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Strategy for wednesdays public hearing and not exactly in line with republicans in congress. cnn has the report. >> reporter: as public hearings loom in the impeachment inquiry president trump is pleading with republicans not to stray from talking points on the phone call with leader of the ukraine tweeting the call to the president was perfect. republicans dont be led into the fools trap of saying its not perfect but not impeachable. nothing was done wrong. press secretary complained about the ...

The generals do. believe me. i would bomb the -- out of them. >> with isis largely defeated the president is going a step further. >> were leaving soldiers to secure the oil. we may have to fight for the oil. >> the pentagon identified russia as a major challenge to national security. trump now considering putin invitation to stand in moscows r red square for the next parade of military might. >> i would think about it. >> at least two senior military officers were reluctant to appear alongside ...

Happening behind closed doors will be happening live. >> from washington. a cnn political analyst. and a white house correspondent for the "new york times." good to have you with us. >> always happy to do it. >> hundreds of pages of new impeachment witness testimony were released monday. what was the common thread running through what those career officials revealed and what all did with we learn about a previous hold on ukraine military aide? done to avoid angering russia. >> the bigger picture...

It was javelin missiles ukraine wanted. and the question i guess that is left tantalizing from this information is was this yet another instance in a much earlier instance than before. where the administration was using aide to ukraine to essentially put pressure and to do the bidding of the russia which of course didnt want ukraine to get the weapons. >> of course as you point out the testimony so far from the various witnesses seems to establish a quid pro quo did in fact exist and republicans...

Assistance to ukraine. that is the goal for democrats to week to paint the picture of what they heard behind closed doors. republicans are coming prepared. trying to pick up holes in witness testimony. and make clear that the witnesses certainly the three this week havent had specific interactions with president trump. havent gotten specific order from trump related to the things democrats allege he did. it will play out in public. one key thing the start of them. it wont be a traditional hearin...

Theyre going to say this is secondhand information and cant impeach a president without direct knowledge. >> we are all watching to see what comes next. many thanks to you. >> turning to the race for the white house. with less than 100 days to go for the new hampshire democratic primary. former vice president biden with narrow lead in the state. according to it a new poll. biden has 20%. of democratic voter support. senator warren getting 16%. mayor buttigieg at 15% and senator sanders 14. meanw...

Hill, president trumps former top adviser to russia reportedly testified she had concerns. telling investigators i was extremely concerned that whatever it was he was doing, might not be legal. >> and if you want to know more of what rudy giuliani thinks about the impeachment inquiry. you maybe in luck. hes spokeswoman confirms hes considering launching a pod cast to provide analysis of the public hearings. where four or five episodes before the start of the senate trial. giuliani is planning tw...

Former secretary of staff and john kelly tried to recruit her to under mine the president to save the country. >> instead of saying that to me. they should have said it to the president. not asking me to join them on the side bar plan. it should have been go tell the president what your differences are and quit. if you dont like what hes doing. to under mine a president, is really a very dangerous thing. >> as for vindman the lieutenant remains on the job at the national security counsel. the of...

Treason, bribery or high crime or misdemeanor. in other words something incredible serious that affects the office. saying this doesnt rise to that level. and the extent the president was involved in it he had intentions that were sort of for the public good. that will be the republican argument. >> all right. from your legal perspective does it is it impeachable? >> ill be interested to see how the testimony comes out. so far, the white house is not offered a cohesive defense to this. in part b...

Compelling as possible. you want to humanize taylor. build his credibility and then have people believe what he has to say. and if youre among house democrats you want people to come away concerned what he has to say. >> it is quite the challenge. on friday we will hear from former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. yovanovitch. and like taylor, we know what she has revealed. so how significant will her public appearance be and presumably you suggest the same thing. make it as compelling and easy to di...