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Out the criticism and to strongly defend his decision to withdraw u.s. troops. he said he stands behind it where he was before, and, in fact, the events that have unfolded in the last three days only reaffirmed to him his commitment to have u.s. servicemembers leave. how much do you think this is a political calculation? he has never, since the mission in afghanistan changed from defeating al qaeda to nationbuilding and more counterinsurgency, et cetera. he has not supported that for years. endi...

President on russia and europe. you can see her walking into the capitol a few minutes ago. we have new reporting on what shes expected to do to shine a light on what shell describe as a shadow policy by rudy giuliani and others saying she sidestepped official channels to dig up dirt on the bidens. and our sources are saying her appearance is giving some in trump world a headache. were also hearing from our sources about another diplomat in the spotlight, eu ambassador gordon sondland with some ...

In private is because he doesnt want the witnesses to coordinate their testimony. he doesnt want to tip off the white house as to what house democrats are learning as part of their impeachment inquiry, hallie. >> jeff, great work out there. keep us updated on what youre learning from inside the room. kristen welker, i want to go to you because our team is learning more about whats happening sort of in and around the west wing with some concerns about fiona hills appearance today. >> reporter: th...

Watching for. this testimony is also sending jitters throughout trump world for another reason, because this is really testing the white houses strategy. remember, they sent out that long letter last week saying that they were effectively going to try to block testimony as jeff points out, shes appearing under subpoena. shes a former official. so she is not necessarily beholden to the rules that the white house wants to set out, the arguments of executive privilege. as you pointed out at the top...

Wife was send big wearing a jacket that said on the back, "i really dont care, do you." says the first lady was expressing her feelings about the news media as she traveled to and from the texas border today. the president directly contradicting a statement by mrs. trumps office that said there was no message. it was just a jacket. lets bring in our analysts. gloria, what do you think? what are you hearing about this? >> you know, our colleague jeff zeleny is reporting from white house that peop...

Broadly positive in terms of trying to de-escalate the current crisis over ukraine. of course, president obama has a fresh set of sanctions sat on his desk, ready to be signed, should the white house decide that they still dont think moscow and president putin are giving enough at this point. but we continue to listen in to the presidents speech and if there is anything fresh that we need to bring you, well do that. back to you. >> cnbcs jeff cutmore live for us in russia. thank you. this is a r...