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and he was at the white house yesterday. is he or is he not based on your reporting going to serve as an outside council on impeachment to the president? >> maybe. most likely. but there were reports last night that trey gowdy had lunch we the president yesterday. there were reports several hours later that he was on board. the way it has been described to me is number one, i think people got confused in the initial reports in not understanding that he was not ever supposed to be part of the white house apparatus. it was always going to be an outside counsel. somebody r number two, it's said a an offer has not been made to gowdy yet. but it wasn't a done deal as of last night. as you know, until these things are done in trumpland and even then they're not necessarily done. he will likely be there. i think they will welcome his help. i think they would welcome his help on a number of fronts including a public facing defense. but it is not quite there yet. maybe that'll change in the next couple of hours. but as of last night,
and he was at the white house yesterday. is he or is he not based on your reporting going to serve as an outside council on impeachment to the president? >> maybe. most likely. but there were reports last night that trey gowdy had lunch we the president yesterday. there were reports several hours later that he was on board. the way it has been described to me is number one, i think people got confused in the initial reports in not understanding that he was not ever supposed to be part of...
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so there is a chance that the white house was more aware than we have initially believed. whether the president was aware, that is the question. but also this is really been something that has kind of consumed the president so far. he talks about it constantly. all of the time wanting to know the identity of the whistle-blower because he believes it is just someone who has essentially a bone to pick with him and that is the questions to focus on the identity of the whistle-blower. >> and let me just ask you, briefly there is this huge campaign to smear alexander vindman and has shrapnel still in his body because he was hit by an ied in combat in iraq, going after him as a dual citizen or a covert agent for ukraine, et cetera, et cetera, is there anybody in the white house concerned, boy this looks bad. even liz cheney is saying this is shameful. >> that is something everyone was paying attention to in the white house. it wasn't just liz cheney, she was the first and people were surprised she came out so forcefully about that and john thune and mitch mcconnell talking about
so there is a chance that the white house was more aware than we have initially believed. whether the president was aware, that is the question. but also this is really been something that has kind of consumed the president so far. he talks about it constantly. all of the time wanting to know the identity of the whistle-blower because he believes it is just someone who has essentially a bone to pick with him and that is the questions to focus on the identity of the whistle-blower. >> and...
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white house te house -- cnn white house talked about the scramble. how worried were they about what president trump said? >> reporter: very worried according to sources to speak to our team with this story. we were told in the immediate aftermath, after the call with president trump and president zelensky of ukraine, in was a scramble behind the scenes that was pretty isolated in the nfc and the white house counsel's office and we're told through sources that at least one nsc staffer actually raised the concern upwards to the nsc lawyers about the call. the concern being that the president asked the ukraine president to look into joe biden and his son. and after that concern was raised up the ladder, the lawyers put that transcript of the call into the code word server that we have reported on extensively. now, this only backs up what has been put out there in this whistle-blower complaint about nsc concerns, the lawyers putting it into the code word server. i'm told by source there's were a couple reasons the lawyers did that. one, they wanted to ma
white house te house -- cnn white house talked about the scramble. how worried were they about what president trump said? >> reporter: very worried according to sources to speak to our team with this story. we were told in the immediate aftermath, after the call with president trump and president zelensky of ukraine, in was a scramble behind the scenes that was pretty isolated in the nfc and the white house counsel's office and we're told through sources that at least one nsc staffer...
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the white house. nancy pelosi has been very clear she's not going to succomb when it comes to white house pressure when it comes to pushing for a full house vote on the full house floor to authorizing an impeachment inquiry. she's not ruled it out in the past but she does not believe she's required to do so. many republicans are arguing for a full house vote. arguing that a potentially give them more power than they have right now. potentially giving them even chance to subpoena their own witnesses. subpoena their own information here. this letter most likely tonight not only just essentially will throw a lot of more fuel on the fire for democrats and the white house have made it clear this only adds to this case they are building. this white house stone walling just adds to their case about obstruction which they say will factor in to articles of impeachment. >> thank you. joining me now is congressman a democrat who serves on the judiciary and foreign affairs committee. thank you so much for joining
the white house. nancy pelosi has been very clear she's not going to succomb when it comes to white house pressure when it comes to pushing for a full house vote on the full house floor to authorizing an impeachment inquiry. she's not ruled it out in the past but she does not believe she's required to do so. many republicans are arguing for a full house vote. arguing that a potentially give them more power than they have right now. potentially giving them even chance to subpoena their own...
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back to you at the white house. that the president is escalating attacks on former ambassador bill taylor had ground-breaking testimony saying today secretary pompeo made a mistake calling him out of retirement to be the top diplomat in the country. what did you make of that? >> well i mean, this is another -- as soon as someone criticizes president trump, the response is always to find a criticism of him and this wasn't the president's mistake. he didn't make any mistakes along the way. it was pompeo's mistake hiring him and this is his game plan, his m.o. we see that at the white house. we see that this week at an event in pittsburgh which was part event, part rally and they're going to keep -- he's going to keep doubling down and fighting. we've seen him using the strategy at recent rallies. they are passing out, reporting on "wall street journal" dotcom passing out call sheets to people waiting in line to call members of congress and urge them to give up the impeachment proceeding, support the president and impe
back to you at the white house. that the president is escalating attacks on former ambassador bill taylor had ground-breaking testimony saying today secretary pompeo made a mistake calling him out of retirement to be the top diplomat in the country. what did you make of that? >> well i mean, this is another -- as soon as someone criticizes president trump, the response is always to find a criticism of him and this wasn't the president's mistake. he didn't make any mistakes along the way....
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house speaker nancy pelosi told trump in that contentious white house face-to-face all roads lead to putin. turkey and russia are meeting this week. what is likely to be forged or perhaps even solidified? >> more than anything else, what i think these countries want is greater influence and, you know, kind of unilateral ability to be involved and dominate the middle east. the biggest obstacle has been the united states. so by america withdrawing, what it means is it gives russia a free hand, it gives turkey a free hand, and many of these places have interests in the united states. the united states will have to get comfortable with the middle east. it looks a lot less amenable to the middle east, israel's security to stability of air flows and such. they have always been able to shape the geopolitical balance in the mideast to make sure those things have been taken care of. now we'll be a spectator. >> fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps," thank you so much. >>> this breaking news out of fort stewart, georgia where three soldiers were injured in a training accident. the injur
house speaker nancy pelosi told trump in that contentious white house face-to-face all roads lead to putin. turkey and russia are meeting this week. what is likely to be forged or perhaps even solidified? >> more than anything else, what i think these countries want is greater influence and, you know, kind of unilateral ability to be involved and dominate the middle east. the biggest obstacle has been the united states. so by america withdrawing, what it means is it gives russia a free...
