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yamiche, let's jump right in. there's been a lot of talk about the potential imlect of that mutestimony. what do we expect im to say? >> in his testimony before the house, robert mueller wants to stick to the confines of the 448-page report that he and his team compiled. a spokesperson for robert mueller told me he wants th stay within "the four walls of the report." he is also -- robert mueller is also going to be wanting to esenter into the cononal record the actual report to really underline and double down that point.at said, i'm told he will have a short opening statement. he's been preparing with people that worked for him at the special counsel's office to anally figure out and hone in on what he can can't talk about in this setting. he also wants to really be thinking about how to not go beyond the report. and as a result, what's going tt beesting is after that short opening statement, democrats and republicans are going to be posing questions. democrats are going to be trying the puttsh him a bit past the

yamiche, it's raining. that explains the water and thse ld in front of the president. ed about the history of america. he talked about american inventors, theending of slavery and civil rights. he said the nation is stronger than it's ever been, a ittle bit of the "make america greatai again. the critics still point out the republican national committee got tickets to thevent while the democratic national committee did not. the people still close to the president are still the people eith the best views of him, but it is open to th public. >> woodruff: yamiche, you're saying the speechs directed to american history, speaking about the reasons we celebrate on this day. >> exactly, judy, and the president has reoally stuck talking about what makes america great in his mind and that is all the different tthat america can do. g also said he would like to put the american f mars some day. he's talking about astronauts and really inme soays celebrating the history of america. he hasn't been talking about smocrats or republicans, n't been talking about his campaign. instead,

i want to start with yamiche. we know where the speaker stands.t. the next democratic candidate for president, however will, have this all in their quiver, in their arsenal. what do you think they will use or should do, whether it's a woman or man? we know who the usual suspects are right now, who is probably going to be the nominee. but how can they use what we learned today after all this investigating? >> after talking with a number of democrats, what democrats want to hone in on is that robert mueller said the president was generally untruthful when he submitted answers, and that campaign aides and white house aides repeatedly lied and tried to impede the investigation, and they'll point to a step by step repudiation that mueller set out that this is not 12 angry democrats, this is not the president being exonerated, this is not a witch hunt. those clear things when robert mueller wanted to step out of the four walls of the report, he did so to directly refute the president's own words. >> what is the spirit you would take? >> i think you go m

studio. >> so yamiche, this ep steen story keeps growing. we know tcre was a rt filing in new york that accuses mr. epstein of witness tampering,aying potential witnesses against him $350,000. so we are watching that new development. but in the meantime, you were at the white house often the south lawn. how did this resignation come about? >> welis was an uncomfortable moment, uncomfortable week for secretary acosta. there is a thing call a perp walk, where a high profile suspect is going to be coming into the police station. this is what this felt like today. i.t. felt like alex acosta was being brought before the camera to explain is he t probleme straction against the great things that the trump administration is doing. it's important to remember how ot got here. how he here is the president essentially forced acosta to go before the capital last, defending himself against the backlash, the president decided to take a coue of days and decided he couldn't basically do well enough. this was assembling acosta's idea butpr thesident decided h

yamiche, let me come to you. the president had been, it seems, determined to add this citizenship question one way or e other to the census. now he's backed down. why? >> this is a big loss to president trump and he's essentially admitting he can't argue for the citesenship on to be added to the census without jeopardizing the census itself. the supremcourt ruled the administration's reasoning was essentially contriefd and they were arguing the voting rights act needed to be better enforced, the voting rights that's supposed to prevent discrimination in voting. the president is now saying they can't do itiaithout essey putting at risk the census. the census is already being presented.th critics sa is a chilling effect because the census is tied directly to how we stribute money, how we draw congressional lines and tied to the electoral college. so there is already some people fear an effect where immigrants won't want to fill out the census. but the president is saying he can't get done what he wanted to do. >> w

attorney joyce vance and msnbc legal analyst and pbs news hour correspondent yamiche alcindor who is also a political analyst. you had supervisory role, right? you had people working for you that were prosecuting cases that were running things up to you as the boss for important decisions to make, which is the role acosta was in. he was not the sort of line prosecutor on this case. were you persuaded by acosta's account today of why things went down the way they did? >> you know, chris, i wasn't, not in the least. and i spent almost -- well, i spent more than 25 years at doj. i was a line prosecutor. i ran our appellate division. i was ultimately the u.s. attorney. one thing that anyone in a u.s. attorney's office knows is that the buck stops with the u.s. attorney. and so this notion that he tried to throw the career prosecutors, the fbi, the state prosecutors under the bus and not take responsibility for the decision here to let epstein off with a nonprosecutive agreement really rang very hollow. >> yeah, that's one of the things the palm beach prosecutor said in response, yamiche.

