sharpton: the other aspect that dr. king focused on in his last years, was economic empowerment and economic development. if you read his last book, "where do we go from here, chaos he addressed", that any had a vision of that in his organization, the southern christian leadership conference, ,"lled "operation breadbasket that would work with that. i became the youth director in new york at age 13, the year dr. king was killed. fighting to give blacks a piece of the pie. reverend william jones and reverend jesse jackson led that and i grew up under that tutelage. i see yolanda carroway who was a result of that. mignon is here somewhere. she and i used to pick it together, before she became dust topicket -- she and i used together before she became a big shot in washington, d.c.. [laughter] in that spirit, you must work with those in office that understand how to make the rules work, but at the same time expand the playing field so that everyone can play and win on merit. and that is represented by the state comptroller

i am grateful for reverend sharpton's leadership. i am grateful for the leadership of the honorees today. we are, as reverend sharpton said, both in uncertain and perilous times. and while i worry about the future, i'm clear-eyed about the level of activism and deep community work that it will take to get us through. fiercely hopeful yet clear-eyed about the existential threat. and the reason is because of the labor movement and public education. when unions were representing every one of three workers, in some ways community and labor were hand in hand. today, with the powerful forces that attempt to divide us, we have to be more intentional about building community. and so i often used to say, community is our new density. today i say community is our responsibility. that's what utla did last year, when they fought for the nurses and guidance counselors that we needed in our schools for kids to survive. that's what the chicago teachers union did this year, with the same kind of fight and the fight for programs for kids to thrive, b

leo, why don't sharpton hold members of their own party when omar was talking about anti-semitic attacks>> there's been a rise in anti-semitic in the trump administration. there's a rise in anti-semitic in new york, trump's home state. >> raymond: and trump is to blame? >> 72% of jews vote democrat in 2016. we're the party that has a jewish candidate for vice president joe lieberman and two jewish candidates running for president. you will not find a jew running for president in the republican party. >> raymond: president trump -- leo, don't grandstand. i have to give candice time. you conveniently omit the man running much of our foreign policy, jared kushner is a jew. if you've been to the hanukkah celebrations, you'd sing a different tail. candice? >> it's so ridiculous, i'm not going to offer a rebuttal. i can no longer pretend that he's being serious. to answer your question, we are seeing a rise in these attacks. to answer your question seriously, it's a big issue. you're correct to say that we have not seen the left condemn this anti-semitic on their side when it cam from rasheeda

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coming up next, stick around for this, politics nation with reverend al sharpton. sharpton >>> good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight's lead, the count down is on. in just two days, the house of representatives will convene for the first time for the 116th congress second session. and all eyes will be on the democrat and republican leadership to see how they will solve the issue of impeachment that has been in a state of stand-off, a crisis mode, an impasse, a political crisis. all that with the iowa caucuses just four weeks away and democratic candidates on the campaign trail continuing to push to convince voters to pick them out of the pack. a pack that has become much less diverse recently. and later on in the show, is there

that we also need to adopt against what's already happened and why is that to come because without sharpton steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions we are for large amounts of woman. i didn't see that as i say that good news but if you've seen the wreckage of g.w. environment thank you. well the european union has announced plans to dedicate a quarter of its budget to tackling climate change the european investment plan will direct a trillion euros of the next decade to climate protection will be funded from the european budget and the private sector the a way is to make the block carbon neutral within the next 30 years. this is what the united states moon landing looked like when it comes to climate protection the european commission is not shying away from drawing comparisons to that earth shattering event. we do not have all the answers yet today is the start of a journey. but this is europe's man on the moon moment a green deal for the european union is worse than a funnel lyons 1st major policy proposals since she took office at the end of 2019 her vision commits the e.u. to achieving c

reverend al sharpton, thank you. watch him on "politics nation." >>> nearly 6.8 million americans live with alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes people to lose their hair. this week, representative pressley revealed she's one of them. she spoke with my colleague joy reed about going public with this powerful personal story. it's no surprise, she was joy's pick for who won the week. >> you talked about dealing with alopecia. it was so heroic. here you are today in your full beautif beautiful self. how did you come to the decision to go public with this, which was a very personal struggle? >> here is the thing, joy. i was suffering in silence and felt really shackled by the silence and the accompanying shame and isolation. i felt firmly that in order for me to lead authentically, that i would immediate to be transparent. but i knew i would owe people an explanation, not only because a twist of hairstyle had become a part of my identity and my political brand but because as a woman in politics and as a black woma

