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u.s. military aid in a phone call with president trump, president trump responded by saying, "i would like you to do us a favor, though." that's when he asked that foreign leader for help with a number of items on his personal wish list, including some sort of law enforcement or legal proceeding against his potential 2020 democratic opponent, joe biden. now tonight we've got news that the secretary of state was listening in on that call while that ask from the president happened. and that is remarkable. i mean, pompeo's own department, the state department, had signed off on that military aid going to ukraine. he knows that, right? and then he hears with his own ears the president essentially making that aid contingent on him getting this favor about what ukraine can do to dirty up joe biden for the next electn. the secretary of state knows that and says nothing about it? again, of course, unless he's the whistle-blower. i mean, he is ex-cia. i don't think he's the whistle-blower. but now
u.s. military aid in a phone call with president trump, president trump responded by saying, "i would like you to do us a favor, though." that's when he asked that foreign leader for help with a number of items on his personal wish list, including some sort of law enforcement or legal proceeding against his potential 2020 democratic opponent, joe biden. now tonight we've got news that the secretary of state was listening in on that call while that ask from the president happened. and...
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a former u.s. ally has reportedly teamed up with american enemies, and isis detainees have started escaping. defense secretary mark esper described the situation and the trump administration's strategy yesterday. >> it's a very terrible situation over there, a situation caused by the turks, by president erdogan. in the last 24 hours we learned that they likely intend to expand their tack further south than originally planned and to the west. so we know that's happening. we also have learned in the last 24 hours that the syrian forces -- i'm sorry, the kiurdih forces are looking to cut a deal with syrians and russians to counter attack in the north. we find ourselves as we have american forces likely caught between two opposing advancing armies, and it's a very untenable situation. i spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern syria. >> two u.s. military officials tell
a former u.s. ally has reportedly teamed up with american enemies, and isis detainees have started escaping. defense secretary mark esper described the situation and the trump administration's strategy yesterday. >> it's a very terrible situation over there, a situation caused by the turks, by president erdogan. in the last 24 hours we learned that they likely intend to expand their tack further south than originally planned and to the west. so we know that's happening. we also have...
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those u.s. troops are trapped for now since turkey has cut off the roads, removing them may require an airlift. and in case that's not unnerving enough, here is something i completely forgot to panic about. quote, over the weekend, u.s. state and energy department officials were quietly reviewing plans for evacuating roughly 50 tactical nuclear weapons that the u.s. has long stored under american control at incirlik air base in turkey. oh, right. now that our supposed nato ally turkey is shooting artillery rounds at american forces, maybe we need to rethink the safety of us keeping 50 of our tactical nuclear weapons sitting inside an air base in their country. right? if we're going have to send in an airlift to rescue u.s. troops out of a situation that the president precipitously created while u.s. troops were in danger, then maybe we should worry about the u.s. troops that are guarding our live nuclear weapons inside turkey. don't worry, though. rick perry and mike pompeo are tasked with figur
those u.s. troops are trapped for now since turkey has cut off the roads, removing them may require an airlift. and in case that's not unnerving enough, here is something i completely forgot to panic about. quote, over the weekend, u.s. state and energy department officials were quietly reviewing plans for evacuating roughly 50 tactical nuclear weapons that the u.s. has long stored under american control at incirlik air base in turkey. oh, right. now that our supposed nato ally turkey is...
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it's an alarming time in u.s. your h it's an alarming time in u.s. . you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey, no. when you want it. you get a delivery experience you can always count on. you get your perfect find at a price to match, on your own schedule. you get fast and free shipping on the things that make your home feel like you. that's what you get when you've got wayfair. so shop now! . >>> i know thousand convert dog years to human years, but how do we calculate impeachment time? it has been only 23 days since speaker of the house nancy pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry against president trump. that is a span in which the news has come down like snow in the blizzards your grandparents still talk about from when your parents were little kids. as it happened, my guess that the night that the impeachment inquiry was first announced, my guess on september 24th was a first-time guest a dark horse presidential candidate who had been making a steady showing in the
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one senior u.s. defense official telling cnn today quote we are just watching the second largest army in nato, the turks, we're just watching the second largest army in nato attack one of our best counterterrorism partners. among the imminent threats at hand now because of what trump has done is the potentially re lease of thousands of foreign fighters from isis who are allies, the kurds had been holding prisoner in the region turkey is invading. the kurds are warning they are not going to be able to keep guarding prisoners now, not at least in the long run, not if they have to instead prepare to go fight against the second largest army and nato after us which president trump green lit and while president trump has pulled our troops out of the way to let our allies be attacked. now why president trump did this remains something of a mystery. we'll get expert help on that coming up later in the show but i think it is worth noting that while turkey and russia do not have exactly allied interest in the
one senior u.s. defense official telling cnn today quote we are just watching the second largest army in nato, the turks, we're just watching the second largest army in nato attack one of our best counterterrorism partners. among the imminent threats at hand now because of what trump has done is the potentially re lease of thousands of foreign fighters from isis who are allies, the kurds had been holding prisoner in the region turkey is invading. the kurds are warning they are not going to be...
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the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was attacked and slimed by the president, by the president's son, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who mike pompeo recalled early from office without explanation in the middle of this pressure campaign to try to get the ukraine government involved in helping trump for 2020, that u.s. ambassador to ukraine is going to be deposed the day before the envoy has his deposition. she'll be deposed on wednesday of this week. we have breaking news by the hour still. this sandal is still unfolding. there was a bunch of important developments over the weekend but to try to keep it in perspective and not get too overwhelmed, also to help stack up when something new happens, how important is this and how much does this change the story, in order to keep perspective on it, it's good to start with the basics. go back for a second to where this started. 2014, halfway through barack obama's second term in office as president. russia invades the neighborhoods country of ukraine.
the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was attacked and slimed by the president, by the president's son, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who mike pompeo recalled early from office without explanation in the middle of this pressure campaign to try to get the ukraine government involved in helping trump for 2020, that u.s. ambassador to ukraine is going to be deposed the day before the envoy has his deposition. she'll be deposed on wednesday of this week. we have breaking news by the hour still. this...
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president trump wants the u.s. government's position on this to be that russia definitely didn't do any of that. that's from gordon sondland's opening statement. we don't know what happened in his deposition today after he made those opening remarks, but in his printed opening statement, he says the president did it. this scheme that the president and rudy giuliani were enacting using the three amigos, gordon sondland, rick perry, and volker, who has already resigned, the scheme was to hold up a white house meeting for this foreign leader unless he coughed up stuff that trump could use for his re-election effort against joe biden. and in addition to that, interestingly, he needed help unblaming russia for the 2016 election attack. why would they want to unblame russia for the 2016 election attack? i mean, russia's having kind of an amazing run of it right now when it comes to stuff they're getting from the trump administration. i mean, this weird plot that's emerging over the impeachment proceedings, we've got trum
president trump wants the u.s. government's position on this to be that russia definitely didn't do any of that. that's from gordon sondland's opening statement. we don't know what happened in his deposition today after he made those opening remarks, but in his printed opening statement, he says the president did it. this scheme that the president and rudy giuliani were enacting using the three amigos, gordon sondland, rick perry, and volker, who has already resigned, the scheme was to hold up...
