Service members were hurt in that attack in iraq last week, this after the pentagon said there were no casualties. But first, the senate trial for President Trumps impeachment now officially underway, and were now learning who the president has chosen for his Legal Defense team. White House Counsel pat cipollone, trumps personal lawyer jay sekulow expected to have the lead roles. However, sources tell cnn that mr. Trump also enlisted the help of these seasoned lawyers. Hey. Hey. Ken starr who led the investigation that led to bill clintons impeachment. Alan dershowitz, former attorney general and impeachment adviser, now you can take control of your home wifine. Pam bondi, jane raskin and and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network. Only with xfinity xfi. Download the xfi app today. Robert ray who helped in the impeachment trial. Kaitlan collins, what more can you tell us about the president s Impeachment Team . We heard he was thinking about adding additional attorneys to his team. We didnt know it was three until recently. He wanted it three seasoned attorneys and he wanted one kwaqualification which all thref these Share Television experience. He voiced concerns about people like pat cipollone, saying they havent appeared on tv a lot, if at all, and he wanted to make sure they have a strong presence in front of the cameras when theyre presenting on the senate floor on tuesday. That is why youre seeing the president add these people, and these are favorites of his from fox news that hes been watching for months. Namely ken starr, who has been you are watching cnn on this on fox friends regularly. Friday afternoon. Im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being here. President donald trump will soon and Alan Dershowitz, who the be put on trial, but its the Senate Majority leader mitch president not only watches on mcconnell who is being put to the test. With only four days to the start of testimony in the president s television, but hes seen him for advice. You see him near the bottom impeachment trial, the Senate Majority leader must now determine exactly how to present left. Its no surprise the president this weekend will be the it, and the most pressing last for some democrats in the question will there be wanted them on the team. The surprise came that 2020 race to campaign for witnesses. And as republicans figure out the process, the president is dershowitz joined, because we president. That, of course, is because the had been hearing from Sources Senate takes up impeachment next finally making some calls on who will defend him. There had actually been some back and forth between the two week. The trial, slated to start on we now know the defense team of them about whether or not dershowitz was actually going to tuesday, will take four will include the lawyer whose senators, two of them join the team. Frontrunners for the democratic work led to the last impeachment he didnt seem eager to take the job, but now he is going to be trial, the names of the new president ial nomination back to the campaign trail. Trump lawyers in just a second on the team, even though some they need to go back to their here. Day jobs in washington. Let me get you up to speed on people had advised against it, remember, at this point we are erica, because he does have ties whats happening right now just 17 days away from the iowa to prepare for tuesday when with jeffrey epstein, and hes arguments get underway in the caucuses, which means instead of even involved in some legal third impeachment trial of an campaigning, these senator cases related to him, and white candidates will, of course, be american president. So for that, lets go to cnn sitting there quietly, not on house advisers thought would congressional reporter lauren fox who has been digging deep bring that to light if the their devices, not talking, president elevated him by into whats going on behind the putting him on his team. Listening to the evidence being scenes. You are reporting that moderate how that goes remains to be presented for the impeachment seen. Republican senator Susan Collins ken starr, of course, getting trial of President Trump. Joining us now, cnn his own reaction to this from the one and only monica printed out the 1999 impeachment correspondent jessica dean. Rules, made a beeline for mitch lewinsky. Of course, ken starr led the jessica, put it into perspective mcconnell to say what . Investigation that led to bill for us. We know its an important reporter well, essentially clintons impeachment, and weekend even if there wasnt a Monica Lewinsky was at the looming trial in the senate, but what she did is because she was center of it all and she this has really changed the responded like this on twitter. Perspective for some of these this is definitely an are you candidates. Fing kidding me kind of day. Reporter well, erica, these Senate Candidates especially no reference to ken starr, have a packed weekend. Theyre going to be all across though. Iowa, theyre going to try to that was after the news had get to New Hampshire as well. And the thing about politics in broken. One issue the president s iowa, especially this is retail legal team may have to deal with politics. The iowans expect to see them. Is witnesses. Lauren fox is on capitol hill. They want to see them in person. Lauren, i know youre actually there is a joke here the person hearing a little bit more about will go a first time, make Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell notes, go back a second and and how hes been handling his third time to see the same