>> kasie, in 2016, a lot of democrats explained the win as a fluke. hillary clinton won by millions of votes and lost the electoral college. that can't happen again. our knowledge suggests that president trump's advantage for the electoral college might even been widening. the problem with the democrats is that the diversification of the country is happening most rapidly in the states that matter the least in the electoral college. if you go back over the census estimates, california has gained a net 1.5 million nonwhite eligible voters. texas has gained 1.1 million nonwhite eligible voters. and yet the white share in those states, the white number has remained the same on aggregate. what that means is democrats could be adding another million votes in california that don't lead to more electoral college votes. they could cut into trump's margin in texas by 800,000 and still not win a single electoral vote in texas. those demographic trends, that transformation, that's less present in the states that are going to decide the electoral college specifica

i'm kasie hunt. the president's own department of homeland security has issued a scathing report on the squalid conditions found in a number of migrant detention centers along the border. the report from the dhs' office of the inspector general describes dangerous levels of overcrowding for long periods of time. in one facility, some adults were kept in standing room only conditions for a week. while in another, many migrants spent more than a month in small cells packed dangerously over capacity. most of the adults have not had a shower despite some of them being held as long as a month. some facilities provided wet wipes to maintain hygiene. one man blocked in a crowded cell held up a crudely made sign for inspectors begging for help. meanwhile, many children were held without care for basic standards of living including access to showers and clean clothes. at two of the five facilities visited by the inspector general children were not give hot meals untilspectors arrived. but according to the pre

>>> welcome to "kasie dc." i'm kasie hunt. we're live every sunday from washington 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, 13 seconds in america. after days attacks from president trump, the crowd in north carolina chants "send her back" about congresswoman ilhan omar. after disavowing the chant, the president doubled down. >>> and the week is finally upon us, the former special counsel plans to testify on capitol hill and put his report in living color. senator jackson lee will join us live. >>> but it all started with a series last sunday, the president suggesting a minority group of democratic congresswomen should go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came. here's how the week unfolded from there. >> as far as i'm concerned, if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave. >> send her back! send her back! send her back! >> i started speaking quickly. it really was loud -- i disagree with it, by the way. but quite a chant. i felt a little bit badly about it. those peop

kasie hunt takes over for me in washington. kasie? >> ali, good afternoon. see you at 3:00. i'm kasie hunt in for katy tur. >>> the biden campaign has just received some red flags. a new poll has the vice president losing ground to kamala harris. of course, there was a recent cnn poll showing the vice president down a whopping 10 points from the same poll last month. it is no surprise that the women contenders are surging with harris and elizabeth warren, the breakout stars of last week's debates, taking commanding positions. and while biden remains in the lead, he has reason to be worried about the future of the race. in no small part because it seems many of his ctop-tier competitors are in it for the long hall. pete buttigieg raised almost $25 million over the last few months. and bernie sanders matching his first quarter haul with $18 million. of course, with numbers like that, both men can comfortably pose a threat staying in the race throughout the next year. our big question today is, just how fragile is joe biden's early lead? joining me now, steve kornacki, "washing

one other thing, kasie. i asked about a story you have some interest in with your coverage of capitol hill and that's the confirmation for general hyten who is nominated to become the number two on the joint chiefs of staff. i asked the president whether he believed the accuser should testify publicly. there's been some concern and criticism from some democrats over that. the president said he'd leave it up to the senate to decide but reiterated his support of general hyten. >> we had some dramatic and emotional testimony on capitol hill today. leah, let me get your take on how this latest twist has unfolded with the president and elijah cummings. the president seemed to be direct in explaining why it was that he was so frustrated here targeting cummings, of course. he does chair a committee that has incredible power and is looking into the president's finances in a myriad of other things. but again, still making these assertions that, frankly, his standing with african-americans is in a place that, as halli

kasie hunt on capitol hill. kelly o'donnell at the white house. kasie, what are you learning as you are in the hall ways talking with members of congress some what do you think we will hear the next couple of minutes with leader mccarthy and others come out for the first time on camera since the president made those remarks? >> reporter: republicans really on the spot here, hallie. and so far we have seen a pretty wide range of responses with a handful of republicans calling the president's remarks inappropriate. senator tim scott the only african-american republican in the senate talking about them being racially charged. but others have essentially defended the president and said they don't think these remarks are racist. these tweets he put out on sunday morning. i key test for republican leaders and for the part -- a party that has largely acquiesced to the way this president does business. not just the policies he implements but the ways in which he talks about various, you know -- the ways in which he talks about african-americans, people of

