way being maintained all right thanks for being with us ken stone from the hamilton it coalition to stop the war 'd always interesting to talk to you on these types of subjects hope to have you get on out international thank you. rocky authorities are holding talks on constitutional amendments amid ongoing violence in the country around $260.00 people are believed to have been killed there since anti-government demonstrations started a month ago protesters are demanding a major overhaul of the political system which was established after the u.s. led invasion back in 2003 artie's daniel hawkins has been delving deeper. iraq is no stranger to turmoil the country's seen little piece and even less the billet since the us led invasion of 2003 mass protests and violence of regulating gulf the state of these though are the worst since the overthrow of saddam hussein 16 years ago. hundreds killed dozens in just one week by live ammunition many thousands injured amid a heavy crackdown by security forces or the government's deployed special forces imposed curfews and an internet blackout across t

also with us, nbc news investigative reporter anna shector who has reported extensively on roger stone. kenou. this is about the lies that roger stone told or is alleged to have told while speaking to congress under oath. what have we learned? >> that is correct, ali. in fact, the prosecutor, erin zelensky, who used to work for robert mueller says there were five categories of lies that stone told and he said this is not a case about politics. this is not a case about russia. he was previewing that the defense may try to make it a case about that. but interestingly, zelensky, one of the most important things and one of the first things he said was that on the very day that the democrats back in 2016 in june announced that they had been hacked by the russians, roger stone called then candidate donald trump. and zelensky said we the government don't know the content of that call. but shortly after that, stone started trying to do everything he could to figure out what wiki leaks had in terms of those hacked democratic e-mails, how they would deploy them, and how the trump campaign could take

report in a way to communicate to the american people how bad that was. >> ben wittes and ken dilanian, the stone at maximum will be quite influential on all of this. we'll be back with more "meet the press daily." "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> we have a big show and exclusive guest tonight. rudy giuliani's name appearing hundreds of times in impeachment testimony as he hires three new lawyers. al mueller witness makes her first-ever appearance on "the beat" tonight. this comes as witnesses take the stand in the trial of donald trump's longest-serving adviser, roger stone, what chuck was just discussing with his panelists. we have sclooucan exclusive on tonight. and later, new reports about trump's plans for leaving the white house. they involve television. so we'll get to that. but we begin with new cracks in trump's defense to impeachment, as an aide to vice president pence knocks the

stone. nbc correspondent ken dilanian is in our d.c. bureau following that case. ken is not able to join us yet. we were talking in the break about how the roger stone trial has gone on this week, when i asked andrew weissman about pardons. all these threads are easily braided together. everyone around trump winds up committing crimes. >> roger stone goes way back. back in the '90s he was pushing him to run for president, whether on the reform ticket or somewhere else. sitting right next to melania was this guy. he was like her escort. he was there as a friend of the family. >> the way lev parnas was rudy's escort. >> very close to this president until he was pushed aside. it's another case where the aides think they're serving the master. from watergate if i served my lawyer as well as i served my master, i wouldn't be naked to my enemies. naked to their enemies is where these guys are. >> naked to their enemies is another way of saying guilty. roger stone has been found guilty in that trial that stemmed from the mueller probe. i believe we now have ken dilanian.

. >> ben wittes and ken dilanian, the stone trial at a minimum will be entertaining and at maximum will be quite influential on all of this. we'll be back with more "meet the press daily." "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> we have a big show and exclusive guest tonight. rudy giuliani's name appearing hundreds of times in impeachment testimony as he hires three new lawyers. al mueller witness makes her first-ever appearance on "the beat" tonight. this comes as witnesses take the stand in the trial of donald trump's longest-serving adviser, roger stone, what chuck was just discussing with his panelists. we have sclooucan exclusive on tonight. and later, new reports about trump's plans for leaving the white house. they involve television. so we'll get to that. but we begin with new cracks in trump's defense to impeachment, as an aide to vice president pence knocks the infamous ukraine call, and john bolton is ready to defy trump and talk to the impeachment probe that is trying to end trump's presidency. the new testimony coming in tonight from a top state department official,

joining me is ken dilanian and barbara mcquade. roger stone has pleaded not guilty. the charges involve obstruction, misleading the house, and an additional one of witness tampering afterwards. this is the first trial involving the russia connection and the hacked wikileaks emails during the democratic campaign because the manafort trial was all about bank fraud and tax evasion. at least this testimony could overlap with the impeachment inquiry and the timetable but it could be the first time we look at the unexplored, prosecutable issues, some would say, of the russia connection from the first volume of the mueller investigation. >> that is a very good point, andrea. you know, at one point roger stone was seen as the potential linchpin in robert mueller's efforts to establish a conspiracy between the trump campaign and the russian election interference effort through wikileaks. as we know, robert mueller never ended up making that case but he did arrest and charge roger stone for misleading statements. what we already know from the evidence in this trial is it will

