nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. i'm familiar with the hallway, the big question is what's happening behind closed doors? >> yeah, that's right, chris. the president has been with senate democrats now for a little under an hour. we expect him to emerge. we're told he's taking questions from senators inside that room. there's been no specificagenda. there has been news the president has delivered to senate democrats, and that according to julia and other members on the team, he will not veto a resolution that will essentially gut a criminal code change passed by the washington, d.c. city council. now, this is kind of a unique oversight responsibility that the congress has, that they can basically approve or disapprove any piece of legislation that's passed by washington, d.c. city council. there's been some concern particular from republicans that this is too soft on crime, this criminal code change and the house republicans did end up passing that resolution with quite a bit of support from democrats and there was so

ryan nobles, what can congress do?y just to listen to what the ceo has to say, what the mom has to say? where is the oversight, and who's going to make sure that this railroad makes good on its promises? >> yeah, it's a great question, chris, and it really comes in multiple layers. the issue of fixing the problem in the community, making sure the soil, air and water is safe. that's a long-term commitment that's going to require investment not only from the government but from the company as well, and congress has said they are going to make sure that it is the company that puts the dollars in to solve that problem. there's also the reforms that are necessary and the rail safety space to prevent something like this from happening again, and there's a comprehensive bill that the senate is working on, sherrod brown of ohio, his counter part, jd vance has a pill they're pushing through as well. while the norfolk southern ceo has committed to aspects of the bill, he's not endorsed it in totality, and the senator told me tod

joining us now with more is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, good morning. what more do we know about this bill? >> reporter: well, you know, jose, this could be one of the rare moments of bipartisan cooperation from the united states congress, especially because ohio is represented by both a republican and a democrat. jd vance, the newly elected republican from ohio, and sherrod brown, the long time democratic senator there, working on a bipartisan piece of legislation that would specifically address many of these concerns that have been born out of this accident, including enhancing safety procedures for trains carrying hazardous materials, that would create a permanent requirement for railroads to operate with at least a two-person crew and also increase fines for wrongdoing committed by rail carriers. there has been some talk about whether or not there would be any sort of federal assistance that would be provided to the residents of east palestine as a result of this disaster, but yesterday senator sherrod brown told me and other reporters he believes i

ryan nobles joins us now. ryan, this is not a good time for norfolk southern. take us through the highlights from the hearing. >> reporter: yeah, i think that norfolk southern was prepared for this. they knew their ceo was going to be grilled today by senators from both parties about the disaster that took place regarding the norfolk southern train that ended up derailing and causing a massive chemical and hazardous incident in east palestine, ohio. he clearly came to the hearing prepared to not make any excuses and promise that norfolk southern was going to do everything they could to rectify this problem and prevent it from happening in the future. there's no doubt that senators have concerns that go beyond the accident itself. they want to make sure norfolk southern is responsible for the cleanup and the repair of the community and that they are going to take care of individuals that have been impacted by it from a health perspective. listen to what senator bernie sanders pressed shaw on earlier today. >> you talked about covering the needs of the people of

. >> joining me now is ryan nobles and brendan buck so ryan, those comments are on top of what we areding marco rubio and john cornyn, really surprised that ron desantis would call it a territorial dispute. one country invaded the other. one is russia and the other is ukraine. it's a david and goliath >> yeah. it's stark the chasm between where you see many parts of the republican base really the maga wing of the republican base and these establishment republican senators it's very difficult to find a republican senator who is not on the side of supporting ukraine with as much as the united states is able to do so. we have seen some break. senator vance of ohio, closely aligned with former president donald trump, wrote an op-ed where he suggested perhaps we not go overboard in the support of ukraine there's no doubt that these republican senators see this as an existential threat. this is about more than just a dispute between ukraine and russia that this is a bigger problem for the entire world it has what could be lingering affects on other parts of the world as well, including chin

with us to talk about this is capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and jeff bennett, co-anchor of the we hearing so far during this hearing? >> we're really hearing from howard shultz pushing back on the premise that the chair of the senate health education labor and pensions committee has established in that his company is not open to unions and has done everything possible to try to prevent unions from organizing, even to the point of breaking federal labor laws. shultsz rejecting that premise time and time again and even suggesting that he's open to his company negotiating with these unions. take a listen to a portion of what he had to say earlier today. >> while we care deep ily about our partners, we are limited by law in what we can do in environments. we are 100% committed to fulfilling our obligations as an employer under the labor relations act and committed to good faith negotiations on first contracts for each unionized store. >> reporter: shultz has gone into the complications of such a big company that has so many individual stores and how in many stores there maybe only

