This i dont care, what i said it was misreported as usual. What i said is very simple. There should not be anything. There should not be impeachment hearings. Maybe they misconstrued it. What i said is read the transcript. It is all about the transcript. People i have not even heard of some of these people, i dont know who they are and it is all third hand knowledge. Read the transcript. They want to have a strans crypt of the other call, the second call, and im willing to provide that. Well probably give it to you on tuesday, monday being a holiday, well probably give it to you on tuesday, but we have another transcript coming out that is very important. They asked for it and i gladly gave it. There has never been a president so transparent. This is a witch hunt at the highest level. And it is so bad for our country. Read the transcript, you will see the call. Now i will give you a second because i had two calls with the president of ukraine. You will read the second you tell me if you think there is anything wrong with it. Never in history has anyone gone through this. It is a witch hunt and it should never happen to another president , thank you. Okay, Kristin Holmes joining us now. He is talking about a second transcript, can that there is nothing wrong with the conversations, can you tell us a about the transcript, the other one was paraphrased a lot of blanks. What about this second call now . That is interesting, were going to have to wait and see how they deliver in is the first call that President Trump had with president zelensky. That is what he is talking about here. And the whistleblower came forward on the second call but when it comes to releasing these transcripts, someone said it goes like this while the calls come in there are people who are experts in the country for the leader and specialists that sit in the situation room and listen to the calls. They then transcribe this, it is not direct, these calls are not recorded as far as we have learned into our extensive research, theyre not recorded, but they compare all of the transcripts at the end of the process and put it together to make a final transcript. That is why this is a verbatim transcri transcript, but it is not, it is people taking notes, doing the best they can. And then theyre putting it all together. Not a verbatim transcript. This is coming after a pretty rough day yesterday. Two testimonies came out one from alexander vindman. She a ukrainian expert, till works for the white house, here is why he is so important. He is still on that call. No matter how many times President Trump repeats that line that it is third hand knowledge, maybe he has not met vindman, maybe he doesnt remember him, but it does not make it true that he was not on that call because she a firsthand information source about that call. And when this testimony came out, the other being from the former white house specialist on russia, they mirrored each other and they pointed out one clear pact. The second key fact is that Mick Mulvaney was at the center of this entire russia campaign, this pressure campaign, and this is interesting because of course Mick Mulvaney is the acting chief of staff that stood in front of a press conference and sads the said there was a quid pro quo, so get over it. Kristin holmes, thank you so much. With me now, michael gearhart. He is also the book of impeachment what Everyone Needs to know. Lets talk about this announcement from the president just moments ago saying theyre thinking about releasing a new transcript of a different call that would be the first of the two calls. They were describing the transcript. It is a combination of notes of people in on the call. It is hard to speculate what is in the second call. We have the first call, a transcript for that, and why now . And yeah, why now, and has it been edited. We dont know if it is a full transcript or not. That is right, they were describing the first transcript that was a combination of note taking on the call, and it is not verbatim and it may come in the same kind of fashion. It speaks to perhaps a strategy from the white house as to why they would want to make it available. The clarity and it could further promote more questions. It is likely to promote more questions and it could also possibly be a distraction. The first call is fairly well reported on at this point with a number of credible witnesses testifying about it, and theyre testimony is pretty consistent with each other and it is all consistent with what the whistleblower said. The fact that he doesnt want toage knowledge whto a acknowledge what is in the transcript is beside the point. People that didnt know the president personally were on the call and theyre disturbed by what they heard. It is similar to a bank robbery that people may have scene, and they have reported it to authorities. All of this comes as House Republicans have submitting their list of, you know witnesses, that they would like to see testify as part of the impeachment inquiry. What happen more do we know about whether or not this request will be entertained and if democrats will pick and choose whether or not they think any of those witnesses suggested by republicans is important. The g. O. P. List right now seems to be an effort at distraction from the core issues. One of those people would be hunter biden. Yes, and that will perpetuate the concern of something corrupt in hunters background, and were experiencing the strategy that went into the call and the more we talk about he gets to talk about joseph and hunter biden which was his goal all alodg along. And bolton has relevant information that he wants to share, but only under certain conditions. First there was going to be a subpoena, then they didnt issue a subpoena, how do you ascertain what is going on now about bolton and whether or not he sounds like he is willing to testify forthis is an obstacle being presented for his testimony. My best guess about