. >> reporter: that's right, witt. london has found it extraordinary that this happened at almost the same place as the 2017 attack that killed people. he was released a year ago and authorities knew of his link to islamic terror groups. >> james longman for us. thank you. >>> back here at home the major storm in the west moving coast to coast in time for the busiest travel day of the year. blizzard like conditions, from the gand canyon. heavy snow expected in the northeast by sunday. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: tonight a grand blizzard in the grand canyon. a major winter storm, now barreling east, set to create dangerous travel conditions for millions again. in flagstaff arizona, drivers got stuck in snow more than nine inches falling there. to the south in maricopa county, high water rescues on flooded roadways. this team leading the driver to safety. >> we've got trucks trying to turn around here. we've got a truck on the other side stuck. >> reporter: phoenix, residents cleaning up their storm damage

the family, the man, norbert witte, took some attractions and moved to peru and tried to open a themeo smuggle cocaine back in one of the rides. wow! the flying carpet was the name of this ride. from the moment i came in here first, to everything that happened after that, everything became more and more bizarre, the more you look into it. and this story isn't over. what we have got here, one of the rides was called the monte carlo drive, where people could sit inside and were pulled on string over tracks. we have many of these ones. this warehouse holds some of the surviving rides. it's unusual, when you see it in this context, it actually feels quite creepy. the city bought back the site in 2014 and has asked tim's company to restore it. we want to keep the park as it is, to a certain extent, and we want to put a new layer on top of it, something that involves arts and culture and the natural habitat that has developed here since the place was abandoned. a modern take on what the spreepark used to be? yes, kinda. so it is not going to be an amusement park anymore, you cannot go on al

up next, alex witt has latest. alex, i miss you. >> i miss you, too. >> i wish you were here. >> i do, too. did you have a nice thanksgiving? >> i had a wonderful thanksgiving. too much food, though, too much food. >> that's how it goes. see you, my friend. good day to all of you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, it's high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." >>> new leadership, new deadlines, as the judiciary committee takes the reins on impeachment. big decisions lie ahead for the president. >>> plus, a closer look at the lawyer who's standing by his boss. a former staffer explains the connections between rudy giuliani and president trump that go back decades. >>> homestretch. with two months left for democratic candidates to make their mark in iowa, julian castro's going to join me to talk strategy and the state of the race. >>> and new details a day after yet another attack on london bridge. what we're learning about the suspect's motive and his previous arrest o

we dump now to alex witt. >> you can stick around if you want to.ch up, it's all great. >> it's a good day. >> i think you're ready to go. >> thanks, alex. >>> good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, it is today, day 62 of the impeachment inquiry and new wrinkles in the past 24 hours that shed light previously missing aspects of the investigation. here is the very latest from what's happened right here on msnbc. >> the house is now heading towards the next phase of the impeachment inquiry as the public portion of the intelligence committee's investigation appears to have wrapped up. >> new reporting from several outlets including nbc news about devin nunes. lev parnas an associate of rudy giuliani who has been indicted is willing to tell lawmakers congressman nunes met with an ex-ukrainian official to get dirt on joe and hunter biden. >> they have only confirmed what we already knew, that trump did indeed want

time now for alex witt. >> we'll see you again tomorrow morning. a good morning to you.c world headquarters, it's 7:00 a.m. in the east. 4:00 a.m. out west. day 54 of the impeachment inquiry. some key and potentially historic developments over the last 24 hours. including both a major public hearing and a closed-door deposition on capitol hill. here's a snapshot of what's transpired here on msnbc as we bring you the latest. >> and just a matter of moments we'll be hearing from the former ambassador of ukraine. marie yovanovitch will be testifying today. >> this is the second in a series of public hearings that the committee will be holding. the president in real-time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, it's very intimidating. >> marie yovanovitch has been seated. she'll be questioned by the staff lawyer for the republicans. >> president trump is clearly rattled. by both the credible and compelling testimony in today's impeachment hearing and the criminal conviction of his long

