Deadline: White House

By Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC

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Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.

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Article II: Behind Closed D...

10.18.2019

Introducing Article II: Inside Impeachment, a new podcast from NBC News. Seven witnesses have now appeared before Congressional committees to share what they know about the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine. But why is so much of this process behind ...

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10.18.2019 Article II: Behind Closed Doors Introducing Article II: Inside Impeachment, a new podcast from NBC News. Seven witnesses have now appeared before Congressional committees to share what they know about the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine. But why is so much of this process behind ...
10.18.2019 "It's simply absurd, it's cruel, it makes him look stupid" Peter Alexander, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the White House reeling from chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's admission that there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Plus, the growing body of evidence gathered from witnesses in the impeachment inquiry, ...
10.17.2019 “A bully with no real punch” John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses Chief of Staff Mulvaney admitting there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Plus, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry notifies the president he will resign soon, Turkey and the Kurds come to a ...
10.16.2019 "When does an investigation become retaliation?" Nicolle Wallace discusses the growing body of evidence that's being gathered on the Trump administration through the impeachment inquiry. Plus, the White House investigates itself, Democratic congressional leaders speak about a contentious meeting with the president, and a letter Trump ...
10.15.2019 "Like some sort of feudal lord" Nicolle Wallace discusses former White House Russia aide, Fiona Hill, telling Congress that former national security advisor John Bolton called Ukraine efforts a “drug deal.” Plus, Rudy Giuliani says he will defy his congressional subpoena, Russia fills a void left ...
10.14.2019 "Give ourselves a WTF moment" Nicolle Wallace discusses another former Trump aide testifying in front of Congress on the Ukraine scandal. Plus, new reporting finds Rudy Giuliani is under federal investigation, U.S. allies in Syria are desperate for protection after the U.S. withdraws its troops, ...
10.11.2019 "It's revenge of the formers" Nicolle Wallace discusses the former Ambassador to Ukraine telling Congress that Trump pushed for her removal over "false claims." Plus, Rudy Giuliani gets the Michael Cohen treatment, the impeachment inquiry raises scrutiny on Trump's top officials, and the threat of ...
10.10.2019 "I also smell a wiretap" Nicolle Wallace discusses the arrest of two of Rudy Giuliani's associates, who helped him in his efforts to get information on Joe Biden in Ukraine. Plus, Energy Secretary Rick Perry is subpoenaed, a new poll shows over half of Americans ...
10.09.2019 "Showing us he can count to two" Nicolle Wallace discusses the two crises the White House is facing : Trump obstructing his own impeachment investigation and his betrayal of our allies in northern Syria who helped in the fight against ISIS. Plus, unpacking the president's war on ...
10.08.2019 "There's just not room for debate" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president blocking Gordon Sondland, a diplomat named in the whistleblower report, from testifying in front of Congress. Plus, new polling shows support for the impeachment inquiry is soaring, Trump’s decision on pulling troops from Syria surprised ...
10.07.2019 "Cornered by twin political calamities" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president pulling troops out of Syria, effectively abandoning our closest allies in the region, the Kurds. Plus, a second whistleblower has come forward to corroborate the first whistleblower's account, attorney general Bill Barr may be spoiling ...
10.04.2019 "This feels like puppy-cam impeachment" Nicolle Wallace discusses the new text messages in the growing Trump-Ukraine scandal. Plus, Rachel Maddow reacts to the latest developments in the impeachment inquiry and her new bestselling book 'Blowout', and today's questioning on Capitol Hill of the watchdog who ...
10.03.2019 "It took a whistleblower to state the obvious" Nicolle Wallace discusses the Washington Post reporting that Fmr. U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker told Congress Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims against Biden weren't credible. Plus, Donald Trump's open request for two foreign governments to investigate political rivals, ...
10.02.2019 "Nobody knows where the bottom is" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president escalating attacks on the whistleblower and Democrats as the impeachment inquiry closes in. Plus, Vladimir Putin jokes about interfering in the next U.S. election, and Rep. Raskin explains what was in a State Department inspector ...
10.01.2019 "And he's the rodeo clown" Nicolle Wallace discusses Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing the Democrats of intimidating State Department officials. Plus, the relationship between Rudy Giuliani and Bill Barr complicates Team Trump, the president says he has a right to face the whistleblower, and ...
