take us on a journey with peter baker.ell us who he is. >> peter baker was a 32-year-old fda investigator. they were called consumer safety officers. in 2012, the fda looked around and asked would any of its investigators like to relocate overseas to the poorly staffed and a remote offices in india or china to investitigate the drug plants making our generic drugs. peter baker is a motorcycle guy whoattooed tough was up for an adventure, but yet another reason that he wanted to volunteer, which was that by reputation, it indian manufacturers were market leaders in aseptic manufacturing, which is a very demanding any fracturing of making sterile drugs. so he volunteerered to relocate and wound up in new delhi. amy: explain what he found. >> he started investigating these plants. he had a different way of investigating that a lot of fda investigators. he skipped the guided tours and opening slideshows and went right to the quality control labs. amy: weight. are these tours announced in advance? >> that is one of the big prob

joining me now "new york times" chief white house correspondent and analyst peter baker, daily beast politics reporter betsy woodruff, "washington post" national reporter carol lenig, former assistant attorney general harry litman, and former white house communications director and founder of sky bridge capital anthony scaramucci. peter, i want to start with you just with this new reporting that this letter from the white house counsel essentially page's long rejection of everything democrats are asking for, essentially saying we have done everything, we've done more than we should have already, and we're not going to give up anything else. who wins this legal fight in the long run? >> a great question. his argument seems to be that congress you can't just have hearings. which is really interesting. and i get the constitutional argument, but anybody in washington the last number of year, the idea that you are not allowed to have an investigation for the sake of an investigation seems rather quaint. >> very good way to put it. >> we've had benghazi, many, many congressional hearings --

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coinin me tonight, peter baker chief white housespondent for the "new york times", laura barron-lopez national political reporter for "politico." abby phillip, white house correspondent for cnn,on and e javers, washington correspondent for cnbc. peter wrote about the president's strategy in friday's "times." his bottom line, mr. trump is daring democrats to impeach him. the msage from the west wing, put up or shut up, impeach orve n. peter, you've written a book, "the breach," about the clinton impeachment. you've co-authored a book about ssthe impeachment pro when democrats talk about a constitutional crisis, one, are we actuall at that moment? and is this battle any different than things we've seen in the past on impeachment and the efforts to move towds there? peter: it's a great question. i don't know if we're at a constitutional crisis.

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vance, msnbc analyst jeremy bash and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. we have a lot to get to this morning. a big day yesterday in washington. we want to start with this exchange between attorney general william bar and kamala harris, which encapsulate, barr's performance at yesterday's hearing. >> attorney general barr, has the president or anyone at the white house suggested or asked that you open an investigation of anyone? >> i wouldn't -- i wouldn't -- >> yes or no? >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> seems you'd remember something like that and be able to tell us. >>yeah, but i'm trying to grapple with the word suggest. there have been discussions of matters out there that they have not asked me to open an investigation but -- >> perhaps they've suggested? >> i wouldn't say suggest. >> hinted? >> i don't know. >> inferred? you don't know? okay. >> he doesn

i want to start with robert costa and peter baker because your colleagues who were on this trip turned in pulitzer worthy dispatches. i read all of annie and all the coordinators on this trip's stories like i was reading something out of the on i don't know. let me start with you because we started with parker's reporter. your thoughts. >> when you look at political theater of this trip, there was a lot to cite, write about. colleagues wrote incisive reports about what president trump did. what didn't happen, a trade deal with japan, sanctions on north korea. any progress on a chinese trade deal. all these important policy pillars for the trump administration relatively left untouched by this trip. instead the president engaging with the emperor, engaging with the japanese prime minister. >> peter baker, it's a great point and something i wondered why it was missing from biden's statement. donald trump didn't just look ridiculous, debase the office, he looked weak sucking up to a dictator and looked like a loser by failing on big foreign policy objectives they set out for themselves. >

