george mitchell: that is true. those were historically republican districts previously held by republicans and in every k, the market -- in every case, the margin of victory was quite a bit less. you are right, there are some people upset, but very few americans support of the house built for a good reason. obamacare has its problems, it was a compromise. many republican amendments were public, there were hearings, there was public discussion and hundreds of amendments offered. here, you have a process that debate, to limit amendments and participation in the process because they know it is a bill that will not have strong public support. it really is not a health care bill, it is a tax cut for the wealthy bill. it imposes a tremendous burden on the elderly, the low income and on rural residents. can mcconnell get something passed? george mitchell: he may be able to do it. 50 votes than he has 52 republicans. my hope is for the sake of the country, enough republicans stand up to this and say they will not vote for

mitchell orenstein, thank you so much for joining us. mitchell: all right, thank you very much. lauren: the white house had not denied reports that jared kushner sought to set up secret channels of communication with russian officials. his lawyers say he is willing to talk to investigators about his foreign contacts and his work with the trump campaign. there is no indication kushner is currently a target of the fbi's probe, and there are no allegations he has committed any wrongdoing. next on nbc 10 "@issue," drivers putting lives on the road at risk. they're not distracted or drunk, they're drugged. we'll tell you why it's a struggle for local police to stop them. donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate s

mitchell: tracy was my high-school girlfriend. yes. yes, it's true. i had girlfriends -- quite a few, actually. i, too, took my fair share of ladies to the hen house. [ chuckles ] literally, i did take them to the hen house. that's the only place you could get some privacy on a farm. really? what were these -- what were these girls' names? oh, well, there was nellie forbush... oh... betty rizzo... eliza... doolittle. these are characters from musicals. you're so gay, you can't even think of real girls' names. kim mcafee -- that's a real one. "bye bye birdie." what's new? i got married last year. th-that's great. how long are you in town for? just a couple of days. we're staying at my folks'. i want to hear all about mitchell from high school. did he have a beard? uh, you're looking at her. [ chuckles ] [ chuckles ] of course i didn't know it back then. but we should -- we should all -- yeah. we should all hang out. uh...no. w-well, take care. okay. bye. um... thumpety thump-thump. look at frosty go! that was weird. well, don't worry about it. it's hig

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it was an accident. >> mitchell has pled not guilty. >> what do you feel like you deserve?you feel like you deserve prison time? >> i mean, yeah. i killed somebody. accident or not. i killed somebody. i do deserve to go to prison. but not for the rest of my life. my lawyer just kept pounding it into me. life in prison. every time he would see me, life. what am i looking at? life. phew. i mean, i think if anybody were in my situation, eape would seem like a good idea. i haven't stopped. they will never stop me. >> stop you trying to escape? >> yeah. >> one of these days i'll get out, too. >> dillon thompson was only 20 days from getting out of jail after serving six months for heroin possession. but then he became involved in a conflict that left inmate giovan >> acc inmate thompson kn strike him whe ground. >> thompson was given d administrative segregation, but now he faces more time in jail because harris has decided to file a criminal assault charge against him. >> it just sounds like ought to do it. take you serious. i could have died in here or something. >> right now

no, this is joyful, mitchell. you, of all people, should -- mitchell: cam's right.o when chad from accounting, who i always thought was gay but apparently is not, um, told me about this flash mob, i thought, "hells yes." uh, we've been practicing after work a couple of nights a week. and it's -- it's been a big commitment, but it's totally worth it. this dance is my love letter to cam. [ dance music continues ] sic ends ] [ chuckles ] okay, so, this is why i was rushing you around. huh? what do you think of me now? how could you, mitchell? what? cameron. cameron. not now. donald! you do fun stuff. [ scoffs ] you put that potato chip in my sandwich. that was a crunchy surprise. nope, that was your dad. everything fun is your dad. second christmas, italian-accent night... this race. which we could've won. your way is way faster. it is, isn't it? buckle up, luke. today you have two fun parents. [ tires screech ] come on, mom. you can do it. that's right i can. tell me the truth, jay. did you put the key in my bag? no. i won't be mad. in order to prove a point,

