it s just not worth impeaching over. eight ukrainian soldiers died in the month of august because they didn t have proper weapons. 50 ukrainian soldiers were killed and wounded in the month of september. there are harms and there are fouls. there are dead people. there a shooting war going on in ukraine. the united states has undertaken to help ukraine. congress voted massively to help ukraine. soldiers died while waiting for weapons that president trump delayed. and we re out of time, but aisha what s the big question you think is important to get at the hearings next week? i think the big question will be what exactly did bill taylor know and when did he know it, and why does he feel so certain that it was an exchange that the white house wanted for these investigations to give up the aid. all interesting questions, which is how we started this segment. my thanks to both of you. i appreciate it. thank you. thank you. thank you. do you remember this person on a bike wh
becoming increasing worried about the potential of there being an economic downturn and what they are going to message for the president to run in 2020. he started looking at other promising going unfulfilled. one his chief promise from the 2016 campaign was nlding this wall on the southern border. they ve been having the meetings here at the white house lately where the president is demanding to know updates what s going on. that s in those conversations where president made the offhanded remarks we re told about promising these pardons. but jim you have to look a lot of it has to do with whether or not the president is going to be re-elected in 2020. . that s what he is keeping an eye on when making compensates like this. capabilities collins always good to have you at the white house and a brief fact check of the president. it s democrats and republicans in congress who did not vote money for the president s wall. outfront now white house reporter for npr. isha roscoe and cnn pres
promising unkept. what is a bigger promise than donald trump and the wall? and he has come up with a zero in aid. there is no wall. he will be hammered by the democrats for lying to the american people because there couldn t be a wall due to environmental laws, eminent domain. it s trump trying to get ahead of the news cycle in 2020 by trying to put images of an artificial wall up because there isn t one built during his administration. isha, the white house says the president was joking about the pardons. we should note it s not the first time the white house claimed that. here is the response to donald trump asking russia to find hillary clinton s missing emails about telling police officers to be rough with suspects, about calling democrats treasonous for for the standing and applauding during the state of the union speech and about saying he loves wikileaks. what s common about all the answers? have a listen. he was joking at the time. we all know that. i believe he was makin
those three are among those who will not make the cut. certain lip candidates using the debates at the end of the month to break out of this very, very crowded field. jim and poppy. jeff zeleny, great to have you. joining us is john avlon and aisha roscoe, white house reporter for npr. john, you look at these polls and one consistent feature is a two-tier structure of the democratic field. you have a big distinction between the folks, if half dozen at the top, bidens, sanders, buttigieg well in that group, and this large contingent of what you might want to call one percenters. can and how do they break out of that? i imagine when the debates start later this month, that s really their best and maybe only opportunity. that will be the opportunity where they try to swing for the fences. i think your suggested nickname
it speaks to how he s been able to connect and capture some folks imagination with his demeanor, communication skills, his message that doesn t play too heavily to the identity politics but plays up a record of service. that s something that s worked. other folks would love to capture that in a bottle and have some of that themselves. i have to tell you, avalon, buttigieg is my age and he makes me feel like a slacker every single day. how does it make me feel, poppy? i should have worked harder. you just wrote this book, you u ear on a book tour. anyway you flatter me. aisha, bernie sanders saying we cannot take the middle ground, it s a failed political strategy. you look at the top ranking issues, it s abortion rights, climate change and guns. is he right?