"the new york times" reporters peter baker joins us in a moment along with maggie haberman. the undercutting is raising questions about the administration's policy and personnel in the middle of confrontations with both long-term american adversaries. as we mentioned, the president appeared to embrace north korean dictator kim jong-un's insults about former vice president biden. the president was asked to further explain that. >> does it give you pause at all to be appearing to side with a brutal dictator instead of with a fellow american, the former vice president, joe biden? >> well, kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low i.q. individual. he probably is based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. >> that didn't go over too well with some members of the president's own party, though most lacked the courage to speak up. republican congressman peter king of new york did write, quote, wrong for trump to criticize joe biden in japan and agree with kim jong-un. politics stops at the water's edge. never right to side with murderous dictator versus fellow

thanks to frank figliuzzi and peter baker. peter's new book "obama" is out next week. i read his book about presidents, they're incredible. >>> the chairman of the judiciary committee gives the attorney general one more chance at transparency before he holds him in contempt. >>> also ahead in a head-to-head matchup between donald trump and just about every democrat, just about every democrat wins. we'll show you the polls donald trump woke up to today. and mayor pete and his husband grace time magazine this week under the headline, first family. we'll bring you all those stories coming up. g you all tho stories coming up. ♪ memories. what we deliver by delivering. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? a two-year study showed that

to peter baker, michael steele, to stephanie ruhle, tough stuff tonight. thank you for starting off our conversation. coming up for us, mr. rosenstein, former number two man at justice. tonight publicly criticizes a former fbi director as the president takes aim at his own choice for current fbi director. we'll explain all of it. and later, the alleged sabotage of several tankers near the persian gulf. it adds to growing concerns this administration is heading toward military conflict of some sort with iran. as we say, what could go wrong? "the 11th hour" is just getting started with watchful eyes on a monday night. here's one you guys will like. show me making it. oh! i got one. the best of amy poehler. amy, maybe we could use the voice remote to search for something that you're not in. show me parks and rec. from netflix to prime video to live tv, xfinity lets you find your favorites with the emmy award-winning x1 voice remote. show me the best of amy poehler, again. this time around... now that's simple, easy, awesome. experience the entertainment you l

peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and anita kumar is back with us. good evening. joyce, i'd like to begin with you. why these two women, what is the chance they'll show up and part three of my first question to you is, where does the democrats actual power reside? if they don't have the power to say to private citizen, wait a second. you respond the subpoenas and you appear before us. >> last part of that question, first. this is this foundational rule of law question. do we still have a rule of law in this country? does the white house have to follow it? if congress can't issue a subpoena and expect to have it enforced whether in the courts or because individuals do their duty then we really don't have much of a constitutional republic left. i would expect to see the courts enforce the subpoenas. i would expect to see them enforce them swiftly. there's not much of a question about whether congress is entitled to hear testimony. the white house made a pass at this

"new york times" washington correspondent msnbc political analyst peter baker. author of "the washington post power up newsletter." hill seen jer staff writer, and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. peter, start with a report from your paper. this is, again, coming from chairman neil. he is saying you now have essentially six or seven days to get us those tax returns and will it happen, peter? >> i don't think it's going to happen willingly. no. they'll have to finally go to court if they want to see the tax returns. that is one you might see the president go all the way to the supreme court if it goes against him at lower levels. he made it clear. drew a line. tweeted about it today. i won the election of 2016 telling the american people i wasn't going to relies my tax returns unless i was not under audit. every president is under audit aside from those happening before becoming president. by that standard means, of course, he would never voluntarily turn over tax returns long as he's in office. it's heading to court. see where this ta

. >> on that note, here for our leadoff discussion, peter baker, michael steel, former chairman of the republican national committee and stephanie ruhle, host of the 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. hours here on msnbc. welcome to you all. peter, i put you in this role at least once a week on this broadcast and tonight i am forced to ask you again where does this presidency stand? what is it we are looking at as of tonight? >> when you read off the list of stories you just did you feel like you're caught in the middle of a hurricane. in washington we have a name for it it's called monday. this presidency, time and time again, you just see so many things happening all at once, it's hard to get your head around any one thing. we're in a tariff war with china, a shooting war with iran, obviously in a political war between the president and the congress. and, you know, how do you sort of settle which of these things is the most important thing to follow? it's -- it's bewildering and perplexing for policymakers as well as journalists who are trying to get their thumbs on what this presidency is all

thanks to frank figliuzzi and peter baker. peter's new book "obama" is out the call of history," is out next week. i read his book about presidents, they're incredible. >>> the chairman of the judiciary committee gives the attorney general one more chance at transparency before he holds him in contempt. we'll go inside to the fireworks. >>> also ahead in a head-to-head matchup between donald trump and just about every democrat, just about every democrat wins. we'll show you the polls donald trump woke up to today. and mayor pete and his husband grace time magazine this week under the headline, first family. we'll bring you all those stories coming up. helps keep me feeling dry, how will they know i worked hard? i've gotta make stuff harder. ♪ there, that's hard. ♪ i get to select my room from the floor plan... free wi-fi... ...and the price match guarantee. so with hilton there is no catch. yeah the only catch is i'm never leaving. no i'm serious, i live here now. book at hilton.com and get the hilton price match guarantee. my

