a source familiar tells nbc news house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night and askedim to call off the raid in a statement calling the operation "heartless" and "brutal. officials at homeland security tell nbc news the operation was stopped because details had been leaked to the media and i.c.e. did not have plans in place to detain so many immigrants the threatened roundup spreading fear in immigrant communities nationwide >> we're hard workers. so i don't get what he's doing >> that's not fair to the people that already live here. you know what i mean that established their homes and livelihood >> reporter: igniting resistance in sanctuary cities like los angeles. >> our police do not participate in the administrative immigration actions. >> reporter: advocates conducting workshops to help undocumented immigrants know their rights >> this community is very diverse it's a very loving community.ive community. >> reporter: everyone very mindful president trump is still warning deportations could an, what's next there in washington >> reporter: it's unclear exactly. the

sources tell nbc news house speaker nancy pelosi called the president to ask him to call off ice raids. but it may be for long. >> are these the people that came into the country illegally. they have been served and gone through the a process, the process with the court and they have to be removed from the county. >> oakland mayor reacting on twitter saying donald trump is playing a cruel political game with the lives of children and families. as long as he keeps threatening our beloved immigrant community, oakland will continue to prepare. we know our rights and values. despite the president's announcement after ice raids in the bay area last year, many still live in fear. >> community remembers are trying to go to work. >> with the immigrants rights group siren telling people to be prepared. >> know they have rights they can exercise regardless of their immigration status. so to have an interaction with ice, for example, make sure they do not open the door, that they check to see there is a judicial warrant. >> ice issued a statement saying the president's postponement protects offic

sources tell nbc news house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night to ask him g. call off i.c.e. raids, but it >> these are people that came into the country illegally. they've been served. they've gone through a the process of the courts. and they have to be removed from the country. >> reporter: oakland mary libby schaaf reacting on twitter saying@real donald trump is playing a cruel political game with the lives of children and families. as long as he keeps threatening our beloved immigrant community, oakland will continue to right. >>> despite the president's announcement today after i.c.e. raids in the bay area last year, many still live in fear. >> the community members are afraid to drop their children off at school at times. they are afraid to go to work. >> reporter: she is with the immigrants rights group siren and is telling people to be prepared. >> know that they have rights that they can exercise regardless of their immigration status. so if they have an interaction with i.c.e., for example, make sure that they do not issued a statement saying the of

it is the latest move by the house administration to block investigations. two sources telling nbc newsdson have been told not to hand over any documents to the judiciary committee related to their time in the white house. a lawyer for hope hicks said she would not provide any document related to her time in the white house or on the trump transition team. but agreed to turn over some documents related to the trump campaign. in a statement, jerry nadler said this, the president has no lawful basis of preventing our witness from complying with requests. he adds, we will continue to seek reasonable accommodation on these and all of our discovery requests and intend to press there issue when obtain the testimony. >>> paul manafort will reportedly be transported to rikers jail in the next few weeks. people tell the "times" that manafort will most likely be held in isolation. manafort is currently serving a 7 1/2-year federal prison sentence after being convicted last year on tax fraud. bank fraud and other charges stemming from special counsel robert mueller's investigation. according to th

house hopeful is hitting back. >>> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 4th. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett pep we're starting with president trump in london on the second dave his three day state visit in the uk. while yesterday of mostly pomp and ceremony with the royal family, today is more business and politics. the president is currently participating in a business roundtable event at st. james place along with the duke of york and an array of u.s. and uk business leaders. the event is co-hosted by prime minister theresa may who is resigning on friday over the state of brexit which trump controversially heavily criticized may for in the british press days ago. when that wraps up trump and hey will head to downing street for the bilateral meeting followed by a joint news conference. >> last night trump took part in the first state banquet hosted for an american president since 2011. queen elizabeth made a subtle criticism of president trump's america first platform. >> as we face the new challenges of the 21st century, the anniversary of d-day remi

