request. lucas tomlinson is live from washington with the latest. lucas. reporter: arthel, in addition to the subpoena, the house committees have scheduled five depositions beginning next week with state department officials who have knowledge of the president s call with ukraine. as house democrats build their case for impeachment. the letter says in part, it has become clear that multiple state department officials have direct knowledge of the subject matters of the house s impeachment inquiry. the subpoena was signed by the chairman of three powerful house committees. many republicans say they don t see the president s july 25t 25h call to his ukrainian counter part as an impeachable offense or a quid pro quo. democrats say the opposite. for me, it s the appearance. whether it s guilty of something, what we have in front of us is a transcript of something that i think is very damning. and that s for me, that s what we need to focus on. these other things will be part
the underlying matter, but also his analysis of whether there was a crime here. if in fact the congress goes forward with the impeachment effort, the ag will be likely called to testify because he appears to be a material part of this question. that alone may be a basis for recusal. the last time a an attorney general recused from a matter involved in the president, the president got very upset. we saw the shaming of jeff sessions all over twitter. that i may take effect if the attorney general decides to recuse. eric: the democrats and those in the hill will probably be hearing from him, rather shortly. always good to see you, thank you. appreciate it. eric: we have reaction from a member of congress coming up. we ll interview him about the subpoena of mike pompeo and this
not clear what the ag s role if any was in this matter and the underlying matter at all. eric: the democrats say that the picture s already in, it s clear that he s doing the president s bidding, they accuse him of acting like the president s personal lawyer by the actions the justice department apparently took by not releasing this material, by not sending it to congress and you heard nancy pelosi calling it the coverup of the coverup. of tto you, does that hold any water? there s a very fair debate going on about whether or how the whistleblower complaint should have been delivered to congress. the question is whether this was a matter arising under the intelligence role of the dni. there was apparently a debate within the justice department, whether that was the case, they decided no which is why they advised the dni not to release it. it involved the use of the intelligence system at the white house where they stored the material and whether the underlying discussions came under
going to have to work through that process. will it fly? sure. i mean, we understand that executive privilege is part of the process as well as the classification. for the house democrats, nothing will fly short of providing them with facts and evidence and they re not going to want to wait a minute. take earlier this week. remember, they announced they re lunchinlunchinglunching an impey before they even read the whistleblower. arthel: the chairman trio informed secretary pompeo they scheduled depositions with five state department officials related to the inquiry. does this put pressure on secretary pompeo to be as forth right as possible because others will also provide information to the committees. i have zero doubt that secretary pompeo is going to want to cooperate. i m confident from everything i know that he has absolutely nothing to hide. so transparency is the right
massachusetts ban stopped the sale for four months. washington governor jay insly is calling for a ban. no federal or state or local government has tested these products to give you any assurance that they re safe. and i ll just tell you f i had a loved one, i would tell you right now, you are just playing dice with your lungs if you re using these products. reporter: the cdc says they re not certain if thc is the problem or if people are getting sick from another substance, like a thickening agent in the vape juice. doctors say the illness resembled an inhalation injury with patients reporting shortness of breath, fatigue and chest pain. arthel: just how might the impeachment controversy shape the next phase of the 2020 democratic race? and will the issue drag on through election day? with those big questions looming, we get reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the