ken delaney is outside. roger stone is inside. this is kind of the scene setter, the stage-setter for his trial. talk to us about it's about and what we can expect. >> reporter: that's right, roger stone is one of donald trump's oldest confidants. he's been with him for decades and we all remember roger stone during the 2016 campaign claimed to have advancenge that wikileaks had the hacked democratic emails that everyone knew came from the russians. and for a time it seemed he was the lynch pin in efforts to prove the trump campaign coordinated with the russians. in january, the mueller team arrested and indicted stone and charged him with misleading the house intelligence committee as part of their russia investigation, and also with obstruction of justice and witness tampering, accused him of threatening his associate. so we have jury selection under way today. we may see opening statements by the end of the day. prosecutors are asking the judge to play a clip from the movie the god father ii in which a potential witness is inti

later, if the government wins this case against stone, then essentially it means the mueller report is not complete. but i'll save that debate for another day. kentrial. that's all we have for tonight. we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily kwl." there's an all new chuck toddcast to download. we do a lot of 2020 and breaking down of election night 2019. "the beat" starts right now. >> thank you very much. we begin this show with breaking news. impeachment investigators releasing full testimony from bill taylor for the first time today and it's providing new details of the bribery plot at the center of the case for impeaching president trump. taylor outlining his clear understanding that security assistance money would not come until ukraine did trump's desired investigations. so that is another insider right now confirming that this money was conditioned on a favor for trump's re-election, the quid pro quo bribery and then in this newly released interview transcript, democrats the point person on

ken, thank you. don't eat the food apparently wherever roger stone ate. >>> a county commission in florida denies a requestbuy "new york times" subscriptions. why? one more thing is next. times" ss why? one more thing is next i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ itso 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. chantix reduces the urge 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. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or life-threatening allergic and skin reactions. decrease alcohol use. use caution driving or operating machinery. tell your doctor if you've had mental health problems. the most common side effect is nau

stone evoked where mikey corleone tried to intimidate a person going against him. so far the judge isn't allowing that but there promises to be fireworks and interesting testimony this week. >> kennue the conversation, former trump campaign adviser sam nunnberg was an associate of roger stone and once considered him a mentor and was a trump adviser to the 2016 campaign. good to see you, sam. any part of this surprise you, the drama so far? we're not even through jury selections and already we've had this kind of drama. this is what roger stone wants. >> he certainly wants a gone zero type trial to the extent that judge amy berman jackson will allow him. he's received multiple gag orders and in fact these gag orders remind me of what i warned him about, you should not make yourself a target. he made himself a target. >> that's how he rolls. if you look at how roger has operated, he's a bigger than life character. >> he is but here he really -- what the problem was, it had already been public that these emails had been hacked. julian assange was already an enemy of our country, an enemy of the state, legitimately i agree with, and frankly i said there were three reasons he should

stone, of course. i'm joined now by ken dilanian, nbc news correspondent of course, and maya wily. of all the smell and look of that trial. who is this guy he brought in, it's like ed williams brought in joe louis one time to help one of his candidates, jimmy haufa. who is that minister that comes along with the defendant here, roger stone? what's that all about? have you been been watching that? >> i've got to be honest, chris, i have not so i'm not familiar with what you're talking about. >> what about roger stone, does he look like he's about to burn here? does he look like he's going down? >> he's walking around the courthouse kind of unaccompanied, shambling around. that's because the evidence, chris, is overwhelming. he really doesn't have much of a defense other than oh, it doesn't matter or don't take stone too seriously, he didn't know what he was saying, he didn't have criminal intent. but the prosecutors have documents that refute his testimony. but the most interesting part of this trial, chris, is how the prosecutors made donald trump a character and they made clear ev

stone and then presidential candidate donald trump. joining me now nbc's national security correspondent ken delaney, who has had the honor of spending theo days in and out of this exciting courtroom. >> including the inflatable rat outside. but look, this is -- these records are very important and there's a question about why we're only seeing them now. they were in the in the mueller report. these phone records tie donald trump more closely to the effort to hunt for those hacked democratic e-mails than ever before. it raises questions about why mueller didn't push harder to interview trump. trump told mueller in written questions he didn't remember talking to stone in six months before the election but, in fact, these records show on the day that the "washington post" reported that democrats were hacked by the russians, stone called trump and then trump called him back three times. they spoke on three occasions. and then after that, stone set in motion a plan to enlist his friend jerome coresy to find out where these e-mails were and how they could get and use them to help donald trump. later in july, there's a phone conversation betwe