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if u.s. regulations on oil majors that either operate here or are headquartered here force them to be corporate citizens, they would be bribing fewer despots, propping up fewer terrible governments around the world, and working in environments that were answering more to their citizens and less to the industry. those kinds of changes are within our grasp. they're within our grasp if they change here in the united states. it will have a global impact. >> but it is not like we're naming oil company ceos to secretary of state or anything, something i heard you say in an interview recently in effect that you still have not gotten over that happened. >> no. rex tillerson is an amazing character. but he did a half trillion dollar oil deal with russia that was put on ice because of u.s. foreign policy. putin gave him a medal. putin elected the next u.s. president, arguably. even though donald trump and rex tillerson had never met and didn't get along, all of a sudden rex tillerson ended up being the
if u.s. regulations on oil majors that either operate here or are headquartered here force them to be corporate citizens, they would be bribing fewer despots, propping up fewer terrible governments around the world, and working in environments that were answering more to their citizens and less to the industry. those kinds of changes are within our grasp. they're within our grasp if they change here in the united states. it will have a global impact. >> but it is not like we're naming oil...
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the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. he was my boss for six months. he was running that office. don't forget, he was in every aspect of this ukrainian scandal. this is not something that just happened in july. this goes back to april, with the first conversation, and prior to april. >> yeah. >> and the one person who is right in the middle of this entire program is rudy giuliani. you've got to ask yourself, is he being investigated for violation of the hobbs act for extortion, is he being investigated for bribery, is he being investigated for campaign violation. >> or foreign registration. >> foreign registration is the least of his problems. >> washington post says of gordon sondland key ambassador, that he will intend to testify that trump told him in the oval office that ukraine requests had to go through giuliani and that rudy wanted a written statement promising biden probe. giuliani apparently is going to say sondland -- or says sondland was the one in charge. giuliani
the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. he was my boss for six months. he was running that office. don't forget, he was in every aspect of this ukrainian scandal. this is not something that just happened in july. this goes back to april, with the first conversation, and prior to april. >> yeah. >> and the one person who is right in the middle of this entire program is rudy giuliani. you've got to ask yourself, is he being investigated for violation of the hobbs act...
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which they earned fighting alongside u.s. forces. a u.s. official told me, it's a failure of u.s. values, helps american adversaries and gives isis a new lease on life. richard engel, nbc news, northern syria. >> our thanks to nbc's richard engel for that report. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that turkish backed arab fighters killed at least two kurdish prisoners over the weekend. more news that the following video may be disturbing for viewers. >> would he have blurred the most graphic portion, a video that captured one of the killings appears to to show two turkish backed fighters fighting bullets into a man with his hands behind his back. multiple u.s. officials telling nbc news, the video appears genuine. but we have not been able to independently verify it. the second prisoner who was killed appears in the video alive, and wearing a military uniform, but he is missing from the group's leader's social media post about the captive. according to the times, the cap tives were killed early saturday after a militant group from syria to turkey took control of the main road t
which they earned fighting alongside u.s. forces. a u.s. official told me, it's a failure of u.s. values, helps american adversaries and gives isis a new lease on life. richard engel, nbc news, northern syria. >> our thanks to nbc's richard engel for that report. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that turkish backed arab fighters killed at least two kurdish prisoners over the weekend. more news that the following video may be disturbing for viewers. >> would...
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according to the u.s. attorney who unsealed their indictment, these guys were about to leave the country with one-way tickets. they were reportedly going to take them to frankfurt, germany. whether they were planning on just stopping in germany or continuing on from a further flight from there, it's not totally clear. but for his part, mr. giuliani says that vienna is where his clients were going when they were arrested by the fbi last night. they might have had initial tickets to frankfurt but their ultimate destination was vienna austria. he also told elaina plott that he too was on his way to vienna, austria. this was drawn up yesterday aund sealed this morning so we could all see it. there is some reporting today that suggests that the timing of the grand jury indictment, the timing of the arrest was driven by the fact that these guys were going to the airport to the international terminal and planning to leave on a foreign trip for which nobody knew if they would ever return. i mean that's interesting
according to the u.s. attorney who unsealed their indictment, these guys were about to leave the country with one-way tickets. they were reportedly going to take them to frankfurt, germany. whether they were planning on just stopping in germany or continuing on from a further flight from there, it's not totally clear. but for his part, mr. giuliani says that vienna is where his clients were going when they were arrested by the fbi last night. they might have had initial tickets to frankfurt but...
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the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. which was rudy giuliani's old job. that's the job that brought rudy giuliani to fame in new york city. that's the job rudy giuliani used as his platform to run for mayor of new york city. there is no appointment that donald trump regrets more tonight than making jeffrey burman the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. that pains him more than "mad dog" mattis or rex tillerson, reince priebus, or any of the fired members of the trump administration. >> good afternoon, i'm jeff burr h burrman. today we unsealed a indictment charging lev parnas, igor fruman and two co-defendants for all e alleged participation in schemes to violate the federal campaign finance laws by repeatedly using straw donors and foreign money. pa parnas and fruman were arrested around 6:00 p.m. last night at dulles airport as they were about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. >> the movie writes itself. they're ready to leave washing
the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. which was rudy giuliani's old job. that's the job that brought rudy giuliani to fame in new york city. that's the job rudy giuliani used as his platform to run for mayor of new york city. there is no appointment that donald trump regrets more tonight than making jeffrey burman the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. that pains him more than "mad dog" mattis or rex tillerson, reince priebus, or any of the fired...