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. earlier this morning president trump land in the uk for the start of a three day state visit as part of a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day coming up on thursday. prior to leaving the president previewed his trip. >> we'll be going to the uk. i think it will be very important. it certainly will be very interesting. there's a lot going on in the uk. i'm sure it's going to work out very well for them. as you know, they want to do trade with the united states. and i think there's an opportune for a very big trade deal at some point in the near future and we'll see how that works out. our country is doing incredibly well. our businesses are doing well. we'll clog up the border. stop the border. mexico is making hundreds of billions of dollars for many, many years. and they have to do something about the border. everyone is coming through mexico, including drugs, including human trafficking. >> so tonight president trump will take part in the first state banquet being h

house is arguing that she is, quote, immune from being compelled to testify. >>> good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, june 19th, i'm yasmin vossoughian along with nbc newshite house correspondent geoff bennett. all right. president trump launching his re-election campaign in florida last night, but with no new announcements or a significant change in rhetoric. the president spent time discussing past problems. than the future. the orlando rally with a style of events. it was the seventh rally he's held in florida during his presidency. and the second one he's held in orlando. as "the new york times" put it, quote, by the end of mr. trump's 76-minute speech there were patches of blue seats visible across the rein florida. some supporters have left the rally early maybe because they have seen it before. >> this election is a verdict on whether we want to live in a country where the people who lose an election refuse to concede and spend the next two years trying to shred our constitution and rip your country apart. you remember during one of the debates when crooked hillary said if i win, are you going to support me? but i must be honest, i didn't give he

i'm yasmin vossoughian along size nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett.t will be more than seven months before the first votes are counted in the 2020 nominating contest. but president trump is already focusing on opponent joe biden. while the former vice president is also centering his attention on the president. both were in iowa yesterday where biden delivered scathing remarks that stomped across the state as the president launched his own attack during an appearance in iowa. >> in 2020, we not only have reputed donald trump's policies and values, we have to clearly and fully reject for our own safety sake, his view of the presidency. quote, i have complete power. no, you don't, donald trump. quotes from donald trump, i have absolute power, no, you don't, donald trump. or, only i can fix it. fix yourself first, donald trump. >> politicians let other countries push us around, treat us badly, treat our country with no respect. and you see that with biden. we would never be treated with respect. because people don't respect him, even the people that he's

kathy park, nbc news, monroe, new york. >>> coming up, the trump campaign cleans house following the leak of polling suggesting trouble ahead for 2020. more on the president's team taking action over that internal info getting out as the president disputes the polls that exist. >>> a top trump official works to contain the fallout over the president's suggestion he would accept dirt from a foreign government on a political opponent as the president rails against the mueller report and what it actually showed. your morning's top headlines are less than three minutes away. 'se less than three minutes away >>> the trump campaign cuts ties with some of its pollsters, this after leaked internal polling showed the president trailing joe biden in several key battleground states. >>> plus, secretary of state mike pompeo comes to the president's defense. he says trump will get it right for the american people if a foreign government tries to offer dirt on a political rival in 2020. >>> and president trump weighs in on bob mueller saying he didn't fire the special counsel because of what happe

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. joining me now rick wilson, contributor to the daily beast, the author of the book "everything trump touches dies." jennifer rueben -- and brain klaas, the author of "the despot's apprentice." thanks to you three for joining us. rick, kristin made the point at the end, that the president gets republican support or being tough on immigration and at the border. he gets a little less support on the tariffs on china. but there was really a shot across the bow earlier this week including by mitch mcconnell who said don't do this mexico thing without talking to us first. >> that's because mitch mcconnell'ses that tariffs are always an economic disaster. they're always a tax on americans and they always hurt american consumers. he also realizes that there are three economists in the whole country who believe the same thing donald trump believes about tariffs. they all work for him. they're all morons. and so there was a very clear signal from mcconnell and a very clear signal from other memb

sacrifice that bellavia hopes will resonate with a new generation of soldiers peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> and we salute staff sergeant bellavia for his incredible service. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this tuesday from miami. we hope you'll join us for the first democratic debate tomorrow night and thursday night, each night beginning at 9:00 eastern. for now, i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, we're live and we're taking your donations of unused airline miles and cash. how one moment of generosity can make a sick child's wish come true. >>> also the wife of the ghost ship warehouse master tenant in tears, as she testified in this high-profile trial. >>> but first why did he do? a gunman killed four family members in san jose. >>> thanks for joining us. >> troubling details are emerging about the san jose man who killed four people before killing himself. in the past 20 minutes, "the mercury news" is reporting that the gun was stolen in tucson two years ago. a record shows that the accused gunwaleman was al gu

