secretary alejandro mayorkas, accusing him of allowing millions of migrants to cross the border ryan nobles is at the capitol tonight. ryan, where does all this go? >> lester, right now a house committee is debating the merits of these articles of impeachment against secretary alejandro mayorkas it will likely become a vote for the entire house of representatives. republicans are accusing mayorkas of willfully ignoring the law, and they say president biden's border policies have led to a record 8.6 million migrant crossings since president biden took office now mayorkas has said this is nothing more than a political stunt. he has called the accusations against him baseless he could be the first cabinet secretary impeached in nearly 150 years. it is unlikely, though, that the senate will convict him. lester >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> in the middle east, a dramatic undercover operation in a hospital today by israeli commandos, killing a member of hamas they say was planning an imminent terror attack. here's raf sanchez >> reporter: tonight, security video showing the dramatic 5:30 a.m. ra

back with us now is nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. you are all over all the developments today. we have white house reporter monica alba as well. ryan, for speaker johnson to focus his first floor speech on the border, the urgency of the issue, politically, but he has got such a -- a two-member margin here in the house. he seems to be -- seems to be yielding to pressure from donald trump from outside the chamber on saying, kill this thing. the critics say it's because they want the issue rather than trying to do something. it's the toughest border bill any democratic leader -- the president of the united states has ever agreed to. >> reporter: yeah. it does seem as though speaker johnson is backing himself into somewhat of a corner here without even seeing the proposed legislation before it comes out. really kind of throwing away the opportunity to agree to something that likely would never be passed under any other sort of circumstances. even if republicans are successful in the fall election. i will tell you that julie sorkin was wit

all as a potential border security deal is in jeopardy ryan nobles at the capitol. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time in 150 years, a cabinet official is staring down the possibility of impeachment house republicans accusing dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas of willful and systemic refusal to comply with immigration laws and a breach of public trust. since president biden took office, there's been a record 8.6 million migrants crossing the border. >> joe biden has turned every community into a border community with his failed policies. >> reporter: but democrats blasting the move >> the house republicans have clearly turned their ever-shrinking majority over to the extremists and this sham impeachment of secretary mayorkas is just another sad example. >> reporter: mayorkas a key part of the negotiations around a border security package, which republicans demanded before they'll pass any new funding for ukraine. bipartisan senators are working on the border legislation president biden vowed would help him deal with the crisis, including granting him new emergency authority. >> if th

ryan nobles is in for andrea mitchell. he picks up with more news right. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," we' trump watch in manhattan. >>> former trump white house aide peter navarro finds out how much time he will spend in prison for being held in context after snubbing the january 6th committee. >>> mounting pressure on boeing from the faa. lawmakers on capitol hill, airline companies, and concerned passengers, i caught up with the company's ceo on capitol hill yesterday as he defended their record after the boeing 737 max 9 door plug blowout. >>> the gloves are off in the republican primary. nikki haley hitting back at the former president during her south carolina homecoming. >> he pitched a fit. he was insulting, he was doing what he does. but i know that's what he does when he is insecure. i know that's what he does when he is threatened. and he should feel threatened, without a doubt. [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >>> hello. thank you for joining us. i'm ryan nobles in washington in for andrea. former presi

trump also making waves in congress tonight ryan nobles has late details. >> reporter: tonight after wins in iowa and new hampshire on the campaign trail, republican front runner donald trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes. his testimony limited by the judge. last may trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist e. jean carroll. now a jury is weighing how much to award carroll in damages if any. carroll is seeking $10 million trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said carroll was lying, he answered 100% yes later saying i consider it a false accusation and that he quote, wanted to defend myself, my family and frankly, the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile, trump the focus of new tensions on capitol hill with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for ukraine and israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the border crisis >> are you concerned that trump's opposition is basicall

