and he didn't like don mcghan because don mcghan would stand up to him and give him the lawyer's point of view, it turns out in hindsight the president is lucky don mcghan was there playing that role. don mcghan only testified for those 30 hours you mentioned because he was abiding by -- you can disagree with if it's good or bad strategy, he was abiding by a strategy cooked up by the president's lawyers at the time, and now he's risking possible con tempt to defy a congressional subpoena. he's not like these democrats, he's not the person you want to goad into finally saying i've had enough. that's not a savvy strategy. >>> he's also one of these sort of figures in trump land with ultimate credibility. he's not a liberal's fantasy, not a whistle blower, he stands behind the supreme court picks. his legacy is this vast body of judicial appointments. his close ally in the senate is mitch mcconnell. he's not going to be this satisfying witness for the left and he's not, it would appear, anymore feel beholden personally to the white house. he is the ultimate truth teller, and if he simply

blake: it seems like the president is throwing mcghan under the bus. >> he allowed mcghan to go in threeecial count for over 30 hours and never told him what to say or not to say. so there certainly doesn't appear to be an attempt to obstruct justice. blake: who the president thinks is in contention for the democratic nomination. they feel like they have to drink a lot of water. medications seem to be the number one cause for dry mouth. dry mouth can cause increased cavities, bad breath, oral irritation. i like to recommend biotene. biotene has a full array of products that replenishes the moisture in your mouth. biotene definitely works. it makes patients so much happier. dear tech, let's talk. you blaze trails... but you have the power to do so much more. let's not just develop apps, let's develop apps that help save lives. let's make open source software the standard. let's create new plastics that are highly recyclable. it's going to take input from everyone. so let's do it all, together. ♪ ♪ let's expect more from technology. let's put smart to work. ♪ ♪ but allstate actually helps

don mcghan or hope hicks would be huge. that is what's going to have to happen. >> or mueller's deputies. >> the investigators who did the interviews with don mcghan. >> i agree. there are lots of possibilities but events must occur. if they don't occur, putting john dean up there, putting legal scholars doing things to discuss this from the abstract, not going to be then event to change things. >> thank you, big stuff. thank you for walking us through this. >>> after the break, the unraveling of donald trump as news reports about his weak standing in state polls threatens his fragile ego, trump lashes out at the media in front of a foreign leader, or as we call it here, wednesday. >>> and the back and forth with joe biden got under the president's skin but did it offer a road map on how to go after donald trump's lack of character and decency. >>> speaking of lack of character, a new book about the death of decency in politics. stay with us. deccyen in politis stay with us my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but

mcghan was trying to protect priebus of what he did not know. the mueller report goes on for many, many pages with a half a dozen other witnesses to robert s. mueller who for some reason have not appeared on capitol hill yet. but one narrator, robert s. mueller, can bring to life the testimony of at least six witnesses who testified to donald trump's designs on firing robert mueller which to a normal viewer of "the sopranos" or "ray donovan" sounds a whole lot like mob conduct, as is described by jim comey or anyone who examined donald trump's efforts to fire and investigate the investigators. >> in fact mob conduct was described by president trump. remember, i said he had been around flippers his entire life. he also said he would never pick up the phone to call the fbi. who does that, nicolle? and so you don't need others to describe the president engaging in mob conduct because the president has described it for you. but to your point, mueller can breathe life into this. even if he does nothing more than read those excerpts. the obstruction o

and mcghan failed to comply with a congressial subpoena to testify on capitol hill. >>> meanwhile, the house has approved a $19i billion dsaster relief bill. now it's waiting for president trump's signature. that bill was approved by house democrats and more than 130 republicans including many from areas hity hard hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and fires.me the ure was initially stalled over a fight between president trump and democrats over aid to puerto rico. it is now getting $1.4 billion. the senate has already passed that measure. >>> the midwest continues to deal with the disaster of its own. several states are experiencing spread flooding. today vice president mike pence will visit flood-damaged homes in oklahoma. pence says he will offer federal aid to people whopave been imted by it. >>> sephora will close all 400o its u.s. stores tomorrow to hold what it's called inclusivity training. a little over a month ago, grammy 1995 nominated singer szza said she was profiled and said an employee called security to make sure she wasn't stealing. sephora apologized and said that it is c

