done for those who lost their homes and businesses number we are close to 1st simmons and her son hunter walk with their home once stood now in empty fields over the futile here they escaped the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in california history with their lives lost everything they own you know there is a whole life they are playing their whole life. they've worked so hard to get it it's been one year since the wildfire killed at least $85.00 people and destroyed about 95 percent of the town of paradise blamed for causing the fire is buried in every one of its power lines in paradise underground. but that in itself is simply not enough the utility giant agreed back in september to pay $11.00 bill. dollar insurance claims settlement but now governor have a new some is saying the deal is premature this is where the controversy for residents lies according to court documents insurers have paid out roughly 16000000000 to victims in california but many insurers sold off their claims against p.g. and e. to investors like group l.l.c. which owns more than $6000000000.00 worth and abrams

hunter? his son received millions. >> from here the president walked outside to marine one and helicoptered to his home, more a lot of, the winter white house on palm beach island where the first family will spend the thanksgiving holiday and likely talking about the 2020 election politics. many families are advised to avoid politics on christmas. shannon: thank you for the update, good to see you. as the president makes his case in a jampacked rally tonight there is big news on the democrats next moving impeachment push. david fund has the latest developments for us. >> members of congress are hoping the district but when they come back to washington next week expect the impeachment inquiry to pick right back up where it left off. december 4th next wednesday the judiciary committee and the household hearing, this is the letter jerry nadler sense to donald trump today. he wrote in part i am hopeful that you and your counsel will opt to participate in the committee's hearing consistent with the rules of the core and the solemn nature of the work before us. the president tweeted this morning he

and i say do my colleagues, if shifty adam schiff will not let hunter biden come, every republican should take a walk: wow, that was x thank you. thank you very much. great job. he is a warrior. i have always said it. us, representatives from your state that are fantastic. i'm sorry. we will welcome them also. these are also great fighters, great warriors. hal rogers. brett guthrie. thomas massie. a man we just spoke about, andy barr. james comer. and from an incredible state we one in 2016 that crooked hillary said she was going to win. it's a great state. of northhe people carolina. mark meadows. [applause] along with some of your local politicians and a person that in done a spectacular job michigan, a woman. she just kept going. .eminded me of your governor she never quit. republicans had not won michigan in many years. she called. could you come again? make another speech. last one? this the no, a couple more. goinglinton said you are to lose michigan. the polls say everything is good. and we won the great state of michigan. and i said when it came time to picking a republican party chair , the

with regard to the bidens specifically hunter biden his son walked out with millions of dollars. with a stash the president said there. there was a little more news, too, on the first phone call with ukrainian president zelensky. the president saying there is consideration right now to release the transcript of it. in his words we're considering that. then toward the end why do you not allow mick mulvaney and others to testify? he said i don't want to give credibility to a witch hunt. those are the headlines at the moment from the south lawn of the white house. >> sandra: let's bring in chief white house correspondent john roberts. wide ranging in his question and answer with reporters. jeff sessions, impeachment, russia in may. >> he was talking for 40 minutes. he had an opportunity to give his thoughts on every question that pretty much anybody had on any topic. it is interesting to see, too. for the last couple of days the president hasn't really spoken much to the press. on the way out to the helicopter the other day he just passed us by and walked straight to the helicopter.

obviously hunter is dealing with different people that i'm dealing with in china. after 10 minutes he walked away. $1.5 billion. i said to everybody, these are different people that i'm dealing with in china. they got much softer. that is when his father was vice president another finding other countries. i will tell you something. the fake news doesn't want to bring it out. they protect everybody. the democrats -- the democrats on stage don't bring it up. did you notice? they never bring it up. if you should make it, it will be brought up for about 75% of the time were debating. nobody ever got away with a scam like that. nobody. day after day where exposing the depravity, dishonesty, and sickness of the corrupt washington establishment. let me tell you, they're rough and dirty players. they come at you from every side. they're coming at me from new york. they're coming at me from new jersey. they're coming at me from every democratic state like no one has ever seen. rush limbaugh said and sean hannity. [cheers and applause] he doesn't know a man or woman in the world that could take the cr

