and it s just kind of a remarkable thing to watch unfold in real time. let s unfold it, right? let s look at the last 24 hours. the developments keep coming fast and furious. the inspector attorney general has things he wants to tell them. highly unusual and cryptically worded, we re told. house dems accuse the secretary of state of a conflict of interest and a potential possible coverup. they say he s a witness. president trump wants to interview his whistle-blower. he wants to interview the whistle-blower. whistle-blower protection laws notwithstanding, and just when you thought it couldn t get any more interesting, the attorney general on fox news last night suggested this. we should bring a lawsuit on behalf of the president and several of the people in the administration, maybe even myself as a lawyer against the members of congress individually
street. a gofundme has raised $75,000 for her and a charity has agreed to put her up in a hotel. a real reminder. there are so many people who are so talented, right? that s remarkable. and on the streets for so many different reasons? that s remarkable. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. new day starts right now. key committees on thehill have received an urgent request from the state didn t attorney general. it s highly nushle for the inspector general of the state department to brief this committee. we don t know exactly what they want to discuss with the hill, but we know what it has to do with ukraine and the state department. it appears to be in response to a letter secretary pompeii your sent to congress. he thinks he has some kind of protective privilege blanket that he can draw down over all of the documents he is requesting. he has a duty to protect
disease, you can see she s overcome with emotion when she put that ring on. that s a pretty cool moment. props to the blue sthoos that s just outstanding video. good for laila anderson. she s been such a wonderful story. thank you, andy. thanks, guys. the government watchdog demands an urgent meeting on capitol hill. what s so important he has to tell congress. that s next. my insurance rates are probably gonna double.
secretary pompeo called out house democrats for what he said was bullying state department officials. he said that they weren t following procedure that would be traditional for those where they had asked to come foorrth congress and talk to them about ukraine. but the key question is what does the state department inspector general have that s new and how if at all does it impact this impeachment inquiry that s ongoing in congress. kai lee, thanks. house democrats responding to secretary pompeo s accusation of bullying with a warning of their own, the chairman of three committees writing to pompeo that any effort to intimidate witnesses or prevent them from talking with congress is ig legal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the em impeachment inquiry. the lawmakers accuse pompeo
today. we don t know many specifics of what they re going discuss but the inspector general according to an aide on the hill said they were coming because they had received documents from the legal adviser at the state department. now, we should note that the congressional aide also described this request to me as highly unusual, really not laying out many details of what the inspector general wanted to talk to congress about. but it came just an hour after secretary pompeo called out house democrats for what he said was bullying state department officials. he said that they weren t following procedure that would be traditional for those where they had asked to come forngt to congress and talk to them about ukraine. but the key question here is what does the state department inspector general have that s new, and how if at all does it impact this impeachment inquiry that is ongoing in congress.