and i have a briend, and she is here, stephanie jackson. we've been friends for 28 years. and she worked at raw aid, and they've been volunteering with seniors for over 10 years. and i just have this drive in my heart to help, to do. and i just want to make san francisco and my community the best i can. and i just want to thank you again, mayor, for this wonderful, wonderful award. [applause] [cheering] >> we also have for each of our honorees -- as mayor, i get a scarf with my name on it. and, in fact, i wanted to take this opportunity to show you the scarf. each of the honorees will be getting one. of the city and county of san francisco. if you look close, you'll see the african-american on the culture complex, right there. [applause] [cheering] >> and courtesy of john's grill. they wanted to make sure you had a lovely romantic didinner for two for you and your husband. so her is a gift certificate for john's grill and a scarf. congratulations. [applause] >> and all of the friends and family that are here are going to treat her to dinner, right? [applause] >> so the nex

working for my community is just something i love to do and i have a friend that she's here stephanie jacksonfriends for 28 years and she works at raw ada arms and that's why i've been volunteering feed the seniors over 10 years. in i just have this drive in my heart to help to do and i just want to make san francisco in my community. the best i can and i just want to thank you again mayor london brie for this wonderful wonderful ward. as we also have fought each of our honorees as mayor. i get a scarf with my name on it and in fact i wanted to take this opportunity to show you the scarf each of the honorees will be getting one. of the city and county of san francisco and if you look closely you'll see the african-american art and culture complex right there. and courtesy of john's grill they wanted to make sure that you had a lovely romantic dinner for two with you and your husband so here's a gift certificate from johns grill and a scar. as and all the friends and family that they're here are gonna treat her to dinner right. so the next honoree i actually started working for back in. i thin

stephanie ruhle. i'll see you again at 1:00 p.m. with ali velshi. right now, more news with hallie jackson. >> stephanie, thank you. i'm hallie jackson. we start with breaking news. documents just into our news room from the raid on michael cohen. what we're learning and how it fits into the larger russia investigation. that is not the only thing popping this morning. things are popping up. we're talking trump versus conway versus conway. why the president is pushing a personal matter on to his very public twitter page, going after the spouse of one of his most loyal advisers. and in 2020 news, five democrats, six states, a whole lot of headlines. the ambitious new policies two of those candidates are pitching. plus, why the one with the fewest specifics seems to be sucking up the most oxygen. is it a gender thing? we've got that deep dive coming up later in the show with our team here, covering all of it on what's turning out to be a busy tuesday. >>> so we start this hour with that news surrounding the investigation into michael cohen. those redacted search warrants, right, related to that fbi raid on his house, h

stephanie ruhle. i'll see you again at 1:00 p.m. with ali velshi. right now, more news with hallie jackson. >> stephanie, thank you. eaking news. documents just into our news room from the raid on michael cohen. what we're learning and how it fits into the larger russia investigation. that is not the only thing popping this morning. things are popping up. we're talking trump versus conway versus conway. why the president is pushing a personal matter on to his very public twitter page, going after the spouse of one of his most loyal advisers. and in 2020 news, five democrats, six states, a whole lot of headlines. the ambitious new policies two of those candidates are pitching. plus, why the one with the fewest

stephanie ruhle. coming up, more news with hallie jackson. >> chris, thank you.president previews his next 20 months and how he plans to use the mueller report to his advantage. going after the man he fired as fbi director. we're sharing a new piece of our exclusive interview with james comey and where he thinks this goes next. >> is this a case of question asked, question answered on the issue of collusion? is this over? >> our lester holt joins us live with more of that sit-down. plus, another investigation on capitol hill. not involving putin but paychecks and the elusive tax returns the president has never shared. the oversight chairman now wants a decade of financial records with one member of that committee here in just a minute. >>> plus, that news breaking on jussie smollett. the feds reviewing the dropped case. but our pete williams has a context check on how big a deal this is or is not in a story that has captivated the country. we've got our team here covering all of it this morning. and on top of all of that, there's a ton happening on the

stephanie rule. up now, more news with hallie jackson. >> a lot of it this morning. the speaker has spoken.ew reaction to pelosi's steering democrats away from one of them want. how her impeachment comments are playing. one democrat on the intel committee joins us live. >>> and new this morning, joe biden is putting out his most explicit hint yet on 2020. >> i appreciate the energy you showed when i got up here. save it a little longer. i may need it in a few weeks. >> only one way to read that one. biden one of a trio of 2020 potentials maybe finally actually officially getting ready to announce presidential runs after a lot of slow walks. we've got new nbc reporting on the thinking and the timing. plus overseas more countries grounding boeing planes. why u.s. airlines are standing by the 737 max 8 even as we're learning the uk is not. we have the latest in the investigation into the crash that killed dozens of people including multiple americans. we have our teams covering it all. we start wit