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disagreeing and complaining about the way that william barr was characterizing his conclusion. >> peter baker, and kasie hunt, peter, i'll start with you. the bottom line here is that bill barr is essentially admitting the president has tried to at least ask him questions about various other pieces of investigations that are still happening, maybe with sdny, maybe with the unknown investigations that we know were spun off of the special counsel. has the justice department -- this feels like one of those where barr is going to know he's got to do some cleanup tomorrow on this one. or is this opening the door for i think more investigations into presidential interference at justice? >> yeah, it's a great question. look, how do we know the president of the united states has suggested that the attorney general investigate his political opponents? because he's told us so. he's told us so again and again and again. >> he tweets it. >> every day, every week, whatever. if you go back the couple of months that bill barr has been attorney general and count the number of times he's said it at a public r

peter baker, his book, obama, the call of history, has just been rereleased with new details with the4th president. ann gearrin is white house correspondent for "the washington post." michael steele, former senior adviser to jeb bush and john boehner. maria teresa kumar. thank you for being here. peter, let me go to you first because the story that your colleague ken vogel has dropped today is reverberating not just here in washington but around the country and around the world. >> yeah, no, it really is. it's so fascinating. of course ken vogel had a story about a week or so ago about biden's involvement in ukraine as vice president. the question is whether, you know, leaning on the ukrainian government to get rid of a prosecutor that the west considered to be corrupt had any involvement with the fact that his son had some business in ukraine. the biden people say, no, that's not the case. the investigation that was at issue had been dormant by the time the vice president was involved, and he was simply carrying out u.s. policy. but clearly the trump campaign looks at this as an oppo

i just want to make that clear. >> peter baker with us. peter, japan has a way to talk.a huge consumer of iranian oil. they don't want to obey that unilateral american arms embargo. they have a way of possibly being a go between. >> and trump has spent the couple of years ratcheting up the pressure. you can look at it as negotiating. he talked about nuclear weapons. that's a tough enough nut. what the other criticism has been is not just nuclear weapons but regional instability. it's the ballistic missiles. it's so many other issues that were supposed to be on the table that they complained that obama didn't put on the table. that makes it harder. if we think the unkim jong-un dl has been -- >> john kerry very specifically made the decision with president obama to limit it to nuclear weapons thinking that was the threat and they would have to deal with the other stuff outside of it. >> the fundamental question is what is the foreign policy of this administration? what is the foreign policy of it with respect to north korea and what is its view about whether north korea h

presidential historian and peter baker, white house correspondence for the new york times and author of obama. i want to know what we are facing. this president is willing to push it all the way. ignore subpoenas and ignore threats of contempt of congress citations with the belief that the courts will not get in the way and force him to behave any differently and nancy pelosi is not going to impeach him and he has nothing to lose. >> there is a risk for him obviously. one of the articles of impeachment in 1974 was defying congressional subpoenas. >> article three. >> exactly. the legitimate power of the legislative branch. this could provoke congress into something into doing something they would not do otherwise. her line wasit's not off the ta. she is sending a message. whether or not the president will listen or continue to fight the battle. >> you tweeted this image from 1974. 45 years ago. nixon rejects subpoenas and said he will get no more watergate data. just like today. he said enough. he declares we are not doing this anymore as if the president decides he can be his own ju

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that's how you would interpret all of that. >> let me go to peter baker on this. given your news, how does this fit into the ongoing story? the president says the case is closed. that's the language of mitch mcconnell. the president says this is all over. he won't let anybody testify. what does this do? >> it is a great question. you do presume robert mueller knew this. he did not pursue any criminal charges against any of president trump's lawyers for trying to influence or shape michael cohen's testimony. we have to remember he's pleaded guilty to serve time in part for lying to congress. so he is as sekulow's lawyers point out, a problematic witness by himself. the question there s there anything else that would illuminate this. he knew about it, as ken just said. where he knew it was true or not. whether he was being fed misinformation. i remember last year, when we reported about that trump tower meeting in 2016 involving the russians, and we reported the president had shaped the misleading statement, jay sekulow went on to say, that's not true. of course, it

