mitchell: it is september 1918. the americans are about to undertake the first independent action against the enemies there because that was formed in september of 1914. is that correct? guillaume: that is correct. the germans had a big offensive and surrounded the town. mitchell: there is pershing at his headquarters. this would have been in leenee. this was a surprise attack against the germans who were vacating the area. guillaume: we see a bulge around this town of st mihiel which is west of that map. you see the landscape. part of the offense of his starting from the big plain and had to reach plateaus that you can see in the distance. this was for five heavy days. mitchell: i think that was a naval railway gun. guillaume: exactly, that is. that is probably samyiel already. mitchell: the monument was built and commemorates a campaign. you see the netting on top to protect the camouflage. in the event the german planes fly over. guillaume: that is the artillery preparation. that was a four hour long artillery pr

mitchell: french citizens being fed. some of them were driven from their homes as early as 1914, and had to vacate the area. now they were able to come back after the germans had left the villages by force by the americans. here's the german pows. they marched over here. guillaume: we can see how excited the civilians are there. seeing the germans leaving. mitchell: for the americans, they did not have time to gloat over st. mihiel because less than two weeks, it were launching the meuse argonne. for general pershing, st. mihiel was a great battle. he desperately wanted, even from the moment he came to france, he had his eyes on st. mihiel because this was an area germans used to bring more troops and supplies in. while the french agreed with him, they wanted it to be a limited action. they reduced the american attack in preparation for meuse argonne. what did you think it took so long to break through? guillaume: i think the german defenses were too strong. then, they focused on other battles and it became to be quieter

mitchell: what is the range -- canon. mitchell: what is the range of the 75? guillaume: -- mitchell: this was a key american objective which they took on their first day. we have the iron cloth on that. civilians, grateful. there they named a street after them. mitchell: many of them had little or no electricity, very little food. announcer: you can view many more silent world war i army corps films online. the national archives restored several hundred of these films and posted them to their youtube channel. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house came the supreme court, and public policy events and washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer: next on american history tv, current and former members of congress and a student and teacher who were present during the school shooting ottmar josh at the shooting in florida, discuss cit

mitchell: i am mitchell yockelson. toerve as the chief advisor the world war i centennial commission and i'm an author of two books on the first world war. days, howecent is 47 purging -- persians warriors defeated germany in world war i. it started of the young kid reading books by eddie rickenbacker and learning about general purging. world war i -- i served as a world war i record specialist and a developed from there -- it developed from there. here we see the first transportation of american troops. it is a small party led by hing.al persin this is them leaving the united states at the end of may and heading first to england and then to france. had just been appointed as the commander of the american expeditionary forces. it was a token party that went with him and his staff officers. to the left of him is i believe george c marshall. i guess they gone -- had gone to england and they are arriving at a major port. guillaume: and some landed north of france. they landed at all the main portes. here is the group gett

mitchell: i am mitchell yockelson. i serve as the chief advisor to -- chief historical advisor to the world war i centennial commission and i'm an author of two books on the first world war. the most recent is "47 days: how pershing's warriors defeated i."any in world war for a number of years, i served as the national archives world war i specialist, and then it developed from there. see the first transportation of american troops. it is a small party led by general pershing. this is -- they left the united end of may, then went first to england and then to france. pershing had just been appointed as the commander of the american expeditionary forces. it was a token party that went with him and his staff officers. to the left of him, i believe, that is george c marshall. i guess they had gone to england and they are arriving at a major port, gordo -- major port, hordeaux. guillaume: and some landed north of france. they landed at all the main portes. gettingis pershing introduced to the french generals, french troops

mitchell came in one night. >> john mitchell?caring a raincoat over his head, you know, because it was -- i thought he was going to go -- woo-hoo. >> did he supervise the shredding? >> can i not answer any more questions? i'd just soon as not. maybe i could call you. >> are you being told not to talk? >> i don't know. i'll try. >> what about all that shredding that took place right after the break-in. >> we need to know more about the papers in the shredding. >> you have some idea when the attorney general comes in to the committee and he's got a raincoat over his head. >> it could be raining. >> you've got a woman frighten at the door. she works for creep. the shredding is taking place. we don't know what's in the papers. the former attorney general comes in there with an overcoat over his head. could be raining. there's a lawyer present. we don't know what he asked them. tell me where there's a story. >> there's a story in the fact the interview did not take place in her home but in the office of the committee to re-elect. ther

