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good friday morning, everybody. what a week it's been. it is november 22nd. >> the end of the week, already? >> monday or friday? >> i can't even tell. they all blur together these days. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian, and it is friday thankfully alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin in washington as the last scheduled hearing in the impeachment probe wrapped up yesterday with fiona hill and political counsel david holmes. dr. hill told republican lawmakers out of the gate that she refused to entertain conspiracies of ukraine's meddling in the 2020 election and also framing it as a matter of national security. watch this. >> some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps somehow, for some reason, ukraine did. this is a fictional novelty that

has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves. right now, russia's security services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 election. we are running out of time to stop them. and the cost of this investigation, i would ask you not to promote falsehoods to advance certain interests. i refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an ultimate narrative that the ukrainian government and ukraine, not russia, attacked us in 2016. these fictions are harmful even if it is purely domestic political purposes. >> isn't it also true that some of president trump's most senior advisers had informed him that this theory of ukraine interference in the 2016 election was false? >> that's correct. >> so is it your understanding then that president trump disregarded the advice of his senior officials about this theory and instead listened to

rudy giuliani's views? >> that appears to be the case, yes. >> there was also a point when dr. hill was asked about testimony from ambassador gordon sondland's deposition, when he accused her of being quote emotional during a meeting while describing himself as being a shoulder to cry on. here's how dr. hill recalled that meeting. >> i think you might recall in my deposition on october 14th that i said very unfortunately had a bit of a blowup with ambassador sondland, i had a couple of testy encounters with him, one june 18, when i actually said to him, who put you in charge of ukraine, and i was a bit rude, and that's when he told me the president which shut me up. and this other meeting, i think it was about 15, 20 minutes, exactly, as he depicted it was. i was actually to be honest angry with him. and you know, i hate to say it but often when women show ang ter is not fully appreciated, it is often pushed on to emotional

issues and perhaps, or deflected on to other people. and while i was angry about, was he wasn't coordinating us with. and i actually realized having listened to his deposition that he was actually right, that he wasn't coordinating with us because we weren't doing the same thing that he was doing. so i was upset with him that he wasn't fully telling us about all of the meetings that he was having. and he said to me, that i'm briefing the president, i'm briefing chief of staff mulvaney, i'm briefing secretary pompeo and i've talked to ambassador bolton. who else do i have to deal with? and the point is, we have a robust inter-agency process that deals with ukraines that includes mr. holmes, it includes ambassador taylor, a whole load of other people, but it struck me yesterday, when you put up on the screen ambassador sondland's emails and who was on these emails and he said these are the people who need to know that he was absolutely right, because he

was being involved in a domestic political errand, and really we're being involved in national security foreign policy, and those two things had just diverged. so he was correct, and i have not put my finger on that, at the moment but i was irritated with him and angry with him that he wasn't fully coordinating and i did say to him, ambassador sondland, gordon, i think this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> and under secretary of state for political affairs david holmes told impeachment investigators yesterday he became convinced by the end of august that president trump withheld u.s. military aid to ukraine in order to pressure the country to commit to an investigation into his political rival. >> my clear impression was that the security assistance hold was likely intended by the president either as an expression of dissatisfaction with ukrainians, who had not yet agreed to the burisma biden investigation, or as an effort to increase the pressure on them to do so.

>> this to you was the only logical conclusion that you could reach? >> correct. >> sort of like two plus two equals four. >> exactly. >> so david holmes also recounted the july 26th cell phone call he overheard between president trump and eu ambassador gordon sondland at a restaurant in kyiv. >> you heard president trump ask ambassador sonland, is he going to do the investigation. >> yes, sir. >> what was ambassador sondland's response? >> he said oh, yes, he's going to do it, he'll do anything you ask. >> and was that the end of the ukraine portion of the conversation? >> yes. >> afterwards, you described a follow-on conversation that you had with ambassador sondland, where you asked him, i think, generally, what did president trump think of ukraine, is that right? >> right. >> what did ambassador sondland say to you? >> he said he doesn't really

