I think it clears things up a lot more than they were before. You know, the president was saying no quid pro quo. I will give the guy the benefit of the doubt. I was hearing all the testimony at the impeachment hearings and come to find out, there was a clear quid pro quo admitted to by his chief of staff. Jon Mark Meredith has the latest from the white house. Mark . Good evening, jon. The president has repeatedly lashed out at House Democrats for their work on an impeachment inquiry, but this weekend the white house remains in damage control mode after some comments the acting chief of staff made on thursday. It was during a News Conference on thursday that the acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said one of the reasons the u. S. Delayed sending foreign aid money to ukraine was because the president wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 u. S. Election. Heres what mulvaney had to say. Just described is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless the investigation is
That the Senate Majority leader now believes an impeachment trial is, quote, inevitable. All this is happening after a week of bombshells in and around the white house with the biggest one blowing up what has been President Trumps prime defense for pressuring ukraine to investigate the bidens no quid pro quo. But thursday acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted there was, saying one of the reasons the white house withheld ukraines military aid was to get ukraine to investigate democrats. Mulvaney later denied the quid pro quo admission. Cnn White House Correspondent Jeremy Diamond joins us now. Obviously mulvaneys attempt to walk back that admission didnt work, and now hes meeting today with a group of republicans at camp david. What do you know about that . Reporter thats right, ana. Thats essentially what we know. The white house has declined to prosi provide us a list of members of congress who are joining the white house chief of staff at camp david. Obviously the
Solutions in syria that have alluded us for years. I expect well continue to partner with the kurds in the Eastern Syria to make sure isis does not reemerge. Thats our National Security interest. The big thing for me is the oil fields. President trump is thinking outside the box. Not verge of a joint venture between us and the Syrian Democratic forces who destroyed isis and keep them destroyed to modernize the oil fields and make sure they get the revenue. Jon lets get more from Lucas Tomlinson live at the pentagon. It appears senator grahams prediction is correct. U. S. Troops will be staying behind to guard those oil fields. In kabul, afghanistan a short time ago defense secretary esper says the use still appears to be correct. Our forces will remain in the towns that are located near the oil fields. The purpose of those forces a purpose of those forces working with the sdf is to deny access to those oil fields by isis and others who may benefit from their revenues that could be earn
And Hillary Clinton set fire to her own reputation claiming that one of the 2020 dems whos polling at 1 is actually a russian manchurian candidate. Well talk about it all tonight, but first, you know, donald trump has put the Republican Party through a lot. Most have gone willingly along with him, kids in cages, a trade war, protecting putin, honoring kim jongun, breaking the law, the lies, the insults, the fake news, the larape allegations. Defending the president over the indefensible has become something of a Cottage Industry for republican lawmakers, few of whom have ever dared to call him out. But over the course of his tenure, one issue has singularly and almost immediately prompted a vocal condemnation against the president and its the one issue that may put his presidency the most in danger. That issue . Syria. This week 129 House Republicans voted against the president s withdrawal from northern syria, which unleashed a turkish invasion, a kurdish slaughter, isis prison escape
Two years later Malloy said he's ready to enter the upcoming congressional race again, only this time he would be running again Senator Bernie Sanders.