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schiff. schiff's spokesman says the whistle-blower's identity was never made known, that he was told to file his complaint through the proper channels, and schiff never saw the complaint in advance. here, however, is what trump said when asked about this reporting on schiff. >> i think it's a scandal that he knew before. i'd go a step further. i think he probably helped write it, okay? that's what the word is. it's a scam. it's a scam. >> today house democrats said they would subpoena white house officials by friday of this week if their demands for documents on ukraine are not met. and there was this warning to the administration from the aforementioned adam schiff. >> we're not fooling around here. they just need to know that even as they try to undermine our ability to find the facts around the president's effort to coerce a foreign leader to create dirt that he can use against a political opponent, that they will be strengthening the case on obstruction if they behave that way. >> earlier
schiff. schiff's spokesman says the whistle-blower's identity was never made known, that he was told to file his complaint through the proper channels, and schiff never saw the complaint in advance. here, however, is what trump said when asked about this reporting on schiff. >> i think it's a scandal that he knew before. i'd go a step further. i think he probably helped write it, okay? that's what the word is. it's a scam. it's a scam. >> today house democrats said they would...
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i saw schiff trying to go -- i call him shifty schiff, we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing, he's a shifty, dishonest guy who by the way was critical of one of the great secretaries of state, graduated number one in his class at west point, graduated one of the top of his class in harvard law school, the most honorable person, mike pompeo. and this guy was negative on mike pompeo. he can't -- you know, there's an expression, he couldn't carry his blank strap, i won't say it because they'll say it was terrible to say, but he couldn't carry his blank strap, do you understand that? you deal with bad people, you know, i watched china over the last few days and i watched some of these other countries, build up, build up, and we built up more than any of them because of me but no help from the democrats, they're a disaster. they're the do-nothing democrats, they're a disaster, all they want to do is win the election in 2020 so they come up with this impeachment nonsense. everyone knows, all based on one phone call that i have where i'm talking to the president of ukraine, you'll hear fr
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house intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. it's the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. also president trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. but he's under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader baghdabu bak baghdadi and the other major story we're watching is california in flames right now. mandatory evacuation orders are in place. 200,000 people have been told to get out so far including hospital patients, jail inmate, college students as well. we'll go to california in a bit. we start with that breaking news on capitol hill right now. a key witness has refused to show up to a scheduled deposition this morning and democrats are now preparing to hold it in contempt of congress. >> w
house intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. it's the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. also president trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. but he's under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader baghdabu bak baghdadi and the other major...
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we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. he's a shifty, dishonest guy. there's an expression, he couldn't carry his blank strap. i won't say it because they will say it's so terrible to say. but that guy couldn't carry his blank strap. >> i'm joined by a former speechwriter in the bush white house david frum and key eye on the trump white house, "trumpocracy: the corruption of the american public." david thank you for joining me. this is a news cycle where i want to hear what you're thinking. i assume you had a chance to take a look at this "washington post" report. your take on what it means. >> two things, first, it's so weird vice president pence did not know the trumps were seeking dirt on the bidens because people reading our paper know that since march. but the fiemt most terrible smoking gun clue where the basic outcome has been known for months and indeed donald trump is not so reckless to let us vice president remain clear. it's going to be very important to president trump in this harrowing circumstance facing him to make sure that the vice pre
we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. he's a shifty, dishonest guy. there's an expression, he couldn't carry his blank strap. i won't say it because they will say it's so terrible to say. but that guy couldn't carry his blank strap. >> i'm joined by a former speechwriter in the bush white house david frum and key eye on the trump white house, "trumpocracy: the corruption of the american public." david thank you for joining me. this is a news cycle where i want to hear...
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the president saying, i leave that to the lawyers and then taking aim at adam schiff saying schiff has been proven to be a liar, he's a stone-cold liar, that sort of reiterating some of the barbs against adam schiff. the bottom line as you and i know and reporting, there is a request for documents and the democrats have been clear in the house if they don't get them voluntarily, they will move to issue subpoenas. if the white house continues to block their requests, they will see that as evidence of obstruction. just getting our very first read out here, hallie, appears the president just as defiant as he was yesterday. >> and i understand, kristen, that the president has just wrapped up. he just finished speaking with reporters on the white house south lawn. he talked about mitch mcconnell's statement that happened. he talked about the vice president's remarks about president trump yesterday. just to bring our viewers in because you and i are familiar as white house correspondents how this goes down, but remember, folks at home, there's a team of reporters who is out on the south lawn
the president saying, i leave that to the lawyers and then taking aim at adam schiff saying schiff has been proven to be a liar, he's a stone-cold liar, that sort of reiterating some of the barbs against adam schiff. the bottom line as you and i know and reporting, there is a request for documents and the democrats have been clear in the house if they don't get them voluntarily, they will move to issue subpoenas. if the white house continues to block their requests, they will see that as...
