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Doing that. were going to see next week, the ambassador to the european union, mr. sondland, go testify despite the administrations effort to block him from doing that. basically, the white house counsels let ther week, saying that nobody should comply with any congressional subpoenas is being thrown out the window and being thrown out the window not only by these officials but their lawyers who recognize that this is ultimately going to be a very losing argument, and if their clients defy congr...

Have been working closely over many years. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff though visiting, complaining that the turkish side knows very well exactly where they are. take a listen. >> the turkish military is fully aware, down to explicit grid coordinate detail, of the locations of the u.s. forces. and we have been in coordination with them through the cent come and my level, all levels of the chain of command, coordinating with the turks, to make sure that they know exactly where ameri...

White house, thank you very much. joining me are two national political reporter, daniel strauss with "politico" and nbc news own jonathan allen. good morning to you both. and jonathan, one question on kevin mcaleenan, any conventional wisdom whether he is actually leaving on his own or whether he is being pushed. >> good morning, dara. i think it is a combination of both in this case. youve got the head of homeland security there who has been speaking publicly about his frustrations, his inab...

Whether thats an impeachable offense and the only people who pass judgment on that ra members of the house of representatives and whether the house decides that is an impeachable offense and the senate decides to remove the president of the united states? >> daniel, we heard a lot from the president of the united states this week and a wednesday event, there were quite a few moments to give pause. lets take a listen. >> did any of the white house officials express any concern to you -- >> no. >>...

There are reports that u.s. forces may actually be either unintentionally or intentionally in harms way now, because of the turkish offensive, in the region there. you know, i think, it would be difficult for any president to try to explain to the american public why american soldiers were left in harms way, if thats the case, and particularly difficult for a president who has spoken so often about how important peoples need of the military is and how much he believes the military is priority on...

Take cases, number one, and a series of case, number two, in which he has basically issued a blanket refusal to comply with anything congress has asked for. he is going to have to get a third branch of government to weigh into the second, you know, the first and second with each other, over their powers and the supreme court has been extremely reluctant to do ta in the past. they try not to do that and if there are lower court rulings, there is a good possibility the supreme court wont weigh in,...

>> this is the fourth day turkish military bombing towns occupied by kurds in northeastern syria. war monitors report more than 100 people have been killed so far, including 17 civilians. and the turkish president says the offensive will not stop in spite of u.s. efforts to get him to negotiate. nbcs bill neely is near the turkey syria border. first, keir, the army is launching artillery fire aimed at kurdish fighters in syria. whats the latest from there? >> reporter: well, dara, we have watche...

Republicans have been very unified. this is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. >> this was last friday. when president trump, would president trump be able to say the same thing today one week later? >> right now, it seems that way, although were starting to see cracks amid the republican caucus, mitt romney has expressed support for an impeachment inquiry. and really, outside of washington, too, three new england governors who are some of the most popular governors in the co...

Joining me now to discuss this julia manchester reporter for the hill and daniel strauss national political reporter for "politico." good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> okay. julia, so why are republicans so adamant about holding a full vote in the house here? >> i think republicans are so adamant about this is because they want to show, i think, the partisanship in all of this, they want to show that this is a democratic job. once it goes forward they know this will essentially d...

Very much buy this. >> julia manchester, daniel strauss, thank you so much. >> thank you. too slow? the dire warning for democrats about what could happen if they dont speed up the impeachment inquiry process. thats coming up. the impeachmet inquiry process. thats coming up >> woman: whats my safelite story? >> vo: my car is more than four wheels. its my after-work decompression zone. so when my windshield broke... >> woman: what?! >> vo: ...i searched for someone who really knew my car. i fou...