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White house was withholding security aid to ukraine during conversations with ambassador taylor on july 18th, 2019. however, as i testified before, i was never able to obtain a clearance regarding the specific reason for the hold, whether it was bureaucratic that in nature, which often happens or indicated concern in the interagency process. i never participated in any of the subsequent dod or dos review meetings that others have described so i cant speak to what was discussed in those meetings....

Well see how long they ultimately stretch, but were also getting a glimpse of what they may learn in upcoming testimony. according to multiple sources who we have spoken to, tim morrison, the top official at the national security council at the white house, is expected to comply next week and come and testify, assuming he gets a subpoena from house investigators, which is expected. and in that testimony, he is expected to corroborate key elements of that testimony from earlier this week where bi...

So that could be a good win for them while theyre impeaching the president. >> and the democrats im talking to say they feel pretty good about the evidence they have. they thought the bill taylor testimony kind of put a pin in a lot of this. but the two entities they still want to talk to are omb, the white house budget office, and the pentagon because those are the two entities that would have had a direct hand in any withholding of aid. and after that, they move to public. now, pelosis getting...

Correspondent trace gallagher has more on this developing story. hey, trace. >> hi, tucker the whistleblowers account and democratic lawmakers both argue that during his call with ukraine president zelensky president trump laid out a quid pro quo, you know, this for that. meaning the president was dangling $391 million in foreign aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into joe and hunter biden. democrats also argue that even if the president didnt explicitly make the demand the innuendo...

Gallagher has more on this developing story. hey, trace. >> hi, tucker. the whistleblowers account and democratic lawmakers both argue that during his call with ukraine president zelensky president trump laid out a quid pro quo, you know, this for that. meaning the president was dangling $391 million in foreign aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into joe and hunter biden. democrats also argue that even if the president didnt explicitly make the demand the innuendo was certainly ther...

Committee leaders to compile their arguments for impeachment and send them to the house judiciary committee which will then review and package it all together before deciding whether to send impeachment to the house floor. the speakers decision came amid a ground swell of support. as of right now 187 of 235 house democrats support impeachment. i think i changed that -- its not vulnerable. -- people in swing districts published an op-ed in "the washington post" in support of an impeachment inquir...

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So-called squad staking out their critical 34ri political p there something bigger here? >> this is a major shift in the u.s./israel relationship. for decades theres been support from both sides of the aisle for israel to continue to give money that way, security funds. things like that. now you see that being questioned, particularly on the democratic side of the aisle. in part thats because this close relationship between netanyahu and trump. that relationship does seem to be turning this rela...

Democratic candidate. its a strategy, if he can get attention and if people start saying hey, theres something interesting going on. we like that. but mississippi doesnt vote early. he still needs a good showing in iowa and new hampshire if hes going to keep the campaign going. >> the question is how much does the national media environment matter more -- >> voters in iowa would say they still want you there. >> the same in nevada and south carolina. they want the candidates to come to those sta...

Who plays politics quite the same way president trump does. i wonder if it will have quite as big an impact as we all sort of expect. i guess we may find out, right? >> its a great point. we talked about it, whatever the issue, the old rules say this. >> right. >> the question is do the old rules apply in the trump age. i remember 1992, we were out of recession. george h.w. bush were trying to tell people it was over. their legs were tired and he lost his job. looking at the guns including a t...