care about ukraine. >> did he use slightly more colorful language than that. >> he did. >> what did he say that he does care about? >> he says he cares about big stuff. >> did he explain what he meant by big stuff? >> i asked him, well, what kind of big stuff, we have big stuff going on here, with russia, and he said no, big stuff, like the biden investigation, that mr. giuliani is pushing. >> so republican congressman mike conaway of texas later accused holmes of showing indiscretion in showing details about that overheard phone call. >> we couldn't figure out how many people you shuleactually st information with and i would argue that the information is unflatt unflattering to the president, unflattering to the ambassador, and your testimony, your deposition said, you shared that, with folks who you thought would find it interesting. well, i'd argue that anyone in the back row would find it interesting so i don't know that

is necessarily the criteria, but on a go forward basis in the future when you're privileged to certain circumstances that would be embarrassing to the principle, that if it is official, that you shared with the ambassador but the folks outside the embassy or folks in the embassy who don't have a need to know, that you wouldn't reveal them with your recounting of those instances? >> sir, i think it was gordon sondland who showed a discretion by having that conversation over the phone line. >> meanwhile president trump on twitter questioned homes' ability to have overheard his cell phone conversation with sondland writing this. i have been watching people making phone calls my entire life, my hearing is and has been great, and never have i been watching a person making a call which was not on speaker phone and been able to hear or understand a conversation. i've even tried. but to no avail. try it live. texas republican congressman will hurd signaled which way he intends to vote in the

impeachment inquiry. >> an impeachable offense should be compelling, overwhelming clear, and unambiguous. and it is not something to be rushed or taken lightly. i have not heard evidence proving the president committed bribery or extortion. >> congressman hurd not running for re-election next year was believed to have been a potential republican who would consider breaking ranks to vote in favor of impeachment. as the house impeachment inquiry continues to rock the trump administration, one senior white house official confirmed yesterday that a group of republican senators and senior white house officials met privately to discuss a strategy for the potential impeachment trial of the president. the "washington post" first reported that the plans included limiting the proceeds in the senate to two weeks but no final decision was made. according to people familiar with the president's sentiment, trump is quote miserable about the impeachment probe and has pushed to dismiss the proceedings right away. however, one official familiar with yesterday's meeting says nation officials are still ready

and all options to present them to trump, and white house counsel is preparing to mount a full defense of the president for an impeachment trial. joining us here on the set, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and with us in washington, d.c., white house reporter for "politico," meredith mcgraw. meredith, let me begin with you. great to see both of you. and your reporting on "politico," on top gop senators having this white house meeting, interesting strategy that they're trying to come up with, to try to discuss what a senate trial might nact look like. what could we expect to see in a defense of president trump? >> that's right, white house, they brought in a group of republican senators just yesterday to start hashing out what exactly a senate trial may look like. and while they're still in the very beginning phases of figuring out what those details will be, senate majority leader and mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, they will have to

figure out some rules and parameters for what the trial would eventually look like. and this was a beginning conversation with some key senate republicans to talk about what the defense might be going forward. and what the white house needs to do in preparation. one of the things that a white house official brought up was that the president is now eager to move forward with the trial, if the house does vote to impeach him. and they're also looking at bringing in people like the whistle-blower, and perhaps hunter biden, or vice president joe biden, as potential witnesses, in the trial. >> danny, after listening to testimony from dr. fiona hill yesterday and david holmes, both incredibly impressive testimony and very damaging to the trump administration and president trump and general and also implicated pompeo and in some respects as well, mick mulvaney, where do we stand with regards to the evidence to impeach the

president? is there enough at this point concerning the fact that these public testimonies are over, and especially the fact that there are no article, we don't know what the articles of impeachment will be yet going forward. >> it depends on what you subscribe to as what an im peopleabl peopleable, impeachable defense. there are some who say you are required to have a crime, alan dershowitz is one, required to have a crime in order to proceed with impeachment and i subscribe to the theory that any abuse of official power is enough and historically that's been the case, there have been articles of impeachment that are not crimes but mere abuse of official power. and a request, using that official power, to have an investigation, of a political rival, steams to, seems to fit within that category. yesterday's testimony went a step further for all of those people who thought burisma could be some corrupt company that we have to look out for, no, burisma meant biden. and that's really where this is

heading. because sondland has already admitted to the quid pro quo. he's admitted that burisma was something that was being investigated. if they drive home at this point that burisma unquestionably was biden, as fiona hill testified yesterday, then this case becomes a relatively strong case for impeachment. >> i keep going back to the point that the republicans had control of the house and the senate with president trump, they never once wanted to look into burisma, they never once wanted to look into joe biden or hunter biden, only when the political campaign of 2020 got under way that this suddenly this became a central focus of the republicans and their investigation. to that point, meredith, i wanted to get your thoughts on what the reaction has been to dr. fiona hill's testimony, regarding her scolding of republicans over this fiction nam a, fictional claim that ukraine interfered in the 2020 election. pretty much in the opening statement that she shot that down. >> that's right.