so looking at the witt wet weather, the snow and in terms of the amounts blending it together for the next seven days from three quarters of an inch to an inch in the bay area. mountains looking at that winter storm watch tuesday morning through thursday night. keep that in mind if you have travel plans in the mountains. it is going to be treacherous there. the gusty winds behind the system. 64 in oakland, 71 san rafael. the accuweather seven-day forecast, notice the dry, mild day today. windy tomorrow and then dig out those umbrellas. >> we've been asking for the rain and we're getting it. we can be thankful. >> heavy coat too. >>> just ahead climate protesters interrupted the harvard/yale football game. how great gifts at this price? is this for real? not exactly that's bargain bliss setting in you're basking in the glow of great gifts at deep discount prices. and is that... mmhmm ♪grocery outlet jingle >>> witt johnson joins us from new york to tell us what's coming up at 7:00. >> coming up here on "gma," ruth bader ginsburg hospitalized, a supreme court justice suffering chills an

and ben wittes is back. also, an nbc legal analyst. glenn, you've been there for -- were you surprised by this verdict? >> not at all. >> slam dunk, huh? >> from the moment i saw the prosecutors give their opening statement and they promised the jury that they would prove the case largely by showing the jury e-mails and text messages from roger stone proving that he lied to congress. i knew it was going to be a very strong case on the evidence. sure enough, the jury really didn't deliberate for much more than a day before banging him out on all seven felony counts. >> what'd you make of the defendant? it didn't seem like they put up much of one? >> what defense? >> why? >> the defense was, you know what, what's little lie to congress? it's not that important. >> why did they make that their defense? >> because they didn't have anything else. i think you could've gotten the best legal team around, not saying these folks were not particularly strong. it wouldn't have mattered. when you say in your e-mails things that squarely contradict

joining me now, ben wittes, and ken dilanian, who covers intelligence and national security for nbc news me start with you. i want to put up a full screen here of the mueller report. volume i, page 51. just a reminder of all the heavy redactions involving stone. harm to ongoing matter, harm to ongoing matter, investigative technique, investigatie ivive technique. it's the harm to ongoing matter. trump campaign showed interest in wikileaks cases in the fall of 2016. harm to ongoing matter. this is the matter. >> i think this is exactly where the material that we are now seeing in the stone trial lies in the mueller report. it's surprising to me that it had to be redacted, because by the time this was released, stone had been indicted and he was entitled to this evidence. so really, the public missed out on a key part of the story, which we're now getting. >> you called this the lost chapter or the last chapter? >> the lost chapter. we've now found it. it's on page 51. and it's a story of roger stone in close touch with then candidate donald trump. now, the prosecutors don't know what was

some felt he was tooh abrupt w his foreign policy views, programs was courting a war witt iranll of a sudden he's in a way thi unlikely hero in this contt because of the fact he was starting to raise red flags. robert: regardless of whether mr. bolton telephones or not.ot i was talking to a member of the freedom caucus and they said albaghdaddy was rectly killed. and they still feel likein theya a comfortable pitioit with the economic record. but in bue senate, one republican privately said to l ite a horror movie because they don't know what's around the corner. how do you see the republicans as this moves public? >> house republicanselieve a dozen or so that democrats s, control that donald tru t won and those people cannot have impeachment hung arounddheir head and maybe their right or wrong. butev that'sev mccarths very strong bleacle in the senate you have a moreic situatiua in which no one is willing to defend this president because thedon't believe he's been completely truthful about what he's done and come ported himselfse adand behindhe scenes. also, familiar a bunch of o sea

i'm witte johnson, thanks for jo joining us.gin tonight with the history unfolding on capitol hill. day three of high-stakes impeachment hearings beginning with the combat veteran coming under attack by republicans and the white house he serves. part of a parade of witnesses in a sprawling day of testimony. david wright with what we're learning. >> until now, republicans and the president have been dismissing the testimony so far as hearsay. >> we start with two witnesses who were on that july 25th phone call. >> the entire impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: today on capitol hill. >> welcome back to act two of today's circus, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: week two of public impeachment hearings. >> the impeachment inquiry into donald j. trump, the president of the united states. >> reporter: the committee heard from a total of four witnesses, two called by the democrats, two by republicans. up first, two white house advisers who were listening in on the july 25th phone call between president trump and president zelinsky of u

