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Volker, european ambassador gordon sold, energy secretary perry who we just heard from, and trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani. number six, taylor said sondland told him it was just business as usual. he says the two spoke by phone on september 8th and sondland tried to explain to me, this is a quote, that president trump is a businessman. when a businessman is about to sign a check to someone who ohs him something, he says the businessman asks that person to pay before signing the check. so t...

Ukraines leaders to investigate trumps political rivals. all of the evidence points to yes. even the evidence that the white house put out points to yes. he says the question now is how does president trump explain it? and how do republicans respond to it? well, weve seen how republicans have responded to it. they have been making this process argument for days, if not weeks. complaining that because this fact-finding mission that democrats are embarking on, because that is not happening in the ...

Of a lynching when he is in the process of a trial, witnesses in his administration are testifying against him, its patently absurd. look, you have been more outspoken than anyone about how ridiculous he is, and frankly, how stupid he is. so it just doesnt work. he is being given a fair and due process and he needs to go ahead and participate in it. and if theres any vindication, put it on the table. we doubt theres any vindication whatsoever. >> john heilemann, when i was hearing donald trump l...

And its -- i mean, if youre a his administration are patriotic american, lawrence, testifying against him, its patently absurd. its got to be a sad day. look, you have been more i mean, i personally take no joy outspoken than anyone about how in this, but it was an ridiculous he is, and frankly, overwhelming day, and why? because somebody like bill taylor, an infantry officer in how stupid he is. vietnam, 101st airborne, who went on to serve the country from his days at west point for so it just...

House put the stop on it. so there is no reason to suspect that the whistle-blower is not credible. as you mentioned, all of this different information released by the white house itself has demonstrated the whistle-blowers credibility and congress i would say has been really effective in the closed behind-door testimony of the current and former government officials by creating a record that is not in front of the cameras, not a spectacle but a serious gathering of evidence to back up the claim...

You could just hammer away at reagan. you could hammer away at bush. they called bush a warmonger. bush said, you cant do that. the traffic is coming back harsh, because, and thats why i think its so intense, because trump is a going to take it. >> dana: and also he has technology that others didnt have. >> juan: lets go to the point that dana was making. she said that the process argument is the presidents best argument. the democrats say that the constitution says an equal branch of government...

Way, they dont answer the substance. they make a process argument. >> im not sure the republicans will be decisive on this front. the democrats in the house have enough of a majority if they decide to move forward in the way we all think theyre going to, this goes to the senate. fiona hills testimony is important because it took ten hours yesterday. do you know how much information can get unpacked in ten hours? the drug issue is interesting. the rest goes to the timeline. it goes to the heart t...

Idea is that theyre going to do this kind of on their own, then thats how shes going to do it. and its going to allow the republicans to make this process argument but its not an argument on the merits. i think thats maybe the calculation the democrats are making, particularly if more shoes drop. eric: next week, gordon sunland, he is expected to testify, basically in violation of the state departments request and of course a lot of attention goes on that text t. let me read it to you, in which ...

History. nixon called it a kangaroo court and a witch hunt. the echoes are clear. this was a desperate letter coming from the white house counsel. i think thats why we need to acknowledge it for what it is. they are fighting their own sort of ahistorical, aconstitutional argument here. in the meantime, its going to go on here. but they dont like the facts emerging. thats going to get worse. >> the letter almost seemed to be taken directly from president trumps mouth. some of it was sort of writt...

Substance of what happened on the call of ukraine with some of the other issues the president has. democrats wanted to get donald trump out of office since he was elected and this is their latest chance to do it following the mueller report and following those investigations. i think this is something that you are going to see them hammer home in the next week or two. the question to me is how do house democrats respond and do they engage in the process argument that the house should pull a vote...