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The military assistance and the trade privileges presumably to squeeze them into doing what the president wanted. the depositions. were committed to maintaining our democracy, if you will and not allowing a group of some of our colleagues who wish to show this undying loyalty to a president who has dishonored our country and continuously dishonored the country with his antics. he needs to be firm, put people

Eventually taken public. i really think rachael hit it on the head when she said this is really about republicans being unable to defend the president on the substance. so all that they really have is this campaign to go after the process, and i think the antics that you saw with republicans storming that secure area yesterday was really an effort to distract from the very damning testimony of the acting ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, on monday in which he essentially confirmed that he beli...

Transparency. the entire purpose of having it in a security facility today was because the witness was a pentagon official. weve had witnesses come in who was ambassadors and they are addressing matters of national security. the most important thing the american people need to know is that both republicans and democrats, both sides of the aisle who serve on these committees are present, able to listen and able to do the work that the american people sent them to do. its not a one-party process, ...

>> look, the president -- what were trying to do here is investigate the presidents conduct and the particular conduct at issue involves national security. so when we were conducting impeachment investigations that had to do with other kinds of allegations, there was more transparency. the entire purpose of having it in a security facility today was because the witness was a pentagon official. weve had witnesses come in who was ambassadors and they are addressing matters of national security. th...

>> frustrating both the far left wing of the party and republicans. >> we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. not one day sooner. everybody has the luxury to criticize me for trying to go down the path in the most determined, positive way. >> she remembers history. at the impeachment of bill clinton, dominic. while using her allies, to paint the picture that trump is the problem. >> look, pelosi is the adult in the room when they are working together. she is not going to suffer hi...

Congresswoman jackie speier is standing by. she will weigh it in on how antics from republicans yesterday affected the testimony. thats straight ahead on "morning joe." stimony. thats straight ahead on "morning joe."

A house against committee tells nbc news more than two dozen republican members participated in the stunt. the testimony of laura cooper, the top pentagon official overseeing u.s. policy toward ukraine was delayed by five hours because of the antics. >> did they tell you that a lot of people have that have run the cia actually and the intel community said they actually broke the law doing that. >> i know. there are a number of things to point out about the tactic by this group of republicans. fi...

Aid. can you tell us anything about her deposition today? >> well, i cant tell you about her deposition. i can tell you that she was a very strong witness and she provided us with yet additional information that will make the case for why we need to move forward with this impeachment inquiry. >> we know that her testimony was delayed by quite a bit, by five-plus hours because of what the republicans did today. we also know that her deposition was also a lot shorter than some of the other witness...

Information that will make the case for why we need to move forward with this impeachment inquiry. >> we know that her testimony was delayed by quite a bit, by five-plus hours because of what the republicans did today. we also know that her deposition was also a lot shorter than some of the other witnesses who you have heard from. was she cut short, effectively, because of that time that was lost to that disruption? do you expect that youll bring her back? >> i think she provided us with all the...

Foreign government to intervene in our national election is a crime. and i think were very focused on that. were not going to allow the republicans to play their little antics once again, and if necessary we will take these interviews off the hill to prevent that kind of charade that went on yesterday. >> let me ask you about how you do that. >> we could go to a secure facility off the hill, which would then make it more difficult for them to play the games. but, you know, what was really intere...