the important news there, though, chris matthews back on monday. that's "hardball" for now. us. all "in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on a special edition of "all in." does the trump and rudy show go beyond ukraine? >> you have to ask rudy those questions. >> tonight the case that trump's debacle with turkey and rudy's search for dirt on biden are part of the same story. plus stephanie ruhle on what may be the most corrupt act by any president ever and the msnbc return of steve schmidt. >> we've reached the hour that george washington warned us about. >> live from studio 6a from

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. for ten days now running in fact this president has attacked and attacked the whistleblower who dared tell the american people what trump was up to in trading u.s. national security for something he could use against his political rivals. it is all about trump trying to hide his wrongdoing now by making this about how he was caught in the wrongdoing. unable to justify his betrayal trump's attacking the messenger of course. like a boss in the rackets he calls the whistleblower's sources spies and obsesses about finding out the person emphasis true identity which the law says should be protected. trump today tweeted why aren't we entitled to learn ininterview the whistleblower and also the person who gave false information to him. trump is caught and refuses to admit. the fake whistleblower he tweets, isn't holding up and says he or she isn't a whistleblower after all. well, it's all about part of what "the washington post" characterized as an increasingly frenetic counter assault targe

>> chris matthews is a liberal opinion host so that is par for the course but even matthews's guest chriscoons says stick with the facts was he responded those are the facts. opinion is opinionated news is news. here's a cnn news anchor playing it straight down the middle. >> we all know from having covered pence for so long that pence is lying and he knows he is because he says that the president was raising issues that were appropriate. >> that journalist news anchor went on to say mike pence in his heart of hearts does not believe the president but she did not offer a source for that comment. >> thank you. the president doubling down seeking help from a foreign government, this time it is china and the subject of the bidens, new questions on joe biden's involvement in his son hunter's business ties, peter schweitzer, author of secret empire, how the political class and reaches family and friends is researched and written extensively on this and joins us live, good to have you with us. we have been told repeatedly by a number of folks, mister biden himself and many of his supporters tha

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. evidence continues to mount on president trump. nbc news reporting new evidence tonight of president trump's quid pro quo with ukraine. quote, at least three current and former u.s. officials have all made the same startling admission. a coveted white house visit for the new ukrainian leader had been explicitly conditioned on his agreeing to investigations that could have helped president trump's

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.ed today that president trump personally conditioned military assistance to ukraine on getting elpolitical dirt on his political opponents. that's the favor he asked of ukraine wherein president zelensky and

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. there's mounting evidence tonight that the president extorted a foreign ally for political gain. the charge at the center of the impeachment inquiry. the associated press today reported that months before his notorious july phone call with president trump, ukraine's president was wary of trump's push for an investigation into former vice president joe biden and his son. and days before, zelensky was sworn in may he gathered a small group of advisers where they spent almost three hours talking about how to navigate the insistence from trump and rudy giuliani for a probe and how to avoid becoming entangled in the american elections. it shows that from the outset zelensky was under serious pressure to dig up dirt on joe biden. and that pressure increased dramatically after trump froze crucial u.s. military support to ukraine in july. and now ambassador bill taylor has testified that the release of that military aid was conditioned on ukraine's willingness to launch the politically motiva

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.ith iron clad evidence of wrongdoing by the president, his republican allies are left with no defense. so they've turned to street theater, anything to not deal with the facts and the facts are damning. a little later in this show i'll walk through the very clear, very simple case against the president. for all the sound and fury from the president's defenders the case that trump traded his public trust for personal political gain is

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. with iron clad evidence of wrongdoing by the president, his republican allies are left with no defense. so they've turned to street theater, anything to not deal with the facts and the facts are damning. a little later in this show i'll walk through the very clear, very simple case against the president. for all the sound and fury from the president's defenders the case that trump traded his public trust for personal political gain is remarkably pure. republican frustration, however, was evident in yesterday's made for tv spectacle as a group of house republicans made by trump loyalists stormed the secure room where deputy defense secretary was scheduled to testify. "the new york times" editorial board put it bluntly, they're running out of options. "the times" reports on the effort to grind proceedings to a halt. quote, republicans are growing increasingly uneasy about the inquiry and fretting that it could get much more worse for them. that unease was evident again today as senator

i'm chris matthews in washington. powerful new testimony from an army lieutenant colonel who listened live to that notorious july 25th conversation between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. it delivers a striking blow to the president today. shattering one of his main lines of defense. in a sworn deposition house investigators heard from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, a directed iraq war veteran who's currently the top ukraine expert on the national security counsel. vindman testified that president trump's demand -- that's his word demand dates of political dirt from ukraine was so damaging to national security that he had the duty to relay his objections up the chain of command. most importantly he's the first witness to have listened in on president trump's call with ukrainian president zelensky as it happened and he reacted in realtime to what he heard. according to his prepared remarks today vindman told congress that i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investi