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joining us live is capitol hill correspondent ryan noble. there seems to be a big one which it comes to putin's war, ukraine and what they think about some of his comments. >> tom, it really does depend on which audience you're talkinging about here and what ron desantis said was that he views the conflict with ukraine and russia as a regional conflict and it's not in the united states' national interest, and he said that they wouldn't allow for a blank check if he were -- if he said if he were to run for president and he wouldn't endorse a blank check for the u.s. government and that has made republicans here in the public states senate upset and many not agreeing on that stance at all and let me hear what they were saying yesterday. >> i know how -- i believe that the aid to ukraine is not charity. i think it's an act of self-preservation. >> i am very disturbed that he feels that way. >> i think that's a misunderstanding of the situation. and it's not territorial conflict. >> let me explain what i mean by audience, yes, republicans in the

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nbc capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. former fbi assistant director for counter intelligence, and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. frank, let's start with the steele reporting. on some fbi agents resisting the mar-a-lago search what stuck out to you? >> oh goodness, we are in a bad place. if years of trump bashing the fbi, having fired jim comey, having andy mccabe fire 24 hours before he's eligible for retirement benefits. here we go with now what appears to be the fruits of all of that erosion of our key institutions where the question has to be asked of do we have fbi agents who are gun shy when it comes to doing the right thing? let me say this. robust, even lowe debates and discussions between agents and prosecutors on big complex cases but actually, the sign of a healthy relationship with the prosecutor. the sign of an unhealthy situation is when agents gets the point where they see evidence, namely people moving boxes to discreetly hide them after subpoenas have been iss

porn star, wait until you see what jack smith brings and the reaction to that, so buckle up >> ryan noblesk you very much. >>> i want to turn now to barbara -- former executive vice president of the trump organization and author of the book "tower of lies: what my 18 years of working with donald trump reveals about him. i want to thank you very much for being with us. the title of your book says a lot. 18 years working with the former president. what do you make of this indictment after all that time >> yeah, the knee jerk is to say, well, it's about time trump has gotten away with so many, many things. even when i was working with him there were little things, and sort of bordering on the illegal, things that i wasn't working on like the casinos. i understand there was some stuff going on with the environmental people and suggested we do something, we just didn't do it if it wasn't either right or ethical or legal. so now finally he's gotten indicted on this and it's not a little thing, and there's, i don't know, 30 different charges so who knows what's involved in it i'm sort of like, ye

let's bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, also capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles to talk to us about this tour of the d.c. jail and the january 6th defendants. any reaction from trump world about this threat? >> reporter: at this point we have no word as it pertains to this specific threat. i think it's important context to note that donald trump is going to waco, texas, tomorrow, for what is his first formal mega rally of the 2024 presidential campaign for him. this is notable because for donald trump ultimately he has no say over what the grand jurors do or prosecutors choose to do. what he does have control over is in terms of trying to galvanize his base of support in trying to turn this into a political advantage for him. it's going to be up to a jury if criminal proceedings take place, and whether he's guilty or innocent. but it's going to be up to the voters to determine whether he has a shot at the republican nomination for president again or potentially the general election. i think it's important to note over the course of the last 24 hours, the extent of h

let's go to capitol hill where we have our capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles, standing by. look, there has always been a core of support for donald trump. it seems to be growing within the halls of congress and elsewhere. tell us about it, ryan. >> reporter: that's right, house republicans in particular seem to be rallying around the former president. the house speaker kevin mccarthy has empowered jim jordan, the head of the judiciary committee to begin an investigation into this investigation. he sent a letter today to alvin bragg, the district attorney requesting him to testify before congress to discuss whether or not any federal funds were used as part of this investigation. this obviously has a big impact here on trump's support in washington but also it has broader implications for the 2024 election as well, and his chief rival, ron desantis, who is expected to run for president, currently the governor of florida, getting some heat from trump supporters because he didn't speak out quickly enough against this prosecution or potential prosecution. while desantis was aske

