the video isn t going anywhere. i d say what s striking is beto swung for the fences on the cultural issues. but when you look at the other candidates in that party who are leading, they are the ones who focus on economic issues. elizabeth warren made some headlines today. which i want to medicare for all. and then bernie sanders, of course, is saying his plan for medicare for all is better. they re the ones who have a large part of the party behind them right now. beto with the strong claims on guns and same-sex marriage wasn t able to get a traction with his own party. you are a wonderful segment producer here, matthew, because you ve transitioned us into the other story of the day, which is elizabeth warren, mark, released her pay for. and on one hand, good for her. she put it all out there. the problem is she s assuming a utopian society that can pass a plan like this. yes, her plan, she makes the numbers work. but you have to find the society that thinks this is a good ide
challenges going forward. anyway, garrett haake, what a long week. you re telling me. i m sure you didn t hate the fact that we re at least depositionless today. but garrett haake on capitol hill. we ll let this one slide. we ll let a day go by. thanks very much. joining me now, nbc news colleague. and former democratic congresswoman and washington post columnist donna edwards. mark, you and i have delved into this topic a million times. i think on one hand, democrats can make the quid pro quo case. but can they make the case so well that they can convince the public that he shouldn t be on the ballot? right? do they have to prove, like, not just beyond doubt but a much higher bar? they have to actually make the case. and, you know, chuck, look back at the mueller testimony. all that stuff was actually there in the 400-500 pages of the testimony for democrats to actually have a coordinated
house. joining me now is illinois democratic congressman, he is a member of the house intelligence committee, has been taking part in all the key depositions taking place behind closed doors. he joins me now. congressman quidley, good to see you, sir. thank you. so let me start with what we heard from speaker pelosi today. she said to a meeting of bloomberg editors and reporters that she assumes public hearings begin this month. can you add any more to that? or should when should we expect this? are we looking sometime before thanksgiving? i think so. i think it can and must be done. it it s difficult. i know there s a time crunch. let me add that the reason there s a time crunch is that my republican colleagues in the white house have obstructed the investigation in the previous russia investigation from day one telling witnesses not to testify and withholding documents. so there is a time crunch. not one that we created. make the case to a voter that
go to safeairbags.com to see if your vehicle is on the recall list. it could save your life. welcome back. even with all the depositions in the impeachment inquiry happening behind closed doors, the story about president trump s interactions with ukraine got even clearer this week. witnesses are providing impeachment investigators with what house democrats are calling overwhelming evidence of a quid pro quo. but democrats may be running out of witnesses who are willing to cooperate once they ve been subpoenaed. and now, they re fighting to obtain testimony from some potentially key figures, like normer national security advisor john bolton who was reportedly so alarmed by the pressure he saw put on ukraine that he asked an aide to alert white house lawyers. now, bolton has been invited to testify next thursday but his lawyer says he won t appear without being subpoenaed. bolton shares an attorney with charles cuppkupperman, who has
traveling in a handful of lanes. and beto was in that lane. and not everybody in that same lane is going to survive and i think, you know, what is great for me is that, one, beto has a political future and that s not over. and he ll be able to figure out what that is. but the other thing is that he had the presence of mind to realize right now sitting at 2% what his future might look like in this race. and so what i d urge is all those other 1%ers and zero percenters out there maybe follow his lead. matthew, i have a feeling there may be some folks in the conservative movement who don t want to see beto o rourke go away too quickly because there are two things he brought into the debate that freaked out democrats, let alone seemed to spark interest. one was the you re darn right we re going to take your guns. and the other was getting rid of the tax exemption for churches which wouldn t please some churches on the left-hand side. the good news for republicans is that s all on video