i'm andrea mitchell. in aspen, colorado, live from the aspen ideas festival, we're following the latest fallout in the health care battle, a stunning setback in republicans push to repeal obamacare. mitch mcconnell forced to abruptly pull the bill delaying a vote until after senate's returned from the july 4th break. but with growing opposition among both wings of the republican senate ranks, the question now, will mitch mcconnell open up the debate and start looking for a real compromise with democrats? >> if we do fail, if we can't get 50 votes for a republican only product, obamacare is truly collapsing and it's never going to be fixed, there's an opportunity to work with some democrats to find an alternative, which is probably better for the nation, but we'll see. >> and the president just a few moments ago speaking about energy at another event was asked about the health care bill. let's join that. >> -- access to the energy and wealth that they have on their own lands. many of our states have been d

so what do you say when people say to you "jim mitchell, james mitchell, you are a torturer, because not mine. we live in the united states. in the united states, people can have different opinions. that's the point... you don't feel you need to apologise or... you know, we stopped that attack. we stopped that second wave of attacks. and i don't — i don't feel that the, like the temporary discomfort of a person like khalid sheikh mohammed outweighs the moral requirement that, if i can, i save lives. khalid sheikh mohammed voluntarily decided to attack us. voluntarily decided to attack us a second time. and he's not a us citizen. he wasn't captured inside the united states. he is not really someone who should be given the constitutional rights of an american citizen, right? and so i owe my fellow countrymen more than i owe khalid sheikh mohammed, given that, at any point, he could have simply said "i will tell you and stop the attack". you know, one of the criticisms is that there has not been a safe word. but in fact, there is a safe word, and the safe word is "i'll answer that quest

mitchell: that is a hot topic right now.t is important to remember, has something horrible personal going on. his mom passed away suddenly and his dad is in the hospital from accident. i think a lot of the leave of absence as a result of that. we are big believers in travis, and in founders remaining it companies. look at bill gates for microsoft, sheryl sandberg -- mark zuckerberg bringing in sheryl sandberg. we believe founder should be at the company. visionary, he built this service that people around the world cannot live without. it is amazing, people want to go from point a to point b, get there fast, cheap. emily: are you a big believer in new birth sustaining its valuation? they last traded at $70 billion. they are concerned the brand has taken a huge hit and that they will not live up to that. mitchell: they have started releasing to the press some of their numbers. q1you know, the key -- numbers were strong. this started with unfortunate news about the sexual harassment stuff, which is horrible. they need to make

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right now, let's go to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you, right now, all of the president's men. the president acknowledging he is under investigation while taking his own justice department for "telling them to fire comey" but that contradicts what he told lester holt. >> and the deputy attorney general in charge of the probe issuing an unusual late night himself. while vice president pence lawyers up. >> the greatest privilege of my life to serve to a president who is keeping his word to the american pem. >> isolation is never good for a country or businesses. >>> and one of the capitol police officers throws out the first pitch last night at an emotional ballpark. ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ >>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. more evidence today that the white house is consumed by the investigation. president trump issuing an extraordinary tweet just this morning saying i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witch hunt. a seeming reference to rob rosenstein. >>> a

he met with families at general mitchell airport in milwaukee. [cheers and applause] mitchell t [cheers and applause] president trump: thank you, everybody. thank you very much. millions of american families, and i mean millions, continue to suffer from obamacare while congressional democrats of our efforts to save you. that is what is happening the democrats have let you down big league. millions of people victimized by obamacare. my thanks to michael and tammy kushner, and robert and sarah stoll, as well as their wonderful families joining us today. we appreciate all the people being here today. they love their country, play by the rules and work hard to give their loved ones the best life possible. michael kushman is a proud veteran of the the united states army medical service corps. he and his wife tammy were forced onto obamacare exchange in 2015. like countless others, they were shocked to learn that they could not keep their doctors as promised and could not keep their plan as promised. they started out paying $600 per month and then thei

