>> I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK FOR VP PENCE’S CONVERSATION BECAUSE HE
HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS
ALSO.
ALSO. >> WHEN ALL IN STARTS RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CAUGHT
COVERING UP AN ATTEMPT TO EXTORT
A FOREIGN LEADER TO INVESTIGATE
HIS POLITICAL RIVAL.
AND HE IS MELTING DOWN IN FRONT
OF ALL OF US AS HE TRIES AND
FAILS TO EXPLAIN THAT AWAY.
TODAY HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
AND HOUSE INTELLIGENCE CHAIR
ADAM SCHIFF LAID OUT THEIR PLAN.
>> IN THAT TELEPHONE CALL THE
PRESIDENT UNDERMINED OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY BECAUSE OF
HIS -- WHAT HE HAD DONE A FEW
DAYS EARLIER.
DAYS EARLIER. >> WE WANT TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR ANY EFFORT BY THE
SECRETARY OR ANYONE ELSE TO
INTERFERE WITH THE CONGRESS’
ABILITY TO CALL BEFORE IT
RELEVANT WITNESSES WILL BE
CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF
OBSTRUCTION OF THE LAWFUL
FUNCTIONS OF CONGRESS.
>> HERE’S THE THING ABOUT ADAM
SCHIFF AND NANCY PELOSI’S
CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION AND
THEIR POLITICAL POSITION, IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH DONALD TRUMP
AND HIS BASE.
THEY DO NOT DEPEND ON HIM OR HIS
FOLLOWERS AT ALL.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT DONALD
TRUMP COULD DO TO NANCY PELOSI
OR ADAM SCHIFF OR SAY ABOUT
THEM, AND IT IS DRIVING THE
PRESIDENT CRAZY THAT HE CAN’T
TOUCH THEM.
TOUCH THEM. SO TODAY THE PRESIDENT’S DAY
LONG MELT DOWN BEGAN AS HE
CLEARLY WATCHED THEIR PRESS
CONFERENCE AND LIVE TWEETED.
HE ATTEMPTED TO USE HIS ONE
GENUINE SKILL THAT HAS GOTTEN
HIM THIS FAR, WHICH YOU DOMINATE
NEWS COVERAGE THROUGH SHEER
VERBIAGE TO DENY THE TWO FACTS
AGAINST HIM.
AGAINST HIM. TO BASICALLY ASSAULT AND BLUSTER
AND BULLY AND TO THREATEN AND TO
LIE AND TO LIE AND LIE.
HIS MELT DOWN PROCEEDED ACRASS
AN UPSETTING BEGINNING WITH AN
OVAL OFFICE APPEARANCE, THE
PURPOSE OF WHICH WAS A MEETING
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND
WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS DAY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE SITTING NEXT TO A
RED-FACED SPITTLE FLECKED
ENRAGED BULLYING MAN, RAILING
AGAINST HIS ENEMIES, SPINNING
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, TALKING
ABOUT JOCKSTRAPS.
ABOUT JOCKSTRAPS. SERIOUSLY HE DID THAT.
CALLING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
GUILTY OF TREASON.
INSISTING THE ENTIRE TIME THE
TRANSCRIPT OF THE CALL WITH THE
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT WHICH AGAIN
IS PROOF OF HIS CRIME SOMEHOW
EXONERATES HIM.
EXONERATES HIM. REMEMBER PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, WE
ARE ALMOST READY TO BUY MORE
JAVELINS FROM THE UNITED STATES
FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IMMEDIATELY,
NEXT LINE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
DO US A FAVOR, THOUGH.
THAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF
EXONERATING.
EXONERATING. THE PRESIDENT USED AMERICAN
FOREIGN POLICY AND THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND HIS PRIVATE
ATTORNEY AND HIS POWER AS
PRESIDENT TO REPEATEDLY PRESSURE
A COUNTRY INTO DIGGING UP DIRT
ON HIS POLITICAL RIVAL.
HE PERSONALLY STOPPED AID TO
THAT COUNTRY, CONSTITUTIONALLY
AND CONGRESSIONALLY PASSED AND
APPROPRIATED.
APPROPRIATED. AND ON A PHONE CALL WE NOW HAVE
A RECORD OF, HE NOW ATTEMPTED TO
EXTORT THE LEADER INTO
INVESTIGATING HIS POLITICAL
OPPONENT.
