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schiff. schiff's spokesman says the whistle-blower's identity was never made known, that he was told to file his complaint through the proper channels, and schiff never saw the complaint in advance. here, however, is what trump said when asked about this reporting on schiff. >> i think it's a scandal that he knew before. i'd go a step further. i think he probably helped write it, okay? that's what the word is. it's a scam. it's a scam. >> today house democrats said they would subpoena white house officials by friday of this week if their demands for documents on ukraine are not met. and there was this warning to the administration from the aforementioned adam schiff. >> we're not fooling around here. they just need to know that even as they try to undermine our ability to find the facts around the president's effort to coerce a foreign leader to create dirt that he can use against a political opponent, that they will be strengthening the case on obstruction if they behave that way. >> earlier
schiff. schiff's spokesman says the whistle-blower's identity was never made known, that he was told to file his complaint through the proper channels, and schiff never saw the complaint in advance. here, however, is what trump said when asked about this reporting on schiff. >> i think it's a scandal that he knew before. i'd go a step further. i think he probably helped write it, okay? that's what the word is. it's a scam. it's a scam. >> today house democrats said they would...
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he's trying to discredit chairman schiff. it's notable, by the way that he's going after schiff much more intensively than he is going after house speaker nancy pelosi, who is the one last tuesday who launched these impeachment proceedings. there's a calculation in the white house that schiff is a more vulnerable target. but the other thing trump is trying to do is project this narrative that he is somehow being unfairly persecuted, that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims, no president's been treated this way throughout american history, as he claims on twitter. and he feels this sense of self-pity that he's broadcasting to the world, and that is significant and it's different. we have not seen that before with other presidents who have been staring down impeachment. >> katie benner, can you remind our viewers of the kinds of professionals inside doj -- forgive me, i have a respiratory thing that half of new york seems to have -- excuse me. the kinds of professionals who reside inside doj who would take a dim
he's trying to discredit chairman schiff. it's notable, by the way that he's going after schiff much more intensively than he is going after house speaker nancy pelosi, who is the one last tuesday who launched these impeachment proceedings. there's a calculation in the white house that schiff is a more vulnerable target. but the other thing trump is trying to do is project this narrative that he is somehow being unfairly persecuted, that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims, no...
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schiff fabricated phone call, a crime. again, trump's hobby horse is schiff's dramatic reading of that phone call for which we have notes and no actual transcript. we presume the takeaway here is one should not dramatize a conversation that actually took place. question. that rule against dramatizations, does that apply to the famously star-crossed lovers peter strzok and lisa page of the fbi, whose text traffic to each other has been published verbatim? we're guessing something like that should never be dramatized. >> peter strzok. [ audience booing ] >> remember he and his lover, lisa page. i love you, peter. i love you too, lisa. lisa, i love you. lisa, lisa, oh, god, i love you, lisa. and if she doesn't win, lisa, we got an insurance policy, lisa. we'll get that son of a bitch out. >> a dramatic reading from the president to take us off the air tonight. that is our broadcast for this monday evening as we all start a new week together. thank you so very much for being here with us and good night from our nbc news headqu
schiff fabricated phone call, a crime. again, trump's hobby horse is schiff's dramatic reading of that phone call for which we have notes and no actual transcript. we presume the takeaway here is one should not dramatize a conversation that actually took place. question. that rule against dramatizations, does that apply to the famously star-crossed lovers peter strzok and lisa page of the fbi, whose text traffic to each other has been published verbatim? we're guessing something like that...
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he is trying to discredit chairman schiff. it is notable by the way he is going after schiff much more intense i everly than -- intens than after nancy pelosi who is the one who last week launched these impeachment proceedings. there is a calculation in the white house that schiff is a target. president trump has this narrative that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims. no president has been treated this way throughout american history as he claims on twitter and he feels this sense of self-pity he is broadcasting to the world and that is significant and different. we've not seen that before with other presidents who have been staring down impeachment. >> katie benner, can you remind our viewers of the kinds of professionals inside doj -- forgive me. i have this respiratory thing that half of new york seems to have. excuse me. the kinds of professionals who reside inside doj, who would take a dim view of rudy guiliani's travels as a defacto kind of hovering attorney general or the actual attorney general's trave
he is trying to discredit chairman schiff. it is notable by the way he is going after schiff much more intense i everly than -- intens than after nancy pelosi who is the one who last week launched these impeachment proceedings. there is a calculation in the white house that schiff is a target. president trump has this narrative that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims. no president has been treated this way throughout american history as he claims on twitter and he feels this...