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as you said, u.s. officials have confirmed that there was a raid, that drones, jets and helicopters were involved. other witnesses also describe a translator of sorts using a bull horn speaking in arabic telling local villagers to stay back, to stay away as this operation was taking place. >> okay. >> reporter: now, who is abu bakr al baghdadi. >> yes. >> reporter: and how big of a deal is this? it's a very big deal. he was the leader of isis, the leader of the caliphate and this is not just a symbolic moment. he was the world's most wanted terrorist right now who had been on the run for the last -- well, he has been on the run for a long time but he has been on the run since he lost his state since march. >> richard, since you are there with all of these details, it's my understanding that he may have died as a result of wearing a suicide vest and that he detonated that. can you confirm that? >> reporter: i cannot. the neighbor once the helicopter fired and the helicopters were circling above, he turn
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if in fact the u.s. decided to take those nukes out, you should look at that was a full withdrawal of u.s. military from turkey. >>> delaware democratic senator chris coons is on the foreign relations committee and joins me now. senator coons, i don't even know where to begin as to where the united states stands in the broader foreign policy situation with allies now throughout the region and they were french, british, jordanian forces on the ground in syria as well. without any notice, the president makes this decision as i'm capitaliharacterizing it as into erdogan without a broader foreign policy discussion. now the israelis, the saudis and other close allies feeling abandoned by the u.s., as well as what we have seen already are our own nbc teams on the ground, war crimes are being committed against ngos and other es allie with the syrian kurds. >> this is going to prove to be a shameful chapter in american history in the region. it's creating a chapter here where the only real winner is russia. let'
if in fact the u.s. decided to take those nukes out, you should look at that was a full withdrawal of u.s. military from turkey. >>> delaware democratic senator chris coons is on the foreign relations committee and joins me now. senator coons, i don't even know where to begin as to where the united states stands in the broader foreign policy situation with allies now throughout the region and they were french, british, jordanian forces on the ground in syria as well. without any...
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u.s. attorney's office he's used to leave and having his banking records red through ad through prosecutors. we now know that pompeo not only had marc maria yovanovitch fire. it's hard to imagine that mike pompeo gets to stay on as secretary of state in these circumstances. well, tonight you can add plus one to that because just before getting on the air tonight, we learned that that recently reser resigned senior adviser to pompeo, michael mckinley is expected to testify in the impeachment inquiry to president trump. his deposition is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. at the same time we learned deputy assistant secretary of defense laura cooper has been scheduled to testify on the impeachment inquiry on friday this week. we know part of her remit within the defense department involved russia and ukraine. we don't yet know what they want laura cooper to testify about but she reportedly has been called. we know the white house has been trying to stop all different people from testifyin
u.s. attorney's office he's used to leave and having his banking records red through ad through prosecutors. we now know that pompeo not only had marc maria yovanovitch fire. it's hard to imagine that mike pompeo gets to stay on as secretary of state in these circumstances. well, tonight you can add plus one to that because just before getting on the air tonight, we learned that that recently reser resigned senior adviser to pompeo, michael mckinley is expected to testify in the impeachment...
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the u.s. had known for roughly two weeks of baghdadi's location, specifically for the last three days the president said he had known about this operation. was in the situation room shortly, within a half an hour or so of returning from camp david yesterday, here to the white house. got there with his top officials as they huddled and watched this go down. the president also talked about highly sensitive material that was taken after the death of baghdadi from that compound. this is all but certain to be a treasure trove for u.s. intelligence officials and others as they look through to find out more about what isis was doing, what they were up to, what baghdadi wanted to see happen. but there's a note of caution here. you're already hearing it from some of our sources and people we've been talking to with our teams. from officials and experts who say, listen, yes, this is a significant moment. baghdadi's death is very significant to the region and to the president. this is going to be conside
the u.s. had known for roughly two weeks of baghdadi's location, specifically for the last three days the president said he had known about this operation. was in the situation room shortly, within a half an hour or so of returning from camp david yesterday, here to the white house. got there with his top officials as they huddled and watched this go down. the president also talked about highly sensitive material that was taken after the death of baghdadi from that compound. this is all but...
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the u.s. armed forces will not support or be involved in the praise. the u.s. forces having defeated the caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. in other words, have at it, turkey. we'll get out of the way. now, this blindsided everyone, particularly those on the ground fighting there. trump made the decision after a phone call yesterday with erdogan himself, which nbc news reported was held to try to ease the turkish leader's fury that he didn't get a one-on-one meeting with trump lambs on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly. he was really slighted one official said, so trump tried to smooth it over. i guess here we are. i should be clear, nobody knows what the actual policy is. defense secretary markers per tweeted u.s. does not endorse a turkish operation in northern syria, but then he deleted the tweet. senators from both parties are freaking out, condemning the move. marco rubio for one calling it a grave mistake. amid emerging reports turkey has already begun attacking the kurds in that area as the u.s. withdraws. the president
the u.s. armed forces will not support or be involved in the praise. the u.s. forces having defeated the caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. in other words, have at it, turkey. we'll get out of the way. now, this blindsided everyone, particularly those on the ground fighting there. trump made the decision after a phone call yesterday with erdogan himself, which nbc news reported was held to try to ease the turkish leader's fury that he didn't get a one-on-one meeting with trump...
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the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine testified before lawmakers yesterday and provided the most clear evidence yet of a quid pro quo when it comes to the president's dealings with ukraine. >>> plus, anger erupts on both sides of the aisle after president trump referred to the escalating impeachment investigate as a, quote, lynching. >>> new overnight, the government of the hong kong has withdrawn the unpopular extradition bill that sparks months of protests. >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, october 23rd. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside
the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine testified before lawmakers yesterday and provided the most clear evidence yet of a quid pro quo when it comes to the president's dealings with ukraine. >>> plus, anger erupts on both sides of the aisle after president trump referred to the escalating impeachment investigate as a, quote, lynching. >>> new overnight, the government of the hong kong has withdrawn the unpopular extradition bill that sparks months of protests. >>> good...
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it was launched from a u.s. base in erbil in northern iraq. u.s. forces moved in helicopters low to the ground until they reached the compound in barisha, syr syria. the fourth attempt to capture and kill abu bakr al-baghdadi according to president trump. he's the most wanted terrorist in the world. here is a satellite view of the area before the raid provided to reuters. this structure at the top is the one believed to be bombed by u.s. forces. here is an image on the ground after the raid. this pile of rubble is the blast, it gives you a sense of destruction caused by the bombing. american troops entered the come bound by blowing holes in the wall working their way through the complex. 11 children were moved to a close location. baghdadi himself holding two children along with him, he detonated an explosive vest and killing himself and along with the three children collapsing in the tunnel all around them. the body was mutilated by the ex ple explosion. special operator confirmed baghdadi's dna by comparing with the on-site sample. it is not clea
it was launched from a u.s. base in erbil in northern iraq. u.s. forces moved in helicopters low to the ground until they reached the compound in barisha, syr syria. the fourth attempt to capture and kill abu bakr al-baghdadi according to president trump. he's the most wanted terrorist in the world. here is a satellite view of the area before the raid provided to reuters. this structure at the top is the one believed to be bombed by u.s. forces. here is an image on the ground after the raid....
