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Our chief foreign correspondent in northern syria and one of the reporters to break the story of taylors bombshell testimony. ann, start going through this bit by bit. youre the one with this that actually has it. the rest of the news organizations are trying to get our own confirmed copy of it. so let me go to one piece of taylors testimony. president trump said it was not a quid pro quo. ambassador sondland said he talked to president zelensky and told him although this was not a quid pro quo ...

Have to say. >> speaker pelosi has finally crumbled and allowed her left wing impeachment process. >> trump is the most corrupt president in the history of this country. >> donald trump needs to be held accountable. >> mr. president, release your tax returns or shut up. >> this is an insane asylum and it is clear the inmates are running it. >> i have news for everybody, get over it. there is going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> who is the whistleblower? that crazy nancy, she is ...

Fatally injured on a road in england. this family have had to put grief to one side to seek justice. sacoolas the wife of a u.s. diplomat was interviewed twice by police and say she cooperated and left the u.k. about three weeks following the accident protected under diplomatic immunity. police say they are still investigating and expect to submit a case file to prosecutors. this week she broke her silence in a statement via her attorney and she admitted fault. ann was driving on the wrong side ...

Running a news network and his employees are saying things like theres nothing we can do if zucker wants impeachment, we have to do what he says, i mean, is that journalism? >> thats the interesting thing about this. there can only be one story. every day, theres nothing else happening in the world, nothing else worth covering, if you are a general worth exploring other subjects, please dont do that. we dont do that here. its frustrating for the people who are good journalists who work there and...

Car crash in the u.k. is apologizing to the family of the british teen killed in that crash. the parents have agreed to meet with her but only if she pro promises to return to britain. kristin fisher has more. >> this morning the parents of the british teenager killed in this crash held a very emotional press conference pleading with president trump to waive diplomatic immunity and force the american diplomats wife to return to the u.k. to face justice. >> respect petes rights beginning knowing ...

Wiggle room to get out of it? >> you know, its hard to say because he is not part of the administration. so they cant claim executive privilege the way they can with other people who work for the administration. so he would -- if he defies it though, im not sure what penalties that congress can actually impose on him. that would be a test going forward. but executive privilege would not seem to apply to him since he does not officially work for the government. ann: jonathan, thank you very much....

Why do you think theyre not? >> i dont think they are, chuck. i think the bigger concern here is that its the tail wagging the dog here. they dont want the white house to dictate to them how their impeachment inquiry goes. they dont need to do this to get the powers they need. why let the white house tell them how to conduct their inquiry? >> all right. garrett, thank you very much. let me bring in the panel thats joining me here in studio. jonathan lemire, nice to have you down here, buddy. and...

>> and hes no longer someone that works for the state texas department who would be testifying would do anything short of telling the truth. but he resigned when this came out. is he a private citizen and he has agreed to come on to capitol hill to answer all of these questions. from your source whats are you hearing that could be coming out of this? >> i know several people who have worked with him closely over the years. they say hes a great guy, very experienced, a straight shooter. to anns p...

Allegations, many of them unsubstantiated, attacking joe biden, raising questions about joe biden. similar things that weve been hearing from rudy giuliani over some time. but also including allegations that democrats are continued calling a smear campaign against the former ambassador to ukraine who was frauld her post back in may. this is the inspector general came to deliver this to the hill believing cohen wap impeachment investigation. democrats and republicans going through this, well see ...

Loyalty and if you come after him you better make sure that its worth it. so its probably why you hear so many people theyre carefully picking their words and theyre choosing very carefully and i think senator grassley is, like, ive been here for a long time and i know exactly what im doing and this is whats right and we have to protect our whistle-blowers and that means other people wont come forward with important information. >> grassley is on an island on himself and thats not an outrageous ...