so, hallie, kasie sets the scene at the house. republicans trying to get mare members to be no votes, despite a fair number of republicans coming out and criticizing or condemning these words. the question of how many of them will vote yes on this resolution. what's the white house bracing for, what's the white house been doing today? >> well, you've seen it on twitter, steve. you would have seen it potentially here at the white house, because many of these republican leaders, at least half a dozen, we understand, were supposed to come here for a meeting, but because of this, very remarkable, as you and kasie are talking about, floor fight, that didn't happen. they stayed over at the capitol. the president and the white house has told us that meeting is being postponed to a date tbd, and the president has been very public in trying to make it clear that he wants to make sure republicans stay unified against this resolution, that nobody votes for it, likely not an issue on that front. i will say, steve, no matter what happens from

>> reporter: yeah, kasie.a harris just wrapped up her last event of this two-day south carolina swing. she's finishing up the photo line now. we just talked with several voters here over in south carolina, and i take off of the point here in south carolina but also when we were here in iowa for several days last week for the first time i'm hearing voters consistently tell us that they're going to vote or caucus for kamala harris. that was not the case for the first five months people saying top three, top five. it's different though now. i want you to hear some of the tenor that she brings here on the campaign trail now, which is amped up a little bit since that debate just two weeks ago. here is a little bit of her in myrtle beach. >> this is a person who came in office on a campaign that was about make america great again. well again for whom? again to what? to before the voting rights act? to before the civil rights act? to before roe v. wade? to before the fair housing act? well, we're not going back. we'r

the larger issue here really, kasie, is about rule of law. will remind you a troubling development today that we're not talking about is the argument in front of the fifth circuit court of appeals that was made in the case texas v.eus where the trump department of justice is not defending the affordable care act even though it was upheld by the supreme court. this could have a consequence for 130 million americans with preexisting conditions who if the republicans, if the administration are successful in getting the court to overturn it could really lead to a significant loss of coverage for millions of americans. >> it's definitely something we are absolutely paying attention to. senator, big picture here with jeffrey epstein, i mean, the reality is, you know, his only ties to prominent politicians in the united states, it's not just donald trump, he also has ties to bill clinton, he has ties to prince andrew in the uk. what does it say about our society that this is something that was allowed to continue and go on for so long with so much s

kasie, thank you much.are continue to go watch what happens on the hill as it relates to the other big story of the morning. senator chuck schumer will take to the floor and call for the labor secretary to step down. we also have other breaking political news this morning, as if that wasn't enough. as one door closes, another one is opening. a 2020 shakeup. billionaire tom steyer jumping into the race. eric swalwell becomes the first big candidate to get out. >> deeply disappointed and hurt by the way they're treated and by what they think is the power elite in washington, d.c. something absolute critical, try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may. and that's exactly what i'm doing. my name is tom steyer, and i'm running for president. >> that is not what tom said earlier this year. now the activist is jumping in. he has a ton of money in the bank. is his crusade to impeach donald trump going to with voters. we have a 2020 contender, congressman tim ryan will join us in a minute. garrett,

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>>> welcome to "kasie dc." i'm kasie hunt. we're live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, america's broken immigration system on full display. deeply troubling images inside migrant detention centers as the president goes after liberal democrats in the country pz he erroneously said they came from as american politics goes from low to lower. plus, i talk to amy klobuchar about this country's failure and her plan to handle immigration. and i spoke to cory booker about his vision for reform and how to handle a rapidly aging population. >>> first, in a week after division spilled into public view, donald trump gave democrats something to unify around when he tweeted a group of progressive congresswomen should is, quote, go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came. though he didn't mention anyone by name, the president seemed to be referring to members of the so-called squad, which recently were engaged in a war of words with nancy pelosi. we should point

so come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. >>> welcome to "kasie dc." i'm kasie hunt.shington 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, 13 seconds in america. after days attacks from president trump, the crowd in north carolina chants "send her back" about congresswoman ilhan omar. after disavowing the chant, the president doubled down. >>> and the week is finally upon us, the former special counsel plans to testify on capitol hill and put

