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is if you are going to bring up history and past is republicans was ab abraham lincoln a republican. jimrats. it was all those things that were happening with robert byrd, kkk. if you want to go back in history where the party has been in support of the african-american community. it starts with the republicans but somehow republicans have allowed that to switch. >> i completely agree. i think the party has to do a better job of reaching tout minorities and really kind of conveying a stronger message it. has to be better marketing. no better person to do that but president trump. brian: he does this administration and other republican administrations have not tried hard enough. that community is not going to be in our corner. i have got to focus on those i can convert. made it harder on guys like you to who do believe in the president. >> you are completely right. you hit the nail right on the head. they have not done. president trump is the first in recent times to come out there and say guys, let's really be supportive and let's do. this look what he is doing with hb -- increased fundi

lincoln. it seems to be a clear message for today. is there any doubt who he's talking about? >> absolutely not. knowing jim, i thought unlike many of the previous segments i thought it was a very significant coming out. for jim mattis. the occasion called for humor. and i thought he threw some real jabs at president trump. and serious comment the lincoln quote. was clearly directly towards the current situation we find ourselves in as a country and specifically at the present. this was a very significant event and i think we're probably going to hear more from jim mattis. >> if he thought this was the best venue. you know him better than all of us. knowing him as you do, do you think it was the right venue. it's significant this way with humor? >> yeah. well -- it was a natural fit for him. he felt comfortable doing it this way. you can people might take issue with it. he hasn't come out with some bold statement before. but i think this was his putting his toe in the public water. so to speak. and i think it was done in a venue he was comfortable making the point the way he made it. for my part, just me pe

lincoln's about. ♪ >>> all right. good wednesday morning. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.quo, and i took notes. the top diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, meticulously connecting the dots for all to see the trump administration's shadow foreign policy in ukraine. taylor's explosive, extremely detailed testimony on capitol hill directly tying president trump to a quid pro quo. an exchange with ukraine. am

jim mattis. the occasion called for humor, and i thought he, you know, threw some real jabs at president trump. and a serious comment, the lincoln quote was clearly directed towards the current situation we find ourselves in as a country and specifically at the present. so i thought this was a very significant event, and i think we're probably going to hear a lot more from jim mattis. >> if you thought this was the best venue because listen you know him better than all of us, knowing him as you do, do you think that this was the right venue, that it's significant he did it this way and with humor? >> yeah, well, if it was natural fit for him. i think he felt comfortable doing it this way. now, people might take issue with it, that he hasn't come out with some bold statement before. but i think this is -- he's kind of putting his toe in the public water so to speak. and i think it was done in a venue that he was comfortable making the points the way he made them. again, i for my part, me personally speaking i thought it was pretty significant. >> it's interesting at the white house correspondence dinner when president obama criti

lincoln's about. ♪ >>> top of the hour. good morning. i'm poppy harlow in washington this morning. jim sciutto has the day off.ou cannot screen from the president of the united states. this morning, we're learning that the president has been privately calling senate majority leader mitch mcconnell up to three times a day,

lincoln's about. ♪ >>> president trump waging war on congress and the impeachment inquiry. cutting off all cooperation. so what is the next step for democrats? joining us now is jimconnecticut. he is a member of the house intelligence committee. what now? what now, congressman? they won't cooperate with the inquiry. >> good morning, alisyn. well, now it's pretty clear what happens next which is that witnesses that we want to interview are served subpoenas. and the president's four-page letter notwithstanding which, you know, made no legal sense, made no legal arguments that work. i mean, you know, the subject of an investigation doesn't get to say i don't want to cooperate here. it literally manes under penalty. if you don't show up, there is a penalty. jailing and fines that and sort of thing. so subpoenas will be received by all of the people that the congress want tos to talk to. they will ignore those at their peril. so i imagine that we will eventually get to talk to these people. look, the objective here is not to keep folks from talking to congress. i think anybody with any law school at all around the president will know that you can't ignore a congressio