nbc news is reporting that house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night urging him to call off the raids but nbc news is disputing the president's rational their reporting indicates the plans were called off because details were leaked to the media and immigration officials did not have plans i place to detain thousands of immigrants who were set for deportation. the raids are a big topic during th democratic convention in south carolina today. >> that sckening. that is disgusting. and that is everything that this country does not stand for. we need comprehensive immigration reform. >> and leaders in the district were among those pushing back against those raids, mayor muriel bowseraid d.c. remains a pud sanctuary city committed to protecting the rights of immigrant families. d.c. police and montgomery county police condemned the raids as well. president trump is spending the day at camp david, working on a number of issues. the trump administrations threatening more sanctions on iran starting monday. >> reporter: trump stuck a more measured tone whil once again taking cred

>> nbc news white house correspondent has been covering the back and forth over this issue. s us with new reporting about what's really happening. what is happening behind the scenes with these negotiations? >> you hit the nail on the head. according to u.s. officials. they are expected to continue throughout the night. there were a number of sticking points yesterday. i'm being told that mexico seems to be indicating a willingness to investigate on those tariffs. some of the other sticking po t points require migrants be held and seek asylum in the first country that they enter. another key sticking point was that migrants would be held in mexico. based on my conversations, mexico now seeming to be open to discussing some compromises on those key areas. areas that were once red line. what does this mean? as you point out, president trump has been clear, if there is no deal on monday. he is set to impose those tariffs. mike pence traveling today in welcome. he struck a note of optimism, he made it clear, until there's a deal, those tariffs are still going into place. >> the p

nbc news is reporting house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night urging himl to ff the raids. but nbc news is alsothisputing president's rationale. their reporting indicates that a plans wereed off largely because details were leaked to the media andmmigration fficials did not have plans in place toan detain tho of immigrants set for deportation. the raids were a big topic onvention emocratic in south carolina yesterday. >> that is sickening, that is disgusting, and that is everything that this country does not stand for. we need comprehensiveim gration reform. >> leaders in theer district among those pushing back against the raids. mayor muriel bowser, for instance, sent out a response to the raids on friday saying, d.c. remains a proud sanctuary city commit today protecting the rights of immigrant families. d.c. police and montgomery county police condemned the raids as well. >>> time right now is 10:06.a the st is set for the democratic candidates who wan s toucceed president trump. the debates arewa days a and we are committed to bringing you complete coverage of ci

nbc news is working to confirm that comment, but has now counted 61 members of the house calling for ment vote or inquiry. joining me now from capitol hill, nbc news correspondent, kelly o'donnell, and back with me, former chief communications adviser for paul ryan, brendan buck. kelly, there's been some fast-moving developments out of the judiciary committee on capitol hill. spring us up to speed on what we're learning. >> part of what's happening today is some behind the scenes work that will cover the votes for contempt next week. so as you were giving the headline there, what this basically does is it streamlines the process and gives authority for the enforcement of subpoenas and gives power to the committee chairs for the different investigations that are going on. this is not a change of the rules. it's sort of a restatement, getting everyone on the same page for the anticipated votes of contempt and speak pelosi said perhaps there could be others added to this, involving the attorney general and former white house counsel, don mcgahn. so we're learning a little bit about the m

white house is still planning to move forward with new tariffs on mexico as trade talks continue. >>> good morning, everyone it is friday, june 7th. i'm alex witt in for yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett in for ayman mohyeldin. >>> during what was largely a solemn day of remembrance president trump lobbed political attacks while on sacred ground thursday. during an interview with fox news at an american military cemetery in france to commemorate d-day trump alleged special counsel robert mueller testified which to public knowledge he has not and then sent a letter about it. the president tossed out disparaging comments and nicknames about mueller and democrats all with the backdrop of rows of head stones. >> they thought their good friend bobby mueller would give them a great report. it came out with a report with 13 horrible angry democrats biassed against me. >> do you mind if he was the? >> he made such a fool of himself the last time because when people don't report, the letter he had to do straighten out his testimony because the testimony was wrong. nancy pelosi doesn't talk about it. nancy pelosi is a disaster, okay. she's a disaster.

