Developments in the push to impeach the president. A new quinnipiac poll is just the latest to show a majority of americans now support the impeachment inquiry. 53 . This follows yesterdays Washington Post poll which found 58 of americans supporting the house probe. A 21point increase since july. We also learned yesterday, that the Trump Administration will not cooperate with the inquiry, calling it illegitimate and unconstitutional. We got the first sign of that when the state department blocked a key witness in the probe Eu Ambassador ambassador sondland from testifying from the house foresight and affairs committee. Democrats issued a subpoena to compel his testimony and for documents to get officials to investigate joe biden and his son. And remember the text message that diplomat bill taylor sent sondland that said, quote, it was crazy to withhold military aid to ukraine to help the candidates campaign. A source tells nbc news before responding no quid pro quo, that sondland called and consulted the president. According to the the new york times, one day after that call, a whistleblower wrote a memo about a white house fwoushl who was, quote, visibly shaken after listening to the conversation. Citing two sources, cnn has reported that rick perry and two top officials to work with Rudy Giuliani date the back to at least may. And then theres this, despite the president s quest to prove that ukraine interfered to help hillary clinton, a Senate Committee released a bipartisan report. The democrats remain split on whether President Trump should be impeached and ultimately removed from office. Cog to a new nbc wall street journal poll, 20 of americans said trump should be impeached and removed from office. Almost half, 49 said that trump should not be impeached and remain president. Combined, the majority of americans, 55 believe theres enough evidence for the house to make, or at least hold that impeachment inquiry into trump and then remove him from office. 39 disagree. Meanwhile in a new Quinnipiac University poll, 53 of those polled approve, and 53 disapprove down two. Over half of the voters agreement the impeachment is a legitimate investigation. And as i mentioned earlier on what maybe a legal showdown, the white house is refusing to cooperate with democrats in the impeachment inquiry. In a defiant eightpage letter to nancy pelosi and the chairman of three house committee, the white house says it will not comply with demands on what it calls the, quote, illegitimate impeachment inquiry. The letter written argues that the inquiry is invalid because it clearly seeks to reverse the results of the 2016 election and influence the 2020 election. Writer says in part this, never before our history has the house of representatives under the control of either Political Party taken the American People down the dangerous path you seem determined to pursue. And democrats were quick to fire back at the white houses letter. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it the latest attempt to cover up the president s betrayal of our democracy. In a statement said, the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president s abuse of power will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. And the white house tweeted out, and they say they will not cooperate with an impeachment inquiry unless its on their terms. They mean the president is above the law. The constitution says choice. And george conway, conserve lawyer and husband to counselor Kellyanne Conway tweeted this out. It is hard to count the number of ways that this letter is constitutionally and legally garbage. And we are learning now information between President Trump and the president of ukraine that parked impeachment nrn. According to the the new york times, the whistleblower wrote a letter that said this, he or she had spoken to an official that listened to the call. That person called it crazy and lacking in security. The memo wrote that the white house official was shaken. And theyve confirmed the existence of this memo by the whistleblower and it was turned over to the intelligence communities. Neal, its great to have you with us. What is the latest with investigators with the ongoing fight that stonewalled these interviews, whether at the state department or elsewhere to try and get some cooperation with the impeachment inquiry . Its good to be back with you. I think the next step is the courts, there was a hearing yesterday in court in washington trying to get access by the house. Trying to get access to some of the grand jury testimony and other documents related to the Mueller Probe and the possibility that there might have been something that is necessary for the impeachment inquiry. In that regard, the administration arguing that basically, the house is not formally in an impeachment inquiry. And they dont have to turn things over. You know, i think if that goes along the way of nancy pelosi and adam schiff and the House Democrats, then things like the letter that we saw last night from the white house are going to really have to go by the wayside. And thats where the fight escalates next. I think more than just the firing off of subpoenas is going to have to be some sort of court action to enforce them. Lets talk, niels, about some of the new details were learning about the whistleblower memo and this memo that