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Swing at mayor pete buttigieg over a swanky fundraiser he held in a wine cave with crystals beneath a chandelier made of more than 1,000 swarovski crystals to be exact. >> we made the decision many years ago that rich people in smoke-filled rooms would not pick the next president of the united states. billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the united states. >> this is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot, yourself, pass. if i pledge -- if i pledge never to be in the company of a progressive, democratic donor, i couldn't be up here. >> i do not sell access...

>> alan, thank you very much. you are released, susan, we will see you again in a few minutes. new details this morning about president trump's plan to draw down the number of troops in afghanistan and an nbc news exclusive report that the administration is getting ready to announce about 4,000 u.s. troops are coming home. nbc's matt bradley joins us with the latest from london. matt, we're also getting reaction from the taliban. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, keir, we've heard from two taliban officials that this is news to them, too. u.s. negotiating team hasn't told their taliba...

Us where stories look stupid when other events look happen and was jessica made a scapegoat here? >> seems like it. >> we don't know all the details but i can say having covered the white house, the trips are kept incredible by secret for security reasons it does seem from outside perspective understanding that this was an honest mistake, i think the story, yes, was snarky, emblematic of stories written of the president, some does spend a lot of time of twitter, also honest mistake. howie: sometimes using twitter is part of the president's messaging, when there's the secret trips only those --...

This could happen to any one of us where stories look stupid when other events look happen and was jessica made a scapegoat here? >> seems like it. >> we don't know all the details but i can say having covered the white house, the trips are kept incredible by secret for security reasons it does seem from outside perspective understanding that this was an honest mistake, i think the story, yes, was snarky, emblematic of stories written of the president, some does spend a lot of time of twitter, also honest mistake. howie: sometimes using twitter is part of the president's messaging, when there'...

Sort of exchange of dirt on the president, dirt on the president's rivals, versus a meeting with the president and millions of dollars, how is that appropriate under any circumstance? >> i think the -- >> how is that justifiable, legal, appropriate, not a high crime and misdemeanor? >> the point would be that they probably wouldn't say what they were looking for was dirt on the president. as you know, for bribery, you need a corrupt intent. so what's in the president's head actually matters here. and so if it was happening was the president was trying to get a corruption in ukraine and that em...