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Concerned about american policy. we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. like me, im sure he has the same affinity. >> not as sienlt-immigrant bigotry, and its an odd question of patriotism coming from sean duffy. >> both have testified that they want heavy american -- because they want to weaken russia. >> some of the presidents allies even reverting to smearing with racist and xenophobic trope about his immigrant background, a dual loyalty attack. howard: well take a closer...

Some way. there are people who have said thats not only a violation of international law, it may even be a war crime. whats your reaction? >> well, there has always been a certain affinity the president has had for oil resources. youll recall previously he said we should have kept the oil in iraq and so forth. frankly, i think that those who were contributing to the policy decision here were probably just happy to have any argument that would enable keeping forces in northeastern syria, supporti...

Some way. there are people who have said thats not only a violation of international law, it may even be a war crime. whats your reaction? >> well, there has always been a certain affinity the president has had for oil resources. youll recall previously he said we should have kept the oil in iraq and so forth. frankly, i think that those who were contributing to the policy decision here were probably just happy to have any argument that would enable keeping forces in northeastern syria, supporti...

That espionage. >> i dont know that hes concerned about american policy. we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. like me, im sure he has the same affinity. >> not as sienlt-immigrant bigotry, and its an odd question of patriotism coming from sean duffy. >> both have testified that they want heavy american -- because they want to weaken russia. >> some of the presidents allies even reverting to smearing with racist and xenophobic trope about his immigrant background, a dual lo...

Before vindman testified. >> it seems clear that hes incredibly concerned of ukrainian defense, his main mission was to make sure the ukraine got those reference. i understand it, we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. joining me now is author and media analyst eric bolder and kristen vausz and gabriel sherman and malcolm nance and jennifer rubin of "the washington post." this is so shameful and enraging to me that we have an entire network dedicated to not only broadcast th...

Focused on alexander the endman, who the president dismissed as never trumper while others challenged the motives of the white house it, a decorated veteran. >> dont know about american policy. like me i am -- the same affinity. >> reporter: that sparked media backlash. >> some of the presidents allies even reverted to smearing him. >> reporter: saturation coverage as house speaker nancy pelosis democrats endorsed rules for impeachment hearings on overwhelmingly partyline vote which republicans ...

Suppressers of speech. and theyre hate powerful look at the left in their comedic routine throughout late night or on twitter. theyre the most hateful group of people you can imagine. and they think they have standing to talk to us about trump. ing being uncivil, sorry. it doesnt work it doesnt fly. the american peel are seeing through it thats why among other reasons their misconduct the media complicity thats one of the many, nose are some of the many reasons that trump is doing well in the po...

"washington post" op ed, and the writer of that op ed is joining me now, ambassador michael mcfall, who worked with vindman in moscow. ambassador, always happy to talk with you, but i want to get right into this, because you got to know him when you were the u.s. ambassador to russia and he with a military attache at the u.s. embassy in moscow. so, first of all, was this some sort of immigrant smear that we heard the republicans talking about? >> yes. i mean, in multiple ways. first of all, when...

He has a purple heart. he got hit by an ied in iraq. he emigrated with his family, young. >> it seems very clear that he is incredibly concerned about ukrainian defense. i dont know about his concern for american policy. the main mission is make sure the ukraine got the weapons. i understand. that we all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from. >> here we have a u.s. national security official who is advising ukraine while working inside the white house apparently against the preside...

Praise turned to criticism of president trumps style. >> he died like a dog. he died like a coward. >> he sounded not like a president of the united states, he sounded like saddam hussein after torturing people. >> because of donald trumps unpopularity with the mainstream media, the whole thing gets muted. >> in a quick pivot to impeachment, news outlets focused on lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the latest witness to challenge president trump on ukraine. the president dismissed him as a n...