i'm stephanie ruhl. i will see you begin at 1:00 p.m.nd instagram. coming up, more news with hallie jackson. >> thank you much. with roughly 24 hours until what by every indication so far will be the third-ever impeachment of a united states president, we've got the final fireworks before the historic vote. any moment we could hear from mitch mcconnell as the senate floor is just gav eling in. that's expected to be a marathon session on the other side of the capital over in the house. you've got the rules committee laying out how tomorrow's vote is going to go down. and we know a wave of democrats from highly competitive districts will vote to impeach the president. that is new in just the last 4 hours. and so is this. the president's personal attorney saying the quiet part out loud, with rudy giuliani on a tear admitting he did go after the ousted ambassador to ukraine, saying in print, on tv, on twitter, that he needed her out of the way. we've got a lot of developments on this

he sat down for an exclusive interview with my colleague stephanie ruhle and asserted he's even moreed that the former vice president, frontrunner joe biden. >> you told me in august that any of the candidates running in the democratic field would do a better job than donald trump. >> i think that's probably true. >> then why not just vote for one of them? >> because you said better than donald trump. that's not the standard. we need somebody that can give us results. >> so they can't do that? >> i don't think that any of them have the experience to do it. >> joe biden doesn't have the experience? >> he's never been a manager of an organization. he's never run a school system. his wife actually is an educator and has good experience there. but no, i don't think any of them -- the presidency shouldn't be a training job. >> stephanie, i was speechless when i saw that. >> i was too. but that was a challenge because i had to ask the next question. it was definitely shocking to hear mike bloomberg, mayor mike bloomberg, say that. but from his perspective, he said in august, all of those c

stephanie ruhle has an interview with 2020 candidate michael bloomberg. how one of america's richest men says he'll address income inequality. you're watching "velshi and ruhle" live on msnbc. ♪oh there's no place like home for the holidays.♪ ♪for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home.♪ we go the extra mile to bring your holidays home. when youyou spend lessfair, and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair.com >>> welcome back. the house is expected to vote on a new landmark trade deal i like to call the usma. this is the deal that is going to replace the easier to say nafta. usma. it stands for the u.s./mexico canada agreement. it's a wide ranging trade deal likely going to be in effect for at least 16 years. under the new deal, here are some key parts of it. there are lots of it. 75% of the components of a car or truck be must be made in mexico, canada or the united states to qualify for zero tariffs. 30%

so you know what the scientists say is best for you and your family. >> my partner stephanie ruhle workededia company for five years. they have known each other for a number of years. you can catch the fuel interview tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc. now, bloomberg is not going to be on tonight's debate stage at loyola university where seven democratic competitors will face off. much smaller, much less diverse debate stage we've seen so nfar this campaign cycle. vice president joe biden hangs on to the lead. nbc news national political correspondent steve cokornacki joins me now for more on that. joe biden continues to bounce back into that number-one spot. despite the fact that every time he does, his opponents go at him. >> yeah. i mean, this has been steady state for joe biden. when he got into the race, initially there was this blip that put him up to about 40%. but basically, been in the high 20s, 30% ever since. i think a lot of candidates thought there was a sort of negative gravity that was associated with biden and that he would sort of fall on his own. and i think

i'm in for stephanie ruhl.iend phillip mena. >> i'm in for hallie jackson. it is friday, december 27th, and here's what's happening. we are following two breaking stories this hour. the first involving a plane that crashed shortly after takeoff and the second involving a missing helicopter off the coast of hawaii. seven people were reportedly on board when it disappeared from radar while touring the area last night. and 7,000 miles away in kazakhstan, authorities are trying to figure out what caused a plane carrying nearly 100 people to crash into a building. at least a dozen people were killed. matt bradley is following the story for us from london. good morning. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: good morning, the loss of life as you mentioned has been devastating for kazakhstan. a dozen are now dead, many more were injured. this was a flight that was packed with 98 passengers. if you look at the images, it's hard to see how anyone survived this crash and not just the passengers who were on the pla