. >> ryan nobles is nbc's capitol hill correspondent, debra barrett is a "washington post" reporter.arly rem republicans had a lot to get off their chests. was that the tone, the tenor of what we saw throughout the morning? >> it really was, chris, and it wasn't just on that topic of the protection of supreme court justices after the dobbs decision. you also saw certain members of the senate judiciary committee on the republican side really press merrick garland about the doj investigating incidences around the school board. that's something the house committee is also concerned about, also senator marsha blackburn of tennessee asking pretty tough questions about whether or not the doj was really looking into the bombings of crisis pregnancy centers. so you know, as you point out, it's been quite a while since garland has been in front of this panel, and there were a lot of things that both republicans and frankly democrats had to ask him about and certainly a lot of topics of substance as well, what the department was doing as it relates to fentanyl coming across the border and whet

nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill, symone sanders townsend is back with us. you from our own reporting that democrats are seething, particularly on the house side. pramila jayapal, chair of the progressive caucus put out a tough statement saying she strongly disagrees with president biden's decision, that washington, d.c. should be able to govern themselves. the delegate who represents the district of columbia, said she found out through media reports not from the white house. it's a two-fold problem for the white house. first it's their relationships with democrats and those on the left but they also find themselves in an uncomfortable position right now because crime continues to be a bigger and bigger campaign issue, and as the president eyes a 2024 campaign relaunch, it's closure clear that republicans are going to hone in on the issue of crime and crime in the urban areas that are predominantly governed by democrats. this is president biden showing he wants to be tough on crime and especially on an issue where this bill is likely going to pass. he was go

chris. >> ryan nobles, luke broadwater, great to have you on set. thanks for coming by.it's the house gop's unofficial theme, hearings, hearings, hearings. the gop's busy day on capitol hill taking aim at the biden administration. >>> but first, we're a day out from the norfolk southern ceo's testimony after a federal investigation was just opened. so what consequences could they face? you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc mara, are you sure you don't want -to go bowling with us tonight? -yeah. no. there's my little marzipan! [ laughs ] oh, my daughter gives the best hugs! we're just passing through on our way to the jazz jamboree. [ imitates trumpet playing ] and we wanted to thank america's number-one motorcycle insurer -for saving us money. -thank you. [ laughs ] mara, your parents are -- exactly like me? i know, right? well, cherish your friends and loved ones. let's roll, daddio! let's boogie-woogie! introducing astepro allergy. let's roll, daddio! now available without a prescription. astepro is

joining me now to explain is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. so cbo went through, and looked at voting records, looked at fiscal analysis, and "the new york times" then did their own analysis of that. explain to me how they got to the point where they can say republicans are just as much to blame for us being at 31 trillion? >> you basically look at the facts of the voting record from both parties going back through the past two administrations, and it's pretty clear that both republicans and democrats have contributed to the ballooning debt for the united states federal government, and when you're talking specifically about what republicans have done to contribute to that, you have to look no further than the 2017 trump tax cuts, which took a big chunk of revenue away from the federal government and then did not replace it with measurable cuts that would offset that balance, and then, it rolls right into the covid pandemic where under the trump administration was the first round of massive amounts of covid relief fund, and then into the biden

>> nbc's ryan nobles joins us. tiktok's ceo took it yesterday and didn't seem to sway members, if any, with his testimony. what happens now? where does this go from here? >> reporter: i think a ban is certainly on the table still. this is something lawmakers are deliberating right now, trying to figure out exactly what type of form and function that would manifest itself, if they could come up with some sort of legislative agreement that would pass both the house and senate. what is certainly likely to happen in some way, shape or form is restrictions put on tiktok, whether that means they're sold to an american company or forced to be more transparent about how they store and manage american data. there does seem to be a great deal of inertia in that direction from republicans and democrats. listen to what the house speaker kevin mccarthy had to say after he watched that hearing yesterday. >> if you looked at the tiktok hearing yesterday, it was very concerning. here's a ceo that can't tell you that china is not a

i want to bring in now nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles to start us off. it's great to talk to you. talk us through first and foremost, who the three witnesses are so far the committee has heard from? >> well, it's interesting, yasmin, because kind of the basis of this argument by republicans on this so-called weaponization committee is these whistleblowers have uncovered all of what they're describing as a conservative bias within the justice department and fbi. if these three whistleblowers, the first that have been identified in this report by the house democrats are any indication, they don't necessarily represent the sum total of the premise that republicans are working off of. one of the individuals that was mentioned was a former fbi agent. but some in this group was actually here on january 6th as part of the protests that took place at the capitol. as you mentioned, some have been paid by a former trump ally as part of this process, and they also have been described as people that have fallen out of favor in some way or another with their former e

nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has been tracking what carlson shared and the reaction to it. what can you tell us? >> reporter: lindsey, there was no doubt that democrats were concerned that tucker carlson was given all of this exclusive access to this video from the january 6th riots, but even republicans are now upset after what they saw from tucker carlson's presentation. >> for the second night in a row, fox news host tucker carlson used his exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of video from january 6th to create an alternative reality of what many witnessed and experienced on that day. capitol hill police in some cases escorted protesters through the capitol as if they were giving a tour. >> reporter: more than 100 officers were hurt during the riot. five people died, and at least a thousand people have been arrested, but carlson chose to use the footage to down play the violence while accusing the january 6th select committee of lying about what happened. >> in free countries, governments do not lie about protests as a pretext to gain more power for themselves

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. >> nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill, janis mackey frayer is just back from beijing.day, there's a lot of bipartisan concern. what are we hearing about congress and how they may approach all of this? >> reporter: well, this week is a perfect example of just how serious both republicans and democrats are taking the threat that china poses to the united states on a wide range of issues. it was a main focus today of the worldwide threats hearing with the director of national intelligence and the cia director, and then tomorrow the house homeland security has a subcommittee on intelligence that is specifically focused on the threat from china, but a bit beyond the things that we'res a accustomed to. i talked to congressman august fulger, he's a former fighter pilot. he says there are everyday things we all take for granted that the chinese communist party is targeting. take a listen. >> are there things that you're concerned about, the electric grid, our water supply? are those all things that could possibly be on the table? >> absolutely. think about critical infrastruct

ryan nobles, maggie vespa, thank you. >>> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is being treated at a hospital after falling at a washington, d.c., hotel. mcconnell's spokesperson says the kentucky senator tripped during a private dinner at the waldorf astoria. he just turned 81 last month. he's the longest serving senate leader in american history. joining me is shake sherman, cofounder of punch bowl news which broke this story. what do we know about how leader mcconnell is doing? >> we know he's in the hospital. he's in g.w. hospital in downtown washington, d.c., and we know he was there overnight. we broke the story about midnight last night or shortly before midnight. mcconnell is 81 as you noted. he is a survivor of polio, so mcconnell has, you know, defied odds for a long time, you know what i mean? he's been in the senate in a grinding senate. this is not -- this is a job that people make fun of for being slow and for being inefficient, but being a senator is not easy. it's long hours. it's a lot of travel. and mcconnell has been in this institution for a very long time. we d

. >>> and i want to bring in ryan nobles who covers which i will for us.osenberg is a former u.s. attorney. and as well as the new york chair of the democratic party and he is with me on set. you know, we've heard the rhetoric, but they are threatening to pull bragg in front of congress. they are talking about taking money from his office so that they can't do what they are supposed to do. we have spent months talking about how republicans want to get away from this. why pick this fight with alvin bragg? >> actually they are picking this fight because republicans have long picked a fight with alvin bragg. when he got elected a little over a year ago and started serving in office, he ran as a criminal justice reformer. well within his rights, districts attorneys all over the country do the same thing, but at a point in new york city when we're talking about a rise in crime, republicans seized on this to say here is a guy who is not fit for office. and lee zeldin the republican that ran against kathy hochul last year spent a lot of time saying that if he was

. >> joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles.he senator right there saying you might prioritize safety but your track record's showing that you're not. >> reporter: yeah, and that was one of the big things you heard senators try and pin allen shaw down on today during his lengthy hearing that he frankly didn't have specific answers for. in many respects, they wanted to know specifics behind why many of these disaster occurred, and what he could do to prevent them in the future. he often talked in the kind of technical language of the railroad industry to try and explain away some of these problems, and a lot of the senators didn't really find that useful in their questioning of him. take a listen to this exchange. >> there are a number of different areas in which we are investing in safety. i'm very confident in the ntsb process, which is focused on, right now, a wheel bearing that failed and noted that the norfolk southern crew and the hot box detector, and the track were all operating as appropriate. i'm not waiting for the ful