09.30.2019 “I feel like I’m being punk’d” Nicolle Wallace takes us through a full hour of breaking news: Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani receives a subpoena from Congress to turn over documents on the Ukraine scandal, a new report finds Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on ...
09.27.2019 "It's not like Watergate where you were waiting to find the tapes" Nicolle Wallace discusses Secretary of State Mike Pompeo getting a subpoena from 3 House committees to turn over Ukraine documents. Plus, Congress moving forward with its impeachment inquiry at a rapid pace, Rudy Giuliani blames the State Department for his ...
09.26.2019 "How banana-town is that?" Nicolle Wallace discusses the allegations from the whistleblower complaint including that White House officials took action to ‘lock down’ the record of Trump’s call with the Ukranian president. Plus, who else the whistleblower complaint implicated, questions of Rudy Giuliani’s risk ...
09.26.2019 Maguire Testifies Joseph Maguire, the acting U.S. Intelligence Director, testified before the House Intelligence Committee about a whistle-blower complaint about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He defended the whistle-blowers actions as well as his own handling of the case. Maguire was questioned ...
09.25.2019 "Not exactly a Cracker Jack communications operation" Nicolle Wallace discusses the release of the summary of a call between Trump and the Ukrainian President where he asks for a favor after the president of Ukraine discusses missile purchases. Plus, lawmakers get the first glimpse of the whistleblower ...
09.24.2019 “May have crossed a line he can’t uncross” Nicolle Wallace discusses Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi getting ready to announce a formal impeachment inquiry. Plus, how the support for impeachment swelled among House Democrats, what the Trump administration thinks of impeachment, and Democratic front-runner Joe Biden weighs ...
09.24.2019 "Looking for a smoking gun" Nicolle Wallace discusses the Trump administration facing a foreign policy crisis after a strike in Saudi Arabia. Plus, state prosecutors in Manhattan are going after Donald Trump's tax returns, Trump's acting DNI faces a subpoena after withholding a mysterious whistle-blower ...
09.23.2019 “Donald Trump called the code red” Nicolle Wallace discusses Donald Trump’s brazen request to have Ukraine meddle in the 2020 election and investigate potential opponent Joe Biden. Plus, Mayor Pete Buttigieg weighs in on whether Congress should move forward with impeachment proceedings, and how this latest ...
09.20.2019 “At some point you have to bring a gun to the gun fight” Nicolle Wallace discusses the many developments in the story about the whistleblower complaint that’s being withheld from Congress - including reports that it involved Trump repeatedly pressing the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden’s son, and Biden weighing in on ...
09.19.2019 "Another fire alarm pulled from inside a house on fire" Nicolle Wallace discusses new reporting that finds it was the president's communication with a foreign leader that caused a whistleblower to raise alarm. Plus, Trump acts like a salesman while talking about the wall when he visits the southern border, ...
09.18.2019 "The ultimate transactionalist" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president increasing sanctions on Iran as his Secretary of State calls the attack on Saudi oil fields 'an act of war.' Plus, a new PSA on gun control by Sandy Hook parents shows the shocking reality ...
09.17.2019 "Cheered him on like trained seals" Nicolle Wallace discusses Trump's first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, stonewalling during his testimony on Capitol Hill. Plus, Trump embroiling the U.S. in a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Elizabeth Warren sees a crowd of 20,000 people in New York ...
09.13.2019 "There’s no tip of the spear, because there are so many spears" Nicolle Wallace discusses the big moments at the Democratic debate including Sec. Castro attacking Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke calling for a mandatory buyback of assault weapons. Plus, former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe presses the Department of Justice for ...
09.12.2019 “It depends on your definition of functioning” Nicolle Wallace discusses former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe's appeal to avoid criminal charges getting rejected by the Justice Department. Plus, what to expect with all of the Democratic front-runners sharing one debate stage, the latest moves on Capitol Hill ...
09.11.2019 "I'd rather have a root canal every day" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president triggered by new polling that shows him trailing a handful of Democratic candidates. Plus, new reporting that the White House pressed NOAA to disavow weather forecasters that contradicted Trump, where the gun control debate currently ...
09.10.2019 “When is the other shoe going to drop?” Nicolle Wallace discusses the president’s third national security advisor, John Bolton, exiting the White House. Plus, American intelligence may be effectively blind to what’s happening inside Russia after the CIA extracted an informant, and Trump's conflicts of interests raise questions ...
09.09.2019 "Holy bleep factor" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president calling off his secret meeting at Camp David with the Taliban close to the anniversary of 9/11. Plus, Air Force crew members staying at Trump's property in Scotland draws scrutiny, and House Democrats broaden the ...
