in fact dowd is still fruman's lawyer. proximity to trump aides should give them some kind of trump powers. this is a farfetched claim of executive privilege. those ukrainians that you see are the client employing two trump lawyers. now look at a much richer client. dmitry firtash, a key figure linked to the russian mob. that's according to allegations from u.s. prosecutors. he's wanted for extradition to the u.s. he's hired another pair of lawyers known for making trump's case. two fox news analysts you see right there who advocate for trump on air and who he tried to hire as his mueller lawyers at one point. so take that right there. that's two trump lawyers for the mueller probe working for two ukrainians and two working for this wanted oligarch. they are the lawyers for the conservative writer at the center of the ukraine plot, john solomon. he was literally pushing the ukraine scandal before there was one. before the trump call, before the ukraine money was frozen. here he was on fox news in march arguing that ukraine

mary bruce, matthew dowd, asma khalid, jonathan swan. >>> plus an abc news exclusive this veteran's day weekend. the president's new top military adviser chairman mark milley in his first interview. >> how important is it to keep an american presence in syria? >> the footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same, the defeat of isis. o the >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning. welcome to "this week." it started with one whistle-blower. now less than two months later, a fu set to reach a critical phase. the first public testimony that will likely shape public perceptions of the investigation

shannon: dowd had ten a while back about congresswoman ocasio cortez, whether you agree with her ideas she is a breath of fresh air, a young woman firing the place up. is there a double standard when it comes to conservative women? >> i don't think there's a double standard at all and i don't think she is being mistreated here. she is in the position of being the tough person because she is a real hard-nosed, experienced politician, very active, opposition researcher before she was elected to congress, she knows what she's doing, she can stand on her own two feet, she can defend herself, that is why she's being so outspoken. the republicans want her out front because she is a partisan and a highly competent one, not because she is a woman. >> an unbiased journalist -- shannon: let's give you the final wrap-up. >> talking about intimidation, the presentation about how donald trump's comments about the former ambassador to ukraine, she was intimidated and all that, started her career in somalia, in tough places. the notion a few words from donald trump via twitter would lead her to be in

john dowd said that mr.th rudy giuliani. therefore part of the president's legal team. so he would somehow fall under the attorney/client privilege that exists between donald trump and rudy giuliani. and also, dowd referred to other privileges, possibly executive pri of the president would somehow extend to this defendant. >> i think the legal word for that, lawrence, is nonsense. by the way, i'm sure your viewers remember this, michael cohen at one point professed that he was going to take a bullet for mr. trump and was eager to testify against him, including in open session in congress. so, again, most defendants become convicted felons, and most convicted felons look for ways to cooperate. i am imagine mr. parnas is going the look for a way to cooperate. he has good attorneys to guy him through this thicket. >> chuck rosenberg gets tonight's last word. thanks for joining us, chuck. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> that is tonight's "the last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >

matthew dowd tweets.is an example j why just electing someone because they are a woman or a millennial doesn't necessarily get you the leaders you wanted. >> there would be revolt if they said that about alexandria ocasio-cortez. elise stefanik did a great job. i was at an event with her tonight. she has been so terrific defending the president on a factual, rational basis. if you want to get under the democrats' skin, all you have to do is bring up what they used to believe and cam pair it to present day. congresswoman stefanik has gone the under schiff's skin because she has brought forth facts in a way to this hearing and kudos to her for standing with this president against the left wing mob. judge jeanine: for this guy to trash her, he apologized. but everybody went after him. if a republican did that no a democrat woman, forget it. i want to talk about marie yovanovich. i want to talk about how in the senate hearings she was prepared by the obama administration to be an ambassador in ukraine and the

say security forces in iraq a shooting at them with live bullets it's a brutal crackdown on back dowd's battle of the bridges. and in our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we'll take you to the colorful east side gallery where autistic and a symbol of division into a canvas for hopes and dreams. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us chile's president sebastian pinera says he's asked parliament to raise the minimum wage by around 15 percent in a further attempt to end the country's worst unrest in decades the president also says that police accused of human rights abuses will be prosecuted with the same force as rioters and looters for weeks now a south american country has been rocked by protests against inequality. and as deed of views nicole fullish in the chilean capital has found out this has grown into a social movement who support base is a lot larger than those who turn up at rallies. it's another day of protests in santiago de chile but any ball isn't going he lives only a stone's throw away from plus i tell you the at the center o

