the democrats impeachment inquiry is ramping up and so is the president's rhetoric. he spent the day lashing out at his political opponents on twitter and in front of reporters. >> plus, house democrats say they aren't messing around. they say a subpoena will be issued tomorrow, if the white house doesn't turn over documents related to the ukraine scandal. >> and this week, russia said the u.s. cannot release phone call, transcripts, between trump and putin without the kremlin's permission but when asked about that the russian president said something very different. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, thursday, excuse

me, geez -- >> it has been a long week. >> october 3. i'm yas yas s ya . prt lashed out against democrats and online and on public media and a profane tweet, the do nothing democrats should be focused on building up our country, not wasting everyone's time and energy on blank, which is what they have been doing ever since i got overwhelmingly elected in 2016. 223 to 306. get a better candidate this time. you'll need it. and yesterday afternoon, the president got into his, the heated exchange with reuters white house reporter, watch this. >> the question, sir, is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son hunter? >> are you talking to me? >> yes. >> it was just a follow-up of what i just asked you. >> listen, are you ready? we have the president of finland, ask him a question. >> i have one for him. i wanted to follow up on the one that i asked you. >> did you hear me? did you hear me?

ask him a question. >> i will. >> i'm giving you a long answer. ask this gentleman a question. don't be rude. >> no, sir, i don't want to be rude, i just want you to have a chance to answer the question i asked you. >> i answered everything. and who t-is a whole hoax and who is playing into the hoax is people like you and the fake media. >> throughout the year, prt chartened his attack on political rivals such as nancy pelosi and congressman adam shif. >> i saw, he should redesign from office in disgrace and frankly they should look at him for treason. >> biden and list son are stone cold crooked and you know. it nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like they're cookys. you want a subpoena, here, you go. take them, like they're cookies.

they've been trying to impeach me, from the day i got elected. i've been going through this for three years. believe it or not, i watch my words very carefully. there are those that think that i'm a very stable genius. okay? i watch my words very, very closely. >> watch my words very closely. so despite trump's continued claims there is no evidence of wrong doing on the part of either biden. >> former and current u.s. officials tell the waup, that prt repeatedly involved vice president mike pence in efforts to put pressure on the leader of ukraine. those officials tell the post that trump instructed pence not to attend the inauguration of zelensky back in may and something they pushed to put on the calendar. and they used pence to tell the ukrainian president that u.s. aid was withheld after demanding more aggressive action on corruption after the phone call with president zelensky.

officials close to pence say he was unaware of continuing efforts to press ukraine for statements against joe biden and his son. the press secretary says despite the post's attempts to glorify a grand conspiracy concocted by a select group of disgruntled employees, it is crystal clear that the vice president directly and effectively delivered the president's anti-corruption and european burden-sharing messages overseas and upon his return, the financial aid, to ukraine, it was released. kurt volker, the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine resigned last week after his name appeared in the whistleblower complaint in dealings with ukraine will appear on capitol hill today. in a private deposition, voke ser expected to testify before congressional investigators as part of house democrats impeachment inquiry where he will face questions about any role he may have played in trump's efforts to put ukrainian officials to investigate former vice president joe biden. the state department says volker has confirmed that he put an adviser for ukraine's president

in contact with trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and rudy giuliani says he was in frequent contact with volker of the associated press reported yesterday that volker met with a top ukrainian official from a top ukrainian energy firm that talked to his son hunter to serve on the board even after the involvement. former vice president joe biden stressed that president trump's attacks won't deter his candidacy. >> let me make something clear to mr. trump and his hatchet men, and the special interest funning of his, funding of his attacks against me. i'm not going anywhere. you're not going to destroy me. you're not going to destroy my family. i don't care how much money you spend, mr. president. or how dirty the attacks get.

