Page 31 - Daniel Straus News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

♪for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home.♪ the united states postal service goes the extra mile to bring your holidays home. all right. secretary of state mike pompeo backing up the president's argument that the administration was just trying to fight corruption in ukraine. >> this in an interview conducted just a short time ago. he says, quote, i was part of america's ukraine palace. we were very clear. he wanted to make sure that the corruption that has been existing in ukraine for an awfully long time was reduced and president zelensky had the capability to do that. joining us...

Politics reporter for politico and ab stoddard. >> what's interesting about that line from pompeo, he's basically owning it, saying, we did do this, but it's justified, because we were trying to fight corruption. >> so the new thing is, as dana bash said earlier, it's okay, but. everyone says, this is what happened, but we're cool with it. the problem is, what they asked for was for president zelensky to do an interview on cnn with fareed zakaria, announcing an investigation. the announcement was more important than the investigation. which meant that the purpose of it was to dirty up his pote...

So, i'll wake up ready for anything? oh, we've got your back. so, you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now save up to $500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. only for a limited time. right now, 2020 presidential candidates are making their case to voters in iowa's biggest city because the polk county democrats' steak fry is under way. it started a few minutes ago in des moines. 17 candidates are on hand for the event and have just 135 days until the iowa caucuses to make their pitch. i'm joined now by rachel blade congressional reporter for "the washington post"...

Launch. did this high resolution image that you see here reveal secrets about u.s. intelligence gathering capabilities? that's the question. let's go to white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, national political reporter daniel straus, and washington examiner reporter emily larson. kelly, start with the executive assistant. the president saying this is an off the record meeting that he is alluding to here. the question is how did we get the information, right? >> reporter: well, this was a situation during the president's extended stay at bedminster, new jersey, where he was vacationing wit...

Having work for him was in this position, but he also made clear this was a line not to be crossed about talking about his family. so she was pushed to the point of having to resign. she offered her resignation and apology for having done this, so that was the situation. this is one of the perilous moments where an error in judgment happened and she's paying the price for it. typically off the record conversations happen with people who frankly are much more experienced dealing with journalists, so that's not normally the kind of conversation that happens when we deal with people from this adm...