what does the judiciary committee want to get out of don mcghan, the former white house counsel, and the attorney general, william barr? asked for william barr the rest of the special counsel report from robert mueller, the redacted portions. his administration said they would talk about that, but they release. some of those described in the mueller report itself. >> the headline on one of your many stories at bloomberg.com reads democrats refine contempt charges against william barr and don mcgann. what have they refined? what will we see on the house floor? >> there are a couple of changes to the criminal contempt resolution, which could have led to criminal charges against william barr for not producing the documents. they are going to the floor on tuesday, a full house vote on what is essentially a civil process to allow the committee and other committees to launch legal proceedings in federal court to get the documents and testimony they are seeking. because theynge realize the attorney general, if he were to be held criminally, would have to be prosecuted by the justice departm

. >> i certainly hope don mcghan is a key witness before this committee, because of my testimony, the model code of the aba today makes very clear in rule 1.13 that mr. mcgahn represents not donald trump but the office of the president. his client is the office of the president. and i think he owes that office his testimony before this committee. >> in case there was any doubt as to what donald trump wanswer. he offered a little curtain raiser on twitter. just as the hearing was getting under way writing, quote, can't believe they're bringing in john dean, the disgraced nixon white house counsel adding to his constant refrain, no collusion, no obstruction. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. with us on set, associated press white house reporter jonathan lemire as well as former federal prosecutor berit burger. christine breer is back. plus harry litman, a former deputy assistant attorney general and with us from the "new york times," washington correspondent mike schmidt. jonathan lemire obviously this would not have been the democrats fir

let me speak to don mcghan.ler's interest viewers for 30 hours. to me that's incomprehensible. how that was made to happen, i don't know. but been there done that. he has provided an extraordinary amount of cooperation. i can understand them say i invote attorney-client privilege and that's the end of the mcbegan cooperation. they don't need to retry the case. the case has been tried. liz: did you ever interview anybody for 30 hours or more in the clinton investigation? >> we would spend time with witnesses but not with the counsel to the president. that's what's so extraordinary. liz: we have john dean of the nixon area. your take on that? >> john dean has become unreasonably and harshly critical of the president, and he is a convicted felon. liz: it was mayor bill deblasio, shea *, nancy pelosi, focus on jobs first. our take on bill deblasio. >> smart advice. the american people would say yeah. what is all this nonsense about impeachment. it's only the most of hard-core opponents of the president who want to s

vote authorizes courts to compel attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcghanrn over documents to testify before congress. the white house has instructed them not to comply with congressional subpoenas. >>> he is famous for political punchlines but the former late- night community community comedian jon stewart delivered a serious message, blessing them for failing to extend coverage for 1st responders. he got angry when only five committee members showed up to hear testimony. >> they did their jobs, courage, grace, tenacity. humility. 18 years later do yours! >> san francisco trans bay transit center just got the green light to reopen again. cracked beam that shut it down eight months ago, six weeks after the grand opening have been repaired. the limited bus service will resume tomorrow. >>> the cal state university system has its own coast to coast to county. it is on the potential site for a new campus. it will be built at the corner of the former naval weapons station close to bart freeways and bus rides. folks and their said the like the idea. the state ci

tomorrow we'll see a vote on whether to hold former white house cou delon mcghan aeyd attoreneral welcome baf -- atto general women barr in contempt for not responding tosubpoenas. >> thank you. >>> tomorrow bib will be a big voting day in virginia. it could wind up rebalancing the power in the assembly. the republicans hold a slight edge. there will be several primary contests.ch ea voice recordter needs to bri legal i.d. to learn more, search "virginia primary" the nbc washington app. >>> this weekend, thousands of people took to the streets for pride events here in d.c. and around thecountry. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 were there to celebrate along with local leaders and plenty of area organietions. pridvents were also incorpated into campaign events. over the weekend, democratic presidential candidate pete ie buttig making sure by being the first openly gay candidate running for president, spoke at a pride event in iowa. >> i think it's society important especially during pride to lift one another up, to let young people know that they're not alone, that we support them.e and to maksure t