stephanie ruhle has our spotlight. >> reporter: it has been a complicated year for facebook. >> thisning. >> reporter: $5 billion penalty over privacy breaches from federal trade commission. 82% said that social media is a waste of time. >> it is facing all these reputational issues around what it does with your data and people are worried this company has enormous troves of data and they're not managing it. >> reporter: facebook users are changing how they use the platform. half of facebook users adjusted their settings. 42% shared they have taken a break from the platform completely. in alabama, bethany and john wilson decided to ditch social media app but still want to stay in touch with family. >> we have families across the country. now they use cocoon, we share our church locations and pictures of our kids with other uncle s and aunts. the app is designed to share with people close to their lives in realtime. in a cocoon, users can share their locations and photos and videos. >> we decided mostly with family in line, groups that may have families across household. alex cornell

stephanie ruhle is here.[ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh! -ahhhh! elliott? elliott. you came back! >>> we are back with "today's" holiday consumer. maybe you missed the boat on black friday, maybe you missed the boat on cyber monday maybe you missed green monday. apparently that's a thing as well fear not, nbc's stephanie ruhle has the best holiday deals right now. sight for sore eyes, stephanie so here's the thing, green monday, didn't even know that was a thing. >> there you go, if you've got an inbox, there's a deal, there's a promo for you. green monday was yesterday that is the second monday in december, the monday after cyber monday the term was coined by ebay. the point is retailers just want to keep the promos going so you buy more stuff it's working, they're still coming >> let's talk overall trends here what are we seeing big picture. >> two of the biggest retailers out there, amazon and best buy are smack in the middle of 12 days of deals, new promos every day, different items some a

i am stephanie ruhl. i will see you again at 1 p.m.news ruhles. coming up, more news with my friend, hallie jackson. >> happy monday. thank you. on the brink of history in the house with negotiations now beginning in the senate, a new fallout today from senator chuck schumer's overnight proposal on what seems like a formality, in some 48 hours, the impeachment of the president of the united states. so far already today those senate negotiations seem off to a sour start. the white house, the gop slamming schumer's suggestion already to have a top current, and former administration official, testify in a senate trial. that would be after a house vote to set up a report released after midnight. the head of the judiciary committee concluding the president has, quote, realized the framers worst nightmare by abusing his power. our team is here with new reaction and a look at the very big week ahead. a history-making week. we're going to have expert analysis from

coming up next, stephanie ruhle, she takes us shopping.nything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want debt any longer. ♪ i didn't realize how easy investing could be. i'm picking companies that i believe in. ♪ i think sofi money is amazing. ♪ thank you sofi. sofi thank you, we love you. ♪ >>> this morning on "today's" holiday consumer, a present for your pocketbook. >> we all like to get in the >>> this morning on "today's" holiday consumer, a present for your pocketbook. >> we all like to get in the spirit of giving, of course buying all of those gifts can put a big strain on your wallet. >> consider this, an estimated 41% of americans have the balance on their credit cards heading into the holidays. healthy holiday spending, nbc's stephanie ruhle, thanks for coming in. >> 20 days left apparently until christmas. what do we need to do right now to make sure that our spending doesn't spiral out of control. >> i do not want to be a grinch. i want you to spend

i'm stephanie ruhle.ve bennett. >> i'm geoff bennett in for hallie jackson this morning. breaking news on impeachment. just in the past hour, house speaker nancy pelosi announcing a major escalation of the democrats' investigation of president trump. >> today, i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. >> our new reporting says democrats are eyeing a vote some time before christmas. president trump this morning back from his contentious nato trip, firing off this new demand to democrats. if you're going to impeach me, do it now, fast. he says. and he's trying to clarify what he meant when he asked ukraine's president to, quote, do us a

i'm stephanie ruhl.th hallie jackson. >> president trump is getting ready to hit the road with my colleagues gathered on the south lawn with plenty of questions for the president, like why not send somebody to defend him at wednesday's key public hearing with the judiciary committee? we've got new reaction this morning to the white house taking a pass on participation, calling the hearing a baseless and highly partisan inquiry. and today on capitol hill, lawmakers will meet behind closed doors to get their first look at the house intelligence committee's impeachment. we've got a lot going on, as we wait for that and the president to walk out of the white house. and we've got our team here following all the developments. garrett haake is on