trump knows there are no truths in the charges against me. none, zero. every independent news organization that has reviewed the charges at length has found it to be a flat-out lie. these assertions. every single one of them. >> in an effort to clear the allegations against him and his son hunter biden, he also addressed his record while doing business in ukraine. >> what i did in ukraine was carry out the official policy of the united states government. to root out corruption in ukraine. in conjunction, with our european allies, the international monetary fund, and its leaders, and our closest democratic allies, and the courageous reformers in ukraine who i met on the ground when i was there multiple times. it was a fully-transparent

policy. carried out in front of the whole world. and fully, fully embraced by the international community of democracy. we weren't pressuring ukraine to get rid of a top prosecutor, we were pursuing ukraine to replace a weak prosecutor who wouldn't do his job with someone at the time we hoped would finally crack down on corruption in ukraine. that's what it was about. trump on the other hand was secretly putting at risk our national security by pursuing a personal political vendetta against me, because -- >> joining us professor of political science of brown university and author of the book "the oath and the office," corey brettthis sh nider, great to have you back with us this morning. >> good morning. >> and let's talk more about mike pence, who is finding himself at the center of the controversy. what implications could be involved in, how do you draw the

line between an order from the president that is a personal vendetta or a political objective versus carrying out foreign policy? >> look, the vice president might be tainted by all of this. and we have to find out how involved he was in this event. we know that he knew about the phone call. that's enough to raise some worries. there is also a worry that he was at least implicitly helping the president in offering this quid pro quo, and the deal was basically was, we will help you with military, we will help you in the economy, in exchange for prosecuting my political opponent. if the vice president knew about that and was involved with that, not to me it not only taints him but makes him ineligible for the presidency and that would be a huge deal. >> let's talk about this continuing impeachment inquiry, and it seems that democrats are trying to narrow their focus on this call with the ukrainian president. you feel as though that could be a mistake. why? >> i think it's, yes, and they can do both and should do both and i think that is still on the table.

in particular, i think it is right to say, look, there is momentum here, the american people know that a deal to prosecutor, prosecutor a political opponent in exchange for military aid and other aid is not only wrong, but likely illegal. and the democrats have major momentum there. the american people see that intuitively. but the democrats also have to be clear they're going to leave their options open as more comes on to the table and also to open up the possibility of discussions for instance of the president using the office for profit, and the emoluments clause, violation, seeking intellectual property for instance by china while negotiating the recognition of taiwan. so it's both. i think in particular with the inquiry, the broad part has to be in the assurance that this isn't just a trial looking for reasonable doubt. this isn't a criminal trial. if the ukraine deal is seen as demeaning of the office, they can vote to impeach him, remove him. >> we have a lot more to get to. stick around. we will talk to you in a little bit. earlier this week, the kremlin said a transcript of the

call between prt and vladimir putin, cannot be released without russia's permission. however, during a conference in moscow, yesterday, moderated by nbc's kei simmons, putin said something different. >> would you welcome a rough transcript of your conversations with president trump being published by the american administration? . >> translator: i haven't worked in my current capacity all of my life, my previous life has taught me that any conversation of mine may be made public. and i always presume that. so when, there were attempts to beef up a scandal of our meeting in helsinki, we told the administration, if someone wants to know something, to learn

something, make it all public. we're not against that. nothing compromising president trump is contained in that conversation. >> an are and nbc keir simmons will join morning joe later this morning. and house democrats threatening to subpoena the white house for democrats related to the ukraine scandal. but what happens if the white house does not comply? >> plus, 2020 candidate bernie sanders has been hospital lied for a blocked artery. what it means for his presidential campaign bid. those stories and a check on weather when we come back. s andn weather when we come back.

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welcome back, everyone. house democrats plan to subpoena the white house tomorrow, if they do not comply with the request for documents related to president trump's ukraine saga. the chairman of the oversight intelligence and foreign affairs committees, all of them, sent letters in tandem yesterday demanding material related to trump's call back in july with ukraine's leader as well as any attempts to conceal his

purported actions. house democrats reiterated they're tempt in a press conference shortly after that. >> we do place ourselves in a time of urgency on the threat to the constitution and we see the actions of this president being an assault on the constitution. >> we're not fooling around here. they just need to know that even as they try to undermine our ability to find the facts around the president's effort to coerce a foreign leader to create dirt that he can use against the political opponent, that they will be strengthening the case on obstruction. >> as the day progressed, president trump and the ukraine scenario were still on democrat's minds during the caucus conference call intended to discuss the cost of prescription drugs. two sources privy to that conversation tell the hill that attorney general bill barr, and secretary of state mike pompeo and rudy giuliani are henchmen,