the white house official who had taken a listen to this phone call was, quote, visibly shaken by what had transpired. Are we going to see democrats changing tactics in light of this new information which regards the impeachment push . I think the careful nature of what the House Democrats are actually pursuing. And, frankly, the relatively narrow scope that chairman schiff and the other chairmen involved seem to be taking is probably likely to continue. You know, what i am curious about is whether or not there are other whistleblowers who may have been thwarted from going through the normal channels. Because, remember, part of what prompted this all to become public in the first place was a concern that the cia may have actually gone to the Legal Counsel or somewhere else at the white house and sort of attempted to undermine it that way. So, i think that theres sort of going to be an interesting paper trail that may develop which again could lead to a whole different battle over executive powers. But i think that could be part of this as well. I mean, some of the terminology used to describe this phone call from this white house official. Crazy, frightening, completely lacking in substance. Incredibly surprising, concerning the fact that we well know this individual is not the only person on the phone call aside from the president. Niels, rlet me get your thoughts, Rudy Giuliani getting invited by Lindsey Graham. Interestingly, the senator is spinning it saying he wants to get to the bottom of the ukraine thing without a onesided investigation. Hes actually inviting Rudy Giuliani to come and give his testimony, more or less. What do you make of that development . Other than it being a larger circus than anything else weve seen yet in this whole probe, if it were to happen in an opening setting, i think the senate democrats, having seen with what they came out with yesterday, having talked with some aides on the senate side, they would relish the opportunity, the senate democrats, particularly the three of them named cory booker, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar who all happen to be on that committee and are spending a lot of time in places like iowa and new hampshire. I thought it interesting that Lindsey Graham saying the house investigation is partisan. Niels, well talk to you a bit. The Turkish Military will cross the Syrian Border shortly. That is according to turkeys Communications Director who in a tweet last night said kurdish militants in the region can either defect or will be stopped by Turkish Forces from stopping their push by isis militants. And it struck the syrian iraqi border from using the route to syria. David ignatius reports the sources have moved by air and by ground. Meanwhile, ignatius reports that isis is mobilizing sleeper cells in the see of raqqah. And in a tweet yesterday, the president writing we may be in the process of leaving syria, but in no way have we abandoned the kurds who are special people and wonderful fighters. But on the ground in syria, the wall street journal reports a very different story. The video teleconference on monday with the commander of the Kurdishled Syrian Democratic forces, u. S. Officials were left scrambling to defuse situations is there. One commanders reportedly yelled, quote, you sold us before storming outside of the room. While another said we have become accustomed by being betrayed by foreign partners. Still ahead, we just mentioned were going to have much more on Lindsey Grahams offer for Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. Ellen is responding after spotting sitting next to former president george w. 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In a series of tweets yesterday, graham extended the offer to President Trumps personal lawyer writing, quote, have heard on numerous occasions disturbing allegations by Rudy Giuliani about corruption in ukraine and the many improprieties surrounding the firing of viktor shokin. It is time for the senate to choir about corruption and other improprieties involving ukraine. Therefore, i will offer mr. Giuliani to come to the committee to inform the committee of his concerns. It is not clear whether the hearing will be open to the public or held behind closed doors. All of this happening while giuliani signals with congress that hes not willing to cooperate without a fight. In fact, he told nbc news everything there falls within the Attorney Client and work product privileges. Adding, if they hold me in contempt, they are in contempt of the right to counsel. The answer is to get a judge to rule on the subpoena. All right, lets clear all of this up. With somebody who knows a little bit about Attorney Client privilege. Joining us here, msnbc analyst danny cevallos. What type of legal showdown are we about to see if in fact Rudy Giuliani accepts this invitation to testify before the senate and the house . First, he has said he has to consider issues of privilege. Thats whats so curious about this assertion. Rudy giuliani, from the beginning, his identity, who Rudy Giuliani is will figure prominently on whether or not and how he testifies, if he ever testifies. Hes a lawyer, but is he acting as a lawyer . And if he is acting as a lawyer, does it matter because hes the president s personal lawyer . Hes not part of the executive branch. You several