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i saw schiff trying to go -- call him shifty schiff. we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. he's a shifty dishonest guy. he should resign from office in disgrace. and frankly they should look at him for treason. >> biden and his son are stone cold crooked. and you know it. nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you know, she has to approve it. she hands out subpoenas like they're cookies. you want a subpoena? here you go, take 'em like they're cookies. they've been trying to impeach me from the day i got elected. i've been going through is this for three years. believe it or not, i watch my words very carefully. there are those that think i'm a very stable genius, okay. i watch my words very, very closely. >> so, karine, through all the smoke screen, all that noise, there's one question at the center of all of this. i will quote jeff mason, mr. president can you just make clear right now, what did you want president zelensky to do regarding joe and hunter biden. >> right. >> in that long exchange where the went off talking about money that we give or we give too much money t
i saw schiff trying to go -- call him shifty schiff. we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. he's a shifty dishonest guy. he should resign from office in disgrace. and frankly they should look at him for treason. >> biden and his son are stone cold crooked. and you know it. nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you know, she has to approve it. she hands out subpoenas like they're cookies. you want a subpoena? here you go, take 'em like they're cookies. they've been trying to impeach...
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for adam schiff as conveyed to alex moe. he said the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence committee. at no point did the committee review or receive the complaint in advance. he continues, the committee did not receive the complaint until the night before the acting director of national intelligence's opening hearing before the committee. more than three weeks after the legal deadline by which the committee should have received the complaint. so in that press conference we just saw, where the question was conveyed to president trump that adam schiff might have had advance notice of what the complaint the was about, the question was completely misrepresentd and it teed president trump up to make the claim that adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee had some hand in writing it, which is completely false according to the reporting and according to the statement from the committee. hopefully that clears some of
for adam schiff as conveyed to alex moe. he said the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence committee. at no point did the committee review or receive the complaint in advance. he continues, the committee did not receive the complaint until the night before the acting director of national intelligence's opening hearing before the committee. more than three weeks after the legal deadline by which the...
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he's trying to discredit chairman schiff. it's notable, by the way that he's going after schiff much more intensively than he is going after house speaker nancy pelosi, who is the one last tuesday who launched these impeachment proceedings. there's a calculation in the white house that schiff is a more vulnerable target. but the other thing trump is trying to do is project this narrative that he is somehow being unfairly persecuted, that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims, no president's been treated this way throughout american history, as he claims on twitter. and he feels this sense of self-pity that he's broadcasting to the world, and that is significant and it's different. we have not seen that before with other presidents who have been staring down impeachment. >> katie benner, can you remind our viewers of the kinds of professionals inside doj -- forgive me, i have a respiratory thing that half of new york seems to have -- excuse me. the kinds of professionals who reside inside doj who would take a dim
he's trying to discredit chairman schiff. it's notable, by the way that he's going after schiff much more intensively than he is going after house speaker nancy pelosi, who is the one last tuesday who launched these impeachment proceedings. there's a calculation in the white house that schiff is a more vulnerable target. but the other thing trump is trying to do is project this narrative that he is somehow being unfairly persecuted, that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims, no...
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schiff fabricated phone call, a crime. again, trump's hobby horse is schiff's dramatic reading of that phone call for which we have notes and no actual transcript. we presume the takeaway here is one should not dramatize a conversation that actually took place. question. that rule against dramatizations, does that apply to the famously star-crossed lovers peter strzok and lisa page of the fbi, whose text traffic to each other has been published verbatim? we're guessing something like that should never be dramatized. >> peter strzok. [ audience booing ] >> remember he and his lover, lisa page. i love you, peter. i love you too, lisa. lisa, i love you. lisa, lisa, oh, god, i love you, lisa. and if she doesn't win, lisa, we got an insurance policy, lisa. we'll get that son of a bitch out. >> a dramatic reading from the president to take us off the air tonight. that is our broadcast for this monday evening as we all start a new week together. thank you so very much for being here with us and good night from our nbc news headqu
schiff fabricated phone call, a crime. again, trump's hobby horse is schiff's dramatic reading of that phone call for which we have notes and no actual transcript. we presume the takeaway here is one should not dramatize a conversation that actually took place. question. that rule against dramatizations, does that apply to the famously star-crossed lovers peter strzok and lisa page of the fbi, whose text traffic to each other has been published verbatim? we're guessing something like that...
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house intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. it's the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. also president trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. but he's under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader baghdabu bak baghdadi and the other major story we're watching is california in flames right now. mandatory evacuation orders are in place. 200,000 people have been told to get out so far including hospital patients, jail inmate, college students as well. we'll go to california in a bit. we start with that breaking news on capitol hill right now. a key witness has refused to show up to a scheduled deposition this morning and democrats are now preparing to hold it in contempt of congress. >> we move forward and we will obviously consider, as we inform the council his failure to appear as evide
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you heard what adam schiff said. they're taking about rolling this into some sort of obstruction part of an impeachment process. who has the upper hand here, again, given what we've seen historically that these kinds of things, trying to get people to testify who don't want to testify, trying to get documents can go on and on and on in the courts. >> good morning, chris. believe me, i have seen examples of congressional overreach in the past when it comes to congress's oversight powers but i don't see that here. i think these requests appear to be reasonable. the problem, though, that congress has, as heidi pointed out, if it faces obstruction by the administration and the white house and chooses to pursue litigation, a remedy in the courts, to force the administration to cooperate, that will take too long, and so the alternative is to do exactly what appears to be in the works here, and that is simply chalk that obstruction up to obstruction and roll that into the impeachment process and simply assume the worst abou
you heard what adam schiff said. they're taking about rolling this into some sort of obstruction part of an impeachment process. who has the upper hand here, again, given what we've seen historically that these kinds of things, trying to get people to testify who don't want to testify, trying to get documents can go on and on and on in the courts. >> good morning, chris. believe me, i have seen examples of congressional overreach in the past when it comes to congress's oversight powers...