but at this point, lindsey, there is no specific timeline for when that might occur. >> okay, ryan nobless out with new data showing a troubling spike in hate crime across america the newly released figures show hate crimes jumped 12% in 2021 according to the report, more than 12,000 people were reported to have been victims of a hate crime that year. 64% for their race or ethnicity. nearly 16% for their sexual orientation. 14% for their religion the report is a revised version of the fbi's initial report from december that actually showed a decrease in heightate crimes >>> next, bakhmut in the balance. now europe's bloodiest infantry battle since war war ii. the latest on the battle there as ukraine's president says the future of all ukrainians depends on what happens in the east. nigerian. i got a lot of this from you. the more you learn the more you want to know, and then it just fuels that fire. it filled my soul to be honest. explore your family story at ancestry.com when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu

nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. so where are the priorities this week? >> reporter: chris, it's safe to say this might be the busiest week of the calendar for the united states senate. there's so much going on, and we'll start with the d.c. crime bill. it looks as though that's likely to get a vote in the senate sometime this week, and it is likely to pass that will mean the crime bill passed by the d.c. common council will not be effective. the d.c. common council has tried to withdraw the legislation to prevent the senate from voting on it. senate leadership says they still expect to do so. we expect that in the next couple of days. then it's going to be senators taking on ceos. two big ceos are going to be in the cross hairs of senators this week, the first allen shaw of norfolk southern, scheduled to testify on thursday. expected to get a lot of questions about what happened with the train derailment in ohio and other things, and what his company plans to do to prevent it from happening and fix the problem in ohio, and the current star bucks ceo, how

nbc's ryan nobles has been covering all of this for us and joining us live at the capitol.anders has been pushing to get schultz in front of the committee for a while now. how contentious do we expect this to get. what has starbucks had to say about this accusation of union busting in their stores. >> garrett, we're only about 15 minutes into this hearing. it's already living up to expectations. bernie sanders not holding back in his criticism of howard schultz specifically. schultz did everything he could not to appear at this hearing this morning, especially because he's no longer the ceo of this company. sanders insisted that schultz be a participant. he believes he's the architect of the company's efforts to try and prevent unions from organizing at their stores across the country. listen to how sanders started this hearing this morning. >> starbucks has waived the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our country. that union busting campaign has been led by howard schultz, the multibillionaire founder and director of starbucks, who

joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. good to talk to you on this. i'm wondering why now from this roommate, right, and how this really kind of stacks up against some of the other investigations that are ongoing when it comes to congressman santos? >> according to the "politico" article, and they did have a chance to talk to the former roommate who's making this claim, and sent this information to the fbi and other agencies, he claims that he decided to reach out to these agencies after he saw george santos on television, after being elected to congress. he was upset that this yielded a criminal conviction for him, and not santos, and he wanted to make it clear he thought santos was an equal partner in all of this. this was an investigation that happened five years ago, and how it stacks up with the other investigations is not all that clear because investigators have had the opportunity to look into the role that santos played. we talked to him about it earlier today, and this is how the congressman responded. >> i did exactly as i was instructed at

. >> i want to bring in nbc ease ryan nobles who's been watching all of this unfold on capitol hill. also with me, heather mctier tony, former epa administrator for the southeast region. she currently works with the environmental defense fund and moms clean air force. all right, ryan, so that was not a commitment to compensate people who may never be able to sell their homes. that's just one of many examples that lawmakers pushed them on, lawmakers were not shy. but what is the overall takeaway from this hearing? what is it that they want shaw to do? >> reporter: i think it's pretty clear here, chris, from the questioning that these senators would like to hold shaw on the record. they're trying to get him to commit to investments in the community that will try and get it back to what it was like before that train derailment, basically turn this community upside down. and that includes cleaning up the soil, cleaning up the air and water, fixing the railway itself and all of the ancillary pieces of infrastructure that were impacted by it. but it also means an investment specifically in

ryan nobles for us there in washington. ryan, thank you. >>> also this morning, there are new developments in a case that captivated the nation. an appeals court in maryland reinstating the murder conviction of adnan syed, the focus of a serial podcast. it comes months after syed was freed after spending two decades in prison fighting charges that he killed his former girlfriend. anne thompson joins us. >> reporter: this time the ruling is a victory for the victim's family. the court finding they weren't given enough time to attend last year's hearing and ordering what amounts to a doover of the procedure that freed adnan syed. this morning adnan syed's legal journey made famous by the podcast "serial" and an hbo documentary is not over. in a 2-1 decision, the appellate court of maryland ruled by giving the victim's brother just one day's notice before the hearing was insufficient time to allow mr. young who lived in california to attend the hearing in person. instead, he took part by video conference. because of that, the m

