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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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i'm either leaving the white house. i'm going to the private sector or i'm becoming a whistle-blower. i'm sharing information with the whistle-blower. but i do think that helps explain some of the behavior of current and former officials, how they're reacting to an environment that they often at times find quite alarming. >> look -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, there's quite a difference between something that's crazy and frighting which this new "new york times" story is about, and something about personal president self-interest and subordinating american policy. >> right. >> one is one that maybe the voters voted for in 2016 knowing some of the -- >> yeah, on display at every maga rally. >> the other self-interest, done in secret, trump's plan was to do all of this with ukraine in secret. indeed, his justice department hid all this evidence from the people and took this whistle-blower to have it come out. that's something that's fundamentally different. that's what i think why the impeachment thing has such le
i'm either leaving the white house. i'm going to the private sector or i'm becoming a whistle-blower. i'm sharing information with the whistle-blower. but i do think that helps explain some of the behavior of current and former officials, how they're reacting to an environment that they often at times find quite alarming. >> look -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, there's quite a difference between something that's crazy and frighting which this new "new york...
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it is material which purports to have originated at the white house. the stuff was apparently sent over from the white house to secretary of state mike pompeo's office in may of this year via his secretary, ruth. congressman raskin today described it as a packet of propaganda, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, indicating he does not think highly of the content of this pact of information. nbc news has published some of the images. these pages appear to bolster that description of this being conspiracy theory stuff involving ukraine. but based on the timing and conse content of this material and the weird way it was delivered from the white house to secretary of state pompeo's office and then it ended up in the hands of the inspector general who ultimately felt like congress needed to see it given the impeachment proceedings underway, the forst emerging here is that this stapled and calligraphiednd a highlighted stack of nonsense printed out from the internet may have been the grounds on which mike pompeo and the state department basically fired
it is material which purports to have originated at the white house. the stuff was apparently sent over from the white house to secretary of state mike pompeo's office in may of this year via his secretary, ruth. congressman raskin today described it as a packet of propaganda, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, indicating he does not think highly of the content of this pact of information. nbc news has published some of the images. these pages appear to bolster that description of this...
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closely with the white house vecounsel. of course, the leader there. that would be my anticipation. i think you did hit the nail on the head here, ari. right now the administration feels it has a strong argument to make to say, look, administration officials cannot testify because they would undoubtedlyld be testifying abo material they're arguing is protected by executive privilege. that argument getsby tougher to make once this vote takes place. thatke doesn't mean they're not going tosn try to block testimo. for example, all eyes are going to be on john bolton. if he's subpoenaed, will he show up? his attorney is saying he's not going to show up unless he's subpoenaed. what legal recourse would the administration have given that this vote would basically say, look, the white house could bring its, own counsel into the proceedings, ari. >> senator, you look like you might want to get ngin. int wanted to note that we have thet triple zeros. you can explain how this works. we have no time remaining, but a lot of voeks bmiss
closely with the white house vecounsel. of course, the leader there. that would be my anticipation. i think you did hit the nail on the head here, ari. right now the administration feels it has a strong argument to make to say, look, administration officials cannot testify because they would undoubtedlyld be testifying abo material they're arguing is protected by executive privilege. that argument getsby tougher to make once this vote takes place. thatke doesn't mean they're not going tosn try...
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the house, the senate, the white house. rather than attack patriots maybe what they should do is disentangle themselves from a very unpopular president who has been caught confessing to impeachable acts. this is how illogical they are behaving because they are so afraid of, i don't know, a mean tweet or perhaps a primary challenge that they have adopted a strategy that is entirely counter productive for them and is probably making things a lot worse. >> and quickly before we go to break here, in the senate trial if there's a majority vote to remove donald trump from office, it only takes a few republicans to switchover to get to majority vote, that would be a devastating judgment about donald trump entered into the record. if they can get mitt romney and two, three other republicans that would be quite a significant historical statement against donald trump. >> it certainly would be, lawrence. i think it would be a majority to convict in the senate. as you point out, it's not enough for removal. it will wound him politicall
the house, the senate, the white house. rather than attack patriots maybe what they should do is disentangle themselves from a very unpopular president who has been caught confessing to impeachable acts. this is how illogical they are behaving because they are so afraid of, i don't know, a mean tweet or perhaps a primary challenge that they have adopted a strategy that is entirely counter productive for them and is probably making things a lot worse. >> and quickly before we go to break...
