second think about the national narrative. optimistic and pessimistic. i'm not saying we are perfect nation but we are the best. i also believe if we constantly tear ourselves down we can never move forward. so now tell your spouse how horrible they are. tell your child how horrible they are. people believe it. it is terrible. we have an entire generation of people and unfortunately they believe it and it's a travesty and we have to change it. we must confront the national narrative to communicate to people how great we are as a nation and how great we can be together anything else is unacceptable. not saying we are perfect but to be positive. i have spent the last 20 years i had $3 billion under me and i didn't want to do that. so i spent time working part-time i was on several boards and i'm very heavily involved in the community. what i found is you work with people if you find a problem i don't care the problem financial literacy, early educatio education, whatever you care about. the symphony, garden club, healthcare. and whoever cares about that sam

secondly, i want you to think about our national narrative, again, it's this optimistic versus negative; optimist, pessimistic. i do believe we are the best nation. if we pair ourselves down we will never be able to move forward. try at home, does that work? no, try to tell your child how horrible they are? you know, they'll believe it and it's terrible. i think we have an entire generation of people who we have told they can't be successful and unfortunately they have begun to believe it and i think it's a travesty and i think we have to change it, we must confront the national narrative, we must communicate to people that you can be successful in the united states, we must continue to communicate how great we are as a nation and how great we can be together, i think to do anything else of that is quite frankly unacceptable and we must continue to be positive about our country, not saying we are perfect, but positive and move forward. the last thing i think it's the biggest challenge, challenge, anyway, do i this, aye spent the last 20 years, so i was in corporate america for a long ti

guest: it's interesting because i think the national narrative from the national media would like us to believe that this was a total and absolute democrat night. it was not even close. you had a very unpopular governor in kentucky who was way behind. he lost. interesting note, that didn't translate anywhere down ticket. the republican candidate for secretary of state outperformed the last secretary of state race by 10 points. you want to talk about the suburbs in virginia, take a look at virginia 7. virginia 7 did not flip one republican house seat in virginia's district. somebody like jeff andrew has to be extremely concerned. jeff andrew, his suburban senate district that he used to represent in the new jersey senate, last fall he won that seat as he was running for congress by 12 points. in the elections last week? that flipped to republican by seven. victories forcan largestlerk, the suburban population in america. see this isting to what i'm talking about, the frustration is the new socialist democrat majority has not accomplished anything they were sent here to do. the in sess

we must confront the national narrative we must communicate that you can be successful and attorney. e must continue to communicate how great we are as nation and our great we can be together. anything else that is unacceptable and we must be positive about our country, not saying we're perfect but positive and move forward. the last thing i think is the biggest challenge. i have spent the last 20 years so i was in corporate america for a long time working in finance. i meant a division in bellsouth. after our second child quite frankly i was traveling so much i didn't want to do that. i wanted to be home with the kids. i spent time working part-time. i consulted. i'm on several boards and i've been very heavily involved in the community. and what i found is that when you work with people, when you find a problem you care about, i don't care what the problem is, for me its homelessness, its the environment, its financial literacy, it's early education. whatever you care about, it could be the symphony, the art museum, a garden club, healthcare. whatever you care about and you spend ti

is is -- it is interesting because i think the national narrative and the national media would like to -- like us to believe that this was a democrat night. you had an unpopular governor in kentucky was way behind two weeks early, made it close. he lost but it is interesting, that didn't translate down ticket. the republican candidate for secretary of state outperformed the last secretary of state race by 10 points. you want to talk about the suburbs in virginia, take a look at virginia seven. they did not flip one republican house seat. go to new jersey. somebody like jeff van drew has to be conceit -- concerned. districtban senate that he used to represent in the new jersey senate, last fall he won that district, his senate seat dessie was running for congress, by 12 points. in the elections last week, that flipped to republican by plus seven. there is great news. we had republican victories for township supervisor in the largest suburban population in america, hempstead, new york. you are starting to see, this is what i am talking about, the frustration is that the new socialist dem