i'm kasie hunt in for katy tur, it's 11:00 out "wall street" and 2:00 p.m. in washington where president trump has ramped up his racially charged attacks on a member of congress for the second time in as many weeks. this time going after congressman elijah cummings, chair of the white house oversight committee. the president accuses cummings, who represents part of baltimore, of neglecting his prominently black home district which the president called rat and rodent in fessed mess where no human being would want to live. going on to tweet and retweet about cummings and his district nearly 20 times through this morning. at one point apparently responding to criticism about the tweets the president began labeling cummings and his fellow democrats the real racists for playing, quote, the race card. the president's comments follow racist attacks on four left wing congresswomen of color known as the squad earlier this month. telling the women, three of whom, were born in the united states, all of whom are citizens, to go back to their home countries. as well as a

it's time for me to hand it over to our friend kasie hunt. >>> good afternoon, i am kasie hunt in for katy tur, 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. here in washington. the democratic primary is firmly on the issues of race in america. kamala harris is surging in the poll since last week's debates. and authorities believe it's due in part to this moment, when she openly questioned joe biden's legacy on civil rights. >> to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. and it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. and, you know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> it was the sharpest critique yet of the democratic front runner's record on issues like bussing and criminal justice. but setting aside the politics nearly all of the 2020 democrats seem united in a larger cause, defense of senator harris after the president's so

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kasie hunt, let me start with you.e set it up there, we put the contempt perhaps aside for a second and just this question of impeachment. you've got a congressman who has the right to force the house to do something with this call for impeachment. what is your sense in terms of what exactly the house is going to be voting on here and when this vote's going to happen. >> well, steve, we're actually in a moment of pretty significant expense here on the hill about what democrats are going to do. we know that they have been planning this 5515 vote series on a whole bunch of things including that contempt vote that you mentioned. but we also know that they have been planning to deal in some way with this impeachment issue that congressman green has put forward. as of right now, we just don't have an update on how exactly democratic leadership is planning on doing this. we are trying to figure out is there a chance that the vote might be delayed. and we're also trying to figure out exactly what it is that leadership wants t

let's get more now from nbc's kasie hunt. >> reporter: tonight a forceful defense from general john hyt, accused of sexual a assault from former top aide. >> i want to say to you and the american people these allegations are false. orter: sitting just feet behind him, his accuser, army colonel katherine. >> he lied about sexually assaulting me. >> reporter: she didn't say anything until he was nominated for joint chiefs of staff. that's they investigated and couldn't substantiate the accusation. she said he went to her california hotel room in 2017, quote, pulled her to him and kissed her on the lips and tried to force himself on her. >> did that ennincident ?happen, general >> that didn't ever happen. >> the truth is general hyten is innocent of these charges. >> reporter:yten got back up from republican senator mcsally, an air force veteran who previously alleged she was raped by a superior officer. >>> what do yo say to his accuser? >> i pray she find the peace that she is looking for, but you cannot do it by destroying another person. >> reporter: you're somebody who had almost been

lester >> all right, kasie, thank you >>> and breaking news right now out of minneapolis, a delta pilot allegedly arrested for showing up at the airport under the influence. tom costello has late details on this story tom, what do we know here? >> reporter: lester, good afternoon be or good evening this happened this morning when the delta pilot showed up to fly the route from minneapolis on to san diego. when he went to the tsa checkpoint, the officers there thought that he looked or acted as if he was under the influence. they had minneapolis airport police do a sobriety check and, in fact, he was found to be under the influence. we can tell you delta a short time ago released a statement. in it delta said its alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry and it has no tolerance for a violation. the airline said it is cooperating with minneapolis authorities. the faa has a zero tolerance on anybody who is showing signs of being under the influence. those passengers on a plane, found another pilot and flew to san diego. lester >> all right, tom, with that breaking news, thank y

