President directed us to do so everyone was in the loop. It was no secret. Also coming up and see memorabilia going once going twice a controversial auction where hitlers history goes to the highest bidder all these emblems that all these not see the flags of whatever they are they sell all big body i mean he was and still is not soprano so in moral and ethical terms i think its highly problematic. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and around the world welcome we begin the day with a witness who may have saved himself and at the same time put a presidency in peril today a top diplomat appointed by u. S. President delivered explosive testimony in the impeachment hearings again. The president Gordon Tsonga and u. S. Ambassador to the European Union said that trump directed him to pressure ukraine to investigate trumps political rival former u. S. Vice president joseph biden songlines testimony not only corroborates the claim 1st made by the whistleblower but it also implica
whether the target is james comey, whether it s director mueller, the special counsel, the reality is, is this president will burn everything to the ground to protect himself, to protect himself from this investigation moving closer to the oval office. joining us now, jeremy peters, political reporter for the new york times, and jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter. it s a pleasure to have you both. do you agree with that? he s going to burn everything to the ground that threatens him? he s making some progress. steve, as usual, has totally understated. but i think, you know, it s interesting. i spoke to some veterans of the watergate era this week about these issues. richard benveniste who worked in the special counsel s office back then, and john dean, who was the white house counsel to president nixon. both of them said there s a real concern here that the president is weaponizing the tools of government to undermine the mueller investigation for his own benefi