- did this begin with adam schiff really something that did not happen in order to create a national narrative false? the answer is the latter. >> whatever the motives were and whatever his background was, what he pointed to did happen. we have the transcript. are you concerned about that as a former investigator and what that can do against whistleblowers? >> whistleblowers are not always anonymous. it is expected a whistleblower the idea that a whistleblower is the same of it -- as a confidential source, very different for stop -- different. that is the result of our committee and a whistleblower working for years to uncover cyber fraud committed against the government. is one of the many hearings we have had over the years. the whistleblower is treated badly. i do support the fact they should not be punished and there should be no damage to their careers going forward. >> thank you for being with us. it was very helpful. now running again for congress. ♪ year to go than a until the election. though we have a way to go before we know who the candidate is, it is not too early to think about t

25 states, to exchange ideas, celebrate the role of creativity in small towns, and fight a national narrativeut ral america in decline. >> that's a pretty simple way to tell that story. and i thinunderlying that story is often this attitude of sort of "well why don't u just get over it' or ¡why don't you just move?' and i think tt kind of ignores the history and the complexity and it often ignores all of the yople who are working rea hard to make what's next forat ommunity. >> brown: laura zabel heads springboard for the arts, a minnesota organization that helps artists and organizations in both urban and rural areas, and puts on the summit. and where do you see the arts fitting in-- what's the role ofs arts and art >> they are-- they sort of have this ability to bring together all of these different things that communities need. and i think that's necessary for a community to move forward that than just telling peopl get over it. people need outlets for their pain and their shame and theiry. the practical side of succeeding in rural areas: there are consultations for legaaid, economic planni

in those cities when they were out demonstrating let's talk 1st about national narrative of course is the is is is one of the shia holy cities here in it up and you have a majority shia population and you had demonstrators that about a day and a half ago attacked the iranian consulate in nashville and i cannot stress enough just how big of a deal that is just how much of an escalation that is because these demonstrators say that they are tired of the outsized role and influence that iran plays inside of it up and so they burned parts of the iranian consulate a few weeks before that 3 weeks ago you had a similar situation in another shia holy city in karbala in the south in which demonstrators attacked the iranian consulate these were clear warning signs to the government here to the majority shia government here that they needed to do something to really show the protesters that they were taking their demands seriously the protesters didn't feel that the government was doing that. then you have what happened in nasiriyah you had dozens rather you had around 20 people by our last count

relat africa and new-world after rick c africans and the formation of the african diaspora and national narratives that animate the stories we tell about 1619. a history of the african/european encounter that begins in the middle decades of the 15th century troubles the status we accord of 1619 but also 1492 since it magnifies a field of politics concerning early modern sovereignty that culminated in a taxonomy of african difference which in turn rendered some pointo slaves. an example would be, for instance, those individuals, and i believe that professor goetz is going to mention -- talk to usafrica, right? and i think it's really important to understand that those individuals who came who landed, who were forcibly landed, also had particular kinds of political histories that explain, like, why they were enslaved, right? unless we actually do that kind of work, we already are engaging in a process of objectification of their histories. and what we have to understand is that there is a political -- there is a politics, right, of, like, why congo people were, in fact, on those boats in 1619 as opp

and maybe the only el m ents that are relevant are the national narrative. >> chairman. >> did you read the relevant portions? >> i mean, that was the short version. there were some other paragraphs in there. >> i'll withdraw my request. >> thank you. >> thank you both for your testimony. ms. williams you joined the foreign service in 2006, correct? >> correct. >> prior to becoming a flon partisan career official you worked as afield representative for the bush cheney and department of security under secretary che secretary. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> now as a foreign service officer served two presidents in a variety of rolls? >> correct. >> you are to advise the vice president on details of russia. >> that's correct. >> on sunday the president personally targeted you in a tweet. this is after he targeted ambassador yovanovitch during her hearing testimony. i'd like to show and read you the tweet. it reads, tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls and see the just released statement from ukraine. then she should meet with t