edition of "andrea mitchell reports," family ties. tonight president trump's controversial travel ban becomes reality. travelers from six mainly muslim nations will have to show close relationships to come to the u.s. and grandma does not count as family. >> i'm not at all satisfied there will not be confusion. i don't think they've had a clear standard on what constitutes that bona fide connection to the united states. >>> signs of life? senate republicans are tweaking their plan for healthcare, but do they need democrats at the table to get a do over? >> we've got a compromised bill right now and we are trying to turn the dials to get to 50 votes, so we'll see. >> so we are not there. we're continuing our conversations. there's going to be more meetings today so we will see how they play out. >> coming up we will talk to susan collins one of the key senate republican holdouts. >>> and world power, my exclusive conversation with samantha power on the trump administration's selective use of human rights in foreign policy. >> one can b

and that does it for the decision of "andrea mitchell mitchell." chris jansing is up next. monday. >> as it always is. i'm in for craig melvin. at this hour, capitol hill now gearing up for another day of high drama. attorney general jeff sessions now says he will testify in an open hearing in front of congress tomorrow. what will he say about that reported third meeting with the russian ambassador? >>> suing the president. two attorneys general file a lawsuit they claim that president trump violated the constitution, making money off his businesses. pure politics or could they make a case? >>> cosby closing arguments. they're going on right now in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. the surprising

. >>> time for andrea mitchell on "andrea mitchell reports". >> right now, outrage, anger across america, as american college student otto warmbier dies after being sent back from north korea in a coma. with three americans still illegally detained there, president trump issues a warning to the dictator, he once called a smart cookie. today pointing the finger at the obama administration. >> it is a total disgrace what happened to otto. that should never, ever be allowed to happen. and frankly if he were brought home sooner, i think the result would have been a lot different. he should have been brought home that same day. the result would have been a lot different. >>> tuesday special, voters in georgia's 6th district are heading to the polls in the most expensive congressional race in american history. at stake for democrats, a chance to grab an historically republican seat. for republicans, the chance to say they can win despite donald trump's controversies. >> what would you say to president trump today? >> i thank him for his support. i thank the voters of the 6th district for their

. >>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we're following breaking news today, another terrorism incident in the heart of europe. an armed driver ramming into a police truck. the driver is dead, a number of weapons and explosives were found in the car. no one was injured in what police are calling a police incident. >>> one person is dead, ten people injured, all the victims were muslim. this is london's third terror attack in as many months involving a vehicle driven into a crowd. police say a 48-year-old man slammed his van into a group of people near the finsbury park mosque. the driver tried to escape, but was detained by people in the crowd. some witnesses say he was shouting threats at muslims. >> as we came outside the mosque, there were people screaming, it was like a horror movie, there was people laying on the floor, there was blood on the floor. and eventually a white man in a van started running people over. >> the man in the van started fighting with us and spitting at us and he bites my thumb right here. >> tere

right now, "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you right now on "andrea mitchell reports" who me? vladimir putin facing questions from u.s. megyn kelly. slamming u.s. reports. >> in those reports there is no specific evidence, no facts, just assumptions and allegations and con can collusions based on allegations, nothing more. >> they say it is the forensics, the digital fingerprints, the encryption keys, the specific pieces of code, that all of them point to russia. >> what fingerprints? whose prints? who are you talking about? the reports can be invented. specialists can invent it. >> this ahead of her exclusive interview to come with vladimir putin to air on opportunity night on nbc. the artful dodger outside of that conference in st. petersburg. a top banker running away from kier simmons and his questions about jared kushner. >> i wanted to ask you about the meeting you had with jared kushner. >> we really want to hear, please just explain what happened in the meeting. >> and it's not easy being green, the president's decision to exit the paris climb deal sparking widespread

