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For the united states and negotiating an even broader deal which involves irans ballistic missiles and irans other activities in the region. iran says there is no way we are going to talk unless we get what we are supposed to get. and by the way the diplomacy between the united states, whatever potential there would be between iran and the united states, that has now closed because the president has put sanctions last week on irans central bank. thats environment that this discussion -- a real l...

Investigate the principle. >> shepard: there whistle-blower first report of the presidents action and unspecified other actions. inspector general deemed that information credible and of urgent concern, rather than take that complaint to the congress, the inspector general went to the administration for guidance and the administration blocked its transfer to the congress. is that a problem legally? >> yes, the administration is on very thin ice. the statute says inspector general, if he finds a ...

Ownership. alayna, your thoughts on this? >> i think thats a thought here to end off, theres a lot more to this that we will be looking for the next few weeks. this will definitely create some issues and and thats after today and after todays announcement. >> shepard: thank you so much. gina, your thoughts on this? >> its certainly a dramatic turning point, and his advisors must warn him trying to tamp it out. confirming he made the call, confirming he said bidens name, just trying to stamp the ...

That would be a tragedy. but a tragedy of his own making. i have always believed and still do that america is a truly special and unique nation. better than any other nation in history. we have made the experiment of self-government work and we have always been a beacon to other countries around the world. we know who donald trump is but its time to let the world know who we are. thank you very much. >> shepard: there you have it. joe biden, discussing the allegations against him which have inde...

And we can change the dynamics as well. lots of cards left to be played. >> shepard: a lot of people on both sides of the hill that theres this belief that the president might have been pushing them towards impeachme impeachment. he felt protected with the republican-controlled senate which would never convict him of anything. with that as the background, we just got this from the president speaking moments ago. he was asked about, while having this news conference of sorts as the iraq he presid...

Thats -- i didnt make that decision, the do doj dead. that is definitely the sequence of events that were already being investigated, and at least the ukrainian delayed payment was being investigated, and now we had all of that flareup. and now all of those elements will be part of a broader probe. >> shepard: thus far politically the presidents supporters have come forward to, those who make the rounds on television otherwise and have said look over here at joe bidens son who worked for a busin...

The time for impeachment proceedings is now seeing the future of democracy is at stake. stake. in those, president trump claim they have withheld military aid from ukraine because they wanted other countries to pitch in. >> president trump: i think other countries should be paying. i want other countries to put up money. i think its unfair that people put up money. >> shepard: thats a new reason, new today. they withheld the aid because ukraine was not corrupt. >> president trump: we are support...

Choice but to begin impeachment proceedings. >> that is entirely correct and ive come from the biden campaign has told axios the same thing. this is very much in line with what speaker pelosi is saying right now. we expect to hear from him after she gets through several meetings on where to move forward with impeachment. what we are hearing now on the hill and what forces have told me is the speaker is ready to formally announce that she supports and impeachment inquiry at 5:00 p.m. this is a ma...

>> shepard: nancy pelosi said today this isnt about politics, its about the democracy. and she pointed to as weve been discussing the matter of pressuring of foreign leaders to have influence on a political campaign which is expressly forbidden. i had just gotten a notice on president trump, i told our viewers that we were expecting him to come forward and speak in just a moment, and as it turns out he is speaking but this is one of those situations where rather than allowing for live coverage o...

Copy of the transcript of president trumps phone call with the president of ukraine which president trump now says he will release tomorrow. minutes ago, worried that the whistle-blower wants to speak to congress as john roberts referenced and the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff said he is looking forward to the whistle-blowers testimony as soon as this week. andrew napolitano is here. we had a lot of busy news days but getting your hands around all that has happened tod...