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we've learned today that president trump personally conditioned military assistance to ukraine on getting elpolitical dirt on his political opponents. that's the favor he asked of ukraine wherein president zelensky and now explosive text messages between american diplomats shed new light on the transaction trump sought from ukraine and they confirm that a visit to the white house was dangled as leverage. those texts were turned over to congress by former special envoy to ukraine kirk volker yesterday. in the days before zelensky's phone call with trump in july, volker tells his colleagues the goal of the call is for zelensky to say he will help the information. bill taylor warns that zelensky is sensitive about ukraine being taken seriously not merely as an incident in washington relection domestic politics. then in the morning of trump's call with zelensky volker tells zelensky's aids he's heard from the white house and very specific about what it would take to get a meeting with tru

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. the hometown of the world series champions. in historic action today a divided house of representatives set the course for an up or down vote on the impeachment of the president. it passed a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. it marks the third time we know that the members of the house had taken such a consequential step, and it brings the proceedings into a new public phase. 231 democrats and one independent stood united behind speaker nancy pelosi as she affirmed to the american public that they and anyone willing to join them would defend the constitution. >> what is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy. at times i've found each and every one of us in this room and in our country to pay attention to how we protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> the vote today comes as new evidence of a quid pro quo has emerged, another key witness has now affirmed that military support to ukraine was conditioned on the investigations that trump was seeking

i'm chris matthews in washington.nt president trump is throwing caution to the wind tonight giving congress even more grounds to impeach him for extorting a u.s. ally. answering the question he refused to address yesterday, trump today gave a detailed confession of the misconduct of some center of his call with ukrainian president zelensky. trump said his goal in that conversation was to get ukraine to deliver dirt on joe biden. >> mr.

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight the evidence continues to mount on president trump. nbc news reporting new evidence tonight of president trump's quid pro quo with ukraine. quote, at least three current and former u.s. officials have all made the same startling admission. a coveted white house visit for the new ukrainian leader had been explicitly conditioned on his agreeing to investigations that could have helped president trump's re-election. that includes u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. he was asked point-blank under oath whether that constituted a quid pro quo. he did not dispute it. according to people familiar with his testimony. this comes after u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, drew a direct line on tuesday between the u.s. military support and trump's demand for an investigation. and today president trump denounced that diplomat, mr. taylor he had appointed himself. >> you held up military funds because you wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and burisma --

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. president trump and his administration have launched a new bid to slow the unfolding impeachment inquiry, but it has prompted one top democrat to accuse the white house of trying to obstruct justice. in a letter tonight the white house counsel calls the impeachment inquiry, quote, illegitimate and says the white house will refuse to cooperate with it. this comes after the state department brought gordon soundland the u.s. ambassador to the european union from speaking to three house committees informing him of that decision just hours before he was scheduled for a deposition today. ambassador sondland is among the three diplomats who exchanged potentially damning text messages about a possible effort to leverage the government of ukraine last summer. and according to republican senator ron johnson sondland told him over the summer the release was contingent on ukraine pointing a prosecutor who would quote get to bottom of what happened in 2016. house intelligence chairman adam schiff

the important news there, though, chris matthews back on monday. that's "hardball" for now. thank you for being with us. all "in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on a special edition of "all in." does the trump and rudy show go beyond ukraine? >> you have to ask rudy those questions. >> tonight the case that trump's debacle with turkey and rudy's search for dirt on biden are part of the same story. plus stephanie ruhle on what may be the most corrupt act by any president ever and the msnbc return of steve schmidt. >> we've reached the hour that george washington warned us about. >> live from studio 6a from rockefeller plaza when "all in" starts right now. thank you. we've got a big show tonight. we've got steve schmidt making his triumphant msnbc return and we're going to get caught up in what happened in the ukraine scandal. there's two other stories i've been looking at. the one has been getting a ton of coverage. the other not as much. they're two different stories and they're being reported as different stories. they're in different parts of the newspaper,