nbc news, the white house. >>>onight the terrifying traffic stop that resulted in a florida sheriff's deputy being dragged y a driver nearl 200 yards. it was all caught on nbc's kathy park has the dramatic story. >> this routine traffic stop in ocentral florida saturday quickly spi spiralled out of control. body camera footage from a sheriff's deputy shoim ordering thedr iver, rocky rudolph jr. to turn off his car several times. rudolph refuses and lungdo out the win toward the deputy's gun. seconds later the deputy's dash cam shows rudolph racing toward the interstate tiwith the deputy s holding on dragged authorities say 200 yards before being thrown. the deputy's injuries were non-life threatening.c nbnews has not been able to locate an attorney for rudolph who was arrested after an 8-hour manhunt and treated for a gunshot wound to his leg. >> he's going to be locked up tonight and he needs to be in there for a very long time. >> the encounter seemed cordial at first. after the deputy ver led rudolph for tint

joining our conversation, nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander, msnbc road warrior garrettaake in iowa, and nbc news national political reporter, my friend, jonathan allen. garrett, how is the biden camp feeling this morning after that showdown in iowa? >> yes, stephanie, for the biden campaign it is the democratic primary right now, they proved they can get in donald trump's head the execution of a plan in which they laid out part of the speech early in the morning, 12 hours before the former vice president was set to give it. the president responded. the vice president and president went back and forth on this all day long and they were able to look much bigger, standing head and shoulders taller than the other 22 some odd candidates in the democratic field. that's the contrast. that's the picture the joe biden campaign would like to continue to paint for the duration of this primary as their guy uniquely able to go toe to toe with donald trump and get in his head. they were able to prove that yesterday for a single day in iowa. man, it's a long time until people start vo

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett.om of the hour. let start with the morning's top stories. blocked by the trump white house from having fact witnesses testify on the events described in the mueller report, the house judiciary committee held the first in a series of hearings that is part of the democrats strategy the to spotlight the special counsel's findings. with four witnesses on the topic of presidential obstruction, john dean returning to capitol hill to discuss the conduct of another president and his administration, 46 years after his testimony in the watergate hearing set a precedent for people like trump white house counsel don mcgahn to speak before congress. >> i certainly hope don mcgahn is a key witness. before this committee. because of my testimony, the 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. >> president

house intelligence committee will hold a hearing on wednesday. >> behind the scenes of all of this, as the president prepares to officially launch his re-election campaign next week, multiple lawmakers tell nbc news that house democrats are crafting a bill that would among other things require presidential campaigns to report foreign contacts. joining us now, jill wine banks and heidi. what do we know about this? >> this seems to be an initial deal that hopefully jerry nadler hopes will lead to more information. for right now, what we know is that the justice department has agreed to provide the most important information regarding obstruction of justice, the underlying materials, this is what the judiciary committee has been after for quite a while to get those underlying documents as well as the classified information. so what we are told is this is just an initial step. they're going to hold off on voting on criminal contempt against the attorney general but they will go forward on tuesday in terms of voting on ways that they can enforce their subpoenas and they will also continue to hold a vote on holding don mcgahn, the former white house counsel, in civil contempt. >> the contempt vote agai

i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. we're starting with president trump facing big questions on two major policy fronts, calling off a major deportation, after scraping a military against iran. >> reporter: president trump is back at the white house after briefings at camp david after two policy reversals, demanding democrats negotiate a border deal in two weeks or thousands of undocumented migrants will be rounded up and deported. >> we want to end the days where people believe they can come into the country, make a claim of asylum and then be released into the country on their own recognizance only to vanish into the nation. >> democrats pushing back. house speaker pelosi saying time is needed for comprehensive immigration reform. the standoff in washington as disturbing reports from the border emerge about conditions in u.s. facilities. advocates claiming there's not enough food, water or sanitation. >> we are seeing sick children. we are seein

