your name was invoked earlier. you get to start us off. what s your read of the white house comfort level? because we re seeing this defense emerge. president can say anything he wishes and everything he says is proper. well, tonight is on idyllic scene at the white house. the state dinner is wrapping up. he s in the rose garden. the marine corps band is playing battle hymn of the republic. behind the scenes there s tumult. wall street wall street w wall on the board about the phone call. in that call, the president pushed his ukrainian counter part to look into these allegations that he and rudy giuliani had been floating for a while now about hunter biden in the ukraine. as you noted, there has been reporting tonight according to sources that outlets have spoken
stonewalling and release the whistle-blower notification to the congress. a lot to talk about, as we say, as we end another week. here for our leadoff discussion on a friday night, frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence. shannon pettypiece, veteran journalist, senior white house reporter for nbc news digital. jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan, your name was invoked earlier. you get to start us off. what s your read of the white house comfort level because we re seeing this defense emerge. the president can say he wishes, and everything he says is proper. well, tonight is an idyllic scene at the white house, the state dinner with the australian prime minister is just wrapping up. it s in the rose garden. the marine corps band is playing battle hymn of the republic. but there s tumult as this news come to life. there s been reporting on the
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victory. they are the greatest soldiers on earth. reporter: the president saluted america paying tribute to the 5 races of our armed forces with an impressive display of fireworks, helicopter gunships, fighter jets, the 2 smart, culminating in the blue angels as the battle hymn of the republic played continuing the legacy of the greatest political journey in human history. the same unity purpose. as long as we stay true, as long as we remember our great history, as long as we never stop fighting for a better future, there will be nothing that america cannot do. todd: some chose to protest outside the white house. a notorious flag burner was arrested. a small crowd cheered the desecration.
angels soaring as the battle hymn of the republic played. challenging the nation to an even better future. for americans, nothing is impossible. oh, but some protested outside the white house notorious flag burner was arrested and code pink brought a baby trump balloon to the mall though it was not allowed to fly, protesters blasting the president s salute. you see this whole military parade thing reminds you of north korea or nazi, germany. we don t think it s right. there shouldn t be tanks in the capitol for this. because that s just not normal. free of political rancor and division. important point there, we will see what the 2020 democratic candidates have to say on the trail today, griff. pete: thanks a lot. we brought our balloon that can t fly. a few of us.