Transcripts For CNNW Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20191029

Takes a direct swipe at joe grandmother and his mother died in ukraine brought them to the biden with kushner claiming he spent years, quote, cleaning up United States and they were poor and they had 750 in their the messes biden left. Pocket and all of a sudden he and resort rejection. Winds up Lieutenant Colonel as does his twin brother going to the kim jongun regime turns down south korea offer of facetoface talks on how to fix harvard and spends 20 years in the military, was wounded during up a dilapidated north korea his service in iraq. Resort whose condition outraged look, what theyre trying to the dictator. And tonight a new threat from do is despicable. The regime to the u. S. Warning but it is also desperate. I think when you have no of imminent hostilities unless argument on your side, no logic, there is progress installed in no justice, then you try to shoot the messenger. Denuclearization talks. This happens to be a pretty im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Unimpeachable messenger but that is the only option so theyve chosen to go this way. Announcer this is cnn that is why i want to be public breaking news. Were following breaking hearings so people could hear news. The true patriots like the House Democrats have just colonel tell the truth about the released the text of the resolution detailing the next corruption of this president. Steps in the impeachment inquiry that is what we all need to hear as it moves into the open from so we could all make up our minds. Lets talk politics while i behind closed doors. A vote on that is expected have. We dont have a lot of time. Thursday. But our new cnn New Hampshire this hour testimony by the top poll has you down together with white house ukraine expert Kamala Harris at 3 and andrew continues. Alexander vindman telling lawmakers he was so concerned yang at 5 and Bernie Sanders is and worried by what he heard at 21 and Elizabeth Warren 18 during President Trumps call with ukraines president that he and joe biden 15 . Sounded the alarm and told a youve spent more in televised advertising for your campaign, superior. Well talk about the breaking news and much more with 35 million, compared to the congressman Sean Patrick Maloney approximately 6 million for the of the Intelligence Committee other candidates combined. So what is going on . And our correspondents are standing by. Look, im not a famous first straight to capitol hill. Person. Our senior congressional i have a very specific thing to correspondent manu raju is there say, wolf. Which im trying to get across for us. What are you learning about to people and when they hear it, i think they respond. First of all how democrats plan what im saying simply is to conduct this next phase of this the American Government the impeachment proceedings . Has failed and been bought by corporations if we get any of reporter well, democrats are the policies we want, well have prepared to move to the open phase of the impeachment inquiry to break this corporate in just a matter of weeks. Strangleholdnited and will move this week to vote on a resolution spelling out the states. And if we get that done, then procedures for some of the next well get all of the things we steps as part of the resolution. Want. But we have to ask yourse beati it will allow Staff Members of the committee to question individuals for 45 minutes apiece on each side and then and ive been pushing as i did after this moves from the house in impeachment to push the power Intelligence Committee and in down to the people to restore open session and then move to the House Judiciary Committee democracy of by and for the which could collect the evidence people. Youve qualified for the next the Intelligence Committee is conducting now behind closed debate in georgia. That is in a couple of weeks. Doors and when it moves into what is your game plan in trying open session in the house to make your point that youre Judiciary Committee the white more qualified to be president than the other Democratic House would have an would have an opportunity to proceed candidates . Well, wolf. Im different from the other candidates. Tell us why. And they could be removed by im an outsider and i worked full time in politicals to take on the corporations and beat jerry nadler if they dont them and push power to the comply with the request for information and so far the White American people. House has not done that and virtually everybody else in this still requests for witness race is a washington insider. Interviews to come in privately. So if you believe which i including brian mccormick, were think most americans absolutely learning that this office of know that corporations have bought this government and management and budget official Climate Change is a perfect at the white house has been example, that if were going to requested for an interview. Get change well have to beat the corporations and focus on this individual served as the chief of staff at the department that first and if we do that, of energy and the energy were going to get everything we department has been in the thick want. Well get health care as a of this investigation because right, the education our kids rick perry the Energy Secretary deserve, living wage, clean air had been involved in some of the clean water and well get it discussions with the president all. But right now the corporations are preventing it and were of ukraine, zelensky, and going to have to beat them and involved in discussion at the focus on that first in order to get everything else. White house about why ukrainian we i aid had been