john dowd gave voice to what they were thinking. this is somebody who is part of the deep state in their view, part of the conspiracy to take down the president who doesn't actually have any firsthand knowledge. it's hard to make that case in public so they tried instead to focus on the issue of the secondhand quality of his testimony and it was my colleague who showed asking speaker pelosi about it. she may want to brush off that question but it's a legitimate question. if ambassador taylor didn't actually hear the president say these things then does factor into how much weight to give his testimony? it would obviously be more useful to the democrats to hear it from somebody like john bolton or mick mulvaney who actually are in the oval office or was in the case of john bolton before he was pushed out. or left of his own accord depending on who you believe but think haven't been able to get them there refusing to testify. doesn't look like the democrats are waiting for any court action to compel them and think they have enough to

it's sickening. >> shannon: dowd head tweeted about congresswoman ocasio-cortez.e or not, she's a breath of fresh air. to think there's a double standard when it comes to conservative women and progressive women? >> no, i don't think there is a double standard and i don't think she's being, stefanik, is being mistreated. the lease stefanik is in the position of being the tough perl hard-nosed, very experienced politician. she was very active, she was an opposition researcher before she was elected to congress. she knows what she's doing. she can stand on her own two feet. she can defend yourself. she's really good. that's why she's being so outspoken. their republicans want her out front. she's a partisan and a highly competent one. not because she's a woman. >> those tweets, he is a straight news unbiased journalist. >> shannon: will give you the final wrap-up. >> i would say it's similar, talking about intimidation of women, the whole presentation raised about how president trump's comments about the former ambassador ukraine and how she was intimidated at all t

mary bruce, matthew dowd, asma khalid, jonathan swan. >>> plus an abc news exclusive this veteran's day weekend. the president's new top military adviser chairman mark milley in his first interview. >> how important is it to keep an american presence in syria? >> the footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same, the defeat of isis. o the >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning. welcome to "this week." it started with one whistle-blower. now less than two months later, a fu set to reach a critical phase. the first public testimony that will likely shape public perceptions of the investigation and the future of the trump presidency. the central question -- was it an abuse of power for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival at home? was he acting to further his own personal and political interests by withholding military aid from a key u.s. ally? with all the rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle and president trump's own >> aions taken to date by the president have seriousl

he's now dumped john dowd and now he's going to cooperate. is that what's happening? >> yeah, chris. i mean it certainly seems like parnas is angry. he's angry that the president has said he doesn't know who he is. he feels like the president has completely mischaracterized their relationship. you have to be inclined to believe parnas a bit because there are so many photos of them together over the last two or so years, at political events, at galas, at fund-raisers. parnas and fruman were everywhere and surrounded the president at many pivotal moments. so they have opened the door to cooperation with the congressional committees. that doesn't necessarily mean of course that it's going to happen because a lot of the documents that the congressional committees want are in the hands of the fbi, which of course raided parnas and fruman's belongings as part of their indictment. it also remains to be seen whether or not his lawyer is even going to let him testify because he's in the middle of a criminal probe. but this does indicate at least a shift for now in how he perce

abc analyst matthew dowd went after you on twitter, and i understand he apologized. i want you to fill in the blanks about what happened after this, but he said, a least a phonic is a perfect example of why just electing someone because they are a woman or a millennial doesn't necessarily get you the leaders that we need. what did you think when you saw that? >> it's outrageous, it's sexist, and it's inexcusable, and abc news needs to condemn that statement. this is why more young women don't run for office, and i accepted the apology, but he certainly should never have made that statement. >> martha: it seems odd to go after you based on your sex or your age. if he had a problem with what you are saying, that seems to be fair game, right? >> that's all right. talk about the substance and policy issues, don't attack the fact i happen to be a young woman. i'm probably an articulate young woman searching for the facts and asking substantive questions. so matt dowd, for a second i dress myself, who is that? but i accepted his apology. he apologized pretty quickly, as th

