pence: it's amazing.e election day 2016, 6.7 million new jobs created by businesses all across this country. unemployment hit a 50 year low. the stock market is soaring. more americans are working today than ever before. [cheers] vice pres. pence: the truth is, thanks to president trump's leadership and the support of florida's leaders and congress, and all of you, we've made america great again. [cheers] vice pres. pence: to keep america great, we need to decide right here and right now that florida is going to vote for four more years of president donald trump in the white house. [cheers] crowd: [chanting] four more years, four more years, four more years. vice pres. pence: think about it. four more years means more jobs. four more years means more judges. [cheers] vice pres. pence: four more years means more support for our troops. [cheers] vice pres. pence: it's going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp. [cheers] crowd: [chanting] drain the swamp, drain the swamp, drain the swamp. vic

pence: incredible.o, we've strengthen our national security, restored america's standing in the world. in so many ways, america is standing tall again. we're putting america first again. we're closer to home, as a candidate, our president told the people of new hampshire four years ago that we could revive the american economy. after over the last administration for eight years , the most powerful economy in the world had grown then less than 2% on average. president donald trump said that we could do better, and president donald trump delivered. the president went right to work, to cut taxes for working families and businesses across the board, and before our first year was out, president donald trump signed the largest tax cuts in american history. the president's also someone who made a lifetime and grew up in a family business like so many of you in this room. and he understood that it's not just taxes. it's red tape. and i am proud to report that in three short years, president donald trump has sig

pence: thank you. where do i go? >> right here. [chanting] >> four more years. vice pres. pence: they told me indiana would've been the first in the nation primary, but they changed it in 1916. >> we keep changing it a lot, too. [laughter] vice pres. pence: i believe it. [chanting] >> four more years. >> in 1920, we became first because indiana decided to move its primary to may. since then, since 1952, when voters in new hampshire could vote directly, almost every person that's been president has won the new hampshire primary. years]ng four more every single one. . welcome to new hampshire. vice pres. pence: thank you. welcome to new hampshire. thank you. oh, i've got the paperwork. [laughter] i have that. thank you so much. >> are you excited to do it again? vice pres. pence: mr. secretary, thank you so much for the warm welcome. it's great be back here in new hampshire. great to be here with governor sununu. it is such a privilege for me, as vice president, to come to new hampshire today and place t

pence: thank much. go ahead. >> turning back to washington, your aide, jennifer williamson 's apparent run for congress as house democrats continue their impeachment inquiry. during your recorded calls and meetings with president zelensky, did you -- was there any role you had regarding corruption and aid, or do you feel at the president's call was perfect, as he has said many times? vice pres. pence: the american people have the transcript of the president's call. they can see there was no quid pro quo. the president did nothing wrong. the president's focus has been, as my focus was, on supporting president zelensky's efforts to deal with and is to work pattern of corruption in ukraine, and also to enlist more european support. frankly, it was a frustration of the president since we took office that the united states was standing with ukraine. too many of our european allies were not providing the kind of support ukraine needed. from early in our ministry, president trump, unlike the last administratio

pence: great. you -- for the people that come in and file they can use their campaign words with the signature. [-- >> [chanting] four more years. [indiscernible] [applause] [indiscernible] >> we think indiana for that. mr. pence: thank you so much. thank you for coming out. [indiscernible] mr. pence: hey, everybody. quirks good morning, mr. vice president. mr. pence: good morning. thank you so much. such an honor to be here continuing the tradition of vice president's in the past to be the to file the paperwork first in the nation primary in new hampshire. fromhis small town boy southern indiana it is a very humbling day for me. quirks welcome to the granite state. quirks turning back to washington, your aid, jennifer williamson is apparent for congress as house democrats continue their impeachment inquiry. during your recorded calls and meetings with president was theredid you -- any role you had regarding corruption and it, or do you feel at the president's call was perfect, as he has said many

