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Critical. republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois sits on the foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks for being with us. >> you bet. >> why do you think the president has gone to the mat on this? why is he giving turkey such a pass? was it just an impromptu thing in a phone call with erdogan? >> i think its all of it. i think the president makes very impulsive decisions on foreign policy. i think he made an impulsive decision without thinking through the results of that. i think...

The obama administration provided documents. they provided testimony. secretary clinton sat for 11 hours. i sat for four hours before gowdy and his crew behind closed doors. you know why? because we had nothing to hide. >> the situation in turkey, the president said today the kurds are fighting for their land, and as somebody wrote in a very, very powerful article today, they didnt help us in the second world war. they didnt help us with normandy as an example. in addition to that, we have spent...

For impeachment, for an inquiry, and shes been tough about it. one of the big questions that democrats are going to want to resolve is not only whos got a better chance of winning, but whos going to be more effective against trump in a debate, in a wrestling match on the debate? so far shes done pretty well in that category. >> joe, you saw biden also nudge the president on not releasing his tax returns. ambassador rice brought this up earlier. it is sort of an easy issue to turn on its head. do...

Have the turk its making a move on the kurds? and how could this not be a blood bath? and were go itting to talk to congressman slotcon about this. you know her background from the pentagon perspeckive. she wants us to know what the big risks are that are immediately ahead and then were going to test the presidents new arguments about why this impeachment is unfair with one of his faithful conservative friends. >> see you in about nine minutes. up next asks vice pence if hes changed his mind a...

2020, have to face their voters, are sitting and waiting to see what else will come out. thats what this big struggle is. will the president be able to keep all of the details, you know, at the white house and keep congress from getting them because as this gets worse, republicans will make a calculation at some point, you know, whether its in their interest to continue supporting the president. thats what the president is so fearful of. >> yeah. joe, david, stick around. laura, thanks. i know y...

But theyre there to help us with their land, and thats a different thing. >> its hard to know what that even means, but the president seems to be suggesting that the kurds have always been just been in it for themselves. keep in mind more than 10,000 kurds have been killed in the fight against isis, a fight we asked them to undertake. we did not do most of the fighting. we had a lot of logistical support, a lot of on the ground support, but they lost 10,000 people. he also said this about isis f...

Before the break, david gergen referred to the way the president is acting and how its affecting his presidency, which on top of the breaking news is really part of a larger question tonight. namely, are we now witnessing what people, including those who used to be close to president trump, have long worried and frankly warned about? are we seeing on several fronts the consequences of a president without guardrails, without what used to be called, fairly or not, the adults in the room, people wh...

True, and theres the transcript and the presidents own comments which prove that. >> well, i think that conceivably the whistle-blower has some details that havent been drawn out yet. so i wouldnt dismiss the whistle-blowers account. i do think it could have some importance. but i also think, anderson, when the american people have a sense that the rage and the obsession and sort of the craziness thats coming out of the white house, thats going to make more and more people feel uncomfortable abo...

So-called adults in his surprise decision after a call with turkeys president to pull troops out of northern syria, which has now led to a turkish invasion aimed at this countrys staunchest ally in the fight against isis? a whistle-blower who is entitled to protection from a bosss retaliation is now facing an open call for just that from the president of the united states. the president who is supposed to uphold the rights and protections that are enshrined in our laws even if theyre not in his ...

Go away? youre going to hear in at from susan rice who served as national security adviser in strong thoughts on the subject. but first, what president trump said just this afternoon about the whistle-blower. >> what the whistle-blower said bore no relationship to what the call was. then it turns out the whistle-blower was in cahoots with schiff. then it turns out that the whistle-blower is a democrat, strong democrat, and is working with one of my opponents as a democrat that i might end up run...