conversation with me in february of 21000 and do remember what he related to you yes he said that mr witt sankoh was working with mayor giuliani. through these 2 individuals mr parnassus and mr freeman that they. would basically want to remove me from post and that they were they were working on that and did you have any awareness at that point time of precisely why they were seeking your ouster. you know i didn't i didn't understand that at all because i had never met mr pronounce and mr freeman and so it was unclear to me why why what they were interested in and in doing this were you specially in fact especially influential implementing policies that stymied their interests in ukraine were advocating for the. some sort of environmental policies that would that would be adverse to that i think that. just just the general idea that obviously u.s. ambassadors u.s. embassies one of our most important functions is to facilitate u.s. business abroad right whether it's trade whether it's commerce. that's one of the things that we do and but you know everything has to be about ford we believe

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." coast-to-coast battle. a new report out hours ago about the lengths the president is going to keep his tax returns private. >> yesterday's vote by the radical democrats is an attack on democracy itself. >> we haven't even made a decision to impeach. >> impeachment clash. what new polls say about who's winning the messaging. >>> testimony takeaways. who's made the biggest impression and how soon it will all go public. hear from someone who's heard the witnesses firsthand. fireside chat. how the president is taking a page from fdr's playbook in an effort to argue his case about the ukraine phone call. >>> but we start with a tale of two parties on this day four of the impeachment inquiry and the house entering a new phase after a week of damaging testimony against the president. republicans are weighing a new defense strategy. the "washington post" today reporting a growing number of gop senators are considering acknowledging trump's quid pro quo on ukraine and, quote, insisting that the president's action wa

i'm alex witt. we have breaking news.ey, rudy giuliani, within the past hour on whether he's worried about being indicted. >> are you afraid, mr. mayor, that you could be indicted? >> oh, wow. how long have you known me, ed? >> i've known you several years. >> do you think i'm afraid? >> i don't know. >> do you think i get afraid? >> well -- >> i did the right thing. i represented my client in a very, very effective way. i was so effective that i discovered a pattern of corruption that the washington press has been covering up for three or four years. >> we are now going to go over all the latest developments on the impeachment inquiry and on the battle for the white house with our team of reporters and analysts, and we start with nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, happy saturday to you. i know that giuliani was there once again, signaling something in that interview. there's probably a little more room for interpretation, but what more did he say? >> reporter: well, good to be with you, alex. rudy giul

>> alex witt, pick it up from here, my sister! >> can i just say, happy dance, joy's back! we're so happy to see you. we missed you, and you look fabulous. >> thank you. >> all right, my friend, i'll take it from here. >> have a great show. >> good day, everyone, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with breaking news. we are awaiting the president to leave the white house for the lsu/alabama football game. hunter biden is among the list of witnesses republicans would like to testify in the phase of the impeachment inquiry and we have a look at the letter sent to adam schiff from devin nunes. aside from former vice president joe biden's son, other highlights on the gop's wish list include hunter biden's former business partner devon archer, the unknown whistle-blower, and all of the individuals relied upon by that whistle-blower in drafting his or her complaint. so, it's unclear how many of these requests witnesses, if any, will be approved by house democrats. let's go to nbc's hans nichols, joining us from the white hous

this is weekends with alex witt. we have breaking news to share. it is official, that michael bloomberg is jumping into the crowded 2020 field. the former new york mayor is announcing his bid for president today. this is a look at the bloomberg 2020 campaign website and earlier today he put out the first message to the american voters in the presidential announcement video, and here is a piece of that. >> and now, he is seeing a different kind of menace coming from washington, and so there is no stopping here. there is an america waiting to be rebuilt where everyone without health insurance is guaranteed to get it, and everybody who likes theirs can go ahead to keep it. where the wealthy are going to pay more in taxes and the struggling middle-class are going to get their fair share in jobs that just allow you to get by will be jobs that allow you to get ahead. mike bloomberg for president. the jobs creator and leader, and problem solver. it is going to take all three to build back a country. >> joining me now with the exclusive report on this brea

welcome to "weekends with alex witt."ng you a live look at the capitol where a rare, saturday closed-door deposition is under way right now. office of budget and management official mark sandy breaking ranks to testify against investigators, all part of the impeachment inquiry into president trump, which has now reached day 54, and the 24 hours leading up to right now have been filled with rapid and critical dwemtevelopments. here's a snapshot of the latest. >> president trump is clearly rattled by both the credible and compelling testimony in today's impeachment hearing and the critical conviction of longtime associate roger stone, who was found guilty on all seven counts today of lying to congress and witness tampering in the mueller investigation. >> and we have breaking news tonight from the embassy staffer in ukraine who overheard the president's phone call with ambassador gordon sondland, and that's david holmes, who testified behind closed doors late today. >> that closed-door deposition of david holmes that starte