mr. Bolton is that he is trying to have it both ways. So he is trying to allow for some cover for himself through the subpoena and at the same time he doesnt want to be someone that is betraying the president , so he doesnt want to be forced into talking to the Committee Even though it has been pretty clear that bolton and trump did not necessarily see eye to eye, and i guess that is confusing if a message is being sent, but so many have testified they are upset about withholding u. S. Military aid in exchange for digging up dirt for a political rival. Yes, and fiona hill gave us a sense of what he might talk about. Some people are talking about what they would talk about now and about their futures, and some people would hopefully tell the truth. All great points, thank you so much. Thank you. Still ahead from mayor bloomberg to president bloomberg. The billionaire taking new steps toward a potential democratic run. How the leading candidates are reacting. And Jeff Sessions, remember that name isnt the former attorney general entering the race for Alabama Senate again. Have i said a cross word about our president . Not one time. But will the fired ag get the president s support . And President Trump is headed to alabama to see the big game between lsu, but after being booed at other sporting events how will the crowd receive him this time around . Were live. People, our sales now apply to only 10 frames. A new low at visionworks, our sales are good on over five hundred frames. Why are you so weird . For a limited time, get two complete pairs for 49. Really. Visionworks. See the difference. 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However, were told that bloomberg does not plan on competing in any of the first four early contests. Here to discuss the former republican congressman charlie dent and ayisha mood. So first, if bloomberg is skipping the first early primaries, what is he doing . Im not quite sure what he is doing and what constantly comes out for me, the path to victory is that you have to amass delegates to get the nomination. It subpoena based on how many voters were out. It is the first major contest that youre on your way to a delegate count to get you a nomination into what is this run really about. It doesnt feel about landing the nomination, it has to be about something else. I agree. In 2008 when Rudy Giuliani skipped the primaries, it didnt come out. It seems to anyway bloomberg will cut into biden a bit. Probably pete buttigieg, but they have a problem with africanamerican voters, so im not sure i see the path forward, but he has a lot of money and that can take you pretty far. I cant roll my eyes hard enough, this is a boys club and they think they can buy their way in, and they dont want people to throw around their money and that should get them power. Lets talk about the former attorney general Jeff Sessions. He says he plans to run for his Old Senate Seat in alabama. When i left, did i write a tell all book . Did i go on cnn and talk about him . No, have i said a cross word . No, i was there to serve his agenda, not mine. Wow, huh . This was really under scoring the loyalty and that this is a great asset. He knows his audience and his district. He there was before. Is that what is takes . The president called Jeff Sessions stupid, and for him to be so obsiquious is amazing. So that might be enough to help sessions secure that nomination. I think he is in a good position to win as long as trump doesnt try to invade the primary so much. All of the words that the president used and now sessions is being so incredibly polite, but look, the president called him an idiot, said he was disappointed in him, that he did a terrible, disgraceful thing, all of that, all of that forgiven . He is being a punk. How can people that so love donald trump, bullish and brash, why would they like sessions . Sessions is presuming, is he not, in that video, that that audience loves trump more than they probably like sessions but as long as sessions that loyalty to trump, that will bode well. He is proving he has zero to offer, no backbone, and no outlook on the state that he can say this is what i will do for you and that is sad and that is why doug jones is coming back to the United States senate. Lets see if sessions is at the alabamalsu game tonight with the president and i would like to see who is sitting with senate eor shelby. 3 30 kick off. Thank you. That will be interesting. All right, ahead, tide tigers and trump . Kick off is soon to gip abegin there will be politics at play. The president , of course, watching and well see what charlie has to say about that if Jeff Sessions indeed shows up, too. Could that happen . Tmobiles newest signal reaches farther than ever before. With more engineers, more towers, more coverage. Its a network that gives you. With coverage from big cities, to small towns. Introducing tmobiles 600mhz signal. No signal reaches farther or is more reliable. And its built 5g ready. It also has the highest growth in manufacturing jobs in the us. Its a competition for the talent. Employees need more than just a paycheck. You definitely want to take advantage of all the benefits you can get. 2 3 of employees said that the workplace is an important source for personal savings and protection solutions. The workplace should be a source of financial security. Keeping your people happy is what keeps your people. Thats Financial Wellness. 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Thats right a lot of folks tailgating here. President trump is on his way here. Most of the folks that were talking to are excited the president is here and theyre asking him about impeachment. Many think the president is being treated unfairly. This is the third major sporting event in two weeks. He went to gave five of the world series, he went to a fight in Madison Square garden. He got mixed reaction, people booing him and people cheering him. The president won the state by nearly 30 points in nearly alabama. His Approval Rating as high as any other state. These are people likely to be friendly to President Trump. The university of alabama Student Government sent out instructions that no one cause any distractions during the game, it will be interesting to see the president s reception. Interesting indeed. As the white house sends off impeachment conservative media has a new line of attack. The ukraine scandal not sexy enough. 