otherwise. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night, thank you so much for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. cs headquarters here in new york. you're sending that big message. it's is so important. you have to vote. you have to get your friends. if you lose, it sends a really bad message. it sends -- and they will build it up. they're going to make it like st up. if you win, they'll say ho hum, if you lose, they'll say trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history the world. you can't let that happen to me. it turns out it did happen to him. >> it was a strong night for democrats who also flipped the virginia state house. a sweep that puts the state

viral in the democrats' hands. plus, trump donor turned ambassador. gordon sondland changes his testimony and now says the actual message to ukraine did involve a quid pro quo. ♪ good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, november 6th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with that governors race in kentucky. nbc news projects andy bashir is the apparent winner and will unseat matt bevin who aligned himself closely with president trump and who framed the race as referendum on trump and the issue of impeachment. the race was close. separated by about 5,000 votes in total. that's the difference between half a percentage. while the governor is refusing to concede the governor elect is

looking ahead. >> tonight, voters in kentucky sent a message loud and clear for everyone to hear. as your next governor, i will listen more than i talk. i will work with anyone who has a good idea that we can deliver for kentuckians. with all of the partisan bickering and nastiness that we're seeing in politics, we have an opportunity to do better right here in kentucky. >> this is a close, close race. we are not conceding this race by any stretch. not a bit. in the end, we will have the governor that was chosen by the people of kentucky. and that's the way the process should work. >> beshear focused his campaign on kitchen table issues such as education and health care. governor bevan, as we mentioned, focused on trump.

nbc's vaughn hillyard asked bevan about that. >> why is this race so much to talk about president trump so much? >> do you watch the news? >> last night, i saw a lot of your ads? >> awesome, have you watched the news other than political ads, have you heard anything about trump in the last three, four, year? >> you're running for governor. >> that's the irony. why people would talk to president trump would indicate that you've maybe come out from under a rock. here in america, that's pretty topical every night. ask the people who come in here if they care about his impeachment process they will tell you almost to a process that they do. because they find it to be ai a charade, a sham. >> and trump konded, won five

out of six elections in kentucky. including five great candidates that i speak for and introduced last night. matt bevin. picked up at least 15 points. >> at the state house? >> do you all like the color blue? i said, do you like the color blue? because i'm here to officially declare today, november 5th, 2019, that virginia is officially blue, congratulations. >> so thanks to unusually high turnout, especially in virginia suburbs yesterday marked the third election in a row in which democrats made significant gains since president trump was elected. the sweeping victory will give virginia democrats control of the legislature and the governorship for the first time in, get this, 26 years. the party has pledged to move forward with passing gun restrictions and raise the minimum wage once in power. joining us here on set, the

washington reporter for politico. from last night at the event, i cornered him and said you better come on the show tomorrow morning. >> you cornered me. >> let's talk about the kentucky governor race here. you saw president trump show up the night before and dig in and say you've got to vote republican here. and lo and behold, the republican lost. what is that going to say about the national race here, especially when you have people wanting to stump for them? are they going to be regrouping here and saying how do we deal with the president, do we align ourselves with him? >> yes, i think they may second-guess themselves in terms of going all in line with trump. it's worked in the past in red state elections, republicans love getting the trump bump. but democrats are so fired up. and i think this impeachment is only helping their efforts because they feel like they won -- they feel like, you know,

they had 3 million more votes last time in 2016. and this time, they're more cognizant of the electoral college in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. so it kind of shows that the trump brand is not as popular as republicans might hope. >> and it's just incredible that he handily won in kentucky. >> 30 points. >> and it's also kind of an embarrassment for mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader. so, these are all people that aligned themselves with president trump. rand paul has gone golfing every other weekend with the president. mcconnell has been his top ally on the hill. >> let's talk about another big state, as we saw from the governor turned blue, the state of virginia. what is the significance of a state like virginia turning blue? and more comborimportantly, its hurdles for president trump's re-election in 2020?