you know, it's proving that this is for the good of the nation or, i guess, the narrative. was this action for the good of the nation or was it indeed for personal gain. and if a foreign country is being asked to investigate a political opponent of the president in time for an upcoming election, how is that an issue of national security for the protection of this country as opposed to for personal gain? >> yeah, fred, i appreciate what mr. garber is saying. he's correct that certainly if the president was trying to leverage the ukrainians to get lower tariffs for u.s. products or to get jobs for americans, if he was trying to get them to buy u.s. products, for example, none of us would be talking about this, right? you wouldn't be asking me questions about this quid pro quo. i think it's -- i think everyone sort of assumes that this -- an investigation of joe biden is not something that the president should be focused on for the good of the nation. this is a partisan political move because biden very well may be the president's opponent, and we know from the president's twee

which is we saw a show off confident professionals verses -- you have a boss not in the national interest is a narrative. i would trade 500 don ald trump for one fiona hill and same for vindman. and i think that really came through. >> thank you, gentleman for hanging out with us and talking boupt a about all the issues of the day, at least the last 24 hours. >>> donald trump is dedicated to rooting out corruption wherever it occurs. it occurs. >>> last thing before we go tonight. benjamin netanyahu is in trouble and he's calling it a witch hunt and an attempted cue. there's just a chance he picked up that particular bit of language from his friend, donald in the states. he's indicted on bribery and breach of trust. rit it's been going on for months. he's accused of happeneding out favors for positive news coverage and accepting lavish gifts. he has positively wrapped himself in donald trump who has been his partner in changing year oz of u.s. policy. he was born in tel aviv only a year after israel was born. he went to high school in pa, outside philly, went to mit in boston. he's been prime minister l

narrative. >> reporter: even honoring the nation's veterans in new york, president trump cannot escape was literally looming over him, impeachment as those hearings go public this week three career diplomats whose testimony appears to connect the dots of a quid pro quo that president trump looked to trade military aid for ukraine for help into an investigation of joe biden. the president's critics are hoping the hearings get the american public on their side. >> when you're trying to persuade the american people of something that is simple, which is that the president acted criminally and extorted, it's probably best not to use latin words to explain it. >> reporter: the republicans rally around the president, pointing out ukraine ultimately did get the military aid it needed. >> i think it is not a good practice for us to ask a foreign country to investigate an american impeachment is a serious issue and i don't see it as impeachable. >> reporter: the president's own message about the phone call, don't be led into the fools trap of saying it was not perfect but it is not impeachable. republicans ar

. >> the turmoil has three competing narratives here to explain why spencer the stepping down. nationalecurity reporter, ryan brown, explains. >> reporter: good morning christine and kailin. the navy released a report that richard spencer was fired because he had talks about the gate of gal dwlagher, who was facing misconduct, like taking a picture with a corpse while in iraq. the pentagon claimed that spencer had come to a secret deal with the white house, where gallagher would be allowed to retain his status as a navy s.e.a.l. upon departing the navy. we heard two different explanations. one from donald trump, who tweeted after spencer's firing was announced, he had been disapointed how the navy had handled the gallagher case. and spencer himself writing a letter saying he, in fact, was removed from his post because he was unwilling to follow an order that he felt was unethical. he felt the need for good order and discipline in the military. that set us apart from our adversaries. spencer had been a long-time senior member of the pentagon. he had come in the earliest days of the trump