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the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time. just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u.s. allies, the kurds of syria advancing with the help of arab militias. u.s. officials tell nbc news. and they say the militias include former members of al qaeda and isis. it means turkey, a nato country, is using alleged terrorists to attack the kurds who fought against isis for four years and carved out their own unofficial little state in the process. now that zone is collapsing. and as the turks and their militias push deeper in syria, the big news dropped like a bomb. nearly all of the u.s. 1,000 troops still in syria are leaving announced by defense secretary mark esper. >> i spoke with the president last night. he districted that we begin a deliberate withdraw. >> reporter: with no u.s. protection, the 2 million kurds in syria fear they'll be ethnically cleansed by turkey and its militias. and isis is seizing this moment to regroup. hundreds of isis fighters broke out of a d
the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time. just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u.s. allies, the kurds of syria advancing with the help of arab militias. u.s. officials tell nbc news. and they say the militias include former members of al qaeda and isis. it means turkey, a nato country, is using alleged terrorists to attack the kurds who fought against isis for four years and carved out their own unofficial little state in the process. now that zone is collapsing....
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so when u.s. forces went into iraq in 2003, the initial invasion which you remember quickly, the first six months to a year they were more or less welcomed in. but then the situation on the ground turned worse and worse, and the people realized that suddenly the u.s. invading force had changed the political dynamic and sunnis were now on their back foot, that sunni -- sunnis had been pushed out of power, and that the shi'a moment had come. and this led to a great deal of anger, a great deal of frustration, alienation among sunnis. some of those sunnis aligned up with elements of the -- with the ousted saddam regime, and some of those sunnis formed together and they formed a group that went by a variety of names, but eventually came to be known as al qaeda in iraq. baghdadi came from this group. zakawi was also killed in a special operations raid. he was perhaps the group's most notorious leader the first time around. he was the one who really characterized the group's modus operandi, which was to
so when u.s. forces went into iraq in 2003, the initial invasion which you remember quickly, the first six months to a year they were more or less welcomed in. but then the situation on the ground turned worse and worse, and the people realized that suddenly the u.s. invading force had changed the political dynamic and sunnis were now on their back foot, that sunni -- sunnis had been pushed out of power, and that the shi'a moment had come. and this led to a great deal of anger, a great deal of...
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a couple of weeks ago the u.s. had about 1,000 u.s. troops in syria. right now we don't know how many of those troops have left, how many of them may remain behind or how many more deploy in as part of this new mission. what is clear is any new troops that would move in, probably a few hundred of them, that would include those tanks and armored vehicles, those troops and vehicles will likely be brought in and deployed from here within the region. >> the question where does that leave the kurds? nbc's courtney qb, thank you. >>> we're just getting started. coming up at the top of the hour, "up" with david gura. >> at the center of this impeachment story is the dual track. the official channel when it comes to foreign policy and there's this unofficial channel, president trump's personal lawyer freelancing as a diplomat. it's a theme that's bigger than the yukraine story. david shulkin will join us, he has a new book out in what is clear is the amount of pressure and scrutiny he was under by president trump's friends who took an outside interest in the w
a couple of weeks ago the u.s. had about 1,000 u.s. troops in syria. right now we don't know how many of those troops have left, how many of them may remain behind or how many more deploy in as part of this new mission. what is clear is any new troops that would move in, probably a few hundred of them, that would include those tanks and armored vehicles, those troops and vehicles will likely be brought in and deployed from here within the region. >> the question where does that leave the...
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u.s. special operations forces. according to comments by trump national security adviser robert o'brien and nbc news reporting from multiple officials familiar with the raid, at around 5:00 p.m. saturday trump and his top national security officials gathered in the white house situation room to watch the military operation. the day before trump had given the order to launch a raid to capture or kill baghdadi after options were presented to him on thursday thanks in part to information from the same syrian kurdish allies trump is accused of abandoning, u.s. analysts believed they had found the isis leader. the cia had been honing in the intelligence for weeks. the man believed to be baghdadi was under u.s. surveillance and his movements were being tracked. the american commandos had been staging in the region since last month. some of them were launched from the iraqis kurdish city of erbil. there was no hostile force nearby given that trump had receivedacquiescence. >> this was not the fir
u.s. special operations forces. according to comments by trump national security adviser robert o'brien and nbc news reporting from multiple officials familiar with the raid, at around 5:00 p.m. saturday trump and his top national security officials gathered in the white house situation room to watch the military operation. the day before trump had given the order to launch a raid to capture or kill baghdadi after options were presented to him on thursday thanks in part to information from the...
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normally what you have is the u.s. white house setting priorities for u.s. interests not the president's personal political interests and then american diplomats implementing that policy. this is not how american foreign policy works. you're not supposed to have diplomats who work for the american people on taxpayer dimes essentially leveraging the foreign relations of the united states to get a country to get re-elected. and what you see here are all the important instruments we have to bring to bear to pressure another country. white house visits, foreign assistance, hundreds of millions of dollars in valuable military assistance, diplomatic negotiations, all of that being leveraged to get a particularly outcome that prioritizes president trump's personal political interests. but donald trump has so fundamentally corrupted u.s. foreign policy that you have career diplomats put in a position they're basically acting on behalf of the re-election campaign. >> it sounds like a rico charge, running a criminal enterprise at the state department. >> yeah, you bas
normally what you have is the u.s. white house setting priorities for u.s. interests not the president's personal political interests and then american diplomats implementing that policy. this is not how american foreign policy works. you're not supposed to have diplomats who work for the american people on taxpayer dimes essentially leveraging the foreign relations of the united states to get a country to get re-elected. and what you see here are all the important instruments we have to bring...
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u.s.-led raid. what this means for the future of isis. what did he say? a state department official talks to impeachment investigators about attacks made on the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. >>> a new declaration about when the impeachment inquiry may go public. a word from the lead democrat. john kelly speaks out about his time in the white house and whether he could have prevented the impeachment inquiry. >>> we're going to start this hour, though. the leader of isis believed to be dead. killed last night in a u.s. military operation during purported u.s. air strikes on a suspected isis safe house in syria. nbc news has confirmed the mission started about 6:00 p.m. eastern saturday. it included helicopters, jets and drones and special ops forces that fired from the air. isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is believed to be dead. they're conducting dna tests right now. the suspected safe house was under u.s. surveillance in recent days. a convoy leaving the compound was also struck in this att
u.s.-led raid. what this means for the future of isis. what did he say? a state department official talks to impeachment investigators about attacks made on the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. >>> a new declaration about when the impeachment inquiry may go public. a word from the lead democrat. john kelly speaks out about his time in the white house and whether he could have prevented the impeachment inquiry. >>> we're going to start this hour, though. the leader of isis believed...
