. >> i'll talk to the chair of the democratic house caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. former homeland security secretary jeh johnson. amy walter, national editor of the cook political report. and lonny chen, a fellow at the hoover institution. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we have breaking news. obviously, special forces have killed the leader of isis. commandos carried out a raid overnight in northern syria along the border with turkey. president trump just said isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is among the dead. president trump made the announcement himself this morning. >> last night, the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakr al baghdadi is dead. he was the founder and leader of isis. the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in

i'll get reaction from house judiciary committee member hakeem jeffries and member rich blumenthal.ur correspondents and analysts are standing by. first to sun land supati. it is now public. >> it is indeed. this sets up a big vote on thursday in the full house. the only significant moment in the impeachment inquiry, this resolution lays out how they will be essentially conducting the next phase of this inquiry, the public hearings, how witnesses will be questioned, by whom and for how long, and the potential for reporting articles of impeachment. now, this all comes as today it was another day of explosive testimony that at this hour is still going on capitol hill. bombshell testimony on capitol hill. >> this is a very, very important moment. this is a person that was there. >> reporter: from aex ander vindman, the national security council's top ukraine expert, telling house investigators today he was so troubled by what was happening with ukraine he raised concerns twice to his superiors. >> we've got all kinds of opinions from several witnesses over the last few weeks, but the f

>> i asked hakeem jeffries that question. >> ask adam schiff. why won't he do it?eleased the call. unprecedentsed. he released a call with a foreign leader. that hasn't been done very often. why won't adam schiff do the same thing? there were 67 pages of text messages. why a few highlighted by the democrats, the same democrat staff that met with the whistle-blower before he filed the complaint and adam schiff wouldn't tell us that. the same adam schiff who did the false statement at the start of the hearing a week ago. the hearing. the same adam schiff that met with michael cohen before he testified. this is -- i think americans see this. >> i asked congressman jeffries about adam schiff. you talk about ambassador volker. he seems to under cut your entire premise with something he said thursday. i have known former vice president biden for 24 years. the suggestion he would be influenced by his duties for money has no credibility to me. i know him as a man of integrity and dedication to our country. that seems to under cut the entire premise of what you're talking a

. >> in terms of the house vote that we will see tomorrow, john just asked hakeem jeffries, what about? who is behind this? he was noncommittal on the answer. how important will that be in terms of messaging when we see how much support there is or is not for this resolution? obviously, they're going to take it and -- >> the democrats want to call out republicans who say we just have to make this legitimate with a vote and they'll call them out if there's no support for what they're doing at all saying that they met that standard. republicans will say this is simply an about-face and still a sham process. that will all play out the way it has been. i think what's interesting about where we are this morning is that you have two things happening. you have this initial whistle-blower. now you have all the supporting detail that is creating this damning portrait for the president and for the white house on ukraine. and all of these details are being filled in. now we're to the point of ellipses and missing portions of the transcript that may be explosive. at the same time, you have a white

joining me from new york, congressman hakeem jeffries who shares one of the top leadership on the housee of things. welcome to "meet the press." >> good morning, chuck. >> obviously, there are a few topics i want to talk to you about. but the news of the morning, the killing of al baghdadi, your initial reaction to it and i'm curious if you have learned or if you know speaker pelosi has learned any information outside of what's been said on camera? >> well, it's not clear yet whether the administration has communicated with speaker pelosi as the president indicated he did not do so in advance of the operation. this is a very meaningful step in the right direction in terms of the war on terror. the military should be commended. the intelligence committee should be commended. the men and women of the delta force who carried out this operation should be commended. i am pleased that it's been completed in a very substantial way. and that they have returned home safely and no american lives have been lost. >> are you pleased that the president green lit this mission and you think it's been a

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you showed a clip of hakeem jeffries laying out the case for this impeachment inquiry.t is pretty straightforward. trump is not honorable. alone should be enough to have people more interested than just wanting to be blind support for him, then to look at what he did. he was an brazen by them mueller report because they did not do anything. we know the ukrainians are allies and the russians, every since i have been a citizen of the united states, as a little kid, the russians have been enemies. this cozying up, it just don't look right. saidcomey testified, he things had fuzz on them. that is the fbi term. donald trump is disgraceful and needs to be impeached. i hope and pray that he is impeached, and the people wake up. enke for your time. -- thank you for your time. host: talking about hakeem jeffries on the floor of the house yesterday, just one of a few members who took to the floor of the house to talk about the impeachment inquiry. another was bradley byrne of alabama. this is what he had to say about the impeachment resolution being voted on today. [video clip] i