different kinds of privilege. You have Attorney Client privilege which happens when an attorney and a client discuss Legal Services. And that privilege can disappear if its communicated to a third party. Can these conversations that giuliani was having with ukraine be deemed as providing Legal Services to the president . I cannot imagine a scenario where this is an Attorney Client privilege situation. Anytime an attorney is talking to an outside party, especially the member of a foreign government, for example, or another member of our government, then thats not an Attorney Client communication provided for Legal Services. Thats something outside the realm of Legal Services. And then you have separately the issue of executive privilege. Does Rudy Giuliani act as an arm of the president such that he should be entitled to that executive privilege. Remember, the Supreme Court said, in the nixon case, many years ago, that theres this privilege, but we dont know exactly what the contours of it are. We just know that it sort of exists. So, in this case, Rudy Giuliani is a private citizen and hes acting as the president s private attorney, not the white houses and not the executive branches. Lets switch gears for a moment and talk about the white house letter to the house pretty much stonewalling the inquiry saying they would not cooperate. Do you think that they have a strong legal footing for them to be able to say to congress a coequal branch of government in some capacity, were not able to cooperate with your inquiry or subpoenas . This intention has been around a long time, long before the letter that we saw yesterday. Now, the issue here becomes, because of separation of powers, the idea that these branches are coequal branches can Congress Force people from the executive branch to turn things over. This has been a tension for many, many years between congress and the executive branch. And generally, congress does have the power to subpoena information and witnesses and documents. But on the other hand, the executive branch, and in this letter, theyve made their position very clear. That when your investigation is for an improper purpose. And when youre not giving us basic Due Process Rights such as the ability to look at your documents or talk to witnesses, then were just going to deny your request. Were going to refuse to comply. Its not in their mind an Impeachable Offense of obstruction of justice. Its just following the constitution. In the trial portion of the impeachment process they will be seeing everything, right . Yes, they will. I do caution people, impeach trials are similar to criminal trials. But criminal trials are governed by gigantic rules of procedure. The founders gave us a scant few paragraphs describing how impeachment trials are supposed to run. So, while we do have a general practice for doing things, be warned. It may look like a criminal trial. It is not a criminal trial. Its a political event. Danny cevallos. Thanks. Lets get a check of weather with nbc meteorology janessa webb. Hey, morning, were seeing it skipping from the upper midwest going straight to winter. So this system is becoming well organized and weve already seen heavy snowfall for montana. Now, were forecast with the potential up to 6 to 8 inches for the lower elevations. The higher elevation, up to 18 inches. And this has really expandsed in the last 24 hours with Winter Weather advisories. Winter storm watches and warnings that are going to be in place for at least the next 36 hours. Lets talk about the totals, 18 inches for the dakotas. The northern edge. This could potentially be the First Official snowfall for the denver area. So the slick conditions and the dropping temperatures really going to be an issue. Weve already seen that in the last 24 hours. I mean, daytime highs, we are talking about by tomorrow afternoon, that cold blast settles in. And highs are back in the upper 20s. Were going to continue to see that temperature drop, can you imagine, 30 to 35 degrees cooler. All right, janessa, thank you very much. 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Welcome back. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is for the first time leading joe biden in the national average. For the 2020 democratic nomination, warren leads biden by 0. 2 points. In the poll, threepoint advantage in the caucus state of iowa. However, biden leads states in early voting in new hampshire, nevada and south carolina. Elizabeth warren stands by her account of being fired from her first teaching job in riverdale, new jersey, because she was pregnant, despite criticism from conservative media. Warren tweeted out when i was 22 and finishing my fir year of teaching. I had an experience millions of women will recognize. By june, i was visibly pregnant and the principal told me the job i was promised for the next year would go to someone else. Minutes later, minutes, show that warren from april 21st, 1971, was issued a twoday a week speech contract for her second year of teaching. Warren who would have been about four months pregnant at the time told cbs news that she had kept her preg naenancy secret. Two months later, warrens resignation with accepted with regret. Two teachers who worked at the school at the same time told cbs news it was Standard Practice to be pushed out once you were five months pregnant. Some