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Come at any time in the last couple years and maybe that's why the public and even the government doesn't seem uniquely concerned. but they're having a hard time kind of threading the needle with their rhetoric because we heard from the government yesterday in public comments to the entire nation, and they were talking about those embassies, the u.s. and british embassy, that decided to voluntarily withdraw nonessential staff and send all family of embassy officials home. for them, there were public comments on twit they're sounded salty about that. ukrainian government officials said this is ...

Just before the meeting started rnc chair reince priebus tried to head off the revolt, appointing a new official to oversee debate negotiations between the campaigns and the networks, but it was apparently too little too late. the campaigns decided to cut the rnc out of format negotiations altogether, relegating the organization to a logistical planning role and usurping one of the only major powers remaining to the republican party's central institution. according to chairman priebus, however, he's still in control. >> the truth is we're involved, we're in control, we're setting the calendar....

A partner with the campaignss i all of this. the rnc will have a role but the campaigns will be doing the format negotiations. >> so that there ben ginsburg, the leading negotiator over the format of future debates and representatives of the republican campaigns met on sunday. rnc was not invited to the meeting and announced a change in committee leadership on debates in order to quell a potential candidate revolt. many campaigns are upset with debate issues of format, questions and more. much of this coming after the party decided to suspend nbc news and its sister company's debate. this netw...

The decision by campaigns to take over the process from the rnc marked a course correction. >> the rnc's still going to be a partner with the campaigns in all of this, all the campaigns wanted that and rnc will have a role. but the campaigns will be doing the format negotiations. >> nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing joins me now. chris, a lot are saying after that meeting. what is next, when are they expected to finalize these letters and when it goes to the campaigns, it's what? four days for them to review it before they send it back? >> that's right. yes, they've got draf...

All of this. all the campaigns wanted that. the rnc will have a role. but the campaigns will be doing format negotiations. >> yesterday the rnc replaced its point pepper on the negotiation process. on friday, after last week's wildly criticized cnbc debate, they suspended the next debate hosted by nbc news and telemundo. while debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates's visions and policies for the future of america, cnbc moderators engaged in a series of gotcha questions and they were designed to embarrass our candidates. nbc news responded to the letter saying, thi...