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welcome to "weekends with alex wi witt." a busy day on the sunday morning talk shows. >> you can only use it under extraordinary circumstances. >> this would have been far better off if we had taken care of this hyped the scenes. two branches of government. >> what we know is the president of the united states was using the massive powers entrusted to him to try to use taxpayer dollars as leverage to get a foreign country to interfere in an election. >> the longer these hearings go on, i think the less the american people are going to support impeachment because i think the evidence just doesn't support it. >> there is now ample evidence out there that there was a corrupt deal being cooked up. >> quid pro quo is latin for bribery. and the fact is that we're talking about abuse of power. >> you do find it concerning that a witness in real time found the president's tweet to be, quote, intimidating, it is something that concerns you? >> it's certainly not impeachable and not criminal. >> ambassador yovanovitch is still working

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." coast-to-coast battle. his tax returns private. >> yesterday's vote by the radical democrats is an attack on democracy itself. >> we haven't even made a decision to impeach. >> impeachment clash. what new polls say about who's winning the messaging. >>> testimony takeaways. who's made the biggest impression and how soon it will all go public. hear from someone who's heard the witnesses firsthand. fireside chat. how the president is taking a page from fdr's playbook in an effort to argue his case about

witt johnson joins from us new york to tell us what's coming up on "good morning america." >> comingon gmaex, thanksgiving travel threatened what you need to know about the storm making holiday trrps hazardous. plus school shooting plot. a 13-year-old in los angeles arrested after suspicions he was planning a mass attack. how tottenham hotspurs thwarted the alleged plan. >>> and tyrell perry stepping in to help americans stranded in mexico. how the movie mogul came to the rescue. ahead on gma". >> coming nothing come to signal the big game between uc berkeley and stafford stanford like the annual bonfire at cal. for the time since 1892 wood pat pallet were not part of the tradition. say hello for the environmentally friendlier fire machine. at the greek theater. nine but tan columns shot into the air to fire up the fans. a cool look. >>> still to come on abc 7 mornings, the impeachment question now, president trump and his former national security adviser john bolton, what is bolton planning now? and what about the cryptic messages. >> one east bay business giving a new look in popul

up next, alex witt has latest.u have a nice thanksgiving? >> i had a wonderful thanksgiving. too much food, though, too much food. >> that's how it goes. see you, my friend. good day to all of you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, it's high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." >>> new leadership, new deadlines, as the judiciary committee takes the reins on impeachment. big decisions lie ahead for the president. >>> plus, a closer look at the lawyer who's standing by his boss. a former staffer explains the connections between rudy giuliani and president trump that go back decades. >>>

welcome the "weekends with alex witt" and the impeachment inquiry preview, and what is going to happen this week. putting the acts of the president on full display. and the sunday talk shows and both parties are drawing the stark battle lines accusing and defending the white house. >> this is a very simple straight forward act. the president broke the law. >> so i think that whatever happens now, there will be taint to this one-sided impartisan approach to impeachment. >> shock reaction that some believe that president trump is not going to be on the ballot in 2020 and the reasons why. and crashing the party, michael bloomberg may bring the wallet to the 2020 contest, and it is rubbing some contenders the wrong way. >>> this hour, dramatic and stark divisions over the impending new hearings on the impeachment inquiry and day 48 of the investigation into this president. in just about 72 hours, the probe enters a new phase, and the first public testimony and a spectacle expected to be watched closely by millions as well as the white house. this morning an early glimpse from both sides. >

