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Have that colonel vindman is a never-trumper? >> we will be showing that to you real soon, okay? >> meanwhile, sources telling the "washington post" that quote the president has asked for copies of witness statements so he can decide how to criticize them, complain that his lawyers are not doing enough to stop people from talking, and even encouraged members of congress to question the credibility of people working in his own administration. >> and the president is once again calling for the ide...

Weekend and past several weeks with president trump essentially trying to discredit or undercut some of these witnesses, trying to paint them, chris, as never trumpers. that was the case with vindman who testified. he, of course, is a war veteran, someone whos highly respected by people on both sides of the aisle who corroborated some of the concerns about that july 25th phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine, take a listen to what president trump had to say about him ov...

And urging others to do so? >> one thing the president has shown is hes willing to fight no matter who he is anyone he views as going up against him. right now attacking colonel vindman hes attacking a purple heart recipient, someone who has decades of experience serving this country. and its not the right approach and congressman liz cheney came out and said im sorry for these attacks and called colonel vindman as sources say. so these are attacks are probably just the president work on his own...

Welcome back, everybodys. lets start with the mornings top stories. president trump is threatening to expose information about army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman that would support unfounded claims hes a, quote, never-trumper. trump labeled vindman as such after the purple heart recipient testified to impeachment investigators last week at the white house omitted crucial language from the reconstructed transcript of his call with the president of ukraine thats at the heart of the inquiry....

In the military, that is hard to, for many americans to stomach, that they dont see him as a never-trumper, i dont think trump actually has this evidence, and most people in the military are not going to be so stupid as to have signed any letters or to tweet or facebook anything about thats anti-trump, and so this is kind of a desperate attempt to take down a person who still serves in his white house, but i dont think it is going to work. >> was there some construction on set a little bit earli...

Democrats is an attack on democracy itself. >> all right. this morning he tweeted his july 25th with the ukrainian president was, quote, totally appropriate. i say perfect. despite two witnesses coming forward last week saying that military aid was dependent upon. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, here is the president responding to a question from kelly odonnell. >> what evidence do you have that colonel vindman is a never trumper? >> well be showing that to you real soon, okay? >> more dam...

>> this is a president who goes on the attack when he feels threatened or attacked. he has attacked a lot of veterans, including john mccain. now he is attacking colonel vindman and he is also attacking the whistle-blower. is that his strategy, to personally attack these individuals so they lose credibility in the public eye? the same way he did with the mueller report? are you seeing that repeat itself a little bit? >> the president likes to create a war. this person is against me, theyre a nev...

Lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is a never trumper, but theyve never shown any proveoff that. the whition wistleblower got it and must be revealed. the house intelligence committee chair will change the word of the transcripts after demanding for weeks that theyll be released. trumps attempted quid pro quo with ukraine wasnt illegal after endlessly insisting that it never even happened. and then theres this. on friday, fox news senior political analyst tweeted part of the wall street editor...

Democracy erodes when previously unthinkable conduct becomes so routine that its barely even noticed by voters. that was the warning mike barn knack will, real quick, that madeleine albright gave so early op on in this presidency especially with her book. >> you know whats interesting is comments about releasing the transcripts. steve, you would know this, a lot of people would know this, the stenographer that takes down the transcript, its not a republican transcript, its not a democratic trans...

Trumper without any evidence and demanding that the whistleblower be outed despite legal protections for all whistleblowers identities. then slamming the whistleblowers offer to answer written questions even though that is precisely what the president did during the mueller probe. there is breaking news this hour from capitol hill. house democrats on the impeachment inquiry releasing transcript of key testimony, testimony from state department ambassador marie yovanovitch and state department ...