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To any attempt for this president to sort of malign his predecessor, president obama, who of course was the vice presidents boss. >> nick burns, it is a foreign policy victory, if you will, for donald trump. hes already using it on the stump. what about the way hes taking credit and really trying to diminish the capture and killing of osama bin laden? >> well, andrea, certainly i think we should congratulate -- personally i think we should congratulate president trump for ordering this mission a...

Certainly has weakened us by withdrawing u.s. special forces from syria and given a victory to the russians, the turks, and the assad government in the process. >> nick, as well, i dont know if you know alexander vindman, this national security council official, had been the attache working in the moscow embassy. how difficult a position is this for an ongoing military aide in the nsc, to be giving such explicit testimony undercutting the presidents position today? >> this was a powerful moment,...

Implications for the u.s. governments support for ukraine. geoff bennett on capitol hill, the impact of vindmans opening statement overnight has been so profound for the white house and both ends of pennsylvania avenue. what are you seeing and what are you hearing? >> reporter: house investigators, andrea, are getting a key piece of evidence from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. as you mentioned, hes an army officer assigned to the national security council. his opening statement tells hous...

Comments, suggesting that this is a bigger deal tha and suggesting that this is something you and president obama left to him to do? >> oh, my god, this man is amazing. look, bagdadi was a bad man, no redeeming value. he killed a lot innocent people. and hes responsible for more killing. to compare one to the other -- the things i compare are the incredible special forces we have and the risks they take and their incredible capacity. these -- the thing i do know, andrea, whether its baghdadi or ...

Enforcement. so whats actually being done to stop russia? whats being done to protect our elections? i want to bring in andrea kendall taylor, former cia analyst at the national intelligence council. shes now a senior fellow at the center for new american security. andrea, thanks for your time. lets start with the big picture. what does it tell you that these campaigns found out about a specific russia operation from folks like me, through the media? >> yeah, i mean, it just raises the importanc...

Practice my faith. but ive never let my religious beliefs, which i accept based on church doctrine, to impose that view on other people. >> former vice president joe biden, thanks very much, thank you for the time today. >> thank you, andrea, for having me on. >> thank you for being with us. >> i appreciate it. >> lets bring in our panel for reaction from what we just heard from joe biden. joining me now, msnbc political analyst robert costa, moderator of "washington week." former u.s. ambassado...

Based on the opening statement we received corroborates the whistle-blower complaint. weve already seen how house republicans have moved from process arguments to complaining about the ways in which democrats are conducting this entire proceeding to now some of them trying to attack vindmans character, andrea. >> geoff bennett, thank you so much. joining me by phone, former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate joe biden. mr. vice president, thanks for being with us today. there is a lo...

Hard right, began to understand pretty quickly that there were real violations there. in fact two of his aides went down to see him and -- i mean, down in florida, and said, youve got to resign. that was early. that just came out six months after he did resign. because the record was replete with these gross violations of what he had been doing. at the same time, he was a sitting president of the united states. when israel almost we want down to egypt and syria, he helped save them. so it was a ...

The republicans have been complaining about the process. from your perspective, isnt there a political downside? theres little possibility that once impeachment is voted in the house, that it will go anywhere in the senate. does it hurt the 2020 democratic candidates and you presumably hope to be the nominee. >> andrea, whether it does or not is not relevant. how can one let the conduct of a president inviting at least three foreign governments to interfere in our elections not go investigated? ...

For investigation into the bidens. again, vindman says, he flagged that to the nsc counsel. to refresh peoples memories, gordon sondland is one of the officials who allegedly, apparently, according to several testimonies, was deputized by trump to run this ukrainian pressure campaign outside normal state department channels. that speaks to the substance of what house investigators are learning from lieutenant colonel vindman today. politically, though, andrea, his appearance is significant too. ...