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Out the criticism and to strongly defend his decision to withdraw u.s. troops. he said he stands behind it where he was before, and, in fact, the events that have unfolded in the last three days only reaffirmed to him his commitment to have u.s. servicemembers leave. how much do you think this is a political calculation? he has never, since the mission in afghanistan changed from defeating al qaeda to nationbuilding and more counterinsurgency, et cetera. he has not supported that for years. ending this war, as jeff points out, has been one of his priorities for a long time. but how much of tha...

President on russia and europe. you can see her walking into the capitol a few minutes ago. we have new reporting on what she's expected to do to shine a light on what she'll describe as a shadow policy by rudy giuliani and others saying she sidestepped official channels to dig up dirt on the bidens. and our sources are saying her appearance is giving some in trump world a headache. we're also hearing from our sources about another diplomat in the spotlight, eu ambassador gordon sondland with some telling us he'll tell congress he relied on the president's assurances there was no quid pro quo....

In private is because he doesn't want the witnesses to coordinate their testimony. he doesn't want to tip off the white house as to what house democrats are learning as part of their impeachment inquiry, hallie. >> jeff, great work out there. keep us updated on what you're learning from inside the room. kristen welker, i want to go to you because our team is learning more about what's happening sort of in and around the west wing with some concerns about fiona hill's appearance today. >> reporter: that's right, aides and allies are concerned about what she is going to say. as jeff pointed out,...

Watching for. this testimony is also sending jitters throughout trump world for another reason, because this is really testing the white house's strategy. remember, they sent out that long letter last week saying that they were effectively going to try to block testimony as jeff points out, she's appearing under subpoena. she's a former official. so she is not necessarily beholden to the rules that the white house wants to set out, the arguments of executive privilege. as you pointed out at the top, president trump has been lashing out online this morning already at adam schiff, tweeting earli...

Wife was send big wearing a jacket that said on the back, "i really don't care, do you." says the first lady was expressing her feelings about the news media as she traveled to and from the texas border today. the president directly contradicting a statement by mrs. trump's office that said there was no message. it was just a jacket. let's bring in our analysts. gloria, what do you think? what are you hearing about this? >> you know, our colleague jeff zeleny is reporting from white house that people inside white house were very proud of themselves for coming up with this explanation. this is ...