so the prosecutor, patrick fitzgerald, summoned novak for a private meeting.he public did not learn about this for years, but it turns out that the late robert novak, the all powerful prince of darkness, immediately revealed his confidential sources. >> patrick fitzgerald. >> knew that armitage was the leak because in the first secret. interrogation of me, fitzgerald indicated he knew the identity of not only my primary source, but my secondary source and my tertiary source. >> deputy secretary of state richard armitage had apparently inadvertently leaked plame's identity, and karl rove, to his surprise, became novak's second source, based only on what he remembers telling novak. quote, i heard that, too. it came originally from the state department. the leak. >> well, what we now know is that there were actually multiple points. >> there were multiple points of leak. we know that it was richard armitage who was the deputy secretary of state. >> correct. >> and with that much internal chatter about the op ed, valerie plame's name found its way to journalists,

>> meagan fitzgerald, outside 10 downing for us this morning.hank you. >>> president trump made clear in the oval office confrontation with president zelenskyy, m america's critical support with ukraine is waning. but are they really ready to pull away? vaughn hillyard is with the president in west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: the direct negotiations between the trump administration and ukraine are on hold. the white house could seek to withhold military aid. president trump believes zelenskyy needs him. and without the u.s., the ukrainians, in his own words, lose. zelenskyy had skepticism in the meeting about the president's negotiations with vladimir putin so far, saying ukraine made deals with russia before but they were repeatedly violated. trump dismissed that line of questioning and said, in order to restart negotiations, that zelenskyy has to say, quote, i want to make peace with russia and refrain from saying negative things about putin. then, there are, of course, the ukrainian minerals in play, too. the white house thought zelensk

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megan fitzgerald in london, thank you so much for that. let's head back stateside and go to nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house. welcome to you. what are we hearing from president trump and the administration in the aftermath of all this yesterday? >> well, after this extraordinary confrontation in the oval office, president trump and white house officials are doubling down, saying that president zelensky disrespected the oval office and that he was really someone who was not coming here and interested in peace. the president also said after the meeting that that president zelenskyy wanted to come back to the white house, but that he told him he did not want him to come yet. take a listen to more of what we heard from the president after this meeting. >> i think he. >> very much overplayed his hand. we're looking for peace. we're not looking for somebody that's going to sign up a strong power and then not make peace because they feel emboldened. and that's what i saw happening. we're not looking to go into a ten year war and p

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much for that. let's go now to nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house for us. yamiche, what are we hearing from the administration today in response to all that's happened the last few days? >> well, we're hearing from really close allies of president trump as well as his cabinet members, and they are defending president trump, saying that it was president zelensky who was disrespectful and who escalated this confrontation, this extraordinary confrontation in the oval office. here's secretary of state marco rubio, who himself was the one who told president zelensky that he needed to leave the white house this morning. >> right now, there is no negotiation. shouldn't we at least try to see if there is a way to end this war in a way that's acceptable to both sides and is enduring and sustainable? how is that a bad thing? i really am puzzled why anyone thinks that trying to be a peacemaker is a bad thing. it's only a bad thing when it's donald trump trying to do it, when it's president trump.

megan fitzgerald from london. thank you, megan, for that. let's go now to nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house. yamiche, what are we hearing from the administration today about what happened in those moments after the tense oval office exchange between trump and president zelensky? >> well, i can tell you that president trump, as well as his cabinet officials and close allies, are doubling down on the idea that they believe president zelensky was disrespectful and that it was right to show him the door at the white house. we also heard from this morning from the national security adviser, michael waltz, who was one of the people tasked with actually telling zelensky that he needed to leave the white house. take a listen to what he said this morning. >> we had a. >> meeting after that. >> exchange. >> after the press was asked to leave. >> and we. >> advised the president. >> pretty much unanimously. >> advised the president. >> that after that. >> insult in the oval office. >> we. >> just do not. >> see how. >> that could move fo

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much from london. and joining me right now, we have former deputy chief of staff for defense secretary lloyd austin, caroline deer and politico white house reporter maya ward. actually, caroline, i hope i pronounce your last name correctly. and if i didn't, please correct me. so, maya, you just heard that nbc is reporting direct talks between ukraine and the us are on hold. how big a development is that? >> yeah, i mean, i don't think that it's a shock after what we saw yesterday. i mean, it was unclear when zelensky left the white house what was going to be next? i mean, trump essentially said that zelensky had posted this on truth social, that zelensky is not ready for peace and that he can come back when he is ready. and so, you know, the idea was that, you know, ukraine would turn over some of these profits from its critical minerals sector in exchange for continued us support. you know, now, three years into the war, it's unclear if that is still on the table. but it's definitely after yesterday t

megan fitzgerald there in london. we're going to go across the pond from there, everyone to nbc's yamiche alcindor standing by at the white house for us. so, yamiche, welcome to you. what are we hearing from the administration today about where trump and zelensky stand after friday's tense oval office exchange? >> well. >> after that extraordinary confrontation in the oval office today, what we're hearing from white house officials and trump cabinet members, president trump cabinet members, is that they are opening the door for future negotiations at some point. but there's a big question of when that could happen and what it would take to really get there. take a listen to what the director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard, had to say. >> i can tell you there were a lot of conversations that were happening through different emissaries, both for zelensky and for president trump leading up to his visit there, to the oval office and president zelensky's immediate escalation there was was, frankly, quite a surpris

