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Tonight. mike pence in trouble for his own comments on foreign meddling. and rush limbaugh now so concerned about trumps free fall, hes lashing out at fox news for not defending him enough. and donald trump trying to handle his own impeachment response as a one person war room. and as promised, the one and only tony schwartz is here. im ari melber youre watching "the beat" on msnbc. e watching "the beat" on msnbc. you should be mad at non-seasoned travelers. and they took my toothpaste away....

Twitter followers. he has the largest megaphone. he is the most active, and right now he is the one that people pay attention to. but i think, you know, they dont have -- theres talk that the white house counsel, mr. cipollone, would be taking charge of the impeachment inquiry. they probably did not have enough lawyers in there for people. but its kind of extraordinary. we keep asking what is the strategy, what is the strategy, and we get back that there isnt a lot of focus just yet. what you se...

Follow the fast moving developments. kristen welker at the white house, give bennett and garrett haake on capitol hill. if the presidents tweets are any indication, he might have a lot to say before he gets on marine one on the other side of the white house from where you are any minute. peter alexander for nbc news is out there waiting to shout some questions at the president. >> i wouldnt be surprised if we saw a lot more of what we witnessed yesterday, when president trump was defiant and fra...

In there. people are just trying to keep out of his way. there is nobody inside the white house who can say to the president, stop this. now, i know you will say thats always been the case, but it seems to me that there is no door keeper now for him at all. people just want to stay out of his way. this person predicted there will be more people leaving and maybe more whistle-blowers if this whistle-blower is protected. and you see this president now feeling under such strain that he is lashing o...

Everyone. discredit everyone as much as possible. a couple of years ago someone -- eric felton said it is the o.j. simpson defense. dont defend yourself against the charge but discredit the accuser there is doubt in the jury. and play off various prejudices against the people who are doing the investigating. so part of it is deflection but the other part is the stonewall. we shouldnt forget that. at the end of the day, what is going to prove what happened in terms of our dealings with the ukrain...

Its my issue. certainly is his issue. the president made some outlandish claims during the campaign including making mexico pay for the wall. >> the president suggesting an alligator filled moat along the border is remarkable. its also remarkable the response, is it not, from aides who instead of attempting to convince the president otherwise, did a cost estimate on some of these things? >> reporter: there certainly were cost estimates. i asked about cost estimates among the presidents economic ...

Thats not allowed either, day told him. >> nothing new about that. kirsten gillibrand and his son-in-law jared kushner talked the president into postponed shutting down the border wall. he then switched to tariffs. >> thats quite a revolution, gators to tariffs. >> they raged that it was illegal and he was mad at them that it couldnt be done. >> its just wednesday. lashing out again over the impeachment inquiry. the state department i.g. with an urgent briefing. ooirks our 18-year-old

In august adding "there was no contact between legal team in congress until nearly a month after whistle-blower complaint to the intelligence committee inspector general, brett. >> bret: catherine, thank you president trump unleashed furious attacks on house intelligence committee today and had tough words for others as well. it was heated at times. chief white house correspondent john roberts has that part of the story as well. john. >> good evening to you president trumps frustration with ongo...

Against the whistle-blower or whoever gave him or her the information freely using the word spy entries end. >> do you consider anybody that opposes you a treasonous? believe it or not i will watch my words carefully. there are those that think i am a stable genius. president trump rebuild legal action against unnamed individuals in connection with the 2016 russia investigation. and he also turned up the rhetoric against media outlets he doesnt like. the president once complained about fake news...

C ramifications for his defense whether they can mount an effective one. i dont want to miss the force of treason we have watched. we have seen him angry before and lashing out and disconnected from reality but it is getting worse. this is just the beginning of the impeachment process. the house will have to conduct this investigation. look, theyre just at the beginning of it and this is the state we are seeing the president. i think we have to all have real concerns about his ability to lead ou...