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Type of problem is tell the truth, tell it as quickly as you can and tell all of it as quickly as you can. his counter punch strategy is the exact opposite of that. he is digging himself a hole. >> david, the president when asked if he knows the identity it have whistle-blower, listen to his reaction. >> mr. president, do you know who the whistle-blower is, sir? >> well were trying to find out about a whistle-blower. when you have a whistle-blower that reports things that were n incorrect. >> he...

On the political opponent. we give with joe johns live at the white house. reading the tweets this weekend, you sense concern is a mild word there. perhaps some fear as hes lashing out. is that what youre hearing this morning from the white house? >> reporter: thats for sure, jim. weve had plenty of bluster, energy, debungt theories. >> whats going on now is the single greatest scam in the history of american politics. >> reporter: a defiant president trump launching a tweet storm sunday writing...

> . the former white house aide painting trump clueless about north koreas paranoia. >> it remains unacceptable for north korea to have deliverable nuclear weapons. >> so is so-called romance diplomacy the best way to get to that point? >> im not going to comment on that. >> okay. then -- >> nice try. >> okay. >> back to that story a little bit later, but president trump today very much aware it is a big week ahead in the house impeachment inquiry. on twitter a tome of presidential complaints...

President trump is escalating his attacks on the whistleblower demanding to meet his accuser face to face. the president was seemingly irked by developments in the push to impeach him. mr. trump also threatening big consequences for whoever supplied information to that whistleblower. the president also attacked the democrat leading the impeachment probe, even accusing him of treason, adam schiff confirms theres a tentative agreement for the whistleblower to testify soon. congress is technically ...

We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im george howell. the cnn newsroom starts now. 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and around the world good day to you starting with the president facing an impeachment inquiry. donald trump is tweeting up a storm. attacking his opponents, firing up his supporters and trying to discredit the whistle-blower at the heart of this ukraine scandal. the president is calling the whistle-blower his accuser and says he wants to ...

The outing of a whistleblower. >> president trump has been casting on twitter looking for a way to defend himself, hes been raising eye brows with a series of attacks that he launched relating to this ukraine controversy. he claims he had the right to meet the whistleblower whose identity is being protected right now. hes painting this person as an accuser. hes also accusing the house of intelligence adam schiff for treason. hes claiming that a civil war could break out of democrats successfully...

Intelligence and its offices and said we trust your office to use appropriate resources to ensure their safety. the acting director of national intelligence saying he doesnt know the identity, that the president had not, as of last week, asked for the sbif. then, of course frks there is this tweet by the president over the weekend, and it took quite a different tune when the president said he deserves to meet my accuser. there is a tentative agreement so far to have this whistleblower testify. i...

Misconduct. what we have is the president suggesting that he wants to retalia retaliate. i will say that to the extent that he wants to confront his accuser with the whistleblower meeting with the house intelligence committee potentially. hell be able to give them the names of the actual people in the white house who gave them the report they found troubling. if impeachment goes through and a trial in the senate, he would have all of those due process right to confront his accusers. >> as we loo...

More unified as they pursue this impeachment inquiriy and documents related to the controversy. they are more coordinated than ever. the president have not demonstrated any clear strategy heading into a key week on capitol hill, erika. >> sarah westwood and manu raju. thank you both. joining me now, our cnn political reporters. as we look at these developments the last couple of days, when we see the president tweeting he wants to meet his accuser and calling this person fake, is that witness ...

Thus far to activate appropriate resources to ensure their safety. the whistle blowers identity has been very closely guarded. the acting director said last week in that testimony, that he doesnt know the identity and he also said that the president hasnt asked him for the identity of this whistle-blower. however, the president changed his tune slightly in a tweet this weekend saying, i deserve to meet my accuser. now, but the identity of this whistle blower continues to be protected, but they w...