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Situations where he had recalled ambassadors for cause. cnn's sunlen surfougerfaty is o capitol hill. the second time the trump administration tried to block from speaking to congress. also gordon sondland. this is pretty stunning. >> reporter: certainly is, brooke. certainly significant of a development. so much speculation leading into this morning whether marie yovanovitch would show up, allowed to show up or not essentially leadi ining into th moment we're seeing arriving on capitol hill and she centered the room here where she's meeting with lawmakers. the dramatic back story learning wha...

Decline to answer a question like that. if the president did not instruct him to take an action that would hinder the investigation, he would say so. if the president did instruct him to hinder the investigation in any way, in my view, that would be a potentially criminal act and certainly not covered by any privilege. >> so sessions has used the excuse of privileged conversations before when testifying about russia, but is that something hays even allowed to do? >> i don't think so. and one of the reasons is because they, when they did the comey thing, which is what this is about, they releas...

Jeb bush and chris christie are trying to cajole and jewish guilt, irish guilt their way backs into the poll numbers is not going to work. it underscores the terrible campaign jeb bush has run and chris christie's appeal is limited. i think the new hampshire voters savvy. if they decided they want to be inspired and awed by the disgusting and embarrassing debacle that is donald trump's campaign, then go ahead. >> a lot of people like trump. he's leadi ining by a long shot. the recent poll also showing a lot of people are undecided. we'll see how that flushes out in february. merry christmas. ...

Bat. but that's never the case in the trial of major nidal hasan. the accused ft. hood shooter is representing himself. today lawyers designed to assist him in his defense told the judge they want out. arguing they think it is morally repugnant to help a man commit suicide by death penalty. the judge has now ruled, the judge says these lawyers are staying. hasan had not -- entered a not guilty plea. only because he had to. pleadi ining guilty is not an on in a military capital trial. major hasan, an army psychiatrist, is facing execution for the massacre at the military post that left 13 peopl...

the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. i'm wore blitzer, you're in "the situation room" of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much -- not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the graduates today? >> reporter: the president had a real message of empowerment and a little bit of ...