criminal activity. there are text messages between these people that have not been fully released to the public yet. another thing about the texts that have been released, sondland was at the center of that exchange with ambassador bill taylor. he was the one who famously put in writing something to protect himself perhaps but also to call out what we now know is a potential road to impeachment kind of act, that it was, quote, crazy to link the ukraine assistance to what donald trump wanted, investigating the bidens. sondland spoke to trump on the phone during that crucial five-hour gap between those texts, because he was then the one who after speaking to donald trump, sent the very defensive text claiming that trump was crystal clear, there was no quid pro quo. i want to get right to our panel now. john flannery, who worked with the democrats during impeachment. david priest, an intelligence briefer at state who was privy to some of these readouts and
disagreed with or taken a different stance on, you re in danger of losing your access to him. he doesn t want to hear from you anymore. so the tough decision that all these people face and that the chiefs of the intelligence services faced when they testified last week on the hill, is do i tell it straight or do i try to maintain my access to this guy? jim mattis at defense had that problem, john kelly and h.r. mcmaster had that problem, and where are they now? but, john, on the intelligence briefers, would they just be replaced? if an intelligence briefer tells president trump something he doesn t want to hear, and then maybe does it repeatedly a couple times, would that briefer be replaced by another briefer, or would the briefings just stop? for the most part laurn, law the briefings have stopped. the president doesn t take them,
services faced when they testified last week on the hill, is do i tell it straight or do i try to maintain my access to this guy? jim mattis at defense had that problem, john kelly and h.r. mcmaster had that problem, and where are they now? but, john, on the intelligence briefers, would they just be replaced? if an intelligence briefer tells president trump something he doesn t want to hear, and then maybe does it repeatedly a couple times, would that briefer be replaced by another briefer, or would the briefings just stop? for the most part, lawrence, the briefings have stopped. the president doesn t take them, unlike president obama who took home three notebooks at night. the president doesn t read them, often doesn t take them. security adviser john bolton takes some of them, vice president pence takes some of them. he simply ignores them. miko, what is the president
owners have done. we shall see. okay. adrian, sitting next to roger, i have no idea what he says either. roger bennett, thank you very much. adrian is a huge fan she was telling me before i came on. sure she did. okay. men in blazers returns tonight at 5:30 eastern on nbc sports. still ahead much more on the president s clash with the intelligence community. edition in as senior intelligence briefer speaks out. plus the governor of virginia clings to power over controversy over that racist yearbook photo. how much longer can he hold on? morning joe is coming right back. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions. it helps reduce landfill waste. that s why bp is partnering with a california company: