man. an expression joe hangs on to like a dog with a bone. >> c'mon man. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. and thanks for joining us. ac 360 with anderson starts now. good evening. tomorrow for the first time in a generation and only the fourth time ever americans will hear testimony in the impeachment of a president. in a few moments we'll be joined by one of the lawmakers involved and talk about what to expect but we have new reporting on turmoil at the white house in advance of tomorrow's testimony. as well as president trump weighing in the possibility of firing the intelligence community inspector general who decides the whistle-blower's complaint had merit in the first place. but with you begin keeping them honest with a look at how president trump and his supporters may plan to battle back. the plan is outlined in a memo drafted by republican staffers on the hill and circulated to gop members on key committees. and it is important to look closely at this memo because whatever you may think of the president, or the case that he

tried to extort ukraine's president for political gain, there is a lot in the talking points which are just not true. so let's look at talking point number one for republicans to use when discussing ukraine affair. the rough summary of the july 25th phone call shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure. this is not what the president has been saying. >> that call was a great call. it was a perfect call. a perfect call. >> so republicans will be saying, yeah, maybe not perfect but there was no pressure in the call. take a look. here is the key sentence from the rough call transcript after president zelensky asked about the military assistance his country has yet to see, the president said right away, i would like to you do us a favor though. clearly connecting the favor to the aid. he then asked for investigations into the 2016 election and then the other thing, the bidens investigating them. and no talking corruption or list of ukrainians that the president thinks should be

investigating or ukrainians on a watch list. no it is the bidens and 2016. and many of the impeachment witnesses have already substantiated this behind closed doors but the best evidence of what the president wanted comes from the president himself. >> mr. president, what exactly did you hope zelensky would do about the bidens after your phone call? >> well, i would think that if they were honest about it, they would start a major investigation into the bidens. it is a very simple answer. >> which brings us to republican talking point number two. namely that neither side saw anything improper about the call. now that is a familiar refrain from the president's defenders all along including today. >> well, the bottom line is the only two people that are at the heart of this are president trump and president zelensky and we've already seen the transcripts so what other people think about a conversation is really secondary to the fact that the two men that were

participating in the conversation both said it was a good call. >> or put another way, congressman scalise is saying the extort extortionist and his accomplice. alexander vindman said there was no ambiguity so 0 for 2 so far. and "the new york times" has reported concern about the pressure to investigate by trump and giuliani. pressure they came close according to the "times" to giving into to get the held-up aid. so talking point three stands up to the facts. here it is. that the ukrainians were not even aware that the military aid had been frozen. this is an oldie but a goody. in fact testimony throughout the closed-door hearings including from witness catherine croft released just yesterday suggest that the ukrainians knew very early in the affair that the aid had been frozen by the office of management and budget. and finally talking point four,

call it no harm, no foul. no investigations were done and the aid eventually flowed. so no problem. nikki haley has been making this argument and kellyanne conway has and others. but keep it among us, the aid only began flowing a year after it was approved by congress. shortly -- after the whistle-blower complaint was known to the administration so no telling how this hold up impacted the fight in ukraine. did people die because of the holdup. and then came the whistle-blower so as many legal minds have pointed out attempted bribery and extortion are still considered crimes. more now to jim acosta for that. so what are you learning? >> reporter: it is a picture of chaos as the president heads into this very different phase for him in the impeachment inquiry, very public phase with officials testifying in front of cameras up on capitol hill. anderson, my colleagues and i over here at the white house are hearing from our sources that when mick mulvaney the acting chief of staff started these

legal maneuverings a few days ago first he would join this lawsuit in federal court that would determine whether or not he should respond to these congressional subpoenas up on capitol hill and testify, and then yesterday he decided he's going to pull out of that legal challenge and pose his own legal challenge, file his own lawsuit and then this morning we find out he's scrapping the whole thing altogether and going back to the original legal guidance from the administration that he's immune from testifying under this subpoena that has been issued for his testimony. and anderson, what we're hearing from our sources is that the white house counsel office is very upset. the president is very upset about this. they are aggravated with mick mulvaney for opening up this pandora's box. right before these public hearings get started. the words of one official inside of the administration, what the hell was he thinking. and anderson, what it shows to us heading into these hearings is that there is a lot of in-fighting and chaos going on

