that on syria. good day, everyone, i'm it's pretty stunning to see the president say, look, the andrea mitchell in washington where a prime witness in the democrats are doing something right and we should be emulating impeachment inquiry, veteran them. that's not what he's said in the past. it's clear that the president in ambassador bill taylor, is on some ways feels back up against the hill, a leading opponent to the wall because she's trying to freezing military aid to change the subject. his tweet today on lynching is ukraine. but at the moment, the president has ignited a political bonfire something that you see him by comparing impeachment to lashing out to change the lynching. substantia subject when the subject should stay on the fact that there is with this tweet, that all an impeachment inquiry going through the house. >> and a very important witness republicans must remember what they are witnessing here, a today. that witness's testimony, sam, lynching, according to the long awaited. naacp, more than 3,000 people were lynched in america between this is the veteran diplomat 1882 and 1968. bill taylor whose text message that's more than the number of americans who died on 9/11. said it's crazy to even think in addition, 1,297 white people about holding ukrainian were lynched, many for helping blacks or opposing the hangings. political aid -- military aid to joining me now, nbc's kristen a political campaign. now we hear freshman congressman welker, nbc's garrett haake, and andy levin from michigan,