pence: oh, we are building it.s president promised appoint conservatives to our federal courts at every level. president donald trump delivered. we've already seen this president appoint more than 160 principled conservatives to our federal courts and they are all men and women who uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution like the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. i couldn't be more proud to serve as vice president to a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. [cheers] vice pres. pence: it's about security. it's about our liberties. it's about our values. it's about jobs, jobs, jobs. [cheers] from the firste: day of our administration, president trump has worked to remind -- revive the american economy. we cut taxes. we rolled back red tape at historic levels. we unleashed american energy, fought for free and fair trade. america's economy is booming. [cheers] vice pres. pence: it's amazing. 2016, 6.7tion

pence: -- on this.p. tell your story, the story of what you did for us and what you did for our country, and all you did to ensure the survival and success of liberty. our veterans have distinguished themselves in combat. like a man who joined me on this occasion two years ago. 38 years ago this march, he was serving his country in vietnam. back then, he was a first lieutenant in the army, 92nd artillery. one morning, he woke to a massive north vietnamese attack on a hilltop outpost. he and his brothers in arms were heavily outnumbered. it took just minutes for the enemy to break through their defenses. at this first lieutenant rallied. he rallied his brothers to stand their ground. he ordered air and artillery strikes from what would later be described as a dangerously exposed position, for four straight hours. as the situation worsened, he personally directed the withdrawal and provide covering fire to ensure his brothers in ety, and to inflict massive damage on the enemy. he actually called in an artil

pence: thank you all.he 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. 100 years ago on this day, america first celebrated armistice day, marking the anniversary of the day in 1918 when the guns of world war i fell silent. there is a day in may when we remember those who served and did not come home. but today, all across america, in gatherings large and small, in cities and towns, we pause to remember all those who served in uniform and did come home. it is veterans day in america. [applause] vice president quayle, secretary esper, secretary wilkie, secretary de vos and scalia, to congressman to condo, commander kowalski, director durham-aguilera, distinct -- distinguished americans and it is anthered here, honor to be with you all, but most especially, it is a high honor for me to stand before you in this special place among men and women who wear the uniform of the united states of america, today, and our veterans who serve our nation in uniform in ages past. [applause] it is my great honor to welcome you

i am more afraid of pence than i am of trump. >> reporter: inside the nasa aims research center, pencemised more government funding for space exploration and another mission to the moon before spring next yearment then he made a promise to women. that the first woman and the next man on the moon will be americans. >> in the years ahead, i want you to get ready because you're going to write your chapter here at nasa aims. you're going to write a chapter in american history, frankly human history and leadership in space. >> reporter: this was the vice-president's last stop in california before boarding air force two and heading back to washington, d.c. reporting live in mountain view, anoushah rasta, nbc bay area news. >> anoushah, thank you. not just the vice-president, but the second lady karen pence was here as well. she met with coast guard families in alameda. mrs. pence said she wants to shine a light on military spouses and the issues they face. she says it's dear to her because her son is a pilot. >> i knowhieasy, but it is a life of principle and integrity. i don't know why i'm

they read, trump/pence must go, impeach and remove. there are also signs bearing the faces of children who died in detention facilities as well as pence's position on women's issues. mike pence and his wife arrived here at moffett field just before 7:00 l wnim were chanting more years." today, the reception is pretty different. >> just want to show our support for him and, you know, i think he's doing a good job. >> i find pence just an awful threat to women. i am more afraid of pence than i am of trump. >> they're holding immigrants and they've stripped away legal rights. they've stripped away international norms. they're holding people indefinitely. >> reporter: now, just before noon today, the vice president will talk with about 200 nasa aims employees about returning astronauts to the moon. that's a scripted talk. during his two-day california trip, pence also met with hunng and a dinner in monterrey. both were closed to the media, but we understand tickets for those events cost anywhere from $1,000 to $35,000. our reporter last ni