ryan nobles is at the capitol. >> tonight, hunter biden facing the threat of being held in contempt of congress surprising members of congress debating his future. the president's son was called to testify about his foreign business dealings as part of the gop impeachment inquiry into president biden he refused to answer questions behind closed doors leading the house oversight and judiciary committees to send a resolution to the floor holding him in contempt biden's attorney making it clear he was ready to testify in a public hearing >> the question there is, what are they afraid of? >> reporter: but congressional republicans argue biden is breaking the law by not following the rules of their subpoena, which required a closed door testimony. >> he's spitting in our face ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. what are you afraid of you have no balls. >> reporter: as he left this morning, hunter said he was prepared to testify publicly today >> if they called you to testify today, would you, sir >> yes. >> reporter: house republicans don't think that's enough. >> time's expire

and ryan nobles, what's the latest from capitol hill?ext week. a lot of them are on congressional delegations traveling around the world. what about the negotiations? border security, the key to unlocking aid to israel and ukraine potentially? >> reporter: yeah, andrea, you're right, they're not going to return here to session until next week. we know these key negotiators are in washington, and they do appear to be making at least some level of progress. listen to what the senate majority leader chuck schumer told us just a minute ago. >> first on the border, our negotiators have been here now and they have been negotiating with the administration who's now very closely involved all over the holiday break. we're making progress. we're closer than we have been, but this is a very difficult issue and there are still different things, different issues to being overcome with. >> you heard the senate majority leader say they are closer than they've ever been, and he does seem optimistic they can hatch a deal. it's important to keep in mind i

lester. >> ryan nobles, thanks. >>> let's turn now to the boeing 737 max 9 fallout after part of that plane blew away on a terrifying flight. loose bolts have been found on other max 9s, and tonight we press boeing's ceo for answers. our tom costello has more. >> reporter: five days after a near catastrophic midair emergency, the ceo of boeing, in an exclusive interview with cnbc's phil lebeau, says he was devastated and emotional seeing the gaping hole in that alaska airlines max 9 friday night. >> what i really saw was the empty seat, and i had spent a week with my kids and grandkids, and so enough said. >> reporter: thankfully no one was seated near the hole. during a boeing safety stand-down tuesday, ceo david calhoun told employees, airline and passenger confidence in boeing is at stake. >> we're going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. >> reporter: the ntsb's focus, that blown out door plug, looking for signs of metal fatigue and whether it was ever properly secured. four critical bolts have not yet been recovered. both alaska and united airlines, which fly

lester >> all right, ryan nobles, thank you. >>> there is breaking news out of the middle east tonight the u.s. and uk launching air strikes inside yemen against iran-backed houthi rebels who have been attacking ships in the red sea. courtney kube joins us courtney, what do we know right now >> reporter: yeah, lester, president biden has been under growing pressure to take action against the houthis, who have been targeting ships in the red sea and tonight, we've just learned that the u.s. and british militaries have taken aim at that iranian-backed militia with fighter jets an tomahawk missiles. now the american and british military striking multiple targets inside houthi-controlled yemen. since november 19th, the houthis have fired off more than 80 drones and missiles at the busy shipping lanes in the red sea, and they conducted this brazen attack, when armed houthi fighters hijacked this cargo ship it set off a string of recent attacks, now at least 27 times targeting ships in that area. houthis saying this is retaliation for israel's war on hamas, and major shipping companies have

it's where we begin tonight with ryan nobles at the capitol. ryan, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the faa announcing tonight that it is halting all future production expansion of the max 9 plane and it also outlined the intense inspection and maintenance process that it will require to get the planes back in the air. now, this comes as the ceo of boeing was here on capitol hill taking tough questions from members of the u.s. senate. tonight, david calhoun, boeing's top executive, on capitol hill. >> did you ask for the meeting, sir? >> reporter: getting a grilling from congress. calhoun making a promise to his customers. >> what's your message to passengers concerned about flying on your planes? >> we fly safe planes. we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in. >> reporter: calhoun's comment comes just one day after the ceo of alaska airlines told our tom costello he was angry with boeing and its leadership team. this after a door plug on a boeing built airplane operated by alaska airlines exploded

