i'm yamiche alcindor. trump supporters oak into the capital and chanted about killing lawmakers 254 days ago. tonight in washington, d.c., security is tight as support for the writers prepared together r a rally tomorrow. meanwhile, a new book contains explosive details about the follow-up from the capital attack. it says general mark millie thought former president donald trump was crazy and made secret calls to assure people that the u.s. was not going to war. now, some republicans, including senator marco rubio of florida, are demanding that millie be fired. >> it is the essence, a military coup. that's what it would equate to. i don't think there's any doubt that at a minimum, he should be fired. yamiche: but president biden is sticking by general millie. >> all of what'sn that book happened before i became secretary of defense, so i can't comment on that, as well, and certainly i won't comment on what's in the book. i have confidence in general millie. yamiche: and there's major news on covid vaccine

thank you once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: welcome to "washington week." i'm yamiche alcindor president biden has been in office for 266 days. this wk wassity mull wows and heartbreaking. today marked the end of 20 -- monday marked the end of 20 years of the u.s. military presence there and decades of bloodshed. still president biden face tough questions about when and how he chose to pull people out. mitch mcconnell is blasting hip. >> this was a disguiseful and disastrous departure. two weeks ago president biden specifically promised that he wouldn't pull out before every american whoa wanted out had gotten out. by their own admission, the biden administration is now broken that promise. yamiche: on tuesday, the president forcefully dended his decisions. >> there is no evacuation -- evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges and threats we face, none. i give my word with all of my heart, i believe this is the right decision, a wise decision. and the best decision f

once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." the january 6th insurrection was 206 days ago but the consequences of that day continue to dominate american life, politics and the republican party. thursday, the house comttee investigating the capitol attack issued subpoenas to former president's trumps closest aid including mk meadows and former trump advise or steve bannon. this comes as former president trump continues to lie about the election and push dates to recount votes. joining us tonight to discuss all of in the authors of "peril" bob woodward, associate editor for "the washington post" and investigative report what robert costa, national political report what for "the washington post" and former moderator of "washington week." i'm so excited to have you here back at the table. o ija jang. the committee issued these subpoenas to these four top aids. i wonder what does it reveal about these advise ors may have known about january 6 and the president's mindset and what

. >> what a great point you make yamiche alcindor. and john over to you. we can read with the house beaker said on the transcription of the phone call. but let's talk about the democrats, as we remember the culturally they are earnest student council president is not a war town council among them. but what about the potentially vocal democrats, reminding the greater world as much as we want to hear, it just how dark things were. this was a colonel cooks situation, that was presented to the chairman of the joint chief. in the pentagon without a senate confirm secretary of defense. >> right, and i think brian, that this is not as crazy as it was at the. time and i do think that the main takeaway from this, if you take the woodward crossed and you match it up with all the other reportings of these excellent journalists who published books in recent months in this timeframe is that we are much closer to the brink of some kind of catastrophe. or at least that was the perception of many john heilemann senior, a special national security officials, in the trump a

nick schifrin reporting from outside the united nations, and yamiche alcindor from outsight outside ese. thank you both. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the biden administration stepped up deptations of haitian migrants who've gathered at del rio, texas, on the border with mexico. more flights from there left for haiti today, with others set for tomorrow. around 8,000 migrants remained at del rio, as president biden promised to get things under control. but, some fellow democrats, including senate majority leader chuck schumer, condemned the deportations. >> right now, i am told there are four flights scheduled, to deport these asylum seekers back to a country that cannot receive them. such a decision defies common sense. it also defies common decency and what america is all about. >> woodruff: also today, the head of the u.n. refugee agency warned that the mass expulsions may violate international law. and, texas republican governor greg abbott blamed president biden's policies for encouraging the influx of migrants. johnson & johnson says a booster for its single-shot covid-19

meantime, our yamiche alcindor was at the white house in the room where the president spoke, and she me now. so, yamiche, how does this announcement, this set of steps fit in with all the other international challenges the president is facing now in particular afghanistan. >> well, the president, of course, is facing a number of challenges on the foreign and domestic front. in the room, the president really had the spirit of optimism, this idea that this new agreement was going to be him turning the page a bit and focusing on what he wants to talk about which is working with u.s. allies well as though he didn't mention china as nick said, really focusing on how to better compete with china. that said, afghanistan didn't come up, buff guess from myself and other reporters as president biden walked away without taking questions. that tells you that while the president wants to talk about the agreement with the u.k. and australia, chief on people's minds is the chaos in afghanistan left behind. the president sat down with two senators, senator manchin and sinema, from west virginia and a

