chris: let's have a conversation. why did you say in that briefing that president trump had ordered a quid pro quo investigating the democrats that ukraine depended on investigating the democrats. >> that's what people said that a separate here's what i said, i'll say it again and hopefully people will listen. there are two reasons that we held up the eight, the first one was the rampant corruption in ukraine, it is so bad in ukraine in 2014 congress passed a law requiring us to make sure corruption was moving in the right direction. corruption is a big deal and everybody knows it. he was also concerned about other nations specifically european nations were helping with foreign aid. we talk about that for quite a while. i did then mention that in the past the president had mentioned time to time about the d&c server publicly. he even mentioned it to president zelinski and the phone call. but it was not connected to the aid. that's where people got sidetracked at the press conference. chris: i believe that anyone liste

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chris, i'll start with you. i guess i'll start with you j.t. and chris and then lauren as well. >> sure. >> in the european continent, there's a lot of strategic terrain and the one you outlined is key terrain. nato looks at it. we do exercises there. i think all the countries involved around that area are very focused on it and the 40 miles, 63 kilometers, it is a corridor, some people call it a gap, look at it as we own that terrain right there now, and you got to be able to defend it and plan accordingly. >> we're looking at the same way, it's a piece of key terrain in europe. it's necessary to remain postured in a ready and agile posture so you can respond to any of the possible contingencies. >> is this one of the things that you're going to look at -- >> defender europe is going to look at a whole bunch of thing. the main purpose is to practice getting a force onto the other side of the atlantic from here so it can be employed in any one of the variety of locations. >> okay. what are your thoughts on this corridor? >> i would say the majo

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chris: i'm chris wallace. there are now reports turkish-backed forces are executing syrian fighters while president trump declares he's an island of one for pulling back u.s. troops in northern syria. ♪ >> the kurds are tenninging to fit x that's good. let them have their borders. i don't think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 year guarding the border. chris: the president's move opens the way for turkish forces to launch an assault against the kurds, the key american ally in the fight against isis. >> nobody green lighted this operation by turkey, just the opposite. we pushed back very hard at all levels. chris: discuss the fallout with secretary of defense mark esper live in his first sunday show appearance. and we'll discuss the bipartisan push to punish turkey for its actions with senator chris van hollen. >>> then, democrats launch a new impeachment offensive after the white house refuses to cooperate. >> they know they can't win the 2020 election, so they're pursuing the insane impeachment

chris: it has been reported you have not heard that in the last 48 hours. >> know i've been busy chris. [laughter] chris: maybe you don't know fthis president trump has decided after he put you out there after that briefing he has decided he will not hold it there he blames it on the hostile media and theire partners by getting hammered by republicans. >> we talked about at great length last night if we made the decision on thursday we would've had the press conference on thursday that's fine. but i honestly think what you saw in the tweet is real. he doesn't hold back his feelings or his emotions. he is honestly surprised at the level of pushback. he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business and to put on the best show the best visit and was very comfortable there and we are all surprised at the pushback will have to find someplace else. chris: i just have to pick up he considers himself in the hospitality business. he's the president of the united states. >> that's his background. i use to be in real estate. i don't know what you have done. chris: nothing. that's all

chris? chris: kevin, thanks so much. and, of course, it's extraordinary when all of us reporters and a lot of politicians are focused on what's right in front of us like the debate over policy in syria and the impeachment process, turns out the president for the last couple of weeks has been very involved in, first of all, getting intelligence, then planning and then finally ordering this strike that took down one of america's biggest enemies. let's get reaction now and reporting from trey yingst who is in our middle east newsroom. trey, what's the reaction there in the middle east to the takedown of al-baghdadi? >> reporter: well, chris, many world leaders were waiting until president trump addressed the nation from washington to respond to reports about the death of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. we have just gotten a statement from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who congratulated president trump on an incredible achievement. u.s. allies across the region, more than ten countries participating in airstrik