that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picking up theuh coverage right now. there hasag been a shooting at s naval air station in pensacola florida. the shooter is dead, but five people have d been transported a local hospital. jim cavanagh was a former hostage negotiator and he is joying me now. what happen is your initial reaction. >>it just, you know, brought me right back to pearl harbor. with the smohooting a few days ago. theg navy had another event an we know of the navel yard shooting in washington dc. looks like the shooter is dead. i know that area well. i was a florida deputy. in the city of pensacola and surrounding the base and they have thee base police. they have a lot of law enforcement there and i'm sure they gott on this guy real qui. >> talk about the challenge facing law enforcement when you have an incidenthe like this on military base. 16,000 military personnel and more than 6,000 civilians. >> yeah, these are basically ci right? they have civilian police and military place, and they have a criminal investigation. they have a lot of law

that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picks up your coverage right now. we're having chaos you know j? i have plaid ties here with me, too. it appears today that we will not be getting any clarify on the impeachment process. house lawmakers came down without sending articles of impeachment to the senate. and leaders are at an impasse when it comes to setting rules for the president's trial. president trump said he wanted things figured out fast so he could get his day in court and that will depend on whether or not nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell can find a way forward. i'll admit, i don't know what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we don't want. but alas if they can figure that out, they can explain it. >> when we bring the bill, made in order by results committee that we can call up at any time. i'm not prepared to put the managers on that bill yet because we don't know the arena we're in. frankly i don't care what the republicans say. >> i want to go straight to garrett haake. this is fascinatinfascinating. where do we go here

here is stephanie ruhle from "velshi & ruhle." >> i don't get to see kristen welker in the flesh often. it is certainly a treat. >> great to see you. >> coming up this busy hour on "velshi & ruhle." newly released e-mails showing the office of management, you know them as the omb asked the pentagon to freeze aid to ukraine on the same day president trump asks president zelensky to do him a favor. pete buttigieg is taking both sides from the party. mayor pete is just not experienced enough for the white house. overseas, north korea expanded a factory associated with the production of nuclear missiles according to the analysis of photos provided to nbc. the revelation is fuelling concer concerns. we'll begin today with the latest on the impeachment inquiry. here is what's happening now. the office of management and budget advised the pentagon to holdup aid to ukraine on the same day president trump asked ukrainian president zelensky to do us a favor, investigate the 2016 elections and former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. rudy giuliani is promoting baseless conspiracy theor

i'm ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle.h hallie jackson. >> thank you much, my friend. we are live if west palm beach, i'm on assignment covering president trump as he spends his holidays in south florida and he is spending it true to form, on twitter, and on attack. going after democrats and the shows speaker as liars and hypocrites because of their insistence on a fair senate trial. he's holding his fire against one notable republican, lisa murkowski, as she breaks with leader mitch mcconnell in a small but maybe critical crack in the gop wall of support for the president's impeachment defense. live with how that plays out. as the year starts to close out, what a year it's been, i guarantee you've forgotten some of the biggest moments of 2019 because these days, time is a flat circle. a look at how what the white house did this year will affect what they want next. joining me now fran chess ska chambers, robert costa, a political reporter for the "washington post" and moderator of washington week on pbs, scott wang is sen

>> it's my assigned responsibility to thank you but i'm going to offer that to my colleague, stephanie ruhle. >> i love when you have that. on twitter they are like are they fighting? we are never fighting. have at it, biggie. >> charlie savage, always a pleasure to have you here on "velshi & ruhle." an msnbc contributor and author of a great book, i read this book years ago "power wars: the relentless rise of presidential authority and secrecy." >> thank you, ali. >>> coming up next, please stick around, you into he had to watch this. nearly 700,000 people could soon lose access to the snap program. it's how they get food. we're going to break down the new requirements for food stamps and who the trump administration is specifically leaving out. >>> and just moments ago on the campaign trail in new hampshire vice president joe biden was asked about allegations against his son hunter and his work in ukraine. >> look, it is what it is. i feel confident about this whole investigation that's going on of trump, it's about trump, it's about his abuse of power, it's about him being -- going out to

here's stephanie ruhle. >>> it's a big day here, tuesday, coming up this hour on ali velshi, it is official, democrats have released the ha ha are articles of. >>> today jerry nadler unveiled articles of impeachment against president trump. the articles include abuse of power and obstruction of justice. in the articles, nadler writing that the president abused his office by, quote, soliciting the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the election prospects, and influence the 2020 united states presidential electi electionally, offices and officials, not to comply with those subpoenas. >>> the first order of business for members of congress is the solemn act to take an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >>> the articles will show that we will defend the constitution and that our oath means something to us. >> republicans responded by accusing democrats of abusing congress's power to investigate. >>> this is not a day that america will be proud about, not a day that history will write that anybody wants

