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And women. he did a lot better with those voters in 2016 than people remember, and that's where he's already vulnerable. then what you want to watch. >> i wish we had more time. the president took up a lot of it today. we appreciate you very much. that's going to wrap up this hour of "msnbc live." "andrea mitchell reports" starts now. hey, andrea. >> hi, chris. and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," quid-pro-oh. new text messages reveal how the u.s. government was pressuring ukraine, while taylor writes "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a campaign." >> ...

Phone call. >> reporter: the question, sir, is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son hunter. >> are you talking to me? >> reporter: yes, it was just a followup of what i just asked you, sir. >> listen. listen. are you ready? we have the president of finland, ask him a question. >> reporter: i have one for him, i wanted to follow up -- >> did you hear me? ask him a question. >> reporter: i will. >> i've given you a long answer. ask this gentleman a question. don't be rude. >> reporter: no, sir, i don't want to be rude, i just wanted you to have a chan...

And wire fraud. the acts that would be -- oh, and one other thing, the coverup from the misclassification of the zelensky transcript. >> and obstruction of justice. >> and obstruction of justice. but the basic idea, politically and criminally, because, you know, we know the justice department will not green light any prosecution, the president took something that belongs to everybody, not justi the money but the national security interests that were entailed in the $400 million to zelensky, and he wanted to exchange it for something of value, as ellen weintraub just says, for his campaign. bot...

Off the fact that he can provide cover for president trump. we'll have to watch whether more republicans come out and sound like mitt romney. >> the text messages might be persuasive to a lot of people, if they take a breath and read through them. this all developing late last night coming off the hill. kristen welker, as we've gone through some of them, you've got kurt volker who was testifying, who brought these texts. he apparently said, heard from white house, assuming president convinces trump he will -- the president being zelensky, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will hav...

Details in the complaint. one of the reasons we know about this whistle-blower's existence is atkinson flagged it, went to the doj to figure out if the conversation merited executive privilege. that delayed the timeline by which atkinson felt he was bound by law to convey that whistle-blower complaint to congress in seven days. because he wasn't able to rectify that situation quickly enough, he felt bound by law to flag to congress that there was an issue he couldn't resolve. people i've talked to who know him say he does believe, as he's stated on the record already, that the whistle-blower c...