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welcome to politicsnation. tonights lead, uncharted territory. right now, the week ahead promises to be an unprecedented one for our nation, which of course follows last weeks unprecedented fbi search of donald trumps mar-a-lago estate. and the revelations that have followed since nearly a dozen sets of classified materials were retrieved from the former presidents home, as part of a federal espionage investigation. this weekend, we learned that a trump lawyer sent a letter to the just...

explained how trump and his aids spread lies the election was stolen even though they knew they were false and delivered a message to those who still support trump. >> in our country we dont swear an oath to an individual or political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues, you are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone. your dishonor will remai...

What you saw last night? >> i was extraordinary. i think perhaps even more carefully and powerfully delivered than i think some of us expected including me. we were a little bit skeptical about the ability to really demonstrate and show something new. what we really saw in the first hearing was the very thorough attempt and the clear intention to demonstrate through a variety of uses of hearings, of video footage, that what happened on january 6 wasnt a sort of singular event, it was very carefu...

>> it really was a wake-up call for the intelligence community and the silos that existed that they werent talking together like they should. >> reporter: it also reveals a significant lack of training for capitol police to deal with a threat like january 6th. as it became clear rioters would breach the capitol complex it took too long for other law enforcement agencies to gear up and respond. >> this was a moment for us, a singular event, and i say its similar to what we saw on 9/11 where we ha...

Credibility of what we were all seeing on the internet? this was a moment for us, a singular event. i say its similar to what we saw 9/11 where we had this attack on our soil, foreign terrorists that attacked our soil. it really was a wake-up call for the intelligence community and silos that existed that they werent talking together like they should. and we realized that foreign terrorism just doesnt occur in foreign countries. it can happen in our homeland. and thats what happened on january 6...

Had with the president of ukraine which is, of course, the singular event that got this impeachment inquiry started. >> garrett, lets go back to fiona hill for a second. what new revelations came from the presidents former top aide on europe and russia yesterday? >> reporter: the most interesting thing weve learned so far is the degree to which she also raised red flags about what was going on in ukraine and how it was being handled within the white house. we know she also took her concerns to j...

Very easily or simply. i dont know if by changing the building you make the problem or the fascination go away. and so i would rather see the building be made into something very positive as opposed to tearing it down, because like people in my situation, a singular event should not define us or define a building. and there are a lot of really good memories and history from that school. i have memories and history from that school. so tearing it down, in my humble opinion, kind of distills the m...

Multiple officers over the course of a day or a week working in shifts to protect him. then you have the cost of food, of rental properties where you might have to move him around. this could be a very expensive due set and right now the police arent being paid and were not sure who is being paid for it. >> and they want to protect his wife as well. now to the investigation of michael browns stepfather. george howell is joining us live from ferguson, missouri. tell us whats going on as far as th...

The singular event that has shaped the debate were having now, which is the same debate that we have periodically, were the killings of these children in newtown. so these things add, sometimes they subtract. you do hear some states complaining that millions of dollars put into advertising by the mayor of new york is not going to help in the midwest or the interior west. but gradually there are things that states are doing. but this is a -- this defies a political solution as i think senator har...

Were talking about, and how are we going to deal with our debt? so far its been fine. so far weve been able to push it into the future, and we always think were going to get hfd it, but at some point we may not. >> like james was saying before, these things are often governed by a singular event. something could happen that damages the economy big-time. >> and its usually something were not thinking about. >> its a great book, great movie, and great story. its a story that people ought to go and...