john dowd gave voice to what they were thinking. this is somebody who's part of the deep state in their view, somebody who's part of the conspiracy to take down the president, who doesn't actually have any firsthand knowledge. it's hard to make that case in public. they tried instead to focus on the issue of the secondhand quality of his testimony, and it was my colleague, sheryl stoleberg, you showed asking speaker pelosi about s it. she mayr want to brush off tha question, butnt it's a legitima question. if ambassador taylor didn't heaa the president say these things, then does it factor into how much weight to give his testimony? it would obviously be moree useful to the democrats to hear itth from somebody like john bolton orm mick mulvaney, who actually are in the oval office every iday, or at least was in the case of john bolton before he was pushed out or left to his ownt accord, depending on who u believe.on but they haven't been able to get those two. they're refusing to testify. doesn't look like the democrats are willing

nic dowd plays center for the caps.you're a guy who slams people into the boards. >> right. >> reporter: but here you are kissing a puppy. >> exactly, yeah. i think a lot of our players would be like this. >> reporter: captain isn't the team mascot. he's in training to become a service dog. eventually he'll be paired with a veteran or first responder. this isn't a gimmick. if a dog can handle being around loud arenas, he can handle anything. deana stone is his trainer. people slamming each other into the boards, hockey pucks ricocheting off the walls. none of it affects him? >> it doesn't. i've had several startles myself with things ricocheting off the glass. and he's trotting along like no big deal. >> reporter: the caps are one of at least eight n.h.l. teams that have adopted dogs in training. they're sometimes more popular than the players. captain has 62,000 instagram fans. >> do you all know who he is? >> captain. >> that's right. >> reporter: this dog is going to change a life. >> absolutely going to change a lif

n c dowd plays center for the caps. so you're a guy who slams people into the boards. >> right. >> reporter: but here you are kisshe'straining to become a service dog. evenlytu veteorst respoer. this isnimmick. a a dog can handle being around loud arenas, he can handle anything. deana stone is his trainer. people slamming each other into e boards, hockey pucks neects him? off the walls. >> it doesn't. i've had several startles myself with things ricocheting off the rtass. and he's trotting along like no big deal. >> reporter: the caps are at least one of eight n.h.l. teams teams that teams that have adopted dogs. they're sometimes more popular than the players. captain has 62,000 instagram fans. >> do you all know who he is? >> that's right. >> this dog is going to change a life. >> absolutely going to change a life. >> reporter: yes, a puppy with a goal. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> o'donnell: now that's an m.v.p -- most valuable puppy. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. than >>> a joint cbs new

sinn fein‘s vice—president, seeing off a challenge from the former stormont education ministerjohn 0'dowdce in londonderry. michelle 0'neill will continue in the position which, in effect, means she is leader of sinn fein in northern ireland. she said the contest had been conducted in a "comradely way". there've been skirmishes in paris between police and yellow vest protesters, a year on from the first of the movement's weekly demonstrations. demonstrators threw projectiles at riot police, who responded with tear gas. they first took to the streets to protest against president macron‘s fuel tax hike, but the movement went on to challenge his wider reforms, even demanding his resignation. hugh schofield has sent this report. one year on, not the champs—elysees this time, but the place d'italie in the east of the city, and the rioters are out again. maybe they are only a minority among the yellow vest protesters, but they are certainly setting the tone. this was supposed to be the starting point for a peaceful march for gilets jaunes through the centre of paris. instead, we have burning ba

sinn fein‘s vice—president, seeing off a challenge from the former stormont education ministerjohn 0‘dowdion which, in effect, means she is leader of sinn fein in northern ireland. she said the contest had been conducted in a "comradely way". more than 60 flood warnings are still in place across england and wales as water levels begin to subside after large parts of the country were water—logged. south yorkshire has been worst hit. today hundreds of volunteers started a clean—up effort in doncaster, a week on from the worst of the flooding. some people travelled miles to help out, as tom airey reports. we went down to the foundations. two weeks ago, glyn had decorated in his living room putting up a new wallpaper. a week later its volu nteers wallpaper. a week later its volunteers ripping up the floor after floodwaters rose up through it. we had a few sandbags that i bought years ago and put them in front of the door, but a stupid person drove by and knocked my wall down. everything... everything. but i couldn‘t work without these people. glyn has been uninsured after the cost of flood co