narrative. in this and the like are the story. the national museum of american history, right here in washington, it was developing a special exhibit business history. in somebody there thought i wonder if we can keep that napkin. does anyone still have it. and so jim had passed away this was monday years later that his wife was alive and he said can you look at him among his things and we are looking for a napkin with a drawing on it. so she then went through his things and she found lo and behold, there was a cloth napkin the diagram drone on it. she quote the museum back and said i have it. you can see it if you go to, i was going to go to the museum today but i didn't have time. but i wanted to see if it is visible and it on website and they are very proud of it. there's only one problem. a reporter called art laffer, and asked bump up it. and i said, i don't believe it. we do mean you don't believe it. you did it. my mother taught me never to write on nice things like a cloth napkin at a fancy restaurant. you would do that either right. [

there was a national panic because people still remembered the narrative. it faded a lot but it was in the back. it was like an infectious disease in epidemic, and a stop bothering very many people so they're not really concerned about it but then something will change and it becomes contagious maybe it is a mutation in the disease or new variation of the narrative and then it comes back. but what else, does it in the hills have a story of the great depression. i wonder if i can elicit from one of you. franklin dunbar roosevelt mayday famous in his inaugural address in 1933, he explained what we have to worry about. [inaudible conversation] >> i heard that from someone else to. that is so famous, and the only thing we have to fear, is fair in itself. at the great depression is the confidence thing. always the other people and we say that they are psychologically depressed. lucky incompetent so i pulled back to parade it is a contagion. theories. as one of mine sort of. by the way, i.out in the book franklin rosalinda was not the original there. maybe he sen

nation's. economy development and i think that's a narrative that is very important because that's what is going to show the companies here or the investors here that there is a lot in this continent you know like instead of only concentrating on the raw materials and on the oil i mean we have a lot of potential if we had been little young talented an intrapreneur didn't need capital they need investment capital what from government and what form invest also foreign direct investment i think africa doesn't really address these issues yes in fact i said in your opening statement it serves the interests of western investors but it doesn't western investment generate jobs doesn't it create a climate that leads to growth but not with these initiatives in the way i see it because if you look at it critically it focuses on like scare investment you know. most of the companies or most of the small and medium sized companies in african countries are mostly if you know and they really need a lot of capital maybe look very like they did it maybe small capital in order for them to like you know and those a

ukraine plays an important role in our national security and as i told the committee last month, i refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternative narrativeukraine, not russia, attacked america in 2016. mark: phil also testified she raised concerns she had over rudy giuliani's ukraine actions within security advisor john bolton. has passed ate four-week temporary spending bill, sending president trump the measure to put off a possible government shutdown

. >> the turmoil has three competing narratives here to explain why spencer the stepping down. nationality reporter, ryan brown, explains. >> reporter: good morning, christine and kaitlan. the pentagon issuing a statement saying that navy secretary richard spencer was fired because he had secret talks with the white house about the fate of gallagher, who was due to face a review over allegations of misconduct, including posing with a picture of a corpse while serving in iraq. that review was going to go ahead. but the pentagon claiming that spencer had come to a secret deal with the white house, where gallagher would be able to retain his status as a navy s.e.a.l., upon departing the navy. we heard two different explanations. one from donald trump, who tweeted after spencer's firing was announced, he had been disappointed how the navy had handled the gallagher case. and spencer himself writing a letter saying he, in fact, was removed from his post because he was unwilling to follow an order that he felt was unethical. he felt the need for good order and discipline in the military. that

the left wings national media is trying to rescue the dimms and their brand-new narrative. >> that phoneall. this was a bomb shell. >> what did you make of the bomb shell. >> dem shell testimony. >> bribery, attempted bribery. >> it was an attempted bribe. >> they have more than they had against richard nixon to impeach him. lou: amazing. as usual the left wing national media refuses to calm lip observe the facts laid d to calmly observe the fact laid out. jim jordan cut through the heart of a narrative spun by ambassador bill taylor's claim that he had a supposedly clear understanding of a so-called quid pro quo. >> ambassador taylor rawlts that mr. morrison told mr. taylor that i told will morrison that it conveyed this message in' presidentr vice president pence's visit to kiev. and this is where you tell me you got your clear understanding. lou: the media tried to change the he script with more hearsay saying a second american official overheard a phone call about investigations about president trump and ambassador sondland. an anonymous person was briefed on what that official says