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joining me now is peter baker.eel, former chair of the republican party and msnbc political analyst and former senior adviser to president obama. president and ceo of the center for american progress. welcome all. first the you, peter baker. the president's view of this. do you think he's welcoming impeachment the way nancy pelosi suggests? there was something in the anger which in he talked about impeachment as a dirty word which seems he always does not want that to be his legacy. is it a combination of the two? >> i think it would be both things. people say he doesn't want to be impeached. she doesn't show it from the fight. he enjoyed the fight. unlike president clinton when ehe was under the threat of impeachment and tried to stay above the fray by talking about only substantive policy issues. president trump gets down in this debate every single day. he brings it up with no one has brought it up with him. i think he did get peeved by robert mueller's appearance. i think it got under his skin. it's one thing t

reporter ken delanian, kellen o'donnell, chief white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst, peter baker, he's also the author of the newly updated and newly released "obama: the call of history" and former federal prosecutor and legal analyst barrett berger. i want to start with you, peter, and get your reaction to everything we heard from president trump. this was the first time we heard him weigh in on this subpoena against his eldest son, donald trump jr. what did you make of the tone of his remarks? what do you think it implies? >> yeah, look, you can understand any father being upset about being put back into the political arena. his son volunteered it by being his campaign manager. he is a grown man but still there is an emotional reaction that is natural for any president as well as a legal and political one. the question, though, is donald trump jr. has testified before and one of the questions they want to ask whether the testimony he gave before stands up. they want to compare other testimony that they've gotten to his, for instance, mooib, the president's former attorney head

and msnbc political analyst peter baker and msnbc legal analyst a former assistant u.s. attorney. welcome to all. kristen, first to you. the strategy from the white house to say no, just say no to everything. it's beginning to increase the tempers among the house democrats, and maybe that's exactly what the president wants? >> reporter: white house officials, andrea, if you talk to them, are not shying away from the "i" word effectively indicating that the president sees this as something that could be politically advantageous. we saw it on the campaign trail in 2018. he talked about impeachment repeatedly on the campaign trail. he saw that as a way to energize his base, and i think he'd use it similarly heading into the 2020 campaign in terms. latest back and forth between the president and democrats on capitol hill directing don mcgahn, the white house, directing him not to show up today for that subpoena and testimony because citing a justice department rule that goes back about four decades saying top advisers have immunity from testifying on capitol hill. bottom line, andrea,

thank you, peter baker. thank you, julia ainsley, what a world you're conquered the last several months. >>> nancy pelosi says house democrats need to present an iron-clad case to the american people before moving forward for impeachment. that's a hell of a bar. congresswoman rasheed talib joins us in just a moment. i think she says the day is here and already here for a long time. we'll be right back. we'l l be right back.n.com, i get the price guarantee. and i can choose from their 14 different hotel brands, so i get the right hotel for every member of my family. like a doubletree for my cousins who love their warm chocolate chip cookies. a homewood suites for my uncle who likes a long stay. a hampton for my sister and her kids. that's a lot of syrup and the waldorf astoria beverly hills for me. but i thought your family vacation was in miami? it is. i hear they're having a great time. book at hilton.com and get the hilton price match guarantee. if you find a lower rate, we match it and give you 25% off th

joining us is peter baker.ou write about the president's vocabula vocabulary, talk about the piece you have today. >> it's not new to say the president goes places other presidents haven't before on so many different levels. one place he goes is towards the use of profanities that we can't say on this network. i was struck by it on friday he gave a speech to the national association of realtors, and reeled off several of them, i fired his blank, this about sources is bs, and it strikes me he's increased that in the last few months. he's feeling more comfortable, perhaps. it's a way of reaching out to his audience, supporters. it's a shock jock way of speaking. as you know your president, president bush, would never have said these things in public. when he got caught on live mic saying something nasty about a "new york times" reporter, it was a mini scandal. today it's say day in, day out and nobody notices it anymore. >> peter your thoughts on the angry tweets last night. as john heileman is saying there's not

joining me tonight, peter baker chief white house correspondent for the "new york times", laura barron-lopez, national political reporter forco "poli abby phillip, white house correspondent for cnn, and eamon javers, washington correspondent for cnbc. peter wrote about the president's strategy in friday's "tes." his bottom line, mr. trumpem is daringrats to impeach him. the message from the west wing, or shut up, impeach or move on. peter, you've written aook, "the breach," about the clinton impeachment. you'veau cored a book about the impeachment process. when democrats talk about a constitutional crisis, one, are we actually at that moment? and is this battle any different than things we've seen in the past i oneachment and the efforts to move towards there? peter: it's a great question. i don't kno if we're at a constitutional crisis. we're certainly at a confrontation. we may geto a crisis if a court were to weigh in and someone were not to obey the lawful order of a court -- that uld be arisis. we're seeing what we've seen in the past on steroids. in the past we've had presidents who de