i'm chris matthews in washington. flustered and defiant president trump is throwing caution to the wind tonight giving congress even more grounds to impeach him for extorting a u.s. ally. answering the question he refused to address yesterday, trump today gave a detailed confession of the misconduct of some center of his call with ukrainian president zelensky. trump said his goal in that conversation was to get ukraine to deliver dirt on joe biden. >> mr. president, what exactly did you hope zelensky would do about the bidens after your phone call? >> well, i would think that if they were honest about it, they'd start a major investigation into the bidens. it's a very simple answer. they should investigate the bidens. >> simple and incriminating. that's what trump wanted from ukraine as he withheld u.s. military support from president zelensky conditioning that support with these infamous words, i would like you to do us a favor, though. under increasing scrutiny trump is brazenly admitting in public now to the favor

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.nting evidence tonight that the president extorted a foreign ally for political gain. the charge at the center of the impeachment inquiry. the associated press today reported that months before his notorious july phone call with president trump, ukraine's president was wary of trump's push for an investigation into former vice president joe biden and his son. and days before, zelensky

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.nquiry threaten to undercut president trump's defense amid the unfolding ukraine scandal. fiona hill, the president's former top adviser on russia and europe, she is still testifying to congress at this hour under subpoena. this in a closed door hearing that began at 10:00 this morning. nbc news reports that hill was expected to tell lawmakers that rudy guiliani and

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. new deposition ness the house's impeachment inquiry threaten to undercut president trump's defense amid the unfolding ukraine scandal. fiona hill, the president's former top adviser on russia and europe, she is still testifying to congress at this hour under subpoena. this in a closed door hearing that began at 10:00 this morning. nbc news reports that hill was expected to tell lawmakers that rudy guiliani and eu ambassador gordon sundland circumvented the national security council and the normal white house process to pursue a shadow policy on ukraine. we already know that guiliani worked through american diplomats and others to pressure the government of ukraine to carry out investigations that would benefit the president politically and he continued to do so as the president froze u.s. military aid to that country. when it comes to that military aid, we are also learning from "the washington post" that gordon sondland's testimony which is scheduled for thursday, quote, will raise t

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. the hometown of the world series champions.ided house of representatives set the course for an up or down vote on the impeachment of the president. it passed a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. it marks the third time we know that the members of the

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.is president has attacked and attacked the whistleblower who dared tell the american people what trump was up to in trading u.s. national security for something he could use against his political rivals. it is all about trump trying to hide his wrongdoing now by making this about how he was caught in the wrongdoing. unable to justify his betrayal trump's attacking the messenger of course. like a boss in the rackets he call

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.have launched a new bid to slow the unfolding impeachment inquiry, but it has prompted one top democrat to accuse the white house of trying to obstruct justice. in a letter tonight the white house counsel calls the impeachment inquiry, quote, illegitimate and says the white house will refuse to cooperate with it. this comes aft

i'm chris matthews in washington.rd the impeachment of donald trump. first, speaker nancy pelosi announced today that the house of representatives will hold its virs vote on impeachment. a vote that formalized the heightening inquiry that is now entering its second month. quote, we will bring a resolution to the flor. speaker pelosi wrote ing a letter that cub firmed the

i'm chris matthews in washington.ant colonel who listened live to that notorious july 25th conversation between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. it delivers a striking blow to the president today. shattering one of his main lines of defense. in a sworn deposition house investigators heard from lieutenant colonel

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight, two gate crashing steps toward the impeachment of donald trump. first, speaker nancy pelosi announced today that the house of representatives will hold its virs vote on impeachment. a vote that formalized the heightening inquiry that is now entering its second month. quote, we will bring a resolution to the flor. speaker pelosi wrote ing a letter that cub firmed the ongoing existing investigation that is currently being conducted by our committees as part of this impeachment inquiry. though democrats say the resolution isn't needed under the constitution or the law to conduct an impeachment, its passive this thursday, that's when the vote will occur, undercuts the white house, which has been arguing that the inquiry is illegitimate without the approval of the full house and resolution. rebutting the white house, pelosi writes, the trump administration has made up this argument, apparently out of whole cloth, in order to justify its unprecedented cover-up. however, she notes,