if schiff will not let hunter about income and if you will not bring the whistle-blower forward, every republican should take a walk say this is a farce. >> laura: if you don't have these witness has walk out, what are your thoughts? >> i believe the statute has become a dangerous tool on the wrong hands. it's designed to keep somebody from being fired if they report corruption. it was never designed to keep somebody anonymous. >> laura: it's not in the statute itself. >> with all due respect, you can prosecute somebody. impeachment is the political death penalty based on the anonymous source. we need the whistle-blower's name did we need to they are and they need to be cross-examined under oath about any vices they may have. we need to look at whether or not hunter biden corruptly engaged in lobbying. did joe biden asked the prosecutor to be fired because he was investigating his son? john solomon has given us plenty to look at. i hope chairman, the foreign intelligence chairman will open up an investigation about the role of the state department and all of this. >> laura: that's always a thorn in the science of c

colleagues, if shifty adam schiff will not let hunter biden, and will not bring the whistleblower forward, every republican in congress should take a walk say this is a farce. [applause] president trump: wow. that was excellent. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. great job. he is a warrior. i have always said it. also with us tonight, representatives from your state that are fantastic. a couple from outside your state, also. these are great fighters, great rogers, brett guthrie, .homas massie spoke about, andy barr. [applause] james comer. great. from an incredible state that crooked hillary said she would win the state and did not come close to winning, a great state and we love the people of north carolina, congressman mark meadows. [applause] along with some of your local great politicians and the person that has done a really spectacular job, and in michigan, a woman just kept going. she just kept going and reminded me of your governor from the standpoint that she just did not quit. she called, could you do it again, make a speech. i said, is this the last one? no, a couple more. and bill clinton told hilary you better get g

. >> there's a pattern of hunter biden being in the countries where the vice president has a foreign policy portfolio and somehow walking nice pay dates. they're telling me tonight, sean, they've been trying to get this information to the u.s. justice department for more than six months. >> well, if there was a u.s. government conspiracy by the justice department or state department, that would sound bad, right? but, of course, that last six months would implicate the trump administration, degenova and hannity support trump, obviously. top people involve all say what you just heard from sol mon is false. his angle has been backfiring in two ways. one as a political propaganda mission to help trump, bringing trump closer to impeachment than ever. two, as a conspiracy theory, ukraine allegation got really big, too big and blew up in solomon's face, sparking an investigation that has publicly shredded his claims. original whistle-blower complaint says in march 2019, these series of articles in the hill, quoting several ukrainian officials, citing solomon's work. that's part of what got trump in so much hot water. trump off

hunter is dealing with different people than i am in china. after 10 minutes, he walked.5 million. i said to everybody, these are different people than i am dealing with in china. they're much softer. that was when his father was vice president. can i tell you something? the fake news doesn't want to bring it up. they protect everybody. [crowd booing] the democrats on stage don't bring it up, do you notice? if he should make it, it will be brought up 75% of the time we are debating. nobody ever got away with a scam like that. nobody. day after day, we are exposing the depravity, dishonesty, and sickness of the corrupt washington establishment. they are rough and dirty players. they are coming at you from every side, coming at you from new york, coming at me from new jersey, coming at me from every democratic state. rush limbaugh said -- and sean hannity -- [cheers and applause] that he doesn't know a man or woman in the world that could take the crap that president trump is taking and i understand that. and at the same time, be a great president. nobody, in the first thr

walk this slow for the liberals watching. the allegation is a quid pro quo, give me information on hunter biden or i will withhold military aid, that's the allegation. nobody has confirmed this allegation. let's look at the players i have interviewed. gordon sondland who was our ambassador over there picked by trump, ambassador to the e.u., and a text message specifically states to bill taylor that the president was "crystal-clear," there's no quid pro quo. even worse, somnolent states he spoke to the president of the united states and asked about what he wants from ukraine, the president says to him "nothing, i want nothing. "if this is a quid pro quo, it is the single worst and dumbest quid pro quo in human history. you can't extort someone who doesn't know they are being extorted and when nobody knows what the extortion actually is. >> sean: emily, you are a lawyer. hunter and joe biden, fire him and you get a billion, don't fire him, you don't get anything -- you've got six hours, that sounds like quid pro quo to me. i'm just that talk show host, what do i know? >> it seems crystal-clear to me and in a vacuum for any aver

