unconstitutional and partisan impeachment. reporter: his white house choosing to focus on several political wins like an agreement on the first phase of a trade deal with china to ramp down the trade war that roiled marketses this year and the space force the president wants and approval of the usmca. still, impeachment looms over 2020 with a trial on the way and donald trump hoping the make history again by becoming the first impeached president ever re-elected. our thanks to hallie jackson for that. let s bring in jonathan halter with the daily beast in miami. good to see you, jonathan. chris. there s so many things that didn t make the list like the sharpie drawing on a hurricane map and redirecting a storm. can you eastbouven put in a few sentences 2019 the year in the white house? well, i try to look at these
the retired army general pled guilty to one count, punishable by one year in prison, $100,000 fine and five years probation. he supplied classified material for a book being written about himself. petraeus was willing having an extramarital affair with her at that time. today, hillary clinton has not said whether any classified information was put at risk by her use of private e-mail account while she was secretary of state. we are joined now by krystal ball, who is in the room right now where hillary clinton will be giving that speech tonight in washington. also joined by jonathan halter, msnbc analyst. jason baron from the national archives and steven vladic, law professor at american university.
jailtime. the retired army general pled guilty to one count, punishable by one year in prison $100,000 fine and five years probation. he supplied classified material for a book being written about himself. petraeus was willing having an extramarital affair with her at that time. today, hillary clinton has not said whether any classified information was put at risk by her use of private e-mail account while she was secretary of state. we are joined now by krystal ball, who is in the room right now where hillary clinton will be giving that speech tonight in washington. also joined by jonathan halter msnbc analyst. jason baron from the national archives and steven vladic law
people and some unconscious refusal to acknowledge their legitimacy. i mean, the questioning of especially president obama s intelligence and susan rice s intelligence resonates very powerfully here and as jonathan halter did, i could give you history after history after history of the cases in which african-american people of prominence have been questioned, brought to the bar of public concern as to the legitimacy of their intelligence and yet all along proving they are more than superior to those who oppose them. wasn t the problem here additionally made more difficult after david petraeus went before the committee and said, terrorism was involved and appeared to contradict what susan rice had said, and at that point her position became more difficult, didn t it? and unten beableuntenable. it was difficult all along. and there was a good chance all along that john kerry, who on paper is more qualified than susan rice to be secretary of
krystal ball, what s happening in the room there now and when do you expect hillary to speak? we expect hillary at any time now. we re hearing from the president of emily s list and who also has been talked about as a potential campaign manager for hillary clinton. so getting ready to hear from hilly. i have to tell you, the news of the e-mail issue here has really not penetrated for people. and to the extent it has, the thought is here we go again, more attacks on the former secretary of state. so they re just super excited to see her and hear her speak tonight. jonathan, that s one of the tactical advantages that the clintons have whenever something negative comes out, is that oh, here we go again, the poor clintons are besieged and being attacked. yeah, and they can play that card pretty successfully with