conservative Media Outlets have pointed to an interview in which warren did not mention her pregnancy for leaving her job. The story in the Washington Post said it came more from her accounts when she first ran for office back in 2012. If you think about it, that was probably 40 years ago or so when she recounts that story. Its interesting, a lot of women are recounting their own stories in which they felt the same injustice happened. Thats why its so important for Womens Health care to be talked about. Still ahead, democrats, with the impeachment inquiry after the state department intervened yesterday. Plus, President Trump is trying to capitalize on a new report about the whistleblowers. Those stories and much more, coming up. Get any better than this . Is that what i think it is . That is an armada of tiny sushi boats. Awesome i forgot to pack lunch. You had one job. Chopsticks wasabi and soy comin in a little hot. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. New pasta and grill combos starting at 9. 99. Only at applebees. Welcome back, everybody. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. It is the bottom of the hour. Lets start with the mornings top stories. House democrats have subpoenaed the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union over President Trumps bid to get ukraine to investigate his political rivals. It came hours an Gordon Sondland failed to show up after directed by the state department not to appear. The chairman of those committees said they learned from sondlands personal attorneys that officials from the state Department Left a voice mail at 12 30 yesterday morning informing them that the Trump Administration would not allow the ambassador to appear as part of the houses impeachment inquiry. Text messages provided last week said that sondland and another ambassador worked to persuade ukraine to public ly commit to investigating President Trumps opponents. President trump weighed in part, quote, love to send ambassador sondland to testify, unfortunately, hed be testifying before a total kangaroo court. And backing the lawmakers was swift from republicans and democrats including house intel chairman adam schiff. Failure to provide this witness, the failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress, a coequal branch of government. The president is obstructing obstructing congress from getting the facts that we need. That is an abuse of power for him to act in this way. And that is that is one of the reasons that we have an impeachment inquiry. So, our constitution, the genius of it is, a system of checks and balances, that we would have three separate coequal branches of the government that had a check and balance on the other. The president has said, article 2, it says i can do whatever i want. No, it doesnt, mr. President. And so, his snubbing his nose at the vision of our founders, and his disloyalty to the constitution is something that we have to study. We understand the reason why the state department decided not to have ambassador sondland appear today. I mean, its based on the unfair and partisan process that will schiff has been running. And now nbc news has learned new details about the Trump Administrations behindthescenes conversations regarding ukraine. Gordon sondland spoke directly with President Trump on the phone on september 9th before telling the top u. S. Diplomat and ambassador bill taylor that there had been no quid pro quo regarding the administrations push for the country to dig up dirt on political rivals. Thats according to a person on the call. And who also urged that taylor was urged to stop texting about his concerns. Two aides tell nbc news that sondland, taylor and former u. S. Envoy to the ukraine kurt volker also used encrypted whatsapp. The use of whatsapp has raised constitutional issues with federal Record Keeping requirements. And directing rick perry and two state Department Officials to speak with his private attorney Rudy Giuliani when the president sought to meet trump, according to two sources familiar with the conversation. One of those sources said trump believed ukraine was still corrupt and said if president zelensky wanted to meet with him, he would have to push giuliani first. And what kurt volker disclosed in his Statement Last week and further demonstrates the significant role giuliani played in brokering access to trump regarding ukraine policy. And new reporting from the wau Washington Examiner reveals that Michael Atkinson wrote a letter claiming that the whistleblower showed some indication of an arguably political bias. Along with news reports that said that the whistleblower was a registered democrat. Atkinson said the whistleblowers possible bias was reportedly because of a significant tie with one of the Democratic Candidates currently vying with President Trump for next year. In the letter, he wrote in part, quote, such evidence did not change my determination that the complaint relating to the urgent concern appears credible, particularly given the other information, the icig obtained during its preliminary review. Nevertheless, President Trump capitalized on the examiners reporting yesterday, tweeting an oral with the caption this is just the beginning, thank you brianyork. Joining us from washington, Senior WriterNiels Lesniewski, from the getgo of all of this, the president has tried to discredit this whistleblower. What have you made of this latest tactic . Its an obvious move for President Trump. It fits within the playbook that you would expect the white house to be using to allege that the whistleblower may be some sort of democratic operative, or may have some sort of ties to some of the or one or more of the president ial candidates from the democratic side. But, of course, its entirely possible that if the whistleblower is some sort of career official, some, you know, someone in the Intelligence Community, that they would have have at some point in time, had a conversation with a member of congress or with a Vice President of the United States. I dont think its particularly surprising that someone who is apparently in the Intelligence Community would have had conversations with democratic lawmakers at some point in time. So, i understand where the tactic is, but i dont think its particularly surprising if the reporting were to bear out here. Lets talk about the fallout from yesterdays decision by the white house to not let sondland appear on the hill. What kind of impact will that have on the progress of House Democrats and their investigation . You know, i think thats a really good question because if this goes into more of a legal process, you know, courts are not always the most efficient operators. And so its possible that any sort of thought of getting through the impeachment inquiry or giving it to the floor of the house, say, before thanksgiving is there has been some reporting might be the idea. If this goes into the courts, it becomes more difficult for nancy pelosi and the House Democrats to actually meet that time line. I mean, they could argue that because this is this is basically obstruction, and just move forward with articles of impeachment built on obstruction charges, and that could happen more quickly, but if they want to really get ahold of the information and these Text Messages or whatsapp messages, that were going back and forth, they may end up waiting longer for courts to resolve it. Hey, niels, really quickly, what do you make of the republicans effort in the house to basically censor adam schiff for the way hes conducting this investigation . What is that part of the republican tactic in this inquiry . Well, oneup that. Yesterday there was a house republican, abraham from louisiana who is running for governor who actually proposed expelling nancy pelosi. So they are just going to keep escalating this retaliation sort of response. And im just not sure that thats going to bear fruit for them, except maybe in republican primaries, like there is actually for governor in louisiana. All right, Niels Lesniewski live for us in washington. Thanks, niels. Still, the latest on senator Bernie Sanders condition following his heart attack and how it will impact his 2020 campaign. Plus, Ellen Degeneres speaks out after backlash of her sitting next to george w. Bush at a game. Their friendship goes viral. Back in just a moment. To look at me now, you dont see psoriasis. You see clear skin. You see me. But if you saw me before cosentyx. I was covered. It was awful. But i didnt give up. I kept fighting. I got clear skin with cosentyx. 3 years and counting. Clear skin can last. See if cosentyx could make a difference for you. Cosentyx is proven to help people with moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis find clear skin that can last. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. 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Welcome back, everyone. 2020 candidate Bernie Sanders said he will be changing the nature of his change as he moves forward into a 2020 busy season following a heart attack last week. Yesterday, sanders said he was dumb to the symptoms and that he had been fatigued by excessive events. Do you expect that when you travel more youll be able to keep up the same robust i dont know, not certainly immediately. Look, we were doing in some cases, five or six meetings a day. Three or four town rallies and meeting with groups of people. I dont think im going to do that. But i certainly intend to be actively campaigning. I think were going to change the nature of the campaign a bit. Make sure that i have the strength to do what i have to do. Now, sanders classified to reporters that changing the nature of his campaign likely means scaling back appearances from three to four rallies a day to one to two. Sanders campaign has insisted that the vermont senator does not plan on dropping out of the race and expects to be at next weeks democratic debate on the 15th. Lets get to Ellen Degeneres responding to critics after crowd shots at the cowboys packers game seeing her sitting next to former president george w. Bush. People took issue to it sitting next to the president because of their differences and ideology. Yesterday, ellen addressed the backlash on her show with a message that she ends her show with every day. This time with a clarification, be kind to one another. Not just who you agree with, everybody. During the game, they showed a shot of me sitting next to george w. Bush. They said why am i sitting next to a former president. Im friends with a lot of peo s beliefs. Were all different and thats okay. Just because i dont agree with someone doesnt mean im not going to be friends with one another. When i