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much from london. let's bring in stef kight, political reporter for axios, and kayla gardiner, white house correspondent for bloomberg. i'm glad to see you both. so ahead of today's meeting. european leaders overwhelmingly expressed support for ukraine after friday's oval office face off. stef, what fallout is the white house facing abroad? >> i mean, certainly looking at the public. >> statements from. >> foreign. >> leaders. >> trump's actions. >> and the meeting with zelensky on friday. >> really set off a lot of alarm bells for leaders around the world. >> and we're seeing that very. >> clearly and seeing the response, you know, as we were just just watching. >> there just. >> a minute ago from europe, the way that. >> you know, countries have. >> come. >> together and backed. zelensky and promised to continue to do more to step up. in some ways, this is one of the things that trump has. >> said he. >> wanted to see. trump has said he wants europe to be doing more, that there shouldn't be an overre

you're very critical of pat fitzgerald. yeah, he's an evil guy. he's a wicked guy.ndrel, and he deserves to get an ass kicking. you know? and he's a big coward. anyway, go ahead. sorry. well, i think he would take issue with everything you just said. you know, he has a reputation for being the choirboy, for being, you know, an upstanding, moral person. he sees himself as, "i am trying to uphold some basic standards for our politicians." that's how he views it. governor blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption crime spree. we had a political and public narrative that we had to overcome, and when the entire potential jury pool believes that your client is guilty before they've even heard the evidence, you're going into the trial like if it's a basketball game, you're losing 100 to nothing. or it's like if you're a governor, and you're getting impeached 114 to 1, and the lone vote in rod's favor-- his sister-in-law, deb mell. done from office and eager to prove he was not a crook, rod knew exactly where to plead

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. >> let's take a look at a recent town hall hosted by wisconsin rep scott fitzgerald. >> there is no law and there is no order, and there are no consequences. nobody is held to account. >> the end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered already. >> no. >> they booed that boy. like the apollo. >> they. >> oh my god. here's what happened down in georgia. >> when you talk about tyranny, when you talk about presidential power, i remember having the same discussion with republicans when biden was elected. >> let's get through this, congressman. hey. >> hey, hey. >> i've seen game of thrones to thank. >> you. >> evil thrones is a running reference to make because after they said shame, shame, shame, they threw water on that. >> little. >> amber. let me pose a hypothetical question to you. let's just say you're a gop elected official and you just saw these two town halls go terrible, and your town hall is coming up tomorrow. how would you prepare for that town hall? >> i would also go in there. i would get my handed to me, and then i would go to trump and be like, look what i

fitzgerald of. >> wisconsin. >> for example. >> does not want to talk about. >> this at all. >> you know. >> personally, personally. >> thank you. >> three. >> elected of. >> ukraine is. >> a. >> dictator and. >> started the war. >> against russia. >> no. >> no, i don't know. >> i was i like i said, i voted for the first tranche. no ukraine didn't start. >> the war. >> i you know, i'm not. have you. >> expressed your opinion. >> to trump. >> did donald trump. no. >> no y no. he stood there for. everybody. >> he said. >> you as. >> your voice. i don't think that the president's goals are not what everybody wants, which is to end the war, right? end the war. so if you don't want to end the war, if you don't want to end the war, then you're in a different position. you've got to you've got to have some type of negotiated. >> end to this. >> he's he's certainly. >> pushing hard. >> for that to happen. >> at the table. >> and. >> if. >> that table would you do that with them. >> i can't speak. >> over everybody. >> and if and. if zelensky zelensky needs to be in the room, he absolutely. >> ne

republican congressman scott fitzgerald of wisconsin, for example, does not want to talk about this at all. >> you personally. >> i. >> personally. >> taken that the three elected of ukraine. >> is a. >> dictator and. >> started the war against russia. >> no, no. >> i. >> don't know. >> i was i like i said, i voted for the first tranche. no ukraine didn't start the war. >> i wouldn't. >> say that. >> i you know. >> i. >> i'm not. >> have you expressed. >> your opinion to trump. >> did donald trump. >> no. no. >> why. >> no. >> he stood there in. >> front of everybody. >> he said. >> you. >> as your voice. >> i don't think. >> that the. >> president's goals are not what everybody wants, which is to end the war, right? end the war. >> so if you. >> don't want to end the war. >> if you. >> don't want to. >> end the war, then you're in a different position. >> you've got. >> to. >> you've got to have some type of. >> negotiated end to this. he's he's certainly pushing. >> hard for that to happen. >> at the table. >> and if that. >> table would you do. >> that without. >> i can't. >> speak

republican congressman scott fitzgerald of wisconsin, for example, does not want to talk about this at all. >> you personally? >> personally, i do not. >> 73 elected. >> of ukraine is a. dictator and started the war against russia. >> no. >> no, i don't know. >> i was i like i said, i voted for the first tranche. no ukraine didn't start the war. >> i. >> i. you know i, i'm not. have you expressed. >> your opinion. >> to trump. >> is it donald trump. no. no. >> why is he stood there for everything he. >> said you. >> as. >> your voice. >> i don't think that the president's. >> goals are not what everybody wants, which is to end the war, right? >> end the war. >> so if you don't. >> want to end. >> the war. >> if you don't. >> want. >> to end. >> the war, then you're in a different position. >> you've got. to you've got to have some type of negotiated. >> end to this. >> he's he's certainly. pushing hard. >> for that to happen. >> at the table. >> and. >> if. >> that table. >> would you. >> do. >> that with him. >> i can't. >> speak over everybody. and if and if. >> zelensky zelensky nee

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