i'm seeing some of pence's advisers down the hallway here. this is tight quarters here. >> vaughn, stand by for me if you can. jonathan lemire with me, white house reporter for the associated press and msnbc political analyst. as we watch this play out, jonathan, you have new reporting as well in the ap, trump plows ahead despite fresh signs of trouble in 2020. vaughn just mentioned what we saw earlier this week play out in virginia. we saw what happened in kentucky as well. what are the warning signs for republicans that you're pointing to? >> first let's remember after democrats swept back control of the house in 2018, it's not like the president and his campaign moderated their message. there wasn't much of an outreach to find new voters. republicans are very nervous in light of what happened on tuesday regarding particularly the suburbs. we saw this blue wave that started in 2018, has continued, swept through the suburbs of philadelphia, the kentucky suburbs of cincinnati, suburbs in virginia outside of both richmond and washington, d.c.

this is part of what she told me a short time ago about vice president mike pence. >> would mike pence a good president? >> there's going to be a lot of people on that stage when he runs for president. i think mike pence makes a good vice president now. i think mike pence was a good governor and i think mike pence can be good at anything he decides to do. pain happens. aleve it. with aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid. and the 12-hour pain relieving strength of aleve. so...magic mornings happen. there's a better choice. aleve pm. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. >>> just a few hours ago i spent some time with the former ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. we talked about the pushback to her book that rex tillerson and john kelly wanted her to help undermine the president. we also talked about her own political future. this is a part of my conversation from earlier on the third hour of "today." >> how surprised were you that the preside

and so mike pence went to canada instead of going to ukraine. that was their explanation for why he didn't go. whether or not it was the fault of the secret service or the vice president's advance team failing to launch and failing to set up the logistics for that inauguration, for whatever reason, mike pence did not go. just as lev allegedly threatened at that meeting in advance of the inauguration. pence, in fact, didn't show up. but you know who did show up? you know who the u.s. government did send to that inauguration in place of vice president pence? they sent this guy. they sent energy secretary rick perry who you may recall somewhat inexplicably quit his job all of a sudden as energy secretary as soon as this impeachment scandal started to break open. well, in a remarkable news story from the "associated press" today we learn a little bit about what rick perry did when he went over there for that inauguration. again, mike pence was initially scheduled to go. that was canceled under strange circumstances. rick perry went instead. and what

for the trump/pence 2020. all eyes inside the white house and throughout the republican establishment are on what the president is going to say about jeff sessions. he is, of course -- it was just a year ago today that the president fired him. jeff sessions was largely quiet during that taunting as the you want belittled him. he's announcing la today, of course, president trump has already pledged to campaign against jeff sessions. that would be a fascinating dynamic to play out. we'll get a first look at that on saturday, perhaps, when president trump travels to alabama for a football game. of course, alabama is playing lsu in the biggest college football game of the week, politics front and center there. also, vice president is just about to sign that paperwork to make president trump an official 2020 candidate here in new hampshire. >> we'll see how the president navigates that possible political situation of 'bama versus lsu. >> reporter: he won't take sides in that race, kate. >> definitely smart about th

. >>> happening now vice president mike pence is in mountain view. this morning he went on a tour of the center one of the largest facilities in the country. he spoke with about 200 employees there about the future of space exploration. the vice president has not spoken just yet. the supporters of the vice president were on hand. other people are gathering to protest the vice president's bay area visit. ktvu's christina rendon shows us what's happening. >> vice president mike pence at the nasa research center is not without controversy. protesters set up outside. >> we want to let the vice president know he's not welcome in the bay area. less than two months ago trump was here we were up there in poilt and made a fuss up there too. >> you know, people are here but people are here because they recognize what a lot of people don't see pence is just as bad as trump in some ways worse. >> more than two dozen people from different groups chanted. it's a stark contrast from last night when pence landed at moppet field. >> i think it's good for him to show