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. president trump ups the ante, now calling on china to investigate joe biden. as house democrats forge ahead with their impeachme inquiry. ♪ >> we are looking at corrupt, we are not looking at politics. >> chris: the president lays out his defense and dares nancy pelosi to hold a formal vote to authorize the probe. >> republicans are very nervous about us bringing that bill. >> chris: as voters remain deeply divided over impeachment, we will explore new revelations in the case that helped and hurt both sides. >> it reads like a classic organized crime shakedown. >> chairman schiff should be disqualified, they are fact witnesses in the same investigation that they are now running. >> chris: this hour we are joined by two members of the house intelligence committee, which is leading the investigation. democrat val demings of florida and republican chris stewart of utah. both only on "fox news sunday" " plus. >> i never thought biden was going to win. obama took him off the garbage e. >

chris? >> chris: that's a little rich. on fox, it's all free. jeff, there was a controversial play in last night's game. people are still talking about trey turner returning down first base. he was called out because he interfered with the throw. the umpire will get some extra attention tonight. >> yeah, if you're a nats fan, you'll be watching the officiating tonight, the umpires very closely because of what happened last night. led to the ejection of the coach for the nationals. trey turner was returning to first base. if you talk to the fans, they can't see how he could have moved away from the ball. his focus wasn't on the ball. it was getting to the base. but didn't end up mattering too much because the nats got their bats going hot and really hitting them hard out there. 7-2. but tonight it could be different because it is game seven after all. chris? >> chris: well, i'll be watching. i'm a nats fan. thank you. my first time here in the news deck. a couple of bumps along the way. it's harder than it looks. i thought awhile this is it. i'll

chris: okay. let's unpack what just said here because president trump made it very career this week, he says his call for ukraine and now china to investigate allegations against vice president biden and his son hunter have nothing to do with the 2020 election as you contended. take a look. >> i'm only interested in corruption. i don't care about politics. i don't care about biden's politics. i never thought biden was going to win, to be honest. chris: congressman, can you tell me of any other instance during the time president trump has been in office where he asked a foreign leader to investigate a specific american on the issue of corruption? >> you bet. attorney general barr is doing it right now -- chris: no, no, no, i asked -- forgive me. i said president trump. can you tell me of another instance where president trump on a conversation, a call has public wily or privately asked for a foreign leader to investigate a specific american? >> yeah, absolutely. now look, he may have done it person

i want to hand it over to chris and "cuomo prime time." chris? >> thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we have more breaking news on our watch. another one of the president's top guys is about to tell all. he could back up most damaging impeachment testimony to date. what does it mean? what do you say? let's get after. it. all right. here's what we have to get into tonight. bill taylor's testimony may be about to get some backup. a current white house official named morrison is about to testify before house impeachment investigators next week. his testimony would be the first from someone who heard what the president said on that july 25th call directly. not just through that transcript that the rest of us got to see. now, sources say morrison, who is a top russia and europe adviser on president trump's national security council, will corroborate key elements of taylor's account, namely, the president with ukraine was pressing for that president, that government to publicly announce investigations into the bidens before he would greenlight

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. president trump challenged on two fronts. setbacks to his impeachments defense and a tenuous cease-fire in syria. ♪ >> if ice is totally under guard. the turkey is also guarding separately they are watching over everything. >> chris: vice president pence and secretary of state pompeo negotiated a pause in fighting between the turks and the kurds. to speak of the agreement today allows us to go from where we are today to really establish a buffer zone buffer zone. >> chris: but is it a cease fire a surrender? and -- >> i have news for everybody. get over it. is going to be political influence and policy. >> chris: comments from trump's chief of staff trigger a firestorm whether there was a quid pro quo with ukraine. >> i think he clarified in a statement there was no quid pro quo. >> chris: today an exclusive interview with white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. then, mayor pete buttigieg on the rise after going after rivals at the latest democratic debate. we will ask him what his path to the 2020 nomination. plus nancy

as well as you, chris. i wonder if you can talk a little bit about the current status and your feelings about the military to military relationship with turkey. how is that right now, and how quickly is that changing? >> i maintain strong relations with my counterparts in turkey on, within the parameters of u.s. policy at any given time. time going back and forth and visiting each other. we exchange units. we recently had the turkish first commando brigades and accompanied to train with us in germany and reciprocated with the company of paratroopers going to an exercise in turkey. not uncommon. i have a turkish liaison. relations areall driven by policy in the end, but a military to military level between the european command and turkey, we continue to have very solid relations on that level. >> "the washington post" reported on a change in the intelligence that u.s. military was providing turkey around the operation they are conducting in northern syria. has there been any significant changes beyond what h

