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The white house counsels office is indeed drafting a letter to the house speaker nancy pelosi that essentially says they dont feel compelled to comply with any of these document requests until the house members take this impeachment inquiry to the vote on the house floor essentially voting to formally open this impeachment inquiry. that is something nancy pelosi says she does not have to do despite the fact that it has been a precedent in some past impeachment inquiries. what we do know is the w...

This is somewhat like its a political process, but this is somewhat like a grand jury. the grand jury got to get all the information first before you decide whether or not you indict or not, and then you pass it on to a regular jury. but thats whats happening right now. >> okay. lets talk about this because you know secretary of state mike pompeo failed to meet the subpoena deadline. to the house to produce ukraine-related documents. a house foreign affairs committee aide says pompeo has failed ...

But the president has said he intends to send a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, and we do know white house lawyers have drafted a letter saying theyre not come ppelled to com with these document requests until a vote taken on the floor of the house to formally start this impeachment inquiry. fred? >> all right. jeremy diamond at the white house. thank you. lets discuss fettthis further. michael, to you first, whats your reaction to this "new york times" reporting that there is a second whi...

You know secretary of state mike pompeo failed to meet the subpoena deadline. a house foreign affairs committee aide says pompeo has failed to meet the deadline. however, the state department has contacted the committee on this matter, and we hope the department will cooperate promptly. you have that. the committee subpoenaed the white house for ukraine related documents. tonight in a statement they said, this subpoena changes nothing. just more document requests. wasted time, taxpayer dollars. ...

Meanwhile the "new york times" now reporting that a second whistle-blower with quote more direct information could be coming forward soon regarding the presidents dealings with ukraine. ellison barber live at the north lawn of the white house with more on reaction there. hi, ellison. >> hi, eric. the impeachment inquiry directly reached the white house yesterday evening, when three democratic committee chairman subpoenaed the white house for documents, related to communications between president...

Works. essentially its framing this white house argument weve been hearing since last tuesday that unless nancy pelosi places a vote on the floor that they have to comply with these document requests, these requests for officials to go up to capitol hill and sit down with house democrats and talk about impeachment inquiry. so essentially theyre going to send her this letter daring her to hold a floor vote. thats counting on the fact weve seen a surging number of democrats saying they support imp...

The white house is preparing to send a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi saying theyre not going to turn over any documents until they hold a vote to officially open an impeachment inquiry. sources here have been saying, look, the bottom line is she held a press conference so we dont have to comply with these document requests. so defiance on the one hand. on the other hand, willie, how are they feeling today? i think theres a divide within trump world about how to deal with this growing cont...

And youre reading -- >> thats not a flood of information on the president, thats news reports. >> as this thing twists and turns, weve got to keep the headline out there. >> joining us now, professor of international politics at tufts university, daniel dresner. elise lau elise labott, and kristen welker. >> kristen, let me start would with you. president tweeting yesterday he has the absolute right to investigate corruption in other countries. how are they feeling right now with this flood of r...

Congressman carson is here. a democrat on the intel committee. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> lets talk about what were learning the state department ig is requesting an urgent briefing tomorrow with senior congressional staff members concerning document requests about ukraine. what is this about? >> hopefully its about the preservation of the democracy. and making sure that the founding fathers vision of the having checks and balances in three but equal branchs of ...

Concerning document requests about ukraine. what is this about? >> hopefully its about the preservation of the democracy. and making sure that the founding fathers vision of the having checks and balances in three but equal branchs of government are doing their job. its clear. when you talk about intimidation and unitary leadership, we can look at trump and his toxic leadership style. he has been able to intimidate employees, but attempting to intimidate media. and congress. chairs of committees...