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teleprompter, you dont know what he will say. it is a different donald trump than 15 and 16. >> floridas ron desantis not holding back hitting donald trump at every turn in a live cnn town hall. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 13. in just hours the house investigation into the biden family reaches a full house vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry is planned after a resolution passed yesterday. >> nine ...

Of that tonight. lets get to todays big court rulings. joining me now is cnns own evan perez. good to see you, evan. evan, the judge was blasting the administrations argument for blocking don mcgahns testimony. how big of a blow is this going to be to the new white house stonewalling strategy? >> its a big blow. look, laura, one of the things from watching this court hearing, i was there just a few weeks ago when the judge was just ripping apart their arguments from the justice department becaus...

Changed. cancer and now the chosen one? well, is that what you have to do to stay on this presidents good side, praise the dear leader? well, lots more to come on all of that tonight. lets get to todays big court rulings. joining me now is cnns own evan perez. good to see you, evan. evan, the judge was blasting the administrations argument for blocking don mcgahns testimony. how big of a blow is this going to be to the new white house stonewalling strategy? >> its a big blow. look, laura, one of...

Against opening the impeachment inquiry in the first place and i think that number will grow when it comes to sending these counts to the senate. at the same time, an obstruction account is probably one of the strongest legs they have to stand on given the stonewalling strategy that weve seen from this administration. congress needs to assert the article one responsibilities and stand up to this administration. >> and whether it is a smart strategy to expand the issue, it is not the release of t...

Seeing the limits of the white house stone walling strategy. for months now the white house said dont cooperate with document or witness subpoenas, and for the past couple weeks we have seen them have success convincing career officials. people that made their life and their whole being, their whole careers in government come forward and feel like they have a duty to cannot raooperate wit investigations. mick mulvaney and russ vote, they are both trying to get in trumps good graces, so they are ...

Criminal probe a special prosecutor, not the congress. the supreme court could come down differently for demands from the congress. we dont have much of a guide here because a case pitting executive privilege against congresss demands for investigation has never reached the supreme court, an astonishing legal fact. now, thats partly on purpose. the courts try to avoid resolving political battles between the other branches of government whenever they can. and also the other cases that have come c...

Rejects donald trumps stonewalling strategy. new sound. take a:00 loo. >> are you going to comply with the subpoena that the house provided and provide documents to them regarding the halt to military aid to ukraine. >> were going to do everything we can to comply. is that a yes? >> that is a yes. we will do everything we can to comply. >> because no one is trying to go to jail for this guy. regardless of what the loyalists to donald trump may say we have to recognize this in the grander scheme ...

21-17. didnt even carry all the democrats. so i think theyre not particularly worried about their stonewalling strategy. >> very important context there to be sure. everyone stick around. were going to pick this up after the break. we also have reaction tonight, sharp reaction from former vice president joe biden. later, some inning clings of reaction from the gop, but also a fair amount of avoidance. that and more as our "360" coverage continues.

The committee would like to know more about. and of course they are sending subpoenas. i must say, john, im not very hopeful thats going to change any of the dynamics of this. nixon totally stonewalled all of the subpoena requests. yes, it was added as an article of impeachment. he didnt care. in fact, that was the weakest article that was voted against him by the committee, 21-17. didnt even carry all the democrats. so i think theyre not particularly worried about their stonewalling strategy. >...

Were seeking meetings with the white house. were seeking the release of this aid package. in the context of those conversations, that outreach from ukraine, trump is essentially asking for these abusive political favors. so i dont think we have to take very much of a step, you know, to put those two pieces forward. you know, i also think -- i want to address sort of maxs point about impeachment. you know, i do think you have to ask the question what happens if we dont people in these circumstanc...