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he is trying to discredit chairman schiff. it is notable by the way he is going after schiff much more intense i everly than -- intens than after nancy pelosi who is the one who last week launched these impeachment proceedings. there is a calculation in the white house that schiff is a target. president trump has this narrative that he is the greatest victim in the history of victims. no president has been treated this way throughout american history as he claims on twitter and he feels this sense of self-pity he is broadcasting to the world and that is significant and different. we've not seen that before with other presidents who have been staring down impeachment. >> katie benner, can you remind our viewers of the kinds of professionals inside doj -- forgive me. i have this respiratory thing that half of new york seems to have. excuse me. the kinds of professionals who reside inside doj, who would take a dim view of rudy guiliani's travels as a defacto kind of hovering attorney general or the actual attorney general's trave
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this one was a little bit worse and cruder, let's say, as he attacked shifty schiff and low-life schiff. pelosi in contrast, geoff bennett was there, was talking we have to be prayerful, we have to be serious. she is very much trying to avoid looking as adversarial as institutionally they are right now. i was there 20 years ago, geoff bennett is describing accurately what happened. bill clinton was very disciplined in the aftermath certainly in defending and they had a war room set up and they did a lot of legislation. they worked with congress. but he did not talk about it. he had the added element in that his impeachment was about a sexual affair involving someone not the first lady so he had the domestic troubles that were very, very clear to all of us who were covering the white house at the time and covering the administration at the time. but they got things done. it didn't stop everything else. but in contrast, this president was at the u.n. last week and every time he walked past a camera he would stop and talk about the bidens, not about what he wanted to accomplish with north
this one was a little bit worse and cruder, let's say, as he attacked shifty schiff and low-life schiff. pelosi in contrast, geoff bennett was there, was talking we have to be prayerful, we have to be serious. she is very much trying to avoid looking as adversarial as institutionally they are right now. i was there 20 years ago, geoff bennett is describing accurately what happened. bill clinton was very disciplined in the aftermath certainly in defending and they had a war room set up and they...
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we now heard a warning from adam schiff. the white house is able to block or does say pompeo is going to block officials from justifying. what avenues are available to congress? >> same avenues that are available during the mueller investigation which is to hall people in hall -- haul people into court. it does seem some of these officials deciding on their own to comply. that will set the president. even if they are unable to get the state department officials, democrats will have enough once the ig fills in the blanks on this whistleblower's complaint and does so in front of a bipartisan showing even if it is behind closed doors, that's going to be compelling enough for them to proceed with this process. all of it will be rolled into an obstruction charge. they have the same tools unfortunately for democrats that they are trying to unveil during the mueller investigation which is to take people to court. >> if it is go ahead to take people to court. yamic yamiche, a certain warning does not result in anything or how many s
we now heard a warning from adam schiff. the white house is able to block or does say pompeo is going to block officials from justifying. what avenues are available to congress? >> same avenues that are available during the mueller investigation which is to hall people in hall -- haul people into court. it does seem some of these officials deciding on their own to comply. that will set the president. even if they are unable to get the state department officials, democrats will have enough...
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if the democrats have a case, adam schiff should release thursday's transcript. it allegedly establishes a quid pro quo. adam schiff released the transcript like president trump released the transcript of his call with president zelensky. and then we can see. is not it. >> i'll have michelle respond. when you talk about saudi arabia and others, it was not to the personal gain of the president. we're talking now not about using foreign governments for investigations. we're talking about directing an investigation that would directly be of political gain to the president. that's a total different ball game. >> i don't believe that. i just don't believe that. >> i'm not saying established. i'm saying the expects you use ready not what we're looking at here, michelle. there was nobody in the khashoggi situation that was accused of having political gain. >> what hugh hewitt and other defenders of the president are asking you to believe is that the president is independently terribly concerned about nept tisic corruption. there is no other case in the world in which he
if the democrats have a case, adam schiff should release thursday's transcript. it allegedly establishes a quid pro quo. adam schiff released the transcript like president trump released the transcript of his call with president zelensky. and then we can see. is not it. >> i'll have michelle respond. when you talk about saudi arabia and others, it was not to the personal gain of the president. we're talking now not about using foreign governments for investigations. we're talking about...
