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Donald trump was doing something that was appropriate and was legal. so, although donald trump likes to say, hey, this was a perfect call that i had with president zelensky, that theres no issue here, well, not everyone in his own administration was necessarily feeling that way in the heat of the moment and in the midst of what was ultimately a weeks-long discussion about this very topic. >> sonam, do you think this makes a case for the senate to call fact witnesses from inside the white house, ...

And he even felt threatened to come back tomorrow. phillip? >> i guess thats the type of spin that we expected from the president. all right, hans nichols traveling with the president this morning. hans, thank you so much. joining me now, dave levinthal, editor at large at the center for public integrity, and sonam scheff with business insider. dave, you fought for and asked for the release of the emails. it talks about the aid and the president asking for the aid in june and michael duffey re...

Official said even after that that they wanted to withhold the aid is further indication of the fact that it wasnt enough for trump to just get that private commitment from zelensky but that, as bill taylor testified, he wanted zelensky to be in a, quote, public box. he wanted a public commitment, which, of course, is part of the reason why this aid was withheld until september 11th, when the public find out about it. >> sonam, i wanted to get more into that email that we were discussing here. m...

Business insider, political correspondent as well. i want to start with this, you two. according to a 538 ipsos poll of democratic voters before and after thursdays debate, minnesota senator amy klobuchar saw the biggest boost while south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg took a hit to his reputation as a star debater. how significant was thursdays debate for klobuchars campaign? >> i mean, in my opinion it was very significant, especially because this was the latest in actually a string of the ...

And their primary goal here is to have it end as soon as possible, to kind of boost the presidents re-election campaign so that this cloud isnt hanging over him. >> all right, sonam, hang tight. we will see you later this hour. dave thevlevinthal, thank you s much. >> thank you. how bad could it get if witnesses are called at the senate impeachment trial? new insight from the presidents former communications director, next. residents former communications director, next