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to tap into an authority that former president donald trump tried to use when he was president at something democrats decried and eventually it was struck down in the courts. but certainly this comes as biden in this trial trying to show he is doing more when it comes to border security at a time when republicans have tried to paint him as weak on the issue. >> okay. arlette saenz. thank you for the reporting from the white house thank you all for joining us this morning. im alison cam...

That he basically hadnt read the whole interview and the reporter said no, i did include that stuff. But that is by far not the most important part of what we heard from the two of them. It is striking the reversal that we saw from the president on every front except for immigration. Reporter thats right. I think a lot of people are referring to this as damage control. Im not sure if that is what it is, but i do certainly have whiplash because just 24 hours ago, this interview was coming out las...

Dispute. Now turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator with murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released so he calls the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said im not ready to lift the aid. They had this Senator Johnson, he writes a tenpage letter, very detailed, and he gives some remarkable detail and i would like to read...

Now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released, he calls the president , he actually sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said, im not ready to lift the aid. And they had this Senator Johnson. He writes a ten page letter, very detailed. And he gives some remarkable deta detail. And id like to re...

Power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring and injuring the national interest. Or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, these this question of whether president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And after action was taken, president nixon famously said if the president does it, it is not ille...

Were going to start with the Breaking News. House intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. Its the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. Also President Trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. But hes under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader bagh...

Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is ...

[silence]. Now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter, if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to the ukraine in september with murphy. Johnson called the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said i am not ready to lift the aid. Senator johnson, he writes a 10 page letter. Very detailed. He gives some remarkable details. I would like to read it. Its on page 6. This is Senator Johnson speak. I asked him whether...

>> 10:00 a.m. merrick garland is expected to give some very forceful defense of the justice department in the face of house republicans who want to hold him in contempt. that contempt proceeding, the republicans on the house judiciary say is over an audio tape that they want to obtain of joe biden being interviewed by special counsel in a classified documents probe around biden that ended up not resulting in any charges that investigation with was closed the republicans want the audio tape, they...

Department that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself wolf, while this hearing is largely about, or supposed to be about the contempt proceeding, republicans want to bring against merrick garland related to his handling of the investigation of joe biden in the interview there where theres an audio recording thing that isnt being released. classified documents case? yes. that resulted in no charges. >> much of the broader conversation is about misleading information, consp...