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] y >> next, the chair of the house democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. and he and other democrats talked about the impeachment inquiry. they spoke to reporters during their weekly news conference. mr. jeffries: good morning, everyone. we had a very robust discussion in the caucus meeting today around issues connected to syria, which we'll talk about momentarily. and we have three distinguished co-chairs of the caucus, national security task force, with us. but also on h.r. 3, which is part of our continuing effort to lower health care costs on behalf of the american people. we promised in advance of november, 2018, that were we given the chance to serve in the majority, we would focus like a laser beam on driving down the high costs of life-saving prescription drugs. the american people pay more for prescription medication than any other developed country in the world. we pay more than canada or australia or japan or great britain or france or germany. oftentimes five or six times the amount for the same drug manufactured in the same location. it's unac

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] y >> next, the chair of the house democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. and he and other democrats talked about the impeachment inquiry. they spoke to reporters during their weekly news conference. mr. jeffries: good morning, everyone. we had a very robust discussion in the caucus meeting today around issues connected to syria, which we'll talk about momentarily. and we have three distinguished co-chairs of the caucus, national security task force, with us. but also on h.r. 3, which is part of

q and i feel that now to the chairman of our caucus hakeem jeffries. i thank you congresswoman maloney i think the distinguished chairs for their diligent work throughout this process this is not a celebrate sorry moment here in the capital city this is a solemn moment it's a sober moment it's a serious moment. none of us came to congress to impeach this president or any president. but duty now requires that we investigate the serious wrongdoing that is hiding in plain sight this is a moment for every single member of the house of representatives to put principle over the party to put the constitution above corruption to put democracy above dereliction of duty this is not a moment this impeachment inquiry is not about democrats versus republicans it's not about the left versus the right it's not about progressive versus conservatives the impeachment inquiry is about right versus wrong. and we have a constitutional responsibility to follow the facts apply the law be guided by the constitution and present the evidence of wrongdoing to the american people

listening to hakeem jeffries, who was on sunday with "state of the union" in advance of me.'re going to take the president down on, one, withholding the money from the u cranes, holding it hostage, two, intimidating the ukrainian president and, three, trying to cover it up. all three of those pillars of their inquiry fall flat. in the first instance the money was not being held hostage. it was legitimately being held up while debate was being held about the proper contribution to ukraine, the republicans senators will testify to that i blow when it comes time. there is some question as to legitimacy of the ukrainian president, was there corruption still going on. so that's all there. number two, was the ukrainian president intimidated? you don't have to take anybody else's word but the ukrainian president. he said he felt no intestimoimi and he didn't know the money was being held in abeyance and, three, that this was somehow covered up. this was not covered up. it was stored in a secure place just like many other calls are in the normal course of business because of incredi

thank you, and i yield now to the chairman of the caucus hakeem jeffries. >> thank you, congresswoman maloney, and i thank the distinguished chairs for their diligent work throughout this process. this is not a celebratory moment here in the capital city. this is a solemn moment, a sober moment, and it is a serious moment. none of us came to congress to impeach this president or any president. but duty now requires that we investigate the serious wrongdoing that is hiding in plain sight. this is a moment for every single member of the house of representatives to put principle over party. to put the constitution above corruption. to put democracy above dereliction of duty. this is not a moment, and this impeachment inquiry is not about democrats versus republicans. it is not about the left versus the right. it is not about progressives versus conservatives, the impeachment inquiry about right versus wrong. we have a constitutional responsibility to follow the facts and apply the law, and be guided by the constitution and present the evidence of wrongdoing to the american corruption. it

it was hakeem jeffries yesterday talking about these next steps, the role democrats will take.video clip] where we in a phase are moving from information gathering primarily through depositions into the public truthtation of facts and to the american people and consistent with that process moving forward, it has been determined it is appropriate to willne how the transition take place from the investigation that is ongoing now into the public presentation of witnesses, documents, information, and the truth to the american people. host: that took like -- place yesterday. from st. louis, missouri, democrats line first this morning, your thoughts on the process when it comes to impeachment. what do you think? caller: hello. i am first time caller and i think the proceedings are exactly the way they should be. wheren it to a grand jury they compile evidence to see if there is actually a ruling to impeach the president and as time goes on and as they have found already, it will all come out and all parties will see the evidence. a lot of people have called, especially republicans, t