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hill's lawyers wrote to white house attorneys. as republicans continue to protest impeachment inquiry -- >> look, three days out of testimony and all behind closed doors, three unique perspectives that the american people didn't get to see in this partisan and unfair process -- >> reporter: the investigation continues today with testimony from george kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for european and uroasian affairs. >> and george kent is still testifying and as manu reporting, rudy giuliani does not plan to show up and he's had other headlines coming out. today. he has parted ways with his attorney who brought on to make the decision about whether or not to show up in front of the impeachment committees and said via twitter he doesn't need a lawyer any more but, wolf, as you know two associates have been indicted and charge with campaign finance crimes and giuliani's own activity are under scrutiny so we'll see how long he lasts on his own. >> we shall indeed. sarah m sara murray reporting. and let's go to kaitlan co
hill's lawyers wrote to white house attorneys. as republicans continue to protest impeachment inquiry -- >> look, three days out of testimony and all behind closed doors, three unique perspectives that the american people didn't get to see in this partisan and unfair process -- >> reporter: the investigation continues today with testimony from george kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for european and uroasian affairs. >> and george kent is still testifying and as...
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i didn't know who they were when i was in the white house. but when the break-in occurred, i said oh no, because i knew at once instinctively it was our guys. >> g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, ex-treasury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant. and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-bay of pigs planner, ex-white house consultant. >> they thought they were james bond. we didn't think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn't shoot straight. >> prosecutor earl silbert read the names of 60 government witnesses. the list included only one low-ranking white house lawyer and several former employees of the committee to re-elect the president. >> if you don't know richard nixon's psychology, if you don't know his background, you could never understand why the white house reacted to watergate the way it does. >> from day one, there was a great sense that we were under siege. and we were not deceiving ourselves that the press did not like us. both houses of congress did not like nixon. i mean, that is the truth. and the question is how y
i didn't know who they were when i was in the white house. but when the break-in occurred, i said oh no, because i knew at once instinctively it was our guys. >> g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, ex-treasury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant. and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-bay of pigs planner, ex-white house consultant. >> they thought they were james bond. we didn't think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn't shoot straight. >> prosecutor earl...
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his attorney arguing he was caught between competing demands from house democrats and the white house. which has told current and former officials not to testify arguing the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate. >> i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> reporter: democrats are eager to hear from kupperman who was listening to the july 25th phone call between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky where trump pushed ukraine to investigate the bidens and the no-show calls into question whether testimony from other white house officials will move forward. >> we'll work with congress and answer their questions. >> reporter: outgoing energy secretary rick perry is walking back what he said this month. telling "the associated press" he will not testify before congress even though he's been subpoenaed. now he's calling the inquiry illegal and improper. >> we have what are calls the three amigos. >> gordon sondland has referenced perry as one of three officials
his attorney arguing he was caught between competing demands from house democrats and the white house. which has told current and former officials not to testify arguing the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate. >> i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> reporter: democrats are eager to hear from kupperman who was listening to the july 25th phone call between...
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the july meeting at the white house between white house officials and ukraine. and about ath. so even republican cong you hav those key differences and someone is not telling the truth, right? and they were both under oath. >> some people's recollection can, you know, not accurately reflect maybe how the conversation went. so i would hesitate up front to say that somebody was being blatantly dishonest. that may be their world view of exactly how it happened. what is going to give taylor more credibility is that he took notes through this whole thing and then referred to those notes through his testimony. that's a powerful thing. he kept kind of a running log of what was going on at the time. that means he's probably closer to where the facts are than sondland, unless sondland has done the same. and so, i do think that this is going to be an important part of this investigation is just trying to determine -- now if it's just a he said/she said kind of event, that takes on a different light. if it's stronger than that, i think they'll have some problems with this. with the diffe
the july meeting at the white house between white house officials and ukraine. and about ath. so even republican cong you hav those key differences and someone is not telling the truth, right? and they were both under oath. >> some people's recollection can, you know, not accurately reflect maybe how the conversation went. so i would hesitate up front to say that somebody was being blatantly dishonest. that may be their world view of exactly how it happened. what is going to give taylor...
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house, the subpoena for the white house to hand over documents that it sounds like from our reporting that they are not going to do that. that they're preparing a letter, kaitlan collins said, that they will make the argument, that first nancy pelosi has to vote on the impeachment inquiry before they hand it over because they don't recognize that the impeachment inquiry is happening. parallels? >> the real parallel is that the nixon tapes are somewhat the equivalent of those conversations summaries that are now in that highly-classified locked digital lockbox. they are somewhat equivalent because what we've seen of one summary suggests this conspiracy. suggests this high crime perhaps by the president of the united states. and nixon was ordered to turn over his tapes because of those kinds of suggestions. so there's some real comparisons of evidence that is being withheld now, that the watergate investigators were able to obtain. >> and which they were not, became article three, which is to say you're not giving us what we want. >> that's exactly right. and that became another part of
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the house speaker nancy pelosi firing back overnight, warning the white house in a statement that, quote, continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. mr. president, you are not above the law. you will be held accountable. one democratic member of the intelligence committee telling cnn the white house letter is a stall tactic and he predicts it will not work. >> the subject of an investigation doesn't get to say, hey, i don't want to cooperate here. subpoenas will be received by all of the people that the congress wants to talk to. they will ignore those subpoenas at their peril. you don't get to say no to a congressional subpoena. i imagine we will eventually get to talk to these people. >> but also on cnn today, one of speaker pelosi's most loyal supporters suggesting the democratic leadership should now bend its strategy to deal with that white house letter. is there a real debate among the democrats about what next? >> reporter: there are democrats pushing for an impeachment inquiry
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they are ramping up information from the white house. >> reporter: this intensifying for the white house. the three powerful house committees are readying to formally issue subpoena of the white house. subpoena for documents related to the ukraine controversial. related to with holding of military aid and have not been turned over yet with a deadline set of today. this comes as the same powerful committees focusing in now on vice president mike pence. demanding documents today from him related to the ukraine controversy. related to his meeting with the ukrainian president, face-to-face last month in poland and what he knew about the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president. as democrats continue to push forward in their impeachment inquiry. continue to push forward for investigative materials, information and documents, they are making it very clear that if the white house continues stone walling in these requests that that is going to factor into their potential articles of impeachment. democrats see that as only strengthening their hand. >> the intellige
they are ramping up information from the white house. >> reporter: this intensifying for the white house. the three powerful house committees are readying to formally issue subpoena of the white house. subpoena for documents related to the ukraine controversial. related to with holding of military aid and have not been turned over yet with a deadline set of today. this comes as the same powerful committees focusing in now on vice president mike pence. demanding documents today from him...