andrea mitchell.me. i remember telling everyone, andrea freaking mitchell came up to me and she introduced herself to me, which is crazy. because i admired you for decades. at that point 20 years. it was 20 years ago. the second thing was they threw me on the air with breaking news. i was a rookie. do you know what you said to me? tell me what i can do to help. andrea mitchell. four years. >> well, here we go. >> no one would be surprised if you did another 40. thank you for everything. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. but we also have other news to do. good afternoon from msnbc headquarters in new york. i'm chris jansing. once again taking it from the great andrea mitchell. i'm in for craig melvin. political influence. breaking news. facebook says it found a new and covert disinformation campaign.

mitchell. also with us, christopher dickey. and in washington, former senior director at the national security council and former special assistant to president obama ned price. welcome to you all. thank you for joining us so early on what should be a monumental day, to say the least. president trump is in finland, where later today he'll sit down with his first official meeting with vladimir putin. this summit comes on the heels of his controversial uk visit and that highly contentious nato summit from last week where among other things, the president asserted that the russian leader was not a friend nor an enemy but actually a competitor. over the weekend, trump discussed his goals and expectations for this meeting. watch this. >> what's your goal from the putin meeting? >> i'll let you know thafter th meeting. nothing bad's going to come out of it. i go in with low expectations. i'm not going in with high expectations. i don't really -- i can't tell you what's going to happen. i don't expect

>>> and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports.":35 eastern this afternoon right her at the aspen security forum, i'll be interviewing director of national intelligence dan coats, who has stood by the intelligence about russia despite the president's obvious doubts. watch that interview live right here on msnbc and at nbcnews.com. follow our show online on fab and on twitter @mitchellreports. craig melvin is up next right here on msnbc, hi, craig. >> looking forward to that interview, my friend, take care. >> thank you. >> craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york city. good afternoon to you as well. summit 2.0. in a week, the president has faced intense bipartisan criticism for his meeting with vladimir putin. he seems ready for another meeting. he hinted at it today on twitter and nbc news also has a new interview with new dissent from inside his administration on russia's role in attacking our election. plus, not a witch hunt. the fbi director christopher wray reinforcing his belief that the russia probe is, in fact, not

he's going to respond to all of this live with my colleague, andrea mitchell. joining me now from the white house is nbc news hans nichols. hans, we just found out the white house formally rejected vladimir putin's request from the russians to interview bill browder, mike mcfaul. what do you make of all of this? >> it's another day, another cleanup. now we're at thursday. this press conference happened earlier in the week. the white house is still trying to clarify things. as of yesterday, they're openly entertaining the idea of having those individuals that you mentioned go to russia and potentially be investigated. that was the intriguing proposal that mr. putin made. what you heard from sarah huckabee sanders today is that donald trump has now disagreed with that proposal. a few days ago he thought it was something that was worth pursuing. now they say it was made in sincerity, to use sarah huckabee sanders quote. it was made in sincerity but something they disagree with and will not be pursuing. at the same time, there's talk of a second meeting. as all thi

andrea mitchell conducted that interview with dan coats today.in brian williams "the 11th hour" which starts now. >>> tonight after days of bad it was news to our director of national intelligence who learned about the putin invitation while being interviewed by andrea mitchell. and he like the rest of us says he has no idea what the two men may have agreed to in private in helsinki. >>> and behind the scenes the mueller team prepares for the glare of federal court. what we learned today about the manafort trial which will be under way by this time next week. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. day 546 of the trump administration. and at the height of the hubbub over helsinki, donald trump has invited vladimir putin to washington this fall. as "the new york times" and

of national intelligence who happened to be in the middle of a live interview with nbc's andrea mitchell. >> we have breaking news, the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin coming -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. that's going to be special. >> coats has been sounding the alarm about russia's potential to disrupt the midterm. the president took putin's side against russian intelligence committee. despite the wide spread outrage and alarm which sparked protests in time square and outside the white house, the president tweeted this morning, quote, the summit with russia was a great success except with the real enemy of the people, the fake news media. i look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed. do you hear that? the president is the real enemy of the people. the president wants to use his second meeting with putin to start implementing what they discussed this week. but they don't know what they discussed this

