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Job of putting that in context yesterday. >> ned, weigh in on the importance of aid to ukraine because there are people out there and here in the united states saying, why do we need to care? can you give us a foreign policy lesson of why its so important? >> yeah. you know its important for a couple of reasons. frankly, ukraine is a partner. ukraine is on the cusp of europe and russia. it is on the front lines of russian aggression, but in some ways thats the much less important rationale. we s...

As long as this process plays out, if the president can attack lieutenant colonel vindman with a purple heart, he can attack anyone. he will. >> and ned, this can be said of all the witnesses today. no matter what you think of their particular credibility points you might want to challenge, they all have stepped up where john bolton has refused. i mean, when you look at tim morrison, hes in exactly the same status. i mean precisely the same status as john bolton. he no longer works in the govern...

>> a long day for sure but also a powerful day, i think. theres been -- in terms of these are public hearings, theyre in the public persuasion and the human drama around lieutenant colonel vindman was i think maybe the most striking of the public witnesses in this period so far. and i think you cant help but be struck by the fact that the evidence continues to pileup in a clear and consistent way telling the same story over and over again as you see volker walking back parts of his prior testimo...

Retrospect, if you did not about fighting corruption and realize the purpose for mr. giuliani and president trump to mr. yermac provided me a draft want the burisma investigation was to -- for political benefits statement and i wanted to be in digging up dirt or getting assured that this statement some information on vice would actually correct the president biden, thats what you perception that mr. giuliani had learned subsequently, right? >> its correct that i learned of ukraine and what they ...

Precedent it sets. theyre thinking about, what does this mean for me politically. so far he has hung on to the base of the republican party and with very few defections. that may change, but right now i think thats a correct assessment by the white house, that theyve got the senate tied up in a way that will protect the president from actually being removed from office. >> i think the two variables, ned, would, in my guess, drawing on my past sort of in republican politics, would be public opini...

Volker denied any link between the holdup of military aid and investigations that the president wanted. today hes changing his tune, acknowledging that while he was not aware of any specific condition placed on the military aid for ukraine, he says it is now clear to him that there was after all a link. with us, with me, msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat," ari melber. were also joined by msnbc legal analyst maya wily who worked in the southern district of new york, former sen...

He is not a nimble enough witness to come forward and try to remember which story hes going to stick with. hes going to make another mistake and hes going to find himself deepening the hole hes already in. i think the democrats have a pretty strong case that he made a false statement to the committee once. he would be very wise not to do that again. >> this isnt your typical hearing where you have 5 minute republican and democrat back and forth. now you have at these hearings both daniel goldman...

Say i had to capitulate, i was ready to go on cnn until the aid got restored, that would obviously be hurtful to him back home, would it not? >> he cannot afford to be seen to be deferring to any foreign leader. >> msnbc national security analyst and former national security council spokesperson ned price joins us right now to discuss just some of what we saw here as well as the rest of the week. ned, thanks for being with us. in the times that you had to present to the president, you know, thos...

>> if president zelensky were to say i had to capitulate and agree to these investigations, i was ready to go on cnn until the aid got restored. that would obviously be hurtful to him back home, would it not? >> he cannot afford to be seen to be deferring to any -- any foreign leader. >> msnbc national security analyst and former national security council spokesperson ned price joins us right now to discuss just some of what we saw here, as well as the rest of the week. ned, thanks for being wit...

Shes trying to keep a perfect balancing act in everything she told you, showing she was personally loyal to the president but at the same time creating distance, saying shes different and more sensitive. she knows if she runs in 2024 mike pence is very likely to be in that republican primary. she purposely avoided praising him or saying that he would be a good president because she knows that youll bring up that clip in three orr four years and ask her about it. >> we probably would. congressman...