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that was in the white house. they were the rogue operation they broke into the water gate and elsewhere looking for dirt on president nixons opponent. this according to the times is a rogue operation involving the highest officials in the land. the chief of staff of the white house the president himself of course. and bolton wanted to alert the lawyers. what did he expect white house lawyers to do? call the cops? read the president his rights. you have a right -- that may happen some day. not yet. it's amazing. i believe that this conventional wisdom we thought was right. the house would impeach but the senate would never convict with the republicans. it maybe wrong. the senate can convict if this keeps going. >> interesting. the new reporting says that according to today's testimony. bolton told hill to tell the white house lawyers that i am not part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up. and we're also learning more about mick mulvaney involvement and working with giuliani. what do you make of
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adding the white house aid was shaken. now despite the white house insisting they will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry they are gearing up for it. sources te sources saying that they hired trey gowdy for an attorney. he met with mick mulvaney. erse >> huh. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst and cnn political analyst to talk about all of this crazy and frightening and now trey gowdy has made an entrance. remember the reprieve when they handed over a transcript and whistleblower can complaint and they said stone walling done full stop. is that going to stop the bleeding now? >> i don't think so. they're trying one too, prevent the democrats from having any additional facts because they do realize, as you point out, that the facts they did release, the reads out of the phone calls on a full transcript and the whusal blower complaint really did open up -- i think they thought that might stop impeachment from going forward and quite the opposite happened. new people came forward and a new amount of facts came forwa
adding the white house aid was shaken. now despite the white house insisting they will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry they are gearing up for it. sources te sources saying that they hired trey gowdy for an attorney. he met with mick mulvaney. erse >> huh. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst and cnn political analyst to talk about all of this crazy and frightening and now trey gowdy has made an entrance. remember the reprieve when they handed over a transcript and...
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house -- about a white house strategy? >> so we're hearing that they are trying to get the white house strategy together. and i was told by multiple sources that jared is now involved in it. but the reality, as joe said, is the republicans on the hill are not going to want to carry that water. that is not good for them. and let's just talk about his tone for a minute. this is not something -- we've seen him say, oh, i was joking. there was nothing joking, that's not at a rally there is no way to interpret it any other way. one source said something interesting to me about jared coming on board. the person said, the most helpful thing for messaging would be for trump to stop tweeting and having -- and having press conference dollars like this. >> for goodness sake. >> and the point is, no one is going to be able to stop tweeting, no one's going to be able to stop press availabilities like this. there is one person at the center of this strategy, and that's donald trump. >> and this just -- that's just reality. even if the w
house -- about a white house strategy? >> so we're hearing that they are trying to get the white house strategy together. and i was told by multiple sources that jared is now involved in it. but the reality, as joe said, is the republicans on the hill are not going to want to carry that water. that is not good for them. and let's just talk about his tone for a minute. this is not something -- we've seen him say, oh, i was joking. there was nothing joking, that's not at a rally there is no...
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house is refusing to comply with the white house impoo impeachment inquiriy. what's next? paul begala has some thoughts on that. (kickstart my heart by motley crue)) (truck honks) (wheels screeching) (clapping) (sound of can hitting bag and bowl) (clapping) always there in crunch time. i used to book my hotel room on those traalways a catch.here was like somehow you wind up getting less. but now that i book at hilton.com, and i get all these great perks. i got to select my room from the floor plan... very nice... i know, i'm good at picking stuff. free wi-fi... laptop by the pool is a bold choice... and the price match guarantee. how do you know all of this? are you like some magical hilton fairy? it's just here on the hilton app. just available to the public, so... book at hilton.com and get the hilton price match guarantee. if you find a lower rate, we match it and give you 25% off that stay. it also has the highest growth in manufacturing jobs in the us. it's a competition for the talent. employees need more than just a paycheck. you definitely want to take
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house eroding in a responsible white house letter warning that the white house' refusal, should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. adam schiff the house intelligence chairman also warning that they will now put up with a prolonged fight with the white house saying they will consider as potential grounds for impeachment in the past. yesterday he tweeted the white house says there is nothing wrong with pressuring a foreign government to intervene in a foreign election. they will not cooperate unless it's on their terms. they mean the president is above the law. the constitution says otherwise. so you are going to see is this back and forth and the ultimate question is, will they get any more witnesses? will they get any more evidence? what will the democrats do? they say they can still move forward with impeaching the president this fall, erica. >> we know, too, that both the allies for the president and white house are impeaching if necessary in the house. what is
house eroding in a responsible white house letter warning that the white house' refusal, should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. adam schiff the house intelligence chairman also warning that they will now put up with a prolonged fight with the white house saying they will consider as potential grounds for impeachment in the past. yesterday he tweeted the white house...
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you have a lot of people in the white house and close to the white house and the campaign saying he does need to switch it up here. get some other people into the white house or in that orbit that can talk about what strategy he should go after. the strategy they really have pursued is that people should not, these current officials and former officials, should not testify. that that is clearly not working as we've seen almost ten people testify and a whole list of other people coming forward. and many of them just saying, okay, i've been subpoenaed so i'm going to testify. they really need to switch gears here and try to figure out what they can do next. because they're not preventing people from testifying. >> and you know, there are lots of sentiments in the republican and particularly, you know, lindsey graham among them other says, president, you need to have a war room. you need to have a team. the president said just yesterday from the lawn that i am the team when it comes to coming up with a strategy. what does this say to you about the president not trusting the team that comes
you have a lot of people in the white house and close to the white house and the campaign saying he does need to switch it up here. get some other people into the white house or in that orbit that can talk about what strategy he should go after. the strategy they really have pursued is that people should not, these current officials and former officials, should not testify. that that is clearly not working as we've seen almost ten people testify and a whole list of other people coming forward....
