps along here. >> reporter: members of the judiciary committee, at least the democratic ones, will be here over the weekend working towards that monday hearing. a presentation of the intel committee's report. it's something of a box-checking exercise, if you have access to the internet you could have read the report by now. but it's one more chance for democrats to start making their case ahead of the actual writing, the construction of those articles of impeachment. something we know will be led by the six committee chair men that have been working on the investigation, as well as speaker pelosi. she's basically not going to be caught by surprise by anything in those articles. she's going to be working on them, too. you mentioned a deadline, by tonight we should know whether the white house is going to send a lawyer or anyone

and major garrett was formally chief white house correspondent. he now covers just about everything in washington as our chief correspondent in this town. thank you all for being here. nancy, you've had an incredibly busy end of year, and we may start 2020 with a trial, or will we? will president trump face a trial in the senate, and what will it look like? >> act one is over. act two is just beginning. we will definitely see a trial. i think it will happen in january. you know, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell have con this dance so often they could do it with their eyes closed. it's just that now they're fighting over impeachment. they're staking out their positions early. she wants to know what this trial is going to look like, whether there will be witnesses before she sends the articles of impeachment over. he says he doesn't have to listen to what she has to say. >> brennan: so major, we begin and end the year with impeachment. what will the president do here? because he chose not to participate in the house case. if it goes to a trial, what

all right, major garrett, margaret brennan, thank you. now, congress voted essentially iaong party lines on impeachment. oet what does the rest of the country think? well, dean reynolds looks at how ooters coast to coast are reacting to the impeachment, and he got an earful. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: as history was made in washington today, a divided country dug in. >> any time you seek to use your office for your personal, political or monetary gain, then you should be impeached. >> reporter: do you think the charges are bogus? >> yes, i do, completely, 100% bogus. >> politics is a crazy game. i don't get caught up in it. >> reporter: at frank's diner in canotoa, wisconsin, the state a neoperty won by a near 23,000 votes, steve lawless said mr. trump deserves what he gets. >> i don't think he's been a good president. i think he has broken a lot of laws. he broke a lot of laws before he was president. yeah, i'm all for it. >> reporter: but at p.j.'s cafe in dallas, tv monitors told an impeachment story almost no one was

garrett, no sign of any compromise, neither side appears to be budges here. as everybody heads home to their districts for the holidays, is there anything you see that could happen in the next couple weeks? will there be any real conversations behind the scenes? >> reporter: mostly holiday tour groups here today. here is how mitch mcconnell left things on the senate floor before they closed for business for the year. take a listen. >> we remain at an impasse because my friend, the democratic leader, continues to demand a new and different set of rules for president trump. the house democrat prosecution seems to have gotten cold feet. other house democrats seem to be suggests they'd prefer never to transmit the articles. final with me. >> chris, they're stuck on this question of witnesses. chuck schumer says he wants four, john bolton, mick mulvaney and two budget officials involved in the withholding of that money. in the clinton impeachment trial there were witnesses. in the andrew johnson impeachment trial there were witnesses. at least in the clinton trial

joining our conversation, msnbc correspondent garrett haake.rett haake, the few republicans that still talk to me ask me why i'm so hard on them. it's those words she just said, when you know in your bones something is wrong, you stand before booing constituents and do the right thing. is there one republican since you've been covering that building the last few weeks that have been able to say that to you? >> there won't be one in the house, no. she joins with these freshman democrats in coming out back in their districts and making this argument in favor of impeachment. since we've been on the air, abigail spanburger, another veteran, saying she, too, will support both articles of impeachment. everybody was running around this building quoting ben franklin of a republic if you can keep it. democrats are using this other franklin quote, we must hang together or we will hang separately. they have looked at the information provided to them and found the facts to be damning. i was in slotkin's district the week the inquiry was announced. she did