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Multiple diplomats to that country but cnn is just now learning when it came to his decision to block the millions of dollars in critical aid to ukraine the president of the United States was the one under pressure from within the white house and far beyond. Cnn global correspondent sara murray and Jeremy Diamond have the new reporting. Lets dig in. Jeremy first for you. What are you learning about when the president actually finally decided to release this aid to ukraine . Reporter well, brooke, it came down to a phone call between the president and ohio senator rob portman on september 11th....

U. S. , quote, bears responsibility for all consequences. He called soleimani the most effective force fighting isis and al qaeda and said it is dangerous and a foolish escalation. Mike pompeo tweeted this video posting, quote, iraqis, iraqis dancing in the street for freedom. Thankful that general soleimani is no more. Nbc news has not been able to independently verify this video. We dont know when and where it was taken. President trump had no words after the attack tweeting only this image of the u. S. Flag. With us this morning we have washington anchor for bbc world news america katty cay...

Directly contradict the president s claem there was no quid pro quo. He detailed what he called a high literature irregular shadowing that ties into much of the impeachment inquiry. Congressional correspondent Phil Mattingly is on capitol hill. Christine and dave, since almost the first deposition, lawmakers have said they need to hear from william taylor, one of the three individuals on a series of Text Messages that have become public that made it clear that u. S. Security assistance to ukraine was, in fact, being withheld for political reasons, something the president himself has denied was...

Didnt happen in that 90 minute span, but the button was pushed on hold the aid. What this does, its a big tease, which is weve all known that, you know, there was a crime here or theres a scandal here. This gives us a big, big hint to how they did it, who they did it, when they did it, and, you know, the mechanism and everyone that was involved. You know, if you were democrats looking for a Christmas Present and what you wanted was testimony from people who know, santa came early. Bianna, the white house is saying that this is not new information, it is literally new information, it seems to s...

Of this question, had barack obama engaged in the conduct, every one of the republicans would be voting to impeach him and if it were barack obama i would vote to impeach him. Melissa democratic leader Chuck Schumer calling for at least four call witnesses in the senate trial including acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security advisor john bolton. This is outnumbered and i melissmelissa francis. Here today, harris faulkner, kennedy, jeannie zeno and in the center seat, former acting attorney general under President Trump matt whitaker. Reactions from the couc...