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he's a current white house official. the national security council's top expert on ukraine, actually. he's an active member of the u.s. army. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and he's sitting down in uniform, you see him walking down right there. he's sitting down in uniform right now with house investigators. and according to his opening statement, he is speaking out against the commander in chief. this is the first witness to give an interview in the impeachment inquiry who was actually on that july 25
he's a current white house official. the national security council's top expert on ukraine, actually. he's an active member of the u.s. army. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and he's sitting down in uniform, you see him walking down right there. he's sitting down in uniform right now with house investigators. and according to his opening statement, he is speaking out against the commander in chief. this is the first witness to give an interview in the impeachment inquiry who was actually...
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the white house seems to be assembling some kind of team. how is the white house handling this? >> they're trying to play catch up. the democrats have been able to present a narrative by getting trump officials to testify and putting a damning story together of what president trump was doing tying aid to ukraine to political benefit for the president. now the president is realizing -- at least people around him are realizing they need some sort of messaging to push back. they're looking at hiring other officials. tony sayig got high marks in the white house for handling tax reform in 2017. they're trying to bring in people to help build a counter narrative. right now it's all being run by the president. he says i'm the team. he's orchestrating everything and a lot of that is based on his tweets. his tweets are becoming more erratic. earlier this week he talked about this being a lynching and the republicans had to respond to that. he spent a lot of time putting republicans in a tough spot where they have trouble defending his language and not knowing what the message is. they're
the white house seems to be assembling some kind of team. how is the white house handling this? >> they're trying to play catch up. the democrats have been able to present a narrative by getting trump officials to testify and putting a damning story together of what president trump was doing tying aid to ukraine to political benefit for the president. now the president is realizing -- at least people around him are realizing they need some sort of messaging to push back. they're looking...
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backing you. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi hitting back at the white house. she says any efforts to hide the president's abuse of power will be considered evidence of obstruction. joining me to discuss now, john dean, douglas brinkley. gentlemen, good evening. good to see you. i just want to read this. this is from article 3 of the articles of impeachment drafted against richard nixon. it says, in his conduct of the office of president of the united states, richard m. nixon has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the committee of the judiciary of the house of representatives and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. john, is this where we're heading now? >> well, it might be, but it's not a very good place to go, don. that happens to have been the weakest article against richard nixon. the committee barely got a majority. it was a 21-17 vote. not all the democrats actually voted against nixon on that. so it was a weak read, and a lot of members didn't even want to take it to the f
backing you. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi hitting back at the white house. she says any efforts to hide the president's abuse of power will be considered evidence of obstruction. joining me to discuss now, john dean, douglas brinkley. gentlemen, good evening. good to see you. i just want to read this. this is from article 3 of the articles of impeachment drafted against richard nixon. it says, in his conduct of the office of president of the united states, richard m. nixon has failed...
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that's a message from the white house. we also saw that in a tweet from the president where he's attacking, continuing to attack the house inquiry, jim. >> jeremy diamond, thank you, very much. >>> our cnn legal analyst jennifer rodgers is still with us, political reporter of bloomberg and the bureau chief from the "chicago sun-times." lynn, let me begin with you, we had congressman mike quigley on, obviously from illinois, but he believed, he wasn't sure, but he surmised that the next step on the intelligence committee would be to subpoena. to subpoena someone, and if you get nowhere with that you hold them in contempt. what choice do democrats on the committee have? >> well, they don't have much choice. and i talked to representative quigley yesterday, too, on this very topic anticipated of the white house stonewalling. what the democrats don't have now is the game plan to back up what we should now realize that no one of note is going to come testify or cooperate with the democratic-led impeachment inquiry. if there's a
that's a message from the white house. we also saw that in a tweet from the president where he's attacking, continuing to attack the house inquiry, jim. >> jeremy diamond, thank you, very much. >>> our cnn legal analyst jennifer rodgers is still with us, political reporter of bloomberg and the bureau chief from the "chicago sun-times." lynn, let me begin with you, we had congressman mike quigley on, obviously from illinois, but he believed, he wasn't sure, but he...
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the white house doesn't give them. schiff says we'll do it this way. >> the failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress, a co-equal branch of government. >> they mean what they say and there is a constitution, there are co-equal branches of government, but impeaching someone for obstructing congress as opposed to having an impeachment that lays out fact evidence are two different things. >> it's much more complicated. the president was pretty transparent this morning when he said, of course he wants to testify, we want him to testify. how many times did we hear that during the mueller probe? he was always going to testify, always going to sit down and talk to bob mueller. the reality is the president is driving this train. he has made a complete shift with the help of his lawyers to essentially try and slow this down. the trump campaign is now in charge of the response to this. he is driving
the white house doesn't give them. schiff says we'll do it this way. >> the failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress, a co-equal branch of government. >> they mean what they say and there is a constitution, there are co-equal branches of government, but impeaching someone for obstructing congress as opposed to having an impeachment that lays out fact...
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so manu, what do house democrats want from rick perry and white house for that matter and will they comply? >> reporter: wolf, democrats are zeroing in on the decision by the president to put on hold efforts to strengthen alliances with the ukrainian nation in exchange for what the president had been seeking, an investigation into the bidens and effort by rudy giuliani to bolster the president's political chances in 2020. now rick perry has emerged a key figure in the case and gordon sondland the ambassador's testimony just said yesterday to the house committee mentioned they went to president zelensky's inauguration in may and afterwards they went and briefed the white house about an effort and hoping that president trump would meet with president trump would meet with president zelensky but they were directed to talk to rudy giuliani instead and according to sondland's testimony, perry and others were disappointed. this is among the documents and questions that rick perry are demanded turn over and want the white house to turn over a range of documents about the july phone call between p
so manu, what do house democrats want from rick perry and white house for that matter and will they comply? >> reporter: wolf, democrats are zeroing in on the decision by the president to put on hold efforts to strengthen alliances with the ukrainian nation in exchange for what the president had been seeking, an investigation into the bidens and effort by rudy giuliani to bolster the president's political chances in 2020. now rick perry has emerged a key figure in the case and gordon...
