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Dollars to essentially extort ukraine. all of this is attempting to make up excuses after the fact, knowing that theyve been caught. >> so the other story thats out today is that the president knew about the whistleblower report in late august. he knew about the whistleblower report before he released aid. he knew about the the whistleblower report before he told gordon sondland, spoke to him on the phone and told him to say there was no quid pro quo, and he wants nothing. he knew that this was ...

Truth, which is that the president was cheating and committing crimes to try to help himself one in 2020. >> and ben rhodes, as former national security adviser watching all of this, theres another country now which is losing aid temporarily, mandated congressional aid, its $100 million, about $100 million, to lebanon, which is involved in a lot of fighting on its borders and internally. and this is something that was just tweeted by senator chris murphy, remember, he had gone to ukraine before ...

Democrats have another piece of evidence to bolster their argument that the president only followed the law after he was caught trying to break it. it is day 65 of the impeachment inquiry, and here is whats happening. "the new york times" reports that mr. trump knew about the whistleblower complaint when he released security aid to ukraine. according to the "times" white house lawyers told the president about the complaint in late august that revised timeline is now at odds with the narrative ...

Ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the united states. meanwhile, freezing security aid for ukraine during closed-door testimony, omb director mark sandy explained to impeachment investigators earlier this month that he received an email from the white house chief of staff mick mulvaneys office july 12th directing a hold on aid. on july 26th, sandy testified that the omb office, the white house budget office did ...

Ukraines security aid was being withheld when an omb official told him via teleconference that the order came from the president to the chief of staff to omb. well, mark sandys deposition gives us more color about what was happening behind the scenes at omb. he testified he told omb lawyers and leadership the order which came without explanation may very well have violated the law. and two staffers left after expressing frustrations about the hold on ukrainian aid. he spent it last several hours...

Witnesses. also, the first hearing is now set for a week from tomorrow. the chairman jerry nadler is inviting president trump and his lawyer to take part and a senior administration official tells cnn the proposal is under consideration and will likely be discussed with the president as he spends the holiday week in palm beach, florida. well talk about that and more with a congresswoman and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, to capitol hill. manu is join iing us. we now...

Between security aid and investigations of democrats in 2016. he tried to take that back but that makes him a key witness, and somebody the president would like to keep on board as well. youre right, the president has institutional interests whether aides get called to testify, every president feels compelled to protect the power of the office. but this is also a president trying to protect himself on the edge of an impeachment. >> and matt miller, one issue that very clearly is correct in what ...

Glad you could join us. so we start with the impeachment inquiry facing u.s. president donald trump. hes long insisted he did nothing wrong blocking nearly $400 million in military aid to ukraine. but a new report by "the washington post" shows there was debate in the white house on whether it was legal after the fact. "the post" cites a confidential white house review and three people familiar with the records. cnns jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: the white house has been conducting an in...

Serving as acting secretary of defense for a brief period of time. the white houses review of the eddie gallagher navy s.e.a.l. case leads to the firing of the navys top civilian. back to you guys. >> thank you, ryan. now, to the impeachment front. a confidential review of the freeze of military to ukraine, has uncovered hundreds of documents, revealing efforts to justify president trumps actions after the hold was in place. there was a debate involving mick mulvaney, about whether the delay w...

Good to have you with us. so we start with the impeachment inquiry facing u.s. president donald trump. hes long insisted he did not wrong blocking nearly $400 million in military aid to ukraine. but a new report by "the washington post" shows there was debate in the white house on whether it was legal after the fact. "the post" cites a confidential white house review and three people familiar with the records. cnns jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: the white house has been conducting an inte...