andrea mitchell of nbc news.n counter andrea mitchell. >> should clarence thomas be willing to take a polygraph test? >> you've said what you're against. what are you for. >> with all due respect, there is a perception that people in power, particularly her in washington, are a closed club. >> take a look at the e-mail trail -- >> that is just factually not correct. >> andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell. >> if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >> andrea mitchell, fort years. >> started as a kid. >> how is it possible? >> a high school reporter. >> yeah, i was just going to say. how does it feel? >> it's been -- this show above all shows, above all programs is the heart and soul of nbc news. i have been proudest of appearing here. my folks always watched it. i watched it as a kid through all of our wonderful moderators, and the legacy continues with you. >> some of the best, most uncomfortable questions you have made male senators -- it's been very interesting now. you were asking some questions about the cultu

well our friend neil mitchell is in the news neil mitchell friend of kaiser report well boys under pressure as eight of fraud report is published so there was an internal lloyds banking group report written by a former manager at the bank and published on tuesday alleges serious misconduct by the lender over the handling and disclosure fraud at this pos reading unit report written in twenty thirteen after the lloyd's manager had taken her concerns to the police alleges h. bos executives knew of the fraud as early as two thousand and four and failed to properly disclose it with far reaching implications given lloyds takeover of h. boss in two thousand and nine it also states lawyers mishandled this investigation and disclosure of the fraud following that takeover now m.p.'s had pleaded with lawyers to please release this to the public peace show the public which by the way have bailed out your bank and all the other banks and many of the other banks at least in the united kingdom in the certainly the financial system itself were bailed out by the inflation tax caused by the quantitative easi

andrea mitchell conducted that interview with dan coats today.illiams "the 11th hour" which starts now. >>> tonight after days of bad headlines after their summit together donald trump invites vladimir putin to washington this fall. it was news to our director of national intelligence who learned about the putin invitation while being interviewed by andrea mitchell. and he like the rest of us says he has no idea what the two men may have agreed to in private in helsinki. >>> and behind the scenes the

i'm handing over to our friend andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> is he flipping? donald trump's former personal lawyer reportedly ready to tell prosecutors that candidate trump knew about that infamous trump tower campaign meeting with the russians before it happened, something he and his eldest son have long denied. >> it was such a nothing, there is nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. >>> family values. up against a mandatory court deadline, the administration reunites migrant families and children after being separated for months. but hundreds more remain in custody, these children's fate unknown. >> it's terrible. the case, the immigration case itself is already confusing and very difficult. add on top of that weeks or in some cases months of having been separated from your child. >>> and coming home. north korea turning over what it claims are the remains of 55 american service members killed during the korean war. the first tangible result of

. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," what now? the backlash of the intelligence community is building today as the director of national intelligence stunningly breaks with his boss, the president, after he sided with the russian president. and now the former director of the cia is calling president trump's praise of vladimir putin tre treason us. >> i equate it to the betrayal of one's nation, aiding and abetting, giving comfort to the enemy. >> i think the outcry needs to be strong. it needs to endure. and they need to then also take action, whether it's a censure or whether or not they are going to decide that this is not the republican party that they once knew. >>> pressure point. will republican criticism of the president's comments actually lead to any action? one gop leader who doesn't have to worry about reelection because he's on his way out, says things may change soon. >> it feels like the dam is breaking. i was really glad to see people on both sides of the aisle condemning what happened yesterday strongly. >>> and str

please welcome andrea mitchell!. >> great to be here. >> trevor: congratulations on celebrating 40 years in journalism. ( cheers and applause ) >> pretty amazing. >> trevor: that is quite a career that you've had, and although you are hosting a show, you're one of the few journalists who decided to stay on the front lines and ask the questions of the president. you've covered seven presidents so you're one of the few people who i would really want to know the answers of this question and that is donald trump that different from america has experienced before? >> absolutely very different. i mean, the first president in modern history who has no government or military experience. so there's that. >> trevor: right. >> but, i mean, i feel like him having a lack of knowledge is not something we're shocked by. the question i'm asking is more about from a journalistic point of view. we hear about donald trump and the press and this adversarial relationship that you have, but as a journalist who has covered presidents who

