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little bit later. biden and trump turning their focus to pennsylvania as brand new polling shows them neck and neck in the battle growngsd we're going off the wall to show you how both parties are strategizing, next.
conceal another crime for it to be a felony. and so they are saying criminal election influence alleged. so they're going to try to make it an important democracy matter, not just a minor hush money pick adela, a good point. so gym shorts you're one of trump's white house lawyers. how do you think his legal team is strategizing around opening statements so i think they're going to focus on a couple of things. >> one, this is a felony and it's charged as a felony. only because of the underlying alleged crime. and the underlying alleged crime is a campaign. federal campaign finance violation that was never charged, was never brought against i'll trump. there was a there was a plea agreement with michael cohen, but that does not the judge has been specific that you cannot tie that in this case. to president trump. so i think they're going to focus on that number one. number two, they're going to focus on the fact that
records because you need to have a criminal intent to conceal another crime for it to be a felony. and so they are saying criminal election influence alleged. so they're going to try to make it an important democracy matter, not just a minor hush money, pick a della, good point that jim schultz, you're one of trump's white house lawyers. how do you think his legal team is strategizing around opening statements so i think they're going to focus on a couple of things. >> one, this is a felony and it's charged as a felony only because of the underlying alleged crime and the underlying alleged crime is a campaign. federal campaign finance violation that was never charged, was never brought against donald trump there was a there was a plea agreement with michael cohen, but that does not the judge has been specific that you cannot tie that in this case to president trump. so i think they're going to focus on that
really urge that administration to see the dangers of ukraine flagging a losing territory and inspiring other regimes to advance. >> the articulation that colonel vindman had, it just looks like we are not serious. this is obviously, when you work at the national security council, this is a very important issue. the idea is when donald trump weakened nato, it is not that he actually did anything, is that he sort of said, we are not that serious about this. you need to do this, we may not be around, it is the implication that we are not going to be solid partners to you. you and i have talked to world leaders who were very concerned about this, they do think that if they have to make a determination that the united states is not serious and they start strategizing about their worldview differently. >> yeah, that's right. let me try to be very specific about this. because this began to get worse in the obama years, where it
intelligence sharing, logistical support, these are not expensive, big ticket items. these are small policy changes that the administration could take on its own, and it just has refused to do that and we really urge that administration to see the dangers of ukraine flagging a losing territory and inspiring other regimes to advance. >> the articulation that colonel vindman had, it just looks like we are not serious. this is obviously, when you work at the national security council, this is a very important issue. the idea is when donald trump weakened nato, it is not that he actually did anything, is that he sort of said, we are not that serious about this. you need to do this, we may not be around, it is the implication that we are not going to be solid partners to you. you and i have talked to world leaders who were very concerned about this, they do think that if they have to make a determination that the united states is not serious and they start strategizing about their
the debate. these things matter to every american an running because we know if we get those things right it will improve the life of every american. >> good luck with the achilles. house republicans are strategizing about how to initial enough an impeachment inquiry into president biden. we'll have new reporting coming up next. rite aid stock plummeting after they're preparing to file for bankruptcy. the reason for that just ahead. there were no surprises. well, my monthly payment d did come out lower than expected. financing g my car with carvana was super smooth. [announcer] finance your next car with carvana a today. trying vapes to quit smoking might feel like progress, but with 3x more nicotine than a pack of cigarettes - vapes increase cravings - trapping you in an eness craving loop. nicorette duces cravings until they're gone for good. hocan you sleep on such a firm setting? gab, mine is almost the same as yours. almost is just another word for not as good as mine.
hopefully in their minds give them more time to actually get some evidence for these allegations that they have yet to prove about president joe biden and his son's foreign business dealings and not to mention, phil, mccarthy is under enormous pressure from his right flank and donald trump to show he is taking action here and that he is moving forward on this process and so i'm told he has spent some of the august recess telling former -- current republicans that he is really serious about an impeachment inquiry and strategizing about how to do that this fall. >> as soon as next month. read the piece on cnn.com. melanie, as always, thank you. >> thanks. now to your money this morning. rite aid stock nosedived more than 50% after "the wall street journal" reported the retail pharmacy giant is preparing to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces mounting costs linked to opioid lawsuits. the chain could also shutter about 400 stores nationwide.
republicans strategizing. but, skeptical gop lawmakers, no evidence and government funding that is set to expire all critical factors that could complicate their time line. melanie zanona joins us with new reporting. mel, i think the initial question as we try to figure out how to get to 218, they may not need 218 votes but it's the most interesting part of your piece. walk us through it. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right, phil. just to walk viewers through the process, republicans want to open an inchment inquiry which would be the first formal step towards impeachment proceedings but there is no constitutional requirement that they actually need to have a floor vote and because as you mentioned kevin mccarthy doesn't actually have the votes right now amongst his conference, there's a lot of moderates and vulnerable republicans that are still skeptical of the idea, they are contemplating just skipping that floor vote altogether and that would spare moderates from having to take a tough vote while allowing them to start to get the ball rolling on the impeachment process and
lands there and makes his way to the jail? >> i think with a hearing on monday, an order in federal court and an order today that her trial is going to start within the next 8 or 2 or little over two months, she's not watching the tv. she's strategizing with her team and ensuring witnesses are together and in an order as i said earlier might be working on a counter argument possibly to present to a judge so that she could present her whole rico case. there might also be pretrial motions that she might be filing to be sure to be able to do that even if she has to be able to go to trial on only one defendant in october. so that's a long way of saying i doubt very much she's watching tv. she's got a full plate, and she's going to be focused on all the different aspects of this case as well as the other tens of thousands of cases that her
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