withheld and also about a meeting that the ukrainian officials sought in good luck out there on the campaign trail. Wolf, it is nice to see you. Washington at a time when the president himself and the coming up, democrats finally president s top attorney was release the resolution setting pushing for an investigation and up theeangs announcement of an investigation and the evidence as they move into the president s political toward impeaching the president rivals so this investigation still happening now privately of the United States. Will any republicans agree . But soon well see that more open session and then this vote plus did the testimony end to formalize this process in a shouting match as lawmakers happening just by thursday and question the latest impeachment witness. Expect that to come down on when it comes to using data, party lines as republicans are calling their attacking this resolution and most democrats are expected to vote for it. And the next open session will be televised and well all be able to watch it unfold. Meanwhile, a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Army Active Duty Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman has been testifying as you point out today all day. What are you learning about the shouting match that erupted during his deposition . Reporter yeah, he was testifying about his concerns that he had about the phone call that the president had with president zelensky of ukraine and concerns about the push for investigations into the political rivals and worried it could undermine National Security and he reported concerns to the top attorney, the National Security council on several occasions but republicans during one line of questioning im told raised a lot of questions about people that he had spoken with during his time over while all of this these controversies were unfolding and wanted to know if he spoke with adam schiff, the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee and he objected to that Lindsey Graham of question because democrats contend this is all an effort to out the whistleblower whose complaint spawned this impeachment inquiry from the get go and targeted by the president and his allies alike. Jim jordan the Top Republican on the House Oversight committee came out and i asked him if this is part of an effort to go after the whistleblower and he denied it. We want to know who this individual may have communicated with. Thats important information. Kachd adam schiff continues to talk about the whistleblower. And by the way, hes the only one that knows who the individual is. Were just trying to get information that were entitled to do you want to know who the whistleblower is. I the American People want to know. And i want to get to the truth. Our counsel asking questions and adam schiff tells the witness not to answer our questions it ridiculous and why this should be in public. Reporter and things got so heated that mark meadows the republican from North Carolina got into a shouting match were told are eric swalwell, a democrat who sitting on the house Intelligence Committee. And i had a chance to ask the speaker of the house nancy pelosi about this controversy afterwards and she also went after the republicans. The whistleblower is an unpay re an unpatriotic action and the public knows that. Reporter and, wolf, this proceeding is starting to adam schiff the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee walking by, well mr. Schiff, are republicaning tries to out the whistleblower. We have a bill on the floor that i have to make sure i whip so i will talk to you later. Reporter declining to comment there. Trying to ask him questions about what the process and prospects of what is going on through the course of the day. He has not commented during the course of the proceeding. He declined to comment right there too. But he has been faced with criticism from republicans for shutting down that line of questioning about the whistleblower, about what he believed was an effort to out the whistleblower. Republicans say he was not the case but nevertheless this is colored todays closeddoor proceedings with the top witness who is raising concerns about what happened here and also said himself he doesnt know who the whistleblower is. Good try manu with congressman schiff. Thank you very much. Well get back to you. To the white house now or White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez is on the scene. Boris, President Trump is clearly not happy about this First White House official testifying in the impeachment everyone is different. Inquiry. Reporter right, wolf. Which is why Xfinity Mobile is a different kind of wireless President Trump going after network that lets you design your own data. Alexander vindman as we expected with a familiar attack choose unlimited, shared data, suggesting that the Lieutenant Colonel is trying to undermine or mix lines of each and switch any line, anytime. The president s foreign policy. Meantime his soninlaw jared giving you more choice and control kushner someone who doesnt frequently get involved in compared to other top wireless carriers. Political fights or verbal attacks is now getting into it save up to 400 a year when you switch. With joe biden. Plus, get 50 off when you buy any new lg phone. Tonight President Trump attempting to discredit the first Current White House Xfinity Mobile. Click, call or visit a store today. Official to appear as a witness before the house impeachment inquiry. The president labelling iraq war veteran and purple heart recipie recipient Alexander Vindman as a never trumper witness on twitter as he was sent to testify. Trump claiming he doesnt know vindman, one