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. is the bottom of the hour. let start with the morning's top stories. we have an updated look stainedings of the first contest of the 2020 democratic presidential race. "des moines register" poll still has former vice president joe biden in the lead but his share of the vote has dropped three points since march to 24%. senator bernie sanders is eight points behind at 16. down nine points from march. senator elizabeth warren has jumped six points to 15% and mayor pete got a 13 point bump from practically nothing back in march. now taking 14% of likely caucus goers. senator kamala harris stayed put at 7 while amy klobuchar and beto o'rourke dropped to 2%. seven other candidates hit 1% in the poll helping them qualify for one of the first debates which is a little more than two weeks away. >>> 19 democratic presidential candidates were in cedar rapids, iowa yesterday for the biggest gathering of 2020 contenders yet. each jockeyed to stan out during their five minute speeches at a fundrais

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett.the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. today marks the start of president trump's three-day state visit to the u.k. trump is scheduled to meet with british prime minister theresa may tomorrow days before her resignation takes effect on friday. in a major and controversial break from diplomatic norms the president has added his support to the former mayor of london boris johnson without officially making an endorsement just yet. >> well, i like him. i've always liked him. i don't know that he's going to be chosen, but i think he's a very good guy, a very talented person. >> yeah. >> he's been very positive about me and our country. i know the players: i know the different players, but i think boris would do have a very good job. i think it'd be -- i think it'd be excellent. >> and president trump says of labor party leader jeremy corbin becomes prime minister, the united states may not share intelligence with the u.k. anymore. >> we're very, very good for th

nbc news white house correspondent -- not at 1600 pennsylvania avenue this morning -- he's here with us in the studio, always good to have you, my friend. jeff bennett. >> good to see you. >> is the party really going to try to stand up to the president this time? >> they say they are, craig. and this isn't just the 12 republicans who blocked the president's declaration of a national emergency along the southern border back in march, this would be nearly the entire republican senate conference. so just think of how long you've heard the republican party, members of the republican party play up and tout the benefits of free trade. at least a generation, right? and so here comes president trump on this tariff slapping spree, and the republicans i talked to and the republicans we heard from publicly have said, they fully accept that the president likes to negotiate from what he sees as a position of strength. they realize that he likes to tough talk, likes to talk tough. but they say there are too many hypotheticals in this. and they say the white house hasn't fully thought this through

nbc bay area news." >>> a matter of life and death. that's how house speaker nancy pelosi is describing the nation's health care debate. she and other california politicians are in san francisco for the health care for all americans weekend. she also called out senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he should let the senate vote on the issue. >> all we're saying to senator mcconnell is give us a vote. do your job, right, jackie? right, michael? do your job, give us a vote. the american people understand what this means. >> pelosi says among the work that needs to be done is improving the affordable care act. >>> a rare move by president trump. the president is backtracking saying he would contact authorities if a foreign government tried to give him damaging information about an opponent, this after he ridiculed the idea earlier this week.

the white house and capitol hill for nbc news. it's good to see you both. halle let me start with you since that meeting just wrapped up at the white house. what did we learn about the intentions of this administration when it comes to a response to this drone attack? >> reporter: right. a couple of things, kasie. and i think that what is just as important as what you heard as important as what he didn't say. what we didn't hear. the president did not rule out retaliatory military action. >> hallie, we have to go to the minority leader, chuck schumer who is speaking live now at the capitol. let's listen. >> and not answer any questions. now, i told the president that these conflicts have a way of escalating. the president may not intend to go to war here, but we are worried that he and the administration may bumble into a war. we told the room that the democratic position is that congressional approval must be required before funding any conflict in iran. one of the best ways to avoid bumbling into war, a war that nobody wants is t

joining me are nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. william baker, chief correspondent for "the new york times." "wall street journal"ist peggy noonan and lanhee chen of stanford university. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it's safe to say we're at one of the prift points of the 2020 election cycle. at the same time, democrats will unofficially hear the starting gun for their nomination fight when 20 candidates face off for two nights of debates this coming week in miami. even though he won't be there, president trump will be a dominant presence at those debates. one way or the other, the 2020 election will be a referendum on donald trump. the president will argue he's a successful businessman turned president who's created a strong economy, appointed conservative judges, ended unnecessary regulations and established a sense of strong and, yes, f