hello, yamiche. to refresh everybody, it wasn backril the attorney general william barr issued this order saying that some migrants could not get out on bail, they had to more than po tt boney had to be detained indefinitely. but now you have thisederal judge in washington state issuing a ruling that casts what the strairlings did in doubt. >> exactly. what we had was attorney general william barr and the president seeking to keep migrants who came to e united states illegally detained indefinitely. this is not the people to come to pos of entry but the ones who me between ports of entry. they want no one to get in bail. the presidenalr presidentls this catch and release. he essentially says we can't just bring people and let them go out into communities. the judge is saying that's unconstitutional, that these migrants actually have to have due process under the fifth amendment. >> woodruff: so this ruling, what more can you tell us about the argument that this federal judge made? because as you say,

so, yamiche, you did hear all what the president had to say.t are you taking away from the white hou? >> the president, his personal words an white house aid all agree that the president feels like he's in a better position today than he was yesterday. he sees this hearing as really doubling down and being proof of what he's been saying which is all a witch hunt and a waste of time. he said the decrats were ina worse position today because they came away with nothing. mocrats, of course, take issue with that. they think getting robe r mueller on tord saying he didn't common rate the president and he also could be charged when he leaves office was a win for them, buntt the presi overall was pretty confident that he thinks this is going to help him in the 2020 election. i also put the question to the president directly. bert mueller said generally the questions and the answerrous gave him were untrue. t president got very, very upset and said that the question was untruthful. ei pressed him some more, he said campaign aides and white house aides

hello, yamiche. so what more have you learnre in yourrting about what the administration is doing, why it's doing this and, frankly, how they see the justification for it? >> the president's strategy when it comes to the citizenship question on the census is to a push forwad try to find some way to get it on the census. i want to play for you what his justification is from earlier today outside the white house. >> you need it for many sons. you need it for congress for districting. you need it for appropriations, where are the funds going? how many people are there? are they citizens, are they not citizens? you need it for many reasons. >he> evenresident is saying there are many, many reasons why you need the question on the census, th week simply said that the government had a contrivedre on for having the citizenship question on the census, so there has not been a real reason to pass the courts. so the president though he's spelling this out is still scrambling for a reason. >> woodruff: has clearl

thank you, yamiche alcindor, jeremy psychs. the conditions facing the migrants. a situation the homeland inspector general is calling, listen to this, we're going to know this later, a ticking time bomb, he called it. let's watch. >> we came today to say we will shut this down if we have to. >> it's a whole new 2020 ball game for the democrats out there. two major polls now show joe biden's huge lead is melting like an ice cream cone in summer. and senator kamala harris is getting the biggest debate bounce by far. plus, with the television ratings for last week's television debates tell me about republican voters. were they window-shopping for an alternative to trump? a lot of them were watching. much ahead. stay with us. with us as a doctor, i agree with cdc guidance. i recommend topical pain relievers first... like salonpas patch large. it's powerful, fda-approved to relieve moderate pain, yet non-addictive and gentle on the body. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. a peaceful night sleep without only imagine... frequent heartburn waking him up. now that d

matt yamiche back with and yami us as well.t do you think of this poll or is it totally meaningless? >> it's totally meaningless. >> fair enough. >> i don't think we're going to win the election next year by nine points. >> it's premature to imagine it would be nine-point lead. >> every bit of data we have done internally and shared with our allies in public have shown a close race that on any given day showed us winning 126 to 129 electoral votes, the difference between being president and sitting at home alone. i think there's name i.d. and it's early. there are a lot of measurements to look at to see how competitive this race is. >> what do you take away of the differences how people are viewing the different candidates? clearly there's a difference between joe biden and kamala harris. >> sure. on the elizabeth warren front a lot of it is simply they're actually running a really good campaign. if you sit down with elizabeth warren and ask her to talk to you about why she's running in 30 seconds, 2 minutes, 2 hours, she will

