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Evidence of a months long effort that started all the way from the spring of 2019 when the president of ukraine was newly elected until as recently as early september. so this is what we have to look at in these public hearings. >> behind closed doors, what is the rationale behind mick mulvaney not wanting to testify? he has said that the president did nothing wrong, he agreed it was a perfect phone call. if he were in a position to defend and help the presidents case, because there are so many ...

Concessions. is that argument the strongest opening to undermine the democratic impeachment case? >> thats a great point, natalie. i dont find it particularly convincing. i dont think democrats will either. i also dont think the american people will find that a compelling argument. but thats basically the hand that they have been dealt. so i think they are going to try to make it and ult mally it will be able to -- the house and then potentially the senate and also the american people who figure...

Ukrainians. >> reporter: the wall street journal is reporting that purchaser pressed the president of ukraine eight times to work with rudy giuliani to investigate joe bidens son. what do you know about those conversations? >> so you just gave me a report about a whistle-blower complaint, none of which ive seen. >> reporter: the problem? he failed to admit that he was on that call. he has since pushed back against lawmakers questioning state department employees, calling it intimidation and bull...

From becoming a circus. theyre going to start with staff counsel asking serious questions in longer formats. but the republicans are trying to change the witness list and theyre going to go on the attack. and the president has been going on the attack, particularly against adam schiff. >> president trump absolutely wants fierce loyalty from republicans. what he wants is really to turn on the television and see republicans saying that he did nothing wrong, but also saying that he is someone who h...

President trump, who, you know, ordered her removal from ukraine. and she testified, and shell probably say this again in her public testimony. she said that when she was told to get out of ukraine, she was talking to secretary of state mike pompeos number two, and he told her, youve done nothing wrong, but the president wants you to go. >> but she was also given kind of an ominous warning, too, right? she testified she was told to watch her back. >> yeah, watch your back because there are force...

Lieutenant colonel alexander vindman have now brought the ukraine scandal one step away from the president and his top aide and acting chief of staff. nancy cordes leads us off tonight from capitol hill. >> im not concerned about anything. the testimony has all been fine. >> reporter: the president insisted again today that he did nothing wrong, but newly released transcripts from two key witnesses suggest the presidents own acting chief of staff helped establish the terms of a quid pro quo. fio...

Some of those attempts. >> kelly odonnell at the white house. a busy day there on the south lawn. thank you. my next guest covers the white house and washington for politico. with me now, daniel litman. thanks for being here. we saw the list there. kelly went into it. which of the witnesses on that house intel republicans wish list you might say should we actually expect to hear from? >> reporter: i think kurt volker is one of those witnesses that both democrats and republicans would probably ...

Offense against the united states has been committed receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehensi apprehension, trial r or punishment is an ak resz reszryr the fact and every politics who stands up knowing that the president committed a crime against the united states and says the president did nothing wrong, they lie to the american people. thats really no different than just hiding the president in the basement of their house to try to keep ...

Clearly and simply what has happened here, not only with the aid but the meetings, the quid pro quo, the extortion. that first hour or two is what the public will focus on. >> so bletret, reflect on that. they have the moderate republicans and then america. >> i think the point republicans need to make, what the president did, if it was perfect, why did his administration have such extraordinary efforts to suppress it and then lie about it. that is just proof of guilty intent. and the fact, not ...

Athena jones is all over this. the president has already shut down the trump foundation but he tweeted he would never settle, nothing wrong, but he has. >> thats right. he tweeted that he would never settle this lawsuit. he believes its politically motivated. we heard more of that in his statement in response to this settlement. he did end up settling. not only did he settle. he admitted to a long list of the allegations he was accused of. >> in the settle settlement, he admissions. he admits to...