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>> the u.s. military has said in earlier hearings that they were worried that he was about ready to come across the border and the u.s. troops would be in harm's way. ambassador jeffrey said we were having really good discussions with turkey in august and september where the u.s. was going to work with turkey together to provide them that kind of safe zone, but a safe zone where they could be free from attack but that would not involve an ethnic cleansing or clearing of kurds. in two weeks with the turkish inkurgz, 180,000 kurds have been displaced from homes. we were working on the plan where we could have provided turkey this protection without displacing the kurds. he said his key disappointment was i thought we woere working n a deal with turkey and they decided to go a different direction. he didn't have a good understanding for why. >> it's almost as if he got information from another source indicating something else was going to happen sfwl he is having these conversations with the preside
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so if the u.s. continues to be inconsistent, and does in fact allow this offensive to go forward, i think they will definitely pursue even further the conversations with the assad regime and with russia. >> richard engel and hans nichols, thank you very much. we will see you both coming up on "morning joe" in a little bit. >>> let's turn to impeachment for a moment, taking questions during a briefing with military leaders at the white house yesterday, president trump told reporters he is not worried about the second whistle-blower that has come forward regarding his july phone call with the president of ukraine. >> mr. president, are you concerned with the second whistle-blower and what they may reveal about the conversation. >> not at all, it was a perfect call, he had sten graphers who took it down, it is a perfect call, this is a scam, a scam by the democrats to win an election they are not going to win in 200. >> what reflects a growing distrust of the colleagues, republicans of the house is loo
so if the u.s. continues to be inconsistent, and does in fact allow this offensive to go forward, i think they will definitely pursue even further the conversations with the assad regime and with russia. >> richard engel and hans nichols, thank you very much. we will see you both coming up on "morning joe" in a little bit. >>> let's turn to impeachment for a moment, taking questions during a briefing with military leaders at the white house yesterday, president trump...
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it's being done by u.s. diplomats. >> right, and obviously the u.s. ambassador understood exactly -- well two u.s. ambassadors understood what's going on, and there was the first u.s. ambassador who was removed apparently on the word of rudy giuliani because she would not cooperate with this shakedown. >> she was an obstacle to the shakedown the president was exerting and giuliani on ukraine to do a political hit job on joe biden. >> she's replaced. the new ambassador texts and basically expressing the same sort of outraged incredulity that we are all facing right now. i don't have the exact words but saying it's crazy to with hold foreign aid for u.s. political reasons, right? so there's no dispute about what happened here. the debate now or it's not even a debate. the sort of warfare going on right now is that you're going to have trump apparently mike pence, you know all the republicans basically say there's nothing wrong with this. >> right. >> right? so what? >> as someone who you were in the legal department of the state department, right, and y
it's being done by u.s. diplomats. >> right, and obviously the u.s. ambassador understood exactly -- well two u.s. ambassadors understood what's going on, and there was the first u.s. ambassador who was removed apparently on the word of rudy giuliani because she would not cooperate with this shakedown. >> she was an obstacle to the shakedown the president was exerting and giuliani on ukraine to do a political hit job on joe biden. >> she's replaced. the new ambassador texts...
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and also, u.s. officials putting pressure on turkey, not to go beyond this 20 mile deep limit, that it has announced. but turkey's president erdogan is defiant. he said we will not stop, no matter what anyone says. and militarily, speed is their best ally. now, they're trying to keep up the momentum, so that the turkish force does not dig in, and before any great international backlash. but on the fourth day of fighting, the heavy fighting continues, and the u.n. says 100,000 people have now fled, the turk irk defense forces, now saying 415 so-called militants are being killed, we can't independently confirm that figure, but it's quite clear, the heavy fighting continues. dara? >> bill neely, thank you, bill. >>> now to new developments from central hong kong and hundreds of mass protesters assembling to support students arrested in anti-government tdemonstrations and to protest recent police brutality. let's go to nbc's kelly cobiella and these protests are spilling into politics and pop culture. w
and also, u.s. officials putting pressure on turkey, not to go beyond this 20 mile deep limit, that it has announced. but turkey's president erdogan is defiant. he said we will not stop, no matter what anyone says. and militarily, speed is their best ally. now, they're trying to keep up the momentum, so that the turkish force does not dig in, and before any great international backlash. but on the fourth day of fighting, the heavy fighting continues, and the u.n. says 100,000 people have now...
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"u.s. counterintelligence agents have been examining rudy giuliani's business dealings with two men indicted last week on campaign finance charges since at least early 2019 according to a manhattan lawyer. the lawyer, kenneth mccallion, who represented several ukrainian clients including ukraine prime minister yulia tymoshenko said agents contacted him in february of march this year. asked if rudy giuliani had business dealings with leave parnas or igor fruman. parnas and fruman are the two giuliani associates arrested last week on conspiracy charges related to an alleged scheme to pump foreign money into republican campaigns and superpacs. but this investigation is apparently not just about campaign finance. "mccallion said he was asked a lot of questions by fbi and other counterintelligence investigators who were looking at rudy giuliani's comings and goings in ukraine and business dealings." that first report was in "usa today," confirmed and added to by cnn. federal investigation of rud
"u.s. counterintelligence agents have been examining rudy giuliani's business dealings with two men indicted last week on campaign finance charges since at least early 2019 according to a manhattan lawyer. the lawyer, kenneth mccallion, who represented several ukrainian clients including ukraine prime minister yulia tymoshenko said agents contacted him in february of march this year. asked if rudy giuliani had business dealings with leave parnas or igor fruman. parnas and fruman are the...
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the u.s. needed to fly through. >> this was not the first attempt to get the isis leader two or three previous launches had been canceled, trump said, because baghdadi changed his mind, about where he was headed. the strong implication was that the u.s. either had a human source in baghdadi's entourage or was monitoring his communications. the helicopters lifted moments after the white house meeting assembled. trump and his team watched a video feed with a definition that the president said was as clear and detailed as a man cineplex. the u.s. aircraft flew low and fast for about an hour and ten minutes over air space controlled by turkey and russia. the choppers landed and quote a large crew of brilliant fighters emerged. they blew holes into the building to avoid a bobby-trapped main door. they then began capturing fighters. killing anyone who resisted. quote, a large number of baghdadi's men were killed. trump said. chased by u.s. special operations dogs, baghdadi fled into what the preside
the u.s. needed to fly through. >> this was not the first attempt to get the isis leader two or three previous launches had been canceled, trump said, because baghdadi changed his mind, about where he was headed. the strong implication was that the u.s. either had a human source in baghdadi's entourage or was monitoring his communications. the helicopters lifted moments after the white house meeting assembled. trump and his team watched a video feed with a definition that the president...
