Impeachment investigation and just who supports it. One republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 republican senators would vote to impeach trump. Then the rest of the president s men. William barr has to recuse himself. He has clear exposure here. What exactly did the attorney general know . Plus did you read the transcript . Lets say it was read to me. The whole thing . I hope. What was the deal with Rudy Giuliani and just who else was involved . I think you should ask for vp pences conversation because he had a couple of conversations also. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We still do not know everything. But what we know is much worse than we thought. Last night i stood here and told you the white house is set to release these notes of trumps phone call with the ukrainian president and everyone thought including myself, well, if theyre going to release it it cant be that bad. And then we saw the notes today, and thought my god i
Witnesses. Heres a quick fact check for you on all of that. Absolutely not true. Trump was invited to come testify in his defense, and trumps tirade comes as some possible cracks are forming on the republican side with one gop senator now saying she is, quote, disturbed with Mitch Mcconnell openly saying he will be in total coordination with the white house on the impeachment trial. Trump is backing that up. And its up to Mitch Mcconnell. And we have the majority, and now they want mcconnell to do wonderful things for them. Hes going to do what he wants to do. Very smart guy. Very good guy. Been a very fair guy. But republican senator Lisa Murkowski disagrees with that. I think it is fair to say that right now there is so much uncertainty. And in fairness, when i heard that i was disturbed. To me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. And so i i heard what leader mcconnell had said. I happen to think that that has further confused the p
Conference yesterday criticizing israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who announced the travm restriction travel restrictions. It prompted, sorry, i dont buy representative talibs tears, i have watched her violence, craziness and words for far too long. Tears, she hates israel and all jewish people. Shes an antisemite. She and her Three Friends are the face of the Democratic Party. Trump resumed his attack offering this message to any voters who cast ballots for any democrats. I think any jewish people that vote for a democrat, i think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. All right. Thank you very much, everybody. As the Washington Post points out, now critics on both sides of the aisle that trumps use of the word disloyalty is anti s antisemit antisemitic troebs. This isnt the first time the president has spoke to Jewish Voters this way. Trump referred to Benjamin Netanyahu has your Prime Minister, even though he was talking to republicans, actually talk
Acknowledging some objective reality. And that helps understand these headlines. Trump now agitated about anything going on when he discusses the economy and darkly suggesting warnings about a possible recession stem from critics trying to take away what he sees as his calling card for reelection, according to the New York Times reporting. So who are these critics . Its a Conspiracy Theory so, remember, it doesnt have to make a lot of sense. Donald trump blaming people he hired. Like his own hand picked fed chair, intentionally acting against him. And u. S. Allies. A weird argument since many have their fortunates pinned to our economy. And there is the idea the media is trying to create a recession. All of this is the backdrop for these comments. Are you doing any planning or are you going to be directing your administration to plan for the possibility of a recession . I dont see a recession. But a lot of economists say you should be repairing for a recession. No president is immune t
The ukraine phone call. But we start with a tale of two parties on this day four of the impeachment inquiry and the house entering a new phase after a week of damaging testimony against the president. Republicans are weighing a new defense strategy. The Washington Post today reporting a growing number of gop senators are considering acknowledging trumps quid pro quo on ukraine and, quote, insisting that the president s action was not illegal and does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense. The president , on the other hand, taking a different approach, slamming democrats and trashing the impeachment inquiry in his first rally since the house voted to make the investigation official. Corrupt politicians nancy pelosi and shifty adam schiff shifty [ audience reacts ] and the media are continuing with the deranged impeachment witch hunt. This is one i never thought id be involved in. The word impeachment. To me, its a dirty word. Meanwhile, the other story line, House Speaker nanc