national security because the russians are at it again. they are attacking us right now and we need to call them out, not let them off the hook, as this kind of fictional narrativeave us do as a nation and that's whom we should be investigating. vladimir putin deserves no pass and terrihey're aligning themse wi with putin absolving the russians. >> and your name is on the lawsuit around the amaluments clause. i wonder what your thought on rulings, the department of justice put up saying you cannot touch anything having to do with the president's former officials or his records. >> you just heard from two very able lawyers about how absolutely spurious the department of justice defense of the president is on his blocking witness withes and equally true on the amulluments clause, which is the key tenant of our constitution. and nobody should be surprised that the courts have said the constitution means what it says. the president cannot receive been if thes and payments without the consent of congress. that's what he'd be doing and again it compromises our national security. >> thank you. >>> still to come why did the president fire his own navy secretary? it all

nation is being torn apart. >> hill criticized republicans for pushing a fictional narrative that uranin neither with the 2016 election. >> russian and their rockies repeatedly are rushing to interfere in the 2020 election. we are running out of time to stop them. >> they heard from gordon sondland. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> president trump wanted an investigation open. i said to him and to ambassador sondland, it's going to blow up and here are. >> son land reassured the spread that ukraine would follow through. >> the president's voice was loud and recognizable. >> a spokesperson for the president says that he looks forward to a try, he wants to bring witnesses like a joe biden, like hunter biden and like adam schiff. >>> if the house intelligence committee does not schedule any more witnesses, they'll write a repo. >>> victoria's secrets biggest show will be canceled. >> wall street lost ground on thursday. the dow fell 54 points. the nasdaq lost 20 and the s&p 500 shed four. house democrats and the trump administration are working to reach an agreement on the u.s. m mca, the new n

in commenting on it it is the people's power the rise of the spring of nations in eastern europe but that's a kind of a narrative that is very western i suppose but i lived there it was i don't have that same kind of feel for it to.

theth embrace of fictional narratives have real-life national security consequences. former top national security council official fiona hill gave this warning inil front of the ranking member devin nunes last week. >> some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security servicesev did not conduct a s campaign agains our country and that perhaps somehowan for some reason ukrai did. this is an fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves. and the course of this investigation, i would ask that youve please not promote falsehoods. >> worth noting n when fiona hi said that, we didn't know of this devin nunes trip. joining me now from capitol hill, msnbc's garrett haake. garrett, before we get to knnun, there is a new letter put out by adam schiff about the road forward in the impeachment hearings. >> that's right. schiff briefing members inch am letter to all democrats in the house about the timing and the plan going forward. the news on timing, he says the committee is working long hours

and commenting on it it is the people's power the rise of the spring of nations in eastern europe but that's a kind of a narrative that is very western i suppose but i lived there it was i don't have that same kind of feel for it ok though having said that i'm very glad those communist regimes are gone and the wall go ahead john. you know well like you peter i lived through those events very directly like you i was studying eastern european studies at oxford at that point i spent that summer in 1909 in romania and in hungary and indeed in september 89 i was in west berlin and was there when the 1st east berlin as arrived in west berlin having driven through czechoslovakia hungry austria and and the whole of germany so i have a very strong memory of it as well i would make 2 points the 1st is that none of it would have happened without gorbachev decision to pull the rug on the eastern european communist regimes that was decision he took in june and which he announced to the german chancellor helmut kohl at the time and all the events that we remember now the jangling of keys in wenceslas square in prague the the t

