hallie jackson made the trip to new york to join me for the morning. good to see you. d -- mother is right aro >> backstage. no pressure. >> no pressure on you to perform for your mother here. china, with the tariffs. on friday, as promised, the president bumped them to 25% on $200 billion worth of goods. negotiating tactic here from the president because there is still time to turn this around. >> the tariffs are in effect now. the entire tariffs areha ening. but there are tariffs on goods, on stuff, things you and i buy all the ti, groceries, fruit and nuts, clothes, handbags, it is on chinese ships. till a couple of weeks for the ships to come u.s. shores. and that's when the tariffs kick in. there is two or three week grace period where if they are able to come to a deal, none of us will feel the heavy financial impact that a lot of people are bracini for,t? here is the question, though. as mike pointed out, there is no date for more negotiatiose. the chieam left. the delegation in town talking with treasury secretary mnuchin and the president' presentative is on t

>> hallie jackson, thanks. >>> a dangerous night ahead across the u.s. 21 million people under threat of flash floods as a disaster unfolds in a city along the mississippi river. nbc's kathy park is tracking it. >> reporter: tonight, the water is still rising along much of the mississippi. davenport, iowa flooded after a barrier was breached. >> i'd say like three to four feet within less than ten minutes. >> reporter: emergency crews rescuing people by boat. >> the water just started like a river. it would have been up to my waist. >> reporter: the river here topping an all-time record set in 1993. people in seven states are bracing for even more rain and possible flash flooding. the storms lighting up the skies. >> oh, my god. this is -- >> reporter: the severe weather making its way from texas and oklahoma into arkansas where today a possible tornado touched down flipping trucks and blowing roofs off buildings. millions now bracing as a dangerous system makes its way east. kathy park, nbc news, dallas. >>> an emotional scene today as one of the two victims killed in the shooting at

hallie jackson with the latest twist from washington. >> reporter: making a show of a no show house democrats aiming anger at an empty chair rather than the attorney general. >> mr. barr's moment of accountability will come soon enough. >> reporter: one lawmaker bringing a bucket of kfc. >> what is the message you're trying to send? >> bill bas a chicken. >> reporter: william barr did not appear because he did not want to answer questions from staff lawyers on the judiciary committee. democrats made that highly unusual demand, republicans saying it's theater. >> really, can you honestly say you're serious about this or is this a circus at a political tool? >> reporter: barr runs the risk of being held in contempt of congress but if that happens, it wouldn't have much teeth. ask former attorney general eric holder also held in contempt during the obama administration. for barr it's not the only flash point after this explosive comment from the house speaker. >> the attorney general of the quite n of america was telling the truth to the congress of the united states. that the ame. >> reporter:

nbc's white house correspondent hallie jackson is here to go through it. more trouble in one of the biggest cities, houston. crews are working to contain a major chemical spill after two barges collided with an oil tanker. they are concerned about the possible health effects. we will go there live. and later, a sunday sit down with keanu reaves with a career that launched 30 years ago with a travel through the matrix and now arrived at a john wick movie. before he was say star, he was almost someone else. >> when are i got here, they wanted to change my name. >> welcome to hollywood. change your name. >> they said how about kc reaves? my heart is wounded and arrows. i think that's an arrow. >> a sunday sit down with keanu reeves and another life well lived and a beautiful mother's day story all later in the show. let's begin in washington where president trump is going after his former white house counsel, don mcgahn after the error refused requests to publicly clear the president from obstructing justice. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to y

for the latest we go to hallie jackson who is traveling with the president. halle, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, frances and marlie, good morning to the both of you. president trump is waking up again in japan after holding a news conference with prime minister shinzo abe of japan we were there and there were some notable moments coming out of this press conference we knew that trade and north korea would be top of the agenda and they certainly were in this discussion president trump, when asked about whether he thought the recent missile test by north korea violated u.n. security council resolution, president trump said it didn't matter to him. he said some in his administration, notably john bolton, believed those tests do violate the resolution president trump said he was unbothered by them, essentially brushing off the concern about what north korea is doing. he was also asked if he still had confidence in bolton, and president trump said he did, which is notable given that bolton just essentially contradicted president trump a matter of 48 hours