behind the scenes in this administration at a very critical moment for the president. >> is there -- how are they gearing up for the televised hearings? >> reporter: the white house is trying to put up a rapid response team and they've been talking about this for weeks. i talked to a source in the last couple of hours who said not all of the team members are in place. that the paperwork is still being put through for some key members of the rapid response team. the trump campaign is going to be doing its own war room, its own rapid response in terms of what is coming out of the hearings. but you do get the sense, anderson, from the white house and the trump campaign and republicans up on capitol hill, that they're all working off different and somewhat dated talking points and trying to say the same thing that the president did nothing wrong but now the public will get a chance to decide for themselves watching this in living color. >> and the question -- i assume the president will watch the proceedings and the white house said oh, no he's not and he's very busy but we know he watches in normal times.

>> he watches everything. and he walks us and watches fox to make himself feel better but my understanding is, yes, the president will watch the proceedings and glued to his tv with smartphone in hand as always ready to respond and the question is how he responds and a source close to the white house earlier said the president has pushed out of this administration, pushed out of this west wing all of the people who push back on him. and so the message coming from the one source is an alarming one and that is the president is likely to be unrestrained when it comes to his responses to what we're about to hear this week. >> jim acosta, thank you very much. more on what to expect. proceedings begin at 10:00 a.m., bill taylor will testify and george kentucky, and the bureau of european affairs and both have spoke nen closed session. opening stations will be heard at 10:05. the chairman congressman adam schiff and the ranking

republican will have 45 minutes to ask questions or have designated staffers do the questioning. similar rounds may be added to the chairman's discretion. following that the members will alternate by party each having five minutes of q&a time and the day is expected to end no later than 40:30. to talk to one of the lawmakers california democratic congressman ted lieu, member of the house foreign affairs and judiciary committee. thanks for being with us. just in terms of the approach from the democrats, you could give a sense of how planned it is, is there a coordinated effort from the top down and every democrat has a certain part they are focusing on? what can you say? >> thank you, anderson, for your question. we're going to let the witnesses speak for themselves. in this case ambassador bill taylor was hand-picked by the trump station to go to ukraine to fix things up and the american people will hear them talk about the president's abuse of hower -- and you he tries to

launch investigation into the dnc server and biden and we'll have 45 minutes of uninterrupted time for one side and then it will flip to the other side and that gives more time for the american people to get the story in big chunks. >> so that 45-minute chunk, do you know is it adam schiff doing the questioning or is he going to make a statement and then hand it off to an attorney. >> so we'll hear opening statements and under the rules of the house passed either adam schiff or one of the staff attorneys can ask questions of ambassador bill taylor as well as of mr. kent. i was at the witness deposition for ambassador bill taylor and in that deposition both congressman schiff and staff attorneys asked questions. as well as the republicans. and so you're going to have alternating 45-minute blocks and when that is done then the members of the committee will get to ask five-minute questions.

>> and you said there is opening statements. by the witness themselves also. >> it is my understanding you'll get both will happen. >> both from the witness and the two -- >> that is correct. >> okay. the republican central message tomorrow is essentially president trump may have done this but his intentions were pure and there really wasn't a conditionality in the phone call. when you hear that, what do you think? >> the american people should watch the witnesses and decide for themselves because the witnesses will contradict every single republican talking point. it is very clear that this phone call donald trump had with the ukrainian leader wasn't just a one-off phone call it is a campaign to influence our election and the president used the with holding of critical security aid and dangling an important meeting with the white house in order to bribe ukrainians engage in this election interference. that is what all of the witnesses are going to say.

not only this week, but also next week. where additional hearings have been announced. >> how likely is it that republicans will, according to a plan, to push and debunk conspiracy theories that it was ukraine that interfered in the election and not russia and support unsupported claimed about the bidens and is it a tale of two different committee meetings and democrats will ask questions and then republicans focus on their theories. >> the difference is you're going to have career diplomats, have trump's own people testifying against him. the american people will see that these are witnesses that cannot have the credibility questioned. bill taylor is a west point graduate. he served in vietnam with the 101st airborne and you have amazing witnesses that will be able to push back on all of the republican talking points. and by the way, it was just announced today that the justice department is looking at expanding its case against a 13 russians that interfered in our