my colleague alex witt spoke about the legitimacy of the gop list. >> i would think calling hunter biden or even calling the whistle-blower, i mean, i'm surprised they didn't put in a request for president obama's birth certificate. the idea that they would try to out this whistle-blower in order to keep others from coming forward -- let's be clear, it's not because they think that somehow they are going the find something out from the whistle-blower, it's intended to send a chill into the administration, into those offices so that anybody else who might think about pointing out one of the many wrongdoings of this administration is perpetrating will think twice before coming forward. >> joining me now again this morning msnbc legal contributor and trial lawyer katie fang and former federal prosecutor and legal analyst. katie you saw this list of the people republicans want to testify. how much of this given the list includes hunter biden playing into an audience of one, the man in the oval office. >> it's an intellectually dishonest witness list. i want has zero relevance to the impeachm

witt johnson joins from us flork to tell us what's coming up on good morning america. >> coming up heretips his hand. a lawyer for the former national security adviser saying john bolton may have relevant information in the ukraine investigation. congress's next moves, the latest testimonies and what it all means for the impeachment inquiry. plus, bitter blast, cold moving across the country this weekend. cities from texas to new england feeling the chill. and believe it or not it's going to get colder. >>> and finally, pat sajak recovering from emergency sprg. the wheel of fortune host cancelling taping. how he is doing, who is filling in and the road to recover. that's ahead on gma. >>> an iconis about busy in the hating ash bury neighborhood about to play the swan swong. the raies puotinen music store closing for good tomorrow. it's been open seven years opinion a boasted a big collection of cds and dvdss. they will six lows in the bay area. still to come on abc mornings, a congressry delivery service under fire this morning from the own workers. why they say the company is retaliati

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i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters, 7:00 in the east, 4:00 a.m. out west.ts over these last 24 hours including brand-new testimony. here is a snapshot of what's transpired right here on msnbc. >> he heard of a phone call between ambassador gordon sondland and president trump in which the president asked about the investigations. last night david holmes told the house intelligence committee in his opening statement obtained by nbc news that he heard that exchange. >> breaking news here, this is capitol hill just moments ago,

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. >> ben wittes and ken dilanian, the stone trial at a minimum will be entertaining and at maximum will be quite influential on all of this. we'll be back with more "meet the press daily." "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> we have a big show and exclusive guest tonight. rudy giuliani's name appearing hundreds of times in impeachment testimony as he hires three new lawyers. al mueller witness makes her first-ever appearance on "the beat" tonight. this comes as witnesses take the stand in the trial of donald trump's longest-serving adviser, roger stone, what chuck was just discussing with his panelists. we have sclooucan exclusive on tonight. and later, new reports about trump's plans for leaving the white house. they involve television. so we'll get to that. but we begin with new cracks in trump's defense to impeachment, as an aide to vice president pence knocks the infamous ukraine call, and john bolton is ready to defy trump and talk to the impeachment probe that is trying to end trump's presidency. the new testimony coming in tonight from a top state department official,

i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters, 7:00 in the east, 4:00 a.m. out west. day 55 of the impeachment inquiry and some key developments over these last 24 hours including brand-new testimony. here is a snapshot of what's transpired right here on msnbc. >> he heard of a phone call between ambassador gordon sondland and president trump in which the president asked about the investigations. last night david holmes told the house intelligence committee in his opening statement obtained by nbc news that he heard that exchange. >> breaking news here, this is capitol hill just moments ago, that's mark and gee, he works at the office of management and budget at the white house making his way to a secure facility within the capitol for his testimony he's going to deliver behind closed doors today. >> he can inform the committee of inquiry about the details of the decision, who made it and why to suspend military aid to ukraine. >> a closed door deposition with omb official mark sandy just finishing. new transcripts just coming out at the top of the hour about 20 minut

michael steel, maria teresa kumar, and fiona hill former colleague, maybe a future one, ben wittes wholso an nbc analyst. heidi, i want to put up, guys, i want to put up full screen number two. because full screen number two is the email gordon sond land sent that these are basically all the people in the loop in the investigation from donald trump, mike pence, giuliani, pompeo, bolton, rick perry, mccormick, blair. these are all people who haven't testified. in a normer investigation, you would be like, oh, my god, they have to figure out how to get these people. should they be done? >> well, this is the circle we're in because republicans say everything is heresy, and the reason why they are making that case is because all of the people, and there were so many of them who were in on it, will not testify, will not provide documents, but the thing is, it's a farce that they don't have any first-hand witnesses. they have first-hand witnesses. they have david holmes, who heard the transaction actually being completed through the phone. he heard d got the investigation. you have fiona hil

