will be the first person who heard president trump s infamous call with the ukrainian president to testify. he will also be the first current white house official to testify. morrison s attorney tells nbc news that he plans to appear, if he s subpoenaed. even more concerning for president trump, nbc news reports attorneys for tim morrison s old boss, former national security adviser john bolton, had been in contact with the house impeachment committee officials. remember, the new york times reports that former national security council official fiona hill already testified that bolton was so concerned about the rogue foreign policy being run in part by u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, that he told her, i am not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up. publicly, president trump removed bolton from his position just days before the ukraine
first person who heard president trump s infamous call with the ukrainian president to testify. he will also be the first current white house official to testify. morrison s attorney tells nbc news that he plans to appear if he s subpoenaed. even more concerning for president trump, nbc news reports attorneys for tim morrison s old boss, former national security advisor john bolton have been in contact with the house impeachment committee officials. remember the new york times reports that former national security counsel official fiona hill already testified that bolton was so concerned about the rogue foreign policy being run in part by u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney that he told her, quote, i am not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up, end quote. publicly president trump removed bolton from his position just days before the ukraine story
the new york times reports attorneys for former national security adviser, john bolton, and announcing a date for him to appear before closed doors. all of the closed door testimony is making republicans angry, although it s not unusual. as frustrating as it may be to have the hearings go on behind closed doors, the hearings for which congressman schiff is residing, they are consistent with the rules. in january of 2015. who signed them? john boehner. and who signed them? a republican majority. lindsey graham criticizing the impeachment process and call for a house vote to initiate a former inquiry. the process you re engaging in of the questioned impeachment of president trump, is out of
behind bars. bill cosby gets three to ten years for sex assault. [ cheers ] how did you celebrate your 50th birthday? will smith decided to face his fear with a bungee jump over the grand canyon. he does nothing small, will smith. it is all big with him. good for him. good morning, everyone, welcome toari early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in the east. the president set to hold a fourth conference tonight as he wraps up meetings at the u.n. general assembly. breaking overnight, something in usa today to bring you. usa today reports attorneys for christine blasey ford have provided the senate with signed declarations from four people who say she told them in recent years about brett kavanaugh s alleged sexual assault from decades ago. one declaration is from her husband whose knowledge was already reported. three new people are coming
checking some top stories for you right now, eight-term congressman patrick kennedy won t seek a ninth. the youngest child of senator ted kennedy has announced that he will not run for re-election. patrick kennedy expressed gratitude to his rhode island constituents saying, quote when, i made missteps you responded with compassion. questions over the supposed john edwards sex tape. former aide andrew young says he turned overall copies of the tape, but the charlotte observer reports attorneys for rielle hunter doesn t believe him. a judge held him in contempt until he produced copies of the tape earlier this week. a new hearing is scheduled next wednesday. listen to this story, folks. a tampa man behind bars, there he is, accused of robbing banks to pay his mortgage. police say 73-year-old james bruce robbed three banks. this is all he asked for. $600. asked for 600 bucks each time he