they have gone rogue. and nbc legal analyst joins us on the set danny cevallos. >> let's talk about what a subpoena would entail for the white house and what are the challenges that the white house can make on their behalf? >> any time congress subpoenas the white house, it raises really important separation of powers issues. these are co-equal branches of government. and we know at least since the nixon case that the white house has a limited ability to assert things like executive privilege over documents to not turn them over. we know that 100% transparency is not necessarily a good thing when it comes to the white house. it needs to be able to deliberate and talk about very sensitive matters. so for that reason, any time this issue comes up, and the white house pushes back, it goes to the third branch of the government, at least frequently, the courts. and the courts have to hammer out what is the extent and contours of executive privilege and when and how does the white house have to respond to subpoenas from congress. and it is a case by case, highly

fact-intensive analysis. and as expected, the white house will almost surely refuse to turn over everything that congress asks for, and it may go to the courts. the problem is, this takes a long time. the court process. >> especially considering the white house counsel's position on it, from the get-go with this ukraine phone call. >> that's right. well, the white house is going to argue, we turned over more than we should have. and we're not going to just bow down to all of your congressional requests. and subpoenas. so with that in mind, we'll just take it to the court. but on the other hand, you know, this transcript, they keep coming back to what we call the transcript. that alone is a classic example of what is it that you're giving us? it's not a true transcript of the kind of which i will order and see in court, which is, you know, something that is a ver bait im sworn testimony -- >> even the white house said it was not a verbatim statement when they put out the transcript. >> exactly. but it is written like a transcript. typically a statement is a statement, written in paragraph

form but this is transcript-ish and written like a transcript. >> and comma for comma, word for word, implying that it was the complete transcript. >> right which is interesting because unless people are taking notes in shorthand i don't know how anybody would be able to recreate that unless it was a natural transcript. >> and the interesting transcript, you have mike pompeo, the secretary of state saying he is effectively ordering or at least not cooperating with the congressional subpoenas of some of the documents relating to the state department, you have the white house, you have rudy giuliani saying he might be taking up legal action, it seems like just as an outside observer, we are in one big legal mess that shows no ends any time soon. >> yes. and stress point could ultimately be rudy giuliani because he is a private citizen and he enjoys some degree of attorney-client privilege with the president, if he is acting as private attorney, that dissipates if he is not acting as a lawyer, if he is conducting for example foreign affairs

which arguably is not something that a private attorney should even be doing but if is he not acting as an attorney, the attorney-client privilege dissipates and not talking with his client, and a third party, it dissipates again. >> and i saw yesterday, he actually doesn't have a license in the district of columbus to practice law. so i wonder whether or not that kind of reduces attorney-client pa privilege that he may claim to have. >> it can. >> not in dc, but yes, right here. >> danny cevallos, thank you. nice seeing you. a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning. before we talk about yesterday's incredible record heat let's get you caught up with where we are and the lucky few that have cooled off and why. this area of cooler high pressure that has moved in to the northeast is dramatically cooling everybody off and it is jacket weather and umbrella weather from philadelphia to new york city and parts of southern new england and as we go throughout the day today, completely different story with

the cool ocean air blowing in. and high temperatures will be about 20 to 30 degrees cooler today than they were yesterday. so the temperature change in new york, negative 29, compared to yesterday, and many areas will be similar. and there is also a little bit of rain, again, very light rain, across the southern tier of new york, and pennsylvania and into new jersey and new york city, and heavier rain has moved into detroit and slide into cleveland, erie and buffalo, and hit and miss showers and again heavier rain in areas of kansas. let's talk about the record heat that we are going to go with today. yesterday was the peak of the heat wave and incredible heat. i mean there was 104 in alabama. in jasper. and we were 99 in nashville. charlotte, north carolina, yesterday, was 99 degrees. and that was the hottest temperature they've had all year. and they did that in october. i mean that's unheard of. so for today, 61 potential record high temperatures will be set from the ohio valley all the way through areas of florida.

