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Of beingo defend this president? sources telling cnn that some are asking, quote, how do you defend the indefensible? so the president attacks his own party, ignores the facts, and contradicts members of his own administration. today on the middle east, handing turkeys president a big gift today by lifting sanctions and claiming that ordering u.s. troops out of syria, troops that were protecting our isis-fighting allies, the kurds, claiming that that was a big victory. ambassador james jeffrey, ...

So with all of this, is it any surprise that some republicans are said to be fed up and tired of being asked to defend this president? sources telling cnn that some are asking, quote, how do you defend the indefensible? so the president attacks his own party, ignores the facts, and contradicts members of his own administration. today on the middle east, handing turkeys president a big gift today by lifting sanctions and claiming that ordering u.s. troops out of syria, troops that were protecting...

Then the presidents red sox to the kurdish debalker. >> how the most powerful woman in congress is standing up to the president. >> i think the president knows the argument that can be made against him and hes scared. >> "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. one by one sometimes hour by hour the presidents defenses just keep collapsing. heres how things have gone as the president and his allies have tried to defend the indefensible. first they stake out a positio...

Lawyer rudy giuliani for a probe into the busy. a new quinn pock poll finds that support for the impeachment inquiry has reached a new high with 55% of the country, a clear majority, backing the inquiry. nearly half of registered voters, 48% already say trump should be impeached and removed from office. and theres the situation in the senate. according to the daily beast trump has been privately whining senate republicans are, quote, failing to counterprogram the democratic impeachment inquiry. ...

>> senator, i understand politically you will disagree with the president andti his lel team on p that, but legally do they have a point? >> legally i dont think so. >> is there any legal argument there? >> they are going to try to defend the indefensible and i think that the people -- the american people would think boy, that is really crazy that the president can go out there and shoot somebody on fifth avenue and nothing should happen to him. i think thatg pe they say somet is wrong with that...

And theres the situation in the senate. according to the daily beast trump has been privately whining senate republicans have been failing to counter the impeachment inquiry. one senior republican aide told the dailypiece, quote, theyre not enthusiastic about defending the indefensible on this stuff. just listen to what senator mcconnell had to say yesterday. >> the president has said you told him that his phone call with the ukrainian president was perfect and innocent. do you believe that the ...

Dpooeng fr good evening from new york. im chris hayes. one pie one sometimes hour pie hour the presidents defenses just keep collapsing. heres how things have gone as the president and his allies have tried to defend the indefensible. first they stake out a position and that position falls out from under their feet and they retreat a step. and then that position falls out and it goes over and over again. it started with that infamous phone call between trump and the ukrainian president where he ...

Graham he has always been like this. but some of us have known him a long period of time. this is not the man we know e would hope i want not. -- max there are ing to say the some republicans who are not happy to be put in a position to defend an indefensible comment when you see people like senator cruz, senator graham strongly defend him, i wonder, why? why are they -- why plant a flag on this on this defense? >> theyve gotten used to defending the indefensible, anderson, it comes naturally. >...

This is disappointing to say the least. >> there are -- max there are some republicans who are not happy to be put in a position to defend an indefensible comment when you see people like senator cruz, senator graham strongly defend him, i wonder, why? why are they -- why plant a flag on this on this defense? >> theyve gotten used to defending the indefensible, anderson, it comes naturally. >> is lindsey graham so desperate about getting primaried. >> i cant explain it. what we are seeing develo...

Low, trying not to answer questions about this because they do fear that they are being asked to defend the indefensible and they do fear that whatever they say today might be undercut tomorrow or theyll have to reverse themselves and theyre tired of it. they dont feel like theyve gotten a lot in return for how far they have defended the administration to this point. >> michael, what do you think it means, how significant that the most damaging testimony for the president in this inquiry has com...