joining me now, yamiche alcindor, moderator for "washington week." dr. uche blackstock and elie mystal. i'm going to start with you, yamiche, this is a president who's decided if it's going to be war, it's going to be war against the vaccine and any governors who stand in his way. talk about the thinking about this much more aggressive posture that we saw from the president today. >> president biden is fed up, and this speech was about telling people you are now put on notice. the phase of carrots and free beers and all the different things people were getting to get vaccinated and hundreds of dollars, the president is now saying, if you don't get vaccinated, not only are you putting the country at risk but you yourself are going to face dire consequences. the announcement that he made today affect 100 million americans and two-thirds of american workers. so if you're someone who thinks this isn't going to touch your life, president biden is saying it's getting personal, i'm coming for you. the president was also very clear. he pushed back forcefully agai

with that, let's bring in our starting front line on this thursday night, yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for the pbs news hour. cynthia alksne, and clint watson, army veteran, former fbi essential agent, and a distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute. good evening and welcome you to all. yamiche, i'd like to start with you and your beat. the president kind of famously waved off mandates as late as this past spring, not knowing that this many million americans were going to wave off the chance to get a vaccine. so in your view covering the white house as you do, where to from here? >> we should also say -- and you're right that the president had waved off the idea of mandates, but this was the president saying we are no longer dealing and we're going to pull out the sticks. and the sticks will impact 100 million americans and two-thirds of all workers in america. the president is essentially saying we are fed up. now it's going to come time for dire consequences for people who do not want to get vaccinated. officials tell me people are going to

yamiche alcindor at the white house, lisa desjardins here in the studio, thank you both. and amna nawaz now takes a wider look at the status of immigration reform in this country, and what's at stake. >> nawaz: that's right, judy. well, joining me now to take that bigger look at immigration reform in the u.s. right now is marielena hincapiÉ. she is the executive director of the national immigration law center. mariel eppa welcome to the househour, you heard secretary mayorkas say in del rio we are in the midst of a pandemic and critical migration challenge. these aive radioing haitians are not going to be treated differently than anybody arriving at any other part of the border that is to say they will be immediately dispeld. broadly speaking what is your reaction to the way the administration has handled ths latest-- latest crisis at the border. >> thank you for the invitation, these images from del rio are horrific it is incredible that the biden-harris administration is using a failed approach of deterrent strategy when these are the very people, when you look at those

you know, the argument that people are trying to have. >> alcindor: for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindors a day of leisure for most americans, but not our politics monday duo: amy walter, editor-in-chief of the cook political report. and npr white house correspondent tamara keith. alcindor talk about the snap benefits expanding and the child tax credit. tam, how important is this to the democrats' agenda and president biden's agenda? >>his is absolutely core to president biden's agenda. it is part of the $3.5 trillion bill that they are going to start working on in earnest again, now that congress is returning. um, expanding this child tax credit is important to democrats because it can really take a huge bite out of child poverty. and it has been a long time agenda item, one that they were able to get into the covid relief bill, and one that they are hoping to be able to have long-term. but, you know, we can talk about infrastructure for a long time. we'll talk about it many times. it is not clear yet that that is on a glide path. >> because that's the $3.5 trillion package which at lea

joining me for insight and analysis, yamiche alcindor, the moderator of washington week, washington post contributing columnist, matt bai, sw betsy woodruff swan of politico and republican strategist brendan buck. >>> el come to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: this is plets with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning. the u.s. enters this labor day weekend suffering from two viruses, covid and polarization. it is not and exaggeration to say we are more divided than at any time. perhaps 1960s and frankly, maybe since the civil war as one of our guests today put it, we used to be divided over issues like abortion and guns, we're used to those divisions. we're still divided on those issues. now we can't even degree on covid or january 6th. covid has become an mri of america's soul. who would imagine that masks, wearing or refusing them, would become such a political statement. this morning we'll take a look at how and why we're so divided primarily through the lens of two issues. one is covid where the seven-day average of infections has risen to more than 161,000 driven by vacc

yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. >> today the taliban's head spokesperson ushered in an interiment void of women. >> our country needs comprehensive activities and services in various fields to address the legal, economic and social rights of the people and prevent losses. the islamic emirate decided to appoint and announce an acting cabinet to advance important matters. >> key roles in the government include veterans of the group. mullah hasan akhund, the interim prime minister headed the taliban government in kabul during the last years of its previous rule that was ended by u.s.. mullah abdul ghani baradar is deputy prime minister. the trump administration pushed pakistan to release him from prison in 2018 to jump start the doha peace talks. baradar led talks with the united states and signed the deal that led to america's final withdrawal from afghanistan. sirajuddin haqqani, was appointed acting interior minister. he's the head of the haqqani network group, a branch of the taliban. haqqani has an american bounty on his head. he is wanted in questioning by the fbi for a 2008

yamiche alcindor >>oodruff: a short time ago, i spoke with a key democrat in the week's negotiations, co-air of the bipartisan problem solvers caucus and congressman from new jersey, josh gottheimer. congressman gottheimer, thank you for talking with us. as you and i are speaking, you're about to head into that meeting that speaker pelosi has called with all of the democratic members of the house. at this point, do you believe in the end when this is all worked out, that the infrastructure bill and the so-called build back better measure are both going to pass and become law? >> i think ultimately both are going to pass and become law. the great news is this week on thursday, we're going to vote on a key part of the president's agenda, part of that the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the roads, bridges, and climate change resiliency. it is a huge win for the country. we're going to continue working, and i know we're going to get done the president's reconciliation bill. >> woodruff: i hear you saying you're confident it is going to happen, but what everybody -- or a lot of us are focu

thank you, yamiche alcindor.nks. ♪ >> i am vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy at newshour west. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. china's embassy in washington reacted late today to president biden's pact announcement. the embassy said the united states, britain and australia should shake off their cold-war mentality and ideological prejudice. in other news, the nation's top military officer, general mark milley, drew support for his actions during president trump's final weeks in office. a new book says he reassured china that then-president trump would not order an attack, and that if he did, milley would give advance warning. president biden said today he has great confidence in the general. the pentagon also defended him. >> frequent communication with 2 countries like russia and china is not atypical at all for a chairman of the joint chiefs. and those communications, they are routine, they are staffed, they are coordinated. and they are transparent, as transparent as they can be the

yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. the white house, president biden marked bringing america's longest war to an end. >> the w in afghanistan is now over. i am the fourth presidentho has faced at the issue of whether and when to end this war. when i was running for president, i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. today, i've honor that commitment. yamiche: after facing fierce criticism, the president defendedis decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan after 20 years of fighting. >> there is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges, and threats we faced. i give my word with all my heart. i believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for america. yamiche: the president spoke about the sacrifices made by american service members and pay tribute to those killed over the last two decades, including 13 who died last week. >> most of all, after 800,000 american served in afghanistan, i've traveled of

joining me for insight and analysis are yamiche al alcindor from "the washington post" columnist matt buy, betsy swan and brandon buck. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> and a good sunday morning. the u.s. enters this labor day weekend suffering from two viruses. covid and polarization. it is not an exaggeration to say we are more divided than at any time, perhaps since the 1960s and frankly maybe since the civil war. as one of our guests today put it, we used to be divided over issues like abortion and guns. we're kind of used to those divisions, and we still are divided on those two issues. now, we can't even agree about covid or january 6th. covid has become an mri of america's soul. who would have imagined that masks, wearing or refusing them, would become such a political statement? this morning, we're going to take a look at how and why we're so divided, primarily through the lens of two issues. one is covid where the seven-day average of infection

yamiche alcindor begins with the situation in del rio. miche: today, homeland security secretary saw firsthand the tense situation. he pledged to continue immigration enforcement while dealing with the migrant's humanitarian needs. >> it is extradinarily challenging. it is very heartbreaking. we are surging resources not only to ensure the security of this area and the community, but also the well-being of the migrants themselves. yamiche: in recent days a crowd of migrants swelled to more than 14,000. they sheltered under near this bridge. they had been waiting to be processed in squalid and sweltering conditions, and with food and supplies constantly running short. >> there is not enough food to give to everybody. we need to get out of the camp to look for food. yamiche: many of them are migrants from haiti who fear returning there right now, both in the wake of an earthquake and in the aftermath of the assassination of their president. over the weekend u.s authorities stepped up efforts to slow the flow of migrants to that part of the b

