is america s global standing hanging in the balance? as this is all happening is the white house pulling stunts to keep americans from noticing. we ll fo through some of the moves this week. and tell you if it is news or not. plus democratic anxiety. do 2020 candidates have what it takes on trump in messages and how they re drifring it? katy hill is facing an ethics investigation after affair allegations surface. we ll start with our breaking news. sources telling us a white house official expected to back up key parts of the damming testimony we heard from the top diplomat in ukraine earlier this week. joining me now. good evening to all of you. elliot, you first. a top russia and europe adviser on the national security counsel set to testify next week. if he krot corroborates taylors
all the president s men. with problems. his acting chief of staff could be on the way out. secretary of state facing questions about whether his reputation has been ruined by their dealings in ukraine. and there s more. the former defense secretary cohen is warning world leaders are telling him they quote no longer trust the united states. is america s global standing hanging in the balance? as this is all happening is the white house pulling stunts to keep americans from noticing. we ll go through some of the moves this week. and tell you if it is news or not. plus democratic anxiety. do 2020 candidates have what it takes on trump in messages and how they re delivering it? katy hill is facing an ethics investigation after affair allegations surface. we ll start with our breaking news. sources telling us a white house official expected to back up key parts of the damming testimony we heard from the top diplomat
prosecutors aren t putting this out there to be salacious. they are trying to make a case to the judge they should be allowed to include these allegations in this the case they re making against hunter in the september trial. hunter has pleaded not guilty to the charges. and we ve reached out for comments on the affair allegations. as we wait for comment this season the about hunter, this is about his wife, right? his wife was facing federal th chas, recently changed her plea to guilty. that was the big development this week her wife changed her plea from guilty to not guilty. spending thousands of dollars on a trip to italy. and large bar tabs in d.c. when she changed her plea last month, that was a stunner, it meant she was cooperating with prosecutors, could be helping to build a case against her husband, it was also significant because initially hunter had
deposition that it never happen, and all of a sudden, comes forward with the story, it doesn t deserve to be dignified by being broadcast. sean: tell the drudge rept had to drop today about this 1998 op ed dismissed claims against clinton, writing, publicly humiliating anyone for consensual adultery is draconian and wrong. i guess that is strange, too. abc s very own clinton sycophant george stephanopoulos once threatened to end a person s career if they dared to go public with clinton s affair allegations. take a look at this. i can send you names, addresses, phone numbers, a view had an affair with. it wouldn t make it true. it is completely [bleep], if you want on the radio and said that bill clinton is the father of an illegitimate black child, you would be laughed at. i guarantee you, if you do this, you ll never work in politics again. maybe you don t want to. t
i wouldn t want it done to me. reporter: the white house has denied the accusations. the president recently acknowledged his role as first lady, and has put her in an enviable position. you think her life is so easy, folks? not so easy. reporter: still, melania trump is doing her best to make it look easy, tweeting a photo of herself and president trump smiling together at the white house. even showing a rare public display of affection after tripping on the south lawn, and pressing forward with her agenda to tackle cyberbullying despite the critics. i m well aware that people are skeptical of me discussing this topic, but it will not stop me from doing what i know is right. reporter: the first lady has so far remained completely silent on all the affair allegations, and former white house communications director, anthony scaramucci says melania doesn t believe all the women. she is a wonderful person.