this is unbelievable. laura: we should have led with that and not superman at the end. that s the story. it s because they re all tied together. an icon being toppled. laura: thomas jefferson, one of the most brilliant men who have ever lived in america taken down in new york. that s where we are, people. you want that to keep happening, keep voting for it. raymond, terrific tonight. thank you. the angle told you one of a lasting effects of the topic of a pandemic would be the war between the states. red versus blue. a freedom versus tyranny. a former trump advisor michael anton written a lot about the looming fight. he s here to explain where it s all going. next. musical music t. my husband, sam, we ve been married 53 years. we love to walk on the beach. i have two daughters and then two granddaughters. i noticed that memories were not there like they were when i was much younger.
strategy on mitt romney ewho called trump was calls quote appalling. trump shot back calling romney a fool and other names that can t be repeated on television. a person familiar with the situation says he s leaving the task up to trump and his administration officials. this is a con job. this is a con being perpetrated on the united states public and the world. i was on the call. i listened to it. it s consistent with what president trump has been trying to do, to get corruption out. getting another country to stop being corrupt. he wanted to make sure ukrain was reforming and ending corruption in their country. reporter: they plan to stonewall the house impeachment inquiry. bringing on former congressman trey gowdy as outside counsel to the president.
strategy on mitt romney, who called the investigation for joe biden appalling. trump shot back, calling romney a fool and other names that can t be repeated on television. a third person familiar with the situation says trump is also irritated with other republicans who are slow to defend him. this is a con job. this is a con being perpetrated on the united states public and even the world. i was on the call. i listened to it. it was consistent with what president trump is trying to do to take corruption out. i found that to be wholly appropriate, to try to get another country to stop being corrupt. president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption in their country. reporter: as the white house makes clear the administration plans to stonewall the house impeachment inquiry, trump adding more fire power to his legal team today. bringing on former congressman trey gowdy as outside counsel to the president. as lawmake
i m curious by getting your reaction to the story as you ve watched it unfold. i find it really gripping. i think part. reason i found it gripping is that, first of all, it s upsetting stuff. and it s it s hard to conceptualize of this sort of icon being sort close to something that seems so horrific and not having the leadership ability to stop it when his entire career, reputation, is built around leadership, but also this degree to which having worked on a book for the last two years about institutional failure and having spent a lot of time erroring on the catholic church, the similarity to the fact pattern to me have just been yeah, it s uncanny how closely it mirror what s happened in the catholic church and all the same levels of denial and evasion of responsibility and feeble, absolute minimum attempts to deal with it.