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Security teams, were told there werent any real questions flowing from omb. they werent asking questions of the kinds of agencies you would expect if there was a real policy review going on. again, the state department already wanted this money out the door. the pentagon wanted the money out the door. members of kongs to allocated the money wanted it out the door. everyone was confused what the holdup was. >> sara murray with reporting. thank you very much. with me now, a cnn national security...

Response is always to find a criticism of him and this wasnt the presidents mistake. he didnt make any mistakes along the way. it was pompeos mistake hiring him and this is his game plan, his m.o. we see that at the white house. we see that this week at an event in pittsburgh which was part event, part rally and theyre going to keep -- hes going to keep doubling down and fighting. weve seen him using the strategy at recent rallies. they are passing out, reporting on "wall street journal" dotcom ...

Zeleny, michael bender. the ambassador was at home. all indications were he was going to show up, and then the president of the united states deciding no. >> we have two things here. one is that its definitely a shift in strategy here. what we saw from the white house at the start of this was to push out the unpress de-- unprecedend decision to push it out. now they are blocking a key witness in this probe, which raises additional questions about how much the white house really wants to particip...

Problem. when rudy giuliani goes on television, jody venn nova and some of these other allies, they never have information to point to say she was a problem. as to the question whether pompeo defended her or protected her, giuliani says that he talked to mike pompeo to tell him that the state department was protecting her, that the president had wanted her out for the better part of a year, and she wasnt out. how she was protected its unclear, but i can tell you with certainty that at the end of...

Now more new reporting, this from "the wall street journal" on the role that rudy giuliani and others played in the presidents order to remove the ambassador to ukraine, the one whom he later bad-mouthed on that call to ukraines president. joining us for that reporting is michael bender, who shares the "wall street journal" by-line on the story. she also a cnn political analyst. michael, youd lave out what you learned about the presidents involvement in the removal of the ambassador. just explai...

The better part of a year, and she wasnt out. how she was protected its unclear, but i can tell you with certainty that at the end of the day, mike pompeo agreed with the president and agreed that she had to go. >> michael bender, fascinating reporting. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. joining us now is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, obama white house communications director general sake, david gergen, and maggie haberman. maggie, you and your colleagues at the "new ...

Called on china to investigate biden, and now were learning that in june, the president raised biden in the conversation in the context of domestic politics. anderson? >> pamela brown, appreciate it. a lot to get to. we should note that just moments ago, presidential candidate and senator elizabeth warren tweeted her reaction to the reporting. trump can say what he wants about me, but its outrageous any president would sell out the people of hong kong behind closed doors. we need a leader who wi...

John. >> nic robertson in saudi arabia. great to have you at the capital in this sensitive time. callie at wood, michael bender and greg ipp. the president says, i want to hear from the kingdom. what do they believe? the saudis are coming up with the same thing mike pompeo said, iran did this. if iran did this, what will the response be? >> thats what theyre talking about at the white house today. it is interesting to see there are a number of principals meetings happening at the white house. it...

Trump. >> new hampshire, of course, hosts the first primary in the nation and is historically a critical stop for anyone seeking the white house. so far this cycle, however, its been a bit overshadowed by the focus on two other early voting states, iowa and south carolina. only three major candidates have visited the state more than ten times this year with front-runner joe biden far behind. but with labor day behind us now and five months left until new hampshire goes to the polls, thats probab...

Become a big priority for bernie sanders and his campaign. >> ryan nobles, thanks so much. and there are details that need to be vetted out here. cnns political analyst michael bender is with us here. also a white house reporter for t"the wall street journal." michael, thank you for being with us. questions for hundreds of billions of dollars at the end of the day, does not sound like a whole lot for medical debt. then the questions of who, what is the criteria to determine whose medical debt ...