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The white house counsel's office is indeed drafting a letter to the house speaker nancy pelosi that essentially says they don't feel compelled to comply with any of these document requests until the house members take this impeachment inquiry to the vote on the house floor essentially voting to formally open this impeachment inquiry. that is something nancy pelosi says she does not have to do despite the fact that it has been a precedent in some past impeachment inquiries. what we do know is the white house sees this as a political opportunity as well. they would love to see those moderate dem...

This is somewhat like it's a political process, but this is somewhat like a grand jury. the grand jury got to get all the information first before you decide whether or not you indict or not, and then you pass it on to a regular jury. but that's what's happening right now. >> okay. let's talk about this because you know secretary of state mike pompeo failed to meet the subpoena deadline. to the house to produce ukraine-related documents. a house foreign affairs committee aide says pompeo has failed to meet the deadline. to produce the documents required by the subpoena. however, the state depa...

But the president has said he intends to send a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, and we do know white house lawyers have drafted a letter saying they're not come ppelled to com with these document requests until a vote taken on the floor of the house to formally start this impeachment inquiry. fred? >> all right. jeremy diamond at the white house. thank you. let's discuss fettthis further. michael, to you first, what's your reaction to this "new york times" reporting that there is a second whistle-blower that could come forward and file a formal complaint? >> well, look. i think one of th...

You know secretary of state mike pompeo failed to meet the subpoena deadline. a house foreign affairs committee aide says pompeo has failed to meet the deadline. however, the state department has contacted the committee on this matter, and we hope the department will cooperate promptly. you have that. the committee subpoenaed the white house for ukraine related documents. tonight in a statement they said, this subpoena changes nothing. just more document requests. wasted time, taxpayer dollars. it will ultimately show the president did nothing wrong. you have pompeo saying i'm not going to do ...

Meanwhile the "new york times" now reporting that a second whistle-blower with quote more direct information could be coming forward soon regarding the president's dealings with ukraine. ellison barber live at the north lawn of the white house with more on reaction there. hi, ellison. >> hi, eric. the impeachment inquiry directly reached the white house yesterday evening, when three democratic committee chairman subpoenaed the white house for documents, related to communications between president trump and the president of ukraine. the chairman says that president trump forced their hand here ...