of the top ukraine experts on his own National Security council writing why are people ive never heard of testifying about the call. Well some republican commentators questioned vindmans patriotism because he was born in ukraine and emigrated to the United States as a 3yearold, others quickly dismiss that line of criticism. Im not going to question the patriotism of any of the people were following breaking who are coming forward. News up on capitol hill. House democrats this afternoon im not going to comment on the released the text of the merits of what is Going Forward. Resolution spelling out the were talking about decorated rules for Going Forward with veterans who have served this nation. Who have put their lives on the impeaching President Trump. Lets bring in our political and line and it is shameful to question their patriotism, their love of this nation and we legal experts to discuss. Dana walk us through the new should not be involved in that house rules, weve read the process. Reporter in a rare interview resolution, what is most tonight, the president s significant. First of all it is soninlaw Jared Kushner tells significant that there is this resolution, that they are israeli tv that the democrats setting out the rules of the are playing silly games when it road how the process is going to comes to impeachment. Go forward. Kushner also taking exception to that is news in and of itself. But what is in it, the content comments from 2020 contender joe is interesting in that it is biden who told 60 minutes this going to be the intelligence weekend that having trump family members in the administration is committee, led by adam schiff improper. What is improper about that . The democrat who will lead the it is just simply improper public hearings but it does lay because you should make it clear to the American Public that out some olive branches but some everything that youre doing is for them. Attempts to try to squash the for them. Hes entitled to his opinion republican calls for saying that but a lot of the work that the this is unfair and that there president has had me doing over the last three years has been cleaning up the messes that vice arent there isnt equal time President Biden left behind. By saying that republicans will, reporter tonight the president celebrating another just like during the clinton impeachment process, be able to blow to isis via twitter call their own witnesses, if announcing the death of isis they want. But but if the chairman spokesperson abu hassan who was seen as a possible placement to disagrees, there could be a vote for the whole committee that is Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi but questions remain about the trump a partisan vote generally. Claim of how the death of the it is not unlike the clinton isis leader went down. He died after running into a impeachment. And what i thought was interesting is you know how many dead end tunnel whimpering and times were sitting and watching crying and screaming all the congressional hearings and getting frustrated because each way. Reporter top pentagon Officials Say they were not member gets five minutes and sometimes they dont ask a question and there is no aware of how the president knew the details but would not followup. Theyre going to try to avoid publicly dispute his version. Saying that perhaps he had that by having 45 minute chunks spoken directly to teams on the by the democrats and the ground. Officials with knowledge of the republicans and the ability to allow staff to ask questions and president s speech announcing al we have seen that sometimes the baghdadis death say trumps staff is maybe better prepared speech did not resemble the remarks prepared for him. And more able to get the and, wolf, we did not get a chance to ask the president information out of the about the details that he shared witnesses might be more informative tv and well have hours and days regarding al Baghdadi Death and days of Live Television today. No Public Events on the schedule but he is scheduled to attend a coverage in contrast to the last fundraiser at his hotel in few weeks. Washington, d. C. Tonight. Sabrina, lets talk about the republican reaction from the Boris Sanchez at the white house. More on this. Sean Patrick Maloney of new york resolution, Steve Scalise slamming the democrats for is joining, a member of the Intelligence Committee. Holding what he calls sovietstyle hearings. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Do you think the republicans let me get your immediate will continue to go after the reaction to the breaking news. Process of what is going on as as you know, democrats have just posed to dealing with the released a list of formal substance . Well i think the short answer is yes. In fact, the white house just procedures for the impeachment proceedings and the full house put out a statement slamming the will vote on them later this week were told thursday. Are you satisfied with the new text of the resolution as ground rules that were laid out reaffirming that this is a sham in this document . Yes. Process. Even though, guess what, there i think it is an appropriate are in fact republicans who sit next step. On the committees that have been it is more than justified by the facts and the evidence that have overseeing the depositions and they could be questioning the been developed to date. Witnesses behind closed doors if they so choose. And it addresses a number of in fact some of the republicans procedural issues including due who stormed that secure area process for the president and last week known as the scif to other things that the try and protest at least one of republicans have been