Among those questions, what it could mean for 2020. Could some in the president s party be rethinking whether they want to stick with mr. Trump amid the impeachment fight. Well break down all the im kagss of last nights elections results. A significant new twist in the Impeachment Inquiry. Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland changing his story now, backing up the testimony of several other key witnesses regarding aid to ukraine and the commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. But why was he allowed to change his testimony . Were going to dig into that in just a moment. Lets go right to the implications of tuesdays elections. For that i want to bring in msnbc National Political correspondent Steve Kornacki. Hes at the big board. Nbc news road war i dont Vaughn Hillyard joins us from louisville, kentucky. Vaughn, its a state that President Trump won by about 30 points in 2016. Here we are just three years later. Looks like there will be a Deck Kr Democrat in the governors me
impeachment hearings have illuminated the president s moral deficiencies for all to see. this damages the institution of the presidency, damages the reputation of our country and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. none of the president s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character. the president fired back on twitter today saying a far left magazine or very progressive as some would call it which has been doing poorly and hasn t been involved with the billy graham family for many years, christianity today knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a rod cal left non-believer who wants to take your religion and your guns than donald trump as your president. i want to bring in republican strategist rick wilson and new york times columnist and msnbc contributor brett stephens. rick, in the scope of endorsements, editorials, where would you put this o
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would benefit from sentencing changes not in the first step act if they were made retroactive, and they have bipartisan support, so what s holding them up? unfortunately in washington, so many times, politics over people holds it up. when the first step act was first passed, many people who are incarcerated petitioned to have their sentences reduced, and federal prosecutors who were on the ground having direct interaction with those individuals were going in the direction to reduce those sentences. but leadership matters, and under william barr, the sitting attorney general, under his leadership, those petitions were paused and requested to go in a different direction. so the first step act does do some great things, but the leadership under the justice department has to actually want criminal justice reform to happen. it s a very important issue that we re going to continue to follow here on msnbc. ashley ellison, happy holidays and thank you very much for taking the time to talk
the president s base, or did it? as the head of the nation s top evangelical magazine calls for the president to be removed from office arguing he s profoundly immoral and president trump firing back today. the latest on this divine confrontation ahead. fireworks at last night s democratic debate from wine caves to crystals, the candidates pummel surging mayor pete buttigieg, but he hit back. as the dust settles this morning, the major takeaways including who might stand to benefit the most. let s start with the issue that loomed over last night, the impeachment of president trump. right now on the hill, lawmakers heading home and the standoff over the senate trial is at an impasse. msnbc s garrett haake is standing by on capitol hill where the halls are looking awfully empty behind him. nbc s kelly o donnell joins us from the white house. garrett, no sign of any compromise, neither side appears to be budges here.