nbc news is reporting house speaker nancy pelosi called the president last night urging him to call the raids off. nbc news is also disputing the president's rationale. their reporting indicates that the planswere called off largely because details were leaked to the mdia and immigration officials did not have plans in place to detain thousands of immigrants set for deportation. the raids were a big topic during the democratic convention in south carolina yesterday. >> that is sickening. that is disgusting.v that isything that this country does not stand for. we needre comphensive immigration reform. >> leaders in the district were among those pushing back against the raids. mayor bowser, fontexample, se out a response to the raids on friday saying, d.c. remains a proud sanctuary city committed to protecting the rights of immigrant filies. ry . police and montgom county police condemn the raids as well. >>> time is 6:05. the stage is set for the democratic candidates who want to succeed president trump. thedebates are days away now. we are committed to bringing you complete coverage of

. >> and joining me now nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker and democratic congressmanhe armed services committee and previously worked at the cia and pentagon. this was a very measured president trump with chuck todd. extraordinary description, expanding on the bare bones of that tweet from earlier today giving the context. and i have to say that john brennan, one of his harshest critics earlier on this program said he did the right thing by pulling back that strike. >> reporter: it was remarkable, andrea to hear president trump talk about the tick tok. he was incredibly measured. of course he said they were close. he was close to green lighting this, but that he hadn't yet. i would underscore that point. i would also underscore that he said, look, everything was in place but nothing was in motion yet. effectively. there were no planes in the area. i thought that that was significant as well. he talked about the potential loss of life, something he tweeted about. those 150 lives, according to his military generals that would have been at risk and, from his own calculat

joining me from the white house, nbc news correspondent hans nichols. hans, walk us through a little bit of how ms. grisham fits into the trump universe and what we expect from her as press secretary. >> she was original and loyal. when you look at when she joined the trump campaign in 2015, she's kind of along the way at the beginning of the trump white house, deputy to sean spicer. she was trusted so much that she went to the first lady's office and there she ran what was widely regarded as a fairly tight shop. not a lot of leaks coming out of the first lady's office when she was running the press shot there. she also took shots at other administration officials. she went after a woman who had run afoul of the first lady. that was an unusual moment. and she clearly has the president's confidence and trust. as someone who has worked with half a dozen press secretaries, being close to the president is perhaps the best currency any press secretary can have, regardless whether you're press secretary anywhere in the west wing. you want to be able to talk d

. >> but house judiciary chairman jerry nadler told nbc news the white house is having the doctrine of absolute immunity, which we'll destroy in court. as a close aide to the president, hicks' participation in today's hearing was initially viewed as a break through to the committee. and featured prominently in the mueller report. in africa, her name, hope hicks is mentioned over 180 times in the mueller report. it prompted a new round of attacks from the president saying quote, democratic congress am hearings are rigged. after today's hearing, he tweeted, so sad that the democrats are putting wonderful hope hicks through hell. trump went after the mueller probe, itself, tweeting, if i didn't have the phony witch hunt going on for three years, i would be way up in the polls right now. with our economy, winning by 20 points, but i'm winning anyway. i am joined by magdalene dean of pennsylvania, she was behind closed doors. pull butler a former prosecutor, david coren, thank you, congressmen for so much. you know what we don't know. i'm going to give you all the time you want. what did yo

to be there but john dean will, former white house counsel under richard nixon, famously the star witness for the watergate hearings. sources tell nbc news the full house will vote next tuesday on whether or not to hold attorney general barr in contempt of congress for ignoring a subpoena for the full mueller report. trump's threat of tariffs on products from china or mexico and the risk of a wider trade war has a number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worried about the impact of the economy. those same members of congress are facing pressure to come up with a budget and by the way, to raise the debt ceiling before the recess in july and august. we can see that one coming. there is also the latest controversy created by the president's adviser and son-in-law jared kushner. here is what he told jonathan swan of axios when asked about his response to the email summoning him to that now famous june 2016 meeting with the russians at trump tower. >> why didn't you pick up the phone and call the fbi? it was an email that said russia and the russian government was trying to help. why didn't you do that? >> we're in a place where people