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i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> you are a workhorse. feel better, my friend. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." once again there's news on our watch and the devil is in the developments. what do you say? let's get after it. this day started with a power play from potus, but the power shifted quickly in a flurry of reporting fueled by trump's own special envoy to ukraine, revealing just how many were troubled by his solicitation of political advantage from ukraine. the solicitation and how much damage control was going on. so let's get perspective on both sides and what the day's events mean. first, congresswoman mikie sherrill from new jersey is here. representative, welcome to "prime time." good to have you. >> thanks so much for having me, chris. >> all right. you've got a benefit and a burden. first the benefit. all this new information on how troubling the call was to people in key positions. reporting that multiple officials prepared a statement for the ukraine president announcing the investigations this president wanted,

chris jansing picks it up. chris. >> a seek krcret twitter life. i barely have a public twitter life but i try. katy tur, thank you very much. i am chris jansing. only chris jansing. i'm in for ali velshi. it is monday, october 21st. today, the gop divide. republicans increasingly nervous about a series of presidential missteps. the g7 back track and pulling troops out of syria. as one conservative republican put it, we just don't need this. >>> and just hours ago, the president firing back. demanding republicans get tougher and fight against the impeachment inquiry. >> democrats fight dirty. i think the democrats are lousy politicians with lousy policy. two things they have. they're vicious. and they stick together. they don't have mitt romney in their midst. they don't have people like that. they stick together. you never see them break off. you never see somebody go out and -- that's why i respect it so much. republicans have to get tougher and fight. we have some that are great fighters but they have to get tougher and fight because the democra

i'm chris jansing in for katy tur. ali velshi is here. >> you do have to acknowledge it's happening. >> not everyone does is the problem, right? >> that is the problem. chris, good to see you. >> you too. >> all right. it's wednesday october the 30th. the president's republican allies have tried to hide the president's conduct but the american people will now see the facts first hand. on this day at this hour, the house rules committee begins its markup of a resolution that will formally map out how the case for impeaching president trump will be made to the american people. there have only been three times in u.s. history when congress drafted articles of impeachment against a president. right now, we are witnessing that democracy at work. the resolution t

chris: let's turn to syria. defense secretary has said those thousand troops are being moved out of syria are moving to iraq and they are not coming home. >> they will eventually in the quickest way to get them out of danger was to get them into iraq. what you are facing and literally the number was 28 u.s. special forces between tens of thousands of soldiers on one side and tens of thousands on the other side. i hope when we release the letter it puts to bed the nonsense about how the president is supposedly green lighting the invasion nothing is further from the truth in the letter. chris: the husband release. >> this is what we do within the administration of the time. they say there's agreement, the president greenlighted this. and then we put out facts that put that to bed and noah comes back and says we were wrong about that. go back to the beginning of the impeachment. how did it start, a transcript with the bidens no one comes back and says we wrong about that. chris: i'm running out of time. and i one m

>> chris: following very short? it's embarrassing that senators and congressmen in the united states would criticize trump for not going to war, when they have the power in the u.s. senate to declare war. which they haven't done since 9/11. it's unbelievable to see mitch mcconnell, to see chuck schumer out there yelling at the executive, "why don't you just expand and start a new war in syria over a different fight with a nato ally?" when they are too afraid to take a vote on it? >> harris: chris, can i just ask you -- our relationship with the kurds. i know they are not nato allies, but they helped put thousands of ices fighters either in the ground or in a jail cell. >> chris: they did. we should let them do that more. >> harris: but we took our people out. i know the president said there were a few troops, not more than a few hundred of them come up now we are moving them compose the out of syria. we want to put on sanctions. is this too much after the fact? should there have been the different move here? >> chri

