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Mouths of folks like franklin graham and paula white and others is the use of the gospel to justify their wanton and craven desire to walk the corridors of power. and what we need in response are progressive christians, people in that tradition, to describe them for what they are, hypocrites. >> evan? >> look, ill just say that i am a christian and im proud to be a christian and grateful to be a christian. but one thing that its important to understand for all of those who support trump, either ...

Last night. cnns evan perez, part of the team that broke that story, he joins us live from washington. what are you learning about this individual and the alleged offense, evan? >> well, john, this is a former lawyer for the fbi who no longer works for the fbi. the person was involved in preparing some of the information that was used for this fisa surveillance order against carter page who worked as a trump campaign adviser. this happened back in 2016. as you mentioned, this is part of an inspe...

Hearing will begin. go ahead, susan. >> and this testimony is going to be less flashy than gordon sondland all day but this is really critical witnesses who are about to testify. these are both people that are going to be able to testify to the decisions to hold -- withhold that aid. the areas in which the ordinary policy process was deviated from. why they understood this aid was being held up because keep in mind this is not the presidents personal piggy bank, the presidents personal fund to d...

Were not expecting gordon sondland to testify to what he testified to earlier today. the president latching on to those comments as you saw just a short while ago. but remember what gordon sondland said during his testimony. that everyone was in the loop. this was not a secret. the president is trying to make the case tonight i think, wolf, that everybody was in the loop but himself. wolf. >> that is an important point indeed. stand by over there at the white house. evan, the president was denyi...

Round two of todays hearings about to begin. two senior officials from the state department and the pentagon about to walk into that room. it is beginning to fill up a bit. members will be coming in. the chairman and the ranking member and david hale from the state department, number three official and laura cooper from the pentagon will be sworn in and making statements and answering questions as well. manu raju is up on capitol hill watching all of this unfold. manu, what are you hearing, what...

>> if he is found guilty or not guilty or hes impeached or not, i just dont see it having a dramatic effect. and its kind of like, most working people are never going to see these hearings. theyre going to turn on their news show that supports whatever party they like, and read their spin on it. >> that report from evan mcmorris-santoro. thanks very much, evan, for that. good morning. im wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. ...

Time for some business news flash. bankers arent fond of senator elizabeth warren. their criticism is usually behind closed doors, but jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon said this out loud. >> chooses some really harsh words. some would say vilify. i dont like vilifying anybody. i think we should applaud successful people. >> warren wears the criticism of bankers like a badge of honor tweeting jamie dimon and his buddies are successful in part because of the opportunities, work-force, and public ser...

Thats important. kept it close and thats important. >> evan, congratulations on being part of the team. welcome aboard. great to have you. >> thank you so much. >> well get back to him. joining us is cnn political director david chalian. this is the most wonderful time of the year for you. actual election day. >> christmas in november. >> look, kentucky is one of those places where you know that democrats look at and say, whatever happens its a moral victory that we kept it close. but they nee...

Right now, voters hitting the polls in kw s is in key ele across the country. >> we have reporters covering some of the high-profile contests. lets start in kentucky. happens to be where the president was. cnns evan mcmorris santoro. tell us why this governors race is getting so much attention there and how much of a bellwether should we consider this? >> this is one of those races where its a national politics versus local politics thing. the democrats want to talk about local politics. they th...

It is here, several major contests across the country today that really will test voter enthusiasm ahead of 2020. we have reporters in mississippi, virginia, and kentucky. we want to begin with kentucky where president trump was last night attending a rally for the states incumbent and embattled governor matt bevin. bevin is locked in a tight race with the states attorney general. live with a look there, evan. >> reporter: good morning, we sure do get up early here at cnn, dont we? voting has be...