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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. it is also, i think, very plain additional and powerful evidence of obstruction of congress and its lawful function by the president that yet again and even after a court decision affirming the right of congress to proceed with this impeachment inquiry, the white house has obstructed the work of a co-equal branch of government. if this witness had something to say that would be helpful to the white house, they would want him to come and testify. they plainly don't. after hearing the testimony or reviewing the written opening statement of ambassador taylor, one can easily see why the white house does not want further evidence to come before the congress. i found it remarkable i have to say that the republican members of our three committees, including ranking members on oversight committees, took a position effectively of endorsing the white house obstruction that the president in an imp
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. it is also, i think, very plain additional and powerful evidence of obstruction of congress and its lawful function by the president that yet again and even after a court decision affirming the right of congress to proceed with this impeachment inquiry, the white house has obstructed the work of a co-equal branch of government. if this...
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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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to paint out there in-house. it came to the white house. there was a note sent to julie about the impression of her mother while she was painting this portrait. so beautifully evocative. said it is almost greek. the eyes reveal an unusual spirit. an expression of great sweetness. in that expression, occasionally the doors close and the lights go out. it is what one finds in all great beauty. always appealing to something beyond. the desire for the unattainable. windowe looked out the at the hummingbirds, there is a hummingbird in the painting. eyes, shesion in her still needs to injustices. i thought that was a beautiful tribute. >> audience, let's hear from you. we have a microphone. >> i will start -- i will try to stand, but i broke my hip. you talked about the support of women's rights. 1972, at the convention, they had a platform committee to decide public policy. the majority of women on the platform committee wanted to do something about childcare. men, i'mjority of sorry, did not want to. it got five -- fairly tense. all of a sudden
to paint out there in-house. it came to the white house. there was a note sent to julie about the impression of her mother while she was painting this portrait. so beautifully evocative. said it is almost greek. the eyes reveal an unusual spirit. an expression of great sweetness. in that expression, occasionally the doors close and the lights go out. it is what one finds in all great beauty. always appealing to something beyond. the desire for the unattainable. windowe looked out the at the...
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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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that is the white house in general. throughout our history that the occupant adapts to the office in the office adapts to the occupant. think mrs. nixon, like all first ladies, this finds all of them together. who careso person more about the success of the president and the presidency and the president's spouse. that is their single focus and that is something that will bind all of them together in what personare as the single who has experienced the ups and downs, and who at the end of the day is not like any other advisor. they are a different confidant. i think mrs. nixon does not get the credit for just what an incredible political mastermind that she was. this is the hardest working person on the president's campaign. to think about it and richard nixon's campaign he had gone from congressman to senator to vice president of the united states, and in all of these campaigns, some of them were difficult. 1952 running for the vice presidency when the scandal on the finances corrupted and how that personally wounded he
that is the white house in general. throughout our history that the occupant adapts to the office in the office adapts to the occupant. think mrs. nixon, like all first ladies, this finds all of them together. who careso person more about the success of the president and the presidency and the president's spouse. that is their single focus and that is something that will bind all of them together in what personare as the single who has experienced the ups and downs, and who at the end of the...