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and so, you know, i think it is a nod to schiff. it is a nod to his leadership. it is a nod to the work that he's done already to break this thing open, to bring forward the evidence that he has, and it will be the centerpiece of the development of the case against donald trump. but i also think it's important to know that the house judiciary committee still will play a critical role in drafting those articles and in probably being the place where the president's lawyers get the first chance to make that case directly before congress. >> i think that's fair to say. and would you also, if you were advising this process, would you recommend the further use of outside counsel, something that was actually briefly successful for that committee? >> yeah, i think both committees -- i think both the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee should make extensive use of outside counsel. and, of course, that's built into this resolution. >> mm-hmm. >> with a big change. the hearing with corey lewandowski that kind of went off the rails and came back on the rails w
and so, you know, i think it is a nod to schiff. it is a nod to his leadership. it is a nod to the work that he's done already to break this thing open, to bring forward the evidence that he has, and it will be the centerpiece of the development of the case against donald trump. but i also think it's important to know that the house judiciary committee still will play a critical role in drafting those articles and in probably being the place where the president's lawyers get the first chance to...
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impeachment effort insisting, quote, i deserve to meet my accuser the so-called whistle-blower and i want schiff questioned at the highest level for fraud and treason. then last night he pushed out a quote from a guest on fox news. if the democrats are successful in removing the president from office, which they will never be, it will cause a civil war like fracture in this nation
impeachment effort insisting, quote, i deserve to meet my accuser the so-called whistle-blower and i want schiff questioned at the highest level for fraud and treason. then last night he pushed out a quote from a guest on fox news. if the democrats are successful in removing the president from office, which they will never be, it will cause a civil war like fracture in this nation
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is running a kangaroo court, and they are very upset about the way that adam schiff in particular has run this inquiry so far. they say he hasn't been fair. he's only released portions of kurt volker's text messages, hasn't released the whole transcript. that was a big beef this morning. well, one little wrinkle, and a gop lawmaker pointed me to this. an ethics complaint has been filed against adam schiff by an outside republican leading group, the tea party group of america, against adam schiff saying that he essentially has put forward misleading statements about his contacts with the whistle-blower. they list a whole host of issues. the reason this is important, this republican lawmaker said, is because back in 2017, democrats were saying the same thing essentially about then-house intel chairman devin nunes and his contacts with the white house. and the only reason really that nunes stepped aside and recused himself as head of the russian investigation into election interference is because of an ethics complaint that he was dealing with in the house. so that's why this republican
is running a kangaroo court, and they are very upset about the way that adam schiff in particular has run this inquiry so far. they say he hasn't been fair. he's only released portions of kurt volker's text messages, hasn't released the whole transcript. that was a big beef this morning. well, one little wrinkle, and a gop lawmaker pointed me to this. an ethics complaint has been filed against adam schiff by an outside republican leading group, the tea party group of america, against adam...
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but now that they have this resolution that will come forward which will allow chairman schiff to set public hearings, we now have a process going forward that will be more transparent so the american people can see what these witnesses have said behind closed doors. chairman schiff had said earlier that he would make statements and witness evidence public once it no longer compromised the inquiry itself and as shannon pointed out, since the white house doesn't know what's happening, they can't put pressure on witnesses to try and conform to a particular story. they go in, and what they say is black boxed so they can then check it against other witnesses.xe we'll see all that come out. but again, the house has made very clear they want this done t before the end of the year. and nothing motivates members of congress to get something done than leaving for the holidays. >> absolutely. don't get between them and national airport. it will be at your peril. shannon, a point you started to make, and i want to finish on it, and that is the art of distraction. the shiny object. all of the arg
but now that they have this resolution that will come forward which will allow chairman schiff to set public hearings, we now have a process going forward that will be more transparent so the american people can see what these witnesses have said behind closed doors. chairman schiff had said earlier that he would make statements and witness evidence public once it no longer compromised the inquiry itself and as shannon pointed out, since the white house doesn't know what's happening, they can't...