you got to dress to shop a sporting day. >> all right stephanie ruhle.ylan. >> for those traveling today, it is an ideal travel day there's really not a whole lot going on across the country. the one trouble area is down near l.a. where even that area's seeing some improvement. moving into the san diego right now. and that heavy rain is going to turn into a bigger storm system producing heavier snow through the northern plains and upper midwest as we go to the weekend. also, some heavier rain for the eastern half of the country buchlt buchltbut in the meantime, near record highs in the ohio river valley bit foggy to start off the day in the upper midwest and down through parts of texas also, looking at exceptionally >>> good morning, i'm kari hall, nice to get some sunshine on wednesday ppz tracking the rain just to the south of the bay area and if you're traveling heads up at i-5. closed because of know and a lot of heavy rain across parts of central and southern california. we're going to see that storm system moving away and a chance to dry out over t

stephanie ruhle, thank you very much.watching your full exclusive interview with former mayor michael bloomberg this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> and still ahead, during last night's impeachment vote, house speaker nancy pelosi invoked the late congressman elijah cummings saying we did all we could ar elijah. coming up, we'll talk to the congressman's widow who is now running for his congressional seat. morning joel be right back. s c seat. morning joel be right back. l . . fall back! you have a brother in the second battalion? they're walking into a trap. your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning's attack. if you fail, we will lose sixteen hundred men. if we're not clever about this... no one will get to your brother. i will. (children playing) (dog barking) ♪ (music building) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. ♪for the holidays you can'

remember to follow our show online and on twitter, here is "velshi & ruhle" with ali velshi and stephanie ruhlelo everybody, it is monday december 2nd. the white house says they'll not part in the hearing that's coming up point the reason, trump says it is a hoax. >> president trump is meeting in nato, he's railing how the united states is being treated unfairly. we'll break down trump's complicated relationship with the alliance. the supreme court is takiing on gun case today, how it could affect gun owner rights across the country. coming up. a big development in the impeachment inquiry. the white house says they're not going to participate in the house first impeachment hearing on

here is stephanie ruhle from "velshi & ruhle." >> i don't get to see kristen welker in the flesh oftentreat. >> great to see you. >> coming up this busy hour on "velshi & ruhle." newly released e-mails showing the office of management, you know them as the omb asked the pentagon to freeze aid to ukraine on the same day president trump asks president zelensky to do him a favor. pete buttigieg is taking both sides from the party. mayor pete is just not experienced enough for the white house. overseas, north korea expanded a factory associated with the production of nuclear missiles according to the analysis of photos provided to nbc. the revelation is fuelling

remember to follow our show online and on twitter, here is "velshi & ruhle" with ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. >> hello everybody, it is monday december 2nd. the white house says they'll not part in the hearing that's coming up point the reason, trump says it is a hoax. >> president trump is meeting in nato, he's railing how the united states is being treated unfairly. we'll break down trump's complicated relationship with the alliance. the supreme court is takiing on gun case today, how it could affect gun owner rights across the country. coming up. a big development in the impeachment inquiry. the white house says they're not going to participate in the house first impeachment hearing on wednesday. jerry nadler, and pat cipollone wrote, this violates all presidents and basic due process rights and fundamental fairness. president trump defended his decision to not participate in the hearing. because the whole thing is a hoax and everybody knows it. look at the words of the president of ukraine that he just issued and you know it is a hoax. >> a report later from chairman adam schiff making t

i am stephanie ruhl.ht now, more news with haj hllie jackson. >> 77 days, two articles of impeachment, one historic moment in washington. >> the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> and as we come on the air, new fallout from republicans and the president tweeting moments ago this is a witch hunt, calling the introduction to those articles, his allies are by democrats political madness and an extraordinary split screen moment, you can see