today, the house will vote on whether to hold attorney general william barr and form counsel don mcghan in contempt for not complying with subpoenas. >> the house began hearings into the mueller report. the goal of the hearings is to educate the public about the g 438-pae report. former white house counsel for richard nixon was the first person to testify. john dean was instrumental in the watergate hearings in the 1970s. dean highlighted several instances he believed showed parallels between water the results of the mueller report. >> would you say there's a future administration that committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would samthe trump adistration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> former pounds robert mueller has said he has no intention of speaking further about the report to congress. but housud jiciary committee chairman jerry nadler is confident mueller will speak to them soon. >>> today jon stewart is in d.c. to help victims of 9/11. nbc news has learned that stewart along with several first res

. >> an ate contempt vo against william barr and don mcghan originally scheduled for today has been suspended. tracie pot joins us live with more. good morning. >> reporter:yeood morning. h, that vote is off bcrause demoats got the justice department to comply with a subpoena thathe originally justice department said it would not. so now they will allow er lawmak democrats and republicans, to see the documents, the inunderly evidence of obshiuction bend the mueller report. this came just hours before the hearing with former nixon white house counsel john dean, and just before the vote that was supposed to happen today. that's happening on capitol hill. demoats claiming a big victory. meantime, the president says that the testimony that happened yesterday, he says that dean was not edible, and that he continues to say that this mueller report exonerated himny from a wrongdoing. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> won'ty please join us as -- won't you please join us as we offer a moment of reflect n, thought, and prayer for a complete healing and a full recovery f our beloved big

former white house counsel don mcghan and wilbur ross, possibly going to hold them in contempt. biden runs as a walter mondale democrat. he has promised half a dozen times that he'll raise taxes. the question we debate tonight. do you want to lose? the trump-russia collusion narrative that critics are saying is fake. you are watching the fox business network. let's go told ward lawrence in the u.k. reporter: yesterday was about the royals. today was about governing and trade deals. president trump saying at one point tariffs will go on june 10 for goods crossing the border into the u.s. then he said tariffs are likely to be imposed. >> all of those companies that have left our country and gone to mexico will be coming back to us. but that's okay. i think mexico will step up and do what they should have done. reporter: the president thinks it's possible for prime minister theresa may to say we have a close relationship the two countries can build upon. >> we should build a positive trade agreement when the u.k. leaves the e.u. and i'm sure our economic relationship will only grow

> the house is scheduled to organize contempt cases against attorney general william barr and don mcghan for failing to comply with house subpoenas. then on wednesday review russian meddling and trump's contact with the russians. >> i don't think it's about the political consequences as it is about following the constitution, making sure no one is above the law, and holding the administration accountable. >> house speaker nancy pelosi is pushed to begin impeachment proceedings, but so far is reluctant. >> the time has come. get the subpoenas out, call thens withes, and let's get moving. >> some republicans are bashing democrats over monday's hearing calling it a mock impeachment proceeding. >> democrats also say educating americans about the mueller report is a top priority because they believe the white house has misled the public about its findings. >> it's a position the warriors didn't think they would find themselves in, but it's not something they can't overcome. they're down 3-1 in the nba finals. they have to win tomorrow night or toronto, they'll be the champions. warriors got a

in addition to the hearing today, democrats are planning a vote tomorrow on whether to hold don mcghan, former white house counsel, and the attorney general, william barr, in ntempt for not complying with subpoenas. back to you. >> all right. thanky potyo than >>> tomorrow is election day in virginia. and it could wind up reshaping the balance of power in the general assembly. right now republicans hold a slight edge. voters will cast ballots for several primary contests, polls will be open from 6:00 a.m.to 7:00 p.m. bring a voter i.d. and either can vote in the primaries. is on learn more searchir "vginia prima." >>> this weekend thousands took to the streets for pride senior citizens d.c. and around the country. t we were there celebrate along with local leaders and plenty of area organizations. prim sense were incorporated into presidential campaigns. mayor pete buttigieg is making history as the firstly opgay presidential candidate. he spoke at a pride event in i what. >> i think it's so important especial pe during pride to lift -- especially during pride to let young know that we