government officials being at their witt's end, being sort of flabbergasted, perplexed, some of themeeling ire building inside that u.s. policy was clearly moving in a pro putin direction and really threatening the security of an ally like ukraine? have you seen any fact pattern like this ever? >> in a pro putin way or a pro russian way, no. there are times in previous administrations where are career government employees didn't particularly cotton to the administration's policy. we saw that during the iraq war. we saw that at times under clinton, for instance. some people lit over welfare reform. there were times when the professional staff is sort of at odds with the political leaders. but they defer to the political leaders because the political leaders are elected. but i haven't seen starting in 1997 when i started covering the white house that the president of the united states was distorting foreign policy to suit his own personal political interests. that is what's different here. what you say is some of the president's defenders say we do quid pro quo for american aid all the

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benjamin wittes is a senior fellow at brookings and is a co-author of a forthcoming book ing thed -- unmak presidency, donald trump's war on the most powerful office. bill has paid a lot of attention to the public opinion aspects of impeachment and there were three recent national surveys that came out host: i want to start with bill. he has paid a lot of attention to the public opinion aspects of impeachment. there were three recent national surveys that came out, nbc, abc and fox news. they all showed 49% of the american public want trump impeached and removed from office. then bill wrote a post a few days ago talking about how support for removal drops in some of the swing states. bill, where are we now and what should people be watching for? e? >> funny you should ask. [laughter] let me take two or three minutes to summarize the state of public opinion on these questions. there is to begin a majority support for the congressional inquiry into the president's conduct and it is averaging in the low to mid 50s if you look at most of the surveys. as you said when it comes to actually

he said i will get to you once i -- ben wittes restored their i will get to you. you are right. it's really deeper than just electricity. we have one last question and then i will have three quick questions and we will wrap up. yes. [inaudible] >> lee meredith from energy and intelligence. i was hoping you could talk about, we heard the u.s. prevail upon iraq to become more energy independent. what you've seen in terms of progress and what else washington is looking for on that issue. >> i wish i could point to more progress. there have been a few deals signed with european and american companies, but we need to see more progress as quickly as possible. it's just unconscionable that iraq flares so much gas into the atmosphere that could be captured and turned into electricity for its people and then turned around and purchase of electricity and natural gas from iran. that's exact like carrying coal to the newcastle. the are plenty of american companies with the technology available to help them do that, and we think that's the best route when you looking to reduce corruption is

and then witt is is a senior fellow at brookings, and editor-in-chief. he's also the co-author with susan hennessy of a a forthcomg book entitled unmaking the presidency, donald trump's war on the most powerful office. i want to start with bill. bill has paid a lot of attention to the public opinion aspects of impeachment. they were three recent national surveys that came out, , nbc, ac and fox news, and basically all showed 49% of the american public what trumpf impeached and removed from office. then bill wrote a post a few days agohe talking about how support for removal drops in some of the swing states. bill, where are we now and what should people be watching for? >> well, funny you should ask, darrell. [laughing] let me just take two or three minuteses to summarize the state of public opinion on these questions. there is, to begin, majorities for the congressional inquiry into the president's conduct. it's averaging in the low to mid 50s, if you look at most of the surveys. as you said, when it comes to actuallyve impeaching and removg the preside

i'm alex witt and i hand it off to my esteemed colleague kendis gibson. >> thank you. and i'm kendis gibson at world headquarters in new york. a day of the impeachment inquiry, ready to accept the quid pro quo on ukraine. after weeks of damaging testimony the president is laying out his own strategy. >> make no mistake. they are coming after the republican party and me, because i'm fighting for you. they don't like it. >> all right. who would be next in the witness chair? outgoing energy secretary rick perry and former national security adviser john bolton say they will not appear, at least not willingly. we look at what that can mean for democrats and momentum in their investigation. >>> and beto o'rourke drops out of the 2020 presidential race just before a scheduled appearance in des moines, iowa. the rest of the 2020 hopefuls fanning out across the hawkeye state at this moment. when it comes to policy versus popularity, which of the democrats is emerging as a true front-runner? we break it all down shortly. >>> first, right here president trump using r-rated langua

