Shakedown acting on behalf of President Trump. And this morning were told that ambassador taylor is a witness who has the white house very, very nervous. Lets begin with Suzanne Malveaux live this morning on capitol hill. Everything behind closed doors until now. Pretty soon the curtain goes up, suzanne. Reporter absolutely. I think a lot of people are anxiously awaiting that for next week. We have at least five witnesses whove testified that President Trump tried to press ukraine to launch these investigations for his personal political gain. And at the same time weve been speaking to many republicans whose Defense Strategy has been changing from day to day. All of this while the world will get a chance to see and hear from some of these witnesses next week. House democrats announcing televised public impeachment hearings will begin on wednesday. Starting with top diplomat to ukraine bill taylor and Deputy Assistant secretary george kent. Then next friday, marie yovanovitch. Those hea
Do i would just like the truth. So would i. And the sunday talk show is providing a roadmap of how the gop plans to defend the president. This past ten days has been painful for members of the house on both sides of the committee. Oh, my gosh, these guys are giddy over this, and it is not the last ten days, it is the last three years. The times and the dates and the texts, and new takes on what we have learned so far and what we expect to find out from the testimony in the coming week. But, we have this breaking news in the impeachment inquiry, and the second whistleblower is said to have come forward, and the attorney representing the first whistleblower says it is representing another whistleblower with firsthand knowledge that supports the complaint at the center of the ukraine scandal, and i can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in relation to the alleged complaint. And now, take a listen to the chair of the house judiciary committee. It does not ma
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
Volker. They show how u. S. Diplomats tried to acquiesce to Rudy Giulianis commands. One text from a senior aid to volcker reads once we have a date we will call for a preseason brief, upcoming visit and outline vision for reboot of u. S. Ukraine relationship. Another next represents the hundreds of millions of dollars withheld from ukraine. Are we now saying the Security Assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on the investigations . A source tells cnn the Ukrainian Government went as far as to draft a Public Statement about commitment to carry out giuliani demands but never released it because Rudy Giuliani felt it deputy the didnt to for a enough. So quid pro quo is i give you x, you give me y. And now we see this in these Text Messages. Also we have president s words outloud that he spoke for the whole world to see, calling on china to investigate joe biden. And by the way, likewise china should start an investigation into the bidens. Cnn has new reporting on this too. I
She also is blaming the no vote for its nogo on subpoenas, on requests, on everything else, including the new noncompliance from the Defense Department this morning. More on that, plus what one of my sources is telling me about an internal review inside the white house. Behind closed doors, mike pompeos former righthand man until about last week is getting his turn to testify in front of investigators, arriving just in the last minute or so on capitol hill. You see him there, as well as another former diplomat who just showed up for round two. Impeachment a hot topic at last nights president ial debate. You wouldnt know it this morning with candidates out everywhere talking everything but. My plan is the clearest, it is the boldest and to your point, it is politically difficult. The Biggest Issue for me is that theres another in better way. Demeaning or degrading the character of someone on the stage, that to me is unacceptable. Weve got our nbc news team here with a lot of new develop