Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent @NBCNews | Husband & Dad | Stops in ROC, Utica, Albany, #RVA & @CNN | @Brockport Alum | #LetsGoBuffalo
Washington, D.C.
- Tweets 44,916
- Following 2,170
- Followers 72,991
- Likes 5,269
The @BernieSanders campaign has stopped actively raising money for his candidacy- but instead used his vast online donor network to raise cash for five different charities. In the last 48 hours Sanders has raised $2 million for groups hit hard by the Coronavirus crisis.
338
15,934
75,766
This rarely happens so I thought it was worth documenting.. Gentleman stops me at the hotel where the press are staging covering POTUS- asks if I’m part of the press corp.
I say yes— he replies
“Thank you for your service, the First Amendment is so important right now.” #1A
784
8,044
46,495
RIGHT NOW-> Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capital Hill is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police at the newly installed Metal Detectors outside the chamber doors.
2,240
6,217
19,349
BREAKING: Sources tell @CNN the person who Donald Trump called that led the 1/6 Select Committee to refer the situation to DOJ is a member of White House support staff who could corroborate parts of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony.
w/ @DanaBashCNN @ZcohenCNN & @AnnieGrayerCNN
1,191
3,873
17,867
NEW: Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning shortly after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, has been subpoenaed by the House select committee and agreed to testify publicly at an upcoming hearing.
w/ @kpolantz
166
2,687
17,104
I distinctly recall covering a Trump rally in Valdosta, GA at the height of the GA Sen runoff where they played a video accusing Ms. Moss of tampering with ballots. The crowd was vicious as the video played, screaming at the monitors.. while Trump smiled and nodded along.
394
4,433
14,405
NEW: Sen. Lisa Murkowski stares me down for more than 10 secs after I ask her to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s critique of the deal she struck to get her to a YES and pass the OBBB.
“Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska’s interests.”
w/ @frankthorp
2,588
2,695
16,064
4,191,243
I was in the middle of an interview with @RepRaskin about the work of the J6 Committee when he had to step away to take a call.
The caller? @POTUS.
365
841
12,284
473,714
Boebert walked through with her bag which set off the mags. She refused to offer the bag over to be searched and is now in a standoff with Cap Police.
797
2,563
12,149
Capitol Police say protesters arrested today for the 2nd time will not just be released after paying a fine... The repeat offenders will be booked and jailed without the opportunity to be released until Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. via/ @TheOtherKeppler
1,400
3,455
10,796
The @BernieSanders campaign reports they pulled in $2.7million from 150k donors today... their best debate day fundraising haul of the campaign.
130
1,603
12,440
SCOOP: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani met today with the 1/6 Select Committee. Sources say the interview was conducted virtually and lasted more than 9 hours.
391
1,726
10,014
In post G7 presser.. @JustinTrudeau said his position on tariffs have not changed. If the US tariffs go in place, Canada will respond with retaliatory tariffs. "As Canadians we are nice, we are polite, but we will not be pushed around."
231
1,709
8,530
Capitol Police won’t let her in until Boebert shows them what is in her bag, she won’t and is now standing by the entrance of the chamber. She is respectful but defiant.
664
1,375
8,551
JUST IN: via @PaulaReidCNN in the courtroom in Orlando. Joel Greenberg- an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz is likely to take a plea in his case.
A deal would put pressure Gaetz, as Greenberg would have to share what he knows about his friend and associate
266
1,566
8,335
NEW: @SpeakerPelosi's office tells @ZcohenCNN and me the criminal contempt of Congress referral of Steve Bannon was accepted at the U.S. Attorney's Office in DC today at 5:30pm ET.
102
1,371
7,635
NEW: @BernieSanders adds stop in Southern California on Sunday and will he joined by hip-hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy. The campaign releasing this special poster to promote the event.
249
1,958
8,381
NEW: @BernieSanders campaign manager responds to report that in 2018 Sanders told @ewarren that a woman couldn’t win in 2020.
@fshakir: “It is a lie.”
353
2,106
8,177
NEW: Rep. Don Bacon with some of the strongest words yet concerning Trump’s indictment from an elected Republican:
“I think it's obvious what the president did was wrong. And we just got to be honest,” he said.