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i'm andrea mitchell. the aftershocks from james comey's testimony are rippling across washington and the rest of the country. president trump and comey trading public accusations as the shadow of special council bob mueller's investigation now hangs over the white house. the president will likely be pressed on his claim that comey vindicated him. >>> this counter offensive about comey the leaker when we can get into why he did dispose those documents, but they were not classified documents, so it's hardly the same as an nsa leaker. >> that's right. heas always ted to put the focus on the russia probe back to the leaks that have led to so many of these different revelations, and yesterday in the wake of comey's testimony, he got new ammunition, and he is taking it and running with it. so are so many of his surrogates who were on the air waefds last night and this morning, and then in that tweet that he sent out this morning, he was quiet yesterd yesterday. total and completed vindication and, wow, comey is

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. >> we'll hand it over to andrea mitchell with "andrea mitchell reports". >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," hidden figures. with nine days until a vote, the costs and benefits of the republican health care bill remain washington's biggest mystery. even to frustrated members of the group in charge of writing it. >> i haven't seen the bill. and it has become increasingly apparent in the last few days that even though we thought we were going to be in charge of writing a bill, within this working group, it is not being written by us. so if you're frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process, i share your frustration. >> seeing red. homeland security officials reveal that 21 states were targets of cyberattacks in the 2016 election, leaving no doubt who was behind it. >> in 2016, the russian government at the direction of vladimir putin himself orchestrated cyberattacks on our nation for the purpose of influencing our election. that is a fact, plain and simple. >> so does the president now concede that russia was behind the hacks? >> just very plainly, yes or no answer, does

>>reporter: senate majority leader mitchell ma konl has a loft work ahead the next few day s. five republicans have already said they can't of other senators are still on the fence and could go either way. one point of concern for a number of senators is the proposed cuts to funding for medicaid. on cbs's face the nation, lieu sas a's billion cassidy said if changes aren't made he's a no vote as well. right now i'm undecided. there are things in this billion that are peculiar to my state. a couple of things i'm concerned about. if those can be addressed i will. p they can't be addressed i won't. one of the most out spoken is rand paul . paul argues the current plan doesn't do what republicans have been promising over the last eight years which is actually repealing obamacare and addressing the underlying problems in the healthcare system. here he is today on abc 's this week. there's no way the republican billion brings down premiums. i've been in medicine 20 years. i'm 54 years old. premiums have down. republicans are facing a lot of pressure to pass this billion from senate

george mitchell: that is true. those were historically republican districts previously held by republicans and in every k, the market -- in every case, the margin of victory was quite a bit less. you are right, there are some people upset, but very few americans support of the house built for a good reason. obamacare has its problems, it was a compromise. many republican amendments were public, there were hearings, there was public discussion and hundreds of amendments offered. here, you have a process that debate, to limit amendments and participation in the process because they know it is a bill that will not have strong public support.

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. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports." hot topic, the forecast has donald trump pulling back from the land mark climate change deal. >>> former secretary of state james baker this morning. >> well, i hope he doesn't pull us out of it. on the other hand, i think it is important that we have something that we can point to that would fulfill our obligations under the accord rather than just walking away from it. >> we'll hear from both sides, a leading senator and noted climate skeptic and a well-known scientist weighing in. vladimir putin says patrioticly minded russians may have hacked the election. congress is preparing for james comey and they are blind sided by the house chair. so, the russians in my opinion, and based on the intell and counter intel, could not have known how best to weaponize that information dmunless they were guided -- >> guided by american sf? >> guided by americans. good day, everyone, the official policy is to punt all questions to the president's private lawyer. someone forgot to tell the presiden

that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports."ok and twitter. craig melvin picks it up right here on msnbc. >> good afternoon to you. craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york. unveiled and already in trouble, word from our political director chuck todd at least three gop senators plan to publicly oppose the health bill later today. we could get more reaction from wavering republicans some time this hour. if and when that happens, we will, of course, bring it to you immediately here. >>> we've already seen some protesters, some in wheelchairs outside the office of republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. at least 15 folks arrested. some literally