. >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." new depths of the efforts of this president to go after the bidens. a cnn exclusive and key players making the case and trying to defend on the show tonight. where do you stand? let's get after it. >>> all right. so here is the latest. the president's personal lawyer pushed the state department and the white house to get a visa for the ousted ukrainian prosecutor who promised dirt on the bidens. this comes in an cnn exclusive from four sources citing the testimony of depp testify assistant secretary of state george kent this week to congress. they tell us that in january 2019 rudy giuliani tried to secure a u.s. visa for ukrainian victor shokin. you've heard that name a lot now. he was forced to resign in 2016 with the help of the united states for failing to root out corruption. as if the plot were not already painfully clear, president trump's acting chief of staff admitted to a quid pro quo and then proteus and company had him deny it. so we know what happened. the question is what

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good to have you on "prime time." >> hey, chris. thanks for having me. >> so to summarize what i'm sure you already know, congressman, but we had this former special envoy kurt volker come out today and basically express according to the reports that there were a number of people involved with the diplomatic efforts in ukraine concerned about what the president had done in that phone call and taking steps to try to tamp it down because they thought it was wrong. are you at all responsive to that? >> no. i read the transcript. there's nothing inside the transcript that's -- that was wrong. he simply said hey, there's some people, there's a lot of people in fact that want to know the truth. did biden interfere with your guys in an investigation? what happened with hunter biden? i'm paraphrasing that. he didn't say hunter biden. but he said biden's son. there's nothing in the transcript, which i would encourage everybody to read. it will take you less than five minutes to read. there's nothing in there that's wrong. it was a conversati

that's what chris just said. this is not some trump is him "i think he meant this, i think he meant that." he said specific things. "the new york times" did a piece about what hunter biden did in china. the firm he worked with has long been established there. he's worked there for over a decade. there are multiple deals, including the one president trump is talking abou about. >> melissa: what was the added value? >> jessica: nepotism. this is the acceptable kind of swampy nepotism. >> melissa: the only thing he added was access to the vice president. there's nothing else about the table. but how can you dispute that point? what is your response to that? >> jessica: i'm bringing it to the floor, it is -- >> melissa: that's public corruption. >> jessica: it is not public corruption for there to be nepotism. first of all, under biden's lawyer said he didn't make a dime off of that deal. by the way, second of all, ivanka trump has over a dozen trademarks that she has -- >> melissa: not whataboutism. how's a public c

first of all, welcome back, chris. we're happy to have you back. >> thanks, glen. >> when you think about, maybe donald trump was a political novice when he was running the first time, so maybe that's why he said, "russia, if you're listening," he didn't know any better. then we spent two years -- that in part gave birth to the mueller investigation. he knows better now. and what does he do? hey, ukraine, if you're listening, i want dirt on biden. then he stands on the white house lawn and says, china, i want you in, too. now, do you think china maybe started its own spearfishing expedition after he said that? i mean, it really is beyond the pale to suggest that he doesn't know any better and he's just being donald trump. he's dragging the country through this all over again. >> in a story just breaking right now, "the washington post" is reporting that trump's effort to pressure ukraine came, quote, as he was being urged to adopt a hostile view of the country by its regional adversaries, including -- here it comes --

one democratic senator chris van hollen is actually working on a bipartisan bill with graham to put sanctions on cherokee if for this for this invasion so they are also very very critical of current events and of an hollande has said that. that turkey must pay a heavy price for attacking our syrian kurdish partners so trump is really getting a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle and do we know. how was this all playing out in terms of public opinion because there is the impeachment inquiry that is taking place right now in the united states and now you have the president getting a lot of blowback because of his decision with syria i mean how are those 2 things interacting when it comes to public opinion while they are putting the president under a lot of pressure and you could see earlier today that the trial was very active on twitter basically firing on all cylinders and that is usually something that that happens when when he is aware that really. he isn't doing too well in the public eye and that that is currently the state authority washington correspondent carla bley can with