and host of "kasie d.c." on msnbc, kasie hunt.ut we have a lot to get to this hour. we begin with mitch mcconnell. last week on our show after mitch mcconnell's republican senate blocked a number of bills designed to combat russian interference in the u.s. elections, joe called out mcconnell's obstruction to those measures. mcconnell took to the senate floor yesterday to defend himself. saying that he is a hawkish foreign policy conservative who spent decades pushing back on russia. but senate minority leader chuck schumer disagrees with that. >> and the leader mcconwho will is the majority leader who can determine what is put on the floor he's put nothing on the floor on elections when last year we attempted in the appropriations bill to add more money to help the states harden their systems against cyber security -- against cyber attack, leader mcconnell opposed it. he said it's not needed. >> we'll also note that dennis mcdonagh said that mcconnell watered down the administration's warning about russia's attempt to interfere in

kasie, to you. you're aware of what the action is. where will this go down and how do you expect it to play out in the next little bit. >> this is democrats trying to set up a key test for the trump administration. i think over the last several months we learned not to expect the white house to comply with what congress demands of them. what they have been doing is build a case for the courts to try to get them to intervene and say to the trump add manage, no, you actually have to do what the co-equal branch of government demands that you do. this is a real blockbuster list of names they are going to subpoena here. at the top of it, jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, who, of course, the president has wanted to protect from things like there. there's also michael flynn. you can see all the people we're expecting them to subpoena in just a few minutes. there's also cory lewandowski, the former campaign manager. the big question is how does the administration go claiming privilege in each instance. the campaign is not protected b

kasie hunt takes over for me in washington. kasie? >> ali, good afternoon. see you at 3:00.t in for katy tur. >>> the biden campaign has just received some red flags. a new poll has the vice president losing ground to kamala harris. of course, there was a recent cnn poll showing the vice president down a whopping 10 points from the same poll last month. it is no surprise that the women contenders are surging with harris and elizabeth warren, the breakout stars of last week's debates, taking commanding positions. and while biden remains in the lead, he has reason to be worried about the future of the race. in no small part because it seems many of his ctop-tier competitors are in it for the long hall. pete buttigieg raised almost $25 million over the last few months. and

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nbc's kasie hunt is live on the hill.asie, he's going to answer every question without exception today. but last month when he was supposed to show up, he didn't. he said he slept through his alarm and then his lawyer said no, he was home sick. so who exactly is this man? >> so, steph, you've done a pretty good job of outlining it here. felix sater is a person of interest and was written up in the mueller report because he was involved in trying to get a range of visits to russia for the president as michael cohen was negotiating the trump tower project in moscow. so this falls into the bucket of looking at the president's ties to foreign governments, in this case russia, and his financial dealings with the trump organization. so this is really part one of the mueller report, and this had been put on hold. it was originally going to be in public back in march but they said, you know what, we want to wait until robert mueller's report comes out before we actually do anything with this. so as you point out, it was then put

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, democratic pollster, white house correspondent for pbs news hour, and republican strategist al cardena. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. we're going to get to the big political news of the week in a moment, but we're going to begin this morning with president trump's visit with north korea's kim jong-un at the dmz. it was an historic first as the two agreed to resume their efforts at a nuclear agreement. >> good to see you again. i didn't expect to meet you at this place. >> the president then walked over the border, briefly, becoming the first sitting u.s. president to step into north korea. afterwards, mr. trump spoke to reporters. >> it's just an honor to be with you. it was an honor you asked me to step over that line. i was proud to step over the line. >> nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is the at dmz. okay, richard, is this jus

pete williams, kasie hunt, capitol hill correspondent, she was in the hearing room today now waitingor the press conference to start with pelosi, schiff, and nadler. geoff bennett, i've got andrew mccabe. he took over after james comey was fired and chuck rosenberg, a senior fbi official and u.s. attorney who's worked closely with robert mueller in the past and is also a msnbc contributor. so pete williams, let me start with you. you've covered i think the longest. chuck rosenberg i think has worked with him. what today was the robert mueller you were used to and what today was the robert mueller you weren't used to? >> today is clearly not the same take the hill robert mueller who was a hard-charging fbi director and would be sometimes combative with members. you know, i don't think any of us expected to see that robert mueller today for two reasons. one is he's 74, he'll be 75 in two weeks. he is appearing before the committee really against his will with a mission in mind not to say very much, which i think he succeeded by his own measure because he was there under subpoena and de