i didn't think that -- i thought we would have time. >> reverend al sharpton is here, meta. he has a question for you. >> you obviously have done a lot of work on the court and off the court. as you had discussions down through the years with kobe and toward the end, more when y'all were not as competitive, did he also seem sensitive to a lot of things that he never really would publicly get involved in? if you had encounters like i had with him, he seemed to have a sensitivity that he really never was that public about. did you find that? because obviously you personified that and was involved on and off the court. how was the sensitivity level to you that kobe would share? >> yeah. it was -- you right, reverend. he was great to speak to. really good to speak to you. >> thank you. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, so he was more vulnerable at the end of his career. in the beginning he was trying to win his sixth title, fifth title. he was all business. practice was more intense than the games. at the end, have lunch, talks, have some drinks together. you know, whereas before d

al sharpton and the national action network. and you think that had any effect on what the district court did here in granting dismissal under 12-b-6? >> it shouldn't, your honor, because it's not in the second complaint. and the only operative complaint before the district court and the matter that is now before this court was the second amended complaint. and the second amended complaint alleges many facts that would support plauzly plausibly. these are such things as that mr. alan was told over many years things to do and he get carriage. he did those and didn't get carriage. he was told there was no bandwidth. but they then carried 80 white-own channeled. that all of the channels that are carried by the other cable companies are carried by comcast, except for mr. alan's channels. all of this is at least enough to allege that race is a motivating factor. >> but also, enough to allege that the naacp and the national urban league and the other individuals were in on the conspiracy? >> your honor, that is not in the second amend

the one led by the river and out of sharpton. i have introspect - - it was telling to me that young ishan johnson from chicago was taken off the stage. it's telling because as much as we talk about youth and the à as much as we want youth involved, we are taking the mic away from them. that to me, was the theme of al sharpton's march essentially. was that, it was his ascension. it was his coronation as the single most powerful civil rights leader in the united states at the moment. you essentially go through him. it was disheartening to watch. at the very least, philip agnew did get to speak at that commemoration. which he did not at the official one. he and sophia campos were told they would not get there two minutes a piece. this was the real forest in washington. - - farce. this was not about movement. this is not about the actual lived experiences of black and brown, o pressed people in this country. this was about america patting itself on the back for how far we've come. how far have we come? i would like to know. most def

and that to me was the theme of al sharpton's market essentially was that it was his ascension in the united states at the moment and you essentially go through him. it was disheartening to watch, but at the very least, philip agnew of the dream defenders did get to speak at the commemoration which he did not as the official one. this is the farce on washington. it's not about the actual lived experience as a black and brown. if we look at the statistics that they've rattled off a list you will indulge my mum and i would like to quote a rather real quick. it doesn't look any more like whites only signs but it's like being locked up for a dime bag of weed. this is the new site. this is the new way that they've chosen to oppress so what are the solutions, but we don't get any at this commemoration because it isn't about movement and i don't have time for that. >> just to bring in make up a statue and you may remember it is like a bipartisan audit moment of bipartisanship. it's mcconnell to honor the first statue in the capital and barack obama says we need more than the last few words s

or nearly totally by chuck hagel nusra and i at tarin al sharpton which al nusra has turned into and uses as a cover to constantly bring to cease fire the cease fire arrangements create quarters for noncombatants so they can leave the combat zones by the way the terrorists keep striking those corridors hindering the departure of peaceful civilians trying to retain them as human shields. seen at all before in ghouta rebels caged the women and pensioners on roofs to prevent the airstrikes i was in aleppo at the end when those same rebels held hostage 200000 civilians refusing to allow a single person human shield to leave the city and you wouldn't even know reading we sent headlines it's the usual stuff that is guilty of every sin and every hurt in syria ruthless actions by russia the iranian regime hizbollah and the assad regime are directly preventing the establishment of a ceasefire in northern syria we condemn these barbaric attacks and call for an immediate cease fire one would think if you really want to the cease fire you stop flooding rebel armories with weapons and advanced gu