it's where we begin tonight with ryan nobles at the capitol. ryan, good evening >> reporter: lester, good evening the faa announcing tonight that it is halting all future production expansion of the max 9 plane, and it also outlined the intense inspection and maintenance process that it will require to get the planes back in the air. now, this comes as the ceo of boeing was here on capitol hill taking tough questions from members of the u.s. senate tonight, the faa's new guidance to get the max 9s in the sk as soon as this weekend. alaska aiming to get it moving by friday while united hopeful they will begin scheduled service on sunday the new standards set out by the faa come as david calhoun, boeing's top executive, was on capitol hill getting a grilling from members of congress. >> mr. calhoun, what's your message to passengers concerned about flying on your planes >> we fly safe planes. we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in. >> reporter: calhoun's comment comes just one day after the ceo of alaska airlines t

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. >> such a good point, and we're going to come back to that with ryan nobles to get the latest on theal in just a second, but while i have you, i've got to ask you about how democrats are moving forward in this 2024 election cycle. they're trying to go on offense. we're learning they have ads starting this weekend targeting voters of color, rural areas and younger voters in south carolina and nevada, those are obviously big constituencies in those specific states. do democrats really need to shore up support among these groups? >> the answer is, yes, they do. they have to maximize their base vote and those groups in particular make up the democratic coalition. but, ana, i think in the large scheme, the democrats are in the cat bird's seat right now. trump is going to be the republican nominee, and that is the most effective organizing turnout operation the democratic party could ever think of because donald trump is an unacceptable alternative to millions of americans. we see that in the polling, the new hampshire polling makes that clear. he's just a anathema to independents and a si

and my colleague ryan nobles was able to catch hunter biden who wasn't speaking at all to the press, but did answer one question from him. ryan asked hunter whether he would testify today should the committees allow him to do so, and he just replied yes. so there you have it. but of course the committee is not willing to take him up on that offer unless it's behind closed doors. >> now they continue their discussion in these committee rooms and i guess traditional order is ongoing. our ryan nobles who julie just referenced is standing by for us on capitol hill. you questioned hunter in the hallway. describe that scene and your interaction with him. >> reporter: well, we saw it play out live on television, ana. just to give you the experience here inside the house office building, i mean, it was incredibly chaotic. no one expected hunter biden to appear here today. there was a capitol police and secret service presence, but the committee didn't expect him to be here. the members of the staff that are in the halls that patrol this area didn't expect him to be here. so when he walked int

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nbc necessary ryan nobles joins us from capitol hill. ryan, what is the latest?> reporter: well, it seems pretty clear that congress is ready to take that step to avoid a government shutdown by passing a short-term spending plan that would push off these big decisions, larger appropriations packages, to early march. the senate is set to start voting on this package sometime this afternoon, probably around 12:30 eastern time. there will be a couple of amendments sprinkled in there, none of them are likely to pass. and then the bill will move to the house and then the big development that we just found out in the last few minutes is that the house speaker mike johnson and whip tom emert have said they will vote on the package this afternoon. it is very likely that this bill could be on the president's desk by friday. with plenty of time to avoid the potential of the government shutdown on friday. part of the reason for the accelerated calendar is because there is a storm system that is expected to move into washington, d.c. overnight into friday morning. and congre

nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. ryan, what more are we learning from this report?: this report probably doesn't come as much of a surprise, chris. it was an open secret how much foreign entities were patronizing donald trump's businesses all around the world but specifically here in washington, d.c., the trump hotel was well known to be a stop for foreign aries. what he has done is outline the ways in which these foreign governments take advantage of trump-owned properties and the connections they may have had to decisions trump made while in office. this is what jamie raskin, the ranking democrat wrote in this report. he said, it's true that $7.8 million is certainly a fraction of trump's harvest of unlawful f state money. this figure in itself is a scandal and a decisive spur to action. the report details findings that make it clear we don't have the laws in place to deal with the president who's willing to brazenly convert the presidency into a business for self-enrichment and wealth maximization. republicans are dismissing this report, saying there's no evidenc

joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. it's great seeing you. at the on the phone that i have, and it says d.c. tomorrow, 36 of 33 degrees. 1.3 inches of snow. is that the threat that they're worried about that's changing everything? but maybe there's a threat that could help and get something done today versus tomorrow? >> well, jose as a native western new yorker south of buffalo, you don't want me to talk about the difference between how the washington, d.c. area handles snow and my friends in buffalo handle it but even a little bit of snow can throw a wrench into the works in washington, d.c. it was enough of a nudge to get congressional leaders moving in the direction of doing something that was inevitable, and that was passing the shorter spending dl to avert government shutdown. there's no appetite to go down the road of a utdown, even though there are some real disagreements over how the long-term spending bill should end up. that's why we saw them move this process forward. there was an opportunity to slow the process down. they chose n

ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. who's leading this effort, and what are their arguments? >> well, the lead author of this letter to the supreme court and to clarence thomas specifically is hank johnson of georgia. he joins around a dozen other members of the house democratic caucus who are urging clarence thomas to step down from any case that has to do with donald trump being denied access to the ballot for the presidential election because of a violation of the 14th amendment. of course that section, section 3 of the 14th amendment says that you can not run for office in the united states if you participated in an insurrection, and of course we've seen these cases play out throughout the country. most cases have allowed trump to stay on the ballot. in colorado and maine, they said he needed to be removed. these house democrats are saying that clarence thomas because of his close association with the former president and his movement, the conservative movement in general could not be a fair arbiter of this case, particularly the role that his wife, ginni thomas has playe

jake sherman, ryan nobles, thank you very much. ing us now, paul ryan, brendan buck, how do you see immigration playing out on the campaign trail in 2024, are democrats taking it seriously enough? >> i think democrats have had a blind spot on immigration. republicans have very few issues where their base gets animated and it plays well in a general election. immigration is one of the issues, at least as it relates to border security. i think two things can be true of the situation. one, that the border is a serious crisis that should be taken care of, and it actually probably plays to republicans political advantage but also at the same time impeaching the dhs secretary over it is somewhat nonsensical. i think biden recognizes that he has a problem here. that's why he asked for money as part of the supplemental. the guys earlier were absolutely right. anything that comes out of the senate that passes with democratic votes, republicans are going to go over. i don't care what it is. anything chuck schumer is going to put on the floor

joining us now nbc news capitol hill responsibility ryan nobles you were at that briefing, margaret mccrayi alone can fix it." ryan, the report says this sounds like the emollients issue. what are they revealing about this? because there's a quid pro quo here in a couple of the cases. >> that's right, andrea, what democrats have painfully laid out in this 156-page report is the volume of money that flowed from foreign adversaries directly to businesses that were directly involved with former president donald trump at a time when he was president of the united states. this covers a two-year period in his presidency, where they say close to $8 million flowed from this countries into the coffers of trump-aligned businesses. of course, trump, at that point did not remove or step down or step away from his business or put them into a blind trust or anything along those lines. he stepped away from day-to-day activities from the business, but still aware of the work being done in that private sector. and it was his family members still running the business at the time. what house democrats say is

nbc's ryan nobles is reporting for us on capitol hill. joining us, brendan buck, former aide to house speaker by a near and ryan and an msnbc political analyst, and glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and an msnbc analyst. ryan, what more can you tell us about this report? >> it's a violence of the emoluments clause of the constitution, which clearly states that a president of the united states is not able to collect money or receive any sort of compensation from a foreign government while serving as president unless there's express permission provided from congress, and in this case, that's not something donald trump did when he continued to be in charge of his vast array of businesses while he was president of the united states. he didn't divest in any of them. didn't put them into a blind trust. he was well aware of his business activities. what they've been able to outline by securing this information from trump's former accounting firm is close to $8 million in payments from foreign governments, directly from foreign govnments