from the very beginning, dr. hill warned that this is a part of a russian campaign against the united states, and republican defense has been, part of that has been that the president was looking into an interference by ukraine, into the 2016 election, but she largely debunked that, and said that had this is also part of a russian misinformation claim, and she warned that the partisanship that we're seeing on, playing out on capitol hill, is only playing into the hands of russians hoping to divide the country. >> danny, what's next here? >> well the intel committee could hold more hearings or issue a final report, and then it goes to the house judiciary, and then there is a vote, and it seems relatively likely that the house has enough to impeach. it doesn't seem quit as likely that there is enough to convict in the senate. but those are the next immediate steps. >> danny cevallos, thank you. meredith mcgraw, thank you as

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welcome back, everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour with the high stakes testimony from former top russia aide at the white house dr. fiona hill and u.s. diplomat in ukraine david holmes. one common theme from both of their testimonies was that the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani was a problem. >> ambassador bolton's attention, the attacks, the smear campaign, against ambassador yovanovitch, i asked if there was anything we could do about it, and ambassador bolton had looked pained, basically indicated, with body language, that there was nothing much we could do about it. and he again, in the course of that discussion, said that rudy

giuliani was a hend grenaand grt was going to blow everyone up. >> did you understand what he meant by that? >> i did actually. >> what did i mean? >> i think he meant that what giuliani was saying pretty explosive in any case and frequently on television making remarks about everyone, incendiary remarks about everyone in this and pushing ideas that would probably come back to haunt us and in fact, that's where we are today. >> it became apparent that mr. giuliani had a direct influence on the foreign policy agenda that the three amigos were empt cuting on the ground in ukraine. in fact, at one point during a preliminary meeting at the inaugural delegation, someone wondered allowed why is rudy giuliani so active and my recollection is gordon sondland, dam it, rudy, every time rudy gets involved, he goes and f's everything up. >> dr. hill undercut part of

ambassador sondland's testimony earlier this week, sondland told lawmakers on wednesday that he didn't understand that an investigation of burisma meant the bidens and dr. hill told lawmakers she didn't find that claim credible. >> was it apparent to you when president trump or rudy giuliani or anyone else was pushing for an investigation into burisma that the reason why they wanted that investigation related to what president trump said here, the bidens. >> it was very apparent to me that that is what rudy giuliani intended, yes, intended to convey that burisma was linked to the bidens and he said this publicly repeatedly. >> and mr. holmes, you also understand that burisma was code for bidens. >> yes. >> is it credible to you that mr. sondland was completely in the dark about this all summer? i mean he had an argument about it. didn't he say what he was so worried about? >> it is not credible to me that he was oblivious. he did not say bidens however, he just said burisma, he said 2016, and i took it to mean the elections, as well as burisma.

>> and so president trump had lunch at the white house yesterday with republican senators mitt romney and susan collins, manage others, and breaking bread with two of the two gop senators who could potentially go against him in a senate impeachment trial and neither romney or collins signed on to a gop resolution denouncing the impeachment inquiry, raising questions about how they would vote, if impeachment moves to its trial phase in the senate. after the lunch, romney spoke to reporters. >> he had made some initial comments that related to the impeachment process, but it's nothing that i haven't heard on tv from him. so there was no, you know, inside story or some, some argument that he was providing for us. >> now, collins told reporters that she did not get the sense that the president was trying to charm her, before the potential senate trial, saying it was a quote good meeting overall. let's talk about some new