how hot will it be? once again, we should hit 100 in a few spots including montgomery. atlanta has a shot at 100. knoxville, charlotte, nashville, everybody in the upper 90s. richmond at 97. so some of us have cooled off like we have in the northeast but another couple of days before it is done. >> you finally got your birthday wish. it's your birthday and you have a nice -- >> happy birthday. >> thanks. >> she wanted rainy dreary weather, nap weather day. >> yes. >> just stay inside for my birthday. >> absolutely. >> thanks, bill. appreciate it. underneath the covers. still ahead, we are taking a look at new polling that shows elizabeth warren sitting at the top of the democratic national race. those numbers coming up next.

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bottom of the hour, let's start with the morning's top stories. the chairman of the house intel committee reportedly learning about the ukraine whistleblower's complaint against president trump, days before it was officially filed. according to "the new york times," siting a spokesman for democrat adam schiff and former and current officials a cia officer approached a house intel committee aide with his concerns about the president only after first having a colleague relay them at the c.i.a.'s top lawyer. the times says the officer approached the aide after becoming concerned about how their initial attempt force reviewing the allegations through the cia was unfolding, adding that in both case, the original accusation was vague. the paper goes on to say that the house staff member following the committee's procedures rejected the officer find a lawyer to meet with an inspector general which means key file a whistleblower complaint. the aide shared some of what the officer compared to adamsh schi

but not the identity. >> and the whistleblower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the committee. and this is a regular rule and at no point did the committee review or receive the whistleblower complaint in advance. here is president trump's reaction yesterday to the times report. >> your response to the fact that that happened, and that schiff may have learned some of what the whistleblower knew prior to the -- >> i think it is a scandal that he knew before. i would go a step further. i think he probably helped write it, okay? that's what the word is. and i think it's, i give a lot of respect to "the new york times" for putting it out. it just happened as i am walking up here, they handed it to me and i said to mike, whoa, that's something, that's big stuff, that's a big story. he knew long before. and he helped write it, too. it's a scam. it's a scam. just to finish on this, i appreciate it, i love that question by the way, should have asked it first, but let me just

tell you, the whole thing is a scam. the mueller deal was a scam. the russia collusion was a scam. you can ask putin. nobody has been rougher on russia than donald trump, okay. >> it should be pointed that the reporter asking that question to the president misrepresented the times reporting to be clear and putting forward that chairman schiff knew about the substance of the complaint in advance that the congressman had in fact a hand in writing it. that is not correct. and the reporting and schiff's statements make it clear that he did not. president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, reportedly leaned on former member, on one former member of trump's team, in his bid to dig up dirt on the president's political rivals in ukraine, according to the "washington post," in recent months, giuliani has consulted with trump's former campaign chair paul manafort via his lawyer over his efforts to get info to support his theory that

the real story of 2016 is not russian interference to elect trump but ukrainian efforts to support hillary clinton. the post says the union, which giuliani acknowledged in the interview with the paper this week, is a result of a shared interest in a story, that undermines the rationale of special counsel bob mueller's investigation. that probe resulted in manafort being sentenced to prison earlier this year on tax and financial fraud charges related to his work in ukraine for the political party of the former president victor -- and many of the allegations that giuliani has been making about ukraine were first promoted by manafort's team. the post points out how the former mayor joined the president's legal team in april of last year to help defend him against mueller's investigation. giuliani told the paper he began his own investigation into ukraine late last year, which led him to consult with manafort through his attorney, adding that he has not spoken directly to manafort in two years.

