some tension there, that pompeo is, quote, unquote, being iced out. it s significant because, as you know, mike pompeo has been a close adviser of the president. he has outlasted a lot of other people in this administration. he has been there from the start as president trump has chewed up and spit out a number of members of his national security team. mike pompeo, arguably, has only gained traction in the trump administration and power. and so this is a notable shift because of the closeness of these two. carol lee, thank you. garrett haake, thank you. hans nichols at the white house, thank you as well. thanks, craig. brett bruin, the director of global engagement in the obama administration, former diplomat himself, has worked with many of the diplomats that have spoken to congress so far as part of the impeachment probe. brett, thank you so much for your time. let s start with jennifer williams here, aide to vice president mike pence. she s testifying tomorrow. president trump
demonstrators are on the move behind you, matt. i ll let you go. brett bruin who knows many diplomats have talked to congress as part of this whole thing. we ll be back with that and a very special announcement. t and very special announcement.
motivations. we re not talking about the whistle-blower. there are a lot of people who work in the trump administration who have very countering views to that and they ve not been allowed to come forward. just some of the defense from one house republican that laid out the defense potentially here of president trump as impeachment inquiry grows in terms of intensity, day by day. house speaker nancy pelosi with her rebuttal dismissed the gop argument. i really have a real discomfort level of responding to what republicans say, because they are in denial about what has happened in the country. what the president did was so much worse than even what richard nixon did. at some point richard nixon cared about the country enough to recognize this could not continue. brian bennett. joyce vance, brett bruin.
look out for cooper, hale will likely face questioning about the firing of ambassador yovanovitch. the week of public hearings wraps up with former russian adviser fiona hill. rudy giuliani and sondland side stepped the nsc to pursue their own agenda and she and john bolton were so concerned about it that she, too, reported it to the nsc council. msnbc contributor joyce vance, natalie andrews, global situation room, former u.s. diplomat brett bruin. we also have editor in chief of law affair, senior fellow at the brookings institution and msnbc legal analyst benjamin wittis. let s start off at the white
new york poker game or, worse yet, a new york mafia exercise. and when we talk about terminology rather than quid pro quo or bribery, this was a good, old-fashioned shakedown. unfortunately, it was one that really has damaged the u.s., has damaged certainly ukraine because what we did was play right into the hands of russia. and i think members of congress, particularly on the republican side over the course of the next few days will have to ask themselves how much longer can we allow our national security to be jeopardized in this fashion? mike viqueira, the big highlight was friday. marie yovanovitch. brett was commenting on his colleagues that were giving testimony. is somebody going to be there to say do not tweet? reporter: it s been