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last week the white house announced the white house itself and federal offices will and incursions restrictions the washington post. >> i think they will be okay. >> does that make your job broadly as reporters more difficult when news sources are ended or criticized in that way by their decision not to? >> the washington post and new york times you a lot of their business online now. the washington post i know it free subscriptions to government employees. we have a.gov or an email address, you can get a free subscription so i don't think it really materially damages them and subscriptions to that tradition of the paper. and there's kind of a dual game that goes on with this administration. the president wants to feed on us and use us as a prop in his political rallies but we have not been kicked out of the white house, we have not been kicked out, we're still in proximity to the president all the time. he talks to us a lot. there's a lot of news that comes out of the white house and a lot of people in his administration talk to us area and they work with us as the press. they understandthe va
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the white house announced the white house itself federal offices will end subscriptions to the washington post, new york times . their competitors of your that bloomberg. >> i think they will be okay. >> does that make your job more difficult when news sources are ended or criticized in that way by their decision? >> the washington post andthe new york times do a lot of their business online now . the washington post gives free subscriptions to government employees. if you have a.government email address you get a free subtraction so i don't think it damages them and subscriptions to that paper. and there's sort of like a dual game that goes on in thisadministration . the president likes to be on us and use us as a prop in his political rallies but we have not been kicked out of the white house, we've not been kicked out of air force one. we're still in close proximity to the president, he talks to us a lot. thereis a lot of news that comes out of the white house and his and ministration talks to us, they work with us as the press. they work with thepress and understand the value of the p
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but what's also so depressing about the trump white house as somebody who's worked in the white house. these are hard jobs. and, yet, everybody there is stabbing everybody else in the back. nobody can trust the guy in the office or the woman down the hall not to be screwing them to the press. and that-- there's this sort of sense of, you know, everybody trying to destroy everybody else. and trump being the one that you don't know if you're going to come into work one day and, you know, halfway through the day he tweets that you're gone. >> trevor: let me ask you this. let's talk about, for instance, syria. if you were advising in and around syria, and the military decisions that are being made right now, donald trump has bee >> it's not about "i." the whole problem with trump is it's all about "i." it's not an america-first foreign policy. it's a me-first foreign policy. the united states-- ( cheers and applause ) the united states of america had an understanding with the kurds, which he has honored for two and a half years. and, yes, it began under president obama. we worked with the
but what's also so depressing about the trump white house as somebody who's worked in the white house. these are hard jobs. and, yet, everybody there is stabbing everybody else in the back. nobody can trust the guy in the office or the woman down the hall not to be screwing them to the press. and that-- there's this sort of sense of, you know, everybody trying to destroy everybody else. and trump being the one that you don't know if you're going to come into work one day and, you know, halfway...
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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
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...
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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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there's a fight going on between the white house and the house over that. the white house has basically said that because the house has not had a vote on an impeachment inquiry, that should not have to be turned over. the house has said that the white house has no and the justice department have no ability to demand or shape the impeachment process in the house. if a court rules on the side of the justice department and the administration, you might see some different opinion from nancy pelosi. but for the moment, i don't think she's in the mood to accede to the demands of the president on how her branch of government should operate with impeachment, which is outlined in the constitution as the sole power of the house of representatives. >> both of our guests are going to hang out over this break. when we come back, we're going to do the impossible. we're going to discuss rudy and bernie in the same segment. we think that may be a first in this building. >>> the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day that he was subject to impeachment b
there's a fight going on between the white house and the house over that. the white house has basically said that because the house has not had a vote on an impeachment inquiry, that should not have to be turned over. the house has said that the white house has no and the justice department have no ability to demand or shape the impeachment process in the house. if a court rules on the side of the justice department and the administration, you might see some different opinion from nancy pelosi....
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i'm sure they'll get instructions from the white house. if they do and they fail appear, they will be building a very powerful case against the president for obstruction. each time the white house steps in to obstruct congress from getting documents and we know now that there are any number of very important relevant documents the state department is withholding from congress. they also withhold witnesses and forced them to refuse to appear or attempt to ignore lawful process, they will build the obstruction case against the president. in terms of how we will use litigation, we are not willing to allow the white house to engage us in the lengthy game in the courts. we'll press forward. [indiscernible] >> no. we will not allow the white house to delay our investigation. any acts of obstruction of this, any effort to prevent the congress and the american people from learning more about the president's misconduct, will build a public case for obstruction of congress by this president. let's keep in mind what we have learned in two short weeks
i'm sure they'll get instructions from the white house. if they do and they fail appear, they will be building a very powerful case against the president for obstruction. each time the white house steps in to obstruct congress from getting documents and we know now that there are any number of very important relevant documents the state department is withholding from congress. they also withhold witnesses and forced them to refuse to appear or attempt to ignore lawful process, they will build...