yamiche alcindor, danielle moodie-mills, john podhoretz, thank you all for being with us. coming up, robert mueller's congressional testimony. he is scheduled for next wednesday. well, now suddenly it might not happen, at least not next week. we'll tell you what the holdup may be all about. >>> and bran new poll numbers from the key early state of south carolina. we showed you national numbers yesterday. now we're showing you the first big state with a large african american voting bloc. new numbers to tell you about there. >>> plus, presidential retreat. trump backing down on the census. part of a growing pattern of bold talk followed by little or no action. >>> and here is something you don't see every day. >> and i'll tell you something about nancy pelosi. that you know better than i do. she is not a racist, okay. she is not a racist. for them to call her a racist is a disgrace. >> there is the president defending the democratic speaker of the house while also trashing her republican predecessor. much more ahead. stay with us. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) peopl

all from the white house, thank you, yamiche.this evening, house >> woodruff: this evening house speaker nancy pelo reacted to the hearings, speaking to atreporterhe capitol. she said the house is still not prepared to pursue an impeachment inquiry against the president. >> my position has always been, whatever decision we made in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand ande still have some outstanding matters in the courts. it's about the congress, the constitution and the courts. and we're fighting the president in the courts. >> woodruff: our lisa desjardins was in the hearing room toy and been following the response on capitol hill. fisa, in general, what are democrats sayingst of all? >> well, democrats say they feel that their members that that preparation really married, that they were able to focus mr. mueller in a way that they think helps. they also like their mantra of no one is above the law, of course, talking about the the president at that point. it's interesting that there's a divide amo

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yamiche what di acosta id today about his ability to do his job? >> secreiry acosta said he dd the best that he could do and as a result, he can be trusted to protect trafficking victims. he also handed out court documents where he was essentially making the case that the victims in 2008 were reluctant to come forward. he also made the case that. so vic tirms weren't told about the plea agreement because prosecutor gwere trying toet some sort of monetary compensation for them. but especially he didn't really say look, thises with a sweetheart deal, i would do things differently. there are a l of people that are very angry at this, jeffrey epstein was able to go in and out of prison, still go to work during this plea agreement, this time he spent in prison. secretary acosta didn't really go forward and answer the question of how people should vici that spec plea agreement. so i think there are still some questions on whether or not secretary acosta will be answering those questions. because we know that this backlash is going to continue. >> woodruf

liz goodwin, and charlie savage, and yamiche, welcome everybody. yamiche, the president is piling on his attacks against cummings and he's bringing nancy pelosi into this. what do you make of how all of this is playing out the last 24 hours. >> this is an example of president trump yet again scapegoating an african-american making a political point. he's talking about baltimore right now, he could be talking about chicago next week and go to detroit, all of those cities have in common is they have large african-american communities that are struggling at times and who are an example that the president wants to use to really make dog whistles at white nationalists. i often have been talking to people about whether or not the president is doing this to those specifically to his base and people said these are not dog whistles. members of the white caucuses says this is house of wolves. mulvaney is clearly saying this is working for us and he's going to continue to do that. the trump campaign has told me specifically, he likes the idea of talking about

we'll see aimee, john, michelle, yamiche, thank you all.th ari melber"" starts right now. >> sorry. we begin our breaking news from the floor of the u.s. house. for the first time since democrats have taken control of the u.s. house, right now, moments ago, a bill to impeach president trump just reached the house floor. that itself is unusual and what happened next was also striking. speaker pelosi leading democrats to unite with republicans as you see right here right now to squash this effort, voting down this bill to impeach the president of the united states donald trump by the 332-95. these numbers just came in. breaking. the debate comes amidst deep tensions as the house just formally rebuked donald trump laht

. >> yamiche, president trump also said this.would try to stop the "send her back" chant if it happens again in the rally. do you think there is any chance that he'll in fact try to do that if it dishappoes happen ag? >> there were fine people at a nasty rally and people near the president then and now saying you need to do better about this. and anything that looks like racist comments. the president is still on his own instincts and gut. what you see the president is saying these are my people and fans. i don't want them to feel ostricize and everyone n if i d agree with those chants. they are capaused for 13 second taking in the chant, that was worth the time to stop his remark. i think the president will likely try to tamp them down. this is the president that re relishes at big crowds. he said i could have built that stadium ten times over. what he's saying i have people all around the country who feels this way and i want to make sure they are clear that i am backing them. >> the president said love it or leave it. somethin