that's an aide to mike pence, someone detailed to the pence office. she's named jennifer williams. on the july 25th phone call between president trump and president zelensky. the one where zelensky asked trump for military aid and trump said said do us a favor, though. jennifer williams, that official appeared on capitol hill today to give testimony on the impeachment proceedings, she's the first person from the president's office to do so. but i want to point out one other thing, also at that september 1st meeting was the man we spot shadowed here. this was the senior director on the national security council who was involved in ukrainian negotiations. today while jennifer williams was testifying behind closed doors in the impeachment proceedings that other guy who was also there at that meeting quit his job. today he quit his job at the white house, his resignation is effective tomorrow. so we get in quick succession, very quick succession this week we get gordon sondland revising his testimony about that meeting to say actually at that meeting that's where i delivered the defini

vice president pence was directly involved in this pressure campaign. defense is that it was unwitting that he didn't realize what exactly he was pressuring ukraine to do when he told them they weren't getting their military aid. jennifer williams says in her testimony that, well, she worked in vice president pence's office advising him on this part of the world. she says that she specifically flagged for vice president pence in his daily briefing not only the notes from trump's call with zelensky in which trump pressed for investigations and repeatedly mentioned joe biden. she says before that she specifically flagged for vice president pence that rudy giuliani was making these public claims saying that he wanted the ukrainian government to investigate joe biden and to investigate the 2016 campaign because that would benefit his client president trump. so jennifer williams is saying vice president pence was advised that this campaign was going on according to rudy giuliani and that this campaign was being carried out by the president on his calls with

here's what mr pence had to say.fusion now among the leadership here in the kurdish region that president trump's commitment to our allies here in iraq as well as to those in the syrian defense forces, the kurdish forces who fought alongside us, is unchanging. issam ikr—mawi from bbc arabic told me why mr pence chose to deliver his message in irbil. i think the whole point of the visit is to send a message to the kurds that their interests in northern iraq will be taken care of, following criticism of the united states decision to withdraw its support to the kurds in syria. although the kurds in iraq have got different interests, however, there are some sympathy with the kurds in syria. should he not have visited the kurds in syria? they are the people feeling that the us withdrawal betrayed them, and yet he hasn't gone and said anything to them directly? well, it's not safe for him to go to syria. you know, that part of syria, eastern syria, you've got the turks there, you've got some of the militias, you've got ele

about what pence knew about the holdup of military aid. one of the things we learned in the change of gordon sondland's testimony it was on the sidelines between pence and ukraine officials the ukrainians were informed about the conditions about the aid could be released. williams, technically a state department employee but detailed to the vice president's office, could provide some information about that. she is likely to be the last witness to see this week. john bolton was scheduled to appear today, mick mulvaney scheduled to appear tomorrow, will not. most of the moving parts for this week will come from further release of transcripts, given that next wednesday we expect to see ambassador bill taylor and state department official george kent side by side at the witness table. wouldn't be surprised if we're all reading george kent's deposition over a late lunch today. the committees has not announced which transcripts they will release and when. one our wrinkle alexander vindman the military official, nsc official, a name come up quite

also breaking today, the spotlight now on vice president pence and what he knew as a top aide to pence was on the ukraine call just finished testifying in the impeachment inquiry. >>> plus harsh words echoing around the world. the french president blaming president trump for causing nato to go brain dead. what might putin be thinking right now? >>> and welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. new transcript released minutes ago from the impeachment inquiry into president trump. george kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state who oversees u.s. policy on ukraine at the state department providing even more corroboration that those working on foreign policy regarding ukraine had been told by u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland that president trump, quote, wanted nothing less than ukrainian president zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, bideen and clinton. kent also referring to the snake pits of corrupt ukrainian prosecutors who worked with rudy giuliani who would then carry on a, quote, campaign for several months full of lies intestine correct information a