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lester >> all right, hallie jackson, thank you debate raging ino the alabama over what is considered the strictest abortion bill in the nation it's setting the stage for a battle that could be destined for the u.s. supreme court. nbc's stephanie gosk now with late details on that. >> reporter: a standoff in the alabama state house tonight. >> this is going to be unconstitutional >> reporter: legislators debate changing a bill that if passed would make alabama the first state to ban abortions at any stage of pregnancy since rov. wade was decided in 1973 >> this life as a child, younow, you got to give it to opportuny to grow. >> reporter: the bill makes performing an abortion a felony. doctors would face up to 9 years in prison so far, a serious health risk to the mother is the only exception. some state legislators arguing for more in the cases of rape and incest either way, critics of u the bill arein arms. >> it's absolutely ridiculous that a oc legal prure is trying to be criminalized in alabama. this is still legal federally nationallyt' >> i unconstitutional >> reporter: and tha

hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> now to that move by uber and lyft drivers planning to strike during tomorrow morning's rush hour in several cities from coast-to-coast. joe fryer has details on what the drivers want and if it could impact your commute. >> reporter: for passengers who rely on ride sharing apps, tomorrow's commute could be uber hectic. >> it's going to be a nightmare. >> reporter: drivers for uber and lyft plan to strike in several cities, from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in new york and even longer in other places, including los angeles, san francisco and atlanta. other cities could see strikes and rallies too. uber driver kevin ragu will shut off his app tomorrow. he says his pay has plummeted recently. >> i want better earnings. i want them to acknowledge we have a big problem. >> reporter: many drivers say when you add in gas, car maintenance, insurance, and other costs, it's tough to make a living. the protests come with uber set to go public later this week. the company could be valued at more than 90 billion. >> uber admits in its public filings that if driv

with me now with more, chief white house correspondent hallie jackson, back with me moments after we. pete williams. what's the latest? >> reporter: i'll let pete go through the legal piece of it, ali. the idea that the white house and department of justice is invoking immunity, directing don mcgahn not to appear before the house judiciary committee. let me read this. this was sent simultaneously from the press secretary as the doj sending its legal opinion on why they believe they have a leg to stand on in essence. the white house says department of justice provided this opinion that based on long-standing bipartisan and constitutional precedent, the former counsel to the president cannot be forced to give such testimony and mr. mcgahn has been directed to act accordingly. the white house continues this action has been taken in order to ensure future presidents can effectively execute the responsibilities of the office of the presidency. so the white house is invoking this argument that essentially if we have to do it now, have to let former white house counsel testify now, this cou

we get the latest from our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: yet another escalation may be just days away as president trump leans into his threat to slap even more tariffs on china and $325 billion worth of its products. >> about the 325 billion, we're looking at it very strongly. we're having a little squabble with china because we've been treated very unfairly for many, many decades, or actually a long time. [ closing bell ] >> reporter: today markets rebounded a bit with the dow closing up more than 200 points. that's after the tariff tit for tat triggered a topsy turvy ride yesterday. >> do you think you're winning the trade war, mr. president? >> i think we're winning it. do you want to know something? we always win. >> reporter: but it doesn't look like winning to tim bardol, who is losing money on his soy bean crop as the chinese buy less of it. still he voted for president trump in 2016 and supports him now. >> what president trump is doing should have been done 15 or 20 years ago. then it would have been an easy fix. >> reporter: the president plans to talk

i'll hand you off to my friend and colleague hallie jackson. >> i'm hallie jackson in washington. democrats are starting to walk out of an emergency closed door meeting in a morning of breaking developments on capitol hill. the house speaker trying to keep her caucus in line making her case as the impeachment drum beat gets louder. has the dam broken? in a minute we'll hear from one lawmaker inside the room about what went down and all happening as steven mnuchin faces fire. let's listen to what nancy pelosi has to say. >> excuse me. right now the judiciary committee is marking up the dream act and we have our legislative agenda that we're moving forward on. it was a very positive meeting, respectful sharing of ideas and i think very impressive presentation by our chairs. we do believe that it's important to follow the facts. we believe that no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. and we believe the president of the united states is engaged in a cover up. in a cover up. and that was the measure. thank you. >> some of your members on impeachment, is t

i want to go to chief white house correspondent hallie jackson in tokyo where president trump has been attending a state banquet with the japanese prime minister, so president trump and prime minister abe are on the same page with a lot of issues but this notable exception, north korea came to the floor over the last several hours. tell us how that is playing out today. >> reporter: that is for sure, and just to note, the president is leaving the state banquet you referenced. he and the first lady walking out moments ago. we expect them to head back to the hotel. they'll be asleep for the night, just as back home, folks are waking up and waking up to the news you're referencing, chris, related to north korea. president trump asked very specifically about north korea's recent missile tests, down playing them essentially brushing them off, saying they don't matter to him which stands in direct contradiction of what we heard from his host, prime minister shinzo abe. the japanese prime minister says he believes those missile tests do violate un security council resolutions and it's not jus