didn't he call mcghan and say call me when it's done. fire mueller. >> it didn't happen. >> because mcghan made the decision to not. not trump, trump was ready to go there. >> and there were people who didn't follow nix anticipaon's . but i think he went further and that saved him in the end. >> there was a tweet from the president that stuck out for me today that the voters may demand he have another term in office. we are seeing it here on the screen. people may demand he have -- would they demand i stay longer. bob, how do you read that? is that him saying, pelosi has been quoted as saying privately she wonders -- it's motivated her thinking he may not accept the results of the next election. >> there are two positions. is there a apparatus to amend the constitution to allow the to serve more than two terms. that goes back for centuries going back to washington's original decision and when the republicans got unhappy with franklin roosevelt and his multiple terms. on the question of legitimacy of the election, if the president does no

example the president asked james comey to let go of one vsmghts he tld his white house counsel don mcghanas to go and later told him to deny andthie thaat conversation never happened in. other cases mueller says what seemlike specials activity was not obstruction, like when president trump tried to bury e-mails that his son was at a meeting with russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. mueller concludes that did not affect the investigation. >> mueller writes the evidence points to a range of personal motive animating the president's conduct. those include concerns the investigation would call into question the legitimacy of his election and wh events could be seen as criminal activity by the president, his campaign or family. lerbut despite that, muel decided not to indict the president. the reason, he said, is a justice depament opinion issued during the watergate scandal. it says that a sitle pre cannot be indicted. this is internal agency policy from 1973. not a law or court ruling. because of this policy, on the issue of obstruction, mueller put his conclusion this way -- >> if we

the attorney general, commerce secretary wilbur ross, the former white house counsel, down mcghan, allf them up for contempt votes for not kpling ith subpoenas. the votes to happen next week. >> thank you. >>> all right. the sun is up ultimate can see that. after a chilly start, we're wondering if it will warm up. >> yes, have faith. >> i do. i have faith in you. >> aer 14 1/2 hours of sunshine -- >> love june. >> yes. it's doing to be really pretty today. if you liked yesterday, i think you're probably going to like today even more only because similar levels of humidity and similar temperatures. but without the wind. without the wind stirring things up, easier on allergyer suffer for today. perfect weather for all of your outdoor activities. ifyou're doing any long distance run training, these are the mornings you need to steal away and get extra miles ofai tring done on days like this. we cannot guarantee weather this cool and comfortable for several more months. right now, 56 in washington. a mosly clear sky. you get away from the so to and's noticeably colder. most of montgomery c

it singles out attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcghan.'s white house counsel john dean tried to draw parallels between watergate and now. lawsuits may not be necessary after the justice department agreed to handle -- hand over some of the underlying evidence from the mueller report. that material includes interview notes and person accounts of misconduct guided by special counsel robert mueller. in return democrats are contempt of congress. din >>> as a result i see no need to results of the criminal contempt statute to enforce a subpoena. >> i would say the trump administration is and pass competition with in the nixon administration. >> president nixon's white house counsel john dean tried to draw parallels between watergate and now. >>> a data breach involving the department of homeland security may have exposed information on thousands of travelers. >>> the warriors keep hope alive. despite one of the star players going down. again. an update on kevin durant new injury next. >>> and, the stock market opened up about 10 minutes ago and

donald trump trashing don mcghan in that interview with abc news claiming mcgahn lied under oath whentold mueller's investigators that the president wanted him to fire the special counsel. >> he lays out a lot of evidence including the episode where you

white house has been able to block a lot of these witnesses from testifying before the committee with mcghan will probably be able to assert executive privilege and issues with hope hicks. but they can't stop anyone talking about time in the campaign and it will be difficult to stop anyone talking about time in the transition. so they have not do much to stop mike flynn and rick gates from testifying. >> we talked about this before. the list gets longer, don mcgahn, wilber ross, rick gates, they get subpoenaed right and left and end up at bird cage liners. >> i think these are smart though because these people awaiting sentencing, particularly flynn's case, he expects to see cooperation and he wants to see more. it puts flynn in a tough position. it's interesting the president, who treated this morning his support for flynn, almost dangling another pardon. and remember keeping this in context, flynn is the one that dowd called flynn's lawyer before and dangled the other pardon. clearly trump things flynn has very damaging information. this is smart by the house committee to do this. i will a