we have a lot more to come on "kasie dc." jake of course soboroff talks about his new series "american swamp." and later dnc chairman tom perez stops by ahead of the next wave of democratic debates. and as we go to break, the reviews are in for robert mueller on capitol hill. >> testimony today on capitol hill from special counsel robert mueller himself. >> going live from democrats is they wanted americans, quote, see the movie. >> wait for the movie. watch the movie. it will be great. >> the booker was better than the movie. >> the plmovie was terrible. got a 12 on rotten tomatoes. >> stage craft was lousy. >> he did not get the award. >> the book was a splash but maybe the investigative minute jiers might be. >> they had the movie. it was called bob mueller's day off. now, at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. get 0.9% apr for 60 months on all 2019 models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. stay on top of things. a faster laptop could help. plus, tech support to stay worry free. worry free. boom! ha.ha. boom!

it's time for me to hand it over to our friend kasie hunt. >>> good afternoon, i am kasie hunt in fort and 2:00 p.m. here in washington. the democratic primary is firmly on the issues of race in america. kamala harris is surging in the poll since last week's debates. and authorities believe it's due in part to this moment, when she openly questioned joe biden's legacy on civil rights. >> to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. and it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. and, you know, there was a little girl in california who was

i'm kasie hunt.nt's own department of homeland security has issued a scathing report on the squalid conditions found in a number of migrant detention centers along the border. the report from the dhs' office of the inspector general describes dangerous levels of overcrowding for long periods of time. in one facility, some

kasie hunt from washington. >> great to see you all. i'm kasie hunt in nor ali vel chicago.nt frump is showing no signs that he plans to let up his attacks on four democratic members of congress. he tweeted this morning, quote, the squad is a very racist group of troublemakers who are young, inexperienced and not very smart. they're pulling the once great democrat party far left and were against humanitarian aid at the border and now against i.c.e. and homeland security. that note was sent as he traveled to u.s. supreme court to pay his respects to former john paul stevens who died last week at the age of 99. it also came just after one of the so-called squad members, michigan congresswoman r wowoma da talib spoke in detroit and had this to say about the president. >> it is really distressing that he is not talking about the real issues that matter. he's just attacking people because he has nothing else to do. because he doesn't a real policy agenda. he has no plan for the american people to move us forward. he just w

i'm kasie hunt in for katy tur, it's 11:00 out "wall street" and 2:00 p.m. in washington where president trump has ramped up his racially charged attacks on a member of congress for the second time in as many weeks. this time going after congressman elijah cummings, chair of the white house oversight committee. the president accuses cummings, who represents part of baltimore, of neglecting his prominently black home district which the president called rat and rodent in fessed mess where no human being would want to live. going on to tweet and retweet about cummings and his district nearly 20 times through this morning.

while all kasie hunt, nancy pelosi was cleaving the closed door meeting. there with the four rebels in the caucus going one direction on that key vote on the immigration bill. >> right, andrea, this goes back to the dispute about that is humanitarian emergency aide package that was passed before the july recess and a lot of progressive anger about having to pass the senate version of that bill. they don't think it provided the kind of guardrails that are necessary on the money that gave the trump administration too much leeway. pelosi had to address it at lengths. the first time they have been together since a lot of these fishers spill out into the open. you saw the interview that pelosi did over the weekend, these four progressives, the anger in particular from other members seemed to be focused on a couple of tweets that went out in the last couple of weeks. there is one that many took notice from mark spokane. there is also been some tweets from staffers notably, ocasio-cortez's chief of staff. he compares later that the tweet was deleted. it compares

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. >> reporter: kasie, as you well know, i'm here on your stomping grounds.ly had one hiccup, he was a defense industry executive for a long time. there was some consternation whether he would recuse himself about issues when he was in the defense industry and he declined to recuse himself from those issues. there was back and forth with elizabeth warren about it. he was confirmed by a wide margin. he's expected to be sworn in today and a more formal confirmation swearing in at a later time we're waiting to hear about. the next piece is his deputy secretary of defense, which has been david norquist just nominated from the white house. he's been serving in the performing duties of deputy secretary of defense since jim mattis resigned in september. we expect him to be confirmed pretty easily in a short period of time as deputy secretary of defense which means we will have two confirmed members of the top positions of the pentagon since december of last year. >> really remarkable, generated quite a bit of concern. courtney, thank you. say hello to will rogers on