the military value of alaska was noted clear back in 1905 when lieutenant billy mitchell, an 88er of some fame who actually grew up to be the commander of the air corps. and he came to alaska to put in checkin to line from valdez. as a result billy mitchell testified in front of congress that the strategic value of alaska was enormous. in fact, he said, and he's still quoted until this day, whoever controls alaska, controls the world because of its strategic location. if you look at the world on a ator it looks like the shortest distance from japan is a straight line. and it's not. if you look at it on a globe, you will see that a straight line between san francisco and tokyo actually comes close to the allusion islands and that's why the japanese were interested in controlling them during world war ii. so today it has the strategic value it always has. forces here in alaska can get to europe or the far east at least a day faster than forces from anywhere else in the world. construction led army airfield began in 1939 when major gaffney rived in fairbanks with 13 assistants. they act

that is factually not correct. >> andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell.t's sunday, it's "meet the press." >> andrea mitchell, 40 years. >> started as a kid. >> how is it possible? >> high school reporter. >> yeah, i was going to say. how does it feel? >> it's been -- this show of all shows, above all programs, is the heart and soul of nbc news. and i have been proudest of appearing here. my folks always watched it. i watched it as a kid through all of our wonderful moderators. the legacy continues with you. >> some of the best uncomfortable questions you've asked male senators. it's been interesting, i'll say 2 this. you were asking questions about the culture before anybody else was doing it. >> the culture has been so toxic lately, we forget we've had previous difficult times here. the resilience of this country and of the news media is extraordinary and profoundly moving. but the fact that we've got big problems still to solve in our society. >> which means you're not going anywhere. you have a lot more stories to report. >> thank you. >> and we have c

that is factually not correct. >> andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell. >> if it'sok at any major news event from the last 40 years and chances are you will find andrea in there potentially getting covered with a bunch of balloons, you never know. she's most likely in the center of the action, tenacious, always hungry for the next big story. after four decades, how does she do it? with drive and focus and unwavering commitment to journalism. i'm also pretty sure there are 16 expressos a day and that probably doesn't hurt either. maybe 16 bags of peanut m&ms as well. thank you for embodying what journalism is all about and setting the standards and being a personal mentor for me. that is all for today. chuck will be back tomorrow with more. "the beat" starts now? what a remarkable inspiration. as everyone says, there can only be one queen bee in every newsroom. that's andrea, without a doubt. >> on that note i have to do my show. bye. >> bye. >> the pressure is building on president trump that there may be evidence linking him to that trump tower meeting and links hi

the military value of alaska was noted clear back in 1905 when lieutenant billy mitchell, an aviator of some fame who grew up to be the commander of the army air force. he came to alaska to chein a telephone line from ken to valdez. that is the first noted american military interest in alaska. billy mitchell later in his career testified in front of congress that the strategic value of alaska was enormous. in fact, he said, and is still quoted to this day, whoever controls alaska controls the world because of its strategic location. if you look at the world on a flat projection, it looks like the shortest distance from the west coast to california -- west coast of california to japan is a straight line, and it is not. if you look at it on the globe, you will see a straight line between san francisco and tokyo actually comes very close to the aleutian islands. that is why the japanese were interested in controlling them during world war ii. today, it still has the strategic value it always had. forces stationed in alaska can get to europe or the far east at least a day faster than for

andrea mitchell is with us. she is of course is the nbc news foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mitchell reports at noon eastern on this network. she's in aspen tonight along with jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. and with us from washington, robert costa and moderator of washington week on pbs. so, andrea, here we all were watching your interview as covered on this network on live television. it occurred to us in realtime this was nothing less than someone at long last in a way putting his job on the line for the cause. were you surprised at that, and were you equally surprised that he was in the dark as much as he was, especially this invitation for putin to come to washington? >> well, that's the way president trump operates. i've seen it with secretaries of state and other cabinet officials completely blindsided over and over again in the last 18 months by a decision from the president. and in fact members of the white house staff often shut out of a decision that