>> that's pretty much par for the course, but even matthews' guest democratic senator chris tells theto stick with the facts. matthews' response saying that is the fact. that said to my opinion is opinion and news is news, so here is a cnn news anchor playing it straight down the middle. >> having covering pence for so long, pence is lying and he knows he is because he said that the president was raising issues that were appropriate. >> that generalist news anchor went on to say that mike pence in his heart of hearts does not believe the president, though she did not offer a source for that comment. >> shannon: trace gallagher out west, thank you. the president doubling down from a foreign government. this time it's china and the question is the bidens. researched and written extensively on this joins us now. peter, good to have you with us. >> hey, shannon, grates to be here. >> shannon: we've been told repeatedly by a number of folks, mr. biden himself and his supporters that this is a conspiracy theory. it's not true, there's nothing to it. to give it any air or oxygen at all is to

. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews.ashington while under armed attack by russia the people of ukraine were denied american arms unless the president of ukraine declared that he was investigating joe biden. well, this is the powerful testimony today of chief u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor who drew a direct line between trump's delivery of needed weapons to that country and his demand of personal political

in such copious volumes that even sole attacks like chris matthews and stephen colbert wince when youiver it, it's a sign. it's not a good sign. can someone like that really get elected president? maybe it's not accidental that at the very moment that joe biden's numbers collapsed, elizabeth warren's numbers rose. democrats in washington started talking about ukraine. it turns out impeachment is the reserved chute, the only one they've got. howie carr is a radio host and the author of the book, "what really happened?" you have covered this person elizabeth warren, professor, senator, now presidential candidate maybe longer than any journalist i'm aware of, other than her stenographers at "the boston globe." what do you make of this now that she is officially in effect the front runner? >> we shouldn't underestimate her. that is the main thing to remember. i thought she wouldn't survive the first herald story seven years ago when it turned out that she was a fake indian. she did. she has prevailed. i know it's massachusetts, but there is a audience, at least on the democrat side for th

you to weigh in on what michael moore was saying, being described as this, that he was on with chris matthews, quote, hideous claim that democratic -- -- they are on par with apartheid. >> not all trump supporters are racist but when you see people standing and chanting send her back and she is african-american and she is muslim, it does make one positive to michael moore's point i do think both sides of the aisle are fearful of that day when they are no longer the majority. that is a reality. >> i am not wait in the longtime trump supporter and a lot of people are not way to our trump supporters, this racist divisive demagoguery is old hat and silly and send her back is not racist, talking about a person who hates america and not embracing american norms. i say that is an immigrant. shannon: thank you very much, see you tonight. mike pence turning into a power player including a major speech on china tomorrow. mark short is here live. talk about that and more next. dg electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. she said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with or

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. a stunning admission from the president's acting chief of staff today bolsters the accusation the president leveraged a u.s. ally for political purposes. it was in a press briefing today mick mulvaney said trump froze military aid because he wanted an investigation involving a dnc server in the 2016 campaign, undercutting the president's denial of a quid pro quo with ukraine. specifically mulvaney said that aid was withheld in part because of trump's concerns about a missing dnc server that according to an unproven conspiracy theory is in ukraine and that the ukrainian government tried to interfere in the 2016 campaign here. here's what mulvaney said today. >> he also mentioned to me that the corruption related to the dnc server, absolutely. no question about that. but that's it, and that's why held up the money. >> there was a demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of it reason he wanted to with hold funding to ukraine? >> the look back to what happened in 2016 was c

he was on with chris matthews offering the quote, "hideous clamp that trump voters are racist on the south africans." >> not all trump supporter's are racist, however what you see people standing and chanting sent her back and she is african-american and she is muslim, it makes one pause. to michael moore's point, both sides of the aisle, white men are fearful of that day in 2054 when there are no longer the majority and that's a reality. >> i'm not white. i'm a long time trump supporter and their people who are not white were trump supporters. this racist, divisive demagoguery is old hat and the silly and by the way, sent her back is not racist. you're talking about a person who hates america and does not embrace american norms. i say that as a immigrant. be what i will leave it there. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> shannon: mike pants turning into a foreign policy power player including a major speech on china tomorrow mark schwartz is here live, that a much more, next you're making good choices. you'll get there. ♪ were you going to tell me about this? i know i can't afford

