in my mind, my grandmother emigrated to ellis island. and i think part of the problem in our politics is this decision that if you re not with us politically, you re not somehow real american. washingtonians are not real americans. new yorkers are not real americans. my god, i came here precisely because this is where the american dream really happens. people from all over the country trying to make it in new york city. i do believe that alabama, tuscaloosa, is sort of the forgotten america. i mean, they re down 46, 47, 50 on things like poverty and opioid and literacy rates. and we need to do more to make them feel like they re part. but saying that you re real americans and other people aren t isn t the way to do that. it s more to try to bring them in and have one dialogue. and the reaction that i saw from everyone, i saw the mainstream media only talking about how trump was booed and then i saw supporters saying no, these are
they have no defense. have they collected a defense where they can go to the substance? i don t think so. and i m also curious to see how trump is going to try to divert attention which he tipcally does in situations like this. those are the key things that have got my attention. one of the things that is interesting as compared to recent hearings is that lawyers will do the bulk of the questioning. why does that matter? well, they had to change the house rules to arrange that. had to give them 45 minutes. the chairman can then refer to a counsel and let him do that. they ve got to do it because they can t get a narrative of anything if you just do these five-minute rule segments because while the democrats have been pretty good at it, i testified before the judiciary committee when they were looking at the mueller report. there was a thread to the democrats questions. there was none to the republican questions, even when they were trying to discredit a witness.
think he gets point here, which is it s different from a criminal trial, right? you don t have a captive audience of 12 jurors listening to every word you say for as long as you want to say them. he has a limited amount of time, so he needs to be very, very focused, and i think that s what they ll do. they ll find out what these people know, when they knew it, and why it matters. i think this last point is very key. it s really important that there are reasons why what president trump was doing with ukraine is a terrible idea for u.s. policy, for u.s. national security, and it s part of the same narrative of helping russia at the expense of anyone and anything that s been going on through this entire administration so far. and so those points are the critical ones i think dan will do a good job of getting out. the witness list, it s william taylor, he s more of a fact witness, he s the guy who tells everyone what happened. george kebt is the state department official, based on his tr
post and the new york times has a version too of disarray anesthesia teams are planning right now as we speak. this is probably going to take inside the white house, place within the next hour or so. you point out his age, he s infighting. the white house is bifurcated 95. he is one tough guy as we have into joint response to dplkts seen, but even just in the last impeachment inquiry has been few months as we sort of look at fueled by a fierce west wing what he s gone through, how much battle between two of president trump s top advisers and the do some of these past issues, outcome of the messy skirmish health issues that he s had, how could be on full display this much do those also play a role, week. this has to do with a fight between the acting chief of if at all with this procedure? a pretty significant role. staff and the white house counsel s office. this is something we ve you remember, i think most bornborne out in our reporting. mick mulvaney and pat cipollone peopl
your new day. it s tuesday, november 12th. alisyn is away. erica hill joins me for the countdown. 24 hours until history. one of the most perilous moments for the trump presidency. in the middle of it all, the white house is in the midst of a fierce battle with itself. the washington post reports that acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and the white house counsel s office are at each other s throats and congressional republicans are concerned the white house does not have a cohesive impeachment defense. also this morning, we re getting our first look at new excerpts from a book by an anonymous trump administration official stating the president will, quote, abuse any power he is given. cnn obtained exclusive excerpts. and all this comes as we re getting new details about how tomorrow s historic public impeachment hearings will unfold before our eyes. also breaking news. the republican staff of three house panels involved in the impeachment inquiry sending a memo to its members d