The impeachment trial of the president of the United States. Former democratic senator Russ Finegold will tell us what it was like to sit in judgment of a member of his own Party President bill clinton. At the end of this hour hell tell us how he balanced partisan pressure against his sworn duty as a juror in a president ial impeachment trial. We begin tonight with the increasing pace of witnesses testifying to the impeachment inquiry as more witnesses get added to the deposition schedule every day. John bolton will not testify voluntarily. Thats what his lawyer said today in response to a letter from the house impeachment investigative committees requesting john boltons voluntary appearance of the deposition next thursday, november 7th, at 9 30 a. M. John boltons lawyer, charles cooper, told nbc news, quote, bolton is not willing to appear voluntarily. And then the lawyer added, i stand ready at all times to accept service of a subpoena on his behalf. But that same attorney, charles c
The incumbent republican got support from mike pence. He said the polls are not neck and neck as predicted, he said in a few hours were going to see the governor run away with this election. I dont think this is going to be a very drawnout process. I think this is going to be known pretty quickly. I think youre going to know, frankly, even before polls close in the west because you can expect that the west is going to roll in big for us. The challenger, democrat andbeshear calls bevin unhinged and says he has been too divisive in his first four years. The last four years of matt bevin, hes created an usversusthem every day but as kentuckians we have more in common than would ever divide us. Beshear tried to keep this campaign local. Bevin says since hes the only incumbent republican governor up for election of course this race is a proxy for all Things National politics. Neil. Neil Jonathan Serrie in mississippi where the g. O. P. Is facing a tough fight on what could be and should be
The president. We are glad you are with us, i am poppy harlow. I am jim sciutto. Veterans diplomat detailing what they knew. Meeting with the u. S. President as well. The biggest bomb shell came right at the beginning from the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine testified but sprooied of an un call by President Trump. That investigation into joe biden was never initiated by ukraine despite the president s demand. Whatever we learn is just the beginning. We have a look at todays most extraordinary. The impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Reporter the hearing was dropped early by the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor. I heard President Trump askias asking sondland about the investigation. Sondland told President Trump ukrainians were ready to move forward. Following the call, members of my staff asked what President Trump thought about ukraine. Mr. Sondland responded that President Trump cares more of the investigation of biden with Rudy
With the president. Sara murray is covering all these hearings today. More than six hours. It was very dramatic. It was very dramatic, wolf, including new details what President Trump actually cared about when it came to ukraine as the American Public gets a first real look at impeachment proceedings and all the partisan posturing that comes along with it. Into the impeachment inquiry of donald j. Trump president of the United States. Reporter in the first day of the impeachment hearings, a witness delivered a bombshell about opening investigations that could boost his reelection effort. Bill taylor recounted a conversation about Gordon Sondland on july 2006th and spoke to president zelensky and pressed the ukrainians to investigate the biden family. A member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. Mr. Sondland told President Trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. Following the call with President Trump, a membe
Atlanta, youre memorizing everything every democratic candidate has said about every issue, right, for wednesday night . Uhhuh. And you get hit a little around 8 00 with 403 pages of deposition transcript. Easy week, rachel, right . Nice easy week. And the Paul Erickson plea stuff all came in today, and theres the roger stone stuff to digest, and theres the stuff that came in over the weekend, right . We got the williams and morrison stuff over the weekend, plus we got new public witnesses. This is drink from a fire hose time in american news, and its our jobs to do it, and its fine. And we have cardiologists on tv wondering why we havent seen the president since saturday afternoon. But this is where we are. Rachel, go back to your homework, get some rest. Were going to be watching wednesday night, and of course well be watching you tomorrow night, too. Thanks, dear. Thank you, rachel. I remember it vividly. Ive never seen anything like this. Thats what david holmes said under oath on