a source familiar with the matter told nbc news that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called president trump just last night to ask that he drop the plan for the raids. she said the president's action makes quote no distinction between a status violation and committing a serious crime. also today, oakland mayor libby schaff reacted tweeting out, at real donald trump is playing a cruel political game with the lives of children and families. as long as he keeps threatening our beloved immigrant community oakland will prepare. we know our rights and values. he and we just received a statement from i.c.e. saying the president's postponement protects officers from lea operations. just a few minutes ago i spoke with members of siren, an immigrants rights group in san jose. we'll have their reaction to the new announcement coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you. and president trump also talked about immigration during an exclusive one-on-one sit-down with chuck todd. you can see more of the interview tomorrow morning on meet the press. >>> we are following breaking news in san francisco

. >> a source familiar with the matter told nbc news that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called immigration raids. also today, oklahoma mayor libby schaff reacted on twitter saying at real donald trump is playing a cruel political game with the lives of children and families. as long as he keeps threatening our beloved immigrant community, oakland will continue to prepare. we know our rights and values. >>> and we just received a statement from i.c.e. saying the president's postponement protects officers from any leak about sensitive law enforcement operations. we'll have more on the developing story tonight at 11:00. >> thanks marianne so much back to the breaking news. san francisco police investigating the death of a woman found inside a home. there are two scenes here. one of them is in a home in balboa terrace where police arrested a man possibly connected to the crime. another home in noe valley where police officers found the about it. >> that's where sergio quintana joins us live and sergio, what >> we know that police put out a brief statement this afternoon saying there was a man

. >>> joining me for inside analysis are nbc white house correspondent, nbc news correspondent carol lee, and jojon meacham. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we're going to get to robert mueller's statement, but we're going to start with the tragedy in virginia beach. it's sad to say, but there are too many mass shootings in the united states to count. friday's shooting left 12 victims dead, 11 of them civil servants. operating behind the scenes of just simply making virginia beach work every day. this latest mass murder should lead to more debates about what we as a country will do about this violence. but what will those conversations produce. likely nothing. joining me is pete williams. pete, is it seems the biggest mystery has to do with motive. >> yes, they don't really have one at this point. there are sort of conflicting stories about whether the gunman here who was an employee who killed his foal low employees, the majority of the victims were in the same department of the ci

house. stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage. you can see more video of the historic steps in our nbc washington app. >>> breaking news. golden state warriors superstar and prince george's county native kevin durant is set to announce his free agency plans. have you been on twitter in the last, 0 like, 2nutes or so? all right. bring us up to speed. >> yeah, erika, literally minutes ago kevin durant making the announcement official on instagram after spending the last three seasons with the s goldente warriors. durant is traveling nearly 3,000 miles from oakland to brooklyn to join the nets. this is not a live look at nets fans right now, but they are definitely excited in brooklyn. durant will reportedly sign a four year $164 million deal with the nets. k.dmost likely missing all of next season after having surgery on a torne achilles h suffered in the nba finthls but e nets not worried about that aer making this huge deal. also joining him if ooklyn, six-time all-star kyrie irving. we'll have much more coming up as this info is

the white house is facing a major obstacle here at home. senate republicans, with nbc news reporting that more than a half dozens senate republicans raised concerns with the plan behind closed doors yesterday. according to "the washington post," senator ted cruz told representatives from the white house, quote, i want you to take back that you didn't hear a single yes in this room. louisiana senator johns kennedy publicly expressed worry about the president's plan this morning. >> he's talking about tariffs. i'm worried about the tariffs. i worry that the harm to our economy will be greater than the effect on mexico. mexico's our biggest trading partner. we do about $700 billion -- that's nine zeros -- worth of business. >> but close trump ally lindsey graham urged fellow republicans to fall in line, while conceding it's unlikely a plan will emerge before the tariffs go into place. >> if i were the republican senators, i would give the president a chance to get better action out of the mexico. >> you can do that by monday? >> i don't know, probably not. it's just going to t

