Its wednesday october 2nd. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. Congressional sources well nbc news that the state departments Inspector General has asked to hold an urgent briefing from staffers from several house Senate Committees today. It comes as secretary of state mike pompeo resists efforts by House Democrats to interview five current or former state Department Officials as part of their impeachment inquiry centering on a scandal. Writing i am concerned with aspects of your request that can be understood only to attempt to intimidate bully the distinguished part professionals of the department of state. He went on, let me be clear, i will not tolerate such tactics and i will use all means at my disposal to prevent and expose any attempts to intimidate the dedicated professionals. And nbc news confirmed monday that the secretary of state was on that call, in his letter, pompeo acknowledged that he had received the subpoena and would respond by friday. Meanwhile, the c
Closed testimony very soon. Have you reached an agreement with the whistleblower and his or her attorneys providing the information firsthand . Yes, we have. And as director magire promised during the hearing, that whistleblower will be allowed to come in and come in without a minder from the Justice Department or from the white house. Democrats have laid out a timeline of testimony from some of the Major Players in the ukraine whistleblower controversy. Here you see it. Five Senior State Department officials are scheduled to give depositions before the house in the next two weeks. There is no republican support as of yet for impeachment to date. The president s personal attorney, though, Rudy Giuliani was telegraphing an unwillingness from republicans to work with democrats. I wouldnt cooperate with adam schiff. I think adam schiff should be removed. If they wutput a neutral person, if i had a judge in a case and he announced im going to impeach and went ahead and did a whole false ep
Good morning. Its 7 00 in the east, 4 00 a. M. Out west, theres a lot to tell you about. From the report about a new potential whistleblower to a subpoena for the white house, to what trump told a republican senator about ukraine aid. And the president firing back at democrats. When adam schiff made it up, you talk about pinocchio, that should get ten pinocchios. Adam schiff. We dont call him shifty schiff for nothing. Adam schiff made up my words. Adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. The impeachment inquiry turning to Vice President mike pence. A new take on which key player is the most vulnerable. Plus the andrew yang surge. Why his name is coming up regarding the november debate. And new this morning, there is new reporting of what could become a major piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry. The New York Times reporting that a Second Intelligence official is considering whether to file a whistleblower complaint about the president seeking foreign help
Were elected to uphold. Our democracy, our constitution and in which it is our job as members of congress to point out when a president has abused his power. And thats what this is about. I want to go back. This is congressman swalwell. Leverage for taxpayer dollars for impeachment. Reporter abuse of power . Obstruction of congress or more than that . Were looking at that now. The first hearing tomorrow morning with constitutional scholars essentially looking at the evidence and go through exactly what it is and what it means to our constitution and most importantly to our National Security. Reporter you havent made a decision whether or not the president should be impeached . No. Its important we reserve judgment at that report, its powerful, overwhelming evidence. Again, one of the largest investigations ever in america that wee relied on fewest amount of documents. 12 individuals we asked to come in, refused to do so yet because of the courage of ambassadors and department of defens
Asked to testify. You know, john wasnt in line with what we were doing. Plus new reporting on the origins of trumps quid pro quo with ukraine, and why even republicans are raising alarms at the trump scheme to install an antiimmigrant hard liner at dhs. You and mr. Trump dont want anyone who looks or talks differently than caucasian americans to be allowed into this country. Thats false. Im sorry, please dont interrupt me. When all in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The impeachment of president donald j. Trump is taking another major step forward today. The House Rules Committee is preparing vote on a resolution laying out the procedures for the next big steps in the inquiry including public hearings. They are literally convening right now to do that as we speak. The full house is then expected to vote on the resolution tomorrow. Legislators have already heard dossens of hours of private testimony that continues to be more and more damning for the president. We