." >> well, thanks, chris. and that's for having me. >> help us understand the weaving of politics and policy on the syria troop withdrawal. the president says i campaigned on this, americans are tired of this, we want our boys and girls back home and i'm doing that. >> well, chris, i really wish i could understand and i think my colleagues and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are very stupefied. i mean, where did this come from? you've seen senator mcconnell, liz cheney, who also serves on the armed services committee, elliott engel, everyone is just incredibly concerned. i mean, there is no indication that this was coming, that we would pull troops out of syria and leave our allies of the kurds who have been our biggest allies in the lurch. it's another unpredicted episode and americans are not sure how to react to this unpredictability from the president. >> on the we didn't see it coming, i hear you on that. but cnn is told by a couple of people at the pentagon that the people in command around the

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo, and welcome to "primetime." so many see this as a very dark day for the president. maybe, but that's not my perspective. we have finally see the light of truth. we know what happened, and that light shown brightly today from an unlikely source, team trump. the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine says a quid pro quo was clearly in play. the president was orchestrating a shadow effort to manipulate ukraine to get dirt on the dnc and the bidens. people with power to decide the president's fate are here tonight to answer the real only question that remains, what should the consequence be? it's a big day. there are big questions. let's get after it. now, look, the white house is doing what it doe source, but they can't do that here. this comes from their own. the president's top diplomat in ukraine, the man asked by trump secretary of state -- of course, he is for every citizen -- but i'm saying it's his team. pompeo went to taylor, asked him to do the job. this is their team. a

>> shepard: just for you, chris and for synergy and the fox world, this weekend on fox news sunday, chris wallace talks with a different secretary, mark esper and the secretary 's first sunday show interview, very first one and also senator chris van hollen the democrat of maryland, he and the republican senator lindsey graham have a bipartisan plan to punish turkey for attacking kurdish fighters in syria. that is this sunday on your local fox station. check your local listings. how was that? >> that was very, very good. you know what masson come i think you have a future in broadcasting. [laughter] >> shepard: thank you. this does not make you dad. dad's at home watching right now, hi, dad, it is chris's birthday but we don't care, dad. he is saying hello back. he is 91. >> not quite there make yet. [laughter] >> shepard: i mean, good luck, chris. >> thank you. >> shepard: you are the man. i appreciate you. wildfire alert and there it is, just look at this, this is from a chopper way up in the air. can you see how high the flames are leaping above the trees? there is absolutely no stoppi

and chris whiple, author of the gate keepers. how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency. so, look, clearly between mulvaney and this week's testimony, democrats feel their case is stronger now. i want to play for you one member of congress who was in the room all four days for all the testimony talking to me earlier today about what he learned behind closed doors. >> the metaphor that i like to offer is that it's as though we're using an old 35 millimeter camera and we're rotating the lens in order for the picture to come into clearer focus, higher resolution. we're already above basic capable focus on what went on here. the depth and breadth of it. we're on our way to high definition. but from each and -- >> is high definition -- just so i understand the analogy, is high definition drafting articles of impeachment? >> well, i think there's some people that would be willing to do that, frankly, with basic cable resolution. >> are you one of them? are you at that point? >> i think the president has committed impe

chris jansing is here. chris. >> katy, thank you for that. it is monday, october 28th. additional evidence of obstruction. that's the analysis today from house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff saying that republicans are actually bolstering the case for impeachment by trying to block witnesses from testifying. right now, there is a constitutional power struggle between the white house and congressional democrats after former deputy national security advisor charles kupperman didn't show up for his testimony today. he was a key advisor to john bolton and is waiting for a judge to rule on his congressional subpoena since the white house wants to block him from testifying. and that's what led schiff to warn that trying to block witnesses who have critical testimony makes for a powerful obstruction case against the president. and that's not the only court action going on. >>> today, the justice department said they'll fight a federal judge's ruling requiring them to give democrats grand jury material that's related to the mueller report. the impeachment battle gr

>> i can see it, chris. i'm just putting it in terms of icons, the number of people who are players in this, the phone with the text is what it suggests, it's the text that volker gave us about the dialogues, the phone call obviously, the phone call between the two presidents and tv here is what we've heard from the president's mouth himself or from mulvaney himself, there's mick mulvaney, the guy with like five different jobs in the white house. andrew, why should it matter to people we have this many layers of different people making these different points? >> chris, i'm going to simplify it for you. >> please. >> one witness who was there, who heard things directly, who was involved in events is really good for a case. two witnesses is even better. three witnesses is incredible and just keep going on and on because that's what we have here. each one of the witnesses that's come in has provided some key piece of testimony that confirms the central allegation and that allegation is ultimately in its most ba

. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews. back in washington while under armed attack by russia the people of ukraine were denied american arms unless the president of ukraine declared that he was investigating joe biden. well, this is the powerful testimony today of chief u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor who drew a direct line between trump's delivery of needed weapons to that country and his demand of personal political assistance from a foreign power. ambassador bill taylor is wrapping up his closed door testimony right now. it's lasted over 9 hours. according to members who were in the room with him, his testimony represents a sea change that's the phrase in the investigation and elicited sighs and gasps. the president's tweets today compared the lawful impeachment inquiry against him to a lynching. and a little later i'll be speaking to michael moore and amy klobuchar about the state of the race for president and unseating donald trump. we begin with bill taylor who appeared under testimony by subpoena for a private

want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> very well done, anderson. thank you. >>> i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." another crazy day but one of heavy consequence. the white house fully admits to ukraine quid pro quo, then tries to take it back and blame us for getting it wrong. guess what, it's all on tape. i have it. you listen for yourself. you see who's lying. and, also, which key cabinet figure in this ukraine mess is now resigning. that means he can testify. we have a top impeachment investigator who is listening closely and is here to talk next moves as we break down where impeachment and the prosecution of this president's lawyer stand tonight. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> got to say it, only in the age of trump. the president sent his acting chief of staff to take on the media and he had a simple message. yeah, we held up aid to ukraine, but we did it so they would investigate the dnc in 2016 election interference. so it was a good quid pro quo. listen. >> did he also mention to me in the past that the corruption related

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i'm chris hayes. the scandal that is threatening to swallow donald trump's presidency hole just keeps getting bigger. a ton of news today. first the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani was issued a subpoena from house democrats demanding he turn over documents relatele to his attempt to pressure ukraine into investigating joe biden. democrats alerting giuliani to their demand in a letter to pointing to, quote, an investigation into credible allegations you asked as an agent of the president are by abusing the power of the office of the president. also today "the wall street journal" reported secretary of state mike pompeo took part in that infamous july phone call in which president trump pressured the ukrainian president, which raises new questions about the state department's role in both the crime and the cover-up. a week ago pompeo was asked about that very call, and pretty much pretended he just knew nothing about it. >> "the wall street journal" is reporting that president trump pressed th

back to chris. not unexpected. you think all of those that have been named will get a similar request at one point or another. >> absolutely. the breaking news to me, today, is that the -- fox has gotten ahold of the 11-page statement, opening statement by kurt volcker yesterday in a closed session. he was the special envoy from the administration to ukraine. he was very involved in all of this. this 11-page opening statement is quite devastating to the president and rudy guliani's case. it basically says that volcker, who all sides agree was an honest broker in this whole thing, was very disturbed by the information, he thought disinformation that various ukrainian officials were sending to rudy guliani, the president's private lawyer and that rudy guliani was then spreading that information in washington and that might be a reason why the president was so reluctant to meet with zelensky and also to, of course, push zelensky to investigate in that july 25th phone call both potential involvement in the 2016 electio

chris: chris: we'll see --chris: we'll see. they probably won't do too much more between now and thursday. they were short about 160,000 contracts. they are still going in short, but on a scalable ratio, it's not that big of a bet. earlier in the year they had been short about 500,000 contracts. that's what fueled a very nice rally, a one dollar 20 since rally in may. that's a big part of it -- a $1 .20 rally in may. the money flow has been something to really watch. we will see on thursday. right now these guys are short. if we get anything bullish, it would be a gift to farmers and producers because managed money will not ride those losers. they will cover those sorts. vonnie: i have to ask about oil because we are seeing a nice 2% bounce today. where we just oversold last week?? what is bringing wti close to $54 a barrel? chris: it's been a very technical trade, and a lot of people got caught in that headline trade, when the saudi oilfields were attacked. we had that big spike up. it actually was a very big buy technical lev