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Here stateside but you think about some of the republicans on this committee, jim jordan, louie gohmert, andy biggs, matt gaetz, doug collins. they throw fire. it almost appears as if the president is allowing them to take the stage and do his work while he flies back home. >> we dont know the decision making process. it could have had to do with the on camera gaggle by trudeau talking to other world leaders making fun of the president being late in how long he answers questions. maybe that had ...

Re-election campaign next year. now, the basics. the purpose of this report is to summarize what the intelligence committee has found thus far in its investigation of president trump. tonight that committee, the intelligence committee voted to convey this report to the judiciary committee. what the judiciary committee will now do, they will review this evidence as part of their own decision making process as to whether articles of impeachment should be drawn up against president trump. if the ju...

Intelligence committee, voted to convey this report to the judiciary committee. what the judiciary committee will now do is they will review this evidence as part of their own decision-making process as to whether articles of impeachment should be drawn up against president trump. if the judiciary committee does decide to draw up articles of impeachment, they will vote on those as a committee. those articles would then be conveyed to the floor of the united states house and the full house would ...

Sounds like you may not have been. >> reporter: a state department person put out a statement denying the allegations. gordon sondland never told secretary pompeo that he believed he was linking aid to investigations of political opponents. any suggestions to the contrary is flat out false. but in october pompeo admitted he was listening in on the now infamous trump/zelensky call on july 25th where trump made that ask. pompeo, an ardent defender of trump, saw nothing wrong with that. >> america ...

Know. >> last month, when asked about holding up foreign assistance for a political initiative, the exact thing pompeo knew about, pompeo says this. i never saw that in the decision-making process that i was a part of. >> even after trump smeared marie yovanovitch -- >> i dont have anything to say. >> one possible offer for pompeo -- >> they love him in kansas. >> the president appearing to give pompeo an exit strategy. >> if he thought there was a chance of losing that seat, i think he would do...

>> no. >> ambassador volker, you testified during your deposition that aid does, in fact, get held up from time to time for a whole assortment of reasons. is that your understanding. >> that is true. >> and sometimes the hold-ups are rooted in something at omb, sometimes at the defense department, sometimes it is at the state department and sometimes on the hill, is that correct. >> that is correct. >> so when the aid was held up for 55 days for ukraine, that didnt in and of itself strike you as...

>> no. >> ambassador volker, you testified during your deposition that aid in fact gets held up from time to time for a whole assortment of reasons, is that your understanding? >> that is true. >> sometimes the holdups are rooted in something at omb, sometimes it is the defense department, sometimes it is at the state department, sometimes it is on the hill, correct? >> that is correct. >> so when it was held up her 55 days for the ukraine, that did not in it of itself strike you as uncommon? >>...

Vice president was unable to participate in the delegation? >> no. >> ambassador volker, you testified during your deposition that aid in fact does get held up from time to time for a whole assortment of reasons. >> that is true. >> and sometimes the holdups are rooted in something at omb, sometimes its at the defense department, sometimes at the state department, sometimes on the hill; is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and so when the aid was held up for 50 days for ukraine, that didnt in...

>> reporter: this has become commonplace here even for witnesses who probably would have come without them, but, yes. sandy received a subpoena overnight. remember, the administration put up a firewall around all members saying no one has to come and testify. weve seen that broken by state department officials. one d.o.d. official broken by folks connected to the national security council. up to now the office of management and budget, three officials subpoenaed. none had shown. at least been in...

Today. he could have sent his aides as he did on friday in alabama, but he wanted to make the point that he is almost serious -- he is serious about it, but almost in. hes having lunch later this afternoon with the mayor of little rock, african-american mayor, the citys first, so certainly thats an interesting development. patrick, we think he will announce by thursday if hes going to do this and be in new hampshire by friday because thats the deadline. >> were in a situation now where these can...