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one former u.s. ambassador to russia says the crisis in syria and the ukraine scandal are examples of trump's insistence on carrying out a foreign policy of one. >> what you see here is you see the president of the united states, somebody with zero national security experience, zero experience in diplomacy, making it up as he goes along, not trusting his advisers, not trust the interagency process. >> today we also learned the senior official who is the anonymous author of last year's "new york times" op-ed i am part of the the resistance inside the trump administration, that guy or woman has written a tell-all book to be published next month. the book is a behind-the-scenes portrait of the presidency. the book will list the author as anonymous. on that note, here for our lead-off discussion and on the record on a tuesday night, ashley parker, pulitzer winner for "the washington post," anne gearan, "washington post," focusing on foreign policy, national security, and mia owe yang, attorney and former
one former u.s. ambassador to russia says the crisis in syria and the ukraine scandal are examples of trump's insistence on carrying out a foreign policy of one. >> what you see here is you see the president of the united states, somebody with zero national security experience, zero experience in diplomacy, making it up as he goes along, not trusting his advisers, not trust the interagency process. >> today we also learned the senior official who is the anonymous author of last...
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u.s. troops from northern syria, as he faces backlash from both republicans and democrats over the move. >> from now on, we want to fight, where it is to the benefit of the united states of america, not to the benefit of other countries. the turks have been fighting with the kurds for two centuries. and turkey, as you know, is a nato ally. but i've been rough on them. we defeated 100% of that isis caliphate and no longer have any troops in the area. we don't have any troops. the troops have been pulled out. >> every once in a while you have to change course and do what you have to dox the united states has spent $8 trillion in the middle east. we've lost thousands of brave soldiers. and tens of thousands of terribly wounded people. great people. their lives will never be the same. these wars produce only chaos and bloodshed. >> we're slowly getting out of the middle east. >> and two foreign born associates of rudy giuliani are facing criminal charges being arrested trying to leave the coun
u.s. troops from northern syria, as he faces backlash from both republicans and democrats over the move. >> from now on, we want to fight, where it is to the benefit of the united states of america, not to the benefit of other countries. the turks have been fighting with the kurds for two centuries. and turkey, as you know, is a nato ally. but i've been rough on them. we defeated 100% of that isis caliphate and no longer have any troops in the area. we don't have any troops. the troops...
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u.s. aircraft participating in the assault. these individuals who we don't assess were affiliated with baghdadi but nonetheless demonstrated hostile intent toward u.s. forces. let's run the next video, please. these fighters opened fire on our aircraft and what you see in the video is the actual response. with the assault force surrounding the compound, we repeatedly urged those inside to come out peacefully. let's go to the next video, please. so this is a video of the assault force actually closing up to the compound. those who came out of the building were checked for weapons and explosives and moved away from the immediate area. u.s. forces detained and later released the non-combatants. the group was treated humanely at all times and included 11 children. i want to make it clear that despite the violent nature of the raid and the -- and the high-profile nature of this assault, every effort was made to avoid civilian casualties and to protect the children that we suspected would be at
u.s. aircraft participating in the assault. these individuals who we don't assess were affiliated with baghdadi but nonetheless demonstrated hostile intent toward u.s. forces. let's run the next video, please. these fighters opened fire on our aircraft and what you see in the video is the actual response. with the assault force surrounding the compound, we repeatedly urged those inside to come out peacefully. let's go to the next video, please. so this is a video of the assault force actually...
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i mean, if a u.s. president intervenes in the u.s. government selection process for the next venue from the g-7 conference and insists the best skrun in america is his own property, which, of course, would result in him being paid by all those foreign policy governments and the u.s. government for him hosting the g-7 conference at his place, i mean, that is corruption. if, for example, the president intervened in the decision-making process around whether the fbi headquarters would be rebuilt on site in washington or moved into the suburbs, if he changed the u.s. government's decision-making process on that subject in such a way that would result in a better business environment and less competition for his own trump hotel across the street from that construction site, i mean, that would be corruption. corruption is an actual thing. we don't even need to make up fake examples to show the most blatant corruption you can imagine. diverting the vice president's trip to ireland so he had to stay on the other side of the freaking island fr
i mean, if a u.s. president intervenes in the u.s. government selection process for the next venue from the g-7 conference and insists the best skrun in america is his own property, which, of course, would result in him being paid by all those foreign policy governments and the u.s. government for him hosting the g-7 conference at his place, i mean, that is corruption. if, for example, the president intervened in the decision-making process around whether the fbi headquarters would be rebuilt...
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. >>> anger over the u.s. withdrawal from syria, video appears to show syrian kurds pelting american military vehicles with potatoes asri the u.s. troops leave the area. >>> justin trudeau has won a second term as prime minister of canada despite being shaken by a black face scandal late in the campaign. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody, it is tuesday, october 22nd, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman smmohyeldin. president trump is chastising republican lawmakers for not significantly defending him. during a cabinet meeting yesterday he urged members of his party to quote, get together and fight while pointing the finger athe senator mitt romney one of his most outspoken republican critics. >> i think the democrats are lousy politicians with lousy policy. they want open borders. they don't care about crime. they want sanctuary cities. they don't care about drugs. they don't care about almost anything. i think they're lousy politicians, but two things they have. they're vicious, and they stick together. they
. >>> anger over the u.s. withdrawal from syria, video appears to show syrian kurds pelting american military vehicles with potatoes asri the u.s. troops leave the area. >>> justin trudeau has won a second term as prime minister of canada despite being shaken by a black face scandal late in the campaign. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody, it is tuesday, october 22nd, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman smmohyeldin. president trump is chastising republican lawmakers...
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the u.s. military dropped bombs from above. while these kurdish fighters did the grunt work. they backed isis into this final holdout, a squalid section no bigger that a few football fields. >> there are battles raging inside. this is the last stage. either they surrender or we kill them. >> little by little, isis lost its grip. and the kurds closed in. he's saying, stay in one line because there could be ieds. they haven't cleared this area. the operation to strangle baguoz went down for weeks. >> we watched as american bombs rained down night after night. the last bastion of the islamic state tonight is on fire. and then, suddenly, the battle for bagouz was over. this is where the islamic state was defeated. where isis fighters made their last stand and lost. the most brutal, most aggressive, best funded terrorist group in modern history is now in ruins. it was buried here. but as the dust settled, the victors realized they had a new problem on their hands. thousands of people emerge from ba
the u.s. military dropped bombs from above. while these kurdish fighters did the grunt work. they backed isis into this final holdout, a squalid section no bigger that a few football fields. >> there are battles raging inside. this is the last stage. either they surrender or we kill them. >> little by little, isis lost its grip. and the kurds closed in. he's saying, stay in one line because there could be ieds. they haven't cleared this area. the operation to strangle baguoz went...