candidate, following up on what caucus behind the scenes. They said the previous time. Reporter thats right, they really want to see these erica, we know that mcconnell candidates and that makes a big, has been saying for weeks and even months that he plans to big difference as we get so close to the february 3rd follow the clinton model. What that means essentially is that the house managers would caucuses, and so its going to make their case, the white house be important for them to defense team would make theirs certainly be able to make their and then they would put off a way around iowa and to do so in a timely manner. Vote for witnesses until later. And remember, all the polling but we are now learning, based on some new reporting and and the data weve seen, sources familiar, that susan especially coming out of iowa, collins, one of the moderates who has been working very says a high number of people are closely with mcconnell on what still pretty fluid in who they this resolution will look like that theyll vote on on tuesday, want to vote for. Essentially wanted to ensure that she got this all in that theyve either committed and are willing to switch or they havent committed yet. Writing. So what happened was when this is the marrying phase in lawmakers returned from the the process. Christmas break after many of theyve been dating around for these moderates were facing months now and now it comes down pressure back home, she took a to making a decision, so you can copy of that 1999 clinton imagine how important it is for these candidates to be here. That it is. Organizing resolution and brought it to mcconnells staff jessica dean, good to see you. And essentially said, whats thank you. Going to be different here, what as we take a closer look at will this look like and what some of these candidates, this will be the same . Week Michael Bloomberg received his second congressional what we learned transpired was endorsement in his bid for president. Meetings between mcconnells former democratic candidate has staff, murkowskis staff, as well as the senators themselves. They worked out details word for endorsed him. Word what this resolution would look like. We should always add until we congresswoman Stephanie Murphy joins us now. See this resolution, nothing is final. What they were fighting for Mike Bloomberg giving iowa, as essentially was an eventual vote on whether or not senators are ready to hear from witnesses. We know. Why did you decide you wanted to that would come after the endorse Mike Bloomberg and the initial presentation and questioning from senators. Time is now . Thats very important for people i think mike is a proven like collins who have to run for leader, whether its as an executive or as mayor or as a reelection in 2020 and want to make sure they can go home and defend the case that they really philanthropist. Fought for a fair trial. We share some of the same values of wanting to address gun safety so a significant development, of course, that behind the scenes were getting more of that color issues in this country ask about what exactly those clima and climate change, and i think negotiations looked like. Hes the right candidate with erica . The message and the machine to beat donald trump in november. Lauren fox reporting for us. Lauren, thank you. Im really excited to be on joining me now to talk about board and throwing my support behind mike. All of this, joseph moranu, max you mentioned youve seen some of his achievements. Hes been on a bit of an apology boot and jennifer. Tour. There are a number of issues ndk questions he needs to answer, when we look at Alan Dershowitz, things like stop and frisk, who we understand will be taking things he had as mayor of his on the constitutional argument higher, how do you see that playing out and him as a choice . City, so its difficult to make a discernment when hes on his its an odd choice. I think the combination of policy tour. Dershowitz and starr kind of how tough is that . I think the key sign of a reuniting the socalled allstar good leader is to be able to team that defended jeffrey acknowledge where you made mistakes and move forward. I dont think hes on an epstein on sex crime charges in apologies tour, hes florida, they bring extra acknowledging where people have had criticisms. But if you look at his record on baggage to the case. I would actually focus more on the whole, he did a lot of great things for this city. Ken starr than dershowitz, made it one of the safest cities because ken starr in 1999 was in the country. It is an incredibly diverse and saying bill clinton should be impeached for lying about sex. Large city that he helped to now hes saying donald trump should not be impeached for achieve real improvements in misusing military aid into health and education, and there blackmailing a foreign country is a lot of good things that he into helping him, which is a did there. But more than that, he has done federal offense. And ken starr will be arguing, so much investing in progressive we dont need any more issues that matter to my witnesses, but yet, when he was constituents and to americans conducting his investigation of all across this country, bill clinton, he interviewed improving health care and everybody, including monica education, investing in climate change, making Real Progress on lewinskys hairdresser, the gun saflety. Those are all really strong white house bwindow washers. Points and the reason that mike everybody talked to him. Bloomberg will be a great and now weve not heard from candidate against donald trump. You talked about issues that mike pompeo and others. Its imperative to hear from are very important to a black people, and ken starr and the voter in california. Republicans said in 1988 and my colleague Alisyn Camerota sat 1989, this actually works against them in this presence. Down with him. Not a single mike so i think trump goes with big names he sees on tv without thinking of the implications of bloomberg, but two of them sing those choices. He would out tom steyer. Joyce, would you agree with take a i like him a lot. That, that theres actually baggage rather than putting together a strategy for the i like his environmental sta president . A strategy has never been his standpoints because im an environmentalist, so im leaning strong suit. Toward him. He has contributed 2. 