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Could execute this shadow foreign policy. republicans are also arguing and ads that are being dropped into vulnerable democratic districts that this is a way of undoing the election. >> let me stop you there. as you probably know, the american action network is putting $7 million into an ad blitz in 37 districts where they think that it could make a difference. they clear ly think that the witch hunt argument can be a strong one for them in some of these vulnerable republican districts. >> you k...

Ukrainian pressure campaign, and it is all about sondland that testifies behind closed doors, never mentioned the phone call, blue in a public hearing later this week so you can bet it will come up. >> yes, indeed. kristin holmes, thank you so much. president trump is in washington today. he is doubling down on his attacks against the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine. during her testimony trump took to twitter to smear yovanovitchs name in realtime. se started off in somalia, how did that go? and ...

Of this administration, someone who was alarmed according to many of his associates, not just on ukraine, but on the presidents conduct throughout the administration and how he conducted foreign policy. >> is there any indication that any of the testimony entered into the record by fiona hill or colonel vindman or ambassador taylor is different from his recollections of the alarm that he expressed of the anger or the explosion he articulated to ambassador gordon sondland who had to revise his te...

Characterizations. they have had assistance from some who have crafted the legal strategy. congressman jordon also told me he has never divulged dpogs to the white house that he is not allowed to. an interesting development as the white house grapples with trying to understand what these allegations will that the president is facing in these closed-door testimonies where they are not allowed to have an attorney present. >> one of those testimonies this week was from army lieutenant colon vindman...

Franchesca and molly back with us. and shan wu a former federal prosecutor. going back to this reporting about jordan and meadows going to the white house, helping them with strategy even though theyve been in these secret haergds, is there anything illegal about this? >> it could be. its possible they might be violating that, a little bit hard to tell. many people at the white house are authorized to receive information. parts of the white house are. i think the bigger damage for them is the cr...

This and its pretty inconsistent to say that youre only giving general characterizations and yet youre trying to be helpful. if i was on the white house legal staff, thats not helpful. i need specifics for my strategy. to garys point theres no allegation of their mishandling classified information but on the other hand, who knows. you have to give classified information has to be given to somebody authorized to receive it in a secure place. thats troubling. >> were taking their word for it that ...

Beyond characterizations im sure they are tempted to do that. its fair to say the democrats all have clean hands but look at these terrible republicans over here. >> one of the things the white house and republicans have complained about is the white house doesnt have its lawyers or representatives in the room. if these people are part of the legal planning strategy, were talking about meadows and jordon, they do have people in the room, to an extent, yes? >> i think its a political strategy whe...

Consciousness of where the boundaries are here. >> yeah. they seem kind of worried about being exposed at doing this. and, you know, its pretty inconsistent to say that youre only giving general characterizations and yet youre trying to be helpful. i mean if i was on the white house legal staff, thats not helpful to me. youre just giving me general ideas of whats happening. i need specifics for my strategy. and to carries point, theres no allegation of their mishandling classified information, b...

Congressman mark meadows and jim jorgenson have been helping sort through publicly reported aspects to the policy to the extent they can. now meadows and jordan are two of the only members that have been in every closed door testimony until the end, and their conversations with the white house were told is primarily aimed at helping the lawyers get a better grasp at the allegations being leveled that are leaking out and identifying any potential weak points as the white house crafts its legal st...

Integrity of the investigation. to davids point, if theyre only commenting on public information or making sure its not mischaracterized, again, i dont know how they do that. i mean do they rub their nose if thats the wrong characterization? they have to be giving something specific in order to be helpful. so i think theyre in a little bit of a conundrum there. >> david, you want to -- >> i just have to say, look, democrats are up there shaping the story every day when these things are over. you...