ken dilanian and also joining us former prosecutor glenn kirschner. you were in the courtroom today. any say multiple contact cans were between stone and trump. in the next couple weeks stone called trump again. july 22 wikileaks started posting the dna emails and then trump called stone and then called a former talk show host to see julian assange. after that, trump and stone spoke again. so how did they layout these phone calls this court and what did they tell us? >> the prosecutor did it in a riveting opening statement that i was away to silt throut throu then they did it more closely through the fbi case agent who introduced the phone record for the jury are. more interesting question, why are they doing it. because it is not clear to me that this needed to happen. they have stone dead to rights on a number of lies including he said that he didn't have any emails and texts relating to his efforts to reach out to wikileaks. there are hundreds that prosecutors obtained. so why bring donald trump into it? the prosecutor worked for robert mueller. yesterday it felt like the final unwritten chapter of the mueller report because it showed that

introduced dozens of phone records allegedly showing that in 2016 stone was allegedly trying to obtain the emails stolen by wikileaks. nbc's kenng the trial joins me now. ken, i mean, the mueller investigation tried to establish this link, and you could say did in one of the parts of the report, but it was never established, we never heard it in testimony. this is real live testimony making this allegation, if it's proved. >> i was stunned yesterday sitting in court listening to aaron zelensky, the lead prosecutor, who used to work for mueller, lay out this timeline where he talked about roger stone calling donald trump on the very day in june 2016 that "the washington post" reported that the dnc had been hacked by the russians. there were a number of calls after that between stone and trump and then there were emails between stone and paul manafort then running the trump campaign, and steve bannon, a close trump confidant, all on the subject of how are we going to get these emails, how will we deploy them against hillary clinton. >> how do we know what the subject was? >> the emails are introduced into evidence. we know that

if stone is convicted, it would affirm all the statements they made. >> ken dilanian, we might hear fromrrow, who knows when. ken, thank you. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi is on her way to the podium. expected to make her first remarks there since the start of the hearings. we've got our eye on it next. and etfs, plus zero minimums to open a brokerage account. with value like this, there are zero reasons to invest anywhere else. fidelity. gimme two minutes.ro reasons eligible for medicare.e else. and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza... [mmm pizza...] is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80 percent... medicare will pay for. what's left... this slice here... well... that's on you. and that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company comes in. this type of plan helps pay some of what medicare doesn't. and these are the only plans to carry the aarp endorsement. that's because they meet their high standards of quality and service. wanna learn mor

stone has just arrived in court. he was sdieted on seven charges giving false statements and witness tampering, ken delanian is outside of the courtroom, what is expected today? >> jury selection is under way. so it may be hard to find 12 citizens to think they can fairly judge one of the most controversial figures in political sis tihistory. he lives by what he calls stones rules and one of those is that it is bet tore be infamous than to have never been famous at all. this trial is largely about accusing him of lying to the congressional academies -- committees, and he says the russians did not hack the inquiry. >> i think it cold impact the impeachment inquiry to the fact that it puts a barrel full of sleaze in front of the public and congress. as you say, roger stone goes back with donald trump for decades. roger stone is making clear that they were perfectly willing to use these hacked e-mails. >> a barrel full of sleaze. we're going to leave it there. >> the united states has officially started pulling out of an gruagreement with 200 countries. the letter, which largely is symbolic begins a year long process of

stone as an impeachable offense. deterrence is the only defense you've got. >> glen ken kershner, ben witte thank you for your expertiset more on rudy, roger, and all the president's men. the many, many, many times rudy giuliani's name came up in today's hearing. giuliani's name came up in today's hearing. not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin. and, had significantly less itch. that's a difference you can feel. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. so help heal

stone was convicted. the system apparently worked, as ken said, this was basically an open and shut case that he was convictedto condition res which means there was something in our system that said, hey, you can't do that, and we are actually going to punish you for it. what we also saw in the hill this week was ambassador taylor and mr. kent and ambassador yovanovitch. and they talked about their jobs and the fact that they are part of the government, that they want to help these countries do better, that they are part of a system that still kind of maybe works. there was like this little light of good right now amongst all this, like, crazy washington, d.c. stuff that some of the systems, some of the processes in place do actually get to function. >> jeff mason, i want to switch gears here and talk about the president's unannounced visit this weekend to walter reed medical center yesterday. the white house says it was a quick routine exam and the first phase of his annual physical. but trump has had two previous physical exams as president trump. both of which were on the schedule with advanced warning. no