voting is underway in malawi to elect a new president and parliament president peter baker is seeking reelection for a 2nd term with a population of about 20000000 malawi is one of the poorest countries in the way it's also one of the youngest some 70 percent of people below the age of 30 and. has this report on the tactics candidates are using to appeal to the youth vote. voter apathy is not a problem here turnout in these elections is expected to be very high the polling stations you open at 6 am already but many of the people here came already earlier . the country is expecting one of the most unpredictable elections in the history and 3 candidates standing the chance to win and the rule is you don't need 50 percent or more to win the elections you just need the largest share of the vote so let's have a look down here at the list of the candidates at the very bottom you find the current president. who is trying to run for a 2nd term he claims that he improved infrastructure and also stabilized the country his major contenders. and vice president cheney during their campaign rallies

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anita, robert costa, peter baker, thanks to all of you. coming up, it is getting personal more on that subpoena for the president's son handed over by a republican-led committee. will don junior show up? and later, speaker pelosi says impeachment should be rooted in patriotism not partisanship. what about president? politzer prize historian john mechem is coming here. "the 11th hour" just getting started on a wednesday night. alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. let's roll! now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. >>> the president said it, that they will resist all subpoenas that, this is stone walling info

anita, robert costa, peter baker, thanks to all of you. coming up, it is getting personal more on that subpoena for the president's son handed over by a republican-led committee. will don junior show up? and later, speaker pelosi says impeachment should be rooted in patriotism not partisanship. what about precedent? politzer prize historian john feature meacham is coming. "the 11th hour" just getting started on a wednesday night. did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-speed network. complete internet reliability. advanced voice solutions. wifi to keep everyone connected. video monitoring. that's huge. did you guys know we did all this stuff? no. i'm not even done yet. wow. business tv. cloud apps and support. comcast business goes beyond at&t. start with internet and voice for just $59.90 a month. it's everything a small business owner needs. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> the president said it, that they will resist all subpoenas this is stonewalling information with respect to the russian attack on our democracy in

. >> kennedy: de peter baker book, he's written a book about how disgusted president obama was.r and her soulless, scripted campaign. >> juan: nancy pelosi saying if we hadn't won overwhelmingly 40-plus seats in the 2010 midterms, a slighter amount, four seats, president trump one of said not true. would've challenged the results of the election. >> jesse: of the democrats are saying donald trump will not accept the results of the 2020 election when they haven't accepted the result of the 2016 election? >> juan: i think he is the white house. >> brian: juan was assigned a segment. he did get to choose it. your heart is not in this segment. it's not. [laughter] >> jesse: i will tell you what's going on with pelosi. what's probably going to happen, you're going to see donald trump win the electoral college and maybe lose the popular vote. so she is setting this up now for democrats to challenge the election results if trump wins that way again. and she is saying that the democrats have to beat him on kitchen table issues and not do impeachment. back to hillary, she lost the electi

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i'm reminded by our mutual friend peter baker that this was infrastructure week and look what we're talking about. >> right. it's been infrastructure week for many weeks of this presidency so i think the, you know, i think that -- here's the interesting thing. we are talking about this in very intricate nuanced detail. what's interesting to me is it's just not a topic out on the campaign trail. people are talking about health care. they're talking about, you know, jobs. and we're discussing, you know, i don't think it -- it hasn't really moved anybody one way or another out on the campaign. perhaps it's sent trump down a few points, but right now this is very much of a washington story. again, we'll see what mueller has to say. he's supposedly -- they're talking about may 15th as the date do mueller. i do think it would have been interesting to hear from don mcgahn. don mcgahn knows a great deal. he knows about what the president's intent in all of these actions. so he's a very dangerous man for the president. and i suspect that we will not hear him before trump -- before the end of this te