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They say we dont need to care about this, it is difficult to explain or sper pret, and this is certainly what the white house wants to happen. It is it really does, linking right up to the president s messages which is a bunch of crap. He is being supported every step of the way here. And this scandal is too complicated. It is kind of boring to the public. Jesse waters was on the five saying americans cant even find ukraine on a map. If that is true put a map on the screen and help people understand. He was bordering on insulting the viewers at home saying this is not a sexy scandal. This is too complicated. I think the only glimmer of truth to that yfd is that journalists and news outlets need to help people understand the history and the background. Thats why there is pod casts, app alerts, and i think media is doing a good job trying to explain. I think many people are very curious about what they will present on day one. So how influence shl tial is . It is like saying there isnology to see here, but for a kid that can make you more curious. Well see how effective the messaging is here in the hearings. Certainly loyalists made their minds up, but not everyone listening to talk radio made up their mind about this scandal. I think some have and some has not. Language will be really dangerous. If they are talking about extending the leader, that is clear cut. But even some company tears on fox news may not be able to ignore all of the evidence in the days ahead. Thank you, well be watching it tomorrow as well. Thanks. Still ahead, just weeks before a death row inmate is set to be executed, several celebrities and others are jumping in to prove she innocent. Next. About being a scientist at 3m. I wanted them to know that innovation is not just about that one aha moment. Science is a process. It takes time, dedication. Its a journey. Were constantly asking ourselves, how can we do things better and better . what we make has to work. 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In less than two weeks a texas man is scheduled to be put to death for the murder of a young woman in 1996 but millions of people have signed a petition asking the governor to stop the excuse of rodney reid. He is an innocent man who was allegedly framed by the victims fiance. In 1996, stacey stykes was found dead on the side of the road. Investigators say she was raped and murdered just after 3 00 in the morning on her way to work. The prime subpoenspect was her fiance, a Police Officer until dna evidence was found, semen in the victims body. Reids attorney say the evidence points to jimmy fanell. She said if jimmy found out that but were together he would kill me, i took it as a figure of speech. That is clear motive for him to have killed stacy and ultimately have rod any reed take the fall for that murder. His case has garnered celebrity attention. Reeds lawyer say the Murder Investigation is full of holes. They say the time of death is not accurate and police never searched the apartment where fanell and stykes lived together. But they say it is a circus that has been objected by appeals courts. He has convinced a lot of people that he is just a poor, unfairly charged black man being railroaded to the death changer. They maintain that he is guilty and deserves the death penalty. They also pointed out that he was expected of sexually assa t assaulting and raping sixth other women. These have nothing to do with whether or not rodney reid committed the murder. Jimmy fanell spent years for kidnapping and raping a woman while he was on duty. An arian brotherhood said i had to kill my nword living fiian s foiance. Each one of these stories is laughably lacking in credibility. Rodney reid has as advocate that lived with him on death row. You were fully exonerated, released, why do you relate to rodney reed . I know for a fact that those same players didnt give a damn about whether or not i was innocent or not. He was wrongly auccused of murdered a family in 1992. The same attorney general and medical examiner that convicted him also convicted rodney. He is now a general Justice Reform advocate. A young white woman was murdered and a black man was con vicked of it. That was their case. Theyre taking it all of the way to exthe cushion table. Prosecutors that worked the case say the thought of rodney reed getting out of prison is absolutely terrifying. All right, so for more on this defense, our best legal minds are here. Good to see you both. All right so rirchd, do you think have come up with enough to warrant putting his execute on hold . You said it, it is an intense legal debate. The conviction was 23 years ago. Since that time 23 judges have looked for reversiblerer or and found nothing. A lot of the governments are being recycled. I am seeing everything and im not sure of the timing of all of these events if it was the admission in prison, the arian brotherhood bunk mate, them saying that the timing was not quite right, there is a lot of evidence that was put forward, im not sure if it is just all recycled or if it is really new, and it would seem to me, fred, that to stay this execution for 30 days and give him one more hearing to just flesh this out, to ensure that everything has been on the record in this case, and again 23 years, it could not hurt to do that considering his life is on the line. So im from new york. I think they should do it. This is texas, that is where they execute