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In private and for the president of the united states to then confiscate the notes of the translator. to make sure that nobody knows what theyre talking about. which was the case in helsinki and elsewhere at their summits and meetings, this is really very, very weird. >> congress also released some testimony from one of his former top russia advisers, fiona hill and she expressed frustration at how putin is manipulating people in government and she said i firmly believe he was also targeting pre...

The new way stores are trying to attract your business this christmas, and whats expected to be a record year. and developing this morning, newly released transcripts from two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry are giving us new insights. fiona hill, the former top russia adviser on president trumps national security council and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, top ukraine expert, pointing the finger at trumps chaff, mick mulvaney. testifying sondland had had a conversation with mr....

90s when he was in a lot of trouble, his casinos were folding up in atlantic city, he was hugely in debt. he built the trump world tower. what was he doing there? he was selling luxury apartments to russians who were smuggling money out of the former soviet union and laundering it in real estate. thats not a mystery. he was hanging out with thugs and mobsters from the former soviet union more than 25 years ago and he continued to do that. trump properties in florida and new york and elsewhere ar...

Has information that impeachment investigator does not. >> all of the witnesses are lining up in terms of what theyre saying, they all saw this was a shakedown operation against the ukrainian government. >> by this time next week congress will have completed the first two public hearings in the impeachment proceedings against president donald trump. >> house democrat denny heck tells cnn theyre setting a target of wrapping a weeks-long investigation up by christmas. we have a lot to bring you th...

Put all these people that i never met before. >> reporter: railing against public hearings is interesting because the presidents watch word up to this point has been about transparency, about getting everything out. they clearly, they clearly want to get a little bit of information out there. they like it out there. but its unclear whether or not theyll submit to all these public hearings. guys? >> hans nichols at the white house. thank you so much. joining me now is national security reporter...

Between vladimir putin or russia and president trump that almost nobody been able to understand. you know we dont know if they have kompromat on him or just the president of the united states is just whats sometimes called a useful idiot. or if he thinks he has some grand plan for working together with putin to make, i dont know, a more profitable world. so its very unclear why trump does this. but we can now see clearly, very clearly, that he is out of step even with his often sycophantic secre...

President trumps personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. who wanted zelensky to announce an investigation into burisma, the company linked to hunter biden. if it doesnt say burisma in 2016, its not credible. because what are they hiding? he recalled giuliani saying, again, it was president trump who suggested that president zelensky or his staff meet with mr. giuliani and attorney general william barr. giuliani later confirmed his work in ukraine was solely on behalf of mr. trump. when lieutenant-colone...

Turning 50 years old and the empire state building is going green and yellow as part of the celebration. big bird and the original big bird puppeter, carol spiny were part of an ceremony on friday to kick off the event. were getting more complete look at what happened inside the room and some details directly implicating president trump and his attorney, rudy giuliani. nbcs heidi przybilla has the latest. >> transcripts released this week show acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, te...

The nation like hes running his business? god help us. im a new yorker. and i know a con when i see one. >> since then, hes been using his millions to help democrats win elections. and now bloomberg wants to insure president trump is defeated in 2020. his spokesman tell nbc news mike is increasingly concerned the current field of candidates is not well positioned to do that. bloomberg reportedly has expressed doubts about fellow moderate joe biden and whether biden can beat president trump. >> i...

Established within the trump administration that consisted of rudy giuliani and ambassador gordon sondland and white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, that was trying to oust and in some cases just sort of undercut the state department and the normal channels of diplomacy. >> elena youve got these three witnesses here, kent and taylor and yovanovitch. who is the most critical? >> i think they all are and i think its really interesting to look at -- that they chose these three specifically to ...