please welcome steve schmidt. great to see you. have a seat.to vuyok batch am. >> great to be back. >> you were working for howard schultz. how was that? how'd that go? >> he has as you know he thought about peagbeing a candidate for president. he took a look and decided don't want to be a candidate for president so i'm delighted to be back. >> that's what you've got to say about that? >> i do, yeah. >> what's it like just to watch the ark of the news and not be as sort of intimately involved in commenting? >> i think it gives you a bit different perspective in that you're not talking about it three, times, four times a day having tweeted in nine or ten months. so it's healthy in some level just to step back from all of it. part of i think living the democracy is freedom from from the leader, constantly in your face. this is not something you see in normal democracies. we ought to have freedom from our politicians. they shouldn't be the central figures in our lives. in the all consuming and deeply worrying matter that they are. >> it's a good p

with us at the table former republican strategist steve schmidt.arrett, take me through this day that is still unfolding on capitol hill. >> reporter: this was a somber day this morning. but it was one with a lot of attention paid to it, the galleries were packed, there were a lot of extra staff in the chamber. folks got here early for this vote series knowing that they'd be out the door quickly. and this is essentially the last major piece of business on capitol hill for this week. there is still one deposition that's finishing up downstairs. but by and large members would be going back to their districts. the vote itself didn't have a lot of drama around it. we knew going into it that democrats expected to carry this vote by a healthy margin. and indeed they did. and the post vote press conferences by both parties were very instructive about how we are going to hear this, defended and spun over the next week while members are back in their districts. democrats talked about the gravity of this moment saying nobody came here to get this done. and c

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have you missed steve schmidt?ck and will join me for his first interview on msnbc in a year. that's this friday, a special edition of "all in." be there. with that, that's "all in," the "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> you got steve schmidt come to back on the air? >> i'm excited. a lot to talk about. >> for one thing, i want to talk about what he's been doing for the year, also talk about a voice that would be really nice to weigh in on what's going on right now, that's amazing. >> yeah, i'm really excited about it. >> well done, my friend. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. there's a lot going on. let's jump right in. congressman adam schiff, chairman of the intelligence committee, is leading the impeachment proceedings against president trump in the house of representatives. tonight chairman schiff just sent this letter, a dear colleague letter to all members of the house. imagine oa among rother things he addresses in the letter the complaint that republicans have been making and the whi

and, joining the conversation, former republican strategist steve schmidt. today opinion columnist and former senior adviser for the house oversight and government reform committee, kurt joins us. hi, steve. >> it's fascinating that the president of the united states still considers himself to be in the hospitality business and saw an opportunity. >> yeah. >> he saw an opportunity to make money. but there's into way you can make an argument that he saw an opportunity to really take these guys and women to the best place in america because it's just not. it's not even -- it wouldn't be on the top ten list of places to go in south florida. probably not even that area code. it's been struggling over the past -- >> but now that he's canceling, he's still advertising it as president of the united states. >> i know. let's just talk about it. jonathan lemire, the fact is as you know from reporting, doral has been losing money for the past several years. they have had a bedbug infestation, they've been sued for bedbugs. as you said, 37% occupancy in june. so this is

have you missed steve schmidt? he's back and will join me for his first interview on msnbc in the better part of a year. that's this friday, a special edition of "all in." be there. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight the blowup at the white house. the photo shows the speaker standing up to the president right before she walked out, saying trump had a meltdown, indicating the already isolated president is not well. for his part the president insulted and diminished the kurds who fought and died alongside americans. the same kurds who are now on the run and being killed by the turks because of trump's actions. and along the way he also managed to insult general james mattis. meantime, in congress the impeachment inquiry is moving fast. another insider spoke up today. another rudy associate was arrested today as the heat is now on trump's friend and lawyer.

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>>> my thanks to steve schmidt. we're so glad you're back, my friend. phil, glad you're here. matt miller, glad you're here too. but most of all, thanks to you for watching. that does it for our hour. "mtp daily" with the fabulous d katy tur in for chuck starts now. >>> if it's monday, a weekend white house is on defense and in retreat with impeachment pressure points on full display. there's new cracks from within the gop with republicans finding it harder and harder to defend the president. >>> and two republican senators now signaling impeachment may not be out of the question. >>> plus, what's the military end game for u.s. troops leaving syria? but not returning home. as the president promised. welcome to monday. it's "meet the press daily" i'm katy tur in for chuck todd and we begin today with a white house forced to retreat both literally and figuratively facing bipartisan criticism on multiple fronts. this president who rarely, if ever, admits to making a wrong move, is in damage control mode. reversing course on his decision to hold next year's g7 summit as his own go

. >> you got steve schmidt come to back on the air? >> i'm excited. a lot to talk about. >> for one thing, i want to talk about what he's been doing for the year, also talk about a voice that would be really nice to weigh in on what's going on right now, that's amazing. >> yeah, i'm really excited about it. >> well done, my friend. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. there's a lot going on. let's jump right in. congressman adam schiff, chairman of the intelligence committee, is leading the impeachment proceedings against president trump in the house of representatives. tonight chairman schiff just sent this letter, a dear colleague letter to all members of the house. imagine oa among rother things he addresses in the letter the complaint that republicans have been making and the white house has been making in which they've been saying that republicans haven't been allowed to ask questions of the witnesses who have been deposed so far in the impeachment inquiry. adam schiff saying tonight that that is not true. he says, "in each session,

my thanks to steve schmidt, most of all, thanks to you for watching. "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now. >>> welcome to thursday. it is "meet the press daily." good evening. i'm chuck todd here in a big curly w washington. lchl exactly a year after the presidential election, today's been another hectic day in the nation's capital from capitol hill to the courts to the white house. house backed an impeachment inquiry into the president and historic symbolic action that moves us one step closer to public hearings. and behind closed doors, it was another bomb shell day as the national security council top russia expert tim morrison confirmed much of the substance of the damning testimony by the administration's top diplomat to ukraine, bill taylor, what he testified to is that military aid was contingent on investigations into the president's political rivals. this is according to a review of morrison's opening statement. now, morrison also testified that he was warned about rudy giuliani and eu ambassador gordon sondland's efforts to get ukrain

and obviously, the mix is there are two legendary coaches playing for their careers, joe schmidt and steve both set to move on after the world ruby cup. it's interesting to see who will get it tonight, george. >> christina, we'll stay in touch with you. >>> let's cross over now live to london, our teams on the ground there. richard quest following the story. whether the british prime minister will make it over the hump. and does he get the votes? what's it look like so far, richard? >> that's a very good question. earlier, i suggested he was getting the votes and it looks like possibly he would get them, george. as always, as in life, anything you need to know just -- and by the way, i've got a question that you want answered, you can tweet me @richardquest. my digital device is many. and you can tweet me @richardquest. i'll do my best to answer you. anna stewart, he's extraordinaire in terms of the vote numbers today. >> yes, i've had my calculator out and trying to see if boris johnson can get the magic number of 320 votes. >> ben, you may have heard him, he said he might have got it don