and today's 2 witnesses were both national security experts on ukraine and the narrative that they laid out is this they said prior to that phone call there was a meeting at the white house between ukrainian and u.s. officials in which the ukrainians were explicitly told that they had to provide this investigation or else their president a lot of years olinsky would not be invited to the white house something that he deeply coveted then of course we have the phone call in itself in which the lewinsky still at the time not knowing that there was also $400000000.00 of security aid that was being withheld he thinks trump for helping ukraine in its defense against russia and trump responds asking for a favor those investigations into joe biden and the democrats then you fast forward a little over a month when then it's explicitly communicated to ukrainian aides that it's not only the white house meeting that is being leveraged for this investigation to the bidens but also that security aide that asked made by ordered song when the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. these are things that the witnes

national security. i refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternative narrative that the ukrainian not russiad us in 2016. mark: she also testified about raising concern over rudy giuliani's actions on ukraine with then national security advisor john bolton. eddie gallagher will not be losing his navy seal designation but the navy says he will face a review. gallagher was acquitted of a murder charge in the stabbing death of an islamic state militant captain. he was demoted after a military grand jury convicted him of posing with a corpse in 2017. house speaker nancy pelosi has sent a bill supporting hong kong protesters to president trump's desk despite chinese warnings of retaliation. the president is expected to sign it. the legislation passed in the senate with report from -- support from all but one republican in the house. the move mayi says undermine efforts between washington and beijing to strike a trade deal. says hislian president government is in discussion with arab leaders to transfer its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. the president called the potential move symbo

national security. they told the committee last month i refused to legitimise a narrative that the ukrainian governmentdversary and that ukraine, not russia attacked us in 2016. these fictions are harmful even if they are deployed for domestic, purely political purposes. in particular, i asked ambassador sondland that the president did not give an expletive about ukraine. ambassador sondland agreed that the president did not give an expert of about ukraine. i asked, why not? and sondland stated that the president only cares about big stuff. i noted that there was big stuff. i noted that there was big stuff. i noted that there was big stuff going on in ukraine, like a war with russia. ambassador sondland replied that he only met big stuff that benefited the president, like the biden investigation that giuliani was pushing. our correspondent david willis has been watching the hearings. he told me what struck him as significant during today's session. well, fiona hill, who was president trump's russia advisor and urged lawmakers not to be drawn into what she called politically driven falsehoods, that it w

narrative. it's bad all the way around. it compromises ukraine's national security and in so doing that, it compromises our national security. remember, ukraine is the front line of defense against mall lined front line investigation. today, ukraine, tomorrow, georgia, today after other places in europe. this is critically important for our values, talking about a fledgling democratic republic finally getting on the right track and behooves us to support them. >> do you draft a report and send it to the judiciary committee so they can prepare articles of impeachment, is that what happens next? >> that's part of the next transition phase, that's exactly correct. in the meantime, we continue to get additional information. in the meantime, frankly, what i would like to see happen next, ambassador bolton and secretary pompeo, do what the courageous people who worked for them did, step forward and put patriotism for their country ahead of their own personal interest. colonel vindman, dr. fiona hill and tim morrison worked for john bolton, they came forward. secr

they are pushing the narrative e that the unrnrest hs the president made a statement in a meeting with his cabinet, congratulating the nation for passing the test and not letting iran's enemies take advantage of the s situation. statement of the suggests an effort by the areident that the protests over. state media with a similar message. the company one headline e was a pictcture of a security officicr shaking hands w with a little girl. a pictcture that attemptpts to convey the return of calmlm. state media says unrest inin 100 cities, banks and businesses vandalized and more than 1000 people arrested. state media reporting security forces were killed during the riots. burial services for one officer was held today. state media covered that. >> that is the line from the government and the country state media. we have been here before. 2009, 2017. this time people are more angry. is it likely this movement will peter out? >> it is hard to say? thisis different with outbreak of unrest and violence is the information blackout. i have seen breakouts and antigovernment protests. i have never seen an information blackout like i

