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Israel, benjamin netanyahu, on corruption charges. netanyahu has denied those charges, but that indictment is moving forward. that throws into question about the leadership of israel. in great britain, there is all kinds of chaos as brexit has thrown a wrench into all of their leadership. they are in the middle of a general election, as they are heading that way. later today, president trump is expected to sign a measure to support hong kong protesters. that is a really interesting moment, as he continues his trade negotiations with china. point being, there are a lot of chaotic things happeni...

You can believe it at home or accept it, is that maybe all these nefarious things happened and maybe the president shouldn't have asked for the investigation or withheld the aid, but they eventually got the aid. they never announced the investigation. so where's the big deal? >> what did president zelensky actually do to get the aid? the answer is nothing. he didn't do any of the things that house democrats say that he was being forced and coerced and threatened to do. >> some have argued in the president's defense that the aid was ultimately released, and that is true. but only after congress...

Senate trial that is going to remove several of my most significant candidates from the 2020 nomination against this president from the field. i don't feel very good about that. >> bret: there was one new revelation, at least for folks who follow the inside baseball here about a phone call that ambassador taylor talks about a aide talking to him about. take a lesson. >> last friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on july 26. ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone askin...

Department in the last administration. new york times says the following: rarely has the state department been in revolt against the president in believing that policy was hijacked by partisan politics. but that enables president trump to e say, no, no, no, they're being partisan, and they're just people who don't like my policy on ukraine or anything else on the foreign front. >> well, first, donald trump doesn't need anyone's excuse to say it, he says it east way. the people at the state department, most of them joined at some point when president bush might have been president. or president...

This behavior. the president says it's a bad deal. we are working to stop it. >> bret: point being, they are hoping to get on the ground and convince him to work with the kurds and stop the fighting. >> sure. i mean, look, the president created the situation when he pulled -- what i actually agree with molly that this is a discussion of a competing foreign policies. even if you support the president's foreign policy here. even if you believe that we should just get out of the region, how we did it is i think a huge red flag. and so, we created the situation by pulling out immediately with no w...