there was unanimity to go to ukraine s aid. so far, ukraine has not asked for an article five nato intervention. that is, the intervention that an attack on all. i think in part that s because the polish government itself is trying to figure out who launched this and why. so, the cia director and his russian counterpart, you know, just the other day they met in turkey to talk about how to avert a nuclear war. so, how open are the lines of communication between the two countries? are they talking now? well, before a few weeks ago, i would say they were pretty miserable. but we have since seen the defense chief, general showing, go call lloyd austin, the american defense secretary. we have seen general prism of,
because the last 12 hours or rather, the last 72 hours have been about what was discussed between these two presidents. what is in this whistleblower report. it sounds like, based on what we re hearing in the last two hours, a lot of time going on here, that tomorrow morning both the whistleblower complaint and the transcript of the call are going to be released. so all these great questions can finally have an answer and the speculation can stop. why does it end? the idea that let s say the president didn t really mention money in the call with the ukrainian president. i have to believe they wouldn t release the call if they thought it would damn him. or let s go to bed and wake up tomorrow and have answers to these questions. why do you think it will answer the questions if the complaint says i don t like what he said to the ukraine president, how does that answer the question is what happened between the two of them and what s in the whistleblower complaint. those are
respect i will go through this procession in a thoughtful way with the best with the best intentions and with the best interests of the country in mind. i hear you. and in the op-ed you guys say the flagrant disregard for the law cannot stand. will there be meat on the bones of that speculation remains to be seen. one thing s for sure. doesn t look likely to get a gun control deal done any time soon. we passed a great bill in the house already. i know. we know what s happening in the senate. you have to believe resistance may be redoubled. congresswoman abigail spanberger. thank you very much for making your case to the audience. eight thank you. tomorrow is going to be another dizzying day because as we said at the top, the president says we ll see if he sticks to his word that he s authorizing the release of the transcript of that call. now, remember, it wasn t recorded, so this is going to be a written-down reckoning with some review of what was said. that s why the wh
entered into this op-ed was important is that we had to clarify that these charges that these allegations against the president are of a different nature, are of a distinct nature yeah, why? they are impeachable. that s what i want to talk to you about, congresswoman. to me i see irony in this. that what the mueller probe was all about was did anybody work with the russians in their efforts to interfere in the election. and obviously there was a spotlight on the president and his campaign. there was no criminal behavior. some shady behavior, but no criminal behavior. now, that s exactly what this is. did the president go to a foreign power for help with his own election? so let s say the call is squishy. he talks about, you guys didn t look at biden. i can t believe that. you got real problems with corruption over there. but money isn t mentioned. let s say the idea of him withholding the money, while it seems plausible, and let s say you can get some people to testify, but i
of accountability on this. are you worried that you haven t seen the call, haven t seen the complaint? it s not just about the call. it s not just about the complaint. but we do know that we have seen in plain view the president of the united states confess to wrongdoing. he didn t look very guilty when he did it, but that doesn t change the fact that it was a confession. and right now we see strong evidence that the american president may have sold out u.s. national security interests to go after a political opponent. that s just the latest in a number of things. any one of which might be impeachable. the real question is what standard are we going to hold the presidency to? this isn t just about this president. this is about the american presidency. because if a line is not drawn now, then future presidents, even long after our lifetimes, will have a different and lower bar for what they think they can get away with. now, the opposite in reverse, right? if we learned from andre