Not change a damn thing. The reason its working is the working class believes in Bernie Sanders over donald trump. Were not going to go into a general election suddenly claiming well need money from millionaires and billionaires. We dont need that money. We begin this hour with the state of the 2020 race. A crowded field of Democratic Candidates shrinking by one today. H Julian Castro, the former member of housing and development, ends his 2020 president ial bid. He struggled to stay solvent. He released a video showing highlights of his yearlong run, and ending it with this. With only a month until the Iowa Caucuses and given the circumstances of this campaign season, i have determined that it simply isnt our time. So today its with a heavy heart and with profound gratitude that i will suspend my campaign for president. Meanwhile, the remaining contenders are veiling their fundraising hauls for the Fourth Quarter. Bernie sanders raised 34. 5 million in the last half of the year. Remem
Doors. The millions of americans that we represent that want to see this Congress Working for them and not obsessed with an attacking a president who we believe has not done anything to deserve impeachment. It is a sham and time for it to end what is happening here is not fair. Its a total political hit job on the president of the United States. Folks, it isnt over yet. Those republicans are still in that secure room refusing to leave. One democratic congressman tells cnn that snacks were brought in, and they are now eating pizza. So lets go straight to our senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. W youve been watching this unfold. A total political stunt. How are you assessing it . Reporter yes, it is completely stalled the impeachment proceedings that are happening right now. This was supposed to be today where laura cooper, the top defense official, was testifying about questions why that military aid had been withheld and, of course, coming in the aftermath of that explosive t
They have evidence and amid fighting in syria, the president tells kurds to go where the oil is because that will be protected by the u. S. Military. Day 1,008 of the Trump Administration brought us breaking news. The Justice Department opened a criminal inquiry into its own russia investigation. The times reports it this way. Justice Department Officials have shifted an administrative review of the russia investigation closely overseen by attorney general william barr to a criminal inquiry. The move gives the prosecutor running it, john durham, the power to subpoena for witness testimony and documents and impanel a grand jury and file criminal charges. The opening after a criminal investigation is likely to raise alarms that mr. Trump is using the Justice Department to go after his perceived enemies. Nbc news tonight confirmed this times report and tonight James Clapper the former director of National Intelligence that oversaw the launch of this investigation reacted to this news on c
Testify. Plus mike pompeo is lying. Watch for 2020 clues, and the one watching the closest is the president. Hello, kentucky. Youre about to reelect Kentucky Governor matt bevin. Hes such a pain in the ass, but thats what you want. Back to election day a bit later. We begin the hour waiting on the House Intelligence Committee and the release of testimony transcripts from two Trump Administration diplomats who are critical impeachment witnesses. Kurt volker was the white house special envoy to ukraine. Gordon sondland is the president s ambassador to the european union. Both are two of the socalled three amigos who testified to pieces of the heart of the impeachment inquiry. It follows two other witness transcripts being put on the public record, marie yavonovitch, the foreign ambassador to ukraine, and mike mckinley. They both painted how in their view officials failed to stand up for the experts and the diplomats and instead let a perilous campaign run by Rudy Giuliani run amok. We aw
Will hear from the trump downer and Eu Ambassador who recently revised his closed door testimony to admit there was a quid pro quo. Sundland has been in conversations with everyone from President Trump to ukraines president is emerging as a key player in the inquiry. We will dive into all of that in a moment. First, as the president says he would consider testifying before congress in this impeachment hearing, it turns out his answers in the russia investigation led by Robert Mueller are drawing new scrutiny today. Cnn has learned that the house is now investigating whether the president lied to the special counsel. The russia probe ended 8 months ago, Robert Mueller testified 4 months ago. Why is this coming up now . Ill tell you, why because the house democrats, they want to see the grand jury information in the Mueller Probe as part of their oversight investigations that are ongoing along with this impeachment probe. The house lawyer basically told the judges today that it needs to