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Legal analyst throughout the morning. >> we'll start with chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel so set the stage for us >> julie, bill good morning to you. what's striking is the speed of this impeachment from the start until today. this all started with a july 25 phone call between president trump and ukraine's president. on august 12, a whistleblower came forward. then on september 24, speaker nancy pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry going forward to look into that phone call, so when you consider the average congressional recess throughout the course of the fall this has real...

Was a whistle-blower. remember when this all happen in september, adam schiff told us we would get to hear from the whistle-blower? the whistle-blower with no first-hand knowledge who is biased against the president, who worked with joe biden? he said it, you will get to hear from him, but then changed his mind. what changed the chairman's mind? remember, the day after the call, the whistle-blower writes this memo. he says the call -- he describes it as crazy frightening but he weights 18 days to file the complaint and what happens in 18 days? the whistle-blower goes off and see his adam schif...

Or standards. particularly as it relates to fairness, during the process. >> bret: there was mention today of an interview with the inspector general. a little -- we are trying to follow it here onset. >> a little cryptic. >> bret: i had to be. it is still not been released by chairman schiff. it's the first deposition that was taken, the only one that hasn't been released, and the reason is, it doesn't have anything to do with protecting whistle-blowers identity, it has to do with protecting the whistle-blower and chairman schiff from having a credibility question. the whistle-blower did not ...

>> the democrat's impeachment report notes mr. parnas appears to be in communication with congress and thusz anyone who dealt with parnas could be in trouble quote mr. parnas has begun rolling production of certain records in his possession, cust day or control in response to the subpoena certain committees have evaluated. and regarding visions the to the bidens. the report includes an excerpt from ukrainian officials to then special envoy august 12. the next day, voleker sent a revised version to e.u. ambassador gordon sondland, which included an added promise to investigate burisma and the 2...

New reporting tonight on whether the white house will accept the democrats' invitation to be part of wednesday's impeachment hearing on capitol hill. two officials tell cnn that currently -- that's the keyword currently -- the thinking inside the white house is it will likely not send an attorney to the house judiciary hearing. no doubt, part of the problem, new reporting keeps undercutting president trump's defense. the latest that he knew about the whistle-blower complaint well before telling gordon sondland that he wanted, quote, no quid pro quo from ukraine. so if that report is true, this...