poll numbers conducted right in the middle of some of these impeachment hearings from this past sunday through wednesday, the latest emerson poll, finds support for impeachment has dropped, by points over the last month now at 43% and 45%, actually opposed to it. the biggest swing is amongst independent, 49% now oppose, and up 10 points over the last month, 34% of independents support it, down 14 points. and 69% of voters say they were watching or following the impeachment hearings overall. let's talk about some of these. joining us from washington, white house reporter for "politico," meredith mcgraw, we just were running through some of these poll numbers on impeachment, as you just heard, that was conducted again, i want to remind people, through wednesday, sunday, i believe through wednesday. and i many many of those surveys had not yet seen sondland's key testimony implicating the president, vice president and secretary of state. but it is quite a swing, nonetheless, meredith. do you think democrats should be

worried? >> i think for most americans, the cake is baked here. if you thought that the president committed im peopleab peachable offense, your opinion hasn't changed and if you thought he didn't and you weren't in support of the hearings, your mind really isn't change and i think what you focused on right there is that the group of key independent voters, it is an election year, and certainly both democrats and republicans facing tough re-elects are going to be focusing on those folks, and hopefully depending on what they believe, they're hoping that they're at least paying attention to all of that has been going on. >> so what were your, going back to the testimony for a moment, meredith, what were your key take-aways from dr. fiona hill's hearing yesterday, and how might have her testimony advanced democrats of interest in speaking to former national security adviser john bolton? do you think the democrats are going to pursue with the legal challenges to try to get his testimony among others?

>> with fiona hill right off the bat, she sought to chip away at conspiracy theories that said ukraine was meddling in the united states election. she said that this is all part of a larger effort by russians who of course drive a wedge into american politic, and then the other point that she really drove home was the connection between the mentioning of burisma, and that being tied to the bidens. now, in all of this, there are two key people, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and of course the former national security adviser john bolton who we have not heard from in all of this and who has direct knowledge of what exactly went on, and dr. hill's opening to her testimony yesterday, she seemed to make a veiled jab if you will at her former boss for not showing up at any of these hearings, by saying that those

who have information have both a moral and a legal obligation to share that with the public. when i asked a bolton spokesperson yesterday if his plans have changed at all, if his mind has changed, if he wants to come and testify, they said no comment. right now, he has no plans to enter into all of this. but we'll certainly have to see if things change, as everything moves forward on capitol hill. >> meredith mcgraw for us, thank you so much, appreciate your voice on this. and i want to bring up the poll numbers that we were ticking through, the emerson, the latest on the impeachment, take a look at that, 43% now, down five points, since october, in support of impeachment, and 45% oppose that, and you and i have had plenty of conversations, especially with people within this building, about these poll numbers and how it is important to be washington to look at the poll numbers to indicate what is going to be happening in the senate and if there were to swing in the direction of overwhelming support for impeachment, we would then know and that would be an indication

of what is happening in the senate. if there is any question what is happening in the senate in the coming weeks, during the impeachment trial, that may very well be an early indicator. >> an early indicator. still ahead, we're now one step closer to adding another candidate to the already crowded democratic presidential field. we will have more on that. >> and rnc gets caught in a lie. last week, a spokesman says it did not help don jr. top "the new york times" best selling list by buying a bun of of his own books and now we learned otherwise. the first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. back in a . do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. there's a company that's talked than me: jd power.people 448,134 to be exact. they answered 410 questions in 8 categories about vehicle quality.

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asking another nation to involve itself in another u.s. election. that says to me this president believes he is above the law. beyond accountability. and in my view, there is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes they are above the law. and i would just say to people watching here at home, and around the world, in the words of my great colleague, we are better than that. adjourned. >> incredibly emotional and poignant moment, from yesterday's impeachment hearings, and intel committee chair adam schiff quoting former colleague elijah cummings in his closing statement on the final day of scheduled public testimony. let's turn to presidential politics. former new york city mayor billionaire michael bloomberg filed paperwork to join the democratic race for president. according to bloomberg's team,

he still hasn't made a final decision about whether he will actually run for the white house. but the finaling would give him the opportunity to, the filing would give him the opportunity to raise and spend money toward the campaign. an emerson university poll shows a majority of democratic voters don't think bloomberg should run for president. and speaking to a group of about 100 donors at a fundraising event in california, former president barack obama urged democrats to ease scrutiny against the party's 2020 field, according to "the new york times," obama told democratic donors that quote, everybody needs to chill out about the candidates, but gin up about the prospect of rallying behind one. he said, quote, there will be differences amongst the candidates but the ultimate goal quote is to defeat a president and a party that has taken a sharp turn away from a lot of the core institutions an