. >> i want to say about dowd and his point.'t want to elect people because they are a woman or millennial or you want them to fit some sort of narrative or some sort of mold. i always objected against this. trish: forget identity politics. it should be about the ideas themselves and whether that person can execute the ideas. >> absolutely. if you go to the emergency room you are wondering who your doctor is. you want to see the person who is qualified to take care of your need. that's the same thing for politicians. trish: kennedy joins us now on what's coming up on her show. kennedy: it's party swap night. and it will be a good night. the conservative argues the liberal point of view and vice versa. we turn politics on its head. it will be exciting. trish: thanks, kennedy. is elizabeth warren really a capitalist? i'm exposing her for the socialist she is. >> i believe in markets right down to my does your broker offer more than just free trades? fidelity has zero commissions for online u.s. equity trades and etfs, plus zero mi

let's bring in matthew dowd and linsey said it right there, bloomberg in the past said he'd only getif he thought he had a reasonable shot at winning and he's looking at this field and saying, maybe i have a chance. >> well, i think that's the billion dollar question and this is an unexpected guest at the christmas party of one of the richest people in the world advocated out of climate change and guns, important to the democratic constituency, but i'm still not convinced there is a spot for him in the party because 75% of the voters in the democratic primary say they're satisfied with the field so we'll have to see if he does get in and what kind of reception he's going to get, especially, george, in places like where i am in new hampshire. >> and who it hurts and who it helps. we know that he passed on a race before when he thought biden was doing well and uncomfortable with a lot of elizabeth warren's positions. the question is will it hurt her or help her if he gets in? >> reporter: well, i think this is the biggest indictment of joe biden. he would not have gotten in or even con

. >>.lauren: records for the dowd s&p 500. all three major averages giving up exactly 0.15% each.'s take a look at what's happening in asia. a lot of news coming out. we had comments overnight from the chinese commerce ministry that phase one trade talks depend on the tariffs being canceled p of. in shanghai, we had a slight gang and the kospi coming in with a gang. lauren: germany avoids recession according to the latest gdp numbers. red arrows across the screen. cheryl: we start with a historic day on capitol hill, a first public hearing in the house impeachment inquiry got underway with a brand yo brand-w claims. lauren: he let's get more from hillary vaughn in washington. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. bill taylor showed up ated yesterday's hearing with new information. but the information did not come from him, it came from his staff. the information relates to a new phone call his staff overheard happening between eu ambassador gordon sondland and president trump. >> this was a cell phone i take it. >> it was a cell phone. >> the president must have been speak

our understanding is that did bother him and we know that the white house had to sign off on john dowd, parnas' former lawyer who was also donald trump's former lawyer, representing him. i think it's too soon to say. we've had a lot of witnesses who have claimed to know things over the course of the last 2 1/2 things about donald trump and it just hasn't materialized. so i am personally waiting to see what this person knows. he might know more about rudy giuliani. he might know more about giuliani's finances or what giuliani was doing in ukraine. he spent a lot of time around giuliani. a lot less time around donald trump. so if he has information, it's going to be there. but i'm still waiting to see. >> everybody should go on youtube and look at the video of giuliani and lev together at the trump hotel. it's just -- it's vivid and -- it's somewhat entertaining, i would say. >> very good. >> they should continue watching cnn, but also look at youtube. >> our viewers can multitask. jeffrey, maggie, thank you. >>> mexico's president and top officials of mexican government are addressing t