elections. those are russians. they're not ukrainians. and our entire intelligence community understands and has said it is the russians that hacked us in 2016, not the ukrainians. >> and this new reporting from "the new york times" that the president has considered firing the inspector general who he appointed. if the president were to actually do that, is that something that could potentially become part of an overall impeachment inquiry? >> absolutely. inspector general's job is to root out fraud and waste and abuse of power and not to be loyal to the president. and again this is trump's own hand-picked person that is now trying to tell the truth to the american people and tomorrow the american people will see a story come out, a narrative that is unchallenged which is the president solicited foreign interference in the campaign and used all of the levers of governmental power and private attorney rudy giuliani to extract the bogus examinations in exchange for giving hundreds of million dollars to ukrainians

and an important white house meeting. >> congressman ted lieu, thank you. and the new reporting from "the new york times" maggie haberman on action that the president has been weighing against the inspector general as we talked about, the man he is furious at. and tony swartz who wrote the book the art of the deal and how he may experience it tomorrow. m. ...savory grilled teriyaki shrimp,... ...classic shrimp scampi and more! red lobster's endless shrimp ends november 17th. hurry in.

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to talk about fire the inspector general. maggie haberman joins us now by phone. what can you tell us about the report, maggie. >> sure. thanks for having me. this is something we've seen of a pattern with president trump over time where he talks about getting rid of people who are investigating him or who have done something connected to an investigation when he's appointed them and he believes they owe him their job. this is another one of those instances whereas the whistle-blower complaint was blowing up and deemed credible by the inspector general's office, the president started telling advisers that he wanted to see atkinson, the inspector general, dismissed and continued talking about this since. now it is not clear this went anywhere. we have two officials telling us in strong terms this was never under serious consideration. some people close to the president saw this as another form of venting which we know that he does and we've all been told over time that aides don't

take these ventilations from him seriously unless he makes repeated demands and is moving toward doing something. but it is indicative of a mindset. >> and this notion, according to your reporting, that the president believes atkinson has been disloyal, obviously it is worth mentioning, it is not an inspector general's job to be loyal to the president of the united states. >> right. the president tends to view number one that he's got sweeping powers as the head of the executive branch to dismiss people and he believes that people who he put in these jobs should be loyal to him. but to your point, inspector generals are supposed to be devoid of politics and that is part of what made this striking in the first place, the whistle-blower's complaint is the inspector general had deemed it credible. >> so has -- is this now off the table, has he raised this again recently? do you know? >> our understanding is that he has continued at times talking

about it. i do not expect it will go anywhere. i don't expect anyone will move to get rid of atkinson but again it is worth documenting that this is something that the president has said about people who are investigating him and this is been recurring theme. we saw it throughout mueller and here it is again. >> ask comey. maggie haberman, thank you. >> and tonight joining us ross garber teaching at tulane university and with us columnist kirsten powers and chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. so jeff, the president seemz to think the inspector general works for and should be loyal to him and not surprised he has that opinion given the past. >> absolutely. just remember jeff sessions who was the attorney general and did the right thing in recusing himself from the russia investigation and the president

spent months fuming about that. and then ultimately humiliated sessions by firing him on the day of the midterm elections. it's always possible that one reason people come forward with stories like this is that they know it's so outrageous that once it sees the light of day in a story like maggie's that the story will be -- the idea will be killed. but still the principle remains as you pointed out, donald trump thinks everybody in the executive branch works for him not for the rule of law or the taxpayer. >> kirsten, just in terms of what you're expected tomorrow with the hearings and we've seen testimony given behind closed doors. we've seen transcripts of testimony that had been released. but often there is a lot of hype in front of whether it is robert mueller testifying, about what that is going to be, what the

impact is going to be. and then it's different than what democrats expect. >> the democrats are going to need to deliver. and i think that what they're going to do is be really -- trying to bring along people who aren't already on board. the base is already convinced of this. the democratic base. but what you need to do is lay this out in a really clear way, a very nonpartisan way, a very sober way. and make it very clear what happens and why this rises to the level of impeachment. and so i don't know that it necessarily needs to have any fireworks or anything like that. in fact, it would be better if there wasn't. but what it does need to be is it needs to be very clear and they need to be ready for the republicans who are going to be working overtime to muddy the waters, to poke holes into any claims made by the witnesses to impugn the credibility of the