. >> i want to bring in kasie hunt. you were talking about things that kelly mentions that was supposed to be happening today and that was the mueller testimony. you asked nancy pelosi question about mueller. >> reporter: that's under the radar and the conversation of the sudden focus on this impeachment may impact whether or not when mueller comes next week under the terms democrats are looking for. those conversations are still underway. it is supposed to be today and they put it off for week. they wanted more members of congress to be able to ask questions of robert mueller. nancy pelosi was quick to dismiss it. she calls the president the great distractor, he's been driving this conversation about racism and immigrants through the tweets he put out on sunday and that's the focus, more than half way through the congressional week and congressman green we should point out have done this before. this should not be acceptable. the racism should not be acceptable from a chief executive. that's the ground. there is a coup

let's kasie talked about clips from yesterday.'s play a quick roundup of a few of the best clips from yesterday. >> director mueller, the president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him. but that is not what your report said, is it? >> correct. it is not what the report said. >> the report did not include that he did not commit obstruction of justice. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and what about total exoneration? did you actually totally exonerate the president? >> no. >> now, in fact, your report states it does not exonerate the president. >> it does. >> could you charge the president with a crime after he left office? >> yes. >> you believe that he committed -- you could charge the president after he left office with obstruction of justice? >> yes. >> this just came out wikileaks, i love wikileaks. donald trump, october 10th, 2016th. this wikileaks stuff is unbelievable. it tells you the inner heart. you got to read it. donald trump oct

i am kasie hunt in watch. follow me on twitter and catch me every sunday on kasie dc. ali picks us up from new york. hey, ali. >> hey. have a good of a noon. >> you too. >>> keeping people in a pipeline where they won't succeed on the other send. that's what the acting -- for days lawmakers and lawyers have described absolutely horrific scenes in detention facilities holding migrants that are way above capacity. democratic lawmakers including alexandria ocasio-cortez toured migrant detention facilities in texas yesterday and tweeted officers were keeping women in cells with no water and told them to drink out of the toilets. this was them on their good behavior in front of members of congress. that's something democratic congressman joaquin castro talked about after talking to several women held in cells in several facilities. >> when we went into the cell, it was -- it was clear that the water was not running. there was a toilet but there was no running water for people to drink. in fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the to

kasie hunt, over to you and get the view from capitol hill. i want to play you something that we heard from democrat tim kaine on "morning joe" earlier today as pressure mounts on capitol hill for acosta to go. take a listen. >> the secretary of labor oversees human trafficking enforcement. human trafficking claims. what victim of trafficking is going to think under secretary acosta that they are going to be protected by a department of labor when this guy sided with the trafficker against the victims in such an egregious case. >> that is the crux of what so many democrats are saying. republicans not joining in. and we are now expecting acosta to go to capitol hill, right? >> well, he has been invited to come to capitol hill. >> important distinction. >> to testify. whether -- to my knowledge, certainly our reporting here on the hill does not yet suggest that he has accepted the invitation from obviously he has appeared periodically before hearings that address the budget of the department of labor, that is a traditional thing. this is somethi

kasie hunt joins along with sahil, betsy.d hearsay yesterday she doesn't have regrets, she doesn't look backwards. >> and i think it's going to be the same nancy pelosi tomorrow, chuck. although i will say that you can see that flash of irritation from her and she went on to another reporter asked a follow-up question on the same topic. and, you know, she snapped a little bit and said i'm not going to talk any more about this. when she has previously maintained a relatively good-natured facade about it. so i think that speaks to the underlying emotion here and the fact that this has all taken a sharper turn in the last couple of weeks. i do think that tweet from -- it was alexandria ocasio-cortez's chief of staff who tweeted, he compared blue dog moderate democrats to southern democrats from the '40s, functionally segregationists. >> right. >> that really did anger a lot of people and was really the focus of pelosi's comments yesterday. but i think that, you know, you have this bigger issue where pelosi is now saying, look, i

