weeks ago. who was his birthday. two 1/2 weeks ago. yesterday s birthday was vladimir putin. and he may have given him the biggest birthday gift by withdrawing u.s. troops from zbloo syria. that was about as big a birthday president vladimir putin could have had. obviously donald trump not only helped the russians, he accepted syrians, isis, iranians. he just happened to hurt our one ally. and the comdem nations wendemna pretty strong. with the exception of rand paul and mike lee, i think most republicans came out, including lindsey graham who s been on board for just about everything. the president jumped head long into this based on one phone call from the president of turkey without any of the implications whatsoever and most troubling without consulting anyone at all just making this decision unilaterally. all right. we re going to talk about this much more with former aide to the george w. bush administration elise jordan. the author of the book the a world in
were so alarmed by the trump administration s attempts to pressure ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns with a white house es lawyer both before and e immediately after president trump s july 25 call with that country s president. w they go on, the nature and timing of the previously , undisclosed discussions indicate that officials were delivering warnings through official white house channels earlier than previously understood, including before the call that precipitated a whistle-blower complaint and the impeachment inquiry of the president. that s saying a lot. the post is also reporting tonight that michael mckinley, i career diplomat, senior advisern to the secretary of state mike pompeo is out. he s resigned, largely over pompeo s failure to support personnel ensnared in the ukraine controversy. and there s more.nt nbc news reporting it this way tonight.ti fiona hill, who was until recently president donald trump s top aide on russia and europe
from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 994 of the trump administration, and just as the president was about to hold his first rally since this impeachment inquiry got under way, a flood of new headlines emerged. tonight the washington post on the board. brand-new reporting on the trump/ukraine scandal. the post says quote, at least four national security officials were so alarmed by the trump administration s attempts to pressure ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns with a white house lawyer both before and immediately after president trump s july 25 call with that country s president. they go on, the nature and timing of the previously undisclosed discussions indicate that officials were delivering warnings through official white house channels earlier than previously understood, including before the call that precipitated a whistle-blower complaint and the impeachment inquiry of the president. that s saying a lot. the post is also rep
general s report. but for you, rachel, for you in particular we need to report news of isabel bueso. you helped make this news happen. her family has issued a statement saying that we are elated to share that on december 6th, our family received official documentation that our deferred action status has been renewed. the status is good for two years. and of course, easy bell bustos is was going to be deported by the trump administration when she was in this country to receive life-saving treatment. she would have died if she left this country. her doctor was on your show. the doctor was on my show telling this to the country. and it was amazing how long it actually took to get a resolution to this. she and her family have been in limbo not knowing whether these deportation proceedings would be brought against them. that literally would cost h.e.r. life. so many females got brought beyond the brink by what the administration did with this medical did he find action thing. i
the status is good for two years. and of course, isabel bueso was a story that you brought to everybody s attention, that here was this 24-year-old who was going to be deported, deported by the trump administration when she was in this country to receive lifesaving treatment. she would have died if she left this country. her doctor was on your show. the doctor was on my show telling this to the country. and it was amazing how long it actually took to get a resolution to this. she and her family have been in limbo not knowing whether these deportation proceedings would be brought against them. that literally would cost her her life. so many families got brought beyond the brink by what the administration did with this medical deferred action thing. it s just i m very happy that she s now received notice that she s going to stay here. but what he did to these families, what they kind of put them through, it s epiraging. enraging. she is safe for two years, rachel, and you