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >> coming up, a new impeachment report accuses president trump of multiple federal crimes. it comes as lawmakers are expected to vote on impeachment in the house this week. we'll talk to senator michael bennett of what happens after that vote. >> president trump and senator mcconnell are seating judges. there is no sign of letting up either. we have more on the push to reshape the judiciary. something that impacts every aspect of our lives and our nbc news exclusive. federal food inspectors sounding alarm, unsafe pork could make it to your dinner table under the new inspection rules. what they are saying - >> 24 hours on the big day of capitol hill. house democrats are preparing for their next step in the impeachment fight. the house rules committee will meet to set the parameters for the debate process and finalize any proposed changes which lays out two articles of impeachment, abusive of power and obstruction of congress. on wednesday, it is the big day. the house is expected to debate those articles of impeachment followed by

here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >> coming up, a new impeachment report accusesmes as lawmakers are expected to vote on impeachment in the house this week. we'll talk to senator michael bennett of what happens after that vote. >> president trump and senator mcconnell are seating judges. there is no sign of letting up either. we have more on the push to reshape the judiciary. something that impacts every aspect of our lives and our nbc news

here's stephanie ruhle. >>> it's a big day here, tuesday, coming up this hour on ali velshi, it is officialats have released the ha ha are articles of

bloomberg just spoke with stephanie ruhle the an exclusive interview and one of the things that he addressedt we've talked about quite a bit on this show. his stop and frisk policy. why it was so controversial, and why it remains so controversial today. listen. >> you're running for president. you know you're going to be scrutinized. i want to talk about a few of the things. stop and frisk. >> sure. >> you aggressively supported something that overwhelmingly targeted african american and latino men. you have since apologized. what are you going to do to show the black community that you're going to work toward making the criminal justice system more fair? >> when i came into office, there were 650 people getting killed in new york city every year. mostly poor minority males. i said i can't do this. these are people's lives. innocent people are getting shot. we have to do something about it. yes, i made a mistake in doing it too long. maybe even the whole program you could have done something else. who knows what would have happened but i made a mistake and i apologized and i'm onto keep goin

. >>> democratic presidential candidate tom steyer is going to join ali velshi and stephanie ruhle livet 1:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. coming up on this show, where in the world is rudy giuliani? washington spent hours drilling into the trump administration-ukraine scandal, the president's personal lawyer was on a trip with a stop in ukraine. where else? so what was he doing there? a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. it's specially-designed with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. cascade platinum's unique actionpacs dissolve quickly... ...to remove stuck-on food. . . for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. choose the detergent that lets your dishwasher do the dishes! cascade platinum. the number one recommended brand in north america. the ones that make a truebeen difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass backgroun

eastern with stephanie ruhle and at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace begins right now. ♪ >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in washington, d.c. where team trump is expected to be a no-show at the house judiciary committee's first public impeachment hearing on wednesday. the president, and his lawyers doubling down on complaints about the impeachment process as the flow of evidence from the investigation underscores and confirms what two weeks of public testimony laid bare, an attempted extortion campaign run from the top down by the president, his personal lawyer, and their deputies. and becoming even clearer today, it was carried out against the backdrop of potentially tragic consequences for a nation at war. ukrainian president zelensky speaking out today in a brand-new interview saying this. quote, i don't want us to look like beggars, but you have to understand we are at war. if you're our strategic partner, then you can't go blocking anything for us. i think that's just about fairness. it's not about a quid pr

. >> paul, stephanie ruhle would say we cover these things, i assume if i got a subpoena from congress i'd actually have to show up. and i understand there is a fifth amendment, but other than that, i didn't think you would could just say i'm not going to answer the subpoena. apparently, you can do that. to cynthia's point, it's creating precedent we may not enjoy in years to come. >> it's an unfortunate precedent and subpoenas ought to be honored, not only because there is information that may be relevant to the ongoing impeachment charges, but remember don mcdawn played a pivotal role in the mueller investigation as well. and it may very well be in don mcgahn is so-called i called to testify before the senate he will produce additional information. and there is no prohibition against the house going forward with additional articles of impeachment should those become important and should they become irrelevant after listening to don mcdawn's testimony. the united states, the american people are entitled to hear that testimony and the courts ought to move forward with that as well. >>