it's a social issue thing and the democrats need to stop propping up al sharpton and elizabeth warren and even bernie. he's not the right man for the job. they need the joe biden's and the tom steyer's. am i saying that right? they need moderates like that. we don't need to go so far right. we don't need to go so far left. the democrats could put people like joe biden and this guy tom. i would absolutely vote for that. if they keep putting up these way out there candidates, we will wind up with four years of the schoolyard bully again. he is just weird. host: i am going to leave that there. guest: the most recent case in 2019, we say exactly what he said, talking about the kitchen table issues. the impact state legislatures have where we see bridges, the schools your kids might go to, those things are determined by state legislatures. what we say to our candidates across the country is tell your personal story and listen to what your constituents have to say. they are concerned about the quality schools, concerned about traffic. a delegate focused on the traffic in virginia as she cam

host of msnbc's "politicsnation" and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton, nbc news heidi przybyla is with us and nbc news and msnbc law analyst and editor-in-chief of "law fair" ben minh wittes joins us, co-author of a new book "unmaking the presidency, donald trump's war on the world's most powerful office." that in a moment. three years ago today donald trump was sworn into office. tomorrow the senate will consider removing him. with the impeachment trial looming the white house is now laying out the president's defense amid yet more revelations about the ukraine saga. the democrats, meanwhile, are just days away from the first votes of their primary fight. this as the "new york times" endorses not one but two candidates for the nomination. as steve kornacki joked on twitter, now you know how to cast both of your votes for president, and in just a few hours, trump heads overseas for another run-in with world leaders. safe to see we're kicking off and extremely busy week on "morning joe" including a live interview with joe biden on wednesday which we really lo

the mayor of the city compares al sharpton to martin luther king. that's a scandal.e should be made to apologize for that and the mayor should be made to answer for the fact that he compared him to martin luther king jr. >> i think we heard a preview of your speech. thank you so much, thank you for being there. >> in the last ten years, this technology allowed us to be live with protesters, it made a big difference. it is really important. the criminal trial of harvey weinstein begins on mondays. two journalists on the beat, next. if you listen to the political debate in this country, it sounds like we have a failed society. but nothing could be further from the truth. americans are compassionate and hardworking. we aren't failing. our politicians are failing. that's why i'm running for president. to end the corporate takeover of the government. and give more power to the american people. that's how we'll win healthcare, fair wages, and clean air and water as a right. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>> on monday the criminal trial of harvey weinstein begi

joining the table, democratic strategist, joe pain and reverend al sharpton.ok at the latest numbers out of iowa. remarkably about 2/3 haven't even maids up their mind. joe biden, the latest polling up at 24%. elizabeth warren right behind it. so, how big of an impact could this have on those top two, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren warren if they're absent? >> you'd rather be in des moines or ceder rapids or waterloo, as opposed to capitol hill. some advantage is he has an infrastructure on the ground that's about five or six years old of people, activists who know him and know his name. he's also got surrogates that can step frin him. and an interesting subplot. it's a battle over the surrogates. the state senators, name your state senators from different parts of iwi. they can step in and really do a lot of the heavy lifting for candidates. >> he's cast herself as more of the moderate in the race but as a midwestern woman, this is a state she's counting on. >> and two side effects. she has a pretty good organization and certainly her t will hurt her to

along with joe, willie and me host of msnbc's "politics nation" al sharpton and steve rattner is with us. former chief of staff to the dccc and former director of communications for hillary clinton's campaign, adrienne elrod, an msnbc contributor and we're heading to iowa this month for the first votes of the 2020 election. tonight that state and the nation will hear directly from the leading contenders for the democratic nomination for president of the united states. six candidates will hit the stage in des moines. amon them, a pair of u.s. senators who agree on a lot but clearly not everything. elizabeth warren and bernie sanders have a very different recollection about a 2018 conversation on the prospects of a woman for president. we'll get into that, and new polling on the state of the race. and you can't talk 2020 without mentioning russia's ongoing efforts to undermine the election. we'll break down the new reporting that russians hacked the ukrainian gas company at the center of president trump's impeachment. so a lot going on. >> we got a ton -- a ton to talk about. cory booke