09.06.2019 "A dagger pointed at the heart" Nicolle Wallace discusses a middle school on an army base that isn't getting the funding it needs because of Trump's border wall. Plus, the president remains fixated on the Alabama forecast controversy, a Washington Post story gets deep under Trump's ...
09.05.2019 "So impervious to outside facts" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president’s pattern of lying and doubling down as he continues to defend himself after Sharpie-gate. Plus, Trump's instability on the world stage, the Defense Department releases a list of the military projects that will be delayed ...
09.04.2019 "Which is actually against the law" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president showing an apparently altered hurricane forecast map to retroactively correct a false tweet the president sent a few days ago. Plus, a major newspaper has a message for Senator Mitch McConnell on gun control, and ...
09.03.2019 “A rudderless nation” Nicolle Wallace discusses the president's botched attempt at helping the nation prepare for Hurricane Dorian. Plus, as the gun epidemic worsens, the president blinks again on gun reform, and the 2020 candidates add urgency to the gun control debate. Joined ...
08.30.2019 "Occasionally you're going to get burned" Nicolle Wallace discusses Hurricane Dorian making its way towards Florida as the president cancels his trip to Poland to monitor the storm. Plus, Trump's personal assistant suddenly steps down, Biden pushes back on reporting about a gaffe he made, and ...
08.29.2019 "Malfeasance quid pro quo" Nicolle Wallace discusses the release of the inspector general report on James Comey's handling of his memos written about his interactions with Trump. Plus, Hurricane Dorian is expected to reach Florida as a category 4, Congress is alarmed by Trump's ...
08.28.2019 "Deadly combination for our democracy" Nicolle Wallace discusses new polls that show Trump in trouble, both against Democrats and on the economy. Plus, new reporting reveals the shocking lengths Trump is willing to go in order to build his wall, and former Defense Secretary Mattis ...
08.27.2019 "A mouth attached to a brain that I don't know what's inside of it" Nicolle Wallace discusses Trump's back-and-forth on trade causing geopolitical whiplash. Plus, the Biden campaign comes out with a emotional ad, new reporting that the Trump administration is taking funds from disaster relief to hold asylum seekers at the border, and ...
08.26.2019 "Soothing tones and only sharing warm fuzzies" Nicolle Wallace discusses Trump's comments and behavior at the G-7 summit as the other world leaders figure out how to best to handle him. Plus, the president gets a second primary challenger, and a new poll shows Biden, Bernie, and ...
08.23.2019 "Like a drunken traveler in the departure lounge" John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the president escalating his trade war with China as he compares his hand-picked Fed Chair to the authoritarian president of China. Plus, our foreign allies prepare for chaos from Trump at the upcoming ...
08.22.2019 “Offering a collective judgement of OMG and WTF” John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the president’s former aides worried about his erratic behavior. Plus, our international allies brace for the next G-7 summit, Rudy Giuliani returns to pushing Ukraine to investigate Trump’s rival, and over a dozen ...
08.21.2019 "Not just missing the exit ramp, he's driving straight into the brick wall" John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the president muddying the waters on gun control. Plus, his administration announces a new rule that if put into effect would enable them to hold migrant families in detention indefinitely, Trump doubles down ...
08.20.2019 “Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore” John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the Biden campaign stressing his electability against Donald Trump. Plus, Elizabeth Warren sees her biggest crowd yet at a town hall in Minnesota, Trump contradicts his own previous comments on background checks, and ...
08.19.2019 "That would be pretty striking" John Heilemann, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses the president and his team downplaying economic concerns as he privately worries about the health of the economy ahead of the 2020 election. Plus, Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Native Americans, a former ...
08.16.2019 "You got a big political toothache" Nicolle Wallace discusses the president reportedly shaken by the prospect of an economic downturn as new head-to-head polls show him behind several 2020 Democratic candidates. Plus, Trump’s norm-busting foreign policy, Jeffrey Epstein’s death is ruled a suicide by the medical ...
08.15.2019 "A little more shocking than usual" Chris Jansing, in for Nicolle Wallace, discusses how the economic turmoil is causing concern among Trump aides. Plus, the president pressures the Israeli government to bar 2 congresswomen from being allowed to visit Israel, a former GOP senator says he's ...
08.14.2019 "How far we've come from 'a shining city on a hill'" Nicolle Wallace discusses the U.S.'s position on the world stage after Trump's inaction over the unrest in Hong Kong. Plus, Stacey Abrams announces she's not going to run for president in 2020, AG Barr's overseeing the investigation into Epstein's death ...
08.13.2019 "I gotta be a little downright snippy about this" Nicolle Wallace discusses how Trump is amplifying conspiracy theories and culture wars 10 days after deadly mass shootings. Plus, the new Trump administration rule that favors wealthy immigrants, whether Biden's aides should worry about his unscripted moments, and should Beto ...

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