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Welcome back to "hardball." across the country flags are flying at half staff today as the nation mourns the loss of a resounding voice in congress. democratic congressman elijah cummings of maryland, the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee passed away overnight at the age of 68. his office said it was from complications due to long-standing health challenge. he was known for his moral leadership and abiding passion for public service. today colleagues from both sides of the aisle...

Or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya®. uncover clearer skin that can last. janssen can help you explore cost support options. just a wonderful man. smart, gifted. >> its hard to measure the enormity of this loss to us. >> we are broken, but were comforted by his instruction. >> my grief is immeasurable and my heart goes out to his community and his wife and

And almost 3 years into his presidency he is doing it so it shouldnt be a surprise and i dont think people should be hesitant to partner with the united states in any way as a result of this. >> i know so much of the work you do for the campaign is specifically events focused on womens i want to talk about new impeachment polling from quinnipiac. they go through subsets of people but they go by gender too and when they talk about should the president be impeached or removed it is interesting to ...

From the commercial arena to the military arena to the drug enforcement, you name it, under any mission. if that -- the ambassador speaks for the president. and in fact our letter of instruction says that we are the presidents personal representative. if the president, if we are undermined by our own government, thats a problem for us. we have no credibility. i would say similarly, though, that we also -- we do not underu undermine our governments overseas. and that is a professional defect if i...

With with on instruction of justice. being told you may not have counsel. i mean, this supreme court justice is any justice no matter what will theyre inclination should be mortified by those due process violations. >> and john you know it looks more and more at this point like this is all a big coverup from what happened in last election and all of the signals are pointing towards yiewg ukraine we know numerous collusion instances between the democrats, and ukraine tell us more about that and w...

Witnesses are being threatened with with on instruction of justice. being told you may not have counsel. i mean, this supreme court justice is any justice no matter what will theyre inclination should be mortified by those due process violations. >> and john you know it looks more and more at this point like this is all a big coverup from what happened in last election and all of the signals are pointing towards yiewg ukraine we know numerous collusion instances between the democrats, and ukrain...

Witnesses are being threatened with with on instruction of justice. being told you may not have counsel. i mean, this supreme court justice is any justice no matter what will theyre inclination should be mortified by those due process violations. >> and john you know it looks more and more at this point like this is all a big coverup from what happened in last election and all of the signals are pointing towards yiewg ukraine we know numerous collusion instances between the democrats, and ukrain...

Inquiry or the white houses defense? >> i think it will be interesting to see if ambassador sondland can explain why he decided to call president trump after the text from bill taylor, suggesting this was extortion and probably shouldnt be done. i would like to know why he called president trump. thats not that normal for an ambassador to reach back to washington and call the president of the united states. maybe theyll call the secretary of state at best. id like to know why he did that, what t...

First, occasionally, not often, not normally, a president will have unofficial envoys. but if the policy is sensible and if the process is sensible, whatever that unofficial envoy is doing is in tandem with the official envoy. what weve had here are two very different things. our ambassador, masha yovanovitch was following policy to go after corruption. and here you have an envoy taking their word for it and undercutting. its critical there be a clear chain of command, the instruction be sound a...

Yovanovitch was following policy to go after corruption. and here you have an envoy taking their word for it and undercutting. its critical there be a clear chain of command, the instruction be sound and the ambassador working those issues is not undercut. unfortunately the ambassador was not only undercut but removed without foundation. >> ambassador herbst, appreciate your time, thank you. >> coming up, more on my conversation with use sesusan rd why she decided to call her book "tough love." ...