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when you said the white house strategy, i think jay rhodes said there is no white house. there is no coordinated strategy. do you think the white house, quote/unquote wanted donald trump to stand up and say china you should investigate joe biden too. i'm sure that wasn't part of the political strategy. he goes out and says mad stuff and as long as he continues to do that, he'll continue to dig his hole and how will democrats enforce it and what will you do to officials that don't turn up. and whose idea is to hire trey gowdy and you saw the video -- he's done a u-turn like lindsey graham. the guy who had the fake benghazi inquiry when there was no story is the guy you will go to discredit what was a real story. >> and it is a way to put rudy on the sidelines more. >> perhaps. >> trey gowdy is all over television, i'm very curious to see how interviews go because i imagine they will begin frequently with the clip of the benghazi investigation. and lawmakers have not been in town which is hard to remember because some have been because they thut they would get witnesses but
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cnn's jim acosta starts us off tonight at the white house. jim, clearly the white house thinks they have a political argument. does the president's team really think this letter has legal merit? >> reporter: they do, anderson. i just talked to a source close to the impeachment deliberations inside the white house, and the president's legal team, who says that the president's legal team is prepared to take this battle to the courts, that, quote, all options are on the table. they're declining to describe this at this point as a war in terms of the letter that was fired off to the house speaker nancy pelosi earlier today. but the source did agree that this is an escalating skirmish. anderson, we are now approaching the way life was during the bill clinton impeachment saga and watergate. remember during watergate, a federal judge forced the nixon administration to cooperate with that investigation. we're nearing that kind of constitutional crisis at this point. >> if in fact the full house does vote on authorizing the impeachment inquiry, is the
cnn's jim acosta starts us off tonight at the white house. jim, clearly the white house thinks they have a political argument. does the president's team really think this letter has legal merit? >> reporter: they do, anderson. i just talked to a source close to the impeachment deliberations inside the white house, and the president's legal team, who says that the president's legal team is prepared to take this battle to the courts, that, quote, all options are on the table. they're...
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he was at the white house. two sources tell cnn he will not join the administration instead helping from the outside, joining me now to to discuss this we should know he is a partner makinging a he does not have representation in the case. it's good to have you here today. i wonder if you can tell us one thing on the whistle blowers. your partner says he represents multiple whistle blowers. is that the two we know, can you clarify? >>ly have to leave it to the legal team. they 're the only ones who can speak on behalf of the clients that they are representing that have brought forth these claims. >> okay. >> let's talk about the congressional oversight, it is blocking both witnesses and docume documents even those under subpoena. it appears the democrat's only strategy is to fight that in the courts. you and i know it could take weeks and months. how and when is this involved? >> i think it has become a question for house democrats. do they view this as one all encompassing obstruction or impeding the articles
he was at the white house. two sources tell cnn he will not join the administration instead helping from the outside, joining me now to to discuss this we should know he is a partner makinging a he does not have representation in the case. it's good to have you here today. i wonder if you can tell us one thing on the whistle blowers. your partner says he represents multiple whistle blowers. is that the two we know, can you clarify? >>ly have to leave it to the legal team. they 're the...
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hill to tell white house lawyers. that is devastating. >> yeah. >> this entire story here really putting things in perspective. certainly ms. hill's testimony today, according to this story in "the new york times," is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. this is -- this quote from her "drug deal -- i'm not going to be part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up." this obviously brings bolton into the center of this. we need to hear from him. >> they're reporting that bolton called rudy giuliani a hand grenade that would blow everything up. she said that during an earlier conversation. frank, i want to bring this in -- bring you in because he's quoting what they said here. bolton told fiona hill to report to giuliani's rogue operation to the white house, to white house lawyers saying, i'm not part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up. to tell white house lawyers, according to the testimony. what do you make of that? >> this language is extraordinary. this drug deal. rudy giuliani is a han
hill to tell white house lawyers. that is devastating. >> yeah. >> this entire story here really putting things in perspective. certainly ms. hill's testimony today, according to this story in "the new york times," is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. this is -- this quote from her "drug deal -- i'm not going to be part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up." this obviously brings bolton into the center of this. we need to hear from him. >>...
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. >>> the white house has been subpoenaed. it is just the latest development in the inquiry that's racing towards impeachment. we'll have the latest for you. >>> plus, protesting the bad. shops closed as hong kong braces for more demonstrations over a new rule outlawing face masks. >>> and the vaping crisis in the united states, it show no, sir sign of stopping. and now health officials are considering a ban. hear from the americans begging to keep e-cigarettes on the shelves. >> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ >>> thank you for joining us. 5:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia. we appreciate it. we begin with the white house and the impeachment inquiry. the ukraine scandal now engulfing the trump white house and it's moving rapidly on multiple fronts. here are the latest developments. house democrats have subpoenaed the white house to turn over documents and other re
. >>> the white house has been subpoenaed. it is just the latest development in the inquiry that's racing towards impeachment. we'll have the latest for you. >>> plus, protesting the bad. shops closed as hong kong braces for more demonstrations over a new rule outlawing face masks. >>> and the vaping crisis in the united states, it show no, sir sign of stopping. and now health officials are considering a ban. hear from the americans begging to keep e-cigarettes on the...
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quote, heard from white house. assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. but that did not happen. instead, by september 1st with military aid to ukraine still on hold, top u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor was texting sondland, are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations, to which gordon sondland replies, call me. that's just a sampling of evidence and the picture it paints. meantime in the face of all this, president trump, also known as his own best whistle-blower, went on the south lawn again, still trying to sell the idea that none of this had anything to do with the bidens or 2016. no, none of it. only corruption. just listen. >> everything to me is about corruption. i don't care about biden's campaign, but i do care about corruption. what i want to do and i think i have an obligation to do it, probably a duty to do it, corruption. we are lookin
quote, heard from white house. assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. but that did not happen. instead, by september 1st with military aid to ukraine still on hold, top u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor was texting sondland, are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations, to which gordon sondland replies, call me. that's just a...