because of this a contempt in vote aga attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcghand for today has been suspended. news4's tracie potts joins us livl from capitoll with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was supposed to hapn today, but it's not happening becau democrats say they got the justice department to do a 180 and comply with a subpoena to let lwmakers see the underlying evidence, the document that special counsel robert mueller sed in his russia investigation,cifically documents about possible obstruction of justice department by president trump. doj first said that they would not release that information. but just hours before yesterday's hearing and a day before the contempt vote involving the attorney general, they changed their minds. now lawmakers will get a chance to seeho documents. the contempt votes for now are not happening as a result. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> won't you please join us as we offer a moment of reflection, thought, and prayer for complete healing and a full recovery for our beloved, big papi. >

something i've noticed about don mcghan is that he always has the same facial expression take a lookthis. it's always the same [ laughter ] it looks like he's a dad meeting his daughter's prom date doesn't it look like that? [ applause ] here's another big story this week a federal judge ruled that despite what trump says, congress is allowed to investigate a sitting president. then trump was like, okay, but what if i'm in a hammock some more political news, there are rumors that donald trump jr. wants to run for mayor of new york city. even bill de blasio was like, "yeah, you'll be mayor as soon as i'm president." let's -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] yeah, don junior might run for mayor of new york. i guess he's serious cause he's already working on some campaign slogans >> steve: oh really? >> jimmy: check these out. first there's don junior, i'll actually make you miss bill de blasio [ laughter ] then there's don junior, at least i'm not eric [ laughter ] there's also don junior, i want it, so like come on just give me it. [ laughter ] and finally, there's don junior, i'll fix the s

was a business operation with a titan at the top in donald trump, a real estate mogul, he had don mcghanhere as counsel but he was not running things by counsel all the time like other campaigns would. that made him open in an unusual fashion, unorthodox to these kind of meetings and not having things scrutinized by his own lawyers. >> my colleague, ari melber just twe tweeted something along the lines, no collusion for 2016, but i'm hoping for collusion in 2020. the idea it was like robert described but he just laid down a new marker, moved the goal post, no collusion, no obstruction, but 2020 that's another question. >> this is where he conditioned the nation to somehow accept this. why the points i continue to make about action on capitol hill we need to see capitol hill reset the playing field on this. our republican -- i appreciate matt miller's comments earlier that impeachment is not a salve for all this. our nation is 230 years young. and rarely have we seen a leader come to office by accepting information from russians, don junior saying yes, i'll meet with you -- >> it's what y

tuesday, that chamber will vote on a contempt resolution against attorney general bill barr and don mcghanto comply with subpoenas. and then, wait, there's more. on wednesday, counterintelligence experts will testify before the house intelligence committee on volume one of the mueller report. right now democrats are ramping up their criminal investigations against the president. get this -- it's dizzying. at least 25 congressional subpoenas have been issued by house committee leaders since the democrats took control of the chamber. the white house has been refusing to turn over a majority of the evidence. for more let's bring in national security correspondent, it's still going, correspondent of politico and msnbc contributor natasha bertrand and attorney as well as words matter podcast host katy barlow. thank you for being here. natasha, i want to start with you. what's the democrats' political strategy here for the whole public hearings this week? >> well, i think that they're not getting many answers from several of the actual witnesses that mueller interviewed over the course of his in

contempt votes on tuesday against attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcghan over their refusal to cooperate with congressional subpoenas over the mueller report. or we could ask about nancy pelosi's comment this week about wanting to see the president in prison rather than impeached. the president, of course, responded to nancy pelosi while sitting in front of the graves of fallen troops in normandy. >>> she's a nasty, vindictive person. she made a nasty statement -- >> while you were overseas. >> if i made a statement about anyone, it would be why did he do that over seas. i tell you, her name is nervous nancy because she's a nervous wreck. >>> joining me is chris van holan of maryland. let's start with what the president said while he was overseas speaking with fox news. it's hallowed ground behind him really, going after his political adversaries. democrats have been very careful, nancy pelosi was careful, joe biden in a similar circumstance when the president was overseas also careful to try and at least pretend that they're leaving politics at the water'