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Falls. what you dont have yet is a direct tie to the president. the president ordering sondland, volker. you dont give him that aid until they make this statement. of course, the white house is barring white house officials from testifying and that includes rick perry, secretary of energy, mick mulvaney. do you need that to make a credible case for a quid pro quo and to bolster an impeachment case? >> in an ideal world, you would have that, but, no, you do not need it. you can build it through o...

Today is day 44 of the impeachment inquiry. heres whats happening. the blockbuster announcement by the intelligence committee chairman adam schiff that the american public will be able to judge for themselves the credibility of key witnesses in their impeachment case. >> so those open hearings will be an opportunity for the american people to evaluate the witnesses for themselves, to make their own determinations about the credibility of the witnesses, but also to learn firsthand about the facts...

Something that as we reported at the time was contradicted by other insiders. democrats pressing sondland on potential perjury for those very claims. perjury to congress is no joke. today roger stone is starting his own criminal trial for the same thing, for lying to congress. so how does a diplomat change his story under these conditions? by suddenly remembering and recalling things. in this new testimony out for the first time today, sondland says some version of i now recall eight different t...

The central allegation in the impeachment case. and the post also reports on when that sea change may have been launched. im quoting from the story. the pivot was the main topic during a private senate gop lunch on wednesday, according to multiple people familiar with the session who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the meeting. we have a busy friday night for us and chris cuomo. it always wonderful to see your face, even more so when theres so much breaking news. republican senat...

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Crimes were in the report. where were going with impeachment -- and i do think it is very important for the democrats to be impeccable in process. i know a lot of the process concerns have been, you know, not great arguments. but remember the jury is republicans in the senate, right? >> until hmm-hmm. >> if youre prosecuting a case, you dont get to choose your jury. you have to fashion your argument and the evidence towards that jury. and i dont really see the democrats doing that yet. i see the...

>> i agree. left 0u69, those thing was minor. the question is, why were they left out or change jtd if they were because somebody was trying to protect the president or tidy up the record a little bit you have a problem here. what lauers caw consciousness of guilt. doing it for a reason. third graders understand it. try togs hide something its because you know you have something to hide. i foundesting the president is doing strategic sleight of hand with this call saying that transcript youve se...

Giuliani can tell us or others can tell us that advance the impeachment case? >> its steve rattner, joyce. in a criminal case you have to prove whatever it is youre alleging beyond a reasonable doubt. do you think based on what we know and what you think we might know, how close do you think we are or you would be if you were the prosecutor to having the kind of information that could prove something beyond a reasonable doubt? >> so much of this conduct happens in public view, we have tweets fro...

Inquiry. >> im a former prosecutor. and what i know is this is a perfect time for plreliminary hearing where you would say show us your evidence. what evidence of a crime do you have. the constitution, sort of abuse of power is not a crime. lets, fundamentally boil it down, the constitution is very clear, that this has to be some pretty egregious behavior. >> so in reality, the impeachment article drawn bebe congress president rich nixon and bill clinton asserted an abuse of power had occurred i...

Equal protection until florida. and theyll come up with this thing, the trey gowdy, and they just pushed that aside now with trey gowdy saying the secret hearings are the way to get good testimony. >> of course, during the russia investigation when republicans controlled the house intelligence committee they had dozens of depositions of jared kushner and others they did secretly and never had public hearings. at least the house intelligence committee now says we will get the public hearings. and...