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this is witch hunt part two. >> the white house said on the white house lawn yesterday -- >> may i finish? >> many times that china breaks international law, is it acceptable for a u.s. president -- >> do i get a chance to talk here? >> i've asked the question. time for you to answer. >> my point here is i've been in this town here for three years. we went through witch hunt part one. for two and a half years. adam schiff, sociopath looked you in the eye and the american people in the isaiahing eye, sa irrefutable evidence of the russia hoax. and now we have a whistle-blower -- >> i know schiff is a talking point for republicans. >> my point is a simple one. you want to talk to the president about this, what i'm telling you is that this is a witch hunt that is hurting the american people. and we have 3.5% unemployment rate, impeach that. >> peter, you and i have talked about how china is a bad actor, repeatedly and -- >> and we agree on that, right? would you grant me the fact that this president is the greatest president in history standing up to china? standing up to china. who else has
this is witch hunt part two. >> the white house said on the white house lawn yesterday -- >> may i finish? >> many times that china breaks international law, is it acceptable for a u.s. president -- >> do i get a chance to talk here? >> i've asked the question. time for you to answer. >> my point here is i've been in this town here for three years. we went through witch hunt part one. for two and a half years. adam schiff, sociopath looked you in the eye and...
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white house. >>> let's go to capitol hill now. our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is on the scene. that closed-door briefing by the inspector general has just wrapped up. what are you learning? >> reporter: after the inspector general said this was an urgent briefing and convened several key commits, the members who attended and the staffers who emerged end up scratching their heads after hearing exactly what the inspector general found which was a 40-page document full of what one lawmaker jamie raskin calls conspiracy theories about the ukraine matter, about joe biden, and also targeting the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch who was recalled from her post in may of 2019. the question is who is pushing this document. the state department confirmed it provided the inspector general with this document that was labelled from the white house. of course there was not clear if this was written by someone at the white house. or if this person had any connection to it. but
white house. >>> let's go to capitol hill now. our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is on the scene. that closed-door briefing by the inspector general has just wrapped up. what are you learning? >> reporter: after the inspector general said this was an urgent briefing and convened several key commits, the members who attended and the staffers who emerged end up scratching their heads after hearing exactly what the inspector general found which was a 40-page document...
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show of defines by the white house. the key sentence reads and and i quote the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power will be rartds as further evidence of obstruction. earlier i spoke with two members of the house quiet committees leading the inquiry. he will more holmes norton on the oversight committee and raja krish th -- >> the white house clearly refuseding to cooperate, stone calling at the least. what are you and fully democrats doing in response. >> this is not unexpected, anderson. when the white house stone walls, they commit a grievuous error. you notice in an ordinary trial if you subpoena somebody or are called for a trial and you don't appear, then the presumption is against you. and you could be found guilty. it is the president's prerogative not to appear. but it's not our prerogative to say he doesn't appear there must be nothing here. remember, anderson, when we already have a great deal. we have two whistle-blowers whose -- whose commen
show of defines by the white house. the key sentence reads and and i quote the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the president's abuse of power will be rartds as further evidence of obstruction. earlier i spoke with two members of the house quiet committees leading the inquiry. he will more holmes norton on the oversight committee and raja krish th -- >> the white house clearly refuseding to cooperate, stone calling at the least. what are you and...
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white house to defy the white house and come and testify in this inquiry. and so that suggests that there will be many more and that it would be hard for the white house to stop oerps such as former national security adviser john bolton who clearly have important information to bear from coming forward number one. number two. >> yes. >> this testimony, it really tends to implicate the president very directly. i'm struck by that. you know, in watergate in the nixon era, you essentially had months and months even a couple of years worth of inquiry that was asking the question well what did the president know and when did he know it? but president trump by contrast in this ukraine plot was really directing and very much involved and at the center of the action. all of these people are testifying in various ways about things that the president personally did, for example, he personally ordered gordon sondland, the eu ambassador, the ambassador to brussels be involved in ukraine policy, according to what sondland told fiona him. he said well butt out because don
white house to defy the white house and come and testify in this inquiry. and so that suggests that there will be many more and that it would be hard for the white house to stop oerps such as former national security adviser john bolton who clearly have important information to bear from coming forward number one. number two. >> yes. >> this testimony, it really tends to implicate the president very directly. i'm struck by that. you know, in watergate in the nixon era, you...
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i think that's what the white house is trying to do. the white house thinks that if they cooperate and if they have hearings -- what this tells you is that they know the facts are bad and if they engage in the process with hearings, it's going to get worse for them than if they obstruct. they'd rather take the hit on obstruction. >> that tells you a lot. >> it tells you they know how bad the facts are. >> in the nixon impeachment there were a federal judge who ruled among other things that grand jury testimony had to be turned over to congress. this was part of the so-called road map for impeachment proceedings that came out of the watergate era. in court yesterday there was a department of justice lawyer who argued that he would rule differently. >> i think the preposterous position that the judge indicated by saying wow, you half expect barr to open up an investigation into nixon to see if he can exonerate him at this point. i think that's simply wrong legally. one thing we have to be careful of for the public is a lot of times we tal
i think that's what the white house is trying to do. the white house thinks that if they cooperate and if they have hearings -- what this tells you is that they know the facts are bad and if they engage in the process with hearings, it's going to get worse for them than if they obstruct. they'd rather take the hit on obstruction. >> that tells you a lot. >> it tells you they know how bad the facts are. >> in the nixon impeachment there were a federal judge who ruled among...
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everybody's days may be numbered in the white house. what i think is surprising is "the wall street journal" report this morning that he didn't anticipate the blowback that would happen after he left the podium on thursday. where he announced, yeah, we're going to have it at doral. and we do this all the time in exchange of military aid for political dirt. get over it. >> yeah. i don't think candor is his strength. and except for the one moment of quid pro quo. >> maybe it's too much his strength. >> he spent all day saying he didn't say it when it was on the tape. i think the entire white house strategy was to put doral out during a busy news day and think they could bury it, which is just dumb. that's a political jargon word. dumb. the chief of staff's job there has become almost irrelevant because trump is his chief of staff. he decides what he's going to do. i think mulvaney is an inefficient referee. >> part of the issue to me, again, as we look at the picture here, is the key players seem to be turning on each other or turning the
everybody's days may be numbered in the white house. what i think is surprising is "the wall street journal" report this morning that he didn't anticipate the blowback that would happen after he left the podium on thursday. where he announced, yeah, we're going to have it at doral. and we do this all the time in exchange of military aid for political dirt. get over it. >> yeah. i don't think candor is his strength. and except for the one moment of quid pro quo. >> maybe...