nelson mandela, and many, many others, and the reward this year will be president barack obama, the sharpton, dr. linda brown, mrs. emma washington. the resolution that ms. adams and myself introduce of the encourage all states to include in their educational curriculum the contributions of the greensboro four. it is imperative that we learn he lessons from the past and reaffirm that ethnic and racial diversity of our country nation. our we're always stronger together. we must never forget in all demand justice and equality for all. congratulations to the greensboro four. to the lations international museum, and i look forward to participating in the gala that they will have this weekend in greensboro. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, minutes. for five ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. to commend president trump for providing uch-needed relief and regulatory clarity through the enactment of the navigable rule. protection under the obama administration, n an era rife with government overreach and const

undersecretary of state in the obama administration, and chief public affairs officer and reverend al sharpton, host here on msnbc and the president of the national action network. ashley parker, i have the scar tissue from fielding questions about intel in the lead up to a war. you only get one chance to set the record straight after you've created a muddle. they're on day eight the president and secretary of state saying drastically different things including this in the last hour. this is the president on "laura ingram" saying four embassies were at risk. >> did they have large-scale attacks planned for other embassies and, if those were planned, why can't we reveal that to the american people? wouldn't that help your case? >> i can reveal i believe it would have been four embassies. >> the problem with this is we really don't know what to believe out of this administration for a couple of reasons. the first reason is a blanket macro reason, which is for three years the president has said things that were true and just as frequently said things that weren't true. and to go to the micro, jus

the past few months, eating fried chicken with al sharpton, drink malt liquor.remely patronizing! he has people working for him who are worried about micro-aggressions. what on earth. you want to jog what real racism, that's pretty racist. >> tucker: drinking malt liquor out of a paper bag? >> in harlem. >> tucker: elite and narcissism. no condition to any people and any people's problems. i don't think anyone can get elected on this. >> absolutely. i don't understand with this party is. what is their in game? are they all sort of just shopping around for the next job? or do they actually think they can be president and beat president trump? i don't think any of them think they can. they are off on some weird universe try to get donors and fans. i have no idea. if they knew anything, former obama voters who switch to trump other people they should be trying to win over in the rust belt. mayor pete is from a rust belt state. he should be uniquely qualified to talk to these people and he talks way over their heads. >> tucker: and now he's stuck in identity politic

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. >> charles, van jones and al sharpton both said that the debate was horrendous.re talking about policies americans want to hear about. they're all for big government. no one went after each other on the debate stage. it was boring. the ratings were down. there is no way, whoever the nominee is, can really go head-to-head with president trump. charles: will this change after iowa once voters have spoken? >> number one on the debate, the questions were bad. i will go with you on that. the questions were bad. >> performers were bad. >> they should take questions from everyone. i'm for fox contributors, fox folks ask questions as much as i am from everyone else. charles: i agree. the questions were inane. they didn't go push back. i agree with all of that. the format was awful. again this is your party, they seem to be in some quicksand and they're sinking while pointing fingers at each other. >> here we are in iowa, will it all change? i don't know that it will because what happens people playing a different race this time with bloomberg pouring all of his money int

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i don't see anybody and i will quote van jones and al sharpton.'t see anybody in that debate that can beat donald trump know have you schiff sham show. go through this nonsense. then you have got these weak candidates. who do you think eamerican airlines. who would be the toughest if any for donald trump? >> well, you remember 2016, the dnc and the clinton campaign worked together to prevent the same bernie sanders from getting the nomination. it sounds like they are trying to prevent that and warren, they are going it prevent these senators from having a shot at getting the nod from the dnc. and look at the impeachment. they are talking about the democrats are talking about adding witnesses to drag it out. who does that keep from getting the nomination? bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, keeps them tied up, gives a better shot to poor low energy joe and also maybe if hillary wants to get back, in it will help her again. >> what about this exchange, charlie hurt, that took place after the debate the other night, you know, you called me a liar. well

jesse jackson, al sharpton -- am will qualify for the debate criteria. >> brennan: are you actually suggestingu might revisit these standards for the future debates, to allow for more diversity? >> again, if you're question is, should we lower -- again, the debate threshold right now is quite low. it is quite fair. nobody who has been below 5% a month before the caucus or primary has ever won a caucus or primary. so what we have done is to make sure we've set a fair bar. it is the most inclusive bar ever. and then you have to demonstrate progress. and the candidates who are at the top of the field right now are the candidates who have been able to amass support among the wide array -- >> brennan: so in a sense, you're not changing. >> you have to demonstrate progress here. again, the candidates who you saw there, are the candidates who have been able to demonstrate that progress. that means that they are showing support in communities of color. you can't win the democratic primary if you don't have strong support in communities of color. >> brennan: but you're not changing standards to make th