jackson's clean-up day. she says i am not here to clean up anybody else's mess. >> reporter: well, look, stephanie, i think glen talking about as a matter of human nature and ari melber played the point that as a matter of law, it's really not appropriate for her to consider the sentence that judge ellis imposed. except for the narrow purpose of whether she will tack a sentence on and make manafort serve consecutively or whether her sentence will go at the same time. and she made that point right off the bat. it's not her job to cure a bad thing people think happened in virginia last week. at the same time, she can consider the conduct that manafort displayed. she can consider his lack of apparent remorse, unless he rectifies that today by apologizing, something he hasn't done and she can consider the fact that he allegedly committed crimes even after he pleaded guilty and began cooperating with prosecutors. so we'll just have to see how it goes. i'll tell you also that manafort was wheeled into court today. he is wearing a dark suit. unlike the jailhouse garb he was wearing in virginia last week. we're not sur

stephanie ruhle. right now i turn you to my friend halle jackson. >> got to love a pup story.n the terms of one candidate on a fundraising front. more info from beto o'rourke, looking at what he is not telling us after that eye popping money news. >>> plus, over at the white house, the president is carrying his twitter tirade into the new workweek, using social media to among other things, force his defenders to defend him, specifically on racism and islamaphobia. >> that rant happening as new zealand tries to heal. 50 people in that terrorist attack. we have more on the gunman's twisted plot. the red flag with our allies. our team is set one this coverage coast to coast. we start this morning in trump country. where one of those 2020 contenders beto o'rourke is swinging into michigan,

stephanie ruhle. i'll see you again at 1 p.m. >> i'm hallie jackson in washington. it's two weeks until spring but feeling awfully chilly in the west wing because the white house is putting requests from house democrats on ice with michael cohen just arriving back on the hill today. he is putting the president in the spotlight and another trump joins him there. ivanka. more on what we know about how she got her security clearance as we follow all those threats, and that exclusive report we first broke here on nbc news. kim jong-un rebuilding a missile launch site days after the nuclenuke summit collapsed. >> plus tex ploesive cbs interview out this morning. r. kelly speaking for the first time since being charged with sexually abusing girl. he's angry, emotional, and undone. >> i need somebody to help me not have a big heart, because my heart is so big. people betrayed me. and i keep forgiving them. >> you sound like you're playing the victim here. >> he's in court today. our team is set up and ready to cover all of it. in washington and the around. we start in d.c.

stephanie ruhle. coming up now, more news with my dear friend hallie jackson. >> steph, thank you. >> don't you love thatould talk about that all day. but we will instead talk about everything else going on today here in washington. we're reporting to work early today. not as early as robert mueller. pulling up to the doj with his report set to drop any day, any minute really. that seems to be putting the president on edge. he keeps up his attacks on a dead man and his top aides' spouse. we're live at the white house. that report, of course, not slowing down investigations on capitol hill. a member of the judiciary and intel committees is here to talk about what they have found live, and we're also talking 2020 with one person not running already talking about a running mate. plus our nbc news exclusive and how democrats are going after voters who flipped in 2016. and it ain't cheap. our team is here covering all the day's big news. we start with what may or may not be brewing at the department of justice. the special counsel and his much-anticipated report, the white house bracing for it. bloomberg's he

the jackson family denies the allegations and is suing hbo for $100 million for breaching a nondisparagement agreement. stephanieth details. >> despite controversy, hbo says the documentary will air this weekend. the two part series details the stories of two men now 37 and 31 years old. in the four hour program they describe in graphic detail what they say was years of sexual abuse they experienced by jackson in the late '80s and early '90s claims the jackson family denies. after the film premiered in january, the jackson estate responded immediately calling it a quote public lynching and jackson's accusers admitted liars. previously robeson had made statements in support of jackson to investigators. he testified under oath in support of jackson at his 2005 trial. cnn spoke to members of the jackson family about the documentary and the superstar's nephew had this to say about the allegations. >> he was the star witness. he was the first witness in the trial which if you're molesting someone for seven years, you wouldn't put someone that you molested on the stand. >> in a statement to cnn hbo said despite desper