i'm stephanie ruhle. more news with my friend, give bennett. >> i'm geoff bennett in for hallie jackson this morning. breaking news on impeachment. just in the past hour, house speaker nancy pelosi announcing a major escalation of the democrats' investigation of president trump. >> today, i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. >> our new reporting says democrats are eyeing a vote some time before christmas. president trump this morning back from his contentious nato trip, firing off this new demand to democrats. if you're going to impeach me, do it now, fast. he says. and he's trying to clarify what he meant when he asked ukraine's president to, quote, do us a favor. our nbc news team is here with the latest developments and later we'll get reaction from a key lawmaker who sits on two of the three committees that spearheaded the impeachment investigation. we're also expecting to hear once again from speaker pelosi herself later in the hour. we expect that she will take some ques

eastern with stephanie ruhle and at 3:00 p.m. eastern.line: white house" with nicolle wallace begins right now. ♪ >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in washington, d.c. where team trump is expected to be a no-show at the house judiciary committee's first public impeachment hearing on wednesday. the president, and his lawyers doubling down on complaints about the impeachment process as the flow of evidence from the investigation underscores and confirms what two weeks of public testimony laid bare, an attempted extortion campaign run from the top down by the president, his personal lawyer, and their deputies. and becoming even clearer today, it was carried out against the backdrop of potentially tragic consequences for a nation at war. ukrainian president zelensky speaking out today in a brand-new interview saying this. quote, i don't want us to look like beggars, but you have to understand

i am stephanie ruhl. coming up right now, more news with haj hllie jackson. >> 77 days, two articles of impeachment, one historic moment in washington. >> the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> and as we come on the air, new fallout from republicans and the president tweeting moments ago this is a witch hunt, calling the introduction to those articles, his allies are by democrats political madness and an extraordinary split screen moment, you can see the house speaker any second is set to take the microphone on the right side of your screen. you can expect that momentarily. the speaker may take questions. plus we're going to get the first reaction from republicans. we've got our news teams blanketing the halls of the capitol. i want to start with our krp correspondents on both ends. i have garrett haake and shannon. garrett, i understand that you are just

i'm stephanie ruhl. soming up, more news with hallie jackson. >> president trump is getting ready to hit the road with my colleagues gathered on the south lawn with plenty of questions for the president, like why not send somebody to defend him at wednesday's key public hearing with the judiciary committee? we've got new reaction this morning to the white house taking a pass on participation, calling the hearing a baseless and highly partisan inquiry. and today on capitol hill, lawmakers will meet behind closed doors to get their first look at the house intelligence committee's impeachment. we've got a lot going on, as we wait for that and the president to walk out of the white house. and we've got our team here following all the developments. garrett haake is on capitol hill, hans nichols is going to be joining us from london. let me start with you, because you're hearing from republicans and democrats about the president's decision to not participate in wednesday's hearing, although the white house is

i am stephanie ruhl. i hand you off to geoff bennett in washington, d.c. good morning. >> i'm geoff bennett in for hallie jackson and we begin this hour with breaking news from florida. two people now dead, including the suspect, who opened fire at a u.s. navel air station in pensacola this morning. let's go straight to nbc's morgan chesky in coral gables, florida. bring us up to speed on what transpired this morning. >> good morning. and new details coming in by the minute via the military. they're remaining tight-lipped. what we know at this point in time is there's no longer a threat at the base. authorities confirming that the gunman is dead. however, 11 people are injured, five others taken to a nearby hospital and we know that two people, as you mentioned, have been confirmed killed as a result of this gunman's attack in pensacola. now, reports are circulating that the gunfire was initially reported around 6:30 this morning. we do know there was a rapid response in deploying resources to assess that situation. the gates, the two primary gates to this

so much, it is stephanie ruhle, tuesday, december 17th, and the stage is being set for a new chaptere united states for only the third time in our nation's 243 year history. jeff bennet is o

. >> in an interview with nbc's stephanie ruhle, new york city mayor defending his candidacy saying he has experience running a large city and slamming biden for never having been the top boss. >> joe biden doesn't have the experience >> he's never been a manager of an organization. he's never run a school system the presidency shouldn't be a training job >> reporter: and since the debate stage will be less crowded the format will actually shine a brighter spotlight on the candidates who polling shows are not in the top tier. that's amy klobuchar, andrew yang and tom steyer. and with voting set to begin in less than two months, tonight's debate is a critical test, especially the ones stuck close in first place in iowa and new hampshire. >> geoff bennett, thanks bud. >>> why don't you say we get a check of the weather al roker it was wild in new york. >> there's a time lapse from one world trade center we have showed you haboobs in arizona, this is like a snow boob coming in, a snow squall pushing in from ground level, our meteorologist katherine got this coming into midtown warning and

