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>> a huge story and shouldn't -- most americans aren't that surprised that the government has been spinning the story about the afghanistan war to them over the years, but it should be the biggest story that we are talking about because we've spent a trillion dollars and lost more than 2300 american lives in a war that we really don't know the purpose of anymore and, yet, this story was not the one people were paying attention to. in fact, i consulted with internet source that tracks these things and in the past this sort of thing, jake tapper raised it and cnn did no segments on afghan papers...

Spoke to msnbc, he took issue with the ig report, we will get to that in a few moments, he said spying did occur and he said this. >> i think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years. i think based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press. howie: what do you make of the attorney general taking the shot at the press and media criticism as he's acting as donald trump's defense lawyer? >> this is an impeachment that is happening because it was fanned by the press because we had a narrative about what went on within the trump campaign and the...

Partisan impeachment at the time, in fact, they used the word this would be debated as an attempted coup. howie: yeah. >> this is something that you see this time around endorsing impeachment, they have far less qualms about it, but, again, the mono partisan nature of this is a big deal, sends the message to the american people especially those supporters of the president, they just are trying to get in. howie: a lot of editorial pages have flipped, also a lot of politicians have flipped in terms of their view, cnn which covered every minute of adam schiff hearings and every minute of jerry na...

Editorial pages, to me the gauged i've been use to go monitor to where is the public, what does the coverage do, the audiences, the public audience in these impeachment hearings i was there for all of them beginning back with the intelligence hearings, there were larger crowds especially when you saw like gordon son sondland. there was long lines trying to get in. it could be what you're saying, there's no new information, people are not tuning in in public and seems -- howie: i believe there's a whole lot of scandal fatigue stretching the years or more. >> one of the things that i wanted to p...

Howie: i sad with politics editor. chris, welcome. >> always good to be with you. >> the press says there this move public opinion, would this move the needle, well, no one changed any minds, what's the dynamic here? >> one of the problems that we have in news and we have had it since time in memorial, things that we can predict for, schedule, plan, politicians are the same way, take on added importance. how many headlines can you think of in your career that you have read hill grilling today for person, the showdown on the hill today. guess what, it almost invariable disappoints and is a dud ...