the white house tells nbc news that it has no comment on this potential third sumit. on sunday, white house press secretary sarah sanders said correspondence between the two leadersas been ongoing. >>> there is scramble on capitol hill today to pass legislation addressing the ormous humanitarian crisis going on at the border. >> the house voted on a emergency aide bill last night. and set up a showdown in these te. there's a veto threat from the white house. >> craig boswell hashe latest. >> the bill is packed -- >> late tuesday night, the house approved a 4 $1/2 billion emergencaide bill. >> it's for the children, the children, the children. it's about lifting them up in a way that takes them beyond what we do t tay. >> senate has a competing aide package. >> if you don't fix the underlying problem, you'll be doing this every three or four months. >> customs and border protections facilities are overflowing with migrant families and unaccompanied children.at the ston in clint texas described as filthy, dangerous and getting worse. conditions president trump says he's

house you're not alone. take today as an example. minutes ago nbc newsfirmed former white house aide hope hicks has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee in a closed session next wednesday. as that story was breaking the house oversight committee voted to recommend holding attorney general bill barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt, having to do with refusing to cooperate with that committee's investigation into a citizenship question that might show up on next year's census if the supreme court says it is okay. that vote came hours after president trump claimed executive privilege to block congress from accessing documents related to that census investigation. while that drama unfolded the house intel committee heard testimony from two former fbi officials about the counterintelligence implications of robert mueller's investigation. oh, yes. there is more. the senate intel committee heard testimony today from none other than a guy named donald trump, donald trump jr. that is. this is the third time the president's son has

today our nbc news colleague andrea mitchell asked the speaker about the potential impact if the house were to move forward. >> we are so divided as a country right now. do you worry about the politics right now, impeachment and everything else that's on the -- on the table and how that can further divide us? >> well, again, with all due respect to your question, i'm not here to talk about impeachment. >> there have been reports that pelosi and judiciary chairman jerry nadler of new york are at odds on the topic of this impeachment. he said to be opposed to her go slow approach. much more on that ahead. there is also new reporting on nadler's other project, and that's getting robert mueller to testify publicly. politico's -- he could issue a subpoena to mueller within two weeks if a deal for public testimony can't be secured. just yesterday nadler said he was confident mueller would appear at a hearing. as all that unfolds, there are questions of democratic house efforts to hold bill barr and don mcgahn in contempt of congress for defying mueller's full report and supporting materials

good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> the house of representatives has justht passed the american dream and promise act of 2019. which offers a path to citizenship for folks who were brought here as kids, for the dreamers. >> this vote, the yeas are 237. the nays are 187. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> what they're saying there,

house. what u.s. official is telling nbc news is white house hopes this handshake will help jump start negotiations informalized way. that was desire heading into this meeting. president walked into north korea and spent by my clock about a minute inside of north korea and walked out. but duration of his stay shouldn't necessarily correlate to the consequence of what he did. and yes the president is talking about how historic this is, but lot of ways what happens now in future, not the past. will it lead to substantive conversations at additional summit. was asked would he invite kim to the white house. he answered yes. on top of that, reported that trump has invited kim to the white house. i want to hedge this but there is potential of another summit at white house. what we have from our reading is president answering a hypothetical would he invite kim but that's hugely significant development. richard. >> adam yount, as we -- i'm trying to understand what could be next, from terry, from cha, will be judged by eyes of history in terms of what happens from this meeting. what might happen, adam? >> unf

joining me from the white house, nbc news hans nichols. hans, this can be a little zbik complicated, but lay out generally what this would mean? >> well, because small businesses don't purchase health care in the way large corporations do, this law is designed the make it easier to give them the tax benefits that the large corporations get and let their employees actually buy that health care, so it basically opens up the health care market small businesses employees with tax benefits. they say eventually when it's all phased in, it will be open to employees and their families. the part of this is it's a bit by bit to have the republican version of health care that they want to put forward. in general the president has. really talked about what his specifics are going to be for fundament fundamentally reorganizing obamacare. the president has. come forward with a come prehinsive health care policy his bottom line is he'll do it after the republicans win back the house. that means going into this election, the president doesn't have a firm