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Mike pompeo missed his friday subpoena deadline. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress which is our initial response to the document request. well obviously do all the things were required to do by law. i was a member of congress once. article 1 has a certain set of powers and article 2 has an obligation to make sure that we protect officials at the state department. >> meantime, "the new york times" reporting a second potential whistle-blower is considering filing a separ...

But certainly on this day, on this saturday, it may feel like it is not a saturday in washington. rather, the middle of the week. theres been so much happening today, in the last 24 hours, we begin with yet another potential whistle-blower, that story coming into focus, "the new york times" reporting that a second ukraine-related whistle-blower is weighing whether or not to file his or her own complaint. the second person with claims to have been on the call was quote alarmed by the presidents d...

Proceedings are confirming now that they are in this matter in is the core issue of the impeachment. approaching a foreign government for dirt on a political rival for help on the next election in this country. and vice president pence appears to be made explicit the quid pro quo. so they announced they are investigating the president as part of the impeachment proceedings. they followed up with an extensive document request. there was a brave face, a snarky scarfing. im sure that plays well in ...

Our initial response to the document request. weve all known theres been corruption in ukraine, the united states has been engaged in trying to push back against corruption in ukraine for quite some time. >> secretary of state mike pompeo is explaining why his department missed a subpoena deadline to turn over ukraine related documents to three house committees. hes also still pushing the trump lie that this is only about fighting corruption in ukraine. even though pompeo finally admitted this w...

Joining me now, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" and msnbc political analyst and should mention hes also the writer and author of the brand-new book "impeachment" and harry litman, former attorney general and columnist for the "washington post." thank you to both. the impeachment inquiry now expanded as many saying to mike pence but he seems to be brushing off the document request as not serious. what are we to make of that? >> hes more than brushing it off. ...

Nbcs hans nichols. >> reporter: this latest request for documents from house democrats is really centered on the vice president and what mike pences role in the presidents relationship with ukraine was and what kind of pressure the administration may have been putting on ukraine, what they may have been asking in return. we know that pence canceled a visit in may for the inauguration. we know that he met with the president zelensky in september in poland when president trump was initially suppos...

Documents pertaining to ukraine. the secretary spoke about the matter in front of reporters in athens earlier. take a listen. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress which is our initial response to the document request. weve all known theres been corruption in ukraine. the united states governments been engaged in trying to push back against corruption in ukraine for quite some time. >> president trump blasted out a series of tweets this morning. he attacked everything f...

Quit. this would seem like an important witness for the democrats to have before their committees investigating this. >> youd have to assume that, yes, if they havent been in touch with him, and i have no reporting to suggest that they will. i understand you need 20. could we name four that are going to vote against the president at this point? its news when one comes out. mitt romney came out today and spoke out against the president, and it was big news. i dont see at this point -- we dont kno...

The president clearly defiant and even angry at the end when he was asked a very direct question by my colleague jeff mason what specifically did he want the president of ukraine, president zelensky to do in regards to the bidens. the former vice president and his son hunter biden, the president wouldnt give him a direct answer. instead choosing to lash out at the broader impeachment inquiry. this is the tactic that we have seen by this president, and you really saw it play out throughout the en...

Secretarys chain of command. because its coming from the inspector general, what does that say to you? >> what that says to me is this is different than the document request that went forward from the members of the committee earlier to pompeo where they listed out witnesses and said we need to talk to these people about what secretary pompeo heard on the call with the president, with the president of ukraine. now, there are so many things that have been happening inside the statement department...