asking for the depositions, they were in so they should welcome it and fact on the committee and they will put all of this before the could have accessed that area any way. American public when is but it goes back to what weve appropriate. And you were in lieutenant talked about several times over the course of the past few weeks, republicans cant defend colonel Alexander Vindmans the president on the substance impeachment deposition. So they go after the process and i know there are restrictions on weve heard them saying this is all hearsay to then being in a what you could tell us but you position where they couldnt could share any new information. Dismiss it as hearsay because im not going to comment on the substance of the testimony. People with firsthand accounts i will say that i hope that people understand this is a are testifying on capitol hill. Theyve now tried to say well it decorated army colonel who doesnt amount to a quid pro earned the purple heart and in quo. I think the latest line from an ied attack in iraq. Senate republicans is well were jurors in this process. This is someone who served his so we cant comment because were going to be part of the country honorably and who has stepped up to give testimony trial. That is going to very much be even though that comes at some risk to himself and we are very tested when this all becomes public and it is harder for grateful for hisec republicans to ignore the entire knowledge of the phone call between President Trump and substance of this inquiry when president zelensky, he was on you have witnesses coming the call and so obviously it is very important testimony and forward to the public with very were glad he was here. Damning allegations against the and as you point out, he was president. All of us have read the the First White House official actually on the july 25th phone Opening Statement by Lieutenant Colonel vindman and he was one conversation with president of the white house officials on the National Security council zelensky. Hes the first one to appear and and an active duty lieutenant testify before your committees. Colonel in the u. S. Army who was was he able to tell you whether on the controversial july 25th phone conversation between the or not the rough transcript that was released by the white house president and the ukrainian was accurate and complete . President but what jumped out at look, wolf, i am constrained me is before that call, in what i can say about his susan, ill read the statement. Testimony. What i can tell you is that the in the spring of 2019 i became president himself has touted the aware of outside influencers call memorandum as being a promoting a false narrative of perfect reflection of the call. He just seems not to get that it ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the incriminates him. Interagency. So i dont think the call memo how significant is his statement is in serious dispute. Today . It is significant because i think it demonstrates that both so without commenting on on that call before and after the president was not just vindmans testimony let me say there is no question that the pursuing an anticorruption call memorandum actually agenda on ukraine. Reflects what took place. What the president was doing was it is worth noting, however, putting his political interests over the National Security interests of the United States that colonel vindman is a legacy and his own staff was alarmed by ukrainian speaker and he does it at the time. And so that is going that is speak ukrainian and had direct knowledge of the call and that fundamentally significant and in is very valuable witness part because we dont give military aid to ukraine out of testimony. The goodness of our hearts. Because President Trump zelensky i take it was speaking we do it because it advances in ukrainian or russian and important strategic regional interests for the United States. Colonel vindman, he speaks both and so it is significant to see of those languages. The president s own staff saying did he say the translation was they were alarmed at the time. Accurate . Again, wolf, youre asking me keep in mind witnesses that have come forward at this point have to comment on specific told a remarkably consistent testimony. Which im not permitted to do. Story about this. A story that involves abuse of some of the president s allies have now publicly power and involves the president attacked the character, question placing hit own political the patriotism of lieutenant interests over the interest of colonel vindman. After watching him testify today the country and what is significant about the statement and you watched him for hours, is that it doesnt line up with what is your response to those Gordon Sondlands testimony. Attacks . Vindman said he warned gordon well, it is disgusting and it sondland or confronted him but is certainly a sign of desperation that they cant deal with the substance, their fiona hill also confronted him. Gordon sondland testified that process arguments are now mooted he nobody ever raised concerns with him. And they have very little to so this is also going to provide say. They strike me as people who are a reason for the house to desperate to find something or potentially bring sondland back anything to undermine this persons testimony. In and see if they could get him but youre going to have to ask to tell a fuller story about them why they would choose to what happened and potentially about his communications with use their time to try to the president on the subject as undermine a decorated army well. Bianna, what is sickening and colonel who is wounded in very, very disturbing is that vietnam and given his