>> well, i think president trump has long written off virginia. because it's just been trending blue and purple for so long. the virginia suburbs which are full of government workers, they are not happy with how president trump has talked about the deep state. and tried to root out his supposed enemies there. and those multiple government shutdowns. so, i think virginia is kind of gone for republicans. so they would be stupid to, you know, spend too many resources there. so, now, democrats can final achieve priorities on minimum wage and gun control, that the republican legislature had stymied. >> do you think this is at all a predictor for the national race? >> there's often the midelections people try to read too much into them. but it's definitely a clear signal to republicans that they're going to have an uphill battle, although they've reached so much more money than democrats so far.

and democrats are still in this primary war. >> daniel, always a pleasure. thanks for coming out of the swamp for us. try to avoid her evening gatherings so you don't get dragged in. u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland has provided additional testimony to house impeachment investigators that updates his deposition from last month. in a sworn statement released yesterday sondland said he now remembers telling a top aide to president volodymyr zelensky that the country would not receive assistance until it committed to investigating the former election and former vice president joe biden. in his upcoming testimony, sondland told congress his memory was, quote, refreshed. and that he now recalled telling the zelensky aide this. that the resumption of u.s. sade

would likely not occur until ukraine had provided the anti-corruption statement that he had been discussing for many weeks. sondland said withholding the aid was, quote, ill-advised but did not know why and how the it was suspended. and now "the new york times" points out that sondland's admission directly contradicts his testimony to investigators last month when he said, quote, never thought there was any precondition on the aid. and appears intended to insulate him from accusations that he intentionally mislead congress. now according to a "washington post" analysis there's now six public confirmations of a quid pro quo between the trump administration and ukraine. >> in light of sondland's revelation, senator lindsey graham appears to have some explaining to do. >> if you're looking for a circumstance where the president of the united states was threatening the ukraine with cutting off aid unless they investigate his political

opponent, you would be very disappointed. that does not exist. show me something that is a crime. if you can show me that, you know, trump actually was engaging in a quid pro quo. outside of the phone call, that would be very disturbing. the president of ukraine said, no, i was never today, if i don't do this, i don't get the military aid. so, until you can show me that -- something else, i'm right where i'm at. here's the bottom line, mueller meant something to me. i'm not impressed with this whole line of impeachment. i've looked at the phone call. i find nothing wrong here. i'm not going to entertain impeaching the president over this matter, period. done. >> but you said in the past if there is quid pro quo -- >> yeah, show me where there is. you're presuming something. at the end of the day, this doesn't get it for me. >> okay, so a fresh round of text messages given to

combeechlts investiga impeachment investigators to kurt volker reveals specifics of the language of the anti-corrupt statement that had been drafted for ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to read. according to the text released yesterday, top zelensky adviser yermak sent a draft. but volker asked yermak to add two key items to it. and the then the next draft mentioned burisma and in the testimony, he denied any explicit quid pro quo. >> joining us here, msnbc an lift danny cevallos. quite the turnaround by gordon sondland in his testimony, his deposition yesterday. essentially announcing that there was a quid pro quo. where do things go from here? is the quid pro quo enough of a leg to stand on for impeachment?

or can the president and his circle and his supporters like lindsey graham still hide behind the fact that it was an anti-corruption quid pro quo? >> first, so many times in court, i've seen a witness wrongly think they can get up on the stand and say i don't remember, i don't recall, or i never knew the answers to that question. what those witnesses often find out that circumstantial evidence can show that, in fact, you probably knew what you're claiming not to know. that's why this is so significant. to the extent it tends to show that there was a quid pro quo, ultimately, all of this is going to boil down to a question. because it seems pretty clear that there's going to be evidence that trump directly asked for an investigation. not of corruption generally, but of hunter biden and whatever else. >> yeah. >> so the question will

ultimately be, is it a proper purpose, is it a proper exercise of presidential power to ask someone to investigate the corruption, essentially of one person, if that person does pose a corruption threat to the united states, but the person is also a political opponent? and so that the core of this inquiry. >> what do you make of this revised testimony from gordon sondland? does this basically make him lose total and utter credibility when it comes to his testimony in general. >> it does. and i would have loved to have been a fly on the wall with his attorneys having that difficult meeting with him where they decide and encourage him, kudos for them, saying, look, this is a tough decision we have to make, for whatever reason you're suddenly having this refreshed recollection, you have to put it out there. >> does he have to really kind of save his tail if things go south? >> i think this was probably damage control. and i'm sure his attorneys were

