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Democrats who had resisted impeachment before changed their minds and called for an inquiry. an equally reluctant house speaker announced the house would do just that. >> the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution. >> a day later the white house released a rough transcript of that july conversation. in it is what democrats would focus their impeachment inquiry on, an apparent quid pro quo. the impeachment inquiry would make its way through the house intel...

The house judicial committee seeking from testimonies from don mcgahn. this is a legal battle thats been going on for some time. there is the possibility that more articles of impeachment could be delivered pending what mcbegan cou mcgahn could say in his testimony. >> ron, thank you for having me on. if you think of the process that gotten us where we are right now, it really focused on two articles which was the abusive power around ukraine and the obstruction of congress. there is a third art...

He hears senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. i am not so anxious to have this trial anyway which he says on fox. i think it is going to be a long time until january today. >> ryan, it seems as though the president is going to place his fate in mitch mcconnells hand. do you think hes confident that mccconnell will be able to take care of him at some point? >> well, i think hes confident in mcconnell standing with him and in fact you know what we have seen in both chambers really an extraordin...

>> ambassador boltons lawyers have said as much. just to your point, they have said he knows a lot. heres the statement. they said he was personally involved in many of the events, meetings and conversations about which you have already received testimony. as well as many relevant meetings and conversations that have not yet been discussed in the testimonies thus far. so that was his lawyer to house investigators. and, yet, he didnt show up for a deposition. so what about his argument, i think, ...

Well. talk about a continuing course of conduct so all the stuff with mcgahn and obstruction from trump telling mcgahn to fire mueller and telling them tohem o lie about it. it could happen and that just makes it still lies. it is less of a bomb shell than it has been playing in the press. it is more an insider arguments for why the controversy still matters. >> what do you make of the fact that someone floated to me yesterday when it comes to mcgahn, and this argument, hes more of a stalk of jo...

Focus their impeachment inquiry on, a quid pro quo. it would make its way through the house intelligence committee with closed-door witness testimonies followed by several days of notable public testimony. >> was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. >> reporter: former trump russia adviser fiona hill called out the team for carrying out a domestic political errand and sent a warning. >> russ...

Fatal. i love being solicitor general which is why i left judging. >> im glad youre not a judge anymore. you be one of a thousand and we never hear from you. its very important that youre here to give commentary on whats taking place in washington. ive studied this, youve lived this as an independent counsel which was quite different. you had all these rules you had to follow as a matter of federal law and congress came to its senses and said we dont like this and they let it lapse. lets talk ab...

Fatal. i love being solicitor general which is why i left judging. >> im glad youre not a judge anymore. you be one of a thousand and we never hear from you. its very important that youre here to give commentary on whats taking place in washington. ive studied this, youve lived this as an independent counsel which was quite different. you had all these rules you had to follow as a matter of federal law and congress came to its senses and said we dont like this and they let it lapse. lets talk ab...

Lie. he spins things up. hes doing government investigations to find things that arent there. >> she is talking about falsehoods spun by trump and rudy giuliani. thats false, according to mounting evidence, including testimonies from top diplomats who paint a vivid picture of giulianis efforts to coax ukraine into launching a probe into joe biden ahead of the 2020 elections. >> take a look at biden and you will see tremendous corruption. >> the trouble comes when the public believes these false ...

Before the house of representatives and of course other evidence has been brought together. what were looking for is a signal from mitch mcconnell that he hasnt ruled out the documents and witnesses. weve asked for obvious witnesses. mick mulvaney we believe was not only party to the conversation thats at hand here but is acting head of the omb he had something to do with the decision to withhold military aid to the ukraine. >> should house democrats have waited and gone to the courts to try to ...