yesterday afternoon. and then said this last night. sometimes you have to let them fight. like kids in a lot you got to let them fight and then you pull them apart. without a little tough love they would have never made this deal. let s get the view from the ground. joining me right now is cnn senior international correspondent nick peyton walsh. sints cease fire was declared what is rapping there right now really? well, in the morning people would hear shell fire and guns in the town of raies a alain a border town. fought over between the truck and kurds. we have seen pictures from a nearby hospital what doctors say are dead and wounded from a turkish air strike. we can t verify that independently but the pictures gave a lot of substance. the really issue here is i should say turkey said that that s disinformation. the issue is whether or not an attack like that would constitute a violation of a cease fire that s been so very badly explained.
legal team, attorneys, were baffled by mulvaney s performance, stunned he explicitly linked the decision to suspend aid to ukraine to the president s desire to see ukraine conduct politically advantageous investigations. ours sources tell cnn that white house aides and lawyers prepared mulvaney to go out and take the podium in the briefing room but prepared him more to focus on the white house announcement yesterday that next year s g-7 summits is held at the president s property in doral, florida. they were not necessarily preparing him to make some sort of big rechlgs about the ukraine scandal, which is part of why there was such a swift reaction inside the white house to the president s words. for example, jay sekulow, the president s lawyer came out with a statement quickly distancing the legal team from what mulvaney said. and then within hours the acting chief of staff was working with press officers to release a cleanup statement which tried to argue that mulvaney hadn t said ex
corruption investigation that don t involve political opponents. you know, we would have to look. we would have to look. we have no idea. and then there is this. the dnc server conspiracy theory. not only has there been no truth behind it, it s been did he bunked by the president s own former homeland security adviser. the dnc server and that conspiracy theory has got to go. it s not only a conspiracy theory it s completely debunked. where does the white house go from here? let s find out. cnn sarah westwood. manu raju on capitol hill. sarah first to you what are you hearing today. well, kate, lots of folks unhappy after mulvaney s performance yesterday. and one is president trump himself. although a source tells aren t cnn is more upset about the way the media covered this saying that he believes the press intentionally misrepresented what mulvaney said. . that s the president s sentiments behind closed doors. but white house airds and the
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zbloop the president gets to run the white house the way he wants to. he s got trusted advisers that some are on the u.s. payroll and some not. and so, yeah he he should have wide latitude as to how he gets his advice. we ll see, kate if more and more republicans stick with the president or break from the president, because as you know, there are several more witnesses, a number of more witnesses coming before the house impeachment committees and more revelations certain to come. kate. that s for sure. thank you, manu. sarah thanks so much really appreciate it. joining me right now right now is dab dana bash. cnn legal analyst and former attorney general. great to see you guys. anne, start with mulvaney and what he said in the briefing room with regard to ukraine and aid. this whole get over it, saying it out in the open, the line from him, is that forget like in a court of law. is it a credible defense here?