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President. i certainly hope not. we will see to what extent the white house keeps up this line of defense on the sunday talk shows today but the line so far is appeal to the base and attack the whistle-blower. >> this when we are going on with that other investigation now with the state department officials sending emails to hillary clintons private email. talk about that and what the white house is saying. >> reporter: so the white house hasnt weighed in on this. according to the "washington po...

Unless theres something wrong going on. so this is something that needs to be looked into very carefully by congress especially in light of the whistle-blower complaint we are confronting. >> the journal article talks about the white houses efforts to clamp down on secrecy after information was leaked out. we have seen more leaks in this administration than previous ones. during your time in the white house, what is your take on this administration and the approach they have to these leaks? and ...

Actual contents of that call with president zelensky of the ukraine if there was nothing to hide. so at this point in time i think youre going to see the employees, now, remember, the current employees because it was mentioned kurt volker no longer works for this administration, he resigned on friday night. so we will have at least four state department employees show up this week. during the course of those depositions, frances, i would actually want to focus on the involvement specifically of ...

Upon the reporting so far really whether -- or what has driven this new probe, but we do know that president trump is interested in getting any kind of information to try to discredit the democrats as a party ahead of the 2020 election and so further probing of hillary clinton keeps a story line going about democrats and scandals and this is something that its clear from the president with the president of ukraine president trump is trying to keep going into the 2020 election cycle. >> here we a...

Some more reporting here and figure out what motivated this, has it been accelerated this investigation and who ultimately ordered it. >> many questions when it comes to that investigation especially when it comes to the timing. hans nichols, thank you. joining me now allen smith political reporter for nbc news and julia manchester reporter for the hill. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to start with you and that "washington post" story we were just talking about with hands. hillary cl...

The president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> i think its ridiculous. its a witch-hunt. >> president trump made the incredulous about the impeachment inquiry but betters are more inclined to think he could be removed from office. in june the odds on power were 2 to 1 against the trump impeachment and now the odds are just about even. we are hearing detailing about the secret server. the "wall street journal" reporting overnight embarrassing leaks led to a clamp down on tr...

That proroguing issue. its an awkward moment one thats likely to play out disastrous as this week goes on. >> so much up in the air with brexit, boris johnson and if he goes who is going to replace him? matt bradley, thank you. new reporting about the secret server and white house leaks. i will talk to an ethics lawyer from the obama white house. her unique perspective next. r from the obama white house her unique perspective next. humira patients, you inspire us. the way you triumph over adve...