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Matter for american, not chinese law. senator mitt romney gave the most forceful rebuke of the presidents comments saying today, quote, when the only american citizen president trump singles out for chinas investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the democratic nomination process, its strange decree dual did i suggests its anything owner politically motivated. by all appearances the presidents brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong a...

I would ask you and what? it seems like that is missing a few words there at the end. >> i mean, i agree and im glad my former boss has sort of taken somewhat of a position on this. . i do think its opening up the window for some senators who are going to face an uphill battle in 2020. to have a softer mild rebuke of the president without being too strong and getting on his bad side. the and i think some of those republicans sort of appreciate that. i think at large, republicans in the senate, i...

You go over any aspect of life, youll see how unfairly weve been treated, and this is not about politics. this is about corruption. if you look and you read our constitution and many other things, i have an obligation to look at corruption. i have an actual obligation and a duty. >> the president there trying to portray himself as a champion against corruption saying, quote, we are investigating corruption, while saying his calls for foreign countries to investigate the biden family had nothing ...

Classified as a whistleblower, the distinctions drawn between first and secondhand become legal ones. its not just a whistleblower law. trump has said the whistleblower has no private knowledge, but watch for the rare rebuke yesterday saying the whistleblower needs to be protected. i want to ask you about this whistleblower. first, though, tell us about this decision you made to support impeachment. what was the thing that pushed you over the line? >> i was very disturbed when i initially heard ...

Depositions from over the course of this two-week recess. meantime the testimony of former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, which had been scheduled for tomorrow up here on capitol hill, that delayed at least a week, pushing until friday next week, brianna. these voices potentially significant in the impeachment probe. >> sunlen, we heard senator chuck grassley is breaking with the president, saying the whistle-blower deserves to be heard. what else is he saying? >> such a key republican up here on c...

Sustain them through this ordeal. >> i want to talk about, im sure, what i know, some of you what you and your wife endured through all of this. back to your december 96 congressional hearing your complaints met with contempt and hostility because "we were giving them a message they didnt want to hear." fastford to today and this whistle-blower and the president continues to attack him or her as this person prepares to testify behind closed doors, what might be doing through this or her mind now...

Community inspector general. and we should note that the intelligence community igs office issued a sharp rebuke to conspiracy theories that it was spouned e spawned by his allies that its hearsay and laws were changed over the last year to allow secondhand information to be used. in a statement the ig debunked the all of that saying that the whistle-blower had direct knowledge of some of the alleged conduct and that is just as important secondhand knowledge is permitted as part of any complaint...

Not going to cooperate? >> i didnt say that. i said i wil it -- >> you said you wouldnt do it.d you said you will not cooperate wi with adam schiff. r de said i willanon csiy. >>. reporter: todayn an inflammatory tweet, the president quoted a supporter who said impeaching and removing him frff f oomct"wure ice in tilhic nation from which our country will never heal." it prompted a rare rebuke from d back, saying, "i have visited nations ravaged by civil war. i have never imagined such a quote to...

Out theres a lot of coverage of politics in the trump era that says, okay, where are the republicans? but we have to be really accurate and precise and fair. i think something that is also different about this scandal is seeing the republicans, including in the senate, where you have many members who are not going to be up for re-election before donald trump. theyre going to be facing a post 2020 environment if theyre up in 22 and 24 who are starting to sound very different than they did on othe...

About how pompeo was very careful in his response when asked by our colleagues at abc news about any knowledge he had as it related to the whistle-blower complaint. he said he didnt have knowledge of the complaint but we now have confirmed he certainly had knowledge of the call, as he was one of those on that call. but his is not the only name, andrea, thats facing new scrutiny right now. rudy giuliani facing a subpoena for not so much documents but text messages, phone records and other communi...