commitments that built this country. obama also warned against and demanding that democratic hopefuls meet inflexible standards saying quote, i'm always suspicious of purity tests during elections because you know what, the country is complicated. obama aides tell the times, it is the last time he plans to speak this year about the 2020 race. with that, let's switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. he gave us three storms in the last weather forecast. how many more do you have? >> only one from here. >> the same three. but we will talk about the airport impacts with so many people traveling as we go through the next six, search days. for today, it is a actually a mild start in areas of the north east and end windy and colder, brief period of rain out there today, so it is not going to rain hard, but if you don't want to get wet, carry the umbrella from washington down to the washington, d.c. area to the northeast, it is a soaking rain in areas of east texas and the southeast looks warm and nice and a little bit of snow this morning, in areas like denver am and so let's fast forward into your weekend outlook, and saturdays are the rainy day, from atlanta, down to areas of

the panhandle of florida, and pensacola, panama city and it looks like a rainy day through the ohio valley and the mid atlantic region, rain moving in through the day, richmond, norfolk, virginia beach to washington, d.c. and then this is kind of slowed down a little bit. it looks ugly, for sunday. new york city, to boston. to jersey shore area. and philadelphia, marathon is going off sunday morning. that looks cold and kind of rainy, too. middle of the country, no problems at all. and in the pacific northwest, this will be the next storm that will start. and as far as the travel impacts are going to go, this is as we go throughout this weekend, boston, new york, dc, and also charlotte, and atlanta, all possible delays, as i mentioned, the worst of it in atlanta, saturday, and charlotte, saturday, and saturday night, dc, and boston, to hartford, to providence, to philly and also new york, that would pretty much be all day on sunday, unfortunately. and as far as driving goes, same will go for i-95. and then finally, the travel outlook as we go through

tuesday, wednesday, of next week, that's where we're going to see the issues more in the middle of the country, and then we're talking about airports like chicago, possibly, and maybe going from rain over to snow, so it is just, you know, it is one of those things you just have to have a lot of patience and kind of just check in occasionally to see how it is changing. >> sometimes the hardest thing is to have patience during the holidays. i have to say. >> traveling with kids. >> yes. >> we'll try. >> traveling with kids. exactly. >> thank you, bill. still ahead, it seems google has put pressure on facebook when it comes to restricting political ads ahead of the 2020 election. we will explain. >> and one of the president's closest allies on the world stage gets indicted. we will have the very latest on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mplative synth music) t vacuuming for up to a month. shark iq robot deep-cleans and empties itself into a base you can empty once a month. and unlike standard robots that bounce around, it cleans row by row. if it's not a shark, it's just a robot.

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welcome back, everyone. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has become israel's first sitting prime minister to be indicted. he faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. but in a speech given an hour after the indictment, the prime minister urged israeli citizens to quote investigate the investigators. i wonder where we've heard that one. and he said that the country was quote witnessing an attempted coup. i wonder where we heard that one as well. netanyahu is facing a tough political battle to remain prime minister of that country and the indictment could make it more difficult for him, his rival benny gantz also failed to form a government and israelis may have to go to the poll force a third time in just under a year. if he is convicted of bribery, legal experts say that the prime

minister could in fact, face up to ten years in prison. netanyahu has denied any wrong doing. let's talk about this new book from donald trump jr. so "the new york times" is reporting, the republican national committee has admitted to buying thousands of copies of donald trump jr.'s new book, to ensure a spot in the best-selling list. the book was released on november 5th, the following week, topped "the new york times" best seller list and has already sold more than 115,000 copies. interesting. financial records showing the rnc paid nearly $800,000 to a book seller just a week before the book was released, causing skeptics to raise eyebrows as it is pretty unusual for the rnc to promote a book written by a candidate's son who isn't a politician and is not running for office. a spokesperson for the rnc had previously said it was only ordering copies as supporters had requested them. but has since confirmed the bulk purchases. $100,000. >> a stocking stuffer for the

holidays. the rnc trying to get -- >> surprise. >> everyone is getting it. >> you get a book. you get a book. >> time now for business. "the wall street journal" reports that facebook is now considering putting limits on political ads. considering putti political ads.

