Now playing Next USA With Booker in, the window for other Democrats to enter 2020 race is closing 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. 01/02/2019
Now playing Next USA First Read's Morning Clips: The return of Herman Cain? A roundup of the most important political news stories of the day 01/02/2019
Now playing Next USA Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announces 2020 presidential campaign The 43-year-old lawmaker is the second African-American to enter the contest to take on Trump. 01/02/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump's foreign policy faces growing dissent in Congress On issues ranging from Syria to North Korea and NATO, Trump's policies are being rebuked by both parties. 01/02/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump insists he and his intelligence chiefs are 'all on the same page' A day after Trump suggested that the heads of the CIA, FBI, and other intelligence agencies needed to "go back to school," he praised them on Twitter. 01/02/2019
Now playing Next USA Momentum grows for legislation to end government shutdowns Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he is open to supporting bipartisan efforts to prevent future shutdowns. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Kamala Harris wants to end private health insurance, a new Democratic litmus test The party's 2020 candidates are figuring out how far to go in overhauling the system. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA The Democratic Party's public enemy No. 1: Howard Schultz The former Starbucks CEO's potential independent presidential candidacy has gotten off to a very rocky start. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump and his intel chiefs are worlds apart on ISIS, Russia, border Analysis: Senate testimony reveals deep divide between U.S. intelligence agencies and President Trump. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Bloomberg blasts 'pie in the sky' Green New Deal, rips Warren wealth tax as Venezuelan The former NYC mayor is weighing a 2020 presidential bid as a Democrat and sounding off. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Elizabeth Warren's plan to tax the super-rich has been tried before. Here's what happened. Versions of a "wealth tax" proposed by the 2020 hopeful have been put in place in a number of countries. Most have gotten rid them. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump blasts ex-staffer, campaign threatens lawsuit over tell-all book Trump tweeted: "A low level staffer that I hardly knew named Cliff Sims wrote yet another boring book based on made up stories and fiction." 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Roger Stone pleads not guilty to charges from Mueller probe Stone was arrested Friday after a grand jury indicted him on a count of "obstruction of proceeding," five counts of making false statements and a count of witness tampering. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA U.S. intel agencies: Russia and China plotting to interfere in 2020 election DNI chief Dan Coats also noted that U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA Is Howard Schultz a real threat to hurt Democrats in 2020? Or are they overreacting? The larger the third-party vote in 2020, the lower winning percentage Trump needs for re-election. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA First Read's Morning Clips: Is Mueller almost done? A roundup of the most important political news stories of the day 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Don't help elect Trump': Heckler interrupts Howard Schultz book tour event The heckler called Schultz an "egotisical billionaire a------" and said he should "go back to getting ratioed on Twitter." 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA New members are prepared for battle on House Oversight Committee The committee is stacked with eager, media-friendly Democrats hungry to rein in President Trump. 29/01/2019
Now playing Next USA The shutdown is over, but the pain for low-income families lingers "It's going to take a time for them to clean up the wreckage and get the money out the door," said one housing advocate. 29/01/2019