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Well carve out the territory, you know, rather than, you know, rather than just saying yes or no. >> i think thats probably where the court comes out that they say that absolute immunity is a made up thing. that a witness has to show up and that when the witness shows up, he or she can assert privilege on certain questions and certain responses. privilege is normally construed narrowly because the idea is you want the fact finder. whether its the congress or the court or a jury to get as much in...

Theyre saying this is a colonel that has served admiringly. this is an active duty officer, someone who received the purple heart in 2008, someone who has never been shy about serving his country and even making significant sacrifices for his country. he in fact made another sacrifice yesterday when he had to buck orders from the white house and went forward to testify pursuant to a subpoena. the fact alone that he had to disregard orders from his superiors to comply with a lawful subpoena from ...

Joining me, "washington post" congressional reporter and ned price. ned, there are opponents who push back against this. mitt romney called it misplaced and unfortunate. liz cheney said we need to show that we are better than that as a nation. but how much of a bind do republicans feel theyre in here? they have a president who complains they need to defend him more, running up against witnesses who, frankly, their biographies and reputations speak for themselves. >> well, i think you put it righ...

He didnt go so far as to say he would impeach the president, but literally 48 hours after he made those comments, he announced he was retiring. i had a conversation with him and he said hes gotten quite a bit of backlash back home from his pro-trump constituents, and there is a real sense that youre going to pay a real political price if you cross the president. even if the president himself doesnt tweet about you, his supporters back home will know about it and youre going to put your reelectio...

Yeah. yeah. >> exactly. >> sorry. >> but mckenzie said two very interesting things that other militant groups didnt know that baghdadi was there and that hed been there an extended period of time. now, wed been hearing that there was concern that he was maybe about to move and that was one thing that sort of gave them the incentive to have to go. but they knew the layout of this particular compound. its clear general mckenzie said they knew that there were children there as well. so they had a g...

Control or u.s. forces presence. so he was hiding there. i think as general mckenzie said, united states military has tremendous reach and tremendous capabilities and combined with intelligence that were able to locate where he was, they were able to, you know, put the people on that target and be able to eliminate the leader of isis. and it is going to be disruptive and especially then the number two as well. yes, they have other leaders and other commanders and whatever on the ground there. bu...

Comes to republicans sticking by the president. if republican voters still stand by this president, then senators know if they dont want to face a primary challenger in 2020, they, too, need to stand by the president. thats one of the big main comforts theyre drawing on right now. >> we know the president feels comfortable with the tactics because he knows republicans like it. far from being submissive of it, they have, as you say, stuck with him. but this morning, ned, senator chuck schumer cal...

Outlined in the press were not a big deal, if in fact that was the case. >> joining me, msnbc correspondent garrett hague, and shannon pettipiece and ned price. so good to see all of you. garrett, lets start with the state officials on the hill right now. what can you tell me about the testimony theyll provide today and how it fits into this big picture of impeachment? >> reporter: sure, were expecting the handover to happen between the officials and cr cramming two depositions in one day. kurt ...

At least what my hunch is, is that this cover-up started before colonel vindmans edits. whether the cover-up just started so quickly that the transcript was put on ice and it wasnt in touch from there. >> edward mcmullen, your reaction tonight about what "the new york times" is reporting about the transcript not being accurate, what weve heard from congressman maloney that within that hearing room today republicans didnt have anything of substance that they were challenging the colonel with. >> ...

They just want to fight corruption. what they want to do is take the focus away from their interest in vice president joe biden as much as possible. and you sort of see that playing out with the way they handled this rough transcript as well, where whats left out and ned makes a very good point, some edits from vindman werent left out and some were. so why were the ones that were left out, why were they left out? one idea i would mention on the burisma point and on the reference to joe biden is ...