a critical part in making him adjust his statement. and provide this new statement that they must have known would be absolutely excoriated in the press as it is. at the same time, that decision is made when it's the better of two evils. changing your testimony is a must. >> is he personally in any legal jeopardy? >> when it comes to perjury, but purchasi perjuring yourself before congress say crime. but we've seen high profile defendants in the last year who have dealt with lying to congress or lying understand oath. or lying to federal investigators or congress themselves not under oath. >> just quickly, now you have democrats saying look, he now has said there's a quid pro quo. you heard it from gordon sondland in his revised testimony. is this helping them, saying,

look, he said one thing one time, and another thing another thing? >> republicans will say this person lacks total credibility. i don't know that they would say that when he had testimony that was favorable to the president. as he's less credible and less credible, republicans or any jury of his peers is going to say this is a witness that you believe some of what he says or believe none of it. >> thanks, danny. the trial of roger stone turns into an all-out spectacle. as you can imagine, we'll show you what happens. plus, a check of the weather. make fitness routine with pure protein.

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welcome back. newly released phone records from donald trump's verizon cell phone bills revealed yesterday that the former apprentice host

made calls to summer zervos at the same time she said he sex l sexually assaulted her. he made calls six times at the time he was staying at the beverly hill hotel. that stay is say key part of the zervos lawsuit. trump's lawyer in the case marc kasowitz said the claims are meritless and not corroborated by any documents. she's one of 11 women who accused trump since the election. former longtime trump confidant and roger stone was excused during court during jury selection complaining of food poisoning shortly after an

observer was taken out on a stretcher after appearing to have a seizure. it was further delayed. more than 80 perspective jurors arrived to take part in the trial. his case stems from former special counsel's robert mueller's investigation into russian interference into the 2016 election. he's pleaded not guilty to those charges. >> let's switch gears and check on weather with janessa webb. >> winter is out. kind of no looking back. we have our first winter advisories that currently have been issued for montana. and they will stretch from the northern plains to the midwest this afternoon. so you can see some banding that's starting to happen, early morning commute from madison, across wisconsin, it's going to be a slow-go of things along with dropping temperatures. there's many points to the storm system. and we're talking windchills

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will in fact appear this morning. likewise, jennifer williams is also expected to show up for her scheduled deposition, on thursday. also happening tomorrow, top ukraine expert alexander vindman will make another appearance on the hill, to overview his transcript of his prior testimony. a source familiar with the matter claims that vindman will testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry, if asked by house investigators. >> so while in recess this week, house democrats have yet to set a date to advance the inquiry. two people on a conference call with congressional lawmakers yesterday telling nbc news that no time line was given on when the public portion of the impeachment inquiry will begin. with that in mind, house democrats are simultaneously preparing as if another government shutdown is actually on the horizon. majority leader steny hoyer told lawmakers on the call they should be prepared to be in washington the week of december

16th to work on funding the government. although they're said to adjourn, the prior funding for this fiscal year is set to expire on november 21st. >> after shying away from the impeachment inquiry, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said president trump would be acquitted if a trial were in fact held today. >> i'm pretty sure how it likely to end if it were today. i don't think there's any question, it would not lead to a removal. so the question is how long does the senate want to take? i'd be surprised if it didn't end, the way the two previous ones one, with the president not being removed from office. >> presumably, at some point, senator schumer and i will sit down and see if we can agree on a process. >> have already started those conversations? >> we've not started discussing this. if the house acts, i think the place to start, we'd take a look at what the agreement was 20

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it was a very big night for democrats, unseating the trump-backed republican governor of kentucky and flipping the virginia state house. we're going to get analysis on both of these huge stories in a moment. but i want to begin in a major development in the impeachment push, as ambassador gordon sondland reversing his testimony, acknowledging that american aid to ukraine was contingent on a wish list for the president. kristen welker has more. >> reporter: in a placement development of gordon sondland the u.s. ambassador to the eu, now says there was a quid pro quo over military aid. sondland first testified he was not aware of one, but the former trump donor updated his testimony this week with a three-page written statement, saying his memory had been refreshed after other witnesses contradicted him. nearly six weeks after that july phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader,

sondland says he remembers telling a top ukrainian official that ukraine would not get military aid until it committed to investigating the 2016 campaign and the bidens. sondland does not directly tie trump to the effort. he describes a phone call where he asked the president whether the white house was withholding military aid to get investigations. sondland said mr. trump told him, i want no quid pro quo. i want the president of ukraine to do the right thing. sondland said, i wouldn't say he hung up on me, but it was almost like he hung up on me. but sondland describes the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani as pushing for the probe telling lawmakers that mr. giuliani's demands kept getting more insidious as the time line went on adding state department officials were fully aware of the issues with mr. giuliani but theres have very little they could do it about it, if the president decided he wanted his attorney