stone. >> the city election office says the race could drag on to next thursday, if possible. while every single vote is still has to be counted. at the live news desk i am ken bastida back to you. >>> the largest affordable housing bond in city history also too close to call, so far results show 69.3% of voters supported while 30.6% oppose it. and that just barely clears the required two thirds majority with votes still left account. the $600 million miser measure is nearly double the last bond from 2015, a funds construction on 2800 affordable housing units. at the same time, voters were more welcoming to property, the measure makes it easier to build housing for teachers. it passed in a landslide with nearly 75% of the vote or 75 percent of the vote. a measure making rideshare trips more expensive, that appears to be just barely squeaking by. property would provide funding for public transit. it adds 1.5% surcharge to shared rides, a 3.5% fee to solo trips. >>> mayor london breed also has reason to celebrate today, she has won her first full term election, pulling in 69% of the vote. voters shot down property the controversial measure rolling back the res

so stone said he had no email and in fact he had hundreds of emails and texts reflecting his efforts to reach out to wikileaks. it is a black and white case. >> kencoming up next, stocks surge over a possible maybe kind of breakthrough in the u.s./china trade war. we'll break down what is going on in the new departments in that developments in that story. >>> plus will john be bol beb b testify in the impeachment hearings? fr y in the impeachment he arings fr making it easyitch and save hundreds? oh yeah, sure. um. you don't know my name, do you? (laughs nervously) of course i know your name. i just get you mixed up with the other guy. what's his name? what's your name? switch to geico®. you could save 15% or more on car insurance. could you just tell me? i want this to be over. [upbeat music] no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics (bubbles popping) and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house sm

>>i'm ken wayne a i'm pam moore police say center young asked to talk with her sister n sunday family members are worried because of her medical conditions kron four's j r stone live in fairfield tonight, he has the latest on the search jr. >>can i tk with friends of sandra's they are very concerned this evening. family members actively searching for her and the kids as well. right now all 3 of these fairfield residents are missing, 75 year-old sandra young her grandson 9 year-old jaden hill and her granddaughter 7 year-old kelly, a. whereabouts unown for the past 72 hour. >>let me just and scary. a thing could happen. >>police say young spoke with her daughter on sunday. she was supposed to meet up with family members in valais whole on monday. neighbors in her apartment complex in fairfield say they haven't seen her or the 2 grandchildr who she has custody of since the weekend. it's. >>she's missing i wouldn't expect 10 to just leave and go anhere, especially with the holidays. >>i know she was cooking for thanksging. and he says it is good in a small amount there was just him 3 guys are no s wasn't going anywhere for a day. >>detectives tell us that her fa

stone repeatedly tried to contact the founder of wikileaks and that he discussed those efforts with senior members of the trump campaign. joining us now is nbc news intelligence and national security reporter kentoday. ken, it was really -- rachel, read much of the transcript including just the very beginning of it prosecutor's opening statement, and it seemed like a very dramatic presentation in that courtroom today. >> it was, lawrence. in some ways i felt i was listening to the unwritten final chapter of the mueller report because here you had this prosecutor, aaron zelensky who worked for robert mueller and was part of that investigation. and it almost seemed he'd been waiting for months to get on that public record that roger stone called donald trump on the very same day that they'd been hacked by the russians and their e-mails had been compromised. and zelinsky noted they were not listening to the phone callst the moment so they don't know what donald trump said. but they're implicating trump was in on those conversations what to do with the e-mails because right after that phone call he was trying to find out what wikileaks had and how stone could use that information to benefit the tr

ken and grant pleant police are planning on steppg up patrolthis holiday season. they want you to focus on fety first. it's that time of year when retailers see a spike in sales. the stone rge mall lot was full to the max on are in storesaking advantage ofhe discounts it's not st small security watching the parking lot. >>lock your cars keep your valuables t of sight and always just be aware surroundings. your >>the tenant brandon stocking with the pleasanton police dertment says thieves are more prevalent this ti of year, the decorations could be a distraction and lift up holiday chee but there's always people looking to take advantage and make like the grinch. >>thnk we tend to be fairly trusting in general that we try to you know any valuables we try to hide and t it out of sight and keep it away from people make sure that nothing is visible inside the car. ford everything in e trunk. and is to safe and a lot of kolkata where there's lighting and all hat. >>burglaries are common in the shoppers seem to know the the drill. but it's not just shopers who need to be on alt. we saw some brazen thieves in august at this ape store in burlingame a group scooping up pricey me