hallie jackson for us at the white house. i want to continue what hallie was talking about, at the heart of what donald trump is proposing is the creation of a merit-based immigration system. the white house released estimates showing that right now, 12% of people obtained green cards and citizenship based on employment and skill. the plan is to increase that to 57%. right now, 66% of people enter based on family connections. the plan is to reduce that to 33%. it's all part of the administration's plan to create what they call or what donald trump calls the build america visa, recognizing three categories. extraordinary talent, professional and specialized vocations, and exceptional students. essentially, this system would favor implicates who speak english and are well educated. the president has praised the immigration systems of canada and australia, which use a points system to prioritize skilled immigrants, but according to the nonpartisan publication, econofact, no country admits immigrants exclusively through this syste

philippe ryan is former assistant deputy secretary of state and nbc reporter hallie jackson. hallie, there has been some criticism on the president's comments on north korea and joe biden specifically. what more can you tell us about th that? >> reporter: craig, the criticism is coming from both side of the aisle for president trump, specifically on the comments he made first in tweet form and then in spoken between form at a news conference next to prime minister shinzo abe that essentially kim jong-un was correct when he insulted former vice president joe biden. president trump was pressed about this by my colleague in the white house, jeff mason, about how the president could feel comfortable or appropriate siding with the north korean dictator over an american citizen, a former american vice president. president trump said he believed kim jong-un's attack on biden were correct. this shows how the president has his eye on domestic politics even as he's dealing with thorny foreign affairs issues in japan. prime minister abe has spent the last four days trying to shower presi

let's go to nbc's hallie jackson, following the president in tokyo. hallie, another welcome to you. you have the president keeping you extremely busy with these activities. but trade remains high on his agenda, yeah? >> it does. the president is downplaying, alex, expectations for any trade deal happening during this trip or after the g-20 summit at the end of june. the president tweeted about this. he called a fox news reporter and told him over the phone that he has no expectation of getting to a trade deal before the japanese parliamentary elections happen. what does that do? that gives shinzo abe a little breathing room to deal with his domestic situation, before grappling with the u.s. on the golf course or in the car, the two of them did talk about trade. here's what he had to say when the two leaders were enjoying dinner at a hibachi-style restaurant in tokyo. watch. >> thank you. we had a great time and a great stay and tomorrow is the main event, important event in the history of japan. over 200 since something like this has happened. it is a great honor to be representing

. >> joined now by nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson traveling with the president in japan there. former supreme commander at nato and msnbc chief international diplomacy admiral james sand au a book "the coming collapse." hallie, start with you. what did you hear before the press conference and what did you hear after? >> reporter: start with the after piece. craig, questions, right? from people back home in the united states. wondering why the president said what he said. specifically the comments about north korea not violating those united nations security council resolutions with pyongyang's recent missile test. the president didn't just dismiss and downplay those tests. he brushed them off altogether and also acknowledged in doing so was contradicting his own top aide, national security adviser john bolton, keep in mind, he just this weekend here in japan told reporters that he believes that, in fact, those tests do violate the u.n. resolutions. the president not just contradicting john bolton but contradicting shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister. the guy

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let's go to hallie jackson who is following the president on his trip to japan. i guess it's evening time there. let's talk about the expectations from this trip. what are they? >> reporter: sure. well listen, personal, not i policy. i think that's a fairway to sum it up. i got off the phone with a white house official and emphasized this trip is about relationship building for president trump and shinzo abe. that's code for friendly it's diplomacy. it's not a trip in which the president is looking to come home with a trade deal with instead this instead this is about spending time with somebody who the president is close with on the international stage. shinzo abe his closest friend on the world stage. the two will play golf. theology go to a sumo wrestling and then and then he'll meet the new emperor of japan. he'll be the first leader to do so, to be able to have that it honor. it will be a lavish ceremony. expectations are the president will come, he'll work on his relationship with these japanese trade leaders. trade deal again, trade will definitely be a to

nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is traveling with the president. good morning or good evening to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning or good evening back at you, willie. it has been all smiles here in tokyo so far from president trump who seems to be saving his toughest talks for twitter. that's where he basically undercut his national security advisor by downplaying north korea's latest missile test saying they fired small weapons which disturbed, he said, some of his people but not him. that is no severe reference to his top aide john bolton's comment saying that they do violate the united nations resolution. the japanese leaders are concerned about the north missile launches. that's a point of contention when the president and prime minister meet more formally tomorrow. in the same tweet the president also praised kim jong-un for going after a potential 2020 rival, joe biden. it won't just be north korea on the agenda. trade is going to be front and center, too. this is interesting. the president is now acknowledging he's not really going to pu

yet when our colleague nbc's hallie jackson asked if trump would back up his claim about having the mostent administration in history, the president passed the buck. >> should don mcgahn be held in congress? >> i don't know what's going on. i can tell you there's never been anybody so transparent as the trump administration. >> you talked about transparency. if you're transparent why block these house democrats. >> because they are asking for thing that they are not entitled to. i could ask them, i assume, if they ask me, i could ask for the same kind of thing. >> members of congress are not required to make their tax returns public but every major presidential candidate since the 1970s has released some of their tax returns. at least the end of the current democratic presidential candidates have released recent tax returns all dating back at least for a decade. >> let's talk iran. the trump administration is entertaining a potential plan that would involve sending tens of thousands of troops to the middle east amid growing tensions with iran. according to the "new york times," citing ad

joining me now my friend and colleague at the white house, hallie jackson and economic correspondent f the politico money podcast ben -- hallie, i want to start with you. what do we" from the talks tonight? >> sure, let's talk about the when and how. we know it's going to start at about 5:00 this evening. that's what president trump has been talking about. that's where much of his focus is today. you can tell based on what he's tweeting and talking about. as for the how these talks will go, likely pretty contentiously. listen, people inside this administration are really frustrated with china. even after a lot of optimistic noises over the last several weeks, because they feel like china, the chinese negotiating team led by the price premier backed out of commitments he made. you have heard from lighthizer on the front and mnuchin as well involved in this. i don't expect this will be a lot of smiling happy hugging, if you will, this evening. i think this is going to be them getting down to brass tacks. something the president mentioned, this letter he said the chinese president, presi

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where hallie jackson is standing by. hallie, i apologize to you. we had to give that some time. those are some incredible people. >> a worthy interview for sure, ms. ruhle. we'll see you back later this afternoon. i'm hallie jackson in washington. bridges are burned between the white house and democrats in congress with speaker nancy pelosi getting ready to talk live this hour. you want to talk roads in d.c., it's more like the road to nowhere with no lanes of communication open, no movement on issues that have to get hammered out and no regrets on the part of the president as he accuses the house speaker of lying about that throw-down in the west wing, all after his ultimat ultimatum, stop your investigations or else everything else stops, too. >> we believe that the president of the united states is engaged in a coverup. >> i don't do coverups. >> get these phony investigations over with. >> to watch what happened in the white house would make your jaw drop. >> i pray for the president of the united states. >> we're going to bring you the speaker's latest response live this ho

in fact joining me right now is white house correspondent kasie hunt, and also hallie jackson, and correspondent covering the doj, julia ainsley, and university of mad michigan law plofgts professor barbara mcquaid and also national security analyst frank fri sghchlt u sch ichlfri. >> the summer just got hotter. and nancy pelosi's statement didn't mention impeachment. but jerry nadler suggested that he wants to move forward. and we've been hearing rumblings of that behind the scenes that particularly the judiciary committee was really anxioiage for impeachment. so i'm interesting to see how far he goes when he talks to reporters in a couple minutes because i think that it will tell us a lot about where we stand here. i think we seem to be moving toward a place where impeachment may be inevitable. the dam really seems to be breaking wide open because miller i think to tmil mueller i think the message has really been mueller wants us to take action. >> and the language of his report today, hallie jackson, we just have a minutes, but the spoken word of robert mueller had a clarity to it which had b

to talk about what we saw, hallie jackson. halley, i'll start with you.s of the day seems to be china and now we understand that the president is going to be meeting with president xi at the g-20? >> which is going to be about a month too late, because remember those retaliatory tariffs are set to go into effect june 1st. so i asked, can you guarantee a deal will go into place at june 1st? the president repeatedly said he believes the u.s. is in a very good position. essentially, we got 'em right where we want 'em, is his attitude toward this. here's the problem, though. there are a lot of american consumers and other experts that believe that's simply not the case. remember, the cost of these tariffs gets passed on to consumers. the president seemed to implicitly challenge that when he talked about aid to farmers. he put tariffs on $15 billion with farmers that have been struggling. he will meet with the president in beijing, but the president wants to keep negotiating, it sounds like, but i think he's in the position he wants to be. there's a couple oth

