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Dean. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. what is your reaction to this strong rebuke of president trumps syria policy by the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell? >> it is about time. im pleased hes speaking up and pointing out the grave strategic disaster that abandoning our allies, the kurds, is. giving a green light to turkey to come in and slaughter. people lost their lives as a result of that capricious decision that president trump was apparently bullied into. children lost their l...

The president wants to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. how significant is this rebuke of the president by mitch mcconnell? >> this is one time when i agree with mitch mcconnell but as a majority leader he can and should do more than write open-open op-eds. we have a house passed bill that would rebuke the president and theres other bills that would impose sanctions on turkey. those are the kinds of measures that mitch mcconnell has within his power to bring to the floor of the senate. he has to...

Tailt taylor will be up here behind closed doors. he was one of few people that we know according to those text messages released from the committee that were handed over that really expressed some outward concern about the quid pro quo. here is one of those text messages where he calls it crazy and says are we now saying security assistance in white house meetings are conditioned on the investigation. democrats very eager to hear from bill taylor. wolf. >> thank you. lets get some more on all o...

>> backlash to the president propping up his person business. >> this is as about a direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create. >> plus senator tammy duckworth on the presidents head spinning concession to turkey. >> its really a great day for civilization. remembering the life and legacy of congressman elijah cummings. >> when were dancing with theayles the question will be asked in 2019 what do we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? >> when "all in" ...

It came out over and over. it was asked probably 20 different times and we know for a fact that in this expert witness testimony -- >> i think that was good because a lot of what the democrats had been raising, alleging an illegal quid pro quo was not, in fact, backed up by the transcript. >> they zee see in the call there was no quid pro quo. with rudy, rudy was speakieekin corruption. >> you have mick mulvaney saying absolutely there was, get over it. do you think that admission of a quid pro ...

G-7 summit at the trump resort in dural. >> this is as about a direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create. >> plus senator tammy duckworth on the presidents head spinning concession to turkey. >> its really a great day for civilization. remembering the life and legacy of congressman elijah cummings. >> when were dancing with theayles the question will be asked in 2019 what do we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? >> when "all in" starts right now. goo...

Now, beyond the symbolism and the imagery that were looking at, what was that all about? it was from all accounts, people im talking to, our colleagues are talking to, pretty intense. and that the president was pretty -- to use his word that he likes to use -- rude to her. it was a two-way street. it was very antagonistic. im told when the members of congress came back to the capitol on the senate floor because there were senators there, it was all the talk. even among republicans. how the presi...

Politician, who said all roads lead to putin, from pelosi to trump. what does this tell about the white house to congress and the situation in northern syria, a dire one at this moment? >> once upon a time, the president admired nancy pelosi and told advisers that he did. clearly, the relationship has very much broken down, especially over impeachment. the president has said privately he doesnt want to be impeached. hes clearly upset about this. impeachment didnt come up at this meeting. at leas...

Unfortunately its much more complicated than that and, boy, did he reveal a lot about himself yesterday. lets turn now to a member of the armed services and homeland security committees. congresswoman elizabeth slotkin. good to see you this morning. just your reaction to an absolutely stunning wild day out of the white house. the rebuke from your body, the house of representatives of the presidents policy as it pertains to turkey and syria, where do we go from here to somehow salvage whats happe...

This was all about the withdrawal from syria and the domino effect of turkey, iran, and the middle east. >> thats right, andrea, the president clearly feeling defensive after that rebuke by congress. house speaker nancy pelosi essentially raising that with him during the meeting and president trump firing back. according to a readout from a democratic aide, president trump ended that meeting by saying, well see you at the polls. the white house isnt disputing that account. it really under scores...