was planning an executive order renaming thanksgiving "celebrate immigrants day." never happened, never was going to happen, but it made for a nice story tonight in florida where it certainly revved up the crowd. that is our broadcast on this tuesday evening. thank you so much for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. trump is denying he ever directed rudy giuliani to go to ukraine on his behalf. the house committee announced it will hold the first public impeachment hearing next week. president trump is invited to participate. as we head into the thanksgiving holiday, heavy sno americans, today, thanksgiving eve is historically the busiest travel day of the year. ♪

good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, november 27th, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. we begin with president trump who had a campaign rally in the swing state of florida last night, once again denying the military operations were tied to military aid. documents released from the office of management budget shows that the white house initiated the move to freeze the aid on the same day as the july 25th phone call with the president of ukraine. at the same time, two sources telling "the new york times" that the president was aware of the whistle-blower complaint when he released the aid. also notable, the president is putting distance between himself and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. talking to bill riley. >> what was rudy giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf?

>> well, you have to ask that to rudy, rudy, i think he cancelled the trip. rudy has other clients other than me. >> so, you didn't direct him to go there on your behalf? >> no, no -- but you have to understand, rudy is a great corruption fighter. he felt penally insulted by what happened during my campaign because there were a lot of bad things happening. >> giuliani is your personal lawyer so you didn't direct him to go to ukraine or put any heat on? >> no, i didn't direct him. but he is a warrior. rudy's a warrior. rudy went -- i think he's done work in ukraine for years. >> but that doesn't explain the july 25th phone call where the president urged to work with giuliani. and that sondland at the hearing that he and secretary perry,

ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the united states. meanwhile, freezing security aid for ukraine during closed-door testimony, omb director mark sandy explained to impeachment investigators earlier this month that he received an email from the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney's office july 12th directing a hold on aid. on july 26th, sandy testified that the omb office, the white house budget office did not know why the money was being withheld. sandy then raised legal concerns that the unexplained hold could violate appropriations laws and explained that to his higher up who was michael duffy. duffy who is a political appointee took the lead on pointing funds on aid.

mark sandy testified it was not until around september 9th, and it's days before the money was ultimately released, that he was told that the reason for the initial hold was because of president trump's desire to see other countries contribute more aid to ukraine. during that leadup time, sandy added that two career officials at the white house resigned surrounding, quote, their frustrations of the aid. and a top state department official described a frantic but unsuccessful effort among senior diplomats to save ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch in a politically motivated smear campaign. acting assistant secretary of affairs philip reeker appeared last month, testified that the ousted ambassador is, quote, one of the foreign service great

leaders, outstanding diplomat, very precise, very professional. considered an excellent mentor, you know, a good leader. >> the house judiciary committee announced yesterday that it's going to hold its first impeachment hearing next week. president trump has recently blasted the allies showing that the impeachment hearing was failing due process for the president. in a letter announcing the hearing, jerry nadler invited trump and his lawyers to participate. and at the same time warned that continued stonewalling could have consequences, including losing the right to participate in the process. according to a democratic aide working on the impeachment probe the witnesses for the first judiciary hearing will not be fact witnesses but rather than constitutional scholars and impeachment experts. the hearing was focused on constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment is set to take place in exactly one week. the president has until december 1 to tell the judiciary

committee whether or not he will participate in the hearing but scheduled to be in london for a nato leaders meeting. >> let's talk don mcgahn here. the justice department asked a federal judge to put a temporary hold on her ruling requiring former white house counsel don mcgahn in an on going claim. and broad immunity protecting current and senior white house officials from testifying before congress. the justice department said in its court filing just yesterday that the court agreed to a seven-day delay in enforcing the subpoena. at the same time, the doj also requested a new harg before the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. a lawyer for former national security adviser john bolton said the court order that rules testimony from don mcgahn does not apply to whether bolton will

appear before congress. bolton's lawyer who also represents charles kupperman argues that mcgahn's case doesn't apply because the judge's ruling doesn't mention presidential communications involving issues of national security are subject to, quote, absolute testimonial immunity. in a statement, any passing references in the mcgahn decision to presidential communications concerning national security matters are not authorize tate tiff on the validity of the testimonial immunity for close white house advisers whose responsibilities are focused on providing information. and house democrats seeking from both kupperman and cooper. bolton who was tweeting in the past two days posted this