nbc's ryan nobles is there for us. ryan, hunter biden had previously said he would only testify publicly. we reported on that a lot. what happened? >> essentially it came down to the fact that house republicans were willing to move forward with a contempt of congress charge against hunter biden and hunter biden's lawyers recognized the stakes there and also compelled the committee to issue a new subpoena after the full house had voted for the impeachment inquiry and that's led to the place we are now, both sides felt comfortable with hunter biden appearing for a closed door deposition. listen to how the chairman framed these negotiations to me yesterday. >> they knew that merrick garland would have to prosecute hunter for being held in contempt of congress, and i think that abbe lowell got the message and that's why he came back and said we'll do everything you ask, we'll come in for a deposition. >> reporter: now, of course hunter biden serves as an important piece in the broader impeachment inquiry republicans are con

and bringing in ryan nobles, senior business correspondent christine romans, ryan, starting with you,king policy, what do we need to know about this short-term solution and what does it mean for the other bills coming up on the hill where you are pertaining to the southern border, and war aid packages when we've got israel, hamas and ukraine still ongoing? >> zinhle, first on the spending bill, it really doesn't solve any of the problems that congressional leaders are grappling with as they try to come up with a long-term spending package, it must the conversation to a later date. lawmakers have agreed on a topline number, the overall amount of money they want to spend but they still need to fill out the details underneath the top line numbers and part of why they're asking for more time to come to an agreement in that space. it really is a separate conversation to answer your second question, than that supplemental package that the white house is asking for, that would aid ukraine, israel, the endo-pacific, and then deal with the situation at the southern border. lawmakers are making

. >> nbc's julia ainsley is tracking the latest at the border for us, nbc's ryan noble reporting from kelly o'donnell is at the white house. so julia, what are the latest numbers telling us about the current situation at the border? >> they're telling us that that picture that the speaker posted wasn't just a ploy by the biden administration. right there in the del rio sector in texas, in december there were some days where 3,000 migrants crossed just in that sector. there were only 2,500 migrants who crossed the border illegally in a single day on new year's day. we understand those numbers have continued. that's coming from a previous 21-day average of over 8,000. there were some days in december where they saw more than 12,000 border crossings. they are seeing a decrease. dhs officials i've spoken to say we're not taking a victory lap. we think this might be because of the holiday. it might be because the cartels, the smugglers, the people who move these migrants pushed so many people through in december, now they're going back, getting more resources, getting more migrants as they

joining us, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan noble. is it going to pass? with the other, to be honest with you. the situation, the movement right now on this short-term spending deal, is in the senate. house leaders didn't really need to be physically in washington for this process to move itself forward. we do expect the senate to take the first step, a procedural step, toward passing this continuing resolution. it could take until sunday if even one senator holds up the process, which would get us past that friday deadline. but there is the expectation there is enough votes in both the senate and the house to pull this all together in time to avert the worst consequences of government shutdown. but they do need to get back here to washington to make that happen. now house members won't be back here till tomorrow at the earliest, katy. >> is this still just a stopgap measure? >> reporter: very much just a stopgap measure, really just punting the larger conversations about passing these 12 different appropriations bills until the early spring. right now it

i want to bring in nbc news cant hill correspondent ryan nobles. what more can you tell us, ryan?ris, i just left a briefing from democrats on the house oversight committee where they gave us this report. it's a 156-page exhaustive report that details only two years of the donald trump presidency, which they outline millions of dollars in payments that flowed directly from foreign governments into the various businesses that were controlled by donald trump and his associates. it's important to keep in mind that while donald trump was president, he did not do what other previous presidents have done and either divested his business assets outside of government or stepped down from the boards and stepped down from positions of authority in these businesses. instead he chose to remain involved in them. and even though his children did run these businesses, he was still directly involved or had knowledge of the day-to-day business activity that many of these different associated entities were doing while he was in office. and what this report outlines with a great deal of specificity

ryan nobles joins me now from capitol hill. be the first impeachment of a sitting cabinet member since the gilded age, 1876. take us inside the impeachment effort. how are the house republicans justifying high crimes and misdemeanors have been committed by the homeland security secretary? >> reporter: there's a reason it hasn't been done since the gilded age, because it is a very high bar that would require the impeachment of a sitting cabinet secretary. it's high crimes and misdemeanors, like for a president. the efforts that republicans are going to to try to make the case that mayorkas deserves to be impeached are dubious. they claim he is willfully ignoring the law. that's what led to the current border crisis. you talk to some republicans and they argue that this is necessary to get the administration's attention, to do something about the situation at the border. where democrats argue that this is nothing more than a political ploy to make the administration look weak and make the situation further complicated for presiden

