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He was elected on two promises, to push back on vladimir putin. now with him withholding the weapons with engagement from the state department and now the vice president, putin has new leverage. >> putin comes out of this very well. whatever happens with trump in this impeachment inquiry, putin is coming out great in part because trump cut the legs out from this new ukrainian president. russia did invade ukraine, they took crimea for themselves, theyre opening the eastern part of the country. it...

Up full stop. you dont need to talk about anything else. there it is. i think we get off on these tangents who talked to who when and this transcript. its there plain as day and that he doesnt see that it is there plain as day is still shocking to me. but it doesnt mean the facts are not just crystal clear. >> and i think, rick stengel, thats why you see public opinion swinging so quickly and so dramatically. cbs had a poll out last weekend before the president stood and attempted to sort of con...

France. cheese, wine, a whole range of other products made across the european union. the commission here, that is part of the executive branch for the eu, responsible for the continents trade policy, they have talked about this, as being counter-productive. they talked about the idea that they would much rather try and see a negotiated settlement, and they feel they have some leverage to do that, because in a few months time, we will get a very similar ruling also from the wto, which will allow...

Enforce, look away from, avoid comment on, let alone rise to condemn as incompatible of the duties of his office. >> in that telephone call, the president undermined our national security. because of his -- what he had done a few days later. did i say that in the call? no, you look at the sequencing, the few days before the president withdrew that. why? why could that just come from the president? there was no as far as we know, we will find out if there is any national security council justific...

Using that as leverage, we supported that military distance in the interest of our national security. undermining our national security, undermining his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution because he was overthrowing an act of congress just on his own. undermining the integrity of our elections. thats what means something to people in their lives. they have to know that their vote counts and that it will be counted as cast and this president of the united states is stooping the...

To do that. i think what youre seeing here is that the president is taking leverage in the foreign policy space and using it to his own political ends. and if the president is permitted to do this, if hes permitted to put the lives of the ukrainians on the line, permitted to allow russia to go unchecked in its efforts to come into ukraine and all in the service of his political ambitions, then weve lost the sense of who we are as a nation and we really are about one man and thats the whole found...

Message possibly to our allies that will tell them they might want to think twice about cooperating with u.s. intelligence. let that sink in. the president of the united states is asking his ag to in a sense chill cooperation with our allies. and that is dangerous and its frightening. >> matt miller, as we await the presidents tape within the next minute or so, lets talk about the subpoenas. can they stretch it out and stonewall, at the white house and the state department, for an extended perio...

This goes to the heart of what national security saul about for two-plus years we have been watching president trump act in a number of ways that are hurtful to american national security, his conflicts of interests with his private companies and business and potentially creating problems, but what we saw in that transcript that the white house released there was all of it stated in black and white that the president was putting on the line an essential u.s. national security interest in order t...

Members would not be willing to endorse, look away from, avoid comment on, let alone rise to condemn as incompatible with the duties of his office. >> make no mistake, in that telephone call the president undermined our national security because of his -- what he had done a few days earlier. the president said, well, i didnt say that in the call. the sequencing of it. few days before the president withdrew that. why? why would that just come from the president? there was no -- well find out if t...

Point under president obama, as the economy recovered from the financial crisis. goldman sachs predicts volatile october, since 1928, goldman says. thats not just a coincidence. we believe its a critical period for companies that manage performance from calendar year-end. the u.s. is looking for additional leverage, ahead of the next meeting of chinese leaders in the american negotiators october 10th. chinese state media warns that investment curbs would have added repuercussions. the president ...