joining us now, richard clark, who served as the white house point man on haiti. citizenship, does that mean to you in any way that there was u.s. involvement in any attack on moise? >> no, chris, it doesn't. what it suggests to me, based on the reporting we have so far, is that colombians, a large number of colombian citizens and perhaps two haitian americans were involved in this. that suggests a drug gang and suggests mercenaries hired by perhaps one of the colombian cartels because the president probably wasn't cooperating. haiti was always been a transit point for drugs from colombia moving from the united states and a small market for drugs from colombia as well. this looks like a spillover from a colombian drug war. >> big move for a drug dealer or cartel to go after a president. but then again it's haiti. it's not like you're worried about the state coming after you. what does this mean about the likelihood america is going to have to have a heavier footprint there because there will be chaos to come? >> well, i don't think so. the u.n. was there last with

joining us now, richard clark, who served as the white house point man on haiti. citizenship. does that mean, to you, in any way, that there was u.s. involvement in any attack on moise? >> no, chris, it doesn't. but it suggests to me, based on the reporting we have so far, is that colombians, a large number of colombian citizens and, perhaps, two haitian-americans, were involved in this. that suggests a drug gang. it suggests mercenaries hired by, perhaps, one of the colombian cartels because the president, probably, wasn't cooperating. haiti has always been a transit point for drugs, from colombia, moving into the united states. and it's a small market for drugs from colombia, as well. so, this looks like -- um -- a spillover of a colombian-drug war. >> big move for a drug dealer or a cartel, even, to go after a president. but then again, it is haiti. it's not like you are worrying about the state coming after you. what does this mean about the likelihood that america's going to have to have a heavier footprint there because there'll be chaos to come? >> well, i

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hour we're going to talk about all of this with connecticut senator richard blumenthal hand massachusetts congresswoman katherine clark. as president biden heads to ohio to make another push for his build back better agenda, the white house announced that ukraine's president will visit the white house for a meeting on august 30th. meantime, a new study suggests the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine may be less effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus and that people who got the shot may need a booster. >>> and we are hearing from the nation's highest ranking military officer about what a new book has to say about his statements and actions around the january 6th riot. actions a the january 6th riot >>> we'll have a lot more on the pandemic in just a moment, but we want to begin with what is going on on capitol hill. for that we cross over to nbc news correspondent leanne caldwell. good to have you with us on this very busy day. we just heard from kevin mccarthy. let's talk about what this decision means for a moment, his decision to pull his picks from the january 6th select committee. what does it actu

clark, still, believed him. so, he and the president had a comity. and so, when trump is saying this to justice-department officials, the acting-attorney general jeff rosen, his deputy, richard donoghue. what he is not telling them, he's already been speaking with jeff clark. that he's already been talking to jeff clark about what the justice department can do for -- for him. and what the two officials don't know is that, just a week later, they are going to be back in the oval office fighting for their jobs with jeff clark in the room as the president decides whether or not to fire them all. one of the things that donoghue does say to the president, on this call, according to the notes, is he says you should have the leadership you want. but just know, it's not going to change the outcome of the election. >> huh. that is a very, very interesting point. you can meddle with us. you can move the chessmen around. you are not going to get done, what you want done. katie benner is "the new york times" justice department reporter. joining me now, is democratic member of the house oversight committee which just received those notes from donald trump's call with the attorney general