he never had a conversation with his son about his business dealings and then he had to walk it back because hunterse he doesn't feel he's going to be challenged properly by the media. pete: yesterday he declared he was in ohio when he was actually in iowa. jedediah: but it's a fox news poll on children of political leaders having business dealings in other countries. 64% of democrats say that it's not appropriate. 55% of republicans, and then 22% of democrats and 31% of republicans. ed: so a big majority of democrats are saying this is no good. that could be bad for him. jedediah: exactly that's why when he says oh, yeah i did, i didn't know and he makes these never statements and then gets proven wrong that's why people care because on this particular issue this really bugs. pete: i think the biden camp knows what a liability this is, we can talk about money and all of those are details but everyone understands the idea of nepotism that you have a son or a daughter who has your name, you have access, how did they use that name? by which manner do they achieve which you can achieve being the son o

colleagues, if shifty schiff will not let hunter biden come, and if he will not bring the whistle-blower forward, every republican in congress should take a walk this is a farce. >> seth: i agree with one part of that. republicans should definitely take a walk. because it's always fun to watch republicans walk just like when trump wanders around in circles on the white house lawn, like a retiree looking for crab grass [ laughter ] i mean, look at him. he should be carrying a rake and a bottle of weed killer. [ light laughter ] also, i love that when he gets lost and doesn't know where to go, he just stands completely still, hoping people forget he's there. [ laughter ] he's like an extra on a movie set who forgot what he's supposed to do [ light laughter ] i'm pretty sure i saw him once in the background of "goodfellas. [ light laughter ] look at him just standing there trying to blend in with the background like a regular lizard who thinks he's a chameleon. [ laughter ] "so lucky i turned green." trump and his allies are fixated on the whistle-blower, because the actual evidence is damning and they have no response. that's why their defense k

colleagues, if shifty schiff will not let hunter biden come and if you will not bring the whistle-blower for word, every republican in congress should take a walk and say this is a farce. [cheers and applause] >> president trump: wow, that was excellent. wow, thank you. thank you very much. great job. he is a warrior. he is a warrior. i fully said that. also with us tonight are representatives from your state that are fantastic. a couple from outside of your state, but we will welcome them also, right? but these are also great fighters, great warriors, how rogers. bretz guthrie. [cheers and applause] thank you, brett. thomas massie. [cheers and applause] and we just spoke about, andy barr. [cheers and applause] james comer. great. and from an incredible state that we won 2016 that crooked hillary said she is going to win that state. she didn't come too close to winning that state, great state, and we love the people of north carolina, congressman mark meadows. [cheers and applause] along with some of your local, great politicians and a person that's done a really spectacular job, you know, in michigan, a woman just kept going. she kept going, a

colleagues, if shifty schiff will not let hunter biden come, and if he will not bring the whistleblower forward, every republican in congress should take a walkhat was excellent. wow. thank you. thank you very much. great job. he's a warrior. i've always said it. also with us tonight are representatives from your state that are fantastic, a couple from outside your state, but we'll welcome them also. but these are also great fighters, great warriors, hal rogers. brett guthrie. thomas massey. [applause] a man we just spoke about, won a great race, andy barr. james comer. and from an incredible state that we won in 2016, that crooked hillary said she's going to win that state. didn't come too close at winning that state. it's a great state, and we love the people of north carolina, ongressman mark meadows. along with some of your local great politicians and a person that's done a really spectacular job. you know, in michigan, a woman, she just kept going. she just kept going, reminded me, by the way, of your governor from the standpoint she never quit. now, republicans hadn't won michigan in many, many years. she called, could you come again? c

them because obviously walking into a situation like that, a government, unfortunately, typically, historically plague by corruption he knew better than to get involved with that. hunteriden, it appears, did not. >> laura: nellie ohr, contractor at fusion and mraerd to a d.o.j. official, has paw prints all over this deal. why is it important for nellie ohr? this is thick in the weeds but interesting. >> nellie ohr worked for fusion g.p.s., the collaborate campaign hired her through -- the clinton campaign hired her through fusion g.p.s. and testified that there was a ukrainian source lushenko who was provided them information regarding the trump russia operation they ran against the trump campaign. >> laura: hence the concern that ukraine had some type, we don't know exactly what, involvement in rolling out this whole russia -- >> absolutely. the democrats are quite concerned that this would be exposed and we would certainly want to know to waextent ukrainian officials volunteered this or to waextent they were dragged in by the democrats. >> laura: finally, alexandra chalupa hired by the d.n.c. during the 2016 election who coordinated with the ukrainians to investigat