involved. >> the president of the united states abused his power. >> reporter: but in other transcripts released special envoy to ukraine kurt volker said he saw no evidence that the president wanted a meeting. volker called giuliani's actions a problem that impeded u.s. officials' ability to build the relationship the way we should be doing with ukraine. but the white house says the transcripts show there is even less evidence for this illegitimate impeachment sham than previously thoughts, highlighting sondland's admission he does not know when and why the aide was suspended. president trump blasted democrats. >> while we're creating jobs and killing terrorists, the radical democrats are going totally insane. >> reporter: top republicans called for the whistle-blower's identity to be revealed. the president is now urging

lawmakers to protect the whistle-blower's identity and reflect on the role that person plays. in a letter sent to mulvaney yesterday requesting his testimony that shares of the house intel foreign affair. and oversight committees write that they believe he has, quote, substantial first hand knowledge and information relive to the house's impeachment inquiry. however, the white house has said, or signaled that had will not comply with the request for mulvaney's testimony. past democratic and republican stations would not be inclined to permit senior adviser to the president to participate in such a ridiculous partisan illegitimate proceeding and neither is this one. >> so senator rand paul said yesterday, quote, he may disclose the name of the whistle-blower, watch this. >> there's no law that prevents me from mentioning the name of

who has been said to be the whistle-blower. >> do you know? >> yeah. >> i don't understand what prevents you from getting on the senate floor where you're protected and just giving a speech and giving the guy's name. >> no, i can. there's no law that stops me from doing it. >> okay. so during the interview, paul said he agreed with senator lindsey graham's earlier statement clarifying the statute for whistle-blowers. >> the whistle-blower statute was never meant to give anonymity. it was meant to allow you to come forward without being fired. you can't use anonymity in a criminal process. you can't use anonymity in a civil process. this is a misuse of the statute. you can't prosecute somebody based on the whistle-blower complaint because every defendant has a right to confront their accuser. nor should you be able to impeach any president of the united states, republican or democrat, based on an anonymous

allegation. >> in a twitter thread, the whistle-blower's lawyer mentioned the importance of protecting theent enidentity. i urge all of government leaders, all members of congress, to step back and reflect on the important role of whistle-blowers play in our ability to oversee itself. and when asked by senator kamala harris if giuliani had a security clearance, ray said he did not know? >> have you communicated with mr. giuliani since you were naum named as fbi director? >> no. >> and do you know if mr. giuliani holds any security clearance of any kind? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> given the close relationship between the president and mr. giuliani, has the fbi told the president whether his counsel is a potential

counterintelligence threat? >> i don't think there's anything that i can say on that subject. >> harris also repeatedly asked ray if it was ethical for the fbi to launch, limit or stop an investigation if requested by anyone in the white house? the fbi director said he deflected the question saying he cannot remember a time when trump or any white house official asked him to do so. giuliani has been at the center because he was to contact william barr for next steps to investigate joe biden and his son. the house gop is contemplating a major shake jum for the intel community. in a statement by politico confirmed as accurate by nbc news and other outlets, minority leader kevin mccarthy says, quote, if democrats are going to

turn intel into the committee, i'm going to make adjustments. those adjustments include adding members including congressman mark meadows to president trump's most vocal public defenders. there is reportedly no plan at this time to replace desvin nuns and the president's top supporters. joining us here in politico is daniel lippman. let's talk about the possibly proposed changes that now kevin mccarthy has put out there, with regards to the intel committee, if it, quote, becomes the impeachment committee? what do you make of this threat, really? >> well, they really want to get trump's bulldogs who are loyal defenders that are close to president trump. mark meadows. he went to new york city with trump last weekend to go to that -- so they've been effective in combatting some of the

democratic charges from those closed-door depositions. and they're worried that some of the more moderate members like will herd on the intelligence committee aren't going to goal to bat for the president. there's also a question what happens to the members that they would need to, you know, swap out. it's a pretty unprecedented move. >> reappointing a member to a specific committee? >> yeah, just for the purpose of protecting the president. so, you know, i don't know how that will go down with friends of will herd and other members. >> let me you can about politics, it was a big election night. big wins in kentucky, big wins in virginia for the democrats. put that in context, how significant are they for both the republicans and democrats? should we be reading into that or not that significant? >> i think it's kind of in the