narrative that under mines democracy. that invites foreign government to get involved in our election. and that creates a national security threat because some of the colleagues and the president continue to put out a false narrative about ukraine. when it's really russia that we should be concerned about. and russia that is it still seeking to interfere next years presidential election. >> you think house democrats need to get some republican support before this goes to a full house vote? >> well, all i can say is listening to the information that has been brought forth at these hearings, where the narrative is pretty well established including with ambassador sondland. and today ambassador hill. and the political at the u.s. political at the ukraine embassy that over heard the conversation within ambassador sondland and the president. it's clear there's a direct line where the president abused power. invited a foreign government to get involved in our elections. and undermines national security of the united states. if that is not of concern to republican colleagues i don't know what will. if you take oath of o

national security, and it's part of the same narrative of helping russia at the expense of anyone anding on through this entire administration so far. and so those points are the critical ones i think dan will do a good job of getting out. >> the witness list, it's william taylor, he's more of a fact witness, he's the guy who tells everyone what happened. george kebt is the state department official, based on his transcript of why it's all bad. he's someone who says everything that was going on is sketch in a big way. >> it's important for us all to understand why. it also goes to show you why these defenses from the republicans are completely bogus. he wasn't out there trying to fight corruption in the ukraine. that doesn't make any sense based on what was happening. he's in fact making that problem worse. all of the reasons they're saying the president was obsessed with this and ukraine and trying to fight corruption, trying to do it through investigating two u.s. citizens in the ukraine, that would never, ever ever happen. all of this is a way to both say, this is why all of this w

national committee. fiona hill, the russia expert, formerly of the trump white house, said this is something that's prop kuwaited by russian security services. it's false narrative. "60 minutes" is going to have a report tonight on election hacking in 2016, and bill whitaker spoke to the man in charge of the d.o.j. investigation. take a listen. >> frankly, i think republicans are kind of confused, because we hear you saying it's the russians. we hear another part of the government saying maybe the russians, maybe somebody else. we don't know. what are we to believe? is it the russians or is it not? >> well, our indictment spells out what it is. the evidence that we havehe russians who were behind the hacking and dumping of the democratic campaign in 2016. >> no >> we could move it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> brennan: why doesn't the president believe his own justice department and intelligence experts? >> the president has said he accepts that but also there are plenty of ways to interfere in elections and respectfully -- >> but -- >> if we doing this, we're back to mueller. we've already spent two-2-.5 years and $35 million for a mueller report produced in ma

narrative as well. >> once again, the former national security adviser john bolton came up numerous times today.was made clear once again just how integral a part of this he was and how important in the best of worlds it would be to hear his testimony. i'm wondering if you think it's a mistake for democrats to not be trying to secure an appearance from him. >> i think that we would like to hear from mr. bolton, but there has been a reluctance for him to come forward without first going to court. and we don't want to have this linger in the court for six months before we hear from mr. bolton. i would say, too, that he also recommended to mr. morrison, take this to the attorneys. so mr. morrison went to the national security council attorneys. he went to the white house attorneys. there was clearly, in a number of circumstances, a concern about linking aid to ukraine to the investigations that the president wanted on joe biden, his son, and the 2016 election. >> the other thing that was made clear is just how important ambassador sondland's testimony is going to be tomorrow. it's certainly -- i me

narrative. the impact of the successful 2016 russian campaign remains evident today our nation is being told to pass through his questions our highly professional expert career foreign service is being undermined right now russia's security services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 alexion we're running out of time to stop them i guess the it takes a look at how the co-author of a $500.00 page book about blood in the putin has stolen the show. you go to give it to the democrats they've tried everything to get rid of trump take him seriously you look like an idiot ignore him you look like an idiot criticize him and his ratings go up doesn't make any sense the guy seems to metabolize scandals feed off of them sue the democrats fed him poison impeachment. that trump the president has used his office for personal gain the president got caught it's pretty simple question is now who would benefit from an investigation of the funds i assume president trump would there we haven't seen a thing is for impeachment to work you need momentum and they're losing it a 1