life in service to this country. Some of the president s supporters and some republicans that does not Say Something very and others have started to good about my conservative attack Lieutenant Colonel vindman even questioning his colleagues who have been engaged in that effort and their allies patriotism, his loyalty to the United States, he and his on fox news. Did they try to discredit him family, his twin brother they were only 3 years old when his during the course of the dad and grandmother brought them questioning . Again, im not going to comment on any specific to the United States. They were from the former soviet testimony except to tell you union, ukraine was then part of that you should ask them. The soviet union and they came why those statements that are in to the United States and had an opportunity to build a new life the Public Domain are out there and he went into the military and why this effort is underway. And he served 20 years and was it is to me a clear sign that wounded, still has shrapnel in the facts are killing them. His body from his service in that they are doing iraq and now they are everything look at what is questioning whether hes loyal going on. To the United States or may have theyre doing everything to talk to avoid talking about the substance. Whatever they could talk about. Dual loyalty. This is about as process, character assassination antiamerican as one could get. This is a bit personal given of a good chairman adam schiff or whatever else they could do except deal with the facts and that i like Lieutenant Colonel vindman came to the united the evidence. Which are going to be laid before the American Public soon. States as a political refugee from the former soviet union and i was 2 years old. Congressman sean patrick one thing we share in common is maloney, thank you so much for joining us. My pleasure. That we have extremely brave and well have more on the patriotic parents who moved breaking news. Democrats take another step mountains to uproot their lives and leave everything behind to move to this country where they forward toward impeachment. And well get reaction from tom could get freedom and religious steyer here in the situation freedom and speak truth to power room, a very early proponent of and become what they wanted their children to be in this impeachment and discuss with him . And later, a first warning of country and that is free and extreme conditions as another that is someone to honor the burst of winds could make californias wildfires even u. S. Flag. They sustained multiple jobs and worse. Memory loss related to aging . Has to learn a new language prevagen is the number one pharmacistrecommended here. Where i different from the memory support brand. Lieutenant colonel is that he is a hero. He chose to serve his country. 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Pyongyang insisting on discussing the matter in writing. Analysts say this is likely posturing, but that kim is also probably feeling some real financial strain. And theyre getting im not saying desperate, but theyre getting worried about it. I think kim and his government is under huge Financial Stress from these sanctions. Reporter kim visited Mount Kumgang last week and blistered the place for its state of diss repair comparing it to a refugee camp. It was once a resort, a joint effort between north korea and south korea, until 2008 when a person was shot and killed. South korea banned citizens from coming there. Kim is demanding south korea come in and tear down Old Buildings it con strused at the resort. Experts say kim can complain about the South Koreans all he wants, but he needs them if the resort is going to get its shine back. The market for Mount Kumgang is almost exclusively south korean. If south korean tourists are not going there it will be hard to operate it as a resort. Maybe wealthy North Koreans, they tried to bring in chinese, but basically to make it work you need South Koreans. Reporter the Supreme Leader is also exasperated over his diplomatic impasse with President Trump. Kim jongun just issued a statement saying it would be a mistake for the u. S. To ignore a deadline north korea has imposed for Real Progress on a Nuclear Weapons deal to be made by years end. This is how they pos fur. This is how they sort of put something in place saying you need to do more, give us more than you are giving us. You need to show a little more flexibility. This is their playbook. Theyve brn doing it for years. We know that. Reporter the new north korean statement telling it is from kim young chul, the former intelligence chief considered kim jonguns hinchman and enforcer. What could the North Koreans realistically do if the chum team doesnt meet the yearend deadline . If they feel they want to continue to push, they could do some things. They could launch a rocket and put a satellite in orbit. Reporter tonight analysts are worried about north korea going beyond that and playing real hardball after their deadline passes, possibly Testing Nuclear bombs and longrange missiles again. That might bring tougher sanctions on north korea and it could bring each side back to military threats, the socalled fire and fury days. Wolf. Brian, what does it mean that north korea had this hardliner, the former intelligence chief, issuing that statement of warning to the United States . Reporter it means the North Koreans could be ready to get very tough in the negotiations. Wolf, that former intelligence chief, kim yongchol is known not only for his ruthless any, he has south korean blood on his hands, but he has a reputation as an inyourface negotiator. 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