yesterday, it probably goes without saying that our country's commitment to our national security priorities is under attack from within. america is distracted. our enemies are not. >> joining us, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and also from the hill julia manchester. welcome to you both. julia, i'm going to start with you on this one. what do you make of the tweet from the former national security adviser yesterday john bolton, and what do you think could be holding him up from testifying? >> well, yasmin, it's hard to say what's holding him up from testifying. i think a lot of democrats are confused as to whether bolton is trying to tease them as to what's going to come next. whether he will testify or not. or whether he's simply taunting them. bolton has an interesting relationship with the white house. there appears to be quite a bit of tension there. and he appears to have left on negative terms with the president. just last friday he was accusing

the white house of essentially freezing his twitter account. there's definitely or seeming to be bad blood there and it would be questionable as to why he wouldn't testify before house democrats. but at the same time, his lawyer has said that he will not testify unless subpoenaed. so, i think democrats would like him, after those tweets, to come and testify because they would want to know what the security concerns are, what the risks are. but it's hard to say because we don't know what bolton's motivation, yet. >> and danny, we should say that john bolton could testify at will if he wanted just like ambassador hill and vindman did. and house democrats has also said one of the reasons why they didn't subpoena him is because his lawyer said he would sue. this is a large seems like

logiclogic al circuitous thing. what do you make of the ruling that does not apply to himself? >> it's a pretty interesting argument because the courts clearly say that there's no thing as absolute complete immunity. and bolton's lawyers are essentially say, yeah, but you didn't say also for issues of national security. because you didn't say that, this is controlling. there's an old supreme court says from 1992, that suggests that in cases of absolute immunity it doesn't exist. but it might exist in issues of national security hypothetically. it doesn't go so far as to say it doesn't exist. but it say crack in the armor of this. on the whole, however, if i were a betting person, i would say that michael bolton's team will eventually lose this battle.

the opinion is wide reechlachin. >> danny, if the justice department succeeds in the ruling with don mcgahn what does that mean in the overall impeachment inquiry in general. especially asking the fact that many people like mick mulvaney and john bolton are looking for this right now? >> the subpoena is important because it answers a question left unvresolved for many years which is what happens if congress wants to subpoena someone and that doj -- it's relying on that doj office of legal counsel opinion that says you don't have to show up and there is absolute immunity. and now we finally have an answer. however, we won't have a final-final answer until this goes lieu the appeal let process which is really what we were waiting for in 2007 when almost the exact identical issue came up. that never made it through the

appellate process because as we're learning, these issues are resolved on the issue of speed rather than waiting a few minutes for an opinion. >> july, what ajulia, what are f these testimonies released last night. how do their testimonies add to the impeachment inquiry? >> yeah, their testimonies are quite a bit. we saw, essentially, it was obvious to them that giuliani wanted there to be investigation into biden which is going to play very well for democrats going forward in this -- in the inquiry and kind of add to this fact that was foreign aid withheld from a country in order for president trump to kind of leverage this investigation into biden. and you're also seeing that there were media reports that kind of spurred president trump to essentially get this idea. into his head that he could withhold this aid because it was going to be spent on ukraine in

order to encounter russian aggression in the region. so definitely something to go forward for democrats to seize on here it will be interesting to see how republicans respond. >> we look forward to michael bolton testifying -- >> so embarrassed. john bolton. everybody is laughing right now. nobody could jump in and stop me before i made a fool of myself. >> it would be so nice to see michael bolton on our tv sets maybe. >> i'm going to hide, everyone. >> julia manchester, thank you as well. six drug companies have been subpoenaed into a federal investigation into america's opioid epidemic. plus, a look at today's travel forecast as millions of americans prepare to head out for thanksgiving. meteorologist bill karins will have a check on your weather when we come back. ♪oh there's no place like home for the holidays.♪