john dowd was representing him, you may remember him, he represented the president during the muellercomply. something has changed, clearly. and now they're saying we are going to give you documents, his attorney. it's interesting, what information will he turn over to members of congress specifically as it relates to this entire ukraine situation with rudy giuliani. >> we're talking about lev parnas who was indicted recently. >> that's right, recently indicted. there's a big investigation by the southern district of new york. and i think it truly centers around the removal of the ukrainian ambassador. >> the u.s. ambassador. >> the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine. that is a big component of that investigation. they're in the middle of that investigation. we'll see. we'll see what information they provide to members of congress. the other thing i wonder, is this some kind of signal that perhaps they're trying to send to prosecutors in new york that maybe somewhere down the line, they would be willing to cooperate? >> another story i know you were watching today, the long time trump ass

the dowd gaining 31 today, the s&p 500 was up 32, the nasdaq finished ahead 9.man of fedex is challenging the publisher of "the new york times" to a debat debate. fred smith is hopping mad over an article in the times that says fedex one from owing $1.5 billion in taxes in 2017, r president trump scientist tax cut cut bill into law. this was only a fox news network joins us from new york with specifics on this comedy may come susan. >> good evening, bret. fedex's founder and ceo throwing a challenge of the publisher of "the new york times." it lets debate this in public. fedex not happy with "the new york times" reported that fedex paid an effective tax rate of 0 last year, but not reinvesting its tax savings back into the u.s. economy, counter to promises of higher spending when business taxes were cut. >> obviously the tax bill means that businesses like fedex, which is already a major investor, our cap ex budget this year will be $5.9 billion, but it means that we can increase it in the future because of the new provisions of the tax bill. >> fedex's tax bill

. >> bob igor told our own maureen dowd look no one will have a monopoly or mythology of on storytelling what netflix is doing to skraet a content to support a plachlt. we are making content to tell great stories. it's very different. >> yeah, i would say we are both trying to please consumers so you know our north star is how do we do content we have the irishman coming upper back one the two popes, the crown in a couple of weeks that's about pleasing th commerce disney has been doing that too they've been creating content a hundred years. incredibly good at it. they're $80 billion in revenue we're 20 billion and both focused on how to we win viewing time from you by doing incredible work telling stories you all care about. >> but how much of it -- and people -- the critique about netflix is that it is a volume play, that you're trielg to beat tv, all of it. and that some of the other services at least are mechanicing themselves in a different way. i don't know if you think that they are. >> until they start producing more and then they'll say we have variety okay that's what we have sa

maureen dowd talked about him being the whale and he's killing himself.s ahab and the whale. >> devin nunes, as you know, the top republican on the house intelligence committee is now facing questions himself as reported by cnn as to whether or not he met with ukraine's former prosecutor in order to investigate the bidens. congress nunes was asked about this this weekend and i want to play you that exchange. >> bottom line, were you in vienna with shokin? >> so look, maria, i really want to answer all of these questions, and i promise you i absolutely will come back on the show and answer these questions. >> the congressman not, of course, addressing this directly, congressman. do you feel like he has more questions to answer here? do you want to know more or are you satisfied with what he has said so far? >> well, i think the house ethics committee apparently is going to look into it. i've been on house ethics in the past. they don't look into things unless there's some probable cause or reason to look at it. he also went on -- i think i read on the fox

they have been indicted and they are represented by giuliani's co-counsel from the mueller probe john dowd defendants claim their proximity here gives them presidential protections. they want to invoke executive privilege claims because they say giuliani also works for trump. that's not how privilege really works. for this web, those ukrainians are the client. now look here at this much richer client on top. this ukrainian oligarch, one of the most important figures now. federal prosecutors allege he's linked to the russian mob and hired these two fox news analysts who trump also tried to hire as his lawyers. they are legally representing a conservative writer who was pushing the ukraine scandal before there was one, before the trump call, before the funding, before the calls for a biden probe. take a look back in april. this man was writing headlines like this in the dc paper "the hill." joe biden's 2020 ukrainian might mare: a closed probe is revived. interesting prediction there because that is the outcome ta donald trump was looking for and giuliani was pushing and furtash who is linke