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. >> yamiche alcindor and courtney kube and my thanks to all of you. >>> and now, we go to north carolina where there is a suspect at a school shooting. let's bring in anne thompson who has the latest. what are you learning from the local officials? >> geoff, this shooting happened at mount tabor high school in a residential area we understand of winston-salem, and from the winston-salem and forsythe sheriff's office, we understand that the campus has been secured. there are about 1,000 students who attend school there grades 9 through 12. one student has been apparently injured in this school shooting. they are now trying to reunite the students and the parents together. other schools in the area are also on lockdown, but that they say is out of an abundance of caution. geoff. >> anne thompson with the latest. thank you. >>> a strict and sweeping abortion law takes effect in texas, and why didn't the supreme court do anything to stop it. >>> and ida's aftermath, more than 1 million people in louisiana woke up to no power, no water, no timetable of when any of it will be restored. >>> and

we are much obliged to our starting line, yamiche alcindor, clint watts, and cynthia alksne. thanks for starting off our conversation. coming up, the president warns patience is wearing thin, with the unvaccinated in this country. it's no surprise to the nation's exhausted health care workers. will biden's battle plan and make a difference? we will ask our doctors standing by. and, the ever provocative michael more argues that, in the end, osama bin laden one. we will get michaels take on afghanistan and joe biden. all of that as the 11th hour is just getting underway on this thursday night. thursday night it helps keep you effortlessly comfortable by sensing your movements and automatically responding to both of you. and, it's temperature balancing to help you stay comfortable all night. it even tracks your circadian rhythm, so you know when you're at your best. in other words, it's the most energy-building, wellness-boosting, parent-powering, proven quality night's sleep we've ever made. don't miss the final days where all smart beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep n

yamiche alcindor is here. charlie psyches, editor at large nor "the bulwark."start with you. i saw my colleague joy reid, saw the tweets. there's now, of course, a tangent we're not going to follow out the window, but i wonder if you could speak to the damage that someone iconic like nicki minaj does by tweeting something like she tweeted. >> right. so, you know, the issue is that she has this very large platform. she is influential. we have a celebrity-worship culture. and while i don't think her intent was malicious at all, you know, she has to be incredibly careful about putting out inaccurate information about covid and the covid vaccine, especially in this time where we are having such difficulty vaccinating the other half of the u.s. population, that even, you know, a tweet about her cousin's friend becoming impotent with the vaccine can cause significant harm, but it is completely unfounded. but we have people who would rather listen to a celebrity than listen to medical and public health professionals and that's where we run into a serious problem. >> a

our yamiche alcindor explores how this week tested president biden, with her panel on "washington weekast night, in introducing our guest discussing afghanistan, filippo grandi, i mis-stated his title. he is the united nations' high commissioner for refugees. my apologies. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here on monday evening. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewe like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ >>> hello, everyone. and welce to "amanpour and company." here's what's coming up. >>> the abortion movement isn't going anywhere, and we will continue to show up and fight for texans. >> the supreme court refuses to block one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the u.s. what does this mean for women's reproducti

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our own yamiche alcindor is joining us from the white house, as the president himself gets more involvedese talks. yamiche, good to see you, thanks for being here. so let's talk about what the president's doing. what are some of his efforts right now to try to unite democrats? >> reporter: well, there is an intensifying feeling of urgency here at the white house tonight as president biden is scrambling to try to get democrats united between these two big insurrection b infrastructure bills, $1 trillion is the bipartisan bill and $3.5 trillion bill democratic supported though not all the democrats are on the same page. the president was supposed to be in chicago talking about vaccine mandates and talking about companies that adopted vaccine mandates but postponed the trip signaling he needed to talk to lawmakers, and in the last hour he was talking to house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, and i'm told in the meetings with senator sinema and manchin, the president is explaining to senators and lawmakers, here is what my legacy and agenda is, here's what my wants for the american pe

our own yamiche alcindor broke the story of the special envoy's resignation, and she joins me now. , yamiche, hello. what more do we know about his decision? what was behind it? yamiche: well, the former envoy to haiti, daniel foote, essentially said that he didn't have a voice in this administration. he said that he was nored. he also said he didn't want to be connected to what he saw as cruel and inhumane policies. he said that it was wrong to be deporting haitians back to haiti, because that island nation is facing a number of crises, including the aftermath of the political turmoil, the assassination of the president, as well as an earthquake that hit the country last week. i want to -- last month, rather. i want to read part of daniel foote's letter, because it was a blistering letter. it said, in part: "i will not be associated with the united states' inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees. the collapsed state" -- and he's referring to haiti -- "is unable to provide security or basic services. or more refugees -- and more refugees will fue

lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor have been covering this story from both ends of pennsylvania avenue they join me now. lisa to you first, right now, where does everything stand with these two major pieces of legislation? sa: right now, the house speaker is meeting with her democrats. i passed several of them going to the meeting. this is a critical meeting teeing up the rest of the week. let me remind people of the to do list. the very tricky to do list. the first thing they have to do, probably the most difficult thing is sort out the size of that reconciliation bill, that is the one with childcare, climate, all those provisions. no agreement among democrats how large that should be. they have to decide what should go in it. the content of the reconciliation bill. how much childcare? how much climate change? all of those things are trying to be worked out this week if they can. if they can work out enough of that package, the third thing, they pass the infrastructure bill this week. the issue is that the infrastructure bl has the votes among democrats, but progressives are holding b

yamiche alcindor door, for pbs news our, and moderator of washington week also on pbs. and doctor celine gounder back with us as well, critical site critical professor of medicine. a critical role these days. and it effective diseases, she was part of a panel that it advised the biden transition team, she also hosts the weekly podcast on the impact of the coronavirus. appropriately called epidemic. look at evening and welcome to you all, and mr. booker i'd like to quote back to you. what your colleagues have written about the biden white house tonight. biden's governing agenda at risk of unraveling on capitol hill after a mounting series of delays, clashes and setbacks that have snapped momentum from an ambitious and intricate push to deliver on long-standing democratic policy priorities. >> as a quota to that bill, what's the guest on how much time they have in high school civics courses, they teach us that new presidents pretty much have to get their agenda done afternoon? >> well that's exactly right brian, by the end of this year, the members of congress and really

. >> joining me now yamiche alcindor host of "washington week" on pbs as well as correspondent on pbslitically, this will energize both sides and the evangelical will be fired up for the midterms and many, many women on the other side, men and women on the other side of the debate on the democratic camp. >> certainly, there will be political energy around this texas law and the supreme court ruling mid into the night yesterday. talking to democrats they feel like this is a sea change. women in texas effectively at this point don't have access to abortions. this is what democrats have been talking about and their fears essentially are being realized in the supreme court ruling. president biden just at the white house didn't take questions on this issue, but he did issue a pretty forceful statement saying this requires an immediate response. he's ordering a whole of government response looking at how to respond to the white house council office and agencies and i wanted to pose the question, what is the time line for the president's government response? what's the deadline for democrats

yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs news hour, moderator of washington week, also on pbs. peter baker, veteran journalist, author who is cleef white house correspondent for the "new york times." and john heilemann, co-host and executive producer of "the circus" on shoi time, executive editor at the recount and in his spare time host of the podcast hell and high water. good evening, and welcome to you all. peter i'd like to begin with you with the help of these two authors and this interim until the release of the book, general milley has walked right into this trap when a huge distraction was needed by the other side. is it not true that since the days of the cold war, people with the rank of a general milley have talked to their counterparts overseas by way of trying to keep the world a safer place and have maintained that dialogue for years and years? >> yeah, that's exactly right, brian. you and i have been around long enough to know that this is not unusual in the sense that a chairman of the joint chiefs regularly speaks to counterparts in china, in russia, in ot

our own lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor have been following all the twists and turns in this story today, and they join me now. first of all, lisa, you're wearing an eye patch. you hurt your eye. are you all right. >> desjardins: you noticed, of course. yes, i'm fine. no one in congress is responsible for this. it was my own fault. i was rushing. i was thinking about something intensely, and actually pulled a car door into my face. but i will be fine, and it's just a remernd maybe we all need to slow down. >> woodruff: we want you to take care of yourself. >> desjardins: i will. >> woodruff: it will get better. about what's going on, where do things stand? is it thought speaker pelosi will go ahead with this vote tonight? >> desjardins: yes, it is. what a dramatic day. i want to remind people what's happening here with these two bills. let's look at this reminder of where we're at. first of all, these are critical decisions. the infrastructure bill still needs to believe passed by the house to become law. house progressives want the reconciliation bill, the bill with child care and

here to explore all of this are white house correspondent yamiche alcindor and foreign affairs and defense correspondent nick schifrin. so, nick, to you first, what steps have you learned that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, jr. mark milley, took around the time of the election? >> in january, chairman chief of staff called his counterpath, chung, a picture of thein beijing years before. what i'm about to report is from three former senior defense officials, a former trump administration official and a senior congressional official. at the time, milley was extremely concerned about what president trump was capable of, esper had been terminated. the january 6th attack had just occurred and senior pentagon officials replaced with trump loyalist it is. milley talked every day with secretary of state mike pompeo. they worked together to try to ensure there was continuity right at the end of the trump administration and truly no surprises on national security, and part of that was reassuring adversaries that there was going to be continuity from trump to biden. that call was what mil

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yamiche alcindor moderator of "washington week" on pbs, washington post contributor matt bai, republicanck and politico's betsy woodruff swan. brendan being the only happy college football fan at the table this morning. congratulations to your bulldogs there. i want to start with joe biden and where things stand in the democratic party. yamiche, you cover the white house very closely. i want to put up his poll ratings, 43, 44, 46. we had him at 49. two weeks ago it was clear he was still going down. he hadn't hit bottom. perhaps this is bottom here. does the white house think they have an afghanistan problem or covid problem? >> i'll say this. these numbers underscore a real fact which is that presidents try to create agendas, but real life events and circumstances actually define their agendas. here you had a president who took such fierce criticism over his withdrawal from afghanistan, plus the idea that he declared independence of the virus or something close to it, talking about the idea of a return to normalcy on july 4th only to have americans say we have to put our masks back on,

. >> white house correspondent for pbs news hour, yamiche alcindor.t the moment, but there is an impasse between nancy pelosi, between progressives, between moderates, among the caucus on the democratic side to get anything done here. what is the president doing behind the scenes to help get it done? >> behind the scenes, president biden is really spending most of his time trying to talk to these lawmakers, to try to understand what it is they want to get to yes. so to look at how urgent this is becoming, president biden was supposed to be in chicago today. he was supposed to be talking about vaccine mandates, talk about companies who have adopted vaccine mandates. that trip is postponed because he's staying in washington, d.c., to meet with more lawmakers and lean into these conversations, to try to figure out how he can be helpful. i've been told by white house sources that -- and talked to multiple lawmakers yesterday. we saw kyrsten sinema of arizona come to the white house not once but multiple times. first she met with the president. i was told

yamiche alcindor is here, also here -- highland, nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst, host and executive proulser of show stooim's "the circus" and congress man jerry conlin is here from virginia a member of the house oversight committee. congressman, what we miss maybe from the house is that there is a lot of unity of purpose if not on the details. tell me if you think that's right. tell me what else we are missing from our perch. >> yeah, i think that's right. i think that the irony of the situation in which we find ourselves is we are in radical agreement about the moving parts in both bills. and i also think, frankly, we find ourselves, whether we fully understand it or not in a situation of mutually assured destruction, if you kill my bill, i'll kill yours. that's the kind of situation we are in. it ought to be possible, given those dynamics, to work something out. working it out in public is always messy. and usually unpopular. but that's the way the legislative process works. >> tell me what's happening there. a former u.s. senator says that people underestimate speaker

will fight the subpoenas on executive privilege and other grounds, setting the sage for what yamiche alcindor described as the showdown to end all showdowns. that's where we begin. luke schroeder, former republican congresswoman barbara come stock. and robert kneel katyal. >> barbara, i will start with you. >> these are four key poem that congress has a price to subpoena. when they are investigating power abuse, their power to subpoena and get that information is very strong. as neil can tell you, there is going to be no grounds for executive privilege at all. the present white house is had the going to exert it. and the former president has no basis on which to exert it. this is going to be a very serious investigation. i would point out, i think there are a lot more subpoenas that will go out that may be quieter to lower level or mid-level people who work for mark meadows, who were close to all of these four characters, steve bannon, and the like. and there is probably already documents that have been turned over. certainly, we know that justice department testimony from the acting attorney

especially envoy to haiti resigned after horrifying scenes of haitian migrants -- joining me now yamiche alcindorarles, a caribbean correspondent for the miami herald. jackie, i want to start with you because i want you to paint the picture of what's happening in haiti that's causing people to flee. because when i see the footage of what's happening in the country there it's unimaginable and it looks uninhabitable. >> we have to remember haiti was struck by an earthquake in 2010 that killed over 100,000 people. and since then the promise of building back better has not been realized. take for example the u.s. government to rebuild the country's largest hospital. 11 years hospital that hospital has not been rebuilt and we're in the midst of a global pandemic called covid-19. at the same time we have gang violence. the same week delrio was happening the u.n. agency said over half of the people impact by the earthquake struck on august 14th have not received humanitarian assistance not because there's no aid but because the aid trucks could not get through the roads through the south from porto prin