No one, not even the president , is above the law. Meantime, White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham calls the articles baseless and says, the president will address these false charges in the senate and expects to be fully exonerated, because he did nothing wrong. Now, a white house source tells cnn that grisham meant his case will be made through attorneys and no plans for the particular ed to take a direct roll now. Kick it off with phil mattingly. And Speaker Pelosi introduced this now solemn day. Tell us about the moment what comes next in this actual process . Reporter so i think, brooke, everybody is so in the weeds how this is going. Multiple hearings a lot of depositions more pages to read of those depositions than id ever like to remember at this point in time. Take a step back. Its important. This is a historic moment. A moment that will forever change and help define whatever President Trumps legacy will be. Likely one of the first or second things mentioned whenever
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,002 of the Trump Administration and a punishing week is about to come to an end. Tonight Energy Secretary rick perry of texas, who has announced he is leaving, is also refusing to comply with subpoenas for documents about ukraine. Perry, along with white house chief of staff mulvaney, were supposed to respond to subpoena deadlines by the end of today. The end of today is rapidly approaching. Mulvaney is expected to defy his subpoena. And hes going through a tough time this weekend because it was mulvaney speaking out loud with his voice in front of reporters and cameras who yesterday straightup confirmed the ukraine story as told by the whistleblower. He has since taken it back. But the video lives on, and thats the problem for him. Today his boss was asked about yesterdays selfimmolation. I think he clarified it. This is the witch hunt, you know, theyre crooked. One republican congressman is now going publi
An early lead in the world series. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start, and im dave briggs good mo. Good morning. Im christine romance. Its 4 00 a. M. In new york. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, testifying he was told the president was sitting on vital military aid and it would not be released until kiev pledged to public ll offer information about the 2016 election and joe biden. Taylor also detailled what he called highly irregular shadowed diplomacy. Congressional correspondent Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. Christine and dave, almost since the a series of Text Messages that made it clear that taylor was concerned that u. S. Assistance to ukraine was, in fact, being withheld for political reasons, something the president himself has denied was actually the case. Well, he testified behind closed doors more than eight hours in that room, testimony that led according to one lawmaker to gasp in the room as he laid it ou
Aide. The white house says that any suggestion mulvaney is working against trump, theres any distance between the two men is absolutely incorrect. What can you tell us. Were hearing from the white house now the judge will decide this hearing at 5 00 p. M. Can Mick Mulvaney join this already on going lawsuit. Were learning the person who brought this lawsuit doesnt even want mulvaney added on. Charles copper man, the original plaintiff here who asked the court to decide whose orders he should be following, the white house who claimed he had absolute immunity and did not have to testify or House Democrats who requested his testimony and eventually subpoenaed him for it, if mulvaney wants to ask the court to decide the same question, he should file his own separate lawsuit. Hes referencing the fact that he said a few weeks ago that there was in fact a quid pro quo when it came to ukraine. His attorneys say, since he has never disclosed any information relating to its officials duties at t
Purple heart and it would be a the biggest blow to the mistake to attack his president s defense, their patriotism. One other note. Counterpunching with allegations i noticed shawn duffy since his not supported by a grain of evidence. Trump referred to this man as a appearance on this network looks never trumper, others questioned like hes trying to clean it up if vindman is a spy. On twitter, said that, said this but the 44yearold mans life morning i salute mr. Splavindma story shows how much vindman has put america first. Earning a purple heart while service. He gives advice. Serving in iraq, after fleeing other network, running those the soviet union as a toddler to conspiracy theories and dont the united states, now he is the have anybody to push back on them, thats kind of going into white houses top expert on ukraine and his Statement Today clarifies that he has had no direct communication with President Trump, that he is not the whistleblower who exposed the zeist geistgeist, bu