that we got to read. >> just read it. >> read it. >> welcome back to "morning joe," it is thursday, november 21st. still with joe, willie and me we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire and former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan. joining the conversation national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc john heilman. he's the co-host and executive producer of show time's the issue is cuss. and columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius is back with us this morning. at the very end of our show yesterday, we got the bombshell opening statement from u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. and hearing him deliver it was just as dramatic. here he is acknowledging a quid pro quo with ukraine while implicating the president, the vice president, and the secretary of state. >> secretary perry, ambassador