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Trump said, he was being briefed on this operation to go and get baghdadi. those two things, very hard to consider compatible, frankly. and at the same time, were hearing, now, from u.s. officials, theyre having to speed up operations because of the nature of this withdrawal. there are high-value targets within idlib, within syria, they cant let live because they cant keep eyes on them, if theyre going to have forces pulled back. u.s. officials and intelligence likes to keep eyes on various peop...

Personal attorney and was not an employee of the executive branch of government, and after the testimony of fiona hill we learned more about this shadow operation. >> i have to ask you, my day job is covering the white house for nbc news, goy there every day and i was there when nancy pelosi the house speaker came out to the microphone and spoke with me and my colleagues, chuck schumer and steny hoyer and others about the meltdown meeting that went down yesterday. you have the president on the o...

>> whats cory bookers strategy there? todd? >> strategy, finally understood hes probably not going to win the election, just the statistics are against him. the strategy was to not make anyone mad but particularly not make any people mad who have a favorite already, biden or anyone else. i liked, i teach class and debaters to have a conversational quality. you want it organized, a debate, want to be on point but want it to seem like a conversational. i felt senator booker had that conversational...

Government that was being run by rudy giuliani and the president. not placing the interests of our national security or our diplomats and foreign service officers who i think in the end are going to be seen as pursuing one approach, which is, in fact, what our consistent approach has been with foreign countries. and then you have this rogue operation with rudy giuliani and the president. im deeply concerned that what we have here is a major crisis in the state department, in our foreign service,...

Described is that it essentially bolsters marie yovanovitchs story, how they were taking on corruption in the ukraine and the degree to which red flags were raised about rudy giuliani and companys, you know, shadow operation within that country and back at the white house. he is a supportive witness but not a star witness for the democrats. >> and theres a caucus meeting tonight among house democrats at 6:00. apparently they want to discuss the idea of holding a vote on the inquiry. >> reporter:...

Congress today is part of a shadow operation. "the washington post" is reporting partners made it into elite trump circles and are now at the center of the impeachment storm. so how did they do it? im joined by a political investigative reporter for "the washington post" who was one of the reporters who worked on that story. roz lien, thanks for joining us on this. a lot of stuff to get through. when did you start looking into lev parnas and igor? >> i should say we built on really good work don...

Running a shadow operation to get dirt on a political opponent is where we need to get to. >> i want to get more on the hearings in a second but i want to ask you if you think theres enough evidence already to bring forward articles of impeachment? >> i do. and i think it is very, very clear. again, the facts are not in deba debate. the president of the united states on at least two occasions has requested foreign governments to interfere in our elections. that is not even open for debate. secon...

Up. we had blizzard warnings in effect in areas across fargo overnight. still very windy there. now the southern side of that down across nebraska, new winter storm warnings in effect because we have a new storm thats going to come. bring snow starting tonight into tomorrow. across parts of the central plains and a sunday snow storm looks like right here across parts of the ohio valley. [boos] rick: sorry, guys. abby: great to see you though. pete: shadow operation made up of former obama staffe...

It? >> any suggestion that he might be planning a run in 2020, his entire focus is on advancing the presidents agenda and taking the steps necessary to make sure were delivering on the promise to the american people. >> hypothetically if the president were to decide not to run in 2020, are you saying vice president would not step up and try to take that role? >> i dont talk about hypotheticals. >> you do talk about hypotheticals all the time. >> the president is seeking reelection in 2020, thats...

>> okay. >> hypothetically, if the president were, for whatever reason, to not run in 2020, are you saying mike pence would not step up and take that role? >> i do not talk about hypotheticals. >> you do talk about hypotheticals. we talk about hypotheticals all the time. are you ruling out that possibility? >> what im talking about is that we are all operating under the assumption every day that the president is seeking re-election in 2020. thats our -- that is our goal. thats our focus. he is n...