ryan nobles, thank you.oing on in town this weekend, and a lot of people are pressing very hard on the republican senate to stand up for ukraine. a lot of foreign policy people are in town, a big gathering tomorrow with all the meetings. we'll see what happens by monday. thank you. >>> and the closer -- the biden administration deploying cia director bill burns to the middle east to try -- not to the middle east, he's going to europe, trying to sort through the middle east i v crisis and get those hostages out of gaza. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. in bloo. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. it's helped my memory. it's helped my cognitive qualities. give it a try. i want it to help you just like it has helped me. prevagen. at stores ev

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nbc's ryan nobles is covering at times combative hearing, and ryan, we dipped into the hearing last hour. we heard some snippets of it, but fill us in on the last 45, 50 minutes or so. >> reporter: chris, when you say combative, that's an apt description. when you saw the lawmakers press the tech ceos about their culpability when it comes to kids being injured, hurt or taken advantage of through these social media platforms. i want to point you to one specific exchange between one of the panelists and the meta ceo, mark zuckerberg, where zuckerberg pushed back on this idea that the social media platforms themselves are inherently dangerous. take a listen. >> if you're not willing to acknowledge it's a dangerous place for children, the internet is a dangerous place for children, not just your platform, isn't it? isn't the internet a dangerous place for children? >> i think it can be, yes. there's both great things people can do and harms. >> it's a dangerous place for children, there are families who have lost their children. there are families across the country whose children have engag

ryan nobles is on capitol hill. what do we know, ryan? >> we know that the congresswoman is admitting that she is the subject of this investigation although she is outright saying she has done nothing wrong. the congresswoman releasing this statement where she said quote, i have not used any federal taxpayer dollars for personal security services and any reporting that i have is simply false and we are fully cooperating with this investigation. and all of this came from a very suspicious thing that happened on the house floor yesterday when the house reading clerk came to the floor to inform the members that a subpoena had been issued to the sergeant at arms for materials. listen to what the clerk read yesterday. >> this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule eight of the rules of the house of representatives that the office of the sergeant at arms for the house of representatives has been served with a grand jury subpoena for documents issued by the u.s. department of justice. after consulting with the office of general counsel, i ha

joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. mitt romney, senator tillis there both voted to convict donald trump last go around for the last impeachment. they clearly have not been a fan of donald trump for some time now. is what they're saying, though, felt by anyone else in the republican party in the senate? >> yeah, i think there's quite a few republican members that are very concerned that the opportunity to pass what many would consider to be the most conservative border package in a generation, if they just allow that to go by the wayside because of presidential politics would be a massive mistake. it's not just that group of republicans who aren't necessarily fans of donald trump, who voted to impeach him, even some of his closest supporters and allies have said that this is an opportunity that needs to be seized. among them, lindsey graham, who i spoke to yesterday on this topic, and said that he's talked to donald trump about why this package is necessary, and it would be good for him, even if he were to win the presi

. >> joining us now, gabe gutierrez and ryan nobles on capitol hill.come together, to meet with the president on this. what are the expectations for this meeting? >> reporter: well, they shouldn't be very high, jose, to be honest with you. normally when you get to this stage of a negotiation, and when all the leaders were called into one room, particularly the oval office, you expect it would be to just dot the is and cross the ts and announce a grand bargain. that's not where we are in these negotiations. the senate leaders continue to go back and forth over border policy proposals that will be enough to get at least ten republicans and enough democrats to support it to get it out of the senate. the real issue has been on the house side, where conservatives have been insistent their border policy package, hr-2, a long list of policy proposals that many democrats are very much opposed to and will never pass the senate is either -- that's going to be what they agree to or nothing at all. i pressed speaker john on that this morning. and this is what he s