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thanksgiving, you know, some people want to change the name thanksgiving. they don't want to use the term thanksgiving. and that was true also with christmas. but now, everybody's using christmas again, remember, i said that. but now, we're going to have to do a little work on thanksgiving. people have different ideas why it shouldn't be called thanksgiving. but everybody in this room i know loves the name thanksgiving, and we're not changing it. welcome back, that was president trump at a rally in sunrise, florida, last night, claiming that some people want to change the name of thanksgiving. it's not clear who those people are. >> yeah, i'm not sure. >> all right. anyway, let's get a check on the holiday forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, how's it looking out there? >> it's been better. this storm that went into california last night was about as strong as we've ever measured

in california. we have a tornado that injured two people overnight. and digging out of denver yesterday. foothills outside of denver, some people reporting 2 to 3 feet of snow. i know boulder was one of those spots. denver had 8 1/2 inches of snow. we have winter weather alerts for 19 million people out there. there's some pictures for people driving through the snow yesterday. as far as the wind goes today, we're going to add 91 million people to our wind alerts. this is what's going to cause the airport delays, st. louis, anyone flying. it's going to be bumpy flights. one of those ones you're gripping the arm rests when you're taking off and landing, too. the wind forecasts by noon, chicago up to 48. indianapolis, 40. indianapolis 30 to

40-mile-per-hour range. by thursday, the strongest winds will move into areas of the northeast. of course, we're still wondering what the highest gusts are going to be for the parade. 34 is the criteria, 34 on the streets of new york city that could ground the big balloons. the latest forecast i was looking up the info it's up to 40 now, yesterday was 36, 37. the trend is not our friend with that one. anyone flying today. there's the two huge storms on the map. the worst of the travel delays, minneapolis, chicago, detroit, cleveland, indianapolis included in that, too. maybe some delays this afternoon with a little bit of rain coming through the northeast. and our storm in california, serious impacts further to the south as the day goes, los angeles and san diego included. as we talked about the storm overnight, it's kwflt of like a hurricane coming on shore. 85-mile-per-hour winds, 34-foot waves reported.

and we measured storms and pressure. it was the lowest pressure ever measured with any storm in california history. >> wow. >> that's a lot of wows on the west coast last night. >> yeah, you say that to anybody traveling on the roads that means anybody across the country? >> yes, the east coast is still the best. and the southeast by far looking the easiest. >> thank you, bill. the supreme court will soon discuss whether to take up the case of president trump's tax returns. nbc news reports that the justices are scheduled to meet on december 13th to decide if they will hear the president's appeal. the president's lawyers, they're fighting a subpoena issued by the manhattan district attorney for eight years of his financial records are the manhattan d.a. is seeking president trump's tax returns as part of the hush money payment for stormy daniels and the election. the payments were made to the women with the help of the president's former lawyer michael cohen now in prison. yesterday, the supreme court temporarily blocked the release

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♪ welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. we begin this half hour with new details concerning the timing of the whistle-blower complaint and when military aid for ukraine was unfrozen. two people familiar with the matter telling "the new york times" that president trump already knew about the complaint that would ultimately spark the impeachment probe before the release of the military aid. according to the "times," lawyers from the white house counsel's office briefed the president about the complaint in late august, explaining they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to congress. as "times" points out the new revelation should shed light on trump's thinking on two critical

points on the probe. specifically the decision to release the aid in early september and his denial to eu gordon sondland. that there was no quid pro quo. and the white house has declined to comment. meantime, a summary of documents produced by the house budget committee shows the white house office of management and budget made its first official move to withhold ukraine aid on july 25th, the same day president trump spoke to his ukrainian counterpart over the phone. the documents also show while the first letter to withhold the funds was signed by a career official, subsequent letters to freeze the aid were signed by michael duffy, the director for national security programs. duffy, an appointee has refused to testify. cnn was first to report on the timing of the official hold on

the timing of the holding of the aid. and the budget committee after lawmakers requested information about the agency's involvement in withholding aid to ukraine. >> yesterday in a wide ranging news conference of the state department, secretary of state mike pompeo appeared before the conspiracy theory often pressed by the president that ukraine was behind the hack in 2016. pompeo also declined to answer questions about the call. and gave a pretty cryptic answer as to whether he would testify before congress in the impeachment hearings. watch this. >> do you believe that u.s. and ukraine should investigate the theory that it was ukraine and not russia that hacked the dnc emails in 2016. >> anytime there is information that indicates that any country has messed with american elections, we not only have a right, but a duty to make sure we chase that down. >> did you discuss ambassador

