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judge also ordered congress to give the grand jury information that had been redacted from the mueller report. she ruled that the information is in the public interest and should be released. i want to go to kristen holmes. kristen, good to see you. is there any indication that's working, particularly with his supporters? >> well, good morning, christi. that's an interesting question. it depends on who you ask. i was in pittsburgh with some of his most ardent supporters who say the impeachment inquiry is a scam, a witch hunt. think about the people still on the fence who don't know exactly what to believe. this lawsuit -- excuse me -- this ruling really undermines this idea that it's a sham, that president trump has been pushing. whether or not this will stop them, we know president trump liked to paint himself as a victim saying everyone was out to get him. in fact, yesterday at an event for criminal justice reform, he was touting his accomplishments there. he seemingly looped himself and the impeachment inquiry into a conversation about past injustice in america. take a listen. >> in america you're innocent until proven guilty, and we don't have investigations in search of that crime. it's a terrible thing. it hurts people very badly and it divides the country. innocent people and those surrounding innocent people, we're being humiliated and destroyed. we have so many people that have been hurt, destroyed, and humiliated in ways that we've never seen before in the history of our country. >> yeah. so right there it's kind of unclear. he uses a little bit about the impeachment there talking about himself but clearly talking about the past legal system and injustice there. again, clear here he is painting this picture that he is innocent. >> i'm wondering, is the white house sort of believing that they're losing the p.r. battle here in this impeachment probe. >> i would say this, martin. they know they need help. they're trying to build a communications team. president trump says he doesn't need a war room. he's implied to his staff he's a one-man rapid response. take a look at the tweets here. he's setting up some sort of messaging here. he's talking about how the democrats should be sued, they no longer want the whistle-blower to testify and this somehow undermines the situation. he, again, refers to the perfect ukrainian call. this is his messaging. the white house as well as republicans on capitol hill, they want a more strategic approach. they want to streamline this so they have the sort of war room we saw when president clinton was going through the process. again, they're looking outside, trying to bring in outside counsel. and i want to say this. senator lindsey graham was asked directly this week whether or not they felt they needed a different strategy. he said, yes, they need some sort of communications system going forward and we know the lawmakers have been up at the white house talking to the president daily, trying to figure out what exactly this is going to look like moving forward. >> we'll wait to see. kristen holmes, thank you very much for that. we're expecting another busy week on capitol hill. former deputy of national security adviser charles kupperman is expected to testify on monday. alexander vindman is expected to testify on tuesday and then kathryn wheelbarger. >> and then timothy morrison is expected to testify. now let's bring in federal prosecut prosecutor sham wu. let me start with you. how significant sit especially for democrats going forward. >> i think it's significant. it's really just a sign to the gop all they can do is delay. there's no substantive defense, merit, nothing to be gained by trying to attack the process. i think it's something, too, that the judge is releasing the mueller investigation because unlike the nixon and whitewater impeachment investigations, these don't have the benefit of a special prosecutor tied to this topic. mueller tangentially has information that may be relevant. it's important it's being released now. one of the reasons they had to proceed in private is they don't have the benefit of a special counsel having done closed private investigations leading up to this. >> given the fact, shan, that it's going to that, is it of benefit going to the impeachment inquiry? >> i would say generally what could be seen as part of the pattern of the obstruction, part of the pattern with being open to reaching out to foreign influence, that could be part of what we're seeing he, trump, has done to the ukraine. >> emily, let me ask you this. what does that do as far as knock the legs out from under the republicans who say it was done? >> i don't expect the republicans to stop saying the impeachment inquiry is not legitimate, but it really does put a blow in the republican strategy on how to fight impeachment inquiry. it looks like trying to stone wall and not letting them ask, it's not working with the way the impeachment inquiry is behind that. one of the things the republicans have been saying is this isn't a legitimate inquiry or process because the house hasn't voted on it. one of the things this ruling said is it doesn't need a vote in order for it to have the wait of the impeachment, so i think that's going to be important going forward. >> right. and another thing brought forward here is the judge said the whole strategy of obstruction on the part of the white house actually was going against them here, and that was part of the reason the judge ruled the way she did. >> certainly. i think that's what the president and advisers will consider going forward, is how much blocking and if they'll use the same tactics. it might hurt them with impeachment with the inquiry behind it. at the same time what we hear, the rhetoric from the white house