we refuse to accept this. >> i find pence just an awful threat to women. afraid of pence than i am of trump. >> inside the nasa aems research center, mr. pence promised more government funding for space exploration and another mission to the moon before spring next year. then he made a promise to women that the first woman and the next man on the moon will be americans. >> in the years ahead i want you to get ready because you're going to write your chapter here at nasa ames. you're going to write a new chapter of american history and frankly of human history and leadership in space. >> anush dara at that. >>> mrs. pence wants to shine a light on military spouses and the issues they face. she says it's dear to her because her own son is a marine pilot. >> i know this life is not always easy, but it's a luf of principle and integrity. i didn't mean to get emotional here. >> it's so amazing for coast guard smopouses to feel welcome and supported. >> the crowd was made up of military families. mr. and mrs. pence are in las vegas at a trump re-election campaig

is vice president pence one of the people who carried out this scheme for president trump?asked that question of some of the witnesses. i'm interested in that. he did meet with the president of ukraine in warsaw on september 1st. it is on the sidelines of that meeting that ambassador sondland delivered the explicit quid pro quo to the key aide of the ukrainian president, said you're not getting anything, not a white house meeting, not this desperately needed security assistance, until you issue an explicit statement, which you've been negotiating with giuliani, saying burisma, 2016 elections, the bidens are the heart of this thing. and sondland forgot that until 24 hours ago, but he adds an important piece of this puzzle, and it's good he's aligning his testimony with what has been corroborated by other witnesses and documents. it's an important piece of the puzzle. and the vice president's role is still a question mark on this. >> is it possible the vice president will be called to give testimony himself? >> i'm not prepared to say at this point. i think we need to have a

this morning, vice president mike pence visits the state capital to formally register the trump pencefor the republican primary there. joining me now, vaughn hilliard, the paper work that pence just filed for the february 11th primary was necessary and of course a tradition, but how much will they focus on new hampshire in this primary faze? >> none of the three seem to put muchment of a fight. as we look at polling, the trump administration continues to have approval ratings. essentially they're giving the trump administration a free pass here. it is the first primary state they're holding on to there. and as the tradition go, still out that paperwork for the campaign. >> no, they don't actually, vice president pence didn't actually have to show up today. they could have sent the paper over and the $1,000 check to get on the ballot. every time the candidates walk in you have the local tv cameras. this is a place that the trump campaign lost by .3 points three years ago. and the republicans are looking to make a play here in new hampshire. so any piece of campaigning they can do, even

she said pence simply told zelensky that the u.s. would make a decision on the security assistance soon. in new hampshire, yesterday, pence ignored a question about whether he read a transcript of the phone call with zelensky before meeting with the ukrainian leader. watch that. >> mr. vice president, did you read the trump zelensky phone call transcript on july 25th before your september 1st meeting, mr. vice president. it would be great to talk to you mr. vice president. >> one of trump's former national security advisers may be preparing to defy the white house and testify in the impeachment inquiry. the "washington post" reports that john bolton is willing to testify but only if a federal court clears the way according to people familiar with his views. that reinforces msnbc news reporting from earlier this week bolton is willing to cooperate only under certain condition, publicly testifying under subpoena if the court directs his long-time social, charles kupperman to cooperate with the probe. bolton was called to appear before

because jennifer williams is a national security adviser to vice president pence. over the weekend was will vice president pence come out and defend jennifer williams. and what has the response been? >> so far, no. and we kind of saw this coming. that they anticipated the president could be frustrated by her testimony. because in the weeks before when she was going to testify behind closed doors, we saw them distancing themselves from her. yes, she works in our office, but she's the state department employee detailed to our office. she's not a political appointee we had. his office plays a big role in picking which career staffers get detailed to their office. she works pretty closely. she was on the call with the president. she traveled with pence when he went to warsaw to meet with the ukrainian president. she's not some low level staffer. she's also not an eager witness. no one even realized she was on the call until someone else on the call named her to house investigators. that's why she was called to testify in the first place. but i would not expect some mou