yovanovitch in those calls with mayor giuliani, and did the state department then with lead or misinform congress in the departure sent to steny hoyer. >> i don't have much to say with respect to the ukraine investigation other than this, we continue to comply with all of the legal requirements. you saw we released documents i guess it was last week now. we'll continue to do that as required by law. and as appropriate. >> the president tweeted just a short while ago that he encouraged you essentially to testify in the impeachment investigation. is that something you're considering? >> when the time is right, all good things happen. >> well, three supreme court cases against president trump right now all bring into question whether or not the president can use his executive power and be immune from subpoenas. yesterday, the supreme court

ruled in favor of president trump, temporarily blocking a subpoena for his financial records as we reported earlier. in a separate case the manhattan district attorney is trying to bring criminal charges against trump, issuing subpoenas for the last eight years of personal and business tax returns, in connection with hush money payments made to stormy daniels. and in another case, a third one, a judge rejected the trump administration's argument that senior white house officials are immune from congressional subpoenas potentially former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify. >> joining us now, constitutional science and law professor and a visiting professor at fordham law cory tlesh hander. walks through the legality when a president can use his executive power for immunity.

especially in this case, the financial records before the supreme court, the tax returns and hush money and don mcgahn more recently. >> normal instance of executive privilege would be in a national security simple. but to my mind, none of these cases involve that and it's made whop the administration is saying. they're claiming to be absolutely immune from not only any criminal charges but any criminal investigation and that includes subpoenas and incredibly even subpoenas in regard to impeachment. this isn't immunity that's found in the constitution. ironically trump bases it on many of bill clinton's arguments but it's made up, as i said. >> and looking at the legal cases related to the president's tax returns, which do you think is the fastest avenue for the american people getting a glimpse of president trump's tax returns? and the point here is not that we want to be financial voweyag,

it's because they hasn't released his returns? >> well, look, the normal process should be in a normal criminal investigation if you or i or any of us were suspected of a crime there would be a subpoena and we would have to deliver what's expected of us. in this case, it's not even the president's taxes that are being subpoenaed, in this case, it's a financial firm that's being asked. they're making an outrageous argument. not only are they saying that the president is immune from indictment, but even investigations. so -- sorry, the district attorney of manhattan cyrus vance can't even investigate the criminal offense. that's their argument. the was this place this is going to be resolve is the supreme court. they're going to have to face a historic question that in my mind has been answered in the richard nixon case. on whether or not nixon was above the law and the courts said no, and my hope they'll say

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. welcome back. mayor pete buttigieg is clarifying comments he made about black students from poor neighborhoods during a mayoral forum in 2011, this was before buttigieg was elected mayor of south bend, indiana. >> the kids need to see evidence that education is going to work for them. there are a lot of kids, especially the lower income in minority neighborhoods who literally haven't seen it work. there isn't somebody they know personally who testifies to the value of education. >> so buttigieg's offensive comments in that video began trending online yesterday. and they got backlash, including from the root's michael harriet

who denounced the comments in that pete buttigieg is a lying mf. harriet argued that buttigieg is trying to ignore the achievement gap. yesterday, he called harriet to talk about harriet's piece and harriet told "the new york times" during the 20-minute conversation, harriet complai d explained to buttigieg why he was offended and the two found common ground. and he as talked about it at an iowa town hall yesterday. >> somebody disapproved about comments i made yesterday that somebody dug up. so, sometimes, we forget, especially as we're consuming media, that this is a conversation among human beings. so, i realize that i was just called. and thankfully, he was amenable to that.