and talk in congress, i don't expect it to change all that much. no matter what the courts say, they're going to see this as a corrupt process or delegitimate process, and so between the difference -- the difference between what we're hearing from the republicans and courts is going to be something to look at going forward. >> shan, what about the whole thing of messaging, the white house can't seem to get the message straight and is now trying to come up with the right messenger. >> i think to emily's point they're not trying to change their blurry attempt at messaging primarily because president trump thinks he won in the mueller situation by being obstructionist. he's the one-trick pony. that's the only thing they know how to try. they only have two choices. the messaging can either be that we are being unfairly treated. when they lose that and the impeachment moves forward. their only other choice is to lean in and say, okay, we've done nothing wrong. ultimately that's where they're going to arrive at. i would like to see continued confusing messaging from the white house because the message from the top rambles with whatever they feel like. it's going to be very hard for the republicans to have a solid communication strategy with the white house because this white house has repeatedly shown itself to be incapable of the disciplined message strategy. >> emily, let me ask you this. again, the judge's ruling here. what does that seem to do to lindsey graham graham's resolution because it has now, i believe, 50 co-sponsors. >> certainly it does sort of fly in the face of lindlindsey grah resolution. its going affect all of the republican senators who have signed onto it, particularly those looking into reelection and potentially really difficult races. they're sort of in not that great of a situation here because if they don't sign onto the resolution, they could get the wrath of trump and look like they're not going to back the impeachment resolution, but if they do sign onto it, they look like they're going to vote on it before hearing all the evidence. there are three senators now -- republican senators who are not signed onto this 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>> well, the republican strategy is to call attention to what they believe is a secretive process in the house that's not being done out in public for everyone to see. it's being done behind closed doors and they're using selective leaks to painted a picture where we don't have the full context of what's being said in the strategy. now, the facts are going to come out and the facts are the facts and over time you'll see more information and i assume at some point nancy pelosi will have to take this thing public. she can't put this whole thing behind closed doors because at some point you have to put it on the floor and have a vote. but they're having some success, saying if nancy pelosi had -- >> scott, on these three committees. there are republicans that sit on these three committees. it's not secretive. they have the opportunity to ask their own questions. >> sure. you asked me what the strategy is. you say, why behind closed doors? >> are you saying when they talk to the whistle-blower, that that should be public and the whistle-blower shouldn't be protected, although by standards and protocol he should be, he or she. >> no, i'm not arguing the whistle-blower should have their cover blown, but i think when you have a witness come in under s&p and there are public officials currently serving in our government, it's a legitimate question to ask why their testimony can't be done in public and must be done behind closed doors. >> i want to ask you, the material doesn't connect with the ukraine call. this is about the mueller report. how you do connect the two? >> i'm not exactly sure. i think if democrats fall into the trap of bringing up the mueller investigation and probe again, i think it would be a catastrophic mistake. when you look at most battleground states at large, it's not a top concern for voters. so some of what scott was saying, what republicans are doing is not necessarily attacking the substance of the inquiry. they're attacking the process. it's not with democrat iic voters because they're going to be against the president but those in key swing states we know have seen an increase in support for impeachment inquiry, twhier doing is making shoe the numbers don't increase. >> but per protocol, they are following procedures because this is going to go public mid-november. >> correct. >> is it not fair argument to say we don't want to -- we don't want to give any sort of sway or taint the testimony from anybody else based on somebody else's previous testimony, which may have been public? >> look. i always say when i try to describe this to people. i say imagine this as being the grand jury process of this entire thing. democrats are trying to get information, collaborate what one person has said against what another person has said. keep in mind when trey gowdy ran a committee hearing regarding benghazi, a lot of those meetings were held behind closed doors before they went public. again, i understand the criticism from my side and i think the criticism is to scott's point raise some doubt in the minds of independent voters, but i think democrats are following protocol in the rules as written in the house. >> i'm want to move to the federal deficit for 2019 budget year. it is reportedly now $984.4 billion. that's the highest it's been in seven years. the trump administration and the congressional office are pojecting it will hit $1 trillion in a budget year. that scare as lot of people. the president promised to reduce or eliminate the budget deficit and now it seems to be surging. is there a plan? 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