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Here. that quotation from senator ted cruz or senator john kennedy talking about there being a lack of culpable intent. what do you make of that, that new position theyre carving out here that they seem to think that this was something that might be untoward but not illegal. >> well, its the only place for them to land inevitably, right? if you look at the way this thing played out, we already know the answer to the investigation. because we read it in the very first piece of evidence which was ...

What is to date i believe the most devastating testimony delivered, the most direct link both to the president and the quid pro quo of military aid for political dirt on the bidens. what are the -- is he viewed there as another corroborating witness? is he viewed as, you know, a third or fourth confirmation on the fact pattern? what is the expectation for his testimony? >> i think we wont know exactly until he does testify. but certainly the expectation is that he is going to, for democrats, put...

Party. even as the fact pattern becomes so mounting here, the evidence is so clear. clearly there will be pressure on some of them, but i dont think we should jump to the conclusion that this somehow is going to lead them to abandon the president in droves. >> two more witnesses today. well watch that closely. every time someone speaks, we learn something new. jen psaki, david chalian, thank you very much. this morning prosecutors are pressuring those in the college admissions scandal. lori lo...

And president trump, specifically in exchange for investigations into joe bidens son and the energy company he sat on and also into the 2016 u.s. elections, the sort of conspiracy theory that so far theres no evidence of that it was ukraine that somehow meddled in our elections, not russia, and that the dnc server is there and the president very clearly wanted this, insisted on this, before he would give ukraine any of the aid or assistance or meeting that that country wanted. >> garrett haake, ...

Impeachment, they will let the facts dictate what those articles are. if the strongest case is about ukraine, then they very well may recommend articles of impeachment on ukraine. if something else pops or witnesses come in and lead them to another fact pattern, then they will follow that fact pattern. one other thing, really important data point came out this morning. new york times poll shows that in the seven battleground states that donald trump won, theres a bit of ambivalence on this. 50% ...

They can now stitch together a fact pattern that points directly to donald trump and rudy giuliani. >> not only can pe put together the fact pattern but i think that makes this different from charlottesville and all of the other things hes asked them to bear over the last three years, is this time theyre going to have to vote. you know, republican senators have gotten very good at looking at their phones when theyre walking downtown halls and reporters are asking them questions or giving answers...

Political calendar, weve got a huge debate on tonight for the democrats. we were in the middle of a presidential contest, and were going to become in the year of the contest faster than we can believe, and so for voters who were taking this in, you know, there is an option, which is you can vote the president out of office if you think its really inappropriate. do you really need to remove him from office. all of these polls, i dont think its that hard given the fact pattern for people to say, w...

Point in our hands. we have the rough transcript of the phone call and we have the texts that went back and forth between u.s. diplomats. what more do you want on the committee before you draw up articles of impeachment? >> youre exactly right. i chuckle at the ever-changing defenses of those in congress who at all costs will defend the president saying its hearsay even as you point out the transcript comes out validating exactly what the whistleblower said. to answer your question, we have to l...

Washington correspondent with "the new york times." he helped break the story tonight. help us through the rest of the fact pattern we have now, if you take the rudy dossier that the state department inspector general turned over to congress yesterday, you take this effort, that that conspiracy theory had filtered down. >> you have to put all that aside. you have to look at this in the context of the july call. in july, the topic of these investigations is brought up by trump on the call with ze...

Take us through where this report fits into the rest of the fact pattern that we have now about if you take the rudy dossier that the state department inspector general turned over to congress yesterday, you take this effort, that conspiracy theory had filtered down. >> you have to put all that aside. you have to look at this in the context of the july call. in july, the topic of these investigations is brought up by trump on the call with zelensky, the ukrainian president. a month later you hav...