so let's bring in yamiche, director of communications for hillary clinton. it must be interesting for barack obama and everybody who fought so hard for obamacare over the first two years of his administration to hear suddenly that their position is a republican sellout position, and that it just doesn't go far enough. i guess that does talk about how far the democratic party has come in a few years, but from when you go out and you interview people, do people want obamacare to be mended and not ended or do you see a lot of democrats in the base really wanting to try medicare for all? >> well, this debate was really about the fault lines running through the democratic party. the question is do voters want someone who's going to be thinking about practical ideas and chasing independent voters who voted for president trump but who are now double thinking their idea and thinking they can go with the democrats or do you want a democrat who has big progressive, bold ideas who wants to redo the entire system. when i talk to voters, they're in some ways split on tha

and, yamiche, you bring up the little girl. how about all the children of the people in this audience, the brothers, the sisters, the family members, the people watching. you know, many are very concerned, many know a lot more about the rise of fascism and dictatorships and the precious -- the preciousness of democracy and they believe that president trump has let us down this path and he has been allowed to lead us down this path and has desensitized us to racism every step of the way. every time -- every time he did it and there was no recourse, he created more danger for this country and i really -- i try not to invoke my father because i could never live up to even be half who he was, but people like my father and people like madeline all bright who came here and made this country greater, could coin the president's term, they will tell you that this is pure and simple evil and that someone is going to get hurt, whether it be someone in an office today or in a school or anywhere in america, someone is going to get hurt, whe

yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. >> reporter: do you think your tweets were racist, mr. president? a >> nott all. not at all. >> reporter: president trump doubling down on racist tweets. today at white house event aimed at celebrating american manufacturing, the president defended his targeting of four freshmen congresswomen of color. and he once again questioned their status as americans and suggested leave the states. from their parents in front of an american flag. >> reporter: three of the four lawmakers had testifbod last friday their visits to crowded border detention facilities. on twitter sunday,othe president "why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came?" the four congresswomen: new york representative alexandria ocasio-cortez, minnesota representative illhan omar, massachusetts representative hianna pressley and michigan representative r talib. all four women are american citizens. three of the four were bn in the u.s. >> it doesn't concern me because many people agree with me and they can leave. >> repo

as white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports, the controversy surrounding mr.mp's tweets that four progressive congresswomen should return to their native countries shows no sign of going away. >> here's the chant that i would >> alcindor: in north carolina, a controversial chant, and ( "send her back" chants ) on capitol hill, republicans playing defense, as the fallout over president tweets deepens. at a rally in greenville lastni t, the president again orlsely accused congresswoman ilhan omar of sung terrorist groups. the muslim minnesota lawliker is a natud american citizen, tho came to the u.s. as a somali refugee. crowd-- including children-- chanted "send her back." this morning, house minority leader kevin mccarthy downplayed the president's role in e chants. >> it was a small group off to the side. what the president did-- the president did not join in. the president moved on. >> aindor: but others offere slight pushback. >> the point is, they're all american citizens, entitled to their voice, and when they do provocative things, they're going to be me

fo as yamiche alcindor reports, major themes from the first debates-- including race, criminal justice and imgration-- made their way onto the campaign ail. ( eers and applause ) >> reporter: at san francisco's pridparade this weekend, california senator kamala harris sought to build on her breakout performance at last week's debate. >> we remember those who have fought for civil rights. for equality. >> reporter: harris'ampaign has announced it raised an eye- popping $2 million online... in the 24 hours following the thursday deate where harris criticized former vice president joe biden for s past opposition to busing students to desegregate public schools. but since, harris has been the target of online attacks, that have questioned her racial identity, as the daughter of a jamaican father and indian mother. on saturday, president trump'smp son donald tr retweeted and then deleted a tweet lsae turday that claimed "kamala harris is she is half indian and half jamaican." a flurry of harris' 2020 democratic competitors quickly came to her defense. biden wrote on twitter that "the same f

thank you, yamiche. of "morning joe" begins right now. >>> i get along with everybody. except you people, actually. i get along with a lot of people. i have a tremendous relationship with president xi. nobody else would have the deal that we have. i get along with president putin. i get along with mohammed from saudi arabia. but i also get along with people that would be perceived as being very nice. i was with prime minister may today. i was with so many. take a look. new head of australia, look at japan, prime minister abe -- they're all fine as far as i'm concerned. some are stronger than others, some are tougher than others. >> there's no defending the north korean regime which is a monstrous regime. it's the last stalinist regime in the world. it's a disgusting place and obviously, so there's no defending it. on the other hand, you know, you have to be honest about what it means to lead a country. it means killing people. not on the scale that north koreans do, but a lot of countries commit atrociti

