Members of the house and intelligence committees are going in a secure room to read it and here is what chairman schiff just said after emerging from that room . I found the allegations deeply disturbing. I also found them very credible. The complaint was very well written and certainly provides information for the committee to follow up with other witnesses and documents. I think that what this courageous individual has done has exposed serious wrongdoing. Schiff, of course, is the democratic chair of house intel and it is not just democrats now, republican senator ben sasse telling reporters after seeing it, republicans ought not be rushing to circle thing with wagons saying theres no there there when there is a lot troubling there. And remember, and it is important as we go through all of the layers of this that it was President Trumps pick, his appointed intelligence Inspector General who called the whistleblowers report urgent and credible, and now this firestorm is clearly weighi
This comes after the release of a rough transcript that shows mr. Trump pushed ukraines president to investigate joe biden, his possible 2020 poent. President trump denies he put pressure, slamming the impeachment inquiry as a hoax. Saying they have damming evidence of a shocking abuse of president ial power. We have a team of correspondents, experts and guests standing by as we cover this major breaking story. First, lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. A huge day in the presidency, we heard from the president just a little while ago as lawmakers are learning even more about his ukraine phone call. Reporter it was a critical day, wolf, but the president dodged questions and released a fog of Conspiracy Theory, the president offered no apologies from seeking help of the ukrainian president in trying to dig up dirt on joe biden. That was all of a sudden planned. Delivering a long and rambling defense of his phone call with the leader of ukraine, President Trump moc
Soon. On the other end of pennsylvania avenue im told the white house is ratcheting up their Rapid Response strategy. Our new nbc news team is reporting on the plan top advisers could present to the president this week with one source explaining to me why they think democrats might be vulnerable if the president sticks to the message they want. So far hes sticking it to democrats on twitter, suggesting chairman schiff should be arrested, demanding to meet his accuser as he put it, as the whistleblowers legal team sounds the alarm. What they are now saying about their clients safety. Weve got our team of reporters and experts standing by to break this down, along with the other top stories of the day. I want to start with jeff ben it on capitol hill and hands nichols holding it down at the white house. Thats actually kristen welker, my apologize. Jeff, let me start with you. Walk us through what we can expect to see. This is going to be a busy week with adam schiff suggesting that maybe
Path today. The New York Times reports on the development this way, secretary of state mike pompeo threw up the first potential roadblock when he told lawmakers in a letter Tuesday Morning that a demand from three house committees for american diplomats to sit for depositions this week amounted to an act of intimidation and did not allow enough time for the state department to properly respond. Its important to remember, and more than a little ironic, that mike pompeo rose to some prominence in rightwing gop circles in part out of his questioning of Hillary Clinton in the benghazi investigation. Of course, Hillary Clinton subjecting herself to questions from the body in which pompeo once served. A move that pompeo today describes as intimidation. Team trumps capacity for hypocrisy is limitless, but pompeo is also turning to stonewalling congress after he chose to play dumb about the substance of the whistleblower complaint in a round of sunday show interviews. Watch. The wall street jo
So protecting yourself isnt a one time job, its an ongoing need. Now is the time to make sure that you have the right plan in place. Dont wait. [announcer] norton 360 with lifelock. Use promo code get25 to save 25 off your first year and get a free shredder with annual membership. Call now to start your membership or visit lifelock. Com tv this is a special edition of cnn tonight. All the president s men and an in depth look at the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. Im don lemon. Were going to begin with the breaking news. The New York Times saying a second official is ready to file a whistleblower complaint. That report coming hours after House Democrats issued a subpoena to the white house for documents related to the ukraine scandal. Separately, democrats sent a request today to mike pence, the Vice President , for ukraine documents within the next ten days. Were learning more tonight about the extent of Rudy Giulianis role. Was he carrying out a shadow Foreign Policy