5 you have work horses and you have show horses here, right . Million to underprivileged in you have lawyers who will roll up their sleeves and lawyers who education. Hes using a lot of his own will be good on television. Its interesting whether that money to campaign. Skill set outweighs that baggage philanthropy, the you pointed out yet to be seen. Environment. As you pointed out, these are things that Mike Bloomberg has there are a lot of historical also done a fair amount of work references here now. Back to the clinton years, what on. But that is not apparently went right, what went wrong, and that message may not be getting a lot of these comparisons dont through in south carolina. Bode well for the president. Whats interesting is what weve seen from Mitch Mcconnell both he and tom steyer spending publicly, right . Millions of dollars in weve seen this unwavering advertisements. Tom steyer is in second place at support for the president , but behind the scenes, were 15 . Where do you think there needs to be a more focused message to learning about him listening, voters . Lets be really clear about how he makes sure his caucus the context in this. Tom steyer has been in the race stays united. How is this playing out . A lot longer. Mike got in the race about two he is threading a very thin months ago and has made a needle right now. He has a bunch of different deliberate decision, because of factions that he has to deal the timing of when he got in the race, not to play so heavily in with. You have people searching for those states. But the states where he is controversial witnesses like hunter biden. Getting his message out through the machine he is building, people are responding. They have senators up for if you look at the most recent reelection like Susan Collins, reuters polls, you are seeing then you have the ones who want that when people hear about mike a very solemn proceeding. And all the accomplishments hes he had a meeting with ted cruz made and the commitments he has made to the future of this and rand paul where he heard them out about the idea of country, whether its in his role as an executive or a hauling in witnesses like hunter biden, but then behind the philanthropist or as mayor of scenes, hes allowing Susan Collins and others to at least new york city, when people hear about this record and see what have the option to turn to his plan is for this country, they get in behind him. Federal witnesses throughout the congresswoman stephanie trial. Although a number of these murphy, good to have you with us today. Thank you. Good to be with you. Supporters are in an up and down thank you so much. Motion on whether to call u. S. Troops injured in that witnesses, that doesnt mean theyll agree on the same witnesses. You need them to come together. Missile attack despite what the pentagon said. The only one who has said, i the pentagon said we have no want to hear from hunter biden casualties. Plus why the doj is launching an investigation on james comey years after comey is mitt romney. Was fired from the fbi. Theyre saying this is a perfect example of why we need the delicious taste of glucerna new testimony, why we need to gives you the sweetness you crave larry from witnesses, but there while helping you manage your blood sugar. Is a credibility about lev glucerna. Everyday progress parnas that cant be denied. Are democrats lining up behind him too quickly, or could he be an important person to talk to . Im not sure democrats are lining up for him to testify. He does have very little credibility, but he is making charges and he does have documents. What theyre saying is, lets put him under oath. Lets treat this like an actual trial. When you have people making allegations, lets hear from them. The republican response is just ridiculous chrks is if they didnt testify in the house, we cant testify him in the senate. Thats like saying man, thats how to works. Mitch mcconnell could say this is how it works. If mcconnell is going to keep witnesses from testifying, this will be the first time in the history of congress that weve had an impeachment trial without witnesses. That would be a gross miscarriage of justice, and thats why i think youve seen four or five republican senators saying theyre open to this, because otherwise it would be a travesty not to hear from witnesses. Were hearing their pushback, saying, you could have called them in the house. If you needed to deal with legal issues, you could have done that in terms of pushback from the white house. When we look at what we know, right, even putting some of this evidence out, if it is not allowed in, from what youve seen, do democrats have what they need to make their case at this point in the senate . Erica, i think even without this new evidence and new witnesses, democrats have a solid case, right . I think