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For the u.s. viewers, "early start" continues right now. stop the aid, 91 minutes after trump calls zelensky, and said keep it hush hush. >> newly released e-mails give the strongest proof yet the white house knew of the perils and backlash over pausing ukraine's security aid. millions on the road for the holiday, running into weather trouble. we'll tell you who gets the worst of it. and breaking overnight, another victim in america's longest war. a soldier killed just days before christmas. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm joe johns. happy hanukkah. >...

And sent the e-mail for the aid to the held at 11:04. the context of duffy's e-mail is unknown because he defied a subpoena during the impeachment inquiry. the question will be forced into the senate as to whether pursue duffy's testimony as democrats have demanded. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has not signaled that he will accept witnesses that the democrats are pushing for. but the key number is 51. that's how many senators are needed to approve witnesses for the trial. joe and alison, back to you. >> thanks to jeremy herb. mike duffy was the appointee responsible for overseeing ...

Mike duffy was the appointee responsible for overseeing national security money. he's defied a subpoena from the impeachment panel. but senate democrats still want him to testify. >> this e-mail is explosive. a top administration official, one we requested, saying stop the aid 91 minutes after trump called zelensky and said keep it hush hush. what more do you need to request a witness? >> the senate will only begin a trial once nancy pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. and she is withholding them until mcconnell and democratic leader chuck sc...

National security money. he's defied a subpoena from the impeachment panel. but senate democrats still want him to testify. >> this e-mail is explosive. a top administration official, one we requested, saying stop the aid after talking to zelensky, and keep it hush hush. what more do you need to request a witness? >> the trial will start when nancy pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. that will be when schumer and mcconnell can find ideas to conduct a fair trial. >> we're confident that this position is untenable and she's going to move it alo...

Case in the standoff with mitch mcconnell. >> this email is explosive. a top administration official, one that we requested, is saying stop the aid night 1 minutes after trump called zelensky and said keep it hush hush. what more do you need to request a witness? >> as for the email about the ukraine aid, the white house budget office released a statement claiming, quote, it is reckless to tie the hold of funds to the phone call. as has been established and publicly reported, the hold was announced in an interagency meeting on july 18th to pull a line out of one email and failed to address the...