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York by robert mueller, by different entities. but the people around him have to know that they are not, that there could be an investigation. we dont have any reporting in any of your great news organizations. these people have to at least be concerned about potentially being co-conspirators. >> volker is exhibit a. remember they said were going to hear from the state department people, and pompeo said no, you cant do this, and volker -- no, ill come in. >> he was also the first person to resig...

These have real consequences because the president may argue, well, hes just arguing on my behalf. but others see him maybe doing state craft which is outside of the line. >> this would be exactly where impeachment is going to be a lot more dangerous for donald trump than the mueller probe. the dualer probe took place behind closed doors. witnesses were rushed in through delivery entrances. no one knew who was coming and going. and impeachment proceeding takes place on roadblock television cover...

Pressing ukrainian president zelensky to dig up what he believed would be damaging information about one of his leading democratic challengers. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. with us from the "new york times" white house correspondent annie karni. now an adviser to the biden campaign. with us at the table former democratic senator clara mccaskill. former federal prosecutor paul butler. former -- oh, david jolly didnt make it but hes still up her...

Of election interference, where you are then charged with the fact that you, again, did nothing about it. and you knew this was a possibility. and so four republicans who, you know, have a reasonable chance of president trump keeping the white house, thats something they have to consider because you certainly dont want to spend the next, if he does win, the next, three four years relitigating this all over again the same way they had to relitigate the last election because of russian interferenc...

Appointee find this to be of urgent concern? and number three, why is the white house and why are the justice department trying to cover this up or keep this from congress? i base this, asha, he half answered some of these questions which is did you order the code red? he said youre damn right i did. >> did the president talk to the ukrainian president about what he wanted done with joe biden and paul manafort? >> i never asked him that. i wouldnt care if he did. he had every right to do it as t...

Ukrainians for the benefit of hillary clinton for which there already -- >> you never asked anything about hunter biden, j joe biden? >> the only thing i asked about joe biden was to get to the bottom of how usenko who was appointed dismissed the case against -- >> so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. >> of course i did. >> you just said you didnt! >> youre damn right i did, as they say, i did order the code red. joining us now is maggie haberman from "the new york times." maggie, when...

>> i want to get to how the president responded because we could have scripted it 24 hours ago. but i want to ask you a serious question. if they either think they have done nothing wrong or if they think rudy will condition the trump base or enough of them to think theres nothing wrong with colluding ukraine. why not just release the transcripts and say, hell yeah i called the code red. i mean, the president has the singular authority to declassify every transcript of every call and say look at...

Others. >> doug, if you advise a democratic presidential campaign, most of them stayed out of it, biden has been asked, but theyve all expressed some outrage, this is who he is. but i get the instinct of i got to let that play out, stay out of it. >> especially most of them are in iowa this weekend for the steak fry. their view is that most of the stuff is baked into the profile of the president, we need to be talking about kitchen table issues. but look, the frustration that a lot of democrats ...

So much. >> thanks a lot. >> day of ehrenberg, if youre listening is it extortion or bribery? >> potato potato. a black face scandal didnt cause virginias governor his job but what about the prime minister of canada? >> just keeps going. >> well talk about justin trudeau. >> he cant even say that these three are the only ones out there? >> he doesnt know. >> did this guy just walk around with black shoe polish in his back pocket? >> now stop. >> whats wrong. who does that? >> as we go to break...

Here. so nothing was settled last night in the debate. health care remains that central divide. how left does the party want to go? well find out in future debates and of course theres one next month here on cnn in ohio. >> thats right. we will certainly be there and watching. jeff zeleny, thank you so much. and tonight president trump is lashing out at democrats, his anger fueled by the houston debate and the intensifying impeachment investigation. cnn chief white house correspondent jim acos...