party is with me here tonight, the chairman of the house of the democratic congress, congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. how are you, congressman? good to have you. let's start on that point about the scope. you know, someone said something the other day. said it's like when you shake the tree all these crimes fall out. why would you stop shaking the tree and keep the inquiry limited to the scope of ukraine? >> it is important to shake the tree. what we've seen basically is that the trump administration has been characterized by five things, chaos, crisis, confusion, corruption and criminal activity. and we are going to -- >> you didn't just do that on the spot. >> i did. >> no, you didn't! >> we're going to follow the facts, apply the law, and uncover and present the truth to the american people. >> but that's not a response to the question. right now there's an inquiry whose scope conducted by chairman schiff pursuant to the impeachment inquiry covers the ukraine matter and only the ukraine matter. am i misunderstanding that? >> to clarify the focus will remain on the trump ukraine scanda

when you hear people like hakeem jeffries, we showed. powerful in the house and leadership, top three. the g.o.p., he is saying, is a "cover-up caucus." it does undercut what nancy pelosi strategy might be in terms of "fairness display." if it is come to try and get to courts, "show us your grand jury testimony, capote will testify," whatever it does undercut people far to . to say things like "the cover-up caucus." >> harris: when we watch the chiefs of police yesterday, that wasn't a rally, but the biggest applause line he got for that entire speech was about the sham impeachment. it's interesting. that's one of the reasons i don't trust those poll numbers anyway. wildfires are forcing californians to evacuate their homes of another state. we are live in northern california where one fire has grown to twice the size of san francisco. wow. plus, , and other top isis leadr is dead following a separate u.s. attack in syria. this means for the terror group, and our national security, next. ♪ every american wants their dollars to work as ha

this is democratic congressmemember hakeem jeffrie. >> thousands of african-americans were slaughtered during the lynching epidemic in this country for no reason other than the color of their skin. compareident should not the constitutionally mandated such achment inquiry to dangerous and dark chapter of american history. it is irresponsible for him to will, and i hope that he apologize. amy: the turkish military has halted its invasion of northern syria after reaching an agreement with russia tuesday that would force syrian kurdish forces to retreat from a wide swath of the syrian-turkish border. the deal came after the turkish ogan met with russian president vladimir putin. syrian kurdish civilians have continued to flee amidst aand into iraq conflict that began after president trump spoke to erd ogan the telephone october 6, then abruptly withdrew u.s. troops from the region, clearing the way for the turkish invasion. this is a kurdish refugee. houses are still destroyed. people are displaced. people don't have money. so many people left for other countries. amy: conys of thes u.s.

listening to how judiciary member hakeem jeffries was on sunday with "state of the union" in advance. he said there are three things they're going to take the president down on, one, withholding the money from the ukraine, holding it hostage. two, intimidating the ukrainian president and, three, trying to cover it up. all three of those pillars of their inquiry fall flat. because in the first instance, the money was not being held hostage. the money was legitimately being held up while debate was being held about the proper contribution to ukraine. the republican senators will testify to that i believe when it comes time. there is some question as to legitimacy of the ukrainian president. was he pro western? was there corruption still going on? so that's all there. number two, was the ukrainian president intimidated? you don't have to take anybody else's word but the ukrainian president. he said no, he felt no intimidation, and at the time of the call, the ukrainian president didn't even know the money was being held in advance. and then three, that somehow this was covered up. this

. >> congressman hakeem jeffries, thank you for joining us. >>> and coming up, democratic leaders walked out of a white house meeting just a short time ago after what nancy pelosi described as a presidential melt down. >> he was insulting particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely, but he called her a third rate politician. >> plus the disparaging remarks the president reportedly made about his former defense secretary, jim mattis and facing widespread criticism for withdrawing u.s. troops in syria. the u.s. president today said the conflict there, quote, has nothing to do with us. meanwhile turkey today intensified its military campaign as even the u.s. calls a cease-fire. as even the u.s. a cease-fire it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