andrea mitchell conducted that interview with dan coats today. she will join brian williams "the 11th hour" which starts now. >>> tonight after days of bad headlines after their summit together donald trump invites vladimir putin to washington this fall. it was news to our director of national intelligence who learned about the putin invitation while being interviewed by andrea mitchell. and he like the rest of us says he has no idea what the two men may have agreed to in private in helsinki. >>> and behind the scenes the mueller team prepares for the glares of federal court. what we learned about the manafort trial which will be under way by this time next week. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. day 546 of the trump administration. and at the height of the hubbub over helsinki donald trump has invited vladimir putin to washington this fall. as "the new york times" and others have been saying trump long ago became the first american presid

we're in the united kingdom talking to neil mitchell and he's talking about the ongoing fraud wave and all that sort of stuff so i want to look at one of the consequences of neo liberalism and the bailout of banks and the quantitative easing the sort of economy we have engineered since the u.s. went off the gold standard i believe but. you can come up with your own opinion britain's trickiest economic challenge is back in the spotlight eclipsed by brakes at ted lines and all of the exits from ministers the most puzzling economic problem facing britain is back in the limelight abysmal productivity growth has plagued the united kingdom for a decade sapping its underlying strength and undermining wage growth countless explanations and solutions have been proffered and now the debate is raging again after a proposal that fixing it be made one of bank of england's core tasks before i go on i want to show you that it's actually been way more than a decade that productivity has been collapsing it has been collapsing since about one nine hundred seventy six i put that when the u.k. received a

bob dole, george mitchell had, i think, a very successful relationship. even though we were on a different page policy wise and so forth, in using a process to come to a conclusion. everybody had a chance to offer their amendments. i can't remember how many times george mitchell would say, i know y'all want to go home, but nobody is going home till we finish this bill. now, i know there's 113 amendments still out there. if you want to tell your colleagues you need to stay here saturday and sunday, that's fine. as soon as you guys want to say let's vote, then we'll adjourn. and i think we've lost that now, partly from a procedural standpoint, partly because there is so much animosity between the two groups. things have been accomplished, but i think it could be a much better atmosphere if we could get some kind of comity in terms of how we work with each other. >> you talked about sticking it out and you don't talk about threatening to resign. i respect that. you have fears that if you were not there, someone would replace you who does not stand up for an

right now we hand it over to our colleague andrea mitchell. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," supreme battle. conservatives rally behind president trump's pick of brett kavanaugh and democrats try to beat the odds. >> my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. >> there is no one in america more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. >> i will oppose this nominee with everything i've got. >>> reunion delay. the federal judge extending the deadline to reunite migrant children taken from their parents, as president trump issues a sharp message to others thinking about crossing the border. >> i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. >>> and mission accomplished. all 12 thai boys and their soccer coach now rescued after 18 long days, with the final five making it out today after a dangerous escape capturing the attention of the entire world. >> an absolutely remarkable operation, as the commander said, it has never been attempted by anyone, anywhere. >>> and good

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at mitchell's ice cream they're celebrating its 66th anniversary. out to enjoy special prices on scoops, free balloons, a photo booth, and an anniversary sundae called the 65. >> not too many businesses last this long. we've been fortunate enough to have a great business in san francisco. and so it's kind of a treat for our customers. >> love it. this is great. >> it's a good excuse to come get ice cream. >> don't need an excuse to get ice cream. the ice cream celebration at mitchell's continues until 1:1:0 tonight. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >>> i might start eating ice cream this week. it will be quite warm. right now looking at mainly sunny skies on live doppler 7, fog at the coast, moving out over the bay shortly, and locally inland overnight. breezy out there, wind speeds up to 20 miles per hour. gusts -- fairfield, 28-mile-per-hour gusts, and it's going to be a breezy evening and overnight period. live view from emeryville. it's 61 in the city, oakland 66, 67 in mountain view. 75 in san jose. gilroy, 82. and 59 at

mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now -- supreme showdown. donald trump has two women on his supreme list as a key moderate republican warns him against anyone ready to overturn roe v. wade. >> candidate for this important position who would overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda that i don't want to see a judge have. >>> promises, promises. nbc news reports that u.s. intelligence experts discovered north korea is expanding its nuclear program right now, despite kim jong-un's promises to the president in singapore. and the national security adviser's optimistic claim this weekend that denuclearizing could be done in as little as a year. >> what our experts have devised is a program that, with north korean cooperation, with full disclosure of all of their biological and chemical weapons programs -- >> that has not happened yet? >> it has not. physically we'd be able to dismantle the overwhelming bulk of their programs within a year. >>> and border lines. mexico elects a far left presid

so witness this, our own andrea mitchell was interviewing dan coats who happens to be the director of national intelligence in aspen, colorado, this afternoon when the news broke, and it was immediately apparent it was news to him. >> we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> you -- vladimir putin coming to the -- >> yeah, i hear you -- >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> the associated press reports putin told russian diplomats today the helsinki meeting was successful. he has briefed his own diplomatic core on the meeting. president trump has not done the same. in that same interview today dni coats in aspen dp gave the assessment of the meeting in helsinki. >> moments after the president appeared to be siding with vladimir putin over you, you personally by name, you stood up and spoke out. >> i just felt at this point in time that what we had assessed and reassessed and reassessed and carefully gone over still stands and that it was important to take tha

unclear but certainly a surprise to the nation's top intellence official what learned from andrea mitchell during an interview at an event in colorado. >> we have some the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. [ laughter ] >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> that's going to be topecial. >> dirof national intelligence dan coats, one of several top officials nbc news questioned exclusivy appearing to the aspen security forum where the helsinki summit is very much top of mind. christopher wray said nothing said at the summit chang the bottom line about russian election meddling. tonight, two of president trump's law enforcement with remarkable push back, director of national intelligence dan coats on the president standing with vladimir ng putin dismisntel agency conclusions on russian meddling. >> obviously, i wished he made a different statemenbut i think that now that has been clarified. nd about that one on one meeting between the president and putin. >> if

take a look. >> here is andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell. >> correspondent andrea mitchell. >> whate broads out of broadcasting. >> they started as a copy boy, which is what we called them. >> she's a legend, a total legend. >> she's a trail blazer, a pioneer. >> i love you, andrea, you are indefat eyeingable. you're my kind of woman. >> i'm somewhere on the floor of the convention. >> the great andrea mitchell wasn't having it. >> what about the russian investigation? >> sometimes i just pinch myself i get to work with andrea mitchell. she's one of the people who inspired me to get into this career. she's become such a mentor to me. i've learned so much. a lot of people would be surprised, we laugh a lot, too. >> gas lines can be avoided. the accident at three-mile island -- preaching mass suicide. >> not what you said sunday night, sir. >> yes, it is. >> white house say that's terrific. >> andrea. >> not to risk losing last landing opportunity so the president could get an extra hour of sleep. >> what do you say to those who feel there's a perception america is weakened. >> i'm as

now i hand you off to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> coming up, conservative republicans trying to impeach rod rosenstein. the house speaker making it clear moments ago he will not let this go forward. >> i don't think we should be cavalier with this process or this term. number two, i don't think this rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. >>> defiant. national security adviser john bolton called the mueller probe a witch hunt. as the secretary of state is put me he wi me -- pummelled by the senate committee. >> i've listened to your political soliloquy. if you want to talk about politics, if president obama did what president trump did in helsinki, i would be peeling you off the capitol ceiling. please. >>> and race against time. the trump administration has just 12 hours to get 1,600 kids back to their parents as confusion reigns over what rights these parents still have. msnbc's mariana atencio spoke with one father who was lucky enough to be reunited with his daughter. >> reporter: "all we want is to have our kids back. so they sold us you're going to ha

. >> we hand you off to andrea mitchell. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," wrecking ball. president trump blasts our nato allies, accusing germany of being, quote, captive of russia. >> germany is totally controlled by russia. they're getting 60 to 70% of their energy from russia and a new pipeline. and you tell me if that's appropriate. >>> growing despair. migrant parents pleading to be reunited with their children, including dozens of babies and toddlers, after the government misses the initial deadline to bring them back together. and many have no idea when they will see their kids. >> i met with another mother yesterday that has been detained here for almost six weeks now. and she has yet to have a phone call with her son. >>> and victory at last. high spirits in thailand as the 12 boys rescued from the careful recover in the hospital, flashing victory signs today. >> at the hospital, more celebrations. inside, the boys reunited and well. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump hijacking the opening of the nato summit today with a bl