more people than anybody and this governor, in five years, has only commuted one execution if will be tough here. All right, avery, how do you see it. Im glad she from new york. At the end of the day the bottom line is that you do have new evidence, and it was 12 days ago that the burng mate came out with this the statement. Im in agreement that there are four forensic experts. I think it is right, there is no rush to judgment after 21 years on death row. At the end of the day there is no harm if we examine the nud evidence to see look at the alternative, lethal injection is finality. Lets look, in that respect, i think were in agreement. And included in that evidence is new testimony or accounts as to what they believe they heard from the fiance. Yeah, yeah. Thats right. And the government and the state is saying listen, but pwe on a strong case. We gave dna evidence. Six different women came in and testified that reed had molested and attacked them. It shows a pattern of practice. It was a strong case, it was 23 years, there will be finality, but for 30 more days it just seems common sense to have one more hearing, have a judgment make a ruling, if any of this is credible, if the testimony is credible, holding for crossexamination. It is what it is, it is not a moral debate it is the rules of texas. Yeah, they are urge iing Governor Abbot to delate, and the online petition to stop it has a list of signatures, oprah w winfrey made her own plea this week. I think at least the governor has to pause and look at the two Million People that signed a petition, that is two million voices saying listen to us, something is off here and something needs to be done. Hello, this is a sign, youre supposed to, at least not execute. So how influential is this. No one cares about Kim Kardashian or oprah winfrey. While it is very important to consider it in the court of Public Opinion on the top legal issues here, and you talk about this intense legal debate, lets look at the new evidence, take the time and make that decision based on evidence instead of rushing to judgment. That is justice and truth and that is what should be done here. Avery is wrong. The governor has to run for election. The they may hit voters, it puts a lot of pressure on the governor. And the officer and the choke case, it puts a lot of pressure it is effective. And i think cooler heads will prevail here. I hope that is right. We shall see. Avery, richard, always good to see you, thank you so much. Still ahead, senator Lindsey Graham has gone from one of President Trumps toughest critics to be one of his best friends. Coming up, well look at grahams head spinning defenses of President Trump. We call it the mother standard of care. Its something we take personally, and believe in passionately. Its the idea that if our mothers were diagnosed with cancer, how would we want them to be treated . Thats exactly how we care for you. With answers and actions. To hear your concerns, quiet your fears, lift your spirits. With teams of cancer experts and specialists, delivering advanced Treatment Options and compassionate support every step of the way. All here in one place, with one purpose. To fight your cancer, together. Thats the mother standard of care. 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What i can tell you about the trump policy toward the ukraine, it was incoherent. They seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo. Yes, the old he couldnt have committed these crimes, hes too stupid defense. Reporter on offense, an antitruck pac put up a billboard in South Carolina showcasing something graham once said about trump. I think hes a cook, i think hes unfit for office. Grahams antitrump sinkers linger. Hes a race baiting, xenophobic bigot. Reporter now graham jokes about their rocky past. And he says i dont have your phone number, and i said theres a reason for that. Reporter the reason being, candidate trump gave out grahams number. Lets try it, 202. Reporter graham responded with a cell phone destroying video. These days, they often talk on the phone and now graham has joined trump in his reluctant to read. The president wouldnt like reading those old quotes. You know how you make America Great again, tell donald trump to go to hell. Reporter jeanne moos, cnn, new york. All right, still ahead, Republican House lawmakers know exactly who they want to testify in the president s ukraine scandal, hunter biden and the whistleblower. The democrat leading the inquiry has just responded. A live report, next. D. Born te wild. 25 cent boneless wings at applebees. Get em while theyre hot. It also has the highest growth in manufacturing jobs in the us. Its a competition for the talent. Employees need more than just a paycheck. You definitely want to take advantage of all the benefits you can get. 2 3 of employees said that the workplace is an important source for personal savings and protection solutions. The workplace should be a source of financial security. Keeping your people happy is what keeps your people. Thats Financial Wellness. Put your employees on a path to Financial Wellness with prudential. Tmobiles newest signal reaches farther than ever before. With more engineers, more towers, more coverage. 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That call that trump was referencing happened three months before the conversation at the heart of the impeachment probe. And next week, house investigators will hold public hearings for the first time, and it comes as House Republicans today submitted a list of potential witnesses they would like to see testify in this probe. Witnesses that are sure to ruffle some of the feathers of many democrats. Cnns Jeremy Diamond joining me right now live. Jeremy, what do we know about this second transcript, how this information, you know, was put together, what the president is promising come tuesday . Thats right. Well, fredricka, its interesting. The president had previously