say behind to one another, i dont mean to people who think the same as you do. I mean be kind to everyone. A lot of thoughts on that on social media. I do think a message of being kind to one another is a good one. Always. Lets switch gears and get a check of weather with meteorologist janessa webb. Hi, janessa. Hey, good morning, have you noticed the cloud cover for the east. Yes, gloomy. Unfortunately, its going to sick arou stick around for the next few days. Weve got a tropical system, were watching the clouds and thats what were seeing for the midatlantic and the northeast. The forecast, were going to continue to have rain for at least the next three or four days. Locally, up to 5 inches. Theres going to be ponding in some areas of north new england, so well watch that closely. So the formation of this storm system right now, in the next two to five days, 40 . It stays well offshore. It potentially could have that name, but the storm surge, also the cloud coverage, really going to be a problem and thats what were going to be watching. The fiveday development of these two systems well offshore. So no potential for any landfalls. Now, were going to see minor delays due to the rain from new york to philly and boston this afternoon. Were going to be watching that as the flooding rain continues in most areas of the northeast. Noaa has also released its climate Disaster Survey for 2019. 10 billion already for a tropical season so far. And were seeing the higher amounts from Hurricane Dorian to Tropical Storm imelda. And Hurricane Season doesnt end until november 30th. So this is actually the fifth Consecutive Year weve spent at least 1 billion. So its kind of hard to really deny the climate change. These storms continue to be very fierce, and were seeing, instead of a tenyear period, theyre happening over two to four years. And having serious economic devastation on our communities and towns along the coast. Janessa, thank you. Still ahead, despite the president s push to blame ukraine for helping hillary clinton, a new report led by Senate Republicans actually backs up the u. S. Intelligence assessment that it was russia who intervened to help trump. Were going to dig into that report, next. Work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. Abreva acts on it. So you can too. [woman] with my shark, i deep clean messes like this, this, and even this. But i dont have to clean this, because the selfcleaning brush roll removes hair while i clean. [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans now cleans itself. Doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. New pasta and grill combos starting at 9. 99. Only at applebees. Your business can do a lot in 10 minutes. 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Theres been an incredible amount of discussion surrounding this issue. It was interesting i was speaking to a turkish adviser yesterday on our air and i was asking him did the president of the United States offer president erdogan in exchange or what did turkey offer the United States. He responded point blankly saying this is something weve been asking for quite essentially blamed the military and the National Security apparatus in the u. S. For delaying the president s decision for the past eight months. We know that already from a little bit of the tensions that weve seen with people like jim mattis and brett mcgurk. What takes place over the next month, what type of conversation is going to be had with the president and erdogan and if in fact the president will hold erdogan accountable if he defies the agreement that they initially made. Well, he threatened to destroy, totally obliterate the turkish economy. Well see if that actually happens. Exactly. Moving along. The Senate Intelligence committee has released the second volume of its report on russian interference in the 2016 election which focuses on the kremlin backed social media disinformation campaign. According to the Washington Post the committee recounts extensive russian manipulation of facebook, instagram, youtube, twitter, google, all the other major platforms with the goal of dividing americans, suppressing africanamerican turnout and helping elect trump president. The report also offers a set of recommendations for siphoning the u. S. Defenses against foreign interference online with lawmakers urging their peers in congress to act including through the potential adoption of new regulations that would make the disclosure of ad buyers more transparent. The report also called on the white house and the executive branch to adopt a more forceful public role warning americans about the ways in which dangerous misinformation can spread while creating new teams within the u. S. Government to monitor threats and share intelligence with industry. The recommendations call for Silicon Valley to more extens e extensively share intelligence with companies and the ways that disinformation from russia and other countries spreads across numerous platforms. What was not mentioned in the report, ukraine. Interesting. Coming up, nick johnson has a look at this mornings one big thing, and coming up on morning joe, the white house locks up over the fight over impeachment. New polling reveals a majority of americans now support the impeachment investigation. Another busy morning joe, everyone, just moments away. My cause. And creating my dream home. Im a work in progress. So much goes into who i am. Hiv medicine is one part of it. Prescription dovato is for adults who are starting hiv1 treatment and who arent resistant to either of the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. Dovato has 2 medicines in 1 pill to help you reach and then stay undetectable. 