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For smear political rival and do a favor i think ultimately to russia, which is to weaken ukraine. so the national security threat is in the white house. and that is a story i think that will come out of this testimony from people who are essentially defining themselves as nonpartisan actors, they care about public policy, they care about civil service, they spent years in this before trump came into the white house, before ballistic missile was in t obama was in the white house. and it got up e...

Realized it was a quote, huge error, and they have called parents to apologize. todd: rapper kanye west has some, quote, big political plans. >> when i run for president in 2024 we want to definitely -- whats yall laughing at? [laughter] when i run for president in 2024, we would have created so many jobs. todd: kanye west making that announcement at a festival in new york city. the singer has hinted at a presidential run many times in the past. remember, he visited the white house wearing a mag...

Were self-serving and not credible. marie yovanovitch said she was ousted bay smear campaign led by giuliani in part because she believes she was getting in the way of the investigations giuliani wanted. george kent accused giuliani of running a campaign of slander against her. mckinley said one of the reasons he hit the state department was because of the way yovanovitch was treated. that just happened this week in the testimony that was released. joining me from capitol hill is nbc news corres...

Quid pro quo. >> what republicans will say now is they will continue to be nimble the easy way to play it, the nice way to put it, they are going to continue to adjust their message. the message seems to be moving towards this was problematic for president trump, but it wasnt impeachable. all my conversations with republicans, none of them are saying these people arent credible. no one is saying they are making this up hor the transcripts are fake as the president said, this was a remarkable cha...

Assuming the facts bear this out, the attempt was self-serving and reckless and a long way from the perfect behavior mr. trump claims. but democrats will need more than the facts on the public records so far to justify short circuiting a president i. presidency. while you have said he has committed impeachable offenses, what about their view that there needs to be more and a lot more to try to move forward? >> well, again, thats whatll take place. because if, in fact, articles of impeachment are...

Colleagues today. >> and one of the big things theyre seizing on, of course, morrison said that the transcript was a fair representation of the call and that he wasnt concerned about the contents of the call in terms of it being legally problematic. does that help the republicans case and the white house case? >> well, that is the white house case. he released a transcript where he asked for a favor. he had mick mulvaney go out and say there was a quid pro quo. they withheld that national securi...

Congressman welch, someones not telling the truth there. >> well, thats right, and i think sondland has a lot of explaining today. but, you know, whats worth really pointing out is theres two categories of witnesses here. theres the political class and i put sondland in that category and its pretty sordid. its about being self-serving, its about doing whatever the presidents bidding is, its about making it up as you go along and about concealing what youre doing. and then there are the civil ser...

Staff ever expressed any concerns to me about our efforts our most importantly any concerns that we were acting improperly. congressman welch, someones not telling the truth there. >> thats right. and i think sondland has a lot of explaining to do. whats worth pointing out theres two categories of witnesses here. theres the political class and i put sondland in that category and its pretty sordid. its about being self-serving, and about concealing what kwyoue doing. and then there are the civil ...

>> to know that donald trump does not listen to anybody. the fact that trump never takes advice from anyone. the only people that had some sway over him are ivanka, jared and stephen miller. thats a given. thats a reason why hes a terrible president is because he does not take advice. he has all the answers and does not take counsel. i think it is self serving for john kelly to say, you know, his departu departure ushers an apocalypse for trump. it is not like john kelly restrain him from doing ...

Federal races hoping to gain influence and eventually enrich themselves. parnas attorney says they will be vindicated. >> this is the beginning of the legal process, the initial appearance in this jurisdiction. we look forward to defending mr. parnas in the courts. based upon the evidence or not a smear campaign driven by self-serving and misleading leaks apparently from the highest levels of our governme government. >> the judge said the man cant contact other until the next court date on decem...