yamiche alcindor looks now atde why the justicrtment r.cided not to file charges against the offi ne alcindor: eric garner died after he was detfor selling what were suspected to be untax single cigarettes. garner, who was 43 years old and had severe asthma, said "i can't breathe" 11 times before he died. the cellphone deo seems to show garner in a chokehold, which is prohibited by the new yorkolice department. but, the officer, daniel pantaleo, has maintained he did not use a chokehold to bring him down. pantaleo has been on desk duty since then. today, u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york, richard donoghue, said his team decided they could not prove officer pantaleo willf intended to use excessive force that led to garner's death. >>e are committed to aggressively prosecuting excessive force cases whenever there is sufficient evidence to bring them. mr. garner's death was a terrible tragedy, but having thoroughly investigated the surrounding circumstances, the department has concluded that the available evidence would not support federal civil rights charges against a

we'll see aimee, john, michelle, yamiche, thank you all. we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press" daily" and "the beat with ari melber"" starts right now. >> sorry. we begin our breaking news from the floor of the u.s. house. for the first time since democrats have taken control of the u.s. house, right now, moments ago, a bill to impeach president trump just reached the house floor. that itself is unusual and what happened next was also striking. speaker pelosi leading democrats to unite with republicans as you see right here right now to squash this effort, voting down this bill to impeach the president of the united states donald trump by the 332-95. these numbers just came in. breaking. the debate comes amidst deep tensions as the house just formally rebuked donald trump last night for "racist comments." as the house barrels towards new rebukes of trump officials, as well on the floor tonight which we will get to, this impeachment pressure came from liberal congressman al green. he seized the momentum from the rebuke of trump l

reminds me of a moment yamiche alcindor had this year where she stiod the president a que about why hisicies echoed strongly with white nationalists. he turned the tables on her and said the exact thing. >> that's such a racist question. honestly, i know you have it written down and you're going tell me -- let me tell you, that is a racist question. >> r too, that turning of the tables is not a new thing. >> it's not a new thing,ut it has become especially effective in the post-civil rights. era it was mowmp accepting to be explicitly racist and to have legal discrimination, obviously, and to have th signs -- no jews allowed, no chinese allowed, no mexicans allowed, et cetera, but explicit racism was illegal andt fell favor, and, so, we have become much more adept at color-blind racism, at dogistle politics without talking about race or using explicitly racial language. it's not new but it has become a new way and effective way in the eost-civil rights era and in th obama and post-obama era to denigrate others, to insult them, to tr them as unequal, to justify inequality without using t

kurt bardella, yamiche thank you so much. >>> opening an investigation into the president immediatelyd james comey, the former fbi official joins us live ahead of bob mueller's testimony now just about an hour away. you're watching "morning joe," we'll be right back. >>> then i have an article ii where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. >> when the president does it, that means it's not illegal. >> whatever i want as president. >> that means that it is not illegal. president. >> that means that it is not illegal. who used expedia to book the vacation rental that led to the ride ♪ which took them to the place where they discovered that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. ♪ flights, hotels, cars, activities, vacation rentals. expedia. everything you need to go. expedia. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, hmm. exactly. so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... partner? not again. limu that's your reflection. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ when i needed to create a better visi

and yamiche alcindor, i want to turn to you.a week after the debate, and the candidates are still talking about busing. meantime, in iowa, elizabeth warren's favorables seem to be on the uptick as biden and harris keep battling this out. but it occurs to me that, yes, kamala harris might have these sincerely held beliefs about busing, but really it strikes me that this was really or was a proxy argument for her fw, in t debate to say that she can prosecute the case such that it exists against joe biden in much the same way she could prosecute the case against donald trump should she become the nominee and meets him on that debate stage. is that why you think she keeps returning to this well? >> i think she keeps returning to this, because it's an issue that has worked for her and a moment that allowed her to start to ride this moment that she's trying to now take into iowa. so there's this idea that i think, at the core of that exchange between senator harris and joe biden was the issues at stake in the democratic party. so ther