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Calling witnesses, that means we have a short trial. so this isnt quite like a stream of consciousness of where the president feels aggrieved, but its awfully close. again, this is clearly what the president thinks. another telltale sign in there, not just the signatures but the numerous exclamation points. ali. >> hans, while all of this is going on, were also hearing more from the presidents personal attorney, rudy giuliani, about his recent trip to ukraine. >> reporter: rudy giuliani isnt adm...

Decision. thats one of the reasons i propose subpoenas for these witnesses and documents, all directly relevant, from officials who have yet to testify under oath during any stage of the house process. senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more evidence. >> thats where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, msnbc legal analyst who worked at the southern district of new york, maya wi...

Exclamation points in a letter. >> exactly. were talking about his grammar. the other thing they know, as long as trump is president of the united states, he can never galvanize a global coalition against them. he can never galvanize the europeans against russia and he can never galvanize the asians against china. and thats critical. they know as long as trump is there, they will never face a global coalition against they will. >> the other thing i want to ask you, weve been following this close...

I read through this quickly and its close to five and a half, six pages and there doesnt seem to be a final point to it other than the president come plang about how he feels hes been treated unfairly. talks about how his constitutional rights have been trampled upon. how he wasnt allowed to confront his accusers. how his attorneys werent allowed to be b present. but theres nothing that im reading thats necessarily new. its quite lengthy. five and a half pages of something thats a mixture of the...

Where ambassador sondland right at the top "morrison ready to get dates as soon as possible stinking firms." what did you respond? >> i said excrement with two exclamation points. >> not sure i did. i think potus really wants the deliverable. whatd you say to that. >> but how does he know that? >> he said yep, clearly lots of combos going on. you are referenced in this text message. have you discussed confirming a date for a white house visit for president zelensky with ambassador sondland aroun...

Superintendent keith reed, rob taglianetti went on trial for second-degree murder. he pleaded together. the prosecutor told the jury that this case was about an explicit e-mail that provoked a husband to kill. >> he sought out keith reed and shot him to death. >> reporter: the prosecutor laid out his case. taglianetti caught here on tape at the superintendents school the day of the murder. a gold buick like taglianettis spotted in reeds driveway that afternoon, and the soaked piece of paper on r...

The clinton and obama administrations, whether you worked for president reagan, bush 1, bush 2, clinton, obama, there was a national security decision making process that we all tried to adhere to where tough issues were worked from the bottom up with facts, with analysis, with intelligence with policy options that were debated and assessed on their merits, recommendations made from principals to the president of the united states in a thoughtful and accountable way and when the president makes ...

National security decision-making process is completely broken down. as i discuss in my book, which is as much a personal story as it is about my time in the clinton and obama administrations, whether you work for president reagan, bush 1, bush 2, clinton, obama, there was a national security decision-making process that we all tried to adhere to from the bottom up with facts, analysis, with intelligence, with policy options that were debated, you know, and assessed on their merits, recommendati...

Have as to how this relationship could work. but i also think the focus on that relationship has diminished given that there is so much attention now as to what he has to say. and many democrats and republicans, at least quietly, agreeing with a lot of the points hes laid out with regards to this president and in his opinion, viewing him as unfit to serve as president. >> what about the legal argument that he was making there? so interesting to hear him make it out loud again because you get the...

Please. >> whats your favorite? >> its not one particular thing, but ill say im really struck by the use of exclamation points throughout. there is kind of a high schoolish quality. to davids point. you see it particularly in the way volker communicates with giuliani. volker was giuliani was on my side, trying to help me out here. and there is a lot of hi, mr. mayor, exclamation point. you can sense that he is kind of treating giuliani like he understands that hes a crazy person and that he has ...