Team Trump wants GOP grilling of Robert Mueller

Plus coverage of the Virginia Beach mass shooting and an update on Missouri's last abortion clinic [View in browser]( [Image](  MAY 31, 2019 It was an eventful week that saw Robert Mueller break his silence, with decidedly mixed results.  For her part, Speaker Nancy Pelosi likes to talk about the numbers to defend her go-slow approach to launching a formal impeachment process against President Donald Trump. "I think it's like 35 of them out of 238, maybe its 38 out of 238, have said they wanted to be outspoken on impeachment," Pelosi said at a Commonwealth Club of California Wednesday.  But as [Jonathan Allen writes on NBCNews.com](, "there are strong signs that the pro-impeachment forces in the House are both larger than she portrays — and growing."  Over 50 House members favor starting an impeachment inquiry, [according to a list maintained by NBC News](.  The figures don't count a group of Democrats who say they will vote to start impeachment proceedings if Trump continues to defy subpoenas for witness testimony and documents from House committees.  "I wasn't there even a week or two ago, but I'm at a point where 'enough already,'" said Rep. Tom Malinowski on the Last Word Friday.  "I've concluded that the rule of law in this country can survive bad people trying to violate it, but it can't survive the hesitation of good people to defend it. If people are being ordered not to obey lawful subpoenas, if the Justice Department is being turned into a political weapon against the president enemies... at some point, you have to stop screaming about it... It's a difficult dilemma for us... but at the end of the day, in the face of these kinds of offenses against the rule of law, there has to be an institution in Washington that is willing to say that there is a line that cannot be crossed. " A Missouri judge issued [a temporary restraining order]( Friday, prohibiting the state from shutting down its last abortion clinic in St. Louis. State officials rejected the clinic's license renewal, following a [statewide ban on abortion that was passed last week](. The closing of this clinic would have made Missouri the first state without access to abortions since 1974, the year after the Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade. The judge's order allows the clinic to continue offering abortion services until their court hearing next week. Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and co-founder of Supermajority, a women's political action group, joined Chris Hayes Friday night to discuss.  “It’s outrageous, it’s cruel. I’m very hopeful that we’ll get good news next week, but this is terrifying for the more than 1 million women of reproductive age that live in the state of Missouri,” Richards told Hayes.  Although support for Roe v. Wade is higher than it has ever been, Hayes noted that the Supreme Court landmark decision is at risk of being overturned both directly and through regulatory burdens that inhibit access to abortion services. “It is an all-out assault,” Richards said, “This is not a drill, this is no longer an intellectual question, Roe is absolutely at risk and so is the healthcare and the wellbeing of millions of women in this country.” “What do you do about it?” Hayes asked her. “You vote,” she replied. DEVELOPING NEWS: Twelve people were killed and six others injured Friday after [a shooter opened fire at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in Virginia](, officials said.  Responding officers shot the suspect, who also later died, Virginia Beach police Chief James A. Cervera said at a news conference. The suspect was described by the chief as a "longtime" employee of the city. The shooting, he said, was indiscriminate.  The suspect recently purchased multiple firearms legally, a federal official told NBC News. A motive has not been determined.  Mayor Bobby Dyer said, "This is the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach." ICYMI: Videos from MSNBC Today [Image]( [Late reprieve spares Missouri from zero legal access to abortion]( M'Evie Mead, director of Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri, talks with Rachel Maddow about a judge's temporary order allowing Missouri's last abortion-providing clinic to remain in operation pending another ruling next weeks. (Maddow) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image](  [Daily Beast: Trump wants Mueller to testify in hopes of grilling]( Daily Beast reports that advisers to President Trump hope fmr. Special Counsel Mueller testifies before Congress and is "subjected to conservative lawmakers’ questions about the conduct and outcome of his investigation."(Hardball) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image](  [AOC on working with Ted Cruz: 'Pray for me']( Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz may team up on lobbying reform. (The Beat) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( More Videos - [David Jolly on Virginia Beach shooting: Our gun laws are broken (News)]( - [Past examples show Congress eager to embrace impeachment (Maddow)]( - [Voters convinced House Democrat to support impeachment (All In)]( - [Rob Reiner: Mueller report 'biggest pile of criminality' (Morning Joe)]( - [Prosecutors ignore judge’s order to release Flynn transcript (All In)]( - [The potential impact of Trump’s threatened tariffs on Mexico (MSNBC Live)]( - [Could overturning Roe go beyond rolling back abortion rights? 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Florida congressman, on Virginia Beach mass shooting ([Video]() Weekend reads [FEATURE](: Art of the no-deal: Trump's Mexico threat makes U.S. 'world's biggest rogue trader' The uncertainty caused financial markets to plummet and threatened to send stocks lower for the sixth week in a row. The prospect of fighting trade wars on multiple fronts spooks investors and executives alike. “As we are all fighting to develop plans to exit or to reduce our exposure to China, one of our options — Mexico — is now equally in jeopardy," said one retail expert. by [Martha C. White](  [OPINION](: Hurricane season is starting. And Hawaii has more reasons than ever to worry. Climate change has made storms that used to be rare on the islands far more likely. Disaster planning and relief has not kept up. And everyone in America has seen that federal disaster aid, which used to be funded routinely on a nonpartisan basis, has become politicized to the point of deadlock. by [Raya Salter](, attorney and clean energy expert. [Black Iowa Voters]( A Road Warrior Dispatch by Trymaine Lee Every national election cycle candidates flock to Iowa to court the coveted Iowa voter. Voters in the first-in-the-nation caucus state hold outsized political influence. But when many people think of those voters, and more broadly working and middle class voters throughout the Midwest, there’s often a silent “white” attached. I went to Iowa and [talked with black voters in Waterloo](, the state’s blackest city, about what issues matter most to them and what they need from a presidential candidate. [Image]( Programming Notes Sunday: A special 9 p.m. ET hour with Ari Melber examines how Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public words in over two years have further elevated the issue of impeachment.  This Sunday at 10 p.m. ET, tune into ‘All the President’s Men Revisited’ for a look at the Watergate scandal and the movie inspired by the conspiracies, cover-ups and journalism that uncovered it all.  On Monday, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are making a state visit to the United Kingdom. We'll bring you live coverage.  Also Monday: Chris Matthews holds a special town hall with Mayor Pete Buttiegieg at 7 p.m. ET.  On Wednesday, Chris Hayes moderates a live town hall with Elizabeth Warren in Indiana. Sen. Warren will speak directly to voters and take their questions on how she plans to win back the industrial Midwest with her wide-range of policy plans on issues including student debt, housing, and her “Ultra-Millionaire Tax.” This newsletter was prepped for you by Bridget Brown, Wyatt Mayes and Sam Go.  Tell us what you think of the news and [drop us an e-mail](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com).  Have you read the [Mueller report](? Here's [a link](.  Were you forwarded this email from a friend?  [Subscribe here](.  Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)