if you bring a cell phone in, it could be compromised by hackers or foreign intelligence service and bringing into a facility and who knows what could be let loose from that. now is it the end of the world? maybe not. and again this was they were in there for a short period of time. but these are the reasons they have these rules because of the very real concerns about compromised cell phones you would think that somebody would have told these guys, if your going to the skiff, don t take your cell phones in there. the fact that we are talking about it takes away from the idea that the stunt to begin with so maybe that he should realize you have to take your phone out so we re not talking about it now. i suspect a lot of members didn t want to take their phones out. that is another matter. sarah, clearly they are arguing and protesting the republicans the process that is going on and some of the points they make are legitimate points, more transparency and they want repres
there is one thing to have folks in the house like matt gaetz and other folks charge the skiff, but there is another thing to have folks like john thune and those in the senate to criticize the president. there is no vocal support yet. there might be at some point but there is no vocal wall of support among senators for this president yet. and if you are the president, that is what you ant to see. there are some fear here. debu dana said he s trying to speak to the base but if mitt romney becomes john thune and those in the senate who start to express problems with what the president is alleged to have done, that is coming out of the depositions, he s in a real bind here. so that is why i think you see him on the one hand taking to twitter all of the times and he sounds confident but in reality he s afraid. in new york today two of rudy giuliani s associates, igor
finally testifying tonight. let someone else fight. mr. trump effectively walks away from the conflict in syria, lifting sanctions on turkey even as administration officials warn the turks may be connected to war crimes. rudy s allies in court. we re learning more about the indicted businessmen who helped giuliani. why is one suggested a new link to the president. and fifth avenue defense. mr. trump s lawyers put a new twist on one of his most stunning remarks, arguing he s immune from any criminal investigations while in office, even if he shot people in the middle of manhattan. did an appeals court buy it? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following breaking news on house republicans going to war against the impeachment
ukrainian president zelensky. that is despite testimony testimony from the special envoy nowhere in the phone call is a quid pro quo. who told house foreign affairs did the president ask just as america does every day to work economy that turkish-backed on different cases? forces are behind war crimes reporter: now mccarthy also against kurds and i m quoting now, we have a problem following said a quid pro quo means the president s withdrawal of essentially getting something physically or in exchange for u.s. forces. we ll talk about the breaking news and much more with something. he said name me one thing that ukraine did to release the pl congressman adam kinzinger and our correspondents are standing release the money and he said by. first straight to capitol hill. nothing. and a setback for the trum th our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is on trump administration in court. the scene. manu, truly a remarkable scene a judge ruled that they have 30 today. days to tu
supporters in the districts and the states where it is possible and i think that it is still an outside possibility but a possibility that they will turn on him when it comes to their votes on impeachment. that is what that is. and when you asked adam kinzinger, republican from a moderate district in illinois, he said, as he s been increasingly doing recently, he called the president out on it and said a president should not talk like that. but how many times have we heard people say that. and the president is not going to change. particularly now when his back is up against the wall. nia, there are some cracks among establishment republicans and republican leaders including senator john thune. he s a member of the republican leadership in this senate. he said of ambassador bill taylor s testimony yesterday, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, that the picture coming out of it based on the reporting that we ve seen i would say is not a good one. i think that is significant. it is sig