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1:00 a.m. in california. breaking overnight, president trump pushing back hard on a report in "the washington post." the report says he asked bill barr to hold a news conference to publicly clear him of legal wrongdoing, in his call pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. "the post" reports barr refused, citing people familiar with the matter. but barrs justice department did send out a memo, declaring there was no campaign finance crime connected to the call. trump advisers t...

Pete buttigieg among the democratic front-runners in iowa. jeff sessions plots his political comeback, exactly one year after president trump fired him. plus, two accused killers who broke out of jail and fled to mexico get caught trying to sneak back over the border. welcome back to "early start." im julia chatterley. >> im dave briggs. 4:30 eastern time in new york city. we start with breaking news overnight. president trump pushing back hard on a report in "the washington post." the repor...

Comeback, exactly one year after president trump fired him. good morning. welcome to "early start." >> its 5:00 in the east. breaking overnight, president trump pushing back against a report in "the washington post." the report says he asked bill barr to hold a news conference to publicly clear him of legal wrongdoing, in his call pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. "the post" reports barr refused, citing people familiar with the matter. but barrs justice department did se...

It is notable what the department of justice did do, when the transcript of the trump/zelensky call was released tess end of september, thats when the doj announced that criminal prosecutors had noun for wrongdoing of the president, at least in the realm of campaign finance law, and the doj released a legal memo intel communitys inspector general was not required to turn over the whistle-blower complaint to congress. the doj in that sense came to the defense of the president, even though it wasn...

Passed as someone pointed out, the like smul capolice called 9 investigated the crime and now were finding out who called 911. whether the transcript is, what was said in transcripts and the point about impoundment, i dont think its actually relevant. >> the other huge headline today was this. this cnn source confirms that president trump actually asked attorney general bill barr to hold this news conference clearing him of any crimes regarding the phone call with the president of ukraine. jim t...

Wrongdoing with regard the phone call. the attorney general ultimately declining to go along with it. this effort was first reported by "the washington post", and president trump none to too happy about it. jessica, what more are you hearing about this ask from president trump and what impact it has now? >> well, kate, first of all, the president pushing back and attacking the media via three separate tweets in quick succession this morning saying he never asked the attorney general to hold a ne...

>> oconnor will be honored by the raiders during tonights game against the chargers. "early start" continues right now. new questions this morning about attorney general bill barrs role in trumps impeachment defense. a new 2020 poll puts mayor pete buttigieg among the democratic front-runners in iowa. former attorney general jeff sessions plots his political comeback, exactly one year after president trump fired him. interesting timing, to say the least. welcome back to "early start." im d...

Dominating the news and the race for the democratic nomination becoming a distraction? >> i do. i think that would be terrible timing for the democratic field. we have to face facts that not a single republican crossed the aisle for the house impeachment vote. and if that plays out in the senate, then donald trump is likely to not be successfully impeached. i expect him to be there for me to defeat at the ballot box in 2020. >> would you like to see impeachment wrapped up on an expedited timelin...

Found no wrongdoing as it relates to campaign finance law. they released a legal memo on why the intelligence community inspector general didnt need to hand over the whistle-blowers complaint to congress, so trump got a lot of what he wanted already from bill barr. >> right. now, theres no question that barr is still trying to help him out in, you know, dismissing any attempt to look into criminal wrongdoing in the ukraine case, although that is very helpful to trump, but hes apparently not will...

Supporters and others are advocating his unmasking, which i think is a breach of faith and trust, and it will have a chilling effect clearly on others who might -- who observe wrongdoing, what they think is wrongdoing, and have a mechanism now where they can be protected as they report it. if thats going to be removed, that doesnt bode well for the future of the intelligence community, in my opinion. >> and beyond that point, this is far bejoined the whistle-blower and the complaint at this poin...