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President unilaterally after a phone call with erdogan made this decision, didnt con sulsu with his national security advisers, the state department, the department of defense, the chief of staff mick mulvaney called the secretary of defense to inform him of this decision. what do you believe are the implications of this move, and number two, is there any process by which you can convince the president or by which the government can reverse the decision? >> stecertainly we are all speag out that...

To get them to investigate biden. >> right. but my understanding is that the reporting indicated there was essentially pe kuhnnary interest, that people were hoping that their connections could get them in a position in which they could acquire lucrative contracts and perhaps the wheels would be greased with their association with the president or giuliani. >> thats right. there was a meeting in houston attended by giuliani and two of his associates where they met with an executive at the gas co...

That and the president tried to right that by taking this phone call, and the phone call at least according to our reporting, almost spiralled out of control, the president offered a visit to the white house, at a certain point he almost said he was going to take all troops out of syria, because he was, you know, concerned about what would happen, so if the turks came in, he strongly suggested that that would be his reaction. the reaction he ended up settling on, on twitter, was this idea of tot...

Essentially pecuniary interest, that people were hoping that their connections could get them in a position in which they could acquire lucrative contracts and perhaps the wheels would be greased with their association with the president or giuliani. >> thats right. there was a meeting in houston attended by giuliani and two of his associates where they met with an executive at the gas company. and they were -- they basically told him, look, were going to get your boss removed. we want you to ta...

Are you investigating those leaks that peter -- >> i have no idea why -- >> no, thats a setup. its entirely relevant to this point. >> why a fox news conspiracy, propaganda stuff is popping up on here. i have noo idea why were going here. >> that is -- >> senator, im asking about -- >> this is underlying exactly why president trump is upset and why his supporters are upset with the news media. >> heres the deal -- >> its not about the media. >> senator johnson, senator johnson, can we please ans...

Waters saying, we dont like this kind of behavior, this is not what we want presidents to do in general, because there is an implication. what happens if a democratic president did this? there are some like tucker carlson who are concerned about setting that kind of precedent. this gifves them a road back to say that, but to take the mitch mcconnell direction saying, were so close to election, we shouldnt even bother with impeachment because the voters will decide in a year next november. i dont...

>> this is not about the media, senator johnson, senator johnson, please, can we please answer the question that i asked you instead of trying to make donald trump feel better here that youre not criticizing him. >> im not. >> im trying to ask you a simple question of what made you wince. im asking a simple question about you clearly were upset that somehow there was an implication that military aid was being frozen because the president wanted an investigation. why did you wince? >> because i d...

Attacking the news of another whistle-blower and accusing speaker pelosi of treason. and in the face of mounting evidence, the president abused the power of his office, we are seeing some remarkable interv w interviews with republicans trying to defend his actions. here was wisconsin senator ron johnson yesterday on "meet the press." >> senator, im asking about -- >> under line exactly why president trump is upset and why his supporters are upset at the news media. >> this is not about the media...

Im asking a simple question about you clearly were upset that somehow there was an implication that military aid was being frozen because the president wanted an investigation. why did you? >> because i didnt want those connected. and i was supporting the aid, as is senator murphy and as is everybody who went to that initial inauguration. heres the point i went forward. when i asked the president about that, he completely denied it. he adamantly denied it. he angrily denied it. >> republican sen...

Inspector general. he tells this committee. >> senator. >> -- asking to just confirm are you investigating those leaks that peter strzok talked about in the -- >> senator, i have no idea why -- >> no, thats a setup? >> why a fox --. >> its relevant to this point. >> -- why the fox news propaganda stuff is popping up on here. i have no idea why were going here. >> its an underlike why president trump is upset and his reporters are upset at the news media. >> this snolt about the media. senator jo...