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The state department is not cooperating, and yet in an almost sort of silent revolt, you have state department officials continuing to come forward and testify. the white house isnt handing over documents. the office of budget management not turning over documents. the d.o.d. is following the white houses guidance and not turning over documents. the vice president is not turning over documents and cooperating. yet the democrats in the house have still been able to get enough people to essentiall...

President in his personal capacity during an impeachment event, how bad do the facts look for this president? >> i think they look very bad. i think on the obstruction, i mean you can be impeached for obstructing justice and obstructing a legitimate inquiry by congress. so i think the president himself has established the grounds for a charge of impeachment. >> walter, you worked at olc and youve been inside the government as it wrestled with the questions what is the law and how do we follow it...

Folks in the dod who did some legal analysis and found up holding the payments was unlawful, there are red flags going off all over the system in the lead up to this as it is going. what do you make of that? >> i make of it that those who were part of the scheme to corrupt our relationship with ukraine in order to advance a political agenda, to interfere with our election, i think theyre in deep trouble. and thank goodness, there are career and even some political appointees who are willing to s...

Can you speak to the tonnage of testimony thats piling up that the house is taking? >> and this from a white house that has pretty successfully blocked much of its administration from cooperating. the state department is not cooperating and yet in an almost sort of silent revolt you have state department officials continuing to come forward and testify. the white house isnt handing over documents. the office of budget management not turning over documents. the d.o.d. is following the white house...

Really speak to the caucus except to say that i think the speaker is doing what she does best. she is protecting the caucus and making sure that the constitution is protected as well. and thats why we are pursuing this particular investigation with the kind of -- that it deserves. >> congressman heck, these witnesses coming forward, fiona hill and george kent, giuliani, omb, dod and the vice presidents office on the other hand refuse to provide information to your committees. how do you view tha...

I was always a step ahead. and i said to mika, i said, it just reminds me every guy that comes in here whos president of the united states thinks the same thing. im the smartest person thats ever walked through the gates of the white house. and yet, washington always wins. talking about grinding people to the, you know, their political bones to dust, if you think that you can win in washington without knowing how washington works, washington will destroy you. >> were still in the fifth inning he...

Next week or two. we will ensure documents are obtained. >> is that a yes? >> we will do everything we can to comply. he said on another network he doesnt know of restrictions to supply documents. what would be the potential consequence here? >> the potential consequence here it would be democrats wouldnt be able to get exactly what they need from d.o.d. to show what were the internal machinations about that military assistance. i dont think theres going to be huge smoking guns in terms of there...

One thing. but deploying. >> i taught marines at the command in the 90s and what you teach the military officers is -- i didnt teach them this actual operational stuff, but what i learned listening to my colleagues is its more dangerous withdrawing from a conflict than when youre going in. and this idea that its a deliberate withdrawal. its not deliberate. there is barely any notice for these service members. there arent a lot of them to begin with. i understand why they now need to take them ou...

Betsy woodruff-swan and peter baker, correspondent for "the new york times" and nbc analyst. what a great lineup. kelly, you worked at the dod so when you hear the latest from the ground on turkey, whats your assessment of the situation? >> well, it appears as if were essentially high-tailing it under fire, so this is a very disturbing set of developments. and i think its important to take a step back and realize this all began because president trump in a phone call with erdogan essentially cap...

Physician is tulsi gabbard. >> laura: i want to get you to comment on what happened today, the defense department announced theyre deploying an additional 3,000 troops to saudi arabia.fe the secretary justified the decision, saying we are still committed to our allies. since may, the dod has increased forces to the area by about 14,000. so, what do we not -- what is going on here? because were pulling troops out of this area of syria and northern iraq. and now were redeploying them. is this a go...