hallie jackson is there with him in tokyo. hey, hallie. >> hey, chris. good morning to you there.ing here as the president has now wrapped up his day in tokyo. and it was as you say action-packed for sure. the president in a notable ceremony became the first world leader to meet japan's new empero this is this is a trip as white house officials told me that is all about relationships, not just the relationship between the trumps and the japanese royals here as we saw in that ceremony this morning, but critically the relationship between president trump and prime minister shinzo and abe. and while the two emphasized what was described as the unshakable bond between these two leaders and between these two countries, there was a serious point of digression when it came to those recent weapons tests by north korea. president trump downplaying them, prime minister abe not doing that. >> watch. >> north korea has tremendous economic potential like perhaps few other developing nations anywhere in the world. and i think that he is looking to develop that way. he knows with nuclear that's

hallie jackson is traveling with the president in tokyo. good morning or good evening to you. >> reporter: good morning or good evening back at you, it is all smiles here in tokyo so far from president trump who seems to be saving his toughest talk for twitter. he undersccut his national security adviser saying pyongyang fired small weapons which disturbed some people, but not him. keep in mind, japanese leaders here are concerned about the north's missile launches, so that's possibly a point of contention when the president and the prime minister meet more rmally tomorrow. in that same tweet, the president also praised kim jong-un for going after aia potent 2020 rival, joe biden. it won't just be north korea on the agea for those talks tomorrow. trade is going to be front and center too. and this is interesting. the president is now acknowledging he's not reallyg goin push for a new trade deal with tokyo until after the japanese parliamentary elections sere this summer. what that does i give the prime minister a little bit of breathing roo

hallie jackson is there for us. hallie, good morning to everybody out there, good evening to you. the president seemed to make more news for praising kim jong-un rather than japan's prime minister, shinzo abe. talk to us about that. >> reporter: yeah, listen, plenty of praise for both leaders, which was interesting and striking, especially given that president trump did not back down from his dismissal, you could call it, downplaying pyongyang's latest provocation. the president asked directly whether he thought those recent missile tests by north korea violated united nations security council resolutions, and the president says, it doesn't matter. he says he thinks perhaps kim jong-un was simply trying to get his attention, and this is significant, because it contradicts not only just his national security adviser, john bolton, who publicly just this weekend said that, yes, those missile tests do violate u.n. resolutions, but it also contradicts his host here. prime minister shinzo abe, who said the same thing. now, abe also went out of his way to make the point that president tr

hallie jackson has that news. >> hey, ali and stephanie. letter sent from the white house lawyer working on matters related to russia. sent to barr, the attorney general of the united states. and let me highlight some key things. this was obtained by b nbc news from a white house source. and this is significant for a few reasons. it is a blistering, which you could call attack i suppose on the special counsel's report describing that report as suffering from what flood calls an extraordinary legal defect. that it fails to comply with the requirements of governing law. this five-page letter in some, it's five pages, essentially defends the white house decision to in effect stone wall or agree not to cooperate with house v t investigatio investigations. flood is making the argument that just because the white house cooperated with the special counsel, robert mueller, in a variety of ways by providing document, by allowing officials to sit with special counsel interviewers, it doesn't mean that the white house feeling they need to provide this

you can check out my good news ruhles on instagram and hallie jackson in washington. >> inside the west wing, you know they are watching this. breaking news with the markets down sharply. look at this. the dow is down about 501 points this morning. why? that's because china has slapped back at the president with a tariff threat of their own. american farmers. china is making these moves even after the president warned them this morning not to. what is the white house's next move? is there any hope for a deal? small business owners and farmers across the country certainly hope so. >> i don't like raising my prices. i don't like charging my customers more. >> so compared to what we have made in the past. >> keeping a family on the farm is very important to us and with the drop in prices, it gets harder and harder to exactly keep it within the family. >> our team is here with this story and the many others we're bringing you this hour. my colleague kristen welker at the white house and stephanie ruhle is sticking around and also joining us the politico power duo. let me start with you, we'

