i think that william taylor was a very impressive witness and was very damaging to the president. first of all, as you pointed out, he took very copious notes at almost every conversation. when he puts quotes in his opening statement he said those were direct quotes from what he said. it doesn t hurt that he has a voice like edward r. murrow. so he is an impressive presence up there and i think very nonpolitical. he went out of his way to talk about what he knew, what he was specifically testament to. the only thing he talked about was his strong feeling that it was in the u.s. national security interests to support ukraine in the fight against russia, but he certainly wasn t taking any partisan position. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, november 14th. along with joe, willie and me we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire.
specifically testament too to. the only thing he talked about it was in the u.s. national security interests to support queue ukrai ukraine and he wasn t taking a position. welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, november 14th. we have the white house reporter from the associated press, jonathan lemire. the host of the politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. nbc news correspondent heidi preside, and matt miller. and historian and author of soul of america and roth jer s professor at vanderbilt university jon meacham is with us. joe, it all started in open testimony yesterday, what a day. well, anybody that was
chris, take a it away. katy, thank you so much and we are going to continue our coverage this thursday, november 14th, on that breaking news out of california. this just in. now, we know two students have been killed. a gunman opened fire at saugus high school in santa clarita. that s about 30 miles northwest of downtown los angeles. three others remain injured and the suspected shooter, we are told, is in grave condition at a local hospital. the first shots rang out just before 8:00 this morning as students were arriving for the day. we know that is typically when these school shootings happen. they happen in the morning. the l.a. sheriff s department quickly swarmed the scene. nearby schools went to lockdown. earlier this afternoon, we heard from one of the parents of the students. i got a call at 7:30 this morning from my stepdaughter lexie screaming and crying saying that there s been a shooting in the school and the shooter ran past her and she heard bullet shots and a teacher
don t come across than that. okay? because you are. toronto s mayor on the attack refuse to go step down from office after admitting that he has purchased illegal drugs. i have never seen anything like that before. absolutely not. pretty remarkable, right? beyond remarkable. glad i don t live in toronto this morning. good morning, i m john berm berman. i m zoraida sambolin. nice to have you with us. it is thursday, november 14th. 5:01 in the east. in washington they are waking up with giant headaches in the white house. that s if they slept at all. chances are many of them didn t because not only is there significa signature policy on the line and the obama care enrollment numbers for october are out and they were very low. epic low. about 100,000 people have signed up on the exchanges which is
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