Iran. What we learned from the Democratic Candidates at the Poor Peoples Campaign president ial forum. I know youre one of the ones who think its naive to think we have to work together. And the art of the deal ghost writer Tony Schwartz on the president s coughing fit. Lets do that over again. Hes coughing in the middle of my answer. If youre going to cough, please leave the room. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have breaking news at this hour. Katie porter, a freshman california democrat, has Just Announced her support for an impeachment inquire yeah into donald trump. Porter says he made the decision after weeks of deliberation, conversation with voters, and that while she did not come to congress to impeach the president , when faced with a crisis of this magnitude, i cannot with a clean conscience ignore my duty to defend the constitution. I cant claim to be committed to rooting out corruption and putting people over politics and then not apply th
The pentagon says the drone was flying over International Waters in the gulf of oman, and the strait of hormuz when brought down. You can see the location there in the Narrow Strait of hormuz, about the aim area where the United States says iran attacked two oil tankers with explosives. Calling it unproskd. And the president of the United States put war on the table. How will you respond. Youll find out. Are you willing to go to war with iran. Youll find out. Youll find out. I mean obviously. Obviously obviously, you know were not going to be talking too much about it. Youre going to find out. They made a very big mistake. Pretty big threat there from the leader of the United States of america. But then nearly the same breath, trump tried to iran and ut seeming to suggest it was all just a mistake. I have a feeling i may be wrong. And i may be right. But im right a lot. I have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldnt have been doing what they did. I think it could
That on syria. Good day, everyone, im its 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. Thats not what hes said in the past. Its 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 shes 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 witnesss testimony, sam, lynching, according to the long awaited.
And even past 2020. This hour were watching major moves in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. A big day on capitol hill. Right now acting ambassador for ukraine bill taylor testifies under subpoena to congressional investigators. Taylor became a key figure after calling the president s ukraine policy, quote, crazy via that infamous text message xink exch that he had with ghordon sondland. Last hour andy levin commented on the testimony as to far. Heres what he had to say. All i have to say is thatso. Heres what he had to say. All i have to say is that in high ten short months, it is not even noon and this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. Meanwhile the president railing against the inquiry again, but this time with a rather offensive choice of words. Tweeting in part, quote, all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here. A lynching. And if it wasnt already obvious, lynching is not the accurate or appropriate term to describe what is happening here.
Politico adding color from inside the room during taylors deposition with this, William Taylor prompted sighs and gasps when he read a lengthy 15page Opening Statement two of the sources said. Another person in the room said taylors statement described how pervasive the efforts were among trumps allies to convince ukrainian officials to launch an investigation targeting former v. P. Joe biden and another probe centered on a debunk experience theory. A source witnessing taylors experiences deal with the trump administrations ukraine policy tells nbc news today, everybody in ukraine knew it was a quid pro quo. Everybody. Theres no question trump was holding the money and the white house meeting. And before taylor even stepped foot on capitol hill for todays deposition, his outrage was revealed through documents turned over to congressional investigators by other witnesses including this nowinfamous Text Exchange with trump appointee Gordon Sondland. The current ambassador to the eu. Tayl