(More)
72
687
6,826
1,318,531
Dramatic moment on the House Floor- Majority Leader Steny Hoyer walked a giant picture of a @RepMTG tweet across the House floor. The tweet features an AR-15 and members of the so called “Squad”.
115
1,038
6,665
The moderate wing of the Democratic Party is consolidating- but make no mistake the @BernieSanders campaign knew it was coming. This is how Sanders responsed to @elizacollins1 question on the topic:
“Why should I be surprised that establishment politicians are coming together?”
323
1,777
6,931
JUST IN: The progressive group @DFAaction founded by Howard Dean has officially endorsed @BernieSanders for President. Sanders was the overwhelming pick of the members winning 79% of the vote to @EWarren's 13%.
116
1,412
6,283
JUST IN: Rep. @AOC officially files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
They stand no chance of passing the Republican controlled House.. but a provocative move as Democrats fret about the direction of the Supreme Court.
399
1,007
5,359
690,457
NEW: She was just in France yesterday.. but First Lady Jill Biden has returned to support Hunter Biden for day 5 of his criminal gun trial. So far she has only missed one day of the trial.. and that was for the D-Day anniversary. She is expected to return to France tonight.
1,371
647
5,040
864,809
NEW: Rep. @AOC tells us she spoke to President Biden over the weekend and it’s time to end the speculation over his future:
“Joe Biden is our nominee. He is not leaving this race. He is in this race and I support him.”
341
1,073
5,051
2,644,116
NEW--> Live on @CNN @RepTomGarrett told me that he was told in a classified FBI briefing that Russian actors were directly involved in sowing discord Charlottesville. First time he has revealed that info publicly.
170
2,591
4,799
The Pat Cipollone deposition with the Jan 6 Committee has now entered hour number 8.
An interview of this length would not seem to be one where the subject would be putting up a number of roadblocks during his testimony.
97
605
4,942
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
511
1,010
5,006
NEW-> @SenMikeLee becomes the first Republican to add his name to the @BernieSanders bill designed to block funding for military action w/ Iran without Congressional approval.
cnn.com/2020/01/11/politics/…
86
955
5,087
What’s incredible about Raffensperger’s testimony is just how willing he was to investigate (and ultimately debunk) every single fraud theory about the election the Trump team even hinted at. His work is so precise. He has the facts down to the specific number on each point.
71
861
4,640
NEW: After a week of negotiations w/ the Senate Parliamentarian- Sen. @BernieSanders tells CNN:
“I’m confident that the parliamentarian will advise next week that we can raise the minimum wage through the reconciliation process.”
FULL STATEMENT:
87
907
4,987
Stunning-> DC's National Guard Commander told members of Congress that he had the authority to mobilize troops to respond to a civil disturbance... until the guidance changed the day before the insurrection.
via/ @OrenCNN @ZcohenCNN & @ellieckaufman
cnn.com/2021/03/03/politics/…
229
2,325
4,725
Ask a Republican today what they thought about today's explosive hearing and the most common response you receive is something along the lines of "I was too busy too watch."
509
676
4,560
A point of clarification on the Ginni Thomas/Mark Meadows text message story as it relates to Justice Clarence Thomas that I think is very important if you will indulge me... (1)
284
720
4,660
BREAKING: NEW @CNN/ @DMRegister has @BernieSanders in the lead for the first time in Iowa.
@BernieSanders 20%
@ewarren 17%
@PeteButtigieg 16%
@JoeBiden 15%
No other candidate breaks 10%
126
759
4,954
NEW: @CNN Chief Medical Correspondent @drsanjaygupta weighs in on the information that @BernieSanders has released related to his health.
226
1,602
4,884
BREAKING: @CNN has exclusively confirmed that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s name was a part of the list of lawmakers whose communications records the @January6thCmte requested be preserved.
w/ @ZcohenCNN, @AnnieGrayerCNN & @WhitneyWReports
cnn.it/3jH21Bs
286
954
4,235
A lot can change between now and tomorrow at noon.. but at this moment 6:45pm on Monday..
JIM JORDAN does NOT have the votes.
At least 5 public declared NOs.. probably a lot more we don’t know about.