>> well, i think that is the question of whether what kind of impact does this have on 2020 and peter baker, to promote the chuck todd-cast, up on my podcast now, when casey got ruled on, the only election it impacted was virginia governor. if the supreme court takes up one of these in 2020, which is more to eric ericsson's point. no matter how they rule, it will fire up or not fire up, depending what they do. i john roberts is aware of what year it is next year and would not take up an abortion case until there was a 2021. >> i think he will not. i'll make a bold prediction and agree with you there. in a landscape in which the culture wars have often redowned to the republicans, they'll point to not all those other bills that may be considered more moderate by some standards but they'll point to the alabama bill. sorry to keep going back to the polling but we love polling, right? >> yeah. >> overwhelmingly, american people, pro life people support allowing those exceptions in the cases of rape and incest, in the cases of the health of the mother. >> so, you're doug jones, okay? alabama won

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endorsement but that was a pitch snator we'll have welcome to the program now our political analysis, peter bakerwhite house correspondent at the "new york times," and expanded version of his book "obama the call of history" has just been released. kristen soltis anderson is republican pollster and columnist with "the washington examiner." edward wong is international correspondent at the "new york times" and jamelle bouie is also a cbs news political analyst. let's pick up where we just left off with the senator, jamelle. senator gillibrand says it is not hurting the democratic bid the fact that they have nearly two dozen or two dozen candidates we're are at 24 how no. is she being kind there, is it hurting campaigns like her's? >> only pool of voters is owe so big so many choices in the absence of five or ten of these candidates there may have been more possible support for senator gill gillibrand. it's hard for her to get traction. figu dctkhis of the democratic t large primary is probably a good thing. it's good for democrats, to figt who might be best equipped to run the general election. >>

chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" and nbc news political analyst peter baker. i know you speak to pelosi's camp, kelly what are they saying. >> making the point today for pelosi's supporters they believe this only strengthsens the speaker because they view it as sexist unbecoming attack on the speaker, also saying that these sorts of things were tried during the 2018 campaign. the mid-terms. and even with that kind of a barrage -- nancy pelosi has often been made sort of the flash point political figure in campaign seasons, they argue even then there were more women and people of color elected, and she of course became speaker again when there had been had been such a move to perhaps move to a different generation of leadership. yet nancy pelosi retained the speakership, coming back a second time. and they argue that her hand is strengthened. the other part is they point out and see the speaker does not drink alcohol, plays directly into a way to refute the video you outlined. it's one thing to edit the video to show the unbecoming poemts of someone stumbling o

let's turn now to peter baker. peter the news cycle over the past 48 hours has been filled with stories about how the united states may be marching towards warwith iran and yet donald trump over the past 12 hours forcefully speaking out against that saying he's not going to be pushed into war with anybody. what can you tell us? >> it was really interesting of course. one of the things that donald trump ran on was to get out of these middle east kwag kwa here and and so, you know he's in a position where very hard line advisers who are pushing him and certainly wary of iran and had been for a long time, mike pompeo, bolt john blt be kind of a test for him to see how does he apply the philosophy he bought to office with the reality on the ground in the middle east and within his own circles ofs have tr pr where you could easily find yourself in a series of escalating steps that you don't want to get in confrontation but it leads that way. >> because of the misleading intelligence around the war in iraq and failures of

it's time now for sunday group, jona goldberg of national review, peter baker from new york times andf history. politics editor and fox news correspondent gillian turner. gillian, you have good sources inside the intelligence community, how strong is the pushback for the president's decision to give barr access to this information both in terms of concern about the security of the information and also concern that he might use it to make a political case for the president? gillian: so up until now only 2 people in the entire government had the power to essentially snap fingers and declassify any information, any intelligence they wanted and that's the president and that is the director of national intelligence dan coats, so what the president has done confers tremendous powers to attorney general. the challenge according to intelligence community this sets up a potential epic battle between the attorney general and between the director of national intelligence because what happens if somewhere along this investigation barr decides to declassify information and on the back end, directo

anita, robert costa, peter baker, thanks to all of you. coming up, it is getting personal more on that subpoena for the president's son handed over by a republican-led committee. will don junior show up? and later, speaker pelosi says impeachment should be rooted in patriotism not partisanship. what about president? politzer prize historian john mechem is coming here. "the 11th hour" just getting started on a wednesday night. hog started on a wednesday night on a john deere x300 series mower. because seasons change but true character doesn't. wow, you've outdone yourself this time. hey, what're neighbors for? it's beautiful. run with us. search "john deere x300" for more. >> tech: you think this chip is well sooner or later... every chip will crack. >> mom: hi. >> tech: so bring it to safelite. we can repair it the same day... guaranteed. plus with most insurance, it's no cost to you. >> mom: really? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, ♪ safelite replace. woman 1: this is my body of proof. man 1: proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. man 2