>> and freshman house democrats are taking the impeachment fight to the communities that they represent, in fact michigan congresswoman defended her position to support president trump's impeachment while in her home district yesterday. watch. >> it is something that i felt was imperative to upholding my oath because the institutions of our democracy are the bones that hold the body up. and if we eat away at those bone, the body starts to collapse. i did this out of judicious and thoughtful reflection. and i did it because i believe that it was the right thing to do based on my integrity and my oath of office. >> and representative slotkins comes one day after two republicans announced challenges to her seat next november and new york congressman max rose on the fence about pushing for an impeachment inquiry has made a definitive decision. >> i will not shirk my duty and

i will not violate my oath. i will support and i will defend the united states constitution. and it is for that reason that i intend to fully support this impeachment inquiry and follow the facts. we have got to follow these facts where they lead us, and where we find ourselves today, the president has no one to blame but himself. >> and congressman max rose will be joining "morning joe" next hour. the latest "politico" tracking poll shows americans support for impeachment hitting a new high. 46% of voters said that congress should begin impeachment proceedings to remove president trump. that is up three points since last week. 43% said they're against it. meanwhile, 58% of voters said they believe trump committed an impeachable offense such as treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

38% said the president has proven he is unfit to serve. and should be removed from office. joining us once again professor of political science at brown university and the author of the book, the oath and the office, a guide to the constitution for future presidents, corey brettschneider, a hard copy of it, seems very timely given everything we've been discussing. let's talk a little bit about what we anticipate to be the democrats' public relations push, if you will, of this impeachment, but we got a little taste of that over the last 24 hours with some of these representatives going back to their constituents. but as the poll numbers continue to rise showing the american public in favor of impeachment or at least supporting the inquiry, where does that give democrats space to maneuver? >> i think it's crucial to go out into the districts, to do what news media is doing which is reporting on the crimes, reporting on the high crimes and misdemeanors as well. because as public opinion surges, and it really is surging, it feels like, pressure mounts on democrats who are in swing district, but also on

republicans, to switch their votes. there wasn't a lot of bipartisan support for the nixon impeachment in the beginning. and when you get a surge, this is actually more significant, i think, than what happened during nixon, about 17%, goes up to a little more than 50, during the nixon impeachment, or beyond that. and pressure mounts on republicans to do their duty, and to switch from defending this president, to calling him out for these crimes. i think a lot of them want to do it as well. there's reports that there is something like 30 votes in secret for removal right now. and they need to do -- >> a republican had said that privately at least. >> yes, exactly. >> do you happen to have, real quick, i'm sorry, if there is an impeachment vote, can it be secret ballot, and you would get some republicans voting to impeach the president? >> that's interesting. i think it would be unprecedented. the votes have all been public. >> is it even possible? >> senate controls its own rules. and i don't know that there is a requirement of disclosure of the vote.

so i will have to look into that and get back to you. >> and chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, they had a meeting yesterday basically talking about how it is that they're going to have, basically a fair trial, when it comes to the impeachment in the senate. how do you think that's going to go down? >> it's important to see that there is no judicial review here, the courts aren't going to intervene, so it's got to be mounting political pressure, i think that's partly the public opinion, and calling people out, and saying look, this is a plaltplal plalter, matter of constitutional duty. mcconnell if he could get away with politically not having a trial, maybe we do it but it would be such a violation of our system, it would represent a collapse. or refusing to do it. which he is at least saying he won't do. and a shame trial as well would be a real dereliction of constitutional duty and a threat to the system. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you, corey. still ahead the u.s.'s trade problems could potentially get a whole lot worse. we will go live to europe with more on the looming tariff

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european trading goods could promote a trading war between two of the world's largest trading blocs. we have more from the newsroom on the planned tariffs and how europe may be reacting to them. >> this all stems from a decision from the wto yesterday, the world trade organization, focused on the ability of the u.s. to impose tariffs on the eu, because of subsidies going back decades for airbus, the aircraft manufacturer. the u.s. moved ahead very quickly with plans, based on that wto ruling and said they would like to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of european goods. including aircrafts made in

france. cheese, wine, a whole range of other products made across the european union. the commission here, that is part of the executive branch for the eu, responsible for the continent's trade policy, they have talked about this, as being counter-productive. they talked about the idea that they would much rather try and see a negotiated settlement, and they feel they have some leverage to do that, because in a few months time, we will get a very similar ruling also from the wto, which will allow the eu to impose tariffs on the u.s., because of infractions and tax concessions to boeing, which had gone on for a long time as well. so looking at the situation right now, it seems very clear, both sides keen to avoid tariffs and the u.s. talking about them being imposed as soon as the second half of october but they are looking at the idea of negotiation and settlement, and maybe they hold these tariffs over the eu in order to force them to make the kind of concessions they want. >> wine and cheese, and yasmin's ears perked up. that's about enough with the trade war.