a lot of them have already indicated how theyre going to vote because theyre comfortable with the evidence thats already on the record. Republicans will have to make a tough choice, right . Its one thing to say i heard all the evidence and i voted to acquit, basically, to not remove the president. Its another to go back to the voters and say, basically, i kept my head in the sand. I refused to hear all the evidence and i voted to acquit. I think its a much more difficult sell, and its not all 53 republicans, its those four to six republicans that have to worry about the reaction from 45 plus at average risk. Their constituents. Ive heard a lot of excuses those four to six to avoid screening for colon cancer. Republicans, we talk a lot about im not worried. It doesnt run in my family. The republicans and people watching the republicans, but i can do it next year. No rush. 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According to the washington post, the president plans to pull billions of dollars from counterprograms and construction projects, including schools and Daycare Centers for military families across the country. The Justice Department is launching a probe into a case involving former fbi director james comey more than two and a half years after comey was fired. What theyre looking into and why the timing is raising concerns. These are real people, not actors, whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. Dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. Many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin. And, had significantly less itch. Thats a difference you can feel. Dont use if youre allergic to dupixent. 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No thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. Just try it hey guys, i think we should hurry up. Thats what i was told, and if you taste something bad, she was not a trumper. You want someone else to try it. She was fired at least four its what you do. I cant get it out of my mouth times, maybe five times in my if you want to save fifteen percent presence. You said he fired her in or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Front of you . Correct. Its what you do. Dog, dog, dog. What happened . That was the first intersection about her. It was a dinner at private dinner for a superpac in washington, d. C. At the trump hotel. In the conversation the subject of ukraine was brought up, and i told the president that our opinion, that she is badmouthing him and that she said hes going to get impeached, Something Like that. I dont know if thats word for word, but that she was you said that at the table where the president was. Correct. Correct. And his reaction was he looked at me like, got very angry, and basically turned around to John Destefano and said, fire her. John destefano announced his resignation may 20, which was the last day for Marie Yavonovitch as ambassador of ukraine. It took mike pompeo 48 hours to even acknowledge the allegations. The secretary said the state department would be investigating. Ive not met this guy, lev parnas, to the best of my knowledge. Ive never encountered, never communicated with him. We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was something that took place there. I suspect that much of whats been reported will ultimately prove wrong, but my obligation as secretary of state is to make sure we evaluate, investigate any time there may have been a risk to one of our officers. Well obviously do that. John hudson is a National Security reporter focusing on the state department and diplomacy for the washington post. John, we just heard the secretary in his own words there. He said its his obligation to investigate a potential risk. Why would it take him nearly three days to announce that . Thats a good question. Right now he has taken a see no evil, hear no evil approach saying he didnt know lev parnas, never communicated with lev parnas, wasnt even aware of it looks like president any type of surveillance, trumps vow to investigate the investigators is alive and well. Justice department prosecutors illicit surveillance of one of are investigating a 2017 media the former ambassadors. There is question about why it leak tied to the fbis Hillary Clinton email probe, and it took so long. Could involve former fbi katie long has not been director james comey, one of the responding to questions about this process, so its left a lot president s loudest critics. Of people wondering. Evan perez joins me now with especially as the ukranian more. What more do we know about the timing of all of this . Government said they would launch an investigation into any well, erica, the fact is as illicit surveillance was you said, this is now more than happening on ukranian soil. Two years after this alleged so it was a significant event leak to the media that the fbi that he said that he is going to investigate it, look into it. Is now investigating this u. S. Attorneys office here in its clear that he has doubts washington has now spoken to some witnesses about it, and so about the veracity of these thats raising the question, at things, and i think there is some legitimacy to some of the least among some of the critics of the department, as to whether or not this is really about skepticism. As you know, lev parnas does not going after someone who, as you have a sterling reputation, either does the protrump said, has been a vocal critic of the president , james comey. Congressional candidate who is he was cleared in another the associate in this case. Investigation by the justice so there