. >> laura: robert, first it was chris matthews and now another msnbc commentator with this liberal fantasy just over the weekend. >> you can impeach pence first the problem is donald trump then has to name his replacement. i think that maybe a deal could be struck where he was told if you don't make a replacement, nancy pelosi becomes the president. >> laura: talk about the fantasy impeachment. >> laura, i'd like to laugh except that this is so serious? is prettily irresponsible. this has got to stop. >> laura: again, this is the way they do business now. we do not do the people's business, we do the smearmachin. we don't like trump, we've gott, and drive him out of restaurants. now they are trying not to intimidate him from going to speak in america cities, robert. the mayor of minneapolis trying to prevent trump from going to speak there on thursday. what does that tell you? >> and tells you the same thing which is also on the op-ed pages of the "new york times" this morning, they're scarcely talking about impeaching early and preaching often. if this does not work, they'll come up with

[inaudible] >> 2003 on chris matthews show hardball, 9 days before the iraq war you said, quote, an american that improved the lives of the iraqis, you support the libyan intervention, hardliner on syria , are you ever going to neo cons? >> first of all, it's becoming very common practice. second of all, power sharing with somebody who gassed his people, that doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. assad is responsible for the deaths of 500,000 people. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> next question. >> one question per person, please. >> hi, samantha, great admirer of yours, my question is now that we are withdrawing from northeast syria and we kind of are abandoning the kurds, can you reflect on, you know, your sense with you would have done differently in syria and moving forward with the next president, what they could do with american powers in the region to make it more stable? >> thank you, sir, what i would say is that a lot is made and i go in great lengths of the look to red line moment for president obama and people define that moment differently but, in other wo

she's chair of the democratic party, replaced kathleen matthews, the wife of your colleague chris matthews. they share a very strong relationship with marilyn moseby, the district attorney of baltimore. she's be loved by the people. i think she'll have some allies ready to campaign for her should she decide to carry out her husband's legacy. >> stand by for me, all three of you if you can, antjuan, susan, tiffany, a major development from the justice department. bill bar's original investigation into the origins of the russia probe is now a criminal investigation. but who is at the center of it? t has escalated its investigation into how the russia probe started. it is now a full-fledged criminal inquiry, meaning that the justice department is now investigating itself. the move gives investigators the power to subpoena witnesses and documents, convene a grand jury, even file criminal charges. and it's important to note at this particular juncture, it is not clear what crime is actually being investigated or why this change in status is happening now. this latest development comes amid an e

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. speaking of that intelligence committee it paints a picture of alarm inside the trump administration as the president's emissaries pursued what is being called a shadow foreign policy. nbc news reports that, quote, former national security advisor john bolton was so disturbed by the efforts to get the ukrainians to investigate president trump's political opponents that he called it a drug deal. that is according to a person in the room yesterday for fiona hill's testimony. the president's former top advisor on russia and europe who was deposed behind closed doors. perhaps more alarming nbc news reports hill told lawmakers she considered what was happening to be a clear counter intelligence risk to the united states. hill was among four witnesses so far to shed light on rudy giuliani's efforts on behalf of the president to pressure ukraine to launch investigations that would benefit trump politically. that is something hill called a shadow policy, she said, because it skirted protocols

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. major new developments today. it raised more questions for president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani, and that could affect the ongoing impeachment inquiry. federal law enforcement officers last night arrested two business associates of giuliani's charging them in a scheme to make illegal political donations to influence u.s. relations with ukraine. among other things igor fruman and lez pornas allegedly made illegal contributions and stand accused of funneling illegal donations from a russian national to other political candidates. the arrests come as the two giuliani associates potentially emerge as key figures in the trump-ukraine scandal. they were reportedly helping giuliani pursue allegations against joe and hunter biden on behalf of the president. as "the wall street journal" reports quote they've introduced giuliani to several current and former prosecutors to discuss the biden case. their lawyer suggested as much in a letter to congress this much saying this, quote, be advised mr. parnas and fruman