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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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the white house bombshell. the stunning exchange today, the white house acknowledging a quid pro quo with ukraine. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney acknowledging to our jon karl u.s. military aid was withheld from ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate the democrats. mulvaney saying, "get over it. this kind of thing happens all the time." and just before we came on the air tonight, mulvaney this evening trying to walk back the comments. and late today, the other headline, the cabinet member now resigning. >>> also breaking tonight, president trump celebrating what the u.s. is calling a cease-fire involving turkey. a week and a half after president trump talked with turkey's president, announcing he was pulling u.s. troops out and that turkey would be moving in, the president now calling this is "great day for civilization." and tonight, turkey is not calling this a cease-fire. >>> the deadly nor'easter. a half million without power tonight. winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour. and the new system w
the white house bombshell. the stunning exchange today, the white house acknowledging a quid pro quo with ukraine. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney acknowledging to our jon karl u.s. military aid was withheld from ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate the democrats. mulvaney saying, "get over it. this kind of thing happens all the time." and just before we came on the air tonight, mulvaney this evening trying to walk back the comments. and late today, the other headline,...
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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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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...
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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
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...
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according to this white house counsel. even a conversation with someone who never worked for the president is privileged or could be, according to white house counsel. even a conversation in which two people, neither of them are the president, may be privileged. it's unrecognizable. our conversation may be privileged, according to the white house counsel. reporter: i hope not. rep. schiff: i hope not too. [laughter] but it goes to show the legally insupportable position of the white house. and indeed you see this now reflected in court decision after court decision after court decision where judges have said the administration's legal arguments hold no water. but what they are succeeding in doing is building a case involving obstruction of congress. reporter: the white house said it's not cooperating in part because there hasn't been a vote to formalize this impeachment inquiry. why not hold a vote and call the white house's bluff? rep. schiff: i'll let the speaker respond to that. i think the constitution is very clear. t
according to this white house counsel. even a conversation with someone who never worked for the president is privileged or could be, according to white house counsel. even a conversation in which two people, neither of them are the president, may be privileged. it's unrecognizable. our conversation may be privileged, according to the white house counsel. reporter: i hope not. rep. schiff: i hope not too. [laughter] but it goes to show the legally insupportable position of the white house. and...
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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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of other white house aides to the white house counsel's office and through the testimony of hill we know that bolton expressed himself sometimes in colorful terms. at one point describing rudy giuliani as, quote, a hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up. politically speaking, hearing from a conservative fixture like bolton could represent a light-out moment for donald trump on process and on substance bolton's participation in the impeachment inquiry could seal donald trump's fate as the first president in this country's history to be impeached for conditioning military aid for an american ally on political dirt on a domestic rival. and as dramatic as it would be, boltop's potential testimony may not even be necessary from the perspective of evidence-gathering. a crush of witnesses have corroborated the original whistle-blower complaint and when taken together with the president and rudy's own admissions, the picture of aid for dirt is clear as day to a majority of the public who now support the impeachment and removal of donald trump. "new york times" reports on what may come ne
of other white house aides to the white house counsel's office and through the testimony of hill we know that bolton expressed himself sometimes in colorful terms. at one point describing rudy giuliani as, quote, a hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up. politically speaking, hearing from a conservative fixture like bolton could represent a light-out moment for donald trump on process and on substance bolton's participation in the impeachment inquiry could seal donald trump's fate as...
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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
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...
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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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house, the white house would want him to testify. they clearly do not. how does the white house fight back against that argument? >> reporter: well, they'll make arguments about executive privilege, executive immunity, absolute immunity. you see that in all the letters. what schiff is basically saying is they're guilty by inference, they're guilty by not showing up. garrett hinted at this, but you clearly see the house moving towards a potential second article of impeachment on a broader obstruction charge. now, what does that do? that's a catch-all charge, but it also allows them potentially to accelerate the process. it's a strategic response to if the white house tries to slow walk this, the house can always say, look, we're going to slap you with obstruction as well. there are some other testimony later this week that i think may be complicated by the kupperman decision, namely we have tim morrison, a senior director for russia and youreurope, as well alex whitman. will barr, the attorney general, is expected to be here with the
house, the white house would want him to testify. they clearly do not. how does the white house fight back against that argument? >> reporter: well, they'll make arguments about executive privilege, executive immunity, absolute immunity. you see that in all the letters. what schiff is basically saying is they're guilty by inference, they're guilty by not showing up. garrett hinted at this, but you clearly see the house moving towards a potential second article of impeachment on a broader...
