welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this southeasterlily start, i m day of briggs. and i m kristine romans. it s tuesday, october 8th. it s 4:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in lithuania and also in turkey. big day ahead in the house. democrats impeachment inquiry prompted by whistleblower s accusation that president trump pressured ukraine to dig up dirt on the biden family in exchange for military aid. in just a few hours, the u.s. ambassador gordon sondland will testify behind closed doors. sondland was mentioned in the whistleblower s complaint and gained even more attention for his role in texts released by house democrats. in those texts, sondland asked bill taylor to persuade ukraine s government to investigate the bidens and election conspiracy theories. sondland suggested that would lead to a president between trump and ukraine. but sondland objected to the
i was just emphasizing the trillion. i didn t want anyone to be confused with trillion. $1 trillion. the numbers seem weird. dr. evil? good morning, everyone. tuesday, october 8th, i m ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with president trump defending his decision to defend troops from northern syria as key republicans and allies urge him to not allow them to be open to assault from turkey. and the announcement blind-sided not just america s kurdish partners in the fight against isis but senior officials at the pentagon, at the state department, and even at the white house, including lawmakers on capitol hill, and u.s. allies in europe and around the middle east. the one person the president did consult with before making the decision? turkish president erdogan. why are you siding with an
that will do it for me. ali velshi is here. he said he would give me $5 if i said the name of the book. so i will. mind f asterisk. you always take a dare. i be careful what i dare you about. had you said the title the way christopher wylie intended you to say it, you and i would have a lot of spare time to check up on. i don t have a filter. you re rolling the dice with me every day. you have a good and well tuned filter. sometimes it is delayed as yours might have been. i think it is very, very good. nice to see you, friend. see you later. get off this topic quickly as possible. it is tuesday, october 8th. we consider this interference to be obstruction of the impeachment inquiry. that s what the chairman of the three house committees leading
he will continue to serve as the president s defender even though that s not supposed to be his role. but i think that s going to happen. the irony here is that his federal prosecutors submitted a brief in support of the president despite the fact that his own prosecutors only recently had investigated the same stormy daniels and karen mcdougal payments that are at issue here in the state investigation. essentially he is saying that state prosecutors should not do what the federal prosecutors have done. so much for state s rights. wow. all right. we ll be following this state attorney for palm beach county dave ehrenberg. thank you so much. and it is the top of the hour now on this tuesday, october 8th. so with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan. president on foreign relations, rich haas. national security expert and
she was contacted by the department of corrections on the evening of tuesday october 8th informing her that charles was scheduled for immediate emergency release. to confirm that this information was correct, mrs. stanzi called back to the prison facility twice and was provided the same information both times. when asked if she could drive to the facility to retrieve her son, she was told that there was not enough time for her to make it to the trip the drive to north florida. she was also informed that the facility would take mr. walker to tallahassee well, it looks like we lost the feed there. we ll try to get back to that. this is a news conference down in florida. live pictures here, orange county. we re getting an update if the sheriff s office and we are going to in just moments hear from one the fugitive s mothers. charles walker and joseph