Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. A stunning report state that President Trump once again unhappy with the person leading an investigation and wanted the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york to unrecuse himself from the investigation into hush money payments to women that the president allegedly had affairs with. They canned whether he had previously recused himself from the investigation could unrecuse himself and take charge of the investigation. The time says it is unclear what he did after that request from the president but they say theres no evidence he took any steps though he did apparently tell associates that the prosecutors required adult super vision. Moments ago President Trump was asked about this story. He denied it. No. Not at all. I dont know who gave you that. Thats more fake news. A lot of respect for him. I think he has done a great job. It was less than two weeks ago that he testified before the house judiciary committee. Democrats are investigat
The damage from Rudy Giulianis outreach to the ukranian government. We begin with Mark Meredith reporting live from the white house. Reporter President Trump had some tough words for democrats. They are launching an inquiry into past conversations with the president of the ukraine. The president released a twitter video to supporters and made it clear hes ready to fight. President trump whats going on now is the single biggest scam in the history of the american politics. They are trying to stop me because i am fighting for you. And i will never let that happen. Reporter the president on twitter called the ongoing impeachment inquiry president ial harassment. Democrats said they are doing their best to hold the president accountable after an intelligence whistleblower filed a complaint. Its National Security for our country. The president of the United States is being disloyal to his oath of office. Jeopardizing our National Security. And jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. Re
In just the past few minutes. Tomorrow the acting director of the National Intelligence is scheduled to testify on capitol hill. We will talk live with the Top Republican on the House Oversight committee in just a few moments here. We have Fox Team Coverage first. Mike emanuel on capitol hill with a look at where the impeachment process stands right now, where its going. Peter doocy and Kristin Fisher with the implications of the ukraine story for both the trump and biden campaigns, but we begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts here in new york tonight with highlights and President Trumps expansive News Conference, good evening. Speak a good evening to you. President trump took fewer questions than i have seen him in any solar News Conference this afternoon. He did have a lengthy preamble, spending much of it talking about accomplishments at the United Nations that got overlooked because of the impeachment news. And slamming the democrats are beginning and impeachment
Mclaughlin tell us why. And also tonight, and this is stunning, the court that signed off on all of those bogus fisa warrants just dropped a rare review of the fbi and jim comey. Sara carter, matt schlapp, and and Dinesh Dsouza are all here to respond but first, pelosis three ring slot. That is the focus of tonights many angle. All right, this impeachment shuffle, i was thinking about it literally on the drive to the studio tonight. It has all of the feel of like a second rate traveling circus that camps out in the old fairgrounds of your town, but then it never leaves. You have the jugglers, the pass fake jugglers, kind of uneasy tightrope walkers. Im going to reserve any kind of public judgment. I think it is important we reserve judgment. En have you made up your mind . Nt i have not. Im seeking the facts. Laura wait, hes about to fall. And of course, you have to have the sword t swallower. It may be that Voters Decide in 2020 they dont want me as a representative, but i dont know,
The damage from Rudy Giulianis outreach to the ukranian government. We begin with Mark Meredith reporting live from the white house. Reporter President Trump had some tough words for democrats. They are launching an inquiry into past conversations with the president of the ukraine. The president released a twitter video to supporters and made it clear hes ready to fight. President trump whats going on now is the single biggest scam in the history of the american politics. They are trying to stop me because i am fighting for you. And i will never let that happen. Reporter the president on twitter called the ongoing impeachment inquiry president ial harassment. Democrats said they are doing their best to hold the president accountable after an intelligence whistleblower filed a complaint. Its National Security for our country. The president of the United States is being disloyal to his oath of office. Jeopardizing our National Security. And jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. Re