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u.s. troops. >> we're getting out of the endless wars. have to do it. >> giving turkey essentially the green light to attack the kurds. my sitdown with mr. trump's first defense secretary, general james mattis. >> isis will resurge. it's absolutely a given that they will come back. >> i'll talk to republican senator rand paul of kentucky. >> finally, trump, biden, and the politics of character assassination. >> where's hunter? >> is there a limit to what voters will accept? joining me for insight and analysis are michael schmidt, correspondent for "the new york times." peggy noonan, columnist for the "wall street journal." democratic pollster cornell belcher, and ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we do have a lot to get to this morning including the growing support for impeach
u.s. troops. >> we're getting out of the endless wars. have to do it. >> giving turkey essentially the green light to attack the kurds. my sitdown with mr. trump's first defense secretary, general james mattis. >> isis will resurge. it's absolutely a given that they will come back. >> i'll talk to republican senator rand paul of kentucky. >> finally, trump, biden, and the politics of character assassination. >> where's hunter? >> is there a limit to...
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. >>> the u.s. naval war college, expert in this area, author over half a dozen books if i count them correctly. good evening to you both. colonel, i would like to begin with you. what has donald trump just done here? >> made it easy for the kurds to be eliminated completely, made it easy for these 12 to 15,000 isis captives to be released and wreak havoc all over the region and elsewhere and make it easy for the russians to consolidate their gains in syria, which is what they really want to do in the first place. there is -- you know the old joke that says there's good news and bad news, the bad news is there is no good news. it's all bad. >> tom, i'm going to put up the front page of tomorrow's "new york times" one more time for emphasis so we can see the very simple wording they chose. turkey attacks u.s. ally in syria. and, tom, as we point out, as we always do when you're good enough to come on, the opinions you express are yours and not those of the war college. with that in mind, what does th
. >>> the u.s. naval war college, expert in this area, author over half a dozen books if i count them correctly. good evening to you both. colonel, i would like to begin with you. what has donald trump just done here? >> made it easy for the kurds to be eliminated completely, made it easy for these 12 to 15,000 isis captives to be released and wreak havoc all over the region and elsewhere and make it easy for the russians to consolidate their gains in syria, which is what they...
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u.s. forces to stand down. live from studio 6a in rockefeller plaza, "all in" starts right now. hello. how are we doing? hello. how are you? thank you. it is great to be back here at our home in 30 rock. we're not even three weeks into the formal impeachment inquiry. we're already in the star witness phase. today in defiance of donald trump, in defiance of the state department, in defiance of mike pompeo, this woman just wrapped up over nine hours of testifying before the house investigative committee. yes, that's a long time. her name is marie yovanovitch. now she's a career diplomat, has multiple foreign postings, and she's also the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. she's the one and you may have sort of seen this when the call came out, right, she's the one the president kind of threatened infamously in the call with the ukrainian president. remember that part? it's very weird and kind of dproesz, frankly. donald trump is talking about how bad his ambassador is to ukraine and he says s
u.s. forces to stand down. live from studio 6a in rockefeller plaza, "all in" starts right now. hello. how are we doing? hello. how are you? thank you. it is great to be back here at our home in 30 rock. we're not even three weeks into the formal impeachment inquiry. we're already in the star witness phase. today in defiance of donald trump, in defiance of the state department, in defiance of mike pompeo, this woman just wrapped up over nine hours of testifying before the house...
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the u.s. announces a further pullback from the county. about 1,000 troops are expected to exit the country leaving kurdish forces to turn to bashar al assad and vladimir putin for help trying to strike a deal to bring reinforcements in in an effort to repel the ongoing turkish incursion. this morning the trump administration and coming are promising crippling sanctions on turkey. >> i think you know it is an evolving situation, we're monitoring the situation carefully. the sanctions are ready to go. we'll be updating the president this morning. >> there's going to be crippling sanctions imposed by the congress to supplement what president trump's administration has done. we're going to send a signal to turkey that is unmistakable in the world and we'll break his economy until he stops the bloodshed. >> the turkish-led offensive shows no sign of slowing down. over the weekend turkey claimed it captured at least one border town on the syrian side. something nbc news has not been able to verify.
the u.s. announces a further pullback from the county. about 1,000 troops are expected to exit the country leaving kurdish forces to turn to bashar al assad and vladimir putin for help trying to strike a deal to bring reinforcements in in an effort to repel the ongoing turkish incursion. this morning the trump administration and coming are promising crippling sanctions on turkey. >> i think you know it is an evolving situation, we're monitoring the situation carefully. the sanctions are...
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u.s.-led raid targeted the world's most wanted terrorist, head of isis, in northwest syria. this comes amid a troubling week of the president. the house's impeachment inquiry continues. it is something his former chief of staff all but admits is coming. he said he warned not to pick a yes man as a successor saying that would lead to impeachment. there is no coordinated response from the white house. it is the president in charge of communications doing what he does, distraction and deflection. which brings us back to that speech about to take place at 9:00 eastern time today. up with me this morning, hans nichols, matt bradley in the middle east, jack jacobs, hayes brown for buzzfeed news. and david coren, washington bureau chief and msnbc contributor. let's get right to the breaking news, overnight raid by special ops forces targeting the leader of isis abu bakr al baghdadi. it was located in northwestern syria where there was a suspected isis safe house. the video here appears to show th
u.s.-led raid targeted the world's most wanted terrorist, head of isis, in northwest syria. this comes amid a troubling week of the president. the house's impeachment inquiry continues. it is something his former chief of staff all but admits is coming. he said he warned not to pick a yes man as a successor saying that would lead to impeachment. there is no coordinated response from the white house. it is the president in charge of communications doing what he does, distraction and deflection....
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after the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, was blocked from speaking to investigators tuesday, the house issued a subpoena, one of many, but there is no indication that that's going to change anything. last night, speaker pelosi released an official statement saying this -- "the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. mr. president, you are not above the law. you will be held accountable." here's my question -- how? i'm going to bring in a great team, starting with kristen welker at the white house and garrett haake on the hill. garrett, let's go to you first. the ball is clearly in the democrats' court. what are they going to do? >> reporter: well, their investigative efforts will continue, although they appear to be quite frustrated. for example, we don't know yet if marie ivanovic, the former ambassador to ukraine will show up for her scheduled d
after the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, was blocked from speaking to investigators tuesday, the house issued a subpoena, one of many, but there is no indication that that's going to change anything. last night, speaker pelosi released an official statement saying this -- "the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. mr. president, you...