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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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and the white house scrambles to deny a quid pro quo. withholding milityil aid to ukraine. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, getbo over it. robert: next. announcer: this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> there's a moment, a moment of moment where everything ising, a clear. at fidelity, wealth planning isb t clarity, knowing who you are, where you've been, and where you want to go. that's fidelity wealth management. additional funding is provided by -- koo and patriciau , through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for blic broadcasting.ut and by contrns to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert:good evening. it has been a dramatic and violent week in syria and on friday, the fighting did ease. but many questions linger. the pause in t standoff between kurdish forces and turkey, brokered by vice president pence and secretary of state mike pompeo, rem
and the white house scrambles to deny a quid pro quo. withholding milityil aid to ukraine. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, getbo over it. robert: next. announcer: this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> there's a moment, a moment of moment where everything ising, a clear. at fidelity, wealth planning isb t clarity, knowing who you are, where you've been, and where you want to go. that's fidelity wealth management....
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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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. >>> tonight the blowup at the white house. the photo shows the speaker standing up to the president right before she walked out, saying trump had a meltdown, indicating the already isolated president is not well. for his part the president insulted and diminished the kurds who fought and died alongside americans. the same kurds who are now on the run and being killed by the turks because of trump's actions. and along the way he also managed to insult general james mattis. meantime, in congress the impeachment inquiry is moving fast. another insider spoke up today. another rudy associate was arrested today as the heat is now on trump's friend and lawyer. and the letter proudly released by trump today that people just assumed was a fake. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a wednesday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. and this indeed was day 1,000 of the trump administration. and tonight by all accounts an increasingly isolated president facing furious pushback from
. >>> tonight the blowup at the white house. the photo shows the speaker standing up to the president right before she walked out, saying trump had a meltdown, indicating the already isolated president is not well. for his part the president insulted and diminished the kurds who fought and died alongside americans. the same kurds who are now on the run and being killed by the turks because of trump's actions. and along the way he also managed to insult general james mattis. meantime,...
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house about the white house, that also raises anxiety about where could blame fall? who might become a potential scapegoat in this scenario? that's one of the concerns that certainly is valid among those in the white house when you've seen from the first day that they came into 1600 pennsylvania avenue, there was also a lot of internal power games and internal power jockeying. this very serious and looking for specific answers could produce more anxiety about that. who will have that responsibility? of course the acting chief of staff, nick mulvaney, whose name has been brought into all of this extensively and the white house counsel pat cipollony looking for how to address those questions internally. the president is calling the investigation all of the things we would expect, continuing to use his tweets to push back at adam schiff in particular, speaker pelosi. and in some of the tweets he has also referred to this as the issue of a constitutional travesty. that's again the tension point between congress not taking the vote that the white house claims it wants and
house about the white house, that also raises anxiety about where could blame fall? who might become a potential scapegoat in this scenario? that's one of the concerns that certainly is valid among those in the white house when you've seen from the first day that they came into 1600 pennsylvania avenue, there was also a lot of internal power games and internal power jockeying. this very serious and looking for specific answers could produce more anxiety about that. who will have that...
