OR YOU CAN REACH SOME ACCOMMODATION SO THE INFORMATION

ACCOMMODATION SO THE INFORMATION CAN COME IN.

CAN COME IN. >> LET’S GO TO SOMETHING THAT

>> LET’S GO TO SOMETHING THAT STRUCK HE LAST NIGHT DURING OUR

STRUCK HE LAST NIGHT DURING OUR USUAL HOUR FOR "HARDBALL."

USUAL HOUR FOR "HARDBALL." I WATCHED CHAIRMAN SCHIFF.

I WATCHED CHAIRMAN SCHIFF. I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST

I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST COMPELLING CASE FOR REMOVAL FROM

COMPELLING CASE FOR REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF THIS PRESIDENT THAT I

OFFICE OF THIS PRESIDENT THAT I HAD HEARD IN ALL THESE MONTHS

HAD HEARD IN ALL THESE MONTHS BECAUSE IT WAS REAL, POWERFUL

BECAUSE IT WAS REAL, POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT WHAT THE PRESIDENT

AND IMPORTANT WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID.

DID. LET’S WATCH.

LET’S WATCH. >> IT’S NOT JUST THE AID, IT WAS

>> IT’S NOT JUST THE AID, IT WAS THE FACT OF THE AID ITSELF THAT

THE FACT OF THE AID ITSELF THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO UKRAINE, THE

WAS SO IMPORTANT TO UKRAINE, THE FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD

FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD UKRAINE’S BACK.

UKRAINE’S BACK. AND WHY?

AND WHY? BECAUSE THIS NEW PRESENCE OF

BECAUSE THIS NEW PRESENCE OF UKRAINE, THIS NEW UNTESTED

UKRAINE, THIS NEW UNTESTED FORMER COMEDIAN, PRESIDENT OF

FORMER COMEDIAN, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA WAS

UKRAINE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA WAS GOING TO BE GOING INTO A

GOING TO BE GOING INTO A NEGOTIATION WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.

NEGOTIATION WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. WHETHER HE WENT IN FROM A

WHETHER HE WENT IN FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS

POSITION OF STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER WE HAD

WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER WE HAD HIS BACK.

HIS BACK. AND SO WHEN THE UKRAINIANS

AND SO WHEN THE UKRAINIANS LEARNED AND THE RUSSIANS LEARNED

LEARNED AND THE RUSSIANS LEARNED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DID NOT HAVE HIS BACK,

STATES DID NOT HAVE HIS BACK, WAS WITHHOLDING THIS AID, WHAT

WAS WITHHOLDING THIS AID, WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THAT SENT

MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THAT SENT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN?

TO VLADIMIR PUTIN? THE MESSAGE IT SENT WAS A

THE MESSAGE IT SENT WAS A DISASTER, WAS A DISASTER.

DISASTER, WAS A DISASTER. >> WE ALL FOLLOW THE STORY OF

>> WE ALL FOLLOW THE STORY OF THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS

THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN AND THIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN AND THIS EPISODE WHERE HE EXEMIFIED HIS

EPISODE WHERE HE EXEMIFIED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PUT AND AND

RELATIONSHIP WITH PUT AND AND WHERE HE SOLD OUT AMERICA’S

WHERE HE SOLD OUT AMERICA’S INTEREST FOR A CHEAP POLITICAL

INTEREST FOR A CHEAP POLITICAL GAIN OF SOME DIRT OR THE PROMISE

GAIN OF SOME DIRT OR THE PROMISE OF WHAT LOOK LOOK DIRT, THAT’S