Tonight the white house hit with new impeachment deadline, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee sending a letter to the president this afternoon informing him and his counsel they have until next week to decide if they want to take part in the impeachment proceedings. That includes calling witnesses, presenting evidence, and even having the president potentially question witnesses himself this. New deadline comes as the white house is still debating whether or not to participate in the Judiciary Committees first hearing on impeachment. That is this upcoming wednesday. That decision must be made in the next 48 hours. One person close to the process tells cnn tonight. The white house is still debating whether it is even quote, worth it. But this is something the president has been asking for since the beginning of the investigation. He has complained time and time again that the process is unfair. There was no due process. You cant have lawyers. We couldnt have any witnesses. Th
Elected by their constituents to come to congress to pursue that mandate and they are not changing direction any time soon. It was also made clear by all four congresswoman but especially ilhan omar, who was target bid name by President Trump, how they truly feel about the man who resides in the oval office. Take a listen. This is a president who has equated neo nazis with those who protest. This is the president who openly violated the very thing we try to uphold. Equality under the law, religious liberty, equal protection and protection from persecution. And to distract from that, he is launching a blatantly racist attack on four dulyelected members of the United States of the house of representatives, all of whom are women of color. This is the agenda of white nationalists. Wolf, all four members, including Anna Pressley of massachusetts said they had an agenda to pursue, border policies, health care. Congresswoman pressley said they did not want to take the bait but as you can tell
Accident. Good morning. Welcome to viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im alison kosik. Good morning. Im dave briggs. Monday, november 11th. It is veterans day. It is 4 00 a. M. In new york. We start with a potentially historic week on capitol hill. The impeachment inquiry now moves into the public eye with televised hearings. Democrats are trying to stay narrowly focused, keeping the story simple. Theyll try to sway Public Opinion by using witnesses drawn from diplomatic and military service. The president s allies are peddling a smokescreen of distractions, hoping to sew confusion. And the weekend offering a preview of how the two sides will fight for a political edge. Cnns white house correspondent, jeremy diamond, has more. Reporter good morning. This impeachment inquiry is moving into its public phase. On wednesday, well see the first witnesses called forward to publicly testify about the president s handling of Foreign Policy towards ukraine. W
We are grateful for your solidarity, your encouragement and your support in the face of the most recent zeen phobic, bigoted remarks from the occupant of our white house. The recent words and tweets are a continuation of his play book. Weak minds and leaders challenge loyalty to our country in order to avoid challenging and debating the policy. This is the agenda of White Nationalists. And now its reached the white house garden. This after the president of the United States today not only defended, but escalated his racist attacks against the four Congress Women you just heard. These are people that hate our country. They hate our country. They hate it i think with a passion. These are people that in my opinion hate our country. All im saying that if theyre not happy here, they can leave. Of course, this country is their country, too. They are in congress to represent their voters and to uphold the United States constitution. Trump says the four women are not from america. His tweet re
Reporter good morning dave and alison. This impeachment inquiry is moving into its public phase. On wednesday, well see the first witnesses called forward to publicly testify about the president s handling of Foreign Policy towards ukraine. Well see the top diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, coming forward, as well as Top State Department official, george kent. As all of this is happening, the president not only defending his own conduct, but were seeing republicans, republican senators in particular, trying to finetune their defense of the president. If youre not allowed to give aid to people who are corrupt, theres always contingencies on aid. I think its a mistake to say, he withheld aid until he got what he wanted. I consider any impeachment in the house that doesnt allow us to know who the whistleblower is to be invalid because without the whistleblower complaint, we wouldnt be talking about any of this. And i also see the need for hunter biden to be called to adequately defend the