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Going after people who refusing to cooperate, attacking, attacking, its a page out of the same play book he used during the Mueller Campaign. Theres really only one person whose instincts the president trusts on this kind of thing and its the president s things. Look for him to follow much of the same play book he did in the Mueller Campaign, try and discredit people speaking against him, launching ads and attack ads and going on personal attacks for those leading the charge against him. Were seeing that on his twitter attacks against adam schiff, accusing him of treason, very similar to what they did in response to the Mueller Investigation. Those are the similar aspects. How is this different from the Mueller Investigation . In some sense hes going up against politicians in congress, not against the special prosecutor and investigators. Right, the difference in the plil resonance of this one. The Mueller Campaign dragged on for many months. It was very hard to figure out what were the real issues of obstruction and collusion. This investigation around the ukraine call is far more clear for voters to understand. Two big polls came out yesterday which showed almost the majority of americans now favor trumps removal from office. One of those polls showed a big jump among republicans favoring an impeachment inquiry. Republicans dont believe the republican numbers quite that much but they do see broader trend lines. This is something that may have political resonance. Trumps strategy might not work the same. Talk about this new reporting that axios has about where the Trump Campaign is focusing its advertising dollars. Absolutely. Weve written a lot about the president s focus spending tons of money on social media and particularly facebook to hammer away on issues important to him outspending all the Democratic Candidates combined. Traditionally hed been focused on immigration. Recently that shifted all to impeachment. That is the issue that the president is making a key point in his efforts to engage voters on social media. Its not just the president. House and Senate Republicans are doing the same. You probably saw a Mitch Mcconnell ad over the weekend saying he was the last line of defense between the trump and being removed from office. Its definitely something that the republicans are doubling down on when you look at the same numbers for democrats on facebook spending, theyre very much all over the map. Its a lot of issues, but not very much at all on a singular issue like republicans have on impeachment. One issue weve seen the republicans break with the president has been about senator. Lindsey graham leading the charge on that front. Hes been very critical about that decision. What is he saying . My colleague talked to Lindsey Graham last week. He said the president was endangering the nation by giving turkey this opportunity to move into syria, making News Headlines is that turkey may already be doing that. Lindsey graham said thats a horrible mistake. Republicans have been unified except for rand paul. You look at how the republicans have been relatively unified on impeachment but after the syria news broke out there was a complete shattering of the caucus including Mitch Mcconnell saying this is something the president shouldnt do. Its a very interesting dynamic to watch as the president is trying to keep republicans with him. Where is this position the president admits the impeachment inquiry. Lindsey graham is are probably the president s most staunch defender, to constantly attack the president s critics and stand behind the president. The same thing that happened when the syria news came out, Lindsey Graham was attacking the president , language i hadnt seen since donald trump had been president. Its a very interesting dynamic here where some of the president s strongest defenders are attacking him on this syria issue. When you think about where the impeachment inquiry goes here and the fight that is about to unfold, is this likely to play out in the courts or are we going to see at some point one of the sides blink . I think its 100 something thats going to go to the courts. The president s letter saying theyre not going to cooperate. Thats going to get the lawyers scrambling to write briefs. I think the only question is this going to go to a divided Supreme Court to decide what kind of documents are released and what kind of power this impeachment inquiry has. Nicholas johnson in d. C. For us. Were going to be reading axios a. M. In a bit. You can sign up for the news letter by going to signup axios. Com. Morning joe starts right now. The notion that you can withhold information and documents from congress no matter whether youre the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must mean something irrespective of the va sis attitudes of political cycles. Wow. Yes. Willie and i were just saying that. You know, ive got a great idea. This is my great idea, mika. Yeah, yeah, yeah