Now playing Next USA Trump says he's 'very surprised' Don Jr. was subpoenaed "My son is a very good person, he works very hard," Trump said. "The last thing he needs is Washington, D.C." 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump again shifts course, says Mueller testimony is up to Barr The president told reporters Thursday that he would let the attorney general decide if the special counsel should appear before Congress, backing away from previous comments. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA U.S. seizes North Korean ship suspected of violating U.N. sanctions The 17,000-ton freighter, called the Wise Honest, was stopped in Indonesia last year after it was found to be carrying coal. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA What is contempt of Congress? 5 key questions Many Cabinet-level and senior officials in a number of administrations have faced lawmakers' wrath over the decades. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Former Air Force intelligence analyst charged with leaking Obama-era drone secrets Court documents said the analyst gave classified documents to a reporter which were published on a news site federal officials confirmed was The Intercept. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Are Trump's foreign policy risks paying off? First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Buttigieg is the only top 2020 candidate not offering staffers health care yet The campaign offers stipends so workers can buy insurance on their own, in contrast to several 2020 rivals who are providing health care to workers, according to an NBC News review. 09/05/2019
Now playing Next USA House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Barr in contempt after Trump asserts privilege "We are in a constitutional crisis," Chairman Jerrold Nadler said after the panel's decision. "We are now in it." 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Sanders is first presidential campaign to approve union contract with workers Staffers are demanding better treatment from Democrats, who they say don't always practice what they preach. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. in Russia probe Trump Jr. told the Senate in 2017 he was only "peripherally aware" of a Russia deal with the Agalarovs. Michael Cohen said he briefed Trump Jr. 10 times. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump admin hits Iran with new sanctions on metals industry Trump's executive order came hours after Iran announced it was withdrawing from parts of an Obama-era nuclear agreement. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Feds shut down largest dark web opioid directory, arrest alleged owners The two men accused of running DeepDotWeb allegedly earned millions in kickbacks for providing access to dark web marketplaces for illicit drugs. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump has invoked executive privilege. What does that mean? The big question may be whether the president already has waived his right to stop Congress from getting the Mueller report. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA NY state Senate passes bill allowing Congress to get Trump tax returns Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has pledged to sign the legislation, which covers the president's state filings, if it reaches his desk. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Frustrated Florida residents still waiting for help as President Trump visits Panhandle communities devastated by lack of federal aid seven months after Hurricane Michael say the government as a whole has let them down. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s own family calls his anti-vaccine crusade "dangerous" and "wrong" Two of the environmentalist's siblings and his niece wrote an op-ed saying he's "helped to spread dangerous misinformation." 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Pelosi says Trump is 'becoming self-impeachable' The House speaker's remark came as the congressional showdown with the president over executive privilege escalated sharply. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Here's everything we now know about Trump's tax returns First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA Warren highlights plan to combat opioid crisis The presidential candidate is proposing a $100 billion plan over ten years to fund the front lines of the addiction epidemic. 08/05/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Magic moment': Climate rises to the top for Democrats and gets a big new push Environmentalists have predicted for years the next election would be fought on climate. This time they may be right, at least in the Democratic primary. 08/05/2019