he was interviewed by stephanie ruhle aired on nbc news. where does he stand? or judge his ability to jump on the state? >> way to buttijudge it? >> there are only a few willing to vote for bloomberg. spending $100 million on advertising is not a positive. even if you're self-funded and not depend dent on billionaires, that still doesn't matter to most democrats. >> sounds like you're changing on that, frank i thought you said bloomberg was formidable i said he was a billionaire. is it not happening? or you haven't changed >> not for california. let's be precise here. mike bloomberg -- the mayor has credibility and he has the capability of outspending all the other candidates, but california is a progressive democratic state >> yeah. >> it is overwhelmingly, the governor, the senate, the house, the legislature is overwhelmingly left and it is not a great place for bloomberg. there are other states such as georgia and texas where the former mayor is going to do better than california >> i want to talk about the rocket again okay just some other stuff. >> have yo

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello there, i'm stephanie ruhle. sheer what is happening this morning.les of impeachment. appearing on fox news just a short time ago, mitch mcconnell again called impeachment a political exercise but would not say how it should proceed. >> what we need to do is listen to the arguments, have a written questioning period, and then decide if we need witnesses or not. the house went ahead without witnesses. the house could have gone to court to try to compel them, they didn't do that. they just blew through it. they invoked executive privilege. >> senator mcconnell went on to say that the entire impeachment process is at an impasse until those articles are sent over. i want to bring in jans ch

that does it for us and stephanie ruhle is picking up coverage right now. >> thank you. charging president trump with obstruction of congress. we have a fantastic team here to cover every angle of the story. i want to start first with my colleagues here, garrett, what are we expecting to hear? >> the speaker will be backed by several chair people that investigated these. the speaker will pull out two articles of impeachment against this president and they will move very quickly toward the house. we expect to see them marked up, and it is a very fast proprocess. and the judiciary committee members meeting early this morning rolling straight into this

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> there is a lot happening own the impeachment frontles of impeachment. the venue is shifting. democratic committee chairman jerry nadler invited the president aes his team to take part in this week's hearings. here is part of what the president's council wrote to the committee. this baseless and highly partis i

. >> hey there, hello there, i'm in for stephanie ruhle.torying both unfortunately involving aircraft. that's where a plane where a plain killing 98 people crashed. it slammed into a concrete fence and a two-story building, the cause of the crash remains unclear. it is shortly after takeoff and they're investigating pilot error and tech neck kal failure. the u.s. coast guard there is looking for a helicopter that did not return after

. >> morgan, thank you very much for that report that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picksle you were sleeping house democrats dropped their massive 658 page impeachment report. the report that came out just after midnight argues that the president must be impeached "to protect the nation and preserve our freedom." and it sets the stage for the full house vote that will take place this wednesday assuming that the house backs impeachment a senate trial would come next. schumer laid out

that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picking up theuh coverage right now.have d been transported a local hospital. jim cavanagh was a former hostage negotiator and he is joying me now. what happen is your initial reaction. >>it just, you know, brought me right back to pearl

. >>> thank you, hi, i'm stephanie ruhle, it is december 5th.mpeachment inquiry. it also followed the first and only scheduled day of hearings. what do we know about this statement? >> stephanie, not much. she kept the contents fairly closely hold. they are waiting to decide what direction and speed the house will take

that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picks up your coverage right now.me down without sending articles of impeachment to the senate. and leaders are at an impasse when it comes to setting rules for the president's trial. president trump said he wanted things figured out fast so he could get his day in court and that will depend on whether or not nancy pelosi and mitch

here are ali velshi and stephanie rule from "velshi & ruhle." >> hello, everyone, thursday, decemberaid, theres a lot happening on this historic day in washington. any moment we will hear from president trump who is attending a lunch for the united nations security council at the white house, the meeting, the lunch, follows a momentous announcement from house speaker nancy pelosi today asking the house judiciary committee to draft articles of impeachment against president trump. >> if we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic. in america no one is above the law. the facts are uncontested. the president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security by withholding military aid and crucial oval office meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival.n