. >> hallie jackson is overseas in tokyo. we're live in ohio where we learned one person has died after a line of rapid fire tornadoes overnight. millions are without power this morning. the path of destruction from eastern indiana through central ohio. one ohio mayor says some areas look like a war zone. >>> meantime, president trump is on his way home from japan. a foreign trip that saw him fixated on politics at home with fresh attacks on 2020 arrival joe biden and a trip that left him more isolated on north korea after publicly disagree with a key u.s. ally on the missile tests. our team is here with those stories and more. hallie jackson live in tokyo and our a-team of journalists this hour. betsy woodruff and msnbc contributor and eugene scott, political reporter for "washington post." hallie, let's start with you. the president is getting criticized by democrats and even republican allies after going after joe biden during this foreign trip. what is happening here? >> yeah, listen. this is an instance where president t

i'm stephanie ruhle in for hallie jackson. tomorrow marks one month since joe bidep gn got into the race president. according to a new "vanity fair" report that takes us inside the operation. republican operatives have begun a vast effort to derail biden in the primary or at the very least, make sure he hobbles into the general election. joining me now, david druker, we have reporting for "vanity fair" and katie still here. david, take us inside the gop operation, as you call it. >> i think it's interesting because joe biden who couldn't buy a vote the first two times he ran for president. this time he's the big fish and he's the one that most, not all, but that most republicans fear the most in a general election. they worry he could eat into trump's margins with the white working class that are so important to him. and they worry he could finish the job that democrats started in the suburbs in the mid-term elections. what they have been doing and this goes back more than a year, is going through the last 50 years of his life

coming up right now, more news with hallie jackson. that will be great. >> the georgia democrat is making big news here as we welcome you to washington. she's still thinking about her own political path she fights to make sure every person in her state counts. we'll explain that later this hour in a conversation you will not want to miss. plus look at the inside scoop from joe biden's 2020 team and why they may reportedly be plotting a, quote, early kill. but we start at the white house, working to rally republicans around a new immigration push that does little to get democrats to the table. the president today will explain details of that plan to make sweeping changes to the country's legal i'm grace system. we'll preview what's in it in a minute. here is what is not in it, anything related to the 11 million undocumented people living here and anything r

our hallie jackson was in the oval office today to get the president's reaction to the escalating trade war. >> reporter: today the moment the market's been dreading, china's clap back at the u.s. as it slaps retaliation tariffs on products from the u.s. starting 18 days from now. can you guarantee a trade deal with china by june 1st? >> we're in a great position right now no matter what we do. yeah, i think china wants to have it. >> reporter: but talks have stalled as the president bets he can get beijing to blink first. >> we've been taken advantage of on all of our trade deals practically. this is a very positive step. >> reporter: the tit for tat could cost manyri for things like luggage, electronics and toiletries. it's already frustrating farmers to sell crops to china like the heartman's. alexis hopes to be the sixth generation to take over her family's illinois family farm which will only survivor if prices stop dropping and china starts buying. >> in order to keep farming, we need to be able to keep up with technology, production and stuff like that. and in order to do that, w

i'm hallie jackson in washington. to the pennsylvania line where the president is headed with his campaign scrambling to make up lost ground in states that gave him the white house in 2016. >>> and in one of those states, a republican congressman is breaking ranks with his party on impeachment. we learn this morning he is now going to face a primary challenge as some of his constituents talk with us. >> would you consider voting against your congressman? >> i will, yes. >> because of this one issue. >> very well could be. >> we are tracking how republicans here in washington are responding to that and what this might mean for nancy pelosi. >> he votes more with nancy pelosi than he ever votes with me. a question whether he is in our republican conference as a whole. >> our team is here with these stories and many others we'll bring you this hour. we start with kristen welker at the white house and shaquille brewster and here with me on set anna palmer and phil rutger of "washington post." heading back to the rust belt

coming up right now, more news with hallie jackson. stacey abrams, that will be great. >> the georgia democrat is making big news here as we welcome you to washington. she's still thinking about her own political path she fights to make sure every person in her state counts. we'll explain that later this hour in a conversation you will not want to miss. plus look at the inside scoop from joe biden's 2020 team and why they may reportedly be plotting a, quote, early kill. but we start at the white house, working to rally republicans around a new immigration push that does little to get democrats to the table. the president today will explain details of that plan to make sweeping changes to the country's legal i'm grace system. we'll preview what's in it in a minute. here is what is not in it, anything related to the 11 million undocumented people living here and anything related to the daca recipients known as dreamers. >> my message to donald trump is that we dreamers are going to keep fighting to have a reform and we are not going to g