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"white house in crisis: the impeachment inquiry." with laura coates. what are you looking at? >> i'm processing so much. cuomo's interview with the jay sekulow. he tried to make the case the president doesn't have to turn over taxes because it's not required in the constitution. but of course that argument is hollow. i'll walk through exactly why a little bit later in the show. and it's a time we can't miss a minute here. >> the information is out there. at least by the law. you know the law way better than i do. what is the purpose of someone like a sekulow coming on tv? is it just spin. >> you wonder if it's part spin and trying to craft the narrative. remember impeachment kwib here the public has to go along with it. they have to be on one side or the other. in favor or against. a lot of people are in the middle trying to figure out what they believe. his job is say hold on let's put it into perspective. the context that helps my client. remember, that whole phrase the audience of one, a beneficiary of one when it comes to the nat
"white house in crisis: the impeachment inquiry." with laura coates. what are you looking at? >> i'm processing so much. cuomo's interview with the jay sekulow. he tried to make the case the president doesn't have to turn over taxes because it's not required in the constitution. but of course that argument is hollow. i'll walk through exactly why a little bit later in the show. and it's a time we can't miss a minute here. >> the information is out there. at least by the...
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the white house is testing this republican support. and mitt romney was asked by mike allen at axios. hey, is there a tipping point here and can mitt romney be part of this movement to get republican senators in particular to be more critical of the president. listen. >> if you put your shoulder to it, you could convince 19 other republican senators, which is the minimum, it would take to convict, to go against the president. >> are you smoking something that i don't see? that's simply not true. as i point out, the idea that any one senator, even me, even mitch mcconnell, is not going to convince other senators to reach a different conclusion that they would reach on their own. >> interesting. those say that senators being quiet about all of these chaos and problems at the white house, suspect necessarily support for the president, it's just waiting for the next shoe to drop. what do you see? >> both are true. there might be grumbling. but publicly right now, the republicans are standing firm. romney does not have the capacity to switc
the white house is testing this republican support. and mitt romney was asked by mike allen at axios. hey, is there a tipping point here and can mitt romney be part of this movement to get republican senators in particular to be more critical of the president. listen. >> if you put your shoulder to it, you could convince 19 other republican senators, which is the minimum, it would take to convict, to go against the president. >> are you smoking something that i don't see? that's...
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house could be backed up by someone from inside of the white house. next week, tim morrison, a top adviser on the national security council is scheduled to speak with congress. he was on the ukraine call with trump. he may be preparing to back up bill taylor's explosive testimony from earlier this week where taylor said there was a quid pro quo with ukraine. >> tune out the noise. listen to the testimony. it's moving forward. there could be more corroboration coming from another key witness. former national security adviser john bolton. "the new york times" reporting that impeachment investigators are negotiate with bolton's attorneys for him to testify as well in private. and as the impeachment inquiry continues, centered on a request by the president for a foreign country to investigate his political opponents here at home, we are learning that attorney general bill barr's investigation of the origins of the 2016 russian probe has now become a criminal one. let's begin with the impeachment inquiry. a lot of developments there. sunlen serfaty is on c
house could be backed up by someone from inside of the white house. next week, tim morrison, a top adviser on the national security council is scheduled to speak with congress. he was on the ukraine call with trump. he may be preparing to back up bill taylor's explosive testimony from earlier this week where taylor said there was a quid pro quo with ukraine. >> tune out the noise. listen to the testimony. it's moving forward. there could be more corroboration coming from another key...
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so why is the white house claiming victory tonight? plus two major court hearings tonight that could change the course of the impeachment investigation. what we're learning from inside the courtroom. and a rising democrat embroiled in a scandal delivers a blistering farewell speech and tonight she leaves congress pointing fingers. let's go "out front". >>> good evening. i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the breaking news, the impeachment investigation now in high gear on this histori
so why is the white house claiming victory tonight? plus two major court hearings tonight that could change the course of the impeachment investigation. what we're learning from inside the courtroom. and a rising democrat embroiled in a scandal delivers a blistering farewell speech and tonight she leaves congress pointing fingers. let's go "out front". >>> good evening. i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the breaking news, the impeachment...
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that is the phrase the white house used when it announced the president's intention to speak. now here is the president. >> we rolling, gentlemen? >> yes, sir. >> all right. good evening. i have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam and in southeast asia. the cease-fire will take effect at 2400 greenwich mean time, january 27th, 1973. within 60 days, all american forces will be withdrawn from south vietnam. >> copy. >> it's over now. we're going to be reunited again. president nixon said we got out of it with honor, and i'm happy with that. >> i'll tell you, we accomplished something. we've got peace. absolutely. >> seven men went on trial today charged with the break-in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the watergate building last june. >> far more is involved here than the guilt or innocence of the seven defendants. if they are guilty, why did they do it? then who put them up to it? >> good evening. the jury in the watergat
that is the phrase the white house used when it announced the president's intention to speak. now here is the president. >> we rolling, gentlemen? >> yes, sir. >> all right. good evening. i have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam and in southeast asia. the cease-fire will take effect at 2400 greenwich mean time, january 27th, 1973. within...
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hitting back at the white house. she says any efforts to hide the president's abuse of power will be considered evidence of here's the thing about managing for your business.s when you've got public clouds, and private clouds, and hybrid clouds- things can get a bit cloudy for you. but now, there's the dell technologies cloud, powered by vmware. a single hub for a consistent operating experience across all your clouds. that should clear things up. i'm about to capture proof of the ivory billed woodpecker. what??? no, no no no no. battery power runs out. lifetime retirement income from tiaa doesn't. guaranteed monthly income for life. nooooo! guaranteed monthly income for life. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ billions of problems. morning
hitting back at the white house. she says any efforts to hide the president's abuse of power will be considered evidence of here's the thing about managing for your business.s when you've got public clouds, and private clouds, and hybrid clouds- things can get a bit cloudy for you. but now, there's the dell technologies cloud, powered by vmware. a single hub for a consistent operating experience across all your clouds. that should clear things up. i'm about to capture proof of the ivory billed...