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mitchell. what are your thoughts about this?> well, i think the obama administration saying that that's their highest priority is right in line saying their health care won't go up one red dime. it's just simply not true, in my opinion. there are people held over there, and we should be doing more to get them out. and the horrible part of this is when they're held by rogue regimes like north korea, they could be doing any horrible did a -- liz: if you're an elected official, would you stay quiet if your loved one held overseas? mr. mitchell, i'm sorry so we have to let you go. we're coming up against a hard break. in iowa tonight for a primate speech. we're going to have the details next it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say...if you love something set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ whoa that's amazing... hey, i'm the internet! i know a bunch of people who would love that. the internet loves w

host: mitchell from pennsylvania, a republican. caller: can you hear me? host: we can. caller: i guess i will keep it on speaker. i am not echoing, mi? host: a little bit. caller: i have the handheld phone. i don't believe in new technology. the reason i'm calling, look, you are not going to change any crazy person out there to begin with. that is reality. -- if ms 13 was on the ball field i guarantee they would have ak-47s right along the bats lined up. anyone would have came to talk to them they would have grabbed an ak-47, so there goes your gun laws. everyone needs to carry a gun these days. if you go a restaurant in one part of texas, the gosh darn girls are bringing youcoffee , scramble es and bacon they have siarms on them and nobody robbed them since. there is your gun law things. definitely need to protect the gun laws. however -- because our te at the coressman is short, i want him to respond to the gun aspect of this. guest: again, i think it is unfortunate in a way. with hours of the shooting that that has become the rhetoric. it seems the tragedy is used as

one of them was mitchell. >> john mitchell was the attorney general.aw enforcement officer in america controlled the secret fund that controlled the activities. >> bradley said they're going to call him a crook. we took a deep breath and said -- i said mr. mitchell we have a story in tomorrow's paper i would like to read to you. >> he said go right ahead. i got as far as john mitchell while attorney general of the united states controlled a secret fund. mitchell said jesus christ all that crap you're putting that in the paper. if going to get her [ bleep ] caught in a big father ringer. >> it was so vulgar and threatening. >> then he said when this campaign is over we're going to do a little story on you two boys too and he hung up the phone. it's the most chilling moment i ever had being a reporter because he meant it. >> abc news has projected that richard nixon has in fact been reelected to presidency for a second term. the question now is how big will richard nixon win. >> it was a giant landslide, and there was no reaction to the stories we did. i

(mitchell) oh. if i could get everyone to raise their glass as i quote from one of our nation's great fathers-- jefferson. george jefferson. "i never dreamed that one of my own "would be going off to a university, "but here i stand, a proud black man, knowing that all those hours i put in at the dry cleaner--" phil. not now, weezie. where was i? quoting that president. okay, if she's the future of america, we should start using chinese money now. (scoffs) we already are. my arm is tired. to haley. to haley! (glasses clink) and before everyone puts their glasses down, uh, uh, we're also very proud of lily. tomorrow is her first day of kindergarten. to lily. (gloria) oh, lily. (phil) to lily. to lily. and you'll be impressed to know that she's gonna be one of the smartest girls there. lily, sweetie, what's the square root of 64? 8. (haley) wow. (jay) hey! nice trick. hey, lily, what's the square root of this potato? 8. congratulations. you have a parrot. (mouths words) we couldn't even get through the

we get the latest from our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight, hours after a u.s. f/a-18 from the george h.w. bush aircraft carrier, shot down a syrian jet for the first time, russia now threatening to target american warplanes. the u.s. launching that attack after it says syria kept bombing u.s.-backed ground forces despite warnings to syria's russian allies on a military hot line. >> we called -- the u.s. called the russians on that deconfliction telephone line that we've set up with them and the russians said, no, we're not going to abide by that. >> reporter: today the russians suspending the hot line set up to prevent the two superpowers from firing on each other, even on purpose or by accident. the american commanders trying to avoid retaliation, tonight flying fewer strike missions and more surveillance over syria. >> i'm also confident that our forces have the capability to take care of themselves. >> reporter: the last time russia threatened to cut the hot line in april when the president fired cruise missiles at a syrian air base after