OPPONENT. HE IS DESPERATE TO OBSCURE ALL
OF THIS.
OF THIS. WE SAW THIS IN THE KEY MOMENT OF
THE DAY, A SIMPLE QUESTION FROM
JEFF MASON OF REUTERS AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. >> MR. PRESIDENT, CAN YOU JUST
MAKE CLEAR RIGHT HERE WHAT DO
YOU OR WHAT DID YOU WANT
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO DO WITH
REGARD TO JOE AND HUNTER BIDEN?
>> AT THAT POINT TRUMP RAMBLED
ON FOR A MINUTE AND A HALF,
DIDN’T COME CLOSE TO RESPONDING
TO THE QUESTION SO MASON DUG IN
AND ASKED AGAIN.
>> GO AHEAD, ASK THE QUESTION.
>> THE QUESTION, SIR, IS WHAT
DID YOU WANT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
TO DO ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND HIS SON HUNTER?
>> ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
>> IT’S JUST A FOLLOW-UP OF WHAT
I JUST ASKED YOU, SIR.
>> LISTEN, YOU READY, WE HAVE
THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND.
ASK HIM A QUESTION.
>> I HAVE ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON
THE ONE I ASKED YOU.
>> DID YOU HEAR ME, ASK HIM A
QUESTION.
QUESTION. I’VE GIVEN YOU A LONG ANSWER.
ASK THIS GENTLEMAN A QUESTION.
DON’T BE RUDE.
>> NO, SIR, I DON’T WANT TO BE
RUDE.
RUDE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION I
ASKED YOU.
ASKED YOU. >> I ANSWERED EVERYTHING.
>> AND HE GOES ON FOR ANOTHER 30
SECONDS TALKING ABOUT THE
CORRUPT MEDIA AND NOT ANSWERING
THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION. THE MAN WHO LOVES NOTHING MORE
THAN ATTENTION TO HAVE THE WHOLE
WORLD LISTEN TO HIS ANSWER, AT
THAT MOMENT THE ULTIMATE TELL IS
THAT HE WALKS AWAY FROM THE
MICROPHONE, HE DOESN’T WANT TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
AND HE IS TRAPPED AND PINNED AND
STAYING IN THE CORNER SURROUNDED
BY THE SET OF FACTS HE CANNOT
HAND WAVE AWAY NO MATTER HOW
MUCH HE TRIES.
HE BARKS AGAIN AT THE REPORTER
TO NOT ASK HIM ANOTHER QUESTION
BUT TO ASK THE FINNISH PRESIDENT
A QUESTION AND HE STEPS BACK
FROM THE MICROPHONE.
>> TO A LARGE EXTENT IT’S
CORRUPT AND FAKE.
ASK THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND A
QUESTION, PLEASE.
QUESTION, PLEASE. >> WE’RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT
REPORTER JEFF MASON IN JUST A
MOMENT.
MOMENT. BUT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,
BY THE WAY, IT’S KIND OF IN THE
TRANSCRIPT.
TRANSCRIPT. IT’S THE CALL NOTES WE HAVE
WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF THE
WHOLE THING.
WHOLE THING. AGAIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS
THERE’S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
BIDEN’S SON, THAT BIDEN STOPPED
THE PROSECUTION.
THE PROSECUTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUND OUT ABOUT
THAT SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO WITH
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD BE
GREAT.
GREAT. OF COURSE WE ONLY FOUND ABOUT
THAT CALL THANK TUESDAY THE
WHISTLEBLOWER.
WHISTLEBLOWER. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTING
OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER’S FURIOUS
ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO ANYONE.
AGAIN, ALL OF THIS TOTALLY
BELIES THE PRESIDENT’S CLAIM
THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, IT
WAS A PERFECT CALL AND THERE’S
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES COVERED
IT UP.
IT UP. HIS PEOPLE PUT IT IN THE SECRET
SYSTEM, HIS PEOPLE TRIED TO KILL
THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT.
HIS PEOPLE TRIED TO MAKE SURE
THE WHISTLEBLOWER COULDN’T COME
TO CONGRESS AND GET THE
COMPLAINT TO THEL.
THE PRESIDENT DID SOMETHING