A white house official as well as a serving member of the u. S. Military told house investigators that he waves a red flag immediately after hearing the president s july 25th call with ukraines president and said the white house edited part of the transcript of that call. The white house said repeatedly that transcript perfectly described. Meanwhile, congress is preparing for tomorrows Impeachment Vote in the house. This will set up plan, rules for carrying out the inquiry and to do so in full view of the public. We begin with Senior Correspondent manu raju. He is live on capitol hill. So two more witnesses here were not in the room. We do have some indications as to what they are going to say in this testimony . Reporter yeah, we have obtained their Opening Statements. They made clear there were concerns raised in the white house about the role that Rudy Guiliani played. Thats been a consistent theme throughout this testimony that weve heard from these witnesses behind closed doors, b
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
Eastern. Her initial reaction to what we saw today . Very interesting. I talked to three Senior Republicans who all said they had been a little on edge going into today about how all this would turn out. This republicans around the house leadership are downright giddy. You have Top Democrats griping about what happened and one senior democratic aide saying they have no bombshells. Thats on their party to prove to the American People actually have something here. To be sure, democrats were happy that they got bill taylor, one of their big witnesses to reveal some information today. But even that big reveal, that one of his aides overheard a phone conversation in which President Trump was more personally involved in making sure there were investigations in exchange for aid . That was basically firsthand. But democrats were specifically deflated by republican jim jordan declaring that some of the text traffic on this with six different people having four different conversations that were
Theyre back. Welcome to the world series. Welcome in to early start. Im Christine Romans im dave briggs, 4 00 a. M. In new york. 11 00 a. M. On the turkish border. First, the House Democrats begin seth up their formal public impeachment process starting with the debate this afternoon. The panel will discuss the resolution of the vote and steps. The vote will mark the first time each House Democrat will have to go on record on the attempt to oust the president. More now from lauren fox on capitol hill. Welsh dave and christine, democrats unveiled their new resolution. What it does is sets up the rules for the next step of the impeachment. The Intelligence Committee will have a report theyll send over. What it does is gives republicans an opportunity to request testimony and documents from individuals. Of course, they have to do that with consultation from the democratic chairman, and if theres a disagreement, there will be a full committee vote. Of course, republicans are arguing that g
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on what could be one of the most important witnesses yet in the impeachment investigation. Sources tell cnn that House Democrats have invited former National Security adviser john bolton to testify behind closed doors next week. The impeachment probe is moving at a rapid pace tonight, with growing evidence against the president , just hours before the full house votes on formalizing the investigation. Also breaking, a new fire in Southern California forces about 26,000 people to evacuate the blaze, fanned by hurricaneforce wind gusts. At one point, the reagan president ial library was completely surrounded by flames. Ill talk with House Intelligence Committee member, mike quigley. And New York Times columnist, tom friedman. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to our congressional correspondent, sunlen serfaty. Sunlen, the impeachment witness list keeps growing and growing and democrat