we hand off to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now, fighting words. president trump goes on a late-night tweet storm threatening iran in all caps while his secretary of state encouraged iranians to overthrow their own government. >> while it is ultimately up to the iranian people to determine the direction of their country, the united states in the spirit of our own freedoms will support the long-ignored voice of the iranian people. >>> court date. paul manafort has his day in court. one last argument to delay the trial. his request, a trial slated to start later this week. the government has so far won every round. >> these are top prosecutors. and they are going to be ready and they're going to be polished and prepared. what you're going to see, i believe, is a very, very impressive trial presentation. >>> and embracing russia. for the fifth time in a week, the president reverts to calling russia's election hacking a hoax. while the justice department for the first time in history releases a secret surveillance order that controversial fisa warrant

i just have to say a word about andrea mitchell. she was a part of the press corps at the state department that covered me when i was secretary and the truth of the matter is if she had been a great journalist she would benefit policy specialist. she truly loves it. thanks for all your great work max those are the days. [inaudible] how i define and think about political risk? we wrote this book out of the class that amy and i talked together. we had talked together in a course called the global context which was really about everything that happens in the world that affects business and we taught it for mbas. one of the things that was never covered very adequately in this course were political risks in the way that political scientists might think about them. not investment risk. political risk seemed to have been overshadowed or have the shadow of the way people thought about political risk in the 1960s and 1970s. some socialist dictator going to appropriate your property or nationalized industry and of course today that's almost

the nation's top intelligence official who learned it along with an audience from our own andrea mitchell during an interview at an event in colorado. >> we have some breakdown news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear -- >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> director of national intelligence dan coats one of several top officials nbc news questioned exclusively, appearing at the aspen security forum where the helsinki summit is very much top of mind. fbi director christopher wray also among those making clear nothing said at the summit changes their bottom line about russian election meddling. emt and intel officials with remarkable pushback. director of national intelligence dan coats on the president standing with vladimir putin, dismissing intel agency conclusions on russian meddling. >> obviously i had wished he had made a different statement. but i think that now that has been clarified. >> and about that one-on

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mitchell chief foreign affairs correspondent. this is one hour. [inaudible conversations] >> are we all set? >> welcome everyone. i name is adam white, i'm a research fellow and is my pleasure and honor to welcome you all today for today's discussion. this is the johnson center. before we begin, please stop your cell phones all make a few notes to begin. first this is being recorded so it is on the record, second there will be time for question and answers at the end, but to make things fair for everyone who has questions keep your questions to think and on the topic at hand. the topic today is this book, put at risk, how businesses and organizations can anticipate global insecurity. we are pleased and honored to be joined today by its two authors. condoleezza rice was the 66 secretary of state from 2005 until 2009 for president george w. bush. before that she was president bush national security advisor. now she is the hoover institution's senior fellow, sanford business school professor and global business and the economy and a professor of poli

edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacey everett like to thank our guest male mitchellif you want to find us on twitter. don't bother until next time by. it's hard to imagine the decades after the war a nazi don't tell was still active and rich in the nineteen seventies criminal had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company growing until it developed from the demise of drugs it was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything paul you know she said she's just got choked up minix and i don't mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be culled from bridge eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with f

she says she noticed this photo in his office showing mitchell shaking hands and handing something toand i said, "who is that?" and he said, "well, that's the reverend john stout. i had just landed the first bible on the moon, and i was giving it back to him," and that kind of set me off on a journey to find out more about that man. >> carol also buys a lunar bible for herself from a private dealer for $50,000. >> and i asked the dealer where i could meet john stout, and he said, "well, he's senile, and he doesn't remember any details." >> carol tells me she hires a private detective and locates the 87-year-old stout in 2009. remember, this is several years after jonathan stout began to see his dad's mind go and just a year before the state of texas diagnosed him with dementia and ruled him incompetent to care for himself. and when you first met him, did he appear senile? >> he was brilliant. >> well, you can be brilliant and senile. >> that's true,but he remembered not only current events but nuances of everything that happened. stout was absolutely thrilled that someone had found th