where hallie jackson picks up coverage. >> thank you much. i am hallie jackson.ews on the escalating power struggle along pennsylvania avenue. the white house versus the house. and at any minute an assist from the senate because mitch mcconnell is about to be on your screen right there declaring the russia investigation is case closed. stopping a big fight over who might be held in contempt and who might not. don mcgahn is on the list. as of about 25 seconds ago, the former white house counsel hit a deadline to hand over a bunch of documents. jerry nadler is also threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt. his staff is meeting with the doj today over democratic demands to see the full unredacted mueller report. and rounding out the

msnbc contributor barbara mcquade, and also with us, hallie jackson with me in the studio. kelly o., i'll start with you there on the hill. walk me through how all of this played out. >> reporter: well, there has been a simmering movement toward impeachment. and basically, this is like, if you survey the democrats, there are those who feel very strongly about it. others who believe that while they may think personally the president has committed some impeachable offenses, they don't necessarily think it's politically the right move or that the time is right in terms of the process. so we will be measuring this sentiment toward impeachment over a long, hot summer here in washington. and one thing is clear. the leadership, which includes, of course, house speaker nancy pelosi and key committee chairpersons who run the committees that are in many ways, like judiciary here, able to move the ball forward, are not yet there. but you do have more rank and file members who are saying they believe that with the white house rebuffing them on different kinds of investigations and igno

. >>> coming up right now, more news with my friend hallie jackson. >> i am hallie jackson, a day ofresident characteristically defiant, unloading on robert mueller, insisting even in the face of the facts, that russia did not want to help him win the presidency and trying to turn the page, all after one of the most consequential 24-hour periods of his presidency. >> it was to me the same as the repo report. there's no obstruction, there's no collusion. there's no nothing. >> do you still think robert mueller behaved honorably? >> i think he's totally conflicted. as you know, he wanted to be the fbi director and i said no. he was conflicted. look, robert mueller should have never been chosen because he wanted the fbi job and he didn't get it, and the

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i i'm kristen weller in for hallie jackson. the president is tweeting about jobs, jobs, jobs.yone is bracing for what "the washington post" describes as an all the-out war. the president overnight defending his attorney general against democrats' claim that is he lied to congress and broke the law. >> i think they're treating our attorney general who's a highly respected man, very unfairly. >> the president also saying the former white house counsel don mcgahn, the trump official most cited in the mueller report shouldn't testify before congress and i'll speak about all of this and more with white house deputy press secretary steven groves. but first, the team is here with that story an the other headlines to watch at this hour. i want to get to jeff bennett on capitol hill, kelly o'donnell at the white house. jeff, what are democrats' options right now as

. >> i'm chris jansing in for hallie jackson this morning. the president is leaving new york on his way back to washington, but not before prodding democrats on his top issue of the day, immigration. we'll get to what he's saying in just a minute and why it's really more about politics than policy. all of it coming just months after a bruising government shutdown over funding for a border barrier. and the president declaring a national emergency. remember that? well, today that national emergency declaration faces its first test in federal court. our team is here with that story and all the others we're going to bring you this hour. i want to start with hans nickehols at the white house an pete williams with what to expect in court today. hans, i guess the white house couldn't even get mitch mcconnell to endorse the plan. i guess any suggestion that this was aimed at bringing the two sides together went away quickly when he bashed democrats yesterday when he was announcing it. but even if this is just about 2020 messaging. why roll out someth

hallie jackson coming from tokyo. thank you so much. and that wraps up our coverage for now t. be sure to tune in at 6:00 a.m. for msnbc live. now we take you back to "date line." line." hey, listen i'm going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow, so we can finish this. okay? >> okay. >> reporter: taz told leon he was bringing a partner. >> i'm gonna bring with me the navy s.e.a.l. guy because he wants, you know -- so we can this done -- >> reporter: taz didn't tell leon. his new partner was really an undercover police officer. then leon said something taz wasn't expecting. >> we're taking care of both problems? >> what both problems? >> both of the individuals that we're talking about. >> taz looked at me and shrugged his shoulders. >> reporter: a second potential victim has just been added to the mix. >> yes, right. yes. >> reporter: leon agreed to meet at an olive garden restaurant with taz and, the undercover officer, who went by adam. we've agreed not to show his face. what is the goal of this meeting? >> make sure that this really is a murder for hire and to gather eviden