democratic hakeem jeffries and republican jim jordan. plus, the powerhouse roundtable of which matthew dowd is a part will discuss impeach and the 2020 race all coming up on "this week" later this morning on abc. whit, over to you. >> we want to turn to breaking news overnight. oktoberfest celebrations turning into chaos when a transformer blew sending a fireball into the sky. abc's kayna whitworth joins us from huntington beach, california, with more. kayna, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. so you can see behind me workers are trying to actually replace that trants former that explodes shooting some 70 feet into the air during the oktoberfest that was happening right here. now, i spoke with these festival hall owners. they said they had to evacuate some thousand people and it was really the quick thinking of the restaurant owner that saved them. overnight a california oktoberfest celebration rocked by an apparent transformer explosion, sending that massive fireball into the sky in huntington beach. >> you could see th

hakeem jeffries of the house, who is speaking creative got kevin mccarthy, leader of the republicanse house, and we've been dipping in and out. right now we want white house reaction to all of it. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent, john roberts, from the north lawn. john, big day. >> yeah, no question, it's a big day. harris, if you remember, a few short weeks ago, in a letter from pat cipollone Étude nancy pelosi, the white house said it would not cooperate with the house impeachment inquiry until there was a vote in the house to authorize that inquiry. the democrats say that was the vote they held today, but the white house is disagreeing and they are looking at what happened today in this resolution that they were voting on. they say it was it was illegitimate, as the process leading up to it. in a statement from stephanie grisham within the past hour, the white house said speaker pelosi, chairman schiff, and the democrats in the initial phase conducted secret behind closed doors meeting's , blocked the initiation of participating, and offers a second round of hea

at the house democratic meeting this morning, rudy giuliani was the butt of a joke congressman hakeem jeffriesd a seth meyers sizzle reel of giuliani's recent cable appearances. the room erupted in laughter." [ laughter ] that's right as house democrats - [ cheers and applause as they were meeting to discuss impeaching the president of the united states, they were watching a sizzle reel of our rudy giuliani jokes. [ laughter ] we -- does that mean i could get called as an official witness? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause in the impeachment oh, my god [ cheers and applause i -- i mean, i already have my testimony prepared "yes, mr. chairman while i do not have any insights into mr. giuliani's conversations with ukraine, i can confirm that he does, in fact, look like he accidently stuck his [ bleep ] in an electrical socket. [ laughter and applause yes, you heard me right. [ laughter ] so you got the president dangling a quid pro quo, asking for a political favor, and repeatedly prodding a foreign leader to speak with his personal lawyer and manufacture a baseless smear of a political opponen

i'm going to have a meeting with hakeem jeffries, soon i hope. to discuss this.he title of my book, is reparations. because what i am suggesting is, that there needs to be over a million people necessary to do the work to completely change from fossil fuel electric power to hydrogen fuel cell electric eswer - >> will get a response and thank you for your questions and comments. >> i think the reason why the callers not i can take a response is because of the monday of the candidates out why this idea is it seriously is because it's in a serious idea, it is actually true that renewable power has been radicallyuc reduced emissions which are not say that there are a measurement to any technology. including the local environmental impacts of mining for rare metals and for solar power and wind power. which is why in the book i talk about the fact that we can't think of this is simply flipping a switch from fossil fuels through nobles and everything else staying exactly the same. we do have a problem. a real problem of overconsumption particular overconsumption with a

i'm going to have a meeting with hakeem jeffries soon i hope to discuss this in the title of my books "reparations" because what i'm suggesting is that there would need to be over a million people necessary to do the work to completely change from fossil fuel electric power to hydrogen fuel-cell-- cell electric power. host: thank you. we will get a response. guest: i think the reason why a call or isn't getting response from many candidates or why this idea isn't being taken seriously is because it's not a tragically serious idea. it's true renewable power with battery power does radically reduce emissions, which is not to say there aren't environmental costs to any technology. that includes the local environmental impacts of mining for rare metals or solar power and wind power, which is why the book i talk about the fact that we can't think of this as simply flipping a switch from fossil fuels to renewables and everything else staying the same. we do have a real problem of overconsumption particularly overconsumption with sort of a disposable mindsets in the wealthy world and there