middle, matt bevin was pretty unpopular in kentucky. and people did not like how he had operated on medicaid. and virginia has been shifting blue for a long time. but i think it's kind of a reminder that republicans should not be tying their sale on to just -- >> it's not a given. >> so, you have to kind of operate on your district and think about what your voters want. and i think especially with this impeachment inquiry, congress will have to kind of figure out what to do with real policy like u.s. -- you know, usmca and transportation structure. those are issues that affect all of us. >> it's interesting that you bring up the impeachment group. i thought that for a moment in that you have a lot of republicans and members of the gop basically saying we're going to dig in our heels in support of the president throughout the impeachment inquiry because they worry about the support of president trump's base. their seats are up in the

election year in 2020. could this change that calculus for them, seeing what took place in virginia and kentucky last night? >> i think they'll be thinking about that today. but i also think democrats, you know, they're trying to wrap up this impeachment inquiry as fast as possible. because they know in 2020, they're going to have to try to focus on real pocketbook issues. while they do have public support on impeachment -- >> they probably know he'll be acquitted ultimately. >> yeah, so it will look like a failed effort. >> daniel lipmann, thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks for falling prey to my pressure. >> of course. two stories from election night, both from virginia. >> one a woman who lost her job after flipping off the president's motorcade. and the other a rematch decided from a random draw from a bowl. you may remember that one. your "first look" at "morning joe" is back in a moment. skin sin #17...

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welcome back, everyone. there were a number of notable wins in virginia including virginia cycle lift julie briskman who lost her job after flipping off the president's motorcade. she won a seat yesterday ousting her district incumbent. and shelli symmonds who lost her 2017 run after a tie from a random drawing out of a glass bowl. yesterday, she flipped the seated helping democrats secure a major legislative victory. >> let's get a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist janessa webb. good morning, we're watching where the cold is coming up. the trajectory of the system is minus 20.

it goes through canada, unfortunately, if you are in the northeast, you're getting the core of this cold weather by saturday afternoon. now, morning lows will hover in the 20s. we're talking about the teens, the single digits. feel-like temperatures for boston by saturday morning. so, we're watching this very closely, as this clipper system makes its way in. now timing is key. the bulk of this system really impacts the northeast. late morning, so your early morning commute, pretty much okay. it's the higher elevations that's going to see the bulk of this snow. and then i think things really start to rev up. this is around 8:00 p.m. on thursday. there is that dividing line. so a possibility for new york city, washington, boston, to see a little bit of freezing rain. it should move in and out fairly quickly. but still impacting more than new england going into friday. so very dicey early morning commute. please watch for winter weather

advisories. also freeze warnings that potentially could be put in place here the next 24 hours. if you're looking for snow, we're talking 4 to 8 inches for northern new england, hartford, it looks like predominantly rain we're going to see. and looking at the extended forecast, you're seeing that cool air coming in. but next week, it's even worse. so this is the beginning. >> thanks. still haahead, big news fro the tech world. the stories driving your business day, coming up next. ! high protein. low sugar. so good! high protein. low sugar. mmmm, birthday cake! pure protein. the best combination for every fitness routine. more exciting than than getting a lexus... giving one. this is unbelievable! >>it really is. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 rx 350 all wheel drive for $419 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.

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welcome back. time now for business as xerox reportedly puts in a bid to take over hp, "wall street journal" calls it two fading stars of technology. joumanna bercetche joins us live. talk about this new development. >> good morning. that's a way to put it, two fading stars of technology. stay also a maker of personal computers and printers here's the strange challenge xerox only has a market cap of $8 billion, that's less than a third of the market cap of hp. xerox have said they've secured informal funding kmicommitments from a major bank. both of these companies have been under a lot of pressure to

cut costs. a source close to the situation told "the wall street journal" that the combined synergies from this expected merger, if it does go ahead could lead to cost savings of about $2 billion. a welcomed step for both of those indeed elsewhere, another story we've been talking about for a very long time. after a year in review, the fcc has given approval to t-mobile's acquisition of sprint. this has been a long time in the works. the fcc's republican majority praised thec' deal for its potential to accelerate the spread of high-tech 5g technology. the two democrats on the board were lesscr optimistic with commissioner jeffrey starks saying that the agency's approval defied a staff analysis finding that wireless prices could go up. in terms of what it means for market share, the new entity t-mobile having acquired sprint will be the second largest u.s. carrier. verizon has the l. lion's shar the market with around 40%.

