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Else, right? now, thats the crime. i want to talk about the cover-up. and we have some breaking news on that tonight. multiple outlets are reporting the lieutenant colonel, colonel vindman testified when he brought concerns about trumps phone call with the ukrainian president to the nscs top lawyer, lieutenant colonel vipdman was told by the lawyer dont tell anyone about it. real in the behavior. im joined by one of the people reporting this out, carroll lenning whos also an mbs nbc contributor....

Meeting with consultant, retired senators and allies to plot the potential of a 2020 campaign against the democratic doug jones. we need to make a final decision by november 8. sessions would likely become a front-runner in the already-crowded republican race, with five contenders. among them, roy moore, who lost in a 2017 special election against doug jones, amid allegations of sexual misconduct with underaged women. while it may seem that the political climate here at home cant get any worse...

Kurds under the bus and saying the pkk are worse terrorists than isis. he got completely owned by erdogan, kim jong-un, mbs and as always, putin. putin says jump, trump says how high? >> charlie, you had a very strong reaction to reading this letter but your reaction was just as much about the white house staff, right? >> yeah, i mean, when i looked at that letter, i said oh my heavens, there is absolutely utterly no process involved here. i mean, if i were the chief of staff, i would have tackl...

In that letter, donald trump throws our allies under the bus, the general from the syrian general forces and does all this fire and furry and ends with ill call you later and just today in the press with the italian president, he repeats proturkish and pro-russian talking points throwing the kurds under the bus and saying the pkk are worse terrorists than isis. he got completely owned by erdogan, kim jong-un, mbs and as always, putin. putin says jump, trump says how high? >> charlie, you had a v...

Erdogan and putin and mbs in saudi arabia. he seems to like bad guys, a nn he might have business dealings and we know that he has a trump tower there, but he is responsibility for the retreating. and part of it might be russia who wants to be involved in syria as well. what is happening with the kurds is deplorable, and so sad. they have worked with us. 11,000 kurds died secretary mattis said, they did the heavy lifting and the hard work and working in the trenches for and with us. yes, they ha...

Contacting congress. based on account from two congressional sources. moo enwhile, the "the wall street journal" reports the original whistle-blower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry wants to testify in writing rather than appear in person. according to the lawyers, they fear an in person testimony could lead to their identity being publicly leaked and then endanger their safety. as they continue to iron out all of the details, house democrats are ramping up for another busy week...

Knowledgeable about what the bigger picture is. and i would just add this is really the dilemma that current executive branch officials are going to find themselves in. as the subpoenas start getting broader and broader, an issue to more and more people like the state department officials, theyre going to have to decide if theyre going to comply with the congressional demands for information in support of this impeachment committee or whether theyre going to go along with the white house to ston...

Even the threat that the president has posed, if anything does happen that he doesnt like, that hell destroy their economy, known believes that. >> right. >> so it really is a mixed-up time for all of us here in washington. what is the direction of our country right now? i will say, and give the gop credit here, they have been willing to stand up to defend who have been our great allies in this whole conflict. to defeat the caliphate of isis, these men and women sacrificed their lives. this is t...

Election, in a general election. the moment was sort of starting to come where you saw challenges from joe biden from pete buttigieg and more moderates in the race and preparing to challenge her over medicare for all and some of her more liberal positions. thats been overshadowed over the past several weeks over the questions of impeachment. i think the debate will stay plal out, but certainly more moderates and centrists in the democratic party are concerned that that type of warfare is in the ...

The complicity that we have all across the board. what i find striking about some of these texts is bill taylor trying to do the right thing. >> yes. >> and gordon sondland any time something comes up that sounds a little fishy says lets stop texting, call me. now, what does that mean? that means im not going to put on a text thats going to be released somewhere. >> its kind of late. please delete this evil confession. >> but the lying here, but the idea that donald trump cares about corruption....