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>> congressman, let's switch gears for a moment to the breaking news we're talking about at the top of the hour and that has to do with afghanistan. as you heard, the u.s. conducting air strikes against the taliban. earlier today the house passed a bipartisan bill that you sponsored which would increase the number of special immigrant visas available for afghan interpreters, contractors, security personnel who worked and sacrificed their lives with the u.s. government to come to the united states as well as expedite the process of approving those visas. obviously this is coming at a time that ...

Laundering. they've been talking about tax fraud. they've been talking about, you know, foreign involvement somehow in the trump case. if all it comes down to is this sort of minor -- what really does seem like minor stuff, i think that's worth calling attention to. >> great point. let's switch gears, if we could. jonathan karl has what sounds like a fascinating new book in the fall. he interviewed bill barr, former attorney general for it. i want to read an excerpt of that from barr as it pertains to trump's repeated claims of election fraud. quote, my attitude was it's put up or shut up time...

Intelligence community which reportedly contains things favorable to the president and unfavorable to the so-called whistleblower. democrats are crying foul when their own process is shockingly bereft of due process, the president had no presence in intelligence committee hearings, no representation by a lawyer. there was almost no cross-examination, republicans were not allowed to call the witnesses they thought might be relevant to the process so it does seem very hypocritical at this point to me for the democrats to be crying about fairness. >> interesting to see what lisa murkowski says be...

Barrelling east, bringing reality to the midwest, and potential headaches for travelers heading home. with that, let's switch gears and get a big picture of the weather with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. so give us some of the specifics of what we're looking at and happening out there. >> hi there, amin. not too bad across the country. the thanksgiving travel that was pretty horrible for most of us. nice for us in terms of travel. dry weather and mild air. so we didn't get that white christmas. so we have the mild air. that's what we're looking at, at least in the upper midwest, the ohi...

Pete buttigieg over him and elizabeth warren instead of him even though she has been trailing donald trump in many swing state polls it makes you wonder. i think this democratic nomination is up in the air, two new candidates jumping in the last couple weeks and frankly a fireman democrat looking at how to beat donald trump in 2020 i'm scratching my head and wondering if it can be done. rob: let's switch gears, talk about the impeachment hearing and senator graham is comparing what democrats have done so far with this inquiry to the salem witch trials. what do you make of that comparison? let ...