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beyond that you have adam schiff. he says they will draw an adverse inference to any more stonewalling which is to suggest that they will assume that the underlying allegation is true. otherwise why would the trump administration be trying to cover it up? so even as the white house by punting some of these reports, democrats are making clear they don't see legal action anymore as a remedy for this. they are moving full steam ahead with this impeachment inquiry. >> thank you very much for that update, geoff. joining me now is barbara mcquaid. good to have you with us. what do you make of this development now that you've got those three committees of the house, the oversight, the intel and the foreign affairs committee also bringing the vice president, his documents alleging that perhaps a member of his staff might have been on the call? what does that say to you? >> well, the circle is getting larger of people who might have information. and as an investigator i was always very pleased to have more sources of informati
beyond that you have adam schiff. he says they will draw an adverse inference to any more stonewalling which is to suggest that they will assume that the underlying allegation is true. otherwise why would the trump administration be trying to cover it up? so even as the white house by punting some of these reports, democrats are making clear they don't see legal action anymore as a remedy for this. they are moving full steam ahead with this impeachment inquiry. >> thank you very much for...
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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. >> 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. 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
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. >> 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...
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we heard from pelosi and schiff. we have the news that the whistleblower went to the intel committee. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: well, let's start with that, chuck. one of the reasons why president trump suggested falsely that house intelligence chairman adam schiff might have had a hand in writing the whistleblower complaint, as the president put it, is because when he got the question the reporter who asked him that question mischaracterized the reporting by "the new york times." in large part because the story broke right as those reporters were going into the east room for the press conference i'd imagine. but the reporting makes clear that the whistleblower tried to elevate his or her complaint within the agency that he or she works for, "the new york times" names the agency, i'm not going to name the agency out of respect for the whistleblower's privacy. there was a concern that the agency wouldn't handle it correctly. so the whistleblower then approached the house intelligence community to f
we heard from pelosi and schiff. we have the news that the whistleblower went to the intel committee. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: well, let's start with that, chuck. one of the reasons why president trump suggested falsely that house intelligence chairman adam schiff might have had a hand in writing the whistleblower complaint, as the president put it, is because when he got the question the reporter who asked him that question mischaracterized the reporting by "the...
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he's got rail against schiff. he's got mike hall was perfect, let's try to dilude my 35% into thinking there's nothing wrong with asking a foreign leader for dirt on opponent. >> i was literally just talking to my colleague as i approached this camera. and what you and john both said is 100% right. surrogates are not along to defend him. and everybody around him, i mean, his staff is leaking. there's no white house press conferences. so there's no infrastructure around him. we had something today in playbook about how our republicans feel there is no strategy and the president is just kind of lashing out randomly. and we saw that again today. and meanwhile it's equally important to point out what democrats are doing. which is the committees are getting more and more serious about holding the president to account, meaning if they stonewall congress or attempt to as adam schiff said, he is going to take that, a, as obstructing the investigation. and he's going to use that as evidence of obstruction and use it as som
he's got rail against schiff. he's got mike hall was perfect, let's try to dilude my 35% into thinking there's nothing wrong with asking a foreign leader for dirt on opponent. >> i was literally just talking to my colleague as i approached this camera. and what you and john both said is 100% right. surrogates are not along to defend him. and everybody around him, i mean, his staff is leaking. there's no white house press conferences. so there's no infrastructure around him. we had...
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we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. >> adam schiff made up my words. adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. >> the impeachment inquiry turning to vice president mike pence. a new take on which key player is the most vulnerable. >>> plus the andrew yang surge. why his name is coming up regarding the november debate. >>> and new this morning, there is new reporting of what could become a major piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry. "the new york times" reporting that a second intelligence official is considering whether to file a whistle-blower complaint about the president seeking foreign help from ukraine against his political opponent, joe biden. the "times" reports the second official has more direct information about the events detailed in the first whistle-blower complaint. and that the second official is among those interviewed by the intelligence community inspector general to corroborate the allegations of the original whistle-blower. >>> the new reporting highlights the lengths the president and his inner circle ha
we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. >> adam schiff made up my words. adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. >> the impeachment inquiry turning to vice president mike pence. a new take on which key player is the most vulnerable. >>> plus the andrew yang surge. why his name is coming up regarding the november debate. >>> and new this morning, there is new reporting of what could become a major piece of evidence in the impeachment...
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according to "the new york times," siting a spokesman for democrat adam schiff and former and current officials a cia officer approached a house intel committee aide with his concerns about the president only after first having a colleague relay them at the c.i.a.'s top lawyer. the times says the officer approached the aide after becoming concerned about how their initial attempt force reviewing the allegations through the cia was unfolding, adding that in both case, the original accusation was vague. the paper goes on to say that the house staff member following the committee's procedures rejected the officer find a lawyer to meet with an inspector general which means key file a whistleblower complaint. the aide shared some of what the officer compared to adamsh schi but not the identity. >> and the whistleblower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the committee. and this is a regular rule and at no point did the committee review or receive the whistleblower complaint in advance. here is president trump's reaction yesterday to the times re
according to "the new york times," siting a spokesman for democrat adam schiff and former and current officials a cia officer approached a house intel committee aide with his concerns about the president only after first having a colleague relay them at the c.i.a.'s top lawyer. the times says the officer approached the aide after becoming concerned about how their initial attempt force reviewing the allegations through the cia was unfolding, adding that in both case, the original...