179
435
4,301
441,935
NEW: House Intel Chair Adam Schiff just left a classified intel briefing on Afghanistan and broke a significant amount of news. Here are some of the highlights.
First he said getting all Americans and allies out of the country by 8/31 is unlikely..
561
1,710
4,408
NEW: We sent several requests to Rep. Scott Perry to ask why he was pressing Mark Meadows to encourage the DNI to investigate conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. His staff ignored us- so I tracked him down at the Capitol and he said “heck no” when I asked for a response.
225
1,218
3,931
BREAKING: @CNN Poll of likely
New Hampshire Primary voters:
Sanders 28%
Buttigieg 21%
Biden 11%
Warren 8%
cnn.com/2020/02/08/politics/…
170
708
4,474
JUST IN: After returning from his visit to the cardiologist @BernieSanders tells us he is prepared to change the "nature" of his campaign. He said he plans to scale back his travel and the number of events he participates in.
2,052
953
4,149
For the first time in the 2020 race @JoeBiden does not hold the lead in the @CNN national poll of Dem Primary voters.
The new person on top?
@BernieSanders
cnn.com/2020/01/22/politics/…
208
766
4,278
BREAKING: @CNN Exclusive->
"We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend." What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.
w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN @ZcohenCNN & @jamiegangel
cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/…
341
1,781
3,733
FIRST ON @CNN: Sen. Jon @ossoff leads a group of 28 members of the Democratic Senate Caucus calling for a cease fire in Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Full list of signatories:
(W/ @jessicadean & @DaniellaMicaela)
190
780
3,930
NEW: After a meeting with Jim Jordan and the hold outs about the future of his potential Speakership.. Rep. John Rutherford made it clear where things stand:
“Our mind is set. He needed to know there is no way forward to the Speakership.”
via/ @bacallaooo
359
660
3,673
334,322
Student to @jaketapper on live television (almost matter of factually): "It is a real blessing to still be alive."
Kid just went to school today. That's it.
46
1,355
3,918
Time lapse of the line of students waiting to get into the @BernieSanders rally on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. This is the first stop on a tour of colleges in North and South Carolina.
103
653
4,143
JUST IN: Sen. @BernieSanders says he is prepared to put a hold on the pending Coronavirus legislation if the GOP successfully changes language related to unemployment insurance.
123
882
4,055
NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson, who endorsed the impeachment inquiry into former President Biden over his family’s business dealings tells me he sees no role for Congress in oversight of President Trump and his family’s foreign business interests.
499
2,102
4,724
220,933
Former Pence NSA Keith Kellogg (who was in the Oval on 1/6) appears to be cooperating with the Select Committee. He sat for hours for an interview today.
@HolmesLybrand asked his attorney: “Were you claiming any executive privilege during your testimony?”
The response: “NO”.
29
689
3,525
NEW: @BernieSanders rolls out full comprehensive education plan.
Includes:
*A ban on for-profit charter schools
*establishing a teacher salary floor of $60k a year
*universal free school meals
*$5b investment in expanding summer/after school programs
cnn.com/2019/05/18/politics/…
59
974
3,848
BREAKING: President Trump officially vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act. A bill that was passed with veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate.
172
786
3,563
This got lost yesterday.. but FBI Director Wray told Congress:
“I think with respect to former President Trump there's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that you know hit his ear.”
Trump has not released medical records from after the shooting.
On July 6, the gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched “how far away was Oswald from Kennedy" and registered for the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, FBI Director Christopher Wray said. @ryanobles reports.
713
1,183
3,366
2,313,110
NEW: The House Ethics Committee has announced it will launch an investigation into Matt Gaetz’s conduct.
FULL STATEMENT:
158
780
3,312
Charities supported by this effort include:
Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, One Fair Wage Emergency Fund, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Sanders plans more fundraising drives soon.
29
565
3,636
NEW: @BernieSanders tells me he talks to @BarackObama on fairly regular basis. He said he is happy with the role Obama is playing in the primary and has “absolute confidence” Obama will fully support him should he become the nominee:
215
579
3,686
NEW: I asked @BernieSanders about @BetoORourke getting into the race for President.