. >> had nbc's kasie hunt is over on capitol hill for us.is the expectation so far today and what have you been hearing? >> reporter: well, hallie, this deadline of course yet another one that the administration has flown through as democrats build a case against the administration saying that they are stonewalling, of course preparing to be able to make that argument more strongly in court. you saw schiff there talking about what we don't expect to see here. they say they are going to be to be in touch with flynn's counsel trying to make sure that he shows up. there had been a previous understanding that he would would come before the committee. they agreed to delay it until after his trial had concluded. i will say big picture, there have been swirling conversations here on the hill about robert mueller, who is set to testify next week. a particular focus on the attorney general and what he said about not wanting bob mueller to testify. here's what he had to say about that piece of the story today. take a look. >> it's no surprise that bar

i'm kasie hunt in for katy tur. it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m.t for the future of the democratic party is about to be relitigated. tonight's democratic primary features the stars of the party's left wing. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. sanders trailing warren in the polls but both campaigns say they're planning on keeping things cordial. they'll face off against, among others, representatives from the party's center. the center right, including former colorado governor john hickenlooper and millionaire, former congressman john delaney. both men have made criticism of the party's, quote, democratic socialist

light our committee is most concerned about the compromise of national security >> reporter: nbc's kasie hunt is on capitol hill. >> when robert mueller sits down here tomorrow, it's going to be. democrats know this might be their last chance to convince the american public on impeachment. so they tell us they plan to keep their questions sharp and targeted >> reporter: overnight, after mueller's request for guidance, the justice department instructing he must remain within the boundaries of his public report, something mueller said he would do in may. >> the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony >> reporter: but democrats blasting the new guidance. >> it's part of the ongoing cover up by the administration >> reporter: in his report, mueller found no criminal conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia, but made no determination about obstruction of justice >> there's nothing there, and we're going to see that tomorrow >> reporter: president trump today dismissing the hearing as an excuse by democrats to push for impeachment. >> we have the best economy in history.

>> kasie, thank you. in a few mi stes, we'lltart our live coverage of mueller's live testimony.rn here on nbc. >>> a bill to extend the 9/11 victims compensation fund has cleared its final hurdle in congress. o was passed yesterday by a vote 97-2. president trump is expected to sign the bill. the measure keeps the fund going throh 2092, essentially making it permanent. final passage came after lobbying by first responders sickened by toxic dust and smoke following the 2001 terror attacks. comedian jon stewart, who was a advocate for the bill, said working with the 9/11 first responders was, quote, the honor of my life. >>> well, we have a new weight loss study that has the potential to be a game-changer. researchers from the university of alabama atng birmim found when you eat could be as important as what you eat. r. john torres is here t explain. a lot of folks have been doing this, but there is research that suggests it might work, if you limit the times you eat? >> that's the important thpart. research is saying it is the appetite suppression that's the key to all this. we'v

>>> welcome to "kasie dc." i'm kasie hunt. from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, america's broken immigration system on full display. deeply troubling images inside migrant detention centers as the president goes after liberal democrats in the country pz he erroneously said they came from as american politics goes from low to lower. plus, i talk to

delete so social media accounts after reportedly receiving death threats from supportive of alexandria kasi o.-port has. again this time from washington d.c. you look up socialism because socialism is so uneasy think socialism actually short 1st oh shut media. very well welcome you're watching r t international with me and. britain's defense ministry has launched an investigation into why and how what trove of top secret documents apparently ended up in a rubbish rubbish bin in london where it comes as a huge embarrassment for the u.k.'s top secret chemical weapons facility porton down from where the thousands of files originated. one man's trash another journalist's treasure in this case it is quite an extraordinary story the daily star newspaper is called big splash on it today they say they were alerted to this trove of documents found in a bin by a member of the public last week and this secret files were dumped in a north london we leave in a receipt killing bin to be precise the kind that sort of stands out on the street outside a residential building or a commercial one and people wi

you may have just heard in our in our program representative alexandria kasi of cortez saying that she did not feel safe in the presence of u.s. border guards when she was visiting those detention facilities does that fit with the findings in your report what we found in our report which we released today right here at the us mexico border. as across this border wall behind me is that the u.s. government has waged a deliberate and concerted campaign of intimidation threats harassment and in some cases criminal investigations and prosecutions to target exactly the human rights defenders and by that we mean activists and journalists lawyers humanitarian volunteers. in order to deter them prevent them and punish them for defending the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers on the us mexico border that includes those who are in detention facilities like you were talking about just now as well as those who are stranded by the thousands on the mexico side of the border behind me who are seeking to exercise their human rights to claim asylum protections from u.s. authorities in order to