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This kind of campaign. >> what they also have is a lot of money. and trump is using it, reportedly, to reward good senators for defending him against impeachment. i guess you could see that as a sign of trumps own weakness, that hes got to pay members of his own party to support him and really defend the indefensible. how do you see that? >> ill say this. donald trump came into office as not a politician, right? and yet while in office hes been one of the most muscular politicians in history in ...

But they were saying unfair question, not interviewing yourself, well get to the merits of it. at some point and that point may come within two weeks, within 30 days, but there will be nothing to hide behind and there will just be the facts, which by the way most of us have known largely since day one what happens then? >> well, i think theyre in a heap of trouble, but they were already in a heap of trouble. we have reached a pretty bad point when don youngs head butt may have been the most hone...

The phone call. there were a couple of people there who didnt take any issue with it. but they were saying unfair question, not interviewing yourself, well get to the merits of it. at some point and that point may come within two weeks, within 30 days, but there will be nothing to hide behind and there will just be the facts, which by the way most of us have known largely since day one what happens then? >> well, i think theyre in a heap of trouble, but they were already in a heap of trouble. we...

You have these televised hearings. youre going to have moreed televised hearings. the public will see and hear a lot. more whistle-blowers may come forward, more smoking guns, the evidence will come forward. >> we dont need them. >> we dont needed them, but th theres the wild card of donald trump who tends to become more undisciplined and more unhinged when under pressure and will create more things that senate republicans and house republicans will have to defend. right now they feel we have to...

Five, six months of having to defend the indefensible. so theyre looking for a safe space. and the safe space is the conduct was wrong but not impeachable. but donald trump and trump world may not let them get away with it. because theyre demanding you have to say it was perfect, and that anyone who testifies against him must be vilified. and you could yesterday a lot of republicans sort of recoiling from that with colonel vindman. this was just a bridge too far for them. >> what does trump do t...

Any ounce of success that comes out of this white house. ounce to small ounce of success. is because of him and the work he does. >> thats true. >> many people want to label him this or that. one of the things we have to do is take out the personal visceral attacks and simply just deal with things as they come. i just want him to know that the things hes doing in the white house i wouldnt be doing them. and im going to get in so much trouble for this. twitter will go crazy. we have to begin to h...

When it comes to being honest about the president and his behavior, some of those things look like theyre just its token initiatives so he can say look what i have done for black moek folks and insults us saying lynching and going after elijah cummings. and the squad. he never apologized to the central park 5. the litany of things he has done. hes never apologized for. it looks disengeneral yous and were supposed to give him credit and defend the indefensible. its not. its not anything compared ...

The problem comes in, when you feel you need to defend the indefensible, which was a couple of the things he said. it wasnt defensible. and those are the things that hurt the work hes doing. when you see things that are wrong, dont defend those. in this administration, you cant be honest about what you see in front of your face. he risks losing his job. that would be a loss for everyone. he has done good work. >> let ron -- >> im sorry. >> go ahead, bakari. i was going to say, in addition to the...

Messaging. lets discuss now. frank rooney is here. ed navorro, jill lockhart. thank you for joining me here. to what do i owe the honor? everyone is in the studio. >> were going for impeachment drinks afterwards. peach schnapps and what? >> bill taylors testimony, the top u.s. diplomat to the ukraine, continues to reverberate. how do you defend the indefensible. we cant defend the indefensible. the testimony by taylor was devastating and we are waiting for the next shoe to drop. a third source f...

Taylors testimony, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, continues to reverberate on capitol hill. a republican source saying, and i quote here, how do you defend the indefensible? we cant defend the substance. all we can do is talk about process. another congressional source saying the testimony by taylor was devastating, and we are waiting for the next shoe to drop. a third source flat out adm admitting taylors testimony points to quid pro quo. and our reporting is that other officials are set to ...