nbc's ryan nobles and kate snow are joining us from capitol hill, and we're going to talk about the politics of this in just a moment. first let's really talk about the issue they're focused on today, child safety. and kate, you have done a lot of reporting on how families are impacted. what are the biggest problems right now when it comes to sexual exploitation online? >> reporter: yeah, ana, it is a growing problem on all five of these platforms. let me show you where we are first and i'll talk more about that. this is the line to get into the room right now. i'll take you over here, it is a packed hearing room. it is packed outside. we just had the five ceos walk through the doors. we tried to ask them questions, none of them would answer anything at this point. let me tell you about what we do expect today. there are five ceos here, ana. three of them had to be subpoenaed to be here. they didn't want to come, those being discord and x and snapchat. also here meta and tiktok. we expect a lot of questions about child exploitation. every parent knows when their kids go online, they worry ab

ryan nobles is live on capitol hill. what more can you tell us about these discussions? >> reporter: it appears that house republican leadership is willing to give hunter biden's legal team a little bit of space to come to the table and negotiate an opportunity for him to testify in a closed door deposition about his foreign business dealings as part of their larger impeachment inquiry. this comes after hunter biden's team said they wouldn't sit for the deposition, and said they wouldn't sit in a public hearing. that led members of the judiciary committees to pass out a contempt resolution, hold hunter biden in contempt of congress and threaten that the full house could vote on the resolution, as soon as this week. late last week, hunter biden's legal team sending a letter, saying they are willing to come and testify behind closed doors if the committee issues a subpoena. they haven't taken the step of issuing a subpoena. we are told they are having conversations about what a deposition could potentially look like and when it would happen. there's no time line at this po

joining us now is nbc's ryan nobles on the hill. julia ainsley, who covers the department of homeland security, and punch bowl news co-founder anna palmer. help us understand the allegations here that republicans believe are worthy of impeachment. >> reporter: well, ana, what republicans are trying to build a case for today with these impeachment articles and this process they're going through in a committee is establish that alejandro mayorkas was aware of the statutes and laws on the books when it comes to enforcing border security, and that he willfully and in some cases purposefully just did not adhere to those laws and that is what has led to the current border crisis. there is a ton of disagreement as to the interpretation of how he's applied those statutes, including from the administration itself, and alejandro mayorkas himself who is forcefully defended himself this morning in a letter, but this has become such a flashpoint issue for republicans and they feel frustrated by the lack of what they see attention to this issue b

andrea will be back tomorrow, you can follow me on social media @ryan nobles. follow the show on social media @mitchellreports and you can rewatch the the best parts of our show at any time on youtube, just go to msnbc.com/andrea. for now, "chris jansing reports" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> good afternoon, i'm chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. will donald trump testify in front of a jury for the first time in more than a decade? we could find out anytime now as the e. jean carroll trial gets underway once again. >>> and the other major question, if he does take the stand, can he stay within the parameters set by the judge and what are the consequences if he doesn't? we're live at the courthouse. >>> plus, nikki haley sending a message to trump that sounds a lot like you don't scare me. her new fund-raising hall that has him threatening her donors and has given her new energy. >> the political elites in this state and around the country have said that we just need to let donald trump have this. we are not going to sit there and just give

ryan nobles, kate snow, mike isaac, thank you for being with us this morning. i want to talk about another major hearing that is going on capitol hill, fbi director chris wray is testifying before the house select committee on china about the cyberthreat china poses to the u.s. joining us now is nbc's ken dilanian. good morning. director wray made a major announcement. >> he did. and he started the hearing by focusing on the threat of chinese hacking directed at american critical infrastructure. and as you said, just as he was about to begin, the justice department announced a major operation that they say disabled a massive chinese effort to infiltrate thousands of internet connected devices and attack critical infrastructure. officials say they took down a group of state sponsored chinese hackers that private analysts nicknamed volt typhoon that were targeting power grids and water treatment plants. take a listen. >> the volt typhoon malware enabled china to hide, among other things, preoperational reconnaissance and network exploitation against critical infr