especially because it was just a couple of weeks ago that parnas and fruman's then lawyer john dowd saidperating with the impeachment inquiry. he wrote a letter i obtained saying the impeachment inquiry was on its face kind of fraudulent or fake. the fact that parnas is now actually saying i'm actually going to be helpful to you guys in his specific case is a large and meaningful change, and it suggests that he's worried. when people are close associates of rudy giuliani get worried about the federal government, that's probably a reason for the mayor himself to have a fairly significantly higher stress level. >> professor? >> i completely agree with this. one of the most striking things about what's going on right now is the complete about-face. this abrupt shift from this camp going from suggesting we're not going to cooperate. this investigation is not valid. this inquiry is not valid to saying nope, we're actually willing to cooperate, we're willing to participate. i think we should all be -- we should all be eager to hear, at least hear reports of what's going to happen during that t

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one is apparently parnas at some point dropped his lawyer john dowd, who has a connection to manafort a lawyer, joseph bondy, who, you know, has done criminal cases in the southern district of new york for a long time. i had cases with him. or against him. so, you know, it's possible. though, i don't want to get people's hopes up that parnas is more fully cooperating. maybe in the southern district of new york. and that this is sort of an effort to show that he's being cooperative. the southern district wouldn't make it a requirement that he cooperate with congress. but it would sort of be expected that he wouldn't just defy a subpoena, a lawful subpoena, which this is if he wanted to cooperate in the southern district also. so i think we have to see what it means. but it certainly is reason, you know, it makes your eyes go like this. and -- and i want to see what it means. >> let me ask you about the statement from bondy. parnas's attorney. it's very carefully worded. we will honor and not avoid the committee's request to the extent they are legally proper while scrupulously protecti

the other one is maureen dowd let's her brother kevin right the thanksgiving day xers -- thanksgivingresident of the united states. you go through the alternative, most of all i support him from saving the supreme court from hillary clinton. if the president is as bad as democrats say, let the voters impeach him. the democrats have never recovered from the last election when they nominated the worse candidate in political history and lost to a political novice. thanksgiving,he jack fitzpatrick joins us today with bloomberg government. that encapsulates a large part of america. , notis not a minority view 15% or 18% or 23%, a good part of america agrees. jack: it is generally thought that the economy is a huge driver for popularity for any president in a make or break issue, but with trump, something he campaigned on and that a lot of neoconservatives who might have otherwise been uncomfortable with him touted was what he could do for the judiciary, and especially for southern conservatives who are conservative on social issues. what you have done with the supreme court and courts acro

matthew dowd, the only thing that makes this impeachment different compared to the nixon and clinton impeachments, donald trump has announced he's running for re-election. we're just a couple of months away from those first votes in the iowa caucuses. >> it's incredibly different because we will be in the midst of a presidential re-election which is different than it was with bill clinton and richard nixon who had just won overwhelmingly re-elections. the other differences, donald trump comes into this much more weaked a weakened and wounded than bill clinton and even when nixon was when those hearings started. donald trump already has richard nixon's low approval ratings and a plurality of public supporting impeachment. the one thing donald trump has different than richard nixon, a wall of republican support that has not crumbled that began to crumble for richard nixon. >> he has also had support inside his administration. i want to bring in pierre thomas, our chief justice koe t correspondent. this has all happened since robert mueller delivered his report earlier this summer. we h

. >> so john dowd called him a. iful ignorant inub asubordinate >> about bill taylor?h. >> that's a guy that completely lacks character. what is that? >> that's a school yard insult. it shows how thin their defense is, that all they can do really is just insult, as we were saying, a west point graduate, a vietnam vet and call him inarticulate, a gossip, just try to make him go away. >> the american people have eyes, though. they watched bill taylor, they watched george kent refuse to answer questions interpreting whether or not the offenses were impeachable and say i'm just here to tell you what i saw or heard. the american people don't believe that those two guys are nerds as some people put it on fox news or they're disloyal or don't love the country or that they're somehow partisan and deep state. >> we're at a place where seriously you use nerd? >> it's unreal. >> like what third grader said that? >> it's pathetic, but it's also -- it's desperate is what it is. they're attacking the substance of that what these mans and ambassador yovanovitch will say today. so the