it was a very healthy conversation. and yes, he is right when he said -- in my opinion, when he says that we've got to look at the structural factors that drive different racial outcomes in our country. >> meanwhile, amidst all of this, we're seeing some surging in the polls of buttigieg. the latest quinnipiac university poll has buttigieg going to second place. former vice president joe biden maintains the lead with 24%, up three points since last month. elizabeth warren's support has been cut in half, down 14 points since october. she now sits at 14%, in third place. biden leads the field in support amongst women voters and those over 65 years of age. and buttigieg with 16% and leads among white voters with no college degree. joining us, julia manchester. julia, welcome back. talk us through what you make of

pete buttigieg's slow rise in the polls to second place? >> well, yasmin, it reflects the idea that his name is growing. he has painted himself as a centrist alternative to candidates like elizabeth warren or bernie sanders who are progressive. over the last couple of weeks, he's continuously put out this message that medicare for all plan isn't what the country needs right now and instead has touted his medicare for all who want it. we've seen that joe biden has had some struggles on the campaign trail. we're seeing that he's starting to plateau in some of the polls. mayor pete especially framing himself as another centrist in the race. the fact is that he's been in the race for months now and his name i.d. is essentially growing. it's helping in polls out of iowa the fact that he is from the midwest. he already has a high name i.d. there. he's spent quite a bit of i am in new hampshire so he has a

name i.d. there. however, he does have this problem with african-american voters and simply not known among african-american voters. on top of that, you're having the negative news stories come out, such as the one, the previous comments about young minority individuals living in inner cities that aren't exactly helping him. >> julia, let's talk about another person who wants to run in the centrist item. that's deval patrick, i understand you have new reporting on what he's trying to do. >> yeah, deval patrick is essentially -- i've talked to those close who say he's in it for the long run. however with the campaign going forward, i think his campaign sees an opening in a state like new hampshire that has historically nominated a democratic nominee in the primary from a neighboring state. look at michael dukakis, perry,

and tsonga. he's peeled away from it and from warren and bernie sanders. i think his campaign definitely sees a gateway there but his campaign is paying quite a bit of attention to states like south carolina and going towards trying to recruit members of the african-american community as well. >> julia manchester, thank you. bill karins is back at the weather wall. i don't know what he was doing, but here he is. >> i was looking at the latest information and not the sports information. >> lots of people traveling, obviously, for the thanksgiving holiday so give us your weather. >> yeah, the worst of it this morning, telling people around minneapolis, 10 inches on the ground, winds are howling. chicago has cleared out of heavy rain but then the winds are going to pick up. rain has moved out of west

virginia into virginia. for today's travel forecast, we are watching a little light rain in the north. winds pick up. not horrible. southeast, you're lacking pretty good. windy conditions in the great lakes. we're still cold in denver. 8 to 12 inches yesterday. and l.a. weather, nasty weather, with strong winds moving through and also some of the heavier rains. san francisco could have off and on thunderstorms this afternoon so those those of some of the big travel spots. here's your cheesy thanksgiving travel graphic. let's play thanks or no thanks. it's not really a game, but it kind of looks like a game. this is the thanks on thanksgiving, from charlotte to jacksonville. i didn't make this a game. >> come on, can't tease me that way. i'll go back to looking at my tweets. >> here is the no thanks part. on thanksgiving day, portland, maine is going to have morning rain and clearing out.

a big no thanks inning in, 30 degrees. dallas, chilly, vegas, 52 with periods of rain and salt lake city around 40. let's get into the travel home from thanksgiving forecast. here's the friday mess. that's not looking very nice. east coast, perfect, by the way. heavy snow in the rockies. saturday, we continue to push that storm to the northern rockies, storms in the south. for yasmin on sunday, a cold sunday in the mid-atlantic, maybe snow in the interior sections of the northeast. >> geoff, that's why bill karins makes the big bucks, by the way, coming up with graphics like thanks or no thanks. >> a game show coming to an area near you. >> thanks, bill. still ahead, the truck tug-of-war -- i'm going to try goat through this piece. here we go, the back and forth between tesla and ford after elon musk tweeted this video

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welcome back, everybody. time now for business. let's cnbc willem marks who's standing by live in london. talk to us about what you're following this morning. >> it's elon musk's twitter feed.