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the cnn special hour "the white house in crisis, the impeachment inquiry." i'm going to take you through the top headlines on the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. and one saying the president is going after disloyal republican leaders, calling mcconnell up to three time it as day with panic demands to rally the troops and one day after the white house dedeclared war on the impeachment inquiry, democrats are launching their counteroffensive with what could be an avalanche of subpoenas. a few influential democrats think it's important to hold a formal vote onb the impeachment inwithquiry. we'll get into all of it tonight with legal analyst and impeachment attorney ross garber, former u.s. attorney and cnn fact can checker, daniel dale. but let's begin with cnn's saursaurah murray with a busy day in the impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: president trump lighting up the phone lines to complain to mitch mcconnell about what he sees as disloyal republicans. trump's frustration over the impeachment inwithquiry. >> has him calling theson senate majority leader
the cnn special hour "the white house in crisis, the impeachment inquiry." i'm going to take you through the top headlines on the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. and one saying the president is going after disloyal republican leaders, calling mcconnell up to three time it as day with panic demands to rally the troops and one day after the white house dedeclared war on the impeachment inquiry, democrats are launching their counteroffensive with what could be an avalanche of...
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that's in the white house statement. and that this still doesn't grant the president his due process rights. how do you respond? >> we have been proceeding in a serious and solemn and sober fashion, consistent with our constitutional responsibilities and will continue to do that. this impeachment inquiry from the very beginning is simply about following the facts, applying the law, being guided by the united states constitution and presenting the truth to the american people. and the resolution that we will be voting on thursday is consistent with that direction. >> any doubts whether or not it will pass? do you have the 218 votes for sure that you need? >> it is my expectation that the overwhelming majority of the house democratic caucus will support our effort to continue to move forward to this next phase of the impeachment inquiry which will allow for the public presentation of evidence as well as give the president the opportunity to present any exculpatory information that he may have, which, by the way, wolf, has
that's in the white house statement. and that this still doesn't grant the president his due process rights. how do you respond? >> we have been proceeding in a serious and solemn and sober fashion, consistent with our constitutional responsibilities and will continue to do that. this impeachment inquiry from the very beginning is simply about following the facts, applying the law, being guided by the united states constitution and presenting the truth to the american people. and the...
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white house. the people that were involved in this, whether or not these figures are here. the other thing to point out is that -- because she lost her documents at the white house, and i think part of the subpoena is a suggestion on the part of the democrats that we want to pull her here, but we're putting you on alert, that we're going to go after the documents that belonged to her that were in that orbit through some way shape or form. that we intend to get our hands on this had a. this is about a setup between democrats and the white house, but also the materials and the narrative that actually took place, and democrats trying to set up a story and an environment forehow and what occurred. >> they want documents, they want materials, they also want her testimony, right? >> so what kind of information could she provide on all things ukraine and we add to that, she's a big put ing critic, she wrote two books on it. what information could she provide on the trump putin interaction. >> for two yea
white house. the people that were involved in this, whether or not these figures are here. the other thing to point out is that -- because she lost her documents at the white house, and i think part of the subpoena is a suggestion on the part of the democrats that we want to pull her here, but we're putting you on alert, that we're going to go after the documents that belonged to her that were in that orbit through some way shape or form. that we intend to get our hands on this had a. this is...
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white house could not provide any. we should point out there is one piece of good news that everybody can agree on that we can leave you with, the president left his mark on the news cycle a short while ago tweeting out this photo of the dog that was involved in the baghdadi operation. the dog's name is classified. they are saying that's to protect the dog and the people who work with the dog. there's no question that we have to recognize all of the heroes in that operation, not just the ones be two legs. >> good point. thanks very much for that. joining me is eric swalwell. democrats have been resisting formal vote. why hold this vote now? >> if we're continuing to do our investigative stages, there's no -- our attorney general who should have been recused punted on this. this signals there will be a public hearing and we have learned enough information this early onto warrant the public knowing. it sets forth not only right frs the president and his counsel but for both parties to be a part of public hearings and ope
white house could not provide any. we should point out there is one piece of good news that everybody can agree on that we can leave you with, the president left his mark on the news cycle a short while ago tweeting out this photo of the dog that was involved in the baghdadi operation. the dog's name is classified. they are saying that's to protect the dog and the people who work with the dog. there's no question that we have to recognize all of the heroes in that operation, not just the ones...
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house, the white house chief of staff ill-prepared. either way it's a pretty -- it's indicative of what looks like just an utter lack of strategy and preparation on the white house in what they're facing. they just are not coheerrent an don't seem to understand what they're saying. to piggyback on the point susan made about republicans, the other thing that's grafted on top of this here is that this is about the spending of money that congress has appropriated. this is something congress and congressional republicans ought to be up in arms about. the president has in effect and admitted to it today usurping their authority. they decided how they're going to spend money on foreign aid and the president in effect decided they're not going to do so. why republicans are not taking the pitchforks right now to the president of the united states for sulting them as a branch of government is beyond all of us. this is just not how the branches of government ought to be interacting and republicans are failing in their core duty. >> i can only do
house, the white house chief of staff ill-prepared. either way it's a pretty -- it's indicative of what looks like just an utter lack of strategy and preparation on the white house in what they're facing. they just are not coheerrent an don't seem to understand what they're saying. to piggyback on the point susan made about republicans, the other thing that's grafted on top of this here is that this is about the spending of money that congress has appropriated. this is something congress and...
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white house going to block this? you said he asked for a subpoena. >> we're told from his attorney that he's informed the house committees that he will appear if there is a subpoena, and i asked his attorney whether or not he's definitely going to appear, and she said currently yes. so at the moment it appears that he is. the white house has told other people within the administration not to appear. state department officials and the like, people currently serving, they have listened to the subpoenas and not the instructions from the administration. so we expect probably the white house to urge him not to appear, but what they will ultimately do to stop him is unclear. but at the moment all expectations are that he's going to deliver testimony that will at least back up this key u.s. diplomat's account. >> all right, raja maughan new, thank you very much. back to our team, jeff, significant? >> yes, because one of the core issues here is, was aid withheld because the president wanted dirt on joe biden? and this offic
white house going to block this? you said he asked for a subpoena. >> we're told from his attorney that he's informed the house committees that he will appear if there is a subpoena, and i asked his attorney whether or not he's definitely going to appear, and she said currently yes. so at the moment it appears that he is. the white house has told other people within the administration not to appear. state department officials and the like, people currently serving, they have listened to...