witnesses and to muddy the waters so i think it is going to be a challenge for them. but i think that they also at the same time are very aware of the challenge and are trying to structure this in a way that is the most convincing possible. >> and ross, the hearings are not going to look like other impeachment hearings that we've seen before. can you just talk about how you see the setup of it and what you make of it given your experience. >> yeah. so there is no one size fits all for impeachment. we say it all of the time but it is worth kind of repeating, this is an incredibly unusual occurrence in american history. we've never removed a president through the impeachment process. this is the fourth time that we've actually gone through an investigation. so there is no kind of routine way to do it. but it will be interesting. it seems like the chairman and the ranking member will ask questions and what is interesting unlike congressional

hearings is that staff members will probably carry the substantial weight of the performance tomorrow and that is going to be interesting to watch. there are two lawyers, one for the democrats, one for the republicans. these are lawyers. but this isn't a typical court case. they have to make some pretty significant arguments in a way that captures the public attention and for the democrats sort of meets that very high burden of treason, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanor for the republicans as kristen noted, kind of poking holes in the democrats' case and making a narrative of the republican zone. >> can i just -- can i just make a point about -- we're talking about the republicans as if they're just sort of poking holes and making things up. one point that is certainly going to be made and it is a fair point is that both of the witnesses tomorrow had no direct contact with president trump. and that doesn't mean they can't

give incriminating testimony but i think the democrats had better be prepared for the argument of well why are we hearing from them? if they didn't have contact with the president. now i know there are responses to that but i think unlike arguments -- some arguments the republicans will make, that is a real argument. and i think it will be interesting to see how the democrats respond to it. >> and kirsten, that points to the importance of someone like john bolton or mick mulvaney, though that doesn't -- that sort of runs afoul of the timeline the democrats have set. >> yeah. it is unfortunate because i think having someone like john bolton in particular testifying would be extremely powerful because it is somebody who is -- he's obviously had a falling out with the president but he is somebody who is in good standing in the conservative movement for the most part and certainly isn't considered part of the deep state or anything like that. and i think would have some information to share that would be very interesting to people.

so the democrats have decided that they want to keep this on the timeline and i'm not sure that that's necessarily exactly the right answer or right decision. but i do think having staff asking the questions is very helpful because what happens too often in these hearings is you just get a lot of grandstanding and you get members of congress -- now they are still going to be able to ask questions just not as much time. but it turns it into a bit of a circus and turns it into a partisan event and i think it is important for this to look the least partisan possible as it can. >> ross, cnn is reporting that republicans don't plan to be overly aggressive with these two witnesses tomorrow but plan to press them in ways that sows doubt about what they were understanding happening in the white house. the 45 minutes, i thought that was the two attorneys would be asking questions for 45 minutes but it seems like opening statements also from adam schiff

and the ranking republican are going to be included in that 45 minutes according to congressman lieu we just had on. >> or questions from both leaders. it is going to be very interesting to see how this plays out. and in terms of sort of the aggressiveness, one question i have it will each side be playing too its base or will they reach out and sort of -- whose definition of aggressive are we going to use. >> ross garber and kristen powers and jeff toobin. more about what happens tomorrow and up next my conversation with someone who knows him well and wrote mr. trump's memoir "art of the deal." well have you tried thinkorswim? this is totally customizable, so you focus only on what you want. okay, it's got screeners and watchlists. and you can even see how your predictions might affect the value of the stocks you're interested in. now this is what i'm talking about.

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president trump has been railing pretty much nonstop at the ukraine whistle-blower since the affair began to unfold back in september. now that public testimony is about to begin what will president trump do during the coverage. perspective from a whiter, tony swartz wrote "art of the deal" that helped propel citizen trump into celebrity status. knowing the president as do you, how do you think he is going to handle next couple of days of this public testimony? he's obviously watches a lot of this. they often claim he's too busy to watch but he clearly does. >> well, i think that he is in two places right now. i'm sorry to say this. because one of them seems fine. which for to me which is i suspect he is in his nervous system is in a very high state

of activation and god save you to be around him right now. because this is the ultimate humiliation to have his election called into question. he doesn't -- >> it is the thing he's been -- which motivated the whole russia -- the refusal to believe that russia was involved or refusal to acknowledge it, fear of his election being not legitimate. >> yeah. i mean, he has imposter syndrome at a level probably previously unknown to man. he doesn't even know he has it. but what it shows up as is rage and attacking and all of the ways in which he tries to prop himself up. but i think the other piece, so he's going to be feeling that worry. but the other thing is there is a sport in this to him. and i get the sense the eerie sense there is a part when he's not in the rage that enjoys it

