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
order, i think it makes sense to have vindman at the end and yovanovitch in the middle and probably some of the state department people who talk about how they were desperately trying to get her support, and pom poi i don t not only refused to give support but lied about it to people. that s the arc of the story you want to get out as cleanly as possible and keep it as simple as possible. this is a shakedown of a little country trying to survive in return for political favors for the president. as long as they can keep it simple, they have a good strategy going forward. garrett, let s talk about the committee that will hear this, the house permanent select committee on intelligence. the intel committee has been one of the least partisan committees on capitol hill. it s a prestige assignment, where serious legislators go, folks seriously interested in oversight. in the past, nancy pelosi, for example, was the ranking
es ththis one of the most wi open races. we have nothing less than 15 candidates testing the waters, checking to see if they can win a primary, if president obama s beatable in 2012 and seeing if not if they can position themselves to have a strong race in 2016. i would classify them in three categories. the populist, the pragmatists and the libertarians and we ve got a number of folks, i think republican traditionally look at whose turn is it next? if that s the case, mitt romney s probably positioned to be that. but a lot of pragmatic governors vying as we as a few libertarians. you ve got some dark horses in the race as well. let me follow up on your comparison of dipping your foot in the water. om poi some point you know you have to jump in the water. how much longer can hopefuls wait around? by all accounts people assume mitt romney will certainly run. to your point the field is open.