His response:
“Free country, anybody can run.”
209
574
3,542
NEW: @BernieSanders already making plans beyond Iowa. His campaign just announced that her will deliver a live response to @realDonaldTrump's State of the Union on Tuesday. Sanders regularly gives a SOTU response- but this will be in front of an audience w/ media present.
47
573
3,537
NEW: A source with direct knowledge of @BernieSanders plans tells @CNN at his 1p press event, Sanders is expected to say he is staying in the race and looks forward to a debate w/ @JoeBiden.
320
510
3,541
🚨NEW: @CNN Poll of likely NH Dem primary voters
Sanders 21% (+2)
Warren: 18% (-1)
Biden: 15% (-9)
Buttigieg: 10% (E)
No other candidate in double digits.
via @jennagiesta
cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/…
176
850
3,505
SIGNIFICANT: Sen. Gary Peters- from battleground Michigan and chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign arm.. is not breaking from Biden.
“I'm support him and I feel good about him in our Senate races.”
38
719
3,094
82,103
BREAKING: In response to Trump EO.. The Gov't of Iran announces it has put in place a ban of Americans from entering their country.
203
4,449
3,576
Live on @CNN air- Matthew Chance hears loud explosions in the Capital City of Kyiv. Unclear where they came from- but they happened just minutes after Putin effectively declared war on Ukraine. Moments later Chance put a flack jacket on live on the air.
133
1,755
3,622
NEW: The @BernieSanders campaign says they have raised $1.3 m in 24 hours since the negative ad by the "Democratic Majority for Israel" dropped.
Scoop first reported by @melbournecoal.
66
587
3,400
More than 100 thousand people watched the @BernieSanders livestream fireside chat tonight.
49
366
3,350
JUST IN: @SpeakerPelosi announces that the House will take the next step of forming an "independent 9/11 type commission" to investigate and report out the facts of what happened during the January 6th insurrection.
112
529
2,916
Notable-> it happened quickly, but the committee showed RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel acknowledging that former President Trump himself was directly involved in the fake elector plot.
Here was the exchange from her testimony:
98
1,205
2,857
NEW: @BernieSanders will march tonight w/ abortion rights activists in Birmingham. He will go to the march directly after his rally there this afternoon.
70
578
3,104
Sen. @BernieSanders used his campaign fundraising arm to solicit donations for a collection of causes related to the protests of African-American deaths by police.
His campaign announced today the effort raised $1.5 million.
43
852
3,230
In his 2020 campaign @BernieSanders has turned the tables. He is the one listening. In a series of emotional town halls, the candidate is revealing the pain and struggle of millions of Americans.
Our story this morning for @NewDay on @CNN:
242
1,145
3,110
Today I am the father of a teenager.. how did that happen??
Happy Birthday to my sweet daughter Clara!
90
37
3,058
I asked @ByronDonalds today if he was worried about retribution because he stood in opposition to Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.
His response was priceless:
313
418
3,390
542,530
JUST IN: @BernieSanders campaign reaches the 1 million individual donor threshold. First Democratic campaign of 2020 to reach that milestone.
60
512
3,024
Asked a House Dem for their response to the Biden presser:
“Biden/Trump ticket definitely wins 50 states.”
59
141
3,134
207,181
In Nevada- @BernieSanders pledges support for eventual Dem nominee. A person in the crowd asks “Where were you in the last election? you didn’t do that.”
Sanders responds:
video via/ @AnnieGrayerCNN
817
652
2,721
NEW: The @BernieSanders campaign confirms that Sanders will participate in the October 15th @CNN/ @NYTimes Debate.
97
513
2,880
JUST IN: The 1/6 Select Committee has demanded records from 15 social media companies related to information having to do with efforts to overturn the 2020 election and what the companies did/ did not do to stop the spread of misinformation.
48
468
2,603
I am just making it clear that THESE texts.. between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows are likely not part of the documents that Justice Thomas ruled should not be released to the committee. (6)
-end-
348
262
2,736
JUST IN: Rep. @MattGaetz leaves the Capitol after voting. Refused to answer any questions from @mkraju and me about the allegations or investigation into his conduct.