is a lot of questions department looking into whether about what type of surveillance this was, and the state he leaked classified Information Department is now saying theyll related to the russia look into it, but theyre coming investigation. From a place of skepticism right that ended last year. This is looking into some now. Well see what that finds. Classified information that had i think its important, too, though, as were looking at all to do with the clinton email investigation, and again, just of this, to really step back. The fact that this is happening because any diplomats overseas, two years after the fact is especially if youre in ukraine, whats raising some concern right, there is probably some sense that you need to know that about whats at play here. It is fascinating in all of youre being watched. You also expect to be protected it, and in terms of those by the state department. Concerns, i would imagine this will not be last time were so at the heart of this allegation is the fact that a talking about them either . U. S. Ambassador was allegedly right, exactly, and look, being surveilled and her safety was at risk. Comey is very vocal and out there raising questions about bill barr, the justice just put into context for us how department, raising questions concerning that could be or about the president , and so, should be. Well, it would be absolutely again, the idea that youd be concerning. Doing a leak investigation the state department has a again, we dont know whos the massive bureaucracy in place called the bureau of diplomatic target of this investigation, but certainly because comey security that is put in place played a role in all of this, just for this matter of making you can see thats where this is sure that our top diplomats who possibly going to go. Are posted around the world are well continue watching. I know you will, evan, thank not being spied upon, theyre not being tracked. You. President trump announcing his new legal team, and chances these people are ones who need are you will recognize some of their names and their faces. To represent the United States around the world with confidence and know that their personal safety is ensured and that their movements, and to some extent, their communications are secure and they can communicate back to washington, and they can deal with their interlocutors in a way that is safe. Especially in a country like ukraine which is a u. S. Ally, you would expect the u. S. Ambassador there to be in a safe place. So youre absolutely right, this is a strange scenario, a strange allegation. Thats why some people were looking for the department to immediately acknowledge that they would be looking into it. It took a little bit of time but now you have pompeo saying, yes, they are going to look into it. I also want to ask you about this. There is a new excerpt from your colleagues new book a very stable generius about the president. We learn of a meeting six months in to the president s term to try to rein him in, not to explain history about him but International Relations work from the role of the president on down. He reportedly responded to a lot of it by not only calling the assembled brass in the room losers, but said theyre, quote, a bunch of dopes and babies. So the advisers who called that meeting are gone. We know the president goes his own way. Hes demonstrated that again and again. There is increasingly less pushback within the administration. Whats fascinating to me, and im just wondering if youre learning anything from your reporting, is the fact were still not hearing more from f former officials. Im talking about people like Rex Tillerson, who are not running for office and have nothing to lose. Yet they were silent and some of them were concerned enough to put together this meeting. Thats a very interesting point. Youre absolutely right that there is this team, sort of Alumni Network of former i have moderate to severe pnow, theres skyrizi. Officials who clearly had grave things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free concerns and significant differences with the president on foreign policy. To bare my skin and the segment that you were just referring to, this tank yeah thats nothing on my skin meeting, was sort of a moment where those officials tried to nothing is everything. Get together and tried to impart their views on President Trump, and it totally backfired. The question of why arent they speaking up more right now, i think weve seen the president has very credibly enforced his motto, which is he always punches back. So even when there has been relatively restrained remarks from secretary former secretary of state Rex Tillerson about some of the concerns, some of the things he experienced while he was in government, trump has ferociohrociously sho at him, calling him dumb as a rock, and really criticized him in ways you would not normally expect of a former secretary of state. These are supposed to be elder statesmen at this point, yet theyre still getting in twitter feuds with the president of the United States. I think that has been some of the reason why youve seen a sort of quiet from former officials, his former chiefs of staff, his former secretary of state, why they havent been particularly vocal in their now private lives. Still fascinating, though, isnt it, jo . John hudson, appreciate your insight. Thank you. Thanks. It is still a few days from the president s impeachment trial and they are scrambling to make the most of it. Plus new details about the missile attack. 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