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Republicans plan to undercut his testimony by saying that he was out of the loop, unsure of exactly what the president wanted after taylor testified that the president wanted ukraine aid held up. lets go to capitol hill with our senior correspondent manu raju. take us through what is expected when it comes to the process and the key players tomorrow? >> reporter: this is going to be unlike most congressional hearings in which members all have five minutes to speak. thats not exactly how tomorrow...

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Of staff mulvaney. do you understand how he came to believe that this deliverable was necessary, and vindman responded i heard him say this was coordinated with white house chief of staff, mr. mick mulvaney. question, what desay? he said he had a conversation with mr. mulvaney. this is what was required to get a meeting. how significant is it to you that he testified the presidents acting chief of staff directed this quid pro quo essentially? >> certainly gets it closer to the president, whether...

Against domestic political rivalries. the president is alone in that. he said in the twitter feed this week, dont just fight on the process, fight on the substance and the substance is good and thats why he said he might read the transcript out loud in some sort of a fireside chat. but you know, i think the problem is, it is not just the call itself. no t-is not just the words there in black and white. it is the context in which they happened. and the context weve seen testified to by the people...

Statement mick has done a good job implementing the presidents policies as omb and as acting chief of staff when the president doesnt have confidence in someone youll know it and while theres no indication that mulvaney will be fired i did speak with one official close to mulvaney who said, look, i dont know if we would know if that is the case. >> and that is a fair point if past is any precedent. thank you so much, jeremy and everyone is now back with me. so nia, the chief of staff is -- is an...

Dont hire a yes man, someone thats going to tell you -- wont tell you the truth. dont do that because if you do, i believe youll be impeached. >> greg, and here we are. hes got a yes man and he does not seem to offer him the basic respect that he should. >> yeah. this is problematic and look, in washington, sometimes its better to not be in the loop, but not when youre the chief of staff with respect to an operation like this, and you know, technically, the white house chief of staff is, of cour...

Conversation, an exact transcript. >> reporter: democrats are firing back at some of the presidents defenders. >> i find that astounding and, you know, some people might call that espionage. >> reporter: who question vindmans patriotism. presidential contender pete buttigieg, a veteran himself, says that crosses a line. >> ours is the patriotism that would never question the integrity of someone who blows the whistle on official misconduct, least of all a war hero. acting out his loyalty to the ...

About how mick mulvaney seemed to be out of the loop. also, savannah guthrie is joining us with an incredible emotional interview with kayla muellers parents, including why theyre holding out hope shes still alive. >> i was able to tell him our 1% chance that kayla is still alive and why we feel that 1% chance is there. chance is there do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand.

Odd it is for the chief of staff -- hes not one of us -- to be out of the loop. >> sure. so, what we know is that mick mulvaney was not briefed on the operation until after it was under way on saturday night. as youll recall, when the president tweeted that something big had happened, he traveled with the president to south carolina on friday, the day before, and decided to stay there to spend time with family, so thats where he was at the time that the raid was under way. whats really significa...

Turns out someone else was out of the loop too. >> wheres mick? >> the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. zb zb. >> is mick in there somewhere? >> in the wilderness. >> that new report is ahead on "morning joe." >> is he on the "dancing with the stars" episode this week? >> not yet. ah!