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joining me msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki, dan balz and d democratic strategisti basil smikle. this is obviously painting a different picture when you look at the battleground states. what do you make of it? >> a little bit of polling whiplash, i guess you could say here. try to make some sense. first of all, the numbers will move around from poll to poll, there's a margin of error. we tested nbc/"wall street journal" head-to-heads of biden and warren against trump. you just saw the new one today, the abc/"washington post," i think they had biden up 17. we had them up 9. they had warren up fit15. we had her up 8. what was donald trump's approval rating? we merasured his approval ratin at 45%. i believe the number in this abc "washington post" poll is 38%. keep an eye on the approval rating. that will drive a lot of the outcome in 2020. if it is in the 30s, i think you can expect to see numbers in the abc/"washington post" poll, if it's in the mid-40s, it becomes more competitive. if it becomes more competitive nationally, that's where the whole swing state electo

yamich alcindor, white house correspondent for the "pbs nehour," dan balz of "the washington post," heather caygle with "politico" andicel crowley, white house correspondent for "the new york times". the focal point of this house inquiry remains the seasonedvo witness, civil servants who o spokf rattled diplomatic ranks and alliances andrida former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, and president trump tweeted as she spoke. >> as we sit here testifying, the presi ynt is attacking on twitter and i'd like to give you a chance to respond. i'll read part of one o his tweets. "everywhere marie yovanovitch she started off in somalia, how did thato? would you like to respond to tht president'sk that everywhere you went turned bad? >> wl, i mean -- i don't think i have such powers, not in mogadishu, somalia, and not in other places. i actually think that where i've served over the years, i and others, have demonstrably made things better. >> what effect do you think that has onther witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, it'sery intimidating. robert: as michael