. >> ryan nobles joins us today. n, this was contentious with bernie sanders, a strong labor union guy, against starbucks, with everything they have been accused of. mitt romney did weigh in. he was questioning whether sanders and his colleagues had their own political agenda. >> reporter: that's right. it was interesting to see howard schultz, who was a democratic dealing with this. romney was going to take the business point of view as it relates to this debate. listen to how he framd it. >> you are being grilled by people who have never had the opportunity to create a single job. yet, they believe that they know better how to do so. i think it's rich to not recognize the extraordinary conflict of interest we have, which is our democratic colleagues overwhelmingly get campaign funds from unions. therefore, would like to find every possible way to extend unions even if an enterprise feels it's in their best interest to pursue a different course. >> even though romney's point about job creation and the impacts that un

savannah >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you, ryan. >>> meantime, controversial actor robert blake has died. for more than 60 years he starred in tv shows and movies, most notably the popular '70s series "beretta. his legacy was tarnished following the unsolved murder of his second wife in which he was acquitted. nbc's anne thompson has more good morning. >> good morning, hoda. drama marked robert blake's life both on screen and off as a child actor, a tv star, and ultimately a murder suspect in the killing of his wife. it was a life marked by fame and infamy >> don't do the crime if you can't do the time. >> reporter: it is the role that defined robert blake's tv career as the tough street wise police detectiveberetta, who was fond of disdisguisedisguises he starred in a real life crime drama that captivated the nation, when he was tried for the shooting death of his second wife bonny lee bakley. she was killed in blake's car outside an italian restaurant after the two dined together his defense, cohe could not hav shot his wife because he returned to the restaurant to get a handg

mccarthy to make even more false claims about the violent attack nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has a closer look. hey, ryan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. democrats have already raised serious concern about the release of thousands of hours of footage to the fox news host and after seeing tucker carlson's presentation, many republicans are just as upset. for the second night in a row, fox news host tucker carlson used his exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of video from january 6th to create an alternative reality of what many witnessed and experienced on that day >> capitol hill police in some cases escorted protesters through the capitol as if they were given a tour. >> reporter: more than 100 officers were hurt during the riot five people died and at least a thousand people arrested but carlson chose to use the footage to down play the violence while accusing the january 6th select committee of lying about what happened. >> in free countries government does not lie about protests as pretext to gain more power. >> reporter: some republicans taking issue wit

let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles.etz thinks should be investigated by the house ethics committee, but here we are. >> reporter: that's right, nicolle. it is important to point out the house ethics committee, while republicans are in the majority, it is the one committee in the house of representatives that is equally represented by both republicans and democrats. and it is also one of the few committees where rarely anything will leak out over the course of an investigation. so it is notable that they were so public with the announcement of this subcommittee that is going to be specifically tasked with investigating george santos and that theyrevealed the long list of potential allegations they're looking into. it is no doubt the most serious we have seen in this situation with george santos. it represents the most trouble that he is facing up until this point. because the committee could recommend a wide range of penalties if they find wrongdoing, they could refer any criminal conduct that they find to the department

nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill ryan, tell us more about how the d.a.' is responding to the request by republicans for information that is tied to the trump case >> yeah, you know, chris, for some time the three house committees led by republicans here in washington, the administration committee, the oversight committee and the judiciary committee have been lobbing back and forth letters to the district attorney's office requesting information. they've gone as far as to suggest that alvin bragg the district attorney should come before these committees for a transcribed interview. the d.a.'s office making it clear today after the news of the indictment broke that they are not under any circumstances going to just wholesale comply with what the house republicans are asking for, and they are also making it clear that they are not going to allow these requests from congress to interfere with their investigation and accused jim jordan, the chairman of judiciary, the other chairman to try and use politics to get in the way of their investigation and they even

now discharged from the hospital he's receiving treatment at an inpatient rehab facility nbc's ryan nobles joins us with the latest on senator mcconnell's condition. let's start there, ryan. what are we hearing about just how senator mcconnell's doing? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. the senator's staff for the first time revealing that in additions to that concussion he suffered after a fall last week, the powerful republican also fractured a rib. that's part of why instead of coming home after leaving the hospital he's been transferred to an inpatient rehab facility mcconnell, of course, is 81. he'd been in the hospital since last week and had problems with his legs before. it's the lingering effects of his battle with childhood polio. in 2019 a fall led to a fractured shoulder the spokesman described his con ku concussion recovery, quote, proceeding well. and his wife and elaine chow are concerned with the skilled medical care, kindness, and prayers they've received >> he is back on the mend. any idea when we can expect him back in the upper chamber? >> reporter: at this point, there i

>> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you so much. >>> any minute now the head of norfolk southern is set to face tough questions from senators after two massive train derailments in ohio. moments ago, the company's ceo alan shaw told lawmakers he's deeply sorry for the impact of the derailment in east palestine that triggered a hazardous chemical spill. after the incident, resident ganz reporting headaches and respiratory issues among other symptoms. joining us now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin and from cleveland, ohio, nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch. julie, what kind of questions can we expect from lawmakers in this hearing today? >> reporter: yeah, well, certainly alan shaw and the epa officials are going to be grilled by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. let's take a step back here, jose. this is the first time we're hearing from the ceo of norfolk southern and this isn't the only train derailment that has happened under his watch. just more than four train derailments in ohio alone in the last five months. and in this hearing room, which you can se

joining me now, ryan nobles, danel harvin, former u.s. attorney paul charlton, phil rucker and brendon buck. phil, let's talk about this new report from your colleague on the behind the scens deliberations. >> this is an extraordinary new reporting inside the discussions within law enforcement about how aggressively to investigate trump over his handling of classified documents and whether to conduct that surprise raid of his mar-a-lago home in august. my colleagues are reporting for the first time that some officials within the fbi who would have been involved in the search were resisting doing the surprise raid and instead advocating that prosecutors and the fbi work collaboratively with trump's legal team to arrange for a consensual search. this all speaks to how carefully different law enforcement officials were trying to handle the former president. this was an extraordinary kind of investigation, not one with any parallel, not one they are used to conducting. it shows how carefully they were weighing all of these steps and the dispu

agenda, which is focused on president biden and his family.1 joining me now, luke broadwater and ryan nobless focused so heavily on investigating president biden and his family. >> right. my colleague and i,a5■ jonathan swan, spent many weeks learning about jamest( comer. he's taking an interesting rise through congress. he started out in kentucky as the repu"å■ democrats most liked. most likely to do dealsxd with d seen ase1 a very bipartisan guy and forlp some time, that was h reputation in congress as well. but as he's risen through theu ranks of the oversight?;■çcommie and nowu investigator on capitol hill, he's having to respond to the right wing of the party, which really wants nothing more than to investigatefá president bide and his family. and he's also respondinge1 to t voters of his district whoe1 we spent a lot of time talking with for this story. and what they want to seee1 is somebody who can bring joe biden down. ande1 so jamese1 comer has madet his topq mission on capitol hil and that is turning over every document they can find to try t1 find something that can link the pres

questions whether the fed will hold back joining me now is stephanie ruehl and stephanie gosk, and ryan noblere talking about svp and the other bank that collapsed. >> signature. >> thank you and the fed, though, part of what happened with these banks, is that the fed was raising rates and the banks were -- >> i wouldn't blame the fed. >> rates were changed. >> they won't say that out loud but even goldman sachs in a statement last night backed off how much they think the fed could raise rates. until now, jay powell has been clear, the number one priority is ensure that inflation goes down for example, we know that maybe rates going up could impact employment in this country, maybe the unemployment numbers are going to tick up, he's like we have room on the unemployment front we don't have room on the inflation front. however, if we end up with an actual banking crisis, if we end up with something that is economically disastrous, which we probably won't, that's a big thing for the fed factoring into their decision making going forward, is it going to make them do an about face? who knows. but

joining me now from nashville is jasmine and ryan nobles. bring us up to speed on everything you learned from the latest news conference. >> you talked about the interview the police chief had, investigators had, officers had with the parents of the shooter. we're learning of the fact the shooter had several firearms on them. three of them were with the shooter. when they went to the covenant school. all three were puchlsed legally. the parents told the officers they thought she sold the only one firearm that the suspect had when in fact they had six extra that never sold that one you mentioned being treated for an emotional disorder. we know the police here in nashville, they responded pretty quickly. they got the phone call in at 10:13. the shooter was neutralized at 10:27. at 10:24 is when they engaged the shooter. we've got a lot of security footage, body cam footage which i want to bring up now if i can because it really shows how quickly they responded. from when the officers came on the campus, the shooter engaged them through the sec

