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We had the eu ambassador gordon sondland before the impeachment probe today basically saying that trump and his lawyer were put in charge of u.s./ukraine policy and that americas diplomats were to take their orders from giuliani in their discussions with ukraine. so there is an aspect to this story now where you are seeing people turn on one another in a very direct way. >> anita kumar, susan glasser has just posted a piece in "the new yorker" tonight that is a reminder. aside from what happened...

>> i do. >> you do? >> i do, because i believe in their constituents, the people of this country, who are going to put america before any loyalty to party, their personal careers, the next election. theyre going to do right for their kids and for their fellow americans at this defining moment of truth. we saw this before in 1974. no one thought at the outset of that investigation of richard nixon that it would lead to impeachment. but when the writing became clear, republican senators sat down w...

Ukraine as responsible for everything from hacking and social media propaganda to supporting hillary clinton. the problem is that bright, shiny object, brian, is really just a mirror. and the mirror reflects vladimir putins narrative that he wants them to spin, the narrative being that russia did nothing wrong. this is all about ukraine. the indictment of two dozen russians, including 12 russian intelligence officers for hacking, social media propaganda, from the special counsel, thats all wrong...

Language to describe the presidents southern exposure. how can that affect morale and work product inside the government agencies that must function here in order for us to function overseas? >> well, what happens is everybody has seen at the top at cabinet level positions what happens to those who speak out, have their own opinions, and try to give honest advice to the president. they dont last long. so you now have a secretary of state that has seen that over and over again and hes not going t...

Government agencies that must function here in order for us to function overseas? >> well, what happens is everybody has seen at the top at cabinet level positions what happens to those who speak out, have their own opinions, and try to give honest advice to the president. they dont last long. you now have a secretary of state who has seen that over and over again and he is not going to let that happen to them. that trickles down through the state department when people feel they cant bring the ...

President. they dont last long. you now have a secretary of state who has seen that over and over again and he is not going to let that happen to them. that trickles down through the state department when people feel they cant bring the truth to the secretary and they will get perhaps punished for bringing truth and intelligence and true diplomatic solutions to the secretary. if it keeps falling on deaf ears eventually those career experts find something else to do with their lives. that is a di...

The spokes people they have to march out and say theyre on team trump. >> so john whats the chance this is a twitter boredom, shiny object, sop to the base here we are after talking about the possibility of tariffs. over a border where we do a billion dollars a day, give or take. >> you certainly cant rule out the possibility that president trump would reverse a policy on twitter he put on twitter at any time. you know, i mean, and brian to your point -- and i appreciate you giving kids up at 11...

But in the moment heres the headline, heres whats driving our coverage throughout the day, this bright, shiny object the president just pulled out of thin air and is now placed in the middle of the conversation. >> i want to ask you about a letter from adam schiff, open letter to republican colleagues. schiff writes, many of you acknowledged your deep misgivings about the president in quiet conversations in the last two years. you bemoaned his lack of decency, integrity, and deplored his fundame...

>> jesse: david lee ross, "fan mail friday" from rick denton, if you received a box with everything you ever locked in it, what would you look forward to first, jesse? >> jesse: my grandmother gave me this special brass fisherman mold and i put it in my locker and some injected middle school. so that first from a big, shiny object. >> greg: juan? >> juan: , you know things like baseball cards and jerseys when i was a high school kid. but i think taken up on what jesse said, my dad gave me like a...

And just to basically pass the moment is something that weve seen him do before. obviously, this is such a serious issue that it would have dire sort of consequences. and thats what people around him are afraid of. >> and his clapback on that will be you guys will clean it up. well get back to washington. if i said something or did something thats not good, clean it up. but in the moment heres the headline, heres whats driving our coverage throughout the day, this bright, shiny object the presid...