eastern and up next, alex witt has the latest. >> thank you.arters in new york, we are just about noon here in the east and 9:00 a.m. in the west. impeachment talk is heating up on the talk shows and public hearings and tran scripts and who is next to talk. >> there is rising support within republican voters in favor of moving forward. >> also, it is one year to go from election day. yes, you heard that right, one year. and new problems for the top candidates and plus congresswoman tulsi gabbard on her 2020 vision. we start with breaking news as this is day 41 of the impeachment inquiry, and we are learning lots of new information about the house's process and we have an idea of when closed door depositions will end, when public hearings will likely begin and when transcripts of those depositions will be released. >> this week, we are releasing the transcripts of all of the depositions, and everything else is going to be public. the public hearings will be very, very soon. this week, we are having a last of the witnesses come in, and then it'll

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i'm alex witt. see you tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. eastern. handing it off to kendis gibson. >> glad to know you'll be there at 7:00 a.m. >> and not you. i understand. >>> hello everyone. i'm kendis gibson at world head he headquarters in new york. and officials call the early release from prison a mistake as we learn the terrorist was already arrested for terrorism. >>> president trump has six days to lay out his strategy for the next phase. impeachment inquiry. >>> with the holiday season in full swing, counter fit cash. fake money used in movies making the way out into the real world and potentially into your hands. we'll dig into that. >>> we begin overseas in london. on alert now security stepped up at this minute in the aftermath of yesterday's deadly knife attack ahead of dozens of foreign leaders gathering there including president trump. some troubling new details meantime emerging about the man who conducted yesterday's knife attack on the london bridge. police identifying him today at usman khan who previously served nearly eight ye

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one who knows better than most, katarina witt, two time olympic gold medallist, and the biggest starause i knew my country paid for my sport so i felt obligated to give back the right performance and to give back my gold medal, you know, to come back home. >> reporter: at the 1988 olympics in calgary, she was skating for her very future, only if she won a second gold medal would the east german government continue to allow her out of the country to skate, and she did just that. but when the wall fell a year later, being that beautiful face of socialism became something of a liability. >> you'd become famous, celebrated, not just in your own country but around world as an east german, now it's gone was that hard? >> when the wall came down, that moment, it was kind of weird for me too it was always right that we become one germany there's no doubt about that. >> reporter: everything went so fast. >> everything went so fast instead of really sitting back and really sorting out what are the good things, what maybe is worth to keep, and this is some of the resentment these days, where a

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." it is day 61 of the impeachment inquiry.ges of state department documents released overnight by a watchdog group appearing to show a clear paper trail from trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, to secretary of state mike pompeo. those emails back up ukrainian ambassador marie yovanovitch's testimony last week that giuliani waged a smear campaign against her. joining me right now, kimberly atkins, washington

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up next, alex witt has the latest. alex, hello! >> hello, my friend.im on the show at noon tomorrow, and i listened. i was really spellbound by his emotion, his evocative nature with that, and he was 100,000% spot on with that. it was really good. >> he was so passionate. >> uh huh. >> absolutely. and the thing is, you cannot not have incredible respect for ambassador yovanovitch. >> absolutely. >> she was so gutsy and smart, and i think for him to give her that praise i thought was so, so appropriate. >> right there, as usual, thinking alike, my friend. >> always. >> hey, don't go anywhere because i have about a million questions for you in about three

>>> i'm alex witt with time to wish you a happy thanksgiving as i do to ken disgibson. >> happy thanksgiving as well. see you next week. i'm kendis gibson at msnbc world headquarters in new york. he is officially in. the billionaire michael bloomberg is running for president. he says he will finance his very own campaign. >>> could that move exclude him from making the debate stage? republican congressman devin nunes refusing to answer questions on reports that he had met with an ex-ukraine official to try to get dirt on the bidens. nunes vowing to take the media to court as democrats consider launching an investigation into him. backing down, a rare reversal from president trump on the fate of disgraced navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher. what military officials are telling nbc news about the effort to kick gallagher out of the unique unit. >>> r. kelly's girlfriend is speaking out about their years long relationship calling herself a victim. the details she is revealing while the singer remains behind bars awaiting trial. >>> first, the former new york city mayor michael bloomberg has entered t

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