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lawyer, rudy giuliani, has himself lawyered up, while trump is pressing for the questioning of adam schiff. trump goes on a tear alleging he's the victim of a coup attempt, telling his followers they're coming for your guns, your military, and rights. all of this as the "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday evening. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 985 of the trump administration. here is our president from just tonight. and we, quote, as i learn more and more each day, i come to the conclusion what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a coup intended to take away the power of the people, their vote, their freedoms, their second amendment, religion, and god-given rights as a citizen of the united states of america. it appears the ukraine story has broken through and is causing some real early damage. the second note came tonight from the associated press following up on the president's comments there by reminding its rewards, quote, a coup is usually defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of government power. the impeachmen
lawyer, rudy giuliani, has himself lawyered up, while trump is pressing for the questioning of adam schiff. trump goes on a tear alleging he's the victim of a coup attempt, telling his followers they're coming for your guns, your military, and rights. all of this as the "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday evening. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 985 of the trump administration. here is our president from just tonight. and we, quote,...
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schiff had an event in chicago. a buddy of mine called tonight to say if they're going to continue to meet all the obligations in their calendar without a war-time consigliere during this time, they're going to have a tough time prevailing in this case up against that guy. do you hear any similar sentiment? >> there's a wide array of concern within my democratic sourcing community among house democrats about can they move this forward in a narrow way, even though hour by hour the headlines are flashing across the screen about president trump's use of executive power. can they try to get an article or two of impeachment through the house by thanksgiving or december. they do not want this to stretch into the new year. they want to give breathing room to whomever emerges as the democratic presidential nominee to run in 2020 and take command of the party. speaker pelosi doesn't want this to be too quick, but she doesn't want this to be too drawn out at the same time. democrats are appalled. they feel like they have to d
schiff had an event in chicago. a buddy of mine called tonight to say if they're going to continue to meet all the obligations in their calendar without a war-time consigliere during this time, they're going to have a tough time prevailing in this case up against that guy. do you hear any similar sentiment? >> there's a wide array of concern within my democratic sourcing community among house democrats about can they move this forward in a narrow way, even though hour by hour the...
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did chairman schiff or others say, look, we got horrible optics that are about to occur here, we can't bar them entry, we're going to let this happen? i don't know, but i know as a counterintelligence professional, we had a breach and they seemed not to care. >> annie karni, as a veteran of the hrc campaign trail, you remember this moment, an unguarded moment by mr. mccarthy of california, number two in the house. we'll air it and then talk about it on the other side. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> annie, anybody talking about irony these days? >> you know, it's funny, this clip, i remember distinctly being at a dinner with some clinton donors that i was reporting on and i'm giving a toast to kevin mccarthy after this clip. i think this is what killed his chances at being the speaker. yeah, i mean, there's -- there's so many comparisons to do of, like, they said this during benghazi, now they're saying this. it gets old. you can pla
did chairman schiff or others say, look, we got horrible optics that are about to occur here, we can't bar them entry, we're going to let this happen? i don't know, but i know as a counterintelligence professional, we had a breach and they seemed not to care. >> annie karni, as a veteran of the hrc campaign trail, you remember this moment, an unguarded moment by mr. mccarthy of california, number two in the house. we'll air it and then talk about it on the other side. >> everybody...
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here is chairman schiff's take on that. >> i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president, but we move forward and we will obviously consider as we inform dr. kupperman's counsel, his failure to appear as evidence that may warrant the contempt proceeding against him. >> that's in the house. what about the senate? as all of this moves full speed ahead, robert costa and phil rucker of "washington post" report senate republicans are getting anxious. they write, "in hushed conversations over the past week, gop senators lamented that the fast-expanding probe is fraying their party which remains completely in trump's grip. they voiced exasperation at the expectation that they defend the president against the troublesome picture that has been painted with neither convincing arguments from the white house nor confidence that something worse won't soon be discovered." "it feels like a horror movie," said one veteran republican senator. meanwhile, the republican today was in chicago t
here is chairman schiff's take on that. >> i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president, but we move forward and we will obviously consider as we inform dr. kupperman's counsel, his failure to appear as evidence that may warrant the contempt proceeding against him. >> that's in the house. what about the senate? as all of this moves full speed ahead, robert costa and phil...