senate majority leader mitchell mcconnell came out and he said if we don't get this thing pass ed by the fourth of july recess we're going to have to work with deps. what have you heard? >> i think that basically we're not there term. maybe the word here is threat. if we can't ghetto bam a care repeal done through the reconciliation process basically they'll work with democrats to prop up obamacare, which is a nightmare for republicans who have run for four election cycles on repealing obamacare. the plan, it looks to me, is still to move obamacare repeal on a partisan basis through the reconciliation process. there's a lot of people who say if anybody can get this done and get the votes together mitchell mcconnell can do this. do you think the republicans have faif that they're going to be get this on board? twhrs ' conservatives and there's moderates opposed to it. again, this is a situation that mirrors what happens in the house. i don't think anybody expected that a billion would be written behind closed doors and as soon as it came happen now is thisser ' going through a series

janey mitchell reports.rain here means no livestock as sheep and goats starve, and these herder families taking refuge in makeshift shelters at a camp for internally displaced people in the arid south—east of the country are dependent on handouts. translation: the drought has badly affected our livelihood and the environment. our livestock on which our lives depend have died because there is no pasture they can feed on. what makes this drought the worst is that this is the fourth consecutive year this has happened. this is not a new problem. ethiopia came to the world's attention in the 1980s with a devastating famine. the authorities are better at coping than they were then but save the children says though the government is doing its best, it is now overwhelmed. i really think we have a responsibility as an international community to step in. some of the other emergencies around the world deservedly getting attention like somalia, south sudan, yemen. but what we have here in ethiopia is a very large number

andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: james comey has the green light to testify to congress as early as next week. permission from special counsel robert mueller and is expected to be asked about what the president said to him about the russia probe. nbc news previously reported that comey told friends he felt pressured to back off from the investigation. this as the house intelligence committee approved seven subpoenas, four for former national security adviser michael flynn, trump lawyer michael cohen and their businesses on the russia probe and three for classified reports related to whether former obama officials susan rice, salmmanth power and john brennan improperly accessed the identity of trump associates in intelligence reports. rice strongly denied it to us. >> did you leak the name of mike flynn. >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never would. >> reporter: hillary clinton blasted russian spies for hacking her campaign manager's e-mails, then working with american political operatives she said to target her campaign with false messages on the internet. >> the russians in my

nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: tonight growing outrage over the death of american student otto warmbier just days after he was carried off that plane from north korea in a coma. president trump denouncing north korea. >> what happened to otto is a disgrace. >> reporter: john mccain calling it murder. >> what would you describe it as? >> reporter: warmbier's family blasting north korea torturous treatment. how will the u.s. respond? despite warnings, 1,000 americans still visit north korea every year. the company that took warmbier was still taking people 11 days ago. tweeting this selfie. now telling nbc news it will no longer take u.s. citizens there. another option, tougher sanctions. while the president is implicitly blaming his predecessor. >> frankly, if he were brought home sooner, i think the results would have been a lot different. he should have been brought home that same day. the result would have been a lot different. >> reporter: his press secretary asked to explain. >> the president believes that had it happened sooner, or quicker, potentially there might hav

i'm dave briggs joined by sam mitche mitchell. let's talk about game one.t was kevin durant going off 38 points. steph curry 28. but we just talked about the evolution of lebron. how is kd different? >> when he was in okc, he was primarily a scorer. he wasn't known for rebounding and taking charge. but since he's come to golden state, he's become a new player, a better player. if you go back early in the season, there was a game about third or fourth game of the season, he was out there floating around like i normally does and draymond green looks at durant and starts yelling at him you got get in here and rebound and do the dirty work. and since then, he's unbelievable. and i think he's changed the perception of himself. >> and did all the pressure fall on the shoulders of kevin durant? everyone has els a rie has ring. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he perform after leaving okc.has e. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he perform after leaving okc.as el. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he p