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>> well, i think adam schiff's taking the lead. you know, there's nothing in the constitution that requires the house judiciary committee to write the articles of impeachment. that's been the case. it was the case in nixon's impeachment resolutions. but here's what could happen. the intelligence committee is having these closed-door hearings. they have access to information, confidential information, classified information, that the rest of congress doesn't have access to. the judiciary committee members don't have access to. so i think it's going to fall on adam schiff and his committee to marshal that evidence, to collect it, and to present an article of impeachment based upon ukraine. but as glen said, i think there are other articles of impeachment. the emoluments is a gross example of that. and the connection between the two is important. the frameworks were very concerned about foreign governments having influence in our affairs. the common denominator between ukraine and emoluments is the foreign governments involvement. get
>> well, i think adam schiff's taking the lead. you know, there's nothing in the constitution that requires the house judiciary committee to write the articles of impeachment. that's been the case. it was the case in nixon's impeachment resolutions. but here's what could happen. the intelligence committee is having these closed-door hearings. they have access to information, confidential information, classified information, that the rest of congress doesn't have access to. the judiciary...
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that the entire process they say has already been corrupted by the way that adam schiff and the other committee chairs who set up the closed door depositions have handled it. kevin mccarthy, the leader of house republicans this morning said it was the fruit of the poison tree. anything that comes out of these depositions are already moot essentially, shouldn't be taken seriously. the republicans won't vote for it so if the idea was to remove one republican talking point here by having this vote, that has been done or me happens will be done. but a new talking point has sprouted up in the place. that's why the democrats have not done it in first place, the republicans will move the goalpost to satisfy them. we are awaiting to see the text of the resolution and we're awaiting it before the start of this broadcast but we haven't seen it yet. we don't know if it's based on any changes being made it to it still. but i suspect we will know a lot more soon about what democrats are proposing. >> thanks, garrett haake on capitol hill. >>> i want to talk through why this particular testimony is
that the entire process they say has already been corrupted by the way that adam schiff and the other committee chairs who set up the closed door depositions have handled it. kevin mccarthy, the leader of house republicans this morning said it was the fruit of the poison tree. anything that comes out of these depositions are already moot essentially, shouldn't be taken seriously. the republicans won't vote for it so if the idea was to remove one republican talking point here by having this...
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if he's going to order people not to testify and so on, i think schiff is absolutely righ that. i don't need any of this. the technical legal term for all of these fights and stuff like that is gravy. they don't need it. they've got what they need. ambassador sondland was the only thing trump had, sondland said at one point it wasn't a quid pro quo, and even he has backed way from that. the white house is in a tashl, terrible position. schiff is exactly right to do what he did today. >> sometimes you and i have potentially intricate conversations about the law here. the next question i have for you is very straightforward. for people watching who say, well, if mick mulvaney comes out and gives a long press conference about the details of this, ukraine, bribery, quid pro quo, we do it all the time, why would he or others be able to then say to congress, this stuff is so privileged ai can't talk o you about it? >> the mulvaney two-step is like the trump two-step. they talk about this stuff and blab about it in front of a national audience and then say it's covered by confidentiali
if he's going to order people not to testify and so on, i think schiff is absolutely righ that. i don't need any of this. the technical legal term for all of these fights and stuff like that is gravy. they don't need it. they've got what they need. ambassador sondland was the only thing trump had, sondland said at one point it wasn't a quid pro quo, and even he has backed way from that. the white house is in a tashl, terrible position. schiff is exactly right to do what he did today. >>...
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i've watched adam schiff leak. he's a corrupt politician. he's a leaker like nobody's ever seen before. >> trump later tweeted that he would not be surprised if democrats impeached him over not disclosing the information to lawmakers, the lack of notice to congressional leaders marked a break with precedent while the president is not required to notify congressional leaders on both sides of the history it has been standard practice in recent history. >> during the announcement on sunday, president trump used descriptive language when describing baghdadi's death, claiming the isis leader was quote whimpering and likened him to a dog in his attempt to escape u.s. forces. however, those anecdotes are not being echoed by senior members of the died like a dog. he died like a and crying. and frankly, i think it's something that should be brought out. so that his followers and all of these young kids that want to leave various countries, including the united states, they should see how he died. he didn't die a hero. he died a coward. rying, whimper
i've watched adam schiff leak. he's a corrupt politician. he's a leaker like nobody's ever seen before. >> trump later tweeted that he would not be surprised if democrats impeached him over not disclosing the information to lawmakers, the lack of notice to congressional leaders marked a break with precedent while the president is not required to notify congressional leaders on both sides of the history it has been standard practice in recent history. >> during the announcement on...
