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Have to decide thats what were about. and, you know, we have the wherewithal to do it. i lay out some very fundamental steps that we can take as individuals and as a nation, including things like mandatory national service that can bring us together. but this is a time of reckoning, and if our security is to be secured, if our democracy is to be preserved -- and i think it can and it must be -- then we have to recognize the urgency of the moment and come together. >> thank you. i love your cando...

Things worth fighting for." more on tonights breaking news coming up. will colonel vindmans damning testimony change the minds of house republicans? well talk about that. when you look at the world, what do you see? we see patterns. relationships. when you use location technology, you can see where things happen, before they happen. with esri location technology, you can see what others cant. ♪ super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we...

Were going to talk about all of that, talk about your book. im so happy to have you here. i really am. >> its great to be with you, don. its been too long. >> you can offer great perspective. absolutely. i want to get your reaction to the opening statement of colonel vindman tonight. im sure youve been hearing about it on the news. he says he heard trump ask ukraine to investigate the bidens. how damaging is this to the president? >> well, this is one in a series of corroborating testimony that,...

Comment but it came from a place of experience. >> yeah? thats all you want to say about that. on impeachment, theres set to be a house vote this week to establish some open hearings here because you know republicans have been complaining and saying, you know, its done behind closed doors. do you think republicans will seriously consider the witness testimony about the presidents actions? you think theyll stick with him or theyll continue to try to impugn all of the witness testimony even with t...

Seems never to want to miss an opportunity to kind of minimize things that president obama did. >> director clapper, thank you so much. >> thanks, don. weve got much more on tonights breaking news. congressman gerry connolly will be at a hearing with colonel vindman tomorrow. im going to speak with him next. ou look at the world, what do you see? we see patterns. relationships. when you use location technology, you can see where things happen, before they happen. with esri location technology,...

Plemting the administrations policy on ukraine. in the spring of 2019, i became aware of outside influencers promoting a false narrative of ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the interagency. this narrative was harmful to u.s. government policy. while my interagency colleagues and i were becoming increasingly optimistic on ukraines prospects, this alternative narrative undermined u.s. government efforts to expand cooperation with ukraine. so many officials were concerned about this...

He said, in the spring of 2019, i became aware of outside influencers promoting a false narrative of ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the interagency. this narrative was harmful to u.s. government -- u.s. government policy while my interagency colleagues were becoming increasingly optimistic on ukraines prospects, this alternative narrative undermined u.s. government efforts to expand cooperation with ukraine. the colonel, who received, as i said, a purple heart after being wound...

Investigate joe biden. he was so disturbed by what he heard and so concerned that it was damaging to u.s. interests that he reported it twice. so lets discuss now. the perfect guest, im so happy to have the former ambassador to the u.n. here, national security adviser to president barack obama susan rice. she is the author of "tough love: my story of the things worth fighting for." were going to talk about all of that, talk about your book. im so happy to have you here. i really am. >> its great...

Interagency colleagues were becoming increasingly optimistic on ukraines prospects, this alternative narrative undermined u.s. government efforts to expand cooperation with ukraine. the colonel, who received, as i said, a purple heart after being wounded in iraq also saying this. i am a patriot, and it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our country irrespective of party or politics. colonel vindman will be the first white house official to testify who was himself on the call, a de...

Narrative, it shows how deep the concerns went, right? >> oh, exactly, don. and the fact that this has been borne out by, in my view, very credible people, most notably for me ambassador taylor, now colonel vindman, and i think as well as what was reflected in the whistle-blower complaint. and i think they were reflecting probably -- almost certainly the views of many others who had ukraine as part of their portfolio. it was very disturbing to them and rightfully so. >> so vindman also writes ab...