it always is, you know, he unveiled that new cyber truck, right, in l.a. last week. we've talked about that already. he had his lead designer throw that metal ball out the side window. although it was going to be bullet proof, it smashed. the guy took a sledge hammer to the door frame before hand to show how strong the steel was, and that sledge hammer cracked the bottom of the glass, and that made it more susceptible. he tweeted out a video of them trying the same experience before the launch and it was fine. another video he has tweeted that's gone completely viral is this matchup between that new truck and the ford f-150. they're towing each other, competing with their strength and the tesla kind of drags it uphill with the ford's back wheels spinning pretty aggressively. some scientists, people like neil degrass tyson they've pointed out it was in rear wheel drive, it didn't have a huge amount of weight on the back

wheels so it wasn't -- actually, let's do a fair apples for apples contest, elon musk send us one of your new cyber trucks and we'll conduct that experiment. musk's response, bring it on. speaking of macho men, the former founder of papa john's, he's given an interview to a local station in louisville, kentucky, he, remember, was forced out as ceo in 2017 after criticizing some nfl players who kneeled during the u.s. national anthem, and then last year he was forced out as chairman of the company he founded because of racist language use ed on a company conference call. he's eaten 14 of their pizzas in the last 30 days. it's not the same pizza, it's not the same product. it just doesn't taste as good. he said his departure has been a farce, and said the day of reckoning for the new leadership

there at papa john's will be not far away. >> that's how he comes out swinging? 40 pizzas in 30 days? >> you get your belly swinging. >> thanksgiving. >> coming up next, mike allen of "axios" has a look at this morning's 1 big thing. key information on the time line of the trump administration's dealings with ukraine as the president puts distance between himself and his lawyer rudy giuliani. plus, the reverend al sharpton michael eric dyson. "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. in connemara. right! connemara it is! there's one gift the whole family can share

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as part of the populism afternoon the country in the 2020 race, presidential candidates have called out 80 different companies on twitter during this presidential campaign. "axios" got a look at some exclusive data, and we found that not surprisingly the two who talk the most about companies are elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, but number three is donald trump, and part of that is because these are both positive and negative mentions, so you have president trump jumping in talking to some companies about job additions. a big change in the companies that are getting criticized at the top of the list, you have amazon, facebook, right after them you have mcdonald's, and this is a change from the last presidential campaign when it was banks the candidates were going after in the wake of the financial meltdown. now there's no bank in the top ten of candidates -- of companies that candidates go after.

>> so mike, how are businesses reacting to this increased pressure by 2020 democrats? mark zuckerberg for instance seems to be meeting with any and everybody these last couple of weeks. >> that's right, and amazon has been pushing back at the companies. a lot of people just try to keep their heads down. walmart is saying come engage with us, learn about this. a big issue that the candidates are talking about is the living wage. that's the one that gets a lot of attention, and the one that gets the most online interaction, so the one that gets the most re-tweets, shares, comments, is when these companies go after a business for paying little or no taxes. that really works online. a cork in this data, the number eight company that candidates go after on twitter is twitter. so that's another sign of our times. >> all right, mike allen, thank you, we're going to be reading "axios" a.m. in just a little bit. you can sign up for the news

letter at signup@"axios".com. "morning joe" starts right now. as we gather together for thanksgiving, you know, some people want to change the name thanksgiving. they don't want to use the term thanksgiving, and that was true also with christmas, but now everybody's using christmas again. remember i said that? but now we're going to have to do a little work on thanksgiving. people have different ideas why it shouldn't be called thanksgiving, but nereverybody this room i know loves thanksgiving and we're not changing it. >> that's the president of the united states last night, a rally in florida talking about the alleged war on thanksgiving, why you ask? there was a segment yesterday on fox news about the war on thanksgiving. good morning, welcome to "morning joe." it's wednesday, november 27th. joe and mika have the morning off. donny deutsch is here and msnbc political analyst susan del

percio, treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve ratner. an msnbc contributor, karine jean-pier jean-pierre, good morning to you all. we're going to get to some more impeachment news. let's start with this new poll, the latest national quinnipiac university poll has mayor pete buttigieg surging nationally to second place. joe biden hanging onto a lead at 24%. he's up three points since last month. elizabeth warren's support has been cut in half in just a month down 14 points since october. she now sits in third place within the margin of error. biden leads the field in support among women voters. buttigieg follows in second place with older voters and leads among white voters with no college degree. let's keep that up for a second, elizabeth warren the original poll down 14 points. she was at 28 a month ago, down to 14 right now.