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adam schiff saying tonight that that is not true. he says, "in each session, i have made an opening statement and offered the same opportunity to a member designated by the minority, by the republicans. questions have primarily been asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by members of both parties. the majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and equal time to question witnesses." slif s schiff says, "it is necessary to point this out because the president and his allies made the false claim that republican members and staff have been precluded from attending or asking questions. nothing could be further from the truth." schiff also addresses the concerns and complaints that have been made. not just from republicans. about the fact that the witnesses in the impeachment inquiry thus far have only been heard behind closed doors. all of these depositions have been taken in closed-door proceedings. and his argument about that here, i think, is quite interesting. he says, "u
adam schiff saying tonight that that is not true. he says, "in each session, i have made an opening statement and offered the same opportunity to a member designated by the minority, by the republicans. questions have primarily been asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by members of both parties. the majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and equal time to question witnesses." slif s schiff says, "it is...
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she'll be joined by adam schiff, the house intelligence chairman. his committee is running point on this ukraine investigation. the house speaker has talked a number of times about how important she thinks it is to bring the american public along as democrats try to build the case against president trump. that's in large part why the two of them are having this press briefs today even though congress is on recess. i suspect we'll mary the house speaker convey the tone she used when talking to the house caucus on sunday saying members should be non-partisan, in large part because of the question they're grappling with here, potentially removing a sitting president trump from office. donald trump will be the fourth person in the history of the republic to face an impeachment investigation. andrew johnson in the 1800s was impeached for policies at the end of the civil war, not convicted by the senate. everyone knows about bill clinton, not convicted by the senate. richard nixon resigned before being impeached. trz is the first to face the impeachment q
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the complaint was filed but there is no support to the claim that schiff helped write it. the president claimed mueller's russia investigation and allegations of collusion were a scam. the facts, mueller's report concluded that russia interfered in the 2016 election to help donald trump, that the trump campaign welcomed that help, but that investigators were unable to establish that the campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government. and while zelensky does mention giuliani first, it came after trump's i would like you to do a favor though. on crowd strike, the server and 2016. and the only one to mention the bidens on the call? was president trump. that again is according to the white house readout of the call. still ahead, how the president's allies are working behind the scenes to ensure his rivals won't have a voice at the next gop convention. in fact they want to quiet any dissent all together. and who is afraid of big bad elizabeth warren? turns out just about anyone who has a lot of money or power. but first, new worth repo new r veep's efforts to get
the complaint was filed but there is no support to the claim that schiff helped write it. the president claimed mueller's russia investigation and allegations of collusion were a scam. the facts, mueller's report concluded that russia interfered in the 2016 election to help donald trump, that the trump campaign welcomed that help, but that investigators were unable to establish that the campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government. and while zelensky does mention giuliani...
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done is no one who has that theer way that nancy pelos and adam schiff have done that. history will hold them accountable. history will judge them. we're at a momentud where the nation faces grave, significant, ongoing threats and she has completely neutered the intelligence committee. she has said theyth must be focused on as partisan impeachment process and not theird oversight obligations tt we have as a body that we have as an important branch of this government. they'll be held accountable for that. now i would like to turn things over to the republican leader of the oversight committee, mr. jordan.ov >> and the other side, democrats are now starting their news briefing. adam schiff, who will be chairing this first phase of the impeachmentrs hearings. >> who would sacrifice the national security, who would fail to s defend the constituti, who would place his personal and political interests above the interests of the country. they understood that might happen. and it provided a mechanism to deal with it. and that mechanism is called impeachment. we take no joy in h
done is no one who has that theer way that nancy pelos and adam schiff have done that. history will hold them accountable. history will judge them. we're at a momentud where the nation faces grave, significant, ongoing threats and she has completely neutered the intelligence committee. she has said theyth must be focused on as partisan impeachment process and not theird oversight obligations tt we have as a body that we have as an important branch of this government. they'll be held accountable...
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and so, you know, i think it is a nod to schiff. it is a nod to his leadership. it is a nod to the work that he's done already to break this thing open, to bring forward the evidence that he has, and it will be the centerpiece of the development of the case against donald trump. but i also think it's important to know that the house judiciary committee still will play a critical role in drafting those articles and in probably being the place where the president's lawyers get the first chance to make that case directly before congress. >> i think that's fair to say. and would you also, if you were advising this process, would you recommend the further use of outside counsel, something that was actually briefly successful for that committee? >> yeah, i think both committees -- i think both the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee should make extensive use of outside counsel. and, of course, that's built into this resolution. >> mm-hmm. >> with a big change. the hearing with corey lewandowski that kind of went off the rails and came back on the rails w
and so, you know, i think it is a nod to schiff. it is a nod to his leadership. it is a nod to the work that he's done already to break this thing open, to bring forward the evidence that he has, and it will be the centerpiece of the development of the case against donald trump. but i also think it's important to know that the house judiciary committee still will play a critical role in drafting those articles and in probably being the place where the president's lawyers get the first chance to...