because he actually believes right now like every other time in his teflon trump life, he's going to get away with it. and he may well. >> it is remarkable that this phone call that he with ukraine's president was right after the mueller testimony. before that -- >> that he would set himself up once again for a fall. he needs the action. he has a very strong self-destructive impulse. so i don't think it is a coincidence that he immediately started it up again the next day. what is amazing is that only, what, five or six weeks or somewhere around there since it happened and it's murky even to remember the call. now of course it will come up in the testimony. in all of the testimony tomorrow. but he is so relentless about attacking anything. >> it is interesting though from a marketing standpoint, his relentlessness in pushing the

same message over and over and over again. even when it is just is not true. it was a perfect call. there is no republicans really arguing it was a perfect call. and yet he continues to -- i don't know if he believes it, i -- >> it isn't about believing it. it is about kind of locking into an automatic reaction. no collusion, no collusion. no collusion. no collusion. perfect call, perfect call, perfect call. you keep saying it and saying it and eventually it has a hypnotic effect and i think not for the people who are most clearly opposed to trump but that is not not who he's worried about and not for the people who love trump because they are ignoring this because that little group in the middle, he wants to pull them over to his side. >> nothing is really going to happen on this unless republicans in the senate peel

away and in some numbers. >> yes. and they won't. it is almost inconceivable to me they will. what he's done is he has progressively pushed people backwards, devolving. it is very unusual to move from one state of moral development back down to a lower state. but i could say that if you look at what the republicans are saying to defend this man, it's evidence that he has them completely in his thrall. not only voting, but literally morally in this thrall. >> tony swartz, appreciate it. >> up next, adam schiff speaking out tonight saying the house will have to decide if the facts show bribery and treason. we'll have more on that and an in-depth look at the 20-year veteran when we continue. a food. get the perfectly grilled flavors of an outdoor grill indoors, and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do even more, like transform into an air fryer.

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house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff has made no decisions about where the impeachment inquiry will lead and will have to evaluate whether it shows bribery and treason and high crimes and misdemeanors. we want to take a closer look at his background and his mindset going into tomorrow. here is our chief political analyst gloria borger. >> well it feels at times like being in the eye of the

hurricane. you never know when you step out of the eye into gale-force winds. >> but it is a sure bet this week that house intelligence chairman adam schiff will be at the center of the storm. leading a historic public inquiry on impeachment. >> much more intense now. >> reporter: anyone not living under a rock knows that schiff is one of president trump's favorite targets. >> little pencil neck -- >> reporter: and he's not subtle about it. >> he should resign from office in disgrace and frankly they should look at him for treason. >> reporter: just months ago schiff was in the camp that the lead impeachment was not a good idea. >> we've talked in depth about this. >> reporter: steve israel is a close schiff friend and former democratic colleague. >> impeachment might have some consequences that would be harmful to the country, to the democratic party to members of congress but when the president engaged in this phone call with president zelensky that was a

bridge too far for him. >> what made this a necessity for me and so many of my colleagues is that if the president believes that he can abuse his office, the power of that office, he can fail to defend our national security and there is no accountability, even if the accountability is only in the house, that's too danger of a prospect to persist. >> reporter: schiff came to congress from his los angeles county district almost 20 years ago. a moderate democrat who beat the republican incouple bent, a leader of the impeachment fight against bill clinton. house is that for irony? >> mr. roggin's priority is engaging in the national partisan ideology crusades and ignoring the business at home in the district and don't think people value that. >> reporter: his greatest impact

was as assistant attorney as he prosecuted fbi agents for dealing information to the russian. from the 2014 benghazi investigation to chairman of the intelligence committee this year. >> what people don't understand about adam is that he wanted to go on the intelligence committee for two principle reasons, number one is t was bipartisan and quiet. how did that work out for you, buddy. >> reporter: weeks ago house republicans tried to censure him. >> how did that feel. you have republican friends orrer used to. >> yeah. i think my republican colleagues finding they lack the courage to stand up to this unethical president has consoled themselves by attacking those who do and that is a sad reality but it is where the house gop is. kevin mccarthy will do whatever donald trump asked him to do. he'll merely ask how high he wants mccarthy to jump and he

will jump. >> with a chairman that lied to the american public three times looking them in the lie and we're supposed to trust what comes out of that. >> reporter: it is ugly and very personal. illegitimate hearings republicans say run by a partisan. >> it is a soviet style impeachment process. >> chair schiff is unfit to chair the intelligence committee. >> reporter: the chairman is having none of it. >> with this president, they're going to destroy what america stands for in the world, they're going to countenance holding up aid or meetings or whatever to get help in the next election and normalize and rationalize that and hunker down and put their heads in the sand about that. where is the sense of duty. >> if that sounds like a line out of a screenplay, it could be. schiff has written some of his own and have taken liberty in describing the phone call with the ukraine president. >> i'm going to say this only seven times so you better listen good.