nbc's ryan nobles is with on capitol hill. lorida. also with us, former republican congressman from florida, david jolly. ryan, how are republican lawmakers reacting the the news of a potential indictment? >> reporter: it certainly seems they have their talking points. they're rallying around the former president donald trump and attacking manhattan d.a. alvin bragg calling this politically motivated. take a look at a sample of what republicans were saying over the weekend. >> it feels like a politically-charged prosecution here. and for my part, i just feel like it's just not what the american people want to see. >> all the democrats hate trump. there are republicans that hate trump. there's a double standard. you can do anything you want to trump and everybody is okay with that, but you can't do it to biden. >> this looks to mek me like another example of the two-tier system of justice at the doj. >> reporter: you heard those same messaging points over and over again, two-tiered justice system, politically charged prosecution

joining us is ken dilanian and brian cheung and capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. not terribly unusual doj would take a look when something so catastrophic happens in the banking sector they're looking at, for example, the ceo stole stock worth $3.6 million 11 days before the collapse that was done consistent with a prearranged plan hatched in january. what the fbi will be looking at, whether there was insider knowledge, whether anyone acted on the knowledge that something bad was going to happen. >> ryan, capitol hill, we talked about yesterday how there doesn't seem to be a lot of incentive right now to change the regulations. i was reading that kevin mccarthy had a phone call with republicans about how to message on this. the message did not include changing regulations but instead blaming president biden for what happened what have you heard so far >> we saw kevin mccarthy for the first time really establish any kind of a statement or blame anything specific today in the tweet earlier today where he specifically blamed what he called the reckless spending of th

joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. and the house has to go along with it and repeal it, what does that mean? >> reporter: essentially what it would mean as you point out, katy, congress would take back its authority under the constitution to declare war and make it more difficult for an executive branch or president to unilaterally decide to get involved in a military conflict without the support of members of congress and this is what some of the sponsors of the legislation both republican and democrat say about this aumf which has been in place for two decades now. senator tim kaine of virginia saying there's no reason, none, to have a war authorization against a strategic partner, meaning iraq which is a partner in the global geopolitical situation and then his co-sponsor on the legislation, todd young of indiana who said repealing outdated aumfs will demonstrate america's commitment to iraqi sovereignty. many republicans like john cornyn of texas talk about the flexibility that it takes away from the pentagon to ma

joining me in nashville is msnbc anchor, lindsey reiser, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan noblesrom capitol hill you have been talking to folks out there. yesterday i wondered, and it's a red district they've got a republican congressman. i wondered if any of them were rethinking guns and rethinking how they might vote in the next election cycle based on this incident >> i mean, katy, we know that the legislature has paused discussion and debate of gun right expansion bills that are currently going through the state legislature. it doesn't look like there's going to be much movement at the state level. the democratic caucus is putting together a practice that would include a ban on assault rifles. it's unclear given the political divide where that will go here, but the people who showed up today were incensed before the release of those 911 calls so hard to hear. you hear children crying you hear an adult woman saying that they're hiding in an art classroom closet you hear her telling the kids to be quiet you hear one of the kids saying i want to go home. we knew the horrors and

about the silicon valley bank, cnbc senior market correspondent dominic chu, peter alexander, and ryan nobles. dom, the fdic closing -- rather, putting this silicon valley bank in receivership, the california consumer protection agency closing it. they closed stock trading in it earlier. this is a bank failure, clearly. how much could this spread? is this limited to regional banks because of the high capitalization of the big banks? >> andrea, to your point, the reason why i think you might have seen regulators and banking authorities act as swiftly as they did, we had reports that it happened over the course of the last 24 hours, and what i'm holding is the notice from the fdic right now in essence saying what you just did, that california banking regulr -- regulators have moved to shut down the bank. they bring in the fdic to take it into receivership. they are also saying by the way that in order to protect insured depositors, the fdic created a vehicle, a separate bank associated with the fdic, run by the fdic, that will take over all the assets at silicon valley bank. this is important.

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