hunter biden should testify. he did not respond to that question as he walked away from us and waited for the first lady to emergee, and they headed off. so, the president just giving us some of his top-of-mind thoughts but not taking questions today. alex? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you so much, from the white house. joining me now, karine jean-pier jean-pierre, msnbc contributor, betsy swan from "the daily beast" and sondland -- the president said the country's never been so united. was he talking about this country? because i don't know, i'm curious, karine, what was your reaction to that when he said that? >> well, he's -- i don't know what country, maybe planet two. i have no idea. he certainly was not talking about this one. he is the divider in chief and we have seen this throughout his administration over the last almost three years where he divides, he divides, and he makes that really clear, it's an us and them type of scenario, and i don't -- i'm not sure what's going on there. i think he's just trying to put a talking point out there for us to chase down. >> i don't know, begtsy, as you follow this pre

walk. and we welcome them to south carolina's only state-supported historic black college and university at south carolina state. welcome to bulldog country. gilda cobb-hunterhow does it work in a state legislature run issues of environmental justice? the rightout alec, wing organization that rights legislation, particularly in t e for stateslatures -- legislatures, and one by one, following a trend in the country to cut back on regulations. how do you deal as the head of the national black caucus of state legislators in responding? >> a part of it is what we will do here tonight. my role as president in my view is increasing members awareness of issues that impapact our constituents. wewe all know the roine issssues that a all of us care about and all of us working on. but when it comes to an issue like environment of justice, the awareness of black legislators in our view is not what it should be. so a part of our goal and a part of what we think is important is increasing our awarenessss. very strong footprint here in the south carolina legislature. they spend money. we have members who are in the national leadership of that organization for amy: the ame

2009, joe biden walked through the streets of the nation's capital, having just been sworn in as the 47th vice president of the united states. his family by his side, including his son hunteresident obama, vice president biden was given special responsibility for ukraine. the job then, to nurture its pro-russian government and encourage it to look west. on his first official trip to the country, the vice president outlined the obama administration's priorities. >> ukraine must heed the lesson of history. effective, accountable government is the only way to provide stable, predictable, and a transparent environment. >> transparent environment was code for anti-corruption, a novel idea for a place where bribes and kickbacks were the norm. but big changes were coming. the revolution in mydon square toppled the pro-russian president. vladimir putin snatched crimea and occupied the east. >> the government went from being one that was leaning toward russia -- >> exactly. >> -- to one that was looking to the west. how big a transformation that is? >> it's fundamental. before the mydon, you should understand that ukraine was more or less the same post-soviet reality. >> ukraine is

to my colleagues, if shifty schiff will not let hunter biden come and will not bring the whistleblower forward, every member of congress should take a walknd say this is a farce. host: rand paul monday in louisville at the rally for matt pavitt -- matt bevin, who appears to be losing the race for governor. bevin refuses to concede as kentucky ruben at oriole race goes down to the wire -- gubernatorial race goes down to the wire. democrats did that to dana rossy in washington in 2004, keep counting until the d wins. democrats lead republicans by approximately 5000. others saying kentucky have no automatic -- has no automatic recount law. if trump had not come to kentucky, bevin would be so far behind, there would not be a need for a recount. is it important to know the import -- the identity of the whistleblower? 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001, republicans. for all others, that is 202-748-8002. a quick comment, one of several on facebook. regardless of party, his identity should be revealed. the public should know so they won't think it is a random or bogus person this person should have security detail 24/7. joe in florida, goo

hunter university of both english and creative writing where she taught memoir. i'm going to read a little bit more for my mother his book. i love the sight of myself, walkingup the steps of the newark public library pass alliance patience and fortitude. i would've preferred lionesses. thinking that the kid who grew up on the streets of hoboken new jersey was now walking past the painting of milton his daughters talking down the immortal and taking down the immortal words. now walking down the third floor corridor to the bird collection. now pressing the buzzer. they were actually loving me into the sacred recess where i would soon set next to all of those famous literary scholars whose work i had read and do work of my own. the american dream. my mother his work was highly personal beautifully crafted and deeply researched. she was writing a book when chasing ghosts which was about her father mmr. of which life which is an expert in here, she it's been three years researching world war ii. just so that she could understand the times and with these men went through. so her memoir writing was also written in a way that someone who had done an incredible amou