pence: thank you all for that warm welcome and hello new hampshire. >> hello. v.p.ence: it is great to be back in the granite state and to the doctor, and seen and some college. for all the great business leaders for the new england council including jim, would you give him a round of applause. i was great -- deeply moved by that great introduction. tt, the founder, and to all the extinguished elected officials and fellow americans, thank you for the welcome back to the home of the first in the nation primary in the state where a movement began. to make america strong again. to make america prosperous again, a movement began to make america great again. the great state of new hampshire. really is a privilege to be here with all of you, and all of the great business leaders and students gathered today. as i begin, allow me to bring greetings from a friend of mine. as i was landing in new hampshire i told him that i was headed to the statehouse to file papers on his behalf, and he wanted me to convey his deepest regards and affection, he is someone who loves the grani

jennifer williams, a pence aide, her concerns were more about the fact this seemed like a more political phone call than a diplomatic one. she said, quote, i believe those references to be more political in nature, so that struck me as unusual. now, morrison also added some information about how many times he believed gordon sondland talked directly to president donald trump. he said he thought it was approximately five times between july 25th and september 11th. those, of course, the dates of the first phone call between president trump and ukraine president zelensky, and then on september 11th, that's when that money, nearly $400 million in security assistance, was released. this just a sneak peek into what these individuals told lawmakers behind closed doors in those depositions. both of them will testify publicly on capitol hill on tuesday. ana? >> lauren, you have within on top of everything. there's been so much today, including another person who testified behind closed doors. a top budget official, mark sandy, he was behind closed doors for more than five hours. what did he have

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>> with vice president pence's person, i mean it looks like now pence was kept away from president zlelenskzelensky'smpaign part of the bribery skaem to get the ukrainians to investigate the bidens. i'm sure it's something that the committee is going to investigate further. with respect to morrison it's more of the same, he's reporting more of the same facts. he doesn't come to the same conclusions but he's not somebody -- he's a former republican staffer who had been in the congress for a long time. wasn't really somebody that was that experienced in foreign affairs and dealing with national security council. but he reports facts that are basically on all fours with the other witnesses. what we're seeing here is an investigation in realtime. not like watergate where the house judiciary had everything presented to them by our house and the senate select committee that had done an investigation before. what's really interesting here, we're watching this all come together in real time because once this they get a little bit piece of information they go out and investigate more. we keep learning more. >

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vice president pence meets with president zelensky, is that right? >> that's correct. >> you're there? >> correct. >> president zelensky with vice president pence talk about a lot of things but you'll agree vice president pence did not bring up the bidens, is that correct? >> he did not, no. >> he didn't bring up investigations? >> no. >> is one reasonable suggestion that aloe vice president pence will do a lot of things for president trump, that he was not willing to bring up investigations and bidens because he thought it was wrong? >> i'm not in a position to speculate. we had not discussed those particular investigations and any of the preparatory sessions with the vice president. >> you didn't bring it up with the ukrainians after the july 25th call. >> he did not in that meeting, no. >> and you did not either? >> no. >> lieutenant colonel vindman, did you ask the ukrainians to do what president trump was asking them to do after the july 25 phone call? >> i did not. i didn't render any opinion on what was asked in the 25. >> thank you. yield tim

this is what mr pence had to say. among the leadership here in the kurdish region that president trump's commitment to our allies here in iraq as well as to those in the syrian defence forces, the kurdish forces who fought alongside us, is unchanging. we can now speak to henri barkey, who's a senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. do you think this visit may have been booked in as soon as the trump administration pulled out those troops from syria and saw the uproar that was caused by the decision? clearly it is in reaction to the uproar. but i think it is more than that. i think it has to do with the fa ct that. i think it has to do with the fact that everybody is questioning the american commitment because of the american commitment because of the way mr trump jettisoned is the syrian kurds over a phone call with president erdogan. there was a shock in the middle east and also in europe, they would argue, and people do not know where the united states stands and also what we can d

vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence arriving at moffett field in mountain view tonight flanked by secret service, cheered by about 75 supporters. he also stopped to take pictures with the california republican party vice chair jonathan madison and republican peter kuo. when he approached us mr. pence did not take my question on today's events. >> mr. vice president, what did you think of the impeachment hearing today, sir? >> reporter: instead meeting with fans and signing hats. at one point the crowd chanted "usa" and "four more years." [ crowd chanting "four more yea years" ] >> with the way our country's going, everybody's fighting. like i said just show our support for him. here think he's doing a good tonight. he has our full support. and he's like i said very levelheaded. >> reporter: mr. pence will tourist nasa ames research center tomorrow morning and speak to employees to discuss the role the center will play in returning astronauts to the moon including the first woman and next man by 2024. the visit comes after stops in southern california today and in monter

there my colleagues prepare the book but yes so let's flash forward to september 1 vice president pencemeets with president selenski is that right that's correct you're there yes and president selenski with vice president pence they talk about a lot of things but you will agree that vice president pence did not bring up the bidens is that correct that's correct he did not he did not bring up investigations now is one reasonable explanation that although vice president pence will do a lot of things for president trump that he was not willing to bring up investigations and biden's because he thought it was wrong i'm not in a position to speculate we had not discussed those particular investigations in any of their preparatory sessions with the vice president are you denying it up with the ukrainians after the july 25 call right he did not in that meeting no and you did not either now and colonel van men did you ever asked the ukrainians to do what president trump was asking them to do after the july 25 phone call i did not i didn't bring her any opinion on what was asked in the 25 thank y

there was a phone call but pence did have a face-to-face with kurdish leaders in northern iraq.s is the white house correspondent and she was one of only 11 people to go on that trip. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> so what was this trip all about for the vice president? >> i think it was three fold. first of all, it was to serve that turkey that you showed to the troops and to thank them on behalf of the united states government for their service over the thanksgiving holiday, but you also mentioned the meeting with the kurdish president of the semiautonomous region of kurdistan in iraq and there he also expressed gratitude for what the kurds have done, to reassure them that the united states stays with them after the united states president, president trump, said he would be pulling american troops out of syria, but of course playing in washington this week were those impeachment hearings and it certainly changed the conversation for vice president mike pence. >> i believe it did and i can understand why, because while the vice president was in iraq he took a swing at con

the pence team has denied that he knew anything about this.t defies credibility that that would be the case that he would have no inkling whatsoever. even when he wasn't part of the original scheme that he would have no idea what was going on. he denies it. but that's what other people are trying to figure out. >> we know that after the call there was so much concern and a call came in from the general counsel to the cia to the white house counsel's office. so -- >> the call was -- >> and the president's office is in it. so you've got the general counsel from the cia shows up. she is in the counsel's office. the counsel's office then locks down the transcript. it's for a call that his aid sat in. if all that happens there is a little bit of buzzing. so she was on this busy call that's now been locked down in a secure server. she said nothing in a 12-hour flight to warsaw? give me whatever drugs they are taking. that does not add up. >> no. it would not seem to me that there is no reason, as you point out, the west wing is very small. this is a

it might be about mike pence. there were about half a dozen key points where mike pence was involved. he skipped t he, the president, skipped the ukraine president's inauguration. he had a phone call with president zelensky. he listened in to all that. he also spoke to him by phone. he has said, and let's just listen. here's the vice president last night on fox business. he was asked about his involvement. he says this. >> you never said, listen, if you want to get this nearly $4 milli million, you have to do something on corruption. >> of course not. of course not. other than to say we wanted them to support the effort on corruption in ukraine. >> he used the word "corruption." if that's all he said, his hands are presumably clean, but the question is did he know? did he know what his staff was doing? that's how jennifer williams could be helpful today. >> she could be interesting and she could be useful on a couple fronts. one because she is a career foreign service official. she did work briefly in the bush adm