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're witnessing a presidential melt down. trump seems to be deeply agitated now by the impeachment investigation. he's calling his critics traitors and calling the investigation itself a coup. can today in tweets and before the cameras trump spun himself into a frenzy. the president was asked to acknowledge what the evidence in the impeachment inquiry shows already. but pressed several times trump refused to answer. >> mr. president, can you just make clear right here what do you or what did you want president zelensky to do with regard to joe and hunter biden? >> well i was having a problem with two things. number one, ukraine is before him for tremendous corruption, tremendous. more than just about any country in the world. in fact, they're rated one of the most corrupt countries in the world. and i don't like giving money to a country that's that corrupt. >> what about mr. biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone-cold crooked. >> the question is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and h

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. we've got breaking news in the impeachment investigation plus a dramatic white house confrontation between donald trump and nancy pelosi this afternoon. this comes after days aof testimony by administration officials explaining widespread unease how the administration was carrying out its policy towards ukraine. today lawmakers heard behind closed doors from michael mckinley, the former top aide to secretary of state mike pompeo. and according to npr mckinley during the closed door hearing criticized, quote, what appears to be our utilizeiation of our ambassadors oversees. he also said, quote, i was disturbed by the implication that foreign governments were being approached to procure negative information on political opponents. additionally nbc news reports that in his deposition yesterday deputy assistant secretary of state george kent told lawmakers how career professionals were cut out of the loop. he testified that in a meeting last may, quote, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney

. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews. back in washington while under armed attack by russia the people of ukraine were denied american arms unless the president of ukraine declared that he was investigating joe biden. well, this is the powerful testimony today of chief u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor who drew a direct line between trump's delivery of needed weapons to that country and his demand of personal political assistance from a foreign power. ambassador bill taylor is wrapping up his closed door testimony right now. it's lasted over 9 hours. according to members who were in the room with him, his testimony represents a sea change that's the phrase in the investigation and elicited sighs and gasps. the president's tweets today compared the lawful impeachment inquiry against him to a lynching. and a little later i'll be speaking to michael moore and amy klobuchar about the state of the race for president and unseating donald trump. we begin with bill taylor who appeared under testimony by subpoena for a private

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. defying an 11th hour bid by the white house to block her appearance former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch is still testifying to congress right now after nearly nine hours. she is delivering a damning account of the administration's handling of foreign policy. yovanovitch served in ukraine for almost three years and her abrupt removal back in may was among the earliest red flags in the trump ukraine scandal. speaking today of her firing, you vyovanovitch said quote thee would be a concerted campaign against me. she denied multiple unsubstantiated allegations that have been leveled against her calling them fictitious and she said she was, quote, incredulous that the u.s. government chose to remove an ambassador based as best i can tell on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. her scathing rebuke of those who targeted her comes as we learn the scope of the lobbying campaign that rudy giuliani waged to get her fired, an effort he mounted wi

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're witnessing a presidential melt down. deeply agitated now by the impeachment investigation. he's calling his critics traitors and calling the investigation itself a coup. can today in tweets and before the cameras trump spun himself into a frenzy. the president was

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.g admission from the president's acting chief of staff today bolsters the accusation the president leveraged a u.s. ally for political purposes. it was in a press briefing today mick mulvaney said trump froze military aid because he wanted an investigation involving a dnc server in the

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.ks the end of yet another consequential week for trump's presidency. the case for impeachment is coming into focus with the repeat depositions of four current and four former policy officials. their testimony this week alleged that the president himself put his personal lawyer in control of his agenda on ukraine. the ambassa

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews, the president is struggling to defend his conductnce about wrong doing may be on the way. nbc news has confirmed that the legal team representing the first whistleblower now also represents another person who is coming forward. according to nbc sources, that second whistleblower has quote firsthand knowledge of the

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. the evidence continues to mount on president trump. nbc news reporting new evidence tonight of president trump's

good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.night marks the end of yet another consequential week for donald trump's presidency. the case for impeachment is coming into focus with the repeat depositions of four current and former policy officials. their testimony this week alleged that the president himself put his personal lawyer in control of his agenda on ukraine. the ambassadors were used to advance domestic political objectives while other career professionals were side lined