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thing two is it would be very nice if black leaders like al sharpton and lewis farrakhan did not preachanti-semitism, if we had not has the crown heights incitement 30 years ago, with three days of rioting left to go. not to say that most blacks are anti-semitic. it's to say when you have poorly socialized kids or crazy people who are looking for somebody to take their hostility out on, then they're going to take it out on jews. to quote a hate crime s that going to stop it? i don't think so. >> okay. but the madman who breaks into the raby's house and stabs five people, hate crime, yes or no? >> no. >> you're not going to -- so you're going treat him as if he were someone who went into a different home, not with an apparent religious bias on which he was acting. >> what would the difference be, michael? he's an attempted murderer, right? >> right. >> what more can you give him? what more can you give him beyond the many years he will get for attempted murder or -- >> but the argument -- >> hang on, hang on. hang on just one second. >> the argument is this. the argument is that a person

the many, many ironies here is the people now calling joe rogan immoral invariably grovel for al sharpton'slessing every election cycle. and in fact they've also been begging for joe rogan's support. watch this. >> they all keep asking to be on the show. i've had requests from all of them. >> really? >> yeah, biden, warren. >> how do you resist that belief? >> i talked to my friends. i like tulsi gabbard and i like bernie. that'si it. >> tucker: so the other candidates flatter him. now they're denouncing him. whatever it takes. and honestly, the democratic establishment is getting a little tired of all of this. the endless wrangling and whining over piddling littlewr primary elections and irrelevant outposts like iowa. where is that? why can't voters just shut up and accept michael bloomberg as president? he did great in manhattan. and as an attempt to give an elderly billionaire a shot? why shouldn't someone worth $50 billion finally have a say in this country? it's all very frustrating to them. democracy, that is. jason nichols is a professor of african-american studies at the university

. >> reverend al sharpton had the opportunity to speak with kobe bryant during the funeral of michael jackson, and the rev was telling me earlier how kobe came up to the rev during the funeral because the rev was giving the yu eulo eulogy, and he said this is strange to see a person of this importance during my time and his relevance in pop culture. i don't know how to process it. today we're seeing him passing at an age where he was not supposed to by all counts, and now who else is looking at his passing and going, what does that mean to me? in your conversations with those in the nba, in the football world, and those on the ground, the fans, have they been asking themselves that same question that kobe asked so many years ago? >> i think it's exactly the same question, and even before the rev had that conversation on your show a couple hours ago, i had said earlier this morning when i first heard the news, this reminded me a lot of what new york felt like when michael jackson died and walking around the city and this numb, heavy silence, this quiet that i witnessed. staple center t

so the bar was much higher in the past, and, by the way, in the past reverend sharpton would have surpassed in '08, jesse jackson in '84 and '88. we have had a large field in year. as a result we had sitting senators who weren't able to make the debate stage. i love deval patrick, my former boss, he's polling at about 1% right now in the national polls. so one thing is clear to me, though, whether it was corey and i love cory booker, i worked with him dating back to his days as mayor, he may be out of the race, but he is not out of the fight. when you look at the issues that are confronting communities of color and you look at who has been fighting for you, the democratic party's long track record of fighting for diversity and inclusion is something i'm very proud of. all you need to do is look at the photo of the house democratic caucus and house republican caucus and you know which party is going to continue to fight to make sure that diversity and inclusion is part of who we are. i wish kamala harris and others were still on the stage, but we made the rules, they were very transparent, t