i'll hand you off to my friend and colleague hallie jackson. >> i'm hallie jackson in washington.emocrats are starting to walk out of an emergency closed door meeting in a morning of breaking developments on capitol hill. the house speaker trying to keep her caucus in line making her case as the impeachment drum beat gets louder. has the dam broken? in a minute we'll hear from one lawmaker inside the room about what went down and all happening as steven mnuchin faces fire. let's listen to what nancy pelosi has to say. >> excuse me. right now the judiciary committee is marking up the dream act and we have our legislative agenda that we're moving forward on. it was a very positive meeting, respectful sharing of ideas and i think very impressive presentation by our chairs. we do believe that

chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is there. president trump just wrapped up his state visit and is on the way home to the u.s. we have several key headlines coming out of the trip. president trump joining with kim jong-un in attacks against joe biden, and the president defending north korea and that dictator against his own national security adviser. walk me through the fallout here. >> reporter: a lot going on here, steph. let me take the two topics, those are the two big headlines out of the trip, one foreign, one domestic. this trip to tokyo was meant to reinforce the president's friendship with japan's leader, shinzo abe. keep in mind the president is on the way home, 30,000 feet over the country, he landed in alaska for refuel, he will land in washington later this afternoon after speaking with troops at an air base near tokyo earlier today for memorial day. here's the deal. it is meant to reinforce friendship with prime minister abe, but there was notable split on the issue of north korea. when asked directly if the north

where hallie jackson picks up coverage. >> thank you much. i am hallie jackson. we're following breaking news on the escalating power struggle along pennsylvania avenue. the white house versus the house. and at any minute an assist from the senate because mitch mcconnell is about to be on your screen right there declaring the russia investigation is case closed. stopping a big fight over who might be held in contempt and who might not. don mcgahn is on the list. as of about 25 seconds ago, the former white house counsel hit a deadline to hand over a bunch of documents. jerry nadler is also threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt. his staff is meeting with the doj today over democratic demands to see the full unredacted mueller report. and rounding out the list of trump world folks under fire, steve mnuchin who again refused to hand over the president's tax returns. and we're also watching fbi director christopher wray talking spying now in his first testimony since the redacted report's release. and what about robert mueller himself? when might we se

. >>> coming up right now, more news with my friend hallie jackson. >> i am hallie jackson, a day of classic donald trump. the president characteristically defiant, unloading on robert mueller, insisting even in the face of the facts, that russia did not want to help him win the presidency and trying to turn the page, all after one of the most consequential 24-hour periods of his presidency. >> it was to me the same as the repo report. there's no obstruction, there's no collusion. there's no nothing. >> do you still think robert mueller behaved honorably? >> i think he's totally conflicted. as you know, he wanted to be the fbi director and i said no. he was conflicted. look, robert mueller should have never been chosen because he wanted the fbi job and he didn't get it, and the next day he was picked as special counsel. so you tell somebody, i'm sorry, you can't have the job, and then after you say that, he's going to make a ruling on you. it doesn't work that way. why didn't mueller investigate comey, his best friend or his very good friend? >> you think he behaved dishonorably? >>

coming up more news with hallie jackson. >> i am hallie jackson in washington where, yes, it is a busytching that explosive fight between house democrats and the attorney general over the mueller report. any minute on the left side of your screen, you're looking live at the room where the house judiciary committee will vote on whether to hold bill barr in contempt of congress. because he's refused to make everything in that report available to congress. after last-minute negotiations between the two sides fell apart overnight. >> do you think bill barr cares if he is held in contempt by the house? >> don't know. doesn't matter. >> we've got our team with the high stakes and the high drama on this and all the other stories we're bringing you this hour. but, let's start with my msnbc colleagues and kelly o'donnell, pete williams and hans nichols at the white house. kelly, what do we expect to go down over the next 30 to 60 minutes in

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democrats are pouncing and we get details from our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: president trump opening up a new front on a familiar issue. >> our proposal is proamerican, proimmigrant and proworker it's just common sense. t of the house's immigration plan would boost security along the border including adding some wall construction but the biggest changes would affect legal immigration in a shift to a merit based system right now the administration says 66% of immigrants get green cards because of family connections. under the new plan, the majority of immigrants would instead be educated and high skilled workers. to get in, people would have to pass a civics test and get points based on their age, ability to speak english, education and any job offers. >> america's immigration system should bring in people who will expand opportunities for striving low income americans, p not to compete with those low income americans. >> reporter: but the plan does not address the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the u.s. or so-called dreamers younger pe