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Believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president, but we move forward and we will obviously consider as we inform dr. kuppermans counsel, his failure to appear as evidence that may warrant the contempt proceeding against him. >> thats in the house. what about the senate? as all of this moves full speed ahead, robert costa and phil rucker of "washington post" report senate republicans are getting anxious. they write, "in hushed conversations over the past week, gop senators lame...

Baghdadi, they have been looking for him for a long time. theyve been looking for him, for many years. he should have been killed years ago. another president should have gotten him. but to me, it was a very important, i would say all the time, walk in my office, sir we killed this leader at a low elf, this leader, i said i never heard of him, i want al baghdadi, thats the only one i know now, i want al baghdadi, get him and they got him. lets turn to the impeachment push. former deputy national...

Public testimony in this impeachment investigation. it also means, importantly, we could soon read all those depositions that have been given in private. today, the presidents former deputy national security adviser charles kupperman failed to appear for his deposition in the inquiry despite having been subpoenaed. the white house wants to stop his testimony and on friday, kupperman filed a lawsuit asking in effect for air cover. it asked a judge to rule on whether or not he had to testify. here...

That means we could soon see public testimony in this impeachment investigation. it also means, importantly, we could soon read all those depositions that have been given in private. today, the presidents former deputy national security adviser charles kupperman failed to appear for his deposition in the inquiry despite having been subpoenaed. the white house wants to stop his testimony and on friday, kupperman filed a lawsuit asking in effect for air cover. it asked a judge to rule on whether o...

Somebody other witnesses said believe would corroborate the allegations of misconduct that had objections to what was going other witnesses have made, but on with ukraine. this implies he will take a we move forward and we will obviously consider as we inform similar path as kupperman and the dr. kuppermans counsel his there are real questions as to failure to appear as evidence what that means goingd. that may warrant a contempt proceeding against him. in terms of where we are, we >> thanks so ...

Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. did their lawful duty. we greatly appreciate the courage that they have shown it also has the highest growth in manufacturing jobs in the us. and that other witnesses will show who are scheduled to its a competition for the talent. appear. employees need more than just a paycheck. the lawsuit that dr. kupperman filed in district court has no you definitely want to take advantage of all the benefits you can get. 2/3 of employees said that the workplace is an imp...

Subpoena, his absence will constitute evidence that may be used against him in a contempt proceeding. his lawyer responded "its not dr. kupperman who contests your clients constitutional claim. its president trump and every president before him for at least the last half-century." kupperman a no-show, chairman adam schiff offer this conclusion. >> its also i think very plain additional and powerful evidence of obstruction of congress and its lawful function by the president that yet again and ev...

Failure to appear as evidence that may warrant a contempt proceeding against him. >> the distinction here being its not normal times when you play it out and debate whether someone can come into the congress. congre congressman schiff with the clear backing of speaker pelosi said were going to keep tabs of who doesnt show and it will be evidence toward a potential impeachment of donald trump. >> thats right. the founders created impeachment before bad times. they had george washington before the...

So i think democrats are making the calculation that fighting it in court is a losing battle. they would break their momentum and maybe they already have enough evidence for them to move forward with whatever theyre going to do anyway. >> yeah. although, house intel chairman not surprisingly adam schiff seemed confident, charlie, that there was no legitimate legal basis for kupperman not to testify. let me play that. >> a private citizen cannot sue the congress to try to avoid coming in when the...

>> we move forward and we will obviously consider, as we inform the council his failure to appear as evidence that may warrant a contempt proceeding against him. >> charles cupperman, filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to decide if he has to comply with democrats subpoena or follow the white houses order not to comely. it all come comes as weaver learning sondland is back on the hill right now reviewing his testimony. also on the hill, msnbcs garrett haake. like a lot of figures in the probe...