>> enough. >> live from brussels for us this morning, always a pleasure, thanks. let's get a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> the numbers from yesterday, when you consider it is october, it is just insane, it was 98 degrees in washington, d.c., that's the warmest temperature they've ever recorded in the month of october, and nationally, 99, nashville, warmest in october, all through the south, 95 to 100 degrees and a bunch of spots in alabama were over 100. where has it changed? areas like burlington vermont are 38 degrees, and that's 27 degrees colder than yesterday. and albany is 24 degrees colder than yesterday. and philadelphia is not bad, but very similar, but new york city is 17 colder, you need the jackets for the kids and even for yourself and we will stay in the 50s in many areas of the northeast, with a light drizzle and rain, so it is a complete change from yesterday. not everyone. everyone from about richmond, southward, still going to bake in the heat, record highs once

again today, and raleigh, and charlotte, and atlanta, and all through alabama and mississippi, and oklahoma's cooled off, st. louis is cooled off, and we are eventually cooling you off in the ohio valley and how did the upcoming fall weekend look? it looks nearly perfect in the ohio valley, great lakes, and the northeast. still a little bit hotter than you would like in areas of the deep south, record highs still on friday, but by the time we get to saturday, we are watching some storms and rain from wisconsin, to iowa through areas of kansas and then by the time we get to sunday, we finally say goodbye to the 90s as we get settled into the 80s, in areas of the south. so it does get a little bit cooler, and yesterday was interesting. amin called me. he's at tiffany's and he's like -- >> that's awkward. >> would yasmin really like a birthday present. and no, she is not really materialistic and doesn't like anything fancy so we settled on cup cakes. we figured it would do it. happy birthday. >> thanks. >> we got to tiffany's --

>> the color is right. the blue. >> that's right. >> thank you. >> happy birthday. where's my candle though? >> we are not allowed to have a candle in the studio. >> that many candles. >> geez, guys, seriously. >> i didn't say that. >> thanks. >> good? >> yes. >> bill made them. stayed up late. >> the flour was difficult. >> i'm just going to eat my cup cake. >> enjoy the cup cake. >> i will take it from here. >> really good. buttery. >> all right. still ahead, president trump fires back over a new report about his -- >> she doesn't like the cup cake. >> an awkward exchange in the oval office as the leader, as we just had the awkward exchange, rejecting a sign of affection from the president all right in front of the cameras, that moment coming up next. t.

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president trump is pushing back against reports that he demanded to shoot migrants in the legs and an alligator filled border moat to keep immigrants from entering the country. watch this. >> so these two reporters wrote this book, and they said i want a moat with alligators, snake, electrified senses so people get electrocuted if they so much as touch the fence and spikes on top of of it. never said. it and never thought it and i put out something on social

media, and i'm tough on the border, and i'm not that tough. it was a lie. >> this comes after "the new york times" reported an excerpt from the upcoming book entitled border from the border wars. previously he talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench with alligators and snakes prompting to seek an estimate. he wanted a wall lec fried with spikes on top after suggest that soldiers shoot migrants from they throw rocks. his staff told him that was illegal but later he recalled that they shoot them in the lgss to slow them down. that's not allowed either they confirmed. >> and in a visit to the white house yesterday, finnish president swatted away president trump's hand after the u.s. commander and chief tried to grab his knee during a press

gaggle in the oval office. in despite to his unmatched happiness -- [ laughter ] >> so awkward. >> it's so awkward. >> he tried to give him a light tap on the leg but as you can see he's no fan of trump's touchy feely comradery. his visit came on the day that his impeachment picks up steam. and the president even attacked the president when the finnish reporter asked what he could learn from the, quote, happiest country in the world. >> finland is the happiest country in the world. >> what can you learn? >> well, if you got rid of pelosi and shifty shift -- finn sland a happy country, he's a happy leader too. >> can anybody read lips and know what he's saying when he swipes the hand away? >> it's not the same relationship that him and macron have. >> but they have a moment too

where the back pat was a little bit awkward. >> yeah. coming up on "morning joe," the president's frustrations on the equipment boil over. dremocratic max rose will join us. plus we'll discuss trump's growing attacks against that panel's chairman. "morning joe" is just moments away. for all out confidence...