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we get more from nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight onlyweeks after the president heralded his success at uniting the arab world and saudi arabia, a growing diplomatic crisis among the same arab leaders which could be a critical set back to the president's war against isis. back then the president lavishly praising the amir of qatar. >> we're friends. we've been friends for a long time. >> reporter: but today the president turning against him praising the saudis who in a sudden move are leading an arab coalition cutting off qatar by air and sea including no commercial flights. saudis claim qatar supports sawed dri extremists. they said they would take a hard line on funding extremism and all eyes are pointing to qatar. the crisis critical to the u.s. qatar home to a key u.s. base with 8,000 u.s. service members flying airstrikes against isis and missions in afghanistan. secretary of state tillerson has agreed mediate where any conflict affects our military, it could also impact our oil prices. >> andrea mitchell, thanks. >>> there's more ah

we've made it through the good times and the bad. >> thanks to andrea mitchell for that report. >>> a confrontation in the sky between u.s. and russia with tensions escalating between the two countries. u.s. officials say a russian fighter jet intercepted an american spy plane over international waters. as nbc correspondent hans nichols explains, the aircrafts came within just five feet of each other. >> reporter: the dramatic incident happening between a u.s. spy plane and an armed russian jet over the baltic sea. the russian fighter jet approaching at high-speed tracking along the american reconnaissance right-wing at close distance and passing under it. at one point coming within five feet of the american aircraft. these kind of moves known as intercepts can be uncommon but unsafe ones like this are rare. just two weeks ago, the russians intercepted this b-52 training over the baltic and they buzzed american destroyers in the black sea. >> sounds to me like a hot doing -- dogging russian pilot. this doesn't make any sense. it's dangerous maneuvers. >> reporter: the latest intercept

nbc's andrea mitchell leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight james comey has the green light to testify to congress as early as next week. permission from special counsel robert mueller and expected to be asked about what the president said to him about the russia probe. nbc news previously reported comey told friends he felt pressure to back off from the investigation. this as the house intelligence committee approved seven subpoenas, four for michael flynn, trump lawyer michael cone and their businesses on the russia probe and three for classified reports related to whether former obama officials improperly accessed the identity of trump associates and intelligence reports. rice strongly denied it to us. >> did you leak the name of mike flynn? >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would. >> reporter: meanwhile, hillary clinton blasted russian spies for hacking her campaign manager e-mails and working with american political operatives she said to target her campaign with false messages on the internet. >> the russians, in my opinion, and based on the intel and

more with our chief foreign affairs contemporary, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight only week after the present heralded his success at niting the world in saudi arabia, a greowing crisis among the arab leaders. the president lavishly praising the amir of qatar. >> we are friends and have been friends for a long time. >> reporter: today, the president turning against him praising the saudis in a sudden move are leading an arab coalition cutting off qatar by air and sea including no commercial flights saying they support islamic extremists, they deny. the president tweeted they say they would take hard line on funding for extremists and maybe this is the end of the terror. qatar home to a key u.s. base with 8,000 u.s. service members flying air strikes against isis and missions in afghanistan. secretary of state tourism has offered to mediate in a region where any new conflict not only impacts our military but called also impact oil prices. >> andrea mitchell at the state department. >>> a trial making headlines after a teen took his own life. texts from his girlfriend are found alle

surprise here, are using tactics to slow down the work on this billion, however it did not stop mitchell mcdonnell. if this billion passes it would need to be reconciled with the house billion which you may recall just barely got the party line vote last week. caitlyn line is here to break down. hi,. >> hour are you. we really don't know what is in this billion and from all indications we may not know what's in h this billion for a good while, if ever. according to majority leader mitchell mcdonnell konl we'll actually see a discussion draft of the billion on thursday . that is subject to change between now and the vote, but we will see that first draft then. what, if anything, have you heard and then maybe you can talk a little bit more about this. we know there were several democrats who went to the congressional budget office today hoping to get their hands frustrated that they haven't been able to see what's in this billion that's being worked on behind closed doors. >> right. i think when they went to the congressional budget office they knew they weren't going to find a billion but