hakeem jeffries tweeting out deeply saddened by the passing of chairman elijah cummings.represented west baltimore with strength and dignity. heaven has gained an angel of justice. may he forever rest in power. that is one reaction from members of congress. senator roy blunt saying elijah cummings was a good friend and powerful advocate for what he believed. the last time i saw him, he thanked me for working with carla hayden, the librarian of congress. he saw a lot of things change in we lifetime, but understood were not where we should be yet. my heart is broken. as i weep personally and for his family, community, his unmatched integrity and leadership leaves a remarkable integrity -- legacy. his struggle for justice and freedom lives on. may his memory be for a blessing. some of the reaction from elijah cummings'- of elijah passing away. robert in pennsylvania, republican. back to our conversation. what do you think about republicans, democrats coming together? vietnami am a disabled veteran and i agree with the syria.nt to get out of speaking of abandoning the kurds,

. >> jon: congressman hakeem jeffries praised the president on this move. >> it was certainly an appropriateon to green light and in that regard the president made the right decision. now we need him to continue to make appropriate decisions moving forward. >> jon: your take, time. >> it was tough to find democrats willing to give the president credit. a lot of them gave credit to the forces. this is a boon from president trump and his reelection. you remember when osama bin laden was killed. president obama made that part of his reelection campaign. bin laden is dead. we saw his approval rating jump 7 points. we'll see how this effects president trump's approval rating. certainly the fight against isis and taking out this guy was far as the makes a erm impact it will hav. difference. al-baghdadi was the founder of isis. he formed the caliphate. he was an inspirational leader. when you take out a leader like that it will have a major impact on the organization. we went into syria with our sd partners to fight isis. >> you you allow the mail tear to do their job this is the success that you g

that from hakeem jeffries after the democratic leadership press conference.ack to you. >> bill: a lot to track. back with you as it moves there from capitol hill. five minutes past the hour. we roll on to last night. >> medicare for all is the gold standard. it is the way we get healthcare coverage for every single american. >> your signature is to have a plan for everything except this. >> somebody who wrote the [bleep] bill. i do think it is appropriate to acknowledge that taxes will go up. >> at least bernie is being honest and saying how he will pay for this and taxes are going to go up. i'm sorry, elizabeth but you have not said that. >> sandra: that was some of the fireworks from last night's big democratic debate. the candidates ratcheting up their attacks on the new frontrunner elizabeth warren. martha maccallum is anchor of the story. it was a big night, a late night. what did you think? ronna mcdaniel was on earlier saying it was a big win for the republican party what they saw. dnc is happy with how it went. xochitl hinojsa joined us. what was it?

next, we will hear from congressman hakeem jeffries of new york about other administration appointees stepping forward. onator roy blunt of missouri the senate investigation into the president in ukraine and mark sanford and joe walsh on whether they would vote to support the housing. . -- house inquiry. >> this is a matter of urgent national concern. the inspector general is a trumpet appointee. we have a circumstance where the general counsel to the cia, a donald trump appointee, made a criminal referral to the department of justice because she was concerned about the wrongdoing as it relates to the president. appointees who are clearly unnerved by the lawlessness of this president. >> the senate committee i serve on has been asked to look into this. i think that gives us the responsibility to get to the facts before we reach conclusions. others might reach their conclusions a little quicker than we are, but in terms of other people stepping forward, i heard earlier today that maybe this would be a first-hand source. >> that is what the attorney says. >> we have seen the transcript

next, we will hear from congressman hakeem jeffries of new york about other administration appointees stepping forward. onator roy blunt of missouri the senate investigation into the president in ukraine and mark sanford and joe walsh on whether they would vote to support the housing. . -- house inquiry. >> this is a matter of urgent national concern.

congressman hakeem jeffries moments ago. >> we have to make a decision based on their conscience anddecide to most effectively represent the districts they are privileged to serve. the overwhelming majority of the house democratic caucus are publicly on record supporting the impeachment inquiry. >> sandra: live fox team coverage now peter doocy is in concord, new hampshire. first to john roberts to kick things off at the 11:00 hour on the east coast. >> good morning to you. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is up on capitol hill at this moment. a member of the national security council at the white house joined in july of 2018 fox news has learned that the white house tried to block his appearance and limit his testimony but vindman there in the army dress blues showed up this morning. he was in the situation room listening in on the july 25 ukraine call. in his opening statement he said he was so concerned about what he heard on that call that he reported it to the national security council's lead counsel who is john ice en berg. vindman personal information, decorated iraq war v