1,611
654
2,663
UPDATE from Fairfax County:
At 1p 1528 people voted. In 2020 total in person voting on day one was 1213. They have already surpassed day one voting from four years ago… and the day is not over.
We’ve made our way to Fairfax County.. the biggest County in Virginia.. a very long line of people queued up to take cast ballots on the first day of early voting
124
616
2,615
1,255,581
There won’t be people on the mall for the Inauguration- but the inaugural committee is making an effort to dress the space up in a different way. It looks rather pretty tonight.
42
360
2,685
BREAKING: First @AndrewGillum statement on possible #FLGov recount “It has become clear there are many more outstanding ballots left to count.” #flpol
74
925
2,550
NEW: Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark made good on his promise and plead the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during his deposition with the January 6 committee on Wednesday, a source familiar with the interview told CNN. w/ @ZcohenCNN & @AnnieGrayerCNN
240
887
2,386
In a statement to @CNN in response to this report @BernieSanders said:
“Mr Bluhm is right -- the Democratic Party I represent is the party of the working class, not billionaires. That's why we're going to win.”
NEW: Pool report today from a @JoeBiden fundraiser revealed that Biden donor and event host, casino magnate Neil Bluhm, told donors that @BernieSanders and @ewarren “don’t represent the Democratic Party” that he supports.
65
601
2,675
NEW: Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year
via/ @NoahGrayCNN & @ZcohenCNN
cnn.it/3I5Pulv
143
846
2,323
With his veto of the NDAA and his call to "amend" the ominbus bill/Covid-relief package- President Trump in the span of 24 hours- has taken two HUGE issues championed by the GOP candidates in the #GASen runoff and flushed them down the toilet.
102
461
2,468
NEW: William Burck, attorney for Don McGahn responds to @NYTimes article on his clients interviews with the Special Counsel:
164
752
2,362
Full story on the background of this call and why it is important:
cnn.com/2022/07/13/politics/…
124
669
2,348
Rep. Mike Lawler on the status of the GOP conference as they emerged from their closed door meeting with no path in sight to pick a leader:
“The French have a word for it.. clusterfuck”.
66
325
2,361
194,952
NEW: The Trump campaign is blaming tonight’s turnout which has fallen well short of their expectations to protestors “interfering with supporters” attempting to gain access to the Trump events.
FULL STATEMENT from @TimMurtaugh
1,253
828
2,397
We have obtained never before revealed texts between Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Chip Roy and then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in possession of the 1/6 Committee.
An example- Roy texted Meadows on 1/1:
"We're driving a stake in the heart of the federal republic,"
76
919
2,133
Sen. @BernieSanders on the El Paso shooting. “The American people are overwhelmingly united. And that is gun owners and non-gun owners, in wanting to see the passage of common sense gun safety legislation” video via @DaniellaMicaela & @carolinerkenny
116
590
2,495
FIRST ON @CNN: The 1/6 Committee will ask telecom companies to preserve the records of members of Congress and the Trump family who participated in the “Stop the Steal” rally.
We have the names.
w/ @ZcohenCNN @AnnieGrayerCNN & @WhitneyWReports
cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/…
254
583
2,128
Tipster passed along photos of @BernieSanders in San Diego tonight playing skee ball and shooting baskets at a local bar. I asked the tipster if he supports Sanders and he said “I want him to be my dad.”
68
464
2,403
It has become a highlight of many @BernieSanders rallies. I asked @NinaTurner where her trademark "Hello Somebody!" call and response catch phrase originated from.
71
441
2,473
RIGHT NOW: @KLoeffler addressing the crowd in Atlanta. She is not conceding. Promised the crowd she would fight to make sure "every legal vote" is counted. And then told the crowd she was heading to Washington to object to the Electoral College vote.
1,309
512
2,271
The @BernieSanders campaign reports a haul of $1.1m from 70k donors in the wake of last night’s debate.
65
403
2,325
NEW: negotiators are not having success winning over @BernieSanders in a last ditch attempt to strike a deal.
“You cannot in my view, have an agreement, two o'clock in the morning that nobody has seen. So, I hope again, the strategy should be to defeat this infrastructure bill.”
121
318
2,347