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Good morning. lets just start with what we just saw. tim morrison has arrived to be interviewed by one of the committees. and he is, as weve talked about, the top russia expert and europe expert based at the nsc. but inside the white house, he was on that call july 25th. he is in the meetings. what do you want to hear from tim morrison? >> i want to hear exactly what he knows about what the president said to the president of ukraine. we have a transcript. its important that we go through the pro...

Vulnerable president to do his political dirty work. so, no quid pro quo is required. obviously, a quid pro quo makes the situation more serious, but i would also point out, anderson, that the chief of staff, mick mulvaney went before the cameras and basically admitted to a quid pro quo. the many of the witnesses, and i say this based on the opening statements made approximate public by those witnesses. many witnesses have pointed in the direction of the notion that military aid, a meeting in th...

Helpful for them, that is something and there are a slew of other people who have testified on capitol hill with things that have not been good or redeeming for the white house. >> kaitlan collins from the white house, thank you so much for that. >> and out front tonight, democratic congressman, peter welch of vermont. hes a member of the intelligence and oversight committee and thank you for coming on, congressman. you sat in on morrisons deposition. you just heard my reporting that the white h...

Announce investigations into the bidens and use military aid as leverage. also this morning, the house will have its first formal vote on the impeachment process as democrats prepare to take their investigation public. >> later today a judge will hear arguments on whether charles kupperman must comply with a subpoena to testify. that will have consequences for the presidents former national security adviser, john bolton. his lawyer has been cagey about whether bolton would comply. joining us n...

Staff, mick mulvaney, two weeks ago went before the cameras and basically admitted to a quid pro quo. and of course many of the witnesses -- and i say this based on the opening statements that have been made public by those witnesses. many of those witnesses have certainly pointed in the direction of the notion that military aid, a meeting in the white house were held up as a way of exerting leverage on the new president of the ukraine. that is a very serious issue. >> also part of vindmans test...

Halloween. 6:00. here in new york. i know we often say it is a big day in the impeachment inquiry. but today, we have hit what could be the most consequential one yet. in just hours tim morrison, president trumps top adviser on russia will testify behind closed doors. he is expected to corroborate key elements of witness testimony that alleges a quid pro quo in which president trump pressed for ukraine to publicly announce investigations into the bidens, and use military aid as leverage. and thi...

Testimony. >> another key witness testifies on capitol hill. and the house will vote on the rules for the impeachment inquiry. tim morrison, the top russia and europe adviser on president trumps national security council will be the second white house official who listened in on trumps phone call with ukraines leader to testify. sources tell cnn that hes also expected to corroborate key elements of top u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylors testimony last week, including president trump repeatedl...

Before, but we do know that this particular witness who was in the know, really they are on the call, listening and in subsequent meetings. we know that leverage was not provided in terms of a quick profile that everyone is talking about, but that the aide was released without the ukrainian government doing anything. you cant have an impeachable offense if it wasnt a deliverable one. hour after hour today got worse and worse. >> martha: again, the public suffers from not really hearing this them...

President. he touches you and youre -- its brutal, right, eli? >> this is president whos always trying to press, leverage, right? thats what he does with ambassadorships, people in and out of the administration. theres an article today about how hes trying to basically make sure he goes and fund raises and thats basically at the crux of what were talking about with his conversations with ukraine. >> and what does he call people who dont play ball with him? scum. >> well, disloyal scum or whateve...

Shoot themselves in the foot that way, arguing about process, not defending him. then today you had i believe mr. morrison go up an nsc staffer. while he would not admit that what the president did was illegal in his opinion, its not his role to determine that or adjudicate that, he did corroborate what everyone is saying on the quid pro quo. so what do we have here? we have nixon colluding with a foreign power in 1968, trump colluding with a foreign power today ukraine and russia by the way, be...