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when he attacks the whistle-blower, i think schiff is absolutely right. the whistle-blower is not necessary at all. he started the chain of events, or she started the chain of events. now we have the transcript itself. and then every day brings new evidence that's all damaging to the president, whether it's what his former ambassador is saying, something untoward happened today. john bolton a few hours ago saying giuliani was a hand grenade. there was a secret deal being cooked up between the white house chief of staff and giuliani over pressuring ukraine over biden. all of this stuff is tremendously -- i mean, i don't know another word for it, but evil. and the idea that the president is going to win by attacking the impeachment investigation, we had a president in our lifetime who tried it, president nixon. it didn't turn out too well for him. >> neal, do you have reason to believe that the evidence this time around will be so compelling and this story will be so plainly obvious and easy to follow that lawmakers, who so far have not been turned, will ul
when he attacks the whistle-blower, i think schiff is absolutely right. the whistle-blower is not necessary at all. he started the chain of events, or she started the chain of events. now we have the transcript itself. and then every day brings new evidence that's all damaging to the president, whether it's what his former ambassador is saying, something untoward happened today. john bolton a few hours ago saying giuliani was a hand grenade. there was a secret deal being cooked up between the...
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congressman schiff has said he others going to release the transcripts of what's happening as soon as it won't effect the investigation. we really will be able to learn more about this. and i think it's helping the public to be able to follow more along and really understand the severity of this. >> frank, what was your takeaway from today? what did it confirm perhaps to you about the kind of government we're being governed by currently? >> i was opt air today with nicolle wallace when that letter from trump to erdogan was released. and she read it. after reading that it was not a hoax i was saddened by, it brian, because what i see in the letter is a presidenti who was begging for help, saying i screwed up, can you please help me, please don't slaughter thousands of kurds, i'm going it look really bad. and of course he flips it on erredgun and says it's you that's going to look really bad, let's make a deal. it's a pleat of desperation. this is the leader of the free world begging for help after a colossal error. and what does that mean for our government? i've heard people within th
congressman schiff has said he others going to release the transcripts of what's happening as soon as it won't effect the investigation. we really will be able to learn more about this. and i think it's helping the public to be able to follow more along and really understand the severity of this. >> frank, what was your takeaway from today? what did it confirm perhaps to you about the kind of government we're being governed by currently? >> i was opt air today with nicolle wallace...
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house intel chairman adam schiff praised the ambassador tonight. >> i think she's a courageous example for others, and i think all the members were extraordinarily impressed with her testimony today. we will continue with other witnesses, not withstanding the administration's consistent efforts to obstruct our investigation. >> now, more diplomats are going to be heading to capitol hill next week to testify in the impeachment inquiry. f fiona hill considered a hawk. she is scheduled to be there on monday. and trump donor gordon sondland who was rewarded with his efforts to title ambassador to the eu says he's going to testify thursday after the white house, you'll recall, blocked his testimony earlier in the week. for a second night in a row, trump was front and center at a campaign rally, this one in lake charles louisiana tonight. he yet again tore into the impeachment inquiry and a heads up as you may know, he's now regularly swearing at public events. >> the radical democrats policies are crazy, their politicians are corrupt, their candidates are terrible, and they know they can't
house intel chairman adam schiff praised the ambassador tonight. >> i think she's a courageous example for others, and i think all the members were extraordinarily impressed with her testimony today. we will continue with other witnesses, not withstanding the administration's consistent efforts to obstruct our investigation. >> now, more diplomats are going to be heading to capitol hill next week to testify in the impeachment inquiry. f fiona hill considered a hawk. she is scheduled...
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they support the impeachment inquiry, and they know chairman schiff and speaker pelosi are essentially the strategists for the entire party. the fault lines in this democratic party are in health care policy, on economic policy, and that's where the battles will be fought in a race that's somewhat isolated from the impeachment battle. >> robert costa, again, we wouldn't want to do this without, and we could not. thank you very much for contributing yet again tonight. back out to the spin room in ohio we go. senator harris of california with chris hayes. >> thank you, brian. senator harris, there were a number of times tonight where you obstruct of reproductive rights, reproductive choice. >> yeah. >> you said something that i heard a number of other folks say about codifying roe into law. what do you mean by that? >> it means not only would it be supreme court precedent, not only would it be something that should be enforceable in our courts but it would be enforceable as the law of the land. >> a federal statute? >> a federal statute. that way we could attach all the federal condition
they support the impeachment inquiry, and they know chairman schiff and speaker pelosi are essentially the strategists for the entire party. the fault lines in this democratic party are in health care policy, on economic policy, and that's where the battles will be fought in a race that's somewhat isolated from the impeachment battle. >> robert costa, again, we wouldn't want to do this without, and we could not. thank you very much for contributing yet again tonight. back out to the spin...