it is a theory pushed by donald trump and the white house. she says i refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternative reality, that ukraine, not russia attacked us in 2016. this should be very interesting. two more candidates from last night s debate, mayor pete buttigieg and senator amy klobuchar join us. we are about an hour away from impeachment hearings and, again, we just received the opening statement from one of today s key witnesses, former top russia aide at the white house, dr. fiona hill. as willie mentions, she takes a torpedo to conspiracy theories that the republicans have been pushing. that is next on morning joe. we are back in two minutes. lorss and are gluten & dairy free. they re all clean. all the time. even if sometimes we re not. sundown vitamins. all clean. all the time.
sorry, not sorry. and second, i would say the days of meddling in american elections are over and we will take any undermining of our democratic processes as an act of hostility and aggression. all right. 36 past the hour. joining us now, former u.s. senator and now an nbc news and msnbc analysts claire mccaskill. how do you like these hours? i feel like i m on a campaign, no sleep. exactly. and white house reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor ashley parker who comoderated last night s democratic debate. i will not congratulate you for four women on the stage because that shouldn t be news. ashley, what are your big takeaways from the debate performances last night? a couple takeaways. one was i was sort of surprised that there was no major moment of the candidates really going after each other because in the days and weeks leading up to the