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congressman adam schiff says he's not fooling around on impeachment investigation as democrats set a dead line for documents. of course i want him to defy right now, keep being defiant and that'll be part of the impeachment articles. you're watching "hardball." impeachment articles you're watching "hardball. but when your team is always dealing with device setups, app updates, and support calls... you can never seem to get anywhere. that's why dell technologies created unified workspace, powered by vmware. ♪ a revolutionary solution that lets you deploy, manage, support and secure all your devices from the cloud. so you can stop going in circles, and start moving forward. before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? (vo) cascade platinum does the work for you. prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. (mom) wow! that's clean! (vo) cascade platinum. at outback, steak & oh no, it's gone.ck. phew, it's back with lobster mac & cheese. it's gone again. oh, it's back with shrimp now! steak & lobster starting at only $15.99. hurry in before these t
congressman adam schiff says he's not fooling around on impeachment investigation as democrats set a dead line for documents. of course i want him to defy right now, keep being defiant and that'll be part of the impeachment articles. you're watching "hardball." impeachment articles you're watching "hardball. but when your team is always dealing with device setups, app updates, and support calls... you can never seem to get anywhere. that's why dell technologies created unified...
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congressman adam schiff blasting the white house for blocking the closed-door deposition of a top diplomat, gordon sondland, which was supposed to be happening as we speak. >> the failure to produce this witness t failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. >> but the president's allies are circling the wagons. >> what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court. >> secretary of state pompeo was asked about this in the last few minutes. watch. >> you can see nothing from pompeo there. but there is plenty from the dozen plus democrats who want sondland to resign. he was the one featured in the text message exchanges, insisting, quote, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kien. and then adding i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. for its part, the white house may be about to ex sclat things any minute. we've got sources telling nbc news a letter may go out to the house speaker as soon as today, demanding they hold a vote to officially have an impeachment inquiry
congressman adam schiff blasting the white house for blocking the closed-door deposition of a top diplomat, gordon sondland, which was supposed to be happening as we speak. >> the failure to produce this witness t failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. >> but the president's allies are circling the wagons. >> what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court. >>...
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you know, i think if that goes along the way of nancy pelosi and adam schiff and the house democrats, then things like the letter that we saw last night from the white house are going to really have to go by the wayside. and that's where the fight escalates next. i think more than just the firing off of subpoenas is going to have to be some sort of court action to enforce them. >> let's talk, niels, about some of the new details we're learning about the whistle-blower memo and this memo that the white house official who had taken a listen to this phone call was, quote, visibly shaken by what had transpired. are we going to see democrats changing tactics in light of this new information which regards the impeachment push? >> i think the careful nature of what the house democrats are actually pursuing. and, frankly, the relatively narrow scope that chairman schiff and the other chairmen involved seem to be taking is probably likely to continue. you know, what i am curious about is whether or not there are other whistle-blowers who may have been thwarted from going through the normal cha
you know, i think if that goes along the way of nancy pelosi and adam schiff and the house democrats, then things like the letter that we saw last night from the white house are going to really have to go by the wayside. and that's where the fight escalates next. i think more than just the firing off of subpoenas is going to have to be some sort of court action to enforce them. >> let's talk, niels, about some of the new details we're learning about the whistle-blower memo and this memo...
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this is the president's longstanding allegation against schiff, his complaint is that schiff misquoted the president and said something -- put words in his mouth on the house floor. they've been going after that. to be clear, adam schiff did portend to paraphrase the president and did not accurately quote him. he was trying to be rhetorical. he was asked about this and didn't really answer what his motivations were for that. he was maybe attempting to be dramatic. this is atmospherics. perhaps the more significant development is the letter from mike pompeo, the secretary of state, writing to the congressional democrats strong indicating he will not have his state department employees comply with those requests to be deposed by the house democrats, in this case the foreign affairs committee. he doesn't come outright and say never. but he says they don't have enough time to produce these documents, they want counsel present and there are a lot of other concerns the state department has with these five individuals appearing before a congressional committee. ultimately he says there's no r
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adam schiff doesn't want that information out there. he is holding up the transcript and he continues to have a bias against the president. >> i believe we will get to hear from the ambassador, but only when there is a fair from access. this is not a fair process. i can tell you we spent more time here, more time with this time than adam schiff did. he came out here to the press. he gave a benign thing and raced off to a fair process. when you have a press release drafted by democratic colleagues, picking out text messages, when the testimony from last week would have exonerated it, let's bring the ambassador in. >> do you have concerns about what we're talking about here, the president asking a foreign government if he claimed to investigate joe biden and the president saying last week that china should investigate joe biden. >> the president is doing his job. the president when you're talking about the hard earned tax dollars. >> we're going to monitor that conversation. they are saying that's what they want, what they deserve, can th
adam schiff doesn't want that information out there. he is holding up the transcript and he continues to have a bias against the president. >> i believe we will get to hear from the ambassador, but only when there is a fair from access. this is not a fair process. i can tell you we spent more time here, more time with this time than adam schiff did. he came out here to the press. he gave a benign thing and raced off to a fair process. when you have a press release drafted by democratic...
