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His chief of staff mick mulvaney. bilateral meetings and phone calls were dangled as leverage in pursuit of that so-called deliverable. and most alarming crucial military aid to ukraine was abruptly cut off to get the message across. even the presidents chief of staff brazenly admitted and worst yet it was made clear ambassador bill taylor it all paints a picture of the presidents abuse of power. im joined now by natasha bertrand, and david corn, washington bureau chief from mother jones. this i...

>> you never thought this might not look right? >> did i make a mistake? well maybe in the grand scheme of things, yeah. but did i make a mistake based upon some unethical lapse, absolutely not. >> do you think youre a distraction right now to your fathers campaign? >> personally myself, im not necessarily a distraction to his campaign. >> david joining us by phone, did hunter biden make a mistake by joining that board? and would he have been on that board if his last name wasnt biden? >> of cou...

Can take this off the -- off the debate stage and move ahead. because youre right, theres not a lot of time. you know whats going to laep. if this moves on until next year and they dont pass any articles of impeachment to january probably march or april, what is the senate going to say, the republic republican senate? we have an election coming up. >> and as you often do, david, you put your finger on an important point in the calendar which is pelosi is getting ready to take the stage while dem...

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If you want to debate it and out say hey this subpoena is too broad, that happens all the time. when they say im defying it as you say, theyre just saying they wont cooperate with law enforcement if its the feds. >> theyre saying that you can become too powerful in this country to be compelled by the law. and to theects tent we have anything like a social contract in this country the idea men just get to opt because power and money allow them to is something that should disturb all of us. >> dav...

Taylor. the news was first reported by "the washington post" which reports that sondlands language in the text was relayed to him directly by trump in a phone call, according to a person familiar with his testimony. for "the washington post," he also plans to testify that he has no knowledge of whether the president was telling him the truth. that at that moment, its only true that the president said it, not that it was the truth. well, joining me now to discuss, david corn, msnbc political anal...

Russia can once again do business and get back in the g8. he has said as much. cynthia will be back later. david corn, paul butler, you guys are great. enjoy the rest of your sunday. coming up -- the deadly consequences of donald trumps national security decisions, and that is next. leave no man behind. or child. or other child. or their new friend. or your giant nephews and their giant dad. or a horse. or a horses brother, for that matter. the room for eight, 9,000 lb towing ford expedition...

Investigate, quote/unquote corruption in exchange for a white house meeting. according to a person familiar with sondlands planned testimony it was a quid pro quo, but not a corrupt one. david, cynthia, paul back with me. david, this idea that this is how it works, youve covered a lot of international news and the way that it works. this is not how it works. >> no, no, and cynthia mentioned this earlier. you can have a legitimate quid pro quo in foreign policy. you send troops here. its easier f...

Because he dont care. thats why this is starting to look like a milli vanilli defense. because you got to blame it on something. >> absolutely. i asked the president multiple times, mr. president, we think it is in the united states and ukraines best interests that you and the president of ukraine have conversations, that you discuss the options that are there. >> what does this argument reveal about where the impeachment debate is headed? david corn, how are you doing? >> okay. how you? >> i wa...

[ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ turn to mother jones david corn. david, you knew it was a 30-second break. >> i know. im sorry. >> youre a news addict. im sure youre checking the headlines. >> yes. >> what does it tell you that you have these defenses coming? >> well, you know, i dont want to help any movie studio in particular, but it does seem to me that donald trump is playing the joker card, that he wa...