t-mobile will be there right behind at about 29%. it is transformative for the wireless industry in the u.s. >> thank you. great seeing you. coming up next, a look at "axios's" one big thing, and coming up on "morning joe," democrats win key tests ahead of the 2020 presidential election unste unseating a republican governor, what this says about trump, trumpism. the stunne in the impeachment inquiry, gordon sondland revises his testimony to now acknowledge a quid pro quo. unbelievable. "morning joe" is just moments away. ahhhh! giving one. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 nx 300 for $329 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.

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joining us now from washington, d.c. with a look at "axios" and political reporter from "axios" alexi mccammond. what is the one big thing?

>> you all at msnbc have been covering extensively these elections in virginia and kentucky. "axios" has a behind the scenes look at democrat andy beshear's upset victory against matt bevin in kentucky. all the while while campaigning, bevin the incumbent republican governor was pretty bullish about his chances for being reelected, at least publicly, but sources close to the trump political orbit and trump world were nervous and expressed concern that they never thought he was going to win because they thought bevin was a bad candidate and they were looking at polling showing that public opinion showed that bevin is the least popular governor in the country. >> wow. >> and all that matters because now democrats are sort of looking at kentucky as whether or not it's a bellwether for their fortunaes in other elections in purple states like kentucky moving forward around the country. >> democrats also took control of the virginia state legislature yesterday which we've been talking about throughout the show. what else is "axios" reporting

with regards to this? >> you know what's interesting when i think about yesterday's virginia elections is we saw something similar, at least in terms of trends in 2016 right after president trump -- or 2017 rather, right after president trump had been elected. it was democrats sort of first chance to fight back against president trump in state legislative elections in virginia. i'm sure you all remember that a number of democrats, diverse democrats, women, lgbtq folks won these state legislative seats in virginia in 2017. now we're seeing that momentum carry through in 2019 in these elections yesterday. they have officially locked down this trifecta with the governor's mansion and the state legislature in virginia, and that shows not just this sort of democratic energy in the state of virginia but one of the big power players in virginia for these elections was every town, the gun safety group, and they told us at "axios" that they were out spending the nra in these elections eight to one. >> i wonder when the last time that was happening in this country when every town could

out spend the nra. >> it's a sign of changing times. let me ask you about some reporting you guys have on the effects of global warming and what is now being considered irreversible damage. this is something that is expected to be front and center in the 2020 election, certainly among the democratic primary field. what have you guys learned? >> that's right, climate change has been a huge topic in the 2020 presidential primary. this new reporting at "axios" shows that client scientists are out with a new paper that discusses the ways in which the expected sea level rise we're supposed to see between now and 2050 are already baked in. as they put out these papers and this research and we look at the ways in which climate change has become a polarizing political topic, these scientists are hoping that the research their putting out makes people move more quickly and take action more quickly as opposed to sort of lagging behind as they're seeing again these expected sea level rises as they say are already baked in. it's sort of leaving us with limited options about how to

move forward and change the course of the direction. >> what else are you watching today? >> well, i'm watching the impeachment hearings right? we're all expecting whether or not john bolton is going to appear. the sondland testimony that he's now changing is really fascinating and the narrative that president trump is trying to push and republicans are tro trying to push on what's going on with the quid pro quo and watching whether or not senate republicans come around or whether they're going to continue to say maybe there's a quid pro quo but it wasn't illegal and it's not an impeachable offense. >> what else is anyone watching. >> thank you very much. we're going to be reading "axios" a.m. in just a bit. that does it for us on this wednesday morning, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> you can't let that happen to me. >> tonight voters in kentucky sent a message loud and clear for everyone to hear. >> this has nothing to do with

trump. >> all right. on monday it was all about trump. you could hear him. he said it's all on me. you can't do this to me. you can't do this to me, and then, oh, my goodness, they did it, and don jr. says it has nothing to do with donald trump, the president. really? okay. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is wednesday, november 6th. along with joe, willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc and author of "the red and the blue" steve kornacki with the maps today. columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius joins us and nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla joins us now. >> they're two stories that for people who are just stupid enough to like w