i want to you make up dirt on my political opponent, under, lots of it. >> reporter: the performance turned into a political opening for republicans. one, in particular. >> shifty schiff is a double corrupt politician. he took my words on the phone call and they were so good he totally changed them. >> do you regret doing it that way? >> no, made it clear that i was mocking the president but the president doesn't like to be mocked but it was a mafia kind of organized crime shakedown but i'm not surprised if he wasn't attacking me about this he would attack about something else. >> what is the mood like these days. >> he has overwhelming responsibilities and they're on his shoulders and he relieves that with his humor. he has a goofy sense of humor -- >> goofy is not a word people would use -- >> well he loves funny movies and everybody knows that he could take you from the first word of the big leb owski.

>> i'm the dude. so that is what you call me. >> any words from the dude that would apply to your life? >> i've been asked in the past and i'm not sure whether you could air this is my only question. what line from the big leb owski comes up most in political life and i have to say it's the line, no, you're not wrong, you're just an [ bleep ]. >> that was gloria borger reporting. still ahead nikki haley a faithful dedender of president trump goes pretty far and finds a spot on our ridiculist. capaciy of 5g with ultra wideband, so more screaming, streaming, posting fans... can experience 5g all at once. this is happening in 13 stadiums all across the country. now if verizon 5g can do this for the nfl... imagine what it can do for you.

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this involves nikki haley turned u.n. ambassador whose most remarkable accomplishment might have been getting away from the preside president. female voters continue to run away from the president. to her credit ambassador hailey is not trying to have it both ways. when you say trump, she says train. >> did you think he was a truthful person? >> yes. he was truthful, he listened and he was great to work with. >> wow, trump? truthful? great to work with? a listener? who is this man she speaks of? i'd swipe right on him. i mean, if i was on tinder, which i'm not.

before we address the president's inability to lie, a super power that apparently only nikki haley can see, let's address the good listener part. have you ever seen him at a cabinet meeting sitting there with his arms crossed, he looks like a guy who wished he had some meatloaf in front of him. just about everyone who has fled this white house has commented on the president's short attention span and lack of interest in reading or listening to long, detailed briefings. as to nikki haley's claim that trump is a truthful person, bless her heart. i'm not sure how she qualified it will get her any kudos when she said "in every instance i dealt with him he was truthful." it like saying "all i can tell you is what i saw." actually, no. for instance, i haven't been on

the moon but i know it's not made out of cheese. i'm sure nikki haley worked very hard as the u.n. ambassador but she as eyes and ears and a tv like the rest of us and trump makes stuff up all the time. >> in many plays, people vote many times, millions and millions of people. not just twice, not just three ties, they vote, it like a circle. they come back, they put a new hat on. they come back, they put a new shirt on. >> president obama wanted to meet and chairman kim would not meet him. the obama administration was begging for a meeting. >> and if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card. you need i.d. you go out and you want to buy anything, you need i.d. >> i bought grocery this weekend and nobody carded me. apparently he makes stuff up to

all of us but speaks truth to nikki haley. bless her heart. the ambassador was willing to throw some people in the administration under the bus, the ones who don't matter, who are no longer in power or in the good graces of daddy dearest. when she stopped by the novelty store at fox & friend, she continued to slam secretary of state rex tillerson. >> he's saying you're not telling the truth. >> that's so rex. >> it's long-awaited sequel to "that's so raven." he uses disguises to get himself involved in teen-age high jinx, streaming on disney next fall. she may have survived the administration but it's not sure his reputation can survive book tours along sycophant street.

she'll always certainly be polling well on the ridiculisri. >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primeti time." did the president want to fire the inspector general just for following the law with the whistle-blower? we are on the precipice, my friends, of the most telling period of this presidency. it's only one option, let's get after it. here we are. this day was all but inevitable for months, the eve of the first public impeachment hearings of president donald j. trump. "the new york times" reports on this night trump considered canning michael atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general but the story is why.