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all right. joining us now from be washington, d.c. is the axios and chief nick johnson. great to have you with us. what is axios's one big thing today. >> impeachment engulfs the government. we are ten days into the democrats' impeachment inquiry and it's transcending u.s. government unlike anything we've seen before. the levels of the government it spilled out yesterday mike pence

was drawn into it, questions that he knew about the ukrainian conversations, whether he was involved any of those back channel negotiations. mike pompeo in rome with his counterpart had to appearance questions about the issue and the president's press conference yesterday with the president of finland dominated completely by the impeachment proceedings. the president of finland got a question himself about what favors he received. it's something we talked about spilling into the 2020 campaign and it's -- we've seen that mood a lot on the polling. double-digit swings and interest in this kind of issue as support builds for an impeachment inquiry. we've written a lot about what could possibly break through and sustain media attention and stoik trump, it seems impeachment is the thing that does it. >> along the impeachment inquiry, the president seems focused and obsessed with intel chair adam schiff. ha is the strategy behind that? >> the president always wants a foil. if you grow back to 2016 during the campaign he's zeroing in on

his opponents and giving them nicknames and online. adam schiff is now the foil for the impeachment inquiry being attacked relentlessly on stwirt a twitter and social media. it's to create a suspicion around it. calling in question the motives. the attack now is what did he know about the complaint and when did he know it? i've seen a line on social media saying he colluded with the whistleblower in putting that together. voters are left with the conclusion saying i don't know who to believe anymore. >> they want to show that congress is still functioning, at least the house side of things. house speaker nancy pelosi are trying to get a trade deal through congress. what's the motivation to get that deal done and how realistic is it to see them pass legislation? >> we talked earlier in the week about how everything is dead on

arrival. i sent one of our reporters down to the hill yesterday to dig into that a little more. the sense she's getting among democrats is the trade deal is one thing that could get thing. it's a great opportunity for pelosi to get to her more vulnerable mibs membevu vulnerable members to say we're not just focusing on impeachment. this is something that everybody wants. it's the one thing we think could somehow sneak through the gridlock over impeachment and get done by thanksgiving. >> i know they're looking at beto o'rourke and his defiance when it comes to getting action on reforming gun laws. what's behind that? >> he's come out recently saying he wants mandatory buybacks to assault weapons. he said that at a gun safety forum yesterday he stuck to that position. none of the other democrats joined him. i think it's an interesting calculation on his part. he's struggled to break through in that top tier of candidates.

a strong position on guns could probably be it for him. when we dug into the data of how people were reacting to that when he first made it clear in a debate, he had a huge job on social media. it could be a winner for him. >> thank you very much. we'll be reading axios a.m. out there in a minute. you can sign up by going to sign up.axios.com. >> i'm yasmin alongside ayman. "morning joe" starts right now. the whistleblower was wrong. the only thing that matters is the transcript of the actual conversation that i had with the president of cue craukraine. >> yes, all that matters is the transcript. the transcript where the president of ukraine asked for missiles and you say i would like you to do us a favor, though. it's like a scooby-doo villain saying i would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for me releasing this signed confession. here, i'll rip off my own mask. >> i had a transcript done by

very, very talented people, word for word. comma for comma. done by people that do it for a living. we had an exact transcript. >> okay, let's take a look at that exact transcript and see what the talented people wrote. right on the first page it says, not a verbatim transcript of a discussion. >> now, i get three days of peace and i'm walking into the united nations, going to meet with the biggest leaders in the world, and i hear about the word impeachment. i said what did i do now? >> well, it's good to know -- it's good to know even you can't keep track of your crimes. [ laughter ] >> but, why -- [ laughter ] >> way ahead of me. but, here's my problem. here's my problem with what he just said. why did you get three days of peace? that's not fair. >> nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you