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The first thing theyve done that is really smart, very smart, is to open up the questioning where there is not this five-minute back and forth by members. rather open it up for council to ask questions, both majority and minority council. that will give a different flow to the hearings than is normal. but don, i can tell you something, just the dynamics change. i never understood after watergate why people came up to me and said we enjoyed your show. i didnt know what the hell they were talking ...

Watch this. >> i dont mean any disrespect, but it must suck to be that dumb. >> and im from louisiana. sorry, world. >> look, theres no doubt that speaker pelosi makes a great target for republicans to fire up their base, but what do you think when you hear senator kennedy say something like that? i mean, our colleague here at cnn matt louis tweeted these guys are growing a whole new generation of bullies and punks. >> and keep in mind, those rallies are actually -- they serve as the presidents ...

Testimony? was there a connection between sondland and democratic operatives on the committee? did he talk to schiff? did he talk to schiff staffers? ive been a lawyer for a very long time, when somebody changes their testimony, they suddenly recall something they didnt know before, it makes me incredibly suspicious. why did sondland change his mind? what prompted him to change his mind about maybe there was a quid pro quo when i said there wasnt. >> what is next, the dog ate my homework? its pr...

Found no wrongdoing as it relates to campaign finance law. they released a legal memo on why the intelligence community inspector general didnt need to hand over the whistle-blowers complaint to congress, so trump got a lot of what he wanted already from bill barr. >> right. now, theres no question that barr is still trying to help him out in, you know, dismissing any attempt to look into criminal wrongdoing in the ukraine case, although that is very helpful to trump, but hes apparently not will...

The ukrainian government to do something to investigate vice president biden, and so you can imagine the frustration in these two great career officials, bill taylor and masha yovanovitch, and they were treated very poorly, especially ambassador yovanovitch who was fired unjustly, and then the state department did not stand up for her. >> ambassador burns, thank you, sir. >> thank you, don. a woman running for city council in maine gets trolled online by people as far away as alabama. why? she...

I want you all to listen to something that we heard from president trump at his rally tonight. >> you saw last week the monstrous animal known as al baghdadi is dead. you know, if somebody else did that, theyd be talking about it for months. me, i got about a day out of it from these people, and thats okay. thats okay. >> hes feeling sorry for himself he got one day, like what? >> don, just so you know its all about him, you know, its not about the nation being safer. its not about anything else...

Did he talk to schiff staffers? ive been a lawyer for a very long time, when somebody changes their testimony, they suddenly recall something they didnt remember before, it makes me incredibly suspicious. why did sondland change his mind? what prompted him to change his mind about maybe there was a quid pro quo when i said there wasnt. >> what is next, the dog ate my homework? its pretty crazy. i mean, sondland donated a million dollars. >> the million dollars man. >> to the presidents inaugural...

Testimony comes out, and his lawyer says, oh, my god. you got to do something. weve got to come back in here, and say, well, we recall we have a better recollection now and all of a sudden theres the million dollars man is agreeing theres a quid pro quo. >> no, but hes an operative from the democrats. >> oh, well. yeah, but hes a secret operative. >> where do they come up with this? where do they come up with this stuff? >> i thought george conway had a good line on twitter where he said by that...

Rather open it up for council to ask questions, both majority and minority council. that will give a different flow to the hearings than is normal. but don, i can tell you something, just the dynamics change. i never understood after watergate why people came up to me and said we enjoyed your show. i didnt know what the hell they were talking about, and it wasnt until the iran-contra hearings that i realized the theatrical aspect of these kinds of hearings. they really are theater. they really a...

Do their job while the presidents personal attorney is basically in charge? i mean, someone who is not an elected officials has not been appointed in any official capacity. what gives? >> this is extremely unusual in american diplomatic history. there are times when there are special envoys and the ambassador has to share responsibility with that person, but its always someone appointed officially with a government title and rank by the president. in this case the presidents personal lawyer who ...