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i do think that congressman schiff is right. this is a battle between branches of the government. and congress' constitutional responsibility is to check the executive branch. and the administration, by resisting it, is obstructing justice. >> geoff bennett on capitol hill, they're not getting sondland, who is a key witness because he is the european union ambassador, a political contributor and appointee. he had no business being involved in ukraine that we can determine because ukraine is not in the eu. so what was he doing involved in all of this, and was getting pushback from william taylor, the subsequent ambassador to ukraine after the original ambassador was pulled back presumably for objecting to the rudy giuliani shadow diplomacy, we don't know. we don't know if she will testify on friday, because she is still a state department officer. do we know whether masha yovanovitch will show up? >> andrea, democrats are moving forward as if she will appear as scheduled. but the points you make about ambassador sondland are correct. he has no prior diplomatic experience. he gave $
i do think that congressman schiff is right. this is a battle between branches of the government. and congress' constitutional responsibility is to check the executive branch. and the administration, by resisting it, is obstructing justice. >> geoff bennett on capitol hill, they're not getting sondland, who is a key witness because he is the european union ambassador, a political contributor and appointee. he had no business being involved in ukraine that we can determine because ukraine...
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>> well, i think adam schiff is taking the lead. you know, there's nothing in the constitution that requires the house judiciariment to write the articles of impeachment. that's been the case, it was the case in nixon's impeachment resolutions, but here's what could happen. the intelligence committee is having these closed door hearings. they have access to information, confidential information, classified information, that the rest of congress doesn't have access to. the judiciary committee members don't have access to. so i think it is going to fall on adam schiff and his committee to marshal that evidence, to collect it, and present an article of impeachment, based on on ukraine. but as glenn said, i think there are other artof impeachment, the the emoluments is a gross example of that and the connection between the two is important. the framers were very concerned about foreign governments having influence in our affairs. the common denominator between ukraine and emoluments is the foreign government's involvement in getting dir
>> well, i think adam schiff is taking the lead. you know, there's nothing in the constitution that requires the house judiciariment to write the articles of impeachment. that's been the case, it was the case in nixon's impeachment resolutions, but here's what could happen. the intelligence committee is having these closed door hearings. they have access to information, confidential information, classified information, that the rest of congress doesn't have access to. the judiciary...
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adam schiff is the boy who cried wolf. i think it's lost its punch. even if they succeed in finding something, which they won't, but if they did, i don't think it's really going to swing the voters all that much. >> what do you say to that, lori, because we heard president trump for years talk about the l clintons and clintons, talking about it three years after the election. i don't know that argument that two years, i mean, look how long this president went on birtherism and then on hilla hillary-gate. >> i don't think the american public at all, i disagree with holly. i don't think the american public at all is starting to tune out. in fact, rev, i think that they're starting to lean in. they are definitely paying attention to what is going on. this is not just messaging by a particular political party. this is fact, this is unfortunately a poor time in america's history of what is happening with this administration. and again, the abuse of power that they continue to have. >> right. >> i don't think that it's fun to watch this -- it's not amagnitu
adam schiff is the boy who cried wolf. i think it's lost its punch. even if they succeed in finding something, which they won't, but if they did, i don't think it's really going to swing the voters all that much. >> what do you say to that, lori, because we heard president trump for years talk about the l clintons and clintons, talking about it three years after the election. i don't know that argument that two years, i mean, look how long this president went on birtherism and then on...
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adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. >> all right. joining us now, national political reporter for "politico," alaina schneider, great to have you with us this morning. what could be the potential legal fallout from president trump's push to learn the identity of the whistleblower. he seems adamant that he is trying to find that out. >> what is clear there are a set of rules and guidelines and laws that protect whistle brothers that when they followed intelligence protocols, that their anonymity is protected that their protection against retribution, that's codified. what is unclear is how that might change if the president is the person himself, the president himself is the one who is seeking to unmask that whistleblower. and so the whistleblower advocates and lawyers, who have spoken on the record about this, have expressed a real concern that this might have a chilling effect, on other whistleblowers, but on top of that, it is sort of unclear how this might be read legally and certainly there has been criticism from democrats and f
adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. >> all right. joining us now, national political reporter for "politico," alaina schneider, great to have you with us this morning. what could be the potential legal fallout from president trump's push to learn the identity of the whistleblower. he seems adamant that he is trying to find that out. >> what is clear there are a set of rules and guidelines and laws that protect whistle brothers that when they...
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they are attacking adam schiff and nancy pelosi on process. it's extraordinary pause if anything the intel committee under adam schiff has been extraordinary involved with the details following the letter of the law.tr the whistleblower according to the trump appointed inspector general, the trump appointed head of the intelligence community did everything right, followed the letter of the law. the only entity that's not is the white house and they're the ones complaining about process. the crimes have been committed and they're in public view. >> the president has been insulting and criticizing the whistleblower, leveling all sorts of claims along with his allies. are you worried about the whistleblower being protected through this process as the law requires?th >> my first concern is the safety of the whistleblower. the president using terms like treasonous and traitorous and you know what we do with traitors or what we used to do with them. i believe he's put this whistleblower at risk. that's most important. underneath that but as importan
they are attacking adam schiff and nancy pelosi on process. it's extraordinary pause if anything the intel committee under adam schiff has been extraordinary involved with the details following the letter of the law.tr the whistleblower according to the trump appointed inspector general, the trump appointed head of the intelligence community did everything right, followed the letter of the law. the only entity that's not is the white house and they're the ones complaining about process. the...