susceptible to it based on their preferences. ba google has done this already yesterday and tried to make sure it'san very, very difficult for users' preferences browser histories to be used for targeting. another big twist in the saga around a potential preliminary or phaseot one trade deal betwe the u.s. and china, this time one of the voices we're hearing from cnbc is from the chamber of commerce. they've been involved in these conversations and they'reve telling us he does not think there will be any kind of deal between now and december 15th. that date is important because that's when the next round of tariffs from the u.s.xt on chine imports is expected to key in. and, of course, continues to speak stock markets around the world. >> tesla revealing a new electric pickup truck. ic talk to us about this. >> bit of a game changer i would say. >> wow. >> it could well be. >> what is that? >> let's talk about price first

of all. >> is that i moon recover? >> he describes it, you know, the founder as cyber punk styling. the cheapest version 40 grand will get 250 miles in terms of itsll range. it will rear wheel drive. another versionhe at 50 grand tt willat be all wheel drive. you'll get 300 miles range on that. and the most expensive version could get 500 miles, a tri-motor in that version. you could spend more to get an autonomous version down the road. ow the glass is meant to be bullet proof. that's what elon musk promised. and -- >> wow. >> that he tried to test. it. this is the thing, it got pretty embarrassing the lead designing was brought out on stage, he threw this metal ball at the side window and it shtered. elon musk said clearly room for improvement. >> you going to be able to do

haul anything in that? >> a if you were asked what the car of the future would look liar, that's it. >> let us know when you get your delivered. i know you've put your order in for that on the streets of london. coming up next, axios has a look at this s morning's one bi thing. andor coming up on "morning joe a look at the big picture. 12 witnesses over five days of testimony in the impeachment hearings. what we've learned and whether democrats have made their case. >> plus, eugene robinson is here taking on the thought that republicans did nothing wrong. "morning joe" just moments away. . "morning joe" just moments away. early gum disease, and killing up to 99.9% of germs. try listerine®. need stocking stuffers? try listerine® ready! tabs™. why fingerstick when you can scan? with the freestyle libre 14 day system

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big thing today. >> there's been a fascinating dynamic playing out in the race of democrats. they have a clear love for former president barack obama and while they're trying to tap into the party's affection for him, they're moving clear past obama-era policies. and all that matters because you cannot watch a democratic debate which you just hosted without being reminded of obama's legacy in the way that candidates talk about their proximity to him, the way they thank him for various things that he's done to move the party forward. the way that they 0 argue that they are best positioned to rebuild the obama coalition. and the clearest example is how democrats have moved so far to the left and farther past obama on health care. just a few years ago, universal health care with a public option was considered a liberal extreme position. now in 2020 that's sort of where the moderates are landing. that's way different than what obama was proposing in 2008, 2009, 2010.

>> let's focus in on one of the candidates for a moment, we know you have some new reporting about elizabeth warren, senator elizabeth warren, i should say, and her efforts to attract black voters. what is she doing and is she making some progress on that front? >> so just last night elizabeth warren, senator elizabeth warren gave a speech while she was in atlanta. she stuck around a day after the debates to make sure she did that so she could address as many black voters as she can. she's also been holding listening tours to get a sense of what they care about. but when we looked into this quinnipiac polling data i wanted to see how they were faring. we hear how job has a lead with black voters. while that remains true, someone like elizabeth warren has skyrocketed throughout the time in this primary with black voters. in march she started with less than 0.5% from black voters. she has now grown to 20% support with black voters. when i talk to founders of black

organizations and pacs, they tell me that's because elizabeth warren walks into a room of black voters and leaves with more support than she walked into that room with, unlike any other candidate. >> interesting. all right. thank you very much. always a pleasure. course we'll be reading axios a.m. in a bit. you can sign up for the newsletter at signup.axios.com. >> that does it for us on this friday morning. i'm yasmin alongside ayman. "morning joe" starts right now. i spent every day, almost every hour of my life now trying to figure out how do i help to wake america up and say we are better than this? >> this president believes is he above the law, beyond accountability. and in my view there is nothing more dangerous than ann unethicl president who believes they are above the law. and i would just say to people watching here at home and