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witness from the white house who went in to talk to mueller went in and talked to the white house counsel's office, the lawyers between those witnesses and the white th house counsel's office were coordinating, were discussing. they had a clear picture of what was going on.un because the white house is not cooperating in this, they do not have a lawyer in the hearing room and the white house lawyers cannot exchange any information at all with the witnesses who are going forward. >> shannon, what an excellent point. and going into another day tomorrow, they again don't know exactly what it is we'll be reporting on 24 hours from now. hey, andrew, since we've been on the air, three other guests on this broadcast, carol leonnig, tom hamburger, and greg miller over at "the washington post" have broken this. here's the headline. "white house lawyer moved transcript of trump call to ou classified server." where have we heard that expression before? "after ukraine adviser raised alarms." so we all know the broad outlines of this story. lieutenant colonel vindman testified yesterday he hears the pre
witness from the white house who went in to talk to mueller went in and talked to the white house counsel's office, the lawyers between those witnesses and the white th house counsel's office were coordinating, were discussing. they had a clear picture of what was going on.un because the white house is not cooperating in this, they do not have a lawyer in the hearing room and the white house lawyers cannot exchange any information at all with the witnesses who are going forward. >>...
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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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this coming after a house panel subpoenaed the white house for ukraine-related documents. meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo and the state department missed the friday deadline that house democrats set to respond to their own subpoena as he continues to face scrutiny for his depart
this coming after a house panel subpoenaed the white house for ukraine-related documents. meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo and the state department missed the friday deadline that house democrats set to respond to their own subpoena as he continues to face scrutiny for his depart
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i think people respected in the white house. it is constantly an evolving relationship between the east and west wing and in some cases it is better than others. i don't think there's any secret that mrs. next and was frustrated -- nixon was frustrated. he did not stop her from doing what came next to her and what she felt she could do to make a contribution, so i would say my experience was the same way and i remember when i interviewed with her, the first thing she said is not here for myself, i'm here for george and because of , it helpedwith that me get access to the things i needed to help and people knew that and for that reason we had a successful run. othersome point you and got the title assistant to the president. there was some recognition in the east wing that they had a role to play. early days, k writes that no first lady had a more fraught relationship with west wing than pat because bob wanted to run everything. houseme to the white after they were gone, i think. >> i miss them. >> there were those in the adminis
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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
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just as we sat down this meeting blew up at the white house. we have heard from senator schumer and speaker pelosi. she described a meltdown from the president. i have watched his public appearances all day, and that was actually the best the region and said the kurds are no angels. he was even weirder at a bilat with the italian leader. >> the president is a small petty man. and he's actually a national career risk to our country. this is where we are with the president of the united states, the commander in chief. look, donald trump's actions, what it does is it's a win for erdogan, it's a win for iran, and it is a betrayal to our men and women in uniform. it's a betrayal to our allies. this is what he does. he never has a plan, he's erratic and he's controlled by our foes and steps on our allies. and now he is a clear present danger. >> karine, i believe karine whatever she says. but don't believe her, believe putin. putin thinks this. putin thinks that the moves in northern syria are clear win for russia. >> for sure. and, look, even trump
just as we sat down this meeting blew up at the white house. we have heard from senator schumer and speaker pelosi. she described a meltdown from the president. i have watched his public appearances all day, and that was actually the best the region and said the kurds are no angels. he was even weirder at a bilat with the italian leader. >> the president is a small petty man. and he's actually a national career risk to our country. this is where we are with the president of the united...
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and i'll be honest, we can take the headline, white house stymies congress, white house refuses to hand over information, we could run that same headline every three months in this administration began. so i don't think for once the democrats are not shocked and amazed that the white house is lying or not providing information. they can have this vote whenever they want. here's the other key part about this. every piece of information that they have asked for, that this administration refuses to come forward with can be part of a complaint about obstruction of justice into an investigation of inappropriate behavior the president has already admitted to. that's their option, to take everything that donald trump is doing now and make that a part of their case in a stronger case that for once, according to the polls, not only are people in favor of the impeachment inquiry, but we have now moved to a point where americans are actually recent polls show, americans are in favor of donald trump being removed from office in a vote. that's something that works in the democrats' favor. >> interes
and i'll be honest, we can take the headline, white house stymies congress, white house refuses to hand over information, we could run that same headline every three months in this administration began. so i don't think for once the democrats are not shocked and amazed that the white house is lying or not providing information. they can have this vote whenever they want. here's the other key part about this. every piece of information that they have asked for, that this administration refuses...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...