. >>> thank you, rev al sharpton there for that. hello, everyone. i'm richard lui in new york city. we have two big pieces of breaking news this hour. the white house now revealing how it plans to defend the president when his formal impeachment trial begins in three days. that's the first part. the second part of our breaking news, the democrats releasing their plan tonight, as well. new this evening, president's lawyers filed an official response to the impeachment summons. sources close to the president's legal team say they'll claim the president did not commit any crime and that the article of impeachment are an attack or rather articles are an attack on the right of the american people to freely choose the president. also new this hour, the democrats releasing a new document detailing their case, the house managers say the president used his power to pressure ukraine to help him win re-election in 2020. they also say that threatened the u.s. national security and jeopardized the integrity of a fair elections in the united states. nbc news hans nichols in palm beach, florida, w

me now on set, the host of politics nation, president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. he has worked with him and known kobe bryant for many years. also stephanie ruhle, nbc news senior business correspondent with us on set. let's start with you on what we're hearing from the latest details, steve patterson, stephanie. and your reporting earlier. rushed in here. you were telling us of just earlier at least, the amazing business brain that kobe bryant was. we also have the statement from nike that just came in, and i'll read it really quickly. we extend our deepest sympathies to those closest to kobe, especially his family and friends. he was one of the greatest athletes of his generation and has had an unmeasurable impact on the world of sport and the community of basketball. he was a beloved member of the nicknamally. we will miss him greatly. mamba forever. >> and he was a nike athlete since back in 2004. and the amount of money kobe bryant made isn't what's important. obviously, a man's wealth doesn't define his worth. but the reason we're talking about his business

deutsch is with us, host of "politicsnation" and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. so neither president trump nor john bolton is set to testify at the senate impeachment trial, yet we're still hearing directly from both. first the president, who was recorded speaking to a group of donors at a private dinner 2018, among those at the table, these two guys. >> what conversations have you had with lev parnas and igor fruman? >> i don't know those gentleman. >> so, clearly, that was not true. and what was the president's directive when it came to american diplomat marie yovanovitch in his words, "take her out." then there's john bolton, who's new book confirms the centerpiece of the president's impeachment. it was trump who tied ukraine aid to investigators into investigations into democrats including the bidens. will the former national security advisers were called up to the capitol to say the same under oath? bolton also dishes on mike pompeo according to the book privately admitted that rudy giuliani's claims about ukraine were bogus. the secretary of state, however

man. >> and we knew that before, but i think last night really brought that into stark reality al sharptonu see someone who is implicating the president, giuliani and others in potentially very serious crimes. i mean, put aside impeachment for a second. and our department of justice not only isn't doing anything about it as far as i can tell but sat on this evidence until a judge released it. >> and, willie, the thing is, as jeremy said last hour, all of it. this operation, this drug deal, as john bolton called it, so much of it funded by a russian mobster! >> yes. >> where is the attorney general on that front? >> crazy. >> well, with the other republicans in the senate who don't believe there's anything to see here. mimi, glad you're here as a former prosecutor from the southern district. lev parnas under indictment in the southern district. people last night and this morning saying this guy, out trying to save his hide. you can't trust him. he's a shady guy. how do you take -- a lot of people saying at the very least take it with a grain of salt. some saying forget what he's saying. how

the host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharptonve you all onboard today. so mayor pete, we'll start with your take on the killing of soleimani and what can and should be the way forward dealing with the fact that iran has made it clear it will respond. >> there's no question they're going to respond. there are lots of questions about how, but we have some questions to ask of our own president. look, there is no question that soleimani had american blood on his hands, that he was a bad actor in the region, but if there is anything that we have learned in the last 20 years about the middle east, it's that taking out a bad guy is not necessarily a good idea, and what we've seen here is, no evidence that there's been proper consultation with congress, and more importantly and more dangerously, no evidence that they've really thought about the consequences. right now in my mind, with the troops moving to the middle east, and having known what it's like to be on the inside of one of those airplanes you need to be able to trust that every

reverend al sharpton. host of politics nation. ryan good man is a former special council of the defense department. and i guess the -- i want to start with your info. look at the record, two things i've thought about watching this, the reporters have a second responsibility normally don't have to report. but also to record. so much of what happens goes under the bridge around here, if you corner this case, somebody comes up and begins to testify as if we don't know that, or that isn't true. we almost have to have a responsibility to remind people what we have reported. >> especially when you have something as complex as the ukraine situation. we had to spend two years learning all the details we had there. we saw the president's legal team stand up today and say, ignore what you have heard, here is our interpretation of some other facts. and they outlined a six point case which falls apart completely if you know what's already happened. there's no explicit quid pro quo. he sent a text message saying, this had is the explicit quid