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in the middle are u.s. forces, ordered to leave, already emptying some bases, as they consolidate their troops, to depart more safely. president trump tweeting, the kurds who lost 11,000 men and women, fighting isis, with u.s. forces, are not america's responsibility. anyone who wants to assist syria in protecting the kurds is good with me. whether it's russia, china, or napoleon bonaparte. isis sees this as an opportunity. hundreds of isis prisoners have escaped camps and prisons as guard goes off to fight. in a packed prison we visited with 5,000 isis detainees, this isis member told me, now is their moment. >> everybody have a good feeling. everybody have a good feeling that somebody will take over here. >> now optimistic, isis is seeking a new lease on life. >> pretty startling images there to say the least. our thanks to nbc's richard engel for that report. meanwhile president trump is set to host turkish president erdogan at the white house in the coming weeks. per vice president pence, the two leader
in the middle are u.s. forces, ordered to leave, already emptying some bases, as they consolidate their troops, to depart more safely. president trump tweeting, the kurds who lost 11,000 men and women, fighting isis, with u.s. forces, are not america's responsibility. anyone who wants to assist syria in protecting the kurds is good with me. whether it's russia, china, or napoleon bonaparte. isis sees this as an opportunity. hundreds of isis prisoners have escaped camps and prisons as guard goes...
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last hour, both u.s. citizens, donors that gave money to a political action committee supporting trump appeared in federal court in virginia. according to the indictment, parnas and fruman conspired to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office specifically, this is important, so they could buy potential influence with candidates, campaigns, and the kanlds' governments. they tried to hide the source from federal regulators and the public by laundering foreign money under names of limited liability corporations and straw donors. we're going to get into why that's important in a moment. just as they made their first appearance, they said the investigation is, quote, continuing. >> they were arrested around 6:00 p.m. last night at dulles airport this were about to board a flight with one way tickets. protecting our elections from unlawful foreign influence are core functions of campaign finance laws. as this office has made clear, we will not hesitate to investigate and prosecute those t
last hour, both u.s. citizens, donors that gave money to a political action committee supporting trump appeared in federal court in virginia. according to the indictment, parnas and fruman conspired to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office specifically, this is important, so they could buy potential influence with candidates, campaigns, and the kanlds' governments. they tried to hide the source from federal regulators and the public by laundering foreign money under...
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this regular channel of u.s. policy-making has consistently had strong bipartisan support both in congress and in all administrations since ukraine's independence from russia in 1991. at the same time, however, there was an irregular, informal channel of u.s. policy-making with respect to ukraine, one which included then-special envoy kurt volker, ambassador gordon sondland, secretary of energy, rick perry, and, as i subsequently learned, rudolph giuliani. taylor arrived back at the kiev embassy on june 17th. he says within ten days of his arrival amid efforts to set up a meeting between zelensky and trump, he tells congress today that he got a call from one of the people operating this, quote, informal, irregular channel. quote, on june 27th, ten days after he's arrived at the embassy, ambassador sondland told me in a phone conversation that president zelensky needed to make the clear to president trump that he, president zelensky, was not standing in the way of investigations. taylor says i sensed something odd
this regular channel of u.s. policy-making has consistently had strong bipartisan support both in congress and in all administrations since ukraine's independence from russia in 1991. at the same time, however, there was an irregular, informal channel of u.s. policy-making with respect to ukraine, one which included then-special envoy kurt volker, ambassador gordon sondland, secretary of energy, rick perry, and, as i subsequently learned, rudolph giuliani. taylor arrived back at the kiev...
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you can bet that u.s. forces, who are anticipating deploying to the region, want to know what those specific numbers are going to look like, how long will they need to be in the region. then you heard president trump downplay those isis fighters who have escaped from detention facilities, effectively saying that it wasn't a large number and that they've largely been captured or secured. and now it's up to those in the region to basically try to make sure that the isis fighters don't resurge. well, that runs counter to what his own top envoy to syria testified today, andrea, saying the number is actually above a hundred, saying he's skeptical of this agreement that's been worked out between russia and turkey to police the area. and then, andrea, essentially saying we are ready to lift sanctions because the president making the case that the cease-fire has held. and then in the same breath saying that this is the middle east and so nothing is guaranteed. an acknowledgement, andrea, that this region is so vol
you can bet that u.s. forces, who are anticipating deploying to the region, want to know what those specific numbers are going to look like, how long will they need to be in the region. then you heard president trump downplay those isis fighters who have escaped from detention facilities, effectively saying that it wasn't a large number and that they've largely been captured or secured. and now it's up to those in the region to basically try to make sure that the isis fighters don't resurge....
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today the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine who is called ukraine's policy crazy is testifying behind closed doors. why the white house might be nervo nervous. >>> and president trump is ramping up his war of words comparing the impeachment inquiry to a heinous part of american's history, lynching. and plus we're just two hours away from the turkey cease fire expiring and turkey's president is meeting to talk next steps. what it means for america's influence in the region. >> and president trump's legal team strikes a deal with prosecutors over his tax returns, but now the fight could go all the way to the supreme court.
today the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine who is called ukraine's policy crazy is testifying behind closed doors. why the white house might be nervo nervous. >>> and president trump is ramping up his war of words comparing the impeachment inquiry to a heinous part of american's history, lynching. and plus we're just two hours away from the turkey cease fire expiring and turkey's president is meeting to talk next steps. what it means for america's influence in the region. >> and...
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the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine who said it would be crazy to hold bay to that country, now set to testify to the impeachment committees tomorrow. . i had a heart problem. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, and i just didn't listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. listen to the doctor. take it seriously. 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom... is a stroke. 80 percent of all strokes and heart disease? preventable. and 149 dollars is all it takes to get screened and help take control of your health. we're life line screening... and if you're over 50... call this number, to schedule an appointment... for five painless screenings that go beyond regular check-ups. we use ultrasound technology to literally look inside your arteries... for plaque which builds up as you age- and increases your risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease. and by getting them throu
the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine who said it would be crazy to hold bay to that country, now set to testify to the impeachment committees tomorrow. . i had a heart problem. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, and i just didn't listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. listen to the doctor. take it seriously. 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom... is a...
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when did the u.s. know and did president trump decide to pull the trigger on this for his own political motivations. and here where i am in northern syria, multiple kurdish officials say that they had repeatedly told the americans that baghdadi was in this area, they had been tracking him. and what's more, they had a source. they had a rat. they had an informant inside baghdadi's inner circle and that they were able to help the americans track him down. and they believe that they are not only not just getting the credit for it, because it is not just a case here in northern syria of the kurds saying why not us, why didn't we get a bigger shout out, not only did they not get much yesterday for thfor -- credit for this prarks they are saying while this is taking place, they are being ethnically cleansed. so it hurts much more than insult that president trump didn't give them much credit. >> and the president making sure to thank russia and as well as turkey and syria before thanking any of our allies the
when did the u.s. know and did president trump decide to pull the trigger on this for his own political motivations. and here where i am in northern syria, multiple kurdish officials say that they had repeatedly told the americans that baghdadi was in this area, they had been tracking him. and what's more, they had a source. they had a rat. they had an informant inside baghdadi's inner circle and that they were able to help the americans track him down. and they believe that they are not only...