See ya. If youre looking for a helping of friends this thanksgiving, classic episodes are coming to movie theaters. You have to have yours ready. Thats right. Good morning to you. Im boris sanchez, in for dave briggs. Nice to see you. Im christine romans. Its 4 00 in new york, 1 00 a. M. In california. Hours after the house made donald trump the fourth president in history to face impeachment, a defiant chief executive made very clear he has no plans to concede anything. The president said, this is over a phone call that is a good call. At some point, im going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat, on Live Television and will read the transcript of the call because people need to hear it. That is a reference to a listening time ago. That may be more goldplated than fdrs. Not a single republican voted for the impeachment inquiry. The vote paves the way for a private process to go public in the coming weeks. While that was going on, a Top National Security council official that was on
Im don lemon. There is a lot going on tonight. And were going to catch you up on five big headlines. Sources telling cnn that tim morrison testified to see if the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union went rogue or acted at the president s direction to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. And a source saying that colonel Alexander Vindman testified he was told by a white house lawyer not to discuss President Trumps phone call where he pressured ukraines president to look into biden. Also a big night for the Democratic Candidates in iowa as a new poll is released. Whos leading . Weve got news on the race for the nomination. Time magazine labeling Rudy Giuliani the secretary of offense. The president s personal attorney who was supposed to protect him may now be one of the main reasons President Trump might be impeached. One of the authors of that article here tonight. And with the impeachment inquiry intensifying, President Trump announces hes officially changed his residency from new
Im just someone who made a bad mistake. A young man sentenced to jail after he slept through jury duty. Hes speaking out, getting a clean slate. We never sleep through early start. Im dave briggs. Welcome in from the United States and around the world. Im christine romans. The white house declaring war against the house impeachment inquiry. Pat sip loney sent a letter. He said its unfair. He writes President Trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and understand constitutional irinyoury under these circumstances. It came an hour before sondland was set to speak on capitol hill. All part of the west wings emerging strategy. More now from jim acosta at the white house. Christine and dave, the white house is on a collision course over the impeachment inquiry. The president s legal team has fired off a letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi refusing to cooperate with the investigation. The president is stoking those tensions, declaring he wont cooperate with what rep
And the president s point man on immigration tries to make his case at georgetown university, but gives up in the face of protest. Morning, everyone. Thank you for your kind introduction. As a career Law Enforcement professional, ive dedicated my career to protecting the rights of free speech and all the values we hold dear in america from all threats. [ bleep ]. Large scale immigration quote. Okay. Thank you. Have a good day. We begin the hour with the Republican Party on a hunt for a defense strategy, especially as new twists emerge in the democrats efforts to investigate and eventually impeach the president. Many republican lawmakers being asked repeatedly to respond to claims President Trump using his power in the levers of official Foreign Policy to pressure ukraine and now china to dig up 2020 election dirt. The newest strategy insists its a joke. I think he did it to gig you guys. I doubt if the china comment was serious, to tell you the truth. You think he was serious about thi
Not my thing. This is cnn tonight im don lemon. We have five big headlines that were going to cover in the hour ahead. Investigation into the ukraine scandal heats up, House Democrats subpoena Rudy Giuliani, President Trumps personal lawyer, for documents. So how deeply involved is giuliani in this growing scandal . Well look at his ongoing role. President trump unleashing a blizzard of misleading and false statements related to the scandal. Well fact check what hes saying. As house investigations pick up speed President Trump trying to smear the whistleblower. Whos now scheduled to testify. Well hear from a congressman who is on both the intel and over sight committee. A brand new poll on how americans are feeling about the possible impeachment of the president. The inquiry is a balancing act for the democrats especially for freshmen. Its important that we take the time to do it deliberately and intentionally and thoughtfully. Any decision i think will be based on fact and evidence th