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Soon, not going to be over easily, and thats been something theyve talked about as the president has been here on the ground. >> phil matingly is at the royal castle. im told they worked hard, carefully in drafting this prepared speech for the president of the united states. he got involved himself obviously as well. you have the president of the united states whos there, the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the presidents national security adviser, all of them weighing in and makin...

Doing. >> reporter: theres no shortage of examples of the horror thats taken place in the country. the president will meet with some of them tomorrow according to his schedule. >> phil, what else did the president say to those u.s. troops from the 82nd airborne division who are here in poland? what else did he say today? >> reporter: he seemed to riffing in was not a scripted speech. this biggest point he wanted to make was thanks and passing on his gratitude. this isnt just about ukraine. u.s. ...

Biden. phil matingly is out front. >> mr. president. >> reporter: as evidence mounts that the trump administration dwruzing foreign aids to ukraine as a political weapon, one gop senators name has repeatedly popped up. ron johnson. its an interesting twist for the wisconsin republican who is a close ally of president trump but the chair of a panel that overseas europe and vice chair of the senate ukraine caucus. hes a strong proponent of u.s. aide and assistance to ukraine. he signed onto a 2016...

Set off the impeachment inquiry. zpl these are people who gave the whistleblower the knowledge. >> now u the president has said publicly there was no quid pro quo and wolf, this testimony makes clear thats what the president was saying privately, too, but he was also privately saying he wanted the ukrainian president to be in a public box. he wanted him out there making public statements that he was going to pursue these investigations that would have helped trump politically and only then was t...

That he would support it would not be surprised if that was part of the give and take that he had in the conversation with the president or with somebody at the white house. because senator mcconnell has been very, very clear, not just privately with the president, but publicly, that a national emergency is a terrible idea. but from the presidents perspective, hes getting a terrible deal, a deal that the democrats did pretty well on and he didnt, after all of this time. so, its a give and take t...

Might be more amenable to them would be a pathway to citizenship, a broader deal for some of the presidents minority priorities. its a strategic objection right now, one that makes clear at this point there is still no path forward. >> phil matingly, thank you so much on capitol hill for us. one thing is clear, people and industries are suffering. federal employees working without pay is really just the start here. the last food stamp payments were just mailed out. federal assistance for low i...

Unfortunately we cant say a deal has been made. dont expect a shutdown deal in the next few days. lawmakers are already out of town. another sign no deal in sight at least in the near term. the battle between the president and house speaker nancy pelosi has taken a public and ugly turn. the president nixed pelosis war zone trip after she said he should delay his state of the union address until the government is back open. he says he delayed her trip on a military plane because of the shutdown. ...

Encouraging in terms of the shutdown stopping. no progress yet. the pain is coming. for some its here. one point, phil matingly pay as you go spending rules could force cuts to medicare. the stakes are growing, whether its the kind of crisis the president sees or one that millions could be feeling. i spoke b about it with one of those republicans jim was just talking about. brian fitzpatrick, who voted last week with democrats on bills to reopen the government. >> congressman, with the president...

We dont know what it is or what will result, but the fact that the conversations are happening at all and he was so trouble and torn about this nomination for the last couple of days, it shows you that something is clearly happening right now. wolf? >> stand by, phil. dana is getting information from her sources. >> i am told by a source familiar with what is going is that there are serious conversations under way about how and weather a brief additional investigation could be done by the fbi an...

Republicans -- you see orrin hatch and the chairman are not pleased there is a set back to their plan. chuck grassley having covered him for many years. when he said 1:30 there will be a roll call and the hearing will start at 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., he is very, very precise. he is not happy about this nearly 15 minute delay right now. clearly he doesnt have a lot of choice. phil matingly is on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: how few people have any idea whats going on. its usually ...